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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24,1917.
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BRITISH PREMIER POINTS OUT DANGERS
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Senate Bid Would Empower President to Seize Foodstuffs
LLOYD-GEORGE AROUSES THE
PEOPLE TO DANGERS OF THE
GERMAN SUBMARINE MENACE
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LONDON, Feb. 24.—The stolid people of England are be
ginning to awake to the fact that the German submarine men
ace is more serious than they had calculated. The speech in
the commons by Premier Lloyd-George Thursday was brutally
frank in arousing the people to the dangers of the situation
that confronts them. The doughty Welshman removed the
mask that hid the real conditions from the mass of the people
and told them of the dangers that lay before. The premier de
clared that there was a shortage of tonnage for not only the
ordinary needs of the people of England, but for military ne
V cessities. This shortage is due in part to the fact that a mil
lion tons in British bottoms had been assigned to France, to j
aid the military situation there, but the chief cause of the'
shortage was the loss in tonnage as a result of the German sub-1
marine campaign. The premier said that the gravest meas-j
ures were necessary to curtail the activities of the enemy sub
marines, otherwise there will be disaster to the allied cause, i
“We must find ships to bear iron ox’e at all costs,” said the;
premier, in closing.
ELEVEN VESSELS OF 28,000 TONS
GROSS IS FRIDAY’S REPORTED LOSS!
LONDON, Feb. 21.—Friday’s reports disclose that 11 vt
of 28.000 gross toi hy<r:%X -M,”m
Fotu' o^^he VesReVSTtl'tfTlided in Friday’s report, were sunk pre
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viously, but the fact was unknown until yesterday. Among!
those included in Friday’s report of losses is the French liner
Athos, of 1,200 tons, sunk by a submarine off the coast of Malta1
February 17. An American missionary was among those lost.
RESOLUTION WOULD POSTPONE DATE
FROM JULY 1 TO OCTOBER 1,1917
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—The postponement of the date
of the taking effect of the bone dry prohibition amendment,
which was set July 1, to October 1, is proposed in a concurrent
resolution introduced in the house today by Congressman Noon,
of Tennessee, who announced that he proposed to press the res
olution through as soon as possible. Noon says that the date
G fixed in the amendment as passed, would work a great hardship
on the liquor dealers and he believes in giving them fair play
in the matter.
BRITISH MADE GAINS SOUTH
AND WEST IN BAUPAME SECTOR
LONDON, Feb. 24.—The war office today announces Brit
ish gains against the enemy both south and west of Baupame.
The British troops are following up their advantage today. Ac-,
tivities on the entire Somme front are officially reported. With
the coming of spring a great allied offensive will be inaugur
ated, when a mighty effort will be made to reach German soil.
COMMERCE RAIDER SINKS BRITISH
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TOKIO, Feb. 24.—An armed merchantman, employed in
raiding commerce, has sunk two British steamers in the Indian
ocean, southwest of Colombo, according to information reach
ing Tokio today. Japanese cruisers have been ordered to cap
ture the commerce raider.
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SEATTLE, Feb. 23.—Purchasing
Agent Dole, of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission, departed today, en
route to San Francisco, where he will
appoint a purchasing agent for the
commission in that city.
SEATTLE, Feb. 24.—Mrs. Etta
McDonald, testifying against her
former husband, J. F. Dusky, who is
on trial charged with bank robbery,
swore she made the mask which he
wore at the time of the bank hold-up.
ALLIES OF GERMANY SUPPORT
THE INDISCRIMINATE SUBMARINE •
POLICY THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Allies of Germany will vigor
ously support the indiscriminate submarine campaign inaug
urated by the kaiser. The German government has solidified
ber allies in favor of this policy. Definite announcement to this
effect is now in the hands of the American state department.
It is expected to lead to an immediate break in diplomatic
relations between the United States and Austria-Hungary, Tur- j
key and Bulgaria. Germany’s allies declare that the submarine i
policy will be carried out and warns the United States with re-j
spuot to the barred zones created by the Germans.
BRITISH ESTIMATE CALLS FOR AN
INCREASE TO FIVE MILLION MEN
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LONDON, Feb. 24.—The army estimate issued today pro
vides for the enlistment of men to bring the British armies up
to five million. The estimate does not include troops from
India, but does include troops from other overseas dominions,
such as Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada,
which will contribute a portion of the new enlistments that
will be undertaken at once, so as to prepare for a big offensive
movement against the enemy this season. There are 450,000
men in the British navy, which are not included in the esti
mate.
STANDARDIZING OF INDUSTRIAL ~
PLANTS IS ABOUT COMPLETED!
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—(Official announcement camel
today tliat the “standardizing of industrial plants offered for'
use bv the government, in case of need—that is, in case of war
with Germany—is nearing completion.” The greatest national
industries of the country will be taken over and operated by
the government. Included in the list is a hundred big automo
bile plants and factories. The plan is to move the munition
plants further inland, to remove all fear of attacks from the i
seacoast.
TERRIFIC TORNADO PASSES THROUGH
GEORGIA, ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI
ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 24.—Thirteen persons are known to
have been killed and hundreds are injured as a result of a ter- i
rifle tornado that swept a pathway through the states of Geor-1
gia, Alabama and Mississippi yesterday. The damage to prop- j
erty will reach an enormous amount. Buildings in towns and j
villages in the storm’s pathway were blown down, trees were
uprooted and devastation generally lies in the wake of the tor- i
nado’s visitation.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24.—Moon
ey, convicted of murder in the first
degree for complicity in the bomb out
rage, has been sentenced to be hanged
May 17. Judge Griffin, who presided
it the trial, today denied a motion of
the attorneys for the defendants, in
which a new trial was asked. In over
ruling the motion, Judge Griffin said
the defendant had had a fair and im
partial trial before a jury of his peers;
that he had been found guilty of mur
der in the first degree, and that he
must pay the penalty for his crime.
WOTORSHIP FOR COOK INLET.
SEATTLE, Feb. 24.—Libby, Mc
Neill & Libby, operating canneries in
Alaska, have placed a contract for the
instruction of a 250-foot motorship
for use on Cook inlet, in connection
with their canneries.
STEAMERS
SEATTLE, Feb. 24.—The steamer
Senator, bound from San Francisco to
Seattle, and the steamer Northland,
en route from Seattle to San Fran
cisco, met in collision in a heavy fog
off the coast of California this morn
ing. Meagre advices say that the
Northland was badly damaged and is
leaking to such an extent that it must
put into port and undergo repairs.
There were no passengers on either
steamer. Both are owned by the Pa
cific Coast Steamship company and
will ply on the Alaska run this sea
son.
CANNERY BOATS EN ROUTE.
SEATTLE, Feb. 24.—The tug Wil
lard B, towing the schooner Salvator,
departed last night, en route to Cook
inlet canneries. Hie schooner is la
den with supplies and equipment.
WOULD EMPOWER PRESIDENT TO
SEIZE FOODSTUFFS HELD AT
EXTORHONATELY HIGH PRICES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—An amendment to the revenue
bill, which empowers the president to seize foodstuffs held at
unjust and extortionate prices, was introduced in the senate
yesterday by Senator James Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois. The
amendment is aimed at the cold storage interests, which the
federal trade commission, in a report just made, holds re
sponsible, in large part, for the present high cost of the neces
sities of life. The amendment gives the president the right to
seize foodstuffs held in storage concerns throughout the coun
try, by paying a legitimate profit to the owners, and placing
the goods so seized on sale to the general public. Among the
most vicious examples of the activities of the cold storage
concerns cited by the commission in its report, is that of an
egg king of Chicago, who got a corner on this important food
product and raised the price to 75 cents a dozen. The amend
ment. if enacted, and there is likelihood that it will be passed,
would relieve a situation of this kind.
WHOLESALE INDICTMENT OF FOOD
MANIPULATORS IS PROMISED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—A wholesale indictment of food
manipulators, growing out of the high cost of the necessities of
life, will begin in the near future, according to an intimation
that ijttine from the department of .justice today. The depart
ment has had special agents employed in gathering evidence
in all of the great commercial centers of the nation and has
likewise been aided by the federal trade commission. It is
about ready to undertake prosecutions.
AMERICAN MISSIONARY LOST
WHEN FRENCH LINER IS SUNK
.WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Robert Allen Hayden, an
American physician and missionary, stationed at Foo Chow, in
Fliina, perished when the French liner Athos was destroyed by
a submarine 210 miles east of Malta recently, according to a
report by American Consul Keblinger, of Malta, which reached
Ihe state department last night. The report gave no details
as to bow the vessel was destroyed; whether the ship was
warned or how the American was killed. The nationality of
the submarine was not given. Information is being sought
by the state department.
BRITISH STOP IMPORTATION
OF CANNED FISH PRODUCTS
LONDON, Feb. 24.—The importation of canned salmon is
prohibited by an order issued yesterday by the British board
of trade, under the power given it recently, in order to employ
British tonnage for more urgent needs. Canned salmon is the
first food product that has been prohibited under the increased
powers of the board of trade.
WILL AFFECT ALASKA CANNERIES.
SEATTLE, Feb. 24i-r$^e British curtailment of the im
portation of canned salmon will seriously affect the salmon
canning industry in Alaska, Puget sound and the Columbia
river, according to the belief of the cannery men in Seattle. The
British market for this product is a very important one.
GERARD RECEIVED BY KING.
MADRID, Feb. 24.—Ambassador Gerard reached Madrid
yesterday and was received by the king today. He is on his
way to the United States.
ILL KNOWN
TAILOR DIES
SEATTLE, Feb. 24.—C. P. Curtis,
of the tailoring: firm of Dean & Cur
tis, died in Chicago yesterday, while
returning from a trip to New York.
SEAM MAN
SEATTLE, Feb. 23.—Walter B.
Beals, of Seattle, has been elected
president of the Washington state so
ciety of the Sons of the Revolution.