PEACE FOR AUSTRIA INDEPENDENT OF GERMANY
FAMOUS SAN FRANCISCO BOMFCASE MAY BE REOPENED
; " TO MAKE PEACEj
IRRESPECTIVE OF T
(By Associated Press)
"LONDON, Jan. 26.—Petrograd dis
patches say that Austria has declared
her readiness to conclude a separate
peace without participation by Ger
many. The dual empire is said to be
ready to accept the Russian demo
cratic program, with the exception of
that portion providing for self-deter
mination by occupied provinces of
their method of government.
Disturbances in Austria.
LONDON, Jan. 26—Bolsheviki news
papers report that demonstrations
have taken* place in Austria-Hungary.
and that workmen and soldiers’ organ
izations have been formed in Vienna
and Budapest. A big strike has begun
in Warsaw.
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Socialists Threaten Militarists.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 2$.—Philip
Seheidemann, president of the Demo
cratic party of Germany, answering
Chancellor Hertling’s speech in the
reichstag today warned the military
leaders that if they did not favor
a peace agreement between Russia and
Germany they would be hurled from
' power.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26—The food
problem in the allied countries has
assumed such a serious aspect that
President Wilson feels it necessary
to request the American people to
practice food conservation on a more
extensive plan than ever.
The formal request will be embod
ied in an announcement to be made
by the food administration.
(By Associated Press)
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 26—Rumors are
current here concerning a revolution
in Germany, and also of disorders in
Berlin during the past few days. The
rioters are clamoring for peace.
Tt is reported that bread riots were
| ruthlessly repressed by the police, and
j many persons were wounded.
No Telegraphic Communication.
| Confirmation of the reports is im
J possible, as no telegrams were receiv
ed Friday in Holland from Berlin.
(By Associated Press)
NEWARK, N. J., Jan. 26.—Fire here
today destroyed property valued at
more than a million dollars, compris
ing oil barges, freight cars, piers, and
warehouses, close to the plant of the
Submarine Boat corporation and the
storehouse of the quartermaster gen
eral’s department of the United States
army.
Germans Suspected.
German agents are suspected of be
ing responsible for the fire.
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 26.—Secretary
McAdoo, in his capacity as head of
the railroads, today assured represen
tatives of the governments of the al
lies that an adequate number of rail
road cars would be furnished for the
transportation of the allies’ purchases
of foodstuffs to the seaports.
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VOLCANO STILL IN ERUPTION.
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(By Associated Press)
HONOLULU, Jan. 26 —Mount Wil
auea is still active. The lava in the
lake is now fifteen feet from the top.
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APOPLEXY [USES DEATH
OF EOIEMUT OFFICIAL
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 2G —Frank
J. Gould, surveyor general of the de
partment of the interior, dropped dead
of apoplexy in the corridor !n front of
his office in this city today.
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BELGIAN REFUGEE RELIEF
PROVIDED BY RED CROSS
(Bv Associated Press)
HAVRE, Jan. 2G.—The Belgian gov
ernment has been advised by the
American Red Cross that it has placed
at its disposal two million francs for
the relief of Belgian refugees.
Nenana was visited by a diastrous
fire which destroyed the Alaskan En
gineering commission roundhouse and
machine shop, and slightly damaged
the railroad water tank. The fire was
discovered by the watchman, Patrick
Caraher, but the alarm was turned
in by James J. Fallon, a wratchman
in another part of the town. The
Nenana fire department made a quick
turnout, and fought hard to save the
roundhouse, but the fire could not
be controlled. The department then
centered their work on saving the
water tank, and managed to save it
after a hard fight. The origin of the
fire is still uncertain, but it is thought
that it must have started from the
fires inside the roundhouse. There
were three locomotives in the house,
two big engines, and a smaller switch
engine, and a fire was going in each
of these. The watchman made his
rounds, a short time before the fire
was discovered, and everything seem
ed all right at that time. The watch
man then went to another part of the
yard, and when he looked around the
whole building was ablaze. He did
not turn in the alarm at once, but
tried to raise the nearby residents,
and some time was lost in this man
ner. Under ordinary circumstances
the locomotives could have probably
been gotten out under their own
steam, there being banked fires in
each, but when the department reach
ed the scene of the fire it was ut
terly impossible to enter the building.
The loss has been figured at be
tween $7!y,000 and $100,000. The real
loss, however, will be in the time lost
on the railroad work. The three lo
comotives could not be examined un
til later, when it was discovered
that one of them could be fixed, and
that the other two might possibly be
repaired after a long time. The one
engine, No. 270, will be on the run
again in a week, according to those
in charge. It was one of the larger
locomotives, and was full of water at
the time of the fire, which is the rea
son it was not damaged so much as
the others. One of the other locomo
tives had a little water in it, and this
may be fixed up after a time, but both
engines are in bad condition.
The loss of the locomotives is a
severe blow to the railroad construc
tion work, as they are needed in
carrying supplies and material for the
work to the construction camps, and
cannot possibly be replaced before
spring, when the boats run. It is en
couraging to hear that at least one
engine can be utilized, for otherwise
the construction work would probably
all be shut down. As it is, three gangs
were laid off for a time
from Camp 15 and the steel and sec
tion gangs from Camp 21. More men
many be laid off within a few days if
the work of repairing the locomotives
goes on slower than estimated.
The roundhouse building and the
machine shop did not amount to much
of a loss as buildings, being construct
ed nearly entirely of corrugated iron,
and will be easily rebuilt.
The men in charge at Nenana are
making a thorough investigation of
the causes of the fire, but at present
the theory that it started from a spark
or fire on the inside.
i
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the First Bank of Cordova it was de
cided to double its capital stock, in
creasing its from $25,000 to $50,000.
This action was taken owing to the
growing business of the Institution
and the additional capital was im
mediately subscribed and paid.
The First Bank of Cordova was es
tablished in 1909, during the pioneer
days of the town, and has enjoyed a
steady and consistent growth, and at
the same time has kept pace with the
latest banking methods, thus offering
to the people of the community every
banking facility that is enjoyed on the
Outside. The stockholders have shown
their confidence in the future prosper
ity of Cordova by having recently
erected the first concrete building in
the Copper River valley, which is a
credit both to them and this town.
The progress and stability of a com
munity is always reflected in.-, the
growth of its banks and this affords
but another of th<? many evidences
that Cordova and the Copper River
valley have been steadily and surely
forging ahead.
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BRITISH-MADE
(Rv Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26—More se
cret testimony taken before the sen
ate military committee has been made
public, which discloses the fact that
General Pershing was authorized to
purchase 200,000 Rritish uniforms for
the American troops and 200,000 blan
kets from Spain.
F00DHII
IS IN EFFECT
W. R. Hillery, local food adminis
trator, has received a telegram from
R. R. Gunnison, territorial food ad
ministrator, announcing that the rul
ing made public some days ago as to
the amount of flour, sugar, etc., that
may be sold to one person without a
permit will remain in effect. These
amounts are: Sugar, five pounds;
flour, forty-nine pounds. Exception
to this rule allows persons who are
large users of these commodities, such
as hotels, restaurants and boarding
houses, and those located at a dis
tance from stores, to secure larger
amounts without permit.
The telegram also contained the an
nouncement that Mr. Hillery’s author
ity had been extended to cover the
whole of the “Copper River district.”
Mr. Gunnison leaves on Monday
next for Portland, Ore., to attend a
conference of food administrators of
the Pacific coast.
MOONEY MAY HAVE CHANCE
10 PROVE RIS INNOCENCE
(By Associated Press)
w AomiNu i uxx, jan zt>.— ine medi
ation commission appointed by Presi
dent Wilson has recommended to him
that he endeavor to induce the Cali
fornia authorities to bring about a
new trial in the case of Thomas
Mooney. Mooney is under sentence of
death in ban Francisco for complicity
in the "Preparedness” day bomb out
rage, in which a dozen or more people
were killed and many injured.
Claims have been freely made that
witnesses frequently perjured them
selves at the trial, and there havo
been some startling revelations.
ill PREPARATIONS SUMMARY
TR BE PRESIDENT'S REPEY
(By Associated Press)
wAom«uiu.\, jan. zo.—a sum
mary of the war preparations, which
it is believed will be the administra
tion’s reply to Senator Chamberlain’s
i
cnarges or inemciency in me war de
partment, will be given to the senate
military committee on Monday nest
by Secretary of War Baker.
CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES
I _
1 . . ■ • •■**■*'v
(Bv Associated Press)
MADRID, Jan. 26.—Rumors of dis
orders at Barcelona reaching here
state that groups of women started
j demanding cheaper fpod prices.
The government has suspended consti
tutional guarantees in the province of
Barcelona, and now has the situation
well under control.
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Jan. 26.—Petrograd re
ports say that the city of Kishinev
has been surrounded by the Romnan
ians, and that hot fighting is in i>ro
gress between the Bolsheviki aud the
Roumanians.
10 HEAD OFF STRIKE
FOMENTED 811.11.
fBv Associated Press)
EVELETH, Minn., Jan. 26.—Fifty
Minnesota national guardsmen have
arrived here to avert the possibility of
a strike of the lumbermen of the
Northwest, fomented by I. W. W. Htei
ature.
The strike is scheduled to take place
on February 1.
KILLED BY AMERICANS
(By Associated Press)
JUAREZ, Jan. 26—Two Mexican
soldiers were killed last night in an
exchange of shots between American
and Mexican patrols guarding the
boundary. Americans fired the first
volley.
DISASTROUS FIRE RUBES
i IN MANUFACTURING TOWN
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TORONTO, Jan. 26.—A serious fire
is raging in Petersboro, the great
manufacturing town ninety-four miles
j northwest of here. Wire communica
j tioji has been interrupted.
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1 The Rag Time Trio Tonight.
(By Associated Press
HELSINGFOD, Jan. 26—The Fin
nish senate has sent an ultimatum to
I the Bolshevik! demanding the discon
tinuance of the sale of firearms to
the Finnish rioters, who assist Rus
sian soldiers in committing acts of
violence. Otherwise war will he de
clared immediately, says the commun
ication.
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NORTHWESTERN TONIGHT.
The steamer Northwestern is due
from Valdez at 8 o’clock tonight and
will be in port about ten hours load
ing copper ore.