NOTED FINANCIERS
BEEN SUBPOENAED
TO APPEAR IX IjK.AK PROBE
•I. P. Morgan and Bernard Baruch
^VV'III Bo First Witnesses Heard at
Hesuni|>tion on Hearing Before the
Committee on Monday.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.—J. P. Mor
gan. the noted financier and Bernard
Baruch, member of the Federal Re
serve Bank Board, will be the first
witnesses before the leak prob" com
mittee on Monday and are expected
to give some important testtmony
l^aring on the alleged leak.
"Barney” Baruch, as he is <rcnt.r-!
ally known, Is the en'gma of W'all
Street for he is a trader who never
seems to care whether he makes a
fortune or loses It. He has a fortune
and says he does not need any more
money. He speculates for love of the j
game. In between times he goes to I
F lorida after tarpon or ducks or deer.
Occasionally he shows that he only
plivs the market for recreation by
gmng his whole hearted attention to
the plan for reorganizing Wabash or
Rock Island. He does a good deal of
serious reading and thinks for himself
along highly original lines. When he.
gets interested in talking with a visi- j
tor on the subject of preparedness he|
forgets a ticker is within a hun-l
dred miles of his office. He is enthu-j
siastic, has a magnetic personality.]
and will inject some interesting views
into the record of the leak inquiry!
vrtfcout admitting that he or any one
else knew anything of the President s
note until it appeared in print.
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IN BRITISH NATIONAL AFFAIRS
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i<'«»rthcoming Council of War, Which!
Premiers of Colonies Invited, Prac-1
tically Means a Democratic Feder
ation of Kinpire
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OTTAWA, Jan. 27.—London re-i
>orts tS impartant interview with |
Pyemier Lloyd George on the fortii
:oqiing war council of the Empire, to
ivh^^ line premiers of the British col
onies have been invited to give ad
■ice regarding the conduct of the war
uid Negotiations for peace. This;
council marks an epoch in the affairs
ji the empire, and practically means
he formation of a democratic feder
ition.
&UNNELL IS ASSISTING
JENNINGS AT JUNEAU
Judge Bunnell, who recently wert
jo Juneau from Fairbanks to spend
| is vacation, has gone into the har
.ess again and is hearing a number
>f equity cases in an endeavor to as
ist Judge Jennings in clearing up
he court calendar.
Several cases have been planned
a the district court 'tor months, and'
s the crimln&f calendar is supposed
o tajfe precedence, it has been found
•npossible for Judge Jennings to find
ime to hear them. {
This morning the cases of the Alas-1
t Electric Light and Power Corn-'l
lDy vs. Nels Warner and the Bamej
mpany against Eric Birkland arej
ling heard. The two cases were
mbined as they are both brought
r the power company to establish
ght and title to a right of way held
r the pipe line which takes water
on^ the flume above Gold Creek to
e power house of the plaintiff com-!
mv.^-Empire.
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tYK SOLDIERS ARE
OPPOSED TO PEACE
LONDON, Jan. 27.—Generit Mali
ce, commanding a division bn the
rench front, asserts that the settla
ent^smong the soldiers on the tiring
ne is that peace at this time would
r criminal, and that they are insis
int that the war be carried or. to, a
ctorious conclusion.
ONE SMALL PEEP COST A
"BLIND" MAN #3,."<M*.00
The Illinois Industrial board r ward
ed Peter Zyla $3,500 after deciding
he was blinded by alternating h*’at
and cold in the Chicago stockyards.
An investigator disguised as a n.ovie
director induced Zyla. who was a
pigeon fancier, to pose with Hazel
Daley, a movie picture actress, and
his pigeons. The director asked Miss
Daley to lift her skirts a trifle. She
did, and the inve3tigatd?”claims that
Zyla could not make his $3500 eyes
behave. He locked and smiled.—and
lost the award.
ALASKA SAILS
FORJHE NORTH
BREAKS HER STEERING LEVER
Returns to Port for Repairs But Got
Away for tlie North at Five O’clock
l^ast Evening—No Passengers for
Valdez. Aboard.
SEATTLE, Jan. 27.—The steam
ship Alaska of the Alaska Steamship
line, sailed from here yesterday for
Valdez and way points, but when out
a short distance broke her steam
steering lever, and was compelled tc
return for repairs. She eventually
got away at 5 o'clock last evening
She had no passengers for Valdez '
uud but one steerage for Latouche.
NOME DEMOCRATS
NAME CANDIDATES
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Strong Is Endorsed for Governor—
Close Vote Between Dimond and!
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Cochran for Judgship—Corrigon'
for Marshal anti O'Neill for At
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toruey.
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NOME, Jan. 27—At a mass meet
ing of the local Democrats held here
last evening for the purpose of sel-1
ecting candidates for the various fed
eral offices of the territory and this
division, Governor Strong was en
dorsed for reappointment.
The selection of a candidate for
federal judgship was the only one in
which there was any serious contest.
The parties nominated for the posi
tion were Attorney Cochran, of this
division and A. J. Dimond, of Valdez,
both of whom had many friends and
the vote was a close one, Cochran
won out by a small majority, but it
Is still a questnon whether or not
Le would' be the best man for tbe
position, as for a number of years
he has been Identified with the big
mining interests of this section, and
if appointed to the Judgship would
probably be disqualified from hear
ing much of the litigation now in
progress or which will arise during
the next year or two. On this ground
it Is believed that Dimond would be
better qualified for the postltion than
Cbchran.
Judge Corrigan, oi mis cuy. was
the unanimous choice of the meeting
for the position of United States
Marshal, and Hugh O’Neill was also
the unanimous choice of the meet
ing for the office of District Attor
ney. The names of the persons sel
ected will be sent to National Com
mitteeman Donohoe with instructions
to use his best efforts to secure the
nomination by the President.
Corporal Kinlock Will do Outside.
Corporal Ernest P. Kinlock, Signal
Corps, arrived on the Alameda today
from Teikhell, Alaska, for discharge
and re-enlistment. He will be dis
charged January 31, 1917. Upon re
enlisting he will be granted a three
months furlough for the purpose of
visiting his home in Chillicothe, Illi
nois. At the expiration of his fur
lough he will return to Alaska. Cor
poral Kinlock has been in Alaska
since June 13, 1913, during which
time he has been on duty at the dif
ferent telegraph stations between
Port Gibbon and Valdez.
GERMANS MAKING GAINS
ALONG NORTHERN FRONT
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TEUTONS CAPTURE TEN KILOMETER HOE RUSSIAN POSITIONS
ALONG AA RIVER AND A NUMBER O FPRIHONERS—COUNTER
ATTACKS ARE INEFFEC TIVE—GERMANS CAPTURE TRENCHES
AT HILL 304 OF THE VERDUN FRONT—FRENCH COUNTER AT
TACKS FAIL—RUSSIANS ARE STRONGLY RESISTING GERMAN
ATTACKS ON THE NORTHERN FRONT — FRENCH REPULSE
THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE.
BERLIN, Jan. 27.—By a sharp
drive the Teutons along the Aa river
captured ten kilometers of the Rus
sian positions together with 1700
Russian prisoners. Heavy counter
attacks by the Russians were ineffec
tive.
Artillery Active.
BERLIN, Jan. 27.-—The German
war office reports a heavy artillery
duel in progress along the Meuse riv
er in France.
Capture French Trenches.
BERLIN, Jan. 27.—The Germans
have captured fourteen hundred yards
of French trenches at Hill 304, east
of Haucourt on the Verdun front, the
French defenders being driven on.
with heavy losses.
Russians Retire.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 27.—A heavy
attack by the Germans compelled the
Russian forces along the River Aa to
retire half a mile.
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BERLIN. Jaji. 27.—Preparations
ire evidently in progress in France
tor one of the greatest offensive
movements in weeks. Large bodies
jf troops are being concentrated at
various points witli the intent of mati
ng a sharp drive against the German
positions.
t'dunter Attack* Fail.
BERLIN. Jan. 27.— Heavy French
counter attacks to regain possession
of the trenches captured by the Ger
mans at Hill No. 304 were made this
morning, but were ineffective.
Minor Engagement*.
BERLIN, Jan. 27.— Minor engage
ments are reported between the Teu
tons and Rumanians in Moldavia anti
the Serbians and Bulgars in Macedo
nia. where the Serbian attacks failed
cf success.
Russians Resisting.
BERLIN, Jan. 27.—The Russians
are making a strong resistance to the
German attacks and are delivering
heavy counter attack salong the Aa
river. The Germans are making a
drive across the frozen swamps in the!
direction of Riga, and have captured
500 Russian prisoners.
Germans Repulsed.
PARIS, Jon. 27.—A heavy.German
jit^c-Jr extending over three and one-;
half mile front between Avoncourt
and Verdun, was signally repulsed by
the French troops yesterday. •<
Bring* Down Plane.
PARIS, Jan. 27.—J.ieut. Guyne
mer of the aerial corps, yesterday
brought down his twenty-eighth ene
my plane on the Somme front.
$2,000,000 FIRE
VISITSPjTTSBUBG
SHOPPING DISTRICT iU'RNKD
Firemen Have a Seven-Hour Huttle
tohtiet Ilamfs Under 1'ontrol—
'iremen Are Injured, Several
ni Seriously.
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PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan. 27.—Fire
broke out at 2 o’clock this morning
in the Fifth avenue shopping district,
and before the flames were extin
guished damages tq the extent of two
million dollars had been occasioned.
For more than seven hours the entire
firefighting force of the city centered
Its efforts to bring the conflagration
under control and was one of the
hardest battles ever fought by the
department in this city. Only by al
most superhuman efforts were the
flames finally controlled.
During the fire fifty firemen were
injured, several of them seriously.
The police reserves were called out
to keep the crojvds within hounds.
ENGINEERING COMMISSION
BUYS FIFTY-TON ENGINE
SEATTLE, Jan. 27.—The Alaska
Engineering Commission has pur
chased here a fifty-ton, ten-wheeled
locomotive for the government rail
road in Alaska. The new purchase
will be used on the Alaska Northern
division of the road.
PERSHING ABANDONS HIS
MEXICAN HEADQUARTERS
EL PASO, Jan. 27.—Advices re
ceived here today state that General
Pershing, commander of the United
States expedition in Mexico, has loft
his field headquarters and is coming
north with his command.
Filipinos Out of It.
HONOLULU, Jan. 27. —United
States District Judge Vaughan, in a
decision handed down holds that Fili
pinos are ineligible for naturalization
inasmuch as they are neither white
or African descent, nor native born.
POLICE GRAB i
ICO BOOZE!
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Are Gathered In Hy llry Squad—
.Much of the Liquor Is Consignee! to
Parties in Alaska.
SEATTLE. Jan. 27.—Sergeant
Putnam, head of the police "Dry
Squad,” today made a raid on a num
ber of transfer companies hers and
seized two thousand quarts of liquor.
Much of the booze was consigi.ed’ to
Alaskan parties, but the police took
the whole quantity, regardless of
whom it was billed to.
The authorities declare that they
will hold the liquor until the claim
ants call for it, and will not release
it then unless -the applicant has a
permit for shipping it;into, the State.
COLDER AT THIS END OF
THE ROAD TODAV
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All the stations between Valdez and i
Fairbanks show below zero weather j
today with the exception of Beaver i
Dam and Wortman where the ther-1
mometer registered 4 above and 51
above respectively. Salcha records i
the coldest weather with 43 below, a
rise of 11 degrees since yesterday.!
Donnelly shows the greatest rise in
temperature of 33 degrees to 15 be
low. From Paxson this way all sta
tions recorded a drop in temperature
except Beaver Dam, where the tem
perature raised 4 degrees. At Gulka
na the drop in temperature was 30 j
degrees to 40 below, while Copper
Center showed a drop of 22 degrees.!
The worst storm of the year is repoi
ed from the Summit and a strong;
wind is reported from Tonsina a.id
all stations, this side.
POPULATION DECREASES
SWISS PAPER DECLARES
LUCERNE, Switzerland, Jan. 27—
The Gazette says that the population
of Switzerland has decreased as one,
consequence of the war. j
THAW'S CONDITION IS
BIT LITTLE IMPROVED
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 27.- liar.*
Thaw is not showing the rapid recov
ery anticipated by his physician and
is apparently little better than he was I
( week ago. He still lies in a stupor, i
paying no attention to what is going
cn about him. and is aroused with
difficulty when it is necessarv to feed, j
him or administer medicines. It Is I
s latod the chances for his recovery
f re apparently not so favorable as
during the first few days following
his self-inflicted wounds.
SIMM
WANTS BIG MONEY
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ALEXANDER REFUSES $H,tMHU.O
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Philadelphia’s Champion Mound Ar
tist Scorns Paltry Offer Made by
President of the Club and Demands
$15,000 for Season’s Work.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 27.—It if
stated that President William Baker
ot the Philadelphia National baseball
club, today received a letter iV m
Grover Cleveland Alexander, the starl
pitcher of the team, to whom he had I
had made an offer of $8,000 to pitch !
the coming season. Alexander scorns |
this paltry offer and demands $ l a.000
or will not play. __;
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Grand Trunk Liner Goes Ashore In |
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Wrangell Narrows and Is lladiy !
Damaged—Is Reported to he Leak
ing Badly—Crew Remains.
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VANCOUVER. B. C.. Jan. 27.—The j
Grand Trunk steamer Prince John, i
eperating between Prince Rupert and !
Wrangell, went ashore yesterday1
morning in Wrangell Narrows and I
sustained severe injuries to her hull j
On striking the reef the wireless op
erator of the Prince John sent out the
S. O. S. call, which was caught by the
steamer Prince Albert, of the same
line, which went immediately to the
assistance of the stranded vessel. The
passengers were all taken off in safe
ty, but the officers and crew remain
ed with the vessel. The Prince John
is leaking badly and a salvage vessel
will be sent north to make temporary
repairs, and she will be brought here
and put on the dry dock.
POLICE BATTLE WITH
.MARKHAL’S MURDERER
PIQUA, Ohio, Jan. 27.— Harvey
Hake, marshal of Covington;; Ohio,
was inBttihtly killed' yesterday when
Bert Clark shot him with a shotgun
Police from three towns battled for
four hours with Clark, who had bar
ricaded himself in his brother-in
law’s home.'* ”
CHANGES IN AGENCIES
OF ADMIRAL S. S. LINE
SEATTLE; Jan. 27.—The Pacific
Steamship Company has announced
the following cHanges in the agencies
of the company* in Alaska. S. H. Ew
ing. formerly agent for the compahy
at Juneau, has been appointed to the
general agency of the’ company in
Alaska, with headquarters at Juneau,
while B. F. Watson;' who formerly
held this position, has been made
agent at Cordova.
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Chicago Drops 174 Employes. '
CHICAGO. * Jan. 27.— Financial
stringency caused the Chicago coun
cil finance committee yesterday to or
der that the services of 174 employes
of the city be dispensed with. Among
those ordered dropped was Col. Fran
cis A. Eastman, 80 years old, post
master of Chicago 48 years ago, and
for the last nine years city statisti
cian.
GETSJEW LIGHI
'FRISCO WOMEN VISIT CHITtCIt
Five Hundred Denizens of ’ Frisco'*
Red Figlit Distrirt Tell Minister
Many Things He Did Not Know In
Regard to Fife He Condemned. ,
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 27.—Five
hundred women of the underworld to
day invaded the Central Methodist
Episcopal church in this city where
services were being held by the Rev.
Paul Smith, the well known vice cru
sader. The minister, who had been
haranguing the fallen women in re
gard to their lives, was taken to task
for a number of statements he haH
tecently made.
The women asserted that a vas
majority of the women in the restrict
ed district were not only willing io
lead decent lives but were anxious to
live honestly if they could find em
ployment at wages that would insure
proper food and clothing. Under the
present conditions they asserted thai
it would take twenty dollars a week
to live decently, with shoes at ten
dollars a pair and food prices ever
soaring higher.
They ridiculed the minister's state
ments as to the sum a woman could
live on and the ease with which it
could lie earned in honest, employ
ment,. and cited to him the wages
paid women in this city, which, they
said were so low as to be responsible
for the wrongdoing of many of the
unfortunates who had adopted » life
of shame.
The minister was completely over
come by the statements of the women
and in a broken voice tendered then:
his sympathy, and said that their vis
it had thrown a new light upon the
subject on which he had believed him
self well informed.
NEW PROPOSAL
FROM GERMANY
REPORTED HE FORTHCOMING
Rumor Current in l^mdun tiiat the
Kaiser, In Celebration of Birthday
Will Make More Acceptable Terms
for Peace Negotiations.
LONDON, Jan. 27.—Today is the
fifty-eighth anniversary of the birth
day of the German Emperor, and it is
rumored that he is planning; In cele
bration of the event, to submit to tho
Entente Powers, a new peace propo
sition with more acceptable terms.
This rumor is said to have come from
an authentic source, and the receipt
of the new proposition is being await
ed with interest.1 ! • '• *' '
ONE-CENT POSTAGE TO
BE FOUGHT IN HOUSE
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 27.—
The annual postofflce appropriatio:
bill, carrying $325,553,000. has been
taken up in the House, with prospects
of a lively fight over its provisions
for 1 cent local postage, for curtail
ment of pneumatic tube service and
for the creation of a zone system and
increased rates for second class mail
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COUNTERFEITER NABBED
ON CAPITOL HILL
SEATTLE. Jan. 27.—Frank E.
Nichols, a California chicken rancher
was arrested here last night on the
charge of operating a silver dollar
counterfeit plant on an extensive
scale in the fashionable residence
district of Capitol Hill. Molds and
new coins recently made were confis
cated by the authorities. 1
Ijadies' Night at MoOse.
Remember, the ladles have charge
of the dance and lunch tonight at the
Moose Hall. It
See the big advertised program a<
:hc Empress for tomorrow night.