laskun
No. 71 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. THURSDAY. APRIL 26, 1917
PRICE 10 CENTS
250,000 BERLIN WORKERS ARE OUT ONSTRIKE
BITTEB ATTACK
81 CLARK ON
DRAFT PLAN
Says Missourians Consider Con
script in Same Class
With Convict
Wat Li i -ton, April 2tf.—Declaring
that Missourians put "conscript"
and •'ccuviet" iu 'he same class,
Spea3;-»i Champ Clark, from the
floor the house today, made a
bitter attack on the plan to draft
men '■ 'he United Statea army.
The ».iesiilent's conscription bill,
as the measure is termed, was de
nounced by the speaker of the house
iu eveu stronger terms than in his
statement yesterday, when he said
that ■ u«-h a plan to raise an army
was "a:t insult to t.h.e youth of
America."
Despi'e opposif.'jon to the 1 army
bill, those who favor it are predict
in:; '*s pass'ge before the end of
the week.
APPliSIOT
Y.'as'itagton, Aprr.l 26.—Appoint
jnort of Kli.hu Root to head the Am
eric in commission ■w hich Russian
le icers have asked to come to
Peiicgrad to advise with them on
ftr'ni! g the new Russian govern
ment, i.. said to have been deter
ruit td upon by President Wilson at
a vctifcvenre with Mr. Root today.
'ihc conference lasted an hour,
^fr. Root later said that Riiy an
aouucemei.t 0:1 the matter must
ceiue from the President.
London, April 26.—Fearing tlie
advance of Germans, who are mak
ing a drive on Petrograd by land
and sea, Russians are fleeing from
tile capital to Moscow, according to
dispatches received here today-..
The exodus is said to have been
bffcUn last Friday, when it wa3
first learned that the Germans
planned a march oil Petrograd and
sine? that time it is said that thous
ands nave left.
According to the correspondent,
♦ he Germans contemplate a descent
iti the rear of tyie right) ffank; t'of
Wasnitigton, April 2G. — Sinking :
of the American, schooner Blrdsall
bjy a Genmafi U-fboat, was reported
here to^ajr in dispatches from Lon
don.
The crew, driven to the scnooner's
boats when the vessel, with a big
hole "n her side, began rapidly to
fill, was picked up by- a Br-ftsh pa
trol b^. No loss of life was sus
tained.
CHICAGO JUDGE WARNS
GIRLS AGAIXST SLACKEI&
Chit-ago, April 26.—Judge St elk", 1
in the court of domestic relations. |
Issued a warning today to girls who j
marry mon in haste so that con
scripticu of tlie men may bo de-1
layed.
"Men who take this means of •
evading their duty to their country j
are likely to forget their duty to '
their wives," said the statement, j
The rush for marriage licenses con-.
'Lnued here today.
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the Russdan arniy, either at Pernau
or Reval or at some other point on
the Gulf of Finland. Soldiers are
said to have been, withdrawn, from
the southern front, especially along
R on mania, and added to the attack
ing army.
The war office was recently -warn
ed :hat the Germans planned to at
*adr the Russian northern front,
with a fleet to aid the land forces.
Reports since of the enemy's activi"
tie3 are believed to have confirmed
tnese early rumors.
Paris, April 26.—German torpedo
boat destroyer® this morning bom
bard© i Dunkirk. For ten minutes
they # 'irew a storm of shells into
the 'own and were then driven, off
by Brit'sh and French patool boats.
One French boat was sunk in the
engagement. The report received
here did not state whether the
cnew •' the boat was rescued or
what lo«*s of life and property was
sustain 1 in Dunkirk.
The German flotilla, when Touted
by the patrol boats, fled at full
speed toward Ostend.
!.H ' I
ALASKA'S FISH
Seat'lp, Wash., April 26. —Mo
bilization ol Alaska fisheries as a
moans op helping the country's food
suppiy, is urged by Secretary Red
tield hi a letterl received here to
day. i I
The government is taking every
)'t>os6ib!e step ' o furlherr *he use
i t fish as food and Secretary Red
lield's letter, received by a Seattle
citizen, i>oints out tho tremendous
supply »hat Alaska can furnsh.
| Tho suggestion is also made that
a market, estahlished now when the
douaurjn need< food, bof mteet war
I demands, could be continued after
I peace comes.
i
ON' OFFICER'S RESERVE LIST
Fred and R. J. Shepard of Haines
who were in Skagway yesterday,
have recently passed the examina
tion for admission to the officer's
reserve list. They came up on. the
Peterson.. Other Haines men on
the boat were H. P. M. Blrkinbiae,
M\ G. Hanson and Erie Oslumd.
MOVIE 10 SHOW
HISIORY OF
ALASKA
Grand Arctic Chief Marshall
Contracts For Production
of Picture
Telling the story of Alaska from
the Russirn occupation at Sitka,
in 1801 to the transfer of the coun
try to the United States in 1867,
Attor.iev J. B. Marshall of Juneau
grand chief of the Arctic Brother
hood, has writteii the snyopisis of a
motion picture and contracted for
Its production with a Seattle tno
tion Dicture company. The con
tract givts him the Alaska rights,
the proceeds from which are to be
devoted to the Brotherhood.
Mr. Marshall, who is in Skag
vray o.i legal business, said today
thai i* vras tho 'ntention to have re
ceipts from the Alaska; rights, used
to defray the expenses of delegates
to a. meeting of t|he Bro$ierhO|Od
next sorinp- la Seward.
Daui Conrpiledf
Mr. Marshall, who was elected
head of the order of the meeting in
Juneau *n March, conceived the
idea, som" ti/me ag-o of putting Al
aska his'cry on the screen. Aided
by Falher Andrew Kasheroff, the
Russian nrirst who was born on Ko
diak island in 1863 and was con
nected w'th the church in Sitka
before moving fo Juneau, where ha
.now lives, lie collectejd data, from,
the time 'he Russians occupied the
country until it was sold and trans
ferred to the United States. Mr.
.Marshall then wroite a synopsis,
•ook i4 witn him to Seattle on
his recent trip, showed It to a
•representative of the Northwestern
Theatiieal Producing company, and
at onie closed with him for the pro
duction cf the piicture.
I Movie Men Coining A'arm
The motion picture men, plioto
tograptera and tori or more actors,
jvill be ncrth within a week or bo,
Mr. Marshall said, to begin work.
Governor Baranoff, th$ first re
presentative of Russia at Si|Lka,
Rezano1'. the czar's chamberlain,
and Princo and Princess Maksutkof^
at Sitlra when the transfer was
made, will he among the historical
Russian characters in the picture
American office^ who had part lni
the transfer will be other char
acters.
Thomas B. Kincaid, representative
of the Standard Paper Company of
Tacoma, was a business visitor yes
terday and today in Skagwaj. He
faill levae fpinjgiht for the "out
side" en the steamer Humboldt.
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The
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BELIEVE HI IS
Slim BE FOR (ME
MAKING PLANS
HOME GflARD
Recommending' the formation of a
home guard in Slcagway, the com
'miflteei which hap the project in
charge, will report tonight at a
meeting of the Elks, under the
auspices of which organization,
formation of the guard ha# been
planned..
It is understood the committee
will suggest that the patriotic meet
ing to begin recruiting for the
guard be held tomorrow night.
Pakitg, April 26. — An over- j
whelming majority of the members
oi the Chinese parliament Ig In fa
vor of immediate declaration of war I
against Germany, according to au- ]
thoritaiive statements here today.
The President is said to be sitll
undecided on what course to follow.
At a conference yesterday, over |
which, the provisional military gov
ernor Dresided, It wag unanimously I
voted tnat China should at once j
enter the war.
A. B.'s THANKS FOR AH>
BELGIAN BELIEF FUND
!
(Thanks' of the members of Skag- ,
way camp No. 1, Arctic Brother
hood, "for your assistance and help
in making a success" of the dance
the Brotherhood gave for the bene
fit of the Belgian relief fund, were
conveyed in a letter received yester
day the Daily Alaskan from Wm.
B. Hargraves, Arctic recorder, Geo.
C. LaBounty and Mike Ross, who
composed the dance committee.
Department of State
Views Situation as
Bearing Vitally
On War
Wasalngtcm, April, 26.—Two hun
dred fifty thousand laborers in
Berlin are on strike, according to
advices whcih. today; readied the de
patrtjneut of state through official
channels.
The department views the report
ed situation as strongly expressing
the desire of German workman for
peace.
Following reported food riots in
differcrt German cities and the
strike recently of munition workers
in Magdeburg, this latest outbreak
is regarded as foreshadowing a
popular uprising of Germans to end
the war.
40 SHIPS SUBS
TOLL IN I WEEK
• Loiido.ii, April 2G.—Forty; ships
are the toll taken the week elid
ing Tuesday, by German submarines,
according to reports published here
today.
Newspapers comment gravely up*
011 the seriousness of this loss
to shipping at the hajids of the
German raiders, and urge immediate
provision of more and better defense
far vessels against attacks of the
U.Jboats.
REPORT BRITISH REPULSED
( Berlin, April 26,—Rcjpulsfo of
the British forces south of the
Scarpe river was reported in a state
ment issued here today. According
to 'he official report there, the Eng
lish forces were driven baclt with
heavy losses.
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