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COMMITTEE REPORTS FAVORABLY EMERGENCY
APPROPRIATION AND OPPOSITION NEGLIGIBLE
It. R. MONEY WILL SOON BE
IN HANDS OE THE COMMITTEE
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WASHINGTON, Jan. ID.—The House appropriations ■
committee today recommended the continuance of con
struction of the Alaska railroad and placed two million ap
propriation in the emergency bill.
NO SERIOUS OPPOSITION
WASHING TON, Jan. 19.—There was no serious op
position to the granting of the Alaska railroad emergency
appropriation in the committee although one minority
member declared the intention of opposing it on the floor
of the house. The opposition of Cannon is not seriously
regarded by the friends of the measure nor do they ex
pect any opposition other than that which is inevitable
from the party out of power to all measures sponsored by
the administration.___
AUSTRIA WILL FORM
NEW SERB KINGDOM
FORM NEW SERB KINGDOM
ROME, Jan. 10.—It is reported here that Austria is
preparing to unite Montenegro and part of Old Serbia as
one new kingdom under the protectorate of the Austrian
empire itself. The Austrian government is now said to be
engaged in the selection of a ruler who will be able to con
ciliate the Serbians and Montenegrins. Neither Nicholas
of Montenegro nor Peter of Serbia will be the new king
so that those two kings are regarded as having lost their
thrones. Montenegro has entirely quit and Austrian ad
vices say that the Serbs may agree to peace.
KAISER MEETS CZAR
BERLIN. Jan. ID.—The emperor of Germany has ar
rived at N ish, Serbia, where he has been met by Czar
Ferdinand of Bulgaria who welcomed him most warmly.
The kaiser left Berlin quietly. He has been fully restored
to health and his long journey proves the falsity of the
reports spread by enemy peoples. Newspaper corres
pondents describe the Bulgarian army and rulers as
madly joyful over the conquest of the Serbs and the
kaiser’s reception by the Bulgar troops was wildly en
thusiastic. It has been rumored that the emperor will
continue the journey to Constantinople. With the ex
ception of the allied forces at Saloniki the Balkan region
is now regarded as clear of all opposition. In Albania
nothing seems to be left but the cleaning up of some scat
tered bands of Serbians who had crossed over in the hope
of Italian assistance. Military experts here declare that
the conquest of the Balkans and the opening of the road
to Turkey and Bulgaria means the addition of more than
two million troops to the armies of the Central powers.
GREEK TROOPS WITHDRAWN
ATHENS, Jan. 19.—It is officially announced today
that all the Greek troops have been withdrawn from the
Bulgarian frontier and the reason given is the difficulty
and expense of provisioning the army in that district. It
is also announced that Great Britain is forwarding five
thousand tons of coal to Saloniki for the purpose of keep
ing the railroad open to the northern border. Every move
of the government now is attributed to some hidden cause
and the removal of the troops from the Bulgarian front
ier is attributed to one of two reasons, either that some
arrangement has been arrived at between this countryand
the Central allies or that Greece fears the impossibility of
avoiding a conflict with the allied forces near the sea. The
government is carefully guarding its secrets and the
Greek people hardly know what to expect although they
are uneasily conscious of a feeling that something of im
portance to the nation’s career will occur soon.
TO ENLIST U. S. MILITIA
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Ambassador BernstorfT
reported to the state department today that British and
French agents are endeavoring to induce American mili
tiamen to enlist in the allied armies and that they are par
ticularly looking for machine gun experts in this country.
The secretary of state has made no answer yet but the
subject is being investigated.
RUSSIA DENIES DEFEAT
PETROGRAD, Jan. 19.—It is officially denied that
the Russian army in the Caucasus has been defeated by
the Turks. The statement goes on to say that “we suffer
ed only small losses while we made heavy captures of the
enemy and annihilated a whole regiment”
❖ GENERAL WOOD *
❖ OPPOSES PLANS ❖
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WASHINGTON, aJn. 19.—General
Leonard Wood, in command of the
Eastern Army Headquarters, appear
ed before the Senate Committee on
Military Adairs today and declared
that Secretary Garrison’s plans for
the formation of a continental army
were merely a makeshift which are
only calculated to bring humiliation
to the country. Wood says the coun
try will demand instead a standing
army of two hundred and ten thou
sand men.
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❖ BOAT MAY NOT BE *
❖ THE TRAVELER ❖
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ANCHORAGE, Jan. 19.—George
Vauss, who works for the Commission
on the water front, expresses the be
lief that the boat which was sighted
in a sinking condition olF Fire Island
is not the Traveler. The rescue party
which set out after the news came
may return at any time.
ANCHORAGE HAS WATER
ANCHORAGE, Jan. 19.—The water
system is now in operation. The rates
are one dollar and fifty cents a month
for residences, two dollars and fifty
for business houses, four dollars for
hotels and five dollars for laundries.
DOG RACE TOMORROW
ANCHORAGE, Jan. 19.—Great in
terest is manifested in the dog race
which will take place tomorrow.
There are six entries and the distance
has been shortened to fifty - four j
miles. It will be from Anchorage to
Old Knik and return and will start
at nine o’clock.
Commercial Club
In National Body
Seward Organization Becomes Mem
ber Chamber of Com
merce of U. S.
! Secretary Blue of the Seward Com
mercial Club received notification yes
terday from the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States that the
local club had been accepted as a
member of the national body and the
necessary initiation fee was forward
ed immediately by the local organiza
tion. The application for membership
was made some time ago. The
Chamber of Comercc of America is,
of course, a combination of all the
commercial bodies of the country
which have united for mutual advan
tage.
❖ BILLIE THE HOUSE *
❖ IN THE HOSPITAL ❖
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ANCHORAGE, Jan. 19.—William
Elliott, known all over Alaska as
“Billie the Horse” has been brought
here from Old Knik and placed in the
government hospital. His condition
is very serious. He b^amo sick in a
cabin but refused to accept any aid.
Later friends prevailed on him to
permit his removal.
TO AID BIG RACE
ANCHORAGE, Jan.*19.—The Ken
nel Club is now working on a great
pageant for the benefit of the big dog
race from Anchorage to Seward and
return.
BUB SCAMMON DIES
ANCHORAGE, Jan. 19. —Bub
Scammon, a cousin of A1 Davis, died
at Knik last Sunday of heart failure.
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One of the largest mails of the
year left on the Northwestern yester
day for the States from Seward and
the interior points.
ALLIED WAR COUNCIL MEETS
LONDON, Jan. 19.—The allied war council met here
today unexpectedly and many conflicting rumors are
afloat as to the cause. The French war minister, General
Gallieni, arrived from Paris yesterday and this was th(
first intimation received that the council intended to hold
a session. The most popular explanation of the sudden
meeting is ihat big occurrences are about to take place in
the Balkans but the best informed seem to think the meet
ing due to some event which has not become public. The
allied representatives are said to be more united in
opinion than at any previous stage of the war.
SAY RUSSIANS DEFEATED
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 19.—The war office offici
ally announces that the Russian offensive in the Caucasus
has been repulsed and that the enemy has suffered heavy
losses. The Russian advance was met by strong Turkish
reinforcements that had been released by the allied re
treat from the Dardanelles. The war office also an
nounces that the general situation on all fronts is most
favorable xo Turkish arms although Russia has sent
strong new forces south to draw off some of our forces
from the-Balkan front.
TO ACT ANTI-GERMAN PLAY
LONDON, Jan. 19.—Madame Bernhardt has mode a
positive announcement of a farewell tour of the United
States in October. She says that she will carry out the
intention regardless of her life. The play in which she
will appear favors the allied cause and the famous
actress has received a flood of German letters threaten
ing her with death if she persists in her course. She
seems to have completely recovered frojn the serious
physical condition that followed the amputation of her
leg. '
600,000 GERMANS KILLED
LONDON, Jan. 19.—The German casualties since the
beginning of the war amount to two and a half million
men. Six hundred thousand were killed, about a million
and a half were wounded and three hundred and fifty
thousand are missing. These figures are announced after
a careful study of all the lists published and other facts
that could help towards reaching the truth.
MEXICANS RAID II. S. AND
AMERICANS INVADE MEXICO
* RAIDS PALATIAL *
* SEATTLE HOME *
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SEATTLE, Jan. 19.—Sheriff Hodge
today raided the palatial home of VV.
E. Hoeing near the Country Club and
seized a large quantity of liquor which
belonged to the Club but which was
stored in the basement of Hoeing’s
house. Hoeing is a millionaire lum
ber man and president of the Aerial
Club.
FORD PARTY SPLITTING
UP AND MAY DISRUPT
Some Members Refuse to Return to
Stockholm to Make It Per
manent Headquarters.
THE HAGUE, Jan. 19.—Serious
dissensions have occurred in the Eord
party over the questions of policy and
it is predicted that the disruption of
the commission is close at hand.
Many refuse to return to Stockholm
to make it the permanent headquart
ers and this may be the question on
which the party will finally split up.
WOLD-BE PATRICIDES
REFUSED AN ATTORNEY
CHICAGO, Jan. 19.—Irving and
Herbert Updike, the men who have
been arrested for plotting to kill their
millionaire father and mother, have
refused the services of attorneys and
declare that they will not defend
themselves from the charge. It is
alleged by the police that the prison
ers have confessed.
THE LARGEST HALIBUT
SHIPMENT IN HISTORY
SEATTLE, Jan. 19.—Eight cars
containing two hundred thousand
pounds of halibut started yesterday
from this city. It was the largest
shipment of halibut in history.
GIRL IDENTIFIED
SEATTLE, Jan. 19.—The young
girl who was found unconscious yes
terday near Lake Washington and
who had lost her memory' has been
identified as Minnie Andrifs, eighteen
years of age. Her memory has been
restored but she has no recollection
of what occurred after she had left a
downtown store. The police are care
fully probing the whole matter.
NOME SWEDE WEARING
KILTS IN THE WAR
Scotty Allen Meets Several Old
Nomeites at the Front.
In a recent issue of the Seattle
Times Scotty Allen, who took the
dogs from Nome for the use of the
French army in the Vosges, tells
through Jack Underwood some wond
erful happenings while he was in
France. One day at the front Ken
neth Marr, another Nome boy who
had accompanied hiip, drew his at
tention to a man in kilts who was a
member of a Scotch regiment and
who was that kilted warrior but a
Swede that worked formerly at Nome.
“Well, sir you could ‘,a knocked me
dead with a feather” said Allen,
describing the experience, “right there
in the front rank of a regiment of
kilted Highlanders, stood that great
big Swede who used to work for the
Telephone company at Nome. Him
a Scotchman! Why he could scarce
ly speak English the last time I saw
him up at Nome.' Scotty speaks of
the Nome men in the war, Fox Ram
sey, Father Bernard, Billy Vint.
French Consul Schneider. The last
•
named is running a big packing plant
to supply the troops. ,
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DOUGLAS, Arizona, Jan. 19.—Pas
sengers arriving here on the trains
report that a strong body of Villaistas
crossed the border into New Mexico
last night, captured seven soldiers of
the Thirteenth United States cavalry
with their full equipment and horses,
disarmed the prisoners and rushed
back across the line in the direction
j Tried To Blow Up
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Chinese Emperor
—
Explosives Found in Imperial Palace
and Many Arrests Made.
PEKIN, Jan. 19.—-Large quantities
of explosives were discovered yester
day in the imperial palace and were
udoubtedly placed there for the pur
pose of blowing it up and killing the
emperor. Several arrests have been
made and the authorities declare that
they have full proof of the existence
of a plot.
KNOCKS OUT AHERN
ST. PAUL, Jan. 19. — Gibbons
knocked out Ahern last night in the
very first round. The loser made a
miserable showing from the start and
looked like a child in the hands of the
victor.
FARRAGUT PASSENGERS
SEATTLE, Jan. 19.—The following
are the passengers on the Farragut
for Seward; W. Dryden and wife, V.
Dryden, Leo Dryden, D. Dryden, T.
Harr and wife, George Henry, J.
Reed, J. H. Willoughby, 0. Judd, H.
Whitney, Mrs. L. Bergland, J. Seeley,
J. Binsted. For Kodiak; Miss Carrie
Niblock.
SEWARD FOR RUSSIA
The freighter Seward is to be en
gaged from this time forward carry
ing war supplies to Vladivostok, Rus
sia, according to advices from outside.
The Victoria takes her place in Al
aska waters.
Seward Water
Company Soldi
__
Word was received on the last mail I
from Frank L. Ballaine that the
Seward Water & Power Company, of
which he is the president, has been
sold. Mr. John Nelson, who is one
of the heavy stockholders, when in
terviewed, stated that the company
had been bought by eastern people.
BUNNELL HOPEFUL
In a speech the other day in Valdez
Judge Bunnell, according to the Val
dez Prospector, predicted the election
of the Democratic candidate at the
next election for delegate to con
gress. Bunnell has left for the in
terior.
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WATSON SOON READY
The Seattle Times of January 10
says the repair work on the steamship I
Watson is nearly finished and that she
will be ready to return to the ”un
about the end of his month. The re
pairs cost $75,000. The repair work
on the Mariposa has been delayed by
the necessity of waiting for a stern
frame which is coming from the east.
EVANS 4 A. M.
According to the latest advices the
Admiral Evans will arrive in Seward j
tomorrow morning at 4 o'clock, and
will sail immediately for Seattle, not^
going west this trip. »
of Chihuahua. It is further reported
that fifty soldiers of the Thirteenth
! cavalry, the regiment to which the
captured soldiers belong, have cro.s
ed into Mexico and are now galloping
in hot pursuit of the raiders. No
official notification of this startling
information has yet been received
here but there is apparently no reas
on to doubt it in the least.
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Democrats Block
i Mexican Debate
Hot Session W hen Republicans Tried
to Attack the Administration.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—After
the hottest session of the Foreign Af
fairs committee in recent time-., the
question of Mexico came up for dis
cussion in the senate and the Repub
licans made a strong assault on the
administration but the administration
members blocked them. The attack
on the administration’s Mexican
policy is regarded as political thunder
but the Democrats stood solid and
further discussion of Mexican affairs
on the floor of the senate has been
blocked.
MEMBERS OF THE RE
PUBLICAN COMMITTEE
The following are the members of
the republican territorial central com
mittee which will meet here:
Charles E. Herron, chairman.
Frank J. Cotter, secretary.
First Division—Howard Ashley,
Skagway; Charles Wells, Juneau; J.
R. II eckman, Ketchikan; M. J. O’Con
nor, Douglas; P. C. McCormack,
Wrangell.
Second Division—George D. Scho
field, Nome; J. C. Kennedy, Candle»
Fred Daniels, Nome; A. A. Allan,
Nome; Wm. Eddy, Nome.
Third Division—Thomas J. Scott,
Cordova: Fred Schaupp, Chitina;
Janies Fish, Valdez; E. L. Whitte
more, Seward; J. J. Finnegan, Sew
ard.
Fourth Division—T. A. Marquam,
Fairbanks; Joe Dehn, Tanana; Harry
Edwards, Ruby; Charles Hoxie, Idita
rod; Thomas Lloyd, Fairbanks.
HESSE'S GREAT ALASKA
FILMS TOMORROW NIGHT
William A. Hesse’s four reels of
wonderful pictures of the scenery
and wild animals of Alaska will be
shown at the Empress Theatre tomor
row night. Of the scenes of special
interest is the series on the Katmai
Volcanic Eruption of 1912 one of the
greatest film productions of an actual
eruption ever taken. Other items
of interest are the Miles and Childs
glaciers, showing huge pieces of ice
falling from the face of the ice wall:
the hunting of the famous Kodiak
Grizzly, capturing of whales and
views along the Copper River Rail
road. Of local interest are pictures
showing the sea lions at the entrance
of Resurrection Bay, the hunting of
Moose near here, the “bore” of Turni
gain Arm and beautiful scenes along
the Alaska Northern railroad.
Pictures of Governor J. F. A. Strong,
Delegate Wickersham and scenes of
many of the coast towns are also in
cluded in the feature. These films
have been showen to big houses in
Seattle, in the east and at the Pacific
Coast cities.
W. S. Perkins left this morning
with a big load of express and reading
matter for Anchorage. His partner,
Jack Sutherland, will arrive on the
train this evening for more freight