OF ARMY TO FIGHT
AND FORCE (FACE:
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BERLIN, Jan. 8.—(By wireless to Sayville)—In an order
to the army and navy, issued today, Kaiser Wilhelm of Ger
many goes into details as to his proposal for peace to the en
tente powers; tells how the offer was rejected by the enemy,
and calls upon the men of the army and navy “to become as
steel” and continue the war and thus enforce peace.
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Relations Most Cordial.
BERLIN, Jan. 8.—Leading personages of Germany were
present at a dinner given Saturday evening by the American
Association pf Commerce and Trade of Berlin, in honor of
United States Ambassador Gerard. Arthur von Gwynner, di
rector of the Deutsch bank, in responding to a toast, likened
Gerard to the “peace dove in ISfoah’s ark,” and is quoted as
saying further: “Never since the beginning of the war have!
the "relations between Grrnany and the United States been
so cordial as now.” Ambassador Gerard, in his toast, is report-1
ed to have said, among other things, that “he had brought back
the olive branch from President Wilson.”
RUSSIANS *SLAIM GAINS.
PETROGRAl), Jan. 8.—An official report issued by the
Russian war office today says on the Roumanian front, follow
ing spirited attacks, the Russian-Roumanian troops captured
trenches occupied by the Teutonic troops in the Oituz valley
and took a number of prisoners. Enemy attacks on the Rus
sian-Roumanian center were repulsed with heavy losses.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—Reports
of special agents of the government
ates that 100,000 seal have been
ded to the government seal herds
on the Pribilof islands during the
year 1916. The herds now number
400,000 seal, according to official re
ports.
A
TO BE CHANGE
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VALDEZ Jan. 8.—The information
comes from the United States mar
r dial's office here that Deputy United
States Marshal Frank Hoffman, in
charge of the marshal’s office at An
chorage, will return to his duties at
Matanuska on or about the 25th of
this month, and that another man
will be appointed to the position at j
the railway metropolis. The name of \
the new marshal for Anchorage is j
not officially announced, but from a;
source that is considered reliable, it
is said that Fred A. Martin, of An
chorage, will receive the appointment.
It is known here that Democratic Na
tional Committeeman Thomas J. Don
ohoe will go down the line for Martin.
The democratic candidate for dele
gate to congress, Mr. Sulzer, has put
in a strong endorsement for the An
' chorage man.
The former deputy in charge of the
Anchorage office, Jim Wardell, is
-4 Escorting Chas. Estmere, the insane
Jt-man, to the Morningside hospital for
^^e demented, and it is rumored that
he will not return to the Cook inlet
country, as an official.
PIERCE CO.
AFTER POST
TACOMA, Jan. 8.—By a six-to-one
vote Pierce county favors the floating
of'a two-million-dollar bond issue for
the purpose of buying 70,000 acres of
land in the vicinity of American lake,
to be devoted to a great division post
for the United States army. An ar
rangement has been made with the
war department whereby the county
will donate the land for military pur
poses.
Alaskan Engineering Commission Has
Chartered Vessels to Transport
Material From Balboa to An
chorage—Begin Loading Soon.
SEATTLE, Jan. 8.—The Alaskan Engineering Com
mission entered into contracts today whereby the steam
ship Turret Crown and the barge St. Davis will convey
five thousand tons of the Panama canal equipment from
Balboa to Anchorage, the chief construction base of the
government railway project. The contracts call for the
loading of the equipment to begin the latter part of Febru
ary.
Anchorage real estate rose in value
this morning upon the receipt of ad
vice from the outside to the effect that
a large government freighter would
leave Balboa, Panama the last of
next month, loaded with 5,000 tons of
railroad supplies for Anchorage. This
shipment will consist mainly of flat
cars, steam shovels and heavy ma
chinery for railroad work and is the
first of several shipments that will
br^ng additional machinery to Au
di u rage.
The report was circulated on 4th
evenue this morning that this ship
ment ^■winded part of the heavy
dredge for immediate work on the
harbor early next spring. Confirma
tion of the shipment was obtained
from the headquarters of the Alas
kan Engineering commission this
morning and the further advise that
very favorable reports hail been re
ceived in regard to the harbor appro
priation and that they would have
some very important news to feive
out to the public in the near future
in regard to the status of the harbor
and docking facilities.
It is a well known fact that the
powers at Anchorage have advocated
shipping one of the dredges used on
the construction work in the build
ing of the Panama canal at this
point to be used in dredging for the
Anchorage harbor and it is probable
that this'will be the next move of the
! Alaskan Engineering commission.
| Plans for active work at all points
on the government railroad have been
devised and with the added equip
ment coming from the government
works at Panama the following year
! should see wonderful progress in the
j work of the government railroad.
There is no question even in the
j mind of the most skeptical but that
I the large appropriation will he al
lowed. This with the additional ma
chinery and equipment to facilitate
the road work and the surety of the
harbor and docks will greatly enhance
A nchorage real estate and be welcome
news to the business man and proper
ty owner of this city.
DETECTIVES
SEATTLE, Jan. 8. — Detectives
connected with the Seattle police de
partment have bgen indicted by the
federal grand jury on the charge of
holding up and taking from two
smugglers'opium to the value of $000
and then selling the drug themselves
for $200.
TWO CLAIM
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8.—The
police have been asked to determine
the owner of a $500 diamond found on
the floor, in the lavatory of the St.
Francis hotel, by a bootblack. The
claimants are George Max Esterly, an
Alaska mining man, and Mrs. C. E.
Wilkins, of San Francisco.
NKA PTLE, Jan. 8.—The situation in Seattle in regard to
I lie city’s moral health, as being disclosed by special agents of
i the federal government in their efforts to obtain evidence to
i bring about indictments for violation of the federal laws in the
; matter of bootlegging, is very much like that which obtained in
I a former (fill administration, in which Chief of Police Wappen
I stein was dethroned and sent to the penitentiary upon convic
tion for accepting bribes from the gambling element and other
unlawful enterprises. In the present case, Logan Billingsby
and E. .J. Margett are playing the star roles in supplying in
formation to the prosecuting officers, in return for promised
immunity from punishment. In the former case, (fid Tupper
and Clarence Gerald were the stellar witnesses for the prose
cution, gaining a similar reward.
Everything being disclosed by the federal secret service
men is being submitted to County Prosecuting Attorney Lund
| in, as well as to District Attorney Allen. There is a prospect
; that the federal grand jury will be forestalled by a state grand
jury, called by one of the King county judges, and that Prose
cuting Attorney Lundin, an employe of King county, will liim
' self fight the information gained by the federal agents. Cer
! tainlv there is no harmony as between the federal and the
county authorities in the probe now under way.
In addition to sensational charges against Mayor III Gill,
Chief of Police Beckingham, County Sheriff Hodge and offi
cials of Snohomish county, about 40 men in the Seattle police
department are alleged to be deep in graft operations. One re
port by special agents says that gambling houses in Seattle
have been paying $20,000 a month for protection, the graft
money going into the hands of the police department clique.
SHOCK KILLS
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SPOKANE, Jan. 6.—Andrew Jack
son, of Minneapolis, died yesterday
from the effects of a shock suffered \
when he was advised that his brother;
was dead in Portland. Jackson was
called to the bedside of his dying bro
ther and was hastening to the scene, j
Upon arrival at Spokane, a telegram
was handed him telling of his broth
er’s death. He died soon after, pre
sumably from heart failure growing
out of the shock.
CITY TEAM IS
AGAIN WINNER
Basketball is secure in Anchorage
as was apparent by the large crowd of
spectators who witnessed yesterday
afternoon’s game between the City
and the 14th Infantry at Labor Union
hall. The City won, 24 to 17. The
teams lined up as follows:
City—Bush, rf; Veach (c), If;
Knutson, c; Trachael, rg; Mills, Ig.
14th Infantry—Henkle, rf; Gubert,
(c), If; Sherwin, c; Sullinger, rg;
Rielly, lg.
The teams were much more evenly
matched than the game between the
City and Commission and it was any
body’s game until Jimmie Cunning
ham, official timekeeper, blew the
whistle at the end of the second half.
As predicted, the soldier boys
Sprung a surprise and had by far the
best team work but were woefully
weak on shooting baskets, missing
several easy opportunities to score:
after working the ball the length of
the field by accurate passes. The City i
played more of an Individual game!
and have the best individual players,
but must develop team work if they
expect to repeat against the 14th.
Camp and Dolliver acted as referee
and umpire and Joe Ryan was the of
ficial scorekeeper.
, Captain Gubert won the toss and
stationed his men to defend the north
basket. Anxious Knutson fouled in
the first few minutes of play but Hen
kle missed his free try. The City
scored two baskets by the work of
Knutson to Veach and Knutson to
Trachael to Mills in the next few
minutes of play. With this lead the
City regained confidence and Knutson
made the next basket on a throw-out
by the 14th. Knutson and Veach
again cleverly handled the ball for an
other difficult basket and the soldier j
supporters were howling encourage- j
ment and clamoring for a score. Sul- j
linger was guarding well and Henkle, i
Sherwin and Gubert pulled off several
beautiful passes, but missed the main
point, the basket.
The City played careless but got to
gether when the 14th took their spurt
and Bush to Veach to the waiting
basket scored the next points and
Busk repeated in the next few min
utes of play. Sherwin to Gubert to
Henkle scored the first points for the
14th and Henkle to Gubert rapidly fol
lowed by clever passing. Nicholls
went in for Mills. Trachael fouled
and Henkle missed another free try
but came back with two points after
receiving the ball from Gubert.
Veach made two free baskets in suc
cession on fouls by Rielly and Gubert.
First half ended City 13, 14th 6.
Henning went in for Bush and Tier
ney for Rielly.
Sherwin, Henkle and Gubert gained
two points for the 14th on the first
play in the second half but Knutson
and Trachael evened up on the very
next play. On a double foul Veach
proved unerring and scored twice.
Both Henkle and Veach missed on the
next attempt as a result of fouls.
Henkle scored on Nicholls* foul. When
the ball was again put in play the sol
dier boys rushed the play keeping
the ball in their possession most of
the time. The City men often leav
ing their men unguarded and with a
clear field. In the scrimmage that
followed a particularly rough play
little Henning recovered the ball on
the side lines of the south basket and
made the most difficult basket of the
game. -Gubert with a clear field drib
bled the ball unaided to a basket.
Sherwin, playing strong, received the
ball on the next play from Sullinger
and scored and Gubert scored on the
throwrout. The soldier boys were
playing a splendid game and using
their heads for passes that the City
could not break up and were playing
for a victory. It was not to be, for
Knutson and Veach made the final
basket that ran the City score to 24
and the game.
j The City team missed Captain Pow
ery at center, for most of their plays
are built around him. Knutson played
a splendid game, but forward is his
position. Veach, acting as captain,
again displayed his knowledge of the
game and scored half of the City’s
points. Trachael guarded his man
well all through the game and while
light in weight young Henning, is
cool under fire and especially accurate
in passing. Nicholls, of baseball
fame, playing his first game of bas
ketball, was in every play but was a
trifle over-anxious. In fact the City
showed very poor team work yester
day and several times held the ball
when a pass might have resulted in a
basket. For the I4th Gubert, Henkle
and Sherwin pulled off some great
plays and clever passes but were
weak in shooting. Sullinger played
a great defensive game and Rielly and
Tierney both showed up well.
Scores—Veach 12, Bush 4, Kndtson
4 Trachael 2, Mills 2. Total 24,
14th Infantry—Henkle 7, Gubert 8,
Sherwin 2. Total 17.
The next match will be tomorrow
night between the 14th and the Com
mission and will not be called until
8:45 o’clock in order to let the thea
tregoers attend the game.
ALLEN NABBED
SEATTLE Jan. fi.—Dr. Allen, who
escaped from the county jail and who
is wanted for the murder of Miss Dan
ielson, was taken into custody last
night at Hemet, California, according
to advices received by the local police
department.
A force of linemen and electricians
is busy today wiring and connecting
up the government residences in An
chorage and the current will proba
bly be turned on in some of them to
night.
All machinery trouble has been
fixed and the government electric
light system is working satisfactorily.
Every effort will be made to connect
the hotels and business houses in An
chorage just as fast as competent
work can be finished and by the last
of '-.his week it is thought that the
hotels at least will be supplied with
electricity.
J. J. Longacre is doing the inspec
tion work of wiring the different
houses and has had very few cases
of defective or poor wiring. The city
administration will only issue certifi
cates upon Mr. Longacre’s approval
of the woring. This in a large meas
ure will be a safeguard from fires on
account of defective wiring.
In recognition of his exceptional
talents and appreciation of his efforts
in assisting at the Moose Minstrels,
the local order of the Moose yester
day presented Hale Schaleben with a
L7-jdwel Elgin watch.
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