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No. 287 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16. 1918
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A Gloomy Outlook
For Allies
He Says
Washington, Jan. 16.—Senator
P. J. McCumber today gave the
senate a gloomy picture of the po
sition of the United States and
her allies, emphasizing- his plea for
a radical speeding up of tha ship
DuUding program.
Senator McCumber declared Eng
land is bearing the brunt of the
w»t. and asked how long she can
fc'nnd the strain..
He declared the United States
must send five million troops to
Kurope to balance the man power
o* the Central Powers. He said
€eveu million troops will be need
ed to make the Germans retreat.
11.5. iiilESESTED
II UKRiDHU
REPUBUG
Loudon, Jan. 10. — Dispatches
from Odessa say Great Britain, |
France ami the United States are 1
sre"tly interested in the organize I
tiou o' the now Ukrainiaa republic,
-«1 that France ha« loaned it two
million rubles in gold.
.NO FIGHTING
London, Jan. 16.—General Haig
reports no fighting today.
GERMANY WANTS SERBIA
Lcndon, Jan. 16.—Dispatches
from the Serbian, headquarters re- '
port Germany is making a desperate
effort to win Serbia over to her
side of the struggle.
IN
Berlin, Jan. 16.—It Is officially I
announced here there has been j
r.o change ia the original instruc- J
tioj.s given delegates to the Brest
I.itovsk conference.
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IT
LEME
Petrogrd, Jan. 16.—At the con- j
elusion of an address made by Prem
ier Lenine last night, members of
thp Red Guard made an attempt on
his life. Fonr shots were fired
at him as he was driving away hi
an automobile. A Swedish Socialist,
seated behind him, was shot in the
hand.
AMERICANS
SLANDERED
Washington, Jan. 16.—Congres- !
eioi.al investigation of slanderous j
charges againt the character of Am- J
erican troops abroad, alleged to j
have been circulated by the anti-sa- j
loon league, wan proposed in a j
resolution before Congress yester- \
da>.
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BRITISH FORCES
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SURPRISE
Loudon, Jan. 16.—Chancellor of
tbe Exchequer, Andrew Bon&r Law,
anutunced yesterday in the House
of Commons as a result of an in
quiry from Gen. Haig. that the
cabiLet has revealed British lorces
wee not taken by surprise when
German troops attacked them re
cently in the Cambrai sector.
Seattle, Jan. 16.—The United
States government yesterday order
i «* the arrest of William Swanson,
suspected ■wrecker of the Alaska
Lteamer Spokane, who is believed
to !o on the schooner Mary E.
Foster on voyage from Port Lud
low to Honolulu.
Seattle, Jan. 16.—B. M. Belirends,1
president of tti^ Belirends Bank, ot j
Juneau, conferred to Kellelier yes-j
terdav an outline of the war sav-1
ui^rs campaign going on in the ter-(
rito /.
Seattle, Jan. 16.—Tho govern
ment steamship Seattle, constructed j
here under the government eupervl- j
sion, laden with a cargo of flour, |
sailed for France yesterday.
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Atlantic Port, Jan. 16.—A large |
tube bomb was found today near a |
big navy yard on this coast. I
Peirograd, Jan.. 16.—War on Ru- |
mania unless that nation within 24
horns releases Russian of
ficers held there wag threatened in
an ultimatum served by the Bol
ehevlki today. i
Tokio, Jan. 16.—Japanese war
ships have been dispatched to j
Vladivistok for the protection of
Allied interests there, according to |
au announcement made today.
ITALIANS LOSI
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Berlin, Jan. 16— Italian at
tach on Teutonic troops in the
Monte Asalone and. Monte Pertica
sectors broke dojvn yesterday -with
beavy losses, according to tb<"
German arniy headquarters report.
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BtlfS IIESSEll
Seattle, Jan. 16. The purchase
h<* 'jo Grand Trunk Pacific S te am
ain r> Company of the steamer F. I
A. Ivilbura, owned by Crowley and |
MaLoney, of San Francisco, will be
closed in a day or bo.
I
New York, Jan. 16.—The steam
er Texan, which 5V&3 reported to
bo sinking off tbe coast oI New
York aa a result of a collision, bas
been saved and all bands with It.
SATO TO RETURN
Washington, Jan. 16. — Am
bassador Sato will shortly re
turn to Japan via Seattle.
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IKY SUSPECTS
TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY
Seattle, Jan, 16.—B. O. Spoer
uian, Norfolk spy Who was caught
Bet»'Lg fire to a munition station,
will be brought to Seattle, where
he hae a brother, F. H. Q. Spoer
luan. Several other spy suspects
have been taken, into custody. Spoer
man's love letters to a Washing
tou woman have been intercepted
and aided in tipping off his Bpy
movements. , j : J
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Petrograd, Jan. 16.—The Xirst
five thousand volunteers of the
n-iv Socialist army left today; for
tho front. One of the most c
thusiastic demonstrations seen in'
thig city in, months took place as
th« voliuiteera were leaving.
FEDERAL 1
TO COST
Washington, Jan. 16. — The
imerdment to the pending resolu
tion for government control of print
oap«r for newspapers, whichi would,
have placed the authority with
President Wilson, was defeated yes
terday In tha Senate which voted to
place the power of control entirely
with the federal trade commissi on.
FORMER FRENCH
PREMIER WAS
TRAITOR
Hun Newspapers
Warned Against
Praising Him
Washington, Jan. 16.—From Its
mysterious stock of intercepted di
plomatic communications, the
State Department today publiwhjed
correspondence between former ani
Iwi&sndor Bernstorff a,nU the Bjriin
office showing that former Premier
Cailleaux, of Prance, was in com
iiiualcation with. German agents in
Argentine In 1915.
The first Bernstorff despatch con
tained damagng reference to state,
merits made by Cailleaux to the
French government and warned
German newspapers against prais.
iua him. • j I ' J
Interview With Cailleaux
H«sliington, Jan. 16.—In one of
the cablegrams to Berlin, Bern
storff telling of his Washington in*
terview with CailleAux, says:
"He speaks contemptuously of
t1 e president and tlie rest of tlie
French government. He sees thru
tlie ]>oLicj- of ling]ami perfectly. Ho
does not anticipate the complete
oveithrow of France. He sees in
the war now a struggle for exist,
ence on the part of KngloeuL Cail
leaux welcomed indirect courtesies
from me, but empliaslzed extreme
i>aution." i | i | j ; j i
Bernstorff said Washington re
ceived Gailleaux coldly.
BACK yp U.5.
Indianapolis, Jan. 16. — United
Mir.° Workers of America in their
bienr'ai session pledged to pup
pi.rt the government during tlie war.
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