STEAMER SINKING WITH HUNDREDS ABOARD
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Relief Ship Speeding To Rescue Crashes On Rocks
Atlantic Liner Republic, Bammed off
Nantucket Island in Dense Fog by
Unknown Vessel, is Going Down
With. More Than 500 Passengers
and Crew. Wireless Reports of
Disaster Flashed to Shore by Heroic
Operator. Boat Proceeding to Aid
Bepublic is- Wrecked But Passen
gers are Saved.
(Unit Presi Telegraph Caijle Service.)
XKW YORK. Jan. '23- -Crashing together in a dense
fog, the White Star liuer Republic was rammed by an 11 n
kuown steamer and is rapidly sinking. The Republic has
4?i0 passengers aboard bound for Mediterranean ports. The
accident took place south of Nantucket Island. Nantucket
is ss miles south of Boston. The first news of the disastei
was flashed ashore by the wireless telegraph operator on the
Republic who stuck to his post through all the excitement.
His last reports said that the life boats and rafts bad
been launched with little disorder and that many passen
gers were saved The details of the accident are most mea
gre as the oidy information was sent by the wireless opera
tor on the Republic.
WoODS HOLL, Mass. Jan. The steamer Nantuc
ket left hereto aid the Republic as soon as the wireless re
port* w?-re received. She had thirty passengers, mostly
new-paper men. and her crew. While proceeding at full
speed in the fog, t?he ran oil' tier course onto the rocks and
was wrecked. All on hoard were saved.
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(By United Press.)
SPRINGFIELD, 111.. Jan. 23.? Her
man BUlek, convicted of murder and
sentenced to hang several' different
times, only to be reprieved, today had'
the sentence of death commuted te
life imprisonment by the governor.
Blllek poisoned five members of the
Vzread family to obtain their life in
surance.
(By United Press.)
LONDON. Jan. 22.? All Britain is
celebrating the eighth anniversary of
the ascention of King Edward th<'
seventh to the throne. The battle
ships and forts all fired salutes
when thc^flag was raised this morn
ing King Edward has received hun
dreds of messages congratulating him.
Mrs. Henry Kreldenthal and her
daughter nro confined to their home
with illness.
EXTRA!
, The city water main at tho corner
of Broadway and Sixth avenue burst
ed at 5:30 o'clock this evening, pre
sumably from the main being frozen
The water rose to the street and
flooded In all directions. At the time
of going to press a crew of men were
endeavoring to repair the break
peaceWers
FOB TEACHERS1
(By United T ress.)
WASHINGTON. .Ian. Congress
man Humphrey of Washington today <
presented a bill In congress providing
authority for giving teachers of Alas
ka power as peace officers.
10 SfPERlTENO I
U. S. BUILDING
(By United Pre**.)
WASHINGTON, Ian. 23.? Charles
Cramer was today appointed as supei
intendent of construction of the gov
eminent buildings at the A.-Y.-P ex
position at Seattle.
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(By United Press.)
CHICAGO. Jan. L't. ? Pletri IV>rande,
the Italian, easily defeat d Alfred
Corey of Hostoir in a 26-mlle Mara
thon running race last night Corey
was not In It after the first mile and
the Italian won as he ple^eil The
time was slow.
JEFFERSON NOT
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PROPERTY OWNERS DEMAND
ADEQUATE FIRE PROTECTION
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Skagway in farm* a aerlous situation ? a situation that demands Im
mediate action. There la a strong probability that the city water mains
will freeze. In fact they are already partially frozen.
Should the water malna frure Skagway will be at the merry of fire
With a strong wind raging and no water supply the entire rity might
be wiped out did a fire once start. The property owners of Ska* war e *r
ry little Insurance, and such a catastrophe would deal this city s stunning
blow.
Today more than a dozen of the largest property owners of Skagway
asked The Alaskan to tell the people of ?kagway the situation that exiata
These men want Mayor Shea to call a meeting of the city council to In
vestigate the actual conditions and take steps accordingly If the Home
Power company Is unable to keep the maina from freeing the property
owners want the water turned In the mains from the White Paas k Tukon
railroad power hous? They hare one reison for making this reqoeat
The spring water uted by the railroad Is at least six <fegree? warmer
than that used bj the Home Power company Again slush Ic* Is coming
into the mains f^om the reservoir on the second bench Thla partially
frozen water offers little resistance to frost The water used by the rail
road In warmer and has far greater frost resistance
Thla can readily be proven The Skagway river, the water of which
is practically the same as that used from Dewey lake, la froien aoltd
Mill creek, though a far smaller stream. Is atlll open. There can be no
argument denying that the spring water used by the railroad is warmer
than the Dewey lake water
If the water mains do freeze the circulation will be cut off and the
entire system of city malna will be bunted and ruined Farthermore they
cannot be repaired until spring Until the spring thaw the city will be
without waier It will be too late to repair the damage after the malna
are frozen. An ounce of prevention Is worth a pound of cure and th?
time to act Is now? before the malna ARE frozen
W. I, Hawkei manager of the Home Tower company, slated yester
day that the mains were certain to freeze if the cold weather continued
He stated today that tiie Home Power company would keep its feed pipe
from the reservoir to the city mains open, but that it was the business
of the city council to protect the city main*
It is only Mr to say that the Home PoVer company are doing all in
their power to prevent the water from freezing. They have three steam
pipes running Into their feed pipe under full blast The waiar preaaure
today in far stronger than It was yeaterday But at the same time
there is great danger of city's water maina freeing
The following men hare Joined in urging Mayor Shea to call a
special meeting Will Clayaon, W W^Houghton. Mai Gutfelt. P E
Kern, James Nettles. Dick Klrmse. F R Wurzbacher, H J Lynch, J K.
Kennedy, Charley -Runner. Mra E T McRrlen. Mr* H S Pullen. C. W
Aak. Howard Ashley, George Rlanchard. William Rrltt. H H. Draper. Tony
Dortero, Herman Grimm A Frandsen, V. I Hahn, Jack Keller and Judge
Le Fevre.
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a Winter trade, that are
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