MORGAN SAILS FOR ENGLAND
-NEW LOAN TO ALLIES RUIREt
New York, Fob. 3—J. P. Morgan
Billed today on the steamship Rot
terdam fox England, accompanied
by Benjtuntn Strong, chairman of
the board cf gOYernors of the
New York district federal reserves
baufc. I* is reported that the ob
Ject of their visit is to talk ovei
with English, financiers and troas
ury officials the plan of anothe;
loan. Kamor places the amount
of 'he new loau at $250i000,000.
non 10
BE ATTACKED
Athens, Feb. 3—The German,
Bulgarian and Turkish troops are
Burrcunding Saloniki prepar.-tory to
attacking the British and French
far«* entrenchcd there. It is ru
mored that the Teutons plan ft
general onslaught against the fortl
ficat'oas to be rnaUo on February
fifteenth.
HI
Load on, Feb. 3—At tile office
of the prime minister >t was an
nounced that tbo British govern
ment's reply to the American note
on the subject of the virtual
blockading of neutral ports in
northern .Europe, and the con
as queu* Interference with Ameri
can commerce would probably- be
given in about tea days.
SOV1HERXMOST TOWN'
IX THE WORLD ASKS
TO BORROW .<400,000
New York, Fob. 3—Because of j
the lower ratee of interest iu the j
United States, Punta Ananas, Chile,
the southernmost town in the world,
desires to borrow $400,000 from the
American bankers, tr.o-thrrds of
the lo"<n of which would refund all
existing loans.
I
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in
London Feb. 3—A report from
Constantinople states that Yussel
Izzediu heir apparent to the Turk
ish turoue suicided in the palaci
lust night by cutting wteries. Do
spoudency on account o! ill health
is aivfcn 03 the eauce of his ac
tion.
WOULD WLDK DEMAND
YOU COPPER SENDS
I'ltICK UP A NOTCH
Xew York, Feb. 3 — The unpre
cedented demand for copper metal
from loreign and domestic sources
has resulted in an advance in the
quotation for delivery in the sec
ond quarter of the year. It is re
ported that a price of 27 cents a
pound was offered for March de
livery nnd rumors wore currcnt that
30 cents were bid for delivery in
February, which, however, could
not be confirmed. Not since
March, 1907, has copper been go
high. The market has been bare
of available supplies for almost
three months. All the leading
producers are booked to the ex
tent of their output well into the
last h :la of the year and it is free
ly predicted that the demand will
increase.
SKRBIAX TREASURY
NOW ESTABLISHED
AT MARSEILLES
Paris, Feb. 3—-The Soi'bian treas
ury has teen established at Mar
seilles. France; 1100 boxes of books
Hid archives have been forwarded
to tno ufw seat of government.
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JPHILIPPIKBIIEPEIENCE PUSSES
SENATE BI DOTE VICE-PRESIDENT
f ■ ■
Washington, Feb. 3—The sena&o .
yesterday afternoon, passed l£t«"
Philippine independence bill, Vice*
, PreslJ' lit il;ireha!l casting tHo j
deciding vcte. TI13 bill, If con
curred in by tho house of /epro
seutKiircu will provide for giving
i lid op fen'leu c© to the island gov
ernment in from two to four years.
II BRITISH ■■
I HJURKEf
Loudon Feb. 3—General Aylmars,
commander of the British farcia in
Mesopotamia, Asiatic Turkey, has
retrieved somewhat the revetses
suf tired in the battles of Sunday
and Monday, mid li.is reorganized
his .any and entrenched in strong
positions cu the Tigris river. Ko
-•ent «1'.ch3s have liiudered all a-„
leniii'.etl iorward movements.
sin i:mv.\Ki> caksox
GIVES ENGLISH A
VERY OIXTED TU'
Lon;Joj, Feb. 8—Sir Edward Car
sou, Joraier attorney-general, in tlie
.House oi Commons iu a speech said
j tha» after the war "We shall
have to contend with the great
1 friendly xiatiou lo the west, which
j boi'ore tin- war waa a debtor 11a
1 lion, but probably will be the chicf
creditor nation of the entire world.
There wiil be danger for a while
' that a ireat preponderance o£ gold
and credft in that counti-j- will
fchange tc* a largo extent the
working cut or the great matter o;
exchange, and the nocess;.'i v ac
companiments of the greatest clear
ing u- 'iae iu the world."
HCi REVUES
yJSCt'SSIOX OF BOAT
SEKMCE WITH SITKA
The Commercial club of Poters-:
! burg has again revived the plan ;
for a boat line direct between that
j town and Sitka S. L. Hogue has j
| volunteered to mako the trip to
; Sitka, as soon as the presout weath
| er moderates, and ascertain to :
; wha* txtent the psouio of that j
jnlaco will assist in the project,
j The tentative plan is to organize
I a stock company oi suffciient cap- j
I ital to purchase and put into op
' eraticn a boat of adequate size |
i to haudio the business. The stock
! would be subscribed in Petersburg
I and at Ritka.
V,K SHOILD WORRY!
- Washington, Feb. 3—The goo- j
logical survey report for 1915, |
wliicji ia just off the government
press, shows that radium is now
worth $9,000,000 a pound. The
United States, however, only pro
duced six grams during the year.
| .v.-at'le, Feb. 3—Suow lias been
failing continuously for sixty hours
and railroad, street car and prac
tically :.'l other kinds o£ traffic is
ieau;Ktt!y tied up.
I lie only telegraphic service east
Ls via Vancouver, B. C. AH other
lints liave been broken down.
^ r.c magnificent St. James
atin ...I, the pride of the Cath
olics of tlie northwest, and one
of tlie largest cathedrals of the
v, rid, collapsed during the night
under tLe heavy weight of snow. A
numbe- of other structures have
been damaged in the same man
ner, and forces of men wore kept
working all eight In all parts of
the city cleaning the snow off
of the roofs.
Jmu.ty, Fob. 3—Instead of reduc
ing 'lie torce of soldiers at the
diiicrm.! l'orts in Alaska, tile war
department is likely to increase
Uicm to -i war footing, according to
information received from various
"undersrouLd" sources, but which
is as yet not official.
Not so long ago the department
riously considered withdrawing
the military from Alaska. In fact,
uoi _ ih in once civilians have won
dered «vhat practical benefit was
ooiii;,, served by maining military |
;> is in Alaska, the most law-abid
ing l aimuuity under the Stars and
Stripes.
With the building of the govern
ment railroad, however, and with
the talk ot war preparedness, the
tendency seem now to bo the other
way. The Valdez Prospector in
discussing the matter says:
The rumor which was circulate"!
in the Alaskan papers last fall to
the etfict that the war department
was plant ing to bring the com
panies stationed in Alaska to a
war footing, has again beer. re
vived, and it is reported that pos
siblv oiie hundred and fifty addi
tional men will be brought to Ft.
Liscum at an early date next spring.
The present forco stationed at
Fort Liscum is composed of de
tachments from companies "A" and
(Continued on page 4.)
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HOT TAMAL.ES
Sounds pretty good ;his kind of weather
We make a specif .1 price per doz. oil
Cambell's soups 'of $1 40 per doz.
straight or ass:>rtad varieties.
We offer you I. X. L. Chicken Tamales,
the best made, at 20o 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
MO LABOR BILL
PASSED fflf THE HOUSE
Washington, Feb. 3—The Keat
ing bill to prohibit the shipment
in interstate commerce of goods
manufactured by the labor of chil
dren under sixteen years of age
passed ih# house today.
$2,000,000 SUIfS
ARE DISMISSED
Boston, Feb. 3 — Four suits,
brought by the Guaranty Trust Co.
and National City Bank against tlie
Nor , German Lloyd Co. to re
cover ,?2 000,000 damages caused
by the failure of the Kxonprlnzes
sin Cecel" to complete her voyage
across tho Atlantic just before the
outbreak of the war, were dismissed
by the United States circuit court
for t'us district today.
lHIIOil
REVENUES
Juueau, Feb. 3—The following
statement regarding revonuo collec
tions by his department, is given
out by Mr. J. H. Cobb, Chief Coun
sel for the territory:
Back taxes colloat-od through this
office, $16,591.25.
Aggregate amount of judgments
obtained for taxes, unpaid, and
pending in the U. S. Circuit Court
of Apptais at San Francisco —
(These are test eases), $13,49l.G9.
Aggregate amount of taxes (ex
clusive of interest) due, and for
which parties owing have signed
agreements to pay on, affirmance
of test cases, $220,042.75.
Total amount in judgments di
rectly or indirectly (exclusive of
interest), $223,534.44.
Accrued interest, approximately,
$10,000.00,
The back taxes in the first and
third idvisions have been nearly
cleared up. There are a few only
against whom suits will have to
be brought in these two divisions.
From the Second and Fourth Di
visions, returns and payments have
been fairly well made from laun
dries, telephone companies, at
tornoys, -doctors and automobiles
But very few payments, or even
re.turns, havo been made by the
mining industry. Many operators
who are known to have made large
profits, have so far not only failed
to pay their taxes, but have ig
nored all letters sent from thia of
fice demanding a compliance with
the law.
It hag so far been the policy
of the territorial office;b to ad
minister the law la a spirit of fair
I ness and liberality. All -who in
J good faith desired to test the law
were given the opportunity to do
'so, without being penalized, and
1 those who desired to settle thekr
debts to the territory were allowed
' to do so, by paying the amount of
the taxes and accrued interest. The
(>o!icy of fairness to all will b«l
I continued. Gut It is intended to
exact penalties hereafter from all
those who have persistently ig
nored 'he law and refused a com
uliiuce with its provisions.
In some sections there apipeara
I to be an Impression that the laws
'^passed by the people of Alaafca
through their legislature are mere
jokes, and that they can be safe
ly ignored. Steps will shortly be
taken to correct this view.
While with thg "incompletei data
now on hand no very definite
1 statemwv can be made aa to the
amount of taxes still due the
territory, yet there is enough to
safely say that if the revenue
I laws of the territory are sustained
| by the court of last 'resort the
treasury will have a cash balance
on hand when the next legislature
| meets cf not less thau $250,000.00,
[ It may exceed $300,000.00.
From the Star:
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Henderson will
leave Tuesday for Victoria for a
short visit with the latter's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Walker.
They will return early In March.
"Oils" Muirhead, chief clerk in
(Continued on pag« 4.)
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