PRICE TEX CENTS.
LAWSON MAKES SENSATIONAL EXPOSE AT WASHINGTON
President's Secretary Was
“Go Between" For a Price
(By the Associated Press)
\\ ANHINtJTl)N, Jan. to. Thomas \Y. Lawson made his
threatened expose today, and his testimony has created a stir
in administration circles. He testified before Chairman Henry,
of the house rules committee, that it was the congressman who
told him a cabinet officer, member of congress and a banker
were said to have profited in the stock market by the advance
information in reference to President Wilson’s peace note.
Lawson declared a hanker who also told him, said he knew of
another banker who dominated a cabinet officer in Washing
ton, and when pressed to make his allegation more specific lie
named Archibald \\ bite, of Boston, as the man who held this
power. The committee immediately subpoenaed White to ap
pear before it.
Lawson said that he was unable to give the names of anv
members of congress who were engaged in buying and selling
stocks. He testified'that Kntli Tomilson Visconti, of Washing
ton, told him W. W. Price, correspondent of the Washington
Star at the White House bad part in the leak affair between
Tumulty and others. Lawson named MeAdoo as the cabinet
member reported as participating in the alleged Irak. He also
stated that Mrs. Visconti named Secretary Tumulty as the “go
between,’’ who had received a large sum of money fur his part
in the affair.
Japanese Cruiser and Crew
Lost By Internal Explosion
(By the Associated Press)
TOKIO, Jan. If).—The Japanese battle cruiser Tsukuba
was destroyed by an internal explosion in the Yokohama har
bor. A hundred and fil'ty-three members of the crew were in
stantly killed and a hundred and fifty-seven injured'. The
Tsukuba was 440 feet Ion# and 14,000 tons burden.
FLUSHING, .Ian. la. A Dutch warship ha .aired here
with a German submarine, which was found in Date1 waters.
The submarine will be interned.
KOMH, Jan. la.—-It is officially announced that two Aus
trian submarines have been captured and added to the Italian
fleet. |
munitions for Spring Offensive
LONDON, Jan. 15.—The war correspondent of the Times
says that the prolongation of the war as a result of the failure
of the peace movement throws on the allies the duty of making
greater efforts to deserve victory. He says Germany did not
wait for a reply to its peace offer, hut initiated measures to ex
pand its supply of men and ammunition. The British efforts
, on land, and especially on the western front, are inadequate to
secure a decision or even deserve it, declares the writer. He in
sists that sixty additional divisions are needed in the west.
B1 JILIN, Jan. Id.—The German press, although express
ing indignation at tin* slurs on the central power in the reply
of the entente to President Wilson’s note and angered at the
peace conditions, finds consolation in the belief that the note
will serve to weld together all classes into an iKpierabh
and determined whole.
LONDON, dan. lb.—The Knglish niunitioi ories are
making every twenty-four hours more heav\ - miunition
than they made during the entire first year of ,var. The
production is increasing each week for the r offensive
movement on the western front in the spring.
Cordova Pays Last Tribute to
Meniory of Departed Townsman
As a token of respect to the mem
ory of the late Samuel Iflum, of Cor
dova, who met with an untimely death
in Seattle on Friday afternoon last,
a memorial service was held in Em
press theatre at 2:30 o'clock this af
ternoon, the exact hour at which the
funeral is being held in Seattle. There
was a general suspension of business
in Cordova, all of the stores and of
fices closing between the hours of
2 and 4 o'clock, thus testifying to the
high esteem in which our townsman
was held by his friends and neighbors
Practically the entire town turned
out to the memorial services, which
were very impressive and a fitting
tribute to a man whose many ster
ling qualities and kindly acts en
deared him to a large circle of peo
pie. In a masterly address Itev. E. P
Ziegler reviewed the life work of Mr
Blum, extolled his many good deedt
and extended the sympathy of th«
community to the bereaved familj
and relatives. The afternoon's pro
gram follows:
Voluntary—"Funeral March".. Batisti
"Dead March from Saul" .... Mamie
Mrs. S. R. Hedges.
Prayer—Rev. A. G. Shrlver.
"Nearer My God to Thee”.
Choir.
Old Testament Scripture reading -
Rev. A. G. Shriver.
“Abide With Me".
Choir.
Address — Rev. E. F. Ziegler.
"Dead Kindly Dight”.
Choir.
Benediction.
Kev. Ziegler paid a deserved eulogy
to the deceased, in the following ad
dress:
To the thoughtful mind and the do.
vout heart, what an object of Inter
est is a strong man—interest in think
ing and feeling what he may be and
what he may do. A youth just ar
rived at maturity, a life just ripened
into manhood, how momentous! An
immortal soul, an engine of force,
brought to the decision an inception
of his life purpose and his life work.
And through the whole period of vig
orous manhood, as long as one re
mains young and strong, the question
still is asked with Interest and earn
est concern as to what he is and how
he does.
And yet we should dwell upon the
good that men have done as encour
agements to noble living and earnest
constructive activity. ThlB Paul did
to strengthen his own faith, and to in
crease his own zeal, as well as that of
j the church and of all succeeding gene
rations. In the eleventh chapter of
Hebrew he cites many of the ancient
worthies, dwelling in glowing terms
upon the heroes of the Hebrew church,
"of whom the world was not worthy."
And this is our privilege, nay, our
duty today us we stand here in this
memorial to a solemn presence. We
should be false to ourselves, false to
this community, false to a bereavod
situ broken family — did we not, in
reviewing the life of Sam Blum, dwell
upon his strong, vital character, his
ability us a constructive citizen, his
exemplary family life and his many
other virtues. His life Is peculiarly
and intimately identified with this
community, with this country, and has
for us all, lessons that it will be good
for us to learn.
1 measure my words when 1 say
there is not one in all this community
who knew this dear brother, when he
walked in and out these streets, when
he went among you so blamelessly—
there is not one in all the length and
breadth of this town who is not ready
to do him honor and drop a tear over
his grave. This great audience here
has a meaning. It is an unmistakable
testimony to the high estimate you all
put upon him who now lies cold in
death.
This community and territory owes
a debt to the effective, earnest labors
of Sam Blum, of his faithful services
iu the day of small things. I wish to
speak of the deceased as a public
spirited citizen, as a man of broad
views and enlightened Ideas, engag
ing heart, mind and soul in every good
enterprise, in all that affected the
higher interests of this community,
active in the establishment of all
things good for our welfare. We
could present many illustrations of the
spirit that was in him I should say,
and I say it fearlessly, that he was
not loved for his success. I should
say, and say it fearlessly, it was not
his genius that was most admired. Bui
1 should say with confidence, and feel
assured of your concurrence, that th«
most outstanding and conspicuout
trait was the adjusting of his Inter
course with his frl«’t. - atul associates
to the family ehar.u ter. lie was an
affectionate man nor did he hide
it. He displayed In , ery measure all
of the admirable tr ts of the Hebrew
character. Family ; tlection, pleasing
personal big-hearted ness, conscien
tiousness, intellect i l genius and cul
ture. I am told of i trip he took to
Germany a few yeai ago. On his re
turn he presented t„ each of his em
ployees, as though th. y were members
of his own fainll. ,t personal gift,
chosen with due car. such as a parent
would bestow upon a child. Readily
could 1 speak at length of his earnest
and sincere care displayed in such
cases that came bo-ore him where his
charity knew no bounds. 1 have been
in a position to see this side of his
character exposed charitable at all
times. Never forgetting a kindness,
ever ready to 1 ml , helping and
strong arm to , (roul)le or ud
versity.
Death Is ever near hovering over
us. How forcibly « . it di8l),uved ln
this most unexp ,„.d nstance. Man
at the height of In- ver arter years
of toil, through . .I,,, ty to reconst rue
tlon, through sickness t„ health, never
discouraged, ris , reengage ,he
battle. A hrav. „|dl(.r and a victor
ious one. A s mpathetlc employer
and a consider -e one. A dauntless
leader and a co- ildent „ne Many hlK
friends.
He leaves an ideal family — ~.«v
their grief be healed by the memory
of a devoted husband and a loving
father.
EX QUEEN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ILL CRUISER MILWAUKEE TOTAL LOSS
I , .. . EUREKA, Cal., Jan. 15.—The cruiser Milwaukee is hiirh
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15.—Ex-queen Liliquoaluni is on the bench, with her engine and boiler roams flooded She
critically ill at Honolulu. She is seventy nine years old, and is is apparently a total loss. The crew wn> landed atVl'v
suffering from a general breakdown. Saturday. * '
j The steamer Juneau arrived in port
at 11 o’clock Saturday night, after
having encountered the roughest kind
or weather between Knowles Head
and Goose island, during which she
lost part of her cargo and the port
side light and aerial wires were de
stroved.
Captain Jensen says that when the
vessel left Latouche for Ellamar on
Thursday afternoon the weather was
fine. Suddenly a strong east and
northeast wind sprung up, which in
creased with the drifting snow and
at 10 o’clock that night he anchored
near Goose island. It was blowing a
terrific gale, with blinding snow, and
at 11 o'clock the anchor parted. They
started to heave in the chain, drift
ing before the wind and sea into deep
water. The boat became unmanage
able in the trough of the sea, causing
her to reel heavily, and the cargo in
number two hatch came adrift, with
all the equipment and was lost over
board. The hatch combings, port and
starboard side of the bridge, were
damaged and the port side light and
aerial wires destroyed.
The steamer Spokane left for the
states at 3 o’clock this morning with
the following passengers from here
M. A. ('helps, Harry Vann. Juneau.
Ida Brown. Helen Cooper, Bessie Lit
tie and J. S. Sjolieth for Seattle. This
will be the last trip of the Spokane
to southwestern Alaska
The Admiral Watson, which was
damaged by striking a-reef tn
bay, was temporarily repaired here
and left this morning with the Spo
kane, which will convoy her as far as
Cape Spencer and if the weather is
propitious the Watson will cut across
I" Juneau, while the Spokane goes to
Katalla and Yakutat.
1 lie ireighter Latouche arrived Sun
day morning at «» o'clock. She brought
1.000 tons of coal and a quantity of
dynamite for the railroad utid 300
tons of coal for town.
i he Juneau loaded 700 tons of Ken
necott ore here and the Spokane took
out 3oo tons.
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HAILHUADS LOSE
EXTRA PAY FOR
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Jan 15. — The su
preme court today handed down a de
cision in the test cases of the leading
railroads of the country against the
government for $55,000,000 for addi
tional compensation for the carrying
of mails from 1907 to 1911, deciding
against the railroads.
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LOCAL JOTTING8.
Harry Van left on the Spokane on
a business trip to Juneau.
A. Itoman was sentenced by the
l nited States commissioner to thtrtv
days in jail on the t barge of assault
and battery.
Louis Levy came out from Fair
banks on yesterday's train, and will
go to Anchorage to take charge of the
Bon Marche, while Barney Simons
makes a trip to the states to purchase
goods.
Grant Heed left on this morning's
train for McCarthy and will go front
there over the trail to Chisana, where
he will close up his busines sand re
turn to Cordova in March.
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Tom Plunkett, of Marshall City, is
reported to have discovered a quarts
ledge there, show lug much free gold
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The Moose lodge at Fairbanks has
650 members, $9,000 in the treasury,
has paid $7,000 in benefits and is only
two and a half years old.
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Leo Simmons, a fur raiser near
C'arcross, Is reported to have a large
number of minks, which he has raised
as well as a fine lot o( foxes.
WIFE INHERITS
ESTATE IF
S. BLUM
(By Associated Press.)
SEATTLE, Jan. 15. — The funeral
of the late Samuel Blub took place
this afternoon and was largely atten
ded. Practically every Alaskan in the
city, and many relatives and friends
from other places were among those
who attended the services Mr. Blum'
left a will, whereby his wife Inherits
his entire estate, which is estimated
at from $500,000 to $750,000.
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tix mis
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan 15. — The
Alaska territorial license tax laws |
upon the fishing and mining corpora
tions were made effective today by
8 ruling of the supreme court. it
appears that the test suits from the |
lower court decrees upholding the ter 1
(By Associated Press.)
SEATTLE, Jan. 13. — The steamer
Alaska, which split her high pressure I
cylinder for a full length last October. |
has been repaired and is in readiness j
to start on her new run from Seattle !
to Philadelphia, through the Panuma
canal.
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WHITE SLAVERY
(By Associated Press )
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. — The su
pretne court has decided that the pro
secutions, under the Mann white slave
law, for transporting women is not
limited to commercialized vice and
include persona! immoral escapades,
and the court affirmed the conviction
of Drew t’aminetti and Maury Diggs,
of Sacramento, California, who were
found guilty in the lower court of
having enticed women on an expedi
tion for Immoral purposes.
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TIMEKEEPER AT MATANU8KA
ON WAY TO SOUTH AMERICA
J. W. Mullin, formerly district time
keeper at Matanuska under Engineer j
Breck, has resigned from his placej
and is on his way to Chile, South Am \
erica. Mullin has accepted a position
with the Guggenheim interests and
will go to their Braden property,
which Is in operation In that section, j
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ADMIRAL DEWEY SERIOUSLY ILL.
WASHINGTON, Jun 15. — Admiral
George Dewey is very weak and his
physicians fear a collapse.
WASHINGTON, Jan 15. — Dewey
is irrational at times and shows evi
deuces of a general decline.
Later.— Dewey is dying from arter
ial sclerosis. He is unconscious and
the end is expected within thirty-six
hours.
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THAW CONTINUES IMPROVE;
MOTHER AT HIS BEDSIDE.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 15. — Harry
Thaw is still very weak, but Is Improv
ing from the self inflicted wounds
with a razor. His mother is at his
bedside.
SEALED RETURNS
PRECINCTS
(By Associated Press.)
SEWARL), Jan. 13. — The election
returns from the Bristol bay (precincts
of Dillingham, Nushagak, Koggiung
and Naknek were brought here today
by mail on the steamer Dora, but as
they are addressed to the clerk of
the court at Valdez, and cannot be
forwarded then- until the return tri(>
of the Alameda, the results w ill not be
known for another week As (he vote
for Sulzer and Wlckersham is very
close the election of the next delegate
to congress bay be determined by
these missing precincts,
(Special to Daily Times t
FAIRBANKS, Jan 13. — Early tele
graphic reports from throe precincts
in the Kuskokwiin district gave Sul/
er twelve and Wlckersham six votes.
The official returns received today
show that these precincts gave Sul
zer nine votes and Wickershatn eight
This reduces Sulzer s lead in the
Fourth division to seven votes
Sulzer Wick.
First Division . D5k7 lyt-t
Second Division p)77 X'.i'.i
Third Division ltjSl ];*73
Fourth Division 1p;s8 lkSl
Total *143(5 8447
Wjp-kersham leads by 11 votes
W itli the corrected officials returns
from the Fourth division Wicker
sham's plurality over Sulzer is 11
votes. This includes every (precinct
thus far reported, with the Bristol
bay vote on it way to Valdez, and
when those votes are p'ounted the re
turns for the entire territory will be
complete.
In tite First division Sulzer ha- a
plurality of 493 and in the Fourth
making a total of Cut) Wickershatn
carried the Second by 233 ami ti
Third by 28;*, making his plurality in
these two divisions 511. and giving t >
(present delegate a lead of 11 v.>t.
the territory.
cm PRICES
ARE SLIGHTLY
l jj
(By Associate! Tress.)
NEW YORK. Jail IS. The cop
per market is steady, with slightly in
creased demand and slightly lower
prices for deliveiies during the third
quarter of 1917. Today's quotations
on electrolytic for the first, second
and third quarters of 1917 range from
26.5 to 32.5 cents per pound.
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The wrestling game appears to he
all the rage in Anchorage, and a num
ber of bouts have been staged there
between local would be champions.
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At Kern creek, on the government
railroad, a crew of eighteen men sent
there to go to work refused to assume
their labors on arrival, on account of
the poor quarters provided
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It is reported that one of the Utah
bunk bills, unsigned, stolen in a train
robbery several years ago, was ot
fered in payment for a meal in an An
chorage restaurant recently
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The bakers of Juneau have reached
an agreement to reduce the price of
bread and three loaves for a quarter
is now the prevailing price tor the
"staff of life" in that city
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The new federal weather station at
Juneau is now in partial operation.
It is estimated that the output of
the Marshall City diggings lor the
season of 1916 was $21*UKHl.
Trains on the government railroad
out of Seward were tied up recently
because ot a shortage of fuel.
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At a recent meeting of the ldltarod
city council It was voted to close l p
the city hall for the winter and move
the fire apparatus to some down »n
business bouse.
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