AND COOK INLET PIONEER
VOL. 2. NO. 59.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1917.
®tnt£g
PRICE TEN CENTS.
ONLY AWAITS
FROM TEUTONS
' TO ENTER THE WAR
PARIS, .Jan. 9.—“The Greek roVal army is only waiting
orders from Germany to attack the allies,” said M. Diomedi,
former Greek minister of finance, in an interview in La Tempts
today. Continuing, the Greek statesman, who is a Venizelist
and opposed to King Constantine, said that the royal Greek
army was waiting until the armies of General von Mackensen
had completed the overthrow of Roumania, when they would
come down to attack the allied armies at Salonika, the Greeks
acting in concert in this offensive movement.
TEUTONS CLAIM VICTORY.
BERLIN, Jan. 9.—The Russian-Roumanian armies were
t dislodged from strongly fortified positons over a considerable
CVont in southern Moldavia yesterday, by the Teutonic forces
Sfnder General von Mackensen, according to an official report
by the German war office. The important Roumanian town of
Foksliani was captured by the Teutons and 4,000 prisoners
taken. The Teutonic victory of yesterday practically gives
them control of Moldavia, the last remaining province of Rou
mania not under Teuton control.
KING USES BREAD CARD.
ATHENS, Jan. 9.—King Constance of Greece has applied
for and received a regular bread card which is being employed
by all the heads of families in his country ,due to the shortage
of this food product.
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 9.—The Russians are prepar
ing for a great offensive in the Riga sector, according to
reliable advices received here today. The troops are equipped
with great quantities of munitions and are backed by large for
ces of reserves that are stationed near Mitau, south of Riga.
Artillery fire is constantly on the increase on both sides during
the past few days and has become extremely violent. The wea
ther is clear and frosty and the country is covered with snow.
iSolEF
CHICAGO, Jan. 9.—Chief of Police
Healy of Chicago has been arrested
on a charge of extortion. He is out
on bonds in the sum of one hundred
thousand dollars. i [■■ ■
PORT ANGELES, Jan. 9.—Four
persons, including Conductor Clyde
Gibson, were killed yesterday, when a
work train on the Port Angeles and
Western railway system was wrecked.
BUFFALO BILL
. Oil DEATH BED
•4JDENVER, Jan. 9.—William F.
<jr'Jy, better known as “Buffalo BiU,”
■ rtMm his death bed in this city. His
attending physician told him today
that he hod but a few hours to live.
IN SESSION
SEATTLE, Jan. 9.—The federal
grand jury, which took an adjourn
ment for the holiday period, recon
l vened this forenoon, and is at work
making an inquiry into the alleged
bootlegging cases.
JMMISHEL
CHICAGO, Jan. 9.—Wheat reached
high-water mark today when it sold
for $2 a bushel. The cause of the sud
den raise in price is due to the belief
that there is no immediate hope for
peace.
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REACHES END
LOS . ANGELES, Jan. 9.—George
t Thompson, editor of the St. Paul Pi
oneer Press, died here yesterday, a
. Wcttm of heart disease He came here
for the, benefit of his health.
WASHINGTON, .Ian. U.—Thomas W. Lawson, in testify
ing before the house committee on rules yesterday, in its in
quiry into alleged leaks in governmental matters, declared that
“Official Washington is literally honey-combed with leaks;
nothing is safe. There are leaks in decisions of the United
States supreme com**'; there are leaks in secret sessions of tie
congress; there are leaks in cabinet meetings, and there are
leaks direct from the white house. These leaks are nothing
new and did not begin with this administration. They have!
been going on for years past and the matter is down to almost a ,
lixed science.” Concluding his sensational testimony, the fa
mous stock market jobber declared, “There has been a gigan-1
t»c, a deliberate and a premeditated Ifobbery of the American
people, through advance information gained by stock brokers
j in governmental matters that affected the stock market.”
Lawson, in the course of bis testimony, told in detail bow
j he had cleaned up millions through gaining advance informa
tion with respect to President Wilson’s peace note, which caus
ed an immense flurry in certain stocks.
TUMULTY MAKES FLAT DENIAL.
WASHINGTON, -Tan. 9.—Tn the “leak” investigation yes
I terdav, Tumulty, private secretary to President Wilson, entered
n flat denial of tlie cliarge tlmt lie gave Out advance infonnation :
,’Tifii respect to tip* president’s peacOnote; lie declared that hr
S did not know of the existence of the note until it was given out j
| to the newspapers. Tumulty was supported in his contentions'
by an authorized statement from President Wilson, which was
i submitted to the rules committee. * j
The name of Gerard, United States ambassador to Ger
| many, was brought into the hearing by Tumulty, who said that:
l the ambassador, prior to his return to Germany, asked him from
whom he could buy some bonds for investment purposes. Tu
multy said lie introduced Gerard at the offices of A\7. B Hibbs'
& C’o., bond brokers, and that was a-- far as he had gone in the i
matter. The Gerard investment had nothing whatever to do
i with the peace note.
LAWSON TO REVEAL1 NAMES.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-—Thomas AY. Lawson today prom
ised the rules committee that he would reveal the names of |
| the cabinet official, a United States senator and a New York
i banker, whom he says a member of the congress told him were
1 engaged in a stock gambling prtuership. This revelation will
be made, says Lawson, if the house ordered an investigation as
a result of the rules committee’s preliminary hearings, now in
progress.
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WHS FIRST MIN
TO LOCATE PIT
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Pitcher left
yesterday afternoon for Seward and
spent last night with their old interior
friends, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Whitney.
The Pitchers stopped with Skookum
Johnson while in Anchorage on their
way from the Iditarod country to
Seward where they will take passage
on the first steamer for the outside.
Before leaving Mr, Pitcher said that
they would return the first of March
on their return trip to Iditarod and
would later resume operations on
Boob creek in the Tolstoi. To Mr.
Pitcher goes the honor and fame of
being the original discoverer of gold
in the new camp and this came only
from several years of hardships and
constant efforts in different parts of
the interior. In speaking of the To!-,
stoi camp Mr. Pitcher admitted that
the outlook was anything but favora
ble last summer but that the little pay
he panned earlier in the season was
the incentive that caused the discoyr.
ery that led to the stampede. Mr.
Pitcher substantiated .tike report that
there were in the neighborhood of MO
miners in the camp now and many ]
more en route. He said that several j
of the original stampeders were re- ■
turning and that he thought there j
would be at least 2,000 men on the1
ground by next June.
The big people are grabbing all the
ground in sight on Boob creek but Mr.
Pitcher said that recent prospecting
had deevloped good pay on some of I
the minor creeks that would undoubt- ■
; edly prove productive.
There were several prospective An
chorage stampeders who talked to Mr.1
Pitcher in regard to the camp and con- j
dition of the trails and his advice, in
variably, was to the effect that in his j
opinion the camp of Tolstoi was prov-:
en and advised any one going in from:
here to leave about the first of Febru
ary.
All reports in regard to trails, road-j
houses, etc., are very favorable and i
there will be at least 20 people leave j
Anchorage within the next thirty days j
for the new camp.
Mr. Pitcher sold an undivided half
interest in discovery on Boob creek to
George Riley for $20,000 and made the
statement before leaving Anchorage
yesterday afternoon that this city was
destined to be the outlet for the Idita
rod and tributary camps and that he
sincerely trusted that he would be able
ta-walk the gang plank from the new
Anchorage deck onto a steamer riding
at ease in the new Anchorage harbor
on his mp out next winter. "Here's j
hoping he gets hra wish. ■' • ' i
\Y ASHING I OX, Jan. b.—The Y\ ebb-Kenyon federal liquor
law, in conjunction with a state prohibition law, will operate to
prevent the shipment of liquor for personal use into a dry
state, according to a decision handed down by the United States
supreme court yesterday afternoon. The decision is a great
victory for the prohibition forces and will tend very materially
in making states that voted in favor of prohibition dry in fact
as in theory.
INFORMATION IS CENSORED.
NhA\ OR L10 A NX, Jan. 9.—No information respecting the
.movements of British vessels that are leaving Gulf ports for
European ports is permitted to be jiuhlished, because of the
fear of giving such information to German sea raiders plying in
Atlantic waters.
MAY GET CALLED DOWN.
W ASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—The state department today ca
bled Ambassador Gerard asking if he was correctly quoted hv
the press in his remarks at a banquet given in his honor in Ber
lin Saturday night. It he replies in the affirmative, lie may be
called down for being indiscreet.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—Arguments were begun yester
day in the l nited States supreme court upon the constitution
ality of the Adamson eight-hour law. The government is rep
resented by Attorney-General Gregory and several assistants
and the railway companies are represented by a half dozen not
ed lawyers. It is not anticipated that the court will hand down
a decision before the early part of February.
WAITED STAR
WITNESS TO FIEF.
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SEATTLE, Jan. 9.—Patrolman C. J.
Mullen was taken into custody by the
federal authorities last night, on the,
charge of trying to induce Logan Bil
lingsby to flee from Seattle. Mullen
is alleged to have promised Billingsby
that himself and others would refund
the $20,000 cash bond supplied by the
boottegger for his appearance in court
on the date of his trial.
SEATTLE, Jan. 9—Harry Ham
mond, many times an ex-convict and
confined in the county jail awaiting
action by the grand jury which is
probing into charges against him,
made a getaway Sunday night, while
he was released on his honor to attend
prayer meeting at Dr. Mattew’s,
Presbyterian church. The convict was
released at the written request of Dr.
Matthews, so that he might attend the
services, the divine guaranteeing hie
return to jail following the prayer
meeting. Arriving at the church,'
Hammond watched his opportunity
and while the congregation bowed ip
prayer, quietly left the edifice and hot
footed it down the street. He ban not
yet been -found.
DIES AT AGE
OF 112 TEARS
WRANGELL, Alaska, Jan. 9.—John
Finlayson, reputed to be 112 years of
age and who was a pioneeF resident of
Alaska, died Sunday, following a brief
illness due to old age. Finlayson
gained a wide reputation as an ex
plorer, and in later years acted as a
guide for hunting parties in this part
of Alaska.
."BELLINGHAM, Jan. 9.—Charles
Wilson, a mill hand, shot and killed
his wife and then took his own life at
the Wilson home late last night. That
the woman’s pet bull dog foUght des
perately in the defense of its mistress
is evidenced by the lacerations in Wil
son’s limbs, caused by bites.
OLYMPIA, Jan. 9.—The Washing
ton state legislature convened yester
day at noon1 and proceeded to organi
zation. Guy E. Kelly, of Pierce coun
ty^ was elected speaker of the house,
MlH &a%k Nish oils, of King cotbity,
p&Bittant pro torn of the senate.