AND COOK INLET PIONEER
VOL. 2. NO. 67.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18,1917.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
RIO JANEIRO, Jan. 18.—Dispatches received here today
indicate that a German sea raider, employed in south Atlan
tic waters, in the past few days has sunk 21 ships of the allied
powers. The raider is still at large. Allied warships are scour
ing the'seas for the menace to shipping.
TEN REPORTED LOST.
LONDON, Jan. 18.—Eight British and two French steam
ships have been sent to the bottom by a German sea. raider, be
lieved to be operating in south Atlantic waters, off the coast
of Brazil.
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r FOUR HUNDRED PERISH.
" RIO JANEIRO, Jan. 18.—Four* hundred persons, it is es
timated, have perished through the sinking of allied vessels
without warning by a German sea raider. Survivors of some
of the destroyed vessels have reached Pernambuco, being res
cued by a Japanese vessel. The survivors say the raider bears
no name, is painted black and is armed with 12 rifles and four
torpedo tubes.
MANY AMERICANS LOSE LIVES.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 18.—4he British consul-general in
Philadelphia announces today that his advices are to the effect
kthat 63 Americans lost their lives in allied vessels sunk without
warning by the German sea raider operating in south Atlantic
waters.
BRITISH CRUISERS TO SEARCH.
LONDON, Jan. 18.—Ten of the fleetest cruisers of the
British fleet will be sent across the ocean today, in quest of
German sea raiders.
TO FORM CLOSER UNION.
f 1 LONDON, Jan. 18.—Steps will be taken at a British im
perial conference to be held in London next month to bind the
component parts of the British empire closer together than ever
before. The government has summoned the premiers of Can
ada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, New Foundland
and India, to discuss imperial affairs with Premier Lloyd
George.
CANADIANS DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES.
^BRITISH FRONT, France, Jan. 18.—A Canadian contin
gent, breasting a snow storm like those in northern Canada,
made a raid on a thousand yards of German trenches in the sec
tor north of Arras at an early hour yesterday morning, inflict
ing heavy losses on the enemy, who were taken completely by
surprise, and returned to the British trenches with a hundred
xlermaji prisoners. The achievement came in for especial men
tion in the army reports.
- GERMANS RETALIATE.
BERLIN, Jan. 18.—It is officially announced that French
prisoners are being placed within range behind the German fir
ing line, in the west front, in retaliation for the placing of Ger
man prisoners behind French lines.
y RECAPTURE LOST TOWN.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 18.—The Russian war Office today an
nounces the recapture, from the Teutonic forces, by the Rus
iman-Roumanian troops, of the important town of Vadeni, in
Roumania. *
pugilist
DEMENTED.
SEATTLE, Jan. 18.—Harry B
jpkholl, a featherweight pugilist of na
tional repute, who is wanted in Sacra
mento on the charge of arson, surren
himself at the police station lant
nimk'. Scholl's actions indicate that
he AJhisfne and *he will be examined
on this charge.
V
ROBERTS IS
FOUND GUILTY
SEATTLE. Jan. 18.—John W. Rob
erts, a former deputy sheriff, was con
victed of conspiracy by the trial jury,
which returned a verdict last night.
Roberts represented himself as a gov
ernment officer and extorted $2,000
from Clifford Yarbrough,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.-—The administration lias re
ceived a second note from the entente allies giving detailed
reasons why they turned down the peace proposal of the Teu
tons and the peace suggestion of President Wilson. The note
declares that Germany is not to be trusted; that any peace
treaty made with her would be no better than slm had with
Belgium, which she wantonly and willfully violated, when it
suited her purpose; that her course has demonstrated that in
ternational law must be backed by international forces.
Tn response to an inquiry as to the details of the death of
Sam Blum, H. (}. Steel, editor of the Cordova Times, wires to
day as follows:
The Times, Anchorage: Cordova, Jan. 18, 1917.
Our reports tend to confirm the belief that Sam Blum’s
death was accidental. He had been ill for ten days. The day
htHoi'e his demise, he fainted while sitting at his desk in his
offi(^e in the Pacific block. It is the belief that he was about to
be seized with a fainting fit, went to the open window to revive
himself, fainted while standing there and fell out the window
to the sidewalk below. A motive for self-destruction is entirely
lacking. His domestic affairs were extremely pleasant and
happy. His financial affairs and all his business interests in
Alaska are in good shape. It is estimated here that he was
worth three-quarters of a million dollars. His death will not
affect his Alaska interests. All will be continued.
H. G. STEEL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18—The Dan
ish West Indies passed to the control
of the United States yesterday after
noon. A formal exchange of ratifica
tions governing the sale of the islands
by Denmark to the United States
was made by Danish Minister Brien
and Secretary of State Lansing.
SEEKS SOLACE
' UK SUICIDE
SEATTLE, Jan. 18.—Mi's. Freda
Crawford, in a fit- 'of despondency,
committed suicide at her home in this
city last night. She had been ill for
some time and believed the malady
incurable.
BINGHAMPTON, N. Y., Jan. 18.—
Fifty persons were burned, ten fatal
ly, when a large oil lamp exploded in
a home at Hartford, while a wedding
ceremony was being performed.
TO PROBE
’ILL STREET
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—The
rules committee has been authorized
to extend its scope of inquiry into the
alleged leak in governmental matters
to include a general inquiry into stock
gambling, with especial reference to
the New York Stock Exchange and
Wall street.
SEATTLE, Jan. 18.—Albert J.
Rhodes, head of the Rhodes depart
ment store in Seattle, has been elect
ed president of the chamber of com
merce, succeeding Judge Thomas
Burke, who tendered his resignation.
CALLED TO REST
TACOMA, Jan. 18.—Addison G.
Foster, former United States senator
from Washington died at his home in
this city< last night. He had reached
an advanced age.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—At a hearing yesterday before
the house committee on territories, the Wrickersliara prohibi
tion bill being under consideration, Mrs. Robert A. Hatcher, of
Knik, Alaska, made what some consider the most powerful ar
gument in favor of the passage of the measure ever heard on
the subject of temperance in the national capital. The mem
bers of the committee expressed surprise at the intelligence and
grasp of the subject revealed by the gifted speaker, and Chair
man Houston, at the conclusion of the argument, took occasion
to compliment the lady on her splendid achievement. Dan
Sutherland, senator from the Fourth division of Alaska, spoke
in favor of the bill. The committee will undoubtedly report the
measure with the recommendation that “it do pass.”
SEEKS TO HIKE
SEATTLE, Jan. 18.—George Mush
ell, a former naval sailor, unable to
obtain employment, sought to com
mit suicide by taking a dose of car
bolic acid in the room of his lodging
house late last night. The fact was
discovered in time to save MushelPs
life, but he is a very ill man.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—The
house committee on rules, which is
making a preliminary examination in- 1
to alleged governmental leaks, ad- j
journed its sessions until tomorrow, |
awaiting the arrival of important wit-\
nesses that will be examined.
ASSIST ALLEN
SEATTLE, Jan. 18.—District At
torney Reams, of Portland, has arriv
ed in Seattle, to assist District At
torney Clay Allen in the federal probe
into the illicit liquor traffic in this
city.
HERRON IS IN
PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 18.—Chas.
E. Herron, publisher of The Times,
of Anchorage Alaska, was an arrival
in Philadelphia yesterday, coming
from Washington city.
BUTS
SEWARD, Jan. 18.—The govern
ment tug Roscoe, Captain Peterson in
command, sailed at 6 o’clock this
morning, en route to Anchorage, lad
mi with powder, coal oil and gasoline.
INDICTMENTS
SEATTLE, Jan. 18.—The federal
grand jury yesterday returned 13
indictments against small offenders
against the prohibition law. The
“higher-ups” will be indicted later
and evidence is accumulating that
promises a sensation when revealed
to the public.
IS II SUICIDE
PORT TOWNSEND, Jan. 18.—Is
rael Katz, a merchant of this town
and a former mayor of the municipal
ity, has been missing for the past few
days and it is the general belief that
he has committed suicide, growing out
of business worries.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—With
the statement that a British firm had
greatly underbid American firms,
Secretary of War Daniels yesterday
awarded the contract for supplying
armor-piercing projectiles to Had
fields, Ltd., of London.
SEWARD, Jan. 18—H. F. Dose, in
the absence of Commissioner Mears in
charge of construction work in the
Anchorage division of the railway
work, and Superintendent Hansen,
who have been investigating the Tum
again Arm work, departed from Mile
40, on the Alaska Northern system
last night, en route to Anchorage.
The house warming of the new
school house will not take place until
tHe 26th of this month. All commit
tees of ths Parent-Teacher Associa
tion pleaso tiki‘notice.
MBS. I. BAYLES, Secy.