FIRE UPON
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22—Chinese
rebels at Peking fired upon the Ameri
can gunboat Monacacy and killed one
sailor and wounded two.
The commander of the Monacacy
reports that he returned the fire and
silenced the rebels.
The Japanese steamship Taiyun also
was subjected to fusillades.
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UNSETTLED By
ADVERTISING
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—The de
partment of labor has issued peremp
tory directions to many large indus
trial concerns to cease the widespread
advertising for help which is though!
to be unsettling the labor supply, and
working hardships on individuals whc
become interested in the advertise
ments.
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DINING CARS HELP HOOVERIZE.
Railway dining car services of the
country during October and Novem
ber saved 469,508 pounds of meat. 238.
098 pounds of wheat flour and 25,699
pounds of sugar, according to reports
submitted to the TTnited States food
administration.
“These savings are the more re
markable,'’ says a food administration
report, “for the reason that they were
made in spite of a 20 per cent in
crease in the number of persons who
were fed in dining cars in October and
November, as compared with the two
corresponding months of last year.’’
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A primary election will be held
throughout Alaska on April 30. In this
judicial division candidates will be
nominated as follows: Delegate to con
gress, one member of the senate, four
members of the legislature and one
road commissioner.
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The results of the Red Cross Christ
mas membership drive in Alaska hav<
been compiled and the average per
centages of membership to population
in the territory was 80.G8. Cordovs
has the distinction of having mad'
the greatest gain, with 150 per cen
increase to its credit. The campaign
began December 17 and closed Decern
ber 27, with the following result:
Chapter and Tributary Towns—
Juneau—Sitka, Skagway, Petersburg,
Douglas—Treadwell ..
Wrangell—Craig and sundry.
Ketchikan—Karluck .
Cordova .
Seward .
Valdez—Ellamar .
Anchorage .
Nome—Candle, Solomon, Council an
St. Michael ..
Fairbanks—Circle, Eagle, Nenan
Tanana and Iditarod.
Chitlna.
McCarthy .
Ivennecott ..
Latouche .
Balance of Alaska.
Totals .
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(By Associated Press)
DATELESS.—Almost complete inac
, tivity perlsts on the Italian and
French fronts. The Bulgars heavily
| attacked the French front on the Ma
| cedonia front, but the Greeks drov#
them out.
BOLD DETROIT ROBBERS
EMULATE JAMES GANG
(By Associated Press)
DETROIT, Jan. 22.—Three bandits
entered the jewelry store of Ralph
Dewey, in the down-town district, to
day, bound the proprietor and es
caped with $60,000 worth of valu
ables.
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POSSIBLE BUT NOT PROBABLE.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 22.—Maximilian
Harden, the German Socialist editor,
' says that there is a possibility that
Germany may surrender Alsace-Lor
raine.
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<Bv Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22—A non-rieh
ocheting shell as deadly as a depth
charge is the newest device perfected
by the navy ordnance experts for use
! against submarines.
The new shell dives when it strikes
the surface of the water, instead of
bouncing. The charge explodes when
the shell strikes a solid surface under
water, or at a predetermined depth.
The British and French admiralties
have adopted the shell.
FORMER KLONDIKE BOXER
DIES IN LIBERTY’S USE
(By Associated Press)
DAWSON, Y. T„ Jan. 22.—Freddy
Wyatt, the former Yukon boxer has
been killed in action in France, ac
cording to advices received here.
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SOLDIERS WILL BECOME “
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS
tBy Associated Press)
PARIS, Jan. 22.—“The Stars and
1 Stripes,” a weekly newspaper for
; American troops in France, will be is
sued soon, with American soldiers as
the publishers.
1 Members Members Members Per
Dec. 1. Secured Jan. 1. cent to
1917 1918 Popul’t’n
2,330 3,670 6,000 97.13
528 322 850 53.12
682 134 816 136.00
...‘ 976 924 1,900 79.16
400 1,100 1,500 150.00
... 521 - 521 52.10
152 340 492 49.20
955 1,021 1,976 65.86
d
. 1,000 1,000 66.66
i
.. 2,223 2,050 4,273 112.44
. 206 206 103.00
. 200 200 100.00
. 297 297 49.50
. 100 100 33.33
. 300 300 15.79
... 9,367 10,964 20,331
PROSPEROUS SEASON
IN STORE FOR CORDOVA
There promises to be much activity
in the canning of sea food products
at the Cordova plants during the com
ing season and the output will be
greatly increased. Work is also to be
gin much earlier than usual and next
month will see large numbers of the
employes of these industries return
ing to Cordova, and before March l
the clam plants will be in full opera
tion. Last year there were but two
of these plants here owned by the
Pioneer Packing company and Light
house Packing company and they
gave employment to a large number1
of men and women, all of whom earn
ed big wages. This season the Canoe^
i Pass company will instal a one line
i clam plant, the machinery for which
I will leave Seattle early in February,
I and conduct this in connection with
its salmon cannery. The Pioneer
j Packing company has arranged to in
| stal a lacquering machine and will
manufacture its own cans here. Every
thing wilt be In readiness to begin
work, with an increased force, on*
March 1 The Lighthouse company
also plans on improvements that will
permit of a larger pack being put up
and expects to see the wheels of its
plant in motion in about five weeks.l
The Deep Sea Food company's plant
near Whltshed, which was destroyed
by fire last summer and later rebuilt.1
is also to be operated as well as the
plant at Pinnacle Rock, owned by
Ross and Thisted. This will give (’or-1
dova five clam industries.
There are five salmon canneries
here and in order to avoid any de-'
lay in receiving their freight during the'
busy season the supplies and mater-j
ial for their operation are to be
brought north a month earlier than
usual, and those industries will be inj
full blast with the first run of fish.1
The outlook for a buBy season in the
fishing Industry is particularly bright
for Cordova.
Juneau has just completed a ulne-t
weeks’ pledge-card campaign. Ap
proximately 1,400 pledge cards were
signed, covering nearly every home!
in the community. During this pe-|
riod nearly 100,000 wasteless meals,
65,000 meatless and 42,000 wheatless
j meals were reported. A great sav
; ing of sugar and fats has also been
| reported. In other towns situate In
Southeaster nAlaska, out to the west
[ ward and in the Interior pledge-card
! campaigns ae actively under way,
with excellent results being reported.
iteturns from local chairmen of
food-saving committees covering a
canvass of the restaurants, cafes and
boarding houses in twelve of the lead
ing towns of the territory as to the
amount of wheat, meat and sugar
saved during November and Decem
ber of last year are rapidly coming
I in. The towns report the observance
of wheatless and meatless days and a
great saving of these foods, a swell as
i sugar. Inadequate mail service pre,
! eludes a definite summary at this
( time. It will be announced at the
earliest moment.
The United States has now shipped
| overseas all of its surplus of the es
sential foods. Hence, all that is
shipped today or can be shipped un
til the new' crops are in the market
again is what the American people
can save through self-denial, the sub-|
stitution for the essentials of other,
foods of which there are plenty, and
the guarding against waste in the
kitchen and on the table. There is
no danger of starvation here, for wre
have an abundance for substitution,
but there is imminent danger of it
i in Europe. They have practically
| only what we send them.
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It has come to the attention of the
! food administrator that some are ex
pressing the desire that the United
States food administration should tell
just w-hat is wanted of them in this
regard. The food administration has
already done that very thing on the
home card that was given out to ev-|
ery household where a food pledge
w-as signed One of these home cards|
should be in the kitchen of every,
house in the territory. This card sets
forth the suggestions and wishes of
the food administration up to the
present time. It unnecessary to re
iterate why these foodstuffs are nec
I
O
essary to be conserved for overseas
use. The home card in your kitchen
will tell you that.
Today real Americans regard with
aversion the man or woman who
lends aid or comfort to or sympa
thizes with the common enemy of lib
erty, and the man who would avoid
Mo rl 11tv in Viln ziiMintutr Kir nnrlnovnr
have responded willingly to the call
to defend the cause of democracy in
the world. Our men and women have
given generously of their money for
Liberty bonds and have supported the
Hod Cross as well as other avenue?
of war relief with their money and
their labor, hut we must remember
that food is the basis of r 11 military
operations, and that men must be
fed if they are to fight. So, too, must
he fed the people not under arms who
constitute the nations with whom we
are associated in the war.
H is now an indisputable fact ithal
the revolution in Russia was in real
ity a food riot, seized upon by the
radical and pacifist elements of that
country, fostered by Prussian propa
ganda as a pretext to eliminate Russia
as a fighting factor in the conflict.
Mr. Hoover, United States food ad
ministrator, says: "If through any
failure of ours we should bring about
this situation among our w^tern al
lies or among our own people, there
will rest upon us the responsibility
for failure of civilization and govern
ment larger than ever rested upon a
nation ’ This responsibility is yours
and mine, and the man in the street
and the woman in the home. The
man or woman who looks lightly upon
this responsibility disregards the
needs of today and refuses or1 neg
lects to save the essential foods, as far
as his condition and circumstances
will permit, and to eliminate the
waste in food from the home, in order
that we may supply the overseas de
mands. is giving aid and comfort to
the cause of Prussianism and autoc
racy as surely as the U-boat crews
that sink the food-laden vessels des
tined for a French or English port.
It is merely another method of de
priving the people and soldiers of our
associates and our'boys “over there”
of what they must have to enable
them to carry out the purpose for
which they have left the pursuits ol
peace and taken up arms.
Each individual will continue to do
his or her part gladly and cheerfully
to this end. Small beginnings ac
complish great things, and every
ounce of the essential foods saved
means another shell fired into the
ranks of Prussianism. The range is
great from Alaska, but Alaskans can
stand without flinching and shoot
straight, and the record from this ter
ritory in food conservation will keep
Alaska at the head of the list, where
Alaska always belongs and stands in
every good work
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—Prospects
for the enactment of legislation pro
viding for a war cabinet and a muni
tions administration have befen dim
med by President Wilson’s denuncia
tion of the program.
The partisan debate in the senate
precipitated by Stone’s attacks on
Roosevelt and the Republican lead
ers will begin on the 23d, at 2 o’clock
Adjournment has been arranged in the
hope that both sides will cool off.
STRIKERS ARE
DEFIED BY
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(By Associated Press)
DATELESS.—Seydler, the Austria!
premier, today told the Austrian work
men who struck, demanding peace
that Austria-Hungary will continue t(
1 strive for a general peace on th
1 terms previously offered.
The Berlin newspapers report th
resignation of the Austrian cabinet
^ but this is not confirmed.
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CRISIS IN DUEL MONARCHY.
LONDON, Jan. 22.—The Austrians
cry for peace, accompanied by an ir
j cipient revolt, is featured by Londoi
newspapers as a fact indicating tha
the duel monarchy is hurrying to ;
crisis.
Amsterdam dispatches report tha
the workers became desperate becausi
of lack of food and general war wear!
ness. > ^ H
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WANT PACKING PLANTS
CONTROLLED BY NATION
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22—The de
mands of the Chicago packing hous<
( employes for government control o
the meat industry during the war hav<
been broadened to include all packinj
plants throughout the nation.
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PENNANT OFFERED SCHOOLS.
Superintendent L. D. Henderson o
j the Territorial education department
has notified the Alaskan teachers that
a pennant will be awarded to the Alas
I ka school which reports the larges
| amount per pupil in War Savings Cer
| tifactes, War Savings Stamps, ni
I Thrift Stamps purchased by the pupil:
j during the period beginning Feb 11
| and ending March 15.
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Times Want Ads Bring Results
FT
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 22 —General
Murray, commander of the Western
department of the United States army,
ha^JJapproved the sentences of three
privates of Company C, Fourteenth in
fantry. charged with attempting to in
cite mutiny at Fort Seward, Alaska.
Michael Salai was sentenced to ten
years' imprisonment at hard labor at
McNeil's Island, and dishonorable dis
charge; Edmund Gooding was sen
tenced to five years and Thomas Cor
mors to two years at Alcatraz, and
Privates Senter and Messer were re
leased.
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10 JUSTICE
(By Associated Press)
PBTROGRAn, Jan. 22.—Premier
Lenine has ordered the arrest of the
murderers of Chungaroff and Kokosh
kine. The murder of the former min
isters has created a feeling of pro
test against the Bolshevik! officials,
I who are anxious to prevent the situa
tion from getting beyond their con
trol. _ *
TRAIN SCHEDULES ART ~ 'v
DEMORALIZED BY SNOW
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(By Associated Press/* .
•\ WASHINGTON, Jan. 22—Heavy
‘ snows over the entire east have com
pelled the abandonment of scores of
scheduled passenger trains. The lo
- comotives released have been diverted
• to the coal traffic. Plenty of cars are
being sent to the mines.
HEATING* PUT
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At last nights meeting of the city
council the Cordova Power company
made application for the right, prrviT
ege, authority and franchise to cotr
duct a steam heating plant m Cor
dova to place, lay, maintain and oper
ate over or along the streets, avenues,
alleys, thoroughfares and public high
ways within the town, pipes, pipe
lines, mains, conduits, valves, shut
■ offs, manholes and other appliances
E for conducting, holding or supplying
> of steam for heating, for domestic and
; commercial purposes.
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BOOTLEGGER GETS
STIFF SENTENCE
Deputy Marshal Sharpe of Ketchi
kan uncovered a cache at Charcoal
Point Recently on the beach, contain
ing D barrels, 160 bottles, and three
kegs, of mixed liquors, and arrested
Jack Weiberg, in connection with the
find, charging him with violation of
; the bone dry law, having liquor in his
possession. He was tried before Com
missioner Mahoney and pleaded guilty
to the charge, and was sentenced to
60 days with a fine of $250.