GERMAN SUBMARINES SINKING MANY SHIPS'
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GERMAN U-BOAT HCLOS OP
AMERICAN IP FOR FUEL OIL
Loudon, Feb. 7—According to
adYice which vas given out today,
the report having been held up by
the War Office in this city, it is
gmte' that oa Wednesday, January
31, the American steamship West-'
wece was fired on five times by |
the Germau submarine U-45.
Not one of the five shots took
elfec , but the master of the ship
a» once stopped his ship and 6ent i
■»a officer in a life boat to the |
submarine with his papers.
Up< n th® arrival of tjie boat
alongside of the submarine, the
commander of thai vessel demand
ed that the Westwege to lay to. and
ft'-nish him with a supply of oil
or tv* would proceed to at once send
th® ship witlx all on board to the
bo't^m .
There being no alternative given
»o the ca-ptalu of the American ves
sel, the demands Of the German
were complied with and oil was
pumped from the tank of the Am
eri-an vessel into the reservoir of
the submarine, after which the
Wtstwege proceeded cn lier journey.
IB
TAKE ACTION
Sau Diego, Feb. 7—The Chilean
government as yet h:'P taken on de
cision in reference to the sugges
tion mad® to that nation by Presi
deot Wilson that it sever it© diplo
matic relations with Germany on
account of that country's threat of
pursuing an unrestricted submarine
warfare.
INDIANA NOW DESERT DRY
Indianapolis, Feb. 7—Governor
Ral s'en today signed the bone
dry bill which provides for absolute
pronibitlon in the state of Indiana.
HIGHER-UPS TO
STAND m
Seat lie, Feb. 7 — Judge Neterer I
ins refused to. quash the indict
ments lately returned by toe Grand !
Jury against Sheriff Hodge, Mayor :
G:ll and Chief of Police Rocking
ham, who «tre chare gd yith con- '
spirac/ in the shipment of intoxicat
ing liquors. He Jiaa set the trials i
for -March 6. He refused to grant
U;ll and Beckingliam separate trials.:
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Spokane, Feb. 7—Two workmen
were killed outright, twenty more
are dying and eight more were ser
iously Injured when the 250 foot
concrete axch o£ the new city
bridge which, is being constructed
over 'bg Spokane river suddenly
collapsed, precipitating thirty work
men In'o the turbulent waters of
s.ream.
I The bodies of tie two men killed
were picke^d ud 6ome distance down
stream from the scene of the ac- I
'ciden', and the others were scat-'
tered all along the stream for sev
eral blocks, before they could be
J brou-bt to places of safety, being j
Icairied down by the swiftw aters j
I of ♦he river. j
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London, Fel>. 7—The War Office
today gave out the announcement
that five British steamships werft
su i] Y early this morning by German
submarines, and that. Beveral lives
were lost when, the vessels were
suddenly sent to the bottom.
The ships gunX by. the U boat are
tbo steamships Saxon, Britain, Azul,
Vestn, and Crown Point.
London, Feb. 7—Thirteen ships
of three different nations, accord
■ iv t1 announcement made by the
War office today, were sunk on
Tues 'ay by German submarines.
Th& nations sustaining the losses
are Russia, Norway and Great
Britain. The gross tonnage of the
thirteen ships was approximately
37,724, which, is as great a total
touna^e loss ag that sustained by
all nations during' tjxe past >v«ek.
London, Feb. 7—Late this af
ternoon the "War Office made the
announcement that the following
sMos had been sunk in addition to
those already given, out.
Th^ Peruvian, bark Lorton, Ital
ian steamship Ferruccio, British,
e'eimship Wartenfels and four Brit
ish fishing boats.
The American ambassadon has
bet a notified that the sole survi
vor of tfte Belgian relief steamship
Lars Kruse, gunk *n Monday near
the Belgian, coast had been landed
in France.
JOB BRIDGE FUNil WiPtU
FlU ROAD APPROPRIATION
Washington, Feb. 7—The army
appropriation bill which referred
to the committee on, army appropria
tions, was reported by that com
mittee to the House of Representa
tives this morning, and the budget,
pioviding $500,000 for the building
of roads, trails and bridges in Al
aska was granted by the committee,
but tbe committee declined to in
clude the $100,000 additional ap
propriation asked to start work on
the bridge across Gastineau chan
nel to connect Juneau with Douglas
Islan .
It ij thought, however, by sup
porters of the bill, that when the
measure gets to the senate that that
body will add this item to the bill.
Washington, Feb. 1—The House
cf Representatives this afternoon
adon.ed the conference report on
the $60,000,000 fortification bill.
Washington, Feb. 7—At a late
hour 'his afternoon the House ap
proved the approbation, calling for
$."00,000 to bo used for the build
ing o' roads, trails and bridges in
Alaska. Tho appropriation was
earned in the army appropriation
bill. 1 1 !
MTOMEIS WORKING EEEC1IOI
RETURNS SHOW Ei VIOLATIONS
With tabulated returns and unof
fic'ul returns from precincts uucan
vabsed — Wickers ham leads by 14.
With precinctg violating Austral
ian ballot law eliminated' — Sulzer
leads by 24.
With precincts violating regis
tration law eliminated but those
violating Australian ballot counted—
Sulzer leads by 199.
With precincts violating Austral
ian ballot law and registration law
bo'li eliminated — Sulzer leads by
233.
Gov. J. P. A. Strong, Territorial
Secretary C. E. Uavidton and Col
lector of Customs J. F. Pugh, who
constitute the board -which has
been canvassing the electioij[ returns,!
have no' affixed their certificate to
any of the tables that have been
mad? they have not completed their
work and will give all the time that
is necessary to those who arte pre
paring to take such legal steps as
they believe necesfiaa-y to protect
the interests of candidate^ involv
ed, who include Candidate Charles
A. Sulzer and James Wickersham
for Delegate to Congress, Candidate
Phillip Corrigan and1 Thomas M.
Rec* for Representative in the
Second Division. and Candidate Tlios*
II. Holland and J. C. Murray for
Representative in the! Third Division
Attorney Joha A. Helleahtal and
John R. Winn are preparing the
necessary data properly to rep-re
set:f the interest? of Senator Sulzer.
The question as to whether or
not Senator Sulzer or Delegate
Wickerslram was victorious in the
election last November depeoids
wholl/ upon the application of the
law to the returns that have been
received by Gov. J. F. A. Strong
from the various election precincts
in Alaska.
Accpetiug the official tabulator
as far as it has gone and the un
official returns from t&e Fourth
Division precincts that have not
yet been canvassed — KantiBhna,
Discovery, Flat and Dikeman — and
the vcte is Sulzer 6,455; Wicker
sham 6,469. Wickersliam's lead 14,
This eliminates Utica in the Second
Division, whch. wag passed on ac
count of irregularities, and Vault
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GERARD WAS HELD AS HOSTAGE
10 INSURE SAFETYDF BERNSTORFF
Copenhagen, Feb. 7 — Rpearts
given out here etate that Germany
is holding United States Ambas
sador Gerard as hostage, that gov
ernment having officially announced
that i' will not permit him to leave
Germany until the imperial gov
ernment is satisfied that Count von
Berstorff has t>eeu accorded! proper
treatment by. the American govern
ment.
Advice was given out by the
6tata department that the Danish
gt vernment bap decided that It
canu * follow the example of the
United States in breaking off di
plomatic relation^ .'with the Ger-j
man government.
Washington, Feb. 7—The state
department wag no'ififid this after
noon that Ambassador Gerard bad
arrived in Berne. The announce
ment followed a dispatch gent by
Mr. Gerard to Ambassador Willard
!n Madrid, who immediately for
warded it without further informa
tion to the State Department of
'he United States.
From outside sources in Europe
it baa been learned, that Germany
d4d actually; consider Ambassador
Geravl as a hostage untl the Ger
man, government receved advice
fr.-m Washington, in, which the de
tails of the arrangements for the
s^le couduct of Count Von. Bern
storff had been mode.
I
Washington, Feb. 7—Advice lias
bpeu received by Secre'Ary of State
Lansing from the American minist
ers of the European neutral na
tions, ia response to President Wil
sou's request that those nations fol
low 'he example set by tie United
States government in severing the
diplomatic relations with, Germany
aa au expression, of denouncement
of 'ha' nation's service on the
world of its Intention to prosecute
an uurostricted submarine warfare,
the various ambassadors state that
these nations will not follow the
load of tlia United St a tea
All United States agents are
certain that the replies made to
them are final and it is now certain
that the neutrals will maintain.
tfce«r neutrality to the imperial
German government.
HOLLAND PREPARING FOR
GERMANY TO STRIKE
Amsterdam, Feb. 7—German for
tfficaticns in all towns along the
Dutch frontier are being filled with
soldiers. This action on the part
of ihe German war department i s
causing gr^at alarm, and many of
the inhabitants residing in villages
close to the border have packed up
the most of their valuable posses
sion in readiness for immediate
flight In case there is any indica
tions of hostility between the Hol
land and German governments.
ENGLAND 10 FIGHT UNTIL ENEMY
IS VANQUISHED SAYS 16
London, Feb. 7—England's deter- |
mitaUcis to fight on until Bhe has i
won a rlctory over h$r enemies was '
reaffirmed today by King George, in'
his speech, which he made at the
opening of Parliament.
Klu? George declared that there
13 no basis which peace might be
trough* about at the present time.
"The enemy recently made certain
overtures with, a view of opening
peace negotiations," the King de
clared, "tlieir tenor, however,
gave 110 possible b^sig upon, which
peace might be established."
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