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PETROGRAD SAYS ROIIMANIA
IS CONCENTRATING HER ARMY
ROUMANIANS ARE ARMING
PETROGRAD, Feb. 2.—It is stated here that four
tifths of the entire army of Roumania is now under arms
and is concentrated on the Bulgarian and Hungarian
fronts, giving every appearance of getting ready to cross
over and attack the Austrians anil their neighbors to the
south. Jonescu. the leader of the Roumanian anti-Ger
man party, has started another campaign in favor of
launching the country on the side of the Entente allies
and the feeling is stronger than ever here that Roumania
will soon drop her neutrality..
WILL INTERNE THE APPAM
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—The belief in official circles
is that the liner Appani which was captured by the Ger
mans will be regarded as an auxiliary cruiser and will be
interned till the end of the war. It is thought possible
that a German submarine accompanied the Appam across
the ocean but there is no proof of this. In the meantime
the event has created a peculiar international question
and it remains the chief subject of comments on the war.
The British ambassador has issued a warning to British
ships as the taking of the Appam proves that the German
raiders are busy on the routes between the United States
and Europe. Another matter which comes up as a result
of the arrival of the Appam is the caring for the five or
six hundred prisoners who came here on the vessel.
DEADLOCK IN GALICIA
VIENNA, Feb. 2—The official advices from the
Galician front are that fighting has ceased for the time
being. The losses of the Russians in the recent offensive
were tremendous. In one attack on a trench the enemy
lost over a thousand men who were thrown forward reck
lessly in face of a slaughtering machine gun fire. The
opinion here in military circles is that a lull will now con
tinue until more favorable weather conditions prevail.
TURK HEIR KILLS SELF
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 2.—Prince Yusseff Izzedin, heir
apparent to the sultan of Turkey, has committed suicide
bv severing the arteries of his neck because of ill health.
It is said, however, that he and the sultan disagreed on
various subjects and some rumors indicate that something
other than ill health was responsible for the act but there
is no tangible evidence to prove the truth of such reports.
ERZERUM NOT SURROUNDED
ATHENS, Feb. 2.—Constantinople reports that the
Turkish government has ordered the evacuation of the
city of Erzerum by the Turkish garrison. It has been re
ported that the city was surrounded but the fact that the
Turks have ordered its evacuation proves this not to be
true. It is evident from all reports that the Russians are
winning in the Caucasus region, however.
NO ANSWER FROM BERLIN
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—The answer of Berlin to
the last Lusitania note has not yet been received. Bem
storff declares that its arrival may be expected very soon.
He is also confident that it will be found very favorable.
AMERICANS ON APPAM
NORFOLK, Feb. 2.—Several of the people brought
here on the captured liner Appam are Americans who
were traveling either on that ship or on some of the others
captured previously by the raiders.
INNOKO CAMP HOLDING
ITS OWN VERY WELL
That the Ophir camp is holding up
fine and maintainirg its place as a
solid district is what B. B. Smith said
this afternoon when he arrived by dog
team from that country. No new
strikes have been reported in the in
terior this winter but the miners in
his section are well satisfied. Be
hind Mr. Smith on the trail is Charles
Engquist, ow’ner of the Grand Hotel,
Iditarod. Mr. Engquist will get in
this evening or tomorrow.
Mrs. Charles Hubbard came in from
the Blue Bell mine yesterday.
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LINOTYPE OPERATOR
ONE OF MISSING
JUNEAU, Feb. 2.—The wife of A.
W. Brown, formerly day operator on
the Juneau Dispatch, has received a
| card from him which says he in in
tended to leave with the launch On
ward which has since been reported
to have gone ashore on Fire Island.
She is very uneasy.
The story about the launch Onward
having been beached on Fire Island
was all invention and whoever is re
I sponsible for it ought to cable that
woman and relieve her mind.
Senate Now Votes
For the Filipinos
Commits Itself as Favoring Independ
ence in Four Years.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. — Last
evening the senate voted in lavor ot
granting autonomy to the Philippine
islands in four years. In the voting
on the day before on tho MeCumber
amendment the senate voted the op
posite way but the amendment asked
for immediate autonomy. The ques
tion now is whether the favorable
vote bimls the senate to independence
for the islands or not.
PRESIDENT’S TRAIN
BACKS INTO CROWD
GRIN NELL, la., Feb. 2.—The train
of the president backed into a crowd
of three thousand people last evening
and for a time a horrible accident
threatened. In the rush to get away
from the train several people were
thrown down, including six children,
but all were rescued without serious
injury. Mr. Wilson continues to meet
magnificent receptions wherever he
gow.
CARS CAPSIZE ON
* PENNA. RAILROAD
JOHNSTOWN, Penn., Feb. 2.—
When a train on the Pennsylvania
railroad got ditched last night
through a faulty rail several of the
cars turned over but only three people
were injured. One woman is serious
ly hurt but this was the only really
serious result of the accident.
PHILATHAE SOCIETY
HAS NICE EVENING
The entertainment given by the
young ladies of the Philathae society
at the Methodist church last evening
was largely attended and thorough
ly enjoyed by all present. There wore
several numbers in addition to those
that had been previously announced
through the press. Every number on
the program was enthusiastically ap
plauded, some of the performers be
ing recalled again and again. At the
close of the performance delightful
refreshments were served. The suc
cess vs^iich attended the initial en
tertainment of the Philathae society
would indicate that this organization
is going to be fully appreciated as a
factor in the social and religious life
of the community.
CHURCH CARD PARTY
LARGELY ATTENDED
The card party in the basement of
St. Peter’s church last evening was
largely attended and was very pleas
ant. All tastes in games were satis
fied but Bridge was the the predomi
nant feature. The basement was oc
cupied by all the tables it could com
fortably hold and the tables were all
occupied in turn. During the evening
a very nice lunch was served. William
Sauers won the first prize for gentle
men. Mr. Clark was the winner of
the prize for bachelors. (This is the
way the paper got it but let no one
think for a minute there is any knock
against bachelors intended.) Mrs.
Weir won the prize in Five Hundred,
and Miss Wold got the consolation
trophy.
MOVING GRIFFITH HOUSE
Harry Hoben’s company .is engaged
moving the Griffith house from lot 26
block 10. The house was purchased
some time ago by Mr. Hoben and will
be used as an ice house.
MEETING HERE
NEXT MONDAY
0. P. COMMITTEE CALLED FOB
THAT DAY AND HERRON
AND IRVING COME.
JUNEAU, Feb. 2.—The meeting of
the Republican Territorial Committee
nas been called for Seward next Mon
day, February 7, and Charles E.
Herron, the chairman, leaves for Sew
ard on the Northwestern which left
Seattle last Sunday. Herron has been
here for some days anc takes the ship
here. On the same boat will go
George Irving who has all the proxies
but one of the members of the comit
tee from this division. Irving says he
is for a united Republican party in |
Alaska with open primaries and
pledges of good faith.
(Note: The statement that Irving
and all the men whose proxies he
holds are for a united party in the
territory rather indicates that an at
tempt is about to be made by Wick
ersham to secure the nomination, as
this paper has suggested from time to
time.)
SON OF LOS ANGELES
INVENTOR KILLS MAN
Shot Four People Because He Thought
r They Were Laughing
at Him.
ALBANY, Feb. 2.—Harold Severey
who claims to be the son of a Los
Angeles inventor shot four persons
here last evening because he believed
they had “made grimaces” at him.
One of the persons shot will die.
After his arrest the police found a
pistol silencer in his sleeve. The
Silencer was operated by a wire. Its
presence is taken by the authorities to
indicate that Severey is a homicidal
maniac who had prepared deliberately
to take lives.
Money Put Up For
Big Walk Contest
Third Man Offers To Put Up Another
$100 and Get In the
Race.
The $100 to go to the winner of the
Anchorage to Seward and return
walking content has been put up, ac
cording to advices received today
from Anchorage. This is the contest
for which Carl Christensen, of An
chorage, challenged all comers and
for which George Kosmos took him
up. A third man has now offered to
get in the race if the other parties so
desire. He offers to put, up a hundred
dollars if each of the other two puts
up a similar sum, but he only makes
this as a suggestion and does not wish
it butt in unless the others are will
ing. Christensen has not communi
cated with anyone about the race
here and Kosmos is waiting to hear
from him.
SEWARD BUSINESS MEN
SAY ANCHORAGE FINE
T. W. Hawkins, of the firm of
Brown& Hawkins, and Sidney Ander
son, vice-president of the Bank of
Seward, returned last evening
from a visit to Anchorage and
speak very well of the new city.
Some four hundred men are on the
government payroll there and the
business people are optimistic. Sev
eral people want to begin building but
not a stick of lumber can be found
for the purpose. Mr. Anderson
selected a site for the building of the
Bank of Anchorage.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—Senator
Ollie James of Kentucky gets more
pleasure out of his early evening
rides around the Speedway in an open
faced, sea going, night liner hack,
than he gets out of almost anything
else he does in Washington.
ELEVEN PEOPLE MEET DEATH
IN STORM NEAR PETERSBURG
Wants Seward to
I
Raise Some Money
Anchorage Has $1000 I*or Dog Race
and Asks This City For
$750.
Anchorage has collected a thousand
dollars for the dog race which is 1
scheduled for March 17 and through
Fronk Cotter, a member of the com
mittee, that city now sends word to
this city that Seward is asked to con
tribute seven hundred and fifty dol
lars towards the prize money. Mr.
Cotter came over last evening on a
business trip and will probably take
up the matter with the Commercial
Club, of which he is a member, and
also with the public generally. The
next race to be run under the auspices
of the Anchorage Kennel Club will be
a “Matinee Race” for ladies. It will
be brought ofT on St. Valentine’s Day
and the course will be to Bud Whit
ney’s ranch, seven miles, and return.
On that evening the Club’s big dance
will be held.
ANCHORAGE NOTES
ANCHORAGE, Feb. 3. — Harry
Landers is here to ship two carloads
of freight for the Gold Bullion mine.
It is the first substantial shipment
over the government railroad. It can
be sent as far as Peter’s creek.
Marshal Wardell will leave for
Seward in the morning with a de
mented man named Frank Schultz.
Colonel Revell leaves today with
the Iditarod and Susitna mail.
STAMPEDING TO THE
LEWIS RIVER SECTION
ANCHORAGE, Feb. 3.—Reports
from Susitna say that quite a move
ment is taking place to Lewis river
where the gold strike was recently re
ported.
THE WAR IS MAKING
JAP MILLIONAIRES TOO
T0K10, Jan. 31.—The European
war has brought undreamed of pros
perity to Japan. Evidence of this is
found not only in the enormous in
crease in the gold reserve but in the
fact that the Japanese newspapers
are busy chronicling the rise of many
new-made millionaires, who plunged
early in the war and emerged with
riches. The leading shipyards of
Japan have filed orders which will
keep them busy for three years, n
Thanks to the withdrawal of German
vessels, Japanese shipping is enjoying
the greatest prosperity in its history.
Shipping men are predicting that
Japan will in a few years have a
mercantile marine second only to that
of England. They believe, too that
shipbuilding is destined to become a
great national industry in Japan. A
Japanese named Uchida, who at the
outbreak of the war was a clerk, saw
that a naval war meant a golden
harvest for shipping. He left his desk
and launched a shipping business,
chartering small vessels. Now he
owns four steamers and has cleared
| more than $1,000,000. In Tokio the
Yamashita Shipping company, con
trolled by a business man of that
name, has netted $2,500,000. Japan's
gold reserve has increased by $100,
000,000. She now has in reserve
$250,000,000.
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Mrs. Lee van Orsdale arrived last
evening from Anchdrage and will
visit here for a while. Her husband
is a business man who intends to
settle in this part of Alaska.
Carl Stangneth has arrived in the
* city from his place down the bay.
JUNEAU, Feb. 2.—Eleven men
lead, eight drowned and three frozen,
is the frightful toll taken in this
vicinity by the storms which raged
iuring the past couple of weeks. At
least Petersburg advices declare all of
Lhe eleven lost and those advices seem
to be given positively. It is estimated
that by the storms of the period men
tioned a property loss of a hundred
i thousand dollars has been inflicted
along the southeastern coast. The
breaking of plate gla.^3 windows by
the terrific wind in this city alone
caused a loss of several thousands.
Several small vessels were swamped
and it is feared that even worse may
remain to be told. The storm quieted
down last Tuesday and the sun is
now shining brightly.
BELIEVE GOLD FOUND
CLOSE TO ANCHORAGE
A bunch of gold was brought to
this city yesterday by T. W. Hawkins
which in all likelihood was discovered
in some new' diggings near the town
of Anchorage. The gold first came
into the possession of Mr. Hawkins
through the Anchorage branch of the
Brown & Hawkins Company. He was
in Anchorage at the time and asked
the men where they hud found the
dust but they declined to say although
it was rather intimated that the
scene of the find wsa not very far off.
The men admitted that they had re
cently dug it out but they told noth
ing further and even their names are
lost to memory. The amount of the
dust brought to Seward yesterday
was twenty ounces.
SEATTLE TRAFFIC IS
BROUGHT TO AN END
SEATTLE, Feb. 2.—Fi»r twenty
four hours not a street car has run in
this city, nor has a train entered or
left it because of the unprecedented
storm which continues unabated. The
streets are covered with over two
feet of snow and the street car service
has been entirely abandoned. Every
room in the downtown hotels has been
reserved by suburbanites who found it
impossible to get to their homes. The
schools are all closed and no relief is
in sight.
PORTLAND ISOLATED
SEATTLE, Feb. 2.—(Later)-The
storms continue ami not a street car
is running. Thousands of people are
unable to get to their homes at some
distance from the center of the city
and for two days no train has entered
or left the city. All the railroads art
completely blocked but it is said the
companies have promised to start
train service in the quickest possible
time. Portland has Lecome complete
ly isolated from communication with
the outside world by telephone or tele
graph. At Silverton and other places
immense damage is threatened when
the thaw' comes.
RICH STRIKE ON THE
MARTIN MINE, WILLOW
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ANCHORAGE, Feb. 3.—Foreman
Bert Stewart who is in charge of the
development work on the Martin
property on Willow creek has discov
ered a rich vein four feet wide under
the debris from the mountain above.
The strike is most important.
(Note: this information came late
this afternoon and no chance was
given to get further particulars. It is
possible that a slide uncovered a
ledge.
WILL GOVT. BUILD AT
FOOT OF ADAMS ST.
A rumor has got in circulation to
the effect that the government rail
road commission has drawn up plans
for a new dock at the foot of Adams,
street but it is not unlikely that sev- j
eral plans for as many places will be
drawn up before the actual site is de
cided upon.
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SPECIAL FEATURE TONIGHT
AT THE EMPRESS THEATRE
“The Call of the North” will be the
feature at the Empress Theatre this
overling. It is a stirring drama by
George Broadhurst who took it from
“The Conjurer’s House”, by Stewart
Edward White, the famous novelist.
FIREMEN THIS EVENING
The members of the fire department
will meet this evening.
TEN MILLIONS
FLOOD DAMAGE
FOUR COUNTIES OF ARKANSAS
LIE UNDER 13 FEET
OF WATER.
—
HELENA, Arkansas, Feb. 2.—Ten
million dollars is the estimated
amount of damage caused by the
floods which now have four counties
of this state under water to an aver
age depth of fifteen feet. Eight peo
ple are known to have lost their lives
but the immensity of the inundation
causes a fear that the life loss must
be much greater and will be proven
to be so when the whole story is
known. To add to the seriousness of
the situation the weather has turned
bitterly cold and the vast newly form
ed lakes are freezing. Thousands
have lost their homes and are suffer
ing intensely but relief is being rush
ed as fast as possible. The crest of
the flood is near Little Rock.
NEW CITY GOVT.
Legal steps have been taken to in
corporate the native village of Hyda
burg, Southeastern Alaska, under the
1 law passed by the last legislature.