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Volume \l Number _MV 8EWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1917._Ten Cents the Copy
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SENATE APPOINTS
A COMMITTEE TO
PROBE THOROUGHLY
S ^ WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, (Delayed). — The United
States Senate Committee on privileges and elections has
ordered a formal preliminary inquiry into the alleged dis
loval speech Senator Robert M. Lab ollette made befoie
the Nonpartisan League at St. Paul a fortnight ago. A
sub-committee of five members will be appointed to in
quire into the correctness of Lab ollette s speech qs ic
ported and also into the correctness of the statements
made therein.
Senator Atlee Pomrene, of Ohio, will be chairman of
• the sub-committee, and will report in December on the
charges that have been made. The committee has only
limited powers.
The committee on privileges and elections decided
that the charges which have been made against Senator
W. J. Stone, of Missouri; Senator Asle J. Gronna, of
North Dakota, and Senator George W. Norris, of Ne
braska, do not warrant an investigation.
Petitions for the removal of Senator LaFollette con
tinue to arrive.
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G RMAN RAIDERS
ARE REPORTED IN
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. (Delayed).—British, Amer
ican and Japanese warships are to scour the South Pacilic
ocean in search of two German raiders reported to be de
stroying commerce in those waters.
The crew of the famous raider Seadler which was
stranded at Mopeha Island, has manned two new raiders.
One of these is the power launch Seadler and the other is
the French schooner Lutece, which the Germans, it is re
ported, have seized for the purpose of making war on
shipping.
Four American vessels which are overdue are believed
to have been victims of the raiders.
ADMIRAL EVANS
ARRIVED EARLY
Capt. C. A. Glasscock brought the
Admiral Evans into port at 10:H0 this
forenoon and made a neat landing with
the water rolling high and the wind
blowing strong. The Evans brought
100 tons of general freight and live
passengers. She left for Anchorage
during the afternoon.
Capt. Glasscock reports splendid
weather yesterday and until early this
morning when he struck the wind amf
nasty seas were kicked up.
The Seward passengers were C. E.
Flye and wife, Jeanne Hughes, S.
Browm and F. R. VanCampen.
FISH QUOTATIONS
KETCHIKAN, Oct. 8, (Via cable
to Valdez, mail to Seward).—Quota
tions at noon today were as follows:
Halibut, 12V*cents; sable fish, 3 cents;
red rock fish, m cents.
GEN. RICHARDSON TAKES
OATH AS BRIGADIER GENERAL
Gen. VV. P. Richardson has receiv
ed his commission as a Brigadier Gen
eral in the United States National
Annv from President Wilson and has
subscribed to his oath of office as such.
The oath was administered by Judge
John R. Winn, as notary public, at
Juneau, and forwarded by mail to
Washington, D. Gen. Richardson
was appointed Brigadier-General by
President Wilson in August and short
ly afterward confirmed by the Sen
ate.
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PLAGUE IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Oct. 6, (Delayed).—
Fourteen new cases of infantile pa
ralysis were reported to the health
department in the 24-hour period end
ing today. Eleven were reported the
day preceding.
“We have, all told, about 250 cases
in Chicago,” said Health Commission
er Robertson.
iRIGGS DUE HERE TONIGHT STATE DEPARTMENT
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Thomas J. Riggs, jr., one of the members of the Alas
kan Engineering Commission, is aboard the steamer
■ Alaska which is due in port sometime this evening. Mr.
i Riggs is on his way to Anchorage, presumably for an an
nual conference meeting with the other members of the
commission. Robert J. Weir stated this afternoon that
probably Mr. Riggs would stop off here and make the trip
! over the line and trail to Anchorage, although nothing is
certain. Mr. Riggs will undoubtedly stop here on his re
' turn trip if his plans preclude a visit here now. Mr. Riggs
was a passenger on the Evans to Valdez and stopped there
. on offiical business.
BILL HOLZHEIMER
NAMED FOR JUDGE
IN ZND DIVISION
WASHINGTON, Oct. G, (Delayed)
William A. Holzheimer, of Ketchikan,
was today nominated by President
Wilson for United States District
Judge for the Second Judicial Divi
sion, to succeed Judge Randolph Tuck-j
er, Jr., who was not a candidate for
reappointment.
—
William A. Holzheimer has been
Assistant United States District At
torney for the First Division with
headquarters at Ketchikan since Jan
unary 1st, last. Prior to that time
he practiced law in Juneau. He lo
cated in Alaska in July, 1015. Mr.
Holzheimer had been prominent as a
lawyer ami in politics in the States
of Utah, Idaho and Washington be
fore coming to Alaska, and had strong
endorsements from attorneys and jur
ists in all of those States when he was
an applicant for appointment as U. S.
District Attorney for the Third Divi
sion, an application which was with
drawn sometime ago. He was the
Democratic candidate for Attorney
General of the State of Washington
in 190S.
Mr. Holzheimer is married and has
one daughter—Miss Katherine. Mrs.
Holzheimer was a member of the
Washington State Commission at the
San Francisco exposition.
ALASKA DUE IN
SEWARD TONIGHT
—
Steamer Alaska, of the Alaska
Steamship Company, is due tonight
sometime. At 11 o’clock the Alaska1
was at Latouche but was expected to
clear from there shortly afternoon and
should arrive here early this evening,5
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provided she got away as expected.]
iThf Alaska has many passengers for
Seward, including Thomas J. Riggs,
Jr., of the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission, good freight cargo and six
days' mail.
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TO PROSPECT
AT NUKA BAY
Four men got away late yesterday
afternoon on Sherman Haynes’ boat,
the Jeannie C, for Nuka Bay, where
the property of the Nuka Bay Mines
; Company will be thoroughly pros
| petted and a start made on develop
i ments. Nuka Bay is about 80 miles
from Seward and those in the party
leaving yesterday were Frank Skeen,
John Rice, B. Redfield and Otis Har-i
| rington.
i STOCKHOLM, Oct. 6, (Delayed)—
A decree effective at once limits the
height of shoes to seven inches, thus
stopping the manufacture of high
boots for women.
CAPT. ZUG TO
GUILD ROADS
IN TERRITORY
Capt. John Zug. recently appointed
Captain in the United States Army
Engineers’ Reserve Corps, has re
ceived orders to report to Gen. W. 1*.
Richardson, President of the Alaska
Board of Road Commissioners. The
order came from Adjutant-Gen. Mc
Cain of the United States Army. This
is construed to mean that Capt. Zug
will shortly succeed Capt. J. C. Me
haffey as disbursing officer and mem
ber of the commission, according to
advices received here on the Evans.
Capt. Zug is now in Juneau and took
his oath of office as a Captain in the
army a few days ago. The War De
partment was immediately notified by
wire of the fact, and the orders to re
port to Gen. Richardson came back
also by wire.
Capt. Zug has been conencted with
the Alaska Hoard of Road Commis
sioners for several years. Until a few
years ago his headquarters were at
Fairbanks, but more recently they
were at Valdez.
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PRUSSIA, SASK., ALTERS
ITS NAME TO LEADER
REGINA, Sask, Oct. f>. (Delayed).
The village of Prussia, Sask, is to have
the name changed to Leader, accord
ing to the decision of the citizens.
! REVEALS ANOTHER
PLOT OF G RMANS
1 WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, (Delayed).—State Depart
ment officials today admitted that they have evidence that
Count von Bernstorff, former German ambassador to the
t United States, directed the expenditure of nearly $2,000.
000, which he gave to Bolo Pasha, a Turkish secret emis
sary of the German government, to send to France for
further peace propaganda.
Bolo Pasha was hailed as a spy in Paris and made
very little headway there in his efforts to work up peace
sentiment.
It is expected that the investigation of Pasha’s secret
activities will reveal the entire structure of German plot
ting in the United States, and give the State Department
additional details of German plots in this country.
HEARST ENTERTAINS SPY
NEW YORK, Oct. G, (Delayed).—The Attorney Gen
eral discovered yesterday that William Randolph Hearst
had attended a dinner which Bolo Pasha gave in March
last year to Boy-Ed and Yon Pa pen, known also to have
been active in German plots against the United States.
WAS AT HEARST’S HOME
NEW YORK, Oct. G, (Delayed).—Bolo Pasha, while
he was in America was entertained at the home of William
Randolph Hearst, according to information received to
day. The Attorney General when seen said that the edi
tor’s relations with the German spy were purely social so
far as he was aware.
LONDON INTERESTED
LONDON, Oct. 6, (Delayed).—The afternoon papers
contain large headlines of the latest German spy disclos
ures unearthed by the United States in connection with
Bolo Pasha.
Much praise is given the State Department for its
quick and thorough work in revealing German intrigues,
not only concerning America, but other countries as well.
The use Germany made of the Swedish foreign office for
sending secret code messages to Argentine, disclosed by
the United States, is commented on.
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TRACKLAYING ON THE
ANCHORAGE MAIN LINE
HAS REACHED MILE 191
Tracklaying on the main line north
of Anchorage reached Mile 11)4, five
miles south of the Kashwitna River,
on September 21). South of Anchor
age, track had reached on that date a
point one-quarter of a mile north of
Sheep Creek.
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BORAH PREDICTS VOTES
FOR WOMEN NEXT YEAR
ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 6, (Delayed)
Speaking at a luncheon given by the
St. Paul members of the National wo
man’s party, Senator Borah, of Idaho,
expressed the belief that the suffrage
amendment will be passed by the next
session of congress.
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RAMMED—SUNK
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, (Delayed).
! An American patrol boat on duty off
shore was rammed and sunk today by
an unknown craft. The Navy De- j
j partment makes this announcement
with no further particulars.
CANNERY GOES
UP IN FLAMES
SALMON LOST
Forty thousand cases of salmon, the
cannery and principal buildings were
destroyed by nre at Glacier, Excursion
Inlet, on the morning of September
30th, according to advices brought by
the Admiral Evans today. The plant
was known as the Edwards cannery
and the loss will be a heavy one. The
fire started in the boiler-room from
some unknown cause.
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DR. BENEDICT DETAILED
Dr. C. C. Benedict, chief sanitary
officer, who holds a first lieutenant’s
commission in the Medical Reserve
Corps, has received orders from the
War Department detailing him to ac
tive duty with the Fourteenth Infan
try detachment, stationed at Anchor
age. He will continue to perform his
duties as chief sanitary officer, as be
fore.