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Volume XI* Number 282 -- - -—---- ■ ■ ■■ —— ■ ; 1 ■■ - ■■ --
CRY OF LIAR
MADE UPON
FLOOR OF
S NATE
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WASHINGTON. Fpb. lb - Senat
or John W. Weeks, ot .Massachusetts,
in a speech this tort-noun in die
atf' vigoiously criticized the War de
partment ami other branches or tire
‘/rated States government. Senator
Weeks charged that President Wilson
had deliberately injected politics into
the controversy over war efficient*}
am! for this the Senator was greeted
by cries of “No" and one Senator is
strted to have yelled “liar’ but thisj
is .aid to have been practically lost in
the storm of protest which followed.
Senator Weeks is the Republican
member ol tin Military Committee
and he declared that the lack of a cen
tral body to divect the war wa* I'lrge-j
ly .esporsible for the present trouble*
in the War Department. The Senatoi
urged cn< passage ot the wai cab.m t
measure and the ie>olutio»i tor a u.r
ector of munitions.
DORA IN PORT
FROM WESTWARD
SAILSJUESDAY
Steamer Dora, Captain John Nor
land arrived in p-jrt shortly atici 1
o'clock this afternoon from the west
ward. Purser Garland stated that the
t*p, both to the westward and »eturn
was a splendid one with the exception
o' at Unalaska and there the «vinu did
blow, al>o at Chignik.
The Dora brought the folio ving
passengers: Otto Larsen fron Nushu
gak; Frank Messinger and Charles
Neilson. Cold Bay. the latter going
to California for medical treatment,
Manuel Vincent from Unga; Charles
Jacobsen fiom Port Moller, coniine. to
Seward for medical attent on; John
Gunderson from Chignik and Cecil B.
Garton and Adolph Anders f’or* Sel
dovia.
The Dora will sail for the \»’« tward
next Tuesday' afternoon at 2 o< otk.
GIDEON’S IMBLEs"HERE
Rev. Patton received TO Gideon
bibles on the Northwestern, which will
be distributed among the hotels in
Seward. Last summer Frank A. Ben
son, traveling man was through We
raising a fund for the bibles. Ketchi
kan raised a fund sufficient for the
bibles for the hotels of Ketchiitan,
Petersburg and Seward.
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SENATOR FROM MISSOURI
IS CHAMPION INVESTIGATOR
WASHINGTON, Feb. lb. — Senat
or Reed is the champion congressional
investigator. He is a member of foui
probe committees—military alfairs,
sugar and coal, commerce committee
investigating the shipping board, and
privileges and elections committee in
vestigating utterances of Senator La
Follette. Recently all committees
were operating at the same time.
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There was a large turnout last
night at the regular weekly drill of
the Seward Home Guards, several
new* reciuits taking part. •
Few' persons were on the trail this
morning 10 catch the train iue back
here tonight.
Miss Marie Main arrived on the
Northwestern last night from Seattle
and is at the Seward. Miss Main in
tends to locate here.
RAID ON CAR OF COAL MADE 3Y HUNDREDS DRIVEN TO DESPERATION
Tin* Noriousuess of (ho nml shortage which brought nb >ut Doclor Garfield's drastic order is illustrated by this
photograph. Hundreds are shown raiding a coal ear in n yard at Philadelphia. They came with all sorts of wagons,
carts, hags, perambulators, and anything and everything that could he used to carry the precious coal and loaded them
up with a supply of the sorely untied fuel. No guard could have stopped the rush of people, who knew that they
must get coal or freeze.
NORTHWESTERN
HAS MANY FOR
SEWARD--SAILS
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Steamer Northwestern arrived in
port-at 7:MO o’clock last night bring
ing 20 passengers for here and >1-1
tons of freight. Capt. Hunter report -
.the best kin I of weather northoound.;
; lhe Northwestern completed discharg
' ing this morning at 3 o’clock and t’ ’-*n
went to the San Juan Fish dock and
took on a iarge shipment of frozen
fish, clearing from there fo* the south j
at r>:.*»0 o’ciook.
Passengers arriving on the North-,
western were C. W. Jackson, R. C. Os-|
good, Msrie Main, R. M. Goebel, L. |
N. Lowell, A. VV. Young, W. A. Jones,,
A. H. Peter-on, J. C. V\.dts and wife,
t Mrs. P. L. Simpson, H. M. Kearney, I
• Otto Schallerer, A. L. McIntosh, H. j
Winkel. S. T. Vaughn, Ha»:y Tu.Kcr,
J. Loranger, Dudley Allen, al Dowl
ing, Bert Florence, Frank Parrish,
; M*-s M. Brown, Rev. Zmn, I*. S. Bren
nan and A. E. Austin.
The following were passengers
: south on the Northwestern: F. R.
Weisendanger, W. R. Goldsmith,
; Blanche Cay lor, Mrs. N. J. Caylor, H.
B. Wells and wife, K. Longman, Geo.
j Carroll. ’ B. Gold, Gus Gilles, Bessie
I Marsh, Tom Glencross, B. H. Rogers,
S. E. Mandle, Oscar Hart, Mike Wal
lock, Sam Kopsick, W. A. Phillips,
Mrs. M. White, George List, A. G.
Dowling, A. L. Florence, Joe Howard
Fred Cox, P. Kerwood, W. Geary and
22 steerage.
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CRIPPLED CARS
! REASON FOR A
GREAT SHORTAGE
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. — Thou
sands of crippled freight cars have
accumulated through the present win
ter because of the gross neglect ot the
I various railroads. This is one of the
reasons why there is a present car
shortage according to an announce
ment made today by Director General
McAdoo of the commandeered rail
road systems. Mr. McAdoo has secur
ed reports from all his assistants and
a general statement setting forth the
results of his probe is most comp *e
hensive.
RAIDING GERMAN
DESTROYERS SINK
BRITISH V:SS .S
LONDON, Feb. 16—Eight British craft, hunting for
German submarines in the English Channel were sunk
this morning shortly after daybreak by a German raiding
flotilla of destroyers. The casualties are not known.
SUBMARINE IS SUNK BY AIRPLANE
PARIS, Feb. 16—Two French hydroaeroplanes
fought a German submarine in the English Channel this
forenoon. The aeroplanes dropped bombs which destroy
ed the submarine. Nunc of the undersea boat’s crew es
caped alive.
BRITISH STEAMER FOUNDERS AT SEA.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16—Ten officers and members of
the crew of the British steamer Miguel Delarringa perish
ed in mid-ocean on February 6th when that steamer foun
dered in a gale. Survivors arrived here today on an
American transport. The British steamer was in ballast
bound for this port.
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TO GIVE VOTE
TO THE WOMEN
I OF DOMINION
OTTAWA, Feb. 16. — The extcn
tion of the franchise to Canadian wo
men is announced by the government
as part of its established policy. The
announcement states that v oman s
suffrage will be an established fact
throughout Canada before anothei
general election.
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HOLLAND ABOLISHES
ALL 5 O’CLOCK TEA
AMSTERDAM, Feb .6. — Five
o’clock tea has been abolished in Hol
land. The government has prohibited
the serving of tea in restaurants and
hot* U because stocks are disappear
ing fast. nd imports are a< a complete
cessation.
BOSPHORUS IS
TO BE BRIDGED
BY THE TURKS
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AMSTERDAM, Feb. 16. — The
Bosphorus is to be bridged and a tun
nel will -jc dug underneath also. This
is according to official infoimation
that the Turkish Parliament has g v
en a Budapest firm a contract to buiid
the tunnel and the bridge. Work is
to begin in April. The Bosphorus is
eighteen hundred feet across at the
narrowest point.
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THREE AMERICANS KILLED
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. — Com
mander Pershing reported to the War
Department this morning that three
American soldiers were killed during
the n:ght in a raid on the front 1 nes.
HEROISM OE SISTERS
PREVENT A GREAT
LOSS OE LIFE
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MONTREAL, Feb. 16—Fanned by a high wind, fire
broke out early this morning and the Grey Nunnery burn
ed to the ground. It is believed that nearly a hundred
babies and many retired soldiers have lost their lives.
Only the heroism of the sisters, who were nursing the
invalid babies and soldiers averted a greater number of
casualties.
At the time the fire broke out 375 babies and other
patients were in the nunnery. The flames seemingly
swept to all sections of the building at once.
Sisters and male attendants rushed from ward to
ward and with the assistance of the firemen and others,
who arrived quickly upon the scene, scores were rolled out
into the cold morning air. Within half an hour the build
ing was only smoldering ruins.
A scai-ch of the ruins was immediately begun and at
noon today fifty-two bodies, charred, had been recovered.
BRITISH MAKE
SHARP ADVANCE!
NEAR JERUSALEM
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LONDON, Feb. 16. — The British |
forces on the western front in I’fl'W*
.ine advanced two miles today along a
i\ mi1? front. The scene of this ad
vance is noitheast of Jerusalem.
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SAYS CASPER IS O. K.
W. E. Peterson, transfer man of
Anchorage, arrived on the Northwest
ern lust night and registered at the
Jverland. Mr. Peterson has been on
a flying trip to Casper, Wyoming and
says that place looks so good to him
that he will close out his business at.
Anchorage and take his family and
make hU permanent residence in the I
| oil town. Mr. Petei*son expects to re
turn to Seward on his way outside
within a couple of weeks.
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WIRELESS INVENTOR
MAY BE AMBASSADOR
TO THE UNITED STATES
ROME. Feb. 16. — It is announced
here that Wil’iam Maiconi will replace
Count V. Macchi Ji Ceilere as the
Italian Ambassador to the United
I States.
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EVANS DUE TOMORROW
Steamer Admiral Evans is due in
port late tomorrow night from the
westward, according to advices receiv
ed by Agent Wayne Blue
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GOING TO ANCHORAGE
Martin Lanning will leave tomor
row morning for Anchorage with his
team of nine dogs.
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The Army and Navy Hop will be
given by the cable and radio buys to
night at the Arctic. Brotherhood hall.
The Seward Woman’s C’uib met
yeMerday afternoon with Mrs. Robert
J. Weir. Mrs. Sauers read an article
concerning one of Wagn«*r. operas,
\ The Bridge club was entertained
this afternoon by Miss Sylvia Wold at
the residence of Mrs, W, E. Root,
GERMAN LINKS
CARRYING NOTE
TO SURRENDER
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. — The
much ridiculed Genuan sausage is
possibly playing an important part in
the disintegrating of the Kaiser's
army. The French are sending the
Gennan troops sausages and in the
sausage meat are slips of papci tell
ing the Germans that they will do well
if they surrender. The slips of paper
in the sausage give the password as
“Kamerad Republique.” Many recip
ients are surrendering ami a few spies
arc sa;d to oe among them but they
are interned in prison.
EXPORTATION OF
GOLD TO MEXICO
TO BE ALLOWED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. — The
United States government proposes to
permit the exportation of enough gold
to Mexico to satisfy President Carran
za’s neeus. This is part of a commer
cial agreement which is now being ne
gotiated. Mexico now has g • In
American b.anks. The proposed agree
ment roes not indicate however that
the United States will loan Me.ico
any r* • t.oy.
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WEATHER ON R. R.
Temperature along the railroad has
dropped slightly according to the
weather report received at 7 o’clock
this morning as follows:
Anchorage, f> above, part cloudy, N.
W.
Girdwood, 5 above, foggy, calm.
Matanuska, 16 below, clear, calm.
King, 4 below, clear, calm.
Talkeetna, 18 below, clear, calm.
Desdhors?, 20 below*, cear. calm.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, Feb. 16. — KuFx.i was
qvnted this noon at 23 cents ana suhie
riab at six cents.