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VOL. 2. NO. 55.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1917.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—The entire coast of Great Britain,
including the adjacent islands, lias been mined and it is ex
tremely dangerous for shipping to enter British ports, is the
<W astounding information brought to New York by passengers on
steamship Nieuw Amsterdam, which reached this port, di
rect from Europe, last evening. The planting of a cordon of
mines along the entire coast was the work of Geraiany, in an
effort to isolate Great Britain and deal a severe blow to ship
ping interests. The mines were planted by German submarines,
especially equipped and constructed for this purpose.
The passengers say that the channels leading to the ports
of Plymouth and Falmouth were first mined, at the entrance,
and then mines were placed off the mouth of the Thames river
*' to catch vessels bound to and from London. Later, floating
bombs were placed off Liverpool, Bristol, Hull, Glasgow, Car
diff and other ports. Ma^:A ^ossels have been sunk by mines
and torpedoes that were never reported by the British admiral
ty, it is declared by the passengers.
FEAR A DASH OVER THE ALPS.
PARIS, Jan. 4.—Paris newspapers voice the fear that a
Jiftrinim army is preparing for a dash across Switzerland over
the Alps, in order to gain agress to French soil from that quar
ter.
GRAND SHERIFF ELEVATED TO KINGSHIP.
LONDON, Jan. 4.—Great Britain, France and Italy have
formally recognized the grand sheriff of Mecca, who raised the
revolt against the sultan of Turkey. Me will be known as the
king of Hejaz.
CHANCELLOR TO TALK PEACE.
BERLIN, Jan. 4.—The German imperial chancellor, Dr.
von Bethmann llollweg, will discuss the prospects for peace in
the reichstag today.
NORWEGIAN PAPERS PAN GOVERNMENT.
LONDON, Jan. 4.—Norwegian newspapers are making at
tacks on the 'Norwegian government for the unsatisfactory man
ner in which it has met obligations with Great Britain, espe
cially with respect to the exportation of coal from England to
Norway.
SEATTLE, Jan. 4.—W. H. Gielow,
indicted with Billingsby in connection
with bootlegging operations in Seat
tle, and who has been in hiding to es
cape arrest for the past week, sur
rendered to the authorities last night.
He is in the transfer business.
JTO PUNT
l IS DESTROYED
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—Fifteen new
automobiles were burned in a fire that
«destroyed the plant of the Brigham
" Motor company, on Broadway,
night.
last
SWORE TO A LIE.
SPRINGFIELD, Jan, 4.—Herman
Billik, serving a life sentence in the
penitentiary, was pardoned today,
when Jerry Vrzal, the chief witness
for the prosecution that led to his
sentence, admitted that he swore to
a lie. Vrzal and Edna Billik, a daugh
ter of the pardoned man, are to be
married in the near future.
Drs. Reedy and Beeson performed
a remarkable operation at the govern
ment hospital last Saturday on For
rest Berry, who has been suffering
for years from chronic appendicitis
and other complications after an acute
attack five years ago. The cause of
the trouble has now been successfully
removed, together with 49 gall stones
some of which were over an inch in
diameter, and the patient is well on
the road to recovery.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—United States Senator William
J. Stone, of Missouri, chairman of the senate committee on
foreign relations, created a profound sensation by his bitter
arraignment of Thomas W. Lawson, the stock broker, on the
floor of the senate last night. The attack of the senator was
in the nature of a defense of the administration. Lawson
charged that the president’s note “leaked” and that certain
stock brokers reaped a harvest by gaining advance information
of the contents of the note. “No public official is guilty of
wrongdoing in connection with the ‘leak’ to Wall street of the'
text of the president’s peace note,” declared the enraged sen
ator. lie declared that Lawson’s charge disgusted him and
called it an “abominable, contemptible pact, in which Lawson
was a participant.” “Anything I despise is a sensational
fakir, ’ ’ said Stone. ‘ ‘ The time has come, ’ ’ he continued, ‘ ‘ when
this government does not have to consult the stock exchanges
before communicating with foreign governments.” The speech
was vigorously applauded, especially on the democratic side of
the house.
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SUSPECT IS
ANGELES, Jan. 4.—The lin
ing of the back of his coat filled with
buckshot and a valise which he car
ried tilled with nitro-glycerine, T.
Sharkey was taken into custody by
detectives who had been trailing him
for days past at the railway depot
last night. Sharkey is suspected of
complicity in the blowing up of the
Llewellyn Iron works. He was en
route on another fiendish job when ar
rested.
ADMIRAL LINE;
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SEATTLE, Jan. 4.—President Al
exander, of the Alaska-Pacific Navi
gation company, announces today
that the company has purchased from
the Robert Dollar Transportation
company the freighter G. C. Dollar
and that it will be placed in the Alas
ka trade.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—The de
partment of agriculture issued a re
port today in which it says that the
value of all crops raised in the Unit
ed States during the year 1916
amounts to nine billion dollars. In
the matter of crops, Texas leads all
other states of the union, says the
report.
WASHINGTON, Jn. 4.—The Unit
ed States bureau of fisheries Is about
to issue a report boosting the black
cod found in banks in Alaska. The
cod are declared to be an especially
fine food product.
The Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion has asked for bids on 7,000 tons
of coal.
DOCTOR GETS
LIFE SENTENCE
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BOSTON, Jan. 4.—Dr. Eldridge B.;
Atwood has been sentenced to life |
imprisonment in the state penitenti-!
ary upon his conviction for the mur- j
der of Dr. W.lfred E. Harris, presi-j
dent of the Massachusetts college of :
osteopathy. Atwood killed Harris for j
his illicit relations with a young wo- j
man to whom he was engaged to be |
married.
WALLA WALLA, Jan. 4.—Mrs.
Montgomery, wife of Dr. C. E. Mont
gomery, of Walla Walla, created a
sensation yesterday when she walked
into the office of County Treasurer j
Guy Allen Turner and publicly horse
whipped him. She claims that1
Turner slandered her. Turner is the
Ward McAllister of Walla Walla, be- |
ing a prominent leader in social 1
events.
CHICAGO, Jan. 4.—-A dispatch
from Petrograd to the Chicago Tri
bune says that Czar Nicholas’ sister 1
the Grand Duchess Olga, who was re
cently divorced from her royal hus
band, Prince Peter of Oldenburg, will
marry plain Captain Drozdoff, of the
Russian army.
LONDON, Jan. 4.—Lord Curzon
and Mrs. Duggan were married very
quietly at the home of the Curzons in
London last night. Lord Curzon is a
member of the British ministry and
likewise a member of the war coun
cil of five.
TOKIO, Japan, Jan. 4.—Col. Carpio, re](resenting Provi
sional President Carranza, of Mexico, is now in Japan, for the
purpose of purchasing large quantities of ammunition, arms
and artillery and several steamships, which will he employed
to transport the munitions of war from Japan to Mexico. This
information was received from consular agents of the United
States, stationed in Japan, and is authentic.
SAYS SITUATION IS GRAVE.
QUERETARO, Mexico, Jan. 4.—Felix Palavacini, former
secretary of public instruction in the Mexican cabinet and who
has often spoken for Carranza, declared yesterday, in speaking
before the constitutional assembly in session here, that the in
ternational situation is very grave, due to the failure of the
United States government to withdraw its troops from Mexican
territory.
NEGOTIATIONS TO BE BROUGHT TO AN END.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Upon the initiative of the Amer
ican commissioners, it is believed that the negotiations with
Mexico will be brought to an end today. The American mem
bers are in session and the sentiment appears to be in favor of
reporting to the president that it is a waste of time to attempt
further negotiations, due to the unsatisfactory attitude of
President ('arranza.
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ACTIVITIES OF BANDIT READER. ;
EL PASO, .Ian. 4.—Mexican refugees, who arrived here
last night from interior Mexico, bring blood-curdling stories of
the activities of General Villa, the bandit leader. At Santa Ro
salia, say the refugees, Villa and his bandit army executed over
a hundred women and children, after taking possession of the
town. Another atrocious act of the fiendish bandit leader was
1he execution of a spy of Carranza, whom he found among his
men. The spy was hung face downward over a fire and burned
to death.
VILLA FORCES DEFEATED.
QUERETARO, Mexico, Jan. 4.—The de facto troops under
the command of General Hernandez, defeated a detachment of
Villistas in a battle at La,junta yesterday. Hernandez took cap
tive 140 prisoners and gained possession of 6,000 shells.
SEATTLE, Jan. 4.—Urbank Hart,
the nine-year-old son of Mrs. Mary
Hart, was run down and killed by an
auto driven by Dr. Everett Jones
last night. The shocking accident oc
curred on the main street of Seattle
in the presence of many people that
were walking the thoroughfare.
SOLDIERS
IIS. THE CITY
The City and 14th infantry basket
ball teams, meet for a match game
Sunday at 3 o’clock p. m. at Labor
union hall. Captain Jimmie Powery
put his team through a hard practice
last night and is confident of win
ning the next match. The soldier
boys are also in fine form and say the
City team will have to play a better
game than they did against the Com
mission if the expect to beat. The
14th infantry team is composed of
Captain Gubert and Henkle forwards,
Sherwin center Tierney, Rielly and
Sullinger, guards. Gubert and Sher
win are said to be exceptionally fast
and the boys have their team work
down to a fine point. The game prom
ises to be fast and furious and the
boys from the other side are going to
turn out in force to root for the 14th.
LITTLE GIRL
LOST III FIRE
SEATTLE, Jan. 4.—Lucille, the
four-year-old daughter of Henry
Baumgarden, a railway engineer, was
burned to death when the Baumgar
den home was destroyed last night.
With Bob Griffith in charge the
$650,000 gold shipment left for Bud
Whitney’s road house this afternoon.
The outfit consisted of A. C. Mitchell,
Sigrest Sigweig, Harry Whittemore
and Alex Alexson and 46 dogs. The
gold is being caried on four sleds and
is safely enclosed in iron-bound wood
en boxes with a total weight of 2,600
pounds. Mr. Griffith said the party
left Iditarod December 9 and reached
Anchorage Tuesday after a very un
eventful but successful trip. The
trails are in fine condition between
here and Iditarod and Mr. Griffith
said that they met several parties en
route to the new Tolstoi country.
The party will stay over with Bud
Whitney tonight and resume the trip
to Seward earl ytomorrow morning,
returning to Anchorage within the
next week or ten days on the way
back to Iditarod. The bullion was
kept in the local postoffice while in
Anchorage.