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VOL. 2. NO. 50.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1916.
PRICE TEN CENTS,
LONDON, Dec. 28.—German delegates have arrived at The
Hague, to make preliminary arrangements for the peace con
ference between the belligerent nations scheduled to open Jan
uary' 15,1917. The Teutons are working on the assumption that
such a conference can be brought about, especially since the
United States and other neutral powers have taken a hand in
the peace movement. It is.noted here that Germbanv’s reply
President Wilson’s note suggesting peace contained no ref
erence to Germany’s terms for peace. It is doubtful, in the cir
cumstances, if the allied powers will consent to participate in
the conference. The government declines to discuss the matter.
It is certain that the allies would not have participated in such
a conference as a result of the Teuton initiative in the matter,
in the absense of Teuton terms for peace, but since the United
States, through President Wilson, has taken a hand, the situ
ation is quite different. The allies will not readily ignore an
appeal from great neutral nations, and especially the United
States. It is semi-officially admitted that Wilson is forcing the
hand of the allies.
AGREE UPON TERMS OF REPLY.
LONDON, Dec. 28,—Great Britain and France have deli
nitely agreed upon the terms of the reply that will he made to
the Teutonic allies with respect to the peace proposals, it is of
lidtitftjr statbff tctoafr^ie^UXt of the reply will not be avaif?
able for publication until it is forwarded, through neutral na
tions, to the Teutonic allies. It is possible that tomorrow the
reply will be sent.
NINE THOUSAND RUSSIANS TAKEN.
BERLIN, Dec. 28.—(By wireless to Sayvilie)—In five
days’ fighting, the Teutonic troops pierced the Russian lines at
several points in the eastern Wallaehia zone, taking nine thou
sand prisoners.
NO NEWS OF SAILINGS.
BOSTON, Dec. 28.—The news of the movements of British
steamers plying to and from Boston are being withheld from
the public by the local agents of the British lines. As a result,
all sailing lists have been desstroyed and newspaper advertise
ments giving the sailing dates have been withdrawn.
iMETTE
STAR WITNESS
SEATTLE, Pec. 28.—Former Po
liceman Margette, who is himself a
bootlegger, is one of the star witnes
ses before the grand jury against the
Billingsbys bootlegging operations.
It is believed that Margette has been
promised immunity from punishment
in return for his evidence in behalf of
the government.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 28.—Jack
Dillon today accepted an offer to meet
Les D’Arcy, the Australian champion,
the fight to take place before the
Brooklyn Athletic club, at a date yet
to be fixed. This information is giv
en out today by Dillon’s manager. Tex
Rickard is promoting the fight.
f Chas. Wark and B. E. Cope, load
ed with shooting irons and cartridges,
started out bright and early this
morning for the rabbit patch. The
trip was not made with the idea of
^ylenishing the meat house so much
W.* from financial gain. It is reported
around the lobby of the Hotel Anchor
age that C. T. Bowles is offering sev
eral points above the market price for
rabbit skins.
ARRESTED
JUAREZ, Mex., Dec. 28.—H. D.
Hardwood, of Tucson, Arizona, was
taken into custody last night on the
charge of “impudence and intoxica
tion.” He was haled before the court
this forenoon anil fined $20. In his
drunken state, he declared that he was
the personal representative of Presi
dent Wilson, and was making himself
particularly obnoxious to the Mexican
authorities.
31 KILLED
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Dec. 28.—It is
known that at least 30 persons met
death in the tornado that swept
through Arkansas day before yester
day. Most of the victims were resi
dents of the towns of England and
Keo.
' Big Masquerade Saturday night,
and tomorrow night is the big Folk
dance, neither of which you can af
ford to miss. Prizes will be given
away that will astonish you, and all
contestants will receive something.
Don’t fail to see and be a part of both.
Prizes on exhibition at Loussac’s drug
store.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—In the absence of any reply
from Provisional President Carranza with respect to the ulti
matum of the American members of the joint high commission,
declaring that if the border protocol plan was not approved or
rejected by midnight last night, further negotiations would
(lease, Chairman Lane today took the initial steps toward
bringing the conference to an end. He has notified Gray and
Mott, the other members of the American commission, to report
in Washington this week, to wind up the affairs of the joint
commission.
GENERAL VILLA IS ACTIVE.
EL PASO, Deo. 28.—General Villa, commanding the ban
jdit army in Mexico, is preparing to make simultaneous attacks
I on the cities of Juarez and Chihuahua. A division of his troops
is now within GO miles of Juarez, according to information re
i oeived in El Paso this morning.
AMERICANS THROWING UP TRENCHES.
EL PASO, Dec. 28.—American sentries posted on the south
side of the Rio Grande river are today employed in hastily
throwing up entrenchments, following an exchange of shots;
j with a baud of Mexicans yesterday afternoon.
I
.SEIZED LIQUOR
Curiosity is a morbid thing, nor is
it always confined to women. The
large crowd of men who were seen
running down 4th avenue at 10 o’clock
this morning were not running to a
fire but were the crowd of curious
who had gathered to witness the ex
ecution of five live and the burial cer
emony performed over six dead sol
diers. They couldn’t stand the fumes
although probably if this same event
had happened the day before, instead
of several days after, Christmas, it
would have been a hard tussle for U.
S. Marshal Frank Hoffman and his
deputies to have frustrated an at
tempted rescue.
Try as they did, the officials in
charge of the early morning affair
could not keep the matter a secret and
while the day, Friday ,is usually con
sidered the proper one to perform ex
ecutions, they advanced it 24 hours in
order to be sure of secrecy, except
the invited guests.
Included in the guests were Kay C.
j Larson, in the capacity of a reliable
I witness, and the press, who is always
present, but on this occasion also act
ed in the capacity of a connoisseur.
Begrudgingly, both the witness and
the press declared it whiskey, but of
the brand that had never seen the
mountains or the spring water of
Kentucky. In making the recent raid
five bottles of whiskey were confis
cated with several empty bottles, one
tray and several whiskey glasses of
various sizes. One size in particular
resembled a thimble and it would not
have been considered safe or sane for
a Montana bartender to have offered
it to his customers.
There must be good money in this
kind of whiskey and these kind of
glasses; still it is a well known fact
that freight rates are awfully high in
Anchorage.
The confiscated whiskey and the
balance of the paraphernalia have
been resting securely in the marshal’s
office since the night of the raid, but
the law is plain in such matters and
says that the contraband goods shall
be duly destroyed in the presence of
competent witnesses and the contents
allowed to run at will on the ground.
Those present at the final obsequies,
in addition to Marshals Hoffman, Har
ry Schultz and Jim Austin were Ray
C. Larson and the press; J. E. Austin
acted as official executor and as the
wicked fumes rose heavenward the
curious vanished and the confiscated
whiskey stained the virgin, white
snow with the red stain of shame and
pollution.
RELIC Df BOLD
An aftermath of one o' the coun
try’s boldest train robberies occurred
in Anchorage this morning. People i
residing in Montana and the north
west states 12 years ago will well re
member the time the Union Pacific
express was held up and robbed in
broad daylight, near the town of Echo
in Utah. This robbery was so bold
and daring that the adherents of the
Janies and Younger boys were forced
to ta,ke a back seat while the gang
led by Mose Mosely came into prom
inence. The school boys forgot about
Nick Carter and Mosely came into his '
own as the idol of the school boy des
perado. After perpetrating the rob
bery, the gang led by wily Mosely,'
a direct descendant of the original
leader, fled across northern Utah and
found refuge in southwestern Wyom
ing in the impregnable Hole in the'
Hall country.
At the time of the robbery the dif
ferent authorities were notified and i
sheriffs and their posses were sent
out from Wyoming, Idaho and even
Montana to head off the gang, as the
supposition was that they would make
for the stronghold, made famous as a
rendezvous for bad men of the north
west. Mosely delivered and got there
first.
One peculiar episode connected,
with the robbery was that while the
loot amounted to $250,000.00 it was j
in the main made up of unsigned or
countersigned national currency en
route to one of the largest banks of
Salt Lake city from the treasury de
partment at Washington. It was on
ly a question of a short time until ev
ery bank, post office and other octo
pus, that has a habit of hoarding
money, was notified and the issue can
celled.
Mosely, however, was more than an
ordinary criminal and was prepared
with pen, ink and various signatures
of bank officers. In addition to this
he came by the art of imitation natur
ally, as his fathers for generations be
fore him were lithographers. But in
this case he was lost as he did not
have the signatures of the bank in
question.
Taking the advice of one of his
Mormon members, he signed the bills
Brigham Young, president and Brig
ham Young, Jr., cashier on part of
the issue and made a deal with the
fence to pass the currency. The
country was soon flooded with the
phony bilb. and were easily passed
in Utah, owing to the unprecedented
state record of Brigham Young.
However, the forgery was soon dis
cerned in the other states and Mosely
Cordova, Dec. 28, 19H».
The Times, Anchorage:
Corrected returns from the delegate election in the terri
tory show that Delegate Wickersham has a plurality of six
votes over Charles A. Sulzer, the democratic candidate. The
Bonanza precinct, in the Shushanna district, gives Wickersham
eight votes and Sulzer four. This is the last voting precinct in
the Third division to be heard from. CORDOVA TIMES.
BIG STEAMSHIP ASHORE.
TOKIO, Japan, Dec. 28.—The Sankaku Maru, a large Jap
anese passenger steamer, was driven ashore off Chefoo, in
China, yesterday, in a violent gale that swept the ocean. Four
hundred passengers are on board and grave fears are enter
tained for their safety. Tugboats are speeding to the scene, in
the hope of lending aid. Details are wholly lacking. The re
port of the wreck reaches Tokio by wireless.
EQUIPPED WITH SIX-INCH GUNS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The United States navy de
partment has received information to the effect that the newest
submarines constructed by the German government are equip
ped witli six-inch guns.
NKW YORK, Dec. 28.—Gold im
portations into the United States
from foreign countries, and particu
larly Great Britain and Canada, for
the year 1916, reach a total of six
hundred and forty million dollars.
PRESIDENT IS
60 YEARS OLD
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson is celebrating
his sixtieth birthday today. Officials
are tendering congratulations, but
there are no formal ceremonies over
the event.
was forced to call in the outstanding'
issue. In a division of the spoils the
gang divided the remaining unsigned
bills and determined to take their
chances and one by one slipped away
bearing their ill-gotten gains and
scattered to the four minds of the
country, even unto Alaska.
Here comes the aftermath: Henry
Copeland, who genially serves the
morning patrons of Charlie Cameron’s
cafe, lived in the states at that time
and followed the robbery with a great
deal of interest. It was considered a
mark of efficiency to find ope of
these phony bills in a business thans
action and this morning’s breakfast
gave Henry the long-sought opportu
nity. Also Henry is ever on the look
out for his employer’s interest and in
addition is building a residence in An
chorage and can’t stand the loss, for
the bill in question would never get
by the eagle eyes that guard the two
banks of this city and someone would
have to make good.
After eating a delectable meal of
ham and, a pleasant-appearing man
sauntered casually to the cash regis
ter and planked down a ten dollar bill
in payment of his counter check.
Henry is married and therefore
doesn’t stay out late at nights and his
bright eyes immediately pounced on
the bank note and he refused to accept
it. This apparently did not embar
rass the epicure for he promptly paid
with other coin.
The refused bill bore the treasury
stamp of V-197362 and is of the vint
age of 1904.
SEATTLE, Dec. 28.—Kenneth M.
Stewart, assistant general agent of
the Continental Life Insurance com
pany, has been arrested on the charge
of grand larceny. He is accused of
stealing funds of the company.
STOCKHOLM. Dec. 28.—To con
serve the food supply of Sweden,
growing out of the war, bread and
flour tickets will be issued after Jan
uary 16, according to an official an
nouncement of the government.
“CIVILIZATION" AT
THE EMPRESS TONIGHT
Keeping pace with his usual metro
politan ideas, Captain Lathrop has se
cured the wonderful and stupendous
war drama of “Civilization,” for the
Empress tonight and Friday night.
This production stands alone and is
the greatest screen picture since the
advent of the “Birth of a Nation,” and
has received extraordinary favorable
comment from the critics of the New
York and other metropolitan news
papers.
j It portrays and brings home the ter
rible European war as it really is, and
“the man, woman or child who un
moved can sit through this masterful
production needs a sudden doctor—a
slow one. will be too late. Original,
huge, stunning and poetic.”
Frank Mathison died at the govern
ment hospital today and the body has
been taken charge of by the Wood &
Co. undertaking parlors. Mr. Mathi
son was one of the first stationmen to
take a contract with the Alaskan En
gineering Commission and was con
nected with other branches of govern
ment railroad work. He was taken to
the hospital some six weeks ago on
account of a complication of heart
trouble and pneumonia, that was the
cause of his death. He was long a
resident of the territory and member
of the Fairbanks order of the Pioneers
of Alaska. The members of the local
order will have charge of the funeral;
announcement of which will be made
in tomorrow’s paper.