LIQUOR PROBE DIRECTED SOLELY
III GILL, GECKIN6HAM ID RODGE
Seattle, Jan. 16—The probe in
to the illegal transportation of li
quet into the Stat© ot" Wasghintoii,
and the City of Seattle, which lias
been before the Federal Grand Jury
tor the past several days was
again resumed today.
The Prosecuting Attorney is di
recting his probe solely with refer
ence to implied connection, that
-Mayer GUI and Chief of Police
Beckingham and Sheriff Hodge had
iu the matter.
The administration of the estate
of J. J. Ferguson by .Mayor Hi
Gill as administration is being
closely investigated, and promises
'o bring forth Eome startling facts.
This afternoon James McFarland,
a former saloonkeeper in this city j
Is before the inquisitors, and the
fact lias been brought out that
(Jill borrowed fifteen thousand ilol
laij, from him. MoFarland is be-1
inn closely questioned and it is be- (
lieved that from his evidence
enough facts will be brought out
ui«m which to base charges against
Gill.
Sheriff Stringer, iu hjg evidence (
stated that government gaugers,
{ who bad analyzed the stock of
j whiskey which bad. been turned
over by ex-Sheriff Hodge to Jiim,
had found that more than 1,000 ^
gallons of whiskey ba4 been stol
en from the barrels, ami that water ,
and browu sugar had been substitut
ed.
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Seattle, Jan. 16—This morning
tht launching ox' the United States
government sumbarin© X-2 occurr
ed at the Seattle Construction Com
pany yards.
There was a great throng of peo
ole present to see the strange craft
glide from the ways into the wat
er, ;u'd when she made her last
plunge amd then rose to the sur
face, a great shout went up over
the successful launching of the
second submarine to be construct
ed cn the Pacific Coast.
The cost of the new fighting ma
chine was ov^r half a million dol
lars.
GIVEN LONG
TERM IN Jill
Lewiston, Mont., Jan. 9 — John
Fink, 20 years old, who was con
victed recently of murder in the
seoond degree for killing his em
ploye, Fred Gillis, a young home
steader of Mound City, Mo., was yes
ferday sentenced by District Judge
Avers to from 75 to 106 years in
the penitentiary.
Washington, Jan. 16 — At two
o'clock this afternoon physicians
ivlit- are in attendance upon Ad
miral George Dewey, issued a bulle
tin in which they stated, that the
famous naval officer was slowly
sinking, and that it was not Re
lieved thiat he would live until to
morrow.
FORT YUKON* OFF THE MAP
(Fairbanks News iMner)
As the main channel of the Yu
kon iiver has changed at Fort Yu
kon, the bank in front of the town
has washed away completely, and as
i re®ul* Horton & Moore, Hadley's
roadhouse and other business es
tablishments have been forced to
movo back their places from the
river front. In front of their old
establishments fhero is little more
than a foot of ground to walk on,
md that may be washed away be
fore tho end of the season. The
business places have not moved
bu* they are preparing to get
:o a. place of safety. Some fears
ire entertained that th§ whole town
will te washed away in a break-up
in Mie near future unless the chan
nel should change again. At pres
ent the mission is in no danger, but
the Tiver continues to eat away the
bank, and it may bo necessary to
move it.
JANUARY
CLEARANCE SALE
ONE-HALF G) OFF ON
MEN'S and BOYS* SUITS
MILLINERY and CERTAIN
LINES of SHOES
A LIBERAL DISCOUNT ON
all other lines of goods with the
exception of Contract Goods
SALE STARTS
WEDNESDAY
ALBERT REINERT
—Successor to H. J. Lynch—
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
BOLD CANADIAN EXPLOIT
AT FRONT IN FRANCE
With The British Armies In
Frauce, Dec.. — From a staff cor
respondent of the Associated Preas:
Cei'tu;u Canadian troops have just
achieved what the British1 officers
declare marks a new phase in mod
ern trench warfa'ie. In a raid,
.which, however, wis nuuch more
than a raid, they succeeded in put
ting out of commission, temporarily
at lea&i, an entire battalion of Ger
man infantry. Thi^y took 59 pris
oueis, including one commissioned!
officer, and estimated that *hey
killed 150 Germans in dugouts,
w^-'ch were blown to atoms after
the occupants refused to surrender.
The Canadian losses were extreme
ly light. The "raid" took place
at 3 o'clock in the afternoon on a
front cf 400 yards. The German
prisoners admit th«t th«y were
•akeii completely by surprise. The
of'icer captured said he was con
vinced that something' was about to
happen but believed that the at-1
tack was coming on Christmas eve.
He i eported to the higher com- ■
mand but received no Buppoirt.
The Canadians, mostly; stalwart:
men from the Dlaitis of Manitoba I
and Saskatchewan, had ekilfully es
tablished themselves forward bo (
that when the artillery had ceased
the preoaratory fire they were in I
the German front line trenches in
less than two minutes. The offic
er in command, who was reootrting J
the raid to brigade headquarters I
bv telephone; said that he had
hardly uttered the words, "They're i
off," before he had to Bay, "They're
<n." Consternation reigned among!
the Germans, who saramhled for the
saps' dugouts loading- to the rear
trenches, while th§ Canadians pelt
ed them with hand grenades.
Caugh uuptrepareid many Germans io|
th® iront line offered no resistance
tout threw up their hands with cries
of "Kamerad." Othei^ were taken as
-hey fled for the second and third
lines, for the Canadians pushed on.
quickly to the second trenches.
-\bout 20 dugouts w#re destroyed
by Canadians, several with bombs
caotared from the Germans.
One c* the officers engaged said:
"As we entered the trenhes many
.Germans brakq for the diugout. AH
who did were cared for. Each, of our
men was given definite instructions
fcr his precise task and a map of
the enemy's trenches which! proved
corrcc'. Each man knew every de
tail of the proposed operation. They
were delighted at this and entered
the fight with great cheers.
"When they came out two hours
la'er tbey were singing and as hap
oy as school hoys on a holiday. The
dispatch with which the raid was
carried out was unique. The artil
lerv co-oi>eration of the British
guns was perfection. The clean-up
was accomplished in an hour and
ten minutes."
No attempt was made at a count
er attack until the following night
when the Germans bombarded aad
raifed their own first line, or
,whaf was left of it, thinking the
raiders Ftill were there. As a mat
ter of fact, the Canadians who
carried out the operation Were
in'lts away.
KE1CHIH 10
BE GLEANED
Ketchikan — Unted States .As
sistant District Attorney; William
Hclzheimer struck the* popular chord]
tore when he announced yesterday!
in court that every; disreputables j
character iu Ketchikan and especial
ly the men who wer^ living off the
earnings of the jtomen of the "Dis
frict" must get out.
Ibis announcement followed his
conviction of Clifford. Raymond, wliC
was found guilty of assault and bat
terv upon his woman of the red
light district.
District Attorney Holzheimer se
cured a conviction after a hard
fight and Raymond was fined ,?.500
and sentenced to six months in jail.
Raymond's attorney immediately
served notice of appeal.
Th«> citizens are pleased here with
tho fight being made by the new
official to clean up the city. There
arc none here who fail to admit
•hat if the men who live off the
earnings of the women were driven
ou' of town few. complaints -woiuld
come from the "district."
The Princess Sophia left Ketchi
kfi at 5 o'clock this morning and
as she has a big cargo of freight
for Juneau, it is not likely that
she will be here until Bcme
tiine Wednesday afternoon.
Ketchikan, Jan. 6—Mr. Stagger,
who, only a few days ago came
down from Juneau to take up his
l>eriu;u.ent residence here, went
"ver to Spauish island the next
day alter his arrival to prepare thei
work of raising the Ranioana. Hav
ing finished his work for the Week,
he returned here this morning to
find that he was wanted in a hurry
to prcceed at ence to help the
steamer Watson, reported ashore at
F'daljjo hay. Mr. Stagger, as anx
ious as he is to he of service, can
nn* reach the Watson until anoth
er boat makes its appearaoace. He
is now awaiting instructions (from
the company's headquarters.
EI). DIXON MAY RE
COVER FROM INJURIES
S
Word has been received from Van*
couver regarding Ed. A. Dixon's coi*
dition, and the last report states
that Mr. Dixon is gradually gaining
s^rengtli under the physician's care
Mr. Dixon was injured in on au
tomobile accident last Sunday
morning, at which time his wife,
who was with him at the time, was
instantly killed, and the first re
ror's received here stated that Mr.
[Dixon had died from the result of
the injuries which he had received.
CLAM CHOWDER-OYSTER STEW
Just the Thing For This Cold Weather
Try our Maximum Little Neck Clams and
Preferred Stock Eastern Oysters. Put
up in 1 and 2 pound tins.
P. H. GANTY
FOUR STATE SENATORS PUMMEL
EACH OTHER AT OLYfIA
Olympia, Wash, Jan. 16—Senat
ors Taylor, King, Brown and Whit
cornb this morning engaged in. a
free for all fist figM on the floor
of the state senate today, and it
was only after tho interference of
nearby senators that the combatants
could be separated.
The belligerent statesmen have
long been bitter enemies, and the
pugilistic encounter was the out
come of a Ward. fight that Jiae been
waged between thie combatants dur
ing the present session of the leg
islature.
Washington, Jan. 16—This after
noon President Wilson, and Wil
liam Jenninigs Bryan, held a long
conference, the nature of which was
not given, out tQ the public.
ALASKA'S COPER FOR
1010 WAS $32,400,000
Iu 11)16 Alaska mimes made a
mineral production valued at $50,
900,000. The output of Alaska
mines in 1915, previous year, had
a. value of $32,850,000, and the
'ncreaee in 1916 w.as therefore cvor
54 per cent. It was the product
of the copper mines that- so great- j
ly swelled thk mineral production, !
for the year. This amounted to
120,850,000 pounds, valued at $32,- i
40.'),000. There was also, how- j
ev^r, an increase in gold output,
which in 1916 was $17,050,000 and
in 1915 was $16,700,000. Of the
gold produced in 1916, $10,640,-i
000 is to he credited to the plac- j
er mines. Alaska also produced in.
1916 silver, lead, tin, antimony,
tungsten, petroleum, iuarbls, gyp
sum ar.d coal to the value of
$1,300,000. During 32 years of
mining Alaska has produced $351,
000,000 la gold, silver, copper and
ot>"T minerals. Of this amount
$.27S,000,000 represents the value
of tjio gold and $68,000,000 that of
the copper.
Charles S. Johnson, wife and
three children will arrive on> to
night's train ajid will sail for Seat
tle on the Princess Sophia Thurs
day.
Regular weekly sewing meeting of
►he Ladiee Auxiliary of the Prea
byter'an Church, will be held at
the h' me of Mrs. Caskey on Wed
nesday at 2 p. m. It is desired
that all members should bepresent
and anv who wish to join us will
be frearMly welcome,
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New York, Jan. 16—Chiairmam
Perkins and other prominent pro
gressive members of the national
comittee have declined an invita
tion to a dinner which is to be giv
en tonight by .Chairman Wilcox, of
the National Democratic committee.
Washington, Jan. 6—Col. Rich
ardson, president of the Alaska
Koad Commission, who is here is
strenuously urging congress to ul
Icjv him the $500,000 included in
fhe military bill, so that Alaska
roa03 and trails construction may
be carried on under definite plans,
rho Colonel says that tho little
amount heretofore appropriated by
congress foir that purpose is insuf
ficient to cany on the work with,
anv benefit to the country. That in
the midst of important work, due
to lack of funds, the work is stop
DQ') every yeair, lie gays.
NEW MUSIC AX r. P. I'.
The patrons of *1iq Popular Pic
ture Palace are promised a treat
in the nature of music accompani
ment. as the management of the
theatre has secured the services of
Miss Gene Coryell, and as she is an
accomplished pianist, and has had
considerable experience in playing
for screen artists, the pictures as
they appear on the screen will be
accompanied by approriate music.
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