VOL. 2. NO. 78.
ANCHORAGE, AL&JMSA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31,1917.
PRICE TEN C'^NTS
IN THE VERDUN SECTOR
BERLIN, Jan. 31.—Last night the French troops dm*/'
four separate attacks on the German positions on Hill No. 304
in the Verdun sector. The attacks were repulsed, with hea. y*
losses to the enemy, says the German official report today
AUSTRIAN TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYED.
ROME, Jan. 31.—The Austrian torpedo boat Iluszar was
destroyed in an action in the Adriatic sea yesterday b; two
Italian destroyers, according to a report given out today by
the Italian navy department.
» CONTINUE DEPORTATION OF BELGIANS.
THE HAGUE, Jan. 31.—Thousands of Belgians, connected
with the work of the American relief commission, have been de
ported to Germany, over the strong protest of the commission.
HUNDRED AND FORTY PERISH.
PARIS, Jan. 31.—One hundred and forty troops perished,
and 800 were rescued, when a German submarine sank the
French transport Amisal Magon in the Mediterranean sea Jan
uary 25, according to a statement issued by the Admiralty to
LONDON, .1 an. 31.—Mrs. Alice Wheeldon, her two daugh
ters and the husband of one of them, Alfred George Mason,
were arrested in London today, charged with conspiring to
assassinate Premier Lloyd-George and Arthur Henderson, la
bor member of the cabinet and war council. Details of the.
conspiracy, which the police authorities say was well planned
and might have proved successful if not headed off, are not re
vealed. The facts will be brought out at the trial.
111151 FACE
SEATTLE, Jan. 31.—Prosecuting
Attorney Lundin today filed a charge
of murder against S. A. Hewitt, of
Auburn, arrested in connection with
the death of his four children. Mrs.
Hewitt is held in custody, pending fur
ther inquiry. She stoutly proclaims
her innocence and lays the shocking
crime at the door of her husband.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—The sen
ate naval committee has ordered a
favorable report on the nomination of
Dr. Grayson,the president’s physician,
who has been appointed to a position
in the naval service.
Carl Johnson, who is getting out
timbers for the Alaska Road Commis
sion to be used this summer on the
Knik-Willow creek wagon road, left
Anchorage this morning for Knik af
ter spending the week in the city as
the guest of the Riverside Hotel.
LONDON, Jan. 31.—Evelyn Baring,
a member of the British peerage in
which he was known as Earl Cromer,
former British agent and consul-gen
eral in Egypt, died at his home in
this city last night. He had a long
and honorable career in the British
diplomatic service.
ARE SEEKING
SEPARATE TRIALS
SEATTLE, J&n. 31.—Mayor Gill
and Chief of Police Beckingham are
.seeking to secure separate trials, but
the court yesterday virtually held
that the mayor, chief of police, Sheriff
Hodge and others indicted must be
tried at the same time. Attorneys
for Hodge are demurring. They insist
on a separate trial for their client.
The members of the Moose lodge
will hold their last meeting in the
Byrne hall tonight. The lodge will
move to their new quarters in the
Labor Temple within a few days.
CITY BOYS IN GREAT BASKETBALL
GAME IASI NIGHT; SCORE 21-19
STANDING OF THE TEAMS.
Anchorage Basketball League.
Won Lost Pet.
A. E. C. 3 2 .600
14th Infantry. 2 2 .500
City . 2 3 .400
Despite the severely cold weather,
the windy, blustery night and many
counter attractions Labor Union hall
presented a veritable Madison Square
Garden appearance, during a horse or
automobile show, last night. The vast
hall was packed to the guards with
a wildly enthusiastic crowd of basket
ball fans who cheered to the echo the
brilliant plays of the two fives, mak
ing ten. The new hall fairly rang
with applause as an Engle or a Veach
would shoot an almost impossible
basket and likewise would sit enthral
led, marveling at the display of sci
ence and grit as a Costello or a Hen
ning would wriggle out of the mass
of humanity with the ball safely in
their possession and dribble to a po
sition for a field basket. Then again,
the crowd would break forth in wild
applause and tumultuous cheering at
the culmination of scientific passing
or the completion of some intricate
play. It reminded one of the good old
days of Nome, Fairbanks and Daw
son, when the miners from the creeks
and the enthusiasts of the town would I
floe1: to the basketball court in appre
ciation of the players and thus give
their support to the game. Also, sim
ilar to other towns supporting basket
ball teams many bets flashed back
and forth across the crowded gallery,
and young Dan Leahy, in his new suit
of grey, was kept busy chalking up
the different wagers even to the final
whistle of “Whistling” Werner and
the announcement that the Commis
sion had won over the City by thej
score of 21 to 19.
The management and captains of j
the three teams should feel highly
gratified at the support the people of ;
Anchorage are giving the game; the
players of the different teams should
feel flattered to realize that their ef
forts to afford clean sports and am- j
usements for these same people is j
so numerically appreciated. But it I
only bears out a former statement of j
The Times that it was, and is, simply
a matter of education. In the way of
digression, something should be done
before the next game, Sunday after
noon, to keep the crowd off the side
lines and from surging on the court
during a spontaneous outburst of en
thusiasm in appreciation of some
brilliant play. This interferes with
the players.
In addition to the increased patron
age and display of loyalty in the
awakening of athletic spirit the fair
ness of the spectators was more ap
parent at last night’s game. Especi
ally was this true of the coterie of ul
tra-enthusiastic Commission support
ers who occupied the east side lines
and evidenced their impartiality by
cheering for the splendid work of
Powrie equally as loudly as they rec
ognized the genius of Magnus. Tak- |
ing it all in all business is picking up.
The stay-at-homes missed a splen
did exhibition of basketball last night
between the City and Commission; in
fact it was the best game played so
far this season and the players are to
be complimented in the class of ball
they are putting up. The two teams
were evenly matched, as the score
would indicate, but to further prove
that there was but very little to
choose from, the fact that the City
five made eight field baskets to the
Commission's seven and the free tri
als for baskets were even, 10 all bears
out the statement. Leahy was right
last night and made seven out of nine
free tries; Magnus missed his one at
tempt and Veach succeeded only in
making three out of ten. This vir
tually lost the game for the City who
held the lead up to the last few min
utes of play, but then again Veach, as
seems to be the unwritten custom,
scored 11 points out of the City’s to
tal of 19. Then too, the City had
“Eely” Engle to contend with and it
was this scrappy, heady young for
ward who tied the score and added
insult to injury by outguessing the
entire City quintet; who squirmed
and wiggled out of their combined
grasp ami shot the basket that won
the game for the Commission in the
final moments of the last half.
The game started with a rush, a
slam Sind a bang and for a while was
all in' the City’s favor. Veach made
two baskets in succession and Hen
ning shot one from a difficult angle.
On the next few plays the City held
possession of the ball. Trachsel threw
to Powrie who rolled to Veach across
the court for the fourth field basket.
Veach missed free try and Leahy
scored one, the first point for the
Commission, ltoy Trachsel receiving
the ball from the throw made a fine
play and shot a basket. Leahy re
covered the ball in the center of the
court and dribbled to a field basket.
Leahy missed free try and Veach fol
lowed suit as a result of a double
foul. Henning playing a fine game
and in every play. Mickey Costello
played the best game of his career
last night and was not charged with
a single foul. On the next few plays
Mickey went three-fourths of the dis
tance of the court unassisted and
made a perfect basket. Veach, who is
great on emulation, made one of the
feature shots of the game, shooting
from the west side line with one hand.
Mickey again distinguished himself by
making another basket from the field.
The next few plays resulted in a
bunch of technical fouls that can be
recorded as follows: Leahy scored
one and missed one and made another
one. Veach missed one and on his
next attempt, that immediately fol
lowed, joshed with the sidelines and
just to prove there were no hard feel
ings sent the ball home. Leahy made
another one. Knutson shot a basket,
recovering on the rebound after Pow- J
rie missed. Veach missed another at
tempt on free try. Magnus to Leahy
proved a successful combination; it
\yaa ov way uicy icpcatcu uii uic vciy
next play.
Captain Magnus’ men were coming
from behind at this stage of the game
and playing a regular game. The
City passed all over the court and to
show no partiality every member of
the five had his hands on the ball; it
was clever work and took with the
spectators but they failed to score.
Half ended City 15; Commission 12.
Manager Wilford, who is getting to
be some announcer, was in especially
good voice last night and during the
intermission announced in clear, dis
tinct tones that were distinctly audi
ble to every member of the vast
crowd as commented on previously,
even to the remotest corners of the
packed hall that The Five Graces
(they have added two to the original
trio) representing the Alaskan Engi
neering commission would play the
high school girls Friday night and
that this game Vould be closely fol
lowed by a game between the second
Commission team and the five wearing
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Ilf SHTIIE
SEATTLE, Jan. 31.—A large number of Alaskans wen*
caught in the failure of the Northern Trust company’s bank,
which closed its doors by order of the state bank examiner yes
terday morning. The bank, previous to the run which had
been on for several days, had deposits exceeding a million and
a half dollars. Alaskans were caught through acquaintance
with W. L. Collier, the president, who was a sourdough of the
northland. He went north as a bank clerk and returned to Se
attle as a full-fledged banker, organizing the Northern Trust
company bank. The failure is said to be due to the loaning of
several hundred thousand dollars to the Isaquah-Superior Coal
mining company, a wild cat concern promoted by Alven von
Alvensaben, a German, whose extensive British Columbia hold
ings were confiscated by the government at the beginning of the
war.
RUN ON PEOPLE’S SAVINOS BANK.
SEATTLE, Jan. 31.—There was a big run on the People’s
Savings bank, regarded as one of the strongest financial con
coins in the northwest, throughout yesterday. The bank met
all payments and officials say it is in a position to meet all ob
ligations. There were small runs on other state banks, but they
were unimportant. The national banks were undisturbed. New
accounts were opened in some of them, especially those con
nected with the federal reserve banks.
POSTOFFICE BANK GAINS DEPOSITS.
SEATTLE, Jan. 31.—The U. 8. postoffice savings bank
had to open two more windows yesterday, to receive deposits,
growing out of the withdrawal of funds from local state banks.
CLEARING HOUSE WILL ASSIST.
SEATTLE, Jan. 31.—Latest—The Seattle clearing house
gave notice this forenoon that it would assist all solvent banks
in this city, whether they were members of the clearing house
or not. The (lerman-American bank failed to open its doors
This morning. A run was on this bank all day yesterday. De
spite the run, the bank is believed solvent, but must have time
to realize on its securities. There were small inns on three
savings banks yesterday. All the big banks are solid, especial
ly the national banks, and the situation is more hopeful today.
The announcement of the clearing house has inspired confi
dence.
NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—A sensation is created by the in
formation elicited by the sub-committee of the‘house rules com
mittee, in its inquiry into the alleged governmental leak with
respect to the president’s peace note. The information reveal
ed is in the form of a telegram sent by the brokerage firm of
p. A. Connelly & Co., of Washington, D. C., of which R. W.
Rolling is a member, to a Wall street brokerage firm, which
gives the substance of the president ’s peace note ten hours be
fore its publication in the press of the country. Bolling is a
brother-in-law of President; Wilson.
CHICAGO, Jan. 31.—Captain Jack
Crawford the poet scout, is dying at
his home in Woodhaven, New York,
according to telegraphic advices re
ceived by relatives in Chicago.
Mrs. Robert Kerby was taken to
the government hospital Monday for
an operation and is under the care of
Dr. K. A. Kyvig.
JUDGE GOES
TO iro BIOS.
SEATTLE, Jan. 31.—Superior Judge
Albertson is seriously ill and has de
parted for prolonged treatment by the
Mayo brothers, in Minnesota.
Thos. H. Fulton came over from Su
sitna Station yesterday to meet the
Prof. Herschel Parker party and ac
Dougal. Mr. Fulton registered at the
Crescent.