©he JJaily Alaskan
V
No. 313 NINETEENTH YEAR SKAtfWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1917 PRICE 10 CENTS
GERM WILL NOT SACK DOWN
FROM UNRESTRICTED MR PLAN
Berlin, Fejx 14—The report that
Germany bad se^t a note to the
LTol'eU States or that the Imperial
German government has through J
other channels Invited suggestions
bv which actual war with the United
<3tate« might bo avoided, is em-,
pbatically denied by those who are'
la a position to speak authority
Ure'y on the subject.
The statement is also given out
from the same source that the'
Imperial government is not permit- |
tine doubts from any quarters what
soever to Bwerre her from ber pros-;
en: plana as to her right in pur-'
suing the policy she has actively as
sume 1 in her submarine' war pol
ice. The position, that Germany
hJs assumed places fc«r wh.ere there
cau be no thought of recession on
her par' from the program already
manned out and jvhich has been pro
claimed to her enemies and the
neutral nations o£ the world, and
which she ia now prosecuting in her
determination of maintaining a rig
id blockade of all British, French
and Italian ports, thus preventing
'he importation of war supplies and
munitions.
New York, Feb. 14—To prevent
»£» possibility of any hostile demon
«tT«tiOE in ihi3 city upon the ar
rirsl of Count Von Bernstorff, am
bassador to tiie Unitod States from
Germany, who is en route home, one
huadred secret service men were
detailed to guard him while await
ing the sailing of his ship.
The guards assumed th.eir duty at
Washington, and ]riU exercise the
greatea*- diligence until their charge*
is safely aboard tu'g steamer.
WARNING NOTE
SEN! CUBANS
Washington, Feb. 14—Secretary
of State Lansing today sent a note
to President Monacal, the newly
•iected president oi Cuba, warning
tne Cubans thAt any government
which might be set up as a result,
would not be recognized f>y the
United States government.
Paris. Feb. 14—A German subma
rine bombarded a small town on the
French coast near the mouth. of
the Adc ur river t day, wounding
live persons befbre they could be
driven away by thxj French 'and
batteries.
SEATTLE if
GEIMACI
Seattle, Feb. 14—British; agents
who have been hi this city for sev
eral days past today met the manag.
«rs of several of the laraest ship
yards hete, and discussed the pro
position o£ placing1 contracts for the
construction of twenty large steel
vessels which will he used as
freighters.
The facilities offered by the
Seattle ship; building concerns at
tracted th© attention of the Brit
ish agents, and it is thought today
that the contracts will be awarded
the Seattle firms.
BUTTE PAYROLL
REACHES $2,50i>,000 MARK
Butte.—The December payroll of
the Bu*te mining companies was the
largest In history ,the total for all
mines aggregating ^$2,509,000. Min
ers are being paid $4.75 per day.
All lines of labor in the city and
d'sfcrict here paid the total of ?4,
500,000 in. wages for December.
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London, Feb. 14—Advice has
been received here stating that the
governmeats erf Norway, Sweden andi
UcrmarK all send identical notee
simultaneously; to thp German Im
»ieiial government at Berlin, protest
Ing agal.net tjxe now submarlao war
fare policy -which is now. being p.u.T
eued. by that government in it? ef
forts to effectually; blockade the
■porta of Great Britain, France and
Italy.
Washington, Feb. 14—The Rus
sian government lias declined to
ne?r>tiate a new commercial treaty
wi»h the United States to repine
the treaty abrogated by the Ameri
can, Congress under the Taft ad
ministration.
Petrograd refuses even to discuss
the question of a new treaty; with
David R. Franci, American am
ba-sador to Russia, for these rea
sons:
Russia never will accede to the
American proposal that she honor
all American passports and. thereby
admit American. Jews In her domin
ions. * 1
Russia feals th~t since she en
tered into the economic alliance
with the other Entente allies at
the Paris conference she would pre
fer to consult Great Britain, France,
Italy and. Japan before discussing
a commercial treaty of any char
acfer with the United States.
Seattle, Feb. 14—The annouif!
men' was made today at the office
of the Alaska Steamehip Company,
this ci'y, that Vice President R. W.
B-vx'er had appointed J. F. David
sou. as traveling passenger and
frelgh* agent for the company for
Alaska territory.
Mr. Davidson was formerly with
the Union Pacific system, and is a
•man thoroughly conversant With the
duties he is about to assume.
MOTHER LODE STOCK DROPS
Stock of the Mother Lode (re
cently dropped 14 points on the an
no uncemenit that the company had
taken over the adjoining claims of
180 acres and the townsite of the
Hough to n-Alaaba Exploration, C%
Ti* grounzds adjoin the Kennocotfi
au? the Mother bode. The price
to De paid was not divulged. There
sterns he a veil of mystefry as to
whv the Mother bode company
should at this time peek additional
holdings, and it is felt that the
tu'. ney it has on hand is needed' for
the financing and development of
ground already owned; The fact
th»* the Houghtou-Alaeka is said
to own valuably water power right
wMch properly developed- would fa
cilitate the Mother Lode plans prob
ably offers the real reason for this
new acquisition to i'e holdings—Al
aska and Northwest Mining Journal.
Seattle, Feb. 14—Guy C. Harper,
♦filler for the Seat tie National bank
tjiia city, -while on the way to his
home at 7446 Gatewood road, was
accosted by a bandit and ordered to
throw up his hands.
Having a considerable amount of
money on bis person, be hesitated a
m?men\ and then before could
comply, the bandit, who wore a
black mask, began shooting at him,
one of the shotg taking effect in
Harper s, hig and the other ptrik
in? his hand.
When Haitper dropped to the
ground, the bandit turned and fled
without rifling the pockety of bis
victim.
Harper was taken to the hospital
where hiB wounds were dressed.
His psysicians etatg that while the
injuries are serious, Mr. Harper will
recover.
Washington, Feb. 14—The elect
oral votes, oast by the* electoral col
lege a' tie State Capital building of
each State in. the Union,.of Mon
day. January 8, were today counted
in the presence of the joint as
sembly of the United States senate
and the United States House fxf Re
presentatives. The final count,
which is official, showed that
Woodrow Wilson received 277 of
tve votes cagt and Charles Hughes
received 254.
UNCLE SAM LOOKING
FOR MARRIED FARMER
Seward, Feb. 1—There ig an op
portunity at present for a good
fanner, proficient in the ways of
everything from turnips to cows, to
secure a position, with Uncle Sam. i
M. D. Suodgrags, superintendent
o* the government experimental
work in farming in this section, is
looking for a man and this require
ments are ideal. He wants a young
American, who has been brought up
on a farm, whX> is a man of family.
Th. successful applicant will be sent)
to Kodiak by Snodgrass and in
stalled on the far± there.
Snodgrass leaves for Kodiak on
the next boat and applicants should
make themselves known at once.
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London, Feb. 14—Admiral Beres
forrf, in an address which be made
tp the British, House of Lords last
nl?ht declared that fir^at Britain,
through her navy, had the German
submarine situation well in band.
Lord Beresford said that since
the. beginning of tbe war, Great
Britain had suffered a lose to her
marine shipping of about four mil
lion tons. Of tbis amount, three
million tons have already been re
[placed and additional tonnage is be
j inr added ag rapidly ag tie ships
I could be constructed.
Within a very; short time, con
tinued the Admiral, the situation,
will be still better, and it Is only a
question of a short time until Great.
Britain can again proclaim her su
premacy of the sea3 from a mer
cantile standpoint, as the nation
ia being better equipped each, day
to cop.e with) the submarine menace.
elS READY FOR ARMING U. 5,
MERCHANT!!! AGAINSI SUBS
New York, Feb. 14—A large num
ber of four inohi and six inch, naval
guns were unloaded at the navy
yards this city yesterday.
These guns have been, brought
from various station^ on the Atlan-;
tic coast, and aire intended for arm-!
ing American, merchantmen In case |
the German government persists in |
pursuing their policy of unresrtitcedi
submarine warfa're. It has not as
yef been definitely determined, just
when the merchamnten are to be
armed, but it is thought that in
as much as this policy h.as been de
cided on, the placing of the guns
for protection against attack by
submarines will begin at an early
date.
CUBANS AGAIN
UP IN ARMS
Havana, Feb. 14—President Men
ocal has issued a call for volunteers
to serve far ninety days in antjci
pat'on of an uprising threatened by
former President Gomez, wlio, it is
reported haa landed at Caimaguey,
Cuba, and that Lieutenant Colonel
Qumones, commander of the pres
ent Cuban forces at Camaguey has
revolted with, all bis men.
UNIFORM OF U. S. NAVY
MUST BE RESPECTED;
New York—Respect must be ac
corded the uniform of the American
sailor equal to Chat given to the civi
lian's clothes, the Brooklyn court
of facial sessions held today in de
c'd'n? that Henry Ttraub, lessee of
a Brooklyn theatre, had no right to
exclude Aadopb Gcttiman, a sailor oi
the battleship Arkansas. Traub was
fined $250. Thomas F. Cuff, Unit
ed Stages assistant district attorney,
prosecuted Traub at the request of
the navy authorities.
GEMS SAILS
fROIHOBQKEIi
Hobcken, Belgium, Feb. 14—The
s'eam9nip Frederick Eighth, sailed,
from this £>9rt lato this atfernoon.
for the United States, having among
tn<? passengers Ambassaidorl Gerard
and his entire staff of officers and
.natty.
WSH JIEBEL
Havana, Feb. 14—Reports have
been received here that Colonel
Baldomere Accsta, one of the ie
voluti(nary chiefs who led the
rebels in their fight against the
liural Guard, in a battle which took
place forty miles from Havana, had
mt-f his death at the hands of one
of the Rurals, who shot the rebel
chief down.
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