dress this morning, as "the big biu5 tac
lory across the AUtnlic."
Lor.doe: Advices from Tbe Hague re
ceived this morning state that Austria
Hungary is abont to break off diplomatic
relations with the United States, being
forced into this action b> Germany.
Washington: Delegate Charles A. Snler
was sworn in in tbe boose ot representa
tives this morning. Delegate Wicker
sham announced that he will await the
arrival of certain documents from Janean
before be will contest Solaer s nght to
the delegate's seat
Washington: President Wilson's ad
dress was sent in full to Germanv bv the
German otSciat news agency, and to all
other parts ot the world in abbreviated
form by the various news agencies. It is
universally regarded as one of tbe most
powerful utterances ever recorded in
htstcev.
Washington: Tbe very latest indica
tions are that debate on the Flood resolu
tion will be finished bv eight o'clock this
evening, and that the measure will pass
about midnite. Senators Gronsa. La
Follette and Norris. Republicans, and
Stone and Varda man. Democrats, are the
an It members who oppose the measure.
Washington: According to an outline
of the president's probable plan of action
in conducting the war, the expenses of
the war will be paid as they are incurred
and to provide tends to .to this it is pro
posed to levy a graduated tax against all
incomes, ranging from 2 1-2 per cent on
all $cO.« incomes, to 60 per cent on in
comes of $100,000. In this manner the
financial burden ot the war will be borne
fay the individuals who have accumulat
ed fortunes as a result of the industrial
pcotsper-.tv of the country, and will not
be loaded onto the shoulder* of the wage
earners of the present and succeeding
generations.
Washington: It was announced in of
ficial circles today that con cress will
grant ever’thing that the president has
ashed for in carry;nc out his program of
pathog the United States on a war -foot
ing The Flood resolnuon. proposing
■‘that a state of war. which has Seen
forced by Germany and thrust on the
Unite.: States, be. and hereby is. iormai
1 v declared, and the president asthorized
to employ the entire resources of the
nary and army, as wed as all other re
sources of the government to carry on
war against the Imperial German govern
ment and to bring the conflict to a suc
cessrcl termination,*" has been concerted
:n by !x>-th bs-aaches of congress. Senat
ors Stone and LaFoilette casting the
only dissenting voces, and wocHi have
been readv for a ttna* reading and vote
this afternoon had not LaFoilette exer
cised his right to demand a -f-hour post
ponement of action. Immediately after
LaFoilett*‘s action the senate speeding
comm:tie voted a coctianiag session un
til the measure ts passed.
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Amsterdam: It is reported here that
galprit js about to sue for * separate
peace with the entente allies.
Washington: Jess Willard, heavyweight
champion of the world. has wired to the
president offering hts services m the anm. j
Washington: Secretary Me Ados has
ashed for j3.0UP.OOO.OJO for emerg-ncy
expenditures on behalf of the war depart
ment.
• The Hague: Austria has practically
decided to break with America in the
case o: a declaration of war w :th Ger
many,
Amsterdam: The Belgian relief steam
er Tregier was submarined in the English
channel \ esterday Six of the crew were
wounded bv shell nre. bat all were land
ed safelv.
London: The papers of the entire |
country are ntiantm-' -is in hailing Amer- i
iea as an aliv, and predict that her entry
-nto the war forecasts the speet;- tei aima
tioc of the struggle.
i The Hague: The German-American;
wireless serv.ee ceased this morning. L'p
to this lime it has been fjie only direct
, ineans which Germans has had to com
municate with the oatside wor.u.
i Washington During hi< speech in
eppewitson to the passage of the Flood
resolution. Senator Stone described the ’
, declaration of war as the greatest national
blander in the history of the country .
Washington: A state of war was form-,
ally declared bv congress to exist between
the United States and German v when it.
passed the Flood resolution shor.lv be- t
fore midnite last a:te. The vote on tlie
measure was Sd to >.
The Hague: The German government j
has forbidden the publishing of President
Wilson's speech bv the pressor Germir. v
French aviators are reported to have pe -
etrated far into Germany scattering cop- ■
•es of the speech over the country sale.
Berlin: Newspapers of thiscity, while
coede-r mug President Wilson for involv- ,
jag the United States in the war on the
side of the Allies, maintain that tfcey
have come to the assistance of the En- ‘
tente too late to be of any military value.
Washington: The state department ;
an non need oGeially today that Ambassa- 1
dor and Mrs. Pen&eld will leave Vies na i
for Switzerland today. No explanation ,
is forthcoming, bet it is assumed that a ‘
diplomatic break with Austria is imm:-j
nent.
Washingtoo: The house today passed
the four main appropriation measures
today, which had been held over from j
the last session of congress. Indaded in \
the iocr was the Sundry Civil bill, which j
carries the main appropriation for the,
Alaska railroad.
Washington: Advices received today |
from the American consul at Genoa.
Italy, state that the Amerscan-Kawaiiac
steamer Missourian was torpedoed and
sank in the Mediterranean this morning
without warning. Thirtv-three Ameri
cans oa board were drowned.
I Pegogtid: Ad rices from the cocrict
camps is Siberia state that there are nttv
thousand sledges enrocte to the trins
Stberias railroad loaded with Siberian
: priaoeers at the old regime who have
been ordered released by the new gov
ernment and are being returned to their
homes.
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FRIDAY
Washington: Preskien: Wilson signed I
the declaration oi war against the I rape:- |
ial German government at thirteen min
utes past the hour of coon, and are min
utes later had issued a general call tor
volunteers.
Washington: The United States navy
received general orders to ctobtiue tor
active service a: 4:30 this afternoon. Its
destination is not known.
Paris: The French forces are gradual
ly closing in on St. i^uentin. and this
morning the German forces withdrew
three lines of intrench meats.
Portland. Ore.: Secret service agents
have discovered a pilot to erect a StOD-mile
radio plant on Mt. Hood and have placed
the conspirators under arrest.
New York: Advices from Havana are
to the effect that the president of Cuba
has urged the Cuban congress to declare
a state of war between that government
and Germany.
London' The British government will
send a commission to the United States
immediately to perfect plans for the co
operation of that country with the entente
allies in the prosecution of the war.
New York: Interned German vessels
to the value of S71.3Ul.0tti in this harbor
were seined todav as soon as war was de
clared. and their crews, to the number
of k.tiO met. arc interned on Ellis Island.
Washington: Reports from sesoerts
in all sections of the United States state
that interned German vesse's are being
seiied as rapidly as possible, and the
crews removed to prevent their damaging
the boats.
Baenos Ayres: It is officially announc
ed taat Brazil is on the point of declaring
war ag-ain-t Germanv as the result of the
continued violation of her neutrality bv
German U-boats and commerce raiders.
Washington. President Wilson has is
sued a statement that all Germans 14
years or age and older will be classed as
enemy aliens, but that their freedom of
action will not be curtailed as 1*JI as
they obey the dictum ot Attornev Cxi era!
Gregorv, which is to "obey the law’ and
keep vonr months shat.”
Birmingham: Secret service agents in
this citv have unearthed a plot which is
quite maturelv developed, in which Ger
man agitators are inciting the negro pop
ulation to rebel against the whites, offer
ing as an mdaccient equal rights of citi
zenship wr.en thev shall have brought
the United Sums to terms.
Elsewhere In Alaska
The residents of she native Tillage at
Tcuean are rapidly adopting white men s
ways. Their latest move is a plan to tn
stai water mains and fire hydrants for the
protection of the village.
The Anchorage Times is authority for
the statement that the Standard Oil com
pany and the Ehtpoct Powder company
, will establish branch warehouses there
| neat sprtag.
More people are reported to be a the
Rabv district this winter than ior seven!
vears past, and much prospecting is
being done on the creeks in that vicinity.
The Carlisle Packing company at Cor
dova is planning to work its cannery
this year on an enlarged scale, and will
I greatly increase its oetpot.
' Arbor dav was celebrated in Seward bv
’ planting a number of sr nice trees along
I streets and flowering shrubs in the
yards. The movement is under the aos
. paces of the Seward Civic league.
Mrs. Lena Morrow Lewis, the popular
Socialist cindiditc for dtlcgtic to con
gress from Alaska, has been elected to
the oflke of rice-president of the Alaskan
! Labor onioo. this ofEce having been de
’ ciared vacant by the continued absence
. of George Baker, termer incumbent.
j Rcask cut Bros, and associates who are
working on the divide between Glacier
j and Rock creeks, in the Nock district
! are reported to have struck an old cian
Inel in which they pa- as high as thirty
eents.
The sawmill of Roberts Ik Edmondson
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ard. was destroyed bv ere of unknown
origin recently. Tbe mill was engaged
in turning out ties fortbe Alaskan Engin
eering commission.
Vsnbokenburg & Monroe of the Fourth
of Julv creek fox ranch near Atlin, brot
into that town recently a pair of silver
grey foxes from their ranch valued at
$5C*i each. They report they have a
number more of the same variety which
they are keeping tor breeding purposes.
Fifteen hundred barrels of salt herring
were taken aboard the Admiral Evans
receatlv, consigned to Seattle.
The grand jury recently in session at
Juneau recommended that the pav of
jurors in the First division be raise: from
S3 to $5 a day.
J. P. Anderson, a former assistmt to
Professor Gorger.son head of the govern
ment agricultural experimental stations
in Alaska, will operate a coral hot house
in Jnneaa.
Tbe citizens of Wrar.geli and vicinity
are circulating a petition for the purpose
of securing government aM in the con
struction of a road from that place to the
Groundhog basin, where a large number
of mining claims are being developed.
The steamer A meric arrived at Wran
gell recently with the report that Warm
Springs bay was entirely frozen over and
that she was unable to land at that point
to take on several passengers booked for
the trip.
A recent arrival in Nome from Candle
reports there is not an idle man in camp
and that all the Candle creek miners are
taking out good pav.
The Border Line Transportation com
pany, operating the steamer Al-Ki be
tween Southeastern Alaska points and
Seattle, has called off its agreement with
the ether companies and has announced
a redaction of rates.
jj* Raronovicfc of Wrangell has instal
led oil burners on his steamer, the Nah
lin, and will operate tbe vessel on the
Stikise river during the coming season.
Announcement has been made by Supt.
Wyland of the Treadwell properties that
the companv will shortly increase their
crews until the mines and mills are work
ing at their full capacity.
'oseph Whiteside Boyle, of tbe famous
Bcv’e Concessions in the Klondike, who
is now serving at the front, is a Colonel,
according to advices received at Dawson.
The value of exports from Washington
ports to Alaska for januarv was $965,207.
The report was prepared by the Puget
Sound customs officials.
Veterans of Alaska residing in the
Yakima valley at a meeting held recently
in North Yakima, set in motion a plan
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Portland. nest i.*ctcber. in honor ot the
anniversarv of the purchase of Alaska.
George Thomas was elected president of
the anniversary commitiee.
A new strike of considerable magnitude
is reported to have been made in the
Candle district bv Ed Hanson. Bih Evans
• and Andrew Olsou. The pay is said to
measure mere than :00 feet in width.
Jump creek is rive ot sis miles long and
enters Candle at Discovery.
The Alaska Dispatch at Junean ha*
recently added a btg Optitnus press to its
equipment at a cost of J395* .
At toe Anchor Point fur farm, near
Seldovia, the owners have between 60
and 60 black and silver grey foxes in the
pens.
C. \V. Cook reports that the native
Tatitlik are making excellent catche
fcr this winter, principally mink
wolverine, and have already gathered in
a large number of skins.
• Dime creek, in the Nome district, is
reported to be a very promising camp,
with a large amount of prospecting tn
progress.
The arst woman to apply for admission
to the bar in the First division is Mrs.
Jessie H. Jelliffee. of Connecticut, who
recentlv made formal application at
junean.
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