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ALASKAN Jan. 21—Max. 3, at 4 p. rn. 1, N. wind,
Clear.
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KAISER’S BIRTHDAY PASSED
OEE IN UNEXPECTED QUIET
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KAISER SPENDS DAY IN FIELD
BERLIN, Jan. 27.—The kaiser spent his fifty-seventh
birthday aneiu touay. Ail attempts at elaborate celebra
tion or ceremonies were discountenanced, lhe stories J
Uiai the Dormans intended to make a particular elfort to|
win a victory to celebrate the day are ridiculed heie andj
tiie papers point out tnut wnen Dermans lay down then :
lives tney uo lor tne country and not lor any absurd;
purpose oi celebrating any event however great. llie
emperor lias recovered completely m health and now
spends most oi tne time aheid with the armies.
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BERLIN REPORTS BRITISH SLAUGHTER
BERLIN, Jan. 27.—Twenty-three thousand British
troops deiendiiig Aden have been placed in such a position
by me attacking Arabs and Tunes tnat they are threaten
ed with total annihilation. Cologne advices state that
slnce the battle began the British have lost fifteen thou
sand killed and twenty thousand wounded. So great was
tne number oi guns captured that the Arabians are now
using them against tne British themselves. One wounded
British major who has been captured has stated, accoid
mg to these advices, tiiat the British have lost a thousand
square miles of territory, (in the cable the place of this
battle is described as Aden, Persia, but there has evident
ly been some slip made in the transmission of the mes
sage. Aden is south of the Red Sea and on the Gulf of
Aden and, therefore, far away from Persia. Aden is a
British possession and the chief strategic position foi the
defense of the entrance to the Red Sea and the Suez canal
on the south). ,
BRITISH IMPORTATIONS CHECKED
LONDON, Jan. 27—The government has decided to
partially prohibit the importation of certain ai tides that
are not badly needed. This effort is believed to be neces
sary to relieve the shipping situation as so man} ships
have been lost and so many others are engaged in the
transportation of war supplies. 1 he names of the ai tides
to be prohibited are not yet published. An announcement
was made this afternoon in the house of commons b}
Runciman, the president of the Board of I rade, that the
British merchant marine will soon be placed under the
control of the government in order to have importations
and exportations properly regulated. This statement has
created widespread dis-satisfaction in snipping circles
and the attempt to put the proposal into effect will prob
ably cause another bitter fight. |
GERMANS WIN TRENCHES
BERLIN, Jan. 27—After successful blasting opera
tions the Germans have stormed and carried the French
positions on six hundred yards of front in Artois. Sev
eral severe engagements are still proceeding at different
points along the western front, the Germans taking the
offensive in all cases. We still hold the positions taken
near Neuville during the sharp engagements which took
place on the Flanders front a few day ago. The birth
day of the emperor has been hailed without exceptional
ceremonies along the various fronts.
CONSCRIPTION IS LAW
LONDON, Jan. 27.—Great Britain entered into a
new and striking phase of its history last evening when
the house of lords passed the conscription bill and so made
it a law. The king had not actually signed the bill at the
time this dispatch was sent but his signature is merely a
matter of form. The provisions of the bill make the call
ing out of the single men necessary first Only England,
Scotland and Wales are included, the demand of Ireland
to be excluded having been acceded to.
FRANZ JOSEF NEAR END
ROME, Jan. 27.—According to reports from the
Vatican the aged Emperor Francis Jospeh of Austria has
recently suffered two strokes of paralysis and is in a most
serious condition. Of all the monarchs of Europe, even
not accepting the king of Spain, Francis Jospeh is closest
to the papal throne and the Vatican advices may be re
garded as official.
CHIEF BATTLING IN SOUTH
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 27.—The chief fighting of the
war is now reported from Asia. Some bitter struggles of
a local nature are taking place in the west but the Russian
front is comparatively quiet
❖ TODAY’S MEETING *
❖ POSTPONED.. WHY? ❖ J
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The local Republican committee-1
men have postponed the meeting oi
the territorial committee which had
oeen called lor Seward today. It was
announced yesterday that the propos
ed meeting would be postponed. The
commiteemen only know, evidently,
that Chairman Herron asked the post
ponement, only that and nothing more
although political whispers suggest
that deep down beneath the surface
there is something doing, and that in
that something are involved the names
of Shackleford, Bayless, Wickersham
and some of the leaders of the regular
forces to whom Baylors, the present
national committeeman, is, like Cap
tain Boy-Ed, prisons non grata. A
few days will bring out some inter
esting events in the ranks of the
party most likely.
KILLS WIFE AND DAUGHTER
AND COMMITS SUICIDE
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.—Nathan
Pullman, who is suspected of having
killed his wife and daughter, jumped
from a third story window of his hotel
this morning and was instantly kill
ed. His wife and daughter were kill
ed with an axe after having eaten a
theatre dinner. Pullman is believed
to have been insane.
Seward W oman Best
Rustler in Alaska
Gateway Bets Fifty Thousand Dol
lars on Mrs. Johnson.
The Gateway is safe in betting
fifty thousand dollars that Mrs. Rose
Johnson, now of Seward, is the best
woman rustler in all this wide North
ern territory. It could stake a mil
lion with absolute equanimity be
cause for two reasons, it could never
lose the million, and one reason is
that the litle lady would be sure to
prove the winner.
Mrs. Johnson is a freighter. When
that is said it means an immense lot.
Over the winter trails with her dog
team, through deep snow, chilling
temperature and freezing winds Mrs.
Johnson carries freight between the
different localities from Seward to
Matanuska. In Matanuska she has a
homestead where she grows her own
vegetables and a roadhouse w'here, at
the proper time, she attends to the
wants of the mushers in a manner
that brings down their fervent praise.
This would be enough but listen:
Two days ago Mrs. Johnson found no
immediate business pressing and out
she went to Mile Six and there she
caught two hundred salmon trout
which she will take for sale to An
chorage. Her work could be written
about for a volume and it is impos
sible here to tell it all but one more
little fact must be mentioned w'hich
reflects credit on this office by its as
sociation with this lady. The last
time she carried freight to Matanuska
she took along thirty or more copies
of the All-Alaska Review and sold
every one of them. On her next trip
she will take fifty copies of the Jan
uary number of the Review* and ex
pects to dispose of them all. Ye
Washington Wise Ones! Here is an
Alaska woman.
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George J. Henry, a prominent hy
draulic engineer, w’as an incoming
passenger on the Farragut. He
comes from San Francisco and is
said to have come here in connection
with business relating to the Seward
Electric company.
SWIM RIVER TO
SAVE COMRADES
MEXICANS CAPTURE U. S. SOL
DIERS AND COMRADES
FOLLOW AND DIE.
BROWNSVILLE, Jail. 27. — Be
cause two of their fellow soldiers
were captured by Mexicans on Mexi
can soil a band of American officers
and privates swam the Rio Grande
yesterday in the attempt to rescue
the prisoners and two of the officers
have now been ordered arrested by
General Funston because they dis
obeyed the rule that no American
soldier should cross into Mexico un
der any circumstances whatever.
The most serious fact conected with
the occurrence is that four American
soldiers are believed to have been
drowned in the attempt to swim
across. The whole thing began when
two U. S. artillerymen stationed at
Progress© took it into their heads to
swim across to the Mexican side. On
1 landing on the Mexican shore they
were captured by armed Mexican
citizens. On learing of their capture
three American lieutenants and four
privates took to the water to go to
the rescue and as they swam they
were exposed to a cross lire of rifles
the Mexicans and the Americans hav
ing opened fire at each other across
the stream. The happening is the
culmination of a bad feeling which
has existed for some time between
the people ami soldiers of the two
nationalities in that quarter and Gen
eral Funston has candidly expressed
the belief that the American soldiers
are at fault by constantly irritating
the Mexicans with taunts and words
of contempt. The fate of the four
men missing has not yet been posi
tively ascertained.
BROWNSVILLE, Jan. 27. — The
two soldiers who swam the Rio
Grande and were captured by the
Mexicans were delivered unharmed
by their Mexican captors to General
Funston today. It is expected that
all the American soldiers sus{Jccted
of insulting the Mexicans will be
promptly arrested.
Says Bryan Is to
Join Ford Party
Stockholm Receives Advice® That Ht
Will Be Member of Per
manent Body
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 27.—Tele
graphic advices here state that Wil
liam Jennings Bryan has decided to
join the Ford permanent peace body
and to exert all his influence towards
gaining the attention of the heads of
the belligerent nations. The news
papers here express some astonish
ment that the former secretary of
state of a great nation would so risk
his standing as to join a body at
which most of Europe is now hurling
shafts of ridicule. On the other hand
it is felt that the presence of Bryan
may raise the standing of the peace
party.
NORTHWESTERN AND
EVANS HAD BAD TIME
Captain Hickman, the Popular Skip
per, Takes the Helm on the
Farragut Again.
Captain Hickman, one of the most
popular of Alaska skippers, is again
on duty as commander of the Admiral
Farragut. He says that the North
western and Evans had a frightful
time during the recent storms and
cold. Both were covered with ice.
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This bears out the story of the danger
through which the Northwestern
passed as told in the Gatew’ay.
A big deal will soon probably take
place in this city but permission to
publish the facts is witheld.
BOYS HOLD UP
CHICAGO BANK
FOUR YOUTHS UNDER TWENTY
OET AWAY WITH $12,000 IN
MIDDLE OF DAY.
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CHICAGO, Jan. 27.—While the of
fice of the Washington Park National
Hank was filled with customers today
four boys, all of them under twenty
years of age, entered the place and,
after holding up the oliiciais and the
clients at the points of revolvers, got
clear away in an automobile with
twelve thousand dollars in cash.
When the youthful highwaymen en
tered the ollice one of them held up
the cashier and two others kept the
crowd with hands raised. In the place
at the time was the vice-president of
the institution, Jake Stahl, the form
er famous baseball player. He w'as
also compelled to throw up his hands.
The whole thing was done quickly and
the robbers wrere gone almost before
those present had time to collect their
senses.
TAKES HOME WIFE WHO
ELOPEI) WITH NEGRO
SALT LAKE, Jan. 27.—V. L. Hood,
the San Diego hotel man whose wife
was arrested her with a negro eloper,
has arrived in this city, has forgiven
the w'omen and is about to leave with
her for their San Diego home. Hood
refuses absolutely to believe that his
wife has erred knowingly or that she
is guilty in the smallest particular.
He even declares the belief that she
is the victim of a conspiracy ami
nothing can apparently make him be
lieve anything else.
Mrs. Mohr lakes
Stand in Defense
Woman Accused of Hiring Negroes to
Kill Husband is Gruelled.
PROVIDENCE, Jan. 27.—Mrs.
Mohr, who is charged with hiring
negroes to murder her husband, Dr.
Mohr, took the stand today in her own
defense. She was as cool and calm
and unruffled in the witness chair as
if she had nothing to do with the
case. It is expected that she will be
on the stand for three of four days
during which time she will be sub
jected to a terrible gruelling by the
attorneys for the state. Dr. Mohr
was driving with another woman in
an automobile when he was shot. One
of the negroes has confessed that
Mrs. Mohr offered him and his as
sociates five thousand dollars for the
deed and the chauffeur of the auto
mobile, another negro, says he had
been paid to stop the machine where
the shooting took place. Dr. Mohr
was a fashionable and wealthy physi
cian. The motive of the wife is sup
posed to have been jealousy.
BUILD AIRSHIPS TO
GO AROUND THE WORLD
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27.—Porter
Adams, of Boston, and Donald Doug
lass, of New York are here prepar
ing to biuld an aeroplane which will
be two hundred feet across and plan
ned to travel around the whole world.
The great ship will have eight en
gines of a hundred and twenty five
horsepower each. They are confident
that they can turn out the monster
successfully.
FARRAGUT PASSENGER?
The following passengers arrived
on the Farragut. For Sewaid: John
Evans, W. H. Dryden, Mrs. Dryden,
Bula Dryden, Willis Dryden, Lenora
Dryden, T. M. Hann, Mrs. Hann, G.
R. Hens, J. Reed, Geo. C. Howard, J.
R. Willoughby, 0. B. Judd, II. F.
Whitney, Mrs. S. A. Berguland, J C.
Seely, J. Finstead, George J. Henry.
For Kodiak: Miss Carrie C. Niblach.
MAN DROWNED FROM
STEAMSHIP SEWARD
The Steamship Seward, bound from
Seattle to Vladivostok with war sup
plies for Russia, became disabled on f
the voyage and w’as compelled to put
in to Latouche. The accident was due
to the storms of recent days. Her
stealing gear was put out of commis
sion but the most serious result was
WOOD SAYS U. S.
FLEETJS FROST
GENERAL. DECLARES GOOD
NAVY COULD SINK IT IN
SIXTY DAYS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—General
Leonard Wood, commander of the
army department of the East, creat
ed a sensation today when ho appear
ed before the military committee of
the house as a witness and declared
that the United States fleet would be
sent to the bottom of the sea in sixty
days by the fleet of any first class
#t
naval power. In answer to questions
he declared that he has paid particu
lar attention to the matter and has
studied it as part of his duty as com
mander of the other branch of the
armed service.
❖ CAB OF POWDER *
❖ HURTS MANY MEN *
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BLUEFIELD, W. Va., Jam 27.—
Thirty-five people were seriously in
jured when a carload of powder ex
ploded outside this place last evening.
As no one happened to be close to the
car when the explosion took place no
death is recorded. Some of those in
jured are in a serious condition but
fatal endings are not looked for by
the doctors.
NIGHT RIDERS MADE
ATTEND SUNDAY SCHOOL
Most Extraordinary Sentence Ever
Inflicted by Court of
Justice.
NEW MADRID, Mo., Jan. 27.—
Thirteen night riders pleaded guilty
yesterday and the sentence of the
court was that each of the culprits
must attend Sunday school in future.
The actual sentence was that they at
tend Sunday school once a week, the
court apparently forgetting that each
week could only boost of one Sunday.
The Riders agreed to the sentence and
the neighborhood is awaiting for
Sunday with the greatest anticipation
to see the men nle into the church to
hear the gospel.
LAST BODY RECOVERED
FROM THE COREA SLIDE
SEATTLE, Jan. 27.—The body of
J. H. Wilson of Vancouver was re
covered from the snow slides at Corea
yesterday and all the missing ones
are now accounted for. Wilson's
body was covered by several feet of
closely packed snow and an immense
amount of digging was found neces
sary before its recovery.
MANITOBA FIRST TO
GRANT WOMEN SUFFRAGE
Legislature Passes the Bill Today and
Canada Sits Up and Take*
Notice.
WINNIPEG, Jan. 27.—The legis
lature today passed the bill giving the
suffrage to women and so the pro
vince becomes the first of the Cana
dian provinces to enfranchise the fair
sex.
Long distance telephone booth at
The Branch.
the loss of the life of one member of
the crew. Two men fell overboard
but one was rescued. The mishap
suggests strongly the occurrences
which took place on the Minnesota
some time ago while she was also on
her way with war supplies. The man
drowned off the Seward was the ship’s
carpenter.
ANCHORAGE NOW
FEARS MEN LOST
RESCUE PARTY THAT STARTED
FOR FIRE ISLAND LOST
SIGHT OF.
ANCHORAGE, Jam 27. — Grave
fears are now entertained for the
safety of Ole Jacobson, Wicks, Ker*
j win and Balcimer, members of the
rescue party which started across on
Tuesday from Point Campbell in the
effort to reach Fire Island and take
off the men who have been marooned
there for some days. They were fol
lowed with the aid of field glasses as
they went to the island and were then
seen to start back from the island
again. They could be seen plainly
with the aid of glasses from Point
Campbell as they began the return
journey but then a fog settled down
screening them from view and up to
this morning nothing has been heard
from them. The people here are now
admittedly very anxious about them.
George Vauss, of the Commission,
who is heading a rescue party, thinks
he saw a boat coming out from Turn
again Arm last Tuesday and going
towards the island. Since that time
there has been no response from the
island to the signals fired by him and
in a letter to Mears Vauss expresses
the belief that there is no one left on
the island now.
Thirty Ounces of
Gold from Cold Bay
Dora Took No One Out or In and Had
No Direct News.
The amount of gold coming on the
Dora this time from the Cold Bay
strike was about thirty ounces in the
opinion of Wireless Operator Mus
grave of that vessel. The gold came
to be used for paying for supplies
and was not intended to be banked.
The Dora took no one out or in direct
ly connected with the strike and so
has no direct information. It is
known that the region is included in
the gold belt as described by the
Geological Survey. A ledge was
discovered betwen Cold Bay and
Katmai and is said to rather prom
ising. Deputy Ike Evans is writing
Carl Armstrong at Kodiak to see if
he can secure any more particulars of
the strike. It is apparent that what
has been discovered so far is not rich
according to the standards of the
great camps but the find is mighty
significant and the fact that so very
few people have prospected there
makes it all the more promising.
The question now is whether it would
b** worth taking a chance on it or not
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CYCLONE DESTROYS
SEVERAL HOUSES
FORT SMITH, Ark., Jan. 27.—A
cyelone which swept over Hartshorn,
Oklahoma, yesterday killed one per
son, injured several and estroyed
mwiy houses.
Ladies’ and childrens' furnishings
at Butt's,