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VOL. 2. NO. 91.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1917.
PRICE TEN CENTS
A. E. COMMISSION TO EMPLOY 6,500 MEN
IL S. MINISTER WHITLOCK HELD PRISONER IN BRUSSELS
H. P. WARREN, DISTRICT ENGINEER,
MAKES PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE OF
NUMBER OF MEN THAT ARE NEEDED
SEATTLE, Feb. 15.—Sixty-five hundred men will be em
ployed in construction work on the government railway project
during the season of 1917, according to a statement made today
by H. P. Warren, district engineer in the Anchorage division,
who is passing the winter in Seattle, in connection with the pur
chase of equipment and supplies for the season’s work. Mr.
f barren has just completed preliminary estimates of the num
er of men that will be required for the construction that is
planned for the year 1917. In the Anchorage division, which is
the base of all the construct5 -'u operations, 3,500 men will be
required. In the Seward division, which includes a part of the
Turnagain Arm rock work, 1,000 men will be employed. In the
Fairbanks-Nenana division, 2,000 men will be required.
Captain Mears, a member of the engineering commission,
in active charge of the Anchorage division work, is on his way
home from a trip to Washington. He remained here a few days,
in connection with the railway work. When interviwed by The
Times correspondent, Captain Mears said the appropriation
from the congress had been assured and that the railway work
will be pushed as rapidly as possible.
Purchasing- Agent Dole has received requisitions for sup
plies and equipment for the railway project aggregating $1,
550,000. The supplies for the most part are for the Anchorage
division of the railway work and for the Nenana-Fairbanks di
* vision.
When Chairman Edes returns north in the spring, he will
remove his headquarters from Seward to Anchorage.
LANSING NOTIFIES CUBANS THAT REVOLT
GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BE RECOGNIZED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—Secretary of State Lansing to
<V Jy sent a warning to the Cuban people declaring that a Cuban
government established by revolt would not be recognized by
the United States. Information received bf the state depart
ment from consular agents in Cuba is to the effect that the re
volt appears to be confined to the provinces of Camaguey and
Oriente. Government troops are being rushed to the scene of
file outbreaks.
AMERICAN SCHOONERDESTROYED BY '
AUSTRIAN DIVER; CREW IS RESCUED
LONDON, Feb. 15.—The American schooner Lyman M.
Law was sunk by a submarine Monday, according to a dispatch
received from Jtome yesterday. The crew, including eight
Americans, was safely landed. ,
CONSUL TREADWAY MAKES REPORT.
ROME, Feb. 15.:—United States. Consul Treadway, at
Rome has cabled the state department stating that the indica
tions are that the American schooner Lyman M. Law was not
torpedoed, but was destroyed by a bomb that was placed on
hoard by men from a submarine that halted the vessel. The
consul reports that the submarine flew no flag, but was appar
cntlv an Austrian diver.
MPLlORS
IS RETURNING
SEATTLE, Feb. 16.—Captain Fred
erick Mears, member of the Alaskan
j'-rineering commission, in charge of
Ot& Anchorage division, sailed on the
steamer Admiral Farragut last night,
en route to his headquarters.
SEATTLE, Feb. 16.—Roy A. Alden,
a member of The Times staff, and
Miss Hazel L. Studebaker, a native
daughter of Juneau, Alaska, who has
been employed as a nurse in the city
hospital, were married last night.
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BERNSTORFF SAYS WHEN WEATHER
GROWS WARMER SUBMARINE WARFARE
WILL BECOME INTENSELY ACTIVE
NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—Before departing on the Scandina
i vian liner Frederick Eighth late yesterday afternoon, Count von
Bernstorff, former German ambassador to the United jStates,
was interrogated by newspaper men with respect to the possi
bilities of avoiding war between Germany and the United
States. Bernstorff frankly admitted that he saw little hope for
the avoidance of hostilities, much as h<> regretted such a result.
He declared that he considered the avoidance of war witli the
United States conditional upon Germany being able to bring
the allies to their knees before anything happened that would
involve the United States. He was most emphatic in declaring
that the submarine campaign would not be modified in the
least degree; that on the other hand, as the weather gets warm
er, it would be increased in intensity. The only way, in the
opinion «of the former ambassador, for the United States to
i avoid war, is to keep its vessels out of the restricted zones. If
i this country failed to do that, then he saw no hope for peace, as
Germany would certainly carry out its announced intentions.
HUNDRED SECRET SERVICE MEN ESCORT
BERNSTORFF PARTY ON BOARD A LINER
HOBOKEN, N. Y., Feb. 15.—The Scandinavian liner Fred
erick Eighth, with Count von Bernstorff, former German am
ly'^sador, his attaches and German consuls and consular agents
i aboard, sailed for Europe late yesterday. A hundred special
| agents of the department of justice formed an escort for the
| party and saw the members safely aboard ship.
DICK BISON
CALLED TO BEST
SEATTLE, Feb. 15.—Dick Dawson
passed away at his home in this city
last night, a victim of cancer of the
throat. Dawson was a pioneer of
Alaska and was one of the best known
and most popular men in the north
land. In the early days of Nome he
owned the Second-Class saloon, a pop
ular retreat in the Hurrah block of
that booming mining camp. At the
time of his death he was the controll
ing owner of Crow Creek Mining com
pany operating a big hydraulic plant
on Crow creek, on the Kenai p.eninsu
| la. Death was not unexpected, as the
i victim had been told that his days
i were numbered.
INUNlfS
THREE YEARS
ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 14.—Mrs. Vic
tor Innes, pf Portland, Oregon, was
found guilty of larceny in connection
with the disappearance and supposed
murder of her sisters, Beatrice and
Lois Neims, and sentenced to serve
| three years in' the penitentiary.
II. P. IN COES
THIS. CO.
SEATTLE, Feb. 16.-J. F. David
son, formerly connected with the
Union Pacific Railway company, has
been appointed traveling passenger
agent for the Alaska Steamship com
pany, and assumes his new duties to
morrow.
BANK TELLER
TWICE SHOT
SEATTLE, Feb. 15.—While on hit.
way home late last night, G. C. Har
per, teller of the Seattle National
bank, was shot in the hip and in the
right hand by a bandit who held him
up. Harper refused to raise his hands
at the command of the bandit, who
thereupon fired at him. He will re
cover.
USED ilES
SPOKANE, Feb. 15.—Gale Smith,
S. T. Knudsen, Clyde L. Davis and O.
C. Fowler, officers of the Northwest
ern General Trading company, have
been found guilty of using the mails
to defraud. John C. Lawrence, former
state railway commissioner, jointly
charged with those convicted, was de
clared not guilty.
WILSON 111
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—In the
presence of the members of the sen
ate and house yesterday, the electoral
vote was counted, with the following
result: Wilson 277, Hughes 254.
Whereupon, a resolution declaring
Wilson elected was passed.
Nome Senator in Seattle.
SEATTLE, Feb. 15.—Captain John
Sundback, senator-elect from the
Nome district, is in the city today,
en route to Juneau, to attend the ses
sion of the Alaska legislative assem
bly.
REPORTS STATE MINISTER WHITLOCK
AND MEMBERS OF AMERICAN RELIEF
SOCIETY HELD PRISONERS IN BELGIUM
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—There is grave concern in
Washington over the reports, not authenticated, that Brand
Whitlock, American minister to Belgium, and all of the Ameri
can members of the Belgian Relief society, are held prisoners
at Brussels, at the instance of the German authorities. Inqui
ries as to the truth of these reports are being- addressed by the
state department, through the Swiss minister here and the
Spanish ambassador in Brussels. Reports are also current,
coming from semi-official sources, that Whitlock was ordered
by the German authorities to lower the flag over the American
embassy at Brussels. His refusal to yield to the demand is re
ported as the cause of his arrest.
Should these reports prove true, it is anticipated that a
declaration of war against Germany will be made without fur
ther delay.
FRANCE TO OFFER PRIZE OF HALF A
MILLION MARKS FOR ENEMY DIVERS
PARIS, Feb. IT).—France will offer a prize of a half-million
marks to the crew of any vessel, regardless of nationality, that
destroys an attacking submarine. The German zone about
the coast of France is not materially interfering with shipping.
Monday, for instance, 112 ocean vessels safely landed at French
ports, and in no case was a vessel subjected to attack by divers.
SINCE BREAK IN RELATIONS, NO NEWS
HAS COME FROM TURKEY OR BULGARIA
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—Since the break in diplomatic
relations with Germany, no word has L>een allowed to reach
this country, either from the ambassador at Constantinople, in
Turkey, or the American minister at Sofia, Bulgaria. Another
inquiry has been dispatched to the American ambassador at
Constantinople, as to why he had been unable to make report
about the marooned Americans, detained in Asia Minor.
NORWAY, SWEDEN AND DENMARK JOIN
IN PROTEST AGAINST SUBMARINES
LON DON, Feb. 15.—Norway, Sweden and Denmark joined
in a simultaneous protest to the German government over the
employment of indiscriminate submarine warfare. The notes,
which are almost identical, are powerful protests against the
German methods.
BRITISH AGENTS MAY PLACE ORDERS
FOR 20 FREIGHTERS IN SEATTLE YARDS
SEATTLE, Feb. 15.—Agents of the British government
are in Seattle in consultation with the managers of the Seattle*
ship yards, with a view to placing orders for the construction
of 20 large steel freighters. Orders for a number of freighters
have already been placed with the San Francisco ship yards and
the indications are that similar orders will be placed here with
in a few days.
DROP BOMBS ON CHILDREN.
BERLIN, Feb. 15.—British aviators dropped bombs on a
children’s skating party at Brugee yesterday and 15 of the
little ones were killed, according „o advices received from that
point.
GERARD PARTY IN PARIS.
PARIS, Feb. 15.—American flags are being displayed
throughout Paris today, in honor of the arrival here of United
States Ambassador Gerard and his party, who are en route to
America.