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THINK NIV .11 PUNTS ~~ RAID LONDON
NEW GERMAN AIRSHIP EERRORS
RAID COAST OE ENGLAND
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London, Jan* - 1 German aviators in the new type of battle
planes caiietl “Fokker” raided the coast of Kent yesterday, Sun
day, morning. One civilian was killed and six were injured but
the damage to property is not stated. 1 he Zeppelin chill has
has now given away to what is called the “Fokker fear” and the
phrase is being used half humorously all over tin' country. It is
admitted that the new type of airship is a powerful weapon. It is
widely reported here that Germany intends to replace the Zeppe
lins entirely by the Fokkers for raids on London and ether British
cities, and it is stated that the attacks will l>e delivered by squad
rons of the new airships.
DOVER BOMBARDED
Beri.in, Jan. -1 German naval aeroplanes bombarded Dov-1
er. England, Sunday morning. Great damage is believed to have
been inflicted. (Dover is in Kent, so Berlin and London are prob
ably speakihg about the same raid although the London report
omits mention of the great seaport.)
FRENCH AVIATORS
SHOOT UP METZ CITY
Rerun Jan. *J1 French aviators bombarded the city of Metz
yesterday, killing two civilians and wounding eight. One bomb
struck the hospital of Metz, but it is not reported that any of the
inmates suffered. One of the airships was shot down and the oc
cupants were killed by the fall.
IMMENSE AIR FLEET
ATTACKS MONASTIR
Salonika Jan. 24 -Starting from this place a great fleet com-|
posed of forty five airships sailed over the Bulgar-Teutonic lines j
yesterday and headed for the recently captured Serbian city of
Monustir which they bouil>arded with a terrific fusiladeof lx>mbs.
Immense damage is reported by the returning aviators. The city
i> the headquarters of the Austro-Bulgarian armies which are
drawn up along the southern borders of Serbia and Macedonia.
WM. ELLIOTT
PASSES AWAY
Oldtimer Known to
Fame as Billie theHorse
Reaches Bedrock
ANCHORAGE, Jan. 24-- William
Elliott, better known us ‘liillie the
Horse,” died ye*tereay in the govern
ment hospital of tuberculosis. He was j
brought here some days a^o from his !
cabin where he had lain for some time, |
having refused to accept aid or charity
of any kind from any one.
.
Mrs. van Campen
lias Written Book
the Paper Says
Mrs. van Campen has written a book ■
recently, according to a Juneau paper j
which came on the last boat. She went i
out a few weeks ago ami was enroute
to New York. The scene in which the
new book is laid is not stated, but it is
probably safe to say that Alaska is the
scene and that some local people have
unconsciously supplied inspiration or
‘•copy.”
Wife of San Diego
Hotel Man Elopes
with Negro Chauffeur
SALT LAKE, Jan. 24 — Mrs. Viola !
Hood, the wife of a San Diego hotel ;
man, and her negro chauffeur were ar-1
rested here today after having eloped. I
The negro will probably be charged j
with white slavery and both are now
confined in prison. The woman is said
to have been influenced by her com
panion to run away with him.
New consignment of Chinese
noodles, twenty-five cents per pound.
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First.”
WILL PUT OFF
REPUBLICAN
MEETING HERE
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Chairman Herron of
Territorial Committee
Wires Request
Committeemen J. J. Finnegan and
Kd. Whittemore received a cable Sat
urday evening from Chairman Charles
K. Herron of the Republican territor
ial committee, asking them topostpone
the meeting of the committee which
Herron had called for the *27th, inst.
Mr. Finnegan, committeeman for Sew
ard, could not state today whether or
not the postponement would be made
until other committemen are heard
from.
Objects to Using
Guns to Commit
Suicide in Belgium
LONDON, Jan. 23—The Burgomaster
of Boisfort, Belgium, has just issued a
statement asking that all people who
wish to commit suscide in future might
oblige the community by hanging or
drowning themselves. This statement
it supposed to be a joke at the expense
of the German authorities’ who are said
to have recently lined the city bscause
a citizen of the place shot himself. The
tine was placed really on the property
of the man who committed suicide be
cause «>f using tire arms when Belgians
are prohibited from doing so.
Robert Romig, formerly of tbe Gate
way, has, as he would say himself,
accepted a position with the Bank of
Seward. His connection with this pa
per has been a most pleasant one for
the office and hi9 severance from it is
a source of regret to it, but the Gate
way would fain see ni its former bright
reporter a John Pierpont Morgan in
embryo.
EIGHT KILLED
AT LEAST IN
GREAT SLIDE
—
Dining Car
Coach Swept Down
Mountain Sitle.
—
SEATTLE, Jan. 23.-Four dead bod
four more are believed to be buried yet
in the snow slides which fell near
Corea on the Cascades last Saturday.
It will probably be weeks before the
other bodies are recovered owing to
the fact that the snow is ten to fourteen
feet deep over a large area. A dining
car and a day coach were swept down
the mountain side and the dining car
was buried. It is believed that one
man was burned to death soon after
the slide took place:
Thousands Made
Homeless by
Colorado River
YUM A, Jan. 22. — The overflow of
the Colorado river is now worse than
ever. Four miles of the levee are gone
and the city stands in four foot of wa
ter. Thousands are homeless.
Floods Co Down
After Loss of
Quarter Million
YUMA, Jan. 24.—The floods in the
Colorado and Gila rivers have receded
and the danger of further floods is
passed. The damage inUicted is esti
mated at two hundred and flfty thous
and dollars.
ROOSEVELT MAY
TRAIL WILSON
OVER COUNTRY
CHICAGO, Jan. 23.-—In hiirh politi
cal circles here it is declared that
Roosevelt intends to “trail” Presi
dent Wilson all over the country when
the latter starts out on his campaign
for preparedness. The intention is to
make speeches wherever the president
speaks.
Train Strikes a
Street Car and
Two People Die
CHICAGO, Jan. 24.—Two people
were killed and raeny were hurt when
a Su Peul train struck a street cat* in
this city yesterday.
Explosion in
Buffalo Kills
and Hurts Many
BUFFALO, Jan. 24.—Three were
killed, two others are missing and
eighteen were injured in an explosion
which occurred today in the plant of
the Keller Blower company. The
cause of the explosion is not stated.
MEARS APPOINTS A NEW
OFFICIAL ON R R. WORK
ANCHORAGE Jan. 24. -Lieutenant
Mears has appointed K. K. Kunev dis
trict engineer and superintendent of
construction. Kuney will have charge
of all the resident engineers of this
division. O’Reilly still remains super
intendent of this division, however.
A. B. MEETING TONIGHT.
All members requested to attend.
May be your turn next. See Ennis
& Campbell, Fire Insurance. 22-2t
Best cigarc and refreshments at
Terminal Bar. Bee ad. 11-1—tf
GERMANS CLAIM
VICTORIES ON
WESTERN FRONT
Berlin Says They Are
Successful all along
the Line
BERLIN, .Ian. 23.—The war office
claims German victories all alontf the
western front in several engagements
which have taken place in the past few
days. Lively artillery and aeroplane
l)attles are recorded at various points,
in all of which, the bulletins say, we
ha vs corne off winners.
MEXICANS KILL
1 AMERICANS AND
ARE CAPTURED
EL PASO, Jan. 22. — Carranza
troops have captured the Duran broth
ers, Mexican cattle thieves who killed
Bert Akers, an American yesterday.
The body of Akers arrived here today.
(Later)
EL PASO, Jan 23. — The Duran
brothers, the murderers of Bert Akers,
were executed by a firing squad last
evening at Juarez. Directions are said
to have been sent by Carranza to shoot
the men immediately after the proving
of their guilt.
WILSON LETS
JOHN BULLOCK
OUTOF FINE
Former Nome Man Will
Only Have to Spend
Jail Term.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.--President
Wilson has remitted the tine of two
thousand dollars imposed on John Bul
lock, formerly of Nome, who was sen
tenced to a tine and a year’s imprison
ment for fraud against the govern
ment in connection with coal contracts
for supplying the military at Fort
Davis, near Nome. Bullock is now
serving his prison sentence.
MINERS DO NOT
WANT TAFT IN
SUPREME COURT
INDIANAPOLIS, Jon. 24. — Tho
United Mine workers in session here,
have passed a resolution urging Presi
dent Wilson not to appoint William
Howard Taft to the place in the U. S.
Supreme court left vacant by the death
of Justice Lamar.' The opposition is
due to the belief that with Taft in the
Supren e court capital would secure a
powerful and prejudiced friend.
Twenty-two Below
at Anchorage
This Morning
The temperature at Anchorrge this
morning about 7 o’clock was twenty
two below. It fell to twenty-three a
little later but just before 11 a. m. it
was only three or four below. At the
Oasis Saturday night it was 24 below.
NO MORE HEARD OF
CAPTAIN CRAMER AND
CREW OF TRAVELLER
ANCHORAGE. Jan. 24.— Nothing
further has been learned of the Cra
mer party which is marooned on Fire
Island. Several new men have joined
the rescue Darty and Newt Pilgqr, a
merchant, has offered twenty-five dol
lars to the first man getting to the
party’s relief.
BIG STEAMER
IN HAD FIX
Admiral Schley Reported
Disabled Off
Hoquinm
HOQUIAM, Wash., Jan. 23.—The
steamship Admiral Schley is reported
disabled olf the coast near this place.
Another steamer is standing by but the
true condition of the vessel is not piv
en; much difficulty has been experienc
ed in obtaining details, owintf, prob
ably, to reluctance on the part of the
captain of the Schley, to communicate
the real state of affairs.
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Admirul Schley Is
P. A. N. Vessel
The Adml. Schley which is reported
disabled off the Washington coast be
longs to the Admiral line and is a sister
ship to the Admiral Farragut and Ad
miral Dewey.
Dock Work Going
on Fast and Gang
to he Increased
Work on repairing the damage done
by the tire on the dock is pioceeding
with dispatch and the force will be in
creased just as quickly as more men
can be effectively used.
Snowsheds Gone
SEATTLE. Jan. 23.— A thousand
feet of the snow sheds east o’ the Cas
cade tunnel on the Milwaukee line
have been swept away by giant slides
but no casualties are reported. It will
take ten days or two weeks to clear
the tracks and in the meantime the
Milwaukee and Great Northern trains
will take a detour by the Northern
Pacific.
INCOME TAX
HOLDS VALID
Supreme Court Hands
Down Decision That it is
Constitutional
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—The su
preme court of the United States has
handed down a decision that the fed
eral income tax is constitutional. This
ends the attempt of wealthy people to
avoid the tax.
RUSSIANS RESUME
GREAT UFFENSIVE
Petrograd Reports Austrians
Again Being Driven
Backward
Petuogkad, Jan. 24—-The Austrians are being thrown back
in disorder as a result of tt*e resumption of the offensive on the
S try pa river and Bessarabian fronts by the Russians. The recent
temporary lull in the fighting was caused by the climatic condi*
tions and not by a shortage of munitions as reported. To the
north the Russians and Germans are reported to be still compara
tively quiet. Both are probably waiting for the spriug before re
suming activities.
RUSSIAN TORPEDO
ROATSJjNK TURKS
Petrograd, Jan, 24—Russian torpedo boats have sunk thirty
three Turkish vessels in the Black sea during a campaign of a few
days. Seven of the vessels were sunk while they lay at docks at
ports in Anatolia whose coast the Russian vessels raided with tel
ling effect. The two former German cruisers, the Goeben and
Breslau, are now leported to be stationed in the western waters
of the Black sea as a protection for the Bosphorus and the Otto
man capital.
SAY GERMANY OFFERS
PEACE TO BELGIANS
LONDON, .Tuu. 23.—It is announced
here positively that Germany is now
ottering a separate peace with Belgium
and offers not only to evacuate Belgium
but to pay for the damage inflicted
during the invasion. In commenting
on ihe matter the Times states that
the fact shows the growing weakness
of the Teutons and a desire to place a
buffer between German territory and
the allied armies in the west while the
German armies withdrew behind the
fortifications on the western borders of
Germany.
NEWTON, la., Jan. 23.—A mail bag
containing seventy thousand dollars
was stolen from the depot here last
night. The robbers evidently had
knowledge of the contents of the sack.
They succeeded in getting clear away.
TURKISH SUB.
SANK PERSIA
THEY SAY NUW
LONDON. Jan. 2.1—A dispatch from
Amsterdam says that the Turkish min
ister of marine is about to issue a state
ment admitting that the liner Persia
was sunk by a Turkish submarine and
that Austria will follow the statement
by a confirmatory assertion. Nothing
is said as to the indention of Turkey to
make amends for the loss of the Amer
ican consul, McNeely, or not
MONTENEGRO PLAYS CLEVER TRICK
BUT AUSTRIANS SURROUND IT
R. R. PRESIDENT
FALLS ON ICE
AND MAY DIE
OMAHA, Jan. 23.-A. L. Mohler,
president of the Union Pacific railroad,
fell on the ice while skating in a pond
here yesterday and is in a grave con
dition. He sustained concussion of the
brain and internal injuries which, it is
feared, will prove fatal.
ISSUE OF ALL-ALASKA
REVIEW IS DELAYED
Owing to the stoppage of the electric
power the issi.ingof the January num
ber of the All-Alasna Review is de
layed. The restoration of the service
will have to be waited before the Re
view can be run off.
Challenges Any Man to Walk
Him Here to Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, Jan. 24.~Carl Chris
tensen has issued a challenge to any
man to walk him from Anchorage to
Seward and return for a purse of a
hundred dollars or more.
ALASKA WILL
TAKE PLACE
OFALAMEDA
SEATTLE, Jan, 23 —The steamship
Alaska, which was formerly the Kan
sas City, will leave on her regular
northern run on Feb 29. The Alame
da will then be withdrawn temporarily
to be repaired and improved.
Alaskan Wants
Six Thousand
DOWLING, Wash., Jan 23.— John
Tadwick, a returning Alaskan, is now
here gathering evidence to prove tha
he deposited six thousand dollars in a
bank thirty years ago and that he has
never drawn a cent of the principal or
interest. It is said that his claim Is
well founded.
Amongst the visitors in the city at
present are Mrs. Nellie Bates and Mrs.
Luey Fletcher who arrived Saturday.
Ft. W. Roberts, who built ^he tank at
Anchorage, is also in town. Joe Cum -
mings arrived from Idltarod a couple
of days ago.
ROME, Jan. 24.—Austrians have now
occupied the Montenegrin ports of An
tivart and Dulcigno in the effort to cut
off the escape of the Montenegrin army
b, sea and the position of the army of
the little nation is regarded as very
serious. It hud been hoped here that
the Montenegrin forces, when all hope
of victory had lied, could have reached
the coast and escaped by ship across
the Adriatic but the occupation of the
sea coast by the enemy probably
means the end. It is pretty w’ell known
that when King Nicholas ef Montene
gro asked Austria some days ago for
an armistice for the ostensible purpose
of discussing peace terms he meant
only to secure time to enable his little
array to reach the sea. Whether his
ruse will he successful or not cannot
be told hut the fear is stiong that If
the trick succeeded in its purpose the
invaders will make reprisals by pun
ishing the Montenegrin civilians.
MEHAFFEY AND
EIDE GET AWAY
Lieutenant Mehaffey, a member of
Alaska Road Commission, and Anton
Eide, superintendent for the Commis
sion in this district, started out this
morning on a great journey dnring
which a thorough inspection of the
needs of tha several districts will be
made. They will go to Iditarod, then
to Ruby uqU to Fairbanks,