OUTLOOK FOR
SIBERIA KNOT
ENCOURAGING
VLADIVOSTOK, Feb.' 21 (Corre
spondence of the Associated Press).—
A gloomy picture of the situation and
outlook in Western Siberia and Rus
sia is drawn by C. L. Preston, who
recently returned from a journey as
far west as Ekaterinburg, in the in
terests of the Red Cross. The Czecho
slovak front, he declared, is a mis
nomer, since there is no “front" in
the usual acceptance of the term.
There were Czech outposts in widely
• separated locations and the fighting
was of a guerilla nature. The Czechs,
he said, were worn out with long
service under trying circumstances
and, in his opinion, would fall easy
prey to the Bolsheviki if the menace
of allied troops were removed.
Behind the Czechs the country was
full of ex-officers of the old govern
ment, civil and military, who had
1 slipped through in disguise, put on
their long-discarded uniforms and in
signia and were busily plotting a res
toration of the monarchy. Nobody,
said Mr. Preston, was concerned with
improvement of the economic condi
tions. Railroad service was main
tained in a hit-and-miss fashion. Prac
tically only freight cars were avail
able for passenger traffic and these
were invariably crowded to a ridicul
ous degree.
Most of the passenger coaches were
serving as domiciles for politicians or
political leaders or for transporting
delegations. A considerable number
were devoted to the service of allied
officers and Red Cross or other charit
able organizations, but a far greater
number were employed by the Rus
sians. Stations at every town of im
portance along the trans-Siberian
were filled with cars. Many had been
stationary for months. *
A commendable feature of the situ
ation, asserted Mr. Preston, was the
devotion of the railway employes who
had been working on naif pay or with
out pay and with insufficient clothing
and otherwise under most exacting
conditions. Except at Tomsk, which
is off the main line of retreat of refu
gees, and at Irkutsk which, somehow,
manages to keep them moving, it was
practically impossible to And lodgings.
Every other city or town has had its
population doubled.
Food conditions are good through
j out Siberia, said Mr. Preston. In
many localities the grain crop of
1915 was still unexhausted and the
products of the various sections, due
to lack of transportation, were market
ed locally. It was next to impossible
to ship products not only because of
lack of cars but owing to restrictions
imposed by the various local adminis
trations to curtail exportation. A
thousand rubles is demanded for the
use of a freight car, in addition to the
regular freight oharges, and the un
certainty of any shipment ever arriv
ing at destination effectively discour
age would-be shippers.
Mr. Preston, who was formerly a
resident of Riga and Petrograd, was
designated by the government at
Washington as an advisor in the re
lief work in Siberia. He has resigned
his commission and is returning to
America.
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FRENCH CHILDREN T E
THEIR FIRST CHOC TE
PARIS, March 1 (by mail).—Chil
dren born in France since the 'begin
ning of the war have just made a glori
ous discovery. They have tasted
| chocolates. In a congested quarter
of Paris, writes an Associated Press
r correspondent, a line stretching for
more than a hundred yards wanted a
chance to enter a grocery store. Four
policemen wore keeping order among
f) the crowd and women were actually
I struggling for a place in the line,
“What are they fighting for?” a
I policeman was asked.
“The store is selling a quarter of a
pound of chocolate to each one,” re
sponded the officer. “That is the rea
son why you soe so many women
1 bearing their children in arms, they
are allowed half a pound then.”
The correspondent asked one of the
women who had with her a fine child
and was stubbornly holding her place
on the slippery, slushy sidewalk,
whether she thought it was worth
while to risk pneumonia in order to
get half a pound of chocolate. .
“You see,” she replied, “this baby
bas never yet tasted chocolate."
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WANTS HABIT
OF SAVING
ENCOURAGED
Secretary of the Treasurer Carter
Glass has sent the following telegram
to Governor James K. Lynch of the
Federal Reserve bank, thanking the
savings banks of the district for their
assistance to the government:
“Please extend to the members of
the savings banks of your district the
appreciation of the treasury depart
ment for the assistance which they
have rendered the government during
the Liberty Loan and War Savings
Campaign and say that the treasury
department will welcome the continu
ance of their active co-operation in
campaigns of the same nature during
1919.
“Obligations incurred by the gov
ernment in order to win the war at
the earliest possible date and which
undoubtedly helped to terminate the
war much sooner than might other
wise have been the case must be
liquidated. This can be accomplished
only by levy of taxes and by the sav
ings of the people converted into in
vestments in government obligations
issued for the purpose.
“Savings banks as a whole have not
suffered loss of deposits as a result of
war financing. On the contrary,
gains have been received and 1 am in
formed that deposits in savings banks
are now rapidly increasing. I am con
fident that the savings banks of the
country will patriotically assist in the
gieat task of helping to liquidate the
war bills of our government and of
encouraging the habit of thrift
amongst the people which in turn
should reflect itself in larger deposits
and consequently increased prosperity
for savings institutions.”
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WORK LIMITED
ON RAILROAD
ATANCHORAGE
ANCHORAGE, March 31—Despite
the fact that the Sixty-fifth congress
adjourned March 4 without having
passed the civil sundry bill, carrying
$4,000,000 for the prosecution of con
struction and operation activities on
the government railroad, the Alaskan
engineering commission, which has
charge of the transportation system,
hopes to keepftts 'organization intact
for all practice purposes and to con
tinue work on a limited scale.
Until an appropriation shall be
made by congress, which cannot be
done until the expected extra session
next June, no new construction work
will be undertaken by the commission
and operation and maintenance will
be somewhat curtailed.
At the time of the adjournment of
congress there was available to the
commission about $300,000 remaining
from the previous appropriation. Plans
have been formulated for making this
amount meet the expense of necessary
work until about July 1.
In an effort to assist the commis
sion, the Anchorage Chamber of Com
merce recently adopted resolutions
asking the secretary of the navy to
spend in working the Eska and Chick
aloon coal mines the $1,000,000 that
congress last summer appropriated
for use by him in prospecting and de
veloping coal lands in Alaska, with a
view to' obtaining fuel supplies for
naval ships. These mines, which em
ploy about 200 men, are now operated
by the commission. They furnish
coal for railway shops and buildings
and also to commercial patrons in
towns along the line of the road. If
the operation of the mines were tem
poratily taken over by the secretary
af the navy, he, with the money at his
disposal, not only could greatly ex
pand their activities but would save
to the commission funds badly needed
by it in its other departments.
The request to the Acretary of the
navy is based on the desirability of
affording opportunity of employment
to returned and returning soldiers. If
the request is granted, all the Anchor
age young men who have, or soon will
come home, can obtain positions
either at the coal mines or on the rail
road. If the naval money is withheld
great difficulty will be experienced in
making places for returned soldiers.
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Offer to the trappers and dealers of the North
the followinig prices for No. 1 Prime Furs:
Lynx, extra large No. 1. $35.00 to $37.50
Lynx, large No. 1..... 30.00 to 35.0C
Lynx, small . 20.00 to 25.00
Mink, dark coast skins... 5,00 to 7.00
Mink, dark coast skins, small. 3.00 to 5.00
Mink, fresh water. 5.00 to 10.00
Land Otter..'« 12.00 to 15.00
Red Fox, No. 1 large. 30.00 to 35.00
Cross Fox, according to beauty. 50.00 to 100.00
Muskrats. 75 to 1.50
Silver and Black Foxes, as to color
Wolverina.5.00 to 12.00
Wolves .. 5.00 to 20.00
Ship us your Furs! As soon u receivod will grade same and
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the furs and pay transportation charges on same both ways.
References: Any bank in Alaska, Dexter Horton National Bank, Be
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ONE VISIT TO THE ALASKA GRILL WILL MAKE YOU A
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