PRICE 10 CENTS
Contractors Asked to Make Bid
Wants It Clearly Understood
That Federal Railway Com.
mission Is Not To Interfer
With Their Work
Seattle, Jan. 2. — The govern
ment has requested Sienis Carey,
of the H. S. Kerbaugh company,
large railway contractors of this
city to submit bids at an early date
setting forth the figures that his
firms would be willing to tkae over
the work aud> complete the Alaska
railroad.
That such a raovt lias teen made
Is stated on hifth authority, de
spite any denial which may issue
from either side.
This corporation, which hfld con
tacts running into many millions of
dollars for the pioduction of "Wash
ington spruce for war purposes, has
iet it be known that if it was given
the contract, and ('.id undertake the
:omp!etion of the Alaska govern
ment railroad that it must l>e giv
.j i free land and that there va®
!w> De "O interfercnie from the
federal Alaska R ilway commission. |
Bolsheviki Third Army Cat To
Pieces Bv Czecho-Slavoc Forces
t
Vladivostok, Jan. 2.—The Cze^&"
Slovak army, under the command o£
General Gaida, practically aani*
hilatej the Bolsheviki third army
ia an engagement which took place
iu the Ural mountains. .
, 'ibe Czechoslovaks took thirty
thousand prisoners and captured an
armored train near Perm, ftnd came
uc-ar to capturing I/cnine, who bare
ly escaped from the train just l>e_
••"'•"t it was captured. £j
Washington, Jan. 2.—StnatOr Am'
hurs*, in a resolution introduced by
him In the senate today, requests
President Wilsou to bfgiu at once
negotiations for the purchase of
Lower California from Mexico.
BILL HOHEXZOLLERN IS
reported SICK abed
Amsterdam, Jan. 2. — William
Holienzollern, according to a dis
l'lit.b from Amorengen received here
this morning, is down 'with a
high lover. The despatch says that
an eminent Utrecht physicion is in
attei'dant'e on the former German
ka'ser.
( IMI' rl XSTON TO BE
WIXTKIt IMVKUSITY
Camp Ftinston, K;>8., Jan. 2. —
C^jar Punston is to he turned1 into
a whiter university in which sol*
dicrs Mtio will be here for any
length of time will le given in*
strcction in industrial and me
chanical lines, as well as military
training, according to a notice
issued' recently by Maj r Gen. I-eon
ard Wood, commander.
IDLE MONEY
IS LIKE A TRAMP NO
VALUE TO ANYONE
Your MONEY w°rk
Deposits made here before January I Oth draw
interest for the full month
BANK OF ALASKA
2iap}U| 5mu fear
P. H. GANTY
Berlin, Thursday. — A Po ish ar
my estimated to be thirty thous
and gtrong' is advancing along the
railways towards Berlin.
This 'orce of Polish troorg ac
cording to th© advio© which h«s
been sent to the military oflice here,
has captured' six German cities •
The mobilization of the Polish
troops and the advances whiuh
they have already gaind« has
alarmed the German government.
General Nesko, the newly ap
pointed minister of the German ar
my and navy has already ordered
the learning of large detachments
of German forces, which are to be J
used to oppose the Polish inv^ion. j
Geneva, Jan. 2.—According to re*,
pojts which have been received in
thig city today a Polish army- of
thirty thousand men is striking to- ;
wards Berlin. The report states
that this force his capture# Frank- i
fort on Oder, which is only fifty
milaj from the German capital.
The Polish agency in Leusanne
\vas notified by telegraph this af
ternoon from Posen that the Ger
mans are hastily rearming' their de
mobilized troops.
BOMBERS CAUSE EXPLOSIONS IN
DIFFERENT PARIS OF PHILSDELPli
Philadelphia, Jan. 2.—The e we. e
Uivee explosions occasioned by
bombs in three ParfS thi3 city
yesterday, and each, explosion caus
ed considerable damage, allhougli
there was no loss of life.
The city was immediately aroused,
and' the city officials, with the as
sistance of federal and state police
men and other authoiities are con
ducting a most rigid investigation
in an effort to apprehend the per
■peti-ators of the vile deeds
Washington, J*n. 2. — Colonel
Daniel D. Pullen, son of Mrs.
ritt S. Pnllen, of Skagway, Alaska
ha« been awarded the distinguished
service crosg by General Pershing
for gallantry and extraordinary
heroism. i «»
Colonel Pullen has been recog
for his darinir in elading a
tank attack against the enemy on
tlie Boise d'Cuisy, and also 'or
rallying a disorgonized force of
inranlry, and' then leading it on
ward, against a terrific rain of the
■enemy machine gun fire cn to vic
tory
Colonel Pullen was the first ca
det to West Point from Alaska.
Berlin, Jan. 2.—Chancellor Ebert
declared today that Germany will
j be the first country to advocate in
! teruatlonal abolition of compulsory
[ military eervice.
Chancel olr Ebert stated that
the German delegation to the peace
'conference would vote Bolidly for
this ana similar measures provided
that the delegates from the other
nations in attendance a-t the peace
conference 'would al&o unanimously
approve °f it. !
Rome, Jan 2.—The Pooe's New j
Year greeting declared for a League
ot Nations and prayed that Al
rnigfcty God would) shed light upon
the delegates to the peace cofner*
»nce and "especially upon Presi
dent Woodrow: Wilson of the U"
aited States.,
Constantinople, Jan. 1. — An
Odesga despatch received here this ]
mcrning states that the French ar
my is advancing from Roumania I
through Bessarabia %tow^rd« Kiev, |
the capital ox Ukraine,
WILSON OBEYED
OOC'SJDERS
F^ris, Jan. 1.—On cjders from
his phys'cian, President Wilson reel"
ei :tday and dfjprted In the even
to® at seven o'clccw for Rome.
President -"Wilson arrived in this
citv from England Tuesday evening,
and went immediately to his resi
dence, where he spent the evening.
WOMAN CONTUSES
KXLXXXG MAX FOR 9*00
Youngstown, O., Jan. 2. — As a
result of the alleged confession at
Elmira, N. Y., of Mildred Gunder
man, alias Dolores Smith, that she
sho' and killed Leo Marin here last
September, a warrant charging
murder wag issued! and she probab
ly will be rough t from Elmira
early next week.
Search ig being made here for a
taxleab driver whom she said gave
her $100 to kill Martin and furnish
ed the revolver. & ■*, I am
Washington, Jan. 2. — Senator
Jamee Hamilton Lewip, of Illinois,1
In a speech which he made today
ifl answer to the Republican, mem
bers of the Senate, whom he charg
ed with being In a. conspiracy to
discredit President "Wilson, de
clared:
"I Inform the European peace ne-,
gotiatora and the world at larg«
that there is no man made law of
America, either by conslttutlon, stat
ute or custom by which the Presi
dent of the United1 Stateu is under
any obligation to submit what he
is now engaged in doing to the Sen
ate of the United States or to
any other branch of the legislative
jjr bxecutive body of the United
States government."
ME REBUFFED
Washington, ajn. 2.—Food Ad- \
ministrator Hoover in Europe ar
ranging relief for the people of the
war devastated territories has re
fuse^ in emphatic terms to discuss
German food conditions with Baron
von der Lancken, former military
governor of Belgium, and Dr- Rieth,
also a government official during
the German occupation of Belgium,
v ho sought a meeting with the food
administrator .
A message from Paris said these
two German officials wired from
Berlin that they had been appoint
ed by the German government to
nogotlate with Mr. Hoover for food
supplies and that they desired Mr
Hoover to advise them when and
where he would meet them.
Tn answer to the request for a
conference, Mr. Hoover Bent this,
message:
"•■You can describe two and- a
hai» years of arrogance toward our
selves and cruelty to the Belgians
tu my language you may select, and
tell the oair personally to go to
hell with my compliments. If I do
l.ave to deal with Germans it will
not be with that pair." . 4
KID HOHEXZOLLERN TRIES TO
MAKE GET-AWAY
Wierengen, Jan. 2. — Frederick
William Hohenzollera made an "un
successful attempt to escape from
his exile here today.
DOWNWIIHSHIP
London, Jan. 2.—It wa^ an
nounced today that two hundred and
seventy British sailorg perished la8'
Sunday when the Yacht iolair© was
wrecked off tbe coast of Scotland.
ls"o particulars have been ob^ed
as to the cause of the wreck, or
the exact locality.
London Jan. 2. — The London
(Jrapnic decalred today that Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels' speech de
claring that t'>e United States
should, have the largest navy in tbe
world seems to have been de!itei-ate
I» ix-amed as an tffense to Great
ilritain,
PRESIDENT AND PREMIEH 1KB
AGREED
London, Jan. 2. — The London
Times declares in todays' edition
that there is no fundamental dis
crepancy between the aims of
President Wilson and Prime Minis
ter Clemenceau. !P,
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