WEAISER REPORT
Yesterday: Max 37. Min. 23. Raini
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Today: South Mind, cloudy.
No. 21 TWENTY FIRST YEAR
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GAS SHELLS BOMBARD AMERICAN POSITIONS
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GERMAN FORCES IE REVAL
AND POKOV ON FINLAND GULF
Bolsheviki Claim
Recapture of
Pokov
Berlin, Feb. -'6.— German, forces
have occupied Keval, at the en
irai-to to the Gulf of Finland, after
4 minor engagement with, Russian
trooys. They have «Mso captured
POSfcOV.
Keval is a port and coaling station
guarding the Gulf of Finland, and
is ihe capital of Esthonia. It
lias a 13th century Danish castle,
no a the governor's residence, and
othei noteworthy buildings. The
chief manufactures are cotton. pa
per, leather, hosiery, liquors, and
ices. The chief exports are cheese,
flay. cats, rye, linseed, joiuer's ma
teria U. skins pigs' bristles. game,
hides, leather, and spirit of wiae.
Keval has belonged to Kussia. since
KILL KEI> GUARDS
Petrograd, Feb. 26. — German
soldiers which have invaded Russia
are executing Russian Red Guards
by tne wholesale, treating them as
outlaws. Soldiers in the regular ar
my are being disarmed and releas
ed. *j
Th' Pravada, Bolshevist newspa
per. declares German soldiers are re
stosing shoulder straps to Russian
officers and forcing Russian
soldiers tu salute them in an ef
fort to again restore authority and
order. , !i. .i,t'
IWH.SHKYlkl RKCAPTURE
POKOV
London, Feb. 26.—Petrograd dls
patches say the Holsheviki have cap-1
'ured Pokov, which Berlin, last night
officially claimed had heen taken |
by German forces.
Ft l.TOV KNOCKS Ol"T MORAS' j
Ncv Orleans. Feb. 26.—Fred Ful
ton knocked out FraJik Moran at'
Pittsburg lust nisht in the third of
;i 20 round go.
DISCOVER
PLOT FREE
GERMANS
Salt Lake, Feb. 26.—The find
ins of a second bomb in a large
compound where German civilian
prismers a.r© confined at Fort Doug
las &ives further evidence of a plot
to Sill officers and guards placed
over the prisoners in order to con
summate the delivery v>f aliens thru
the use of hand grenades and
explosvies.
TAFT CHOSEN Ifl
BEPflESENT
PUBLIC
Washington. Feb. 26.—William
Howard Taft today was chosen by
representatives at the capital as
th' i • representative for the \ public
in a joint conference here between
era'.loyes and employers to establish
a basis for relations during the con
tinuance ef the w^r.
V F.I.SOX MORRIS
ASKS EXEMPTION
Chicago, Feb. 26.—Nelson Mor
ris chairman of the board of direct
or- of Morris & Co., a meat pack
in.g concern, has asked exemption.
Morrris Is 2S years old and un
married.
Strong Demand
For Cotton
Dress Goods
Cotton Dress Goods are clearly indicated to
gain favor during this year. The increasing pre
ference shown these fabrics is due to the absence
of silks woolens.
Ginghams, Percales, Cotton Voiles and Cot
ton Crepes are being shown in many patterns and
colors and promise to be very popular for summer
dressea.
We are displaying some sti iking patterns ia
Striped Madras, Ginghams and Striped Voiles.
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
U. S. AND CANADA AGREE |
10 FISHING RECIPROCITY
Washington, Feb. 26.—With, the
ap.-rovai of President Wilson, Sec
retary Redfield today issued orders
to custom collectors to allow Can
iulian fishing vessels to enter clear
between American ports and fish
ing banks. A reciprocal privilege
has been asked of Canada for Ameri
can vessels.
Thus has been settled one of
the most important questions un
d»r discussion by the American and
Car.odian joint fisheries commission.
The necessity for increasing the
woild's food ssupply is given, as the
reason for relaxing: custom's duty.
p.s.s. co. m
Seattle, Feb. 26.—Definite an
nouncement was made today by Gen
era] Manager A. F. Haines, of the
Pacif.c Steamship Company, that
the liner Governor would resume op
eration in the coastwise service on
March 9th and the President on
March 16th. In conjunction, with
their return to service, a com
Dl t» rearrangement of schedules
was announced.
lbe Governor and President,
which are the .largest steamships fn
the Pacific Steamship Company's
fleet, were taken over by the Un
ited States Shipping Board three
mc-nths ago and given to the Mat
so.i Navigation Company for oj>era
t!' i on the San Francisco^HonoluTu
rou'e.
The new schedule is also •lf
f»cied by the return to service of
tbe iast turbiner Harvard, which
has been laid up for several months
undergoing axtensive repairs. It
was stated that the Harvard will re
sume service on March 15th.
The steamships Admiral Watson
and Admiral Farragut, now on the
Pu^ff Sound-California run will
be displaced by the larger vessels,
and will be used to augment the
Alaska sen-ice. The Admiral Wat.
Sin will bo put on the Seattle-South,
pastern Alaaska route on March 8th
while the Admiral Farragut will be
placed on the Seattle-Southwestern
Alaska route on March 16th.
The Admiral Dewey, Admiral
Schley, and Queen will operate be
tween Seattle and San Francisco on
ly. They will call at Tacoma for
I freight on every other trip.
Tho Governor which leaves S^n
Francisco for Seattle and Victoria
on March 9th, will operate on the
same schedule; as last year, calling
for freight at Tacoma, Everett and
Vancouver while on the Spund. The
President's schedule will be similar.
Their ports of call on the south
I6ERIM PRIZE !
I m VESSEL:
GOES ASHORE
i i
Copenhagen, Feb. 26.—Thef Span-'!
is1- ,Steamship igotzmendi, with a
Geiman prize crew from the Pacific
ocean on board, is ashore near Skaw
lighthouse, at the northernmost
poin*. of Denmark, with two Ameri
can prisoners aboard.
Prisoners on the Igotzmendi were
| taken from six ships which had been
isuiik in the Pacific at different in
| tervals and several prisoners had
been on board the vessel eight
J months while she cruised the Pa~
icific. {'■..•
UfOtlETTE
CQROE1NFD
Madison, Wis., Feb. 26.—With!
only three dissenting: votes, the
statu senate today passed ft resolu
• oi1. condemning Senatorl LeFollette
for his attitude towards the war.
SEATTLE SAILS
Seattle, Feb. 26.—The City of
Seaitle sailed for Skagway and way
ports at ten o'clock this morning.
T. F Vaughn is a Skagway passen
ger. The Seattle should reach, port
3afurday afternoon or evening.
ward voyage Include Los Angeles
' ard San Diego.
The Yale and Harvard Will each
I make two round trips every week
between San Francisco and Lop
' Angeles. On every other trip they
[ will touch at San Diego.
The enlarged schedule will give
, to the Puget Sound-San Francisco
route three sailings weekly; to the
i San Francisco-Los Angeles route
five sailings weekly; and to the
San Francisco-San Diego route three
sailings weekly, '
New Goods
Added To Our Stock
Barley Flour, lO lb. 5acKs, 85c
Cream of Barley in 30c Packages
A Delicious Breakfast Cereal—Quickly Prepared, Easily Digested
P. H. GANTY
YANKEES REM CONSTANTLY
10 INTENSE ARTILLERY EIRE
JAPANESE i
10 INVADE j
SIBERIA
Harbin, Feb. 26. — Japanese
'tuOjJs at an early date intend to
talre action in Siberia, according to
reliable authority here. Japanese
have long been preparing to carry
ou* thig move, and now that Rus
sia has made peace with) Germany,
Japan feels it her place to do all in
her power to insure tbe future peace
it the Orient.
KBTLIKS SAYS
BLOOD Bt 01
ALLIES
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Amsterdam, Feb. 26.—Chancellor
Von Hertling, iu a speech delivered
before members of the Reichstag
Lhis morning, after stating that Ger-I
aany could agree / fundamentally j
ivith four of President Wilson's
aeace propositions, characterized
;he war aims of England, Italy and
Prance aa still imperialistic. I
Hp declared these three nations
were engaged in a commercial war
Jf conquest, and are still unwilling
to listen to the voice of reason and
humanity. Hertling said the blood j
jf fallen soldiers, the agonies of j
mutilated, people, and tie sufferings
>f innocent humanity will fall up
an their heads.
Subscribe for Tne Dally Alaskan.
Many Trench Raids
Along French
Front
American Army la Prance, Feb.
26,—Artillery; duels in the American
sector northwest p£ Toul are grow
ing more intense daily, hundreds o£
shells being fired by Germans dur
iug the past 24 hours.
Powerful explosive shellfl filled
with gag have been bombarding out
positions continually today.
American artillery haa replied
constantly, doing effective work.
RAIDS INCREASED
French Grand Headquarters, Feb.
20.—Trench raids along the French
l'ror.t have increased in intensity,
and enemy artillery is throwing un
heard of quanitties of shells. Ar
tillery duels which are taking place
along the entire French and Ameri
can fronts are thought to be a pre
lude to the coming German offens
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AMERICANS WILL
MOVE EAST OF
fflOBGOW
Washington, Feb. 26.—Because
of the threatening advance of Ger
man troops in Russia arrangements
have been made to move American/
ci'vzens in M,oscow 500 miles east
to Samara.
SOCIALISTS DEMAND WE
RECOGNIZE BOLSHEVIK!
Minneapolis, Feb. 26—.A resolu
tion demanding the United States
"overnment recognize Russiait Rol
sheviki was passed by the So
cialist party which, is la convention
.her6.
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FASHION
and FI1
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Go Hand-in-hand when you
walk in a Hand Tailored Suit
bought at our shop.
A wide range of patterns and
fabrics are included in our
stock.
It would please both you and
us if you called to look them
over.
JAMES KENNEDY