WEATHER REPORT
Yesterday: Ma*.. 26. Min. 20.
Today: Cloudy, North wind.
PRICE 10 CENTS
HINDENBURG SAVS WILL BE IN PARIS BY APRIL
Stockholm, Feb. 5. — Swedish
sttamers accompanied by a gun
be and several ice breakers, which
ir-ssed the Gulf of Bothnia to take
Swedish subjects desiring to leave
Finland in order to return to their
home country, were fired upon by
F'unish Red Guards and Russian
sailors of the same organization,
which boarded the gunboat. In ex
plaining their actions they said they
h id thought the steamers were car
rying troops and munitions. j
Halifax, Feb. 5.—Pilot McKa?1
ci'd Captain Lamodec, of the Mont
Blanc, have been arrested on a
charge of manslaughter in connec
tion with the death of Pilot Win.
Hayes of the Belgian relief steamer
Ic na, sunk by the Mont Blanc in
Halifax harbor and the cause of the
recen* terrible catastrophe.
11 OUNCES
BREAD RATIOl
Washington, Feb. 5. — Herbert
"Hoon-er. feder.il fool administrator,
has ordered a two ounce bread 'ra
tion to be served on wheatles® days
ii restaurants and dining cars.
The steamer Si»okane ,of the Pa
cific Steamship Co., passed Wrangell
this morning at S:3i) o'clock and
should arrive in Skagway tomorrow.
BOLSHEVIKI TAKEN PRISONER BY FORMER COMRADES
ThU photograph shows a butch of botshevjki soldiers, followers of Lenine, being murehed off to captivity by for
mer comrades who are supporters of the provisional government and who look them prisoner during the fighting in
the stTefts «f Petrograd.
BERLIN STRIKES
ARE REPOflTEO
ENDED
London, Feb. 4—With the ex
ception of a new strike reported at
Jena by the TagebUtft newspaper,
of Berlin, German Btrikes have vir
tually ended, and leaders have ad
v.sed that work was begun last
night.
The Cologne Gazette says at the
Xrup<j works 400 out of 110,000
men who went on strike were dis
missed.
SllDEXT IS ARRESTED
AS ENEMY'S Sl'V
Seattle, Feb. 1—.Ernest Ev r
Mh Agent, aged 35, a special sci
ence student at the University of
Washington, was arrested in the
chemical laboratory yesterday. He
was questioned by a federal officer
«ad is suspected of being an agent
c* the enemy.
It's
Taffata
Again
for the new tailor-made
Coats, Dresses, Waisis
Reception Gowns and
Dancing Frocks—and
again its [ Billing's Taf
fataj the silk with the
"Chiffon Finish" and
the written guarantee
for two full season's
wear—the crisp puffiness of the fabric and the
lustre that never grows dim. We carry a com
plete line of colors, per yard Y. $2.50
If you anticipating a new gown we carry a com
plete line in ready-to-wear from $17.50 to $45
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
lit UE FOB M»
IIIMB11C1KS
Delegate Chas. A. Sulzer Intro
duced a bill In O-Migress Jan. 19
wl-ich provides far a full Territorial
form of government for Alaska. A
synopsis of the bill follows:
Sic.. 1. Territory known as Al
aska shall have a full form of ter
ritorial government , with such
l"?"slative powers as have hereto
l-'r- been given to and exercised b.v
o'her Territories of the United
Spates.
Sec.. 2. That the capital of Alas
ka shall be at Juneau and the seat
of *he government shall be main
tained there.
See. 3, That the executive power
cf tlie Territory of Alaska shall be
ve.s't'1 in a governor appointed by
th ■ president an<l with the <\>n
s»-'iit of the senate. He shall hold
office foi four years. (The re
mainder of this section specifies
th • duties of the governor.)
Sec. 4. That 'here shall be a sec
retary of the said terrritory who shal
resid* therein. He shall be ap
pointed by the president with the
advise and consent of the senate,
and shall hold office for four years.
Sec. 5.. That the legislative power
a:w> authority of the territory shall
be vested in the governor and leg
islature of the territory, the lat
ter to consist of a senate and house
i f representatives. The next
legislature to convene after the
oassa£e of this act shall consist of
tuo same number of members and
be elected and organized under the
laws heretofore in. farce in Alaska.
Beginning -with fhe second legisla
ture to be chosen after the passage
a:id approval of this act the senate
shall consist of 15 members and the
lie use of representatives shall con
sit' of 30 members. Twelve of the
sp'ii senators and *24 of the said
lepresentatives shall be elected! from
the legislative districts to be creat
ed as hereinafter provided, and
thr " of the said senators and six
or the said representatives shall be
elfif'td from the territory at large.
Sec. 0. That In addition to other
qualifications all members of the
legisiature of the territory shall
iiav" the qualifications of an elector
in H-c Territory of Alaska.
Sec. 7. Vacancies caused by death
or uv a tie vote are to be filled by
vote called for by the governor.
Sec. 8.. Senate and house shall
be sole judges of elections of their
members. •>
Ser. 9. That the next election and
t" e next session of the legislature
shall be held as heretofore provided
by law ,but that the next follow
ing elections shall be on the first
Tuesday In October 1920, and Bub
sequent elections biennially on the
same day.
Sec. 10, That jvhen the legislature
shall convene under the law the sen
ate and house of representative
sh^il each select a temporary presid
'i;g officer and temporary clerk and
they shall not do further business
until the permanent presiding of
ficers shall have been chosen.
Sec. 11. Exacting clause of all
laws passed by the legislature of
A las tea shall "Be it enacted by the
j Legislature of the Territory, of Alas
ka." i *
Sec. 12. That the legislative powei
j of the territory shall extend to
(Continued on cage 4.)
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PRUNES 16c per lb.. 10 lb. Boxe. $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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THIRTY EDITORS TELL HIM
THERE WILL BE NO EOOD
IS GERM NEXT MAT
Kaiser Once Said He Would Be In Paris
By Christmas—Allies Sending
1,200,000 Men To
Balkans
The Hague, Feb. 5. — Travelers
from Germany say that 30 editors of
leading period.cais in, the empire
called General von. Hindenburg to
Berlin lately and told Mm. there
would be no food in. Germany by
May.
"My reply is," said Hindenburg,
"That by April I shall be in Paris."
AMERICAN'S OX BORDER
Washington, Feb.. 5.—The army
sector occupied by American troops
is northwest of Toul, which is 14
miles west of Nancy, and is a
fortress of the first class.
Germans are using gas sbells free
ly today. Two men have been
wounded by enemy shells. ,
AMERICAN'S FIRE BARRAGE
American Army in France, Feb. 5.
—Fifteen minutes concentrated fire
yesterday from America's accurately
aimed 7-5's put down a heavy
barrage which completely frustrated
another raid on American trenches
which had been planned by the Ger
mans. 1 i
1,300,000 ALLIES FOR BALKAN'S
Washington, Feb.. 5.—One mil
lion two hundred thousand Allied
troops will be available by the 31st
of March for the impending Allied
drive to break Germany's backbone
in »he Balkans, it is learned offi
cially today. - Jj
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
Winnipeg, Feb. B.—"I ani in
formed that Sir Rudolph Forget
states that the Bank of Montreal re
ceived a cable today declaring that
peace negotiations would start in
formally within ten days," is the sub
stance of a dispatch to the Free
Press from its Montreal correspond
ent. 1 i j
DITMI5 5
YEARS IS
PRISON
Berlin, Feb. 5. — Wilhelm Ditt
inan, socialist member of the
Reichstag, has been sentenced to
fve years imprisonment on a charge
c-f inciting others to high, treason.
D ttman was arrested Saturday when
he attempted to address a crowd
of strikers in the suburbs of Ber
lin. I
U.S. CONTROLS
FUEL UNO OIL
Washington, Feb.. 5—The Unit
r-ft S'ates government has taken the
fir.ai steps necessary for govern
ment administration of the fuel
and oil industry.
^ur.Frribe for the Daily Alaakan.
FASHION
and FIT
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