TWO FIREMEN KILLED IN FIRE
UGH BUMS SEATTLE GRAND
Seattle, Jan. 20—At au early
••oui tbis morning- 'ire was discov
ered iu the Grand theatre building
locate? ou Ctxry street between
Setou-f and Thiid Avenues, and the
tiro department made a quick re
spouse to the alarm.
The fire was well uuder way whe
the alarm was turned in, and flames
*ere leaoing through the roof wheu
the department arrived. Front every !
side the fire fighters fought the 1
demon, but owing to the heavy |
wind li'tle headway could be made '
agains' the roaring mass of flames '
aud although, heavy streams were 1
brought into play from the sur
rouudinsr buildings it yvas Boon seen
'ha* the theatre building erected
bv Johu Cort many years ago was
doomed .
Fred Gillam, acsistant fire chief
of the department, with a detail of
men made an advance over the roof I
of the burning building in an at- j
tempt a' getting a line of hose
where the water could be played
upon the fire from above, and when
j'.s about in position the roof of
'be tire gutter building collapsed
a J orecipitated the men into the
i\ aring holocaust.
Greater efforts were then put
forth on the part of the entrapped
fire fighters comrades, and poon the
flames vers gotten, under control.
Search was begun for Fire Chief
G:ilam, and his dead body was noon
recovered. The other man, who
wen* with Gillam is still missing,
lio'h Gillam's feet were burned to
a charr, and his body was badiy
crushed by thg falling timbers.
The fire continued to bu.rn for
several hours ,but was confined to
the theatre building.
LATER—The names of the oth
er firemen who were injured in the
Gran.1 theatre fire today are George
Bovd, who had a leg broken, Chas.
A. llull, broken shoulder, Otto Rop
ney, broken arm. Boyd's condition
>s t.onsidered very serious.
SWISS flEdUlS
ALL RESERVISTS
Washington, Jau. -0 — Swiss
consuls iii all parts oi" the United
S;a>es have been notified during the
l>a«t t'e'w days to order all Swiss
reservis's who may be in the United
States at the present time on leave
of absence, to immediately re'urn to
Switzerland prepared for active eer
vice.
This action ou the pa-it of the I
Svlss government is believed her© t I
be iu the nature of a jjrepareduesa
plan »o be ready to offer rseistance
to the Teutons shuold they make
an attempt to invade Switzerland In
an attempt to make a rush into
Paiis from the south
ALASKANS SHE
ENTERTAINED
Seattle, Jan. 20—John Neon, oi
the firm of Brcs'us and Noon, lum
ber dealt rs at Seward, Will A.
Steel of Cordova, and A. C. Bald
win were luncheon guests at the
SeatMe Chamber of Commrce today.
£e"tMe. Jan. 20—Eleven mare
indictments liave been returned by
tiie Federal Grand Jury against
oiienders.
Eight of these, one woman be
ing included in that number, being
oersons who have been arrested in
in raids made by the Bootlegging
Squad which has been been raiding
various hotels, cafes. restaurants
and other resorts where Intoxicating
lifiuers have been sold.
ME OESOII
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l'crtlaud, Jan. 20—Three per
sons were burned to death in a
fire which started in a rooming
house early this morning, and be
fore the fire fighters could get the
fie under control the entire build
ing was consumed . The names of
tl.e persons who lost their lives had
not been learned up to a late hour
th;s moruing.
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OUR CLEARANCE SALE IS STILL ON
ALBERT REINERT
—Successor to H. J. Lynch—
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GERMAN lOER CAPTURES SIX
THOUSAND TONS WAR MATERIAL
Btrljn, Jau. 20—It was officially
j announced at tho War Office to
, day that tho British eteamBMpi Yar
rowdale had teen brought into Jiar
bor on December 31 by a firize crew
|o' 17 men. She sad a cargo of six
thouaml tons of war materials, and
tho prisoner^ taken numbered. 489
souls, being the oasseugerB and the
crew.
I* was alao announced that one
Norwegian and seven British, ves
sels had also been captured by the
German auxiliary cruiser wMcty is
operating in the goutli Atlantic..
juueau, Jan. 20—The official
canvassing board, with all membens
present, begun the work of canvass
ing the votes in the last election
yesterday, and from the rate at
which the work progressed, the un
uei taking will Ik; a slow and ardu
ous one.
Attorney General Grisby is advis
ing the board' regarding legal ques
tion involved, and it is not at all
•jnprobable that the board will havq
to adjourn from day to day until t'#
belated returns from isolated pTe
oiucts have been received by mail.
In checking the ballots in the
£i-st precinct of Douglas, iai the
first division, Sulzer gained htree
votes over Wickersham, under a
ruling mads by the board that
where a voter had marked his bal
lot 011 the right margin of the bal
lot and that this had been called to
the attention of the canvassing
board, that th§ ballot be counted
as marked.
Neither .Wickersham nor Sulzer
had a representative present.
The Canvassing Board consists of
the Surveyor General, the Governor
ot Alaska and the Collector af Cus
t< IBS.
MONSTER NEW ZEPPELIN
MAKES SMOKE SCREEN
Geneva, Jan. 12—A new monster
Zfe»oeliu .the 1^-40, made itg first
flish» over Friedrichshafen and' Lak
Const ant ine yesterday. It is equlp
ued with specially designed Dropel
lers which make virtually no noise. A!
machine is on board th« big air
era'- which, when put into opera
tion covers the airship with Binoke
resembling a cloud, thus obscuring
the air craft, so it cannot be seen
from below. It ie of much, larger
calibre thaa. previously used and is
mouutcd on top of thg craft.
The new airship 5vill point the
air ciaft fl^et of tlw North Bea.
Another sucb craft Is half com
pleted. | j: J .
HALF HOLIDAY PROVISO
SWEEPS B. C. CITIES
Vancouver Jan. 20—In, the elec
tions in various towns In, British.
Columhia held on Jan. 12, the half
holiday program carriedi wherever
nroocstd. Some favor Wednesday
and some Saturday.
George Anderson, piano expert
and factory representative for high
grade pianos and player pianos will
be in Slcagway in the near futirre.
TBSCTORII
READY FOR WORK
Wor cornea from Mayo> that the
construction of the caterpillar trac
»>on engine to be used to haul ma
ter-al foi the new dredge to. Highet
creek. where it Is to be erected, is
finished and tjw machine will start
work in a few days As soon a»
enough material haa been assembled
men will commence the work of con
strucMoa ,
A large crew is engaged cutting,
woo 1 for the use of the dredge
wh(ch it is exi>eoted to have in op
era) on by the middle of July.
A number of prospectors are wo-rK
ins diligently on the siler prospects, I
and reoorts indicate that some of
•he urojerties soon will be an. a shig
oing basis. Mr. Cunningham's pro
Der'y, in particular, looked 60 fa.
vcrat-le he was induced to build a
handsome residence on his claim
and move his family there for the
winffr season.
Taking everything into considera
tion, the future prospects of the
camo never looked brighter.
The ♦own of Mayo has for some
time been engaged in a round of
gaiety o.uite unusual even for such a
progressive burg. Moonlight skat
ing- parties, midweek concerts and
Saturday evening dances are the or
de>- of the day, or rather of the
week. The presence there of the
construction crew of the Mayo
Dredgin^ company, with two charm
ing young matrons, wives of the su
ueriutendent and chief electrician
of the company, has inspired bach
elors of the camp to make the so
journ of the strangers as oleasant
as possible.—Whitehorse Star.
CHEAT "IX)AX OF VICTORY"
LANDED BY DH1TISH
Lou'on, Jan. 20—A "Loan of Vic-1
*ory' has been launched by Great
Uritani, to borrow from the masses
bv subscription. It is expected this
will tie the greatest loan iu history.
The loan will be a 5 per cent one
'ssued a* 95 for a term of thirty
years with the bonds optionally re
deemable at the end of twelve years
It is also planned to have an op
tionary loan offer at 4 per cent
which will be free of tax, to bo is
sued at par.
D is hoped that this will be the
last loaji in connection with the
war .
PREPARING POLAR TRIP
Washington, Jan. 20 — Capt.
Amundsen arrived iu this city to
da>, and will make prepartaions for
au expedition to the Polar region.
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ADMIRAL DEWEY LAID TO REST IK
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Washington, Jan. 20—Admiral
George Dewey, the hero of Manila
bay, who died in his home in this
cl;v las* Tuesday, was today laid
to res' In Arlington. National Ceme
tery, where h'a remains will lie
wi'b those other naval heroes who
have gone before.
The funeral services were very
impressive, Presidnt Woodrow Wil
son and bis entire cabinet, just
ices of the Supreme CoutI, the di
plomatic corps, and a great many
other dignitaries being present to
do all *he honors that a grateful
nation can bestow upon a man af
ter he has gone to Ws great reward.
For the final services, the great
casket containing a'l that was earth
ly of the groat naval hero was con
ducted under a special guard by
the pall bearers to a bier under the
great dome of the National (Capitol,
and there th§ lastt sad rites were
held.
Thousands of persons were pres
en* an'l a greater number, wbo
weie unable to get inside the large
rotunda were compelled to Btand
ou'side 011 the etepe and walks
about the ca.pitol building.
Indianapolis, Jail. 20—William
loakimrs Bryan addressed the mem
bers of the Indiana, state legisla
ture yesterday afternoon, and Jn. his
remarks he said "Youi cannot have
compulsory military training un
less you aultivatfi a military spirit,
and t«' do this would be a menace
♦o your country."
Rome. Jan. 20—According to in
formation received by the Corriere
Ditalia, five hundred and ten thous
and persons hare per<ished in Syria
fro:'i starvation since the invasion
and devastation of that country by
the Teutonic poiwera .
MANY IKLLED AN INJURED
IN MUNITION EXPLOSION
London, Jan. 20—As the result
of an explosion which; occurred in
a munition factory near here today,
forty bodies at these who were kill
ed have already been recovered,
and many more are missing. Over
one hundred persons wJio were more
or less severely injiured have been
accounted for, but there are still
a number of persons still Inigsing.
LOST I IN
ABE LOCATEO
Wellton, Arizona, Jan. 20 —
Bishop and Robertson, the two
amy aviators were to-day found by
a ci'/ilian searching party in the
wilds of Sonoro.
When found the two men were in
an exhausted condition, paving been
walking for more than four days
without food, the only food that
•he two daring men having had with,
them whan they left San Diego was
two sandwiches and two oranges.
Robertson was brought to this
city, but Bishopi was too weak and
exhausted to walk and was left
with some of the party to care for
him in thq Bosario inounatins,
where they were found, until help
can be sent to bring him out.
Seattle, Jan. 20—At ten o'clock
this morning the Samuel H. Hedges,
a monster 250 foot long wooden
ship, was launched at the Puget
So'iud Bridge and Dredge company's
shio yards ths city.
This is the first of twelve ships
which are being constructed by
th'« company for the Washington
Shipping Corporation. The work
on the other vessels will be pushed
wi'h the utmost sueed, and it is be
lieved that several more of the
ships will be launched during the
coming spring and summer.
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