AND ALASKA LABOR NEWS.
VOL. I. NO. 49.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. f>, 11)17.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Ten Thousand Men in Seattle Ship
Yards Intend to Go on Strike Today
SEATTLE, Sept. 1.—Officers of the Seattle Metal Trades
council, after a meeting of the organization last night, an
nounced that unless their demands for increased wages were
granted in the shipyards here by next Wednesday, they would
issue a strike order. Twelve thousand union men, affiliated
with tin* different metal trades, and all shipyards, would he af
fected by the proposed strike.
The wage scale under which the men are working in the
shipyards now expired last August 1, and since then negotia
tions have been under way in an effort to agree on a new wage
scale. The unions demand an increase in pay averaging about
o5 per cent.
The Skinner and Eddy corporation, before August 1,
agreed to accede to the new wage scale provided it were ac
cepted by the other large shipbuilding plants, but refused to pay
the higher wages otherwise. As a consequence, the Skinner
and Eddy yard, as well as the other yards, will be involved in
the strike if it is put into effect.
Either members or representatives of the recently appoint
ed federal board to mediate labor trouble in shipyards are ex
pected here this week to investigate conditions.
LONDON VISIT ED BY MIDNIGHT
M\l RAI DERS WHO KILL NINE
AND INJURE FORTY.
ONE IS BROUGHT TO EARTH
Anti-Aircraft Guns and British Planes |
Have Little Success in Catching In
vaders—Papers Predict Great Teu
ton Aerial Offensive.
LONDON, Sept. 5.—The first moon
lie’ -f air raid over the district near
London occurred at midnight last
night. One bomb fell just outside a!
large hospital, another smashed'
through a theater, while a third hit a
retail store in which a number of
shopgirls were sleeping. Nine persons
were killed and forty were injured by j
the missiles dropped from the invad
ing crafts.
One Raider Brought Down.
One raider was brought down by |
anti-aircraft guns off Sheerness.
Notwithstanding that the moon!
shone brightly, the raiders were en
tirely invisible, although the purr of
their engines could be heard overhead.
Anti-aircraft guns were fired inces
cantly as soon as the alarm was given
and several British machines went af
ter the invaders. The streets were
practically deserted owing to tne mie
ness of the hour.
Newspapers Fear Invasion
Newspapers today are asking
whether Germany has a great air of
fensive ready before the British. A
warning has already been printed of
the German intention to invade Bri
tain with very large fleets of aircraft.
Test Vote Shows Senate Opposes
High Taxes on Profits of War
Hiram Johnson, Republican, of Cali
fornia, Offers Amendment That Of
fers Opportunity for Both Sides to
Show Their Strength.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 5.
In the first real test of strength in
the senate between the radical faction,
which advocates, and the conserva
tive element, which opposes, excep
tionally high taxes on war profits, the
radicals experienced a decisive defeat.
The test vote was taken on an
amendment offered by Senator Hiram
Johnson, republican, of California, to
the war revenue bill as reported by
the senate finance committee. Senator
Johnson’s amendment proposed s
The strike microbe has at last
reached the lawyers. The entire legal
staff of the emergency fleet corpora
tion quit in a body because of sym
pathy with Major Goethals when he
resigned as general manager.
The body found floating in the
lower Yukon river, thought to be that
of Ralph H. Gilliland, the young iand
office man who lost his life in the
Tanana last summer was that of a
stranger. Many friends who knew
young Gilliland well say the body is
not his.
While rounding a dangerous curve
at Charcoal Point, Ketchikan, the mot
gross levy of 80 per cent on war
profits. On roll call, seventeen sena
tors voted for the amendment and six- 1
ty-two against it.
The amendment proposing to in
crease tax on war profits to 60 per
cent was then put to a vote and was
defeated fifty to eighteen.
According to the agreement effect
ed last Friday by senators, the section
in the bill relating to taxes on war
profits must be disposed of not later
than today, while the final vote on the
bill must be taken not later than Sep
tember 10. Disposal of the war pro-'
fits section is not expected until late j
this afternoon. The indications are
, that the section will pass as recom
mended by the finance committee.
or car driven by Fred Mobley, went
through the railing and to the beach
below, landing in a tangled mass of
debris. Some of the bolts of the steer
ing gear dropped out and he lost con
trol of the car. Mr. Mobley was so
severely cut and bruised as to neces
sitate a number of stitches in his
head.
J. M. Jule, an employe in the Wor
then lumber yards at Juneau was in- I
| stantly killed recently by a pile of!
lumber near which he was working ^
toppling over upon him. He had at
l tempted to pull out some pieces with
a pick and the pile pulled over,
j crushing him to death.
TRACTOR AT l YAK, KODIAK
ISLAND. DIES OF WOI XDS.
RIOT OF FILIPINO WORKERS.
Information in Regard to Exact De
tails ot Trouble at Plant on Lar
son’s Bay Is Lacking and Only Sur
mises Can Be Made.
SEWARD, Alaska, Sept. 5.—J. J.
Cunningham, labor contractor far; -
fish cannery on Larson’s bay near !
Uyak, Kodiak island, is dead from
wounds received during a riot of Fili- i
pino laborers at the cannery.
News of Cunningham’s death has
reached here but details in connection :
with the affair are still lacking. From (
the meager information at hand, it is
believed that the Filipino workers who
had been brought earlier in the season
to the cannery from the states by Cun
ningham attacked him either in an j
outburst of ill-feeling that had been'
pent up all season or over a dispute
regarding the final payment of wages, j
As labor contractor for the cannery,:
Cunningham had supplied to it all its i
workers.
Deputy Marshal Armstrong of Ko- j
diak, is reported to be having a hard)
time in arresting the rioters. When!
he first went to Larson’s bay to make j
arrests, he encountered resistance. At1
once he organized a posse and has j
again left for the scene of trouble. ,
Cook Inlet sunsets at Sidney Lau- j
rence. 40[
PRESIDENT TURNS DOWN POPE'S
PEACE PLAN; WILL IGNORE KAISER
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.—Presi
dent Wilson today rejected the recent
proposals of peace advanced bv Pope
Benedict,
The sending of the president’s an
swer is taken as an indication that the
question of dealing with the present
German rulers, while they remain un
conquered by the entente allies or un
curbed by their subjects at home, is
settled.
The president makes it clear in his
reply that a durable peace is negoti
able only when a complete under
standing can be had with the German
people as a whole and not alone on
the unstable guarantees of the exist
ing German government.
The note indicates that the Amen
IRISHMEN ATTACK
AMERICAN SAILORS
SKIN FEINERS RESENT BLUE
JACKETS STROLLING WITH
YOUNG WOMEN IN CORK.
CORK, Ireland, Sept. 5.—Gangs of
young Irishmen paraded the streets
here last Sunday night and attacked
sailors off American warships who
were walking with young women.
The hat of one of the young women j
was torn off by a gang of assailants. |
The assailants sang Sinn Fein songs,,
and broke the windows of many j
houses.
The conduct of the American sail
ers was exemplary. While they ab'y
defended themselves from attack,
they never assumed the offensive. On
account of their good judgment, the
situation did not develop into any-1
thing of a very serious nature.
MORE TROOPS ARE
EXPECTED HERE
An addition to the present mess
house, which serves the forty infan
trymen now stationed on the railroad
reserve here, was started yesterday
and will be rushed to completion. The
capacty of the building will be doubled
to accommodate an increase in the
forces shortly to be made by the
United States war department in this
city. Orders to increase the accommo
dations of the mess house were issued
several days ago.
It is rumored that between forty
and sixty recruits now attached to the i
Fourteenth infantry in Alaska will ar- j
rive here in about two weeks and j
bring the tot-.’ of troops in An -horage
to 100, or virtually a full company,.
150 FARMERS REM AT FIRS! FAIR
MAI AIN IJ SKA SKA US LAKviKS 1
DELEGATION FOR THREE
DAYS’ CELEBRATION.
More than 150 farmers signed th(
honor roll of attendants at the firsl
annual fair and were given compli
mentary excursion tickets provided bj
the fair association. Matanuska leads
in the number represented, but othei
surrounding towns, both north anc
east, had representative delegations
Among those whose names are on th<
register are:
George Nylen, S. J. Youngquist
Thomas Riley, J. Midgley, Ed Ryan
J. H. McFall, F. F. Winchester, J. M
Eakins, S. S. Whittaker, Smith Hig
gins, Daniel Sloan, Peter Murray
John S. Johnson, A. A. Fasket, H. J
Galighitty, Ed. Danielson, R. Nekla
son, F. E. Hansen, W. A. Perry, R. S
Hecky, Carl Martin, Wm. A. Black
Edward Fries, Martin Bergstrom, A
N. Alima, Patrick Daily, J. C. Hansen
J. M. Heady, Mrs. Gust Haller, J. C
Walton, 0. N. Nelson, H. L. Walbv
Carl Swanson, Swante Kyllonen, Mar
tin Bei’gstrom, Mrs. M. L. Kellogg
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Gilmore, Gust Hal
ler, August Swanson, S. W. Saindon
all of Matanuska.
W. D. Elliott, L. W. Turner, S. F
Hunt and John H. Bergraann, Eklut
na; George A. Gates, Chas. Ulansky
j ivi.in., vjau »» mciiacs, viucivaiuuii, uunu
A. Moore, Arthur Brown, J. M. Loken,
j Kerbv Egstet, Fred Jensen, A. Berg
strom, J. J. Bugge, W. L. Stevens,
Palmer; F. B. Cannon, Thomas Auren,
Hans Frydenhurd, Wasilla; F. Zinis,
Ei-nest Wellein, Kuney; J. Honda, Geo.
McMurray, King; Olof Hjelm, L. B.
Anderson, George Hordgren, Chas,
;. Nelson, 0. P. Opsahl, Carl A. Beson
1 Moose Creek; Fred Beggendahl, W. P
I j Sutton, Eska; Sid Bystedt and Mrs,
, J Bystedt, Eagle Rver; H. Hoffell, Su
I sitna; J. D. Whitney, J. McLeod, W. G,
Marsh, Arthur Marsh, John E. Ruling
II A. Hirvela, Jacob Lane, C. C. O’Neil
i Hattie Osier, J. F. Wallace, E. E. Dun
| levy, Oscar Nielson, Grace Affleck,
Mrs. T. M. Welch, M. W. Deedrick,
Anchorage.
TEACHERS COMING TO AMERICA
TOKIO, Sept. 5.—Ten primary
school superintendents selected from
| all parts of Japan will sail from Yoko
! hama September 19 for the United
! States. They are going to study the
! educational conditions in leading cit
| ies of America, especially in war time,
j Most of the teachers are head mas
| ters of primary schools.
PLOT HATCHED TO
MURDER OFFICIALS
CANADIAN AGITATORS ACCUSED
OF CONSPIRING TO BLOW UP
PARLIAMENT HOUSE.
MONTREAL, Canada, Sept. 5.—
Police here today announced the frus
tration of plots to assassinate Sir
Robert L. Borden, the premier, and
Arthur Meighen, solicitor general, and
to dynamite the parliament buildings
it Ottawa. According to the police,
lie plots were concocted by anti-con
scription agitators, who have been
placed under arrest. The prisoners, it
is declared, are responsible for the
recent dynamiting of Lord Athlestan’s
summer home.
Charity begins* at norne. A man’s
family tree interests him more than
the preservation of the forest.
FAIRBANKS BANKS
DEFEAT LITIGATION
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5.—The
United States circuit court of appeals
here late yesterday afternoon denied
the application of F. G. Noyes, re
ceiver for the Washington-Alaska
Bank, of Fairbanks, for $1,868,000
exemplary and compensatory dam
ages,' occasioned to the stock of the
Washington-Alaska Bank by reason
of an alleged combination formed by
it and the First National Bank, of
Fairbanks, and the Fairbanks Bank
ing Company, of Fairbanks.
The receiver charged that the Wash
ington-Alaska Bank suffered and that
the other two institutions profited by
the alleged combination, and sued to
recover alleged losses.
The Anchorage Daily Times is the
biggest paper in Alaska.
can government intends to inflict no
post bellum reprisals upon the Ger
man people but desires, in the interest
of world peace, that the Germans be
allowed to share international econom
ic opportunities after the war if they
will accept equality with other nations
and cease in their efforts at domina
tion. The note, with unequivocal de
nunciation of the German military au
tocracy, is believed here to reflect ac
curately the attitude of all the allied
governments.
The general tenor of the president’s
reply was anticipated by diplomats,
but they were surprised by the virtual
j appeal to the German people to sfciive
j for emancipation from military con
I trol and fit themselves to participate
! in world democracy.
First Annual Industrial Fair at
Anchorage Proves Great Success
Wth a grand carnival and a Mardi
Gras, the first Annual Alaska Agri
cultural-Industrial fair will come to
close tonight. The fair lias been an
avowed success from every viewpont.
Tonight will be given up to fun and
frolic with many new and interesting
attractions. Dances at Robarts' and
Labor Union halls; the Fashion Show
in Brown & Hawkins display windows,
and the big varied program at “The
Diggings” are among the features
for tonight. ,
Additional attractions have been
engaged for “The Diggings” and in
order to satisfy the crowd the gates
will open at 7:30 o'clock tonight.
Among the offering in the inclosure
are the Colored Musical Wonders;
Boulen, the strong man; Hawaiian
J vocal and instrumental music, and
(Charlie Chaplin. Headed by Billy
! Woodworth the troupe from the Mint
(Grill will appear at “the Diggings”
! tonight.
Many Fine Exhibits
i ne temporary exnimtion hall pre
sents a scene worthy of any fair as
sociation in the states. The exhibits
are all creditable and surpass the
hopes of even the promoters of the
fair. The different committees de
serve great credit for the beautiful
and appropriate decorations and the
tasty arrangement of the exhibits.
The agricultural, horticultural ex
hibits are especially well arranged
to display the products to the best
possible advantage. The exhibits in
these departments deserve special
mention and have been the cause of
many flattering compliments. The
judges have made their final de
cisions and the prize winners will be
announced at the exhibition pavilion
at 8 o’clock tonight.
Many Anchorage merchants and
business men have booths in exhibi
tion hall which do credit to their pro
gressiveness.
Booth Is Attractive
Among the business firms having
exceptionally attractive booths is
McNally and Maitland, lumber and
coal. This booth is supported by
two large spruce trees with samples
of different kinds of lumber in the
interior. A large lump of Bluff coal
is on display which will be given to
the person making the nearest guess
as to its weight.
The Alaska Importing company,
j and the Palace of Sweets have pret
; ty booths as have Lauritz Bros., U.
G. Crocker, Bjornson and Ganton,
Inlet Soda Works, E. S. Hewitt and
the Green Front cigar store.
: W. B. Dean has a booth displaying
; the “Multiplex” chimney flue and
| drain pipe.
Dohrmann and Herning have two.
| One is devoted to general hardware
SETTLED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.—Settle
| ment has been effected of two food
i problems of consequence to the
| United States. One relates to Amer
ica’s dealing with the Netherlands and
the other to America’s dealing with
Canada.
Some time ago a tentative agree
ment was made between the United
States and the Netherlands releasng
for transportaton grain cargoes that
had been consigned to the Netherlands
but that had not been moved from
American ports.
Because of the urgent grain require
ments of America and her allies that
have arisen since the making of this
agreement, its abandonment is advised
by the federal exports administrative
board, to which the agreement was
subjected for approval by the agricul
tural department. Undoubtedly, the
recommendation of the exports board
will be accepted and large cargoes of
grain that have been held in ships
ready to sail for the Netherlands will
be bought by the American govern
ment on either her own account or the
account of one of her allies.
Canadian Food Problem.
The food problem jointly affecting
the United States and Canada related
to the importing and exporting trade
between the two countries. There was
no understanding as to what commodi
ties were needed by one that could be
supplied by the other. A working
agreement in regard to imports and
exports has now been signed by repre
| sentatives of the two governments af
Ottawa.
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display and the other is a tent fitted
up to represent an Alaskan scene
with mushers, miners, hunters and
prospectors’ supplies.
Display of Furniture
Chris Eckmann has a display of
furniture and the North Pole Bak
ery exhibits a fine assortment of its
products.
Coal from the Talkeetna, Doherty,
Eska Creek and Chicaloon mines, and
lime, cement and plaster from the
White Rock lime quarry are on dis
play.
Among the manufacturers’ display
is furniture from Kincaid’s cabinet
works, stoves from the Anchorage
Sheet Metal Works, a sled made by
Oscar R. Nielson, tamales by B. J.
Owens, and patented devices by Joe
Honda. Mr. Fox has a display of
! charts, desks and various school sup
plies.
Brown & Hawkins have two especi
ally attractive booths displaying
their stock of general merchandise;
the outside of the booths are banked
: with moss with the letters B and H
worked in native flowers.
Drug Store’s Exhibit
The Loussac durg stores occupy
two booths with a large, weil selected
stock of drugs, candies and toilet ar
ticles. Mr. Loussac has made a
feature of phonographs and has two
young women in attendance.
James E. Gaffney’s booth is filled
with the celbrated “Silverdale Eggs.”
Larson & Wendler have a fine se
lection of groceries on display,
i A. A. Shonbeck has made a speci
alty of powder, and mining supplies.
Earnest Podboy, of the Green Ex
press, is featuring '‘Rainier.”
A picture of President Wilson ad
orns the front of the Bank of Anchor
age booth which is well filled with
j appropriate advertising matter in
the form of the last statement of
the bank’s substantial financial con
dition. On the opening day at the
fair the Bank of Anchorage had sev
| eral real gold bricks and valuable
high-grade ore from the Willow creek
l district artistically arranged in its
booth. t
The mining exhibit is one of the
features of exhibition hall and the
i class and value of ore displayed is
creditable. While the majority of
the exhibits are from Willow creek
several other camps are well repre
jsented.
Taking the grain exhibit in exhibi
; tion hall as a criterion all doubt as
to the productiveness of Alaska soil
: in the vicinity of Anchorage should
j be dispelled. The samples of the
| various grains exceed all expectations
| and very few states could beat the
i grain exhibition here.
LUMBER PLANT
McNally and maitland ac
quire EXTENSIVE BUSINESS
WITH MILL AND STOCK.
The enterprising firm of McNally
j and Maitland have recently closed a
deal whereby they have become the
owners of the entire stock, lumber
sheds and buildings of the Bird Creek
Lumber company. The deal includes
700,000 feet of spruce lumber and the
! sawmill and equipment located at Bird
Creek. There is still 150,000 feet of
spruce lumber to be cut this season.
The new firm has taken charge of
the business which with their present
lumber and coal business gives them
one of the most extensive business
properties in Anchorage.
Mr. Maitland, one of the firm, said
that all the business will be handled
from the present office of McNally
and Maitland.
Robert Fleming, owner, and Ben
Smith, manager of the old Bird Creek
Lumber company, will remain in An
chorage for a while to close up their
interests. Later they probably will
devote their time to mining operations
in the Willow Creek district.
An order has been issued by the
clerk of the district court at Nome
establishing a school district at the
town of Fortuna Ledge.