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. . . SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 28, i:»IK. TEN CENTS PEE COPY
\ olumo XI, Number J.->. _[____
SIXTEEN KILLED
IN AN iXPLOSION
AT TORPEDO BAS!
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—Sixteen were killed and
several were perhaps fatally injured in an explosion late
this afternoon at the United States Navy Torpedo station
at Newport, R. I. This is according to a brief report re- j
ceived by the Navy Department in a dispatch from the
commandant of the station. The commandant adds that
no suspicious circumstances were connected with the ex
plosion but gave no details.
RUSS CZAR !
WILL FACE
TRIAL SOON
PETROGRAD. Jan. 2S. — That the
fonnci czar ami czarina of Russia will
be brought hack from Siberia at once,
to be tried before the people's tribu
nal, is the statement made by the
newspaper published by the noted,
writer, Maxim Gorky.
The article explains further that the'
reason for this move is the fear that,
with German aid. the royal person
ages may make an escape from their
present home in lobolsk, on the Ir
• tysh river, where they are virtually
prisoners. It transpires that the Ger
man delegates to the recent peace j
conferences have brought from the
kaiser a request that the former em
press be permitted to go to Berlin.
This request was denied, and it was I
decided that it was best to try the
royal pair before there would be any
chance of their escaping.
The request asked that not only the
* empress, but also certain other mem-'
hers of the late imperial household
who were related to the kaiser, he al
lowed to go to Geimany.
No mention of the reported unsta
ble mental condition of the czarina is
made in Gorky’s article.
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FILIPINO MEN 1
TO BE RAISED
FOR THE ARMY
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MANILA, Jan. 28. — The Military
Commission recommended the bill
which recently passed at Washington
for the opening of three training
camps. Steps have already been ta
ken for the organization and recruit
ing depots to raise a division of Fili
pino troops for the European war.
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SAVING STAMPS MAY
BE HAD AT 185.000
DIFFERENT AGENCIES
WASHINGTON. Jan. 28. — War
savings stamps are now handled by
185,000 agencies and this number prob
ably will be increased to 350,000 by
the end of the month. In addition
there will be one million sales stations
which obtain stamps from regularly
established agencies.
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JEALOUS WOMAN SLASHES
RIVAL TO MAR BEAUTY
BELLE FONT AINE, 0. Jan. 28.—
— Gaining admission to the home on
the pretext that she was selling face
powder, Mrs. Lola Homer of Lima,
who later said she came here for the
purpose of the attack, slashed Mrs.
Grace Krahr, 30 years old, with a ra
zor in the face and on one hand. Mrs.
Krahr will recover. At the jail Mrs.
Homer admitted that she was jealous
of her husband and* said she came to
mar Mrs. KrahFs beauty.
POPE WILL
m: plan
FOR PEACE
WASHINGTON. I). ( .. Jan. l!S.
That Italy will acquiesce in peace|
proposals shortly to be made by l*ope^
Benedict was the declaration of Sen
ator James Hamilton Lewis of Illi
nois in the Senate chamber. He stat
ed that he has information that an
entirely new set of peace tenders will
be made by the Vatican, and that the;
oilers of His Holiness are hi ini; plan
ned with the acquiescence of Italy."
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GIVES l l» AS FUGITIVE
AFTER EIGHTEEN YEARS
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.. Jan. 2S.
Robert P. Butler, a negro who says
he escaped from the Missouri state
penitentiary eighteen years ago walk
ed into the office of Gov. Gardner and*
surrendered. He was sent to prison!
for assault with intent to kill, but
since his escape has been pastor of
several churches, the last being in
Youngstown, Ohio.
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PROFITS DISTRIBUTED
BY ALASKA PYCKKRS
SAN FRANCISC O. Jan. 28. — Aj
special dividend of $20 a ."hare, an'
extra dividend of $2 out of the income
of the insurance fund and the regu-;
lar quarterly dividend of $2 were de
clared at a meeting of the new board
of directors of the Alaska Packers’
Association here. The three dividendst
are payable February 9 to stockhold
ers of reconi on January 21.
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LUMBER CENSUS !
OF COUNTRY TO |
BE TAKEN NOW
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. — The
: census of the lumber production of j
i the country for 1917 has been made;
by the Forest Service and question-,
naires are being sent to .'TO,000 saw-1
mills throughout the country and
I Alaska asking the amount of each
kind of lumber to be cut this year. A I
return report is demanded immediate- j
ly
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! MEXICAN REBELS ARE
BUSY AGAIN—ROB TRAIN
EL PASO, Jan. 28. — Mexican rob-;
1 els robbed a passenger train on the
Mexican Central fiftv miles south of i
j Chihuahua last night and during ihe
hold up thirty five were killed.
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GERMAN LOAN TOTALS
12,000,000,000 MARKS'
LONDON, Jan. 28. — Final figures
♦for the seventh German war loan
were 12,625,660,200 marks, according
to a Reuter dispatch from Amsterdam
j quoting a message from Berlin.
ONE OF THE TRAGEDIES OF HALIFAX
.Lamm
Tun KriiMi sailors digging for the bodies of the members of their fami
ne* in the Halifax ruins, which are covered with snow and ice. The seamen
found the charred remains of their relatives and carried them away. It was
Just one of the thousands of pal belie eases caused by the great explosion.
On,, of the sailors had a wife and two children, and the other a wife and three
children. The entire families were wiped out.
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SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT
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Mayor Frank Cotter has called a special meeting
■' of the City Council for 8 o’clock tonight. The mem
hers of the special committee of citizens appointed *
to take steps towards improvements on Lowell
Creek are also asked to attend the meeting tonight. *
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SECRETARY BAKER
MAKES STATEMENT
REFUTING CHARGES
JAP NAVY MEN
COME HEBE ON
SECRET WORK!
VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 28. — Rom
Admiral H. Iiada and twelve officers
of the Japanese Navy arrived here
this forenoon. Several of the mem
bers of the delegation are on secret j
missions with the British and AmeVi-|
can governments and others will be
stationed at the Japanese embassies!
at ! ondon and We.si.'ngton.
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PENSIONS FOR
AGED MINERS ■
AGAIN FAVORED
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INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 28. — The)
next biennial convention of the Unit-,
ed Mine workers will be held at Cleve-j
land in September, 1919. The dele-1
gates also decided today, upon thp re
port of a special committee, in ^uvjri
of establishing the old ago pension |
instead of to.nding a home fo • odj
and disabled rr rors.
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KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK,
BILLINGS, Mont., Jan. 28.—Three
were killed here this afternoon and!
four injured in a train wreck near
Wyola, Mont. A freight and a pas
senger train collided.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. — Secre
tary of War Newton D. Baker thU
afternoon made a verbal reply at the
public hearing of the Senate military
ecmmittoe to the charges of inefficien
cy of tin* War Department made la .t
week by Senator Chamberlain of Or
egon. The Secretary made a piai t
statement without the use of manu
script which was a most comprehen
sive one on the war a.tivitics.
The War Secretary denied that the
Department “had falici down” ’out
said that any sudden wai enterprise
which was suddenly thrust upon the
countiy would cause sonm lelays but
that the confidence of the c.nintry was
necessary. “Over one million men are
under arms in this country,” said
Secietary Baker, “ur.:l every Amo»;
can soldier who can u-e a rifle has
been provided with one. The present
rate of manufacture assures a steady
supply for the troops when they are
ready for them. Cii«*:n Britain and
France have supplied the American
t’oops with artillery of the own free
will, they having an excess on hand.”
Referring to the case* of neglect of
the dead in Georgian ramps as cited
by Sen. Chamberlain, the Secretary
said this was not true. ‘ General
Wood recommended the caling out of
a large army and at first it was im
possible to provide all the men im-i
mediately with everything they need
ed and many were careless, became j
sick, but attention war. paid to them!
without distinction,” said the Secre
tary.
Secretary Bake*?* mentioned plans]
made for the army but did not give1
the details as he said that they were
not to be made public at present ow- j
ing to the presence of enemy spies in
the United States.
The statements of the- Secretary
were well received by the committee
men and senators present.
IN IUSTRIAL RIOTS
BREAK OUT-TROOPS
CALLED TO QUELL
LONDON, Jan. 28.—Reports of general disorders
throughout Germany are again current in London accord
ing to official advices received today.
Severe outbreaks have occurred in the Rheinish in
dustrial districts and troops were summoned from Mul
heim-on-the-Rhine opposite Cologne. Few details were
even allowed to leak through to any place in Holland of the
troubles.
RIOTS BREAK OUT IN AUSTRIA.
ZURICH, Jan. 28.—Thirty thousand took part in a
riot at Prague, Austria, yesterday against a reduction in
flour rations. Shop windows were smashed and the mobs
began to plunder the stocks when the police and soldiers
were called out. The rioters were dispersed with diffi
culty and many fatalities resulted.
CUNARD LIN I IS
SUNK BY TORPEDO
FROM SUBMARIN!
LONDON, Jan. 28.—The Cunard Liner Andania was
torpedoed yesterday enroute from the United States. The
torpedo did not sink the liner but damage caused by ex
plosion caused the large vessel to begin taking water and
she finally went to the bottom in spite of all efforts to
reach a port. TheA dmiralty makes no further report
upon the disaster.
FIRE ABOARD AMERICAN STEAMER.
AN ATLANTIC PORT, Jan .28.—Fire broke out this
afternoon aboard an American steamship while lying in
deep water. The fire was brought under control after
forty minutes of fighting. The ship is under the control
of the Shipping Board and was loaded with a general car
go. The vessel was to have cleared for an European port
tonight.
AMERICAN PATROL VESSEL GOES AGROUND
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—A report to the Navy De
partment says that an American Patrol vessel is ashore on
a rock in European waters. The boat grounded during a
fog last Friday. There was no loss of life or injury to the
crew. The report says that the vessel will probably be
abandoned.
ADMIRAL WILL
HURRY UP THE
WORK ON SHIPS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. — The
Shipping Board has designated Ad
miral Bowles as assistant manager of
the Emergency Fleet Corporations
and has dispatched him to Philadel
phia to speed up constmction work at
three steel shipyards there. Admiral
Bowles has been in charge of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation’s fleet
of commandeered ships which have
been repaired or remodeled for gov
ernment use.
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Success is made up of equal parts
of getting what we want and not get
ting what we don’t want,
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i ALASKA IS ON
A QUICK TRIP
TO THIS PORT
JUNEAU, Jan. 28.—Steamer Alas
ka sailed for Seward and way ports
at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon ami
should reach Cordova at 4 o’clock on
Tuesday morning. Capt. Jensen ex
pects to be in Seward Thursday.
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AMERICAN AERO CLUB
HONORS WILLIAM THAW
PARIS, Jan. 28. — Maj. William
Thaw, of the Lafayette flying squad
ron, who recently received his com
mission in the reserve of the Ameri
can army, has been awarded the spec
ial war medal of the Aero Club of
America,