No. 31 TWENTY FIRST YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA. SATURDAY. MARCH 9. 1918 PRICE 10 CENTS
RUSSIA MOBILIZING ARMY AT UTMOST SPEED
MPS III
Details of Landing Which Took Place
In January Just Received By
London Papers
London. .March 9.—-Details ol the
lauding of Japanese troops in. Vladi
vostok in January are given in a
Petrosrad newspaper, the Xovaia,
Zhizn. just received by newspapers
here. The Japanese cruiser Mikado
urrived ar Vladivostok January 12,
followed by two more cruisers oh
the 14th. Four thousand soldiers
were tended on those two dates,
with j.ucibers more including many
officers, arriving in Vladivostok
daily.
The Japanese admiral assured
iifeil
SWT WIIH
HUES
!
I.tndon, March 9.—In the name;
of hi« king and government, the j
Montenegrin minister of war, now |
in Lc-tidon, denies Montenegro* will
make a separatte peace with the
Central powers. Montenegro early
i:i «te war c^st her lot with the Al
ii- s aud will stay until a general
>P"ac5 is declared.
FORMER NAVY SECRETARY
REPORTED TO BE DYING I
Boston, March 9.—The death of
Von L. Meyer, former secretary of
the navy, is only a question of
hours.
BAD WEATHER STOPS
ITALIAN OPERATIONS j
Rom«, March S.—Bad weather |
in Italy nas stopped all artillery andi
othet military operations on the
Italian front.
the local Workmen's and Soldiers'
Council that the arrival of ships and
troops should not be considered the
beginning of military] operations
against Russia, hut was simply XQr
the protection of Japanese subjects.
Vladivostok public wag gre«.tly
alarmed .and Revolutionary com
mittees were concentrating Bolshe
vik! 'roops to meet the invading ar
my. When the purpose of the Jap-'
anese invasion, was explained, no
action was taken against them by
Russiia soldiers.
U.S.
Washington, March, 9.—Congress
was asked today oy the ordnance de
partment for a deficiency appropria
tiation of one hundred million dol
lars to be used in paying for the 1
making of he&vy guna
LESS BRAINLESS
Washington, March. 9-—In a Sen-!
ate -peech today attacking the food
administration, Senator Reed, of
Missouri, said the United State9
would not have had so many meat^i
less days if there had been lessi
brairless days.
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ISrCMIIDIU
CONFERENCE
ENDED
j Washington, March; 8.—Th« Ani
j erican delegates to the American
Canadian Joint Fisheries Conference,
Secretary Redfield and Assistant
| Secretary Sweet of the Department
of Commerce, and Doctor Hugh M.
Smitn, the Commissioner of Fisher
ies, together wit ft Edward T.
Quigley, Assistant Solicitor of the
Department, as secretary- of the
delegation, have returned to the
city from a trip to Boston,
Gloucester, and St. Johns, N. B.,
where hearings were held in con
nection with a proposed reciprocal
arrangement between the United
States and Canada relative lo the
-N'ortn Atlantic Fisheries. The hear
ings in the three cities mentioned
were largely attended by fishermen
and' representatives of the pro
ducers and distributors of fish. The
Joint Conference, at its meeting in
St. Johns, adjourned to convene at
■Seattle on April 24, wjien it is to
consider the. important subject of
the conservation of the socke.ve
sal mo, i of the Fraser Kiver, togeth
er witti other questions pertaining
to the fisheries of the Pacific and
North Pacific Oceans, including Al
askan and British Columbia waters.
i ENMITIES
LOW iOIS
WasLington. Marrcb 9.—Distress
ing though recent fatalitites in
the Aviation Section of the Signal
Corps have been, the percentage of j
casualtits among our young aviators;
is very low considering the great
increase in the number of men fly
ing each day. The aviators at thei
Signal Corps training schools are
averaging about 1,700 hours of fly
ing per day, which makes a distance
cf abou' 102,000 miles flown each
day. This is equal to four trips
aiound the earth.
Considering this amount of fly
ing. the percentage of fatal acci
dents is remarkably Iotv.
AVIATORS RAID PARIS
Pans, March 9.—German aviators
raided rarts of Paris last night
Early reports phow some loss of life.
PORTION* TUSCAXIA SURVIVORS
ARRIVE IX NEW YORK
New York, March 9.—A portion
of Tuscania survivors have arrived
at this port.
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P. H. GANTY
London, March 9.—After an all
day tomba|dment With, high power
guns yesterday, German forces last
evening made an attack on a, front
Oiiie mile in length, against Brit
ish positions in Belgium from a
point south of the Meniti road to
a point north of Poelderhoek, the
war office announces today.
Petrojrrad, March 9. — Foreign
Minister, Leon Trotsky, today an
nounced his resignation as minister
of foreign affairs. His successor
has not been named.
FRENCH PEOPLE
CLOCKS
Bordeaux, March 9.—At Bordeaux
business house has just closed a
deal with a large manufacturing
establishment in the United States
for a trial order of alarm clocks,
the total purchase amounting to
2.ri0,000 frames ($48,250 at normal
exchange). The local firm states
hat this order—the first of its
kind ficm this vicinity, whose trade
has long been monopolized by
manufacturers -of other nationali
ties—is the direct result of efforts
fnade bv the American consulate at
Bordeaux to place it in touch with
manufacturers In the United States '
only a lew weeks ago.
There appears to be a general ^
dearth of alarm clocks in Prance ^
and French colonial possessions,;
according to the statements of sev
eral ]oc*I handlers of the articles.
This Is, no doubt, due to the In
ability to import from some of
the *ormer furnishens located in
belligerent countries. The buyer of
these clocks further stated ^at
he anticipated no ttrouble in
disposing of the stock of several
thousand pieces ordered, and that
this initial order was placed chiefly
as a means of ascertaining ,the
quality of the American article and
its suitability (as to price and
wear) for the French; market.
German troops were repulsed ex
cept near Poelderhoek on a, front
extending 200 yards in,' length, which
was lo«t for the time being to the
enemy. During the night British
farces counter attacked and restored
the lost ground, thug making a
complete fizzle of Germany's bis
raid !u Belgium.
American Army in France, March.
9.—Dpi lug the day a lone Ameri
can seutry attacked an enemy patrol
of 40 men, BOine of whom had)
stealthily entered advanced Am
erican trenches. He drove them
all off, killing the leader and
wounding others. Although the
Rermiys returned fire, the American
sentry was not hit. I
III CIERVA10 BE
DICTATOR OF
Stadrid, March 9.—Great unrest is
mm fest throughout the whole
country of Spain, and strikers and
workmen are being held down with.
i:i iron hand. There is consider
able talk by newspapers and influ
ential statesmen that La Cierva, |
torfien minister, will soon, be pro
claimed dictator of £pain.
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READY 10 FIGHT
10 BITTER
Germany Boasts Of
Open Route To
Persia
Pt rograd', March 9.—Mobilization
of Russia's army is being rushed at
the utmost speed. Germany's vio
lation of the Russa-Germanj peace
treaty and her continued advance
in Russia makes it Imperative that
Russia arm and fight to the blttter
eud.
JAPAN ALARMED
Tokyo, March 9.—Increasing al
arm at the Russian collapse la be
in;? expressed by the Japanese press
which l'ears the German menace may
spread throughout the whole far
east. As yet Japan has taken no
act.m regarding proposed! In
vasion of Siberia, but is ready and
prepared to step in at any time.
RUSSIANS DEFEATED
Coaenhagen, March 9.—German
destroyers operating in the Baltic
Sen have sunk ships carrying Rus
sian troops south of the Aland ls
land?, according to reports received
here today. Russian troops are re
ported to have fought unsucceflsful
>y- MJaJWIiia
OPEN ROUTE TO PERSIA '
Hague, March 9.—"We have ac
quired a direct and free Mute via
Russia to Persia and Afghanistan,"
sayz a disptch from a German semi
official agent of the Wolff news bu
reau- . ; tt UfflP
LENIXE STANDS UP FOR GER
MANY
Petroerad, March; 9.—Lenine, in
a puolished statement, said the
t ?rms of peace Imposed by Napoleon
upon Germany and Prussia were ten
fold heavier than those Germany la
Imposine on Russia, j , j