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S. S. PRINCESS MICE
IN DISTRESS SENDS CALL
FOR H .P VIA WIRELESS
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* Report Received by Officials of Company and Steamship
Princess Patricia Goes to Their Relief.—Two Tugs Also
On Way to Render Assistance
r STRIKES REEF IN QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND
Later Reports State Pcssengers All Safe Aboard Relief
Ship Princess Patricia.—Duo Vancouver Some
time this Afternoon
SEATTLE, Feb 11 (by Associated Press).—The har
tor department of this city reports the steamer Princes.
I Beatrice wirelessed a distress call from some where nea,
' Queen Charlotte Sound. The report declares the steame
is in no immdeiate danger. Two tugs together with th
' steamship Princess Patricia are going to the assistance o*
the Beatrice- Authorities are of the opinion that the ves
( sel struck an uncharted reef.
r PASSENGERS TAKEN Oft SfilP
SEATTLE, Feb .11.—A dispatch received here state
♦S' that the Princess Patricia arrived at the scene of the
wreck, and has removed all passenger from the Prmcesr
Beatrice. She is do at Victona sometime this afternoon
The two tugs are standing by toj*gn<jer_as6istance_>_^
HARDING NAMES OFFICERS
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HARDING WORKING HARD
ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida, Feb. 11.—Back to worl
after three weeks vacation President-elect Harding wac
cd into a vast accumulation of correspondence and rms
' * cellaneous business which must be read before he gives
his final consideration to the new cabinet. Mr. Harding
will make his home in a hotel here until he leaves for the
inauguration. Close friends believe he has virtually de
cided on the appointment of Hughes as Secretary o
State, Daugherty, for attorney-general, Hayes for post
master-general and Henry Wallace of Iowa as secretary
fcf agriculture. Fall is believed to be considered for the
f post of secretary of the interior.
SOLDIERS TO BE PROTECTED
WASHINGTON, Feb-11.—Secretary of War Bakei
has appealed to th? newspaper men of the country tc
guard against designating burglars and criminals as ex
service men without proper investigation. Baker declare
that many criminals, in the hope of gaining sympathy,
are f_::~ig as soldiers.
, MORE TROUBLE IN IRELAND
LONDON, Feb 11.—An Irish republican army sever
al hundred strong is inarching on Skibbereen in count}
Cark according to reports from many sources says the
M Central News dispatch.
BIG BOLL DESTROYED
TACOBIA, Feb. 11.—The main mill of the Marine
Lumber Company was destroyed last night by fire. The
loss is estimated at $160,Cl3
WBL JENNINGS SAYS SO j
MIAML Flopdi.—“H the Democratic party is going
to be a forte in the country it must have its haembers and
voters unwilling te.Dct through the party unless they can
. control it,” saidBryan in discussing m announcement
from New York that Bryan and hisbretherwereplannmg
the reorgahisat&n of the party. He said he M not def
initely know the date Ret for the launching of the new
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FIRE PLAYS HAV
HOME OF CHAS. CAMERON
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Home of Prominent Seward Resident is Completely Des
troyed by Fire.—Building is Total Loss.— High
Wind Handicaps Firemen. /
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The local fire department was called out at twelve
thirty this afternoon to quench a blaze which started in
the home of Chas Cameron, proprietor of the Seward
Grill. Although the fire boys woriked at break-neck speec.
in thir efforts to smother the blaze, they were tremen
dously handicap by a high-wind which swept through the
cown, at times attaining a speed of forty miles an hour
„he house being in a direct line with the wind. After a
hard fight the blaze was finally brought under control,
but not until the house and contents were a total loss
Mrs. Cameron and small baby were eating break
ast in the kitchen when the fire was first noticed an.
o rapid was the spread of the blaze that she had barely
line to escape with the little one. Efforts were made to
jave some of the household effects but to little avail.
The house was owned by the Bank of Seward and
has been occupied by Mr. Cameron and family only a
short time. Mr Cameron has been a resident of Seward
for many years and is well known here, being the proprie
tor of the Seward Grill. ' • ^
Several of the fire boys were drenched with the hose
and in spite of frozen fingers and faces stayed on the jot
antil the fire was undercontrol. The house was reduced
.(* a mere skeleton in the short space of thirty minutes
aid although insured i:or one thousand dollars the loss
’ill reach in the neighborhood of five thousand.
SCORES HOOTCH PEDDLERS
PORTLAND, Feb. 11.—Federal Judge Bean an
junced from the bench that hereafter sentence violators
f the national liquor law would get penitentiary terms.
He declared th at many persons were considering the law
i Joke but it was a law in the country in force and would
ontjnue to remain in force.
TOWN DESTROYED BY CYCLONE
SANDER VILLE, Ga., Feb. 11.—The town of Oconee,
a Washington county, with a population of five hundred
. /as almost entirely destroyed by a cyclone, according to
^formation reaching here A number of deaths have
)oen reported. Special trains carrying doctors and
mrses have left for the scene.
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CUPID IS HIT HARD
OLYMPIA, Feb 11.—The senate passed the Davis
all requiring fifteen days between applications and the
asuance of marriage licenses and the elimination of all
justices of the peace. The bill submitts a list of persons
.uthorized to soleminize marriage._>_■
CEREMONY BEi
iHELD HONOR OF
FRENCH TEACHER
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JONCHEREY, France, Feb. 11—
\ ceremony in honor of the • firji
frenchman killed in the war has jus*
>een held in this little village^ The
ictim, Jules Peugot, was a school*'
, naster before the war and joined the
army ad a corporal. He was shot by a
ifhlan patrol 12 kilometer from the
German frontier 80 hours before the
declaration of war. A monuent to the
‘ ckoolmaster erected here will soon hi
dedicated bf the Preach government
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CAMPAIGN TO
MAKE SWISS
NATION DRY
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GENEVA, Feb. 11— A campaign
tomake Switzerland dry has been ur
dertaken by the Swiss Anti- Alcoho l
League. Ijp-^irst step# it is announc
ed, will t>i to demand a federal rr
ferendum authorizing the Swiss can
one to exerdse local option. v
The prohibition leaders here sa:
that recent unofficial balloting ind*
cated that a large number of the can
tons would vote,Ip,become dry if th
issfce were preeenW to thfcn.
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American Marines Stationed in Nicaragua as Guards at
the American Legation Building Alleged Paper In*
suited Them and Go On Rampage
WRECK PLANT OF NICARAGUAN NEWSPAPER
Secretary Daniels Criticises Men For Unwarranted Act*
ion and Says He Has No Patience With Men
Who Take Law in Own Hands
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—Twenty-one American
Marines out of one hundred and three attached to the le
gation as a guard at Managua in Nicaragua, Central Am
erica were arrested as the result of the wrecking of a
newspaper plant, publishing the La Trabuna at that place
yesterday. Secretary Daniels announced that the men at
tacked the plant as the result of the publication of what
they termed abusive and libelous articles regarding the
American marines.
ATTACKS SERIOUS SAYS DANIELS
Secretary Daniels in discussing the affair, character
ized the attack as serious and asserted that he had no pa*
lienee with men in uniform who took the law in their own
hands regardless of the provocation. .
GERMAN EIRE ON BELGIANS
GERMANS AND BELGIANS AT IT AGAIN
LONDON, Feb. 11.—Serious fighting has been re
ported between the German population and the Belgian
patrol at Aix La.Chapelle, acording to an Exchange tele
gram received here from Amsterdam.
An Aisle report says inhabitants of La. Chapelle re
ffused to obey police instructions regarding a carnival
celebration and remained in the street after the time fix
ed for the closing resulted in the Belgian patrol firing
into the crowd and wounding several.
TYPHUS ON STEAMER PRES WILSON
NEW YORK, Feb. 1L—The discovery of eleven new
cases of typhus aboard the steamer President Wilson led
to a quarantine. Officials plan, drastic measures against
further immigration from the infested countries. Four*
teen more cases have beien reported. . *• - •
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TWENTY MORE CASES DISCOVERED
NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—Twenty cases of typhus
have been reported on board the. steamer San Justo from
Trieste, Naples . Three died during the voyage.
COLBY REFUSES INFORMATION