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STRIKES AND DISORDER
IN AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
(By Associated Press)
r^TELESS. — With more than a
million workers striking and wide
spread reports of disorders in Austria
Hungary, the situation in the dual em
pire is somewhat becluoded. The cen
sorship is stifling the news.
Attempt to Quiet Peace Demands.
The German censorship has pro
hibited the German newspapers from
telling of the Austrian situation. The
efforts of Austrian statesmen to quiet
the peace demands of the Hungarian
peoples has apparently failed.
German Socialists Sympathize.
LONDON, Jan. 23.—The Austrian
peace agitation is receiving much at
tention in Germany. The Socialist
newspaper Vorwaerts declares for the
solidarity of the German proletant
with Austrian labor in the struggle
for tfeace.
Work is Resumed.
VIENNA, Jan. 23.—Newspapers' re
port that the workmen in a majority
of the factories have resumed work.
FIGHT
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(By Associated Press)
NOTTINGHAM, England, Jan. 23.—
At the opening of the annual labor,
conference today President Purdy as-,
serted that “if Germany did not ac
cept President Wilson’s and Lloyd
George’s terms we must fight on.’’ He
said that Germany could no longer
claim that the Teutons were fighting
^ a defensive war, and that he could
see no signs that the Teutons were
willing to accept the principles of the
allies.
ROOSEVELT AT CAPITAL
BUT REMAINS QUIET
(Bv Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23— Former
President Roosevelt is visiting at the
home of his son-in-law, Congressman
Longworth. He received many callers
during the day, but did not visit the
capitol.
THREE AMERICANS
ARE VICTIMS OF HUNS
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—General
Pershing today reported that three
American infantrymen were killed in
action on Monday las^ Names and
details, w ere not furnished by the gen
eral.
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NENANA COMMISSIONER
READY TO STEP OUT
There is a persistent rumor afloat
these days that Commissioner Robert
Burns, of Nenana, has resigned the
commissionership, according to Fair
banks papsrs. Mr. Burns himself is
said to have made the statement that
he had handed in his resignation, and
that he was only waiting the appoint
ment of a successor before giving up
his position.
The man whom rumor gives the
commissionership to in place of Mr.
Burns is R. S. McDonald, one of
the game wardens of this district.
Mr. McDonald is said to have sent in
his resignation by mail to the governor
some ten days ago, and is only await
ing official confirmation before taking
up his new duties.
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\ meatless Tuesday, wheatless
Wednesday and prokless Saturday
will win the war.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23—Senator
Chamberlain purposes to speak on a
question of personal privilege In re
ply to President Wilson when the
senate reconvenes tomorrow.
Chamberlain supporters plan to
bring up a broad discussion of army
conditions and war department reor
ganization.
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Melvin G. Anderson, assistant clerk!
of the court at Fairbanks, was an ar- j
rival in Cordova on yesterday’s train. I
Upon the request of Judge Bunnell |
he was recommended by Delegate j
Sulzer for entrance to the United
States naval academy at Annapolis,1
and is on his way to the States to!
prepare for the examination. Under
the new regulations and manner ot
appointments, each congressman, in
stead of having one appointment to
Annapolis, has the naming of three
principals, three first alternates and j
three second alternates. Melvin's ap-j
i pointment is as principal, so that if i
he passes the examination there will
I be no question as to his entrance.
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MISSOURI PENITENIlim
sinus SERIOUS LOSS
(By Associated Press)
JEFFERSON 'CITY, Mo., Jan. 23.— j
The large shoe factory at the state
penitentiary and the prison laundry i
were burned today, involving a loss of
$250,000. It is believed the fire was
incendiary.
A series of fires broke out in this
city during the night.
STEAMSHIP JEFFERSON HAS
CORDOVA PASSENGERS
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 23.—The steamship
Jefferson left this port at 9 o’clock
this morning for Juneau and south-'
eastern Alaska ports. Mr. and Mrs. j
A. J. Adams were passengers for Cor
dova.
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Practice the gospel of the clean1
plate.
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RELIEF
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23.—American J
industries which have been idle for
rive days resumed operations today..
In the face of the congested traffic;
dtuation'east of the Mississippi river,
he railroad situation has not been
much relieved. It Is impossible to 1
say whether the closing order was ben-:
sficial or not.
Bad weather nullified what good ef
fect the closing down might have had.
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EMITS USD CROSS
MIKES III SHOWINC
CHITINA, Jan. 23—The people of
L'hitina, Strelna, Nugget Creek and
in the Fairbanks trail have formed a
Red Cross chapter, known as the Chlt
ina Red Crocs Chapter, with head
quarters at Chitinc. They first started
luring the Christmas drive campaign,
securing 220 members and more than
1600. The chapter has been very sue-'
cessful In raising funds by giving
lances and suppers. Last Wednesday
evening they gave a basket social. The
receipts showed $221. Everybody had
i fine time, and the money was well
spent. We have received several do
nations. The Arctic Brotherhood do-1
uated $50, Mrs. Anna Kilbourne do
nated $50, S. O. Breedman took a life
membership. The Arctic Brotherhood
has furnished its hall to the chapter,'
and they see that the hall is well
headed every meeting night, all as a
donation. Mrs. Angus McLeod of Nug
get creek sent in a check of $269,
mostly donations from the miners up j
in that part. Mrs. O. J. Berg of the
North Midas Copper company has done
very well, while the people on the
Fairbanks trail are doing their part
by not letting anyone slip without i
becoming a member. The officers of
the chapter are: Thomas Holland,
chairman; Mrs. A. G Morey, vice
chairman; H. J. Brandt, secretary, and
Mrs. J. P. Rockafellow treasurer. Mrs.!
Rockafellow reports that we have(
$1,300 on hand at present, without
counting our remittances.
FISHING CRNFT SINKS
BHF CREW INF SUE
(By Associated Press)
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., Jan. 23.—
The little Canadian fishing vessel Kit
wanga has been sunk in a storm off
the Graham islands. The captain.and
crew were saved.
The vessel belonged to the Deep Sea
Fisheries company.
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(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Jan. 23.—The Bolshevik!
telegraph agency has issued a long
statement regarding the Brest-Litovsk
peace negotiations, in which it empha
sizes the tierman refusal to guaran
tee the evacuation of the occupied tei>
ritories.
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Fat is fuel for fighters. Save it.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23 —Delegate
Sulzer of Alaska today introduced a|
5111 in the house providing for the1
regulation and protection of Alaska
fsheries. The bill creates the office
° commissioner of fisheries for Alas
ta.
yew pacific Vessel
IS ADMIRAL NICHOLSON
President H. F. Alexander of the
Pacific Steamship Co. has renamed
he steamship Northland, and the ves
*el is now known as the Admiral Nien
dson in honor of Rear Admiral Regi
lald F. Nlcholoson, U. S. N.
The company purchased (he Norih
and a few days ago from the Border
dne Transportation Co. She '-as
built at Seattle In 1908 and is a steel
vessel with a freight carrying capac
ty of about 1000 tons. The steam
ship capsized in the harbor of Kale.
Kupreanof Islands, Alaska, on June
25, 1916. On June 22, 1917, she was
raised and taken *to Seattle, where
she is now undergoing repairs. She
will be placed on the southeastern
Alaska run in March.
Admiral Nicholson is well known or
the Pacific coast. He was retired or
account of age on Dec. 15, 1914, bu
sincT? cUv entry of the United State,
into the war he has been returned t<
active service. He was born in Wash
ington, D. C., Dec. 15, 1852. Durinj
the civil war he was a captain's clerl
on the U. S S. State of Georgia. Aftei
wards he entered Annapolis and grac
uated in 1873. He was made Rea
Admiral in 1911.
During the Spanish American war Ad
miral Nicholson was stationed on th
battleship Oregon as a lieutenant, an
made the famous trip around the horr
In 1904 he was transferred from th
bureau of navigation to the comman
of the cruiser Tacoma. He becam
commander of the Seattle-built N<
braska in 1907. In 1909 he was at
pointed chief of the bureau of navigi
tion. From 1912 to 1914 Admiral Nicl
olson was commander of the Asiati
fleet. In the latter year he became
member of the general board of th
navy department.
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BELATED DICES OF
CEItMAN MARINE EOS!
LONDON, Jan. 23.—By the sinkin
of two Teuton steamships in the M»
diterranean about three weeks age
seven hundred and eighteen lives
were lost.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Jan. 23.—;
universal seven-hour working day dur
ing the period of the war, instead o
the present spasmodic suspension o
industries by the fuel administration
in order to conserve coal and reliev*
the railroad congestion, was suggestec
by Samuel Gompers today in an ad
dress delivered before the conventioi
of the United States Mine Workers.
WELL-EQUIPPED SPY
ARRESTED AT TACOMA
(By Associated Press)
TACOMA, Jan. 25—Adolpii Judd was
arrested while working at the dock*
in this city today, charged with being
an alien enemy. He admitted that he
was a graduate of a German uni
versity. Officers say that Judd is an
expert chemist.
Among his effects were found pass
ports in four languages.
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(By Associated Press)
PKTROGRAD, Jan. 33—Since ths1
dissolution ol the constituent assem- ]
bly and the disappearance of all hopes ;
of peace the public attention has been t
centered on the bread shortage. There i
is a lack of all food, due to the break- i
down of transportation, and as a re-' t
suit of the commercial stagnation theP
banks are closing. i
Residents of this city are given a!
quarter of a pound of bread daily.
BAN IS* PLACED
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JUNEAU, Jan. 23—To prevent ^
hoarding and to conserve essentia! ^
foods, and as the result of a confer j
ence of all the wholesale and retail
dealers in foodstuffs at Juneau, Thane |
Douglas and Treadwell, Federal Food
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Administrator Gunnison today an
nounced the following regulations, er j
feetive forthwith, relative to sales ot
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^ wheat, flour and white sugar through
out the territory:
White sugar to be sold to consum
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ers in cities and towns and immediate
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I environs in quantities not to exceed
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five pounds per household per day; tc
consumers or other dealers outside ol
cities and towns and immediate en
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virons, in quantities not to exceed 51'
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pounds, without permits from the fed
eral food administrator of Alaska ’
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Wheat flour not to be sold to consum
e
ers or another dealer either in or out
of cities or towns in quantities ex
ceeding 49 pounds without first ob
itainng a permit.
The above regulation has been
1 wired to the following persons in the
I towns named, who have been ap
pointed local federal food administra
, tors for the issuing of above permits:
W. F. Hillery, Cordova.
, Andrew Christensen. Anchorage.
W. IT. Whittlesey, Seward.
F. A. Vandewall, Skagway.
Stephen Sheldon, Haines.
I Arthur Lang, Valdez.
T. Ellsmore, Petersburg.
F. E. Bronson, Wrangell.
Arthur Shoup, Sitka.
Luther C. Hess, Fairbanks.
Lieut. Harry T. Twaddle, Tanani.
G. F. Cramer, Nenana.
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JACK MOULTON HERE
l Jack Moulten, representing the Se-,
■ attle Hardware company, is today in-j
’ terviewing the local trade, lie re
t cently returned from a trip to Canada,
. where he met and talked with wound
1 ed soldiers who recently returned
from France and learned from know
• ing one of the atrocities performed
i by German soldiers upon defenseless
women and children in France.
HEEDED FREIGHT
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23— Secretary
JcAdoo has authorized an embargo on
ill freight except food, fuel, and muni
Ions on the Pennsylvania raiiroaJ
Ines east of Pittsburg, on the Balti
nore & Ohio east of the Ohio, and on
he Philadelhpia & Reading.
The embargo is only temporary, ana
s expected to last but a few days.
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T>. C. Sargent, territorial, inspector
of explosives for Alaska, was an ar
rival on the steamer Northwestern,
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this morning, from Washington, B. C".
and states most emphatically that the
people on the Alaskan coast have been
too lax and careless in the disposi
tion of explosives since war was de
clared. He said:
"My instructions are to secure the
co-operation of all government and,
municipal officials, and from now on.
it will be impossible for anyone to
secure explosives of any kind. More
over. 1 am making a special effort to
check up all old orders of powder sold
to prospectors and those developing
different properties, and old tunnels,
shafts and prospect holes will be in
vestigated for abandoned explosives ’
Licenses to buy explosives wfTf nof
be issued to enemy aliens or to sub
jects of a country allied with an enemy
of the United States; or to a corpora
tion, firm, or association where it?
controlling stockholders or member?
are enemy aliens or subject? of a
country allied*'with an enemy of the
United States.
A license to buy explosives cannot
be transferred and may be used onfy
by the person to whom it is issued.
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Applicants for a vendor’s Ticense
must be twenty-one years of age.
Applicants for a foreman's license
must also be twenty-one. The pur
chaser’s license may be issued to min
ors, if the commissioner is convinced
that such minor is regularly employed
in mining, agriculture or other work
requiring the use of explosives, and
that he is personally qualified to use
explosives.
Applicants have to appear in per
son before the licensor. A foreman
who wishes to use explosives- in hi?
work for a company, or corporation
must appear and have the license
made out in his name as foreman for
the company.
Commissioner Medley will act for
Inspector Sargent in this recording
precinct, and full information may be
obtained from his office.
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Eat wisely and keep the wolf rrom
the door of the world.