rRICE TEN CENTS
FI KILLED
WHEN TRAIN
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Feb 1.—Five
persons were killed when a runaway
Great Northern freight train struck
a Northern Pacific passenger train at
Sedro-Woolley last night.
Charles E. Patten of Seattle, presi
dent of the Atlas Lumber company,
was among those killed.
Seventeen persons were injured.
SUFFERING SOLDIER BOYS
BANISH GERAAAN MALADY
CAMP DIX, Feb. 1—Contending thal
it sounds unpatriotic to have German
measles, soldiers at this cantonmenl
suffering from that malady have start
ed a movement to change the name t(
“Liberty measles.”
LIFE OF PREMIER LENIN!
T1E1TEHED er raws
LONDON, Feb. 1.—A TVtrograd dls
patch says that another unsuccessfu
attempt to kill Premier Lenine was
made last night. The former attempi
was made on January 16.
FAILURE DUE
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1—Former
Governor West of Oregon today told
the. senate military committee that the
delay in getting out spruce lumber
for airplane construction could be
charged to the ignorance of the sruce
industry displayed by officers of the
signal corps in Washington and the
personnel of th( Oregon advisory
board.
WASHIN6T0NAND OREGON
j ENJOY FIRST SNOWFALL
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Feb. 1.—The first snow
of the winter commenced falling last
night, and covers the ground in West
ern Washington and the adjoining
state of Oregon. It will robably con
tinue today and tonight, according to
the weather bureau.
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KANSAS GOVERNOR
TO RUN FOR SENATE
TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 1.—Governor
Capper today announced his candidacy
for the nomination of United States
senator on the Republican ticket.
AMERICAN PRISONERS
MISUSED BY GERMANS
(By Associated Press)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY,
Feb. 1.—American officers have come
Into possession of documents taken
from Germans opposite the American
positions dealing with the treatment
accorded to prisoners.
The documents say that allied pris
oners, officers included, after being
captured are kept in cages four days
without food, and are compelled to
stand the entire time.
It is believed the Germans are hav
ing difficulty in extracting information
from the American prisoners, hence
the adoption of this practice.
BRAZIL IS TROUBLED
W AGENTS OF GERMANY
(By Associated Press)
RIO GRANDE DO SUL, Feb. 1 —
Brazil is having its spy scare, and it
has become more general even than
in some of the other belligerent coun
tries. It is only necessary for a per
son to be a foreigner and a stranger
in any Brazilian town to become the
object of suspicious regard by the peo
ple, and even of police surveillance.
Orders have gone out from Rio de
Janeiro for the arrest of large numbers
of Germans, many of whom appear to
be innocent business men, although
there is no doubt but that German
espionage is well organized in South
ern Brazil. Spies are reported to have
been especially active in the state of
San Paulo, and the government has
taken rigid measures for watching all
suspects there.
As soon as the government began
these measures of precaution, how
ever, a large number of rich and well
known German business men who were
under suspicion of being German gov
ernment agents succeeded in escaping
into the Argentine Republic with what
ever secrets they may have had.
MIllGi MTE ilKE
IN LOtmiTI Of CINIPS
|
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. 1.—The
presence of a large number of soldiers
at military establishments in San
Francisco and San Diego counties had
the effect of increasing the number of
marriages in these two counties in
1917, according to George B. Leslie,
state registrar of vital statistics, who
made public recently a comparative
report of the number of marriage
licenses issued last year in the princi
pal counties of the state.
The statistics showed that San Diego
moved from fifth to fourth place in the
list of counties having the largest num
her of marriage licenses, while Los
Angeles county maintained its place
at the head of the list, with a total of
7,888 licenses issued. This was an in
crease of 978 over the total for Los
Angeles county in 1916.
San Francisco county showed only a
net increase of 765 over 1916, but the
increase in the number of licenses is
sued to Caucasians was 1,100. The
| small net increase was due to a de
crease of 360 in the number of licenses
issued to Japanese in 1917, he said.
Leslie accounted for the decrease in
the number of marriages of Japanese
by the new rules by which Japanese
“picture brides" were admitted with
out the formality of an American wed
ding, which was required in other
years. The records showed there were
[ only 240 marriages in San Francisco
[ county in 1917, while there were 608 in
1916.
I San Mateo county also showed a
. large increase in the number of
licenses issued in 1917, the total being
505, while it was 326 in 1916.
Reports from recorders in the lead
ing counties of the state by the state
registrar are as follows:
County— 1917. 1916.
Los Angeles . 7,888 6,910
' San Francisco . 6,746 5,581
I Alameda . 3,540 2,774
1 San Diego. 1 661 1,332
Orange . 1 502 1,467
Sacramento . 1,2°3 1,145
Fresno . i,15;> 1.059
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SLATER RETIRES
Henry A. Slater today retired from
the restaurant business, which he has
successfully conducted in Cordova for
the past tpn years, having disposed of ;
it to M. B. Holben, of the Alaskan j
Grill, who will conduct both restaur-;
ants in the future.
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GUILD AUXILIARY
Mrs. Harwood entertained the ladies
of the Episcopal Guild Auxiliary yes
terday afternoon at her home. Re
freshments were served and all pres
ent had their knitting and a very en
joyable afternoon was spent in “doing
their bit.”
HEROIC SAMMIES
REPULSETEUTONS
Anericans Stand Off Superior
Numbers of Enemy, Thus
Saving Comrades
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY,
Thursday, Jan. 31.—Conditions were
quiet in the American sector today,
because of the fog. Beyond a few
shots on both sides, there was no ac
tivity.
Additional details of Wednesday’s
raid by the Germans on the American
trenches, in which there were several
'casualties, show that only the heroism
of the American platoon nearest the
listening post in the raided sector pre
vented the enemy from entering the
trenches and perhaps capturing many
prisoners.Itjs known that they stood
off a superior number of Germans.
When the enemy saw the deter
mined stand the Americans were mak
ing they withdrew, and later a num
ber of bloody enemy rifles and other
equipment were found beyond the
American position.
SPAIN MAKES
(By Associated Press)
MADRID, Pel). 1.—The Spanish gov
ernment decided today to send a
strong protest to Germany demanding
reparation to Spain for the recent
sinking by a German U-boat of the
steamship Giralda.
[WILL CAN SEAL FLESH
AT PRIBILOFF ISLANDS
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Feb. 1.—A complete
cannery for the packing of seal meat
was landed at the Pribiloff island
seal rookeries by the United States
fisheries bureau steamer Roosevelt
which has returned here from its
winter trip to the north. The gov
ernment will can for export all seal
meat not required for the population
! of the islands.
! H. J. Ghristoffers, assistant agent of
the bureau of fisheries in charge of
the Seattle office, says that the flesh
of young seals is quite palatable and
tender, having the consistency and
i texture of prime beef. It has been
j used on the seal island for many years
as the only fresh meat available, while
seal brains and livers are of the fin
est quality.
“One would naturally presume that
because the seals live on fish their
flesh would have a fishy flavor,’’ said
Mr. Christoffers, “but this is not the
the case. The fishy flavor is all in
the bones and for this reason the
bones are removed from the meat be
fore it is cooked. Only the shoulders
are used and a three-year-old- bull
will yield from 50 to 60 pounds of
choice meat. It is the intention of the
government to preserve all the meat
of the seals killed hereafter.
“All the parts of the seal carcass
will be used, making a high grade sofe
leather, while the lining of the throat
is transformed into a very thin, tough
leather.”
This year for the first time since
1910, there will be unrestricted kill
ing of seals by the government, and
it is expected that about 35,000 will be
slaughtered, furnishing an immense
quantity of meat in addition to the
valuable pelts. In the seven years of
protection, the Pribiloff seal herd has
more than doubled, the census of 1917
giving a total of 463,374. In 1916, 116,.
977 seals were born at the rookeries.
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NOTICE TO ELKS
Many of the herd are grazing in the
Copper River valley this winter, and
although the snow has been deep and
you may not be fat, yet a donation of
$1 per buck will be appreciated to de
fray expenses of the food conservation I
campaign. Brother Harry Steel will
hold the sack. Don’t crowd.
W. R. HILLERY, P. E. R. 431.
EQUIPMENT OF
RUMANIA FALLS
TO RUSSIANS
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb. 1.—Owing to the
outbreak of war between the Bolshe
viki and Koumania, the revolutionary
committee of the Black sea fleet has
resolved to confiscate guns and trans
ports belonging to Roumania. Forty
S3teamships and several warships have
been seized in Black sea harbors.
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Commissioner Tallman, of the gen
eral land office, department of tht
interior, has sent the following lettei
to registers and receivers and to the
surveyor general in Alaska:
You are advised that on Decembei
]->. 1917. the secretary of the interior
amended section 6, page 17, of th<
Alaska townsite regulations, circular
491, approved July 19, 1916 (45 L. D.
227), to as to read in full as follows:
I ‘‘Indian or native Alaskan occupants
I who have secured certificates of citi
zenship under the territorial laws ol
Alaska shall be treated in all respects
like white citizen occupants; but al
land occupied by other Indians or
Alaskan natives shall not be assessed
nor conveyed by the trustee. In mak
Ing the subdivisional survey herein re
quired, the surveyor will set apart the
possessions occupied by the Indians
1 who are not citizens and appropriate
ly designate them as such upon the
triplicate plats of his surveys, but he
will not extend any street or alley
upon or across such possessions.”
Certificates of Citizenship.
In connection herewith, attention is
called to territorial act of April 27
1915 (Chap. 24. Session haws of Alas
ka, 1915, p. r-2.1, providing a method
whereby native Indians of Alaska may
definitely establish the fact of theii
citizenship under section 6, act ol
February 8. 1887 (24 Stat., 38S). A
certificate of such citizenship will
therefore be required to enable “In
tlian or native Alaskan occupants” of
lots in town sites to avail themsehes
of the privileges of such amended
regulations.
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In a recent issue of a LTtica, New
York, paper there appeared an arti
cle regarding the feeling of the Ca
nadian soldier toward the British
Tommy, and it is interesting owing
to the discussion of the amount of
grain used by Kngland in the manu
facture of intoxicating liquor. The
article reads:
“You can tell Canadians who have
been at the front that the British are
not doing their part in the war; that
is, you cannot tell them and get away
with it.
[' “‘The British bear the brunt of
j everything.’ says a returned Candian.
‘If there’s any dirty work"to be done,
I they do it. There is no' comparison
■ in the hugeness of the work compared
with ours.
“ ‘A simple proof is the common
sight in England of men wearing four
or five gold stripes (which signify the
number of their wounds), while our
men show rarely more than one. The
[ British casualties since the war began
are six to one colonial. The English
army and navy have been decimated
in many frightful battles. English
regiment after regiment has been wip
ed out and reconstituted over 20 times
since the war began. This blackguard
ing of England is done in the hope of
detaching the United States from her
allies and of forcing a separate and
early peace between Washington and
! Berlin. They are not thinking of the
1 possible danger and suffering of the
American people, but of the fate of the
1 fatherland.
“ ‘Another falsehood to take form
with these German propagandists is
to represent the British as a nation
iof drunkards, who use the grain Amer
ica sends to make “booze.” Every one
j of these falsehoods we Canadians re
i sent bitterly. The British haberdash
er from the Thams, cotton operatives
from Manchester, the miner from!
Northcumberland, the Scotsman and
the Welshman is a soldier, valiant
and self-sacrificing, who, not boast
ing, never hesitates to pay the price
with his heart's blood. The reason
| Americans hear more of us is because
we're the nearest fighting neighbors
and, in a sense, their own people.’ ”
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RED CROSS MEETING
A meeting of the executive commit
tee of the Red Cross will be held at
the Northland club rooms at 8 o’clock
, tonight.
R. E, CAPERS TO EEAVE
Attorney R. E. Capers, who for the
past three years has been the attorney
for the Copper River & Northwestern
Railway Company, the Kennecott Cop
per Corporation and their allied inter
ests in Alaska, with headquarters at
Cordova, has resigned his position, ef
fective March 1. While Outside dur
ing the holidays Mr. Capers formed a
partnership with Messrs. Rigg & Ven
ables of Yakima, Wash., and mil go
to Yakima immediately after the first
of March. The new firm will practice
under the name of Rigg, Capers 4k
Venables.
The senior member of the new part
nership is one of the oldest and best
known attorneys in Eestern Washing
ton, and served for several years as
judge of the superior court at Yakfrna.
The junior member. Mr. Venables, is
now serving with the military forces,
of the government.
Mr. Capers will be succeeded in Cor
dova by Attorney B. O. Graham, now
connected with the firm of Bogle,
Graves, Merritt & Bogle, at Seattle
Mr. Graham will leave Seattle about
the middle of February for Cordova,
tnd will be followed early in the sum
mer by his family.
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GREEK RESERVES
CALLED TO COLORS
CONDON, Feb. 1.—Sixteen classes
Df Greek reservists have been called
to the colors, according- to Athens
iispatches.
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ALASKA DUE TOMORROW
The steamer Alaska left Sew'ard at
10:30 o’clock this morning and is due
n Cordova about 9 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
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(By Associated Press)
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Feb. 1.—The
United States naval reserve today em
braces 69,000 men and 8,000 officers,
which constitutes a larger force than
the regular navy at the time war was
declared. Our navy today is three
times larger than it was in the Span
ish-American war.
This was the gist of remarks made
by Secretary of the Navy Daniels to
day to the graduating class of the
United States naval academy.
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YUKONERS KILLED
IN BATTLE IN FRANCE
—
A letter just received from France,
from Robert Gourlay, veteran Yu
koner, tells of seven other old-time
Yukoners being lost in a big fight
against the Germans in France re
cently, says the Dawson News of
January 11. The victims were: Joe
Tilton, William Kerr, Peter Morrison,
Peter Allen, Fred La Blanche, George
Otis and Frank Pregant.
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KETCHIKAN FISH PRICES
KETCHIKAN, Jan. 31.—Halibut,
116c; sable, 4c; red rock, 2c.
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IS ATTACKED
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb. 1.—News has been
received at Kiev from Minsk that the
Polish legion has declared war against
the Bolsheviki.
Forbid Export of Foodstuffs.
Five more entente warships have
arrived at Vladivostok, according to
ia dispatch just received, which says
that China, acting on allied advice,
has forbidden the exportation of food
stuffs to Russia.
CORDOVA PASSENGERS
ON STEAMER VICTORIA
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Feb. 1.—The steamship
Victoria sailed at 9 o’clock this morn
ing for Cordova and southwestern
Alaska ports. Her passenger list for
Cordova was as follows;
Verne Elliott, M. Yoshltaka. L. An
derson, J. E. Earner, N. N. Maricicfr.
Mrs. H. Higgins, Mr. and Mrs. H. N
Wiilson, Miss K. Munn, John Logarr.
D. W. Metzdorf, Pete Ross, Joe Mish.
C. A. Sumner, Nick Akratas, Andrew
Pestloes and Sam Fonis.
INDUSTRIAL OUTBREAK
HAS REACHED CRISIS
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 1.—One police-j
man was killed and a dozen strikers;
j were wounded in a clash in the sub
, 'there , —ii,*
I nor disturbances in other sections of
; Germany also.
The German press says that the
butbreak has reached its climax and
| is now receding. The demonstrations,
it is said, show a lack of centralized
pontrol. According to these authori
ties, reports from the industrial sec
tions of Germany indicate that the
'strike nowhere is finding support.
Says Situation is Unchanged.
LONDON, Feb. 1.—A Copenhagen
.dispatch sa^s that the strike situation
'in uermany is unchanged, and also
that the police have seized the trades
union building in Berlin and arrested
Kotersten and other leaders of the
strikers.
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Trouble in Munich.
LONDON, Feb. 1—A three-day strike’
has been declared in Munich, accord
ing to an Amsterdam dispatch re
ceived here.