No. 293 NINETEENTH YEAR SKAGKWAY, A.LASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1917 PRIGL 10 GEN^Pfc
300 WORKERS KILLED IN EXPLO
SION OF LONDON SHELL PLANT
London, Jan. 22—It is now
known that over throe hundred per
SOH3 were killed In the explosion
last Friday when the 1>'S munition
factory located in tho ®ast end of
London was destroyd
InYtstigations are being made in
to 'he cause of tUe explosion, but
' i* is thought that It was duo to
cailessness, although it has been
recorded Wat the destruction of
thp- plant ivas due to a carefully
worked out plot.
New York, Jan. 22—A special
disyau'li to the Herald of this city
says that the unnamed Germau raid
er which, .has been keying on the
commerce along the Eastern Brazil
ian coast has been destroyed.
That there are other raiders now
operating on the coast of Brazil
be<ween Rio de Janeiro and Pernam
buco is shown by reports that
have been received whicij staie that
several ships h.ave been either cap
tu_ed or Bent to the bottom during
t*ie cast few days.
SMALL FIRE
SQOH QUI
Whitehorse, Jan. 22—At 9:10
o'clock this morning the lire whistle
sounded an alarm. of fire, a blaze
having been discovered in th§ tiu
sncp ra the second floor in the
rear of Puckett's hardware store.
Fifteen minutes after the alarm
s»jnded the blaze }vas extnguished,
the fire laddies responding with
pjempiuess, and with tile aid of
two chemicals soon, conquered the
flames. The damage was nominal.
Tuo origin of the fire is unknown.
IMERSHANI WINS 81 ELEVEN
IF FIRST RETURNS ARE CORRECT
Juneau, Jan. 22—The Canvassing
Beard met this morning and con
tinued on the work of recounting
the ballots of the Territorial elec
tion held last November.
The recount of the First division
is now complete and gives Sulzer
2,395 votes, and Wieke.r3ham 1,906.
in this division Sulzer gained 12
and lost eight, which is a net gain
of 4 votes. Wickersham made a
n^« gain of fourteen, which gives
him a net gain over Sulzer of ten
votes in the recount.
Sulzer's official plurality for the
First Division ia 489.
Ia the Second Division Foa-tuna
Lo lge, Unalakleet and Willow Creek
are st'U without returns, and Utica
was no* counted on account of IP
regularities. This division, with
*be votes counted from those pre
cincts which have made returns,
gives Sulzer 594 votes and Wicker
spam 7S8, which gives Wickersham
a olurality in this division of 194.
The returns from Deering, which
vofed Wickersham 10 and Sulzer 6
was Included in this count, al
♦hough the vote had been cast on
improvised bailees, owing to th,
fact that the official ballots bad
no* been received. Th^ canvassing
board, however, set fort}; these con
ditions in their returns, and al
though »here was no regular certifi
cate, as provided by law, the vote
jvas allowed to stajid.
UMca was only passed by the
•board at the present time and not
entirely thrown out, and may be
counted when further information
is received from Nome.
Late this afternoon, and before
off'"cial report is possible, excepting
the re'urns from the First and
Second division as they now Btand
ond taking the unofficial returns
fr^m the Third and Fourth divi
sions, gives Sulzer a plurality of
17 votes.
Bris'ol Bay is not included in
th!s summary, aa no returns have
as yet be^n reived el £rom there in
Juneau, and assuming that the re
turns as stated by wire at that
ptece gives Wickersham a plurality,
Wickersham jvill have a total plur
ality of 11 votes in tlie territory.
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WILSON URGES WORLD PEACE LEAGUE
BEFORE MEMBERS OF IRE SENATE
Would Have World Powers |Adopt Measure Similar to
Monroe Doctrine and Would Have Nations Approval
Before Our Government Attempts to Bring Peace
Way War is Ended Makes Vast Difference
to the United States
Washington, Jan. 22—President
Wilson today etnt a message to
Vice President Marshall, as presi
dent of the United State seuate,
in which he stated that be wished
to address that body upon subjects
relating to our foreign relations.
Arrangements were at once taken
for the reception, of the President,
Mr. Marshall laying bafwe tho sen
ute the letter he bad received from
Mr Wilson.
1* was arranged that President
W lsou would be received at 1
o'clock today, i
I* waa announced that President
Wi.sou wished to discuss an ©ut
ile* of attitude for the United
S'a'es toward future arrangements
for the maintenance of permanent
peace.
It is understood that no pending
qui stion between, tiie United States
and other nations will be discussed j
at thig time.
I Tills is the first time *ha», a i
1 president of the United States ha3 ' j
made an appearance of this kind he- <
foi'e the United States peaiate since ' i
j President Washington's time, at j
, which time the latter tools; up the (
1 question of pea.ee arrangements foi- j
lowing the Revolutionary War . j 1
' Af one o'clock this afternoon, I
jPiesident Wilson, appeared before ' |
ttie United sena»« and delivered a (
'Btiong speech in whichi he recom- S
j mended that the United Stateg join }
i in a league of tiie nations of the ]
, world for the purpose of urging thai! j
1 peace bp established between all the (
nations of the world l>y an interna- i
tional doctrine. He urged that the
■principles of the Monroe doctrine be,
! made a doctrine of the whole world j1
I an>> declared, "There is no ontangl- J
ng alliance la a concert of power."
Continuing-, Mr. Wilson said that
i settlement that would guarantee
>eace and justice throughout the
*tire world cannot be lon!g post
loned, and th£t ths United States
;oyennmenfc should formulate the
onditions upon wMcJhl It could ask
or such a peace pact be prepared
lefore it could ask the people of
his nation to approve it, and then
t should be put upi to the powers
»f the world for adherence in the
lature otf a league of the nations. •
President Wilson; said that the
(resent war must first be ended be
ore such a peace league could be
ormed ,and ended by saying "It
nakes a great deal of difference to
b's government in, what way and
tpon what terms the present war
s ended." !
SEATTLE M
MAKES MONEY
Seattle, Jan. 22—Government so
ciet service agents, having traced
sourious silver dollarB to this
city yesterday arrested Frank E.
Nichols, who occupies a fashionable
lesidence on CaPltol hill, and
charged him with the utterance of
the bogus coin.
When the residene ot the ac
cused: man wag searched, an ex
tensive plant for the counterfeiting
of one dollar silver coins waa
found Every requisite for the
coining of the money was found,
and if is believed that a great
amount of silver dollars have been
made and placed in circulation.
Nichols is a chicken rancher with
a oi.- ranch in California.
PARIS ARTIST TAKES OWN LIFE
San Francisco, Jan. 22—Miss Bet
ty deJonsr, a French artist of Bome
m^te, who haB had a studio in this
ci*v for some years, shot an in
stantly killed herself in her ptudio
Saturday night in the presence of
Dr. William S. Porter, a prominent
physician of ihis jlace.
Miss deJong was working ocn a
portrait oi Dr. Porter ivhlchi she
had almost completed, and he had
called tor the purpose of inspecting
the picture. He claims that he
and the dead girl were merely
friends, and that he had no Idea
that she contemplated taking her
own life.
Wellton, Arizona, Jan. 22—Aviat
or Bishop, who, with Aviator Rob
ertson was found by a party of civ
!li?n searchers in the Bosario moun
tains in Sonora state, Mexico, Sat
urday in almost a dying condition,
from fatigue and starvation, was
brough* to this city yesterday and
has so far recovered that tjiere is a,
fair chance for his recovery.
Robertson wag brought here by
some ct the party Saturday, he
being able to walk, but Bishop was
bo weak from hunger tha't he had
to be left where the searchers had
found hia until horses could be
sen* in from here to bring him out.
Washington, Jan. 22—Upon, re
commendation of General Funston,
tne twenty-five thousand National
Guardsmen who havft been Btationed
a t^he Mexican border for the past
several months will return to their
respective liomee Just ns soon as
transportation facilities can be pro
Fided.
George Anderson, piano expert
and factory repreeentative for high,
grade pianos and player pianos will
be in Sfcagw&y In the near future.
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TONS Bf. RAILS
1 Seattle, Jan. 22 — Purchasing
Agent Boyle, for the Alaska Rail
wav Commission has placed an or
der for tea thousand tons of sev
enty-pound steel rails which will be
u?td on the Fairbanks-Nenama divi
sion rf the new government rail
road.
Spokane, Jan. 22—At an early
hear last evening fire broke out in
Sf. Luke's hospital tills city, and
tbb building was completely; destroy
ed.
The fire started in the boiler
room, and soon spread to other
parts pf tiie big building. The de
partment were powerless in pre
venting the flames from eating their
way through to the roof, and fin
ally consuming the entire structure.
There were sevreal narrow escapes
of the inmates, but owing to cool
action on the part of the nurses
and firemen, no lives were lost.
NVEST1II
ALIEN CAPITAL
Victoria, Jan. 22 — Information
relating to the operation of those
companies in which, capital of alien
enemies is involved is being sought,
by 'he Dominion government, which1
lias been in communication with the
uicvincial Government to .that end.
What action the Ottawa authorities
contemplate taking is not known
here but within the past month con
siderable correspondence between
the two governments lias taken
place and it is expected here that
at the forthcoming session of the
federal house some definite uctiou
toward segregating guch. properties
so that alien enemies shall no long
er benefit, -will be taken.
It is no secret that in a number
of concerns, chiefly mining, en
emy capital is heavily invested; in
fact, in one coal mine on Vancouv
er Island the chief shareholders arc
Germans of title and chiefly Prus
sians.
This question was one of a
number which Premier Brewster dis
cussed jvith Sir Robert Borden
while attending the conference h°ld
in Ottawa on the 20th Instant.
emu Ail OFFICER Will
GEI SEVERE CULLING DOWN
Washington, Jan. 22—Major C.
I P. R. Dugmore, of the British army
' wjII be called to account by Sir
j Cwcil Arthur Spring-Rice, am]>assa
1 dor extraordinary and plentipoten
tiary from Great Britain to the Un
ited States for having handed, to
certain Nejv York newspapermen a
poem, which, is said to ridicule
President Wilson.
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