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PROGRESS Ot THE STRUGGLE IN EUROPE
Continued from Page 2.
ral European countries will lollow the
le id of the United States in severing dip
lomatic relations with Germany.
Washington: President Wilson was
closeted most of last night with Secre
taries Daniels and Baker, and altlio the
nature of the conference has not been
made public, the report has been circu
ated here that it had to do with taking
over the munition plants and ship yards
for war purposes of the United States.
Washington: Reports that the Ger
man authorities would hold Ambassador
Gerard as hostage until she had received
guarantees of Count von Bernstorfl’ssafe
passage from the United States, have been
proven groundless by the receipt of a
cable from Ambassador Gerard from
Berne, Switzerland.
Washington: President Wilson this
morning began the investigation of the
reported seizure of interned German ves
sels in Honolulu ami other American
harbors, and it the facts are proved will
issue a prompt disavowal of the acts and
order the immediate release of the boats
and their crews, most ot the latter being
at present iu detention camps.
Washington: The state department is
in receipt of a report from Consul Frost
at Queenstown in which he states that
the Iiavestone is rated as a provisional
collier. This rating places her in the
warship class, and completely absolves
Germany of responsibility in the death
of the American seaman who was aboard
the Iiavestone when she was sunk by a
German U-boat.
London; According to reports from |
Amsterdam received this morning, the
Novel munition works at Selliaus, Ger- I
many, were recently destroyed by an ex
plosion, most of the employes, consist- |
iug mostly of women anil girls, being1
killed. ’ !
Washington: Entente diplomats are •
practically unanimous in expressing the !
hope that the diplomatic break between j
the United States and Germany will not
result in an open declaration of war be
tween the two countries. They declare
that Germany precipitated the crisis with
the sole object of cutting off the stream
of munitions and supplies which has
been flowing out of the United States to
the Entente allies since the outbreak of
the great European struggle.
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Paris: Enemy aircraft caused slight
damage at Dunkirk yeeterday.
Washington: About fifty German ves
sds, some ot them the largest in the
world, are interned in American ports.
Paris: Over four hundred German air
craft have been destroyed by the Allies
during the past year,
Berlin: Seven allied aeroplanes were
brought down by German gunners yes
terday on the Western front.
Rotterdam: The massing of German
troops along the Dutch border has caused
a considerable amount of anxiety in offi
cial circles here.
Paris: The Germans made an unsuc
cessful attempt yesterday in the Lorraine
stetor. There is much artillery action
around Verdun.
Chicago: As the result of an explosion
in a rooming house in this city last night
more than a score of persons are missing
and are supposed to be buried ill the
wreckage.
London: The food ministry has is
sued an appeal to limit the consumption
of bread to four pounds, meat to two and
one-half pounds, and sugar to three,
quarters of a pound weekly per capita.
New York: In a speech delivered in
this City on Saturday night Charles E.
Hughes said: “After all, weare all Amer
icans, standing behind our president, (
upon whom this great responsibility rests, j
This is no time to embarass; it is an hour
of test that will show what America is
made of. ”
THURSDAY
Quincy, 111.: Orders were received
here today by the Illinois naval reserve
to rush its entire sun equipment Hast.
Washington; Henry Ford announced
today that in the event of war he would
place his entire factory at the disposal of
the government, to be operated without
profit.
Washington: All neutral countries
are said to by considering President Wil
son’s suggestion that they sever diplo
matic relations with Germany. It is
felt here that Holland will not take any ;
action.
Berlin: In a speech belore the reich
stag yesterday Imperial Foreign Secre- j
tary Ziumiermann declared; “President
Wilson’s decision is astonishing. The:
Entente’s refusal of our peace overtures
left us no other move except unlimited
submarine warfare in our fight for exist- |
ence. We have made no conditions and
broken no promises. We hope President j
Wilson will warn American ships from I
the blockade zone.
Washington; The war and navy de
partments continued the formulation of
plans today for the mobilization of indus
trial and commercial forces as well as
t: ilitary with a view to placing them in
operation under government control on
short notice.
Washington: The government is in
the market for 500 aeroplane engines.
London: Latest reports show a total
of 54 vessels sunk since the inauguration
of the new German submarine policy.
West Point: All available six inch
seige guns at West Point have been or
dered shipped to New York for the pro
tection of that harbor.
Seattle: Orders from the secretary of
the navy received here Ibis morning
state that no more wireless reports of :
positions at sea of American merchant
vessels shall be transmitted.
Washington: Secretary Daniels this
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morning recommended the immediate
doubling of the capacity of the torpedo
manufacturing plant at Newport News,
at a cost of approximately J800,000.
Washington: The state department
is in receipt of guarantees of safe conduct
for Count von BernstorfI and his party
from the French government, and simi
lar assurances are expected from Great
Brita) n
Washington: The sixty million dollar
fortifications bill, the first of the three
great preparedness measures to be adopt
ed from the conference report, passed
the senate yesterday and is ready for the
resident’s signature.
Washington: Secretary Baker said
this morning that the crews of interned
German vessels have a perfect right to
destroy their ships so long as by so doing
they do not endanger the property or
shipping of the country in whose port
they are interned .
Washington: The sinking of the Brit
ish steamer California, which was report
ed last night, and which may constitute
an overt act of a nature to force the Uni
ted States into an open declaration of
war is being investigated by the state de
partment.
Washington: The breach between
Germany and the United States is grow
ing wider hourly, and the hope that hos
tilities can be avoided lias been almost
swept away by the ruthlessiiess of Ger
many's submarine campaign.
Philadelphia: Pledges of loyalty to
the United States in the event of a war
with Germany were made at a meeting
of delegates of the German-American na
tional alliance held in this city last night.
The organization pledged fidelity for over
three million German-Americans to the
support of the United States.
FRIDAY
London: Information received in a j
cable from Copenhagen to a member of
the admiralty in this city this morning !
reveals the fact that Germany will de-1
maud safe conduct for all the crews of
interned German boats before she will
grant Gerard and other Americans in
Germany safe conduct. Germany also
refuses to permit Gerard to send messag-1
es in code.
Washington: Under stress of the pres
ent national emergency the House yes
terday almost unanimously voted to pass
Representative Padgett’s bill recommend
ing the appropriation of $20,000,000 in
addition to the regular appropriation of
$351,000,000 for national defense recent
ly passed. The Padgett bill is to provide
funds for machine guns, anti-aircraft
guns, batteries and ammunition for aux
illiary merchantmen, the building of 100
submarines, and the purchase of basic
aircraft patents.
London: British wireless stations this
morning picked up a message, apparently
from New York to Berlin, addressed to
Foreign Secretary Zimmerman of the
Imperial German government and signed
Louis P. Locliner. The message read:
"For God’s sake rescind submarine order
and state terms instead.’’ Lockner is
Henry Ford’s secretary.
London: Ambassador Page learned
today that the Belgian relief ship Lars
Kruse was torpedoed off the Belgian
coast Monday. Only one person is known
to have escaped, and he swam to the
coast of France. The fate of the vessel
would have remained a mystery had he
failed to reach shore, in all probabity, as
no report of her sinking has been forth
coming from Germany.
Washington: Despite the fact that a
cable message is reported to have been
received from Ambassador Gerard in
Berne, Switzerland, the state department
is in receipt of advices this morning that
Ambassador Gerard and his party and
the Americans who have been held on
the Yarrowdale are still in Germany, and ]
will be detained until the Imperial gov-1
eminent receives guarantees of safe con- j
duct for the Bernstorff party from the !
British and French governments.
CLEANING, PRESSING
Alterations, Repairing
LADIES’ TAILORING
Mrs. Campbell
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Tanana Sheet Metal Works
Steam and Hot Water Heating Plants
Sheet Metal Work and Plumbing
Stoves and Furnaces
Gilcher & Schwendiman “A” Street
Elsewhere In Alaska
Cordova is looking forward to a build- j
iiig boom in the spring.
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Seven hundred residents of Anchorage i
attended a minstrel show given there re- |
cently by the Loyal Order of Moose.
Pay running fifty cents to the pan is j
said to have been found under false bed :
rock in the Marshal district.
Will. Amalong, well known freighter
of the Ruby district, has purchased the
freight outfit of A. J. Webster.
The year opened at Valdez with the
thermometer standing at ten below—the
coldest recorded there this vear.
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Steamers recently were unable toenter
the harbor at Seward on account of a
gale.
Charley Gay is reported to have sold his
interest in a lav on Willow cjeek, in the
Marshal district, to Toe Darling for
$15,000.
Harry Landers, freight foreman for
the Gold bullion mine of Willow creek, '
is moving 160 tons of supplies to the
mines.
NENANA
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LAUNDRY
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A horse to pull the fire apparatus has
l>eeti added to the fire department at
Seward tor service during the winter
months
The value of Alaska’s mineral output
for the year 1916 amounts to 550,900,0< o,
exceeding the year 1915 by £18,000,000.
The salt water fire inaiils at Juneau
will deliver water to the mams at M0
pounds pressure. The reservoir on the
hill, which is practically filled, has a ca
pacity of 150,000 gallons.
Citizens of Valdez have offered f! re
ward amounting to over 52500 for the ar
rest and conviction ot the person or per
sons guilty of starting the recent fire in
that town.
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A substitute air gas, that will take the
place and can be used for the same pur
poses as gasoline, distillate, cooking, il
luminating or heating gas, has been in
vented by Charles Warner ot Juneatl.
The First Territorial Sank of Alaska,
located at Douglas, is now to be the de
positary for postal savings funds, accoul
ing to recent instructions lrom the postal
authorities at Washington.
Mail Carrier Henry Robson recently
paid $80 for a broken window at Ruby*
the result of the mail team giving chase
to some loose dogs which attacked the
leader. Robson threatens to shoot the
next loose dog he meets.
The 1916 pack of Alaska salmon was
the largest on record, the total aggregat
ing 4,800,00t> cases, a gain of over 300,
000 cases over the previous high mark.
The Southwestern Alaska Medical as
sociation will petition the territorial leg
islature to provide funds for the estab
lishment Of an asylum for the care of
Alaska’s insane patients.
Dan Brice, an operator on Bear creek
on the Kuskokwim, arrived in Anchor
age recently with nine huskies and gold
dust valued at $30,000, taken off his
property during the past season.
There are now being built in Seattle
a $21,000 cannery tender for Libby, Mc
Neil & Libby, twenty-eight 32-foot fish
ing boats for the Northwestern Fisheries
company, two scows and a piledriver for
the Fidalgo Island Packing company and
a $5500 purse seine boat for a private
owner.
The power boat Kunibak will be oper
ated this season between Anchorage and
the end ot the government railway run
ning out of Seward. The boat was re
cently purchased from J. R. Patterson
by C. M. Nutter, Capt. K. J. Moore and
B. E. Heifer, and the new owners will
leave With her about March 1,
The natives of Metlakalitla recently t
lielil an election for tbe purpose of clioos- '
ing members of tbe city council of that
place. About 100 votes were cast.
J. A. Hollentlial, a Juneau attorney, is
authority for tbe statement that within a
few years Juneau will be tbe largest gold ,
camp in tbe world.
Peter Johnson, well-known merchan |
of Ruby, lias purchased tbe interest of !
bis partner, Peter Jepson, and hereafter
will conduct tbe business alone.
On tbe eve of bis departure for Juneau
to attend the territorial legislature, Rep
resentative C. K. Snow was tendered a
rousing send-off by tbe people of Ruby.
Tbe Standard Oil company’s office at,
Petersburg has announced an increase of j
one-half a cent per gallon in tbe price of ;
distillate, making it fourteen cents.
Reports are coming in from all over ;
the territory cf tbe annual toll-taking of :
many lives of prospectors and niusliers \
who hit tbe trail poorly equipped.
Major French, Charles Herron, and i
Paddy Cummings are planning to mine j
extensively in,the Seward district during i
tbe coming summer.
There is considerable agitation in tbe ,
coast cities of Alaska in favor of cooper- I
ative insurance which promises cheaper !
rates and w ill keep tbe money in Alaska. :
Tbe contract was awarded in Seattle j
recently for tbe construction of a #12,000 ,
cannery tender for tbe Kodiak Fisheries
company.
There are more than #20,000 worth of |
live foxes on tbe several fox farms in the
vicinity of Seldovia, and tbe number is
said to be increasing rapidly.
Tbe steel freighter Grace Dollar, sold
recently to the Pacific Steamship com-1
panv, will be delivered to her new own
ers next Monday.
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