DRESDEN ARSENAL BLOWS UP
IOOO WOMEN AND GIRLS KILLED
Paris, Jan. 27—From information
contained in a letter which' was
taken from a German soldier, who
was cautured on the Somme front
recently it is learneil that the bi;:
government arsenal at Dresden h '-d
been blown uj> and that over ouo
'housacd women and girls had lost
their lives in the explosion.
Pittsburgh, Jan. 27—Buildings
and property to the value of more !
than two million dollars were de- 1
strcved in a fire in this city this
morning.
Tte lire started in a big de-!
partmenf stor^ on Fifth Avenue in
the heart of the business district, j
and before the fire could be gotten
uuder control the flames had com
pletely gutted several buildings.
F.G.J. ADJOURNS;
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Seattle, Jan. 27—I-ast evening
•lie federal Grand Jury voted, to
sdjouru until Monday afternoon,
but befor© adjournment was taken,
the order to adjourn was rescinded
and it went into session :U the
usual hour this morning.
SCALDING WATKlt Wll'KS OL'T
C11Y OIJJEli THAN EGYPT
Guatemala City, Jan. 26 — The
ruins of Antigua, the old capital of
Guatemala, which are said to an
tedate the Egyptian era, are beiug
studiei by separate expeditions of
archaeologists from Jlarvard and
Yale universities.
Antigua is the most ancient city
of Central America, and was de
stroyed by a volcania disturbance
which, according to evidence killed
all the inhabitants by pouring scald
ing water upon them.
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Anybody needing the services of a
conscientious man for odd jobs, j
t/hone 19. Can furnish reference. |
The letter stated that the win-:
•lows in all buildings ■w ithin a radius
of twelve miles hud been broken by
»ho Terrific concussion, caused by
explosion.
The women and girls were em
ployed in the arsenal making: shells
and ether munitions of war.
IIMBER WOLVES']
OH BEAGH LINE
Yesteidajr morning, while sitting
in his duck blind in thQ vciinity of
Lemon Creek, H. L. Gochenour, of
the Juneau Duck Club, 6a w a large
timber wolg leave a small slew
where it him apparently; beeu stalk-'
ins: duclss, and, after crossing a ■
wide stretch of tide flat, enter the
f :mber. As is usually a hunter's
luck Goch was armed with a shot
e'-'n instead of a cannon and on acv
count of the wolf's being out of
range was unable to get a Bhot.
Shortly after Goch and "Kaiser"
Zynua »ook up the trail which they
followed for some distance into the
timber but due to the deep snow
and dense underbrush the chase had
to lie abandoned.
Many fresh tracks were seen by
the hunters which indicated the
presence of a large pack of wolves in
the locality and as a result a wolf j
hunr is being planned by the club. |
The duck club enjoyed one of
the most strenuous days of the sea
son and worked up an enormous ap- [
petite which nothing less than one
of the famous kaukaus will be able- |
to sa'isfy and the club is anxious- j
ly awaiting: the date set for the
ne\t banquet.—Juneau Dispatch.
NOME DISTRICT I
TO GET BENEFIT
AVashiagtcn, Jan. 27—-At this ;
morning's session of the House- of |
Kepresentativea an amendment to !
♦he Rivers and Harbt>rs bill was
atfouted, providing $105,000 to be j
expeuded on, the Snake River ba- i
siu a* Xome, Alaska. j
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Prices $2.50 to $6.00
You will be much pleased with the
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OUR CLEARANCE SALE IS STILL ON
ALBERT REINERT
—Successor to H. J. Lynch—
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
WICK. ITCHING ALASKA FUNDS
10 PREVENT IMPROPRIATION
Washington, Jan. 27 — tfa&tes
Wickersham, delegate from Alaska,
litis morning introduced another J»ill
5xi the United States senate which
is designed) for the purpose of
raising objections to the proposal
to take $25,000 from the Federal
Alaska Railway fumd to defray ex
penses of the Congressional com
mittee's proposed trip; to the north
next summer.
Delegate Wickersham Baid in
sustaining his resolution, that there
was an Alaska fund, now in the
custody of the Federal government
which could be used for this pur
nose If Congress only paw fit to do
60. He stated that tUis fund right
fully belonged to Alaska, as it was
made up of taxes collected in the
Territory, and that a portion of
all license moneys had been placed
in this fund, but that it was not
available for Alaska's needs ex
ceut by direct legislation.
POLICE SEIZE HUSKS SPIRITS
CONSIGNEES NOT I! FIDE
Seaule, Jan. 27—By order ctf
tlie l'Olice department, many alulf
wents o£ ilquor billed through from
San Francisco and Butte, Montajia,
to j>eints in Alaska, have been seiz
ed, and U has virtually been an,
nouitced that all liquor shipments
consigned to Alaska points Will be
'seized and held until it is proven
that the shipments are going. *0
bona title consignees.
JUNEAU PAYS lie 10 MEMORY
OF IDE LATE M 8. HEID
Iii order that the readers of this
paper who have known the la-to
John G. Heid may have ail the par
ticulars relating to his untimely
death, the full account as printed
iu the Juneau Empire is herewith
given.
It »as announced this afternoon
tiia* the funeral services will bo
held in San Francisco under the
ausp'tes of the Masons and inter
men* w'li be there. None of the im
med'a'e family will go to San Fran
cisco to attend *he lagt rites.
lonight the special service an
nouncing the dea?h of the Past
Exalted Ruler JHeid will be given
at *&-. local meeting of the Elks.
The Alaska Bar Association will
wee 'omorrow morning at 10
o'cl' c\ and pass resolutions on
the passing of one of their best
kiio*vi< members. The dance sched
ule. ^y the Elks tomorrow night
has beeu postponed owing to the
dea"i of Mr. Heid.
15.VIC RESOLUTION
The following resolution will oe
presented to th® Bar Association
tomoncw morning for apprvai:
To the United States District
Cour\ First Division, District of
Alaska. 1 1
We. the Committee heretofore ap
pointe I by the Ju-dge of said Court
tc dr^it suitable resolution concern
ing tie death of Jobn G. Heid, a
former member of this Bar, respect
fully l;resent the following, to-wit:
WHEREAS, the Bar of this Courtg
as well as the entire community,
has learned wit.h deep regret and
profound sorrow of the death, at
San Francisco, California, on Jan
uary 24, 1917, o£ the Honorable
John G. Heid, a member of the Al
aska Bar and President of the Al
#s!ca Bar Association; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Heid'a worth as
a man and his assomplishments as
a lawei and public official render
it auDfopriat© thH expression be
given 'o the sense of loss experienc
ed by the Bar, the Court and the
-comm.unity, caused by Uis. decease.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
BV THE MEMBERS OF THE BAR
OF Tins COURT that in the death
of the Honorable John G. Heid this
Bar n«5> lost its oldest, and one of
its most honored and respected mem
bers, 'his community a loved and
hcnored citizen, and the people of
AlasVi a trusted and useful mem
ber of its legislature.
REoOLVED FURTHER, That up
cn the reconvening of the Court
which has sojourned out of respect
to the memory- of the deceased, a
copy < * these resolutions he pre
senter' to the Court and request
made that same fee spread upon the
records; and also that a copy there
of be transmitted to the family of
tne deceased.
J. H. COBB,
LOUIS P. SHACKLEFORD,
H. B. LEFEVRE.
FLAGS AT HALF MAST
IX HONOR OF PIONEER
Flaes over the city were half
maste.l this forenoone as the word
of the death of John G. Heid had
■been'received in Juneau. At the court
house tho flag >vas not flying at
all as the halyards had been carried
away recently and no one in the
citv could be found' wlio could
climb 'he pole and make repairs.
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HIGHER (IPS UNO LOWER DOiS
Of SEAfRE MG HCfHf
Seattle, Jan. 27—Indictments are
being drafted and will bo returned
by the Federal Grand Jury late this
afternoon charging Mayor Hiram
Gill, Chief of Police Beekingham,
Ljgan, Fred ami Ora Billingsley,
Jesse Moore and the Hunt Company
of San Francisco and Inspector Mar
got' with conspiracy; to coinmitt a
crime against 'lie United States
Federal government in fringing
whiskey into the Btate ol Washing
ton.
PASSENGER MIE
IS REDUCED
According to the following news
Hem taken, from the Juneau Empire
the steamship companies operating
into that port have reduced the
passenger rates from Juneau to
Seattle but no mention is made of
any; reduction affecting the Skag
way taiiff.
The steamgr Al-Ki, which is on
her first trip of the year 1917,
sailed south Saturday; night with
many passengers. The Al-Ki is
now U^ing operated with a first clas
'are rate of $22.50 and second
class ?14.50, the Border Ling Com
pany having several weeks ago an
nounced a material reduction in the
fare. The ratQ on the Al-Ki, whicii
went into effect when the other
passenger lines raised hteir fare to
$28, and which has been ?25 on the
Al-Ki has again been reduced to
the smaller figures given above.
The officials of the company state
that they can make good money off
the traveling public at the lower
figure, and they do nOt intend to
charge more than tUe traffic will
bear.
WILSON AND ADVISORS
TJ3INK PEACE IS NEAIl
Washington, Jan. 27—As a re
sult of th.e various efforts tending
towards bringing afbout peace be
tween the warring nations of Eu
rope, President Wilson, and his
high advisors believe that ultimate
peace is measuralbly 'nearer.
BARK INJURES U. S.
DESTROYER SAMPSON
Ne>v York, Jan. 27—The toT
Dedo boat destroyer Sampson,
steamed intc> the navy yards today
in a disabled condition from the
results of a collision last night
with the French motor bark -Quevel
ly.
Berlin, Jan. 23—"Weariness With
the war and lack of discipline is
increasing in the French, army,"
says the Overseas News Agency.
"A regimental order of French
Infantry, ltegiment No. 100 of the
One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Di
vision, dated January 17, mentions
no less than nine severo military
crimes and punishments therefore.
This order was to be read three
times to the troops in order to
servo as a warning.
"Tkrte men were sentenced, the
order says, to many years imprison
ment ia a fortress and another to
five years at hard labor for abandon
ing their posts before the enemy.
Two more were sentenced to three
and five years at hard labor, re
spectively, for desertion in the war
zone. No less than threo soldiers
were sentenced to expulsion from tiie
army ai:d to death because they de
livered secret plans of oj.>eratjons to
th.fi Germans."
Washington, Jan. 27—Secretary
McAdoo today appointed Ole Hansen
of Seattle, as a member of the as
say committee which will meet in
Philadelphia during the month of
February.
I ll 1ST CONTINGENT BORDER
TROOPS GKT BACK
El Fnso, Jan. 27—It is reported
tere that tlie first expeditionary
forces from the field headquarters
at Colonia, arrived in Columbus to
day.
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