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No. 15 TWENTY FIRST YEAR
SKA6WAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1918
PRICE 10 CENTS
GERMANS REFUSE 10 MOVE EO FRENCH ERONE
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WHITE PUSS ASKS IDIflfltTION
OF HEW EIGHT HOUR Li
Representations Heard by Governor
Strong From All Departments
Rail and Upper and Lower River
Divisions Send Delegates
V. I. Hahn, super'ntendent of
ra 1 division, W. C. Blanchard,
chief clerk to the general manager,
and D. A. Muirhead. chief cleTk to
the superintendent of the upper
river division of the White Pass
route, returned. Suaday morning on
the S. o. battle from Juneau where
they nave been in attendance at the
hearing held by Governor Strong
in the matter o the modification. j
of the eight hour law.
The White l'asr. was also repre-1
sented by E. P. l>ePue. assistant j
agent o^the A. Y. X. company at'
St. M'chaels, who went to Juneau j
from Seattle, in order that the c<ia- |
ditions in the lower Tiver regions!
might bu better explained at the
hearing. •
William H. Gorham. the "White
Pass' legal representative from Se
attle was also present.
The representations from these
various departments of the White
Pass were placed before the govern
or, and he will make his report to
Secretary of the Interior Lane, who
must p>ss upon the question of
modifying the law- as it now stands.
The hearings were postponed by
Governor Strong until February 20,
pending the arrival of delegations
from Anchorage and other westward
cities,* who will make repreesnta
tions asking for a modification of
the la v to permit employees the
privilege to work longer than eight
hours in any one calendar day if
'hey so desire.
There can be no definite informa
tion as to what the result of the
hearing will be until Governor
Strong has put the representations
before Secretary Lane, and the lat
ter has uassed upon them. This will
probaoly not be until the latter
part <•' the coming montht or the
first of April.
ALASKA FfiEIGHF RATES RAISED
l» PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CD.
Seattle. Feb. IS.—The Pacific
Steamship company is issuing a new
freight tariff whch is to become ef
fective in March.
The new tariff cMls tor an in
crease in Alaska freight Tates.
Canes'* salmon is raised $1.25 and
$1.50 Der ton. Tin plate. tin
cans, oox shooks are raised $1.00
per ton while genera! freight is
ra.sed from 50 cents to $1.00 per
tou higher than the present tariff.
It is be'ieved that other com
i>anie.s' will likely follow the action
cf the Pacific Steamship company,
and issue a new tariff with, similar
raises. ■"
It is believed la fishing circles 1
here tha» If by the -ft-ar time rul- J
ings Austrian fishermen are prevent
ed from working in Puget Sound
waters, they may be taken North
were they will be permitted to
work under the direct supervision
o' the Alaska Packers association.
' TAKES OVER FRENCH MARINE
Paris. Feb. 18.—By a decree
passed by the French, government
today, provision is made for *he
requiistioning on March 10 of the
entire merchant marine of the
French nation.
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Stockholm, Feb. 18.—A dispatch
received in this city today1 from Go
thenburg states that a large number
of bodies of German, sailors have
been "v a shed ashore on the Swedish
coast iti the vicinity gi that city.
This ;s taken as an. indication. that
there has been a naval battle some
where eft the coast of Sweden, and
that one or more German, vessels
were destroyed.
WILSON ASKS HUTCHESON
IIVESTIGME10 THE LIIIT
Wasnington, Feb. 18.—President
Wilson telegraphed President Hutch
eson, the general president of the
Brotherhoods of Carpenters and
Joiners, in which lie stated that he
could see that nothing was to be
gained oy conferring yith him per
sonally relative to the strike of the
shipyat d carpenters, until he had
accepted and acted upon the prin
ciple that under the present cir
cumstai.ces no body of men has the
right to strike until every method
tending towards an. adjustment of
th" differences had been told to th
limit.
"If you do not act upon tULs prin
ciple," said tlie President's message,
"you are undoubtedly giving aid
and comfort to th.e enemy, what
ever may be your own conscious
purpose."
This message fromi Prelsdent Wil
son 'o President Hucheson waa sent
in response to one received from
the latter yesterday.
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London, Feb. 18.—Twenty-seven ;
persons were killed, outright and i
forty more or less severely injured
iu air raids by German. | airplanes |
which \ ere prosecuted Saturday aud
Sunday.
London, Feb. IS.—One of the six I
raiding eeropianes in. the fleet whicU
made » raid on the Kent coast Sat- i
urday eight, succeeded, in reaching 1
London, where one bomb was droi>
yed within the city; limits. Pour j
persons were killed as a result of j
the explosion. The aerial guns then,!
got tho range of the machine and
it was driven off.
The other raiders along the Kent
coast » ere driven off by coast de
fenses and one of the machines
was seen to drop into the sea.
Ralph Pedersen, of the Daily Al
askan, made the tri^ to Fort Serv
ard on the steamer Peterson Satur
day *or the purpose of undergoing
the military medical examination.
Arriving at the post too late for ex
amination Saturday, instead of re
turning on the City of Seattle, as
he intended, be remained over at
the post until today, in order to be
examined, and he will return on the
first boat coming from that port.
Wasnimstoa, Feb, 18.—.The Fed
eral Wage 'Adjustment board this
monuin? agreed to an. increase of
wag>eg c*1 ship yard workers in the
Delewaie ship yards. This will
embrace fully 60 percent of em
ployes in the Atlantic coast plants.
New York yard employees are not
included in the adjustment. With
the adjustment announced by the
board early this morning, all the
men went contentedly back to their
work.
New York, Feb. 18.—By an or
der issued this morning by Joh*
Rice, rational organizer for the
carpenters' international union,
the strike of the carpenters in the
Atlantic ship yards was declared off
and the men. at once returned to
their work.
HUM A ENTERS AVIATION
SECTION U. 8. SIGNAL CORPS
Washington, Feb. 18.—Emii Ed
ward Hurja, pecretary; to Charles
Suizer, representative to congress
from, the Territory- of Alaska, haa
tendered his resignation to Mr. Sul
zer in order that iq may at once
report ct Vancouver Barracks to
which station he haa beea ordered.
Mr. Hurja has just received the com.
mission as Second Lieutenant In,
the Aviation section of the U. S.
Signal Corps.
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Dried Apples 21 c per lb. Apricot»^30c per lb.
PRUNES 16c per lb.. 10 lb. Boxes $1.50. SPECIAL
Peaches 17c per lb. Peaches, peeled, 22c per lb.
Pears 15c per lb. Black Figs 16c per lb.
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DRIVE BACK LOYAL TROOPS
SENT DOT BY GERMAN STAFF
Released German and Austrian Prison
ers Riot For Food and Clothing—
Jewelry Stores Looted And
Wine Cellars Pillaged
Petrograd, Feb. 18.—Advice was
received in, this city; that German so!
diers stationed at Grody end Kovno
h&ve refused to obey; orders when
they were commanded; to entrain for
a n.ova towards the French front.
the troops have entrenched them
selves under protection of their own
artillery and In a battle with loyal
trooos which were sent by- the
German staff to punish them, th«
latter wer<* defeated and driven back
with heavy loss of life.
Great efforts ave being made by
IhcJe rebellious troops to cause
I heir actions to bes followed by
troops In sectors of the Eastern
front ,and it is believed that there
will bo many troops refuse to obey
orders to go to the French* front.
TI10 troops on th> Russian border
have suffered grealy during the
past winter, having been compelled
to withstand intense hardships, and
•lt tlmea, it is stated that they have
been actually in need of food, and
clothing, it being claimed that they
were supplied with ammunition and
guns, but that food and. other
supplies were withheld. They
claim tliat they were even without
medical treatment when, -wounded.
Petrograd, Feb. 18.—All last
night t fierce battle was waged in
j this city between, marauding sol
diers and the government's troops.
More than 10 persona were
! killed outright, and. many wounded.
Durinc the raids by the demobiliz
I ed soldiers, jewelry stores were
looted, stores were broken into and
l^oods stolen, and numerous wln«j
I cellars were pillaged, the men be
ef ming drunk on th.e wines which
they took.
Forty thousand German and Aus
! trian urisoners, who were freed by
■action of the Workmen's Councils
and Soldiers Delegates in smaller
Russian towns are now in Petrograd
and tnese are homeless and in,
danger of starvation, and have
troken out in. numerous riots, in
which food and clothing ia demanded.
The government seems powerless
to prevent the destruction of pro
perty, and it is feared that the
rioting will become general thru
out the entire city.
A. F. L
TO UNCLE Si
Wasulugton, Feb. 18.—Delegates
of the Amercau Federation, of Ln
bor, in executive session this after
noon went on record as standing
back vi the administration and the
Nation in its war against Prussian
Ism, when it endorsed the war
■ims s» stated by President Wilson,
and recognized thereby that the w-ar
was against Prussianism, and that
it wag a workingman's war. The
lesolutloa was unanimously adopted
by all the delegates present.
TYPHUS RAGES
IK PETMAD
Stockholm, Feb. 18.—Reports re
ceived here today from Petrograd,
state that the sanitary conditions ia
that city have become very bad,
and as a result typhus fever has
broken out, a number of cases bay
ing: been reported by physicians.
Several death have ressulted from
the dread disease, ,
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