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CANADIAN PARLIAMENT BURNS
OTTAWA, Feb. 4.—(Friday)—The historic Parlia
ment house, the parliament of the Dominion of Canada,
was destroyed last night by a fire which was undoubtedly
caused by a bomb or some other sort of an infernal
machine. Two women who were the guests of Speaker
Spvigny were overcome by the smoke and perished. Mrs.
Spvigny saved her two children and herself by throwing
them into a net held by firemen and by jumping after
them. Frederick F. Pardee, the chief Liberal whip, and
Loggie, a labor member of parliament from New Bruns
wick, are missing and are believed to have perished. Four
others whose names are not known were killed when the
roof collapsed. Martin Burrell, minister of agriculture
and member from Yale, Cariboo, British Columbia, fell
unconscious from smoke and was severely burned. Pre
mier Borden himself escaped hatless and coatless. Special
trains for fire fighting apparatus were rushed to Mon
treal but had not returned when this message was sent.
At 3 a. m. the fire was raging in the senate building. The
loss to both buildings is five million dollars but infinitely
greater than the mere money loss was the loss of the con
tents which were of incalculable value. It is still hoped
that the greater part of the library will be saved but the
flames were still burning at the time of wiring. Accounts
are verv much at variance as to the start of the conflagra
tion. It is fairly clear that the explosion was heard by
many and that the flames burst out immediately, but
whether the bomb had been placed near the building or
had been dropped from above is a matter which has not
yet been cleared up in the confusion. On only one idea are
all apparently united and that is that the destruction of
the building was caused as a result of the pro-German
propaganda if not directly by Germans themselves. There
are many who believe that the bomb was dropped by Ger
mans from an aeroplane after coming from the United
States but just at present everything is confusion and
such destruction has been wrought on the buildings that
it will be difficult if not impossible to secure clues from the
ruins that might aid in clearing up the matter. The feel
ing created by the act is so deep and bitter that fears are
entertained of reprisals against German prisoners and
others.
TO WATCH BORDER
DETROIT, Feb. 4.—The news that the parliament
houses at Ottawa have been set afire has just been learned
here and already steps have been taken to place a special
guard over all the Canadian border in the attempt to pre
vent the perpetrators of the outrage from escaping to
this country. The belief is that Germans from this side
committed the act. Very little intelligence has been re
ceived from Ottawa about the matter.
NO FOREIGNER
ON MEXICO LAND
CARRANZA ISSUES TEMPORARY
DECREE PROHIBITING PUR
CHASE BY THEM.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 4.—Carranza
has declared Qucretaro as the provis
ional capital of Mexico and has issued
a temporary decree prohibiting for
eigners from purchasing land in the
republic. No reason is given for
either decision but it is assumed that
the present head of the Mexican gov
ernment has been prevailed upon to
issue the last mentioned decree to
satisfy a strong body of public
opinion. Qucretaro is north of this
city but not so far north as to make
it likely that its choice had anything
to do with a desire to be closer to the
disturbed northern states.
KENAI SCHOOLS HAVE
VERY MANY PUPILS
The Kenai schools have a hundred
and fifteen pupils enrolled this year,
according to information arriving
Saturday. The attendance is ninety
Cars Begin to Run
Again in Seattle
Several Days Before Regular Service
Begins and More Snow
Predicted.
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SEATTLE, Feb. .4—Cars are again
running on a few lines in the city to
day but several days will elapse be
fore the regular service can be es
tablished. Some of the stalled trains
at least were expected to get moving
today but more snow is predicted and
if it comes matters will be reduced to
a worse condition than ever.
NORTHWESTERN PASSENGERS
The following passengers arrived
this morning on the steamer North
western: From Seattle; J. T. Cun
ningham, C. H. Thompson, Ray Lar
son, Chas. E. Herron, Chas. Krefting,
J. C. Kennedy, M. L. V. Smith and
four steerage. From Alaska ports;
J. O’Day, Geo. Hazelet, E. Kane, Mrs.
Kane, G. M. Scott, E. E. Ritchie, B.
F. Fowle, A. McComber, J. Stern
haten, Jos. Meherin, H. J. Cox, W.
Green, Geo. Irwin, T. W. West, J. A.
Solms, C. 0. Luchenvill, Mrs. E. Cox,
J. L. Groan and four ateorage.
MOOSE THICK
ON PENINSULA
DR. BAUGHMAN SEES HUN
DREDS BUT 20 PER C ENT
OF CALVES DIE.
That the moose are more plentiful
than ever is the pleasant intelligence,
brought back by Dr. Baughman, the
efficient, genial and painstaking game
warden for this district, who returned
last Saturday evening after a long
trip to investigate game conditions in
the interior. All the way from Coop
er creek to Kenai he found hundreds
of moose. He confirms the regret
table fact that the calves are dying in
large numbers. He believes twenty
per cent of the young calves will be
lost this winter but the old moose are
in fair condition notwithstanding the
severity of the winter. The doctor re
ports no losses from drowning but
eight moose fell thrugh the ice of
the river without harm to themselves.
BURNED TO DEATH IN
A PALATIAL RESIDENCE
Home of President of Germ an-Ameri
can Bank, Brooklyn,
Destroyed.
NEW YORK, Feb. 4.—The palatial
home of Mrs. Casimir Tag, the widow
of the late president of the Germun
Ameriean Bank at Brooklyn was des
troyed by fire last night and it is
feared that not less than half a dozen
people lost their lives. Two daught
ers, a cousin of Mrs. Tag and two
servants, it is almost certain, arc
dead and one woman cook is missing.
The cause of the fire has not been
learned.
TWO DEAD IN FIRE
IN FAMOUS HOTEL
ATLANTIC CITY, Feb. 4.—Two
people are dead, one other 13 missing
and a score are injured as the result
of a fire which destroyed the famous!
Hotel Overbrook in this city last
night
MEMBERS OF
COMMITTEE HERE
arrived last night as the
GATEWAY ANNOUNCED
THEY WOULD.
Tho members of the Republican
Territorial committee that had been
announced as on the way to Seward
for the meeting arrived last night on
the Northwestern and the meeting of
the committee began in the rooms of
the Commercial Club this morning.
Those arriving were Charles E. Her
ron, Chairman; George Hazelet, presi
dent of the Chamber of Commerce of
Cordova; E. E. Ritchie, lawyer of
Valdez; George Irving, of Juneau, and
Charles Kennedy of the Second divi
sion. The local committeemen make
up tlie meeting. Ed Whittemore is
committeeman for the westward.
The meeting, of course, is private
and the paper must wait the pleasure
of the committeemen before announc
ing the result of the proceedings.
Tho Committee will select the place
and date of the Territorial convention
at which the nomination for delegate
to congress will take place. As stat
ed in this paper, it is believed quite
likely that the committee will take
up the question of the uniting of all
branches of the Republicans in the
territory, and that this would mean
nothing more or less than the ques
tion as to whether Delegate Wicker
sham would be considered as a
nominee of the party for congress or
not.
It has been fully expected for some
time that Seward will be the choice
as the place for the convention and,
although this is written before any
thing positive is known, it is about
safe to say that Seward will be
selected.
Mr. Irving has all the proxies but
one from the First division. Mr.
Kennedy is believed to have proxies
from Nome. The Fourth division is;
not represented, unless it is represent
ed through some committeman or
more from some other division.
It has been rumored already that
wide difference of opinion has crept
in between some of the members of
the committee and ether prominent
members of the party in tho territory.
This difference may be due to the
Wickersham matter but this is not
known positively. It is said Nome
Republicans or some of them are
kicking over the traces in some mat
ters but the territorial convention
will probably hove to be waited be
fore the full facts are made known.
CABLE NOW BROKEN
HERE TO VALDEZ •
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The cable between Seward and 4
Valdez went out of commission 4
this morning and so came the 4
last straw that broke the back 4
of the camel. Whatever cables 4
the Gateway publishes today 4
were received Saturday and Sun- 4
day and were sent on Friday. 4
No press cables sent since last 4
Friday has been received in this 4
city. From this time forward, 4
probably for several days, we 4
shall be cut off from all com- 4
munication with the outside 4
world. *
MAN WHO RAN AMUCK
PLACED IN HOSPITAL!
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ALBANY, Feb. 4.—Harold Severy,
the man who shot some people here
yesterday and was later found to
have a gun silencer hidden in his
sleeve has been ,placed in the hospital
of Matteawan asylum for treatment
as the authorities are fully convinced
that he is demented. He claims to
be the son of a Los Angeles inventor
and he shot the people because he
thought they had been making grim
aces at him.
MILE 63 ROADHOUSE OPEN
Reilly's roadhouse at Mile 63 has
been opened again with every comfort
and convenience for mushers and
their .dogs.
SEWARD SELECTED AS PLACE
LOR TERRITORIAL CONVENTION
The Republican Territorial Conven
tion will be held at Seward on April
l9\
This was decided upon today at the
meeting of the Republican territorial
committee which adjourned at noon
after having transacted its business.
It was al60 decided to hold the pri
maries on March 11.
Each division wa/apportioned sixty
delegates to the convention instead of
fifty as heretofore.
| Those present were:
W. W. Getchell, who held the proxy
of Michael O’Connor; Messrs. Hazelet
and Irving who are not committeemen
but who held proxies for others. Mr.
Getchell is not a committeeman;
Frank Cotter, secretary of the com
mittee;
Messrs. Herron, chairman, Ken
nedy, ^ittemore and Finnegan w’ere |
really the only members of the com
mittee present.
E. E. Ritchie acted as secretary as
the regular secretary was late in ar
riving. •y
The day on which the convention
will be held here is Lexington day.
The committee also made an appor
tionment amongst the towns of each
division. Each of the four large
towns of this division will have eight
delegates and the remainder are dis
tributed according to the importance
of the different places. At the pri
maries the polls will be kept open
from 1 to 6 p. m. in all precincts hav
ing more than one delegate and in the
others the primaries may be carried
on according to the wishes of the peo
ple residing there.
The Fourth division, that is the
Fairbanks country, had no personal
representative present at the meeting
but Herron and Hazelet each had two
proxies from that division.
The Committee adopted a regula
tion to the effect that no man may
participate in the Primaries unless he
pledges himself to support the
nominee of the party.
No resolution was proposed at the
meeting. It had been expected that
a resolution would be proposed which
would have had some bearing on the
question of the possibility of receiv
ing Wickcrsham and his adherents in
to the regular fold in the territory
but nothing was said about the pres
ent Delegate in an official way, any
remarks about him having been of
the most informal kind.
The Gateway asked several of those
present at the meeting to express an
opinion as to what truth there is in
the rumors that efforts are being
made to have Mr. Wickcrsham and
the regulars reconciled and it was
learned that there is very strong
foundation for the statement that
negotiations arc now afoot between
the Delegate’s friends and certain
leaders of the Republican organiza
tion to bring them all together, but
it can also be stated that most of the
men who were present today at the
meeting are thoroughly determined to
have nothing to do with Mr. Wicker
sham as the nominee of the party in
the territory. It has been hinted that
Ed. Russell, ow’ner of the Juneau
Dispatch, is acting as a go-between
for Shackleford and Wickcrsham with
a view' to bringing these tw’o oldtime
and bitter enemies together for the
purpose of uniting all the Republican
forces. Nothing wTas said about this
| at the meeting today but there wras
not a man present who is not fully
aware of the fact that such a plan is
being formed.
GERMANY AND II. S. BELIEVED
ED BE ON BRINK OE BREACH
DANGER WITH GERMANY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—It is now the general
opinion that a breach of diplomatic relations will occur at
once between the United States and Germany and that
both governments will declare the breach simultaneously.
This belief has been created by the fact that the German
note in answer to the American demands about the Lusi
tania has been handed to Lansing by Bernstorff and that
it shows that the German government refuses to accede
to what Washington asks. It is pretty well known that
the answer is entirely unsatisfactory and a diplomatic
breach is believed imminent.
GERMANY DEFIANT
LONDON, Feb. 4.—The correspondent of the United
Press has the most reliable information that Germany
will refuse point blank to disavow the sinking of the
Lusitania and will insist that America either withdraw its
demand or submit the whole matter to the Hague tribunal.
The only hope of a settlement now is that Colonel House
may be able to present the German side to President Wil
son and clear up many things which it has been found im
possible to elucidate through the ordinary means of com
munication. From what the correspondent learns Ger
many his no intention of letting it be thought that it fears
the entry of the Llnited States into the war.
WASHINGTON LOSES HOPE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—Hope has given way to a
feeling of pessimism in connection with t he relations be
tween the United States and Germany as a result of the
Lusitania affair. The feeling that a settlement cannot be
arrived at has come as the result of correspondence from
Berlin where the feeling in official circles and amongst
the general public is that of defiance to the American gov
ernment and an utter determination to ignore vhatevei
America might do. It is believed more than ever likely
that Germany itself will hand the American ambassador
his passports when the Washington government gives in
dications that it is about to do the same to Bernstorff.
PRUSSIANS LOST MILLIONS
LONDON, Feb. 4—The Daily Mail Copenhagen cor
respondent estimates the losses ol the Prussians todav at
two million three hundred thousand. This includes five
generals killed and two wounded. The figures for Saxony
and Bavaria are separated and must be added to the Prus
sian losses to get the total of all the losses of the Germans.
The Daily Mail believes the total losses will be found to be
now about three millions or very close to that figuie.
ZEPPELIN SINKS SHIP
LONDON, Feb. 4.—The collier Franz Fischer was
sunk at sea last Tuesday by a Zeppelin and the crew is re
ported drowned. The Zeppelin which sank the \ essel ’>'■ as
one of those which had been engaged in the raid on Eng
land and was traveling over the North Sea when the ship
was encountered. Several bombs are said to ha\e been
dropped on the Franz Fischer until she was sent undo
without mercy.
DOES RUSSIA FEAR SWEDEN
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 4.—Reports from Petrograd
admit that great Russian forces are being concentrated in
northwest Russia but the Russian government denies that
this concentration is being carried out through fear that
Sweden intends to invade Russian territory. Any other
reason is hard to understand and the concentrating of the
forces in that region has revived the belief that Sweden
will enter the war as a member of Central alliance, both
for the puropse of giving liberty to Finland and to save
herself henceforth from danger at the hands of the Slav.
TO FEED HUNGRY POLES
BERLIN, Feb. 4.—The German government has
given permission to the Americans to have a special
American representative to take care of the Polish food
situation and has agreed not to requisition the food sup
plies sent to Poland for the relief of the people there.
Germany itself is also taking steps to save the Polish
people as much as possible from the want resulting from
the destruction caused by the war.