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SKAGWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1917
AMERICAN PHYSICIAN ON BOARD
TORPEDOED BRITISH LINE!
Washington, Feb. 12—Dr. Barl
Rice, an American, citizen of Port
land, Oregon, who wa$ ships sur
geon on board the British liner
2£autcla, is reported by Consul
Frost at Queenstowu to be among
'hose saved when the vessel sunk.
The report received by tho state
Department from ConsuJ Frost this
morning states that the liner Man
tels was torpedoed off the Irish,
coast on February eighth.
The steamer w&a torpedoed by a
German submarine early in the
morning without any warning what
soever having been given. Imme
diately after the Bhipi bad been
*truck by the torpedo, and it began
to settle, the crew began lowerin;
the life bcat3. Almpst all of th
meu had succeeded in getting iiit
them, when the submarine began fl
ing on the ship again, the suhma
rne having discovered that th
wireless operator wag still at hi
cos' sending out calia for assistance
One of th« shells truck a life boat
which demolished it instantly. Seve
Lascars, who Fere in the boat a
♦he time it was struck by the shell
were drowned before they could b<
picked up by the other boats whict
were forced to move away fron
the ship in order to get outside o;
the fire zone.
GERARD NOW
ON WAY HOME
Berlin. Feb. 12 — James W.
Gerard, ambassador i extraordinary
and nlentipotentiary from the Unite
States ♦.<> Germany, who was recall
ed by bis government at the, *ime
the diplomatic relations between the
American, government and the Ger
man imperial government were sev
ered, lef* this city for his home last
Saturday afternoon.
Zurich, Switzerland, Feb. 12 —
Ambassador Gerard, accompanied by
one hundred American, citizens, ar
rived in this cKy Sunday evening,
enroute to the United States.
FIRE DAMAGES
SUPPLY PLAN!
Pittsburgh Feb. 12—At an early
hour this morning, fire, which is be
lieved to have been of incendiary or
igin, was discovered in the Union
Switch and Signal Company's plant
in this city, and be.'ore the flames
could be gotten under control, dam
age to the extent o£ over four mil
lion dollars resulted.
The plant was working on orders
for munitions for the British, allies,
and were turning out immense
quant-ties daily. While there are
several clews on which, secret ser
vice men are working, no arrests
have as yet been made.
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ENGLISH TAKE
GERMAN FRONT
Loudon, Feb. 12 ■— The War Of
fice reported this morning that
British, troops had captured three
quarters of a mile of German trend
es on the Somme front lying north,
of Beaumont Ham el.
The attack wag made in. the
night, and the Germans were tak
en completely by surprise, being
j- *c'd to evacuate the trenches be
fore they were able to make any
resistance.
S. DAKOTA WELL
TAKE PRECAUTIONS
E'erre, S. D., Feb. 10—To pro
tect th» public froaa unscrupulous
practitioners who indiscriminately
rtiagnese minor ailments as appendi
citis, perform operations and col
leu* fees, all appendices removed in
South Dakota in the future would
bo seat to the state laboratory for
examination under a bill prepared
today for introduction in the State
Legislature.
Those appendices after being re
moved and examined by experts
wruld returned to their owners
with a certificate showing their con
dition. In the event an appendix
is removed and is proved not to be
diseased, the owner would be re
lieved a* all responsibility for pay
ment for the operation.
There will be a regular rn.ee.ting
of the Pioneers of Alaska at the
A. B Hall tonight at 8 o'clock. All
members are earnestly requested to
be in attendance,
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SPECIAL SALE
-OF
LADIES'
Hats
AND
Coats
FOR BALANCE OF WEEK
See Samples in Window Display
ALBERT REINERT
—Successor to H. J. Lynch—
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
IIPEAGHMENT FILED AGIST
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
; I Washington, Feb. 12 — Repre
5 scntative ,C. A. Undbergh, of Min
> neso*a, who hag served as Con
r grtssm-aiv vrcin his ditrlct since
-, 1907, today filed articles of 1m
3 peachment against thg Federal Re
? serve Board, Charles S. Hamlin,
i. Frederick A. Delano, Paul J!. War
, burg, W. P. G. Harding ajid A. C.
_ i — —
Miller, charging each and every
member as conspiring in the admin
istration q£ the Federal Reserve act
wi*h intent to co-ordinate big bus
iness interests and speculation.
Thpi proceedings (were brought up
before the House of Representa
tive." and was referred to the Judjc
iary committee for iavestigation.
Pekin, China, Feb. 12—The Chi-1
ue?<i cabinet today passed a resolu- |
tic-n endorsing the action of Presi-,
dent Wilson of the United States i
in severing the diplomatic rela-;
tions of America with Germany, and :
recommends that the Chinese grove- j
eminent follow the example of the
United State? if Germany presists
iu pursuing its new submarine War
measures.
London, Feb. 12—At a late
hour this afternoon it was announc
ed at the War Office that advice
had been received from an authori
tative source that China had brok
en off diplomatic relatione with
Germany. " :;
DEADLY PATENT
GIVEN 1MI0N
WillistOD, N. D., Feb. 12—Charles
J. Grandson and' Cyrus K. Field,
have turned over tp; the United
States government a working model,
together withi all letters, patent,
and plans and specifications of a
self guided: torpedo, the controlling
mechanism being l>ased on magnetiq
control against which an enemy
would have little chiance of escape.
The inventors of the deadly mis
ale claims that the torpedo can
be controlled for a great distance,
ind that when started, it can be
guided up to an enemy's ship, wher.
I* will explode with terrific force.
OVER 7,000 IK FOR IRK
THIS SEASON ON GOV'T R. R.
Sewa. Feb. 2—Estimates based
on the uroposed construction, work
*o be accomplished during 1917 in
dica'e that between 6,000 aaid 7,000
men >. .«1 be ait work an. the govern
ment -railroad beween here and In
dian river during the conning gea
.son, &a.vs the Gateway.
In addition to the active work
at this end of tte line plans have
been formulated for an active sea
son on the Fairbanks end and H is
■probabl" that sun at her 1,000 men
will be a* wark there which will
bring the total number of men em
ployed on the government railroad
during the coming season to more
than 7 000.
It is uTobable that from 1,000
toi 1,200 will l}e at work on the Se
ward Division between the terminal
and Girdwood.
Work 'or which funds have been
asked on Turnagain Arm callg for
between 1,500 and 2,000 men be
tween firwood and Potter Creek.
The others will be needed be
tween Anchorage and Indian river
and on the branch line at Matanus
ka.
Indications now are that the line
to Chickaloon in the Matanuska
coal fields Will be completed by
August Is*. Station work on the 14
miles from King's river to Chicka
loon was let this winter ahead of
schedule and the work is being
rushed «o completion as fast as
uossible.
With the coal rood to the best
fu-o' sunoly open in August, it ie be
coming more ausl more evident that
every nossible effort mu3t be made
to get the line connected up be
tween Seward and the Inlet bo that
this fuel may be immediately avail
able for the navy.
Plans covering work on the Sew
ard division provide for the recon
struction of all bridge^ so that hy
nejt tail the old line between here
an'! Mile 71 Fill ba ready for heavy
traffic.
Important conferences have heen
■held recently by the; construction
eii£iiief»rs on the various divisions.
Tao first of these conferences was
held here and the second at An
chorage. '
The deisions arrived at have not
been announced hut it is evident
that 1917 is tQ be marfced t>y the
great es'- activity on the port of
the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion.
It is probable that among the
question-? taken up was the problem
of secuiing the necessary lahor, as
the bringing of several thousand
men into the Territory is quite a
proDosition in itself.
Sixty thousand applications for
work are on file with the comlmis
sioti at Anchorage hut many of
these are from different points and
a iare>> majority are from men
seeking other tha^ construction,
gang employment.
The transport Crook will be in
service for the commission again
this year. V
COMPLETE.
Line of
Perishables
on the
< Spokane
P. H. GANTY I
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DADDY BECKER ANSWERS ROLL
CALL OF SUPREME MB
Advice was received in today's
mail teljiusr of the death of Robert
Mc.C. Becker at Litchfield, Minne
sota, on or about the first of Feb
ruary.
The letter & from Claude Becker,
sou ftf the deceased, and states that
Mr. Becker wag at the home of his
eifiter, Mrs, A, D. Rosa, when ha
yassed away.
Robert McC. Becker was a vet
eran of the Civil 3Var, and was about
84 years of age. He has resided in
Alaska for over thirty years, and it
is claimed that he raised the first
American flag in. Alaska, having un
furled OLd Glory to tho chill winds
o* the North at Wrangell.
The deceased Jias resided in Skag
•vay- for a number of years, his
home during the past several years
being at the corner of Eighth and
Broadway, and during the past num
ber of years Daddy, as he was fa
miliarly known, hag been in poor
health.
Daddy Was well liked by all these
who knejv: him and the announce
ment of his death; will be received
with sorrow by his many friends.
DECLARES 200
SUBS CAPTURED
Pittsburgh, Feb., I 10.—Nicholas
Murray Butler declared today; in an
interview, that the merchant sub
marine Deutschlaud had. been cap
tured bv the British.
"I have positive knowledge," he
saiJi "that the Deutschland is one
of 85 German submarines on one
DOrf.. I know that the British
hay* captured not fewer than 200
German undersea boats."
DROWNED WHILE ON
WAY TO ORCA
Las' evening about 8 o'clock
Ctas. Carlson, a fisherman, was
drowne* and Axel Anderson and
Axel Johnson had a narrow escape
from meeting a watery grave. The
three men left Cordova in a high
side dory for Orca, and when off
Flemintr Spit, about half a mile out
in the bay, the boat capsized.
Johnson hiad been doing the row
ing, while Anderson was in the bow
and Carson in the stern of the
boat. The latter leaned over the
s'de o* the boat, and in an instant
they were all precipitated in the
water. Several unsuccessful efforts
were made to climb on the boat,
which was upside down.
A**»r flounderin around in the
cold water for half an hour the
launch Star hove in sight and went
*o the rescue of the almost perished
men. Johnson, and Anderson were
Decked up by the launch, but Carl
eon could not be found. He was
evidently overtaken withj cramps
and drowned. The body ig still
missing, and a search is now being
made for it. If it Is recovered an
inquest will be held. — Cordova
Times.
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Washington, Feo. 12—Count Von,
Berns'orff, ambassador tt> the Un
ited States from Germany, who tvas
given passports for himself and bis
official staff at the time the diplo
matic relations with, the German
government were broken off, will
leave this city; Tuesday, via New
YorK. and. will sail late in the af
ternoon of the game day.
TAPPSSOUNDED
FOR COL NURD
Mount Vernon, FeJ). 12—Colonel •„ •
M. P. Hurd, former member, of the
State legislature died, at his home
*n this city early this morningr • *
RICH SUTTLEITE
PUSSES MOT
Seattle, Feb. 12—Leo Kohn,
the weli known philanthropist of
this citv, died in Vienna, Austria,
after a short illness, according to
reports received here today.
Mr. Richardson sailed for Van
couver on the Prince this morning.
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