WITNESS FOILS
LEON PROBERS
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UKFT8E8 TO DIVl'I/GE NAMES
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Kutli Visconti Apjiears Before Leak
Investigating Committee, But Will
Not Tell Names of Informants—
Sheris Tears When Questioned.
WASHINGTON. D, C., Feb. 9.
Ruth Visconti, who is alleged to have
informed Lawson as to the names if
persons implicated in the alleged leak
of the German peace note, outwitted
the probers today, before whom she
appeared as a witness. She refused
to divulge to the committee the nan s
of the party who informed her of tha
alleged connection of the President's
secretary, Tumulty, with the leak, and
the price he was supposed to have re
ceived for delivering the informs
tion. The witness tearfully declared
that the $1,000 she deposited in the
1 ank in December was honestly earn
ed, and was not secured through any
j connection with the leak.
SPANISH SHIPS FIRED ON;
ANOTHER SINKS
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PARIS. Feb. 9.—The Spanish'
steamer Pairra, eii route for Vigo,
Spain, with a cargo of cement was
bombarded by a German submarine!
today. The vessel was badly dam
rged and one sailor wounded.
The Spanish steam Dos de Noviem- J
hre is reported sunk in a dispatch |
from Madrid. One sailor was rep.iil-j
cd drowned.
DETENTION GERARD;
DELIBERATE INSULT
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ENGLAND IS MUCH EXERCISED!
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Press Declares Sinking of California
ami Turina Without Warning An
Overt Act Which Will Precipitate
War With Germany.
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LONDON, Feb. 9.—The press and |
public here are very much concerned j
over the detention by Germany of the!
American Ambassador Gerard until
France and Great Britain had granted
;. safe conduct to Von Bernstorff. This
is considered a deliberate and pre
meditated insult to the United States,
and will undoubtedly result in widen
ing the breach between the United
States and Germany. The newspapers
also declare that the sinking of the,
liner California and the Turino, with
American citizens aboard, and with-,
out warning, constitutes an overt act
which must result in a declaration of
war against Germany by the United
States.
The stories told by the survivors of
these ships are such as to enrage the
entire country. In the case of the
California two torpedoes were fired
by the submarine, both of which took
effect. One struck the hull amidships
exploding with terrific force and tear
ing a gaping hole which sent the ves
sel to the bottom in seventeen min
utes.
Valdez In Port.
The steamer Valdez of the Alaska
Steamship Line, arrived in port about
10 o'clock last night, with a cargo of
1,000 tons of coal for the Valdez
Dock Company. She will probably be
here for several days unloading.
PINZON TEAM WILL BE
SUBSTITUTED FOR IJSCUM
Owing to the Liscum boat being
laid up today for the purpose of clean
ing the boilers, the Fort Liscum bas
ketball team will be unable to ajppear
tonight for the game scheduled with
the Moose team.' Because of this the
Pinzon team has been substituted for
the aggregation and the game will be
played in Moose Hall tonight at 9
o'clock according to schedule. The
young ladies, composing the Whites
t.nd Blues will also contest for su
premacy.
Albert Strong of Ellamar is a visi
tor in town.
REV. GERA8IX (X CHARGE
OF WORK AT KODIAK
Among the passengers who sailed
west on the Admiral Evans was Rev.
F’aUier Gerasln of the Russian church
from Sitka who will be in charge at
Afognak and Kodiak. Father Gerasin
went westward to assume charge of
the pariah of F’ather Petelin who died
there in 1914.
Father Petelin was the hero of the
eruption of Mt. Katuiai in 1912. At
that time heplaced the natives from
the village of Katmai in canoes and
with them paddled for miles along
the coast to Cold Bay, saving all the
inhabitants of the village. For a time
it was thought he was lost in the
clouds of ashes from the volcano
which settled over and buried the
country for miles in every direction.
GERMAN SOCIETY
APPROVES BREAK
PLEDGES SUPPORT TO GERMANY
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Delegates to Convention of German*
American Alliance Approve Policy
of Government and Pledge to Take
Up Arms for Country.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 9.—Dele
gates from twenty-eight states to the
convention of the German-American
Alliance in session here, representing
a membership of three million people, j
today passed a resolution indorsing |
the diplomatic break with Germany,
and pledging its members to shoulder
arms in defense of the country in the
event of war, and turn over to the
American Red Cross Society the mon
t,
ey already raised for German war
relief.
Admiral Evans Sails South.
The steamship Admiral Evans ar
rived in port from the westward about I
3:30 this morning and sailed south
about 6 o’clock. The passengers book
ed from here were John Emel for Se
attle, “Dad” Ingram, E. E- Ritchie.
J. G. Dorsh, John Burns. Otto Ear
son and John Frolich for Cordova; W.
M. Macintosh for F'dalgo. The Evans
will stop in at Fidalgo bay and take
on a cargo of copper ore at the mi-.es
of the Fidalgo Mining Company, of i
which Mr. Macintosh is the managing
owner.
ADVISES USE
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BETTER FOR SUMMER SERVICE
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H. H. Jones, of Valdez, Now In Seat
tle Conferring With Postal Author
ities—Will Be Bidder on Mail Con
tract Valdez to Fairbanks.
SEATTLE, Feb. 9.—H. H. Jone3
of Valdez is in the city in connection
with the proposed summer mail ser
vice between Valdez and Fairbanks.
He is consulting with the postofhco in
spectors here regarding the schedules
and declares that using heavier cars
than were employed last year with a
capacity of several passengers and
heavier loads of mails and express,
the run between Valdez and Fair
banks can be easily accomplished in
seven and one-half days. Jones was
interested in the contract last year
and will be a bidder on thiB year’s
contract.
Don’t forget the basketball games
at Moose Hall tonight.
E.-E. Ritchie left on the Evan: for
Cordova on a business trip.
Carl Nelson and his sister, Mrs.
Hogbloom, arrived this morning from
Ellamar.
John Johnson and wife of Ellamar
are visitors in town.
Messrs. Merrill and Hone employed
in the store at Ellamar came up on
the Tokeh Lou today for a short stay. I
ROUSING MEETING LAST NIGHT
Member of the Alaska Engineering
Commission at Nenana Initiates a
Movement for Organizing Territo
rial Troops.
SEATTLE, Feb. 9.—Advices receiv
ed here from Nenaua, Alaska. s*ate
that in the event of war Alaska will
be one of the first to offer troops to
the government. Lieut. Thomas Riggs
jr„ member of the Alaska Engineer
ing Commission at Nenana. is forming
the first unit of the Alaska militia,
and at a rousing meeting held at Ne
nana last night, the nucleus of the or
ganization was formed.
THINK VALDEZ A FROZEN-IN
PORT DURING WINTER
Recent mail from the States shows
that residents of Washington still are
unaware that Valdez is an open port
all the year round. The writer ex
presses sympathy with the people of
Valdez over the recent fire and hopes
“that they will have provisions enuf
to run them until the opening of nav
igation in the spring.”
A little missionary work on the
.part of some of our people going cut
!stde would not come amiss.
KNEW NOTHING
OE NEW DEGREE
DANISH VKSSKL SI NK BY SIR
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Captain and Crew Landed at London
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New Ruling by Germany, Having
Been Out of Communication.
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| LONDON, Feb. 9.—'The Danish
ship Kruse, with seventeen Danish
; sailors aboard, has been sunk by a
German submarine. The captain of
the Kruse, who has been landed here
with the crew, states that he was ig
norant of the new decree, having
been out of touch with communica
tion for some time prior to the dec
laration by Germany.
No Peril From Japan.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 9.—
It was stated today on high author
ity that a perfect understanding has
been reached between the United
States and Japan in working out a
new immigration law and that on
neither side is there any apprehen
sion of friction or difficulty.
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Saloons Kept Closed.
NEWPORT, R. I.—By order of
Mayor Burdick, not a bartender or
proprietor of a saloon was permitted
to enter his place to clean up Sunday
morning. This action is believed to
hare followed complaint by Com
mander Rufus Z. Johnston of the Na
va! Training Station that a seaman
apprentice and minor returned to the
station last Sunday night under the
influence of liquor.
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Urges Name for the War.
PARIS, Feb. 9.--Jules Roche, Re
publican Deputy for Ardeche, intro-1
duced a bill In the Chamber of Depu- j
ties today requiring Government oi!i-;
cials, officers, judges, newspapers, j
and.(every one making any public ref- J
orence to the war to name it "The
Cerman invasion,”, under penalties
provided for those a<aing the coun
tries hostile to Frai.ce. The object of
the measure, the Deputy says, is to ,
prevent a false concept;on historically :
of the origin of the war. Mr. ltoche,
and his colleagues who support the !
bill, point out that history refers to'
certain previous wers as invasions by [
Attila, by the Teutons and by the!
Cimbrians. % j
Jack CgrMdl, who is engaged in j
some plumbnig and steamfittlng work j
for the Ellamar Mines Company at;
Ellamar, was an arrival in town this
morning. i
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GERMANY HOLDS AH HOSTAGES
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Dispatch iVom Amsterdam States
Gerard and Other Americans Held
to Insure Safe C-onduct for Von
Bernstorff and Interned Crews.
LONDON, Feb. 9.—A dispatch re
ceived here today from Copenhagen
states that Germany demands safe
conduct for Von Bernstorff and h's
suite and the crews of the German
steamers interned in United States
ports before releaisng Gerard and the
other American residents in Germany,
and the American sailors brought,
into a German port on the captured
steamer Yarrowdale.
ITALIAN BANKS JOIN
tN LOAN TO RUSSIA
PARIS, Feb. 9.—Several Italian
banks acting -In concert and headed by
!the Bank of Italy, have loaned 2P0.
j 000 lires to the Russian government,
jsays a Milan dispatch to the Temps.
The proceeds of the loan are to be
applied to making payments for war
supplies purchased in Italy, princi
pally aviation materials and chemi
cals.
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Steamer of the Scandinavian Amer
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I ican Line from Xetv York.
WASHINGTON. I). C.. Feb. 9.—
[Advices received by the State Depart
ment this morning state that G'oat
I Britain has granted safe conduct
! Ambassador von Bernstorff and his
suite. The Ambassador will leave
[within a day or two on a Scandina
vian American line steamer sail nr
from New York.
RAISE OF BAIL ON
EX-CONSUL BOPP
SAN FRANCISCO.—Fearing that
j Le would attempt to get out of the
! country, Ex-Consul Bopp was called
'into court today and his bail raised
ifrom $10,000 to $25,000. Bopp said
! that he could not put up that amount
and would have to stay in jail.
CUBE MINE MILL HAS
BEGUN OPERATION'S
The machinery for the mill at the
Cube Mine has been completely In
stalled and Tuesday was turned over
! for the first time. Everything was
I found to work in a satisfactory man
ner, and yesterday the mill was[
started up grinding out the yellow
metal from the ore.
Gasoline Inquiry Proposed.
DALLAS. Texas.—Several oil com
panies have recently posted advances
ot 1 cent a gallon on gasoline making
the retail price 20 cents instead of 10
cents. The claim is made that this
advance was made necessary by the
posted advance in the price of crude
oil. The Attorney-General’s depart
ment of Texas, however, takes the
position that the recently posted ad
vance of 1.0 cents a barrel in the
price of crude oil at the refineries has
not had time to affect tho retail price
of gasoline, and there is talk of an
investigation to determine the cause
of the advance, which was posted si
multaneously by a number of compa
nies in Dallas and other Texas lities.
Capt. George Waldron came up last
evening on his launch from Fidalgo
Lay. He was accompanied by “Skook
um” John Erickson.
The launch Tokeh Lou arrived in
port this morning from Ellamar with
a number of passengers.
BIG BRIDGE SPAN FALLS;
WITH 20 WORKMEN
SPOKANE, Feb. 9.—Two men
were killed and two are dying from
injuries and eight were seriously in
jured when the concrete arch of the
city bridge being erected over the
Spokane river collapsed this morning
The arch was 250 feet in length and
jwas practically completed when the
• break occurred, dropping 26 men in
to the turbulent Btream. Eye wit
nesses expected that all would be lost
and were greatly surprised to see
many of the men who fell swim ashore
unhurt.
Wm. Macintosh, the Fidalgo Bay
mining man, went down on the Evans
to that port, where the steamer will
take on a cargo of ore from his mine.
SPAIN PROTESTS
AGAINST POLICY
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SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN ILLEGAL
Spanish Government Vigorously De
nounces Submarine Campaign—
Government Disapproves of Ger
man Policy.
| MADRID, Feb. 9.—The Spanish
government has handed to the Ger
man-ambassador here, its reply to the
German note announcing its intent to
indulge in an unrestricted submarine
!campaign against all vessels entering
or leaving British. French and MeJ j
iterranean ports. The note is a warm j
expression of the government's diaap-l
! proval of the German policy, declar
ing that such a campaign as projected
by Germany is vithout the pale of le
gality.
ARGENTINE REPLIES TO
GERMAN SUBMARINE DECREE
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BUENES AIRES. Feb. 9.—Argen
tine has handed her reply to the Ger-,
man decree of unrestrained warfare
to the German minister. The repl.-,
elates that Argentine will observe the'
international rulings, and will hold i
Germany responsible for any violatioi. j
of these rules.
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Rrtlguny Preparing Protest.
MONTEVIDEO, Feb. 9.—The gov-|
eminent of Auruguay is preparing a j
strong note of protest against the Gei
man policy of unrestrained subma
rine warfare, and will forward the
note to Berlin at an early date.
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ASKED FOR CLEAR DEFINITION
Senator From North Dakota Intro
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duces Resolution Asking for Clear
Statement of Administration Stand
On Submarine Question.
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WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 9.—
Senator McCumber. of North Dakota,
this morning introduced a resolution
in the Senate asking President Wilson
to instruct Attorney-General Gregory
to submit to Congress a statement
clearly defining the stand of the ad
ministration on the submarine ques
tion and the legal reasons for such a
stand. The resolution was temporal'
ily tabled. 1
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Horace C. DeLine, accompanied by
|Mre. DeLine and daughter Helen, ar
rived on the Admiral Svans this
| morning from Seward, where he hasj
been employed with the Alaska Engl - j
neering Commission. Mr. DeLine has |
accepted the appointment as Deputy
Marshal here to succeed C. W. Moss
man.
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Dr. J. A. Silverman received on the [
Admiral Evans a photograph of a
huge Kodiak bear recently killed on
the island, together with the hunter;
who bagged him. The animal was a;
monster. The photo is on exhibition j
in the window of the Owl Drug Co.
GERARD GRANTED
HIS PASSRORT
BE ESCORTED TO SWITZERLAND
Special Train Will Be Granted Amer
ican Ambassador Witli a Military
Guard to Assure His Safe Arrival
at the Border.
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BERLIN, ‘ Feb. 9.—The govern
ment has received official notification
of the safe conduct granted by France
and Great Britain to Ambassador to
the United States, von Bernstorff. Fol
lowing this notification the passports
demanded by the American Ambassa
dor Gerard have been prepared and he
will be given a special train to bear
|him to the Swiss border, and will be
I attended by a military guard to insure
bis 3afe arrival at his destination.
Germany has been withholding the
passport of the Ambassador until as
sured of the safe-conduct on Von
Bernstorff.
Germans Deny Report.
BERLIN. Feb. 9. --According to an
announcement sent oat from London
the report that Cardinal Mercisr was
recently refused permission to visit
| Rome is untrue. It stated that the
German authorities in Belgium have
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jhitn for a passpost for that purpose.
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GERARD LEAVES
BERLIN SUNDAY
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German Government Will Not Abide
by Terms of Treaty Permitting
Merchants to Remain Nine Months
to Close l'p Business.
BERLIN, Feb. 9.—The United
States Ambassador Gerard will leave
here on Sunday, for Switzerland. Ger
many refuses to reaffirm the treaties
between the United States and Ger
many of 1799 and 1828 by the terms
of which merchant citizens of either
country in the other are permitted to
remain for nine months for the pur
pose of closing up their business.
WILL MAKE LONG TRIP
OVERLAND WITH l»OGH
I E. VV. Smith, representing the
I Black Manufacturing Company of Se
attle, has purchased from the Dau
Wilsey Kennels a team of four dogs,
and from line inspector Rudides of
the signal corps three dogs, and will
leave on the next boat for Seward
with his outfit. He will be joined
at Seward by Jack Moulton, the well
known representative of the Seattle
Hardware Company, and together
they will mush over the trail to the
Iditarod, and thence up the Yukon
and Tanana rivers to Fairbanks, vis
iting all the camps en route. Mr.
Moulton is now at Cordova awaiting
the arrival of his dog team from Fair
banks where they were left last year.
Mr. Moulton has made his trip every
spring for the past 13 years, and is
an experience^ musher. This will be
Mr. Smith’s first trip overland, and
he has signed up with the Black Mfg.
Company and the Seattle Hardware
j.Co. for a period of ten years to make
[the trip each year, this being Mr.
;Moulton’s last trip. They will expect
|to complete the trip some time in
I April and will come out via the gov
ernment road to Valdez or Chltiuu
Gontpers Gets the Habit.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 9.—
An appeal to organized labor in Ger
many to throw its influence against
widening the break between the two
countries was cabled to Berlin by
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor today.
Watson Passes Juneau.
The steamer Admiral Watson pass
cd Jnr.enu. northbound, at l o’cl'-eU
on the morning of the Sth and is ex
pected to arrive here tomorrow.