PRICE 10 CEN'J
ROOSEVELT IS 10 RE BURIED AT
OYSTER BAY IS. AFTERNOON
Oyster Bay, jau. 7. — Arrange
ment La;e t>een made for holding
tb« funeral of the late Colonel
Theodore Koosevelt, ex"President of
the United States, from Christ
Episcopal church 'u this city at
two o'clock on Wednesday, janu
ary 3 »
Seattle, Tuesday. — Mayor Han
son issued a proclamation last eve
niug requesting that there be a
pause of five minutes in all business
at tho hour of Colonel Roosevelt's
funeral.
T!'t litne designated fcr this pause
in the day's occupation Is set for
12.»5 o. ni. and will be sounded by
uq city whistles. Pedestrians, ve
hicles of all kinds and traffic geu
erfllj- Is requested to halt for the
five minutes prescribed in the
proclamation.
IHE PESIS My
Tli-i fallowing: telegram was re
ccivf» bv the Skagway Board of
Health from the Cordova Heath de
partment late yesterday afternoon,
~nd stows how the flu situation is
)ei:;g handled there.
Ke»Jti Board, Skagway;
"All passengers arriving at this
1-ort, will be required to go into de
tention for a period of ten days. I'n
t!] torther notice or until we se
cure assurance that we will have fin
ancial assistance from the territory
Or Federal government, it will be
necessary for those so detained to
pay «. nominal amount for the ex
pense of their maintenance. This
has Decom0 necessary for the Pro
tection of the Interior of Alaska as
well aa « local measure. Plea e see
that the traveling public is noti
fied. (Signed)
C|fy Council and Chase. Puolic
Health.
» HEAD IS
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Seattl* Jan. 7.—Colonel Lenoir,
bead- of - the Alaska cable serv ice
for «b>. Federal government, sailed
-on tn<? steamship Alameda today
for Alaska on official business.
Oyser Bay, .Tan. "•—Messages ex
pressing grief over tin- death of Col
o iel Roosevelt were received this
in> ruing at tho Tti>o*evelt residenc
ad-'ressed to .Mrs. Roosevelt from
President Wilson, King George,
Pre >ldent Poltitci'ire and Prime
Minister Lloyd George.
The cabled expression of sorrow
an-* condolence from the British
Premier said:
"I1 ray accept my heartfelt sym* I
psthv on tlie death of your d's
tii'guished husband', the news of
whi-. h h;ls shocked me' verv much."
VAN KICKS WKNtiE LOSS OF
SHIP 15V S\K1N« :i St'BS
New York. Jan. -7.—American de
stroyers avenged the loss of the
British oattleship Britannia, sunk
off the western entrance of the
strait of Gibraltar on November it.
by destroying three of the five ;lt
tacking submarines according to
officers of tho American transport
Black Arrow, wliich was a member
of th? Britannia's convoy. The1
transport, formerly tho German I
steamship Black Hawk, arrived'
here from Gibraltar with eight of
ficers and 115 enlisted men.
"The casualties on the Britannia
must hav© been great, for many
«odies were pOcj on shore," said
one officer.
IDLE MONEY
IS LIKE A TRAMP NO
VALUE TO ANYONE
Your MONEY w°k
Deposits made here before January 1 Oth draw
interest for the full month
BANK OF ALASKA
ifappg Nnu llrar
P. H. GANTY
MORE SHIS 1H
Iff IE OF M1014
Washington, Jan. 7.—The House
of neoresentatives today adopted the
report of the committee on elections
Dy « vote of 204 to 64 which gives
to James Wickersham his seat as
delegate to congress from Alaeka la
tht« election of 1916.
By this action Charles sulzer ia
unseated, and while he hag held
the seat for th« major portion of
th» '< rm ^nd drawn the salary con
nected with the office, he will now
be forced to sit in the gallery and
watch the proceedings of the con
gressmen.
FORMER iyflfi GILL OF SEATTLE
SUCCUMBS 10 IHFINFLUENZA
Seattle, Jan. 7.—Former Mayor
Hiram Gill is dangerously ill with
Influenza. His physicians say pneu
incnia is developing.
Seattle, (Later) — Late this af
ternoon former Mayor Hiram Chas.
Gill died from an attack of in
fluenza. He hag been ill for more
than one week, and it was thought
this morning that he had good
chances for recovery, but his con
dition took a turn for the worse
Bbortly after noon and d-eath or
' curred late this afternoon.
London, Jan. 7.—Germany has
seme fifteen thouand more British
prisoners which records show here
have been mostly listed ag dead,
i* if announced here hy the war of"
fice.
Great Britain Will Send No
More Troops Onto Russia Soil
London, Jan 7. — The British
war department announced today;
that there would be no more Brit- {
isil soldiers sent into Russia, and
that in all likelihood, thcee now i
there would og •withdrawn, and the
Russians left to ft'ork out their
own salvation;.
A wireless despatch received
lat*. this afternoon says that the
Bolsheviki captured the port °f
Riga.
P0I1C1E 10
VISII_ AMERICA
Parle, Jan. 7. — President Point
I
caire announced this morning that
ho bnd deifnitely decided to make J
a vi'-it *o the United States in re- j
turn for the visit made upon him j
and the French people by Presi- J
dent Wilson. He la making his
plans for the trip to be made eome
ti*n in June. |
PACIFICSICO.
RAISING RATES
Seattle, Jan. 7. — It was given
out today that th^ Pacific: Steam
ship company wag preparing tariff
sheets proriding for a general in
crease of Al^ka freight rates
which will raise the present tariff
aoout one dollar per ton and the
passenger rates will be raise# about
this same amount
The sew tariffs will increase the
rates ofl salmon and salt fish about
$2.50 per ton.
RASPUTIXS' SLAYER SABUS
New York, Jan. 7.—Dr. Stanis
laus D8 Lazovert, admittedly one
of the siayerg of the Monk Ras
putli, and a member Of the Rus
sian Duma under former Czar Nich
olas left, here a day or two ago on
hig way to Russia, it was learned
'today. ^
10 col H
IDES 00 BACK
Paris, Jan. 7.—The plans of
President Wilson as now made pro
vide for his return to the United
States in order that h? may attend
the closing of congress in Washing
ton. He will then return to France
and take Part in the final peace
session at Versailles.
BM?C1P
lis mm
CamT) Lewis, Jan. 7.—A private
Dank, which was maintained for
the convenience of soldiers of this
camp was held up at noon today
anrf cne thousand dollars stolen.
Immediately after the hold-up,
detectives were put to work, and
It is believed that those implicated
te the- rot>ery will be apprehended
oefore night.
P*rlB, Jan. 7. — Presid-ent Wil
son, accompanied by Mrs. Wilson
and b!» daughter Misa Margaret
WU«on, arrived in thig city from
his *rip te Rome at ten o'clock this
morning. j - ^ *1
PRESIDENT WILSON SA!S PEAC
DELEGATES BUST PLEASE MASS
M"an, Monday. — In acknowledg
ing t^e bestowal of citizenship of
thU city UDon him, President Wilson
declared' that peace must be dictated
by the people of the world, and not
by statesmen of certain nations.
The delegates to the peace con
vention must abide by the spirit of
the working classes in order to ob- (
tain o^ace for the general interest j
o' mankind instead of for special
interests.
The President said", "I am keenly
awa-f of the fact that the social
structure of the world rests up
shoulders of the great working
es of the world. I am aware
thoss working closes in severe
trie<- of the world have, by
consciousness of community of
dnne more than hag any other
euce has done, to establish
opinion, which is the opinion,
might say, of mankind, and
of us who are charged wltl
grpat i-esponibility of concl
peace with, our enemies,
think and act and confer in
presence of this opinion."
London, Tuesday. — According
to s despatch received by the L<m"
•♦/>n Express from its Berlin corres
pondent, Von Bernstorff, when
askri if it was not .dangerous to
b^vc the former German, kaiser so
near in Holland replied, "V
tho hell were we to send him?'
The correspondent further s
in '-is despatch that Von Berm
wi» busy in th* foreign assem
d"ta which will be used in
peace conferences.
WAGING CIVIL ;
WAG I BERLIN
Munich, Jan. 7. — Berlin banks,
actording to advice received here
today, are all barricaded against
tbfr assaults of Liebknecht follow
ers.
The Liebknecht troops have seiz
ed all newspapers and many of the
ouolic buildings are now (a the
hands of the rebellious forces. Ma
chii'e gung are peppering away in
several sessions of the city, and it
apoearg that LiebknecEts' men are
in possession of the police head
quarters.
London, Jan. 7.—According to
lato reports received here from
Berlin, civil war, with vast num- !
hers of women participating is
again being waged in the streets of
Berlin.
The despatches pay that V bus* ,
an Is of workmen have taken up
arms and are entering the strife. 1
ADVOCATES PUG
Lie mm
Washington, Jan. 7. — Sei
Cummins in a speech which
mado on the floor of the U
States senate thi^ morning 6tr<
advocated the ownership of
American railroads.
VY. H. WARREN 19
DANGEROUSLY
Through private sources it
learned here this afternoon tha
H Warren, known to all his S
way friends as "Mose" is lyin
the point of death °-t lis horn
Wrangell. Mr. Warren first
traded a severe attack of
mumps, whciji was followed
pneumonia, and although se'
cables have, been received
Wrangell during the Past few <
there is little hope given out
he will recover.
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