Washington, Jan. 25. — In an
impassioned speech today Senator
Kenvon of Iowa demanded imme
dia'f» consideration of a bill now be
fore the senat© whicn provides for
the creation of an emergency board"
of nubile works to provide employ
men* for the unemployed.
"We have voted oiiq hundred mil
lions of dollars to Europe's hungry,
do We refuse to appropriate at
leas' as great a sum to keep thous
ands of Americans from going hun
gry?" he asked. The bill as it
now stands aprropriates on© hun
dred million dollars.
PRESIDENTWILL
HI»
Paris, Jan. 25. — President Wil
son will visit the ruins of Kheims
on Sunday. He wUl see the shell
torn cathedral and the trench sys
tem.
HE HI
I LUANS
Paris, Jan. 25. — For the first
time the Bolshevik leaders are
to have sent President Wilscn an
intimation that they are ready to
take up the question of the re-p;'y
oaaat of the vast sums of money bor
rowed from the United States by
Russia.
NOTICE TO SKATERS
The committee in chaige of the
Municipal ice rink notify the users o]
the riuk that they must observe the
orderr of Marshal Page as to wh n
they may use it. If they do not t':«
city will discontinue the rink.
WM. BUXTl.VG, Chairman.
Paris. Jan. 25. — The transpor
tation workers are all out on strike
ted:y and the government is prepar
ing drastic measures to meet tlle
strikvrs should tliey become violent
*S taey declare they will if their
| demands are not acoatted to.
Seattle, Jan. 25. — According to
' advices received here from Washing'
I ton, the indications are that unless
the strike is settled very soon the
government vv i 11 cancel ail contracts
for steel ship construction heljj by
tiie Seattle shipyards.
Tne radical leaders are working
desperately to bring alout a general
strike.
TAKING A CUXSIS OF
WASHINGTON r.Iltl) LFK
Seattle, Jan, 25. — Washing
ton's birds may soon look down witl
just arrogance u;:on the birds of
other districts, because they are to
have a census taken of them. Mem
bers of the Seattle Audobon Society
who have undertaken the difficult
task at the request of the National
AuduCon Society are not sure that
thev will be able to tally all the
birds, u* they have to secure at leasl
some valuable data.
The census is being taken at this
time. The city hag been divided
into districts and the cnesns-takers
haye volunteered- to count biuls ob
served in their districts, together
with furnishing a report on the tern'
oerature, 'direction and velocity of
the wind during periods of not
less than four hours each.
RoDert Jx>wp, the Wliitehorse
merchant and mini ig man, is repcrt
ed to be in Vancouver quite sick,
! but not dangerously so, He had
tie influenza and got around too
soon afteruurus, m re>y suffering
<i slight relapse. Mr. Lowe ex
i>ect<j to start up tlie War Eagle
mia, upon his return.
NOTICE TO BOIND PURCHASERS
The final payment on Liberty 3r>nds purclia: ?J
on the installment plan will be due Januaiy 30.h.
Coupon Bonds upon which payments were
completed priot to December 15th. are now ready
for delivery.
No registered bonds have been received thusfar.
BANK OF ALASKA
Is Your Bread Heavy?
By adding a small amount of
Corn Flour,
you will find an improvement, the bread will rise
better and the grain will be finer.
We will Sell you a 101b.
Sack at 75 cents
Can also be used for making fine gravies etc.
P. H. GANTY
BOMBARDING
OPORTO TODAY
Madrid, Jan. 25. — Several war
ships have been bombarding Oporto
todaj. The Monarchist revolution
(ia centered in Oporto a®d it may
be reduced) to »anes before peace is
! declared.
H-raliy
RETURN SOOIf
I
Berlin, Jan. 25.—The newspa
| pers today are hinting at the early.
| return to Berlin of the former
I kaiser.
One of the papers asserted, in
I on txtra this afternoon, that the
I kaiser is only waiting for the a<k>P"
tion of a constitution by the nation
I ai assembly to make bis re'entry
to Germany. Thg paper did not
state what position the former
kaiser would assume.
I
(NO SKATING ON MUNICI
PAL KINK TONIGHT
Enough money wag j^teed by the
I taking of a collection last night on
I the ^Municipal skating rink to have
tne rink flooded today and owing to
| the fact tha* there had to be a large
I amount of water used to properly
I flootf It there will not he any skat
j insr allowed on the rink tonight.
Tue last time the rink wag flood
j ed fne skatera went on it too soon
I and as a result the ice did not last
' for auy length of time.
The committee states thH the
■ skaters may use the rink after to
I fllsh'
Eskimo wireless operators at
' Nooivik, a native village no,-tli of
I iVome, soon will be able to cat^ch
messages sent from as far away as
|S:>n Francisco, it is expected. Del
I bert Replogle, government teach
1 er a. the Noorvik native school,
who recently fitted the village with
I an electric light system and a
small wireless plant, has recently
received larger wireless equipment.
Th.e new machines will be installed
in the near future. Ncorvik ip the
onlj village in the Eskimo country
with electric lights. With the In"
stallation of the new wireless, the
enw of the other villages will in
crease Eskimos liave been taught
to operate both the wireless and the
electric light system.
Iondan. — Col. W. A. Bishop is
relinquishing big appointment 83
head of the new Canadian air force
and undertaking a year's lecture
tour in Canada and the United
Stares, Bishop'3 successor will he
Major Raymond. Oollinshaw, who
holds the Order of the Flying Cross
and bar. He belongs to British
Columbia.
Some ono 8noul<i hurry up and
get up a dance. The Alaskan has
oeen queried several times dur
ing the last few days by citizens of
both sexes who seem anxious to
know when there will he a dance.
Comments are heard on all sides
as to the beautiful weather we are
and have been enjoying this winter.
Some say that it is the mildest win
ter ever experienced in Sfcagway
while other declare that it is about
the normal winter We used to have
before the Japan current wag mov
ed to the westward. At all events
it Is all right and the WOO<1 PUes
do net melt away as they did l^t
winter. .
A VESTED CHOEB f f T
It is expected that a weels from
next Sunday the choir oI St. Paul's
Presoyterian church Will appear in
ca? ai)d gown for the first time. Th<
vested choir has been the vogue in
tWe cathedral and at the Methodist
church for some time.—Fr&dericton
KB, Gleaner.
Washington, Jan. 25. — The. sen
ate today passed the hill authoriz
es one hundred' million dollars t0
be expended by the president for
the purchase of food for the Htarv"
ing Europeans.
Bordeaux, Jan. 25. — Two beauti
ful girls, Gldays and Dorothy Crom
"well members of the most exclusive
soclfty set in New York, who have
been working as Red Cross nurses
in France, jumped overboard today
from the ocean liner La Lorraine as
ehe started' on her way to New York.
Both wore drowned, although every
effort was niade to rescue them.
These girls were twins and there
!a no clue as to the reason for their
j rash act.
WOMEN* OF IDAHO TO
BETAIX THEIR POSITIONS
Boise, Idaho, Jan. 25. — It is
j the general opinion among employer!
j the- the women who have been tak
j Ing the places of men in Idaho dur
ing- the war will retain theso posi
j tions. William T. Wallace, manager
I of the Idaho Power Company, in an
' interview on this subject, saya that
ho feels that women can fill many
[ positions better than men, in his
I comnany, and he has proved bis
[ contentions during the war. He does
| not think many women will lose
| tho!i positions, particularly if they
[ were indoor ones.
Women proved so successful in
the box factory of tfie Boise Payette
Company that tiier will be retained,
j Women have occupied many posi
tion# in the machine shops of the
Oregon Short Line, and a iarge nun
ter will be retained. Having few
factories, most of the women of
Idato have been employed as
elevator operators, clerks, and
some few as printers. In many
Instances they have been sai<jj to
hare given equal satisfaction with
men. In but one case on record1
have they received equal pay- with
men, and that is in a Boise print
mild.
laano's minimum -wage um, *—.
duced at the last session of the leg"
islature, failed to pass. Data gath
ered at that time showed that the
minimum wage paid' in the stat«
was about ?6, while the cost ol
living was about $9.
Charles O. Walker has commonce<
'ho building: of an extension to his
green houses on Ninth avenue.
The new house covers an area ol
I about three hundred feet and is e
Ung built over concrete lined pits
: aad will be heated by steam from £
furnace.
It is Mr. Walker's intention tc
raise such vegetables ag well bes
ripea under glass and he also gtates
ho will have fresh celery the ye»i
round. Flowerg will also receive at
tentlon and Mr. Walker says he wil
havfj settings of all kinds very earlj
Some of his hot house products h<
putiB into hot bed® as soon as th<
iteatner permits and thus enlargi
his output.
W. C, Blanchard will ak0 a fly
lug tr'.p to Seattel next week. Hi
will leave on the Princess Mary oi
Wednesday next and' return after '
few dayg in thj Spirit city.
MASONIC MEETING TONIGHT
There ^ "30 a regular meetin
I o' White Pass Lodge No. 113. 1
and A. M. tonight at Masonic hal]
1 at 6 o'clock sharp. All member
are requested to be on hand promp
lv »s there will be work in th
Entered Apprentice degreg Mid
full ettwadapce ia desired. _ ^
A —
BOLSHEVIKS TAKE
RUSSIAN TOWN
Omsk, Jan. 25. — The Bolshevik
forces have captured the town of
Ufa by routing the Russian and
Czecho-Slovak forces. There was
some terrific fighting before the de
feated army retired) with loss of
lite high on both sides.
IJKSEEK
PUNISHMENT
Paris, Jan. 25. — The mothers
of Belgium hav« petitioned the Al
lies asking for punishment of the
! kaiser for allowing his soldiers to
I carr- off their daughters, under
1 age ap subject them to outrgae.
The petition is set forth in strong
est language and submits proofs of
the facts alleged in it.
HERRING CONCERNS y
ARE PROSPERING
Captain Nick Galkema and Engi
neer Billy Murray of the good shij
"Swan" arrived in Anchorage on las
night's train, via Seward, from thei
I winter quarters at the herring city
Seldovia. They report that Seldovia
is vry busy this winter; that th<
herring run, is heavy and. that twc
outfits—the Kachemak Cannign. Co.
and the Griffin-Bayard' C. are aacl
putting up about 100 barrels pei
day. Besides these larger con
cerns, there are a whole lot of smal
outfits. Iveith McCullough, and ca
mille McGowan are both fishing b3
the "lay" route. That is, thesf
parties furnish the salt, barrels
gear, etc., for a percentage of th<
pack Captain Kaikem& put th(
Swan ujj high ®hd dry for the win
ter but she will be in good shap(
to take the water very uarly in thf
spring. Th0 big chrome Property
down tne inlet from Seldovia seem:
to ne having a lot of bad luck it
the way of not being able to ge
their product to market on accoun
of a lack of boats and safe harboi
conditions.
Messrs. Gaikema and Murray stat
that the point of transfer on thi
I railway is only about a block and '
nal? in length and that tbere Is i
good trail around) it. — Anchorag
Times.
INFLUEHZASTILL
TAKING IIS TOLL
' Seattle, Jan. 25. — The influenza
is stiil taking its C-eatli toll here.
| Or Wednesday there were report®^
' ten deaths and ninety seven new
coses. On Thursday there .were
four deaths and fifty six cases re
ported while yesterday there were
nine deaths and fifty seven cases
reported.
San Francisco, Jan. 25.—During
the past several dyas there has been
a decided improvement in th© In*
fluenza pituation.
The deaths are now averaging
aoout twenty a day.
MAT "SOW
UNTIL GET JOBS
Washington, Jan. 25. — Secretary
of War Baker has made a ruling
which allows a soldier to remain in
the' servic© until he hag been as
•sure-' of a position at some kind of
work,
j Buenos Aires, Jan. 25. — The
Bolshevik forces have clashed with
I the .oolice on the Chilean frontier
• and ihere has been much sanguinary
! lighl iutr going on for severai days.
Reports received here today state
tha» the Bolsheviks have "^so been
i creating disturbances iu Patagoni^.
The troops have been called out
i in both of these states and' there
i : is a possibility of much trouble be
i I for* the Bolshevik movement is put
' down but the government is deter*
i [mined to put a stop to them.
:' George Brown who is acting as
; section foreman at the Summit dur
' ; ing {he absence of Win. Lehan, who
lis taking a vacation, arrived in
e Skagway on the train last night and
> I •will remain for a day or two. Mr.
I Brown reports that while there is
II a Dountifui supply of snow in Ws
> district the weather has been very
lid. ____
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