VOLUME XVII. NO. 47. TELEPHONE MAIN 4« NOME, ALASKA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1917. TELEPHONE MAIN 46 PRI-E 25 CENTS
WAR CRISIS COMING THIS WEEK
U. S. SHIPS AND CITIZENS NEARING WAR ZONE
FOUR BIG LINERS
REACH NEW YORK
FROM WAR ZONE
International News Service.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—Indications
that the submarine blockade of the
al'ied ports has not been very ef
fective were given today when four
litters entered this port bringing over
two thousand passengers and thou
sands of sacks of mail together with
large cargoes of freight.
One of these ships was a Cunard
liner from Liverpool which reported
an unexciting trip so far ns attacks
by submarines were concerned. The
oh ;|i was convoyed a part of the way
b> submarine destroyers. The passen
gers reported seeing hundreds of
small and large English craft on the
lcokout for enemy underwater boats.
The other vessels to arrive were
the French liner l’atria, the Italian
steamship San Gugielmo, both of
[ which passed through the war zone,
j and a steamship from l’ara.
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SENATE PASSES
ESPIONAGE AND .
CONSPIRACY BILL
Ir ••(■national News Servic®.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20.—The sm
alt today passed fourteen espionage
and conspiracy measures all embodied
in one bill.
This is one of the administration
measures which the president has
uiged be immediately passed in view
of the impending crisis The senate
veto stood sixty for to ten against.
Most of the provisions of tf>e law
are of a drastic nature and are in
tended to strengthen the hani}s of the
depsu tirent of justice in dealing with
11 -p.es of foreign nations. But the
> i 11 is confessedly aimed at the Ger
man spy t} stem which is more fur
reaching and insidious than that of
xny nation. By its provisions such
spie«, most of who mare known *o the
government, can bo sequestered where
*hcy can give no information.
RUTHLESS SUBMARINE
CAMPAIGN FAILS TO
INCREASE LOSSES
In'; national News Service.
LONDON, Feb. 20.—The average
number of ships sunk per day from
August to January waB nearly as
Isigo as the average per day since the
beginning of tierinans ruthless sub
marine campaign as shown by the
totals for the two periods.
in the six months from August un
til Januury the total number of ships
sunk by the submarines and raiders
of the enemy was one thousand.
Since the first of Febraury the nura
bci of ships totals one hundred and
twenty five.
la both totals are included some
very small vessels.
1' is considered that the tremul
ous efforts put forth by the enemy
has resulted in practical failure be
cause so little has been accomplished
at 3uch tremendous cost.
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feature photoplay will be shown to
night. The title is suggestive of the
theme, “While Fire Raged” This pro
duction rises like a requiem above the
smoke and fury of the commonplace
attraction. It points a powerful moral
and will have an unfailing interest for
the most critical. The picture is
mounted in live acts and is a blending
ot rich and exquisite sentiment—the
kind that mixes laughter and tears.
It Is a spectacular banquet that will
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better for having seen it. The usual
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NEW YORK FOR EQUAL
FRANCHISE TO WOMEN
International News Servic*.
ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 20.—Today
the assembly passed the proposed
amendment to the constitution grant
ing equal franchise to women by a
vote of 224 to 10.
JUDGE GRIGSBY'S FUNERAL
Pacifio Newt Service.
JUNEAU, Feb. 20.—The funeral of
the lute Melvin Grigsby, former dis
trict attorney at Nome, was held to
day at the family residence in Sioux
Fal's. S. D.
CONTRACT LET FOR NAVY
LARGE PROJECTILES
International Newt Service.
MIDVALE, Pa, Feb. 20.—The steel
ordnance and crucible company of this
place has received the navy projectile
contract which was first let to Hat
field’s, limited, of England, but was
not filled because of British opposi
t'tn.
GERMAN REPORT SUCCESSES.
International News Service.
BERLIN, Feb. 20.—Sucesses are of
fk'ally reported for the German forces
cn the Somme sector and before Ver
dun. German troops have captured
lie allied point of support south of
I.cLtr&natoy.
SHIPS LEAVE FOR WAR ZONE
WORLD WILL KNOW IN WEEK
IF WAR WILL BE RESULT
Internationa! News Service.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—Officials
sav that before a week has passed the
world will know whether it will be
peace or war between the United
States and Germany.
They say the die has been east and
.li outcome cannot be known until it
has stopped rolling.
They say that the issue will be de
tetmi.nd by what happens to the fleet
ot American ships svhich under di
rections of the government have sailed
for European ports. Foreign ships also
iu ve sailed bearing American pas
stagers
In a few days they will be in tin
thick of the submarine warfare and
wl.at occurs there will determine
I whether it is to be peace or war.
| WASHINGTON. Feb. 20,—The ip
pitach of an international crisis has
spurred congress to action in accord
ance with a request from the admin
tratlon.
Attention today wa3 turned to the
West Indies where much remains to
be done to Insure the safety of out
possessions in places where our grip
Is weak.
The sum of twenty five million 13
asked immediately for the purchase
of -he Danish West Indies.
11 is requested that a law be passed
ut once naturalizing the people of
Porto Kico.
The ratification of the Columbian
tuaty is asked by the senate imme
diately in order to win back the good
wiM of the people of oClumbia This
tuiely provides for the payment by
t't. United States of twenty five mil
li< 11 dollars ror the loss of Panama. j
One million and two hundred j
thousand dollars is asked at onca for
naval Improvements at the harbor of
Porto Rico.
It is probable is view of the ap
picaching climax that the house and
‘•enate v .1' accede very soon to the
d mands of the administration.
WASHINGTON. Feb. dO—The house
tfday passed the bill providing for
si If government by l’orto Ricans. It
passed without roll call
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GENERAL FUNSTON OIES OF
HEART FAILURE WHILE
AT PLAY WITH CHILD
Pacific News Service.
FL. PASO, Feb. 20.—Major General
Ft ederiek Funston fell dead last night
lr. the lobby of a hotel as he was
playing with -a five year old girl.
There was laughter and the strains of
music when the general staggeied and
fell to the floor.
An army surgeon who was in the
lobby rushed to attend the stricken
it an but he found Funston to be be
yond human assistance. The cause
of death was pronounced to be heart
failure.
Frederick Funston wus born in Ohio
in 1865. He studied at the University
of Kansas but did not complete the
J course. He married Eda Blankart in
) 898
He was a. reporter la Kansas City.
lSt'S; a botantlst on the I'nited States
Dentil Valley expedition, 1891; u com- |
mlssionei of the department of agri
cut lure to visit Alaska and report
on Its ilot.i, 1893; camped on the
Klondike, in the winter of 1893-4;
Coated down the Yukon alone in i
canoe in 1894. He was a captain,
major and lieutenant colonel In the
Cuban army 1896-7 where he served
18 minths and was wounded. He was
commanding colonel of the Twentieh
Kansas infantry which in May, 1898,
went to the Philippines; took part in
several battles and for crossing the
Rio Grande river at Columpit on u !
small bamboo raft In the face of ■
I'1 avy fire and establishing a safe
fury by means of which the United
.Mates troops were enabled to cross
m.d win the battle was promoted to
brigadier general U. S. Volunteers
and awarded a medal of hoonr. He
oiganized and commanded the expcJi
t’t.n which captured Aquinaldo, the
head of tin Filipino insurrection. For
ll is he was made brigadier general of
the regular army. He commanded the
department of California 1895-7
when the lire occurred San Fran
cisco following the earthquake. He
subsequently held important positions
aid at the time of his death was
commander of the southern depart
ment.
.-AN ANTONIO, Feb. 20.—The
#'• my of the United States here and
e’.-ewhere on the border Is in mourn
ing on account of the death of Uen
FuFnston.
\\ ASHINGTON, Feb, 20.—Major
(.’moral Pershing will be named to
succeed General P'unston as com
ic-mier of the southern department.
As a conesquence of Funslon’a
di: th there will be a vacancy In tho
fink of major general and brigadtei
K< neral Edwards now commanding in
the Panama zone will be promoted to
n u.lor general.
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international News Service.
| NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—The biggest
| riot in the history of ihU city took
place today and was participated. In
j by women and babies almost entirely,
j Over five thousand women gathered
• it. city hull square to ask for food
j for their babes and their families.
1 Their desire was to urouse the inter
est of the mayor and city officials
to tiie end that inliuence would be
brought to bear on the national gov
i eminent to keep food at home Instead
' of sending it abroad.
| The women were orderly at first
1 t'.icir only intention being to ask for
feed They held their babies aloft and
| implored sustenance for them. They
! wire led by Sweet Marie Uans.
Many city officials watched the
demonstration from the windows of
city hall. In response to urgent de
| mantis to see the mayor, his secre
1 tnry appeared on the steps of city
hall and suid that the mayor would
receive a delegation of four women.
Four leaders were therefore singled
out to act as spokesmen and they
went into the building only to learn
that the mayor had deceived them by
slipping out the back door and ignor
ing their wants completely.
When this was made known to the
jcicwd, the women became frantic with j
anger and charged city hull bent on
destruction. Window .swerc smashed
and a wild riot was soon under way.
Call after call was sent for police
rtserves and they came from all di
n ctlons in motor busses. The burl>
officers waded In among the women
aiming to segregate them into units
and thus quell the disorder The po
licemen were fought viciously by
finger nails and teeth. Many officers
were severely beaten and their uni
forms torn to shreds. Some were
bt.dlj bitten on various parts of their
hi dies; others had their hair and
mustaches pulled. I
interspersed with the shrieks of the
women and the bass commands of the
lflicers were the walls of hundreds of
| babes who were frightened and bruised
| in the melee.
| After a hard struggle the police
d spersed the mob. All the leaders
were arrested.
Comment In the special editions is
to the effect that the mayor aj'.cd
the poltroon and unnecessarily affront
ed the women who were merely pro
fiting against the high cost of liv
ing and asking relief from what they
considered to be constituted author
ity. They were mostly poor ignor
ant women to whom the mayor of New
York is a real power to appeal to,
while the federal government moans
almost nothing to them. The moyoi
is severely censured for not baton
ing to their complaints and promis
ing to help.
ENGLAND’S
WAR FUND
ENORMOUS
International News Servic*.
LONDON. Keb. 20.—Last night
Eonar Law, chanceller of the ex
chequer, announced in parliament that
popular subscriptions to the new war
lonn had then reached a total of over
seven hundred million pounds. Bank
subscriptions and others are expected
to raise thU sum to over one thou
sand million pounds.
'this stupendous war fund is de
eli. red to be England’s answer to Ger- t
I many’s boast that Engalnd is being!
ruined by the hlackade of ojbrnar'n >s. !
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BREAD CHEAPER IN
■
LONDON THAN NEW YORK ^
LONDON, Feb. 20.—Breud here is
eld freely at three and three fourths
cents per pound.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—The price of
biead here is seven cents a pound or
marly twice as high as In London
which has to Import almost Its entire
supply.
SUBMARINE SINKS HERSELF
BY RAMMING SHIP
le.emotional News Service.
LONDON, Feb. 20.—A report has
kem made of the sinking of a sub
marine which attacked a munition
ship. The submarine was apparently
out of torpedoes and attempted to
destroy the ammunition ship by ram
ming it. The result was the other
way for the submarine wa3 shatter
by the force of the collision and
immediately sank.
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