War-Time Basis of Enormous Import
ance Is Outlined in a Plan Formu
lated by Secretary of Labor William
B. Wilson.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 25.—
Nothing: more important has happened
in the United States since war was
declared than the formation of our
labor program. Labor is becoming
more important every day in the win
ning of the war.
In England an industrial revolution
is being quietly brought about by or- j
ganized labor.
An industrial revolution of the vio- j
lent sort has taken the road at a run
away pace in Russia.
There are fundamental and sweep
ing industrial changes in r ranee j
touching labor and its problems.
Our labor program, as announced!
by Secretary of Labor Wilson, con
sists of a declaration of principles and j
a no less important announcement of
1 machinery for adjusting labor dis-1
putes
The principles to be officially rec
ognized by the government, if the pro
posed plan is made official, begin with j
recognition of the right of workmen'
to organize and to standardize and
raise wages.
Where unions exist they shall b
continued, is the tirst proposition.
In establishments were both union
and non-union workers are employed
and the employer deals with the in
dividual, the continuation of this
status shall not be regarded as a
grievance. This is a concession to the
employer.
§ It is declared additionally, however,
that the workers shall have full and
free opportunity to form the unor
ganized workers into unions.
The basic eight-hour day is rec
ognized as applying in all cases in
which existing law requires it, and
in other cases the question of hours
shall be settled with regard to the wel
fare, health and comfort of workers, |
as well as government necessities. The
declaration of principles also contains
this:
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Ik Sitka Hot Springs
These springs are five in
number and one of the old land
marks of Alaska. The Russians
had a hospital there in 1841,
where they sent patients with
iiseases of the skin and consti
tutional blood disorders.
The temperature averages
145 degrees Fahrenheit at the
Spring. The baths are effica
cious for rheumatism, stomach
and liver troubles, kidney and
bladder diseases, and for consti
tutional disorders.
These springs are in charge
of Dr. F. L. Goddard. The
terms for room, board, and I
baths, $2 a day and up. Cabins,
$7.50 per month and up, includ
ing furnishings, except bed
ding. ADDRESS
F. L. GODDARD, M. D.,
SANITARIUM, : ALASKA
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AND COFFEE HOUSE §
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W. D. WANDLING
HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR
FURS.
1. —The right of all workers, includ
ing laborers, to a living wage is here
by declared.
2. —In fixing wages minimum rates
of pay shall be established which will
insure subsistence of the worker and
his family in health and reasonable
comfort. This is a recognition of the
principle of a minimum wage.
The temporary confernece recom
mends creation of a permanent confer
ence, similar to the temporary body—
containing representatives of labor
(union and non-union), consumers and
employers—under whose auspices ma
chinery shall be created for settling
labor controversies:
First, by conciliation;
Second, by arbitration.
To bring together parties to labor
disputes, committees of investigation
are authorized to hear the merits of j
the dispute. If these conciliators fail,j
the disputed matters are to be left to j
an umpire. If the national board is!
unable to agree unanimously on an:
umpire, his name shall be drawn by lot
from the list of ten persons nominated i
by the president of the United States, j
LONDON, May 25.—The British
armed merchant troop ship Moldavia,
with American troops en route to
r'rance on board, was torpedoed and
sunk by a German submarine off the
coast of England last night. The
steamer was sunk without warning.
The night was clear and the moon
shone. A good wach was kept, but the,
submarine was not seen until after the.
torpedo struck the vessel. Most of the
men were asleep in hammocks when
the explosion occurred. The soldiers!
and sailors showed no signs of panic,
but promptly took to the life boats.
There were no casua’ties among the
crew, but the fear is expressed that
fifty-six soldiers, in one compartment,
where the torpedo hit the ship, may be
lost, killed by the explosion. This can
not be detm mined as yet.
LABORERS ON ROAI) WORK
BUY U. S. LIBERTY BONDS
SALEM, Or., May 25.—The sale
of liberty bonds in the road camps
where employes of the state highway
commission work, has proved to be
an impetus to greater endeavor in
road-building, besides raising large
sums for the government according
to State Highway Engineer Herbert
Nunn. Patriotic enthusiasm generat
ed in the road camps of Oregon by
bond campaigners resulted in great
er zeal in construction work and the
lowering of unit costs, the engineer
declared. Regarding the increase in
work performed, Engineer Nunn said:
“This entirely gralituitous assist
ance given by the men had such an
enlivening effect upon them that I
am pleased to report a distinct drop
in unit costs, due clearly to greater
performances with the eight-hour
working periods since that time.
At one camp the liberty loan com
mittee made arrangements to visit
the employes in company with the
contractor in charge of the work. The
contractor, L. O. Harold, addressed
the men at each gathering, explaining
that the purchase of bonds was not
compulsory but that every man owed
it to himself as an American citizen
to buy a bond and assist the govern
ment in conducting the war. He told
them that he had a check-book and
fountain pen ready and that any man
who desired could have an advance on
his wages, up to the amount then
due him, for the purchase of bonds.
Substantial sales were made at that
camp.
Get the Best Price by Shipping Your
Furs to the EASTERN MARKET.
Furs Bought Outright, or Sold on
Consignment.
BEMITTANCE BY MONEY ORDER, EXPRESS ORDER OB CHEQUE
Hoerner, Williams & Co.
FUR MERCHANTS REG.
NEW YORK, N. Y.129 West 29th Street
BEFEBENCE—BANK OF ANCHOBAQE.
FURS
GERMANS STRAINING EVER^
MUSCLE TO REACH THE GOAL
FIRST, BUT ALLIES CONFIDENT
LLOYD GEORGE DECLARES AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE IS BUT ONE-FIFTH OF WHAT ENEMY OB
TAINED BY WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS FROM
EAST FRONT. FIGURES PUZZLE WASHINGTON.
LONDON, May 25.—Premier Lloyd-George, in a speech
delivered before an immense audience in Edinburgh last night,
said, in part:
“We are on the eve of a great German attack. Those who
know best what the prospects are, feel confident about the re
sult; they feel certain that the allied forces will be able to with
stand the enemy assaults, as they have done in similar circum
stances in the .past. The next few weeks will be a race between
Hindenburg and Wilson. The Germans are straining every
muscle to reach the goal first, on the eve of American help be
coming available to the allied forces. After all the exertion
of America, at the present moment that nation didn’t have on
the fighting front what is equivalent to one-fifth of the fighting
strength which the Teutons received from the collapse of Rus
sia. It takes time to train and equip armies, and hence Amer
ican help could not be reckoned on for some time to come, so
far as appreciable assistance is concerned.”
Tin* premier stated that in April the output of shipping
exceeded the losses for the first time since the beginning of the
war and there was reason to believe that the submarine will
not be able to change this condition, dm* largely to American
help in the matter of ship construction.
In conclusion, the premier said: “The government can
honestly say that the allies have neglected no possible means
for finding whether there is any honorable outlet of the war.”
FIGURES PUZZLE WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, May 2b.— Government officials and army
officers arc puzzled at the figures given by Premier Lloyd
George in his speech in Edinburgh last night, in view of the re
cent announcement of Secretary of War Baker that over half
a million American troops were now in France. It is believed
iiis statement indicates that between two and two and a half
million German troops were released from the eastern front as
a result of the signing of the peace treaty between Russia and
Germany. It was never before reported that the Germans on
tile east front totaled such a figure.
PITIABLE CONDITION OF RUSS PRISONERS.
.MOSCOW, May 2 b.—One million Russian prisoners of war
are being released from German and Austrian prison camps.
Nearly all of them are invalids. Half of them are tubercular,
many of these being in the last stages of the dread disease.
SUMMARY PUNISHMENT METED OUT.
WASHINGTON, D. ('., May 2b.—A dispatch from Mos
cow says that a Gorman division at Dvinsk, Russia, ordered tc
the western front, refused to go. Fifty were summarily exe
cuted and a thousand were arrested. Other German troops in
the vicinity held demonstrations in favor of the division which
declined to go to the western front.
GERMANS SHELL AMERICAN CEMETERY.
WITH TIIH AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCK, May 2b
—The Germans are deliberately shelling an American ceme
tery near the front. Recently, one grave was torn up four sin*
eessive times by enemy shells. It may be cited, to show the
contrast, that the Americans in this sector recently took s
German prisoner who was mortally wounded. He died and was
accorded a Christian burial, his remains being interred in the
American cemetery. The grave was marked the same as tin
graves of the Americans.
AERIAL ATTACK ON PARIS.
PARIS, May 2b.—German aeroplanes made a raid on tin
outskirts of Paris last night. One of the bombs dropped killer
a family of six members, recently arrived from Switzerland
fen persons were injured. Other bombs dropped fell on farms
causing little damage.
CANAL COMPLETELY BLOCKED.
LONDON, May 2b.—Having failed to blow up the two con
crete-laden ships at the entrance of the Bruges canal at Ze
brugge, the Germans are cutting piers to make a new channe
for tow-boats and other vessels larger than submarines. Brit
ish aeroplanes have taken pictures which show how completeh
the canal is blocked, as a result of the British naval raid.
THREE GERMAN FLYERS DOWNED
LONDON, May 2b.—Official: The British aviators down
ed three German aeroplanes and disabled two others in aeria
lighting yesterday afternoon. Three British aeroplanes art
missing and may be lost. The British aviators raided the Ger
man airdrome near Tournia and dropped eight tons of bombs
| on the structure. The damage inflicted could not be ascer
tained.
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* JULY 4, NATION’S BIG HOLIDAY, <
* PLANNED TO BE GREATEST SHIP *
* LAUNCHING DAY IN ALL HISTORY <
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* WASHINGTON, May 25.—The United States ship- *
* ping board has wired to all the great shipyards of the “*
* country, urging them to speed up in ship building pro
* duction, to the end that July 4th, the nation’s natal ^
* day, shall be the greatest ship-launching day in the his- **
* torv of the world. The shipping board has been advised
* that the ship yards in San Francisco will have nine ships i
* ready for launching on that auspicious occasion. *
ELEVEN FROM ANCHORAGE.
Including Col. Fred Mears, Capt. C.
C. Jones and F. U. Mayhew there are
eleven members of the Thirty-first
Engineers regiment, from Anchorage,
according to a letter received yester
day from George H. Roberts from
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
The name3 of the other Anchorage
members of the regiment are Lieut.
George Jenkins, Don Griffith, first
sergeant; Robert Jacob, first sergeant;
C. S. Duncan, C. M. Sheehan, corporal
McCutchin, George Roberts and Ser
geant Sharpless. All of the Anchorage
boys are in good health and are
anxious to get across the “big pond.”
MEXICO CITY, May 25.—Mexico
has severed diplomatic relations with
Cuba and the respective consular
agents have been recalled.
NO REASON ASSIGNED.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 25.—
The state department says it has
learned unofficially that the Mexican
representatives in Havana, Cuba, have
been recalled, but has no official
knowledge of the cause. The Mexi
can ambassador in Washington says
! he has heard nothing officially of the
1 break. The only explanation as to
j the cause he could give was that Cu
ba had recently held up a shipment of
sugar purchased by Mexico.
CHRISTIE’S SKULL
BELIEVED FOUND
(Juneau Empire)
Has the head of William Christie.
I who disappeared two years ago under
j peculiar circumstances, been found?
This is the question which is agi
I tating the residents of the Auk bay
! section at the present time. About
! twelve days ago a human skull, with
| jaw bone attached, was found on the
beach at Auk bay by Walter Anson,
and it is thought that possibly it may
belong to the remains of Christie.
It will be remembered that William
Christie was enticed away from his
work at Treadwell by Edward Krause
who served what purported to be a
subpoena from the court on him.
Christie and Krause left Treadwell in
the boat of Krause, and Christie was
never seen again.
The boat of Krause was anchored in
the channel above Juneau for several
hours, and although the channel was
dragged for some distance and divers
searched the bottom of the channel ir
the vicinity of the spot where the boat
was anchored, nothing was ever found
Old-timers in this section claim thal
had Christie been murdered and the
remains sunk in the channel, they
would be sufficiently becomposed by
this time for the bones to separate. II
is also claimed that the set of the tides
through the channel north of Juneau
might well cause the skull to wash
slowly along the bottom until it finally
came to rest on the beach at Auk bay
It is probable that the skull will be
brought to Juneau and an effort made
to have the identity of the person es
tablished by means of dental work or
the teeth. Julius Johansen, who has
been spending the past thr*ee weeks
at Auk bay, today borught the news of
the finding of the skull to town.
JAP FREIGHTER
BURNING AT SEA
CANADIAN PACIFIC TORT, May
25.—The big Japanese freighter Bur
mah Maru is reported afire off the
coast of western Canada. The report
says the crew has been taken off and
transferred to the Canada Maru
which went to the distressed ship’s
assistance, responding to a wireless
call for help. The Burmah Maru left
a Pacific port Sunday en route tc
[ Japan and has on board a valuable
' cargo.
Job printing at the Times office.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 25.—
The war department issued a state
ment yesterday afternoon saying that
fifty-three soldiers, on board the Brit
ish troopship Moldavia, were probably
lost, while crossing the English chan
nel, en route to France. The steamer
was sunk by a German submarine, the
torpedo hitting the troopship amid
ships. The soldiers were killed in the
explosion which followed.
The victims were members of com
pany B, fifty-eighth United States in
fantry, fourth division. There were
480 American soldiers aboard the
Moldavia at the time of the sinking.
Save for the fifty-three, the remainder
are accounted for, having reached the
shore in life boats. The majority of
the victims were from the east.
GOT OFF IN HURRY.
LONDON, May 25.—Within fifteen
minutes after the troopship Moldavia
was hit by a torpedo, virtually every
man on board was over the sides and
into life boats. Two soldiers who
jumped overboard drowned before
they could be rescued.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 25.—
Representative Caldwell, of New
York, a member o the military com
mittee of the house, announced yes
terday that during the first ten days
of May 90,000 American soldiers were
sent abroad, to aid our allies in the
war on Germany.
Caldwell further declared that aft
er one year from the date of the ar
rival of the first contingent of Amer
ican troops in France, the United
States would have a million men in
France, all of whom would be fully
equipped and supplied. The New
York congressman said he considered
this an accomplishment that reflected
great credit on the war, as well as
the navy departments of our govern
j ment.
U. S. RUSHING
TROOPS OVER
PARIS, May 25.—Andre Tardeau,
French high commissioner to the
United States, upon his arrival in
Paris from America last night, told
the French people, through the med
ium of the press, that the number of
American troops in France by mid
summer woudl be double the number
recently announced by the American
secretary of war as being in France at
that time. By the end of the year,
said Tardeau, the number will be three
times larger. The war secretary an
nounced May 8 that over 500,000
United States soldiers were in France
at that time.
STRIKE CALLED
OFF IN WINNIPEG
WINNIPEG, Canada, May 25.—The
strike of the civic employes of Win
nipeg, in which thousands of others
walked out in sympathy, was brought
to an amicable end last night. The
city council and representatives of
labor reached an agreement and today
the strikers are returning to their ac
customed work.
GERMANS CHECK JOBBERY.
STOCKHOLM, May 25. — The war
profiteering office in Berlin, which
was organized to check jobbery in ne
cessaries of life, has taken measures
to regulate the prices of wines, which
have reached the fourfold or even five
fold peace figures. German courts have
repeatedly held wine to be a necessity
of life.”