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NO. 7(>.
ANCHQBAGE, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 29, J9.17.
PRICE TEN XI NTS
SEWARD, Jan. 29.—Correspondence reaching Seward
from Washington by mail arriving here yesterday is to the ef
fect that it is planned to issue bonds to the amount of $21,800,
000 for the completion of the Alaska railway project, in lieu of a
regular appropriation for the purpose by the congress. The
administration is figuring on a bond issue to cover the deficit
that will occur in 1917. Besides the railway project, other
items in the proposed bond issue will cover appropriations for
a government armor plate plant, to cost $11,000,000; payment
to Denmark for the Danish West Indies, $25,000,000; and main
tenance of U. S. army on the border, $165,000,000.
' WASlLiN(iTOS^3^. 29.—Delegate dame.vJ&TekoisLanV
today introduced another resolution calling for a congressional
committee to visit Alaska this season, to inspect the govern
ment railway project and look into the affairs of Alaska gen
erally. Objection was raised to the first resolution introduced
by tiie delegate bearing on this matter, some members of the
congress opposing the appropriation of funds for this purpose
from the usual sources. The proposed committee will not, in
;>ny sense, be an investigating committee, but will visit Alaska
to have a look at the railroad project and acquire information
of a general nature with respect to the territory. Inquiry will
also be made into Ijie matter of increased power fof the Alaska
legislative assembly. The resolution introduced today pro
vides that $25,000, to be taken from the funds of the Alaskan
Engineering commission, shall be appropriated for the purpose.
This meets the objection of those opposing the first resolution,
and it is probable that it will pass.
LONDON, Jan. 29.—Unusual activi
ty on the part of the British admiralty
today gives rise to rumors that a big
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sea fight. is impending between the
British and German naval fleets, pre
sumably -in the North sea. No infor
mation is obtainable from an official
source,, but the activity is so pro
nounced that it can mean nothing less
than a great naval fight on or in pros
pect.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—Secre
tary of the Treasury McAdoo has ap
pointed Ole Hanson, of Seattle, as a
member of the assay commission that
will meet in Washington in February.
PARENTS KILL
SEATTLE, Jan. 29.—A shocking
crime is revealed by the burning of
the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Hew
itt, of Auburn, yesterday. While the
fire was in progress, neighbors drag
ged the bodies of four children from
the burning debris. An examination
showed that all four of the children,
Ephraim Stewart, aged 10 years; Ar
thur,8; Myrtle, aged 6, and Clar
ence, aged 5, offspring of the Hewitts,
were killed by a blunt instrument be
fore the fire was started, presumably
at the hands of the unnatural father,
aided and abetted by the mother. In
vestigation reveals that the children
had their lives insured in favor of the
parents, the policies being written
last April. The mother, taking with
her the youngest child, aged 3 years,
departed from Auburn soon after the
fire. Hewitt, who was employed as a
brakeman on the Northern Pacific sys
tem, was arrested as soon as the ex
amination showed that the children
had met foul play. The woman has
not been located, but a vigorous
search is being instituted.
LONDON, Jan. 29.—The auxiliary cruiser Laurentic, of
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i 5,000 tons capacity, and formerly a liner on the route between
New York and English ports, was sunk by a mine or a subma
rine off the Irish coast yesterday. One hundred and twenty
members of the crew succeeded in embarking in the life boats
and escaping. The remainder went down with the ship.
SOLDIERS WIN OVER CITY TEAM
IN FAST AND EXCITING GAME OF
Coming from behind with the score
four to one against them at the end of
the first half the City five all but won
the most exciting and most enthusias
tic game of the basketball series. The
14th, however, nosed out ahead with
the final scobe 22 to 21. By winning
yesterday the 14th move up on a par
with the other two teams and the
three teams are tied for first, second
and last position in the running.
As foretold the game started right
on the stroke of 3:30 o’clock and was
played before a fair sized crowd. Dol
liver and Engle were in points as of
ficials and were busy calling fouls; the
Ci3ty was penalized four times and
the 14th .10 times. Veach turned one
half of his free trials it© scores arid
Henkle emulated.
There Was considerable dissatisfac
tion with Dolliver'S decisions from
both sides but it is a position that no
one particularly cares for and he or
any other official should have the sup
port of the spectators. Nor are the
remarks from the side lines, together
with personals or advice, at all in keep
ing with good sports. It is up to the
officials and the teams should abide
by their decisions. There is no doubt
but that yesterday’s game was a tri
fle rough but the game is one that
calls for a certain amount of rough
playing that is often accentuated by
excitement and over anxiety on the
part of the offender. This is up to
the officials to detect and they should
play no favorites nor should they pay
any attention to the remarks from the
equally enthusiastic rooters. The sup
porters of the soldiers claim unfair
ness; the City supporters are equally
as loud in their claims; for instance,
calling a foul on Veach towards the
last of the game when he shot a per'
feet basket, vurtually lost them the
game for these two points would have
put the City one point to the goqd;
Captain Gubert’s men played by fat
the best team work. This was partic
ularly noticeable in the way they
worked the throw outs from the boun
dary lines. There was always some one
of the five, unguarded, to receive the
ball. Their passing was faster and
their shooting more accurate; and
they played the most consistent game
throughout, even to fouls.
Henkle must be a descendant of
Davy Crockett’s and his aim which
was especially unerring yesterday,
scored 10 points for his team.
Riley, also of the 14th, jumped into
the limelight and distinguished him
self on several occasions; he made
four field baskets and played a greai
defensive game through both halves.
He also distinguished himself on foulp
having four personal fouls to his cred
it, which should have disqualified him
from further play.
Sherwin played his usual consistenf
game and both Captain Gubert and
Sullinger held up their ends.
t j
’ Giving the soldier boys all credit
for guarding and blocking well it must
fce admitted that the City five is weak
•n team work. ^-Time and again they
missed golden opportunities to pass
and held the bail waiting for some one
j to pass it to when biff, one of the op
I ponents would bust into them and
| break up the play. Too, they were
I away off on shots and missed repeated
| attempts for almost certain baskets.
As individuals the City team are all
| good players and are much better on
offensive than defensive play. Com
| ing from behind in the second half
they put up a great game and scored
IT of their total points in the last
half. Veach scored. 17 points for the'
City and mostly by the aid of Knutspn
whoscored the other four points from
the field.
Riley shot the longest and most dif
; ficult basket of the game and the work
of Knutson to Powery to Knutson,
that resulted in a field basket, was the
fastest and cleverest passing of the
game. Other features were Henkle’s
turning Gubert miss into a score, Ri
ley’s basket rfom the rebound on
■ Henkle’s attempt and Knutson’s long
1 pass to Veach who scored. Other
l.plays that could not be called features
{• were the passing of Captain Gubert to
; his opponent, Veach, who calmly
scored from an easy position directly
in front of the basket; the long pass
ing out of bounds by both teams and
the remarkable number of fouls. The
direct attack of the 14th was against
Jimmie Powery and while they suc
ceeded in blocking Powery it was
through these efforts that the major
ity of fouls were made by the 14th.
The City did not make a single per
sonal foul during the game, while the
14th were marked up with six.
Nicholls replaced Mills for the City
in the second half while the 14th fin
ished with their original personnel.
Between halves Manager Wilford
was busy for a few minutes announc
ing the next game Tuesday, between
the young ladies’ team from the A. E.
C. and the High School girls. He also
said that the ladies would be admit
ted free to Tuesday night’s games
and that a dance would follow.
Line up in yesterday’s game:
14th City
j Henkle . R. F. ...... Henning
- Gubert . L. F. Powery
Sherwin.C.Veach
| Sullinger.R. G.Knutson
I Riley.L. G.Mills
Nicholls
! Field baskets: Henkle 4, Riley 4,
Sherwin 2, Veach 6 and Knutson2.
Baskets from foul: Henkle 2, Veach
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Referee, Dolliver; umpire, Engle;
scorekeeper, Scott and timekeeper,
Magnus. Attendance 201.
Pl'i I ROGRA I), Jan. 29.—-The Russian forces assumed the
offensive yesterday against the Austrian-German fortes on
hotli sides of the Kimpolung-Jokobeuy railroad, near Moldavia,
in Roumania, making the attack against enormous temporary
fortifications that had been established by the Teutons. After
desperate fighting, the superior Russian forces broke through
the Teutonic lines over a two-mile front, forcing the enemy to
retire.
GERMANS ADMIT DEFEAT.
BERLIN, Jan. 29.—On account of superior Russian pres
sure. against the Teuton lines in the Mesteeanesce sector of
Golden, by the Stritiza river in Roumania, our forces were com
pelled to retire to our positions nearer, the east bank of the
river, says a German official report today. ' •
HODGE. HUE CHEF
SEATTLE, Jan. 29.—Former Sheriff Boh Hodge. Mayor.
Hi Gill, Chief of Police Beekingham; Lbgan.'Freif] and Ora Bil
lingsley, former .Policeman Margett, Johff Pieiow. the Jesse
Moore-IIunt Liquor company, of San Francisco, Police Detect-*
ive Peyser, and two pool room men, Doom and McLennan, were
indicted by the federal grand jury sitting in Seattle, on charges
of conspiracy to commit crime against the government in ship
ping liquor into the state of Washington. The indictments
were returned late Saturday afternoon, after which the .jury
adjourned until this morning. The indictment of the high
officials caused no particular surprise, as the public anticipated
such action.
The indictment against Mayor Hi Gill sets out, among oth
er incriminating evidence, a telegram sent by Logan Billings
ley to the Jesse Moore-Hunt Liquor company of San Francisco,
last October, in which he refers to Gill as the “Old boss.” The
telegram reads: “Lots of trouble here among the authorities.
Old boss tells us to keep quiet until after election, but we have
got to make expenses,.so send us two barrels a day.”
All of the indicted men were taken into custody late Sat
urday night and all are out on bonds.
PACKED JURY, SAYS GILL.
SEATTLE, Jan. 29.—Lawrence Coleman, one of the weal
thiest property owners in Seattle and a leader in church cir
cles, is one of Mayor Hi Gill’s sureties. There is a movement,
backed by Coleman and other,s to have the “drys” in Seattle
back the defense of Mayor Gill. The mayor strongly asserts
his innocence of wrong-doing; he declares that he is the victim
of a packed jury'. He says he will be a candidate for mayor
in 1918 and that the people of Seattle will again vindicate him.
as they have on former occasions.
FAIRBANKS, Jan. 29.—The creek
town of Olnes is burning. The losses
at this time cannot be estimated. Ol
nes is the most important mining
town in the Tanana valley, outside of
Fairbanks. The discovery of the Tol
ovana district has greatly, aided its
growth.
Clarence Mossman, the newly ap
pointed marshal for Anchorage, ar
rived in the city yesterday and as
sumed the duties of the marshal’s of
fice this morning. Mr. Mossman will
live in the federal jail building and
always be on hand in case of trouble
PRINCE JOHN
HITS II REEF
SEATTLE, Jan. 29.—The Canadian
steamer Prince John hit a reef in
Wrangell narrows and is stuck hard
and fast. The passengers and muil
were transferred in small boats to
Petersburg, the nearest settlement. A
steamer of the same line, en route
from Skagway, has gone to the aid
of the Prince John.
Regular meeting of the chamber of
commerce tomorrow night, Tuesday,
January 30, at 8 p. m. sharp. A num
ber of many very important questions
will come up for discussion and a
large attendance is expected.