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GRAND JURY TO
MEET AT VALDEZ
MARCH SEVENTH
YALDKZ.—(Special)—Telegraphic
advices received by Clerk of the
Court Arthur Lang, from Judge
Brown, directing the calling of a term
of court here to convene about March
7. A grand jury will be drawn, antlj
a number of cases now pending will
L>e presented to the jury for considei-j
at ion.
Later a trial jury will be selected;
but it is not known at this time
whether the trial jury will be called
to sit here or at the Cordova term,
to be held some time in March. The
telegram from Judge Brown states j
that he will leave Seattle for Valdez!
about February 1.
Important criminal cases to be
brought before the grand jury include
that of Walter Stoker, charged with
a murder committed near Seward, and,
Otto Kanitz, held under Live separate
* charges of arson here.
DEATH OF 28,000
CAUSED BY SNAKES
IN BRITISH INDIA
SIMLA. India.—(Special) — Morej
- man 2s,00v> persons were killed by
snakes and wild animals in British In
dia in 1915. Government reports just j
made public show that 1,923 persons
were slain by tigers ami other beasts,
and 26,385 perished through being
bitten by reptiles, an increase over
the previous year of 3,i00 deaths met _
in this manner. No figures are avail- -
able for the native states, with their i
population of some 90,000.000.
In the last five years elephants,;
tigers ami other animals have killed ^
9.192 persons in British India ami of
these tigers have claimed a toll of **,
* 682. In the same period 116,S28 per
sons have died as the result of snaxe
bites.
Ip order to effect the destruct;on of
as many wild animals and snakes
possible, the government pays boun
ties. The number of animals destroy
ed in 1915 was 25, 036, including 1.*
582 tigers, 6,623 leopards, -,7«5 beai^i
and 2.191 wolves. The total number
of snakes killed was 184,663.
OLE HANSON IS
N AMED MEMBER OF
ASSAY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, Monday.—Secre
tary McAdoo, of the treasury, has ap
pointed Ole Hanson of Seattle as a
member of the assay commission to
meet at Philadelphia on Feb. 1st.
KLONDIKE GOLD IN
1916 IS $4,000,000
DAWSON, Jan. 29.—The Klondike
gold output for 1916 is officially re
ported at four million dollars, which
will be about the output of 1917. The
total output is given at one hundred
and ninety million dollars.
I*. F. Reinhart of Granite near An
chorage, has located a coal mine
about a quarter of a mile away trom
the railroad, and appeared in Anchor
age recently with several tine samples
taken from his find.
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« BOATS AND TRAINS “
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The Mariposa sailed south at 4
o'clock Saturday evening.
The Evans was due in Juneau Sat
urday.
The Alaska is due in Juneau today.
The train left for Mile 40 at 8:30
this morning.
PETROGRAD, Monday—Russian forces in Moldavia
assumed the otfensive Sunday morning and launched a
tremendous lire against the Austrian and German forti
fied positions on the Kimpolung-Jokobent road.
Tremendous losses were sustained by both sides but
toward evening the advantage la\ with the attacking bat
talions. which broke through the Teutonic lines along a
front of two miles.
TEUTON TROOPS WITHDRAWN
BERLIN. Monday.—On account of superior pressure
by the Russian forces directed against the Teuton lines in
the Mestecanesce sector in Rumania, the Austro-German
forces have been compelled to withdraw to positions neat
er the east bank of the Stritza river. Serious casualties
ace reported and the lighting in the vicinity of Golden
was most severe.
ADMIRALTY ON THE JUMP
LONDON, Monday. — Unusual activety is noted on
the part of the admiralty and rumors of an impending
great sea battle are plentiful
C ROWDED TRANSPORT TORPEDOED
BERLIN. Monday—An allied transport crammed to
the guards witn troops was sunk by a German submat ine
in the Mediterranian on Jan. 25th according to an admir
alty report issued today. The commander of the under
sea boat reports that the transport which was being con
voyed bv a 1* rench torpedo boat, was hatd hit anti went
down in 10 minutes.
AUXILLIARY CRUISER SUNK
LONDON. Monday. — Without having a chance to
strike a blow the auxilliary cruiser Laurentic, 15,000 tons,
was sent to the bottom off the Irish coast Sunday. The
loss is credited either to a mine or submarine attack.
Of the crew 120 officers and men were saved.
^CHILDREN MURDERED
FIEND FIRES HOUSE
SEATTLE, Monday.—With their skulls fractured by
blows from a blunt instrument, the bodies of four children
of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Hewitt, were taken from their burn
ing home, Sunday.
The dead children’s lives were insured last April, and
the foulest of murder is suspected.
The dead include Steward Ephraim 10, Arthur 8,
Myrtle G and Clarence aged 5.
Hewitt has been arrest'd. He had been employed as
a brakeman for the Great Northern up till last Sunday.
On Monday, Mrs. Hewitt left home taking her youngest
child of three along with her.
U.S. TROOPS CHARGE MOB
OF MEXICANS IN JUAREZ
El FASO. Al nd Anti-American riots in Juarez,
. in .. charge on the rioters by Com
pany A, 23rd U. S. regular infantry. The soldiers assum
ed the offensive against a mob of Mexicans, attempting to
cross the international bridge in defiance of quarentine
regulations. The Mexicans were driven hack.
SENATE RECEIVES PETITION
FROM FOURTH DIVISION
WASHINGTON, Monday.—Senator Gronna present
ed an informative petition from Alaska in the upper house
today, which asked for prohibition and the right of the
territory to control its public schools.
This petition outlines the views of the “drys” in the
Fourth division of Alaska, and was forwarded by Aline
Bradley, legislative superintendent of the division. In a
| letter accompanying the petition Bradley eloquently
pleads for'Congressional action in regard to the schools.
ALL INDICTED
1 OFFICIALS ARE
OUT ON RAIL
Mayor Gill, Sheriff Hodge,
Chief Beckingham and
Others Arrested at
Seattle
SEATTLE, Monday.—Mayor Gill,
Chief of Police Beckingham, Sheriff
Hodge, the three Billingsley brothers,
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I and E. I). Baker, manager of the Jes
i se Moore Hunt company of San Kran
i cisco are out on bonds today follow
ing their indictment Saturday by the
federal grand jury. Others indicted
at the same time who also are out on
bail include former partloman Mar
gett, Piclow, and police detectives
Pyser, Poolman, Doom and McKennen
The Jesse Moore Hunt company, as a
corporation was also indicted.
Mayor C»ill was arraigned tills
morning and entered a plea of “not
guilty.”
The charge set forth in the indict
ment is a conspiracy against the fed
eral government in shipping liquor in
to Seattle.
There is a movement on foot to
have the dry’s of Seattle back the
defense of Mayor Gill, whose friends
set forth the claim that he is being
the victim of disgruntled bootleggers.
Mayor Gill issued a statement after
lie was arrested that he had been fh
dicted by a packed jury. He declared
that he would be a candidate for may
or in 11)18 and that the people of Se
attle would then vindicate l»im. He
also demanded a speedy trial.
Laurence Coleman is one of Gill’s
sureties.
Federal officials intimated this
morning that they will offer no op
position to Gill’s demand for a speedy
trial.
It is practically certain that prose
cution, independent of the federal of
ficials, of a number implicated in the
whiskey ring’s activities will be com
menced by Dist. A tty. I.undin of* King
County.
The indictment against Gill sets
forth a telegram sent by I^ogan Bill
ingsley in October to the Jessie
Moore Hunt company in which
Billingsley refers to Gill as the “old
boss.” This message reads:
“Lots of trouble here among the
authorities. Old boss tells us to keep
quiet until after election but we have
got to make expenses so send us two
barrels a day.”
COAST GUARD BOAT
CRUISING ON BANKS
TO AID FISHERMEN
The trim ship Unalga of the Coast
Guard Service is now cruising South
eastern Alaska and the Gulf of Al
aska for the purpose of rendering
medical and surgical aid to the crews
of American fishing boats.
The Unalga will travel from the
historical old town of Sitka to Cape
St. Elias and Middleton Island and
over Portlock fishing banks. Medical
aid may be obtained aboard the ves
sel in Yakutat when the ship is not
cruising over the above routes.*
The presence of the cutter in Al
aska waters will be appreciated. It
may be able to render valuable assis
tance to the fishermen.
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| CROWD SAILED
ON MARIPOSA
The outgoing passengers on the
Mariposa Sa^inlay were:
Geo. W. Sweet, Jas. St. Marie, Mrs.
L. V- Ray, Patsy Ray, Joe Mullin, T.
Osburn, Miss E. T. Washington, Mrs.
M. D. Cattle, Dr. E. S. Reedy, Roy C.
Larson, Finn Resvall, Mrs. W. Greg
or, C. T. Garfield, C. W. Dixon, Evelyn
Edwards, for Seattle. J. J. McGrath
for Juneau. J. C. Gaffney, Erving
Taylor for Valdez. Mrs. F. Evans, W.
E. Holms for Latouche, and 7 steer
age.
BRIDGE ACROSS
' SDSITNA WILL
COST $300,000!
—
U. S. It. It. Engineering
Party to Test Foundation
for Big Structure
Leaves for the Site
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Preliminary work is under way for
the construction of the big railroad
bridge across the Susitna river at tTn»
mouth ol Indian creek which will be
the largest bridge on the government
railroad except that to be built ovri
the Tanana.
Twelve men in charge of Assistant
Bridge Engineer E. H. Chapin left
Anchorage over ten days ago to make
the necessary soundings and borings
on foundation sites for the bridge ap
proaches and piers.
The plans for the bridge at that
point call for three 200-foot steer
truss spans and eighteen 14-fooi
frame trestles at the north approach,
the total length of the structure to be
:.bout 820 feet. The estimated cost
of the bridge is $”00,000.
i This party will establish headquart
ers at (’amp 275, the furthest camp
on the main line, and work out from
there. They expect to be gone from
Anchorage six weeks or two months.;
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WILL CHARGE S
JUNKET COST j
TO RAILROAD
WASHINGTON, Monday. — Dele
gate Wickersham has introduced an
other resolution designed to meet the!
objections made to the first, provid
ing for a congressional committee to
visit Alaska this season.
This resolution provides that $ZV
000 be taken from the Alaska railroad
commission fund to defray expenses
mi the tiip.
PASS AMENDMENT
PROVIDING COIN
FOR NOME HARBOR
WASHINGTON, Monday.—Just be
fore adjournment Saturday the house
adopted an amendment to the rivers
and harbors bill providing for $50 V
000 to dredge the Snake river basin
at Nome.
LEAVES ON LONG
TRIP SUDDENLY
Mrs. L. V. Ray and daughter Patri
cia surprised their friends by leaving
for Seattle on the Mariposa Saturday,
on about two hour’s notice. Mrs. Ray
received a letter stating that her
mother was not well and asking her
to come. Atty. Ray’s legal business
prevented him from accompanying
her on the hurry up trip, the other
two members of the lirm of Leehey,
Ray and Mooers being at the Seattle
office.
PENNY SHORTAGE
WARNING RECEIVED
Eastern bankers have been warned
to lay in a supply of pennies as a
famine in the smallest size chicken
feed is expected. Pennies are not
much in demand here, but a small
supply is kept on hand for change at
the postoffice.
The reason given for the penny
shortage is that the high cost of liv
ing has resulted in odd prices on near
ly all commodities, competition has
become keener and people back east
will walk two blocks to buy some
thing for 28 cents rather than pay
30 for it.
REPORT LINDERBERG
OUT OF DANGER
SEATTLE, Monday.—Jafet Linder
berg, who has been ill for several
days with pneumonia is reported out
i
of danger thi§ morning.
BOND ISSUE OF 8201,800
FOR U. S. RAILROAD TO
BE PART OFFINANCE PLAN
Dispatches received here earlier in January, which
indicated that funds necessary to complete the govern
ment railroad would be secured by a bond issue, have been
continued by reports received in the last mail.
These bonds are to be issued as part of a large issue
contemplated by the administration as to the best solution
to overcome the estimated dilicit for the year.
Chairman Kitchen of the house committee on ways
and means issued a statement on January loth in which
he said that bill authorizing the bond issue is sure to pass
during this session.
The proposition under consideration includes a $22!),
800,000 issue of bonds of which $102,000,000 will be to de
fray the expense of maintaining the army in Mexico and
on the border, $25,000,000 to cover the cost of the Danish
West Indies, $11,000,000 to build a government armour
plant and $21,800,000 for the Alaska railroad.
RIGHTO HUMPHREY—SEND ’EM UP
PHILADELPHIA, Monday.—Congressman Hum
phrey in a speech at a business men’s banquet last night
advised those who are longing for the war to end so that
hey may spend their money traveling in Europe, to turn
their steps toward Alaska.
“Alaska’s mountains out alp the Alps, and her wound
erous rivers and glaciers are not be compared with those
in any other land,” said Humphrey.
FEAR DEUTSCHLAND
LOST ON THIRD TRIP
NEW YORK, Monday.—Fears are expressed by
tiiose well informed of her movements, that the famous
submarine Deutschland has been captured or sunk. The
Deutschland left Bremen for some port on the Atlantic
coast on Jan. 2nd, and has not been reported since.
NOTE INCREASE
OF WOMEN WHO
SMOKE PILLS
—
NEW ORLEANS, La., Jan. 27.—
‘Smoking among women in the
United States is spreading rapidly,"
said Manfred P. Weleher, held secre
tary of the Anti-Tuberculosis League
of America, here.
“Smoking must have some charm,
but still tobacco is a poison. Put
women have as much right to poison
themselves as men.
“The women who ' ant to do some
thing a little shocking smoke cigar
ettes. I have seen them in hotels and
at restaurants. A dressmaker told
me her customers sometimes smoked
while being fitted. After the novelty
has worn off the women find them
selves slaves to the habit.”
RELATIVE OF FIRST
PRESIDENT DIES
IN LOS ANGELE&
LOS ANGELES, Cal.—(Special)— |
Jonathan Custard, 82 years old, said ■
to have been the oldest living relative
of General George Washington, is
dead here aftci an illness of three
seeks.
He, with his wife, was on his sixth j
visit to California, the last sojourn;
here having been about two years,!
although they maintained their
permanent home at Lima, Ohio.
When Mr. and Mrs. Custard were
here two years ago they led a dance
in honor of Washington’s birthday^
and despite their age they were one,
of the sprightliest couples on the
floor.
Mr. Custard’s great-grandmothers j
on his father’s side and George Wasj-;
ington’s mother were sisiters. A,
record of the distinguished ancestry
and the success^"* steps in the gen
ealogy is a prized possession of *he
Custard family.
MAP MAKERS
MISSED U.S.R.R.
IN NEW ATLAS
Seward and Anchorage are on tne
map but so far neither has been able
to convince the firm of Rand McNally
company, well known makers of
maps.
In the R)1G “dollar Atlas” put out
by this firm to fill the popular de
mand for maps and general informa
tion there is, of course, a map of Al
aska.
Seward has a little the best of the
deal, as it appears on the map, but
in the written text the section along
Uncle Sam’s railroad are not amonR
those present. The agricultural re
sources mentioned refer to the Tan
ana valley and Kodiak island — and
reindeer moss in the Arctics.
Matanuska coal fields draw a note,
but the big potatoes and other pro
duce are overlooked. For the towns
along the railroad there is not a Tine,
neither is the road itself ment;>ned.
There is a little mark on the map
which may be intended to indicate the
road but it looks more like a slip of
the artist’s pen.
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LIQUOR SENT
NORTH SUBJECT
TO SEIZURE
SEATTLE, Monday.—Dry squad
officers have virtually announced that
from now on they will seize all ship
ments of liquor from Butte and San
Francisco, routed through Seattle to
Alaska points, and hold the wet goods
until it is proved to belong to bona
fide consignees.
Many shipments were seized Satur
day and a watch is being kept at all
freight depots and piers.