No. 12 NINETEENTH YEAR
BULGARIA TIRED OF WAR
SEEKS SEPARATE PEACE
London, Feb. 14—A confirmed
message wa3 received here this
morning from Athens that Bulgaria
has made overtures for a separata
peace to the entent powere. It is
stated that King Ferdinand is vis
iting the camps of Germany and
Austria and Interviewing the rulers
of those countries in an effort to
arrango for the withdrawal of his
armies frcm the forces of the Teu
tonic alliance in the event of his
success in negotiating n. separate
peace.
VICTORY CLAIM:' SEffiNS
DENIED By:: ■ ;CH DISPATCH
Berlin, Feb. 14—The war office
today announced the capture oi
Important French positious .u th:
Champagne district yesterday af
t« heary fighting.
Washinglon, Feb. 14—Secretary
of State Lansing has been studying
the 'est of the note from Berlin
announcing the intention of the
German and Austrian governments
regarding armed merchantmen, and
will discuss it with President Wil
son on his return from the yacht
ing cruise on which be started Fri
day evening:
London, Feb. 14—It is expected
that on account of a desire of tlie
cabinet ministers to avoid the in
terruption of a political cainpal l
during the continuation of the
war, efforts will be made to pro
long »ne life of the present par
liament, which would regularly ex
pire on October 1, this year.
Paris, Feb. 14—Fivo infantry at
tacks made yesterday by the Ger
u:.:i 3 itt the Champagne district in
an effort to recover lost positions
v. re successfully repulsed by the
French.
Hazer.breuch, France, Feb. 14 — :
Im'cnnition has just reached hero
from 'he battlefield that Graham
White, tue British aviator has been
seriously wounded. No particulars
are ye' obtainable.
Bel
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Berlin, Feb. 14—In order to
facilitate commercial intercourse
with her new ally after the war Is
over, and for military convenience
should the war last over a few
months longer, Germany lias es
tablish, d cources of instruction in
i jo irki-^h language iu the high
schools of thirty Gorman cities.
V.: y army officers are taking the ;
instruction also in military camps.
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BANK Of ALASKA ANNOUNCES
OH AND OFFICERS
Following the meeting of the,
resident directors of the BanJc of
Alaska held here Saturday the
following list of directors and of
ficers were announced:
DIRECTORS:
J5oh6th 8. Freeman, Chairman, of
the Board.
Henry JD. Walbridge
Andrew A Benton
Andrew Stevenson
Dr. J. T. Westarmann
W. H. Henson
H. L. Faulkner.
OFFICERS:
Andrew Stevenson, President,
Andrew A. Benton, Vice President
W. H. Warren, Cashier
W. H. Henson, Ass't Cashier
Archibald E. Stevenson, General
Ctunspl
H. L. Faulkner, Attorney.
iUSJEO BtPREStNMTIVE
ELECTED CASHIER OF Si 6AI
An uein of unusual interest to
the residents of Skagway is the
announcement made, following tho
meeting of directors Saturday, of
W. E. Warren, for some years the
representative of the Yfella Fargo
interests in this section, to the
Caahiersbip li the new Bank of
Alaska.
It was not known just what:
policy would be pursued in the j
matter of officering the new in- :
stitution bat it may be assumed
frcm this action that there is a
desire to use Alaskan timber whero
evcr available.
The personal friendship yhich is
known to exist between President
Caldwell cf tlie Wells Fargo Com
pany and the Stovenaoa family haa
doubiless entered somewhat into the
choice of Mr. Warren, although, it
Is understood that a most thor
ough canvass of the territory was
made and it was only after satisy
ing themselves that ho possessed
the experience and the knowledge
desired that Mr. Warren was chos
en 'or this responsible position.
Those interested in the new
bank have already been congratulat
ed by the Wells Fargo officials on
having secured the services of this
popular man who lir-s occupied the
most important local post in many
respects in the staff of the Com
pany in Alaska.
HEW YORK AND PHILAOELPHIfl
HAVE TOUCH OF COLD WEAIHER
Philadelphia, Feb. 14 — The
streets of this city reseemhla a
uework of frozen canals. There is
a coaiirg cf Ice aa inch thick over
all the ground and thousands are
skating in the streets.
New York, Feb. 14—Traffic of
lilLEflf .
BATTLE 01
Amsterdam, Fob. 14—A dispatch,
from Ghent to the Echo Beige says
that 011 the Belgian front between
Ypres and Armentlere, a most vio
lent artillery battle has been in
progress for the past twelve days.
A s'rict censorship is being main
tained by both sides in the Flan
ders campaign and no information,
is obtainablo regarding the results
of the battle.
all kinds is seriously impeded by
the snow and sleet which have fal
leu during the past 4S hours, and
an army of men has been put to
work clearing the streets. Very few
of the surface street cara are op
erating. Trains from all directions
aro delayed ajid soma railroads are
completely tle<l up.
DISTILLERIES TO BECOME
MUNITION FACTORIES
London, Feb. 14—Announcement
was made today that the govern
ment w'U Immediately take over
all distilleries In England aud con
vert them Into munition factories.
An order has been Issued pro
hibiting the importation of barley
for distilling.
Delegate Wickersliam has Intro
duced a bill asking for $450,000
to build an addition to the museum
and library at Juneau.
Gov. Strong has appointed Chas.
Nickett, of Ketchikan, as a game
warden for that district to Suc
ceed Julius Sterburg, who resigned
on account of ill health.
HOT SOUP AND
HOT TAMALES
Sounds pretty good this kind of weather
We make a special price per doz. on
Cambell's soups 'of $1.40 per doz.
straight or assortad varieties.
We offer you I. X, L. Chicken Tamalesi
the best made, at 20c per tin 3 for 50c or
$1.85 per doz. I. X L. Chili Con Carne
15c per tin 2 for 25c or 1.40 per dozen.
Buy a dozen, they are good
things to have in the house.
P. H. GANTY
IDT AND EIER SAFE
SEARCHING PARI! STILL 001
The return of Steffauson, the
Arctic explorer, created little more
excitement at least ia local cir
cles than the roturu of the semi
Arctic party consisting of Louis
Ender and N. O. Hardy who left
yesterday for Upper Lake Dewey
to find out who or what was in
terfering with the freq flow of
water
The men started out with light
packs ou snow shoes. Etider ha:l
considerably the best of it in that
he was wore or less familiar with
travel ou snow shoes while this
was the first snow shoe trip that
Hardy evf-r undertook. Any one
with the slightest experience kntfws
that the first trip ou snow shoes
even on level ground is an event
to tax the strongest. When it
comes to climbing mountains the
proposition is infinitely harder.
The trip up took the two men
seven hours. They found the
suow at (he summit of the ridge
along 'lie west side, of the lake
ILL IUSE
FOBGEAT HE
Valdez, Feb. 14—E. D. Reiter,
manager of the Alaska Mines Cor
poration rt-ports tliat good progress
is being made on tho work of re
coustrurting the wharf at Fidalgo
bay, which was destroyed by the
big storm teu days ago, and be
lieves thuf he will still bo able
to make a shipment of ore from
tho mine before the close of the
present month.
When tha wharf and approach
was wrecked by the storm it
dropped the piledriver outfit Into
the bay at a point where the
water was five fathoms or moTe
nine lect deep and so light that
thev sunk in for two or more feet
at. every step. The night was
spent in the log shack which be
longs to the Home Power people.
Work was begun immediately and
renewed at six o'clock this morning.
The return trip was made in con
siderably less time.
After cutting through two feet
of ice it was found that the action
of 'he ice had sheared off the
kev of the box at the intake pipe
(Technical' description, repeated
from memory by the reporter from
a description by Mr. Hardy and not
guaranteed as correct.)
Whon the men did not return by
nocn today some anxiety was felt
and a rescue party consisting of
Andy Brown and Jim Lee started
ou* to offer aid. They will UQ
doubttdly return as soon as they
sea the back trail of Ender and
Hardy, As they took a different
frail up (he first bench the two
parties did not meet. Hardy and
Ender got back at about 2 p. m.
deep. The members o£ tlie crew,
nfter the storm had subsided, suc
ceeded iu getting lines on the ma
chinery and soon had it on shore
and 11 working order. Two-thirds
of the approach which will be
about four hundred feet long, has
bean completed. The wharf will be
forty by one hundred feet aind work
is being rushed to enable the ship
ment of ore being sent to the
smelter this month.
Air. Reitcr states that his com
pany is now employing twenty-five
men and that tli8 number will be
increased as the development of
the ore bodies is being continued
while facilities are being provided
for shipping the ore. The work
of driving the tunnel of the fourth
level is being pushed and it is now
in a distance of three hundred
feet but it is expected that five
hundred feet more will require
to be run before the big body of
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