(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Feb. 16— Approximate-;
ly 50 per cent of the shipyard workers |
jn the New York district have gone on
strike, according to claims made by
brotherhood officials, who say that the
strike will spread to other coast towns
unless wage increases are granted.
The strtkers here are declared to
number 8,000, but Washington advices
say that there are only a few over a
thousand men affected.
The government has refused the
proposition to place a representative
of the ship workers on the wage ad
justment board. The workers wanted
their representative appointed with
the right to vote and with equal pow
ers to those held by the government
representatives.
Will Appeal to President
A direct appeal to President Wil
son to intervene in the strike of the
shipyard workers engaged on govern
ment contracts will be made by the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners.
FRENCH AfiMY*OFFICERS
RECEIVE SMALL SALARIES
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, Feb. 16.—The military au
thorities at Paris have begun, some
what late, it must be admitted, to real
ize that many an army officer on spe
cial duty in Paris, especially a lieu
tenant with his $60 a month, may be
worse off than a workingman with $3
a day. So consequently it has been
decided to institute a mess for of
ficers at which they can lunch or dine
economically. The scheme will offer
a meal at 4S cents. The contractor
wall be allowed to buy.his provisions
at army prices.
FOOD OFFICIAL
EistJjjct Food Commissioner W. ft.
Hiltery yesterday received the follow
ing telegram from Territorial Food
Commissioner Gunnison of Juneau. It
is self-explanatory:
Effective immediately and until
further notice, no dealer will be per
mitted to purchase from millers,
wholesalers or jobbers in excess of
70 per cent of total wheat flour pur
chased by him during the period from
February 1, 1917, to April 30, 1917,
•unless he purchases at the same time
one pound of substitutes with every j
three of wheat. Dealer must purchase
substitutes with wheat regardless of
amount of substitutes which he had
on hand when he put in the order to
obtain wheat flour. Dealers must take
and forward with the order a written I
certificate specifying the amount of
wheat purchased during the above
period, and how much he has already !
bought during this corresponding
period this year. He may order his
substitutes where he pleases but must
satisfy the seller of wheat that he is
buying the necessary amount of sub
stitutes. Blank certificates will be
printed and distributed to the trade.
Wholesale jobbers and millers have,
been instructed that until they receive ^
proper certificates they must sell only
70 per cent of the order and supply
substitutes whether ordered or not in
proper proportion. After receipt of
this notification by dealer no order
for wheat flour will be filled unless
certificate accompanies order.
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Fred Crouch, of Fairbanks, arrived
in town yesterday, having come out
pver the trail.
SCHOOL PUPILS ENLIST
IN THRIFT CAMPAIGN
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In connection with the War Savings
contest the pupils of the Cordova pub
lic school have been divided into two
rival camps to be known as the Blues
and the Reds. The savings of each
camp will be registered regularly and
their relative position shown by two ,
hands on a dial placed In each school
room. The result will be published in
the paper from time to time. Francis
Fraisure and Elwell Thawley were
elected as captains by the pupils Fri
day. The list of members of each
camp follows:
Reds—Elwell Thawley, captain;
John Rosswog, Gladys Giles, Leona
Churchill, Leslie Johnson, Gay Elliott,
Geo. Wilson, Brooke Lamphrey, Edwin
Bollinger, Dorothy Dooley, Margaret
Foster, Bryan Lamphrey, Wm. O’Neiil,
Bill Murray, Bill Field, Mathew
O’Laughlln, Edith Wilson, Geo. Dooley
Cathrine Smith, Beverly MacKenney,
Jesse Wood, Harry Nelson, Stanley
MasVae, Phyllis Downing, Cecil Cox,
Sadie Travers, Verla Greenig, Ken
neth MacCormac, Alice O’Neill, Will
ard Hillery, Patsy Sheffler, Phillip
O’Neill, Louis Hile, Berry Webber,
Bergen Manbert, Austin Dunham, Sam
Nelson, Louise Walker, Valdez Green
ig, Evelyn MacVae Antonio Johanson.
Blues—Francis Fraisure, captain;
Genevieve Rosswog, Edna Thawley,
Elizabeth O'Laughlen, George Doster,
Percy Doolittle, Rollie Clements, Har
ry O'Neill, Barth O'Laughlin, Esther
Hill, Alice Daggett, Don Bollinger,
Robert Daggett, Ophelia Howard,
Donald Nichols, Maurice Randall,
Lawrence Graham, Headlee Lamphrey,
Elaine Bollinger, Donald Mac Cormac,
Hugh Wilson, Donald Me Vae, Donald
Foster, Helen Downing, Mike Shepard,
Jessie Graham, Elizabeth Foster,
Katherine Nelson, Marry Scott, Don
ald Giles, Jeannett Corser, Junior Ly
dick, Tom Murray, Paul BloecThorn,
Naomi Robinson, Clinton Plnkua,
Chester Hughes, Genevieve Hughes,
Louise Lacy, Marion Wallingford, Ed
na Shepard, Jennie Charles.
Banner to be Awartted
Mr. Henderson, the commissioner of
education of Alaska, has instituted a
War Savings contest among all the
schools of Alaska. A banner will be
igven to that school which invests the
largest average amount per pupil in
Thrift Stamps or War Saving Stamps
between February 15 and May 15.
The money must be earned by the pu
pils within the dates given or must
be saved within the given date from a
regular fixed allowance granted by
parents to children ; that is, the money
so invested must not be given to the
child if it is to be counted in this
school contest. The contest serves
a double purpose: (1) of training chil
dren in habits of thrift and providing
a sum for education or business enter
prises against a future in which we
may not be so prosperous; (2) of show
ing a patriotism of force and action.
The Thrift Stamps may be had at
the hanks or the postoffice. The plan
of Investment is too well knewn to
need explanation. They are an abso
lutely safe investment, yielding good
interest.
Shall we win this contest? The!
Children will react largely to the spirit
of the community. The towm or city,
that wins first place will be known j
throughout Alaska and outside of Alas- j
ka as a live center and a patriotic j
center—a place that is doing things.!
Shall Cordova he that city? Friends)
and parents, won’t you give the chil-)
dren of the community every oppor-)
tunity possible to earn money for War
Stamps during these three months?!
Begin now. Well begun is half done.
Please note the conditions of the con
test. We wish to win, but we wish to)
win honestly.
FANNIE E. BRAYTON,
Principal.
IIIIKSCENIC 1 Eli
DEVELOPS SIEIT1GTIVITY
(By Associated Press)
HONOLULU, Feb. 16—The lava lake
of the volcano of Kilauea has risen
suddenly to the highest level it has
reached since the year 1894.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. Bensen, of Mc-I
Carthy, are here on their way to the,
states.
THE KIND OF A TANK RUSSIA NEEDS
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(By Associated Press)
UNDATED—The American positions
east of St. Mihiel resounded yesterday
trom a two-hour bombardment by en
emy gas shells. The fumes remained
over the American positions for three
hours. There were no casualties.
The American gunners repulsed an
attempted enemy air invasion of the
American positions. The fighting is in
creasing in magnitude.
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TO COMMAND NEW VESSEL
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Feb. 16.—Captain John
A. O'Brien, the veteran Alaska navi
gator, and master of the steamship
Victoria, is to be in command of the
steamship Westerly, a new vessel con
structed for the United States ship
ping board, when she leaves Seattle
soon on her maiden voyage.
Captain O’Brien will return to the
command of the steamship Victoria
on June 1.
i
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16—The Amer
ican consul at Tiflis, Caucasus, has
transmitted to the state department an
unconfirmed report of the disappear
ance of General Kaladines, the Cos
sack leader of South Russia. He was
a hitter opponent of the Bolshevikl
government.
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This afternoon Betsy Van Vechten, 1
five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. !
V Van Vechten, met with a painful
accident. While coasting down C
street she ran into another sled and (
had her face badly cut, the wound re- i
luiring several stitches. <
EXCITEMENT IN
in OVEN
‘' PUCE FUSCO
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb. 16.—The Exchange
Telegraph reports that much feeling is
displayed against the central powers
in Warsaw. Great excitement pre
vails and soldiers are patrolling the
streets.
Germans Leave
BERLIN, Feb. 16.—The official com
missioners representing the central
powers left Petrograd yesterday and
crossed into the German lines this
morning.
IHUTE EVIDENCE REM
nilEKEUT
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb. 16.—The belief that
a naval engagement has taken place is
expressed in a Gothenberg dispatch re
ceived at Stockholm. A large num
ber of bodies of German sailors are
reported to have been found, presum
ably from .a German warship.
WILL HEIM
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—The ac
tion of the French government in tak
ing over for national use all French
shipping follows closely a proclama
tion issued yesterday by President
(V ilson, intended to license all Amer
ca’s merchant marine, in order to re
iuce exports and imports to a mini
num. This action is taken in order
o release shipping so that it may be
ivailable to carry supplies for the
irmy in France.
Takes Effect March 10
I ARIS, Feb. 16.—The French gov
‘rnment has issued a requisition of
ill ships of her merchant marine. The
irder will g0 into effect on March 10. i
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EUCGEHITEB REPORTS
nEFUTLD BY KtTALLt LtDY
In a letter received by Mrs. John
Gillis from her sister, Mrs. Charles
Aur, of Katalla, the latter gives the
full particulars in reference to her de
tention upon her arrival in Seattle re
cently, and of which all sorts of vague
and exaggerated reports have been cir
culated about town.
Mrs. Aur left Cordova on the steam
er Victoria for Winslow, Arizona,
where she intends to take over tem
porarily the dental office she sold be
fore coming to Alaska, as the doctor
who purchased it has been drafted
into the military service. Mrs. Aur
took a box of instruments and some
chemicals with her. These were mark
ed under her Christian name Dr. von
Mensebach-Zesch and as she was un
able to take care of them in her state
room and asked that they be placed
in the hold. It is presumed that the
way they were marked aroused sus
picion and resulted in the unpleasant
ness that followed. At any rate as
soon as Mrs. Aur landed in Seattle she
was met by secret service agents and
a thorough inspection made of all her
personal effects, as well as mall she
was taking outside for others, includ
ing a letter from a Katalla man to his
wife in which was enclosed $2,000 for
the purchase of Liberty bonds.
Aflfef a detention of six hours in
Which the federal district attorney
made a searching investigation, Mrs.
Aur was informed that there were no
grounds whatever for the information |
preferred against her and after apolo
gizing for having detained her the of
ficers invited Mrs. Aur to dine with
them, which she did. While Mrs. Aur
was naturally chagrined over the af
fair she expressed herself as being
pleased at the manner in which the
government is running down every ru-’
mor that may tend in any way to in
terfere with the United States in the
prosecution of its war plans.
The only annoying feature of the
episode to Mrs. Aur was the fact that
her Americanism and loyalty to Uncle
Sam should be questioned.
BRITISH BLUB ORDERS
Slim OF IS WEST
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb. 10.—Clubs fre
quented by military men home on
leave have been troubled by officers
carelessly depositing loaded revolvers
in the cloak rooms, and several of the
clubs now display a notice reading;
“Members and visitors returning from
the front are requested to unload their
rifles and pistols before leaving them
with the attendant.’’
GHANNEL PORT OF DOVER
BOMBARDED BY U-BOAT
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb. 16.—An enemy sub
marine bombarded the port of Dover
and a shore battery responded to its
fire. The submarine disappeared after
firing thirty shots There were less
than a dozen casualties, and the prop
erty damage was slight.
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FISH PRICES
KETCHIKAN, Feb 16.—Prices for
fish today were as follows; Halibut,
16 l-6c; sable, 4c; red rock, 2c.
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(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Feb. 16.—The steamer
Alaska sailed this morning. Those
who booked passage for Cordova were
T E. McConaghy and wife, J. P. Gor
in and wire, Mrs j MeGonigle, Mrs.
Eva Ward, Mrs. Pott, Miss Wise, Miss
Peggy Miller, Miss Mabel Howe, Miss
Birdie Clarke, H. Thisted, E. L. Har
wood, Dan Vanderford, J. L. Stiekney,
0. Riley, Ra., Sorbett, John Spitz, G.
V Matthews, C. Flee, J. Moen, J. Gran
*on, P. Waldon, E. E. Burgess, W.
Scott, M. Johnson, A. Michaelson,
Einar Carlson, R. Peterson and J
?oats. ' j
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MANY U-BOATS
LOST THROUGH
DEPTH BOMBS
(By Associated Press)
GENEVA, Feb. 16—A Swiss engin
ser who has just returned from the
German naval base at Kiel says that
Bvery effort is being made by the Ger
rnan officials to conceal their subma
rine losses from the men of the navy,
because of the increased difficulty in
mustering crews for the underseas
iraft.
The engineer said that it was es
timated that the Germans had lost
30 per cent of their submarines during
the time he was at Kiel, and said that
depth bombs were proving most ef
fective in combatting them.
During the year 1017, he said, thern
had been two more serious mutinies
in the German navy.
RAILWAY BILLS
(By Associated Press)’
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—The ad
ministration leaders in the senate are
urging the early enactment of the ad
ministration’s railway bill. Majority
Leader Martine today declared that
Director of Railroads McAdoo was
much embarrassed in his handling of
the country’s traffic by lack of the ,
necessary legislation.
Republican leaders in the senate de
sire to have time to thoroughly debate
the bill.
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(Correspondence of Associated Press)
ROME, Jan. 21.—How an aviator
feels when he drives an airplane
through a flaming observation balloon
is described by Giovanni Ancillotto,
an Italian airman, who demolished an
Austrian balloon in that fashion in an
air conflict at Rustigne.
The balloon was guarded 1 hree
Austrian chaser airplanes. These were
engaged by three Italian fighting ma
chines, while Ancillotto dived straight
at the balloon, at which he opened
fire with incendiary bullets at a range
of about twenty yards. At the same
moment he suddenly realized the dan
ger he was in, for it w'as clearly im
possible for him to avoid collision
with the now flaming balloon,
“I thought to myself, ‘It means
death,’ ” he says in his report. “I
closed my eyes and waited. Barely
a second passed before I felt a shock;
there was a sound of tearing, flames
rushed across my face. I opened my
eyes and found myself a few dozen
yards from the ground.
‘‘I started my engines, steadied the
machine, glanced at the wings in fear
that their support would fail me. They
were trembling as though broken, and
were carrying some tattered pieces of
stuff. But they held; the propeller
turned, and the airplane, gradually
gaining speed, glided toward the Ital
ian lines. A few minutes later l
alighted at my camp.”
Examination of the machine showed
that it had passed clean through the
jurning balloon. In the shock of ed
ition the wings had actually been
broken in the middle, but were held
together by the support of the ma
chine gun.
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The steamer Admiral Evans is due
rom the westward Tuesday.