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BRISTOL, England, Hams lay. —Andrew Bonar
Law, of the British war council m replying last night to
President Wilson's "world pcac«. speech, declared that
peace now would mean Vicn»r% i »r vicruuuiy.
"President \\ dson s sn^c-r.’-dmas are muimcly in the
extreme, said Law. iv> e.icet a [ cace at tins tiiue would
mean victorv for the ticiuiar. military machine and such
a peace cannot be la. ting.
ENTRY WITH PEN INTO WAR OPPOSED
OTTAW A, Tnursuay.—President Wilson's entry in
ti* the war "with ms pen was branded as inopportune in
Paniameiu today in the iirsc jecen ma ie acknowledging
the receipt l>y v anada 01 the * •vorid peace addtess ol the
American duel* executive.
Senator Rulus Pope in speaKing to parliament on the
matter declared that wiuie wouiu welcome a condition
which would make wars iui^ussmie, especially a war such
as now is being waged by England, iu r cmouies aim theii
allies, tnis was not an opportune time to discuss world
peace.
"This war must be brougnt to a close in such a man
ner as to safe guard Canada 11 — - ism at its worst.
Tnis is a just cause for wiucn we tue ligntiug.
“President V* llsoii had an opportunity to entei the
war with his army and navy two years ago, but did not do
so. His entry* now with ins pen is inopportune.
CONFER WITH PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, Thursday. — t hairman Stone and
two members of the foreign relations committee of the
senate had an extended secret conierence with President
Wilson today. . . . . . r
Senator Cummins in discussing nis demand tor a
weeks' time in which the senate as a v hole should consider
Wilson's peace plan said:
"The president’s sugg< stions arc the most important
ever made by* a chief execu* e ^ c mted biates and
right 01* wrong, the senate owed u to too countiy to >et
aside time for a scus involved*
FOURTH L__
JUNEAU, Thursday — (Special)—The territorial
canvassing board adjourned today subject to the call of
the president. All of the precincts at hand have been
counted except Utica which ’.'.as be n passed for the pres
ent and Wickersham is leading by bG votes, with Bristol
bay to hear from.
Many returns from the Fourth division are defective
as no notices or orders of election issued were sent to the
board by commissioners, ihese rate been sent ror and
until the documents arrive it is impossible to do anything
more. ■ —* ***•»&
The count to date is:
First division (complete) .b.T.'5 1MG
Second division (partial) . G.o SSG
Third division (partial) .lGbb Bub
Fourth division t, IS pree.) .1445 1 loo
_Totals to date . 1B 6232_
TEUTONS FORCED BACK
PETROGRAD, Thursday.—Destruction of a Bulgar
ian detachment which was crossing a branch oi trie Dan
ube opposite Tultcha is reported by the Russian held
commander from Rumania. The force was surprised and
cut off from retreat.
BERLIN ADMITS WITHDRAWAL
BERLIN, Thursday.—Withdrawal of Teutonic forces
along the Danube north of Tultcha is announced by the
German war office.
(JIRL ATHLETES
PUT UP GOOD
GAME OF BALL
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The Girl’s Athletic Club met last
night in A. 15. hall. Basket ball has
been taken up in earnest by the mem
bcrs, ami two good teams will be
chosen. An enthusiastic if not techni
cal games was played, the captains
choosing sides. The line-ups were as
follows:
Bob White center. Virgil Rich and
Ragna Johnson, forwards, Aldoren
Carlson and • Katherine Madson
guards
Selma Scott, center, Sam Jensen
and Klizaboth Torrey, forwards, Vida
Rich and Maxine McDonald, guards.
PROTECT FISH
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—A bill
for the protection and conservation or
fish on the Pacific ocean halibut banks
is now before the house after being
presented favorably by the house
committee on merchant marine.
The bill provides a closed season
for halibut fishing and restricts land
ing of halibut catches in' American
ports, including Alaska. The bill has
he approval of the bureau of fish
eries.
FAIRBANKS MEN
FORM CO-OPERATIVE
TRANSPORTATION CO.
FAIRBANKS. — A transportation
concern has been organized here to
be known as the Fairbanks Transpor
tation Company, with a capitalization
of $o(),000. The stockholders are J4
merchants and mining men of Fair
banks and N'enana. The company is
a co-operative concern for the pur
pose of bringing freight on account
of the fact that the White Pass bats
will be unable to handle local freight
together with the freight for the con
struction of the Fairbanks end of the
government railroad.
The company has already let a con
tract at Seattle for the construction
of the boat. It is expected that the
boat will be ready for operation when
the water transportation season opens
in June.
CUTS OFF 19 MILES
WITH TRAIL OVER
KNIK ARM ICE PACK
ANCHORAGE, Thursday. — The
winter trail to Knik and the interior
has been shortened 11) miles by W. D.
Elliot, proprietor oi’ the rout’ house
at Eklutna. Elliot has cut a trail
across the rough ice at the head ol the
irm at his place and marked it with
stakes so that mushers cannot lost'
their way.
Prior t<» this display of interest in
ihe welfare of his patrons it was ne
cessary to go around the bea 1 of the
arm.
TACOMA llOY SENT
TO ANNAPOLIS BY
ALASKA DELEGATE
TACOMA. — A Tacoma boy, Ray
mond Johnson, son of J. X. Johnson,
manager of Frye & Co., meat dealers,
has been appointed to the United
States naval academy at Annapolis by
Delegate James Wickersham of Al
aska, and has gone east to spend
four months in a prep, school making
ready for the examination. Raymond
Johnson is 18 years of age.
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'ROTARY PLOW
IN OPERA ION
! FIRST TIME
For the First time since the shut
down of work on the old Alaska
Northern, the big rotary snow plow
was put in operation this morning to
clear drifts between here and Mile 9.
Beyond this there are no drifts.
This is the First time that a rotary
| has been necessary on Uncle Sam's
Alaska railroad although over 65
miles of track was kept open all last
; winter and over 120 miles of track
are in use this winter.
The big plow worked like a watch
and the two and three foot drifts
along by McPherson’s disappeared
like mist, before its drive.
George Colwell, and Capt. Thomas
Ward, assistant engineers went along
to watch the working of the big ma
chine and report it in perfect condi
tion.
Locomotives No. 1 and No. 4 sup
plied the power and were able to send
the rotary along at a good clip. With
it in commission there will be no dif
licultv in keeping the line open Iron’,
now on.
That the wind which howled
through town last night was purely
local is vouched for by the crew, the
weather this morning being almost
calm at Mile 6 and only a faint breeze
blowing at Mile 9.
CONVICT eOY
IN AIR BUBBLE
MURDER CASE
OLNY, 111.—The jury in the case of
Koy Hinterliter, charged with the
•*air bubble” murder of Elizabeth
Katcliffe, returned a verdict of guilty
of manslaughter on Jan. 10th, alter
12 hours' deliberation.
Motions for a new trial and for
a writ of stay were overruled by the
court.
The decision of the jury came after
a dramatic climax in the courtroom
45 minutes before, when the court had
ordered the jury, which, after 12
hours’ deliberation, had reported with
its verdict, back to the jury room.
The clerk read the verdict of guilty of
manslaughter in the first degree.
“Are you satisfied with your ver
dict?” Judge Miller asked the jury
ors, preparatory to dismissal.
“No, 1 am not,” answered one juror.
The court ordered the men to delib
erate further, but with them went in
structions that practically forced
them to find Hinterliter guilty.
Young Hinterliter used a catheter
in an effort to perform a criminal op
eration and forced air into the blood j
of his victim which caused her death.1
| SON OF FORMER
SEWARD COUNCILMAN
DIES AT SEATTLE
SEATTLE/ Thursday.—Frank Cho
vin. son of J. E. Chovin of Anchorage
j died here last night, after a short
; illness.
Both J. E. Chovin and his son are
| well known here. The former was in
; the electrical supply business and
i served as a councilman last year. Mr.
J and Mrs. Chovin moved to Anchorage
last spring and the son returned to
1 Seattle later.
OH y.S. CHECKS
REPOSTED LOST
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Payment has been stopped on a
I number ot checks issued on the
. lreasurer ot the United States, by
the disbursing officer at Anchorage
, because they have been lost or stolen.
l or the benefit of bankers and mer
' chanty who might cash these checks
; the following list is issued in the Al
| a.^ka Railroad Record, of checks which
, are stopped from payment. Mer
chants are advised to cut out the list
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and keep it tor reference:
Check No. Payee Amount
2731)6 H. Evans .$90.00
ill So II. Evans . 1)0.00
:;r>878 H. Evans . 1)0.00
10661 Charles Swanson- 41.00
1.57078 C.. P. Kearns . 50.40
40275 C». P. Kearns . 76.30
57071) B. Peterson. 60.50
87758 John E. Maresh.43.50
28852 Eli Barich . 20.00
80077 Eli Barich . 4.60
82174 Eli Barich . 7.20
82387 Eli Barich . 30.60
87228 Alex Chekoff . 6.G0
87062 M. Price . 26.56
871 10 Curt Varja . 7.20
87151 Andrew Oster . 3.60
STATION MEN
COMPLETE CUT
AT MILE FORTY-ONE
Erich Nelson ami company, station
contractors, have completed a thor
Mgh cut at Mile 41 and returned to
Seward today.
This cut is for the purpose of short
ening the line along trail creek, go
ing straight through a low rise on a
tangoht instead of curving about the
contour of the hill.
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MRS. MARTHA WHITE
IS REPORTED ILL
ANCHORAGE, Thursday.—(Spec
ial)—Mrs. Martha White, mother o!
“liabe" White and one of the best
known women in this part of Alaska
was taken ill last week and was sent
to the government hospital for treat
ment.
ALASKA COAL IS HAULED
BY TRAINLOAD ON U.S.R.R.
Uncle Sam’s railroad delivered the
lirts solid train load of Alaska coal in
Anchorage on January 12th, accord- ■
ing to the Alaska Railroad Record.
This train coexisted of eleven cars,
and pulled into the terminal yards at
11:05 p. m.
Seven cars of this coal came from
the LaDuke mine and four from the
Dougherty mine, both on Moose
creek.
On Sunday, January 14, another
train load of 12 cars of coal arrived,
in Anchorage, nine from the LaDuke
mine and three from Dougherty s.
The Eska creek coal company has
been awarded a contract for .1,000
tons of coal by the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission, the first delivery be
ing made January 15th and the last
to be made by May 1st. The contract
price paid for this coal was f. o. b.
cars at Eska creek siding or $5 per
ton f. o. b. cars at the mine.
IN ADDITION TO “HIGHER
UPS” BILLINGSLEY PAID
$1 OTHS A COMMISSION
SEATTLE, Thursday. — On apparently reliable in
formation it was stated at the federal building this morn
ing tnat indictments would be returned either late today
i or early tomorrow against Mayor Gill, Chief of Police
! Acckingham and others on charges emanating from
! “whiskey ring graft.”
Additional indictments are to be returned, it is claim
1 ed, against a police detective on the charge that he collect
ed a “side graft,” in addition to that paid the “higher
I UpS. t.' .'ii
Billingsley’s confession included a statement that the
Kivment of money to the Mayor did not completely re
1 iieve him of trouble but that he also had to buy oil' the
| smaller fry. The detective against whom an indictment
,s expected is charged with collection for himself and
.lu-ee others the sum of "10 cents per gallon on all whiskej
.lapped into Seattle by the Billingsleys.
S1EZE LIQUOii ON SUSPICION
SEATTLE, Thursday.—One hundred and ninety-two
indulges of whiskey and bc-c r were siezed by the police to
jay on the assumption that individual permits were being
used fraudulently.
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ORDERS INVESTIGATION OF
BELGIAN EXILE REPORT
WASHINGTON, Thursday.—Secretary Lansing
announced today that instructions had been issued to
American consular agents to personally investigate the
j circumstances surrounding the shipment of Belgians into
i Germany.____
ahemptmade to assassinate
FORMER JAPANESE MINISTER
TOKIO, Thursday—An attempt was made to assas
sinate Yukio Ozaki, former minister of justice, while he
was addressing a mass meeting iast night, and consider
able anger has resulted among the people.
Ozaki was speaking against the government at the
time, demanding that the cabinet resign.
Two men armed with short swords sprang upon the
platform and attempted to stab him but weie oveicoim
and turned over to the police. Ozaki then lenewed hi>
demand that Premier Terauchi resign and that the Em
peror form a new cabinet. I* ollowing the attack on Ozaki
che Emperor today dissolved the house of representation
GIRL DEAD, HER LOVER IS REING HELD
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LOS ANGELES, Thursday—Miss Nellie Harvey, of
Exter, Cal., was found dead in bed here this morning and
Harold J. Winter, a motion picture actor with whom she
had been living has been held on suspicion. M inter is a
;on of the former district attorney of that name in New
York City.
DARCEY TO MEE1JACK McCOY SOON
PITTSBURG, Thursday.—Los Darcy has signed to
meet Jack McCoy on March 5th for a ten round go at
Madison Square Garden.
Darcy is to receive $30,000 as his share of the pro
ceeds win or lose, and additional money if lic^\Gns^^^^^
WOMAN ROBBED IN CHURCH
NEW YORK, Thursday—A woman worshipper was
held up and robbed in the vestibule of St. Patiick cat h
dral early today, just as she ha dentered the door on her
I way to worship. . .