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The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
MERCHANTMEN TO BE ARMED

New York, Feb. 26-It was an- nounced today shortly after the news was given out setting forth the text of President Wilson's ,speecr before Congress this after noon, that American lines, operat- ing steamships in the war zone would at once begin the arming Of their vessels for protection against possible attack by German subma- rines, and that as soon as the vessels were armed with suitable guns service would be resumed.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
GERMANS RETIRE FROM STRONG
 HOLDS ON WESTERN FRONTS

Warlencourt were all deserted by the Germans and are now in the possession of the British. H When the British forces reached the trenches in the close vicinity of Butte De Warlencourt, they found some of the trenches filled deep with the bones of the men who had given up their lives in their en- deayor to hold it for the Teutonic powers
 These particular positions have been the tbeaters of some of the hardest fought battles in the western line of the German offens- ives. z.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26

c. N. Firing, expert piano tun- CT, arrived on the Jefferson and is stopping at the Golden North Ho- tel. MT. Firing will be in Skag- way for about week and will take care Of any work in his line. All work guaranteed. Serman Clay and Eilers' Music House reference es. 2-24-3t.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
LAYING GABLE
 ID WEST INDIES

Galveston, Feb. 26 - Advice was received here from officers and crew oa a ship which arrived this morning, that the German govern ment were laying a cable from Ger many to a point in the West In dies, the work having been in pro gress for several months, and was now nearing completion.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26

Advice received this morning by Agent Weir of the Pacific $. 5. Company from the Ketchikan office of the company gives the advice that the Spokane will arrive in this port Wednesday morning at l o'clock, and that she is bringing a small amount of freight and 15 passengers.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
WILL PRESENT
 DEFENSE PLANS

Washington, Feb. 26 - President Wilson will address a joint session of both houses of congress this afternoon, at which time he will ask for authority to establish a state of armed neutrality in the United States.
 lie has perfected plan for the protection of American ships de siring to enter the war zone, aud he will lay this plan before con gress for it's approval.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26

Seattle, Feb 26 - According to advice received here this morning from Esquimalt, three Japanese cruisers have just cleared from that port after having delivered ten million dollars in gold to the Canadian authori' ies at that place.
 The ships cleared early this morning and are bound for the south, where they will patrol the Pacific off the Mexican coast, as
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
WANT S6,00O,0OO
 FOOO RELIEF

Washington, Feb. 26 - Senator Borah, of Idaho, today introduced a bill in the senate which provides fer all appropriation of $6,OO0,OOO tc be spent according to the di- recticn of President Wilson for the relief of sufferers in the food Bitu- ation.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
BRITISH RETAK6
 TURK POSITION

London, Feb. 26-AdYice re- ceiYed from the south and given out by the War Office today states that Kut Fl Amara has been re- captured by the British forces. In the fight which took place when the position was taken, the Turks lost a great many men, and several hundred prisoners were taken.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
BIG CUNARDER
 SUBNARINED

Queenstown, Feb. 26 - Official advice was received by the United States consul here that the Cunard- CT Laconia, a liner of eighteen thousand tons, which was bound from New York to Liverpool, had been sunk off the Irish coast.
 The advice states that all pass engers, ten of whom are Americans, and the officers and crew of the destroyed vessel had been rescued.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
JAPAN ID INSIST THAT CARRANzA
 AID ENTENTE ID GET FUEL O|L

it is reported that Defacto Presi- dent Carranza. has threatened that he vii! shut off the supply of oil from British owned wells in Mexico. These wells are the main supply for fuel of the Entente fleets,! and it Is for the purpose of insisting
 that they be permitted to continue to get this supply that the ships are being sent to the Mexican coast.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26

The Hague, Feb. 26 - Most of tbo cattle in Holland have been killed to save them from starving to death, owing to great short age of fodder.
 4 short time ago seven vessels, loaded with an enormous amount of fodder consigned to Holland ports were sunk, and this loss, coupled with the poor crops of the past
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26

London, Feb. 26-It was of ficially announced this after noon a, the War Office that the Gunard liner Laconta had been tor pedoed without any warning having been given.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
HOLLAND KILLS CA7TLE ACCOUNT
 SINKING BIG FODDER SHIPMEIT

season, occasiOned by the lack of salt-petre, which was used as a fertilizer, has almost entirely de- s royed She entire supply of stock fodder.
 The cattle have been slaughtered in large numbers, and if relief is not had soon, all the remaining cat tla will have to be killed.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26

WANTED - A good man for dairy work. Must be good milk CT and of good habits. Good wages and stedy job. See Pioneer Dairy.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
WILSON WANTS CONGRESS BACK
 IF HIM IN HIS ARMED MOVEMENT

NIT. Wilson, "war can come only by willfu' acts of aggression of others"
 Almost in the next sentence, MT. Wilson added, We must defend our people,"
 President Wilson emphasized the tact tha- while he might now have the full power to take what steps he deemed necessary he desired oouqres. by its own vote to show that i' was behind him in what ever he may decide may be neces- sary 10 do towards the protection of American lives in the peaceful pursuit of their usual Yocations.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26

Washington, Feb. 26 - Chairman Flood, of the House of Representa- lives foreign affairs committee, immediately after the retirement of President Wilson this afternoon, called a meeting of his committee to draft incorporating legislation necessary to give the power he re- uuested to Prsidnt Wilson.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
l5 KILLED AND I5 INJURED
 WHEN SLIDE DENOLI5HtS HOUSE

Boise Feb 26-Advice scpg and the day were at this city this morning the building pon the div Almost all those dead were Pacific taken the bunk house. showing that fifteen persons killed time given in which and fifteen seriously the sleeping Some ud snow slide which employed in the the mountansde house at the time
 bupkhous and compressor able to get out ta North Star mine Sunday
 avalanche occurred at down With 'errc Tulple u time when the night safety
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-23
OLD SOLDIER FROM ALASKA
 OFF TO FRONT
Veteran of the Fourteenth Infantry to Accept Commission If It'll
 Mean Trenches

During the last ten days Sylvester Prontla, of Haines, Alaska, has been enjoying the privileges of an ordinary civilian after a quarter of century of service in the United States army, but he doesn't like his new position in the least. In fact, he is in Seattle, stopping at the Savoy hotel, for only few days, when he will leave for Washington, D. C., where he will de- eide whether or not he will accept a commission as a major in the United States army.
 "I have been with the Fourteenth United States infantry for the past twenty-five years, and l guess Pm about the only man who ever put in that many years in the same com pany," he said last night, claiming a record for lengthy service in one com pany.
 "It was in 1892 that l enlisted. My home was in Portland and was sent to the Vancouver, Wash, barracks. l saw real fighting in the Spanish American war and then went from the United States to the Philippines three times. Later, part of our company was sent to Alaska and l have been there since, stationed at Haines.
 "I was retired from the active list on July 30, but on the same day l was asked to go to Washington, D. C., to accept a commission as a major. Now I am on my way there. I have not said whether will accept or not. The only condition on which I will ac- cept is that it must be for service overseas. l have been inactive too long and I want a little excitement before I settle down.
 "I was never wounded, although l
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-23
A SEA RAIDER OF PARTS


 Unofficial information from Copen- hagen that the submarine Deutsch- land, built to operate between Ger many and the United States, has been fitted out as a commerce raider and sent to the Pacific to war on shipping between American and Oriental ports, gives food for thought.
 Should this prove true and the under-Sea giant armed with six tor pedo tubes and carrying two or three hundred extra torpedoes in addition to couple of four-inch guns on deck, show up in western waters there will be a chase unequalled in sea warfare.
 British, Japanese and American warshipS would concentrate on the old Deutschland and it would be game of hare and hounds on an unprece- dented scale.
 The Emden chase, remarkable in a great many ways, would be as noth- ing, for in reality an armed Deutsch- land comprises a menace more serious than a dreadnaught, for it's striking power against shipping would be tre- mendouS and it's ability to dodge would make hard going for the hounds.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-23
AMBULANCE CAMP

The concentration camp of the United States army ambulance corps at Allentown, Pa, has 5000 picked young men, many of them out of the colleges and universities from Wash ington state to Washington, D. C., and from Maine to South Carolina. They are being prepared in the fundamen- tai essentials required to perform the gallant deeds which have become so famous among the rescue squads along the European battlefrontS.
 The young recruits are under reg ular military discipline, and being trained on the theory that they will be busy most of the time when they get on the other side. They live a barrack life and are subject to the same rigid discipline to which other volunteers in the regular service must submit. About the only break in the program of application, either phySi- cal or mental, occurs after evening mess, when the students are off duty until II o'clock. Then they gather in a grandstand facing a former race track and watch moving picture shows. Before and after the film runs, the men sing camp songs, the words of which are thrown on the screen. One song runs like this:
 Uncle Sammy, We need an ambulance, Puttees and khaki pants;
 Just give us half a chance,
 Then, by gosh, we'll go to sunny
 France.
 God help Kaiser Bill!-Exchange.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-23
SIX MONTHS TIME
 FOR WEARING UNIFORM

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. ', (By MaiD A six months sentence in jail was today meted out to James T. Cody, alias Kazlowsky, for wearing the uniform of a United States ma rine without proper authorization. Cody was arrested in Woodland, Cal, recently, as a suspect in the explosion at Mare Island arsenal. At the time of his arrest he was wearing the ma rne's uniform. The government could not connect him with the ex- plosion, but convicted him of improp- erly using the uniform.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-23
SIGHT UNSEEN

Seeing is believing, we say. And the phrase, we fancy, expresses the true test of reality. Unless thing can be seen we deny its existence.
 Yet each of us live daily an unseen life.
 We build railroads and grow corn. We write books and doggedly pursue certain embossed bits of paper and metal. Money, books, corn and rail roads-these, we say, are real. These we can see. Yet none of these, in truth, is other than a mere token of that great reality - the unseen life each of us lives and is.
 The layman looks at an electric light, notes the glow and says, have seen electricity" Yet even the near-scientist knows that the layman has seen nothing of the sort. The light is but a token of the presence of electricity. Electricity itself has been seen by no man.
 Life is seen by no man; only its evidences are visible. But life is felt by all men. And no reality is realer than that feel of the things none sees the self of each of us.
 By sight we are privileged to be- lieve not so much in the seen as in the unSeen.-EX.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-23
FRENCH TAKE MANY
 PRISONERS AT VERDUN

PARIS, Aug. 23, (OfficiaD.-The number of German prisoners taken in the Verdun operations up to last even- ing at six o'clock exceeds 6,100.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-23
HOOK WORM IN
 DRAFT TED MEN
Care Taken to Prevent An Epidemic From America Reaching
 European Trenches

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-Discov- cry of "hook worm" infection in forty seven out of seventy-fve military re- cruits recently sent for mobilization from the South, has caused the pub lie health service to recommend imme- diate examination of all units of the National Guard and National Army. Especial care will be taken with those from warmer parts of the country as there is danger of introducing hook worm epidemic into Europe.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-23
INSURANCE AGAINST DELAY

Indications in this vicinity point to a most active winter in railroad con struction, and it is probable that con siderable quantity of supplies for hard rock construction along Turnagain Arm may be routed this way during the closed season on Cook Inlet.
 Action by the Alaskan Engineering Commission in letting the contract for snowshed material to be used at Mile 53 indicates that this heretofore troublesome spot will not be allowed to interfere with operations this fall.
 Completion of the big trestle across the Placer River flat will end for many years the problem of keeping that perambulating torrent from piling gravel and slush on the tracks.
 With added equipment it will be easy to push the rotary over the hill, and clear the line of snow.
 Supplies landed at Girdwood, the end of steel this fall, can be delivered by sled to practically all points north until the sections immediately tribu- tary to Rainbow creek are reached.
 Large quantities of supplies are be- ing put into these camps now by barge from the head of Cook Inlet, but as construction progresses emergency de- mands will come up and shipments via Seward will be insurance against delay.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-23

German forces on the eastern front successfully opened an offensive on the extreme northern end of the Rus sian front and if the fighting devel- ops into a sustained attack the first objective of the Kaiser's generals will undoubtedly be the Russian port of Riga.
 The possession of Riga will un- doubtedly be immensely advantageous in German operations against the Northern Russian flank.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-23

saw some pretty hard fighting in the Philippines. If they won't let me go overseas don't want any more army life. I'd have been out of it long ago except that I was always hoping to get into action and now's my chance and l mean to get it."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-05
IRVING AND
ION ARE TO
BE REFEREES

Micky Ion and George Irving will
be the official referees OF the Pa.
cific Coast Hockey association this
season.
President Frank Patrick made the
announcement Of the appointments
from Vancouver. II. c. Whether
President Patrick figures 20 use a
second official in each game. as was
proposed last season. has not been
announced
Ion ~ the veteran hockey official
OF this section OF the country. His
work In Seattle and the other cities
Of the y. G. II. a. circuit has been
OF high oalibcr He handles the
games with an iron hand and keeps
the players travelling at top speed
with the minimum amount OF rough.
ness and personal clashes between
the contestants.
Irving proved himself good cap.
able official in the contests In which
he worked In Seattle last season.
and altho he does not hold the play.
ers in as tight leash as does Ion. he
works with general satisfaction and
covers the plays with plenty OF
speed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-05
Shades of John Bull, Baseball
Threatens to Take Place of
Cricket in Dear Old H'England

The war promises to do what
four decades could not do TO the
conservative British nind--maLe
baseball a popular sport In Eng.
land.
British sporting papers are
freely predicting that baseball
~ likely TO superscdc cricket ~
the popular English game and
cites the immense crowds which
have attended recent games be.
tween Canadian troops 90 back
up their predictions.
From the few hundreds who
attended the first game played
In England the crowds have In
creased TO from $1,000 10 10000
In games held this fall.
No less than lOl Canadian
teams were entered In an climin-
alton match held this summer
and fall TO decide the champion.
ship Of the Canadian overseas
forces
The final game was played be
tween the nine representing the
EPSON Canadian Convalescent
hospital and the I9Sth battalion.
the former winning, 10 I. Sergt.
Doyle pitching brilliant ball.
Baseball produces thrills not
found In cricket" declares AN ex.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-05
BIG MITT
MEET FOR
SAMMIES
BY ALTMAN
BY AHERN.
stat Correspondent

EfdV Correspondent
CAMP LEWIS. Tacoma. Dec. 81
Camp Lewis soldiers are 10 witness
the greatest boxing tournament ey~
held in the United States. according
20 Boxing Instructor Willie Rltchie-
The date Of the event has not yet
been set. but according to prclimi-
nary plans. more than go boxers
OF all weights will take part In the
tournament.
They viii be selected by elininA-
ton smokers held by the companies
and later by the regiments and
brigades. The entrants viii be dl1
yided into six claSscs-bantam. i2S
pounds. i35 pounds. las pousNaj6
pounds and heavyweight. and 40
men will be placed in each class.
The tournament will last a week.
II Is estimated. and probably viii 10
held In the open air.
Among the fighters now at Gang
are Pickle" Martin. Joe Coughlan.
fast middleweight. Frankie Saun-
ders. Billy Nelson. Spokane light
weight; Bullet stephens. Battling
Chico. Harry Atwood. Earl Conner.
former Northwest featherweight
champion. and Bert Forbes.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-05
TENER LOOKS FOR BOOST
IN BASEBALL AGAIN

Following the war. baseball VIII
once again take its place as the
sport supreme. according to John
Tener. president OF the National
league. He already is looking for
ward to the harvest days. which
will come after a declaration Of
peace.
Baseball will get a wonderful i'm.
petus after the war" said the for.
mer Pennsylvania governor. In
fact. IL Is getting 81 now. but the full
quits viii be reaped after the sol
diers return 10 civil life.
II look for reawakenlng Of
baseball interest all over the coun.
try as soon as hostilities end. This
will he especially true in territory
which IL now suffering most. The
chain Of minor leagues which en-.
twsned the country up TO three or
four years ago WI all be back. with
a new yigor and supported by a
fresh interest.
"Generally speaking. the major
league clubs are weatherlng the war
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-05

How about picking An alistar
football team frum the teams or.
CANNED In the army and navy train.
inr camps'" writes AN Interested
reader. Some Of these soldier teams
have shown a lot 81 elias. this year Z"
These soldier teams have shown a
lot % class. Many Of them have
been able 20 defea; college teams q
known standing and ability In spite
% the fact that they generally have
no, had IN. coaching and practice
usually given a college team,
Picking an ail-s;ar team from tn.
soldier camps Ia another matter
Most OF them have not met on tho
Eridiron and a majority hav. not
even played teams by which even
comparative standards % play
Nigh, be judged.
No Rli.siAr team can be picked
that In not open 60 a grca; deal of
debate and In the caHr Of tho army
teams the question !. even more In.
VOWED than that 81 college teams
whose play Ia a pretty woiiknown
factor.
However. the following lineup is
suggested az a team which would
combine defensive and offensive
akin. power. speed. football strategy
and brains
J.. f.-Teolldgc Harvard.
Camp Devin~>.
.. T.--Isenbrook michigan.
Fort sheridan.
T.. G.--iiiack Yairl. Newport
Naval Reserves.
C.--Dc- Jsrdirns tChicaEol.
Fort sheridan.
X. G.--Schlachter tSyracusel.
Newport Naval Reserves.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-05
GRID DATES
SET IN S. F.

nv Unifrd Press LEASED Wirc
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. B.-Tenta.
tive dates for seven football games
between colleges Of the Pacific inter.
collegiate conference have been ar.
ranged. n was announced today. but
these may all be- changed later.
They are.
October 20. Washington vs.. O. A.
C.. Mt Corvallis. November 2. Oregon
W.. California at Berkeley; November
.. Washington vs.. Washington state
at Pullman. November 10. Washing.
ton W.. Oregon at Eugene. and O.
\. G. Va. California az Berkeley
November rs. o. A. G. vs.. Oregon
at Portland. and California vs.. Wash.
ington NJ Seattle
Washington State may play Uni.
vcrsity OF Southern California at
Los Angeles November 2s. CaHfor.
MIA will also arrange games later
with ST Mary's. Occidental. Whit.
tier and L. s. G.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-05
JOHNSON AND
TENER MATCH
WITS IN WAR


NEW YORK. Dec. 5.--Goy. John
X. Tener Of tho National league Is
about 10 match his strength with
that OF Ban johnson In a wartime
baseball scrap.
a policy Of anti-calamity bowling
will be placed sauarcly before Ma
uonal league magnates by Gov.
Tcner at the meeting here next
week. johnson rnoanwhiie is crying
for stringent reductions all along the
line, including a shortening OF the
playing schedule.
Gov. Tcner declared today that 80
far he has received no word Of a
joint meeting In Chicago Of Ameri.
can and National magnates TO dis
cuss wartime economies. He also
has made IL plain he sees no reason
for taking drastic steps Now he
stands firmly against any plan for
reducing the player limit, which
stands at 81. 20 IS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-05
ANY COACH WOULD
LIKE THIS SQUAD
Purman Picks All-Star Eleven From Teams
Representing Army and Navy Stations
Many Stars in Camps
By Paul Purn,on

H. T.-west Colgate. Camp
Din.
a. E.-IIeyman Nv. 4 -.
Camp sherman.
q. B.--andcrson lColgatel.
Camp Din.
T.. Ue--Isarr~si Cornell. New.
port Naval Reserves.
R u.-t,errtsh dartmouth,
Newport Naval Reserves.
y. B.--MAhan Iiarvard q. \.
Marine Corps.
SiN 81 these men played football IN
1915 and had lost none Of the finsasc
which ln likely TO he dropped n
active football play 10 dropped for
year or 50, They arc Coolidge
Black. Callahan. West. Anderson and
GcrriKh. All. with the exception OF
West. would have been eligible 70
play this year
The other five were In college in
1915
This would give the team the nd.
vantage Of youth and all members
are men Sho have not had a chance
TO forget their college football.
on this team would be seven Of
Camps first team Ail.Amerioan 30
lcctionA. Black. sc4ilarhter. West. An.
dcrson. Des IArdiens. Barrett and
Mahan. two who have received posi-.
tons on Camps third choice all star
teams, Coolidge and Hcyman. and
one who has received honorable men.
ton by The same authority. Ccrrish.
We do not argue that this is tho
greatest team that could be picked
from our army camps. but It is n,
least one which would rccclv. re.
spcctfui consideration from all con.
tenders and which any coach would
DO glad to lead.