RUBBER HEELS FROM BERNSTORFF
SHOES TAKEN OFF AT HALIFAX
I
Halifax, Feb. 27—When Count
iron Beinstorff, the former Uer-(
man ambassador to the United
States, and his party of German coin
Aular officials, homeward bound
nu board the Scandinavian-Ameri
can liner Frederick VlII, reached
thla cert, and while the big ship
waa making her way Into the har
bor, powerful searchlights were
ulayed on her from both sides of
tfc« harbor and she was convoyed by
4 swarm of naval patrol boats.
When the cusotms inspectors weiitl
on board they made a thorough j
search of all of the luggage of the
distinguished party,
British military inspectors then
took the ex-ambassador and mem- j
bers of hia Party in, hand, and again 1
they were subjected to a close in- J
specticn. As a result of this In-'
spection the rubber heels of the
shoes worn by the Count and his I
associates ■were removed by reason 1
of the fact as claimed by the in- |
spectors that the rubber might he 1
used for war purposes in Germany. |
SHOOTS SWEET
HEART Hi SELF
Aberdeen, Feb- 27—Going to the
Afasoc rooming house, 'where his
sweetheart. Miss Coline Burke, was
proprietor, W. L,. Olson, a longshore
maa, upon the woman meeting him
at the door, dre»- a fiistol from his
pocket, and -without a word of warn
in* sho* her dead. He then turn
ed »h£ gun on himself and bis aim
proved as good in that direction,
for the next shot fired caused bis
liu'ant death.
Loudon, Feb. 27—German tor
pedo boat destroyers succeeded in
eluding the British patrol 011 the
west side of the Straits of Dover,
and steaming within range of Broad
stair? and Margate began bombard
ing these towns. The shells were
thrown into the two towns for
some time and resulted in the kill
ing of one woman and several chil
dren. ' ; A
ATTORNEYS CLAIM HALF MONEY
Seattle, Feb. 20—E. Edsen and
gar©r .Strand have filed notice in
Will Thompson, attorneys for Mar
the Superior court that they claim
a lien of ten thousand dollars ver
dic». awarded her against Peter
ilalone, the Fairbanks mining man,
for breach of promise of marriage
Roanoke, Va., Feb. 27—Follow-'
ing an operation for iwitonitls, |
wtiich was performed late jester- j
day upon .Mrs. Mathew Maury, sis- •
ter of Mrs. "SVoodrow Wilson, died
at her horn® ia this city this morn- !
iug.
CITY WMS TO
SELL FOODS
New York, Feb. 27 — Mayor |
Mi'cheU announced today when I
the women from the poor tenement
districts made their daily call on
the city hall, and began their lam
entations over the high cost of
foe a prices, that a bill be introduc
ed into the state legislature pro
viding that the city be empowered |
to uurehase food 6upplies of all j
kinds and that it would then be re-1
sold to the consumers at cost.
ITU ED TO CUT COST OF
LIVING TO ZEKO; DEAl)
Dovei O., Feh. 27 —'The death
here ol David Hartman, 63 years |
old, was said by attending physi-1
cians to have resulted from insuffi
cient nourishment .
Hartman, who is said to have j
wen a Drize for aa article on how |
to live cheaply, increased his dailv j
allowance for food from 3 to 10 i
cents a day recently whea physi- j
ciar.s 'eld him he was starving to
death. J
Spring
ilillttuu'it
Ntrnt on Sisplatj
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
Two Women, Mother and Daughter, and
Eight American Negro Sailors Killed
When German Submarine Destroys
Big Cunard Liner Without Warning
Queenstown, Feb. 27 — United
States Consul Frost has made thor
ough investigations into the sub
marining of the Cunard liner La
conia by a German diver off the
Irish coast early yesterday morn
ing, and as a result of hie investi
gations he today reports that the
big liner was punk jvithout warn
ing.
Ten Americans lost their lives as
i result of the destruction of the
ihip.
Mrs. Mary H. Hoy and daughter,
Miss Elizabeth, Hoy, of Chicago,
i"o reported to have died from ex
posure after tliey had been taken
?i"f the sinking shii> aaid placed in
i life boat. The bodies of the
!\v.' women were buried at sea.
Eight American negro, seamen
>vere also killed when the boat
ivas torpedoed, but the advice does
lie. state whether they lost their
lives while on board the Laconia
3r after they had taken to the life
Joats.
Washington, Feb. 27—The State
Department gave out the advice to
lay that according to all informa
'ionrelative to the sinking of the
Junarder Laconia which had been
"eeeived from authentic sources
shew that the the ship had been
.orpedccd by a German submarine
vi'hout a moments warning.
The greatest excitement prevails
nnoiij' the officials of the various
lenartments.
Many officials are inclined to the
jelirf that in the pinkngr of the
laconia, Germany has committed the
>vert act which has been awaited
.vith great anxie'y here.
Secretary of State Lansing this
nornitig held a long conference
,vith President Wilson, iuid it is
relieved that the subject of the
:onferer.ce was the question of the
i'nking of the ship by which ac
:ording to advice received from
Consul Frost at Queen stow 11, ten
Americans lost their lives .
Washington, Feb. 27 — Official
dispatches have been received from
Queenstown and Iiondon, which,
give the details of the sinking of
the Cunard liner Laconia, and
from these adviceg it is established
beyond a doubt that the case is
in the nature of an overt act.
' President Wilson, Secretary Lans
ing and other officials of the State
Department take the position that
no further steps should be taken
by them until Congress has acted
upon President AVilson's request
which he put before the joint as
sembly of the House of Representa
tives and the Senate of the Unit
ed States yesterday afternoon.
It is said that President Wilson
ig opposed to calling an extra ses
sion oJ Cong-res unless it is abso
lutely necessary.
London, Feb. 27—Austin Hoy,
son of Mrs. Mary Hoy, who lost her
life, together with her daugh
ter when the Cunarder Laconia
was toroedced by a German subma
rine, today cabled to President Wil
son, urging that the death of his
mother and sister be avenged by his
country.
Mr. Iloy, husband and father of
the two dead American women, was
a Union soldier, and is now eighty
four years of age.
Washington, Feb. 27 — Late
'his afternoon the senate Foreign
Relations Committee agreed upon
a bill which will give the President
authority to supply merchant ships
wl*h {inns, ammunition and gun
ners to bemused as a means of de
fence in case they are attacked by
submarines. This is in accord
with the request of President Wil
son which he made to the joint
session of congress yesterday.
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•A Tlill* TO ALASKA," BY
F. P. \V. LOW'LE OF Jl'XE.AC
The ! Canadian Pacific has had I
published a number of copies of a I
iourney from Seattle to Skagway,
in interesting and entertaining nar
ration of the countless scenic won
lers, mines, fisheries, etc., along
thfc route of the company's steamers.
It is being spread broadcast in
fho East and will doubtless in
fluence many travelers to visit the
northern country, Mr. Lewie is
General Agent, for Alaska, of the
Canadian Pacific Steamshp Com
pany.
The latest advices received rela
tive to the steamer Spokane, places
her arrival in thig port at one
o'clock tomorrow morning.
HOTEL FOB WOMEN
OPENS IX CHICAGO
Chicago, Feb. 27—The Mary
Dawes hotel for women, a compan
ion. venture to the Rufus Dawes ho
tel for men, in Chicago, opened
here yesterday. It can accommo
date 260 guests with rates varying
from Iff to 30 cents a day.
Charles G. Dawes, built the ho
tel in honor of his mother, Mary
Gates Dawes and the plans are
much 'he same as the Rufus Dawes
■hotel built by Mr. Dawes as a
memor'al for his son, who died in
young manhood. This has proved to
be very successful.
Choice chocolates aud lx>n bons
at Keller Bros. Drug Stores
COMPLETE...
Line of
Perishables
on the
Spokane
Wednesday
P. H. GANTY |
GHENT AGENTS 10 WATCH
RESIDENTS OF ALASKA TOWNS
Seattle, Feb. 27—It Was dis
covered. today that government
agents and secret service men were
quietly moving into all parts of
Alaska for the purpose of keep
ing au eye on what ig going on
♦here, and to ascertain the views
of residents of the north regarding
the war situation.
That is the conclusion *hat has
been advanced here, but the real
caus^i of the men being pent to
the north, is of course, only known
in Washington.
I' is known here, however, that
♦he Kennecott Mining Corporation
in, the meantime, is taking ex
traOTdicary precautions for the
future protection cf the great
Bonanza mine and the Copper Riv
er and Northwestern Railroad.
It is quite certain that steel nets
aro to he thrown across the en
trance to the Srtaits of Juan, de
Fuea as a protection against &
possible attack of Puget Sound
by German submarines.
STOLE IOC GETS
LONG TERM
Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 27 —
Charles Brady must serv§ from five
to tweuty years in. the state peni
tentiary for stealing 10 cents from
Hem— Hagerman here 011 the night
of January 6. A jury in, the Hen
neDin county district court convict
ed him of robbery in first degree.
LECTURE ON
INDIA TONIGHT
The lecture on India, the Land
)f Contrasts, which, will be given
bv Miss Benthien at the Presbyter
ian church tonight under the aus
licec of the Woman's Church Auxil
iary should be well attended, as
he subject is one of great in
terest , and as Miss Benthien has
lived several years in the Far East
ern country, ghe should be able to
set before her audience the theme
;f her lecture in, an, interesting
n.mner. •
J. B. Rineherg, a mining man
from Atlin, who has been working
svith Charles Miller on Boulder
creek, arrived in Skagway Satur
day evening enroute to Sitka
Sanitarium, where he will take the
hot water bath treatment for rheu
matism. In. speaking of the mining
situation in the Atlin district, Mr.
Rineberg says that the prospects
ire vertr good for a prosperous sea
son, and much work has been done
3uring the past winter in the way
at preparatory worjc by all the
miners in the district.
Washington, Feb. 27—A bill
introduced iu tie seuate malting
provision for a pension of $100 per
mon'h lor Mrs. Funston, widow of
the late general Frederick Funston,
and when the measure came up for
action this morning it wag Imme
diately passed.
London, Feb. 27—The Chancellor
of the Exchequer announced today
the' tlie voluntary war loan mado
by tho British people through popu
lar subscription totalled five bil
lion dollars.
McCllKSXEV SOW WITH
THE JUXEAU EMPIRE
Robert J. McChesney, one of the
bestknown newspaper men iu Al
aska and formerly with, the Pros
pector force, is now in charge of
the mechanical department of • the
Juneau Empire, having come north
from Seattle on one of the last
boats. Mr. McChesney succeeds R.
L. Bernard in this department, the
latter having gone to Fairbanks to
take a position on the News Miner.
—Valdez Prospector.
WANTED — A good man. for
dairy work. Must be good milk
er and of good liabits. Good wages
and s'edy job. See Pioneer Dairy.
WHO'S YOUR TAILOR?
DON'T WAIT TO ORDER
YOUR SPRING CLOTHES
By special arrangement with Ed. V.
Price & Co., our Chicago tailors, you
can order Spring clothes today and
accept delivery any time that suits
your convenience.
t Insure I our
Getting Uxclusivness
with the very pattern you want by
ordering while its here. "The Wise
Ones" are ordering this way!
JAMES KENNEDY