MUSCOVITE HOUSES OF WOR
SHIP IN THIS TERRITORY
MAY HAVE TO CLOSE.
NO FUNDS FROM HOLY SYNOD
Bishop Phillip, of Sitka, Leaves fo
Seattle to Go to Petrograd by VVa;
of Vladivostok to Consult Hig!
Ecclestiastics.
It may be found necessary to dis
continue Russian churches in Alaska
because of the lack of an appropria
tion. Bishop Philipp, of the Russia
church of Alaska, whose headquarter
are at Sitka recently left there fo
Seattle, to go to Petrograd via Vlad;
vostok, for the purpose of trying t
secure money from the Holy Synoc
which contributes the misssion fun<
to keep the churches going.
Owing to the turmoil of internal ai
fairs in Russia, no Alaska church af
picpriation has been received for som
time, according to the Juneau Empir<
The Russian church is closely iden
tined with the history of Old Alasla
having been established before it
transfer to the United States. Price
less art and other historic relics ar
contained in several of them.
FROtlFFICf
LACK OF CONFIDENCE IS EX
PRESSED IN CABINET BY THE
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
ISSUE ARISES ON DIRECT VOTI
Government’s Handling of Affair Ir
volving Bolo Pasha, Alleged Trail
or, Is Said to Have Caused Pair
Ieve’s Defeat.
PARIS, France, Nov. 15.—The mir
istry of Premier Paul Painleve toda
was defeated by a direct vote in tli
chamber of deputies expressing a lac
of confidence in the ministry. Th
premier and his associates immediat<
ly i-esigned. Dissatisfaction with th
government’s handling of the Bol
Pasha affair is believed to have cau:
ed the defeat of the ministry.
Bolo Pasha is a Frenchman, who :
in jail in Paris, on an espionag
charge. He is accused of having r<
ceived more than $1,000,000 from Gei
many and of having expended it i
France and the United States in fui
thering German war plots.
AMERICA INSURES
ENTENTE VICTOR]
JAPANESE STATESMAN SAY
UNITED STATES’ ATTITUDE
MEANS KAISER’S DEFEAT.
HONOLULU, T. H., Nov. 17.—Th
attitude of the United States towar
the world war insures its successfi
termination for the entente nation;
Viscount Ishii, who is returning t
Japan from the United States, declai
ed in a luncheon address here today.
Accompanied by the members of th
Japanese mission to the United State
he placed a wreath on former Quee
Liliuokani’s casket.
NEW CANTONMENT
COST $5,000,001
CAMP LEWIS, Wash., Nov. 17.
An inventory of the property of th
government at Camp Lewis, th$ mili
tary cantonment at American lak<
near Tacoma, preparatory to its trans
fer from the construction departmen
to the camp quartermaster, was start
ed today. The cost of the post is es
timated at more than $5,000,000.
WILD DOM
EAGLES KILL
ALASKA DEER
| HUNTERS AND TRAPPERS RE
PORT NO FAWNS ON ISLANDS
OF SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA.
. I ANIMALS SLAIN BY HUNDREDS.
r Indiana Leave Canines on Beaches
and Now They Run in Packs and
i Are Rapidly Destroying Game
Poisoning is Recommended.
-1 A1 Weathers and Ike Weathers, the
t two brothers who are recognized as
some of the best guides, trappers and
all-round frontiersmen in southeast
1 ern Alaska, came to Douglas in their
launch the other day for supplies,
says the Douglas Island News. The
boys have been fishing this year and
have been all around Baranoff, Chich- '
’ agotT and Admiralty islands since last
winter.
Thej report deer as very scarce on
nearly all the islands owing to the j
c fact tnat during the past two winter^
hordes of hungry wild dogs have kill
ed the deer by hundreds, particularly
the younger ones which were not
strong enough to evade the hungry
pack.
e They claim that this year a fawn
track is seldom seen and that a dozen
grown deer can be found to one of
the fawns. Hunters and trappers
claim these dogs are left on the beach
by Indians who leave for the canner
ies and fishing banks during the
spring ancl when they return the 1
dogs have gone wild and are never
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One old trapper on Baranoff island
reports killing fourteen of these wild
dogs which were running deer and
that during the coldest spell of last
winter he ran into one little cove
where there were dozens of deer car
casses only half eaten and that the
tracks showed fully fifty dogs had
driven the deer to this shelter.
Dogs and Eagles Kill Deer.
All men who are familiar with the
game situation claim it is not the
hunters who kill deer out of season
who are responsible for the scarcity
of game, but the dogs and eagles,
largely aided by the last two win
ters which were the severest in many
years, have killed hundreds of deer
which should now be roaming the
nearby islands.
Those familiar with the situauoP
claim something should be done this
winter to rid the islands of these
dogs even if poison has to be put out
for them, and that in the meantime
whoever may be out in the woods
and conies across an eagle, should
shoot at it, if there is any possible
chance of killing it.
ESCAPED NEGRO
CONVICTS CAUGHT
f | TWO FUGITIVES FROM OREGON
PRISON ARE CAPTURED AND
J THIRD IS SURROUNDED.
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PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 16.—Fol
lowing a man hunt of several days'
duration Farley Hunt and John Ma
jor, negro convicts, who escaped from j
the honor squad near the state peni- |
tentiary at Salem, were captured to- |
day as they were about to board a
train near here.
Jesse Taylor, a third negro fugi
tive, is surrounded in a patch of woods
near here by a posse.
VESSEL REPORTED
STRANDED IS SAFE
\ SAIKAI MARU REACHES SEAT
' TLE AND WRONG NAME OF
LOST SHIP PROBABLY SENT.
e SEATTLE, Nov. 17.—The Japanese
- freighter Saikai Maru enterd Puget
:, sound yesterday. Wireless reports
- last month said the Saikai stranded
t on the Japanees coast. Probably there
- was a mix up in the wireless service
- as to the real name of the stranded
j steamship.
ALASKA GIVES
UP $21,839,545
IN ONE MONTH
OCTOBER’S YIELD IN WEALTH
OF NORTHERN PRODUCTS
SURPASSES ALL RECORDS.
PROMINENT MEN CONFER.
Business Representatives of Seattle
Discuss With Leading Citizens of
Territory Needs of All Sections of
the North.
SEATTLE, Nov. 16.—October was
Alaska’s banner month in the produc
tion of wealth. The northern terri
tory last month shipped to the states
products of the value of $21,639,545.
These figures were compiled by the
Alaska bureau of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce and Commercial
club and were announced yesterday
when members of the executive com
mittee of the bureau met with prom
inent Alaskans to discuss the needs
of the various sections of the north
land.
Prominent Alaskans.
Among the Alaskans present were
William C. Edes, chairman of the
Alaskan Engineering commission,
with headquarters at Anchorage; Milo
Kelly, a mining man from the Willow
creek district, near Anchorage; P. C.
McCormcik, a member of the Alaska
legislature George Baldwin, of the
Copper river region; Malcolm Brocks,
of Cordova; Charles Derry, of Idit
arod, formerly editor of a newspaper
there; and J. Mustard, of Nome, form
erly postmaster there.
Mr. Edes. in a talk at the meetine.
reviewed very briefly the construc
tion results achieved on the govern
ment railroad in Alaska.
Home Rule Is Essential.
Mr. McCormick and Mr. Baldwin
declared that Alaska could not real
ize real development until her citi
zens were accorded the right to leg
islate for the territory’s welfare.
Mr. Derry said that the interior ot
Alaska was in need of more adequate
mail service.
All the speakers urged the necessi
ty of opening and developing the
northern coal fields.
NORWAY WARS ON SPIES.
Vigorous Efforts Made to Stamp Out
German Espionage System:
CHRISTIANIA, Nov. 17.—Norwaj
is making vigorous efforts to stamp
out German espionage within its
shores. The Swedish revelations have
given a great impetus to the anti-sp\
campaign.
The interned German ship, “Berlin’
is to be removed from Hommelvik tc
Aqusenfiord, further inside the coast
line. It has been urged for a long time
that the position of the “Berlin” offer
ed opportunities for espionage on
shipping.
Guards have been placed not only
over all Norwegian military estab
lishments, but also at some of the
large industrial works. Thus a mili
tary picket has been posted at the
Fredrickstad iron works, where the
new slips for 10,000-ton ships are now
ready, and trepassers have been warn
ed to keep awray.
Under a law of July, 1917, the com
mune of Christiania has ordained that
the chief of police may forbid per
sons who are not Norwegians to reside
in the commune longer than a certain
fixed period. A new law concerning
the necessity of passports and the ex
pulsion of aliens is to be rigidly en
forced after October 1.
A spy case which caused a great
flurry for a time was that of a Dane
named Kristiansen who has now been
expelled from the country. The whole
affair developed into an impudent
fraud, with one of the belligerent gov
ernments as the victims. Kristiansen
was obtaining money from this gov
ernment by giving or promising to
give information of no real value
about another.
To Consider Defense.
PARIS, Nov. 15.—The inter-allied
confemece soon to begin here will con
sider the defense of Italy.
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JUNEAU BUSINESS MEN OPPOSE
ENFORCEMENT OF TERRI
TORIAL ENACTMENT.
REGARDED AS RIDICULOUS.
Statute Applies to Laborers, Trades
and Professions and Will Cause, It
Is Said, General Slowing Up of All
Industry.
A movement has been started ir
Juneau to secure the suspension of
the eight-hour law during the perioc
of the war, according to the Juneau
Dispatch. The matter was submitted
to the Juneau Commercial associatior
and a committee selected to interview
I Juneau merchants and others concern
ed in order to ascertain public senti
ment on the question.
The eight-hour law was passed bj
the last legislature, and it provides
; that it shall become operative Janu
ary 1, 1018, unless suspended by th<
(governor, at the request of the sec
| retarv of the interior or the counci
jof national defense, during the pei’ioc
j of the war. The governor has m
power to take the initiative in th<
matter, neither can he act upon pe
titon of the people.
The law is general in its charactei
and applies to those in all lines o:
work who labor for wages or for sal
ary, and to officers and shareholder:
of co-operations and members of co
partnerships. It is actually prohib
itive in its character, and does no
permit the employe to work mor<
than eight hours a day whether hi
desires to do so or not, except when
| a grave emergency exists involving
j the loss of life or destruction of prop
! erty.
I
Attorney H. L. Faulkner, in speak
ing of the law said:
“The statement that the eight-hou
law became effective Nov. 1 is errone
ous. That was a provision in the bil
I when it was introduced, but it wa:
I amended before its passage and ap
! proval so that it provides for its be
coming effective January 1, 1918.
Regarded As Absurd.
“That the law is absurd is admit
ted by all who have read it, one of it;
provisions being that no member o
a partnership can work more thai
eight hours in any one day. In oth
j er words, no man, if he has a partner
jean work for himself more than eigh
: hours a day without being liable ti
j pay a fine of $500 and serve si:
j months in jail.
“If two lawyers are in a partner
ship and they are trying an import
ant caso m court, ant? are obliged t
be in court just eight hours during
, the day, neither of them can go t(
| the office at night to prepare for tin
| next day without subjecting himsei
to a heavy fine and jail sentence.
Same Holds True of Physicians.
“The same holds true of physicians
who are partners. They cannot worl
more than eight hours a day unless
some one’s life is in imminent dan
ger.”
“Other provisions of the law art
equally ridiculous and impossible.
“Even in normal times the law is
not practicable, and now when we art
obliged to speed up in all our activi
ties and to put north all our efforts
to keep all our industries going ir
the production of so many necessar
ies, the enforcement of this lav
would be tragic.
“No time should be lost in bringing
this matter to the attention of the
Council of National Defense. Everj
lodge, association and organizatior
in Alaska should request the counci'
or the secretary of the interior tc
take action. I would suggest that i1
would be very appropriate for the bai
association and the food conservatior
organization to take the lead.”
THE LIMIT, HUH!
“That fellow is out for the rocks,’
said Smith.
“Is he a capitalists?” asked Jones.
“No,” replied Smith. “He’s a geolo
gist.”
LOCAL BOARDS
TOLD TO TAKE
APPLICANTS MUST EXPLAIN
WHY THEY DELAYED SO LONG
IN COMPLYING WITH LAW.
REPORT ON WILFUL CASES.
Governor Declares That Because of
Belated Mail Service in Interior
Drawing "Will Noe Be Made Before
January 15. ,
Local boards under the selective
conscription law are authorized to
register now persons that were unable
to register during the time set for
registration last summer. Informa
tion to this effect has been given out
by Governor J. F. A. Strong.
“It appears,” says the statement of
the governor, “that quite a number of
persons in Alaska failed to register
during the period from July 2 to Sep
tember 2 and are now applying to lo
cal boards for registration. Local
boards are advised that every such
■ person should be registered and given
. a serial number as provided by sec
tions 8, 9 and 10, above mentioned.
[ “Before registering any such per
, | son the local board must carefully in
. qure into the facts and circumstances
. of the cast and make records thereof
and require applicants to file affida
. vit that the persons did not wilfully
! fail to register within the required
. period, the board may then permit
. j him to register.
. the showing and the affidavit that
t the person did not wilfully fail to
register within the prescribed period,
the board should see that complaint
is filed with the United States com
missioner and that the person is ar
. rested and proceeded against as a
slacker, under section 5 of the act of
. May 19, 1917.
“The divisional boards have not
. the authority to register, but should
_ refer all cases to the local boards,
j | “For the information of all boards
; j it is here stated that the drawing
. in Alaska will not likely occur before
. January 15, next, ^depending on the
interior mail service.”
DESTROYERS FOR JAPAN.
Mikado Will Build Warships For Pur
pose of Naval Repletion.
TOIvIO, Nov. 17.—The construction
of six new destroyers for the purpose
’ | of naval repletion at a cost of $6,000,
; 000 is to be started shortly and the
work will be expedited to complete
them within the present fiscal year
ending April next. The destroyers will
all be of middle size and be named as
(i Nara, Kuwa, Tsubaki, Mak, Keyaki,
~ j and Enoki respectively.
The building of the following battle
ships, cruisers and destroyers is to
. begin soon at the navy drydocks and
at shipbuilding yards at Nagasaki:
Battleship Mutsu, (Nagato type)
with a displacement of 32,000 tons;
j Cruiser Tama, with a displacement of
I f,M)U tons; Cruiser Kuma, with a dis
placement of 3,500 tons, and first class
destroyers Kawakaze, Minekaze and
Sawakaze, each of about 1,200 tons.
The battleship Mutsu will carry the
largest and most powerful main gun
ever mounted on any battleship of the
Japanese navy, and the cruiser Tama
will be the largest warship of the kind
in the Japanese navy. The first class
i
destroyer Kawakaze, which will be
one of the latest destroyers in the
Japanese navy, is the substitute for
the destroyer of the same name Which
was built in France after the outbreak
of the European wvar and was sold
later to an entente power.
Besides these warships a big special
service ship with a displacement of
12,000 tons and five submarines, each
displacing 7000 tons, will be built at
the Kure navy dockyard.
No Immediate Aid.
LONDON, Nov. 16.—Major-General
1 F. M. Maurice, chief director of mili
tary operations at the war office* said
today it would be several days before
the Anglo-French forces could operate
on '.!'.c Italian front.
NOTICES OF ASSESSMENTS WILL
SOON BE MAILED TO PRO
PERTY OWNERS HERE.
ROLLS BEING MADE UP NOW.
Only $11,000 Affects All Realty, While
Balanace of $24,987 Is For Special
Improvements Benefitting Certain
Lots.
Notices of assessments for $11,000
| to meet the expense of the operation
I and maintenance of the townsite,
which affect all property, and for $24,
987 to defray the cost of special im
provements, which affect only the
benefited property, will be sent within
the next few weeks to realty owners in
Anchorage from the office of Mayor J.
G. Watts. ✓
Assessment roll No. 13 for $11,000
for the operation and maintenance of
the municipality covers the period
| from March 30 to September 30, this
1 year. It is the third semi-annual as
j sessment levied here for the opera
| tion and maintenance of the townsite.
: It includes three items, fire protection,
sanitation and maintenance of streets
and sidewalks. It runs against all
| Assessment roll No. 6 is a special
i tax of $24,987 for grubbin gand grad
ing streets and laying sidewalks, and
; is levied only against the property
! benefited by the improvements. This
; roll does not include the laying of
I concrete sidewalks on Fourth avenue,
which is provided for in roll No. 7.
Only those property owners on
Fourth avenue in front of whose pro
perty concrete sidewalks were laid are
affected by the assessments included
in xoll No. 6. It carries a sum of
$10,000.
Assessment roll No. 8 is a special
tax of about $3,000 for water exten
j sions ,and affects only the property
| connected with the water system this
summer.
The general tax and the special im
| provement taxes aggregate about
1 $35,987. They are the last taxes that
| will be levied until next year.
numberTchosen
FOR REGISTRANTS
ANCHORAGE BOARD PREPARES
FOR DRAFT WHICH IS EXPECT
ED EARLY IN NEW YEAR.
The names of 2012 persons who
registered under the selective con
scription act in the Anchorage district
are being arranged alphabetically and
every name will be given a serial num
ber, according to a statement made by
the clerk of the exemption board,
Robert S. Bragaw, sr.
It is expected that the draft for all
registered Alaskans will be made
shortly after the first of the year.
The work of the exemption board is
progressing in good style and the rec
ords necessary for the draft are al
most complete.
The members of the board are
Thomas W. Dwyer, Dr. Frank Beyle
and J. H. Robinson.
REGISTRANTS PUT
IN FIVE CLASSES
FIRST DIVISION, WHICH WILL
BE CALLED FIRST, INCLUDES
ALL SINGLE MEN.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—Ques
tionaires will be sent to the 9,000,000
men registered under the selective
conscription act. They will be divid
ed into five new classes.
Married men with dependents will
be the last on the list. Only the men
in the first class will be called except
in the gravest emergency.
The first class includes single men
without dependents; husbands who
fail to support their families; married
men dependent upon their wives; un
skilled, farm and industrial laborers,
and registrants who fail to answer
. the questionaires.