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ALASKAN Jan. 28 Max. 29, Min. 5, 4 p. m, 28
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BELIEVED FRENCH CAPITAL
IS IN LOR GREAT AIR ATTACK
BOMBS KILLED TWENTY-SIX
PARIS, Jan. 31.—A Zeppelin airship passed over this
city Sunday evening, dropped about a dozen bombs and
killed twenty-six people and injured thirty-two. As the
Zeppelin appeared horns blew a warning all over the great
city and at once all lights were extinguished, leaving Paris
in total darkness. Two of the bombs from the Zeppelins
failed to explode and were later found. Each of them
weighed a hundred and fifty pounds. The raid lasted
only a minute and a half and was the first since March.
Later in the night another Zeppelin appeared over the
citv but left immediately without dropping any bombs and
it is believed that she paid the visit to reconnoiter with a
view to preparing for a general attack of a German air
fieet. Because of this belief the city is being kept in total
darkness to prevent the attackers from spying out the
more important buildings and the fortifications and
arsenals. _
SEVENTY OF FORD
PEACNWY DOIT
NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—Seventy of
the Ford Peace Party have returned
home. They arrived last evening on
the steamship Rotterdam and describe
Ford as an irresponsible idealist who
has been enmeshed by people *ho had
an eye only on the benefits which they
themselves might secure by the ex
pedition. It has been made more evi
Declare War On
Fake Promoters
Arctic Club Takes l’p Question Which
is Often Mentioned hut
Never Acted l pun.
—
SEATTLE, Jan. 30.—At a Smoker
in the Arctic Club Saturday evening
war was declared against fake min
ing promoters in Alaska. Several of
those present reminded the gathering
that fake promoters had inflicted al
most untold injury on the legitimate
mining interests in the territory.
The sentiment seemed to be that for
every fake promotion scheme several
men with good properties were pre
vented from securing the means of
development.
SURPRISE PARTY
LAST SATURDAY j
Eighteen people formed a surprise
party last Saturday evening in obser
vance of the birthday of Mrs. John
Nelson, at he home of the Nelsons
od Third avenue. The hostess was
presented with a beautiful cut glass
dish. Auction bridge was the game
of the evening. The high scorer for
the ladies was Miss Margaret Romig,
who recived a pair of silver sugar
tongs as a prize while Mr. H. S. De
Line walked off with the men’s prize,
a pearl handled knife. There were
present besides Mr. and Mrs. John
Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Horace De Line,
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Evans, Mrs. S. M.
Graff, Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Romig, Miss
Romig, Robert Romig, Miss F. 0.
Root, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Rott, Mrs.
George Sexton, Neil Sexton, Miss
Sexton, Mre. H. 0. Schaleben. Dr. and
Mrs. J. M. Sloan.
CABLE DOWN AGAIN
The cable was reported down this
morning between Sitka and Valdez.
At 2:30 this afternoon the Gateway
had not received a third of its usual
amount of dispatches but some came
yaatarday, Sunday.
dent than ever by their words that
some \ery bitter differences occurred
between the members of the party
during the journey. Ford himself has
not been heard from for some time.
He did not go to welcome the return
ing members of the party and this is
accepted as a sign that he sides with
the mem’ ers of the party that stayed
in Europe.
PERSIA’S SINKING PLACES
TASKS ON CONSUL GARRELS
1 Cowsul GARREI5 »T ,
[Or« Vrtt ur Garrets. I’nlted States consul
at Alexandria. Egypt, has devolved the
duty of Investigating the circumstance*;
connected with the sinking of the llnei
Persia In the Mediterranean. Mr. Oar
re!s has been In the consular service
since U**. when he whs appointed con
r in IttO he went to
Catania. Sicily, and in 1!*12 to his pres
ent post. He is a St. Louis man. forty*
three years old !
EXPLOSION OF GAS
TANK CAUSES DEATH
WRANGELL, Jan. 20.—John Schu
ler, a plumber, yesterday started to
patch a leaky gasoline tank. An ex
plosion occurred and Schuler was
terribly burned. He was rushed to
the hospital but died of his burns at
5 o’clock this morning.—Ex.
FIFTY FUNERALS
ALL TOGETHER
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.—Fifty fun
erals were compelled to wait at the
gates of a cemetery here today w'hile
efforts were being made to get strik
ing grave diggers to return to work.
The strike was finally settled.
Oscar Christensen is visiting in the
city from Milo £9.
INSANE
MUST GO OUT
SEWARI) MUST GIVE UP HOPE
OF HAVING HOSPITAL
FOR INSANE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. — The
government has signed a contract
with the authorities of the Morning
side asylum near Portland, Oregon,
for the care of the Alaska insane for
a period of four years more. This
contract has been signed in the face
of strong opposition from represent
ative Alaskans. It was supposed here
that the old contract hail still some
time to run but the news has just been
learned that the renewal has been
made.
OTTAWA TURNS DOWN
PELAGIC CLAIMANTS
OTTAWA, Jan. 30.—The investigat
ing committee has awarded oidy sixty
thousand dollars to the Pelagic Seal
ing claimants in satisfaction of their
demands. The claimants numbered
sixteen hundred and the total demand?
amounted to nine million dollars.
BIG LEAGUES AGREE TO
PLAY BASKET BALL
BOSTON, Jan. 30.—Four baseball
professionals wintering in Boston
have agreed to play basket ball on
the tentatively organized Boston
Baseball five. Tiiey are Leslie Nuna
maker, the big Yankee catcher; Hal
Janvrin; Ham Connolly, who played
third base and the outfield for the
Washington Senators; and Rabbit
Maranville. It is expected that ther<
will be no difficutly in filling out the
team. Coach and Manager Bob
Fowler will try to get a game with a
team similarly picked from the pro
fessional baseball mon of New York
City.
SKOWSLIDES UNCOVER
RICH TUNGSTEN LEAD
SILVERTON, Jan. 30.—The snow
slides which have occurred here in the
past few days promise to become
memorable. One of them has caused
a stampede near this place by uncov
ering a six foot lead of Tungsten ore
which is believed to be of very high
value. Hundreds of people are al
ready hastening to the scene.
TODAY’S ODDEST STORY
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 30.—
Five hundred and eighty-one mayors
of southern cities have been invited
and more than half of them are ex
pected to come here today to discuss
the perplexing municipal problem of
the traveling pauper, thousands of
whom talk city administrations out of
hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of transportation every year.
MOORE CREEK GROUND
OWNED BY SEWARD MEN
Strike Made in Iditarod Was on
Gronnd in Which Bennett and
Lee James Have Interests.
♦
Some time ago this paper published
a story about a strike on Moore creek
in the Iditarod country. Since ther
the information has been confirmed
and it has also been learned that the
property on which the strike was
made is that owned by Bennett
James, Leander James and their as
sociates.
Miss Furber who arrived on the
Alameda is a writer of note.
FOOT TORN OFF |
FALLS IN BAY
—
JOHN JOHNSON MEETS HOR
RIBLE ACCIDENT ON
THE DORA.
The left loot of John Johnson, a
fireman on the steamer Dora, was
torn off at the ankle yesterday morn
ing early when his limb got caught
m a loop of the rope with which the
oout was being tied up at the dock,
i'he rope circled around the sbiu and
tightened as it went through the
ciiauk, drawing the leg with it. The
diauk is the hole in the side of a ship
through which ropes are run. Com
ing to this hole the foot was dragged
in und as the foot was too large to
pass through the rope tore it off from
tho ankle. A fact w’hich brings home
the horror of the occurrence is that
the foot was so completely severed
that it fell into the bay still encased
m its shoe. The unfortunate sufferer
had just got through his shift as fire
man at 4 a. m. and had come on deck
as the boat was being docked. The
captain asked him to lend a hand and
Johnson did so. The rope had been
thrown out to the wharf and wras to
have field the steamer. In the dark- j
ness Johnson evidently stepped into
one of the loops of the rope as it lay
on the deck and was being played out
as the boat moved. Johnson met the
accident with real grit. He never lost
consciousness and is said to have in
structed those around to get a rope
and tie up the limb to prevent too
much bleeding. He was taken to the
Pioneer Hospital, the General Hos
pital not yet being ready to receive
such a case, and Drs. Romig and
Sloan amputated the leg about a third
way up to the knee. Only the foot
from the ankle had been torn off by
the rope but the shin above had beer
so badly torn that more had to be re
moved. Owing to the squeezing of
the rope the injured man did not bleed
as much as he might otherwise
have done and the doctors say he is
feeling remarkably w'cll under the
circumstances. He ate breakfast this
morning and w'ent through his opera
tion and suffering with splendid forti
tude. He is only twenty years of age
or slightly over it. He comes from
Seattle where his mother died last
year. His father had been killed by
an accident some years ago and John
has follo’wed the sea for quite a time.
He had also been the victim of other
accidents in his time, both of his arms
having been ’broken, among* ether
I things. The doctors n^ve strong
hopes that he will come out better
than the horrible nature of the ac
cident would suggest to the lay mind.
CONinolPEN “
WILSON GROUND
TWO PROMINENT MINING MEN
ARRIVE AND GO TO
MILE 26.
_
Georfce P. Harlow and George W.
Crum arrived from San Francisco on
the Alameda to open up the property
of “Powerful Joe" Wilson near Mile
Twenty-Six, Mr. Harlow, it is said,
having become the owner. They went
out on the train this morning but
while in the city they were rather re
ticent. Mr. Crum is one of the best
known of Fairbanks people but has
been outside for some time. The Wil
son property is placer. The party is
accompanied by Mrs. Harlow and
Miss Furbur and its members figure
on remaining here permanently.
i
Recent arrivals in Seward are Louis
House, of Iditarod, W. N. Reed, of
Mile 26, Ben J. Landauer, of Louis
villa.
SECOND BIG DAM IN OTAY
VALLEY BURSTS AND MANY DIE
WILL WICK BE
G.O.P. CANDIDATE
—
MAN RETURNING FROM WASH-j
1NGTON IS QUOTED AS
SUGGESTING IT. !
Will Hon. James Wickersham be
the candidate of the Republican party
for delegate to congress this year?
Has the postponement of the meet
ing of the territorial committee here!
had anything to do with a desire to
learn what is to be done before the
territorial convention has been decid
ed upon?
This paper has stated before that
a strong body of opinion is that Wick
ersham will seek the nomination of
the regular Republicans. He has al
ready abandoned the Hull Moose and
appears in the Congressional Direct
ory as a Republican, and we have
heard lots of rumors about the pos
sibility of his appearing as the candi
date for the nomination by the regu
lars of the territory.
William D. Coppernoll has been
quoted in the Juneau Dispatch of the
23rd. inst as saying practically that
Wickersham will be an aspirant for
the nomination at the territorial con
vention. Mr. Conpernoll’s opinion is
chiefly worthy of notice, remember,
because he has just returned from
Washington and has met the Delegate
there. But Mr. Coppernoll is quoted
as going further and telling that Sew
ard Republicans will send a solid
delegation to the convention for Wick.
He is not quoted as saying how he
found this out when no one in Seward
knew of it before. The following is
what the Juneau paper says:
"Wm. D. Coppernoll, a well known
attorney of Seward, who is in the
city, a guest of the Alaskan, says
Seward will send a solid delegation
to the Republican convention for
Wickersham."
The Dispatch is a Wickersham
paper but it could hardly be mistaken
about what Coppernoll said, and Mr.
Coppernoll has just been speaking
writh Wickersham himself. Of course,
Mr. Coppernoll is now attorney under
people who suck political strength
from Wickersham’s popularity. Be
that as it may, it really looks as
though Wick will go forward for that
regular nomination and it will be in
teresting to learn then what the men
who posed as Wickersham Democrats
during a Democratic administration
will do.
SEWARD FEARED FOR DORA
The news has just been conveyed
from outside that Seward has been in
fear for the safety of the Dora. Re
cently several horrible tragedies have
been occurring here under our noses
without our knowledge. The follow
ing message has recently been pub
lished in the Juneau Dispatch:
SEWARD,, Jan. 23.—Fears for the
safety of the overdue steamer Dora
have been allayed by wireless advices
that she is storm bound in Marmot
straits.
SOME WEEKS BEFORE NEW
P. M. TAKES THE OFFICE
Until the form of having the bonds
of W. E. Root approved, etc., he will
not ake charge of the post office, of
course, and Mr. Root himself stated
today that he thinks it may be a
month yet before all the formalities
are completed.
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 31.—The second big dam in the Otay
valley burst yesterday and has added another list to the
death list of the first dam breaking. Sixty-five lives have
been sacrificed by the bursting of both dams and three
thousand people have been rendered homeless. The second
flood was followed by wild scenes as looters attempted to
secure some of the goods carried away but marines and
sailors from a battleship have been landed and are patrol
ling the scene to preserve order, They have received
orders to kill looters on sight and the knowledge that this
order was issued has already had its effect. The suffering
of the people made homeless is very great.
ALASKA TRADE SHOWS
AN IMMENSE INCREASE
JUNEAU, Jan. 31.—The customs reports show that
Alaskan trade has increased by twelve million dollars
over the trade of last year. This is due in some measure
to the shipments for the government railroad but the in
crease in ordinary trade is chiefly responsible for the
greater figures. The most remarkable fact is that the
trade balance in favor of the territory is twenty-seven
million dolars, which shows that the exports, rather than
the imports, have made a big increase.
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•> ENQUIRIES FOR *
❖ TWO PEOPLE ❖
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Albert Herman Fiege is wanted by
an attorney of Dixon, Illinois, and the
attorney asks Chief of Police Guest to
look him up here. The mother of the
missing man died some time ago anu
left a will by which her son will re
ceive $1500 if he shows up within a
year.
N. R. Harris of the Corliss Gas
Engine Company, California street,
San Francisco, wants to learn the
whereabout of Harry R. Chad bourne
who left that city in 1015 on the Ad
miral Schley and was believed to be
coming to this part of Alaska. The
missing man is 5 feet 9 inches, weighs
160 lbs., is 36 years of age, has curly
brown hair and stoops slightly.
R. R. COMMISSION TO
BUY EIGHT BARGES
The Engineering Commission has
decided to purchase eight barges for
its work in landing supplies, according
to a recent issue of the Seattle Times.
Four of hte barges will have a capac
ity of 200 tons each and four w ill have
a capacity of 400 tons each.
ENTERTAINMENT CLUB
HAD FINE LAST ,DANCE
The Seward Entertainment Club
has had its la~t dance and now be
comes a pleasurable memory until
next seasen. The last dance took
place Saturday evening when quite p
large number of couples showed up
and enjoyed themselves immensely.
MAY GO TO TOLOVANA
Col. Lewis House, one of the
pioneer residents of Iditarod, leaves
early tomorrow morning with his own
dog team for his home town. He will
be accompanied by Mr. Dan J. Cor
coran, a civil engineer and graduate
of Trinity College, who has made
man> friends during his short stop
at Seward. Col. House is one of the
many sufferers of the All-Canadian
route to the Klondike in 1897, having
made the entire trip overland from
Edmonton, B. C. to Dawson. Mr.
Corcoran will possibly go over the
Tolovana district also this season.
The Alaska steamship company is
taking care of John Johnson who had
his foot torn off yesterday morning.
❖ ALL-ALASKA REVIEW ❖
❖ ON SALE TONIGHT ❖
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The All-Alaska Review for this
month is oflf the presses and will be
on sale this evening. It reviews com
I pletely all the affairs of the territory
| during the past month, which, by the
way, is one of the dull months of the
winter. The latest notice about the
Review is from our own Kodiak and
is printed in the Orphanage News
Letter of that place. The kindly
words, therefore, have a double in
terest. The News Letter says:
“The All-Alaska Review is a new
magazine that has recently come to
our desk. It is a very creditable pro
duction, giving splendid articles of in
terest to all Alaskans as well as news
from all parts of the territory. It
deserves the hearty support of all
who are interested in the development
of the resources of Alaska and the
general enlightenment of her people.
Long live the All-Alaska Review.”
EXPECT LARGE AMOUNT
OF WORK DONE HERE
C. P. Gregory and C. B. McNutt are
arrivals from Seattle. Mr. Gregory
says everyone in that city is eonfiident
that hundreds of thousands of dollars
will be spent on the Alaska Northern
as soon as possible and that Seward
will have a boom sure this year.
PLANS COMPLETED FOR
ST. PETER’S PARTY
The plans have been completed for
the card party which will be given by
the ladies of St. Peter’s Guild on
Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock in
the basement of the church. Everyone
is cordially invited. After the cards
lunch will be served. Admission is
fifty cents only and a very pleasant
evening is assured.
CITY COUNCIL WILL
MEET TOMORROW NIGHT
The city council will meet tomor
row, Tuesday, evening as it is the
first of tho month and, therefore, con
venient for several reasons. It is ex
pected that the City Attorney will
give an account of the manner in
which he swayed that congress and
administration as representative of
the Gig Four in the ijational capital.
Anyhow the ambassador of the Four
! looks as genial as ever after hit trip*