, 0. S. OBJECTS TO
WASHINGTON, Jail. 25. — The
United States is preparing a protesl
to Great Britain on the matter of the
new "Trading With the Enemy Act,’
now under consideration in the House
of Commons. This new' piece of pro
posed legislation is unique, and in the
opinion of the Washington statesmen
will create dangerous precedents it
International law if allowed to be en
forced strictly according to its Tfcrms
While the act is supposed to applj
only to British subjects, it can be sc
construed as to injuriously affect Am
. erican trade. Large commercial In
terests in this country have expressed
their views on the law to the secretarj
of state, and the opinion is quite gen
erally held that the interests of the
United States will materially suffei
if bucIi a law was put into effect.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. — The
American representations of the Brit
isli foreign office against the inclu
sion of American trade in Great Brit
ain's enforcement of her trading witl
the enemy act was put on the cable
this afternoon, addressed to the Am
erican ambassador at London.
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RAISE KlMllt
, BY TAXING
WEALTHY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. — Mem
bers of Congress who read the opinion
handed down by the supreme court
yesterday, upholding the validity o!
the income lax law, are saying that
< the road is now opened for new legis
lation, which will greatly increase th<
tax rate on the great private for
tunes of the nation, so that the riel
men of the country will hear th«
larger share of the burden of taxatior
to be caused by the huge appropria
tions for increased national defence
Over twenty bills in all are before tht
committees of the House, making
changes in the present income ta?
law. and that some measure will b«
favorably reported seems certain
Some of the bills provide for a tax o1
fifty per cent on all incomes over f
million dollars.
FRENCH’ AIRMAN
< BAID GIEVGELI;
KILL 100
ATHENS, Jan. 25.—Sixteen French
aeroplanes sailed over the Bulgaria!
and Teuton lines yesterday, first fly
f ing over the Bulgarian camp at Mon
astir, and then continuing east and at
tacking the Teuton positions at Giev
geli. The Germans were evidently noi
prepared for the return of the alrmei
after the great raid made on Monastii
the day before by a fleet of forty-fivf
of the aircraft, and their anti-aircrafl
guns were strangely silent. Man)
bombs were dropped, the camp ai
1 Gievgeli suffering the most. Aboul
* a hundred persons were killed here
\ All of the allied aeroplanes returner’
to their base in safety.
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Everybody has the Empress habit.
WASHINGTON, Jnn. 25. — Presi
| dent Wilson has determined to exert
all possible influence on Oongre'ss in
| an effort to put the tariff commission
bill through at the present session
of Congress. It is intimated that Mr.
Wilson is not entirely satisfied with
the present tariff, and that he be
lieves some changes are necessary in
the present schedules. He wishes,
I however, to have the matter settled
I on scientific principles, and to remove
| the whole question from the arena of
party politics, where it has been
kicked around indiscriminately. II
Wilson succeeds in forcing Congress
to pass such a measure he w-ill be sat
isfying the business men of the conn
try and removing a formidable wea
pon from the Republicans in the next
campaign.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. — The
Reed for a tariff commission is becom
ing more and more apparent to the
congressmen and senators, as the
leading commercial organizations in
the country are supporting President
Wilson in his demand that one be
created. That the need is urgent
can not be doubted, for the President
himself believes that there should be
certain changes made in the present
schedules in order to prevent the Eu
ropean countries from flooding the
United States with an avalanche of
cheap goods after the war. It is
known that Germany has immense
stores of manufactured articles which
will travd across the Atlantic seeking
a market as soon as peace is declared.
This tremendous movement will prove
disastrously disturbing to American
industry unless artificial checks are
set up in the form of tariff bars. That
the question is a national one and not
a party one is the view of the question
and that is why he Is so anxious to
have the commission bill passed and
the members selected so that they can
at once proceed to meet the problems
that are now arising.
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PROGRAM BE
IDE PUBLIC
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. — The
cabinet was in sessiori the greater
part of today, discussing how far the
President should go in letting the Am
erican public in on the real reasons
for the administration’s preparedness
program. The concensus of opinion is
i (hat W'son should take the people
! into his confidence and treat the ques
tion with the greatest frankness, tell
I ing the true condition of the army and
navy, and stating what must be done
to adequately oppose an armed enemy,
I because of the present troubled con
dition of the world. A change in the
! President’s original program has been
made, and he will begin his speech
making tour in New York on Friday
night instead of opening in Pittsburg
I as originally planned.
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LAST YEAR
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. — The
government has completed the dTfi
] cial figures for the Imports and ex
ports of the year 1915. The imports
showed a heavy falling off, due to the
I great war in Europe, practically no
1 goods being received from Germany,
Austria and Russia, and all the other
belligerents falling to export their
I usual quantity of merchandise to this
! country. The figures on the imports
I were smaller last year than any year
j since 1912. The exports of the United
States reached the astounding figure
of $3,555,000,000. This broke all pre
vious records. This is an increase
iof 70 per cent over the year 1914.
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BERLIN, Jan. 25. — The war office
issued an official bulletin this after
noon, announcing that the German ar
tillery had shelled and demolished the
cathedral in the Belgium city of
Nleuport. The reason given for at
tacking the church edifice was that
the tower of the cathedral was being
used by the allies as an observation
station.
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4000 TURKS ARE
PET ROC RAD, Jan. 25. — The war
j office announced officially today that
I in the recent battle between the Rus
j shins and Turks at Erzerum in the
i Caucasus, which resulted in the Turks
i being forced to retire with heavy loss
! es, the armies of the Czar captured
four thousand Turks, including fifty
officers. Besides the prisoners taken
| the Russians captured scores of ma
jchine guns and won an immense quan
tity of provisions anil war munitions.
DUNKIRK VICTIM
LONDON. Jan. 25. It was offi
! idally announced today that two Ger
man aeroplanes tlew over Dunkirk in
Northern France yesterday and drop
ped numerous bombs. British planes
! rose to give battle to tne invaders,
and one of the German machines, a
seaplane, was forced to take to the
water. The first in the air occurred
northeast of Nieuport. which was bom
barded yesterday by the heavy guns
of the German artillery.
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GOING TO HONOLULU TO WORK
ON RAILROAD.
Dean W. Searles intends leaving Cor
dova on the steamer Alameda for
| Honolulu, where he has accepted a po
sition with the Hilo railroad. Mr.
; Searles is an old-time railroader, who
' has been employed on some of the
^ leading roads of the country. For the
• past three years he has been connect
ed with the Copper RTver & North
western railway, two years of which
time he was the yardmaster. Dean’s
many Cordova friends wiah him all
kinds of success in his new field of
labor.
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ALAMEDA HERE AT MIDNIGHT.
The steamer Alameda left Juneau
at 4 o’clock yesterday morning, but
as she has considerable freight for
way ports, will not reach here until
midnight,
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Owing to the poor Tire protection,
the equipment having T>een diverted to
Seward after the freeze up, Anchorage
merchants have combined to employ
a special night watchman. The new
watchman's special duty is to wutch
all flues and keep a close lookout for
fires.
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The Socialist locals of Alaska are
taking a referendum on their eandi
.date for delegate to Congress.
GERMANS SHELL
FHEIGH PORT
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. — The
French ambassador received advices
from Paris today, stating that the
Germans in France had commenced
an assault on the town and forts oi
Nancy. Shells are being fired intc
the city from the long range gnns ol
; the Teutons, ami today a fleet of Ger
| man aeroplanes flew over the fort ■
land dropped bombs at frequent inter
' vals. No important damage is re
ported.
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YORK STATE
SARANAC LAKE, N. Y., Jan. 25.—
Hermun 15. Duryea, the noted horse
man and yachtsman, died in this city
today. Mr. Duryea was known the
country over as a fine gentleman and
a clean and able sportsman. In what
l ever sport he interested himself he
always attained distinction, and he
has owned some of the best race
horses in the world. His famous horse
Durbar the Second was the winner of
the English Derby in 1914.
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VICTORIA SUPPLYING SEWARD
FUEL OIL.
The steamship Victoria passed Cape
St. Elias at 1 o’clock yesterday morn
ing. and sailed direct for Latouche to
give the freighter Seward, which is
laying off that port repairing her
rudder, a quantity of fuel oil. This
will consume twenty-four hours time,
and the Victoria, in command of Capt.
Johnny O'Brien, will be in Cordova
Thursday morning.
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TRAFFIC RESUMED ON RAILROAD
A rotary came in from Tiekel yes
terday morning, and the northbound
train also reached Chitina. As the
track is now clear a regula’r train,
taking the mall and a large amount
of freight, leaves this morning for in
terior points.
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The Juneau city council has grant
ed a franchise to a gas company which
must begin actual operations before
six months. The company agrees to
furnish gas at the rate of $2 per 1,000
cubic feet to customers, and to the
city at $1.00.
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By the installation oi a meter sys
tem the Fairbanks city council saves
between $150 and $300 per month on
its city lights. They take advantage
of the bright moonlight nights to turn
off the lights.
BERLIN, Jan. 25. — The Overseas
News Agency announced today that
the main body of the Montenegrin
troops had laid down their arms and
surrendered to the Austrians. The
Austrians now have full control of the
line running from Niksic to Danilost
grad, and from Podgoritza to Scutari.
ROME, Jan. 25. Tiie Montenegrin
troops are being hard pressed by the
Austrian invaders, and are retiring
slowly before the impetuosity of the
enemy’s attack. The retiring move
ment is a general one. and is in a
southerly direction. A brisk rear
guard action is being fought, the Aus
trians never relaxing their pursuit
for an instant.
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SEATTLE, Jan. 25. — All of the
transcontinental tracks over the <’as
! cade mountains are again opened and
train service has been resumed. The
debris and accumulation of snow
which acompanied the fatal slide on
the Great Northern has been cleared
away, and the remaining four bodies
recovered. Snow is falling heavily
in the mountains, and it is generally
expected that further bad slides are
likely to occur at any moment. It is
snowing in this city also, but the wea
ther is warm, and the snow is melt
ing almost as fast as it comes down.
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120,000 TONS FOR RUSSIA.
The freighter Seward, which is
disabled at Latouche, has been char
tered to make a number of trips be
tween Puget Sound and Vladivostok
in the service of Grace & Co., the well
known shipping firm, who have re
ceived a contract from the Russian
government for the delivery of one
hundred and twenty thousand tons
of freight to the Russian port during
the next few months.
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FARRAGUT DUE AT 7 A. M.
The steamer Admiral Farragut
reached Katalla last night and is due
in Cordova at 7 o’clock this morning.
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Judge Brown expects to leave Los i
Angeles on February 8 for Valdez. :
where a term of the district court i
will be held the latter part of next i
month. I
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C. w. Snow, member of the territor- l
ial legislature, has sold his interest I
in the Ruby Record-Citizen to his I
partner, J. J. Filbin. i
WASHINGTON. .Ian. 2',. — Ambas
sador Bernstorff, of the German em
bassy, called on Secretary Lansing at
the state department this morning,
and submitted new proposals which
he had just received from the Berlin
foreign office, which it is hoped will
allow for a speedy settlement and
amicable adjustment of the whole Lu
sitania controversy between Berlin
and Washington. The new proposi
tions put forth by Germany assent to
two of the main things that President
Wilson held out for, and which several
times threatened to be a stumbling
block to the smooth progress of dip
lomatic intercourse.
Germany at last agrees to accept
the American contention that the
warning issued to travelers by the
German embassy the day before the
Lusitania sailed from New York can
not be considered in the settlement,
and that no mention of that shall be
included in the draft of the completed
agreement. Germany also waives her
right to make a general reservation
regarding the question of whether the
commander of the attacking submar
ine was commuting a wrong when he
sank the Lusitania. The stubborn in
sistence of the president that there
could be no agreement without these
conditions have won their reward, and
the new note is being favorably re
ceived by statesmen and editors as
announcing another victory for Wil
son's diplomatic policy. The new note,
as the former one. expresses regret
for the loss of the American lives on
the fatal ship, and renews the offer
to pay an indemnity there fob.
KING BUS
ON KBIT TO
LYONS, France, Jan. 25. — King
Nicholas, of Montenegro, accompan
ied by his two sons and one of his
daughters, arrived here today, coming
from Italy, where he was yesterday
the guest of King Victor. The Mon
tenegrin king was enthusiastically
welcomed by the French people, who
thronged the streets in the vicinity of
the railroad station when his train
arrived. He was met at the depot by
his wife, who has been in this city
for some time. The mayor and the
officers of the municipality extended
the king the freedom of the city, and
assured him and his family a hospit
able welcome in France.
GERMANS DRIVEN
RACK ARTOIS
REM
PARIS, Jan. 25. — The war office
ssued an official communique today,
dating that the Germans had made
in attack in force on the French
reaches in the Artois region. The
ight centered along a section of the
reaches fifteen hundred yards long,
mt the charging Germans were driven
lack by the intensity of the French
ire, leaving many dead and wounded
ipon the field.