No. 286 TWENTY FIRST YEAR
SKA6WAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 1919
PRICE 10 CENTS
Washington, Feb. 1.—The House |
Naval committee yesterday afternoon
yoted in favor of the appropriation j
railing for three quarters of a bil- |
lion dollars for the constrUitiou of
additional ships for the United i
States navy and for the maintenance'
of the present navy.
Tha committee also o dorsed the
;>ian for a vast naval expansion for
tbe lTnited States "nd recommended
Ihe new throe year Mil wtiich pro"
vides a v;ist naval construction pro
gram calling for ten ge^t battle
ships and ten scout cruisers.
Paris, Feb. 1. — According to
the preseut plans of the peace dtle
Kates at the peace congress, Ger
many will Oe presented with an out
line of the terms of peace upon
which t.he Allies will willing to
enter upon peace negotiations
i*h that country on or about the
midule of February.
There 1ms been no intimation as
yet as te what these terms will be.
It '.vis announced today at tliP
peace congress that the claims of
.'anan respecting Tsiugtau -'nd the
i'u'.;>e of Albania and Dal ma tin
are to he sallied by the League of
Nations.
MUCH FiSiS
PREOiGfED FOR !
COfiOOVfl
Spokane. — "Alaska is due for
♦he larsest mining boom in the his
tory of the world." said Fred
B. Davy, a veteran mining- man and
operator of Cordova. Ala*kaa, who is
at the Coeur d' Alene. Mr. D;»vy
ooerated iu the Slocun distrirt 23
years ago and is well Jcnowu to the
ol' time mining men of Spokane. He
left Cordova ia November and .
pects to return this month.
He continued: "In the Copper i
river district we fyive perhaps the
most highly mineralized zone in iu
the world' extending some 3u0 miles
in length by 40 miles wide. This
contains many mines that today can
not be operated because of lack of
kainscortation but some day will be
among the big mines of the country.
"Alaska has been hit harder by
the war than most places, fully 75
per cent of our manpower having
left. Alaska is intensely patriotic
and only tiio'ye men t»rc with us
whom the government would" not
take.
"Alaska ig known chiefly because
of her placers but these are a thing
of 'iie uast in comparison with the
• mure opening to (ji'.arU mining.
Vbo quartz minrr and prospector
are in demand in Alaska today.
"Cordova is saiil to 1 e the largest
101 : • r - .i■ i• i' port in t! e world
Tli Coper Kiver at'u* -Northwestern
railroad, running 1 !• S miles inland
from Oorduvi, was l»ui!t bv the in
terests owning t Ken e o't mine,
to brng its ore to ti lewater. The
road cost $23.000.Out) bei'Oie one dol-*
l-'ir's worth of ore from the mine
could b.j shipped tut now it is
claimed that the monthly dividend
is $2,000,000.
"When I left Cordova in Novem
ber there were 25.000 tons of cop
per ore on the ilot lis awaiting trans
portation .sufficient Ikiuis not being
available." — Spokesui "ji-Keview.
Krpd Fonzy will leave tonight
'or a business trip to Juneau and ex-»
pect to be gone aout one week.
NOTICE TO BOND PURCHASERS
The final payment on Liberty Bonds purchased
on the installment plan will be due January 30fh.
Coupon Bonds upon which pay:nt::its were
completed priot to December 15th. are now ready
for delivery.
No registered bonds have been received thusfar.
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IBM SEITHE OK
:
Seattle, Feb. 1. — The general
strike which hag been threatened
bv local labor union leaders may
not materialize.
The action of the local unions
sn* - bo blocked by reason of a
throa' which the National and In
ternational Unions hay© mad© tfcat
'ho charters of some of tie larger
local unions will be cancelled and
la.t6 indications today point that
Ibis may hay© a restrining effect
until time can be had to arbitrate
the differences over which the
men are striking.
The heads or their representa
tives of a number of large national
an- iaternation nniong have arrived
in liis city, and these men have per
sonally warned a great Many of
the local union leaders who have
been responsible for the threatened
strike *hat it is uo to them to await
a time in order to give the matter
u cnance to be adjusted before
! taking drastic measures.
I Secret service men «nd other •
I federal agents are here in large \
numbers and the government is pre*!
I pared to meet any emergency which j
I m ' * arise.
| Firearms of every character have
been removed by order °f the au
thorities. Hardware stores, pawn
shops and other places where fire
arms were on sale have oeen round
ed uo and' the stocks of arms and
ammunition removed from them to
Di'ces of safety.
I The date that the threatened
strike was to have taken place has
not yet been announced, but the |
in .ations pointed' to next Thurs- j
day.
The Pressman's union has noti- j
fled the Central Council that it
will withdraw its delegates to j
the local council as a result of the '
orde1 made by the local council for
a general strike.
ITCH PREVALENT
IS PUBIS BOW
Paris, Feb. 1. — A new disease
has made itself manifest here dur*
ing the past few dys. It is believed
fo be the "itch" and is thought to
have been Drought here from the
battlefronts.
It is very prevalent throughout
the city, and is causing much dis
tress in American and other mis
sions where a number of persons
associated' witn the missions have al
ready become affected.
DISPOSITION 10
BE BLOCKED
Washington, Feb. 1. — The Re
publican Senators under the leader
ship of Senator Lodge yesterday
launcher a vigorous opposition in
th'# Senate to the plan of the su
preme council in Paris for dealing
with the German colonies and Asia
an Turkey.
EXPANSION OF MEDIOAN
SERVICE WAS PLANNER
General Headquarters, American
Expeditionary Forces, —A vast ex*
pansion of the medical service of
the American army in France was
projected; before the armigtice was
signed but the plan was suspended
when hostilities were stopped. In
addition to the 285,240 bedg then
ready for use ii camps and hospi
tals 423,722 normal beds and
541,239 expansion, beds were in
process of construction or procure
ment in preparation of expected
campaigns.
Twentyone American hospital
Iraiks and twenty borrowed French
hospital trains were in operation
while 23 more hospital trains and
20 so called "sitting trains" were
Jnder construction.
The consumption of m&dicai sup
plies runs Into big figures, for there
hag been no stint nor Bcarclty of
such material. Bandages have been
issued to a total of 24,624,000 be
sides 10,339,200 yards of yard-wide
gauze. In addition have been is
sued one million ounces of absorb
ent cotton 1,500,000 first iad pack
ages in addition to the original issue
to each man and of food powder,
the soldier's best friend on the
march or in the wet, 1,548,000
founds.
These are only some of the medi
cal supplies. Pins and safety pins,
eutureg and Iodine Bwabs run into
the millions, soap, ether, carbolic
acl:* and iodine—are totaled in
hundreds of thousands of pounds.
pots OF ALLIES
WILL SOON et
SETUPS !
' Paris, Feb. 1. — The delegates '
at the peace conference) today took '
■up the work of determining the
exact quotag of troops that Ameri- j
(» anil other Allied' governments
will be required to leave in Ger"
i many during the occupany of that
.country by the Allies.
HMJEEI5
III BUSV SESSION
The Valdez City Council met Tues
day night in the council rooms at
the city hall. Mayor A. J. Dimond,
and Councllmen Quinn, Carlson,
Wood, Crawford and Smith were
present; James Patterson was ab
sent.
Billg were presented for the re
cent quarantine against the influ
enza epidemic, which amounted to
nearly $700. Much discussion en
sued' over the bills. It being ap
parent that a further effort to keep
up to the present regulation would
plunge the city iu debt. Many of
j the oouncilmen believed the bills
presented to the city for services
were higher than they should be,
and advocated' securing a suitable
building where both male and fe
male persons who had been exposed
to th.-; influenza could b© quaran
tined without the necessity of se
curing separate buildings. A com
mittee) was appointed to look for
a building which will be used', jn
case further quatantine regulation
must be kept up.
Valdez is entirely free from in
fluenza, having had no c^ses for
several weeks or more, and it Is the
desire Of the council to keep it so.
ijex Singletary was appointed
temporary marshal Or polic office
for the purpose of patrolling the
town nights to prevent fires and
breaches of quarantine regulations.
His appointment is in the nature
of precautionary measure.
A number of bills were allowed.
Th.e City Treasurer reported) that
tb» old warrants were being paid
of rapidly and that the city still
had about $S000 on hand.—Miner
Mrs. Ida Creese arrived on last
night's train, from Log Cabin, ac
companied by her grandson Bruce
Smith. Mrs. Creese will visit with
her son Eugene Smith for a few
days.
BRAZIL DELEGATES AT PEACE CON
GRESS BACKING UNITED STATES
Par's, Feb. 1.—The Brazilian dele
gates to the peace i-ongress have
concurred' with the delegates from
t»- United States in an matters
wUIc" have thUB far come up. in the
congress.
The League of Nations especially
has been endorsed by Brazil's rep*
resentatives, who have stated that
they regard their own claims a»
of minor importance to this great
oian for the protection of the na
tions of the world against a repeti
tion of the frightful war which
Just ended.
ffiSIS WANTS ALLIES 10 TAKE
AM TROOPS AND TALK PEACE
* —_______
Paris, Feb. 1. — The United
States, supported by Great Britain
h"s salmitted to France a proposal
for the immediate withdrawal of
all Allied troops from Russia.
This move was mad<e in conform
i»y with unofficial information ob
tained by American agents that Lea
ino and Russian Foreign Minister
Tchitcherm will accept a proposal
tor a joint, conference at PrlnkiP0«,
nroviding that Allied forces *re
first, withdrawn from Russian ter
ritory. J
TROOPS WANTED
TO FORCE ORDER
*
Geneva, Feb. 1.—Despatches re
ceived here today state that Vienna
is ag°in in the hands of the revolu
tionists. The rioters are destroy
ing much propety and are looting
ar pillaging at will. Th© authori
ties seem to be powerless to pre
vent the depredations of the retr
es, and thQ d"espatch from the
Austrian capital stat§ that govern
ment troops will have to be called
' uut" down the riots and restore
order.
POLES GETTING
BATTLED 6ACKI
Zurich, Feb. 1. — German troops
have made an attack on the Pol
ish forces all along the eastern
frontier. The towns of Grunthal,
Wunsheim and Grossamokli have
all betn captured by the German
trooiis and with them a vast quan
tify o' artillery and machine guca.
Berlin, Feb. 1.—Under Spartacan
leadership the workers, nave Becured
the control of Bremen, and mucli
damage i,s reported to have been
done in that city. '
Under authority of the govern*
ment here, German troops are to
day mrching against the city of
liremen and will battle to over
throw the Spartans and reclaim
the city for the government.
lloydUge
WONT IXII IT
Belfast, Feb. .1 — Lloyd George.
Great Britain's prime minister to
day telegraphed from Paris to Ar
thur Devlin, the Irish leader, inform
ing the latter that he would de
cline to intervene in the Belfast
strikes, and that it was up to the
strikers to settle the dispute witb
the manufacturers.
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