No. 47 TWENTIETH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY,
MARCH 29, 1917
PRICE
APPROPRIATIONS WILL BE PASSED
WHEN CONGRESS MEETS APRIL 2
Washington, March 29—Leaders
of the United States House of Re
presentatives have agreed that the
hip appropriation hills, which fail
ed to pass at the last session owing I
fo 'he filibustering, are to be re-1
in forced into the house iu thei'r
original form, and upon. a suspen
sion o£ rules, passed by that body
without delay and then sent up to
Hie Senate for action.
Petrc.;rul, March, 29—An im
mense mass meeting at which en
ormous crowds of workmen, sol
diers. and deputies wero present, an
aDOCT.1 was issued, to the workmen
of Germany and Austria to rise up
aeainst the imperial authority of
these nations and east off the yoke
au<l free themselves from the ty
ranny which has held, them down
to practical serfdom for hundreds
of years.
PRESIDENT 10
KEEP Gill
Washington, March. 29—President
Wilson has requested each member
of his cabinet to remain in his
respective office throughout his
s°eond term.
This request was made by Presi
dent Wilson at a meeting of the
President and his cabinet held yes
terday afternoon, and it was not
made to each member individually,
but »o the entire cabinet as a whole
When the President had made
his request, each member promised
President Wilson that he would com
ply with hid request, and furthor j
promised his undivided support. |
JAP WAB3HIP
SUNK 61 RAIDER
Vancouver, March. 29—A dispatch
was today received by the Canadian
New? of this city from Tokyo, which
stales that a German Taider at
tacked and sunk a Japanese war
sbir in the southern Pacific. T he
nan e cf the Japanese vessel was not
disclosed, while the identity of the
German ship was not ascertained ia
Tokvo.
Se.T'le, March 29—Arguments In
th- Gill case began late yesterday
pftemocn and. were resumed this
mori.ii g when court convened. It
is believed that the attorney will
consume the entire day in arguing
their case to the jury, and that it
will no* go to the jury until some
t'me tomorrow .
Mavor Gill announced this after
noon that he would immediately
tring a suit against the Seattle
Tinu-s for fifty thousand dollars. He
claims that 'he Times intimated that
Jacob Furth of tli§ Seattle Elec
tric Company had paid him live
thousand dollars.
labbrreaIy
1010B0UZE
Washington, March 29—Secretary
of the Department of Labor Wilson,
and Samuel Gompers president of
the American Federation of La
b?r, have made their report to Presi
dent Wilson, in which they state
that they have perfected the plans
for tne mobilization of all organiz
ed laoor throughout the United
i States in the event that •prar occurs
between America and Germany.
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IS IS HI IDE SENATORS Oil)
Juneau, March 29—The seven, re
maining senators in tie Territorial
legislature tooJe action of the resig
nation presented by Senator Charles
Sulzer, and this was accepted at yee«
today's session.
When the bill, providing for the
o'is< ivance of Lincoln's birthday as
a legal holiday, throughout the Ter
Titory came up for action. It met
I witli the approval of the senate and
tag passed.
The provision, for the posses
sion on uniformity; was discussed by
the senate as a committee of the
whole, and the readings of other
mea&ures were had which, advanced
tjiom toward their final readings.
At the public meeting lagt oight
!n which a general discussion of
tiie mining laws was Indulged in, a
proposition was made that in lieu
of assessment work being done on
m-ning claims as now provded that
owners of mining claims could pay
one hundred dollars into the school
or road fund.
It is stated on good authority th« 8
Representative Charles M. Day, of
the Thiid Division is thinking seri
ously of introducing a bill pro
viding for the division of the Ter
ritor of Alaska into two Bections,
the First and Third division being
one section and the Second and
Fourth divisions the other.
Juneau, Ma-rch 29—The Territor
ial House of Representatives at
thig afternoon's session passed the
<*!('.lit tour underground working
bill.
The bill providing for the ob
servance of Seward's and Lincoln's
birthdays ag legal holdays in the
Tcrritoiy were also passed. The
forir°i to be effective tomorrow,
bj; reason of the fact that the Gov-1
erucr J. F. A. Strong will sign the
bi»l a* the Grand Igloo dance which
's bpiuf' given by the Alaska Pio
neers tonight.
The joint memorial to Congress,
asking that body to make the
necessary law requiring that only
c'tizeus of the United States be
emn'.oyed in governmental work in
Alaska wag also passed.
A memorial asking Congress to re-t
ins'ate the appropriate for five
hundred thousand dollars to the Al
aska Road Commission fund was al
so passed •
Representative Thomas C. Price
of th • Third Division introduced a
bill providing against United States
commissioners practicing law in the
divisions in which, their precincts
arc located. Rep. Snow, introduc
ed a bill providing for a night
school at which aliens could pre
pare for citizenship. The bill pro
vides for from three to five nights
p°r weQk for the school and that
♦>>c 'n struct or be paid a maximum
fe ■ of five dollars aaid that the
Fcdsral Judges of the district in
which the schools are to be located
are 'o issue the certificates neces
sary fcr such district to obtain
such night school.
Juneau, March 29—Senator Heck
tuii.il ol »aiv jotituiuu ?•—
of °ered au amendment to the Eight
Hour law. which makes a provision
♦hat the law will not apply to can
nery emuloyees.
Senator Gaustad's bill making pro
vis'<'n for the publication of all or
dinances which come up lor passage
city councils in Incorporated
towns, and provide# that the pro
posed ordinance shall be published
for tnree times ia a local newspa
r*r before it is finally acted on
said city councils, was favorably
reported back to the senate out of
committee.
The committee also reported back
favorably the bulk sales bill and
ar i Senator Heckman's bill provid
!n" for a ways and means oommit
t*. for the territory.
Senator Ronan of the Third di
vision introduced, a bill provding fop
forming co-operative ( associations,
especially in the Matanuska valley.
TO REORGANIZE
SWEDISH CABINET
Stockholm, March 29—King Gus
taf V., of Sweden, according to ad
vice which had been given out here,
contemplates summoning a new cab
inet, It 13 underwood that a
number of the present cabinet will
b» retained by the King, but the
1 ends of a number of the depart
ments will be changed.
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ALAMEDA HAS
Juneau, March 2S—With every
Korth hfoh first and escond class
'en, the "steamer Alameda ar
rived froai the south this morning
at 7:30 o'clock and sailed again
at 10 o'clock. The Alameda is
'ira1 ship to gail from Seat
tle for Anchorage and she was
crowded with those bound for the
r&ilrcad city. On board were
30? passengers, 121 for Cordova, 50
for Seward, 8 for Latouche and
210 for Anchorage. The Alameda
vns unable to take any passengers
from Juneau for westward poin's
ar.d was loaded with freight, oveT
500 ^ons of which w-as for Anchor
age.
Caj tain Clinger, of the Alameda
reports that he was bothered with
sucw norms and galei fhe entire
way north, which delayed the ship
for several hours.
SEEKS SECURITY AS
AMERICAN CITIZEN
Sopttl-:., March 29—Maria A ana
Tryen 28, who left Germany in
July, 1914, just before the out
Urea'' of the European, -war, Wed
nesday made declartion of her in
tention to become an American ciit
zsn. When she had answered the
ubual questions o£ the deputy coun
ty clerk she asked:
"Now, will that give me protec
tion?" She was assured that in th€|
eyent of war with a foreign nation
J Uncle Same would watch over her
safely. '
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WESTERN DEPARTMENT DIVIDED
INTO THREE DISTRICTS
San Francisco, March 29—Advice
was received here this morning from
the War Department at Washington
stating that the Department of the
West of the United States army had
been divided, into three districts.
District headquarters will J>e lo
cated at San Francisco, • Portland,
and Los Angeles. This ig in con
formity with the plan as adopted in
the Eastern department, which. Is
' already effective.
FRENCH HOLDING BACK THE
GER1NS ALONG WESTERN FRONT
Parit, March 29—According to
advice received here, ther^ has
been a heavy artillery battLe waged
betwp^n the French andi Gremajv
forces along the Essigny and Banay
fronfa.
According to the reports received
the German forces in the Cham
papne region have gained a foot
hold !n the French first line, l>ut
according to official communication,
all attempts of the Germans tc>
the French lines at Maisons and
Dechampaigne were defeated with,
sanguinary losses
EQUIPMENT EN
ROUTE ALASKA
I
Anchorage, March. 29—Word was j
rece'ved at U. S. railroad head
quarters this morning that tne
immense shipment of equipment
from the canal zone includes for
tre railroad- two Ipcomotives and
20 flat cars for thifc division.
The locomotives ire known as
tj>e "200 type" and weigh 110 tons
each. The flat cars are of 80,000
pounds capacity.
The Stanley Dollar, enroute from I
Seattle lias 150 tons of coal for I
'ha commission, .
Anchorage, March 29—Disregard
Of collecting wages due from Uncle
in for work on the government
railroad has developed to a remark
<>He degree on the Anchorage divi
«i< n. The current issue of the
Railroad Record contains the names
o' men to whom money is due and
a ll3t of 620 undelivered checks.
mhe lis* opens with T. Aamot and j
ends with Mike Zoloff .
[IS ILL HE'S
New York, March 29—Rear Ad
miral Bradley A. Fiske, retired, in,
an address which, he made in. this
city lag* night, £nd which Admiral
Fiske said had been approved by
Secretary Daniels, declared, in thq
course of his speech, "If Germany
beaten, our whole danger will
uass away for the present, but the
c' ances seem, eveu at the present
tine, that she will not be beaten."
ALASKAN GETS
APPOINTMENT
Seattle. March 29—At the Gill
tr'al yesterday afternoon the gov
erns -lit introduced ag evidence a
note for $5,000 which had been exe
cuted by Hiram Gill in favor of Ja
co'i Furth, president of the Seattle
Electric Company.
The question of a body guard for
Logan Billingsey ivas brought up,
and at the request of the prosecut
ing attorney, Joe Warren, an Al
askan, was appointed for the job.
v°, will act ag such guard during
the remainder of the trial.
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