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GERMANY’S LATEST PEACE BID
MUTINOUS GERMAN SAILORS SHOT DOWN
ACCEPTS PORTION OF
WILSON’S PROGRAM
(By Associated Press)
DATELESS. — Austria-Hungary and
Russia are to continue the Brest
Litovsk peace negotiations on the
basis of ‘‘no annexations, no indemni
ties.” Austrian Foreign Minister Cz-er
nin believes the two governments can
arrange a peace if Russia maintains
the same attitude.
Ohancellor Hertling told the reich
stag yesterday that Germany hopes
to reach peace conclusions with the
Russian delegates, indicating com
plete confidence on the part of the
Teutons regarding the final success
of the separate Russian peace plans.
Accepts Some Wilson Suggestions.
BERLIN, Jan. 25.—Chancellor Hert
ling, advising the reichstag, said that
an agreement could be obtained with
out difficulty on the first four points
of President Wilson’s peace program,
recently given to congress. He said
that difficulty would be met regard
ing the fifth point. Germany, he
said, never demanded the incorpora
tion of Belgium by violence.
The chancellor continued that there
could be no talk of the cession of Al
sace-Lorraine, and said that France
^ ana Germany alone could discuss the
disposition of northern France. The
state of Poland would be settled by
Austria and Germany.
The chancellor demanded I hat Ger
many's enemies set forth new pro
posals.
The answer to points 9, 10 and 11 of
President Wilson’s program must be
left to Austria, said Hertling. but
where Germany's interests were con
cerned they would be defended strong
ly
Germany would not forestall Tur
key’s attitude toward point 12.
PROPOSALS IN QUESTION.
The first four points of President
Wilson’s peace program, upon which
the German chancellor says agree
ment is possible, are as follows:
"Eirst—Open peace covenants with
private and international understand
ings.
‘‘Second—Freedom or Seas.
“Third—Removal of economic bar
riers and more equal trade among na
tions associating themselves for main
tenance of peace.
“Fourth—Reduction of national arm
aments.”
The fifth point, concerning which
Hertling says “difficulty will be met,”
is as follows:
“Adjustment of colonial claims on
the principle that the people con
cerned have equal weight with gov
ernment’s interests.”
Points 9, 10 and 11, the determina
tion of which must be left to Austria,
according to Chancellor Hertling, are:
“Ninth—readjustment of Italians’
frontiers along lines of nationality.
“Tenth—Greatest opportunity for an
autonomous development of Austrians
and Hungarians.
“Eleventh—Evacuation of Rumania,
Serbia and Montenegro, with guaran
tees of the Balkan’s independence and'
access to the sea for Serbia.”
The public clamor against the ter
ritorial eight-hour law, which went
into effect January 1, has had the ef
fect of arousing the territorial and fed
eral officials to the point of taking
steps in accordance with the authority
■vested in the governor to suspend the
operation of the law in case of emer
gency. As already chronicled in these
columns, Governor Strong has sus
pended its operations so far as the
fishing industry is concerned, as a
war measure, but seemingly he has
been reluctant to extend the suspen
sion order to cover other industries,
perhaps because of the fact that the
law, drastic and unsatisfactory as it
appears to be, was enacted pursuant
to the overwhelming demand of the
people of the territory.
That there is a strong probability of
the order being extended to cover the
other principal industries of Alaska
is evident from the following telegram,
received last evening too late for pub
lication in yesterday’s paper:
JUNEAU, Jan. 24.—Times, Cordova:
At the suggestion of the council of
National defense public hearings upon
petitions for the suspension of the
eight-hour law as affecting the lum
ber and logging industries, steamship
and railway transportation and the
operation of mines in territory will
be held at the office of the governor
at Juneau beginning at 11 o'clock
Tuesday, February 5 next. Persons
or companies desiring to be heard,
either for or against the petitions,
should be present or arrange for au
thorized representatives to appear.
STRONG, Govr.
(By Associated Press)
President Stephen Birch, of the Cop
per River railway, has notified Super
intendent Caleb Corser that the Stand
ard Oil company cannot promise oil
deliveries as required, and will not
guarantee to fulfil the balance of their
contract with the railroad, which ex
pires in a few months, neither will
they likely be in a position to take
any future orders.
' Superintendent Corser has under
consideration the immediate conver
sion of their locomotives from oil to
coal. He has referred the matter to
the Seattle office in order to ascertain
whether the steamship company will
be able to supply enough bottoms to
transport a sufficient supply of coal
from the outside to Cordova, in order
to keep the road in operation so that
the company may continue to make
regular shipments of copper, which is
so badly needed by the government
for war purposes.
PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC
SENDS MORE TROOPS
PARIS, Jan. 25.—A new eerfingent
of Portuguese troops has arrived in
France for service on the western
battle front.
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PRICE OF FISH.
KETCHIKAN, Jan. 25.—Halibut to
day sold for 16 1-2 cents; sable, 4 1-2
cents and red rock, 2 cents.
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan 25.—Govern
ment officials believe that no sub
stantial advance toward peace has
resulted from the declarations of Czer
nin and Hertling. Hertling’s state
ment that Germany would never sur
render Alsace-Lorraine precludes the
possibility of the German proposals re
ceiving consideration.
(By Associated Press)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Ian. 2i — The
most important work of r.he United
Mine Workers’ convention, which has,
been in session here for several days,
was the consideration today of a pro
position for the elimination from the
organization of all members of the in
dustrial Workers of the World who
may be members of the M.ne Work
ers.
DEATH OF SOLDIER
REPORTED UK PERSHINC
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 25.—General
Pershing's report to Hie war depart
niciH today contains (he announce
meu, that Fred Thompson of George
ton. 111., was killed in action on Jan
uary 23. No details are given.
AUSTRIAN PEACE STRIKE
DECLARED TO BE ENDED
(By Associated Press)
BLRLIN, Jan. 25.-FA Vienna dis
patch says that the workers have re
turned to all Austrian factories. The
strike was organized as a demonstra
tion in favor of peace.
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differences of employes
likely to be adjusted
borne of the Alaska newspapers are
publishing articles concerning alleged
labor troubles on the Copper River &
Northwestern railway, many of which
are very misleading. We understand
that the shop and yard men have, on
account of the eight hour law, asked
for the eight hour day and a new
rate of wages running from C2 1-2
cents to 87 1-2 cents per hour for
straight time and 93 3-4 cents to $1.31
for overtime, but under the existing
law no one is allowed to work over
time. The train and engine men have
demanded rates from 72 cents to 98
cents per hour.
I he men are all patriotic Americans
and under present conditions will not
take any action until all amicable
means to reach a solution of the dif
ferences have been exhausted. The
company s position is the same and
1t is not the general opinion that any
labor troubles will result.
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The steamer Northwestern left Se-|
ward at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon and 1
is due in Valdez at 2 o’clock tomorrow
morning. She should be in Cordova
six hours later.
(By Associated Press)
VADER, AVn., Jan. 25.—A lone thief,
wearing overalls, today slugged and
tied A. H. Cheney, cashier of the Little
Falls State bank, in this city, and es
caped with $6,006. Although the
alarm was soon given, and officers
strated in pursuit, the thug has not
yet been apprehended.
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HAWAIIAN VOLCANO
AGAIN IN ERUPTION
(By Associated Press)
HONOLULU, Jan. 25.—Mount Kil
auca is again showing volcanic activ
ity. Lava has been seen in the lake
eighteen feet from its top.
When rhas. Ross returned to his
ranch on Hinchenbrook island at 2
o'clock this morning, after having
the p:.«t month in town, he
found that Thomas King, whom he
bad left in charge of his cabin, was
< ad. As tlm fire was out and the
bo< ; : o. n iff it is believed that
V '"V Hod eo'-c-al days ago. He was
t'-ar-' Hon" and Deputy Marshal Furs
mnn will leave tonight for the island
to bring the remains to town, when
;::i inquest will be held hv Commis
t Medley.
King w;s about 40 years of age and
came to Alaska from Madison. Wis
consin. He spent a number of years
ill the Tanana valley and since 1912
has been a resident of Cordova, be
ing employed most of the time as a
fisherman. Last April he was badly
burned aboard the Clark & Graham
boat Ikaros tied up at the city dock
and which caught on fire. King spent
many months In the hospital and
never fully recovered from the burns
received. He wras badly crippled and1
had lived with Mr. Ross for soms
time.
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GERMAN SMUGGLERS
IS! ME1 TRICKS
(By Associated Press)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Jan. 25.1
— Endless are the tricks of the smug-1
gler. Prior to the advent of cold
weather Germans had been discovered
crossing the frontier into Holland
wearing no underclothing and women
wearing only a mantle. They were
on their way to supplement this rather!
scanty raiment at some Netherlands
store near the border, thence to re
turn homeward clad in genuine wool
len or cotton underclothing instead
of the substitute materials wherewith
Germany is in these days arraying!
itself. To counter this method of pro
cedure. the customs authorities have
adopted the equally novel method of
stamping the underclothes of all per
sons who regularly or frequently cross
the frontier, if such travelers are
subsequently found wearing uti
stamped clothes these are treated as
smuggled goods.
(By Associated Press) I
LONDON, Jan. 25.—A German naval
engineer, with the rank of lieutenant,
who deserted at Kiel, says that the
dissatisfaction among the German
sailors is more serious than in the
army. He says there have been im
portant revolts generally among the
crews of the mine sweepers, and that
a squadron of mine sweepers re
cently entered Hamburg, where the
crews were given one hour’s shore
leave. All asked for more, and when
refused they threw a lieutenant into
the water.
A near-by German ship sent a motor
boat, equipped with machine guns, to
the scene, which fired into the ranks*
of the mutinous sailors, killing forty
four and wounding seventy-three.
INEFFICIENCY
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(Bv Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan 25.—Secretary!
of War Baker today asked Senator]
Chamberlain to arrange a meeting at!
which all congressmen so disposed
may attend and hear the war seere-1
tary’s statement replying to the sena-j
tor’s charge of inefficiency in the warj
department.
At the White House-no comment1
was forthcoming on Senator Chamber-1
Iain’s sensational speer«i m the sen
ate yesterday, but it is stated that'
Secretary Baker would review what
thi! United States has done in the war.
CITIZENS OF SlHI i
HINT THE BOISE SITS
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The fate of the Nizina bridge again
hangs in the balance; and not until
we hear the result of our representa-i
five’s journey to Juneau shall we know !
if we get the bridge this year or in!
the dim distant future.
We might have known something]
would happen, everything went too
serenly in the last thirty days; th«
road commissioner had the finest
plans, and bids were called for. But. I
alas, the appropriation is $25,000 and]
the construction will cost $40,000.
There is another $8,000 which can j
probably be secured and then only
$8,000 more is needed
Representative Murray left for Ju
neau, where he will interview Colonel
Waugh of the Alaska road cominis
sion and endeavor to secure addition
al funds for the Nizina bridge.
At a meeting of the business men it
was decided that to send a delegate
was the surest way of securing re
suits, and in making their choice felt
the mission was in the hands of the
best rustler.
The territorial treasury has $500,000.
in its coffers, yet when we need a *
grant to finish a work of which the
ultimate advantage is incalculable, it
takes a world of plotting to obtain, j
Even now, we need another grant for
a trail to the bridge.
Meantime, here's hoping that Col-!
onel Waugh is not adamant.—Me-’
Carthy News. i
RETRIBUTION FALLS ON
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(By Associated Press)
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 25.—German
minefields today caused the destruc
tion of two German destroyers.
(By Associated Press) *
WASHINGTON, Tan. 25.—Presrrftsnt
Wilson canceled all engagements this
afternoon, including a meeting of the
cabinet, and remained at work in his
study at the White House.
There were no outward indications
as to whether the international situa
tion or the attack on the war depart
ment in the senate yesterday was en
gaging his attention to the exclusion
of other matters.
UNIQUE wTeTHOD OF '
SPREADING
(By Associated Press)
Bl’TTE, Mont., Tan. 25.—Fire
alarms in the Butte Mining company's
properties here are to be spread
through the sense of smell, rather
than that of hearing or sight. By
the means of compressed air, an un
usual odor is to be forced through
the workings, and it is believed that
the alarm may thus be spread quick
ly.
Because it will not depend upon un
broken circuits, as the present sys
tem of electric lights does, and will
be distinctly noticeable everywhere
in the mine, it is believed that the
proposed system will be most effic
acious.
As a part of its “safety first" pro
gram at its Black Rock mine, the
Butte & Superior company is issuing
at intervals a periodical, containing a
tabulated record of all accidents
whereby a man is incapacitated for
14 days or more. First aid sugges
tions and rules for accident preven
tion also are given.
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TACOMA JUNIORS ROLL UP
ENVIABLE RECORD FOR WORK
With only two schools lacking com
plete enrollment, the Junior Red
Cross at Tacoma is reported nearly'
100 per cent perfect.
The children are doing splendidly
in various kinds of work. The older
ar high school girls are making all
vinds of hospital garments. The low
?r grades, up to the fourth, cut clip
pings for ambulance pillows, and the
trades from the fourth up make patch
work, knit squares for afghans, make
lot water bottle covers, bed socks.
lomfort kits, and housewives. The
10ys in manual training make packing
loxes and knitting needles, and they
ire all interested in collecting gun
wipes and in gatherin shagnum moss.
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There will be a meeting of the Gor
lova Coin club at the Northland club
in Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock.