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VOL. XIII, NO. 1796. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1919. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS

30,000 MEN WALK OUT IN SEATTLE STRIKE: STRIKE DOES NOT REACH OTHER PLACES

SIBERIANS WIPE OUT TWO OF DIVISIONS OF BOLSHEVIKI IN 'FIGHT AT KUNGAR; AMERICANS

ALSO DEFEAT BOLSHEVIKI FORCE OMSK, Feb. 6.—It is officially an-

nounced that Siberians met and vir-

tually annihilated two Divisions of

Bolsheviki troops at Kungar, 50 miles

Southeast of Perm. The latter place is now declared

to be safe from the Bolsheviki at-

tack. V- The losses for the battle have not

been announced, but are supposed to be heavy.

AMERICAN FORCES GIVE BOLSHEVIKI A

CRUSHING DEFEAT

ARCHANGEL, Feb. 6.—(Associat ed Press)—The American forces in-

flicted heavy losses on the Bolshev- iki last Tuesday, driving the enemy in great disorder from the village of

Vistavka on the Vaga river.

Many prisoners were taken. The

Americans lost five killed and several

wounded. The American troops planned and carried out a complete surprise attack and were amongst the

enemy almost before the latter real-

ized the situation.

LEGATION IS BURNED STOCKHOLM, Feb. 6—The Swed

ish legation at Petrograd has been

burned. All official documents were

saved, but irreparable losses were, sustained in works of art.

ALLIES’ INVITATION USED BY LEADERS

PARIS, Feb. 6.—The Russian com-

mittee here says the Bolsheviki prob ably spread the word among the Rus- sians that the invitation of the Allies was a recognition of their Govern-

ment, and that the Allies fearing them, had asked for peace.

WILL ATTEND ON ONE CONDITION

LONDON, Feb. 6.—Foreign Minister Tchitcherin, of the Bolsheviki Gov-

ernment, hag announced that the Bol- sheviki are willing to send represn- tatlves to participate in the Allied conference scheduled for Prince

Island, if the Allies will agree not

to interfere with Russian interna tional affairs.

v WILL MEET BOLSHEVIKI

PARIS, Feb. 6.—The Supreme Coun- cil of the Peace Congress on receiv-

ing an acceptance of the Bolsheviki to its conference invitation, arranged to send a joint ommittee of two rep- resentatives from each of the five

great powers to meet the Soviet rep resentatives at Princess Island.

PASSENGERS COMING ON CITY OF SEATTLE * HEADED FOR JUNEAU

Several Well Known Alaskans Are Among the Crowd That

Left on Wednesday Afternoon.

SEATTLE. Feb. 6—The City of Seattle sailed at five o'clock yester- day afternon for Alaska with the fol-

lowing passengers for Juneau:

Knute Olstead. Peter Skjetten. Harry Thompi. Dave Housel, Thelma Oraen, Mrs. L. Freeberger, J. Spinks,

•Charles Hollister, VV. D. Kesselring, Mrs. Gillis, H. Roden, Mrs. Caroline Garster, Miss Ruth Griffin, Henry Walsh. Peter Sing. Bernard Hirst. W. M. Fry. J Fruiey. P. F. Mulvaney, E. F. Kuntz. H. Moses, Ehrman

Bliss, Wm. Flemer. Mr. and Mrs. Robt Semple. Frances Mcisenthal, Steve Verbonick, P. Stonesins, James Xrlnc*. Pete Krinos.

MONARCHISTS IN CHARGE OF ELVAS

PARIS, Feb. 6.—It is reported that the Monarchist movement at Elvas, Portugal, is a complete success and that a monarchy has been proclaim- ad.

CIVILIANS KILLED.

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 6.—In the capture of Khartov, Ukraine, the Bolahevlki forces killed 300 ciril- lana.

SOPHIA WRECK HEARING WILL BE HELD HERE

THE PRESENT MONTH

VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 6.—The Canadian commis- sion investigating the Prin- cess Sophia wreck will take evidence in Juneau on

Feb. 26th and 27th. Jus- tice Morrison announces that the commission will sit in Victoria next Monday.

Agent F. F. W. Lowle said this afternoon that any witnesses who wanted to at- tend the hearing in Victoria could leave on the Alameda tonight.

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SMALL NATIONS ARE ADMITTED

TO CONFERENCE Poland, Rumania and Czech Slovaks Are to Be

Allowed to Help Form League of Nations.

PARIS, Feb. 6.— (Associated Press! —Nineteen small belligerent nations have obtained definite recognition front the Supreme War Council of the Peace Congress, which also has

granted four additional seats on the Commission for forming a League of Nations.

Poland, Rumania and the Czech- Slovaks are to hold additional seats on the Commission which is discuss-

ing the constitution of an executive

body for the League of Nations.

IRELAND HAS A CHAMPION WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. — The

House Foreign Relations Committee has ordered a favorable report on

the resolution expressing the hope that the Peace Congress in Paris will

favorably consider the claims of Ire- land to the right of self-determina

tion.

FULL WILL OF ALLIES TO BE IMPOSED ON GERMANY

PARIS, Feb. 6.—The Supreme Wai

Council will meet in Versailles Fri

day to take measures to impose on

Germany full will of the Allies be cause of the unwillingness of Ger-

many to carry out the terms of the

armistice, except under certain con

ditions.

WANT MORE PEOPLE INCLUDED PARIS, Feb. 6.—The Supreme Cour.

cil of the Peace Congress has re

ceived from M. Kramarz and Bene., a statement of the claims of the Czech-Slovaks Republic, which ask:, that the Republic be allowed to in elude Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, Slo- vakia and the Ruthian sections of

Hungary and outlying regions where the Czech-Slovalts are largely in the

majority. The statement says this region is

populated by about 13,000,000 and that the State to be formed from the peo- ple ought to have an outlet to the sea Northward by means of the Elbe and Vistula rivers to the North and Baltic Seas.

VOTE. SIDETRACKED BY OPPONENTS ON

WOMAN’S SUFFRAGE WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—A formal

vote on the endorsement of the Wo- man Suffrage resolution was prevent- ed at a conference of Democratic Senators through the strategy of the

opponents of the measure.

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—New York real estate men say city and State will lose $22,818,000 revenue when prohibition goes into effect.

REVIEWING U. S. TRbOPS NEAR THE BORDER OF GERMANY

When he took over command of the Thirty-sixth Division, Brigadier General Hahn Inspected and reviewed

the various units of his forces before he led them into German territory. This photograph shows a detachment of

Dnited States troops presenting arms in salute to their new ei mmar.de?

GERMANS GIVE ! SPARTACANS I

SEVERE FIGHT Government Troops Bom- bard Bremen and Cap-

ture Town Hall and Stock Exchange.

COPENHAGEN, Feb. 6.—German Government troops bombarded Brem

en and after heavy fighting captured the Town Hall and stock exchange from the Spartacans, who fled.

It is claimed that many were

killed. The old cathedral on the Bourse

and the City Hall were badly dam-

aged by shell fire and many houses were partly destroyed.

TWENTY MISSING THREE ARE DEAD

IN SEATTLE FIRE

Lodfrins Houses Burned in the Oriental Quarters and

Fourteen Are Injured.

SEATTLE, Feb. G,—Three person-5 were burned to death, 14 were in

jured, and 20 others are missing, as

the result of a fire which destroyed the Tokyo House and the Russell

House, ramshackle lodging houses in

the lower part of the city. Fifty persons made their escape

through adjoining buildings.

LATER REPORT

SEATTLE, Feb. 6.—This after-

noon it was learned that the total

dead in the lodging house fire was

seven. Four bodies were recovered

from the ruins.

MANITOBA INDIANS BEING WIPED OUT

BY THE INFLUENZA

WINNIPEG, Man., Feb. G.—It is re-

ported that the influenza is wiping out the Northern Manitoba Indians.

Over 2f>0 already are dead and scores

of others are 111.

MURDEROUS DEED OF DERANGED SOLDIER

SEATTLE, Feb. G. — .Tames M. Smith, a Canadian returned soldier, deranged by shell shock, shot and killed his wife, wounded his wife’s mother, Mrs. Mary McMahon, and then shot himself. It is believed both the latter will die.

TOTAL IMMIGRANTS.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—Total of 178,362 immigrants arrived 8n the Cnited States from April 1, ^917, to Sept. 30, 1918.

FIRE DESTROYS FAIRBANKS ■-

••MOTHER WHITE" DIES IN SEWARD FROM THE

EFFECTS OF CANCER

SEWARD, Feb. 6. (Spe- cial to Empire).—Martha S. White, known throughout Alaska as "Mother White,” on account of always assist- ing prospectors, died of can-

cer here at the age of 52. She was given a gold

medal by Congress 25 years ago; also a medal from the

City of Portland, Oregon, and by the Danish govern- ment.

Site swam through the high seas at Cohasset ,

beach, Washington, and took a line to a Danish hark which was pounding to pieces in the breakers, thus saving all of the mem-

bers of the crew.

PROVOST MARSHAL WANTS SOLDIERS

USED FOR CENSUS In What May Prove His Final Re-

port He Tells About Pro- posed War Measures

for U. S.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—Provost Marshal Crowder In making whal

probably will be his final report rec:

ommends that the draft machinery be used in taking the decennial census.

His report shows that drastic ex-

tensions for the work or fight rule

were planned, including a minimum

working week for essential indus- tries. To reach industrial slackers the mandatory deferment of regis- trants for essential industries war.

devised and a scheme for supervis- ing labor distribution through the in

dust rial furlough system.

REPUBLICANS CALL MEETING

FOR ELECTION WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. — The

House Republican members have

agreed to call all Republican mem

hers and leaders Into an election campaign conference to be held here on February 27th.

FASHIONABLE HOTEL IN SEATTLE NOT A

GOOD BANDIT RISK

8EATTLK. Feb. 6.—A bandit held

up the office of the fashionable ho tel Sorrento some time during the

night and got ten dollars from the till.

FAIRBANKS, Feb, 6. — Twenty business houses in the heart of the

! city here have been wiped out by j fire.

This afternon when the message was filed, the firemen were tearing down the intervening buildings to

keep the fire from the National Bank building on Cushman Street, near the large buildings of the Northern Com- mercial Company, as well as from the Federal Building, which is across

j the street from the National Bank

building. i The fire started on the corner in

| the building on Cushman and First ! Street, in the same location as the fire which destroyed the city in

j 1906. The previous fire was caused by a

: gasoline explosion in a dentist's of-

| flee and inside of two hours the en

| tire business portion was laid in ashes. The wooden and log buildings were dry as tinder, and the flames

J made such rapid progress that many of the merchants lost their stocks.

RUSSIANS ARE EXPELLED BY

ORANGE MEN i

They Are Alleged to Be Ag- itators and Are Driven

to Los Angeles and Then Released.

AZtJZA, Cal.. Feb. 6.—Three hun- dred orange growers in the San Gab- riel Valley have expell^P 35 Rus

| sians. It Is alleged the Russians at- I tempted to Intimidate the Mexican

orange pickers. The Russians were driven to the

Russian * settlement at Los Angeles

and there liberated and warned not

to return.

FISHING SCHOONER AND A STEAMER ARE

VICTIMS OF MINES , Norwegian Schooner and Swedish

Steamer Reported to Have Been Sunk by

Mine*.

COPENHAGEN. Feb. 6—A Norweg ian fishing schooner struck a mine and sank off Stavanger. Eight fish ermen. were killed.

it is reported that the Swedish steamer Sphynx struck a mine and

, was sunk off the Scottish coast, and • hat 17 members of her crew were

killed.

Today’s News Today—In Eraplrt

» ESTIMATED THAT 60,000 ON STRIKE IN WASHINGTON; ALL

NEWSPAPERS IN SEATTLE ARE SUSPENDED; FAILS IN TACOMA

Seattle, Feb. 6.—Union leaders at noon today claimed the general walk-out including all those in the State and those al- ready out number 60,000 who are on a strike.

This total includes 25,000 shipyard workers. It is esti- mated that probably 60.000 other unorganized workers Will be forced from their work through the strike.

At 10 o’clock this morning the elevators stopped running. The restaurants closed when the cooks and waiters walked out, joining the strikers.

The street cars were taken to their barns and the jitneys ceased running.

The moving picture theatres will probably close, as the operators and musicians are out. Possibly the schools may close on account of the strike, because,_of the engineers and janitors going on a strike.

All newspapers in Seattle have been suspended owing to the stereotypers walking out. The newsboys have joined them.

The telephone company continues operations, as the tele- phone workers did not go on a strike.

The city will be lighted tonight. Most of the stores are open.

30,000 WALK OUT TODAY IN SEATTLE. SEATTLE, Feb. 6.—This afternoon the strike committee

said 30,000 were on a strike and that it was successful. Mayor Ole Hansen denied a statement made by Thomas

that the union workers would police the town. The Mayor said that any man who tries to take over the functions of govern- ment will be shot on sight. He says he shall deputize 10,000 policemen if necessary to guard city property and maintain order.

GOVERNOR LISTER SAYS STATE OFFICIALS WATCH SITUATION.

OLYMPIA, Feb. 6.—Gov. Ernest Lister this morning said the State officials were watching the Seattle and Tacoma strike situation.

He declared the State would act only in case of the ne-

cessity of affording protection to life and property. He said he hoped such action would be unnecessary.

SEATTLE, Feb. 6.—The street car men have voted unan-

imously to join the strikers.

STRIKE FAILS IN TACOMA. TACOMA, Feb.’ 6.—The general strike in Tacoma has

failed. The street cars are running, the barber shops and res-

taurants and other places remain open. The printers are working, and special arrangements are

being made to hurry Tacoma papers with the news to Seattle, owing to the fact that the Seattle papers are suspended by the strike.

PORTLAND FEELS SAFE. PORTLAND, Feb. 6.—Labor leaders do not believe the

strike in Seattle will extend to this city.

COLORADO SENATOR SAYS SEATTLE STRIKE IS AN EX- PERIMENT IN BOLSHEVISM.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—Senator Charles Thomas of Colorado, in the Senate investigatoin of German propaganda, as a member of the Senate investigating committee, denounced the Seattle strike in the Senate today, declaring that the strikers were conducting an experiment in Russian Bolshevism in trying to take over Governmental functions.

EMPLOYEES IN NEW YORK ANTICIPATE STRIKE. NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—Building operations here are tied

up by a lockout declared by the Building Trade Employers As- sociation. This action was taken to anticipate a walkout on

the part of the employees.

MESSAGES SUBJECT TO DELAY FROM HERE. The local U. S. cable office today posted on its doors the

following message: “On account of the general strike in Seattle accept messages for delivery in Seattle subject to delay. Messages for delivery in outlying district in Seattle should not be sent collect.” #

EMPIRE TO GET NEWS SERVICE

A note to editors from the i Associated Press says: "Be- I lieve news will be unimpaired j by the strike.

1_1 SUGAR CROP IS BEING

MARKETED NOW

NEW YORK. +'eb. 6. — Cuba’s 1918-1919 sugar stop. now begin- ning to come on the market, is

wdrth approximately $500,000,000 and the current tobacco crop $200,- 000,000, according to Walter Yan Dustn, assistant manager of the Mercantile Hank of the Americas, iust returned from Cuba. He says between $200,000,000 and $300,- ooo.ooo will be required to finance these crops, Cuba’s banking facili- ties being adequate to niMt the

.situation.

TAX BUDGET IS NOW SUBMimO

WASHINGTON, Feb 6.—With the submission to Congress of the Con- ferees’ agreement on the long-de- layed war revenue bill, American people are presented with their pros- pective Federal tax budget for 1919 and ensuing years.

The tax will be $6,000,000,000 this year and $4,000,000,000 for the next

year, subject to revision by the next Congress.

The corporation Income rate has been increased for 1922 to ten per cent, front 8 per cent.

HAVE LOST MONEY. NEW YORK. Feb. Auditor of

\Vw York Railways Co. estimate* the operating expenaes for the year ending June 30, 1919. at $11,Tfl,«

<021 with deficit of $426,38$.