-- THE WEATHER
The Great Jan. 15 Max. 34, Min. 27, at 4 p. m.
■■ a jh um m 30, Calm and Clear.
ALAolVAn Jan. 16. Max. 34, Min. 26, at 4. p. m.
I Ly 28, Calm and Clear.
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SWEDISH KING UTTERS WARNING TO BRITAIN
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AND MANY BELIEVE THE NATION NEARS A CRISIS
TURKS RUSH BIG ARMIES TO MEET
TREMENDOUS ASSAULTS IN ASIA
SWEDISH KING WARNS BRITAIN
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 17—A sensation was sprung on
the nation this afternoon when King Gustaf in his speech
at the opening of parliament expressed himself in words
which are taken as a warning to Great Britain to stop
further acts detrimental to Swedish commerce. The
speech of the king was apparently worded with extreme
care but through it ran a vein that manifested clearly the
dissatisfaction of the Swedish people and government
with the interference of British warships with Swedish
merchantmen and commerce generally. Complaints have
been coming thick and fast in this respect until the senti
ments and attitude of the Swedes have become decidedly
pro-German. Some of the newspapers openly declare that
the discomfiture of Russia is the signal lor Sweden to step
in to the rescue of Finland. Sven Hedin, the famous pub
licist, advocates a union with the Teutonic powers with
out hesitation and many believe that the nation is fast ap
proaching a crisis in her career.
GREAT ONSLAUGHT ON TURKS
LONDON, Jan. 17.—According to advices from
Athens the Turkish army which has been engaged on
Gallipoli peninsula is being rushed to Asia to meet terrific
onslaughts which are now being made against Turkish
territory on three fronts. Although the report does not
particularize it is assumed that two of the assaults are
being made by the Russians in the Caucasus and by the
British in Mesopotamia. The third might either be a
second Russian assault near Persia or an advance from
Egypt. According to the advices the campaign in Asia
promises to eclipse the struggle in Europe from this
time forward
FORD PARTY SNUBBED AGAIN
THE HAGUE, Jan. 17.—Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany
has declared the Ford peace party undesirable and its
admission to German territory is out of the question.
Permission has been given to it by the German govern
ment to pass through Germany on the way back to Stock
holm and this permission was given in such a manner as
to suggest that the sooner it is used the better. The may
or of Stockholm, who became a member of the party, has
been informed from Sweden that he will lose his place un
less he returns home. Madame Schwemmer, who took a
leading part in a women's peace committee in the United
States and elsewhere, has appealed to Berlin for better
i reatment for the American peace commission.
THROUGH LINE OPENED
BERLIN, Jan. 17.—The first through train left Ber
line yesterday for Constaninople and was seen off by a
vast concourse of people. The total run is nearly twelve
hundred miles. More than a hundred miles stretch from
Berlin to the Austrian border and the road then runs
about six hundred miles to Belgrade. From Belgrade
through Nish to the Ottoman capital is between four and
five hundred miles. The through trip had to be delayed
pending the repair of places destroyed by the Serbians.
The intention is to send trains loaded with war munitions
to Turkey and bring them back loaded with cereals and
ether food supplies.
BUY ROUMANIAN GRAIN
BUCHAREST, Roumania, Jan. 17.—It is now gener
ally understood here that Great Britain has decided to
purchase the entire stock of grain in this country in con
formity with the plan to starve Germany. An English
syndicate has just paid fifty million dollars for eighty
thousand cars of grain although the possibility of moving
it to Great Britain is out of the question. On the other
hand, it is said, Germany has purchased the whole stock
of Bulgarian grain or has arranged to purchase it. The
crops of both countries are very large as agriculture is
their chief industry.
MONTENEGRO QUITS
BERLIN, Jan. 17.—Count Tisza, prime minister of
Hungary, announced today in the Hungarian parliament
that Montenegro has asked Austria for peace. The
premier spoke positively and Europe accepts his state
ment although the imperial Austrian government has not
announced the fact officially. As Montenegro is almost
completely conquered the only significance attached to
the request for peace is that it marks the breaking away
of the first of the allies from the agreement not to seek
peace separately.
WORRYING GREECE
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 17.—The allied fleets
around the Greek shores are reported to have adopted
overbearing tactics and use Grecian ports as they might
use their own notwithstanding the fact that such a
practise is a violation of neutrality. There is still a hope,
diplomats declare, that Greece will be forced to to take ut,
arms on the side of the Entente alliance. Bulgaria is now
permanently re-organizing Macedonia as an integral part
of itself.
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ENVER PASHA PARADES
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 17.—The return of thou
sands of troops from their success on Gallipoli peninsula
has been made the occasion of a great triumphal military
parade through the city. Enver Pasha, the youthful
minister of war and the hero of the Ottoman empire, rode
at the head with the German and Turkish staff to the
Yildiz Kiosk where the sultan waited. Thanksgiving
services were held later in the mosque of St. S'phia.
GENERAL BRITISH BLOCKADE
LONDON, Jan. 17.—Great Britain will soon an
nounce an actual blockade that will bar ail goofs to or
from the Teutonic nations or their allies direct!/ or in
directly. A strong protest is expected from neutral na
tions but the British government has knowledge of the
faot that oomo non-boliigcrcut countries i.’J northern
Europe have been acting as mediums for trade between
Germany and other parts of the world.
ITALY LEAVES ALBANIA
VIENNA, Jan. 17.—Italy has abandoned the plan to
participate in the war in the Balkans and is now making
preparations to evacuate the places which her troops oc
cupy on the Albanian coast. Her occupation of that coun
try in the first place was just as much intended as a show
of opposition to its occupation by Serbia as by the
Teutons. Since the very beginning Serbia and Italy have
regarded each other with suspicion.
SLAUGHTER PAUSES IN WEST
PARIS, Jan. 17.—The official communique this after
noon tells only of isolated artillery actions of minor im
portance. The German offensive in Champagne has died
out with the capture of a few advanced trenches as the
sole prize for the tremendous losses incurred. The French
people await the approach of spring in the belief that the
greatest of all the allied efforts will be put forth.
BERNSTORFF PROTESTS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Von Bernstorff, the Ger
man ambassador, has entered a formal protest with the
state department that the seizure of the papers of Captain
von Papen by the British was a violation of the guarantee
of safe conduct given to the attache by this country and
Great Britain. This protest was expected.
AMERICANS DIE FOR FRANCE
PARIS, Jan. 17.—Five American members of the
French foreign legion have been killed in the recent light
ing on the western front. Scores of members of that
nationality joined the famous legion at the beginning of
the war and many have laid down their lives.
BRITISH RAID LENS
BERLIN, Jan. 17.—Sixteen civilians have been kill
ed in the city of Lens by British aviators who raided the
place two days ago. The fact that French people wera
killed by bombs thrown by their allies is being widely
commented on.
STORMS IMPEDE IN EAST
BERLIN, Jan. 17.—It is officially announced that
snow storms are impeding the operations on the eastern
front against the Russians and that only minor gains are
being made. Increased activity is promised for spring
time. Both sides have fortified strongly in preparation.
ANOTHER SPANIARD SUNK
LONDON, Jan. 17.—The Spanish steamer Belgica
has been submarined and sunk but the crew was saved.
The location of the place where the vessel was sunk is not
told but it is probably the Mediterranean.
COMMITTEE TAKES W BIEE
AND WICKERSHAM IS EIRGENE
Norwegian City Is
Swept By Big Fire
Two Thousand Homeless in Bergen
and Damage is Fifteen
Millions.
CHRISTIANIA, Norway, Jan. 17 —
The city of Bergen was swept by a
great fire yesterday that rendered
homeless two thousand people and
caused damage amounting to fifteen
million dollars. Only two people are
known to have been killed but several
received serious injuries. The lire
fighting apparatus was found not to
be at all adequate for the purpose.
Bergen is an important port on -he
k’orth Sea and has a population ol
ninety thousand.
TWO RELIGIOUS FACTIONS
CAUSE BLOODY FIGHT
Catholic Congregation Splits Up and!
One Side Engages in Battle
With the Militia.
SCRANTON I’a., Jan. 17.—A bitter
strife which has occurred between
two factions of the Catholic church in
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Pupont near tn**
terday in a battle between one of the
factions and the militia and in the
killing of one man and the fatal
wounding of two others. The two i
factions atacked each other several
times until it became necessary to
call out the militia to restore ordci
and enforce the authority of the bis
hop. About twelve other people were .
seriously injured in the conflict with
the militia.
plotted to murder
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Chief of Police and Another Witness
Overhear Sons planning
Foul Deed.
CHICAGO, Jan. 17.—Chief of
Police Lee and a stenographer hid in
a garage yesterday, after having re
ceived information of some kind, and
while hidden there they overheard a
rehearsal of the details of a plot by
Irving Updike and his brother Hei
bert to kill their millionaire father
and their mother while they slept.
The father is a millionaire farmer
whose sons had reason to believe he
was about to alter his will to their
disadvantage. One of the sons is
thirty-eight years of age and the
other is twenty-one. Both were ar
rested at once by Chief Lee.
TIES FOR COPPER RIVER
VICTORIA, Jan. 16.—The freighter
Seward will begin loading tomorrow
a million feet of ties for the Copper
River railroad.
LITIGATION CLEARED
Robert Hatcher, the Little Susitna
miner, arrived Saturday from Knik on
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his way out to his home in Seattle
for the winter months. He will re
turn on the first boat up the Inlet.
His property has been tied up in liti
gation for the past four years and has j
just been cleared up, so work will go
on in earnest next spring. The
Matanuska Company has sold out and
the interests consolidated with the ^
Eugene Bartholf holdings on the same
creek under the name of Talkeetna
Mining Company.
EVANS OUT OF JUNEAU
The Admiral Evans sailed from Ju
neau yesterday noon and is expected
to arrive in Seward sometime Wed
nesday.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—The house committee on
appropriations began this afternoon the consideration of
the item in the urgency deficiency bill for the appropria
tion of two million dollars for the continuance of work on
the Alaska government railroad. Delegate Wickeroliam
made a statement to the committee that any attempt to
block the appropriation would be strenuously opposed by
the whole west and all the representatives of the western
states.
(Note: There are two kinds of deficiency bills, One
is an “urgent deficiency bill” and the other is the “general
deficiency bill.” Under the organization of the house of
representatives the committee on appropriations has
charge of all deficiency appropriations whether or not the
original appropriation came under that committee.
Maxim Says U. S.
In Danger Anyhow
Fears Successful Invasion Whichever
Side Wins in Europe.
NEW HAVEN, Jan. lG.t-ln a pre
paredness address delivered here last
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night Maxim predicted danger for
this country no matter I which side
wins the great Europeaii conflict. He
ynnoM*-*1 ’ ** p ■> nmcAnt
war i« a struggle for r\iciaj SUD
acy which will continue t<i> the end. In
the course of his speech rfyst night he
declared that a European power
could land a quarter million\ seasoned
veteran troops in the Unit^xl States
in a month and that in two weeks
they could capture all the Munitions
plants.
SEATTLE BUSINESS MAN
KILLS CHILD WITH AUTO
SEATTLE, Jan. 17.—Frank
Lekenby, vice-president of the
Charles Lilly company, ran over and
killed a child with his auto while he
was riding in the city last evening.
Overcome with horror Lekenby col
lapsed and is now in the care of the
doctors. The police say the accident
was unavoidable nad that Lekenby is
in no way to blame.
TO START TRANSFER CO.
AT TOLOVANA CAMP
Knut Koland, recently in the trans
fer business at Iditarod, arrived Sat
urday on his way to Seattle where he
will obtain several teams of horses
and take them over the trail to Tolo
vana where he intends to re-establish
himself in the drayage businss. Mr.
Koland took a team of horses from
Iditarod to Tacotna, where he said the
trail was in the worst condition pos
sible, with six to eight feet of snow.
He reports the trail over from An
chorage in A. 1 condition.
YOUNGSTOWN IS QUIET
BUT SEVERAL INDICTED
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Jan. 16.—
Twenty-six men have been indicted on
charges arising out of the recent
strike riots and the burning of build
ings. All the men indicted are for
eigners. Conditions have now almost
resumed their normal aspect and the
troops have been withdrawn.
PUGET SOUND MAY BE
RUSSIAN SUPPLY POINT
PITTSBURG, Jan. 16.—It is report
ed that the erection of a great steel
plant on Puget Sound is in contempla
tion for the purpose of supplying the
war needs of Russia. Nothing furth
er is known yet to the general public
about the matter.
The weather report for last Friday
was; Max. 34, Min. 25 at 4 p. m. 31,
Calm and Clear.
THE TRAVELLER
MAY BE WRECK
ANCHORAGE REPORTS BOAT
ADRIFT AND SINKING AND
NO LIFE ABOARD.
ANCHORAGE, Jan. 17.—That the
launch Traveller, formerly of Seward
and owned by Captain Cramer, is
is now’ virtually certain. 'Die launch,
which several have recognized as the
Traveller has been seen floating around
the point for several days with no
signs of life aboard but with every
indication that she is gradually sink
ing lower and lower in the water. A
man named Miller who lives at Camp
bell Point and who is now' here says
that a fire was visible on Fire Island
last Friday night and it is assumed
that the fire was lighted by Captain
Cramer and the Traveller’s crew after
reaching the island from the boat. If
Cramer and the others do not show’ up
today a rescue part headed by Dick
Doherty will set out tomorrow on a
small boat to pick them up. Cramer
w’ent out with the Traveller some time
ago to look for Nate White.
PRESIDENT TO
TAKE STUMP
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Presi
dent Wilson has decided to make a
stumping tour of the country to furth
er the preparedness program. Friends
in congress urged the necessity of
such a step on him. The itinerary
has not yet been announced.
JANITOR LET A
MAN HANG HIMSELF
SAN JOSE, Jan. 17.—A janitor in
this city last night watched a roomer
hang himself and die. After the man
was dead the janitor reported the
matter and told the police later that
he did not interfere because he be
lieved it to be illegal to cut a body
down until the coroner examined it.
CITY OF QUESNEL HAS
QUARTER MILLION FIRE
Bank Building Dynamited to Save
City From the Spreading
of the Flames.
QUESNEL, B. C. Jan. 16.—This
city was visited by a great fire last
night which caused damage amount
ing to a quarter of a million dollars
and which was only stopped by the
dynamiting of the fine North Ameri
can Bank building. As the fire raged
the temperature was forty degrees
below zero, a fact which interfered
disastrously with the work of the fire
men.