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SIGNS OF QUARREL BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND GERMANY
NEW ALASKA LAW
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
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(By Associated Press)
. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 28 -
Judge Charles E. Bunnell, in the dis
trict court for the Fourth division
yesterday decided that the Alasks
eight-hour law was unconstitutional
in that it was in violation of the four
teenth amendment to the federal con
stitution and the organic act. The find
ings will be reported to the attomej
general, and no appeal from the de
cision will be made unless specia
authorization is given.
The decision was rendered in the
case against the Northern Commer
cial Company for alleged violation of
the law in working its employes more
than eight hours.
Word was received here yesterday
to the effect that Governor Strong had
concluded the hearings on the pro
posed suspension of the provisions of
the territorial eight-hour law at Ju
neau and Is preparing his findings for
I submission to the Washington author
ities.
DEATH SENTENCE1
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—Four
American soldiers who were caught
sleeping while on patrol duty ih the
first line trenches have been sen
tenced to death.
Although General Pershing has au
thority to carry out the sentences he
has referred the eases to the secre
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tary of war for review.
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MEXICANS REJECT
NEUTRALITY BILL
(By Associated Press.)
LAREDO, Texas, Feb. 28.—Ameri
cans arriving from Mexico City say
the Mexican congress rejected a bill
providing for benevolent ncutiality by
M-’xtco on the side of the entente
powers in the war solely because of
constitutional provisions that give the
president, not congress, authority to
act on such a question.
The debate on the bill which was
secret, is said to have been mainly pro
entente, especially in the chamber of
deputies.
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KNITTING IN THE SENATE
(By United Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—"Ladies of
the senate,” led by Mrs. Thomas R.
Marshall, have set up a "knitting
nook” over in the senate office build
ing. There, while legislative currents
swirl about them, they calmly knit
for the boys in France. Wristlets,
sweaters and helmets come forth in
a steady stream, and Red Cross ban
dages and other hospital supplies.
nil INO GHENT
FINED FDD EONFEMPF
(Special to the Daily Times)
JUNEAU, Feb. 28.—Attorney Lund
pnd Chris Tjosevig were today Tined
$100 each by Judge Jennings for con
tempt of court. Their offense con
sisted in the filing of an affidavit in
which it was insinuated that Judge
Jennings was controlled by Thomas
Donohoe, member of the national com
mittee for Alaska. Mr. Donohoe is
plaintiff in a suit before Judge . Jen
nings in which Tjosevig is plaintiff.
WIRT METEOR SEEN
III UPPER YUKON OISTRICT
(By Associated Press)
DAWSON, Feb. 28,—Samuel Packer,
teor which was visible over a stretch
of five hundred miles, from Fairbanks
to Carmacks, on Tuesday night last,
for a period of twenty seconds, dis
appeared on the northern horizon with
an apparent explosion, scattering
sparks.
IMIUHUhT
THRUM ERUPTION
(By Associated Press)
HONOLULU, Feb. 28—Lava from
Mount Iiilauea is again moving, por
tending another eruption. The present
danger is considered slight, however.
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NOT HUE EDI ROHRS
(Special to the Daily Times)
JUNEAU, Feb. 28.—Captain W. H.
.Waugh, chairman of the Alaska road
commission, says that until the pres
ent laws are changed, and owing to
the shortage of labor, no forest funds
cay be used on Alaska road work for
several years.
LOCATED THROUGH MAILS
(By Associated Press)
H VANA, Feb. 28.—Officials have
intercepted mail from Mexico on board
(he Spanish liner Relna Maria Chris
tina It is rumored that documents
from the interior of Mexico to the
German consular officials in Spain,
telling of American and Cuban mili
tary plans, were seized.
TIKES LHU0HE1
THU HE HUH PLANNED
(Special to the Times)
DAWSON, Feb. 28.Samuel Packer,
a Yukon pioneer sporting goods deal
er, died here suddenly last night, on
the eve- of a projected tour of the
world.'
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VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA
(By Associated Press)
CALGARY, Alta., Feb. 28.—Premiei
Bi ewster or British Columbia wa;
t . on from the train here recently
-rpK^illy ill from pneumonia
He was en route for Ottawa.
GERMANY READY TO
CLASH WITH AUSTRIA
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Feb. 28—An official
French dispatch says says that Em
peror Karl of Austria visited Kaiser
Wilhelm on Friday last, and that
their interview was lacking in cor
diality.
There seems to be little doubt that
there has been a serious conflict be
twen the courts of Vienna and Berlin,
which Germany has determined to
settle by violent measures if neces
! sary.
It is believed that the quarrel btok*
out because of Austria's refusal to
send troops to the Ukraine.
HOW GERMANS DEAL
WITH PACIFISTS
(By Associated Press)
COPENHAGEN, Feb 27.—An 18
year-old German workman has been
sentenced to six weeks' improsonment
in Berlin for calling out to a passing
detachment of soldiers, “Throw away
your rifles and make an end of it.”
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DARDANELLES REPORT
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(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb. 27.—The British
government has decided that the sec
ond and final report of the Dardan
elles investigation commission is no)
to be published until after the war
Publication^ at present, it is stated
“would not be in the public interest.'
SUCCUMB TO GAS
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(By Associated Press)
I DATELESS.—The Germans again
| fired gas shells on the American sec
: tor Wednesday. On Tuesday two gas
! attacks resulted in the death of five
| Americans and the poisoning of sixty
others.
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INTERESTING PROBLEM
FOR BRITISH COURT
(By Associated Press>
LONDON, Feb. 28.—The British"
courts will be asked to decide whether
the famous Polar exploration ship
Aurora, wreckage of which was found:
near the Australian coast, was lost
through storm or by German action
If the former, the marine insurance
people will have to pay; if the latter,
the loss will fall on the government
war insurance.
The Aurora was last reported when
she left Sydney, Australia, on June
20. As she had a cargo of coal, she
may have fallen a victim to the Ger
man raider Seeadler.
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WOMAN BANK CLERK
STEALS TO GET FOOD
(By Associated Press)
AMSTERDAM, Feb 27—Women
bank clerks virtually have replaced
J men in Germany from the early days
I of the war, but the first case of an
! embezzling woman bank clerk has just
occured in Berlin. The accused girl,
Rosa Neumann, was convicted of steal
i ing $6,000 in Russian securities from
; the Dresdner Bank and was sentenced
to eight months' imprisonment. She
[ stated during the trial that she had
spent all the proceeds on food and
theater tickets.
WICKERSHAM, SULZER AND CONNELLY ARE CANDIDATES
FOR DELEGATE IN CONGRESS AT COMING PRIMARIES
(Special to *he Daily Times)
JUNEAU, Feb. 28.—Charles A. Sul
zer, Democrat; James Wickersham,
Republican, and Francis Connelly,
Socialist, filed their declarations of
candidacy today for the nomination of
delegate in congress from Alaska, to
be voted on at the coming primaries
Wickersham and Labor
Indications point to the fact that
an effort is being made on the part
of Governor Strong and Senators Hub
bard and Aldrich to control the newly
organized Alaska Labor Union for
political purposes. Yhe indications
also are that the combination will sup
port Wickefsham for delegate and
make the eight-hour law their cam
paign war cry.
The union here, however, appears
to have gotten beyond the control of
these politicians, and is likely to bar
professional politicians from its coun
cils.
Attorney General Grigsby holds of
fice for another two years, and there
will be no election for attorney gen
eral this year.
Charles A. Sulzer today sent out the
following statement to the people of
Alaska:
“In deciding to enter the primaries
as a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for delegate in congress,
I feel impelled to maKe a brief state
ment to the people of the territory.
“It is now nearly a year since I
was seated in the house of representa
tives as Alaska’s delegate. During
most of that time the United States
has been engaged in a world war, and
every resource of the nation, in money,
materials and man power, is being de
voted to the single purpose of win
ning the war. Every member of con
gress, in considering legislation, has
placed war needs above all else, and
,the needs and requirements of the
country have been subordinated to
the wants of the military establish
ment.
"Alaska has responded nobly to the
nation’s call. She has given her share
willingly and unstintingly.
His Claim to Support
“When the Democratic party went,
before the people of Alaska, in No
vember, 1916, it stood for a certain I
constructive program, in which were
embodied as its principal elements a
wider measure of home rule for the
territory, a sane and rational policy
of development of its natural re
sources, and the granting of every
possible aid to the pioneers of the
country. I have introduced among
others the following bills in congress,
which I am pressing for passage as the
opportunity occurs:
Sulzer Sends Out Statement
"Granting Alaska a full territorial
• form of government, with home rule
and domination as the principle; regu
lating the fisheries of Alaska along
lines that will be fair to all and that
will protect the'salmon supply front
depletion; making changes in the
homestead laws, by abolishing the
eighty-rod strip reservation, and au
thorizing free surveys of homesteads
in isolated sections; changing the
game laws so as to give the people a
better opportunity to use the game of
the country without slaughter; ex
tending the federal farm loan act to
Alaska; providing for the care of
Alaska’s insane within the territory.
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Suspension of Assessment Work
“I have at all times endeavored to
keep constantly in mind the needs of
the territory and the people of the
territory, and in spite of the war some
measure of progress has been achiev
ed. I assisted in having passed a law
which helped the prospector by sus
pending assessment work on claims
during the years 1917 and 1918. The
extension of the wireless and cable
systems has been accomplished, and
prospects for further extensions are
bright. Recognition has been forced
for Alaska in the matter of appoint
ments to the second series training
camps for army officers. Contracts
which prevented farmers of the Inter
ior from supplying army posts with1
their vegetables were canceled.
Complies With Requests
“Suggestions and requests that Ij
again go before the people of Alaska
having come to me from Alaskans all
over the territory, and reiterating my,
desire to serve the best interests of'
Alaska, I am submitting my name as
a candidate for the Democratic nomin
ation for delegate in congresg.”
JAPS ARE ANXIOUS
TAKE VLADIVOSTOK
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—Adminis
tration officials are discussing repre
sentations made by the Japanese gov
ernment in an endeavor to learn the
feelings of‘the allied governments to
ward a proposal for joint military op
erations in Siberia to keep Vladivos
tok supplies and the Transsiberian
railroad out of the hands of the Ger
mans.
It is believed to be the iuten ion
of the Japanese to intervene, with
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the aid of the allies, and possibly the
Americans. The Japanese govern
ment already is negotiating with the
allies regarding the matter.
The Russian representatives in
Washington are opposed to the pro
posed action of the Japanese in Si
beria.
The allies are alarmed lest the vast
quantities of supplies at Vladivostok,
which were bought and paid for by
American cash, should fall into the
hands of the Germans.
EIGHT HOURS
FOR LOGGERS
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PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 28—North
western lumbermen have decided to
adopt the eight-hour working day com
mencing March 1. Colonel Brice '
Disque, head of the government’s !
spruce production campaign, says that
the decision in favor of the eight-hour
basis was voluntary on the part of <
the operators, and was not demanded
by the government.
The colonel does not think it pos
sible that the government will ever
take over the spruce and Hr industry, as
the government can depend upon the J
lumbermen for a maximum produc
tion of airplane timber.
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TWO MINERS
MEET DEATH
Information was received here to
iay that two employes of the Kenne
eott Copper Corporation were acci
ientally killed at the Latouche mine
,-esterday. Their names are H. Peter
son, a miner, and Jaun Logos, a help
er No particulars of the accident are
jbtainable.
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ERECT NEW WAREHOUSE
The Lighthouse Packing Company is
>etting it plant in readiness for the
season’s pack. Among the improve
nents will be the erection of a large
vjrehouse, work upon which will be
■ in within a week or ten days.
COSSACKS PREPARE
TO MEET INVADERS
(By Associated Press)
BERLIN, Feb. 28.—Germany’s mili
tary operations on the northern front 1
are taking a normal course. Accord- 1
ing to an official bulletin another Es
thonian regiment has placed itself
under German command. The Ger
mans have captured 50,000 rifles and
2,000 machine guns.
Cossacks Will Face Germans
LONDON, Feb 28.—A Retrograde
dispatch says that the enrollment of I
he new army is proceeding success*
ully. The Cossacks are going in the
iirection of Pskov, and regiments com
josed of mixed detachments are also
narching to the frost. Women, chil
Iren and invalids have been permitted
‘o leave the city.
Rumored Cessation of Invasion
LONDON, Feb. 28— A Petrograd
Lspatch says that Germany has or
lered the northern advance of her
orces stopped.