WEATHER tlEPORT
Yesterday: Max. 44. MLn. 35;
Today: South vritad, cloudy.
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No. 293 TWENTIETH YEAR
PRICE 10 CENTS
PERSUING SAYS U.S. FORCES LEAD CLEAN LIVES
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DISGUISED IN SEIZE WEAPONS
FDD IDE NEXT WISH REBELLION
Three Irish Papers
Barred From
U.S. Mail
Dublin, Jan. 23.—Declaring they |
wanted weapons "For the next re- j
hellion," twenty heavily armed dis
suised men raided several houses
near Gaiway today and seized a I
larse quantity of arms and ammuni-i
tlon stored there.
Xewsp&ltera IJarrtnl Fiona Mails
New York. Jan. 23.—Newspapers|
Irish World. Free World, and Free J
Mau's Journal are barred from, the
ma 11a 'liii.SiS
COW Iflissto N E B
OF FISHERIES
Seattle, Jan. 23.—Regulation and
protection of Alaskan fisheries is
proposed in a bill introduced by
Delegate Sulzer. The Proposed
measure would create an office of
Commissioner of Fisheries for Al
aska. I
II TO
TEN TEARS
San Francisco, Jan. 23.—Sen-!
teuces from two to tea years in
federal prison for three troopers of
Comiwny C. 14th infantry, charged
sviih attempting to incite mutiny^
at Ft. Wm. H. Seward, have been ' i
approved by Gen. Murray. i
GET
EIGLAND'S FOOD
STRICT
London, Jan. 23. — England's
food controller has directed the is
suance of an order decreeing two
meatless days weekly in homes, bo
rate and restaurants throughout
England. For breakfast meat is
barri d ajtogether, as is also butter,
ittgar and milk.
SENATE IS EIGHT
CABINET
Washington, Jaai. 23.—A bitter
iight is developing in the Senate
jver the pr>position to create a War
Cabinet and Munitions Director.
Tomorrow Senator Chamberlain's
supporters plan to bring up a broad
iiscutsion of army conditions and
ivar department reorganization.
Official figures today give the
LJnited States foreign trade a val
uation of nine billion, one hundred
ind seyeaty mfllioa dollars.
\K\V CHAIRMAN' ALASKA
BUREAU CHAMBER COMMERCE
Seattle, Jan. 23.—J. G. Lang was
oday elected chairman of th© Al
lska Bureau cf the Seattle Chamber
)C Commerce.
The U. S. harbor boat Peterson
irrived in port early this morning
jringing supplies for the eoldieTS
stationed in Skagway and taking a
'ew of the men back to the fort.
Our 20 Per Cent.
Sale Is Still On
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth * Phone 41
SHE
IS EH
London, Jan. 23.—Dispatches in
dicate the Austrian strike, in which
a million workers were out, lias end
ed. I ! i i i Ijf
Newspapers Again Publish In
Vienna
Vienna, Jan- 23.—Newspapers ap
peared again on the streets of Vien
na today and workmen in a m
jorjtv of factories have returned to
tueir work.
KILLED !
Washington, Jan. 23. — General
l'ershing reported today three Am
ei ican were killed in action with
the Germans -Monday. No news of
d"ails is made public.
BLIHY now
ISlfO 8!
San Francisco, Jan. 23.—A war
rant has been issued lor the ar
rest of Mrs. Emma Lee JMiller,
wealthy Seattle widow whose hus
bniu' Alexander Miller wa« killed in
that city over a real estate and em
bezzlement dispute.
LAM Wants
1 HOUR DAY
Indianapolis, Jan. 23. — Secre
tary Gompers, in addressing the Un
ited Mine Workers, advocated the
universal seven hour day for the
remainder of the war.
Seattle, Jan. 23.—The steamer
JpffersoJi, o£ the Alaska Steamship
Co., left this morning for the
north. Tom J. Depue }s a Skag
way passenger. . ;
STORI WRECKS
HUN MUNIIION
FACTORIES
The Hague, Jan. 23. — Berlin,
dipatches states an enormous
amount of damage has been -wrought
throughout Germany by flooda and
h<*avy snow. Many munition fac
tories on the Rhine river were
wrecked by the storm,
crewTnot spy
IS BELIEF •
Word has been, received from
Morningside that Fred Crewe
(Kruhe), detained in Skagway as a
suspicions character, wae in the
sanitarium only six weeks in 1914,
at the end of which time lie was re
leased.
The idea that Cr%e is a German
si>y bas been abandoned, and be
is oeing detained only temporarily
until bis father, who lives in Fair
banks and with whom authorities
have been in communication, sends
him money and a fur overcoat.
Crewe will then leave for Fair
banks, going by way of Cordova,
and will join his father.
Nothing further has developed in
tno city regarding- the plot warning.
Several soldiers returned today to
Ft. Seward, but others will be
kept here indefinitely. The story
that the Peterson bad gone to Ju
neau has been sifted down to a nu
ru It is a fact that the Peter
son left Ft. Seward, going down the
canal, on a secret mission, but as
to where she went we cannot say.
Rumors about town that all en
»fiy aliens have to report to au
thorities three times a day, and
that they must remain indoors af
ter 7. p. m. are without foundation.
Precautionary measures were taken
by warning aliens of la>"s regarding
seditious Bpeech. Other than this,
no rules are in effect.
NUGENT SUCCEEDS BRADY
* Boise, Jan. 23.—John F. Nugent,
Democrat, has been appointed 69
senator by the governor to suo
ceed Brady, who passed away re
cently. I i !!. Id
RANKER DIES IN CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco, Jan. 23.—Wm.
J Babcock, chairman of tbg boardi
of directors of the Bank of Cali"
! fcrnia, died today in San Diego.
Average temperature iu Dawson
I for the month of December was 51
' degrees below, zero
Apple Special
We have 2 lots of good Cooking Apples for
sale while they last at
$1.75 and $2.25 Per Box
The last chance this season for apples at this price
P. H. GANTY
118 LIKES
HE LOST
London, Jan. 23.—Three weeks
ago two ete&meiTB were sunk in the
Mediterranean by enemy subma
rines, causing a loss of 718
lives is officially announced today.
WILL MS il
WEAKENED SAYS
TIRPI1Z
Amsterdam, Jan. 23.—"Our stand
at Brest Li torsk shows our Will to
■win is not weakened, that not a
single muscle is softened," declared
Admiral Von Tripitz Bpeaking before
a meeting of the Fatherland party
and reported in Perlin dispatches.
"The battles are great but goals
are beautiful," he concluded.
RUSSIA SUFFERS
I FOB LACK OF
i FOOO ;
:
Petrograd, Jan. 23.—North Rus
sia is suffering from a bread short
age and. many; other foods. The j
transportation Bystem of the countryi
has collapsed. • •( j I
ROOSEVELT URGES
UNIVERSAL SERVICE
Washington, Jan. 23.—Roosevelt
said he came here chiefly to urge
the passage of the universal mili
tary service law .
I HI
PRAISE OF
I
Asserts Never Was
Body of Men
As Fine
Washington, Jan.. 23.—General
Pershing, replying to j sensational
stories that American bo)<11 era la
Franc® were drinking to excess and
are immoral, >m»te Secretary of
War Baker that never Uad there
been a "similar body o 1 men to
lead aa clean live*.'1
1FI
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Nottingham, England, Jan. 23. —
At the opening today of the an
nual labor conference Frank Purdy,
president of the organization, said
that if Germany does not accept the
terms which President Wilson,
Lloyd George and thg Labor Party
had laid down a3 a minimum "We
must fight on." (
FRIGE GEIS
30 VESSELS
Washington, Jan. 23.—France to
day took over, under charter, thirty
larse German steamships seized by
by Brazil.
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