BELGIUM MINISTER REQUESTED I
TO LOWER THE AMERICAN FLAG
Washington, Feb. 15—Sereiary
of State LAnaing received official
word; from Brand Whitlock, minis
ter to Belgium from the United
States advising that orders had been
received by Mm from the German
authoring to lower the American,
fL&g from over the American em
bassy at Brussels
The message iU^o states that Mr.
W'hitlocJs and all American members
of the Belgium relief committee
were prisoners in Brussels. 1
The message has caused the
caused the gravest con-.em over this
unloo&Qd for act on the part of tha
German, government, and a cable
wag at once addressed through Swisfc
"Minister Dr. Ritter here, to the
Spanish ambassador in Brussels ask
ing that he ascertain, a; once Jrcm
Berlin if there is amy truth in the
report.
Washington, Feb. 15—Later —
The State Department has been of
ficially advised that Ambassador
Whitiock had been requested to
•lower the flag over the American
■embassy at Brussels, and that he
was uo* ordered to take it down.
The riquest was made so as to
avert as far as possible any un
friendly demonstration which mi^ht
be evoked by radicals.
166 AfiRESIEO
FOB FRAUDS
Indianapolis, Feb. 15—Federal
warranty have been served on. 166
citizens, both democrats, and Re
publicans residing iu this city,
Cary, Frankfort and Evansvllle,
charging them with conspiracy in
Perpetrating election frauds during
the aloction la«t November.
Sea'tle, Feb- 15—Dick Haw sen, a
former saloon man. of Nome, and of
late vears owner of large mining in
terests In the Oooic Inlet country >
died ia the City Hospital this city,
where h« had just been operated on
tor cancer.
New York, Feb. 15—Les Darcy
has signed articles providing for a
«ight with Mke Gibbons to take
glace in Milwaukee on April 10. The
consideration is a purse of $50,
000 to be equally divided between
the two men .
OFFICERS IRE
I FOUiGUILTI
Spokane, Feb. 15—The ca se of tli
officers of the North-western General
Trading Company, whithi has been j
on trial here for some time past, wa ;
brought to an end last night when
the jury which eat an the case
braugnt in a verdict of guilty
against Gale Smith, S. T. Knudson,
Clyde I. Bavies and O. C. Fowler,
all officers of the company, who
were cnarged with having used the
United States mail in a conspiracy
'o defraud.
John C. Lawrene, former state
railroad commissioner, who wag in
dicted ii ad charged With the same of*
fense, was acquitted of the charge, j
"Washington, Feb. 15—Reports
have been received at the State
Department from British sources In
which i* fcs charged that German
agents working in the interests of
their government are reaponisble for
the revolt in Cuba, and that these
agents have been actively engaged
in fomenting trouble go as to get
! that country in a state of turmoil
I In order that the waters of Cuba
might <'C used a$ a submarine base
! of supplies.
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iNew York, Feb. 12 — Congfess
will be asked to grant a public hear
ing »u the plan to turn the clock
for tvard one h ur during the
summer months, uoider resolutions
adopted by the .National Dayligh
Saving Convention at its clcsing ses
sion .
The conventicn organized » uo
body, ihe Rational JDaylgiht Saving
Association, electing -Marcus M.
Marks, chairman of vhe convention
aaid president of the borough of
Manhattan, as president. A letter
fro v President Wilson, read before
the convention yesterday indorsed
the object of the movement.
John Barrett, directoi^general of
the Pan-American, Union, recom
mend t<1 in a telegram that the co
opera'ion of the Latin-American
countries be invited and tbat a cam
paign be conducted through the
newspapers of South and Central
America. John K. Tener, president
of "he National Leagrue, urged adop
tion of the movement on behalf of
baseball.
Oakland, Cal., Feb. 15—Luthur
Bur^auk, whose plant magic has
made his name known around the
world, has just succeeded in propa
gating another flower wonder. It
is *he largest white dahlia ever
produced. It is to be known as
Bui ' auk's Oakland dahlia, being
♦ hus named because of th(j great
Xkrticulturist'e kindly feeling for
'his city.
Buroank offered Oaklajid Its
choice of a new rcse he hag re
cently developed, the dahlia or a
magnificent gladiolus. The Oak
land Chamber of Commerce, to
which the offer was made, selected
the white! dahlia, and as a singular
ce-fncidance, thg selection was miade
and the dahlia given on St. Valen
tine's day, thus in realty Oakland
so* a most beautiful Valentine.
The dahlia is to be planted in
'he big public park of Oaikland. The
planting of this official flower of
Oakland will be made a fete event.
It is planned to bring Burbank to
Vhis city on his birthday and make
the day a municipal holiday. Sta.e,
city and county officials will be
on the reception committee and the
school children will turn out en
mass*- in greeting.
SITUATION WILL
NOT PREVENT THE
INAUGURATION BALL
Washington, Feb. 15—The for
mal announcement has been made
that despite the foreign situation,
the public inauguration, ceremonials
on March 4 will be held as planned.
It is stated that the. occasion will
be made more impTessive than an o:
ficial saying, "In order to afford an
opportunity for spontaneous exhibi
tion r>t patriotic feeling through
out the country."
REPUBLICANS
NAME J. BECK
Juneau, Feb. 15—T-q Republican,
J Divisional Committee last night
I chose John Reck, president of the.
I Firs'National Bank and former May
or cif Juneau as candidate and stand
| ard bearer in the/special: election
to be held on March 6thi to choose
j a member tor Representative to
fill the vacancy caussd by the death
of John G. Held.
Mr. Reck is well knOwn in this
section, having lived in Juneau for
nearly; 20 years, and having been
engaged in business here all of
the time. Mr. Reck Is the manag
er of the Alaska Meat Company, and!
was lecently elected President of
■the First National Bank, to succeed
Thomas Kennedy, Who resigned to
engage in other business.
John. Reck is known from one endl
of the First Division to the other
as a square; upright business tnan
and one of good judgment. He
served for many years en, the city
council of Juneau and in 1914 was
elected Mayor of the city. The next
year he was again elected to suc
ceed himself andi it was during his
administration that the city coun
cil paid all back debts of the city
f and left a balance in the treasury.
El Paso, Feb. 15—Advice was re
ceived iii this city this morning stat
ing tha* Mexican raiders had cross
ed the border line into the United
States and had driven off a large
band of cattle. The raid was ma,de
on tha Lang ranch, and in the bat
Uq which followed in the defense of
the ranch, which the men on the
ranch puf uft, a^ain&t the invading
force c* bandits, two Americans
lost their lives, y
San Francisco, Feb. 15—Follow
ing the vice crusade Which has been
sweeping this city Xor several months
oast in an effort *o overcome the
social evil, nine hundred fallen
women were evicted from: the re
sorts along the Barbary coast, and
j that famous district which is known
in every seaport all over the wcxrld
lis today uninhabited, by women of
all nations of 'lie underworld, who
I for more than half a century have
' carried on their tr*de here.
GERARD IN PARIS
Paris, Feb. 15—United States
Ambassador Gerard arrived in this
city at an eajly hour this morning,
and in honor all public buildings
raised the American flag in hi9 hon
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BEBN5I0RFF BELIEIfES WAR WILL
FOLLOW FIBSI OVERT ACT
New York, Feb. 15—Just befoTa
Count Von Bernstorff left his hotel
to go on, board Ws ship, be is re
ported \ bave eaid in response to
a question. concerning tbe possibility
of Germany and the limited States
avertin.EC a declaration of war, that
such a tiling was possible, but that
be considered the only, possible con
dition. that might avert such a de
claratl-e was that "Germany migbt
be able to bring the Entente pow
reg to .!■» knees before anything hap
1 pened tnat might involve the 'Unit
J ed Spates," emphatically; declaring
that t'-e announced submarine cam
paign, as now mapped out by the
German government would increase
in its intensity, as the weather con
1 ditions became warmer, and con
ditions lor submarine warfare be
came more propitious.
IKES INSULT
ING STATEMENT
Washington, Feb. 13—Dr. George |
Barthelme, Washington, correspond
ent of the Cologne Gazette, after a
conference with .Counsellor Polk I
decided, to return home with, Am-1
bassador Bernstorff. The Doctor ia
responsible for tie suggestion from'
Germany that she was willing to [
negotiate, formally or informally,'
with/ the United States, provided
tliA the commercial blockade
aeainst England was not broken.
There is bitter resentment in Ad-1
ministration circles over this state
ment, where it is characterized as I
an. insult, in view of the President's
address to the Congressmen an
nouncing the breaking off of rela
tions and it is. also claimed that the
offer was predicated on. a statement |
sent by Dr. Barthelme to his news
paper whi<& lia3 an official status,
that he had the highest authority j
for the declaration that if Germany |
would agree not to sink American
ships friendly relatione could be re
stored.
Seattle, Feb. 15—Royal A. Al
den, a newspaper man on. the Times
staff of this city, and Miss Hazel F.
Studebaker, who is a native daugh
ter of Juneau, andi who has for
the past few years a nurse in the
the Cit^ Hospital, were married
here today.
C. H. Johnston and D. Campbell
arrived in Skagway on the Princess
onroute to Whitehorse.
Washington, Feb, 15—The United
Staffs Senate today; adopted a. dras
tic amendment to the postal bill
now Dending in Congress.
Tlie amendment as adopted
makes it a crime for any person or
persons in dry states to order, pur
chase cause to be transported in
to sucli dry gtatea any intoxicating'
liquors whatsoever la character.
The amendment will go back to
the House of Representatives for
concurrence.
SENATE PASSES
BONE OBf SCI
. Olympia, Feb- 15—The State
senate passed the Washington Bone
Dry bill yesterday afternoon and it
is no,v up to Governor Lister for
his signature. If the governor affix
es his name to the measure and it
becomes an act, it will become ef
fective ,cn June 10th, 1917.
$1,000,000 MORE
Seat'le, Feb. 15—Requisitions
have teen received by the Alaska
Rail-road commission for an addi
tional million dollars worth of sup
plies which are largely fcr the work
in the Nenana and Fairbanks divi
sion of the government railroad.
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