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| jj " FOOD WILL WIN THE Jj HE WHO WASTES A WAR - DON’T WASTE jj | CRUST OF RREAD l’RO- jj jj IT I LONGS THE WAR. jj jj ‘ Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post_ _ ~ v SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY. JANUARY 22,1918 TEN CENTS PER COPT Volume XI. Number J O. __—_-___ -___ ROOSEVELT IS ROASTED YSENATOR Senator Stone Makes Sensational Speech and Flays Roosevelt As Man Who Is Most Seditious In the I'nited Stales ROASTS REITBMCAN FARIA Missourian Claims the Republicans Are Attempting to lake 1 harge of the Government—Takes Rap At Political Opponents WASHINGTON. Jan. 22. acterizing Theodore Roosevelt as the most potent and willing friend of kaiser William, and the most sedi tious man of consequence in the l nit ed States. Senator William J. Stone, of Missouri, made an address in the Senate this forenoon ami boldly eha ed that the Republican leaders wei •'Mgagcd in an eJlort to make polkivv out of the war. Senator Stone declared that the R - publicans aimed to take the govern ment into their own hands by parti san criticism of the war. Senator Stone’s address is consul ted the fore runner of a bitter pui ' san strife which is siated to sooi: ap p^a r. Pining his speech the Senator rx coiciated partisanship n th ‘ war and referred to Chairman Wilcox an« Senator Pen ms e as witnesses to the plot against the government. II said that the Republicans had launched al most all of the congressional investi gations for partisan putpo e . Democratic leaders tried to dissuade bv>nc from speaking, out lie ;nsu*ted. It was announced late today that the partisan debate pro* *pit;U d by Stone in his attack on Roosevei* a ra» the Republicans will begin Iharsiui/. -a SAND POINT IS HELPING FUND OF RED CROSS Sand Point i* composed of patriotic citizens and th^'y are joining tin* Red Cross. George Sexton received in the mail on the Dora the first results of the Ked Cross Christmas campaign at that place. Thirty-one dollars was raised for tne following memberships: William Gibbons, $2; Otto Henviksen, .»2; Alel Samuelson, £2; Katie Gros void, $5; Andrew Grosvold. $•*>; Frank Mic heel sen. $5; Nellie Grosrold, , and Ralph Grosvold, $;>. GERMAN AIRPLANE ABLAZE IN MIDAIR _ — — . —— n This wouderful picture ol a Boche plane blazing In midair in* It hurtled downward is one «.f lio* most remarkable photographs made in the war. The German battleplaue was flying above the lines “somewhere in France," when a French airman got directly overhead. He dropped a bomb, hitting the Boche j machine squarely In the middle. It fell a flaming mass us this photograph was made. FIRST PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING BVNG’S ADVANCE \I,a111* machine uisti-. i*: c\ liors“*» ami cavalry ntlvuiichip on a reserve lint* road over newly captured territory ,. • < •, which the It 1 id ill 11 i stored a tern He hentlltjf to the Fenton forces. 3 hit pb.anijniph is *!»«• iin-a t«* arrive ^howim; the aetttal movent *nt^ in tin* I'ritixli victory. THREE BANDITS MAKE BIG HAUL OF VALUABLES DETROIT, Jan. 22. — Three ban-1 dits this morning entered the jewelry store of Ralph Dewey, in the down town district, bound the proprietor and two clerks and escaped with $(»(), OOO worth of valuables. The robveryj occurred shortly alter s o clock inr was not discovered until U:1»0 when ;i| customer went into the store. LIEUTENANT IS ! FOUND GUILTY ; OF DESERTION TACOMA, Jan. 22. — round guilt\ of deserting the auny while on duty on the Mexican border last year, Lieut. Jiseph \S. Conroy has been sentenced to two anti a half years to government discipline in the govern ment barracks. He will be dishonorably discharged at the end of his term. He is the first American commis sioned officer tried and convicted at Camp Lewis. til KM ANY MAY YIKLD A MSTEKDAM, Jan. 22. — Maximilian Harden, the famous editor, in the latest edition of his newspaper, says that Germany may surrender Alsace and Lor raine as a starter for peace nego tiations. A**.* t ********** MORE HERRING | PLANTS TO BE ERECTED SOON \Y. P. Studdert, rish commissioner, ga\e a most interesting talk on the* •inning industiy at the noonday iun-i choon ot the Chamber of Commerce, today. .Mr. Studdert has just return-1 •mI from Soldovia and other nearby, localities and states that the herring industry is just in its infancy and will grow from year to year. Several her ring plants will be erected this sum mer, according to Mr. ^tgddert, and St ward \\ ill be the si »}dng • oint and the center ot the tnuu t.v -« ADVERTISING FOR HELP IS DISCOURAGED WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. — The Department of Labor today issued preemptory directions to many large industrial concerns to cease thv'ir wide spread advertising for help. This is thought to be unsettling the labor supply and working hardships on the individuals who are answering the advertisements. -o MEAT INDUSTRY MAY BE TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT WASHINGTON. Jan. 22. — De mand; of the Chicago packing house employees lor the government to take control <>f the meat industry during the war has now broadened to in clude all packing plants in the Unite*! States. The employees claim that 4 he present wage scales are unjust and that the government can handle the situation in such a manner that will i prevent strikes and also give betteri working conditions. MURDERERS IN | PETROGRAD ARE TO BE ARRESTED PfiTUuGKAD, Jan. 22. — Premier Lonine today ordered the arrest of the murderers of ChungaioiT and Kokosh ki, former ministers in Kerensky’s ca binet who were killed in their beds in the marine hospital yesterday. Th murder of the former ministers has created a feeling of protest among j the Bolsheviki officials who are an- j xious to prevent the present situation j from getting beyond control. 1 ♦' MINE WORKERS ARE ASSEMBLED | IN CONVENTION INDIANAPOLIS, 1ml., Jan. 22. — With addresses of welcome by cfiT-j cials of the state and city, and the | reading of a letter from President Wilson, expressing good will toward the country’s diggers, the Biennial Convention of the United Mine Work ers* of America has beer, opened here. Delegates representing over 400, uOO organized men, some of them who; are represented for the first time in | many years, aie considering business matters. *lhe increase of wages will not be the chief business before the meeting, although many phases of la bor, relating to the present standard, will be discussed. An unusual feature is the absence of a wage scale committee which here-j to fore always has brought in a re port for higher wages. While the; delegates will make no direct requests for higher wages, it is expected they will take some action looking to the maintenance of the present standard, at least until the end of the war. -*> INACTIVITY IS REPORTED FROM i ALL THE FRONTS LONDON, Jan. 22. — Almost com-j plete inactivity persists on the Ital-; ian and French fronts. The Bui gars I heavily attacked the French positions; on the Macedonia front late yesterday but they gained no advantage. AUSTRIA IS ING TORN BY A REVOLT AND MANY STRIKES BERNE, Jan. 22.—It is reported here from authentic sources that Austrian Premier Seydler today issued a statement to the Austrian workmen who are on a strike for peace, that Austria-Hungary will continue to strive for peace along the terms previously offered. Several hundred thousand workmen in other sections of Austria today struck joining 200,000 men already on a strike forc ing the government to conclude peace with Russia and oth nations. BERLIN, Jan. 22.—Newspapers here this afternoon printed reports that the Austrian ministry has handed in their resignations, effective immediately. There is no confirmation however to these reports. LONDON, Jan. 22.—The Austrians cry for peace ac companied by incipient revolts, are featured by the news papers here today as a fact which is hurrying the dual monarchy to a crisis. Amsterdam dispatches indicate that the workmen have become desperate owing to lack of food and general weariness of the war. OPPOSITION OF PRESIDENT TO KILL MEASURE WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. — Pros pects for the enactment of legislation for contiol of war munitions under a new official went glimmering today owing to President Wilson’s denun ciation of the provram. While it is not admitted that the resolution is lead, various senators claim that the measure will never pass. SNOW STORMS IN EAST STOP RAIL TRAFFIC WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. — Heavy snow stoims are reported today over the entire west and has compelled the abandonment of scores of schedules of passenger trains. Hundreds of locomotives have been released from passenger train service during the past four days and divert ed to the coal traffic. There are now plenty of cars and these are being sent to the mines. CHINESE FIRE UPON GUNBOAT OF THE U. S. _______ WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. — Chin oy<» rebels today fired upon tne Amer ; ican gunboat Monocacy at Pekin and one sailor was killed and two wound ed. The commander of the Monocacy 1 is reported to have returned the tire , and silenced it. The Japanese steam ; er Tnyuen was also subjected to a fu siladc accoidiny to dispatches receiv ed bv the State Department. _»_ ‘BLANKS HLRE FOR RETURNS FOR INCOMES United States commissioner Whit tlesey has received a supply of the ; “individual income tax return” blanks i which will be distributed upon appli cation. The returns are for the year of 1917 and for the net incomes of not more than $.’*000. -* Head the Gateway. LARGE VESSEL TORPEDOED AND SINKING tTnusual photograph of a large six-masted sailing vessel sinking in the I north Atlantic after being torpedoed by a German submarine. Owiug to their 1 slowness sailing vesstls are comparatively easy prey for the U-boaU. 4| . yy --f •* » rr» '» .»■»—* -T IV