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OUR RELATIONS WITH
GERMANY STRAINED
POSSIBILITY OF BREAK HAS NEVER, BEEN SO
APPARENT SINCE BEGINNING OF WAR
WASHINGTON, March 27.—The
possibility of the breaking of al1
diplomatic relation? with Germane
has neer been more considered than
at the put-sent time, said an offi
cial today. The President has bee*
in consultation a great deal with
BOMBARDMENT
CONTINUES
WITHOUT MUCH EFFECT ON
„ fortifications is the
v LATEST REPORT
LONDON, March 27.—The bom
bardment of Verdun by the Germane
still continues, according to a late
report which adds that the damage
done to the fortifications is insigni- i
ficant in comparison. The allie*
claim that the situation is not suf
fering in the least by the incessant
bombardment.
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ADMIRAL FARRAGUT COMING
SEATTLE, March 27—The steam- .
er Admiral Farragut left at nine
o’clock last evening for the north
with the following passengers fo* t
Ketchisan: Stanley Roberts, Georg- i
Strong. M. Swanson, E. W. Conrad* J
and wife. There were no steerage
JUDGE PLUMLEY.HAPPY.
Mrs. Plumiey, daughter and son
in-law W. J- Britton, hrrived yes
^ terday on the steamer Spokane j
and will make their home in the i
city. Judge Plumiey said today
-that the family would move into j
31 r. Pcckiiani's fioaSC 2iu*J autf*- ,
housekeeping the latter part of the .
week.
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\ NEW FAMILY IN TOWN.
—
Mr. Van Diest and family, old J
friends of Judge Plumiey and fam
ily arri- : -day on the steam- ]
er Spokane to permanently locate
in Ketchikan The family consist
ing of 31 r. ar i Mrs. Van Diest and
two young daughters will occupy
Mr. Selfridge’s residence. Mr. Diest.
will go into some kind of business
not yet decided upon.
ATTENTION A. B'.S.
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An important meeting of the
Arctic Brothers will be held at the
Redxnen’s Hall tonight at S o’clock.
Every brother is requested to be
“ present.—H. M. Stsckpole, A. C.
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Eric Tobias sen and C. Foss ar
' rived from Hadley Saturday on the
mail boat.
members of his cabinet and it i*
said that the discussion of tha*
subject has been taken up serious! v
The sinking of the liner Sussex
with its incident loss of life is con
sidered 4 clear ease for reprisal.
j BRITISH AEROPLANES
ARE BROUGHT BOWN
LONDON, March 27.—Three Brit
ish hydroplanes were brought dow*
' by German guns during a raid on
northwestern Schleisweg before
much damage was done, it the re
port jwst received at the war office
the zeppelin Failed again
LONDON, March 27.—A Zeppe
i lin made another attempt to bom
bard Salonika yesterday but wa*
; prevented from causing any dam
age bv the allies’ guns.
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TO OUST GEN, CARRANZA
IS OBREGON*S PLAN
WASHINGTON, March 24. —
Overthrow Carranza!
That, according to definite infor
mation from Mexico, is the plan of
Gen. Alvaro Obregon.
General Carranza may be arrested
at any moment by Obregon, accord
ing to this information. Obregon ;
has been the principal military offi- j
cer of the movement which result
ed in the recognition by the United
States of the Carranza government, j
Though it probably will not be
officially admitted, there is under
stood to be information in the
hands of the Washington Govern-,
ment which indicates that the ar- j
rest's). General Carranza by Obre- j
gon, or under his orders, may be j
Rumors have been current on the
border and in Washington for two j
days that Carranza already had been
arrested and there was even a bord
er rumor of his assassination.
While officials here denied con- !
firmation of the reports of Carran- J
za’s arrest, it was learned that these
reports aroused more than ordinary
interest among those on the inside
on account of information known to
have reached official Washington.
General Obregon is represented as 1
being convin ced that General Car
ranza is not the man of the hour of
Mexico, and therefore as being ready
to dispossess Carranza of the first .
chieftainship at an opportune mom- ■
ent.
According to this information
General Obregon was prepared to
execute a coup by arresting General
Carranza or ordering his arrest, re
lying on his control of the atmy .
and his popularity as the hero who !
lost an arm in the camgaigns
against Villa to support his stroke.
STRONG STOVE CO.
W. G. STRONG. Manager
Monarch Range* I
Coal and Wood
Cook Stoves
Hot Blast Heaters
Camp Stoves
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Heckman Bldg.
SPRING GOODS
Arc coming in faster than we expected them.
In order to make room for the
NEW GOODS
We will offer the following at
REDUCED PRICES
Men’s Mackinaws. Malore Pants. Wool Under
wear I'lannel Shirts, etc.
- p. J. (,11.MORE. The Clothier
'PUTS Off HIS
1 FINAL DECISION
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PRESIDENT WILSON AWAIT
ING OFFICIAL INFORMA
TION FROM SUSSEX
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OVER ONE HUNDRED
, Over One Hundred And Two Are
Reported to Have Met Death
by Drowning.
i WASHINGTON, March 27.—1The
j rresident is reported to be awaiting
official information regarding th
! torpeioeing *h4 smkjng of thf line’
; Sussex before the question of »
[ violation of international law i»
inquired Into.
Thus far, dispatches have report
ed that one hundred and iww n**t
their death by drowning at the sink
ing of the Sussex among them
whotH WfiFg five Americans- Offi
cials here are rutieeat l*, in* ntttfg-1
but the opinion prevails that it wa»
another flagrant disrespect of tb»
law.
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YUAN SHI KAI’S
SHORT REIGN
CHINA ONCE MORE DECIDE TO
ABANDON ESTABLISHED
MONARCHY,.
According to a late report, the
state department at Pekin, China,
issued a statement last Friday of
the abandonment of*monarcby and
the resumption of the republic- The
mandate in part says the revolu
tion shows that the demand for » s
monarchiaS form of government is
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not tmonJ*——
Yuan Shi Kai, the present emperor, j
will resume the presidency of the
republic of China.
The documents will be returned
by the emperor to the state council, j
says the mandate, which will re
convene at the senate in the near
future.
Hau Shih Chang, who left the I
cabinet when the monarchy was
created, signed the mandate as sec
retary of state.
MAKE OTHER SHIPMENTS.
Mr. Krogh, manager of the Wash
ington Fish and Oyster market re
ports having made one more ship
ment of fish on the Xorthwestern
Fifleen thousand pounds of halibut
and five thousand pounds of fresh
salmon were shipped and another
schooner was being unloaded at
the r-.arket today and will be ship
i ped on tbe next boat. Mr. Krogh
. said that the price was being kept
up -and* that he had every reason
, to believe that it would continue.
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ARMY OFFICER
J MAKES REPORT
STRANGE MERCHANTMAN CON
CEALED SUBMARINE AT
SINKING OF SUSSEX
i PARIS, March 127.—A high Bel
pian army official today made the
| statement that a strange merchant
| man stood between the submarine
and the Sussex a4 a screen to pro
j tect the latter whto the former w*»
torpedoed. The BffieiaJ said tha*
: »* looked very mneh like a pre-ar
ranged agreement; Re was un
able to discover thjfe identity of the
1 strange ship. f
LADIES AID’ TO MEET
Mrs. Jacob Pi 3 ger will enter- I
■ tain the Ladies AJd at her home
next Wednesday aftorBeait at 8i8»
! The members and fhose interested 1
are invited to attend. All are re- !
quested to bring whatever Aid sew- ,
ing they may have at their homes- !
So an Inventory of the same may j
be made. The ladles are planning !
i to hold their sale cm or about the.]
15th of April.
THE RUSSIANS WIN
SOME TRENCHES
L©NJJ©N, 17 -4 dispatch
I from Dvinsk say* that the Russian*
| won some three hundred yards of
trenches, but that they were defeat
ed at Jacobstadt.
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MILLIARD WAS THE WINNER
NEW YORK, March 27.—In the
Wii|ard and Moran fight last Satur
day evening, the former was given
the decision on points. After the
fight, Willard explained that hi*
failure to knock out his man was
due to the injury he received to his
hands at the beginning of the bout- j
STRIKERS AFTER
vtimson
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THE FIRST SHOW OF VIOLENCE
INCIDENT TO THE STRIKE
AT SEATTLE.
Speaking of the strike at Seattle
of the Puget Sound Steamshipmen's 1
Union, of which much has been
heard here, one of the returning
passengers from the States said
last Saturday evening that the first
show of violence incident to the
strike occurred a day or two be
fore he left Seattle. He said that
Captain Stimson, master of the
steamer Fulton of the Border Line
Transportation Company, had been
attacked on the waterfront by mem- i
bers of his former crew. After a ;
chase of several blocks during 1
which he kept assailants off. .
he made his escape by entering a j
restaurant and calling the police
And although the men avaded the
police at the time, it is said they
are known aiffl their arrest Is ex
pected shortly.
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The Big Curio Store of Alaska
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PHONE 143
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Notaries Public and Customs Brokers
OFFICE NEXT DOOR PACIFIC COAST S.S. CO.
THREE ALLIES' SHIPS ARE
SENT TO BOTTOM BY GER
MAN SUBMARINE.
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ALSO ONE TRANSPORT
Carrying Troops to Saloniki Strike*
a Mine; Only Seventy-Two
^ Are Saved.
LONDON, March 27—The war of
fice today issued a statement that
three more ships had been sunk'
two of which were British liner?
and one French. The renewed sub
marine activity put in practice bj>
the German war office is hayjnjj
some effect
From the Berlin war office today
it was announced that a French
transport carrying troops destined
for Saloniki had struck a nvno and
sunk ip five minute*. Only 72 ar?
said to have been saved.
The Berlin office also acknowl
edged the loss of a German crujarr
that gtfueji a British mine last Sat
urday. .
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THE MAMIE AND IT
MINES SHOW WELL
SUPERINTENDENT GIVES OUT
SOME INTERESTING
FIGURES.
N. W, Switzer, general manager
and ' superintendent of the Granby
Consolidated Mining, Smelting and
Power Company, Inc., of Hadley,
accompanied by Mr- J. G. Ellis,
accountant for the company, made
Ketchikan a short business vi9it
today.
uvI—wxfiXkTrttti cii tut* nuurmation mat
the amount of ore shipped last
year from the Mamie Mine exceed
ed 40,026 tons. With seventy men
now employed at the mine, Mr.
Switser said that an average of
200 tons of ore were being taken
out daily, while at the “It” mine,
with 30 men working, 40 tons of
ore were the daily average. All in |
all, Mr. Switser said that he was j
wel satisfied of the showing thus 1
far.
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A SURPRISE PARTY.
At the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Collins Saturday evening, a
number of Miss Ruth John’s friends
gave her a surprise party in honor
or her birthday. The evening was
spent singing and dancing after
which refreshments were served.
Miss Johns was presented with s>
beautiful locket and chain by her
many admirers.
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We sell Seattle brewed “BOCK
BEER” at the Seattle Bar. adv.
REPORT OF VILLA’S
: ESCAPF CONFIRMED
IS BEING PURSUED BY COLUMN OF UNITED
STATES CAVALRYMEN
SAN ANTONIO, March 27—Last
Saturday’s report that Villa and his
bandits had escaped from the trap
in which he had been reported to be
caught, was confirmed early yester
day by subsequent dispatches which
stated that a column of United :
States cavalry was in hot pursuit |
of the bandits some two hundred
and fifty miles south of the bord
er,
A report from Casas Grandes j
WILSON AND DANIELS
ARE AGREEABLE
ACCEPT OFFER TO CONDUCT
ADVERTISING SCHEME FOR
PREPAREDNESS
WAHNGTON, March 27.—Both
President Wilson and Secretary o*
War Daniels have authorized the
committee on industrial relations t«*
accept an offer from a newly creat
ed advertising club to carry on :>
free nation-wide advertising cam-1
f>aign for preparedness.
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OPPOSITION DEFEATED
WASHINGTON, March 27—All j
opposition to the literary test clause j
in the new immigration bill wa»
swept aside today in the house. The
opponents to the clause were sadlv
defeated.
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SIX ARE KILLED IN FIRE.
SAN ANTONIO, March 27.—At
the fire that destroyed the fashion
ub) cftuiug, sia ptiaunp aie icpui^
ed to have been killed
THE KUKUl IN PORT.
The Lighthouse tender Kukui is
in port today loading up supplies
preparatory to leaving tomorrow
for a trip of some eight or ten
days duration.
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FIRST APPEARENCE.
Blanche Sweet will make her first
appearence with tbe Paramount fea- j
tures tonight at the Dream in thp
greatest civil war drama, Th> i
Warrens of Virginia.” This is one
of David Belasco’s great product
ions and is put on with an all-star
cast. Blanche Sweet, known as the
Drama Queen, was especially chosen
for this great picture- When re
leased about nine months ago it j
ran one week at the Liberty Thea- j
true in Seattle. It will be here j
two nights only—Monday and Tues- j
day, at the Dream, the house that j
leads. (adv.)
says that Villa is fleeing south as
fast as he can, at the same time
ha is said to be increasing his army
rapidly by forcing men to join him.
The opinion prevails here that lie
is going to effect a junction with *
one of his chiefs and together will
make a stand after worrying his
pusuers.
General Pershing is reported to
have said that the pursuit would bo
a long one.
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ALONG THE
WATERFRONT
Both the Humboldt and Spokane
arrived yesterday morning from the
south,
Tlie Humboldt besides her pas
sengers carried 15 tons of freight
for the local merchants. On this
trip the Humboldt carried the mem
bers of the crews and some freight
for Chumley, Yes Bay and Chil
koot canneries.
The Spokane, with a list of 90
passengers, several of whom were
for Ketchikan, arrived early and un
loaded ISO tons of freight before
proceeding north.
The Spokane is expected back
here V ednesday while the Humboldt
will not be back until Thursday.
From the north, the Northwest
ern made port Saturday evening
and loaded 106 boxes of halibut
and salmon. Those leaving for the
south on her from here were: W.
F. Perkins, A. Olsori D T-?r.nO
i-jvtyn i!i arrrvea yesterday
morning, and after having taken
1700 cases from the Revilla Fish
Product Co., returned to the Ket
chikan Wharf Company’s dock when
T- P. Perkins, formerly U. S. Cable
operator here, but who recently was
transferred to Hadley, and family.
R. Lind and Viola Allen, the young
woman who was taken from the
steamer Alaska on her way south
some time ago, and who was at the
time mentally deranged, but since
has fully recovered, took passage,
and the Dolphin proceeded on her
way south.
Both the Watson and Evans from
the north are yet to be reported.
The steamer Ravelli went south
this morning carrying 75 tons of
L'sh products from the Ward’s Cove
By-Product Company.
From the south, the Farragut is
clue r.ere tomorrow afternoon, and
v ill possibly be followed by the
City of Seattle that is due to sail
from Seattle tomorrow evening.
The Princess Sophia is due here
tomorrow evening.
BLANCHE
SWEET
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