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BOMB EXPLODES AND GREAT
ATLANTIC LINER SINKING
TO STORM SALONIKI
LONDON. Jan. 18.—It is now virtually certain that
the Teutonic allies are preparing to storm Saloniki and
large bodies of troops of the Entente allies, presumably
from Gallipoli, are being rushed to the defense of the city.
The attacking forces are expected to be composd of Ger
mans, Austrians, Turks anil Bulgars who are reported to
be massing in great strength just across the border some
forty miles away. The struggle at that point is expected
to bring about the crisis in the Balkans and to result in
precipitating the next phase of the great war.
GREAT LINER SINKING
NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—The big Holland-American
Atlantic liner Ryndam is now making for an English port
"down at the head" and apparently in serious danger of
sinking as a result of a bomb explosion which occurred
aboard while she was on the way across the ocean from
this port to Rotterdam. She left New York on the twelfth
of the mouth and nothing was heard from her until the
news of the explosion came this afternon and the in
formation that- she was heading in for the English coast.
Although no positive evidence has l>een secured that the
explosion was caused by a bomb the message indicates
that there can be no doubt of it. Three of the crew were
killed outright by the explosion and five were injurd. The
latest report is that she is listing badly. She is a vessel
of 5(50 feet in length and of 12,500 gross tonnage.
BERLIN CLEARS VON PAPEN
BERLIN, Jan. 18.—A semi-official statement was is
sued here today to the effect that Captain von Papen, the
retired military attache to the German embassy in Wash
ington, never did at any time pay money to people respon
sible for the bomb plots in the United States. The feeling
arising in this country over the forced recall of the two at
taches is \ ery bitter and the first indication was the re
fusal of the government to accept American naval officers
as arbitrators in the trial of the alleged murder of a Ger
man submarine crew by a British warship.
FORCING GREECE TO FIGHT
BERLIN, Jan. 18.—It is generally believed that the
Entente allies have now landed a strong force of troops at
a point not more than five miles from Athens. It is also
believed that the British blockade of the Greek coast is
meant to force the Greeks to enter the war against the
central alliance.
YOUNG GIRL FOUND
WITH MEMORY GONE
Discovered by Police Unconscious
Near Lake Washington and
Forget* Her Name.
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SEATTLE, Jan. 18.—An attract
ive girl of about sixteen years of age
was discovered lying unconscious near
Lake Washington last night with her
clothes soaked with water. The effort
to revive her succeeded but she has
lost all memory of the past and can
not even tell the name or address oi
her parents. Her mind has appar
ently become a complete blank. The
authorities believe she was the victim
of foul play.
MILLIONAIRE UPDIKE
WOULD SAVE SONS
CHICAGO, Jan. 18.—Millionaire
Updike, whose sons were arrested for
plotting his murder has requestedthat
his elder son, Irving, be tried for in
sanity as he believes him to be out
of his mind. The old man promises to
send the younger son out of the coun
try if the authorities will let him go
and it seems to be his dearest wish
that the sons who are accused of
plotting to murder himself and his
mother might get off as easily as pos
sible. The police refuse to admit
that the elder son is mentally defi
cient but they think the younger son
did not intend to carry out the murder
of his parents.
NEWLY WEDS COME
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Munson arrived
on the Northwestern this morning and
are on their way to Hope, their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Munson are the couple
■who were married aboard of the
Northwestern this trip after leaving
Seattle.
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NOT BITLDING TRAIL
VIA PORTAGE BAY
Harvey Sullivan formerly United
States marshal of this division, came
over from Valdez on a flying trip on
the Northwestern to look over things.
He says Valdez never had any inten
tion of building a trail from Portage
Bay to join the Alaska Northern rail
road although the story was published
some time ago that he had been sent
with a crew into the district for the
purpose. Mr. Sullivan went back on
the same boat.
NORTHWESTERN ARRIVES
The Alaska Steamship liner North
western arrived this morning with 28
passengers. Those arriving were:
From Seattle: Gus Gilles, C. Hulls
dowk, F. I. Munson, Mrs. Munson,
Robert White, Julia Simmons, A. H.
McDonald, G. A. McMullen and eight
steerage. From Alaska ports, H.
Suldway, E. N. Bond, H. H. Waller,
P. J. Hunter, M. M. Kinsinger, A. E.
Lathrop, E. L. Whittemore, Anna
Curtis, M. Herman, Dave Twibliger
and two steerage.
OFTGOING PASSENGERS ~~
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Those leaving on the Northwestern
are: R. L. Hatcher, Mr. and Mrs. G.
H. Morris, J. Van Abemma, Mr. and
Mrs. H. G. Locke, Ole Gunderson,
Knut Roland, J. E. Petersen, Clara
Allen, J. van Iderstein, F. Wagner, A.
F. Rasmussen and E. A. Zindel for
Seattle. C. E. Edwards and George
Carrol for Juneau. Mrs. 0. Gray for
Retchikan and two steerage. The
boat was scheduled to sail at 2:30.
W. W. Getchell, the Moose Pass
operator, came in last night for a day
or so in the city.
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POLICE RAID
RAINIER CLUB
HUNDRED GALLONS OF LIQUOR
CONFISCATED IN EX
CLUSIVE PLACE.
SEATTLE. Jan. 18.—The sheriff
last night raided the exclusive Rainier
Club and seized and confiscated a hun
dred gallons of illegal liquor. The act
has created the sensation of the hour.
L^ast night also the police raided the
Cecil Hotel and got twenty-five hun
dred bottles of beer and large quan
tities of whiskey. So great were the
| seizures of beer ami liquor in the city
yesterday that it took four wagons
three hours carrying the cleanup to
headquarters. It has become general
ly known that many of the hotels had
laid in large stocks oe bee* and liquor
but the 'aids are believed to b*» the
last straw.
Big Bergen Fire
Is Just Subdued
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Four Hundred Buildings Consumed
and Loss Thirty Million.
BERGEN, Norway, Jan. 18.—The
great Bergen fire which has been rag
j ing for several days has finally been
subdued but only after far greater
losses than had been anticipated. The
total number of buildings consumed
was four hundred and the loss in
money is estimated at thirty millions.
Three thousand people were rendered
homeless but the loss of life was very
small, probably less than half a dozen
people having lost their lives.
SEATTLE PATROLMAN
BECOMES A HERO
SEATTLE, Jan. 18. — Patrolman
VV. E. Fiske is now in a serious condi
tion as a result of a fall fiom a trestle
into the bay while engaged in a heroic
and successful effort to save an aged
woman and a child. The woman and
child were in serious danger from a
street car on a high trestle when
Fiske rushed with them to safety.
They got off clear but the patrolman
lost his balance and fell fifteen feet
into the water from which he was
taken out in an exhausted condition.
WANTS NAVAL ACADEMY
IN WASHINGTON STATE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Repre
! sentative Humphreys of Washington
state has introduced a bill providing
for the appropriation of five million
dollars for the establishment of a nav
al academy in that state. The father
of the bill declares that the Pacific
should be provided with such an
academy now that this coast looms up
so large in the discussion about pre
paredness.
GAS AND AIR CAUSE
TWO EXPLOSIONS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Two ex
plosions occurred here today as the
result of gases from storage batteries
combining with air. The fact is taken
as a clue to the discovery of what
formerly seemed to be mysterious
causes.
EVANS THURSDAY
The Admiral Evans is due to arrivw
in Valdez at 2 o'clock tomrrow morn
ing and will arrive in Seward some
time Thursday. She will not sail
west.
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❖ At a quarter to three this ❖
❖ afternoon no word had been re- *5*
❖ eeived about the report on the •>
❖ emergency appropriation. Aa *1*
•> Secretary Lane said the commit- ♦
❖ t ee would report it out today it ♦
•:* would probably be safe to antici- *
❖ pate and say it has been reported •>
❖ out, but the correct way is the •>
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SITUATION AT SAI.ONIKI;
CASTELNAU VISITS CITY
GEN.DECASTELHAU andMAPOF
SITUATION AT SALON I Kl
iThe accompanying map show# how the
allies built their defenses nt Salonlkl to
meet the threatened drive by the Austro
Germana and Bulgarians, although It
was aaserted that the drive would not
take place. The allied left runa through
Jnnltza to face an enemy column from
Monaatlr Running eastward across the
two railroads from Salonlkl and parallel
to the line connecting these railroads,
the defenses face Ohevgell In the center
and Dorian on the extreme right Other
defences have been built south of the
line here Indicated Prominent among
the men now or recently at Salonlkl (a
General Edouard do Cnstlenau. chief of
staff of the French armies, who arrived
unannounced In Salonlkl and conferred
at length with General Sarrall. the
French commander.]
AMERICANS ARE
AVENGED NOW
CHIEF OF VILLA EXECUTIONERS
WAS SHOT AT SUNRISE
THIS MORNING.
EL PASO, Jan. 18.—Colonel Valles,
the chief executioner for Villa and
the man who presumably took a lead
ing part in the murder of the eighteen
Americans, was shot here this morn
ing at sunrise. He was brought to
Juarez under a heavy guard and was
executed regularly by a firing squad.
The body was afterwards placed on
view beside that of Rodriguez at the
Custom house as a warning to
bandits.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Follow
ing a conference between Secretary
Lansing and Chairman Stone of the
Foreign Relations committee today it
was reported that the entire Mexican
question will go to the senate tomor
row'. The debate is expected to be a
warm one in w’hich the senators op
posed to war and those that favor in
tervention will commit themselves
finally.
E. H. L. Mitchell has returned to
Sew'ard after an absence of several
months which he spent around Prince
William sound locking up quart*.
SEWARD COUNCILMAN ACCUSES
JUDGE DROWN OF MALFEASANCE
AWFUL DAMAGE
IN CALIFORNIA
SMALL CREEKS BECOME RAGING
RIVERS TWO OR THREE
MILES WIDE.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. IS.—'The
storm which has just abated in South
ern California was the worst in the
history of the state. It raged for
two days and three double tracks and J
all the street cars almost have been
crippled. Crowds of eastern passen
gers have been marooned at I’omona !
City and are practically isolated. The
damage to railroads, etc., has been
about a million dollars and a further
damage of half a million has been in
flicted on the Citrus crop in Pomona
valley. Usually small creeks have
been swelled into raging rivers which
in some instances are two and three
miles wide. Large numbers of cattle
outhouses, etc., have been swept,
away.
Frank Ballaine Is
Very Optimistic
Says Secretary Lane Promised Lots
of Work Around Seward.
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That Secretary Franklin Lane 0/
the Interior assured Frank L. Ballaine
that a very large amount of work will
be done in the immediate vicinity of
Seward as soon as the money is
available is the news brought back
by Alex McDonald of the Alaska
Steamship company who returned on
the Northwestern this morning. Mr.
McDonald met Mr. Ballaine in Seattle
four or five days before the North
western left that city. The latter
had been to the east and came to Seat
tle on a short visit from Los Angeles.
While outside Mr. McDonald also met
Bennett James, who had taken a trip
up from Ellensburg, the Whiteheads,
Mrs. Selma Scott and other townies
All were having a good time.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 18.—A
plot to overthrow the government has
just been discovered here and two
hundred petty officers of the army
have been arrested on the charge of
being the moving spirits. The re
volt was planned for today but the
extent of the plot and its strength are
not known to the general public. In
some quarters it is regarded as mere
ly a local disturbance as a protest
against conditions in the army.
TWENTY MEN ARE NOW
IN FACE OF DEATH
Ferry Driven Ashore in Michigan and
is Fast Breaking Up With
Crew Helpless.
LUDINGTON, Mich., Jan. 18.—The
Pere Marquette Ferry boat bound
for Milwaukee has been driven ashore
in a terrific snow’ and w’ind storm and ^
is fast breaking up near this town
w'hile twenty men aboard are threat
ened with death. The life savers
from shore have attempted to reach
the w’reck but have not succeeded and
the fate of the people seems to be
sealed.
VICTORIA REPLACES SEWARD
The steamship Victoria takes the
place of the Sew’ard to bring ties for
the Copper River railroad. This in
telligence was received by cable yes
terday- 1
What is, perhaps, one of the most
extraordinary statements ever made
by a member of an Alaska city coun
cil was made last night openly at the
Seward city council meeting when
Councilman Borgen declared that
Judge F. M. 'Brow'n of the district
court of this division had decided for
the dock company agai »st the city !n
the recent dock case at Valdez be
cause he himself, the judge, was a
stockholder in the dock company.
Borgen even went so far as to declare
that the higher court would reverse
the decision of Judge Brow’n, pre
sumably because the decision would
be found to have been influenced by
the fact stated above.
The amazing assertion came during
a discussion on the request of Derick
Lane to have a street cleared as an
approach to the proposed wharf. At
torney J. J. Finnegan represented Mr.
Lane and in the course of his state
ment said that Judge Brown in a
recent decision in a Valdez dock case
had held that a city had a right to
grant a wharf franchise. It was then
that Borgen startled quite an audience
of citizens by standing up and accus
ing the district court judge. As
nearly as those words can be repeated
from memory they w'ere:
“Brown gave that decision because
he w'as a stockholder in the w'harf and
you bet his decision will be reversed.”
These may not be the very exact
words but it is the substance of what
Borgen said.
Mayor Myers was not present at
the meeting last night and it is likely
that if he were he w'ould have repu
diated such an assertion against
Judge Brown. By the way, it is be
coming noticeable that Mr. Myers
does not show' up at meetings any
more and it is said that he has got
tired of the bosses and clique.
It was stated last night that the
council had spent $38,000 for the
three fourths of the term. The in
come was $52,000 and it is becoming
clear now' why the council attempted
to get hold of such a large sum when
levying assessments. A petition from
Derick Lane was read for the privi
lege at his ow'n expense to open First
avenue so that an approach might be
secured to the proposed dock. Some
of the councilmen seemed to be unable
to let it filter through their minds
that the request was to open the
street and not for a dock franchise.
Mr. Finnegan represented Mr. Lane
and in the course of the discu ssion de
clared that his clients could
mandamus the city if necessary. Mr.
•Finnegan also accused Councilman
Borgen directly of making a false
statement. The petition was laid over
until next meeting.
A half hour's discussion or so en
sued about granting the request of
the General hospital to put in a meter
but the request was granted. The
proposal to light the cluster lights
with forty wat lights was defeated by
a tie vote. The health officer’s report
included a recommendation for the in
stalling of fire escapes in hotels.
A lengthy report from the clerk, for
what reason at this time may not be
very apparent, was read and it and
the health ordinance were ordered
printed. Councilman Youngs moved
that the printing be let out to bids.
He reminded the august body that a
city ordinance provided that all con
tracts for over fifty dollars should be
made after bids. Then came a few
oleaginous and nauseating statements
to the effect that the city attorney had
declared printing contracts to have
| been miraculously left out of the or
I dinance and the Pecksniffs voted for
themselves, of course. “The council
has no authority to violate its own
ordinance," said Mr. Youngs. It was
like the story of the man who said
they couldn’t put an innocent man in
jail. But they did. Mr. Chamberlain
also voted in favor of the council liv
ing up to its own laws. "I’m not a
stockholder in any paper so I am not
personally the gainer or loser,’’ said
Mr. Y'oungs or words to that elfect.
After the shedding of a few little
crocodile tears inside and outside the
council, a few little whines like those
of the professional mendicant about
his honesty, and some little whimper
ing about not being crooked and steal
ing money out of the pockets of the
taxpayers for self owned newspapers
the precious bunch adjourned.
GOLD STRIKE NEAR
COEDJAY CERTAIN
That a gold strike of importance
has been made near Cold bay away
out on the Alaska peninsula is the
statement conveyed in a letter just
received by Nate White from William
Rustschow, a business man of that
quarter. The letter was WTitten over
two months ago and just after tw’o
miners had returned from the strike
with $300 in gold dust which they
had sluiced from the new creek. The
wTiter of the letter describes the
scene of the strike as between Cold
Bay and a place called Katsma Bay.
Cold Bay is opposite Unga island on
the peninsula. The new creek has
been called Three Pine creek and Mr.
Rustschow himself has visited the
place and seen the sluicing so that
there is no doubt as to the authenti
city of the information. So well does
the outlook seem to him that he ex
presses the belief that there will be a
stampede from several quarters, In
cluding Seward. The creek runs
right into the ocean.
“When the report gets to Seward,”
says the wTriter of the letter, “I ex
pect quite a few people will be dowm
here. The gold is very coarse and
from all indications ought to be
good.” Mr. Rustschow even advises
Mr. White to go to the place and take
his boat for carrying passengers and
outfits to the scene of the strike The
men operating the ground expected to
take out another $200 or $300 immedi
ately.
“I was over on the creek myself and
saw the boys sluicing and they sure
have got it,” says the writer.
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Two men named McPhail and Mc
Kenzie are on the Evans with a saloon
outfit which they will use in the busi
ness which they have taken over,
either in whole or in part, from D. R.
McDonald who secured a liquor
license here some time ago. Messrs
McPhail and McDonald already own
property here in the shape of city lots
which are situated betwen the Alaska
Hotel and the comer.
BUSY AT CORDOVA
The twenty men who were looked
for here some time ago to go to work
at Cordova are employed with seven
ty others unloading copper ore from
the cars at that city. Captain Lathrop
says Cordova is enjoying a prosperous
time. The new clam factory employ*
about thirty people at present,
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