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Tftara&w, March. 27 — Bessarabia
hM proclaimed itg iiidei*ndf oce and
h«"» established a sovl:t republic.
Immediately after thie e^a!>1 i^li
ra en ' of the soviet government, an
offensive was begum against the
Rumanian army of occupation, and
several battle^ followed in quick
succession, in mo§t of which the
Rumajiiajis were forced to retire.
fumes ask
10 GOVERN I
SELVES !
Washington. March 27 — A for
mal Plea of the Phillipine-q for
importance is to be submitted to
Secretary of the Navy Baker when
be arrive iu the Islands April 4th
on his present trip of naval inspec-1
tion. and Secretary Bale-; r will be |
requested to transmit this plea of'
♦he Philippines to President Wilson j
f'.r his cons»deratis>n.
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llfOSSHIPPED
New York, Thursday — A largJ
car*- of New Zealand .frozen mutton
is being shipped to the United Stat'a
with the hopes that the meat pri
ces now prevailing may be ham
merer down.
The funera? of Christain ttoi
cbardt was Quietly observed yester
day only the officiating clergyman,
E. L. Winterberger and two or three
of the intimate friends of the de
ceased being present. '
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ALLitB Id
Berue, Thursday— A Pr3«ua dis
patch received) hero this morn
ing say§ that the Bcflsbeviki have
wounded and taken, prisoner Colonel
Vix. head of the French mission in
Budapest.
Copenhagen, Thursday — A Ber
lin despatch reports that all mem
bers of the Allied! military mission 5)
Budapest made good their escape
when the Bolshevik! made a raid
on the buildings occupied by th>
SPffiL GOUH!
10 TRY BRUTES
Berlin, Thursday — It was an
nounced today that the National As
sembly is establishing a Bpecial
court to try Count Von Liudeadorff
and former Imperial Chancellor Von
Beth man Hollweg, who will
be charged wih vioiniuK all inter
national laws and the rules of war
fare.
.Tames Tliuiston, a well known old
timer, and formally connected with
one of the newspapers in Fairbanks,
died recently in Seattle..
After the Party
You go home to find it burned together with the
insurence policy and the Liberty Bond etc:
Too Late then to Say.
"I wish I had rented a Safe Deposit Box from
the Bank of Alaska, and it would cost me only
25c a month."
"Now is the time to act. Not Tomorrow
which never gets here."
BAMK OP ALASKA
New Goods Just Received
Van Houten's Cocoa 1-2 lb 70c
Christie's Soda Biscuits 2 lbs Tins 75c each
Royal Yeast Cakes (Canadian) 2 for 25c
Bake-Ko (Egg Substitute) 1 Package Equal
to 3 doz eggs 30c each
P. H. GANTY
Washington, Thursday — Pel®*
.rate Wickers ham'9 letter to Secre
tary of the mteror Lane, in which
; Alaska's congressional j-epreeanta.
fi»e charges Mr, Secretary with
JgT'sa discrimination, and demands
his withdraw^] from the man
agement oX the government railroad
now building ia the territory, is
written ia chapters.
Ja the second1 chaptcr of this
startling denunciations Mt. Wicik
ersham gays:!
"The Alaska Syndicate and South'
era control of these (Bering river
and Ma*anuska) great coal fields
for llity years is basted on a writ
tea contract signed by you for the
Unite 1 States.
"By this act you have placed
the monopoly of Alaska's coal lands
bevond the control of Congress or
tha people of the United States or
of th^Territory of Alaska, andt South
e-n Padflc mem liavo been and a>e
now In charge of the government of
♦he Alaska railroad under your ad
ministration. At any rate It Js
quite apparent that these two great
coal fields have been mo9t effectu
ally ^ramsfarred to the monopoly; of I
the Alaska Syndicate an.1, tie South-!
| era Pacific by] the! occupation of
strategic positions called for to
their leases mid there *re no other '
lesscs than theirs In existence." ;
Continuing, Wickerahaan'a indict-;
mcnt of Secretary Lane
"L«a8t fall over ona hundred hor- j
ses wore killed alon« the line of1
the jmiarnment railroad in the Tarn-,
ana vaylley and the wagons and
| harness piled up and covered* over
bv the teamsters who waflked out
| of the distrct to the seaport towns
r-iid from there went out of Alas
ka becaiuse the transportation Inter
ests wore permitted to so contiiol
| the rate® on he government ra.il
' rop 1 a§ to make it impossible for
Alaskans to exist in tho Interior,
j "And you, Mr Secret8!"}', are to!
■ blame for this condition."
The transportation, companies op
jmatins to Alaska ftre flatly aharged
bv -Mr. Wlckersham with having
in the year 1914, entered into a
! written contract of combination a
I mon? themselvieB against the gw
; ernment railroad. _____
fflMCE llifl HUNGARY MAY WAGE
WAR WITH ONE ANOTHER SOON
Pari?, Thursday 2:50 p. xa- —A'-.
cording to the Ganloi.3, a nowapa-,
per published, in this city, war be-J
tween France aud Hungary is ini-|
incut. The paiper states that Qaai-j
eral Mauguin wll pi-obably direct tb
ooerationg the scope of w&ioh,
another paper ptates, is indicated
vlainly by erventa which ape flow
transpiring in Hungary.
GUI BUDAPEST
VIENNA RAtLWAV
London, Thursday — A large
force of Qze oho-Slovak. troops have
crossed the J>anuba river at Komo
ra. a point several milts west of
Budapest, aiwl continued on to the
Budapest-Vienna railway where
they immediately i>rO-e. dod to tear
up several miles of the rails,
♦hue cutting off communication by
me?ns of thig railway,
Gasoline Causes
Big Fire At
McCarthy
M'Carthy, March 27—The fii-o
which broke out here la»t week,
caused by an eplxosion of gasoline,
entailed a loss of nearly $40,000
according to the estimates furnished
by those who* suffered from, the con
flagration.
The Ketter house was completly
destroyed; less $12,000.
Charely Ohong-'s restaurant and
rooming house sustained a loss of
$8,000.
The stock of Laurie Bros.' clobh
int; store wap seerly vdamanaged by
wafer; losg unknown.
Goods from the store of the Cor
dova Style Shoo and Grant Reed's
residence were partially paved; loss
{1,000.
Damage to Alex Carroll's barber
shos $200; ErickBan'g cabin, $200;
AI. V. Lattin's vacant house, $100
Red Cross materia $100.
All the roomers In both room,
ing houses lost everything they had.
Some of them had aa much as $700
in money, which, went up in smoke.
So far as kaown, atlie only in
surance was $11,000 by Laurie Bros
I $2,500 by the Hotter house and a
small amount by Charley Chotlg.
I Mrs. Ketter, wiho was fatally
, burned, is at th$ Kannecott hospit
I al, and there is no change in her
: condition today. Mr. Ketter sus
tained burns to his han<2B.
WILL STUDY THE
GOAL FIELDS
Washintgon, Tliu.rfl.lay — It waa ]
announced today that a uAv3! com- j
mission would, sail from. Bremerton,
Wash., Tuesday to make an lnveuti
gatior as to the possibilities of
developing the Mataaualca, ooal
fields 'with, the view of pjovldilng
coa] which -will be ehipped to come
point that is to be made a naval
coaling station.
Shot A Horse;
It Shot Back
Fairbanks,—Soma time since the
Fairbanks pa/peng published! a Htory
of a man named TsvitcheJl bel.og
shot in the Flat district, the word
bein^ received hero by by; the
autlioritiig. It was to the effect
that A. H. TwitobeU, the Idi tared
reindeer grower, had shot a him
self to death, by! accident.
It now transpirGa that said Twlt
chell ghot a horse, and the horse
returned the bullet to the family,
The bullet fired to kill the horse
struck a bane In the horse'n head,
ricochetted and struck Asa Twitoh
eil, son of th'-J reindeer man, killing
him.
The inquest waa held oWr the re
main * of the boy, Dr. H. R- Moore
I haying performed on autopsy, re
suiting in a verdict of accidental
death.
Senator Quits
The Democrats
New York, March 27 — Former
United States Senator Bailey o£ Tox
m In a speech here charged} that
the Democratic party hag ceased to
support Democratic principles. He
paid lie will never vote for another
candidate of tie party 19
"constantly reducing our liberties
and UMtowssafrllE lswxe^liie
Berne, Thursday — Advices re
ceived from various centers in Aus
tria, O^'JchO-SlavaJria say that a
nolsheviki uprising in those states
is eimminent, and that any move in
thoso countries acainst the Hun
garian soviet government is expec
ted io precipitate trouble.
The British Military Mission in
Viennna has notified the Austrian
government that the Allies are
ready to increase Austria's food sup
ply if order throughout the nation
Is ma.iata.lned .
The Austrian population is great
ly excited over the events whiot
are taking place in Hungary. All
tne restaurants in Vleunift are <dose<
for lack of food, and there is nc
gas <>r coaJ, two essentials, as tht
j wood 6upply is very meagre, and
many families are burning their fur
' niture a^d all wooden articfksj
Tfe government has reduced th*
meat ration to au infinitely small
' quantity.
11 ITCH TIE
BALLOT COUNT
Seattle, March 27 — James Wick
erabam, delegate from Alaska, who
arrived in thig city several days
a^o from 'Washington, which cits; he
left immediately after the adjourn
ment of com ST088, sailed' from this
port thia morning for Juneau where
he will protect hia interests in the
canvass of the ballots o' last fall's
delegate election.
willIeeTBUT
GEN. PERSHING
■ft aahington, Thursday — It
announced' today that Senator Hitch
oojc, Chairman of the Republican
National committee hag been on
trusted with the mission of sounding
uot General Pershing on the ques
tion of th<j general accepting the
^residential nomination at the com
ing presldental election.
Tho Berm-end B. L. Winterber
ger and his wife and son have ar
rived baak form Huince and will re
main here- '■
NO MENTION OF
JAPAN'S CLAIM
IS IAOE
Paris, Thursday — With Presi
dent Wilson presiding over the
6Ub-committee, the League of Na
tions covenant is to have been
I completed and that the constitution
contains 26 articles, none of which
| recognizes the national equality of
Japan,
BILL PREPARING
10 MAKE MOVE
Geneva, Thursday — La Swi s •,
« prominent newspaper of this ci
ty .says that former German Kaiser
William HbheiizoUem, who has
been residing in Anx'/rgen, Holland
ever since his flight from Germany,
believing, his li£® to be in danger i~
preparing to leave Holland and will
seek a refuge in Switzerland.
Most joyfully we welcomc you backl
May the days as well as the years ahead of
you ever keep fresh in your memory the
appreciation and pride which mere words alone
cannot express* You did the job rightl
** T1 y Military training has certainly worked
IT tXO S wonders with your physique—your new
XT clothes to properly fit your bigger chest,
A OUT smaller waist, more muscular limbs, should
nr> •! O be made expressly for you by Ed. V.
ICLllOT; Price & Co.
Our new fashions and woolens await your inspec
tion and we will gladly measure you and arrange for de
livery of the finished clothes to suit your convenience.
JAMES KENNEDY