ed to recover.
Petrograd: The provisional govern
ment this morning ordered the release of
all Siberian prisoners, and formally rec
ognized the clergy of all orthodox relig
ious denominations.
Washington: It is said to be the in
tention of President Wilson to date the
declaration of war against Germany from
the date of the sinking of the Laconia,
in order that Germany may be held to
account for the loss of life and property
involved in that catastrophe.
Newport, R. I.: The captain of the
steamship Alaskan, which entered this
port last 'ite, reports the capture of two
submarines in die English channel re
cently by an aeroplane. After sighting
the subs the pilot of the plane rounded
up a number of trawlers and they closed
in from all sides and took the subs cap
tive.
THURSDAY
Washington: Secretary Daniels has
asked for the cooperation of the press in
an effort to stimulate naval recruiting.
Amsterdam: Continued reports of ser
ious rioting in Germany are being re
ceived, and a late report states that a
large force of soldiers have been with
drawn from the Eastern front to quell
the uprising.
Washington: The national advisory
committee in a meeting yesterday per
fected plans to provide 2000 aeroplanes
and 4000 aviators for service for the
United States. Fifty aeroplane manufac
turers were present at the meeting. (
Berlin: The auxiliary cruiser Moewe
has returned in safety to her home port
after an absence of several months. She
has a record of capturing 22 steamers ana
5 sailing vessels, 8 of which were armed,
on this, her second successful cruise.
Berlin: A scout aeroplane, carrying
Prince Frederick Karl of Austria as an
observer, which went on a scouting trip
over the Allied lines several days ago, is
officially reported to have failed toreturn. ;
Prince Karl is a cousin of Kaiser Wil
helm.
Buffalo: The men who recently struck
for increased pay at the Curtis aeroplane
factory here, have voluntarily returned
to work in order that the work on planes
for the United States government tnav
be turned out with the greatest possible
speed,
Paris: The total French territory lib
erated lrom German invaders up to last
nite amounts to 753 square miles, located
in the departments of Pas«lt Calais, Oise,
Aisne and Somme. The Germans are
still in possession of 7012 square milesof
French territory.
Washington: An attempt which is be
ing made by neutral countries to mediate
in an effort to prevent actual warfare be
tween the United States and Germanv,
ts declared by state deparhnent officials
to have been instigated by Germany in
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ment in congress to einbarass President
Wilson.
Paris: A semi-official communication
received from inilitarv headquarters con
tains an absolute denial of the German
statement that the retiring German forces
left five days’ supplies for the civil popu
lation, claiming that the entire food sup
ply was confiscated, as were also supplies
belonging to Americans and for Belgian
relief work.
F,l Paso: President elect Carranza is
reported to have called an extra session
of the Mexican house of deputies for
April second. The significance of the
date, w ich is the same as that on which
President Wilson has called the extra
session ofcongress, has not been revealed,
but it is understood that the purpose of
the session is to deal with matters in con
nection with the German-American situ
ation, and also with threats of a revolt
headed by Obregou, former minister of
war.
Washington: A cabinet official who is
following the conditions of a possible
1 alignment of the United States with the
Kntente allies against Germany, declared
this morning that this government would
not participate aggressively in the war.
American ships will be sent to the West
ern Atlantic to relieve British and French
fleets there for duty elsewhere, American
ports will be opened to Entente battle
ships, and unlimited credit will be ex- {
tended the Allies for the purchase of war
munitions and food supplies.
Berlin: The present extensive retire
ment of the German forces on the West
ern front is declared to be part of a new
plan of warfare being put into effect by
Field Marshal von Hindenburg. It is
claimed that one million men have been
engaged for a month in preparing a new
line of intrenchments, and that the Ger
man forces are now falling hack to them,
leaving a completely devastated district
which the Allies will be forced to occu
py if they follow up the Teutons. This j
will draw them far from their base and
weaken them.
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New York: Kaiser Wilhelm anil Prince
Henry, his brother, have been dropped
from membership by the New York Yacht
club.
Washington: The steamship Maryland,
from Philadelphia to London on Decem
ber 23rd, was posted this morning by
Lloyds as missing. Her fate is unknown.
The Hague: A report from Berlin re
ceived this morning states that Kaiser
Wilhelm is on the verge of a nervous
breakdown, and has gone to Hamburg
for a period of rest.
New York: Julius Rosenwald lias
wired an offer of one million dollars for
the relief of Jewish war sufferers, accord
ing to advices received by the Jewish
Relief society this morning.
Portland, Maine: Private Poor, doing
sentry duty at Fort Williams, was shot
last nite by an unknown person who at
tempted to pass him, and was challenged.
The prowler escaped after the shooting.
New York: The Tribune tbis morning
announced that an expeditionary force of
100,000 men is being organized and finan
ced by wealthy Americans, and headed
by Col. Roosevelt, for active service in
France.
Petrograd: Correspondence between
the former czarina and Privy Counsellor
Kulomzin have just been discovered in
the effects of the czarina, and their con
tents reveal the fact that government of- ]
ficials were dealing with theGeruian gov- j
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New York: Iix-senator Root, address
inn a great mass meeting in this city last
nite, demanded that immediate action !
be taken against Germany, claiming that j
the Teutons are defying civilisation and
the religious codes of the world, and are
attempting with fire and sword to sub
jugate the world.
Berlin: Over one thousand cases of
small pox are reported in this city, and
the contagion is spreading with alarming
rapiditv, owing to the lack of nourish- j
ment which is tending to weaken the
stamina of the populace.
London: The Standard Oil tanker
Healdton was torpedoed m the English
channel last nite. The survivors were
landed in Holland. There were thirteen
Americans aboard, and ol these six have
been accounted for. The tanker flew the
American flag at the time she was sunk.
She is the seventh American ship sunk
since the first of February.
London: Following closely upon the
report that the German retreat on the
Western front had virtually ceased, word
has been received of a terrible battle now
raging from the river Aisne to the north
ern end of the Somme line, which for
savage intensity and loss of life has not
| been equalled since the battle of the
j Marne. Official reports from all sections
j of the battlefront tell of enormous losses
! on each side, and describe fighting of a
! frightfulness almost beyond human pow
ers of conception.
General News
Monday
Juneau: Judge Robt. W. Jennings
this afternoon ordered a certificate of j
election as delegate to congress issued
to Chas. E. Sulzer
Kansas City: Frank Hagerman, spec
ial government attorney in the Adamson
law case, declared this morning that the
decision of the supreme court establish
ing the constitutionality of that law will
forever put an end to strikes in all pub
lic utility corporations, and that future
disputes will be settled by the interstate
commerce commission.
Washington: In a statement issued
yerterdav Secretary of Agriculture Hous
ton virtually recommended the establish- i
ing of a newsprint paper mill in Alaska 1
He states that the reports of experts in- j
dicate that a mill can be established for :
two and one-half million dollars, and the
product can be delivered in New York
by way of the Panama canal at a cost of
$35 a ton, which includes freight and the
cost of manufacture.
T uesday
Washington: The supreme court this
morning declared the Adamson eight
hour law to be constitutional.
New York: As a result of the efforts
of Senator Lane’s mediation committee,
the railroad managers have conceded to
the demands of the railway workeis, and
the strike has been called off. The men
will receive ten hours’ pay for eight
hours’ work, and will only work eight
hours in every ewenty-four.
Wednesday
Seattle: The Seattle hockey team won
the second game of the championship
series from Montreal last nite by a score
of six to one.
Honolulu: Thirteen and one-half inch
es of rain liave fallen in this city during j
the past forty-eight hours. Buildings are i
undermined and boys are catchiug fish |
in the streets.
Thursday
Little Rock, Kan.: Several persons
are reported to have been killed in this
city last nite as the result of a tornado
which swept this district, and enormous
property damage is also reported from
all sections ol the city.
rndionapolis: Fifty-three of the one j
hundred and fifty-four persons recently
indicted for election frauds in this city
have plead guilty to the charges for which
they were indicted. The balance, includ
ing the mayor, chief of police and many
prominent citizens, plead not guilty and
will be given a jury trial.
Friday
Juneau: In answer to a letter from the
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j canvassing board containing a protest by
Emery Valentine against his decision in
the delegate race. Judge Jennings this
morning issued a peremptory writ of
mandamus commanding the board to is
sue a certificate of election to Charles A.
Sulzer as delegate to congress.
Seattle: (leorge Lindsay Hayden, a
i 19-vear-old messenger of the First Na
tional bank in this city, is reported this
morning to have abstracted $19,000 in
$500 bills from an envelope he was carry
ing from the express office to the bank.
Detectives have failed to locate him, and j
it is believed that he has fled to Alaska. !
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Seattle: The tug Daniel Kern, under (
charter to the Alaskan Engineering com-1
mission, returned to this port last nite. j
She reports having lost the barge Colum- !
bia No. 38, which she had in tow, thru
the snapping of the towing hawser. Chas. j
Swanson was killed wtieu the line parted
and the barge, with four men aboard is
adrift off the Washington coast.
Elsewhere In Alaska
The Ruby Derby, a St. Patrick’s day |
feature of the lower river camp, was run i
as usual last Saturday, with prizes aggre
gating nearly $600.
The grand camp of the Arctic Brother
hood was in session last week at Juneau.
Juneau is to have a new gas plant. The
company will be formed within a few
weeks and the enterprise w ill he financed
largely by Juneau capital.
One hundred and two cases of measles
were reported from Sitka recently.
Wm, A. Gilmore, republican candidate
for delegate to congress two years ago,
was recently operated on at Valdez for j
abdominal trouble.
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George A, Parks, mineral examiner of ;
the land office, will be stationed at Ju
neau during the coming season.
Juneau’s new schoolhouse will cost ap
proximately $75,000. The contract for
its construction was let recently to Peter
Woech, of Seattle.
The Juneau W. C. T. U. has started a
crusade in the territorial capital against
the cigarrette.
Edward Krause was recently given the
death sentence by Judge Jennings lor the
murder of Captain James O. Plunkett.
The hanging will take place at Juneau
on May 11.
A young native woman was murdered
at Douglas on February 16 by a young
Austrian named Albertina.
Vessels engaged in domestic trade, to i
the numlter of 1051, entered Alaskan j
ports during the year 1916. The number]
of foreign vessels entering was 866.
The Fourthdivisionimported merchan
dise to the amount of $3,855,197 during
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of goods received in the First division
during the year reached a grand total of
$13,589,867.
The Valdez chamber of commerce has
started a campaign to boom the Valdez
Fairbanks post road as a tourist auto
route to the Interior.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the matter of the Estate of Emil
Roatcsh, Deceasd. Notice is herein- giv
en by the undersigned, administrator of
the estate of Emil Roatcsh, Deceased, to
th creditors thereof, and to all persons
having claims against said estate, to ex
hibit the same with the necessary vouch
ers, within six months after the first pub
lication of this uotice, to-wit, within six
months after the Third day of March.
1917, to said Administrator, at the drug
store of Thompson & Gagnon, at Ne
nana, Alaska, the same being the place
for the transaction of the business of said
estate.
The date of the first publication of this
uotice is the Third day of March, 1917.
A. D. Thompson, Administrator.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the co-part
nership heretolore existing between the
undersigned, under the name of the
Nenana Tradiug Company, has this day
been dissolved by mutual consent, Wil
liam I’apadopulos taking over all the as
sets ami assuming all the liabilities of
said firm. R. P. McGowan.
Feb. 26. 1917. Wm. D. I'apadopulos.
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