weather report
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Y«* onlay: Max. 27. Min. 15.
Ted*}; Cloudy, North Wind.
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SKA6WAY,
SPAIN SHOWS HOSTILITY TO UNITED STATES
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PLAN
TORTURE U. S.
PRISONERS
Will Be Kept Four
Days In Cage
Without
Food
Pershing's t leauq oartcrs. Feb. I
Documents tukcn from German*
opposite our positions say all Am
erican prisoners, including com
missioned and non-commissioned
oific*rs, after bfiug captured will
be kept in cagcs four day* without
food and will be compelled to
stand all that time. At the end of
the four day period only small
quantities of food are to be given.
11\is is taken to mean that Ger
mans tear American troops and
are going to do all in their power
without actually killing them, to
force their death after capture.
AMERICANS' ARE
READY TO
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1—Am- j
eric&F forces in France have taken
oyer permanently a sector of the
figtlilns front and hereafter will .
figh* alongside the other Allies.. ,
The steamship Jefferson, of the
Alaska Steamship Co... is echeduled ,
to leave Seattle Monday night, ajid ]
should reach Skagway a week from j
tomoirow.. j
Hoolualu, T. H.. Feb. 1.—Pearl
Harbcrr Naval Station will undoubt
edly be developed into the greatest
of all stratgeic naval bases before
'ne war is much, old"', judging from
the promotion just accorded to Capt,
C. W. Parks, civil engineer. United
States Navy, who has been on the
Pearl Harbor job off and on for the
cast ten years. Capt. Parks h.as
been promoted to th© grade of rear
admiral in his class of the navy aud
g!veu command of the Bureau of
Yards and Docks..
Under his direction as head of
this department all details for the
construction work in all yards of
the navy and for all docks and fa
cilities for the handling of all class
*b of warships, from, super-dread
naugfits to submarines will have
hia recommendation before appro
priations are asked from congress
o«- before any order is given for
work of this kind
Admiral Parks was first station
ed at Honolulu in the old navi:l
headquarters at the foot of Richards
street, opposite the waterfront. Af
t»r aa absence be returned again
and has bad his headquarters at the
Pearl Harbor station. In both, in
stances he was the directing head
fo- all the work that has been going
on »t Pearl Harbor. He is known
to he intensely interested in the de
velopment of Pari Harbor, and from
the taeoretical side of the work.
»n times of peace, he has worked
out its strategic opportunities, un
til wai has now come to test the
capacity of the yard.
It is also known that Capt. Creo.
Clark, U. S. X., commanding the
sta'Jor., advocates greater work in
tae yard and greater work by the
army in connection with its develop
ment. With a sympathetic head at
Washington in charge of the Yards
and Docks Buraeu. Pearl harbor will
undoubtedly receive strong recom
meudationa in all reports on naval
work ia this war..
What Is going on at Pearl H^
oor, is, of oouree, a secret,. No
D'ace uuder the Flag is more close
lv guarded aud its secrets held more
Ca. tciu Ma&an has written about
•nviolale. That will be all that
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FIRST PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING BYNG'S ADVANCE
Motor machine _-uus, pack horses and cavulry advancing: ou a reserve line road over newly captured territory
ilurinu tlio j:reat <":.inlirnl battle. In which the British administered a terrific beating to the Teuton forces. Thi*
photograph is tl'f tirsi to arrive showing the actual movements in the British victory.
STRIKERS FIGHT POLICE
IN BERLIN, ONE KILLED
is certain to be true. By somo ]
strange coincidence of thought Pearl
Haroor as a station for defense or
offenss has been. considered by Am- 1
erican naval officers for three-quart-]
era nf a century, the first report 1
fcno'vu to have been prepared on the
harbor by an officer of the navy be-!
iag tbat of Lieutenant Curtis, U. S.
N., iu the early forties of last ceii-1
'ury, who advised the< Hawaiian gov
erument to decido on Pearl Harbor |
for military defensive purposes. j
REVOLT
SHOWS SiS
OF FAILURE
LONDON, Feb. 1—The situation
in Finland is more reassuring today
tha it has been foT several days,
according to reports received at the
Finnish legation at Stockholm. The
Red Guard has been disarmi d or
^ro willingly surrendering therr
arms. Revolutionists, however, still
hoi! the Helsingfors capitol.
■iuDFCribe for the Daily Alaskan.
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 1—Strikes
continue throughout a-il of Germany,
am^ unrest almost to armed resist
ance is seen in many places.
Police aud strikers clashed today
in the Northwestern part of Berlin,
one policeman being killed and a
dozen strikers injured.
MARTIAL LAW
LONDON, Feb. 1—Latest tele
crams received in Copenhagen from
Berln report the strike situation unr
chained but that the strike will
not be extended.,
Tn» Berliner Tageblatt reports
police have seized the trade union
building in Berlin, and have arrest
ed deputy Koersten and other lead
ers.
Martial law has been extended
to Bremen aaid Hemelingen.
ALLIES m
Zf'RICH, Feb.. 1—It is reported
here that Allied aviators have
bombed Fried richshaf en zepplin
works, doling considerbale damage.
Fresh Fruit Substitutes
Dried Apples 21c per lb. Apricots 30c per lb.
PRUNES 16c per lb.. 10 lb. Boxes $1.50, SPECIAL
Peaches I 7c per lb. Peaches, peeled, 22c per lb.
Pears 15c per lb. Black Figs 16c per lb.
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WASHINGTON, Fep. 1—Pres.
'dent Wilson has issued a prociama- j
tion that all public bread making ]
concirns must take out licenses..
Tnia includes restaurants and eat-1
i>ng houses in addition to bakeries.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1—It is
learned officiially- that severe wea
tti«-T in the East is !bringing anoth
er acute coal shortage on the At
lantic coast,
Is Complex Problem
To U.S. And
Allies
Washington, Feb. 1--The United
States has stopped all exports of
any kind to Spain, and has in cus
tody five of her shipa ready to sail,
because of discrimination by Spain
against the United States in favor
of Germany.
WANTS TO BE
ON WINNING SIDE
Washington, Feb. I—Spain to
day is one of the most important
complex problems facing the U. S.
and her allies,
If Spain enters the war she
wants to be on the winning side,
but her army is regarded as dis
tinctly pro-German. •
congITleaos
II YUKON
VOTE
Returns from the Yukon election
are meagre, but as near aB can be
learned Frederick T, Congdon has
a majority of 20 votes in. White
horso and 119 for the Yukon terri
tory. The Soldiers vote not as
yet be:n, received, but it is expected
tha' it may- turn the elecion in favor
of^ Dr. Alfred Thompson.
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