ALLIES OPTLINE SPECIFIC PEACE TERMS
ENGLISH BATTLESHIP IS SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE
ALLIES WANT REPARATION
FOR DAMAGE SUSTAINED
(By the Associated Press)
LONDON, Jan. 11.—The entente reply to President Wilson
makes a specific designation of peace terms, which includes the
restoration of Belgium, Serbia and Montenegro and complete
reparation for the damage sustained by the allies.
PARIS, .1 an. 11.— Premier Briand yesterday handed Am
bassador Sharpe, in the mum* of the allied governments, an an
swer to President Wilson’s peace note, and it will be published
in tin* papers here Friday morning. Briand also gave Sharpe
a note from Belgium, declaring adhesion to the note of the al
lies and thanking America for its aid and sympathy. The al
lies’ reply is a long and detailed doctument.
LONDON, Jan. 1 L—The Manchester Guardian gives the
following forecast of the allies’ reply to President Wilson’s
peace proposal: “Kestitution, reparation and security are de
manded in tin* note. It gives some indication of the aims of the
allies in redrawing a map of Kurope, the principal governing
readjustment being the question raised. Lloyd (leorge in
speaking in the (Juildhall, said the kaiser told his people tin
allies rejected bis people’s offer; that the allies were not offered
l>eace terms, but a trap baited with word's. It would >mt
many to have peace now on her own terms. We all wanted
peace, but it must be a real one. The allies have carded war
as preferable to Prussian domination over Kurnp The allies
made that clear in their reply to (Jormany and < n r still in
their reply to President Wilson.”
WASHINGTON’, dan. 11. The entente reph President
Wilson’s note is arriving at the White House, and do, oded and
sent to \\ ilson and Lansing as fast as received.
Thirteen of Crew Drowned
When Cornwallis Is Lost
(By the Associated Press) .
LONDON, Jan. 11.—The admiralty ship Cornwallis and
seaplane carrier Bennmychree have been sunk by submarines
in the Mediterranean sea. The battleship was of fourteen thou
sand tonnage and when she went down thirteen lives were lost.
ATHKNN, Jan. 11.—The Greek government has formally
accepted the ultimatum of the allies and the delivery of six
batteries of mountain guns to the allied naval authorities lias
begun.
LONDON, Jan. 11.—Six lines of entrenchment' covering I
the town of Rafasinai and peninsula were captured bv the Brit
ish and 1,00<> Turks taken prisoners. The Turkish relief force
destroyed the British operations which carried them to the
Turkish frontier.
BERLIN, .Tan. 11. The Teutonic advance r» Roumania
proceeds unchecked. Several points of support along the fron
tier of northern Roumunia have been captured from the Bus '
sians and eight hundred prisoners taken.
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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 11.—Harry Thaw was found to
• lay in a house in West Philadelphia, with his wrists and throat
cut. After an examination at a private hospital, where lie was
taken, it was found that Thaw has a fair chance to recover.
His wrists were hacked several times with a razor and two
gashes inflicted in his throat.
I haw is in a semi-conscious and highly nervous condition.
He was carried' five miles in an ambulance to the hospital. The
home he was taken from was occupied by Mrs. Elizabeth Tacot,
whose husband is in the French army.
BE SENT DRY '
SHIES
(Special to Daily Times.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 11 — The
senate today passed the bill forbidding
the transmission in mails of liquor ad
vertlsements through circulars, news
papers or otherwise, into states which
prohibit such advertising or solicita
tion.
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OUTGOING PASSENGERS.
The steamer Mariposa sailed for Se
attle this afternoon with the following
passengers from here: H. Rolfe. Mrs.
Van Slyke, Mrs. P. Howard, Mrs. E.
(’rouse, F. A. Ilarton. J. Watkins, M.
Redolt. Alice Miller, Funny Smith, An
nie Kilburn, A. Eide, George Crook
and Ida Wilson for Seattle; W. (’lay
son, G. J. Johnson, E. Province and
wife and Ida David for Juneau.
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NEW FREIGHTER COMING HERE.
Agent S. it. fledges received a wire
from the Seattle office informing him
that the Alaska Steamship Company's
recently purchased steamer Stanley
Dollar would sail from Seattle tomor
row to relieve the copper ore conges
tion here.
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CHANGE IN SAILING DATES.
There has been a revision in the
sailing dates of the Pacific Steamship
Company's boats, according to ad
vices received today by the Alaska
Transfer Company. The next steamer
to leave Seattle will be the Evans on
January 24; Farragut, February 3;
Evans, February IS; Watson, Febru
ary 24; Farragut, March 2.
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WAYNE McVEAGH DEAD.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. — Wayne
McVeagh, former attorney general in
President Garfield 's cabinet, died here
today.
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The Standard Oil Company is pre
paring to erect three storage tanks at
Ketchikan with a combined capacity
or about 100,000 gallons.
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F X. Andres arrived in Fairbanks
recently from Juneau to take the po
sition in the forestry service made
vacant by the accidental drowning of
Ralph Gilliland last summer.
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A number of the residents of Wise
man, on the Koyukuk, celebrated Hal
lowe'en by donning masks and cos
tumes and visiting friends.
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In connection with ths action of
the government oftlcials urging the
use of shark skins for leather, Otto
Poehlmann, of Seward, claims to have
a piece of leather made from the
skin of a mud shark and that it com
pares favorably with leather of the
ordinary kluds
The announcement that S. Ilium Ac
company would rebuild their mam
moth department store was received
with great joy by the people of Valdez
When this concern lost its fine build
ing in the fire of last July, certain
pessimists frankly stated their belief
that S. Ilium & Company would with
draw from the town and confine their
Alaskan operations to Cordova and
Chitina. However, they confounded
their critics by rebuilding larger and
better than before, at a cost of pro
bably forty or fifty thousand dollars
The company hud Just become perma
nently established in their new quar
ters when the conflagration of Tues
day morning occurred, wiping out the
company’s toil of years, and leaving
a mass of charred timbers in the place
of one of the finest stores in the north
land.
Immediately after the fire and be
fore the embers had cooled, S. Blum
& Company began planning on a store
building which they promise will
eclipse all previous efforts, and which
I wl11 be absolutely fireproof from top
i to bottom. And they state that the
stock will be increased until every
| article required by a resident of this
section can be found beneath the one,
roof.
With this company in the van in
rebuilding the destroyed section of
the town, other buildings will surely
be erected to take the place of those
burned, which will bring another pros
l>erou8 summer like the past one, w hen
every man who desired work could
find it.
Mr. Andy Marovich, proprietor of
Louie’s Cafe, has also secured a lease
on the Dleringer building and will
have a force of men convert it into
a model restaurant. Mr Marovich
states that he will be ready for busi
ness in about ten days
Levy & Boss, who lost one of the
finest pool and billiard halls on the
coast, also will reopen within a short
time in the old (iellneau building, but
their quarters will not be nearly so
commodious as formerly, and It Is
probable that they will have to erect
a building before they can accommo
date their large patronage.
The Km press thi-air- ill probably
•eopen within a short time, Manager ,
‘inkus awaiting a ropl t > a telegram
tent to Captain \ I loop, pro
irietor of the Kmpre n ull. The ,
Km press was tin or. o w house |
n the city and I ill deprive ,
iur citizens of much -ement.
Valdez has alwa vs 1 ipj ()f her !
mmense stores, and addition
if the immense stn contem
[dated, Valdez will a mme her
[dace ns a commerch r for the ,
[irosperous mining s ,(f l'rince
William Sound Pros
LOCAL iOi LINOS
ABOUT PEOPLE
AND DIGS
No word has uh y« •! received
is to when the st. Spokane,
which Is now to tin ward, will
trrive here.
< . A. Bode left on morning's
[rain for McCarthy „ KO fronl
[here to Dane creek |le wiu |,e
<in the work of devel a group or
topper claims.
Mrs. Van Slyke. wl, , been con. 1
fined to the hospital • sonie time
with a broken limb. I lav lo vUH
friends in Portland
A tru‘n arrived ft , ,hp ,ntertor
this afternoon, bring! all(1 ,W(}
passengers from nks. who
taught the Mariposa atile
Will Clayson left for skag.
way to make the font ,, ,„K,Pr hls
liusiness there, which lie recently sold
lo his manager. James Kennedy
Billy Jones, one or the popular em
plovees of the railroad, was success
fully operated upon yesterday by Dr
W. W. Council for appendicitis.
A delay In the shipment or part of
lh«» dtwitul (uniimn^nt r<»r i>r
* * ' ’“hhi «t
will delay the comph tion of his of
rices until after the arrival of the Ala
meda. which should be a|H)Ut Jallu.
ary 20.
Judge C. K. Bunnell greeted town
friends today on his way from Valdez
to Juneau, lie will return to Fair
banks over the trail In time to open
a term of court about March 16
ARCTIC CIRCLE
THREE TIMES
Much has been written and said
about the pioneers of Alaska, but
rarely, however, do we see anything
in song, verse or prose about the part
played by women in this northland.
Yet, some of them have proven them
selves real pioneers in the develop
ment of the resources of the country,
and there is now in Cordova a mem
ber of the fair sex who enjoys the
distinction of having blazed trails and
“mushed" behind dog teams, facing
blizzards such as are only encoun
tered on these hazardous trips and
during which many a sturdy old-timer
has sacrificed his life. She is Mrs
I’earle Howard, who braved the hard
ships of AluskaSs lengthy and lone
some trails with few or no settlers
Hong the route. Mrs. Howard came
here direct from Tananu, a distance
>f five hundred miles from Chitlna.
w hich she covered in eighty five hours
ictual traveling time, with a team of
ive dogs. The more remarkable Is
he trip when it is considered that
his woman made it alone, which is
something even the men folk rarely
>ver do. It was necessary to spend
ler nights wherever she happened to
ie on the trail; sometimes they were
pent in cabins and again it became
iccessary to camp in the open wilder
less. Food had also to be looked for
ler dog team, which was packed on
he sled, as well as her blankets and
he clothing she would need upon her
trrlval on the coast.
That Mrs. Howard Is a courageous
Ionian and an Intrepid muaher Is
‘videneed from the experience she has
list gone through. The thermometer
egistered from thirty to fifty below
ero most of the time, and while cross
ug the delta from Rapids to Yost's,
-lie ran into a blinding snowstorm anil
he mercury dropped to sixty below
ero While the blizzard raged it was
inpossible to control the team, and
he and the dogs and sled were blown
rom one side of the delta to the other
md then back again. This lasted for
leveral hours, and when the driver
inally became almost exhausted from
>oing buffeted about, she decided to
)lant herself on the glare ice and by
looking her arm in the bow of the
iled succeeded in steadying the team
■Vhile doing this a glove was torn
rom her hand, which was severely
ut by a fall caused by the sharp w ind
iverturning the sled. While the snow
vas falling and old Boreas blowing
me could see but a couple of feet
ihead of the team.
Mrs. Howard has mining interests
n the Tanana valley and was called
o the states on business, after the
ransaction of which she will make
pleasure trip to Honolulu, return
ng here in March, ready to make the
lomeward overland trip with the same
earn of dogs she drove out and which
s being cared for at t'hitina, the June
ion point of the Copper River &
s'orthwestern railway, until her re
urn from the southern sun to the
ountry of the northern lights This
s not the first experience of the kind
tad by Mrs. Howard, as Bhe made the
rip from Koyukuk to Tanana two
cars ago, w hen bIi covered 310 miles
>ach way, and in her journey crossed
he Arctic circle three times.
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-RATERNAL ORDER EAGLES
INSTALLS NEW OFFICERS.
Cordova Aerie, Fraternal Order of
iCagles, held its annual installation
ast night, and the following persons
vere inducted into office:
Jack Sapiro, worthy president
II W Hawes, vice-president.
Victor Hendrickson, chaplain
George Dooley, secretary.
George Hickman, treasurer.
Robert Gottschalk, trustee.
Rudolph Boight, Inside guard.
John Nebbe, outside guard.
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COUNTERFEIT COINS ARE
CIRCULATING AT ANCHORAGE.
Advices received from Deputy Mar
shal A. F. Hoffman, at Anchorage, by
United States Marshal R. R. Brenne
inan announce that large quantities
jf various counterfeit stiver coins are
n circulation at that place. The coun
terfeits have made their appearance
within the past two weeks, and con
list of silver dollars, halves and quar
ters.
WILL NOT PROBE
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan 11— The r>e
mocratic majority of the house rule;
committee has voted to report tht
leak investigation resolution adverse
ly and absolve Thomas Lawson from
the contempt charges. The action
operates to end the inquiry, which
was evidently beginning to involve
some of the higher-ups in administra
tion circles, and somebody has applied
the soft pedal, notwithstanding the
seriousness of the charges made by
Lawson, who emerges from the tangle
in a most triumphant manner.
LOML HOSPITAL
NEEDED CURE
In discussing the insane of Alaska,
detention hospitals and conunislon
of crime. Governor J K. A. Strong in
his annual report says that Alaska has
no hospital for the Insane, and insane
persons are cared for at Morningside
Sanitarium, near Portland, Oregon,
under a contract entered into between
the sanitarium company of that city
and the secretary of the interior ('on
gresa makes an annual appropriation
for the medical treatment and main
tenance of the Alaska patients, the
amount appropriated for the fiscal
year being 170.000, This item includes
transportation In ease of removal of
patients elsewhere In previous an
nual reports the contract system of
caring for insane persons have re
ceived attention, and the recommen
dation has been made that the insane
of Alaska should be cared for in Alas
ka. If this plan were adopted, it
would call for the construction of
suitable buildings at considerable cost
to the government, tint It is suhmtl
ted that this cost would not be exces
sive, while the contract system of car
ing for the insane patients, inherently
had at all times, and under all con
dilions, would be abolishied. It need
lie scarcely pointed out that no mat
ler with what fidelity the contract
may be discharged It can never be
satisfactory, and complaints, ofttimes
groundless, will be almost unceasing.
The proper care of defectives of all
kinds should be a matter of grave con
cern to the state. It is quite pro
liable that the treatment accorded the
insane of Alaska at the contract hos
pltal will compare favorably with that
accorded patients in similar institu
tions; perhaps it Is better than the
average, but this fact does not relieve
the government of the responsibility
of providing a modern, well equipped
institution in the territory where the
insane can be properly maintained.
Steps with this end in view must be
taken sooner or later, and the time
would now seem to be propitious.
There are a number of towns in Alas
ka where sites may be obtained for
such institutions. The population of
Alaska is increasing and will continue
to increase steadily for many years
to come, and with it no doubt will
follow an increase in the number of
insane to be cared for by the gov
ernment.
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INSURANCE COMPANIES
WITHDRAW FROM VALDEZ.
Three kell known and substantial
insurance companies have withdrawn
from Valdez as a result of the receut
fire. The companies carried a num
ber of policies there and have been
hard hit by the recent losses. They
are the Fire Association of I'biladel
phla, and the Fire Underwriters of
Philadelphia, and the Norwich Union,
an English company The agents
handling this business at Valdez have
arranged to rewrite the business in
other companies equally reliable and
the policy holders are thoroughly safe
guarded
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Miss Mabel I.eRoy, of New York, a
government nurse, arrived at the na
tive village of Metlakahtla for the
purpose of caring for the sick and to
Instruct them in hygiene.
: GERMAN CONSUL
AT ’FRISCO
GUILT!
(By Associated Press.)
SAX FRAX’CFSCO, Jan. 11. Franz
Bishop, German consul general, and
four of his associates and employees,
have been convicted of violating the
neutrality laws.
skeden' mages
ITS LARGEST
(Bv Associated Press.)
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 1«» The Stock
holm Hank of Commerce has decided
upon the issue of 10,500,000 crowns
of new stock, increasing its capital
from 110,150,000 to 40,200,000 crowns.
This is the largest new issue of hank
Stock that has ever been mad.- in
Sweden The step is dictated l,\ the
directors' conviction that all signs
point to a tremendously Increased
business alter the war.
VERDICTS PRIZE
COURTS ARE
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(By Associated Press.)
AMSTKHDAM. Netherlands. Jan
lo. — Six hundred and fifty persons
and firms Interested in Dutch oversea
commerce and shipping, including
such well known companies as the
Holland America line, have addressed
a petition to Premier fort van der
callUnden, asking the government
take action in regard to what are
called "the unjust verdicts of bellig
erent prize courts. ' in the case of
Great Britain, France. Italy and For
tugal, with whom Holland has con
cluded arbitration treaties, it is urged
that in the last resort such cases must
be submitted to the hi'rmanpnl nr!.i.
tration court, while special arbitration
arrangements must be made with
other belligerent states Further, the
government is urgently requested to
appoint a commission of experts to
make preliminary inquiry into such
cases. Dutch merchants ami shipown
ers have millions of dollars at stake
in this matter.
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MILLS OF JUSTICE ARE
GRINDING STEADILY AT VALDEZ
A trial of the case of the Valdez
Mercantile Company vs The Seat oast
Mining Company was had. The defen
dant made no appearance and an or
der of default was entered; and judg
I mem had by the plaintiff.
The i use of J. Christensen vs. Ma
tilda Sweeney Christensen, an action
for divorce, was called and an order
of default entered
In the case of Tony l’assus. vs El
lamar Mining Company, a motion for
a new trial was made by the attor
neys for the defendant Motion was
denied.
In the same case a motion by the
defendant for a judgment in favor of
the defendant, notwithstanding the
verdict, was also denied
In the same case a motion to amend
the complaint to comply with the
proof, making the permanent partial
injury 38 per cent instead of 33 per
cent, was denied.
In the same case the plaintiff en- *
tered a motion for a remittitur of the
damages in excess of $1,200 In the
first cause of action. Motion was
granted.
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According to the report of the Alas
kan engineering commission account
ant at Nenana. the commission lias
spent the sum of $875,000 tl'e-> during
the past summer. This sum cci\ t .ill
the contracts and supplies and the
money now due on contracts not yet
com pleted.
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The steamer Alameda is scheduled
to leuve Seattle tomorrow