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The daily Alaskan., 1916-02-04

Tomm0row night the Eagles 4.erade
 lae Parent-Teacber association meeting is Dosponed.
 The regular meeting Of the Wo- mgas Christian Temperance Union will he held at it's usual meeting place lymorrow (Saturday) at 2. m. All ladies of the city arg invited to attend.
 y. Y. w. Lowle, general agent ot .ae Canadian Pacific Railway Co. for this northern territory, left this morning on the spokane for Juneau From there he will pro- ge.J lo Wraugel, thence Ketchi- kaa. Prince Rupert and on to Seat tie. Victoria and Vancouver on oa..u.ss connected with his com gaaE
 The meeting of the Pareut-Teach- @. Association, which was an Aouuccd for this evening, has been postponed on account of the ne- c-ssaIy absence from the city of the speaker of the evening. Fur ther announcement concerning the meeting will be made in school and in this paper, but the cards will not be sent out again.
 Tonight at the Elks club alleys . will occur the Skagway game of the second series in the international bowling tournament being carried . on between Whitehorse, Skagway, FL Seward, TreadweII and Juneau. . Al. lovers of the sport are in vitcd 10 come and give encourage meat to the Skagway players. The EIss have declared open house for ,le event.
 GelegaI Manager Herbert Wheel er os the White Pass 6 Yukon Route, having completed his tour Of inspection of the company's lines and equipment and made ar arrangements concerning improve meuts contemplated in the near future, came in on the special train from WhitehOrsa yesterday after noon and sailed for Seattle on the Spokane this morning.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-02-04
COAL AT 4 BARGAIN FOR ONE
 WEEK

For one week we will deliver Ladysmlth coal, mine run, for $1U.5O per ton. - Alaska Transfer Co. Phone No. 10 l-Z7-lwk,
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COALITION IN VIEW
lContinued from page D
OF PREPAREDNESS

ANUuSAAuGU AEOLA P''50 11
 democratic side. Mir. Mann's speech puts him iu line for that leadership Bur there is no disposition on his part CT on the part Of other re-
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Zenith oil assures the best pos sibIe reults as lubricant for all Ltzht or delicate machinery. 1Oc, 25c, soc bottles. Keller Bros Sole Skagway Agents.
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l.5OO business men at the railway
banquet. where he cast aside almost
entirely the text OF the address that
he had previously prepared for de
livery there. he was frequently inter
rupted by applause.
The President admitted that in =
message TO the last congress he had
said the need for preparedness was
not pressing. lie declared that ne
had learned something in the mean
time. He cited his recent support OF
a tariff commission as another in
stance OF chang. on his part nut
declared that previously there was
no need for such a commission The
business men enthusiastically cheered
his support OF the commission.
Mr.. Wilson spoke OF men OF high
character who were clouding the pre-
paredness issue He declared they
were provincial. and that the United
states could no longer hold itself Off
from the rest OF the world
Defended Mexican Policy.
The President vigorously defended
his Mexican policy He asserted that
TO invade Mexico would mean the
losing of the confidence Of the rest
o. the western hemisphere. He cited
the freeing OF Cuba as an instance or
good done by the United States.
IF We are drawn into the maelstrom
which now surCes I'm Europe" the
President declared. 1--WE shall not be
permitted 20 do the high things We
would pre- tr."
The President defended the contin-
entail army plan drawn up by Secre-
tary Garrison. and said that he did not
care about the details OF any plan as
long as 100000 trained men were
provided as reservists under the fed
eral government He advocated
strengthening the national guard. but
said the constitution itself put the
guard under the state. He added that
the United States will not turn In the
din Of militarism.
Outlining why the United States
should prepare. Mr.. Wilson said We
must protect our rights az nation
Continued on Page TwelveD
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ONE KILLED; At INJURED
WHEN Filler HITS AUTO
Germans Storm
900 Yards of
French Trenches

LONDON. Jan. o.. n As y. m-Con.
siderable fighting has been taking
place along the entire French front
Berlin asserts that between 500 and
COO yards of French trenches were
stormed by the Germans In the vicinity
OF Neuville and that French counter
attacks we're without result
ln this region the French assert
the Germans were driven from mine
cfa'ers they had occupied and were
rrpul-ed iu trying to rccapture them .
while the British report tho capture %.
mine cratcrs and German listening
posts In The Neuv.Ie region.
iari announce also that German
frruclD- iu BELGIUM and f0 tho north
~ The Aisne have been badly hauprred
iF fAc French guns and that the Ger.
ilans suffered serious losses FOO nrht
Tor mine crater ln tho trgonne
fIrrr.
While considerable fighting has been
going Ou along tHr Russian front af
far.our places from tho rel.0n of Rira
down into East gaUr.a. no important
r'-uI'a have been attained Iv either
da the Hmr .. fru. a4 fp fhn Aus
HnIa'Iau 'front.' Ihr Caucasian region
..I fHa Balkan.
The British report HH nr Turks
h.." evacuated fns.r ff...I.. rr fHa
.nl side of tia Erf lrsra d,ler r...
f' about r.'. from Hr rrtrrrrH.
mrnfs occupied H. I.. H.sIssad British
'.r.n Tho rr..r .... fI.r. q. ro
rUsrtn in fN. .fu..... rf Wr UrIf. I'd
Tore. ma-rn.nr up fH. T.rH. river fo
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QUARTETTE
OF YOUTHS
IN DARING
BANK HOLDUP
CHICAGO BANK THE SCENE
OF SENSATIONAL ROB-
Berry YESTERDAY
Fifteen Thousand Dollars Secured
and Robbers Make Good
Their Escape

CHICAGO. Jan. 27-Four youths
all believed 10 be under twenty wears
old, today entered the Washington
Park National bank. forced the TWEEN.
~ officers, employees and patrons To
face the wall with their hands in the
air. scooped up $4,000 from the tell.
er's cage and escaped in an automobile.
Although every available policeman
and detective pas placed on their trail
Immediately. no clue had been found
tonight as 10 the identity Of the ban.
dts.
-Four of the robbers entered the bank
with masks over their faces and each
carrying two revolvers The fifth re.
mained outside in the automobile.
Three Of the bandits forced the Off.
GERS and ten patrons To hold ND their
hands. while one rifled the cashiers
cage. None OF the patrons were
searched.
4. W. McCauley. assistant cashier.
jumped into his automobile. which was
anding outside OF the bank. and at.
tempted to follow the robbers. but
they quickly outdistanced him.
j. Garland Gake) Stahl, former
manager of the Boston American
league baseball team. is vice president
OF the bank. The robbers kept a re.
volver pointed al his head. He stated
that none Of the robbers appeared
TO be more than twenty years old
and that they obtained $4,000.
The bank is In one OF the busiest
parts Of the city outside Of the down.
town district
Bank officials said tonight that am.
pie Insurance against robbery was car
rled and that the loss would not az
feet the bank
Police Lieutenant John Hogan
caught sight Of the fleeing sutomo-
bile later and pursued 10 on his ma
chine. As he was approaching his
quarry. an automobile truck collided
with his car. wrecking IL end injuring
logan
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Royalty Has
Assented to
Conscription
And The British Parliament is Proro
guee-New War Credit Vote
Soon Necessary.

LONDON. Jan. -, 9:O3 p. NJ
Royal assent and other formalities
give statutory force TO the mill
tary service bill. the trading with
the enemy bill. and the bill pro-
longing the life Of parliament. were
concluded IN the house Of lords
today and parliament was proro-
sued until February Is.
At the reassembling next month
after an unusually short recess.
the house Of commons. according 10
the necessity for financing the war
viii be engaged almost exclusively
for some weeks in financial busi-
ness. \ new war credit vote will
DE necessary as the sums already
voted viii De exhausted before the
end OF February. II is understood
that the budget Niil be submitted
al the earliest possible moment
and that 30 is likely 10 contain
drastic new taxation proposals. in
cludinE probably a scheme FOR
compulsory investment in the war
loan OF proportion Of the earnings
Of the community. the aim being
thus 90 reach the greatly enhanced
earnings Of workers engaged I'm
The manufacture OF munitions and
other government necessities.
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Warns Country Army Plans Must
Be Carried Out Without Delay
Declared He Was Advocate Liberty and
Honor OF Nation More ImportanThis Accounting
and 1t Must Be Definite On Public Men

NEW YORK. Jan. 27.-President
wilson tonight opened his personal ap-
peal 10 the country for national de
tense. He gave warning that plans for
the re-adiustment Of the army must be
formulated and carried out without de-
lay. and solemnly declared he could
not predict that the outlook for the
United States would be as bright to-
morrow as today. Speaking at the
banquet OF the Railway business asso-
citation and the Motion Picture Board
OF Trade. he sounded the keynote OF
addresses that he will deliver during
me next ten days in the middle west
Mr.. Wilson was in a fighting mood
throughout his address. In a speech
delivered early in the day. he declared
he always accepted an invitation to
tight. Tonight. be told the Railroad
pen he was an advocate of peace and
mad struggled ~ keep the United
states al peace. but he considered the
liberty and honor OF the nation even
more important than peace
Woe 10 any man who plays mar
plot or who seeks 10 make party poll
tics or personal ambition take pre-
cedence over caudor. honor and unself
lsh. bipartisan service" " said the Presi-
dent in speaking OF his defense plan
before the railroad men. He declared
mat the country expects action: this r.
"a year OF accounting. and the account
ing must be definite on the part of
parties and ON the part of every indi-
'iduaI who wishes TO ENJOY the public
confidence.
For my part. / hope every man in
public life will get what's coming to
him. said Mr. Wilson amid laughter
and applause
Enthusiastic Greeting.
The President M both banquets and
all during his days visit 20 New Yorl,
was greeted with enthusiasm. on his
ridc between the hotels where the
eanquets were held tonight. he was
escorted by a band and the Ninth
Command Of Coast Artillery OF The
New York National Guard. Thou
sands OF persons packed the streets
and cheered him as he went by.
During his speech before nearly
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started the discussion in present
ing the petition. which had been
sent TO the senate by the organ
ization of American women for
strict neutrality. The Iowa sena-
tor characterized the sale Of mu-
nitions abroad as a cold blooded
money making proposition" and
denounced the policy of praying
for peace on Sundays and selling
weapons OF war on week DAYS as
rank hypocrisy.
An embargo was vigorously
urged also by Senators Hitchcock.
Clapp, Works. Ashurst. Lane.
MARITIME and Lafollctte. other
senators who spoke i'm favor of
an embargo but thought the aues-
tion of whether it might be a
breach Of neutrality should first
be thoughtfully considered by the
foreign relations committee. were
Clarke. of Arkansas: Carlk. of
wyoming; Smoot and Townsend
Senator Stone. chairman of the
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WILSON STARTS FlIS FIGHT FOR PREPAREDNESS
FIERCE DENUNCIATION OF MUNITIONS
TRAFFIC MAY RESULT IN EMBARGO
Petition From Million Americans Asks
Oh congrs-RobinOns
Against Prhibtor Action

WASHINGTON. Jan. 27-An
Outburst OF denunciation against
shipment % American. made war
munitions to European beliiger-
ents stirred the senate today. re-
flecting a revival OF sentiment
which may force a vote upon en-
barge resolutions that have been
pending in committee for several
months. \ dozen senator's. in
cluding Democrats as well as Re
publicans. assailed the munitions
traffic. while those who have
sided with the administration in
its stand that an embargo would
violate International law were for
the most part silent.
\ petition for an embargo bear
ing more than q million sigma
lures precipitated the debate. A
test vote at one time seemed in
ovitable. but il was averted after
much parliamentary maneuvering
by reference OF the petition TO the
foreign relations committee
Senator Kenyon. Republican.
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MRS. M0HR
C0NFESSES
AN AFFAIR
WOMAN ON TRIAL FOR MUIR.
DER TELLS OF QUARREL
WITH HUSBAND
Over Friendship With McDougall
Who Is Now a Clergyman
In Canada

PROVIDENCE. r. l.. Jan. 27.-The
FIRST serious break in the marital 70.
lations Of the late Dr. e.. Franklin
Nohr and his wife. Elizabeth +. Mohr,
who is charged with having hired two
negroes 10 kill him. occurred at the
Time she told her husband of her
trierdchip for a nisa named Samuel
\. McDougall. who is now q minister
IN Pictou. Nova Scotia. This state.
ment was ELECTED from Mrs Nobr
during severe cross examination
this afternoon by Attorney General
Rice step by step the prosecuting
attorney brought out the details OF
Mrs Mohr'S life Occasionally during
The examination she seemed confused
as To dates and facts given in her df
rect testimony. and several times shs
broke down and sobbed
u was in 1912 she said. that she
first told Dr Mohr about McDouraIl
The doctor. she admitted. was incen-.
ed. and went to Nova Scotia 10 try 10
have the minister unfrockcd The az
forney general then reminded her
that in her direct testimony she said
tcontinued on Page EightD
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question of approving the acts Of the
international officers that Vice Pres.
idcnf HAYES was unable to rain the
hnur fob mako reply and gave notice
fhHf hr would mako a statement later
President Whit" made heated rcrIy.
n which lo declared chat DoyIe had
done Hu irrruHruhIe irur, to tho
.'ruE-Inr m.ue workers off Colorado
Doyle. .r opening bis speech. ad
miucI chat fhr rank and fic of tho
UrEar.laf.or bad not stood behind the
colorado a'rkr and gratefully ac-
hnov'ricod fhIf f1f9- $40 had been
sDrf into fho state to help win the
strike IIc declared. however. that
como ~ tlc national officers On The
summer of 1919 tId NOT show tho same
zeal in conducting fhr strike as ihev
bad at the boE.nrIrc Ue rccIfcd how
vs. Do Farley. off Alabama. and vicr
Preside Uavce had offered a plan OF
settlement which was uneotisfactorv
Coouunusd on Pars Fsal
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GET MORE PAY FOR
CARRYING MAILS

WASHlNGTON Jan 27-Pay for
railway transportation ON a basis ~
space measurement instead of by
weight is provided in the 1929. 600 900
pp-toifice appropriation bin as an.
proved today bv tho House postal
committee Tho bin Increases 10.
muncration for the railroads 81 500 600
and adds sf50n 600 to The rural mail
service appropriation
The committee voted fayorably also
on bin to spend amy postofflce DO.
rarfmenf profits or highway con-fruc.
lion This measure was recommended
hy tho department and contemplate
federal and state cooperation the
state. putting up road fund equal fo
any postal suruiu. The department
estimate thar ft..0Ir.0np. thus would
ho made available for roads work
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foreign relations committee. be-
fore which the embargo resolu-
tons are pending. said he had
opinions on the merits OF the is
sue but thought this was not the
time to discuss them. Senator
Robinson was the only senator
who expressed himself as actual
~ opposed to an embargo. Insist
ing that IL might return 10 plague
the United States in time OF con-
flict with other nations.
From the character Of the de
bate II was apparent that discus
sion OF the question was certain
10 crop out again in the near
future. Senator Smoot declared
that an issue Of such importance
was bound to be debated for
weeks to come. and Senator
Clark. of Wyoming. said the SEN
ate's patience was being sorely
tried by continued inaction on
the part of the foreign relations
committee.
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UNCLE SAM
is AROUSED
BY BRITISH
SEIZURES
TEXT OF SHARP NOTE FROM
UNITED STATES is
GIVEN OUT
Even Diplomatic Correspondence
Not Exempt From Inter
ference By Britons

WASHINGTON. Jan 27-The text
Of the American protest TO Great Brit.
ain against interference with neutral
mails. made public tonight, reveals
that diplomatic and consular pouches
have been treated in q manner the
United States considers "veXatious and
inqUi sitoriaI' The note describes the
practices OF British officials as "un-
warranted interferences.' and in ur.
gently requesting prompt reply
points out that "a strong feeling H.
being aroused" in this country by the
loss OF valuable letters. while foreign
banks are refusing TO cash American
drafts because they have no assur.
ances thai the drafts are secure in the
mails
The United States declares that par.
Gel post articles are entitled to the
exemptions Of neutral trade. and de-
nies the right Of Great Britain TO take
neutral mail ships into British juris-
diction for purposes OF search and then
submit them TO local
Censorship Regulations.
II also denies that the British govern
ment has any authority over neutral
sealed mails on ships which merely
touch az British ports.
With the text Of the American note
was made public Great Britain's ad in
terim reply saying that questions
raised 10y the United States have made
DO necessary for Great Britain to con-
suit her allies before answering finally.
and indicating that there will BE- no
unnecessary delay in the negotiations.
The American Note
is m ihe form OF memorandum 10
Continued on Page Eighty
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THE WEATHER.

WAsHrrGToN, Jan. 27.-Forecasts
Western Pennsylvania-Rain Friday,
turning 20 snow and colder much colder
..uf rIEU. with a cold wavcg Saturday
'.0ai SHOWS ard colder.
West virginia Rain Friday, turning
90 snow 90 night east portion. colder
with q cold wave az ntTht; Saturday
colder ana cioudy. probably snow.
Ohfo-Haiu or snow and colder friday
with cold wave 40 night SATURDAY
cloudy, pro obablY snow.
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WOOD SAYS
GREAT ARMY
IS NEEDED
ARMY CHIEF SEES DANGER
FOR UNCLE SAM AFTER
THE BIG WAR
Regular Army of 10000 and Re
serves to the Number of
Two Million Desired

WASHINGTON. Jan. e7-The posi-
tion OF the United States in a war torn
world was described 20 the house mil
itary committee today by Major Cen.
eral Leonard Wood as like that OF "a
ship az sea. with typhoon signals
coming from many directions.
We arc living in an era OF war %
he said. and gradually are accumu-
lating most os the troubles N tho
world"
General Wood. who appeared at tho
committees hearing on the army in
crease bills. repeated in the main tho
testimony he had previously given be.
fore the senate military committee.
He said Il would take an army Of a
million and a half 10 hold q line from
Boston south. Should conditions M
the close OF the war iu Eurone invite
attack. he declared. n majority Of the
more powerful bellgeront
Could Land 100000 Men
on American soil ln Joss than thirty
days. a larger army Of 300 OOO. fully
trained and always under arms. with
At least 1000. 900 reserves behind
Ccontnued on Page Eight1
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WAGES ADVANCED

NpI NGSTOWN. 3D.. Jan 90 .NurI..
N a7 given to-day by the Youngstown
l"Indf} and Machine Company and tr.
MahuriuE Foundry Company of Solun-
tafy increase FOO employee wages from
sa.s' 60 N4"" per day. About 800 men
ere a'f'cf.d. The new rat, is eff.,tIv,
February d.
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Robbed of the $1,000
He Secured As Damages

LEXINGTON Ky, Jan 27-word reached here today
that Edward Noand who recently had awarded S1
for damages sustained railroad accident been robbed
OF almost the entire amount at his home Eubans KY
last night Noand according TO the Dispatch
leced the and after paying his attorneys had taken it
home with him and placed il under his pillow and his
family were chorofomed while asleep the report added
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SAVED FROM LOAN SHARKS.

CHICAGO. Jan. 27-EIght hundred
ana forty persons were saved from loan
sharks during the lHsf year by the FIrst
state Industrial Wage Loan society. ar-
Curding fn The annual report of tha
pres Ideuf. made public to-day The total
number OF loans was ...s The socie-
ISIS not profit was SIUI.
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couId Land 5oo.ooo M.r

tcontinusd on Page EiEh,)
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CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE
ELEANOR FAIRLOW IS DEAD

NLOtN 10 DEHD
My little nurse got Pat on the wire
and he answered by Hello" with a
shade Of apprehension. 81 have some
bad news for you, Pat"
What is it, Margie? Aren't you
getting on as well as you expected?"
ooh, it is not about me. have
just received word that Eleanor Fair
low is dead, died very suddenly of
appendicitis. 1 thought you might
write little not about it for the pa
per, so that her friends might know
about it.
But, Margie, l did not know her
very well. Won't you, or if you do
not feel able, won't Dick write the
notice."
A little cold chill ran down my
spine and for moment I forgot the
ache that was always there.
'Pn write it, Pat" I said. Send
a boy over for it in a half hour"
This morning this little notice ap-
peared in The Daily -:
''The many friends of Miss Eleanor
FairlOw will be shocked as well as
61lCfCu " uCdl VI uCI SuuuGu uCdIu
in Chicago yesterday. Miss Fairlow
had not been well for some time and
had given up her training as nurse
just when she was about to be grad
uated.
"She was visiting a friend of her
mother at the time of her demise.
mo young woman in the city was
any more popular than Eleanor Fair
low when she suddenly gave up So
ciety four years ago and entered the
- hospital with the avowed in
tention of becoming a trained nurse.
Endowed with rare beauty and clever
mind and most sympathetic nature,
her friends at that time deplored her
giving up the position she might oc-
cupy for such arduOus work. Their
fears were justified, for hospital
train inc DrOVnd tOO much fOT, hnTs
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to my little nurse and after Jim and
Dick went away I looked at her in
quiringly. She did not say anything
and I decided that she had not yet
made up her mind. I thought long
about what both Jim and Dick had
said and again Dicks changed eX-
preston rose before me.
I compared Dick as he looked to-
night with the Dick had known up
to that time, and decided they were
very different.
Was the comfort and the affection
and the content of married life COM
ing to me just when was not going
to be able to take them?
Who had always believed so i'm
pliCitly in the law Of compensation
tried to think what I had done to
merit this terrible illness of both
mind and body. True, some might
say l had taken Dick from Eleanor
Fairlow when he had married me in
stead of her, but you see, little book,
I did not know there was an Eleanor
FairlOw until after I had married
Dick. And just here, as though I had
called her from oblivion by my
thoughts of her, I was handed a tel
egram. It read:
Eleanor died this morning from
appendicitis. She has not been well
since she came to me and her last
words were: I am glad to 60 Will
write particulars. Notify her friends.
Mrs. Caroline Hume"
Poor Eleanor! Her lot was not
very happy one and she certainly
paid for all her sins, all her foIlies,
all her mistakes.
'rHow shall I tell this to Dick?"
asked myself. Eleanor must have
asked to have the telegram sent me.
Truly, little book, 1 did not feel
able to tell the news to Dick. fioun-
dered about in my mind for a plan.