(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—Members
of the house committee on agriculture
believe that compulsory food conserva
tion will become necessary in the near
future. The committee has submitted
a report on a bill giving the Presi
dent power to regulate public eating
houses and the distribution of food
stuffs.
The bill does not attempt to direct
ly affect householders
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BEFORE SECOND DRIFT
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—Officials
assert that no date has yet been fixed
for the second draft. The indications
are that it will come in April or May,
but it is possiule that additional can
tonments will be built before the draw
ing takes plain.
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^USE OF HORSES
REG ULATED BY CARD
(By Associated Press)
AMSTERDAM, Feb 23.— “Horse
cards” are the latest things in the
complex business of rationing Ger
many. Small farmers, tradesmen and
others to whom the possession of a
horse ‘Unnecessary for their livelihood,
can now and then secure one if they
are provided with a ‘‘horse card”
properly signed and attested by the
military authorities.
Only a limited 'number of horses will
he available even for "Holders RI fhe
cards. They will "be animals no longer
required by the army, and some of
them will only be lent for short per
iods at an assessed rental. Emsrmiated
specimens will be auctioned.
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STANDARDIZED CLOTH
FOR ENGLISHMEN
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(By Associated Rvess)
BRADFORD, England, Feb. 22.—A
wide Tange of partierns -of standard
cloth have been produced and arrange
ments'nave been made'for the manu
facture of one million yardb by the-end
of June. This will enable men’s stand
ard suits to be retailed at 17 Shillings
and 6 -pence, it iis stated.
Four sizes of standard blankets w ill
also be produced and three million
yards ck standard flannel will shortly
be-put <on the market for retailing at
2 Shillings a yard
IIIM0N1TM
FUR PISHING MUSES
Word has been received from Feder
al Food Administrator Royal A. Gun
nison that every salt water fisherman
in Alaska who intends to fish for the
market in any way must first make
application to the local food adminis
tration and to Washington, D. C„ for a
license before -work this season.
Word has already been sent out
that applications must be in by the
middle of March, but owing to the fact
that the necessary blanks, which must
he filed at Juneau and at Washington,
have not yet arrived, the matter will
probably be somewhat delayed. The
blanks have been heard from, however,
and are now on the way.
Many fishermen have been calling
every day at the local food adminis
tration office for information on the
subject and have been assured that,
as soon as the blanks arrive, every
fisherman will be supplied and must
forward same to the proper authori
ties. There is no charge or fees con
nected with this license, the govern
ment merely taking this means to
check all fishermen connected with the
taking of food fish.
FRENCH HUBS CONTINUE !
TO nmCE RESULTS
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, Feb. 23.—Prisoners and sup
plies have been captured by the
French forces north of the Ailette
river in a raid on the German posi
tions, according to an official com
munication issued today.
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SIGNIFICANT CHANGE
IN SIAM’S ENSIGN
(By Associated Press)
' BANGKOK, Siam, Jan. 26 (by mail).
—The national flag whicl\ used to be
a representation of the famous white
elephant on a scarlet ground has been
replaced by a tricolor, composed of
red and white stripes at each end,
with a central blue strip double the
width of the others. The official an
nouncement of the change sets forth !
that it has been made as a symbol
of the advance in civilization made by
Siam on the occasion of her ranging
herself on the side of the allies, whose
flags also display three colors.
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(By Associated Press)
JOASyRlD, Feb. 23.—The Spanish;
steamship Mgr. Caspo has been sub
marined and sunk wh'Ke en route to
New 'York wltfh a cargo of crrk. The
Spanish steamship Claudio Lopez res
cues the crew of the torpedoed ves
sel
The submarine stopped the Bepez
anti threaumed io sink -Lor because
she carried a number of cars consign
ed to the Spanish Northern railroad,
wiSiidh :1b giattiaily capitalized by
Frenchmen The captain of the Lo
pez with ‘difficulty induced the sub
marine to permit him to -continue the
v«©;age.
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mourn of hm
TO COMMENCE MARCH 18
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Postmaster Sdheffler, who has been
f
appointed official assistant registrar
for enrolling all German enemy aliens. /
stated yesterday that the work of reg-t
istertng had already taken place in the!
States, and that the department had
fixed the time for Germans to register!
here lrom Mart'h 18 to 22, both dates ^
inclusive.
All German males over 14 years of
age who are alien enemies of the
United States must appear on these
dates and fill affidavits in triplicate
before Vhe postmaster, who will ad
minister the oath prescribed by the
government regulations.
When the affidavits are sworn to a
thorough description must be made
of the registrant, which is filed on
blanks for that purpose, together with
his finger prints and a photograph of
himself attached to all three affidavits,
and another photograph to he attached
to the registration card Which will be
given the registrants after ten or fif
teen days following the last registra
tion day.
All Germans who do not reside in
the district, or who wish to leave for
any reason whatever, must appear be
fore the registrar, must secure provi
sional registration cards, if in the dis- i
trict temporarily, and if leaving, must
have his registration card properly In- <
dorsed by the registrar or he can not
leave the district in which he resides, j
All postmasters in this district are
to conform with these registering reg
ulations and report to the chief regis
trar at Juneau, and all alien enemy
Germans who fail to report to the ]
postmasters in their various districts i
throughout Alaska will be subject to 1
the severest of penalties, from impris- ;
onment during the duration of the war i
to other punishment prescribed by the s
President of the United States under 1
tl>«se regulations. ]
(By Associated Press)
DATELESS.—The German govern
nent will not attempt to resume the
peace negotiations with the Russians
immediately. The Bolsheviki prob
lbly will institute guerrilla warfare in
in attempt to impede the progress of
the Germans.
The Teutons are nearing Kiev, the
capital of the Ukraine, which is held
by the Bolsheviki.
The Germans are taking no prison
ers, but merely disarming the Rus
sians.
Petrograd is awaiting events calmly.
It is reported that probably a major
ity of the people will welcome the ad
vent of the Germans, as uncontrolled
anarchy is feared.
Will Accompany Bolsheviki
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—United
States Ambassador David T. Francis
reported to the state department to
day that the diplomatic corps intends
to leave Petrograd with the Bolshe
viki government if the Germans men
ace that city.
The ambassador gave no details, but
said the Bolsheviki were planning to
defen 'TWetrograd if necessary.
,^t to Break Off Relations
PETROGRAD, Feb. 23.—The mem
bers of the diplomatic corps probably
will proceed inland with the Bolshe
viki government, wherever it decides
to go. The representatives of the al
lied governments are ready to aid the
Russians in fighting the Germans, and
are unanimous in their decision not to
break off relations with the Bolshe
viki.
Uninterrupted Advance
BERLIN, Feb. 23.—The German
' forces advancing into Russia have
reached Walk, ninety miles northeast
of Riga, says an official German bul
letin. In Volhynia the invading army
has reached the city of Dubno.
HAD TO BLOW TAPS FOR HIS BUNKIE
fBy United Press) j
WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDI-!
T ION ARY ARMY IN FRANCE, Jan. 1
(by mail.)—Soin'etimes a grown man
will bust right out and cry like a kid
<—even a fulCgrown, hard-swearing j
bugler of 16. And it helps a fellow re-'
gain control of the bawl if a motherly j
woman puts her arm around a fellow's j
shoulder and says '“There, there, little
son,'” just as his own gray-haired
mother would if h* were back home
In 'Clarindn, Iotva.
OR,course a »oldter is supposed
never to cry. But suppose you were
just 16 and 4,00ft miles from home in
the holiday season. And suppose your
best pal in the world was another man
of 16. Well, your pal gets sick with
(pneumonia during a long march
’through the blizzards. He gets taken
’away to the hospital. Next thing you
hear is that he failed to rally in the
crisis (and passed out last night—the
fellow you enlisted with and bunked
with «aver since you came into the
army.
You are the bugler told off to go to
the b»»e hospital and blow ■“taps” over
your own bunkie.
There are two young American
nurses at the grave-side, standing knee
deep in snow, the wind whipping their
red-lined capes every which way. They
are dabbling at their red eyes with
knotted handkerchiefs. They nursed
your bunkie those last few days and
called him “the child."
One of them sobs out loud.
Nothing gets on the nerves of a 16
year-old man so much as hearing a
woman sob.
The chaplain winds up his stereo
typed talk and you place the bugle to
your lips. You play taps as you never
played it before. But the blizzard
howls down the clear quivering notes
and drowns out the struggling echoes,
VV-jfcw the little boy from Clarinda
as he came matching back into the
hospital grounds—still a soldier, chip
up, eyes front, shoulders squared. He
dropped from the parade and went
straight to the office of the head nurse
to thank her for the care his best pai
had received.
Those kindly blue eyes of hers seem
ed to melt right througn the stern sol
dier “front” of the 16-year-old soldier.
She called him “sonny,” which put
him at a disadvantage right off.
Exactly what was said in the next
fifteen.minutes is between Sammy and
the gray-haired, motherly head-nurse.
He came out of her office smiling
through his tears of loneliness, a slab
of Christmas pudding in one hand and
the shiny brass bugle in the other.
The head nurse says it’s nothing
unusual for grown soldier men to cry
—even men much older than 16.
SERIOUS CRISIS
IN SOUTHEAST
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(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb. 23.—A dispatch from
the headquarters of the Russian west- '
srn army says that the Turks have be
^un an offensive in the Caucasus be
fore the expiration of the armistice '
?ntered into with the Bolsheviki gov- 1
srnment.
The Turks have occupied Platana, a '■
31ack sea port, demoralizing the <
;vacuating Caucasian army corps,
.vhich is iy)w scattered all along the
mast.
The Russians captured Platana early I
n the war.
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CORDOVANS ENLIST
Advices have been received by the
ocal exemption board of the enlist
nent of three more Cordovans: Al
>ert L. Tillman and Mark J. Majaclc 1
ire with the land division of the Sig 1
lal Corps at Fort Leavenworth. Kan
as, and Benjamin J. Pittinger has
men assigned to the Engineers com- e
lany at Vancouver, Wash. v
(By Associated Press)
PARIS. Feb. 23.—No French mer
chantmen or fishing vessels were sunk
by German submarines during the
veek ending February 16. Three mer
chantmen successfully escaped sub
narine attacks, however.
During the same period 619 steam
chips entered French ports and 876
leparted.
VAR AIMS OF BRITISH
INDORSED BT TABOR
(By Associated Press) '
LONDON, Feb. 23.—The inter allied
ibor conference has reached an agree
lent to support the British war aims.
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Early tomorrow morning the steam- ;
r Alaska will be here from the west- :
■ard. 1
JEW APPOINTEES WILL I
NOT GET HIGHER PAY
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—The or
ler of Director of Railroads McAdoo
prohibiting the raising of salaries of
•ailroad officials has been modified
so as to apply only to new official
positions.
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HUMBLE ORIGIN
OF NEW KNIGHT
—
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb. 23.—Sir George
Sleight, a native of Cleethorpes whose
name appeared in the New Year's hon
or list, is fond of relating the fact that
as a boy he earned money by gather- j
ing cockles on the sand. After a timel
he was able to buy a donkey and cart
from which he letailed the cockles.
He started* business on the fish
docks but is now regarded as one of
the largest individual owners of steam
trawlers in the world and Is reputed
to be a millionaire.
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SLICE RIFLES
(By Associated Press)
l WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—Seven
hundred thousand army rifles have been
| produced in the United States sine*:
the entry of the country into the war
according to announcement made to
day by the ordnance bureau.
The army now possesses l,300,00t
service rifles, and about 50 per cen
of the troops now carry rifles.
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NENANA BURNING COAL
FROM LIGNITE CREEK
In a recent isBue of the Neitahe
News an article appeals statihg ihai
coal from Lighite fcreek is beinfe hseti
by the residents of that town. The
ledge from which the coal is taken is
about fifty-five miles from Nenana and
is of a good grade of lignite, burns
freely and is free from clinkers.
The claim from which the coal was
taken is operated under lease by G. A.
O’Connor and J. G. K. Toussaint.
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“No more important patriotic serv
ice can be performed than that with
which you are entrusted,” says a wire
from Chairman E. N. Hurley of the
United States shipping board to R. E.
Robertson, who is enrolling officer for
the department of labor in the ship
building service at Juneau. Mr.
Robertson has enlisted a number of
workers who are willing to undertake
work in Uncle Sam’s great shipyards,
when called, and he wants more and
more men.
It is emphatically stated that men
who enroll are under no obligation to
go into the work if they later find
they are unable to so shape their
plans; and, on the other hand. Uncle
Sam does not obligate himself to em
ploy every man who signs up. But it
does give the shipping board a good j
list of men to draw on as they are j
needed.
“Upon the thoroughness of your
canvass,” continues the wire, “for men
dulled in trades useful In shipbuilding
and willing to enroll as shipyard vol
unteers, will depend in a large meas
ire the success of the whole military
and industrial program of your coun-i
try for the coming year. Other in- j
lustries must wait upon the production
>f ships. I trust you will not relax in
four efforts.”
Mr. Robertson says that every town
n Alaska will have its local enrolling
iger.t, end that as soon as supplies
ind instructions for them reach his of
'ice from Washington these men will
ae named and set to work.
(By Associated Press)
, HALIFAX, N. S., Feb. 23.—Captain
Louis Dixcn, formerly a resident of
Halifax, who led a party on foot from
Edmonton, Alberta, to the Yukon in
1898, at the time of the great rush to
the Klondike, is believed to have been
lost while sailing a skiff from the Alas
ka boundary to Prince Rupert, B. C.
Dixon, who was collector of customs
at the boundary, was ordered to re
port at Prince Rupert. He started on
November 28 of last year, and has not
been heard of since.
A searching party sent out from
Wrangell, Alaska, reports that in al;
probability the captain lost his life.
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THIS ran WHEAT CROP
fill BRING RICHER PRICE
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—Present
indications are that President. Wilson
| may increase the price of the 1918
; wheat crop.
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WOMAN’S PICTURES
TEMPT TO HOOVERIZE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—The niece
j of Col. House and the daughter of a
I former Texas governor, is now the $1 a
1 year picture woman for Hoover’s food
administration.
She is Mrs. Ellis Allen, chief of the
photographic division of the food ad
1 ministration. She is the author of the
appetite tempting pictures of griddles .
cakes, apple pies and Hoover’s wag •
bread.
The photographic division of the ■
food administration Siv‘‘s P-hotogi aph ,
service ‘ olkur BUb
service ,0 newspapers u.. - -«■
Mentions to tempt the people to adopt
the food recipes recommended by the
food administration.
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LADIES ARE THANKFUL
The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Pres
byterian church wish to thank the pub
lic who so generously helped in the
success of the dinner given at Hegg’s
hall yesterday afternoon and evening,
also the Cordova Daily Times for the
donation of liberal advertising space.
The proceeds, amounting to $170.00,
have been turned over to the Cordova.
Chapter. American Red Cross.
MRS. J. P. SMITH, Sec
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UPHELD BY CIRCUIT COURT
Word has been received by Attorney
R. E. Capers from San Francisco te
the effect that the United States cir
cuit court of appeals for the Ninet cir
cuit has handed down a decision up
holding the constitutionality of Chap
ter 71 of the Session Laws of Alaska
for 1915, commonly known as the
“Alaska workmens’ compeiisation act.’’
The opinion was announced in the case
of .1. W. Johnston versus the Kenne
cott Copper Corporation. In 1916 John
ston sued the corporation at common
law, and the defendant pleaded the
compensation act and a tender prior
to suit of the schedule sum payable un
der the law. Demurrers to the special
defense were argued before Judge
Brown at Valdez and the demurrers
were overuled. Attorney J. H. Cobb
of Juneau originally brought the suit
in Johnston’s behalf, but after judg
ment in the low court the appeal was
handled by a law firm at Valdez. The
validity of the act was assaulted be
fore the circuit court of appeals under
the fourteenth amendment to the
United States constitution, as well as
under the Enabling act creating the
territorial legislature, and the cause
was argued orally last September. The
case is the first in which the validity
of the act was adjudicated by the ap
pellate court, and for that reason the
decision is of great interest throughout
the territory.