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THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
"ALLTHE NEWS ALL THE TIME'
VOL. IX. NO. 1300. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1917. PRICE TEN CENTS
GERMAN RAIDER REPORTED SDNK AT SEA
WILSON GIVES WORLD'S PEACE TERMS
PRESIDENT IN
ADDRESS BEFORE
SENATE STATES
HIS OWN VIEWS
Appears Before Senate
and Speaks Direct to
Lawmakers on the
Peace for World.
AUIIUIM UNPKtUtUtlMItU
Freedom of the Seas Is
One Term ? Limitation
of War Armament
Is Another.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.?Presi
dent Wilson sent word to Vice-pres
ident Thomas Z. Marshall today
that he wished to address the Sen
ate on the subject of foreign rela
tions. Arrangement for his appear
ance were at once taken up.
No other President since Washing
ton's time has made such an ap
pearance.
Vice-president Marshall laid be
fore the Senate the letter from the
President and it was arranged that
the President should adress the Sen
ate at one o'clock today. It was
announced that the President would
discuss an outline of attitude of the
United States toward the future ar
rangements for the permanent main
tenance of peace.
No pending questions between the1
United States and other nations;
will be taken up.
President Before Senate.
WASHXIGTOX, Jan. -'U.? Sharp
ly at one o'clock this afternoon.
President Wilson arrived at the Sen
ate and immediately xvent to the
presiding otlicer's stand, and was in
troduced by Vice-president Marshall
and at once began his talk to thc|
Senators. The galleries were crowd
ed by spectators and every seat in
the Senate was occupied.
President Wilson lost no time in
getting down to the matter before
him. He stated that some form for
a league to enforce peace should be,
immediately planned.
The President at the outset told
of having adressed an identical note,!
December IS, to nations at war thai;
had since been refererd to as the I
"peace note." He said: "the Cen-j
tral powers in a united reply stated |
merely that they were ready to meet
their antagonist in a conference to:
discuss the terms of peace.
"The entente powers have replied
much more detlnitely and have slat-1
ed in general terms, indeed, but with ;
sufficient deflniteness. to imply the j
details, arangeiuents. guarantees and !
acts of reparation which they deem |
to be the indispensable conditions of
a satisfactory settlement.
"We are that much nearer a defl- i
nlte discussion of the neace which I
shall end the present war.
"We are that much nearer a dis- I
cussion of International concert?
which must thereafter hold the
world at peace.
"I have sought this opportunity
to address you because I thought
that I owed it to you as the counsel
associated with me in the tinal de
termination of our international ob-;
ligations and to disclose, to you.,
without reserve, the thought and'
purpose that have been taken for re
form, in my mind, in regard to the
duty our government in these days,
and those to come, when it will be
necessary to lay fresh and a new;
plan of foundations of peace among
the nations."
"There is an entangling alliance
in a concert power." said the Presi-,
dent." when all unite to act in the'
same sense and with the same pur-]
poses. All act in common interest!
and are free to live their own lives
under a common protection."
The Presideut declared that these'
are the American principles and the
American policies.
"We could stand for no others."
he declared. The President explain-!
nl his course by declaring that it J
_ ft
SALIENT FEATURES OF PEACE TERMS
PROPOSED BY PRESIDENT WILSON
Washington. Jan. 22.?President Wilson in a speech this after
noon before the Senate recommended that the United States
join in a league of nations to enforce world peace. He urged
that the principle of the Monroe Doctrine be made the doc
trine of the world and declared: "There is no entangling
alliance in a concert of power."
The President said a settlement to guarantee peace and justice ^
throughout the world cannot be long postponed, that this gov
ernment should formuluate conditions upon which it could ask
its people to approve an adherence to a league for pence.
The President declared that the present war must first be
ended, but said: "It makes a great deal of difference to this
government in what way and upon what terms it is ended."
was "inconceivable" that this gov
ernment should play no part in the
"great enterprise" of peace owing,
he said, to the fact that this gov
ernment did not wish to wihhold its
services. He felt that the people of
the I'nitei States wore called upon
"To state the way under which
they will feel free to render it."
The President resuming declared
he was taking it for granted that
the mere terms peace between the
belligerents were not even to satis
fy the warring nations themselves.
An agreement will not make peace
secure and it will be necessary that
a force be created to guarantee the
permanency of the settlement.
"Very explicit assurances, regard
ing peace, have been received from
the belligerents," the President
said.
j "The peace that comes must be
a 'peace without victory,"" he tle
"lared.
"The only peace which can last |
is :i peace based upon equality and a
common participation in u common
benefit.
"Guarantees exchanged," he said,
"must neither recognize nor imply
a difference between the great na
tions and the small."
The President then laid down the
following basis for a lasting peace:
"Add the authority and the power
of the United States to the author
ity and force of other nations to
guarantee peace and justice through
out the world, a peace founded on I
an equality of rights, a United in
dependent and autonomous plan, so1
far as practicable, freedom and all
nations for a full development of
resources and the direct outlet to
the great highways of the sea: free-j
dom of the seas, and limitation of!
naval and military armament."
Concluding his address, the Pres-'
ident said:
"1 am proposing as it were that
the nations should with one accord,
adopt the doctrine of President Mon-,
roc as the doctrine of the world that
no nation should seek to extend its
policy over any other nation or
people but that every people should;
be left free to determine its own pol
icy. its own way of development, un
hindered, unthreatened. unafraid;,
tho I?frl?? nlnnir with the exeat iiml
powerful.
"I am proposing that all nations
henceforth avoid entangling alli
ances which would drive them into
competitions of power and catch
them in a net of intrigue and selfish j
rivalry and disturb their own af- j
fairs with influences introduced from
without."
It was announced that the Presi
dent's speech is already in the hands;
of the foreign governments. Abso
lutely no word given out by the
President regarding his contemplated
speech and none but the President
himself knew what his plan was to
be given publicly so soon.
IMPORTANT HOUR IN
LIFE OF THE WORLD I
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.?When j
President Wilson finished liisj
speech in the Senate this after
noon Senator Robert LaFollette epi
touized the sentiment of all present
by saying:
"We have just passed through a
very important hour in the life of
the world."
President's Letter.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.?Yester
day, President Wilson sent the foi
lowing letter to \ tve-President Mar
shall:
"There is a communication con
cerning foreign relations of this
country which I think it is my duty
to make known to the Senate and
which I should very much like to
make in person. {
"I would be very much obliged
if I might be afforded an opportun
ity to do so tomorrow, if it can be
arranged without inconvenience, to
i
I the Senate. I know of no other
than an informal way in which to
iconvey this wish to the Senators.
"1 have spoken to Senator Stone,
chairman of the committee on for
eign relations about it and have
asked him to confer with you."
GIGANTiCRAID i
PLANNED UPON j
THE MEXICANS
intervention Movement Is
Nipped in the Bud by
Secret Service
Men of U. S.
ATTACK WELTARRANGED
..SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Jan. 22. ?I
An American raid into Mexico to;
provoke intervention similar to the
Jamieson-Transvaal raid was Vippcd;
in the bud by special secret service
agents of the State Department and
Department of Justice today.
Texas cattlemen, to the number
of one hundred, financially backed
by Texas mining men. with Mexican
interests, were prepared to go into j
Mexico and commit dcpradations on '
the Mexicans that would give the
impression that they had been per
petrated by members of Pershing's I
expedition.
FORMER RESIDENT
OF KETCHIKAN IS
DEAD IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE. Jan. 22.?The luneral of '
Frank S. Burkhart, former rcsiJcnt
of Ketchikan, who ?lie;l here Friday,
was held'yesterday afternoon under1
the auspices of the .Masons. Mr.
Burkhart was a member of the Ket
chikan lodge.
Frank Burkhart was well known
In Southeastern Alaska. He first
came to Alaska shortly after 1900.'
and with his father buiit the plant
of the Ketchikan Bower Company, op
erating a sawmill, power plant and
heating company at Ketchikan. Later;
the activities of the company wcrej
confined entirely to the saw mill end '
of the business, the heating and ?'
power project being abandoned. |(
After the deatn of his father, Mr..'
Burkhart took over the active man- <
agement of the mill and operated it
until 1912. when he was succeeded 1
as manager by J. J. Daly. That year 1
Mr. Burkhart took charge of the 1
plant of the Alaska Fish Company 1
at Waterfall, succeeding Craig Mil-'
ler. and has been engaged in the fish I _
t.tin,.. tin I I
one of the largest homes In Ketchi
kan and is survived by a wife, but;
no children.
ALASKA TEACHER
MAKES THE BEST
OF BAD BARGAII\1|
EVERBTT, Jan. J2.?\V. D. .Mc
Glllan. an Alaska school teacher,
was brought hero from Seattle and i
jailed on a charge of failing to pay
his divorced wife her alimony. The!
couple remarried and he was re-1
leased. Me had ? 1,700 in caali in
his pockets.
WILL RUN RAILROAD.
MANILA, Jan. 22.?Eugene E.
Heed of New Hampshire, who was
nominated a member of the Philip
pine commission last year, has been 1
chosen to -be president of the Manila
railway, which recently was pur
chased by the government.
I
PHYSICIAN IS
COMPELLED TO
WATCH SUICIDE
i
I Prominent ] Woman Puts
Bullet into Brain
After Long Talk
With Doctor.
OBEYS AT~~GUN'S POINT
Coast Artist Takes Her
Life at the End of
a Spectacular
Session.
SAN FRANCiSCO, Jan. zz. ?wise
Eetty De Long, one of the promi
nent portrait artists of the Pacific
Coast, shot herself with a suicidal
intent here in the presence of Dr.
William S. Porter, a prominent phys-i
ician, whose picture she was paint
ing. Miss De Jong lingered for a;
while but died, without making any
statement.
Dr. Porter claims that he and the
artist were merely friends. The po
lice took the doctor in custody but
he was finally released.
Dr. Porter, whose version it ac
cepted by the police, said ns he en
tered the studio. .Miss De Jung con
ducted -him tcr an Isolated chair 0:1
a riiK. then seating herself In a big
chair near a door she produced a i
pistol and informed hint she wa<!
going to kill herself before lie left j
but that before she did it she had1
a lot to tell him and he was going'
to listen until she had finished.
"I started towards her," said the'
lector.
She pointed the gun at me end ?
said: "Dbn't leave that rug or III
kill you first."
Then followed a three hours' dis-!
mission during which the doctor raid J
Ill1 iricil 10 turn uci iruin in ? i"n-,
pose. hut finding serious argument1
unavailing he tried treating the mat
ter lightly.
"You seem to have everything'
nicely planned," he said. "When are
you Being to do this drea lful tiling?" 1
"The second you step off that
rUR." the doctor said she replied.
It was shortly after that, lie told
the police, that .Miss De i:i a
Miversctional lone said:
"You may go now."
"I thought I had succeeded in matt
ing lier change her mind," he said,
'or I would have been there yet." ;
I
"As 1 stepped off the rug she fired.
You know the rest."
AVIATOR COLONEL
HAS A FIGHTING
CHANCE TO LIVE ;
WKI.TO.V Ariz... Jan. 22.?Col. liar- !
ry Bishop, of the United States Avla- i
don Corp, who was missing for ten |
lays in Mexico, was brought here (
oday and placed in a hospital. The
?hanees are fair for his recovery. ;?
Lieut. W. Itobertson. partner in the
'light which resulted so disastrously.'
s not in a condition to be moved1
'roni where lie was found, 200 miles j
iclow the border.
t 1
? ; i
5TJSAM&K J>1U V JtiiVlJe.JN X
and Mail Information
NOW BOUND NORTH 1
Mariposa reached KeLhikan this 1
afternoon. Will be due hero '
tomorrow, lias five days mall. >'
City of Seattle sailed nortli Sat
urday night. Will be ilue I !!
Wednesday with a day's mail.
SCHEDULED SAILINGS
Admiral Watson is soheJulcd to |
sail frcm Seattle Wednesday. 1 ?
Victoria is scheduled to sail for 1
the north Thursday. 1
Prince John is scheduled to sail 1
frcm Prince Rupert tomorrow | 1
night. j '
Princess Sophia is scheduled |
to ?sail northbound from Van- | 1
couvcr next Saturday.
SOUTHBOUND SAILINGS
No boats due southbound. The |
next southbound boat will be |
the City of Seattle.
I I ?
fr ? ' \ 1 |
A NEW PICTURE OF NOTED WOMAN IN BIG ARMY SCAKDAL
The picture shows I ho most recent view of Mrs. William Corn
wallix-West, die iiotcl society wotn.'iii wlio has been severely en
surcil in connection with (lie bij; British array sc?j:i;i)d. It is re
ported that -lie has decided to retire from every kind of public work.
ASSISTANT FIRE
CHIEF BORNEO IN
SEATTLE BLAZE
Grand Opera House Is
Destroyed; Roof Col
lapses and One
Man Is Caught.
SEATTLE. Jan. 22.?Fire last Sat-J
unlay morning destroyed the Grand
Opera Ilouoc on Cherry Street be-1
tween Second ami Third Avenues.;
Assistant Fire Chief Fred Gilliam j
was burned to death, being caught
in the burning structure when the,
roof collapsed. At first it was be
uevod that one otnor lire man was
missing but a complete check-up re-:
suited in all being accounted for.
sight being badly injured and three
seriously.
The body of Glllain was taken
from the flames, feet chared, and i
the body crushed and burned.
THREE HUNDRED ARE
KILLED WHEN PLANT
EXPLOSION OCCURS
.
LONDON, Jr.n. 22. ? It developed |
lore today that over 200, mostly wo-1
men, were killed i Friday's explos'
ion in the east end. Until today
10 public announcement was made!
jy the war officials concerning tit??
location of the explosion nor the)
lumber of those killed and sentiment
is uroufed over this new stunt of
lie authorities.
PENSION PROPOSED FOR
CERTAIN AGED CITIZENS
WASHINGTON, Jau. 22.?Every
American citizen more than sixty
live years old who is incapable of
manual labor and whose annual in
OOA/t t.tniil/l n-sit o
.'UIIIU 13 11.321 L11U.II "UUIU #>VV O j
pension of $2 a week under a bill!
before the House pension committee, j
Representative Sherwood of Ohio is ?
author of the bill.
POPULATION DECREASES
SWISS PAPER DECLARES
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Jan. 22.
rhe Gazette says that the population
jf Switzerland has decreased as one
consequence of the war.
SEATTLE HAS A
! LARGE NUMBER !
FOB THIS CITY
B. L. Thane and Others
Returning to the
City After Trip
to the States.
SEATTLE, Jan. 22.?Steamer City!
of Seattle sailed for Southeastern
Alaska ports Saturday night at 10
o'clock. The following passengers]
for Juneau were aboard: B. L.
Thane, M. V. Fox, W. Greenstone,:
K. Abrahams, Gus Giliis, Phil Flynn,
P. F. Mulvany, William Wyman, C. j
B. Kingston, W. H. Spaulding, J. E. i
Taylor, Victor Varloso, D. E. Dun-1
bar, William Bayless and wife, P.;
U. lluriey ami wuc, ana r. rranK
I. Isc like.
SPOKANE HOSPITAL
DESTROYED BY FIRE
PATIENTS ESCAPE)
SPOKANE. Jan. 22. ? St. Luke's |
hospital was destroyed by lire here
yesterday but as far as known no
victims were claimed by the flames.
The attendants acted heroically and
all patients were taken out to places
of safety. The origin of the lire is
unknown.
GREEK TROOPS AND
WAR MATERIALS ARE
BEING EXCHANGED NOW
ATHENS. Jan. 22.?The removal
of the Greek troops and war mater
ial to Pcloponesus continues day
and night. This is according to the
statement of the Entente command
er here.
OCEAN yULTURE
IS SENT DOWN
BY A BRITISH
WARSHIP TODAY
Sharp Battle Reported
on South Atlantic
and German Boat
Been Sunk.
DCDflDT AMnTUTD DHAT
ntruni Hiuuincn duhi
German U Boats Busy in
Waters Surrounding
the British
Islands.
RIO DE JANERIO. Jan. 22. ?
The German raider which has
wrought such havoc upon British
shipping in the South Atlantic, has
teen sunk 130 miles off Para, ac
cording to an unofficial report re
ceived by wireless here this after
noon.
The raider is said to have been
sunk by the British cruiser Glas
gow which engaged the marauding
craft in a pitched battle in the
early morning hours today.
RAIDER IS DISCOVERED.
New York. Jiui. %2.?A special to
the New York Herald says that a
German commerce raider has been
heated off the coast of Brazil.
A later report this afternoon from
the same source declares that one
German raider has been sunk by a
foreign warship.
RAIDER'S ATTACKS CEASE
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 22. ? The
absence of accounts of new attacks
during the last "two days oy the
German raider that is terrorizing
Atlantic shipping have led to the
belief that site may intend shifting
her field of operations to the Pacific
ocean.
Chile has consequently increased
the vigilance of her coast patral.
The steam packet Bahla passed a
vessel off the northeasternmost point
of South America Thursday, which
.-he believes was the sea destroyer.
The vessel was steaming north at
better than twenty knots.
GERMANS SINKING VESSELS
BERLIN. Jan. 22.?Germany's U
boats continue to make astonishing
records in cruising radius una me
number of vessels destroyed. Few
realize the enormous loss they are
inflicting on shipping in the North
Sea and Eastern Atlantic.
Yesterday a submarine returned to
Its base after it had sunk sixteen
boats loaded with grain, coal, iron
ore. lumber, etc. This is going on
dally, hourly, and the operations ap
pear to be carried out strictly in
keeping with the promises made the
United States in the Sussex note.
TO SPEND HALF A
MILLION FOR RAILS
FOR ALASKA ROAD
SEATTLE, Jan. 22.?Purchasing
Agent Dole announced today that
contracts will be placed shortly for
10,000 tons of seventy-pound steel
rails for the Alaska government
railroad and a quantity of other fit
tings. The total cost of the ma
terial to be ordered will be ap
proximately $500,000.
EARL'S HEIR DIES.
LONDON, Jan. 22. ? Col. Lord
George Baillie-Hamilton Minning,
eldest son of the Earl of Maddlng
lon, is dead at the East Lothian
country seat of his father.
Weather Conditions in Juneau.
FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT 2 P. M., AS RECORDED BY THE
U. S. WEATHER BUREAU.
Highest temperature (2:00 p. m. today) 34 degrees
Lowest temperature : (8:00 p. m. yesterday).... 30 degrees
Total precipitation?.53 inch.
BAROMETER TEMP. HUMIDITY WIND WEATHER
8:00 a. m 29.81 33 91 North Snow
2:00 p. m 29.93 34 96 South Snow