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NEW YORK, Friday, March 23.—Following the re
ceipt of information that the Germans had sunk an
American ship en route on peaceful commerce
from the United States to Holland, President Hibben, of
the University of Princeton, a leading pacificist, declared
himself in favor of war with Germany, at a big mass
meeting hcid here last night.
“I am here tonight as a ‘pacificist,’ ” said Hiblien. “L
believe in j>eace at-any-prrce, and the price at the present j
time is war.
“Ia't us recognize our enemy. That day will come
when the stars and stripes will lie seen somewhere along
the ‘von Hindenberg’ line in France." y
Roosevelt wrote, being unable to attend: “Unless, in
the words of Lincoln, ‘we are degenerates whose manhood
has run out,’ we shall strike hard and effectively in re
sponse to these brutal and unprovoked injuries.
“Unless we do so, we shall show 4Hirselves unworthy
to be heirs of the steadfast soldiers of Washington, our
selves unworthy to claim kinship with men of high soul,
who under banners of Grant and Lee, proved their truth
by their endeavor.”
Former Secretary of State Elihu Root, addressing the
great mass meeting, which was called for immediate ac
tion against Germany, charged that the Teutons were de
fying civilization’s teachings, and related how they had
set about with fire and sword to subjugate the inhabitants
of other lands. __
BRITISH AGENT VICTIM OF ATTACK
SEATTLE, Friday, March 23. — Rendered insensible
ten days ago by a mysterious assault in his rooms at the
Frye hotel, Sidney Wr. Stevenson, British secret sendee
agent and munition buyer, finally recovered consciousness
in the Miner hospital today. He could not remember how
the attack occurred. Stevenson had $30,000 in cash and
travelers checks on his person which were not touched by
the assailant. .. _
JUDGE JENNINGS ORDERS BOARD TO
CERTIFY SULZER’S ELECTION AT ONCE
BULLETIN!
(Bj United State# Ca*U>
JUNEAU, Friday. March 23.—
Judge Jennings this afternoon
forced matters in regard to the
election of Charles E. Sulzer, by
issuing a preemptory writ of
mandate to each member of the
canvassing board, instructing
them to issue immediately a cer
tificate o felection to Sulzer.
JUNEAU, Friday, March 23.—The
canvassing board filed with Judge
Jennings, the protest of Attorney
Valentine against the counting of i
precincts in the territory, asking for
advice.
In a short, crisp opinion handed
down late yesterday, the judge stated
that he was not in position to advise,
or treat the accompanying protest ex
cept as an amend supplemental
article.
Hie precincts Valentine wants
thrown out in the third division be
cause the certificates of the election
boards were not included in the same
envelope with the ballots, are the fol
lowing: Chif^nik, Chitina, Girdwood,
Naknek, Ninilchik, Katalla, Latouche,
Ouzinkie, Moose creek, Roosevelt, |
Valdez and Wasilla.
BOATS AND TRAINS
The Northwestern is due at 8
o’clock tomorrow morning.
The Alameda sailed from Seattle
| yesterday.
The Admiral Watson is due in Ju
; neau today.
A special train left at 11 o’clock
this morning for Mile 40.
Trails
Trails good, with a temperature of
20 at Mile 71, 4 below at Mile 52, 6
below at Mile 34.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PREPARES
FOR YEAR OF ACTIVE ENDEAVOR
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Increased Membership and
Strong Men on Executive
Board and in Offices
(Jives Promise of Pro
gress.
With Seward’s strongest business
men supporting it, the Seward Cham-;
ber of Commerce has started out on a
regularly planned campaign for the,
good of this community.
With nearly fifty of the most rep
resentative men of the town present |
last night, the membership roll was;
opened and all who had signed previ
ously at the invitation of the member
ship committee, named informally a
week ago and others who cared to
sign were accepted as members to
gether with all in good standing on
the previous roll of the chamber. Al
ter which officers were elected for the;
year.
John Noon, president of the Cham
er of Commerce, tendered his resigna- i
tion at the opening of the meeting,
and it was accepted. He occupied the
chair for nearly a year and was of j
great assistance to the organization, i
but stilted that this year he would be!
busy with his fishing and lumber pro
jects and would to have the work
taken up by some one who could de
vote plenty of time to the work.
Clifford Mooers was elected tempor
ary secretary in the absence of Leon
C. Booker.
Dr. J. M. Sloan was elected tempor
ary chairman and after making a
strong speech, the keynote of which
was “boost and good words even of
your enemy," was elected president
unanimously, after which, he made
another equally strong talk, the
theme being, “if you are a resident of
Seward and want to help it, get busy,
and if you don’t like the town and
don't want to help it, get out."
Other officers elected unanimously
were Gaston Hardy, of the Harriman
National bank, as vice-president, and
Leon C. Booker, as secretary.
On vote by ballot the following ex
ecutive board of seven members were
elected: R. J. Weir, division engineer
of the government railroad; H. V.
Hoben, president of the Alaska Trans
fer company; Hugh Dougherty, of the
firm of Dougherty & Romig; Harry
Balderston, of the Bank of Seward;
Dr. 0. J. Keating, Frank L. Ballaine,
of the Seward Water company, and
G. W. Borgen, of Borgen’s grocery.
The report of Derrick Lane on mes
sages sent in regard to matters of in
terest to the Third judicial division
was read and accepted, and the report
GRAND TRUNK
LINER PRINCE
RUPERT ASHORE
Big; Steamer Hits Gann
Island; Passengers
Are Taken Off
(By United Slate# Cable)
JUNEAU, Friday, March 23.-Thej
Grand Trunk Pacific liner Prince Ru-1
pert, struck Gann island, near Prince
Rupert at 1 o’clock this morning while j
going at full speed. The vessel wvs
badly shattered by the crash, and the
pasengers are being taken ashore and
sent to Prince Rupert.
The Humboldt has gone to the ves
sel’s aid.
The Prince Rupert is the largest
boat of the Grand Trunk fleet, and,
was operated between Vancouver and
Prince Rupert.
of the comittee on membership filed.
A committee was named to greet
Andrew Christensen, of the land and
industrial department of the railroad,
on his arrival today, and confer with
ha.'#
At a meeting of the president and
executive board today, questions of
importance were taken up and Dr.
Sloan announced the apointmont of
the following committees, not desig
nating any member as chairman:
Publicity—Frank Cotter, A. H. Mc
Donald, and E. 0. Sawyer, jr.
Fish and Fishing—Ward James,
Wayne Blue, and John Noon. J
Marine—T. W. Hawkins, W. M.
Sauers, and G. W. Borgen.
Industrial—Attorney Leon C. Book-,
er, Harry Balderston, and Erich
Lucas.
Membership—Dr. 0. J. Keating,
Attorney Clifford Mooers, and Frank
Cotter.
Reception—J. J. Finnegan, Frank
Ballaine, Claude Mathiscn, Dr. 0. J.
Keating, J. J. Campbell, Ai Chamber
lain, Derrick Lane, Ed. Whittemore,
Leon Urbach, and Hugh Dougherty.
THE WEATHER
Yesterday.
Maximum . 34
Minimum . 32
Current . 26
Weather . Cloudy
WEATHER TOMORROW
Fair and cooler.
SEATTLE, Friday, March 23.—Business men of Se
attle and the whole northwest were astounded this morn
ing to hear that W. L. Collier of the Northern Bank and
Trust company, which recently failed owing its depositors
$1,500,000, had pleaded guilty and was under sentence to
the penitentiary for embezzlement.
Collier confessed to the prosecuting attorney yester
day that he had taken $30,000 by falsifying the books and
he was allowed to plead guilty before Judge Everett
Smith, who sentenced him to from one to ten years at
Walla Walla.
GERMANS TORPEDO OIL
TANKER, 20 OF CREW
LOST, 7 AMERICANS
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(11/ United Staten Cable)
AMSTERDAM, Friday, March 23. — The American
steamer Healdton, from the United Slates for a Holland
port, was torpedoed oft the Dutch coast yesterday with
out warning by a German submarine and a number of
Americans killed.
Three boats were launched after the explosion and
these containing eight men, one of whom was badly in
jured, were brought to Terschelling bay by a Holland tor
pedo boat.
One of the injured died on the way and the survivors
report that about fourteen men, forming the remainder
of the crew, were killed by the explosion of the torpedo.
U. S. CONSUL REPORTS 20 LOST
WASHINGTON, Friday, March 23. — U. S. Consul
Mahin at Amsterdam cabled the state department today
that the Healdton was sunk oft' Terschelling, Holland, by
a German submarine without warning and 20 of the crew
were drowned or killed by the explosion.
SEVEN AMERICANS MISSING
AMSTERDAM, Friday, March 23.—Full advices
from the sinking of the Healdton show that there were
thirteen Americans among the crew, of which six have
been accounted for among the survivors.
HEALDTON STANDARD OIL BOAT
NEW YORK, Friday, March 23. — The Healdton,
■oink off the coast of Holland vesterdav, was a Standard
Oil tanker, which sailed from Chester, Pa., January 26,
with a cargo of refined petroleum for Rotterdam. Capt.
Christopher and a crew of thirty-eight were aboard.
SECOND BATTLE
OF IMPORTANCE
IN WAR NOW ON
(ti> Lnitrd Statra Cable)
LONDON, Friday, March 23.—Not since the battle
! of the Marne when the German advance on Paris was
I hurled back through the strategy of General Joffre, has
there been an engagement on the western front equal in
fateful consequence to the duel of men and guns raging
today from the Aisne river to the northern end of the
Somme line._
GERMAN AMBASSADOR
FINANCED BOMB MAKING
(By United State* Cable)
NEW YORK, Friday, March 23. — Testimony that
money was furnished direct from the German embassy to
build a bomb factory in Hoboken for manufacture of in
fernal machines to destroy ships and American munition
plants, came out today in the trial of Charles von Kleist.
The prisoner, von Kleist, is accused of making bombs
to use in violation of the neutrality of the United States.
Karl Schmidt, formerly chief engineer of the S. S.
Fredrich der Grosse, Ernest Becker, an electrician and
others give testimony showing that the money to establish
the factory and make the bombs came directly from the
office of Ambassador Bemstorff at Washington.
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