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( SEATTLE, Feb. 11. — When the
"Steamer Alameda sailed from here last
night, most of her passengers were
booked for Cordova. The list included
eighty-six, many of whom are going
north with A. C. O’Neill and will he
employed on the new ice-breaker at
Miles glacier. The following took
passage for Cordova: ('has. Restine,
Geo. Colburn, Miss Lassie Linton, F.
Walker and wife, Mrs. E. J. Davis, <
Fred Tnsha, August Swanson, Win.
Urquhart, wife and son, J. Moore, ■
Olaf Anderson, Dr. W. W. Council,
Chas. Zielke, Mrs. A. Landis, Mrs. E.
Doty, A. C. O'Neill, Mrs. Lena Mend
ham, J. Smith, Edward Martinson.
Mrs. A. Graves, Ole Sundanger, X. i
Nelson. Olaf Nygard. John Jergensen, :
Miss A. Bellman, Baby Coe Conners,
J. McCabe, V. Cans, N. Bort, Peter
Gunther. Jack Kennedy, E. Pittman.
Theo Rock, S. 1. Scrafford, Ed Peter
son, Jim Peterson, R. C. Wood and
wife, Miss N. Moore, J. Clarkson, Pete -
Peterson, John Lian, 11. Ferguson, -
Gus Webster, C. McDonald, Dan Mc
Greevy. Dave Wyman, B. Cook, and
thirty-five steerage.
^ SEATTLE, Feb. 11. — The steamer
Admiral Farragut sailed for south
western Alaska on Wednesday night,
with Mrs. P. Burns as the only pas
senger for Cordova.
,ALASKANS WANT:
TARIFF PUT
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. The
halibut fishermen of Alaska have ap-j
£ pealed to tlie state department, and
to the secretary of commerce and la- i
bor for aid in saving the fishing in-1
dustry i* Alaska from defttmotion by I
Canadian competition. The fishermen
claim that the extension of the Grand
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Trunk railroad to Prince Rupert, and |
the fact that the United States has no ; (
tariff on fish is taking the major part !<
of the fishing business of the north (
’ awav from Ketchikan, and giving it
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to the thriving Canadian town, the ■
terminus of a transcontinental rait-i(
road. Secretary Redfield declined the i
suggestion of the fishermen that he ^
make efforts to have the tnrirf on (
fishery products from Canada re- 1
enacted. The department of com
merce and )abor does not hold out!
much hope to the fishermen, but the j
officials of the-state department will (
probably open diplomatic relations
4wit,h Canada in an effort to secure1 f
wTrelief for the Alaska fishermen. ,
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BRITISH SIIFFFH
• SHIPS
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LONDON, Feb. 11. — Tile British
admiralty issued an official statement
today, denying the official report sent
out from Berlin yesterday, which :
claimed that German torpedo boats j,
had sunk two British cruisers and tor- i
0^ pedoed a third, which managed to es- l
' cape. The admiralty claims that all t
of the British ships are accounted for i
and wireless advices from the fleet i
commanders assert that no losses have t
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been suffered. \
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 11. — Findley
VI. Garrison, of New Jersey, whose re
agnation from the Wilson cabinet was
innouneed yesterday, declined to dis
■uss the matter in any way. He was
lesieged by newspapermen this morn
ng, but nothing was learned from him
is to the reasons for bis act. He left
or New York early today. It is practi
cally understood, however, that the
easons for the resignation are differ-1
>nces which arose between the secre
ar.v of war and his chief, over the ad
ninistration plans for increased na
ional defence. Garrison wanted the
’resident to stand firm in the demand
hat Congress make adequate provi
don for a permanent army for conti
lentnl United States. He contended
hat if the President held out lie would
ie able to overcome the strong oppo
dtion that had developed in Congress,
ind he asserted that the needs of the
country demanded a large increase in
inr regular army force. The Presi
(lent refused to accede to the secre
tary’: desires on the matter, and said
that lie would compromise the de
mand-. if necessary, as it was Ills evi
dent Belief that the greatest need was
tlie navy, and not the army. The Pre
sklent lias announced that Garrison's
resignation lias been accepted. Henry!
C. lire, kenridge. the assistant secre-!
tary. lias followed the lead of Garri-'
son and resigned also.
Wilson is now personally managing |
the administration's plans for
strengthening the defences of the
country, and l« working out a differ
ent military policy as respects the
army than that‘first announced. The
successor of Garrison has not yet been
selected, and the President will in all
probability continue to personally di
rect the war preparation program even
after the new secretary of war has
been chosen.
A lengthy correspondence between
the President and Garrison over the
matter* in controversy will lie given
to the press, so that tire \merlcan
public will be fully advised on the
subject. While it is true that Garri
son left the cabinet because Wilson
declined to promise to stick to Gar
rison's plans for the continental army
without compromising or giving way
in any particular, Garrison had also
disagreed with his brothers in the
cabinet over the proper time when
independence should be offered to the
Filipinos, as he was decidedly opposed
to granting it at this time, or in the
near future.
General Hugh L. Scott, the chief of
staff of the general staff of the army,
will automatically fill the place of
secretary of war in the cabinet until
President Wilson announces his
choice as Garrison's successor.
NEW YORK, Feb. 11. Secretary
of War Garrison arrived here today
from Washington, and after attending
to some busines saffalrs in tills city
will go to bis home In Now Jersey.
The secretary was met at the train
by it huge delegation of metropolitan
reporters, who showered him with
questions relative lo the reasons for
hiH resignation. Garrison refused ab
solutely to discuss the matter, saying
that all comment on it would have to
Issue from the White House. He in
sisted that the intended to retire ab
solutely from politics and from pub
lic life, and to devote bis attention
hereafter to his business affairs,
which he says lias been sadly neglect
ed since he took the chair of secretary
of war in the Wilson cabinet.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. Senator
Chamberlain, of Oregon, chairman of
the Senate committee On military af
fairs. said today that Congress will
proceed to the completion of the pre
paredness program regardless of the
resignation of Secretary Garrison.
CONDITIONS AGAIN NORMAL
IN SEATTLE
SKATTI.K, Feb. 11. The snow Is
iractlcally all gone. Hardly any ol
lie streets in the city show signs ol
he recent storms. The railroads art
ill running. No floods have been re
>orted. and no new avalanches iji the
nountains. Conditions are normal
mce more.
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WASHINGTON. Feb. IV The
‘resident sent in the naliife of Charles
I. Scheffler of Cordova, Alaska, to
he Senate today to succeed Harry G.
Iteel, as postmaster in that city. Mr.
Icheffler is well known throughout
he north, and is one of the publish
rs of the Cordova Daily Times. • He
as made his home in Alaska for many
ears, living at various times in Skag
,av and Juneau, has prospected along
lie Yukon and in the Shushatina, and
i every way identified himself with
ilaska. He has been prominent in lo
al Democratic circles, attending the
list Democratic convention at Skag
,'ay, as the Cordova delegate, and
ince serving on the territorial com
littee of that party. Mr. Scheffler
ad the united support of the Alaska
iemocraey in his application tor the
lace.
1USSIJ DECIDES
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EETROORAD, Feb. 11. — It was
nnounced today that the Russian
overnment was preparing to float
nother big war loan. The loan will
e offered only to Russian bankers
nd individuals, and efforts will be
mde to raise a billion dollars. The
inancial experts of the government
eel confident of the success of the
enture.
COPPER SHARES
ACTIVE ON TRE
| NKW YORK. Fob. 11 The copper j
! shares ngnin featured the exchange (
today, leading till other securities ini
the number of transfers. Consider
able trading was'dotie for the purpose'
of realizing profits from the recent
advances registered, but the market
held firm, and showed no tendency to!
break under the selling orders. Other
stocks, including leading industrial!
laud railroad shares, showed advances
in sympathetic action with the metal
share activities.
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GHENT, Feb. 11. — A violent artil-|
lery battle has been progressing along j
the Belgian front, between Ypres and
j Armentieres for the last ten days !
I The Teuton generals have been gradu-‘
j ally strengthening their lines in this'
| district by bringing large numbers of
j troops from the eastern front. It
is believed that the artillery engage
' ment is but the prelude to a big Ten
j ton offensive, which will be postponed
until the Germans feel that they have
] sufficient men in the battle front and
in reserve to batter their way through
I to Calais and Dunkirk.
BELGIUM DENIES
PEACE OFFER
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LONDON, IVb. 11. — The Belgian ji
government today officially denied (
ttiat Germany had made overtures of 1
peace, offering to give back the con
'tiuered territory if Belgium would give i
the Teutons certain concessions in
.the seaport of Antwerp. The state
ment was issued by the Belginn mid
lister of state at Havre, in France. ‘i
FIELD AGENT IS
CALLED TD THE
JUNEAU. Keb. 11. Andrew Chris
tensen. chief field agent for the land
office.in Alaska, was summoned to
Washington today to consult with the
officials of the interior department
concerning the townsite at Anchor
age. Mr. Christensen refused to com
ment on the nature of the business
which called him to the nation's cap
tal, but will leave on the first boat,
for Seattle.
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DEFUSE ID SHIP
MELBOURNE, Feb, 11. — The dock
laborers in this city today refused to
handle the large amount of flour now
3n the docks awaiting export. The
reason given by them was that the
price of bread in the country had al
•eadv been raised out of reason so that
t was becoming harder for working
jeople to obtain the necessities of life,
ind in such a case the flour should
>e kept in Australia instead of being
‘xported, which would only make
•onditiohs worse.
SEAMANS REPULSE FRENCH
ATTACKS
BERLIN, Feb. 11. — The war office
ssued an official bulletin this morn
ng, stating that the German troops
ioid Invest of Vtmy had repulsed four
inccesslve French attacks, driven for- .
vurd In an endeavor to recover the
ranches lost to the Germans the past,
wo days. All the attacks were hurled
lack, the enemy suffering heavy loss
■s. The French also assaulted the
iermmi positions south of the Somme,
nit these attacks also were fruitless,
rhe Germans are firmly placed In
heir new positions, and have won an
niportaut advantage.
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CZAR NICHOLAS INSPECTS
FIRING LINE
PKTROGRAD. Feb. 11. — <’zar Ni
cholas left here today for a trip of
inspection along the firing line. He.
will go first to Riga and visit the
troops between there and Dvinsk. and
probably will visit every section of the
800 mile line*before he returns.
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WASHINGTON*. Feb. 11. From
the best advices which can he ob
tained it would seem certain that this
government will hold that the cap
tured British steamship Appam will
lie allowed to remain in Newport News
until the end of the war as a German
prize. This decision has been reached
through an interpretation of the terms
of tlie Prussian -American treaty. The >
British have protested, but the admin- I
istration's attitude is fairly well de- I
fined, and no results art likely to en i
sue favorable to Great Birtain. 1
PICKING. Feb. 11. — Russian offi
cials and the representatives of other|
entente powers in Harbin, have found
much fault with the way the United jt
States lias administered war relief to ll
Germans and Austrians In the por v
thins of Manchuria close to Harbin. I
Complaints have been made that Chas., s
K. Moser, the American consul at c
Harbin, has rendered assistance toil
German prisoners who escaped fromjti
Russian prison camps. I ii
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The American position in adminis- a
tering relief to Germans and Austrians u
in Harbin is t l>at Harbin is Chinese !p
territory, and consequently United j a
States officials, as neutrals, are tin-j k
der obligation to administer to the v
wants of all Germans and Austrians ;s
who are in need, regardless of what • g
party they have taken in the war.
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NATION AT PT.ACE
WASHINGTON. Feb. 11. - I'resi
lent Wilson addresser! the gr, at dinner
held by the Chamber of Commerce of
the United Stales in the Nev. Willard
Hotel last night. The dinner was at
tended hr business men from every
section of the country, who have just
completed their labors at the annual
meeting of the organization. The re
marks of the President were practl
■ally confined to his campaign for
preparedness, and the relation of the
continuance of the present peaceful
condition of the country to prosperity
tnd good business. Wilson was tis
cned to with the closest attention,
mij the audience, which was probably
he most critical one addressed by
tint since starting his talking for
national defence, cheered him to the
Bcho when he concluded, rising In.
:heir places and giving him a great
jvation. Wilson announced his inten
ion of keeping the I'nited States out
if the European conflict, if there was
my way to prevent it without suffer
ing the loss of the honor of the Am
srican nation. With the greatest so
eninity he said: “This country at
present is holding trouble at arms
ength. the times are dangerous and
;he government must move with
lie greatest caution If we can keep
his great nation at peace there are
nfinite prospects that prosperity will
pe our lot for many years to come."
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WASHINGTON. Feb 11 Sec-ro
iiry of the Navy Josephus Daniels to
lay approved the recommendation of
he Annapolis naval academy board,
idvising the dismissal of 82 midship
nen for failing to make the required
narks in their studies. The secretary
ind the naval academy board are de
erntined that all idlers shall be re
uoved from the school, and that the
mportance of the position held by the
nidshipmen shall be brought home to
hem. It was rather expected that
faniels would advise only suspensions
jut the young men never expected to
eeeive absolute dismissal for their
elinquency.
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1ISEASE PUTS
LITTLE PART
LONDON. Feb. 11 — The ratio he
iveeii deaths hy disease and deaths
y wounds are reversed in the present
ar as compared with the Boer war.
1 South Africa diseases was respon
ible for a large percentage of the
nsualtles, whereas In tha trenches
i France disease has been reduced
) a negligible minimum. The wounds
1 the South African war were unusu
lly neat bullet holes, which looked
s if made with bradawls, while in the
resent struggle not only have shells
nd bombs brought new and terrible
Inds of wounds, but a highly culti
ated soil full of micro-organisms
jeh as tetanus have added new dan
era to the most trivial kinds of flesh
ounds.