NOTHING SHORT OF iEHTl
IIL LAW COULD HOLD GERMANY
Washington, Jan 18—A second
uo'e has been received by President
Wilson from the British. Allies of
Europe in which the detailed rea
sons for refusing to consider the
pro.ocsals of Germany's overtures of
peacf are given.
The note says that Germany is
no' to be trusted by any civilized
naticu. That any treaty of peace
which might be entered into with
her by another nation would Jiava
no *roater strength, than, that which
existel between Germany and Bel
gium at the time she deliberately
devastated that country at the be
■j;iii!iiiijr of the present war.
By adopting the course she did
wit' Belgium alone, it is demon
strated that nothing short of an
international law, backed up by
i:;ternational force could compel her
to observe a treaty which might be
entered into between her and an
other nation.
Washington, D. C., Jan. IS—Thos
A. Lawson sprung a series of sensa
tional testimony ou the leak of
President Wilson's peace proposal to
stock market gamblers before the
House rules committee Tuesday.
He testified Chairman Henry, of
the committee, was the congressman
who told him a cabinet officer, sen
ator and a banker were engaged in
the stock gambling pool. He de
clare! the cabinet officer was Post
master General McAdoo; the banker
was H. Pliney Fisk, of New York,
and the senator wag known by the
initial "O." He charged Paul War
burg, of the federal reserve board,
Malcolm McAdoo, brother of Secre
tary MaAdoo, C. D. Parn-ey & Co.,
an<i Stewart Gibbon, another New
York broker, knew the leak. He de*
flared Mrs. Ruth Viseounti, of New [
York, told him in presence of her j
a'toiney, that Tumulty "received |
his b>t," and W. Price, a newspaper j
correspondent, was the g>between
for TumuUv and others.
Lawson repeated the rumor that
I ho German ambassador made $2,
OUi'.OOO on stock deals, find said
Chairman Henry told him Secretary
Lansing had been seen in conferencc
with Bernard Baruch, the New York
broke.- who is reported to have
leaned on the peace noto leak. He
said further that Chairman Henry
•isked him not to press the investi
gation for oatrlctic motives. "Chair
man Henry," concluded Lawson,
with tears in his eyes, "knows every
wcrd I utter is the truth so help
mo God and withoutt variation."
Lawson testified that he laid hi9
information before John Cosgrove,
ono of *he Xew York World editors,
Ermnn Ridgeway, president of
Everybody's magazine, Donald Mc
Donald, e<litor of the Boston finan
cial paper.
Concluding, I^awson shouted: "I'll
make good here and won't go to
jail as a goat."
McAdoo and Tumulty issued stato
tner.ts denying the Lawson testi
mony. Both say they will appeaT
before the committee. Subpoenas
were issued for the others mention
ed by Lawson.
SHI FEDFRflL
OFFICER GUILTY
Seattle, Jan. IS—John "W. Rob-;
«rts. tanner deputy sheriffwf King
county, was today convicted on the
charge of conspiring by representing
himself to be an officer of the fed
eral government, thus using his
officc for extorting $2,000 from ,
CUffcrd Yarbrough.
Seattle, Jan. IS—The Broadway
State Bank, located at S24 East
Pike Stree>t, this city, with a capi
tal of $25,000, ws closed today by
order of the Federal Bank Examin
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GERMANS PLAGE PRISONERS OF
WAG BAGK OF THE FUG LINE
Berlin, Jan. 18—It was official
ly announced today at tho war of
fice that in retaliation for the man-^
uor in which the French were treat- j
iug German prisoneis of war by,
placing them close up behind the
firing line on the western front,
from this forward, French captives j
w ould be ulace<l within range of
the enemy's guns behind the Ger-!
man tiring lines.
TEN CBUSaERS 18 USE. RAIDER
London, Jan. IS—It was official
ly announced today that ten of the
fastest British cruisers would im
mediately sail from here for the
South. Atlantic, and that shipping1
would be protected from this timo
forward.
These cruisers will comb the j
wattns along the Brazilian coast i
continually in an effort to locate
the Unnamed Black German raid
er which, h-'is created such, liavoc
among; the vessels plying in Brazil
ian waters.
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Seattle, Jan. IS — The trial,
of Olivia D. Larson against Rob
i ert S. McMillan far the recovery
lo' fifty thousand dollars as salve
to her wounded heart when the
(latter failed, as she claims to ful
fill his promise of marriage began
this morning before the Grand Jury.
McMillan is a prominent Iditarod
! mine operator, and Kenneth Mack- j
lintosh, SenaAcr John Rowen, W. R.
Jamicson and other well known Al
taskans have been subpoenaed as;
witnesses in the case.
FKISCO HAS COAL FAMINE
San Francisco, Jan. 18—Owing to j
| a shortage of freight cars, as claim- i
ieii by the Railroads operating into' i
Mils city, a coal famine exists here, j
For seme time the dealres in 1
fuel have heen raising the prices i
of coal until it is nlmost at a pro
hibitive i>rice. The managers of the
Railroads claim that they have in
s iffiw'ent cais toh ndo th^ immerse
amount of tonnage that is being of- !
fered throughout the middle and
western states .
Wilier transpo.taticn companies'
! a"e not handling as much coal as
| usual, owing to the fact that it re- !
quires more time to load and un-i
| lead a cargo of coal than ma<iy '
other commodities whicji are being
offered, and in addition to this
fatter, the steamship companies are
uuaMy to get the coal from the
mines to the docks.
COLD PITS THERMOMETER
OUT BUSINESS KUSKOKWIM
Prstmistrees Mrs. F. L. Clough,
| of McGrath, advises that thfe mer
cury is out of business in that sec
tion of the country and that the
spirit thermometer has averaged 50
degrees below zero for the past two
weeks. Sh.e further says that this
is entirely too cold .for dog mu&hers
and mail carriers to be on the
I trail.—Cordova Times.
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flm n'c
n BROKEN
Washington, Jan. IS—The Unit-j
oil states Department of Agriculture
in a report which, was made public
today, states that the year 1916 wag
th* greatest agricu:tu'ral year in '
the History of farming in any na
ti'n in existence.
The total value of farm products '
i~ placed at the enormous figure of |
?;:',:i00,000,000.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 15—
Chairman Kitchen cf the House
ways and means committee, said
a bond issue covering one hundred
and bixty-two millions for expens
es of troous 011 the border, twenty
five millions for purchase of Danish i
West Indies, eleven million for a ]
government armour plant and fvven-1
ty-one million, eight hundred thous
and for the Alaska Railway pro
ject is sure to pass the present
session of congress.
Chairman Kitchen declared that
the democrats ' had reached no1
conclusion regarding increased taxes
to meet deficit at the end of the |
fiscal year. Several propositions j
are under consideration. He said j
the 'evenue bill would pass within j
t«?n days but he could not tell its J
provisions.
«;J AMEIUCANS LOST IX
SOUTH ATLANTIC RAID
Philadelphia, Jan. 18—The Brit
ish Consul General announced to
dav that from advice he has receiv
ed ,the information is given that no
L'Ss than sixty-three American citi
zens were on board the vessels that
have been sunk within the past few
days hy. the German raider in the
South Atlantic.
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P. H. GANTY
Seattle, Jan. 18—Today Logan
Biilingsley was put on the wit
ness stand in the Bootlegging cases
which are being probed by the Fed
eral Grand Jury, and United States
JMstric* Attorney Reams, "who was
brought from Portland to assist Clay
Allen In the cases, had. . charge of
the examination.
In his story jvhicfc he told in a
most sensational manner, Billings
ley implicated JIayor Ily Gill, Chief
o* Policy Beckingham and other
couutv, state and city officials.
If the testimony given by Billings
ley can be substantiated, there will
undoubtedly be charges preferred
against a number of prominent men
in this city, and these charges will
he laid before the present session
of the Federal Grand Jury.
CARELESSNESS CAUSES ASIHfl
IION BE II BOM OPERAIOfiS
Juneau, Jan. 18—The bodies of
H. W. R. Holmes and Dan Gallagh
er were brougM to Juneau last .
nigh* on the mine tender Chlcagoff,
* lie two men having been asphyxiat- j
ed through 'inhaling exhaust gas
from the engines of the boat whil
bound from Juneau to Chlcagoff
last Saturday night.
your other men were overcome b
'he fumes, but recovered after they
had been placed in the fresh air
and first aid methods applied. Thef
four other men were left at Chlcha
goff mine, where they are recover
ing under the care of Dr. >Ioor§,
Mie company physician.
The accident was caused by some
one, unknown, leaving the drain
cocks on the radiatcr in the fore- i
castle of the boat open which al-1
lowed the fumes to escape Jn the (
cabin. The exhaust gaseg from the
engine are used to heat the boat
and as it was a cold morning last j
Sunday, it is thought that some of j
'he men sleeping in, the forecastle,
opened the cock to allow the dead j
air to escape and to make better \
circulation through the Tadiator,' Evi i
dently whoever turned the cock on j
forgot to turn it off and the es- J
caping gases filled tjje room with
ooisonous fumes.
The Chicagoff left Juneau at j
11:35 o'clock on. Saturday night;
with several ivassengers, including
Tom Banbury, making the round
trip, and the six men going to the
mine to work.
In discussing the accident, I
Captain Rasmussen said: •
"We left Juneu Staurday nig'f, >
the 14th o£ January at 11:35[
o'clock. There were six passengers '
aboar I down forward and I was
talking to one who was going out to
cook at 5:45 o'clock Sunday morn-'
ing. He was on dock then. We had
breakfast at. 11 o'clock. After
breakfast I took the. wheel and tho
deckhand went into the forecastle
*o call the men there for breakfast
and he returue.d and told me there
was something wrong-. "I can't get
thfcm up," lie said.
"He then went and called the en
gineer and thg rest of the passen
ger p hi the cabin. The Chief engi
neer went in the forecastle and
found the drain cocks on the radiat
or open. He shut the raditor off
and with the help of the deckhand
cagaed the men out on the deck. Th
crew and the passengers did all
they could to bring them to. We
decided to go to the mine as that
was the nearest place to a doctor.
We arrived at the mine at 3:30
o'clccK Sunday afternoon. The doc
tor was called and they were all
put ashore, where all but the two
who died are recovering under his
care."
LOST TOWN IS
RECAPTURED
I'e'rcgrad, Jan. IS—It was an
nounced today attjie war office that
Russian troops had. recaptured the
town of Vadena, a large town on.
♦he Danube river in Rumania. That
with the town a large number of
Austrian soldiers were taken captive
as was also a large number of
field artillery and considerable eup
clies. ' • _• i
George Anderson, piano expert
and factory representative for high
grade pianos and p'ayer pianos will
be in gfea^way in the near future.
THIS SPACE IS RESERVED FOR
3ame$ Kennedy
(Successor to Will Clayson)
iVATCH FOR OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT