VOLUME III, NUMBER 138
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♦ RADA Ukraine, Dec. 20.—The ♦
♦ governing body has refused Bol- ♦
♦ sheviki's demand that the Uk- 4
♦ ranians cease assisting the Cos- ♦
♦ sacks by sending General Kale- ♦
4 dine’s troops, while forbidding ♦
♦ Bolshevigi troops passage. Rada ♦
♦ is considered at war with the ♦
♦ Bolshevikis as a result of this ♦
♦ refusal. It is reported at Oren- 4
♦ burg the Cossacks are opposing ♦
♦ Bolsheviki troops passage. Rada ♦
♦ Toseliabinsk, a Siberian railroad 4
4 junction. 4
4 The Bolsheviki proclaimed a 4
4 state of siege at Petrograd in the 4
4 effort to suppress disorders re- 4
4 suiting from the looting of wine 4
4 cellar shops. 4
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WATCHMAN SIT
THIEVES
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE. Dec. 20.—John Porria
and C L. Fowler were arrested in
connection with the murder last night
at Auburn. Wash., of William Apple
steel, a Northern Pacific railway
warehouse watchman. Applesteel
caught the thfeves robbing a car of
liquor. After shooting the watchman1
the thieves fled in an automobile, tak
ing a barrel of whiskey with them.
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SEATTE
SEATTLE. Dec. 20.—The northwest
emerges from its storm today with
the skies clearing and the tempera
ture lowering. The railroads are
again resuming operations and three
lilies are operating east and south.
They were all blockaded. In order
to handle the rush of Christmas mail
the postal authorities have hired an
extra force of a hundred men.
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MONCOSE, Col., Dec. 20.—Mrs. J.
H. Bush, aged 72 years, yesterday an
nounced that she had killed her son,
J. O. Bush, after he had murdered
her grandson, Ira, on Sunday last.
Today she stated that her son was
still alive and will return within three
weeks, but yesterday she declared
she burned his body with lya.
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RUSSIAN OFFICERS OFFER
SERVICES TO THE U. S. A.
AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE.
Dec. 20.—The Russian officers in
France have volunteered to give their
services to the United States.
BOARD
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—The sen
ate investigation of the government
shipping board and the emergency|
fleet corporation's activities begins
tomorrow. Chairman Hurley will be
the first witness examined.
ILLINOIS BANK
IS LOOTED OF
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CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—Robbers last
night entered the state bank at Sum-j
mit, a suburb of this city, e«.-sl stole ^
$30,000 from the safe deposit vaults.;
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(By Associated Press)
♦ PACIFIC PORT, Dec. 20.—A ♦
♦ woman bearing the name of ♦
♦ Rompoff, daughter of the deposed ♦
♦ czar of Russia, so closely that she ♦ '
♦ was detained three weeks at Yo- ♦
♦ kahoma until she established her ♦
♦ identity. She arrived from Rus- ♦
♦ sia and the American consul at ♦
♦ Yokahoma was convinced that ♦
♦ she was the princess. ♦
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SACRAMENTO, Cal., Dec. 20.—’The
new state fruit standardization law
requiring that an orange must be
“substantially colored” on the tree
has been Interpreted by George H.
Hecke, state horticultural cominis-1
sioners and his deputies as meaning
the fruit must be “practically color-!
ed.” This, Commissioner Hecke said,1
will allow leeway in standardization'
so that if there are slight green spots
at the stem or on the navel end of a*
few oranges in a box, the fruit will
not be condemned.
The new law. which became effec
' tive July 27, requires oranges must
either reach the eight-to-one sugarJ
test or be "substantially colored" on I
the trees. Representatives of the hor
ticulutral commissioner recently com
pleted a series of conferences with
orange growers in the San Joaquin
valley, at which the question of color
requirement was discussed.
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Patriotic four minute talks at the
Empress theatre every night are as-1
sisting the canvassers for Red Cross
memberships and the food adminls-'
tration in securing signatures to the
pledge cards.
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A train arrived from ChJtina this
afternon bringing mail and passen-1
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ALLIES ON
■ PEACE
(By Associated Press)
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♦ PKTROGRAD, Dec. 20.—The ♦
♦ Post publishes a report the Teu ♦
♦ tons informed Russia ^that they ♦
♦ intend to make the allies a peace ♦
♦ proposal. The Teutons are ready ♦
♦ to consider no indemnities or an ♦
♦ nexations with peace, but believe ♦
♦ a self definition of the nations ♦
♦ impracticable. Russia is sound- ♦
♦ ing the allies regarding peace at ♦
♦ the request of the Teutons. ♦
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CUT OUT UK
The Seward Gateway i9 responsible
for the statement that next season nc
passenger service will be maintained
between Seattle and Anchorage. 11
says:
The steamship companies will op
erate their passenger steamers fw>m
Seattle to Seward and then trnnsfei
freight and passengers here for An
chorage and other interior points. Pin
government railroad’s differentia
rates will be less than one-half o
what the operating charge of a steam
er will be to Anchorage. Freigh
steamers will be operated to Anchor
age from Seattle but none of tt^e^fig
enger steamers. The government wil
operate barges carrying coal, between
Anchorage and Seward, and these
barges will carry to the Cook Inle'
port on the interior the freight foi
the government, transferred a*
Seward.
It can be safely stated that ne
steamers, carrying passengers am
freight will be operated further thai
Seward, up Cook Inlet, when the gov
ernment railroad is completed.
It Is understood by officials of thi
government that the appropriation:
asked from congress for the next fIs
cal year, carries with It an amoun
necessary to make the connecting linl
between the two divisions In Alaska
asido from other contemplated con
struction work.
I rains will be operated dally be
tween Seward and the north, accord
ing to present plans and the rreighi
and passenger rates, which have beer
tentatively reached, leave no doub
but that steamers will transfer theii
freight and passengers here, return
ing south direct from Seward, ant1
saving hundreds of dollars each trip
Regarding the barge service. Will
iam Gerig, who is to dig a channe
to a new government dock at Anchor
age, stated in Seward recently, that it
was known that upon the completion
of the railroad, few, if any, steamers
would operate direct to Anchorage.
“Barges will bring out the coal.’
said Mr. Gerig. “and will take back
freight, especially for the government
from Seward. The operation of
steamers to Anchorage will be ended
when the railroad is completed. It
will mean the saving of thousands of
dollars yearly to the steamship com
panies when the government railroad
provides its through service, Seward
to Anchorage.”
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Dan Greenig is today receiving the
congratulations of his friends upon the
arrival of a bouncing boy baby at his
home.
Go< ernor Strong is possmiy the best
informed man as to the general con
ditions in this northland and In his
i annual report he says:
To give a complete review of condi
tions prevailing in Alaska and of
matters connected with the adminis
tration of this office, affecting a ter
ritory nearly 600.000 square miles in
extent, entails a great deal of labor
and careful research. Conditions
visfy in the different sections, so each
requires special consideration, and
litere is no hard and fast rule which
<4n be applied to all portions of the
territory in dealing with industrial
and other matters affecting its wel
fare and progress.
| In some sections during the past
year there has been a slowing up of
development and production; in oth
ers it has been accentuated. War
conditions in all fflSPft thp nrinpi
pal cause. In the first place, the Eur
opean war, while stimulating copper
production to a marked degree, ae
well as the search for rarer metal?
demanded by war conditions, had th«
( effect of retarding gold-lode mining
The greatly increased cost of sup
plies, including provisions as well a?
those materials necessary in the op
eration of gold-lode mines, has hat
the effect of discouraging the develop
went of mines of this character. Add
ed to this was the great shortage o
labor, affecting all kinds of minini
operations, both in coastal and inter
ior Alaska. This labor shortage i
ecomlng more acute. Miner?
ns, and other workingme
have been lured by the higher wage
offered by the copper-mining camp
in the copper-producing States, wher
wage scales are much higher tha
ever before known in the history <
copper mining.
The principal gold-lode mines c
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! Alaska are located in the southeaster
section. The ores mined are univeri
ally low grade, and the operators clair
that they are unable to meet the wag
scales paid by the copper operator
and many of the gold-lode mine opei
ators elsewhere in the United State:
There is probably truth in the eoi
A similar condition exists in som
I of the gold-placer areas, especially i
interior Alaska, where the richer plai
ers have been exhausted. Low-grad
ground can not be mined at a prof
under existing circumstances, it i
claimed; netheir can a fuel supply b
procured at a price that will enabl
mine operators to work their groun
at a profit and at the same time pa
Increased wages, with shorter worl
Ing hours. This has particular refe
ence to the placer mines of the Tam
na region, once noted for their riel
ness and prolific yield of alluvia
gold. Little can be expected in th
way of an increase of the gold pre
duct in that section until the pro!
lem of cheaper fuel has been solved
The timber that was once contiguou
to the placer mines has long dlsai
peared and wood (the only fuel avail
able) must now be brought long dh
tances at greatly advanced prices.
The opening of the coal deposits Gi
the Nenana river, it is expected, wil
solve the fuel question, at least ii
part, if not wholly; but until cheape
fuel and cheaper power are availabli
! further substantial development o
placer and lode mines in the Tanam
valley region can not be expected.
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Now is the time to advertise you
holiday gooda.
MISS CLEMDl
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(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Dec. 20.--The engage
ment is announced of Esther, daugh
ter of former President Grover Cleve
land to Captain Bosaquet, of f.h^ Gold
stream guards. The American young
lady is a volunteer nurse at St. Duns
tains home for blind soldiers.
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LONDON, Dec. 20.—A snowstorm
and blizzard are hampering the work
on the western front. The Germans
have not as yet indicated when they
will begin their big western drive.
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RUSSIAN PEACE
BE CONSIDERED
(By Associated Press)
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' ♦ LONDON, Dec. 20.—It is re- 4
♦ ported that the main reichstag 4
1 ♦ committee is to meet in connec> 4
• ♦ tion with the Russian peace Ttego- 4
1 ♦ tiations Some German news- 4
' ♦ papers interpret this ns showing 4
s ♦ that the people's representatives <
e ♦ are about to assert themselves 4
1 ♦ for Petrograd. 4
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r,; HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 20—Cen
•- sorship regulations under the tradin;
e with the enemy act which requin
t‘ that foreign newspapers must file wltl
s the postmaster of the city in which
e they are published a translation o
e any article dealing with the govern
1 ment of the United States or any na
v tion engaged in the present war wil
- be waived for the Japanese, Chines*
•- and Korean newspapers of Honolulu
- Postmaster D. H. McAdam has made
- an announcement to this effect upon
1 receipt of permission to grant permits
3 to papers of solid character.
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CONSERVING DAYLIGHT
FOR COFFEE PICKERS
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(By Associated Press)
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 20.—Be
cause children make the best coffee
pickers it is probable that a daylight
1 saving plan will be adopted in the
1 schools In the Kona district of the
1 Island of Hawaii, now in the midst of
' its coffee harvest. Until the end of
1 the season school teachers are plan
' ning to begin classes an hour earlier
1 in the day and dismiss the children
an hour earlier in the afternoon.
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Pine pastry with fresh whipping
cream—just received—City Bakery.
ALLIES' LOSSES
AI SEA ARE
(By Associated Press)
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♦ LONDON, Dec. 20.—Lloyd ♦
♦ George told the house of com- ♦
♦ mons that the margin of losses ♦
♦ at sea is narrowing down. He ♦
♦ said submarine sinking is de- ♦
♦ creasing and ship building in- ♦
♦ creasing, while the number of ♦
♦ submarines being sunk is increas- ♦
♦ ing. Regarding the military sit- ♦
♦ uation he declared that it was ♦
♦ idle to pretend that the allies' •
♦ hopes had been realized and ♦
♦ claimed the disappointment was ♦
♦ due to the Russian collapse. The ♦
♦ British lost seventeen ships last ♦
♦ week, which was four less than ♦
♦ the previous week. ♦
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♦ LONDON, Dec. 20.—Lloyd ♦
♦ George in explaining England's ♦
♦ aims said she demanded complete ♦
♦ restoration of the territory the ♦
♦ Teutons had taken, together with ♦
♦ compensation. ♦
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RESTRICTION >
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' Applying to subjects or natives of
’ Germany and Austro-llungary who
\ have not become citizens oil
H United States.
> The President of the United Slates ■
* has made the following regulations
* concerning 3aid alien enemies, and a
> violation thereof will subject suchz
I alien enemy to internment. •' ^
An alien enemy shall not approach
It or be found within 100 yards of any
canal; nor within 100 yards of any
wharf, pier, dry dock used directly by
or by means of lighters or by any ves
sel or vessels of over 500 tons gross
engaged in foreign or domestic trade
other than fishing; nor within 100
yards of any warehouse, shed, elevat
or, railroad terminal or other termin
al, storage or transfer facility adja
cent to or operated with any such
1 wharf, pier, or dock; and wherever
the distance between any two of such
wharves, piers, or docks, measured
along the shore line connecing them.
Is less than 880 yards, and alien ene
my shall not approach or be found
within 100 yards of such shore line.
An alien enemy shall not. except
on public ferries, be found on any
| ocean, bay, rivor, or other waters with.
i in 3 miles of the shore line of the
j United States or its territorial poss
| essions; said shore line for the pur
pose of this proclamation being here
i by defined as the line of seacoast and
the shores of all waters of the United
i States and its territorial possessions
connected with the high seas and nav
! igable by ocean-going vessels; nor
on any of the Great Lakes, their con
necting waters or harbors, within the
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boundaries of the United States.
No alien enemy shall depart from
the territory of Alaska for any place
without permission from the attorney
general of the United States, made
after due application through the
, United States marshal or his deputy.
All alien enemies are hereby re
quired to register at such times and
places and in such manner as may be
fixed hereafter by the attorney gen
eral of the United States.