BRITISH AND FRENCH WARSHIPS
RUSH IN PURSUIT OF DESTROYER
ALLIED FLEET AFTER RAIDER
LONDON, Jan. IS.—Powerful Meets of British and
French warships are now scouring the Atlantic in search
of the raider that sank the ships otf the South American
coast. It is officially admitted that a dozen British ves
sels fell victims to the raider.
CARGOES TWENTY MILLIONS
NEW YORK, Jan. IS.—The estimates of the value of
the cargoes lost on the ships sunk by the German raider
otf the South American coast is twenty million dollars.
They were composed of all sorts of goods, particularly
food stuM's bound for the British islands. An attache of
the British consulate here declares that the raider \\a;>
not the \ ineta out is probably some merchantman that
has been outfitted with guns of good calibre and torpedo
tubes in some German port. All the information that luis
reached the consulate indicates that the ship stole through
the North Sea in spite* of the allied warships and made her
wav around the north of Scotland.
RAIDER OPERATING NORTHWARD
NORFOLK, Jan. IS.—Wireless warnings nave been
sent out that Hie German raider is now operating north
ward and is only rifteeii hundred miles south ot Gape
Henry. A British cruiser is known to be moving south in
ilie Hope oi intercepting the German ana destroying nor.
it is a mystery yet how the raider got so iar away Horn
nor home base without being recognized.
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SAY THEY KNOW KAlDEK
LONDON, Jan. is. — Survivors of the sunk British
ships give a description of the raider which tallies with
that ot the Vineta.
SAY FOLK HUNDRED LOST
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 18. — lhe news has come!
that four hundred lives were sacriiiced oy the sinking of
the ships by the German raider but tins is not continued.!
It is also reported that the captured ship St. Theodore lias
oeen converted into another raider by tile Germans ana
that she is now operating with a German crew and guns,
lhe exact number of vessels sunk had not been ascertain
ed at the time this was sent and it is feared that vessels
were sunk whose fate iias not yet been learned.
* AMERICANS ABOARD SUNK SHIPS
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 18.—The British consul re
ports that sixty American horse tenders and firemen, and;
.ao American doctors were aboard the Georgic w hen she
was sunk otf the South American coast by the German)
raider. He also reports that three Americans were!
aboard the King George which was also sunk. It is yet
unknown whether they were saved or not.
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BRITISH REPULSED IN WEST’
BERLIN, Jan. 18.—British attacks at Loos wore re
pulsed yesterday alter violent hand combats which result
ed in the capture by the Germans of British positions. In
the Roumanian region between Suchitzu and the Putna
valleys our artillery broke strong Russian attacks. Simi
lar reports come trom the Oituz valley where the Russians
also attacked.
ADMIRALTY BLAMED
LONDON. Jan. 18.—The country has again risen in
arms against what is generally described as the laxity of
the admiralty that permitted a German raider to steal
through the fleet. It is admitted that at least twelve Brit
ish ships have been sunk to date by the raider and the loss
in cargoes is unusually heavy. It is pointed out that be
cause of the valuable nature of the cargoes the losses
are more serious than that of a greater number of ships
nearer home, which are often carrying little or no car
goes. Lord Charles Beresford in a letter to the Times
cails on Britain to wake up to the weakness of the admir
altv before it is too late. ,
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SUBMARINE IN ATLANTIC
LONDON, Jan. 18.—An unidentified submarine has
been sighted in the Atlantic eight hundred miles from the
Virginia Capes. It is thought possible that it is the
Deutschland.
FRENCH REPULSE GERMANS
PARIS, Jan. 18. — Following a severe bombardment
the Germans yesterday made determined attacks on the
western front near Biaches, at the southern end of the
Somme line, but they were repulsed. In the Verdun re
gion French patrols entered trenches of the enemy on the
heights of the Meuse.
JAPAN TO SHOW SYMPATHY
TOKYO, Jan. 18.—Leading statesmen of Japan are
now planning to send a popular commission to the En
tente countries to express sympathy with their cause.
The expedition will probably go in April.
ITALIANS TO AID IN GREECE
LONDON, Jan. 18.—Athens reports that an Italian
military commission has arrived in the Greek capital to
co-operate with the allied powers in controlling Greece.
BRITISH COUNCIL TO MEET
LONDON, Jan. 18.—The British imperial council will
meet next week to discuss generally the war and questions
arising from it. The premiers of the colonies have been
summoned to take part, the council l>eing a sort of cabinet
for whole empire. It is planned now to give the colonies
■ a greater voice in imperial affairs as the colonies must
aid in shouldering the war debt. The king is favorable to
the idea and Lloyd George says it is necessary in order to
enable the government to organize all the empire’s forces.
ADMIRAL DEWEY
STRIKES FLAG
(JOES DOWN TO DEFEAT I OK
FIKST TIME llKFOKE
GKIM KKATEK.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. -Adniira'
George Dewey, the hero of Manili
.lay. died l:tst night at his residence
u ihi> city at the ago of 7D. He
fought a hard light at the end and
seemed as death neared to be promt
»f hi.- physical vigor. His wife and
on. George, were at the bedside as
ie breathed his last calmly and fully
resigned. Today the llag of every
American naval vessel in the world
is living at half mast.
Admiral Dewey was born at Mont
pelier, Yeimont, on December 20,
is::.. He was tirst married in 1807
after having taken part in the Civil
War under Farrngut. The remainder
of ihs life is an open book to all
Americans.
POPULATION OF CITIES
WASH IXGTONh — The population
of some of the leading cities, accord
ing to estimates completed last week
by the census bureau, are: New
York. 5,602.841; Chicago, 2,497,722;
Philadelphia, 1,709.518; Detroit, 571.
>1; i Angeles, .502,812; llullulo,
i2s,;».hs, 8an Francisco, 462..516; Mil
waukee, 426,•»:!•>; Cineinnatti, 410.4*6,
Newark. 40S.495; New Orleans, 871,
717; Washington, 868,980;* Minne
tpo!is. 8 .2,121; Seattle, 848.429; Jer
oy city. 206,845; Kansas ( ity, 29*,
>17; Pot Hand, Ore., 295,462.; Indian
apolis. 271,708; Denver, 260,800;
\lM 256.417, and Providence,
251.960.
ihh;gi.as man is
killed at ikont
Pi ned Juhlin. a former resident of
Douglas, where ho married and where
,i two eldest children were horn,
died recently as the result of wounds
received while lighting with the allies.
Juhlin was employed at r read well
for a number of years and was wolf
' a id w ell like d by everybody.
,!e was a Phristiun man and during
••.is residence hero devoted much oi
nu> time to the reformation and care
>; unfortu nates who had fallen b\ the
wayside. A copy of the Guelph, On
tario, Daily Herald just received by
M. E. Youngstrom of this place con
tains the following account of Private
Juldin’s death.
An official telegram was received
this morning by Mrs. Dublin, 101 Es
;(.x street, conveying the sad news of
the death of her husband, Private
Ernest Juhlin. formerly of the 71st
Battalion, it was only a few days
ago that a telegram was received
.gating that he had been wounded on
November Isth, and the telegram to
lay stated that he died as the result
>f hi* wounds on December 1st. The
news came as a sad blow to Mrs.
Juhlin, who was hoping that her hus
band’s wounds were not of a serious
nature, and today she is heart broken.
Douglas News.
IMMIGRATION
BILL PASSES
WASHINGTON. Jan. 16.—The Im
migration bill passed the House today
and now goes to the President who is
sure to sign it.
BOOST FOR COMMISSION
The citizens of Koyukuk are highly
pleased with the \\oH< done by the
Alaska Road Commission during the
past summer on the road between
that place and Coldfoot, stating that
it is the biggest piece of work for the
money expended that they have ever
seen.—Ex.
MOOSE IN STABLE
During the recent cold spell at
Richardson, when the mercury was CO
below, a young bull moose came up,
to the roadhouse and tried to get in
to the bain with the horses. The
roadhouse keeper allowed him to en
ter and after the weather moderated ’
turned him loose again. He appeared
to take kindly to the liberal provend
er provided.—Ex.
ALASKA R. R. !
BILL JAN. 30
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—1The Al
aska Railroad bill will probably be
presented to Congress on January JO.
(Note: The dispatch which con
veys this information is written in
such a manner as to prove confusing
Several stories are included in the
telegram form which includes this.
Just preceding it is the story of the
proposed bond issue for Mexican ex-j
pensc and right between the two
stories comes “twenty-one Million/'
.so that the message could be read us
aying “twenty-one million Alaska
railway bill will probably be present
ed to Congress on January JO.” The
message is read by the Gateway,
however, as saying that twenty-one
millions is the amount of money to be
met by the bond issue. It is hardly
possible that it could mean the rail
road.
ROM) ISSl’E PLANNED
FOR MEXICAN EXPENSES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Chair
man Kitchin of the House Ways and
Means committee today conferred
with Secretary of the Treasury Mc
Adoo regarding a revenue bill. It is
known that the administration ap
proves a measure providing for a
bond issue to cover the expenses of
the Mexican expedition and to pay.
for the Danish West Indies. The
amount will be twenty-one million.
ANOTHER YUKONER KILLED
Collector of Customs Leo. E. Sim
mons of Careross, brought word on
hi> arrival here Wednesday of the
death on Ocf. 21, at the Somme front,
of Ralph Ewing, former Dominion
telegraph operator at Careross and
Yukon Crossing.—Whitehorse Star.
CALL FOR MONEY
Uncalled for salary checks for fol
lowing persons fit ollice of Paymaster,
A. E. C.
J. U rugger, E. E. Condray, J. H.
Copley, Frank, Emmura, John Erick
son, Gust Fogeiin, Geo. Hadof, W.
Harn, Clias. Hansen, John Jenk, M.
Jensen, J. P. Kelly, Herman Klass, F.
R. Kessler, Geo. McCongon, Oscar
Nelson, d. Peterson, Robert I arry, l .
J. Pearson, Geo. Ramona, Otto
Strand, Frank Somers, Mike Smith.
W. Walker, Harry Worthington.
won.!) COME BACK
TO THE NORTH
Stroller White in the Douglas
News reprints a letter which he re
ceived recently without comment.
An old time Alaskan who went out
side and settled down on a small
farni writes hack to a friend at 1*air
banks as follows concerning the
homesickness of both himself and his
wife for Alaska:
“1 began to think I would have to
side-hobble the old girl to keep her
from skipping the rope and starting
for Fairbanks. She is homesick for
the north and 1 am cussing the day I
ever left it. We have a truck farm,
but it isn’t worth much. Friday 1
picked nearly forty pounds or nearry
two bushels of string beans. It took
me foui’ hours and it took me the bal
ance of the day to tell them, and I
received the munificent sum^! $1.20
for my labor. Wouldn’t that sour the
milk of human kindness in the best
old sourdough that ever lived ?
They re a hidebound lot on the out
side. If things come all right next
spring l may get enough ahead to buy
a ticket to Fairbanks, but if 1 don t,
it’s walk for me. Peaches and cream,
sunshine and flowers, maybe 0. K.,
but give me the frozen north, and a
blueberry pie.M
DAWSON 01 TPl T THE
SAME EACH YEAR
“The city of Dawson is rather quiet
this year, owing to the fact that
many of its men have gone to the
war,” says J. T. Patton, a mining man
from that place. “However, the pro
duction of the camp will be the
same as last year and it will remain
the same for years to come,’' be con
tinued. “This is due to the fact that
mining in Dawson and surrounding
country has reached a bedrock found
ation and its production is now
steady.”—Ex.
SI FIR AGETTE SENTI N ELS
MEET WILSON’S SALUTE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Fifteen
suffragette sentinels 'were posted in
front of the White House today when
President Wilson entered. As he
passed them by he saluted them smil
ingly and they acknowledge the sa
lute just as gracefully.
AMERICANS OUT OF
MEXICO BY MARCH
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—The army and war offi
cials assert that Pershing’s expedition will be out of Mex
ico before March. The first step in the withdrawal is the
recall of several border regiments. Secretary Baker has
already instructed Funston to order the First, Second and
Third Kentucky infantry home and this order is regarded
here as the first movement for the evacuation of Mexican
territory.
MAKE GERMAN PRISONERS WORK
LONDON, Jan. 18.—The House of Commons will be
asked soon to give an expression of opinion as to the ad
visability of putting German prisoners to use for agricul
ture work in this country. It is held that the action of the
Germans in deporting Belgians to Germany for work
makes a precedent. It is said that some thirty or forty
thousand German prisoners are held in England.
ADVANCED TURKS RETIRED v
BERLIN, Jan. 18. — The Turks have been retired
from advanced positions near Vadeni by the Russians be
cause superior forces of Russians made the attacks.
South of Smorgon the Russian front was repulsed with
serious losses.
HUGHES FOR COUNSEL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18—The House has unanim
ously authorized the employment of counsel for the Rules
committee and Charles Hughes and Lntermeycr will
probably be appointed.
lose confidence in henry
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. — The general sentiment
here today is that the Rules committee which is investi
gating the leak charges is in disrepute, owing to Chair
man Henry’s delays, quibbling and evasions, but it is ad
mitted that the committee is now showing signs ol squar
ing away for business. Republican Leader slauu in the
House today expressed the belief that the committee will
not consider it an impropriety to name Charles Hughes
and Untermeyer as its counsel. Representative Lenro>t
of Wisconsin urged a complete investigation of the whole
matter and Focht of Pennsylvania declared the whole
thing to he a colossal farce and demanded the shelving ot
factions to get at the root of it. In the meantime tile li
nanciers of the country are watch ml is waiting.
ADMINISTRATION GETS BUSY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. — The eapitol is evidently
stirred to the depths by the latest developments in the
leak investigation. One fact which has been particulaiq
noticed is that Postmaster General Burleson is frequently
conferring with tne Rules committee as the messenger ot
the administration. Solicitor General Davis is also con
stantly in communication with the committee, ihe ap
pointment of counsel and circumstances connected with
it may cause a further delay before the committee gets to
work again and in the meantime opinion is divided as to
the merits of the alleged exposures.
ARTILLERY ON ITALIAN FRONT
VIENNA. Jan. 18. — The Austrians entered Italian
trenches twice this week in the region ol the ( ar.-o plat
eau but otherwise no lighting took place with the excep
tion of artillery exchanges.
- GERARD OFFERS TO RESIGN
LONDON, Jan. 18.—Rotterdam quotes Ambassador
Gerard as offering President Wilson to resign ii he dis
approves of his speech at the banquet of the American
Commerce Association at Berlin.
GREEK ARMY MOVING
LONDON, Jan. 17.—The startling intelligence arriv
ed this morning that General von Falkenhayn, .ormcriy
chief of the German staff and commander ol the German
army that invaded Roumania from the north, has ai 1i\ eu
at flassona twenty miles north of Larissa, and tnat
the Greek royalist army is now moving northward and
crossing the zones which the Entente nations had declai -
ed to be neutral. Larissa is in the heart of Greece, south
west of Saloniki, and from there the Greek army is in a
position to take the allied forces in the Monastic region
from the rear. It has also been learned that the \\ 11 e os
station at Larissa is in constant communication with Bei
lin and it is fully believed that the Greek plans have been
: formulated to enter the war on the side ol the ( entiai
powers. Falkenhayn' probably entered Greece by way ot
Albania around the left flank of the allied aim\.
VICTIMS OF GERMAN RAIDER
LONDON, Jan. 17.—Another shock was caused toda\
! by the announcement that a German raider operating on
the coast of Brazil is believed to have sunk about a dozen
allied ships of various tonnage. The ships which have al
most certainly been destroyed are the French merchant
men Nantes and Asnieres Eunht, and the British Dramat
ist Radnorshire, Minnie, Netherby, Mount lemple, Ring
George, Georgic and Voltaire. These ships were seen
last off South America. The'Norfolk wireless warned all
i ships that a raider was operating near Pernambuco and
was described as being well armed, carrying torpedo tunes
for the special purpose of sinking vessels, it has also
been learned that the steamships St. Theodore and Yar
rowdale have been captured in addition to those sent to
the bottom.
TWENTY WERE SUNK
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 17. — It has been learned
here positively that the victims of the German laidei op
erating off this coast numbers about twenty vessel be
longing to allied nations, it is said that all of them were
sunk without warning. Four hundred survivors have
been landed here but no estimate has been possible as to
the number of men lost. The German is believed to be
still engaged in the work which is being done with such
extraordinary swiftness and secrecy that several ships
had been sunk before the news arrived.
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ROASTING WICK
FOR DRY LAW
To ho candid, Delegate Wickersham
has never aroused our curiosity very
much until now. His action in intro
ducing a bill in congress to make Al
aska dry, is too much for u.-. It is so
much like the action of a meddler.
Too fatherly for any use.
Two years ago our territorial legis
lature took this matter up and by an
act, put the question up to the people.
At the last election, the people —and
without the delegate's advice and
much less hia consent, decided that
tin* territory should he dry, and their
mandate requires the next legislature
to make it so. In a little better than
two months, the legislature will meet
at which meeting, action must be
taken. Vet, the delegate butts in
and wants congress to make it dry.
When and us a matter of fact during
this last campaign the delegate fav
ored the wets and got their votes.
I.,n't his present action an indication
that he lias turned against them and
wants to he taken up by the dry.-?
Apparently so,
Cogitating over his action, we think
wc can see his reason for his change
of mind which would seem to be this:
Having failed to receive the big end
of the votes east at the la.-t election,
he considers himsclt stranded from
the majority, as it were, and as wc
all know, nothing but the majority
suits him, he wants to be given the
. redit of making Alaska dry in order
t.) be taken up by the majority that
voted dry. lie is very fond of the
majority. So much so that lie pre
fers two enemies to one friend any
old time. In this case the majority
of the voters voted dry. Personally
wo believe the delegate prefers the
W(.t.- to the drys, but as the wets are
iot in the majority in Alaska, hence
his change ol mind. It is a wen
known fact that Wickersham never
considers his friends unless they are
in the majority. He is perfectly
11 ear on that point. Hut we wonder
how his “wet” supporters feel over
his action. It is evident that be
has no more use for them as no ap
parently wants to put them out of
husines -.—Ketchika i Progress'v?.
FAIRBANKS DIVISION NOTKS
b
A report from Nenana, under date
of January 1, gives the following
general information concerning the
work of the Fairbanks division:
Practically all construction wore
has shut down for the season, the
v ommission force being reduced
present to 163 employees. Most of
the contract work is confined to get
ting out ties and timber for next
season’s use. There will be no in
crease made in the force until the
now appropriation becomes available.
The piledriver crew is driving trestles
in the completed grade south of Ne
nana. but the steam shovel has been
shut down on account of the expense
of operation and repairs during tr.e
extreme cold weather.
A Commission lire department Hrs
been organized with H. P. Curtis as
chief, and J. J. O’Neil as assistant
chief. Hose and lire connections have
been installed in all Commission
cottages and buildings.
The receipts of the electric plant
for December, the first month of op
eration, were $732.00. 1 his will be
greatly increased in January when
the new wiring material arrives.—Al
aska Railroad Record.
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M. R. ACKLES IS DEAD
IN SANITARIUM FOR
INSANE AT PORTLAND
The Governor's office has been ad
vised of the death on December 16th
of M. K. Ackers, an inmate of the
Morningside Sanitarium, Portland,
Oregon. Ackers was admitted to the
institution on December 3, 1912,
from Wrangell, Alaska. His father
and a sister arc living at Devereauz,
Michigan, and were advised by the
Sanitarium Company, and requested
to indicate their wishes with respect
to the burial.—Ex.