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LONDON, Feb. 18.—Lloyds premium on insurance
against war between the United States and Germany rose
from five to twenty guineas this afternoon. The increase
of the insurance rate is supposed to be due to the belief;
that German submarines may sink American merchant!
ships and so bring on trouble between the two nations.
—
NORWEGIAN HITS MINE
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 19.—A Norwegian tanker which;
has arrived here had a narrow escape from destruction
when it hit a mine in the North sea on its way across. Thej
explosion caused severe damage to the ship but her cap-|
tain managed to reach port safely. The occurrence has;
created the belief that the Germans have now in reality
started their campaign against British shipping. It is be
coming clear that great warships are practically power
less in dealing with this submarine warfare.
NEW ZEALAND FEEDS BRITAIN
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Feb. 19.—The govern
ment has ordered that all the food in New Zealand not
consumed in the province must be kept for shipment to
England alone. This ardor is due to the declaration of the
blockade of Great Britain by the Germans. It is confident
ly asserted that the enemy can never succeed in making a
blockade of the west coast of England and the coasts of
Ireland effective so that foodstuffs can be shipped in from
the Atlantic.
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NOTHING FROM TURKS
LONDON, Feb. 18.—Since the report arrived that the.
Turkish army had given up its attempt to invade Egypt
by way of the Suez canal no information has been given
out as*to conditions in that part of the world. The light
ing between the Turks and the Russians in Transcaucasia
is believed to have been brought to a standstill by the
severity of the weather. A remarkable cloud covers all
the regions in which the armies of Turkey were active and
speculation is rife as to the cause of it.
WILL NOT SEND CONVOYS
* WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—Late this afternoon it was
learned that the suggestion made by Germany that United
States war vessels should convoy American merchant
ships will not be followed. Official comment on Germany’s
answer to the American protest was refused hut it was
stated that the situation was not at all critical as many
had supposed it to be. _ ___
ANTWERP, Feb. 19.—A story told
by a Berlin school teacher confirms
what many have said about the blood
iness of the fighting which took place
in the streets of Dixmude.
The teacher, and two other Berlin
landwehr men,—a lawyer and a pub
lisher—were entering that little town
in Flanders with other German sold-;
iers by some of hte main streets.'
when they became the prey of Turcos
in hiding. They durtad /»•«►••• "
sidestreets ami houses, and as eye
witnesses relate, sprang upon the
heavier Germans like so many tigers, i
The three Berlin landwehr men
had just rounded one of the corners
of the city hall, when they were sep
arted from their comrades by a rush
of Turcos from the fire station. There
was nothing they could do but back
into a door opening, and here they
tried to keep a large crowd of yelling
Turcos at bay. What happened next
is best told by the teacher, who now
has the less exciting job of doing
sentry duty on one of the local wharv
es, for which detail a rather large
wound in the thigh is responsible.
“The Turcos went at us with might
and main," he said. “I can still see
their rolling eyes and white teeth,
they seemed to literally thirst for our
! bhn/tf. nut then yelling and shouting
was worse, perhaps, than their ef
forts to finish the three of us. Every
time we put a bullet into one of them,
or jabbed the bayonet home, the awful
racket the fellows made with their
leather lined throats increased.
“But we kept on shooting into the
crowd, delaying the end which seemed
all too close.
“Finally one of us three, the pub
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Usher, went down with a shot in the
head—skull fractured. The Turcos
thought that now they would put an
end to the business. So also thought
a French officer, who went down a
second later with the bayonet of the
lawyer sticking in his chest. Then the
lawyer went down. I was alone then,
and thought it was all over.
“Just then a large flash rose from
the ground before me. The explosion
which followed drowned the voices
of the yelling Turcos. Then I went
down—with my thigh split wide open
by one of the splinters of the shell.
“The spot was a sight, when I re
gained my senses. Dead and muti
lated Turcos everywhere. We were
found about eight o’clock that night,
and none too soon. My comrades are
still in the hospital. They are men
; over forty and not quite so likely to
recuperate rapidly.” ,
All three have been given the iron
cross second class.
BERLIN, Feb. 19.—Though already
known throughout Germany as a most
democratic sort of young man, the
German crownprince’s reputation in
that respect has become more general
since the outbreak of the war.
The telegrams he has sent home to
various newspapers, asking them to
make collections of cigars, rum ar.ti
many other things for “his” soldiers
are scores in number, nor has he omit,
in a single instance to thank the pub
lic and publisher for their efforts.
Fritz Schmidt, grand master of the
Berlin Master Bakers Association,
who has just returned from the west
ern theatre of war where he went to
deliver three carloads of Christmas
“stollen,” which had been donated by
the Berlin bakers, also presented the
crownprince with six baskets of
Christmas cakes and other products
of the baker’s oven. He tells how he
was received by the crownprince
shortly after his arrival at headquart
l
ers.
“I was taken to a large room, where
1 unpacked my basket, putting their
contents on a large table covered with
a clean tablecloth,” said the master
baker.
“I was harldy through with this
when the crownprince came in. There!
1 was nobody with him, and he looked
1 quite healthy and fit. I conveyed to:
him the greetings of the Berlin master
bakers, and thanked him for hav’ng
accepted our present. 1 also told him
that wc had oent three carloads of
stollen to the army.
“The crownprince said he knew of
that and was pleased to inform me
that the three carloads had arrived on
the day before.
“The crownprince was very pleasant
and we came to talk on some of the
losses which certain regiments had
sustained.
“ ‘I know that,’ remarked the crown
prince. ‘Some of them have lost
heavily. But that can’t be helped.
We’ve got to win.’ ”
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SCHOOL TEACHERS
DIE IN THE WAR.
BERLIN, Feb. 18.—War has made
very little change in the aspect of the
310 public schools of Berlin, which
continue their educational work with
out interruption. Of the 5,000 men
teachers a large percentage was called
to the colors and of them over 100
have been killed or have died of their
wounds. Their places in the schools
have been taken for the most part by
temporary substitutes, many of them
women, but in some cases it has been
found necessary to combine classes.
NEWS NOTES
Captain Cramer attempted to go to
Knik with the Traveller yesterday
but owing to the thick fog which pre
vailed ho deemed it prudent to return
to Seward last evening. Aboard were
Messrs Welch and Carter who were
accompanying the shaft for the Riley
and Marsten dredge at Iditarod. Mr.
Riley w'ent over the trail and is w'ait-j
Ing at Knik for the shaft.
The Harper brothers left for Knik
yesterday morning.
That the Harriman Bank of Sew
ard is the renter of the office quarters
next to the Gatew’ay office is one of the
strange stories being circulated
around town. George Phelps has
heard that the new bank is really the
“outside party” which wants the loca
tion but, of course, he has not had the
! information confirmed. How’ever, it
1 takes only a very small thing now’ to
i start rumors and some get quite a lit
tle pastime out of the practice of send,
ing things afloat. One of these days
w’e shall know’ it ail.
Already tickets have been drawn
up by different parties in preparation
for the coming city election. Since the
reminder in this paper that the time
is drawing near some activity has been
showm. Tw’o tickets are said to have
been selected after some care but
those supposed to be busy in the mat
ter do not w'ish “to show their hands”
just at present.
Miss Kathryne McKean w’ill leave
for the outside on one of the next
steamers.
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Dances.
The committee appointed by the
Elks’ Social Club of Seward for the
dance next Monday evening, Washing-j
ton’s birthday, is now busy under the
direction of Chairman Hausch decora-j
ting the hall. In addition to the danc
ing a pleasant program of entertain
ment has been arranged consisting of
recitations, speeches, vocal solos etc.
The affair really promies to be one of
the most pleasant kind.
MOOSE MEET TONIGHT.
The regular meeting of the Loyal
Order of Moose will take place this
evening at eight o’clock. There is
every reason to believe that something
ofan interesting kind will come up to
night but a mysterious air prevades
those who are expected to bring up
the matter.
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The finest kind of job work as well
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Visiting cards, invitations, anything
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