AND COOK INLET PIONEER
VOL. 2. NO. 73.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1917.
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PRICE TEN CENTS
SPEECH IS UNTIMELY
BRISTOL, England, Jan. 25.—In a speech in Bristol last
night, Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer in Pre
mier Lloyd-George’s cabinet and a member;* of the council of
war, made a reply to the recent speech on world peace, deliv
ered by President Wilson in the United States senate. The
chancellor declared that peace at this time would mean a vic
tory for the Teutonic powers and their allies; that it would
mean a victory for the German military machine and all that
that pernicious policy stands for, and that President Wilson’s
suggestions, to say the least, were untimely
/' As Bonar Law is second only to Premier Lloyd-George in
the affairs of the British government, his views with respect to
President Wilson’s speech in the senate may be taken as the
official view of the British government.
CANADIAN SOLON’S OPINION.
OTTAWA, Can., Jan. 25.—Senator Rufus Dope, a member
of the Canadian parliament, in a speech delivered before that
body yesterday, declared that President Wilson, of the United
States, had an opportunity to enter the world war, with his
army and navy, two years ago; that his entry now, with his
pen, was most inopportune.
Minis TO BE RETURNED
AGAINST CHIEF BECKINGHAM AND
MEMBERS BE THE DEPARTMENT
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SEATTLE, Jan. 25.—From an apparently reliable source,
it is learned this morning that the federal grand jury will, to
day or tomorrow, return an indictment against Chief of Police
Beckingham, of Seattle, charging him with malfeasance and
malfeasance in office, growing out of the charges made by the
Billingsleys and others, as revealed in their confessions in the
jury room. Nothing could be learned as to the probable iudict
n^lit on similar ^charges of Mayor Gill. It is stated that a well
known police detective, whose name is not revealed, will be in
dicted on the charge of grafting on his own account, and three
detectives will be indicted as members of the big graft ring
which gathered rakeofifs each week from gambling games,
houses of prostitution and from the illicit liquor traffic.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Jan. 25.
—Frank Jiminiz shot and killed Del
{jkfein Montez in front of the home of
t Miss Viola Monroe in this city last
evening. The victim died in the
arms of Miss Monroe, who was a wit
ness of the foul murder. Jiminez and
Montez were suitors for the hand of
Miss Monroe, who favored the victim
of the killing. Jiminez was taken in
to custody.
EX-SOLDIER
, ENDS IT ALL
SEATTLE, Jan. 25.—Gustar Bel
formerly a private in the reg
ular army, committed suicide last
night. He was in straitened circum
stances and no work was available
i for him.
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26.—Miss
Nellie Harvey, of Exeter, California,
was found dead in bed this morning,
a victim of fdOl play.., Harold J. Win
ter, a motion ipicjture actor and the
son of former United States District
Attorney Winter, of New York city,
with whom the girl was living in a
state of adultery, is held as the mur
der suspect.
FOUND GUILTY
SEATTLE, Jan. 25.—James Mur
phy, one of the longshoremen con
cerned in the strike, was convicted of
arson in connection with an attempt
to burn pier No. 2, the trial jury
reaching a verdict last night.
J ETROGRAD, Jan. 25.—A detachment of the Bulgarian
annj, while crossing' a branch of the Danube river, opposite
the town of Tultcha yesterday, was surprised by superior Rus
sian forces, and the entire detachment was wiped out, accord
ing to an official report issued by the Russian war office today.
GERMANS ANNOUNCE WITHDRAWAL.
BERLIN, Jan. 25.—A withdrawal of the Teutonic forces
along the Danube river, north of the town of Tultcha, is an
nounced today by the German war office.
GERMANS CAPTURE 1,500 SLAVS.
BERLIN, Jan. 25.—In the Riga sector of the world war,
the German war office today announces* the capture, by the Ger
man troops, of 1,500 Russians and a considerable area of enemy
ground, near the River A A.
Anum ON LIFE
Of JAP STATESMAN
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TOKIO, Japan, Jan. 25.—An attempt to assassinate lukso
Ozaki, former minister of justice in the Japanese cabinet and
leader of the constitutional party, was made last night, while
the distinguished statesman was addressing a mass meeting on
the main sti'eet of Jokio. Ozaki was bitterly denouncing the
party in power and demanded the resignation of Premier Te
rauchi and his cabinet and urged that the emperor dissolve
the house of representative by royal ukase. In the midst of
his strictures against the government, two men, armed with
short swords, sprang to the platform and sought to stab him.
He eluded their attacks until the would-be assassins were taken
into custody.
JUNEAU, Jan. 25.—The official canvassing board con
sisting of Governor Strong, Collector of Customs Pugh and
Secretary Davidson, adjourned today, subject to the call of the
president. Many returns from the Fourth division are defect
ive, as no notices of the election have been sent to the board
by United States commissioners. The canvassing board has
sent for these notices, and until their arrival it is impossible
to do anything more. The count of the canvassing board now
stands as follows:
First division, which is complete—Sulzer, 2,395; Wicker
sham, 1,906.
Second division, with the Utica precinct missing and
which has been passed for the present—Sulzer, 673; Wicker
sham 886.
Third division, complete, with the exception of the Bristol
bay precincts—Sulzer, 1,683; Wickersham 1,972.
Fourth division—The 48 precincts that have been counted
give Sulzer 1,445, Wickersham 1,468. EMPIRE.
NOTE—From the foregoing, it will be seen that Delegate
Wickersham is 36 votes ahead of Sulzer, according to the count
of the canvassing board. The Bristol bay precincts, reported
missing by the board, gave Wickersham a plurality of 25 votes,
according to advices received by The Times from Valdez. The
Utica precinct, the Nome division, passed by the board for the
present, is a Wickersham precinct. It seems apparent that the
delegate is. re-elected beyond the question of a doubt.
ASHING!OX, Jan. 25.—By a decisive vote, the senate
} esterday afternoon decided to reject the Cummins resolution,
which provided for a lengthy discussion of President Wilson’s
speech with respect to world peace. The chief objection to the
discussion comprehended by the resolution was the waste of
time that would be consumed by the speeches of the solons. The
democratic members, who control in the senate, are anxious to
proceed with the administration’s program, in order to put
through certain measures before this session ends. It is now
or never, with certain of these bills, as the political situation
in the next congress will be more complex. While the senate
will remain democratic, the balance of power in the house will
be held by a few independents.
Following the defeat of his resolution, Senator Cummins
volunteered the information that he proposed to bring up the
subject every day during the present session of congress. Dem
ocrats declare that the Iowa solon is employing filibuster tac
tics, in order to force a special session of the congress, and un
less they succeed in heading him off by moral suasion, it is
possible that cloture will be adopted, to force a- ion on admin
istration measures this session.
In the course of a speech favoring the resolution, Senator
Weeks of Massachusetts remarked that the president had used
the senate as a megaphone through which he could address
the world.
LEADERS IN SECRET CONFERENCE.
"WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—Chairman Stone and two other
democratic members of the senate foreign relations committee
and two other prominent democratic leaders in the senate, held
a prolonged conference with President Wilson last night. The
subject of the conference was not revealed, but it is generally
understood that it had to do with the president’s policy with
respect to world peace and the means of accomplishing this ob
ject.
german losses mo. but
ENOUGH MEN REMAIN TO KEEP
ON FIGHTING FOR SEVERALTEARS
BERLIN, Jan. 25.—Estimating the total losses of the
German army, since the war began, at 2,000,000, the National
Zeitung of today says there are available for use a sufficient
number of Germans to carry on the war for several years more,
without serious embarrassment to the German army.
POLICE GET
SEATTLE, Jan. 26.—One hundred
and fifty-two packages of beer and
whiskey were seized from private in
dividuals by the Seattle police author
ities last night. The liquor was im
ported under the guise of individual
permits, which were found to be
fraudulent.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—While en
tering St. Patrick’s cathedral to wor
ship last night, a woman was held up
and robbed in the vestibule by an un
known man, who escaped detection.
LIQUOR SEIZED
q Marshal Frank Hoffman, with the
help of his deputies, raided a cabin on
Eighth avenue and F streets yester
day afternoon and brought back 210
bottles of beer and 50 bottles of whis
key to the federal jail for safe keep
ing. The automobile had all the ap
pearances of a brewery wagon when
it drove up and. the interested specta
tors had a longing and thirsty look.
“Nothing doing,” said Frank to a re
joinder for a drink. This will proba
bly go the way of other illicit booze
that has been confiscated and be de
stroyed. There was no arrest made in
connection with the case but for the
benefit of the imprudent any one can
get in serious trouble by identifying
and proving ownership. This isn’t at
all likely as the judge has been rather
severe with such cases lately and then
the boose was only held in storage
waiting for the right tank.