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WILSON ADMITS RAILROAD ROUTE SELECTED
ENORMOUS ACTIVITIES ALONG EASTERN FRONT
u. s. Ini lose siao.mi peb my bm stotme of impouts
PRIEST HAS BIG
FORTUNE JEWELS
NEW YOKE, March 17. DaUre Jus*
Mendotu, a shabbily clad Calholh
luiest has arrived litre having in his
possession jewels and robes valued at
a halt' million dollars. The valuables
uie said to have been removed to avoid
confiscation by the warring factions
who are desperately in need of money
and are nothing loath to seize upon
Valuable church property wherever
found.
FIRST FATALITY
IN DARDANELLES
ATHENE. March 17.—-Dardanelles
advices declare that tHe first vessel to
be sunk in the allied attack is an Eng
lish mine sweeper which was blown up
by a mine which was being removed
from the channel. Carelessness in the
handling is said to he the reason for
the accident, which, besides destroying
the vessel, killed a number of men
if you cannot find your friend, try
the Rollor Rink. He will sure be there.
Once you start rolling you never can
stop. Beet sport in Nome. Skates 25c
Open daily 2 to 5 and 7:30 to 11 p. m.
WILSON & HAGGERTY. Props.
WILSON SAYS ROUTE DECIDED UPON
BUT WITHHOLDS LOCATION SELECTED
WASHINGTON, March IT. Presi
dent Wilson, during an inters iew
granted to newspapermen y>Mnla.
afternoon, admitted that the route fm
the new government railroad to tin
interior of Alaska had hern detinitel
decided upon Hut refused to give any
intimation as to the location select'd,
saying that the decision would in
nounced at tho proper time.
The President was also indefinite a<
to the plans of the administration con
cerning the purchase of the Poppet
Iliver Northwestern or the Alaska
Northern railroads. Pressed for a d»
finite statement as to the purchase of
either of the roads, Wilson stated that
the mat tor of purchasing had not as
w-i been determined upon although tla
railroads had been tentatively ap
: proached on the subject but the negn
! tuitions were so far without result
According to the best information
obtainable the President is withholding
the announcement of the location of
the route pending the* delivery of a
legal opinion from the Attorney-iSen
tin I as to certain phases of the pro
I>os«‘d pun ha.se of existing lines.
The Railroad set provides that exist
ing lines may la* pur* hosed ;*t * prie.
not to he in excess ,,f the valuation
fixed h\ the railroad eommisss-.n an*'
' now that the offer made for the Mask.
Northern, which the government ap
parently desired the most, has been)
i refused by the Canadian owners, it is I
believed that the Attornes-General has [
been asked to give an opinion as t<> |
how far the government nm\ r«. ii
acquiring lines rMtidenination pro ,
feedings !
The report from New York to the ct
feet that the new rn.nl will run from
Ship Creek is ^en# *ni • »\ a.vupted as
authoritative. It has also been r**• -on11 >
Haimed by those who are vitally in
forested in having the road stmt a'
Seward, that whin the President 1 i h
ins announcement . »f terminals i»id
routes, lie would name Seward as tin*
ocean terminal.
Strictly fresh eggs $1 25 per dozen
at Prosser's Harness Shop. Prone
Black 5.
OFFICIAL LISTS REVEAL GERMAN
LOSSES OVER 1,059,000 MEN
!,i >NI>< >.V. Man h 17 The last eight
official easuulitv lists gi\en oill le (iei -
many show, according to a statement
published by the War Office today, that
the total losses in killed, wounded and
missing in the Held of operations of
the (iermuus are in excess of one mil
lion. fifty-nine thousand, the actual fig
ures giving the enormous total of one
million, fifty-nine thousand and twenty
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nine men.
The Prussian statements <lo mu in
ciude tlie losses sustained by the sev
eral atm> corps recruited from the dis
tricts of Ravarin, \Vru i't cm hern and
Saxony, none of which losses are Riven
nor do the lists mentioned include the
total losses Riven in the twenty lists of
naval casualties which have so far been
Riven out.
Tin- Times military experts have
verified the figures and wit Jr added esti
[ mates of the losses <u tie liavurians
and other provinces net included in the
list and also the totals of the naval lists
place the total losses at nenrlv one mil
lion live hundred thousand
Heeent statements viven mil In the
otllvial press bureau at Uerlin claim
that an examination shows that of the
untrained I.nmlstriiin troops in the dts
triots of Holstorn and Hamburg, whal
!compose the Ninth army corps district,
i there are JOO.OOu men (it for army sef
vice Talcing these figures as a basis,
the twenty-four army districts of Her
many would yield a total of about fly
million more men fit for army service
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'■'u-y Lathe, before departing for Cal
ifornia last night, declined to discuss
Alaska railroad matters, stating that.
'H he had already said nothing definite
could lie given out until utter the situs
tc n has been thoroughly gone over
I Mile said it wits impossible to say
when ihe announcement of rhe route
would be given nut, adding that ii
might be delayed until after his return
from San Francisco.
MAYOR SUICIDES
IN SEATTLE
SEATTI.K. March 17 -The bod; of
II *' i.undtiold, former mayor of
Wenatchee viis found floating in the
• > i'l an early hour today I.undtlelcJ
■ said in have be, me mentally unbal
a need through grieving over the death
of his son who died recently The find
ibg 'if li" I • Illy indicates that the
mourning parent decided to end hl«
grief by suicide
Hot chocolate, hot boof too. maltod
milk and froth Ico croom ond aoda
water at the Roto Candy Storo
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TENDER OF BATTLESHIP
DELAWARE FIRED ON BY
MEXICAN SNIPERS
UALVE8TON, March IT -According
to tho reports brought here by the pas
sengers of die Norwegian steamer
Tatnpico which arrived from Vera Cruz,
•Mexico, yesterday, the tender of the
t'nited States battleship Delaware was
twice fired on by .Mexican snipers while
journeying between the anchorage and
the city. According to the statements
tho tender wont into the harbor on the
morning of March tenth for the pur
pose of picking up Captain Rogers,
commander oC the battleship, who had
been set ashore some hours previously.
While approaching the shore below the
customs house several shots were fired
at the launch, one of which burled it
self in the bulwark, but did no harm.
Again while passing the same point .«»
the return journey to ibe ship soirto
time later the tender was again tired > (
hut beyond the shots coming dan
gerousiy close no damage was done
Captain Rogers is said to have im
mediately returned to shore with a ilc
tachmont of marines hut no further
demonstration was made.
file matter has been laid befot tic
Mexican authorities who disclaim all
knowledge of the shooting.
GOVERNMENT WILL LOSE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DAILY
STOPPAGE GERMAN TRADE
WASHINGTON. Mutch 17 Follow
ing a lengthy conference with Presi
dent Wilson during which the various
aspects of the financial situation were
thoroughly discussed. Senator Hoke
Smith nml Walsh, of Montano, stated
to press representatives that it is esti
mated that the stoppage ..f imports
from Germany, as a result of the Grit
ish war council order, will mean an
immense loss to the government. ,\e
cording to the statements of the sen- i
ators. the traffic between the t’nited!
State's and Germany during the- period j
of the war was of far greater volume'
than is generally known and. indeed,
formed a considerable percentage of
tlie total eef foreign imports entering
the country, since the first demoralizing
decline after the declaration of war
The total stoppage of iJernia u im
ports. according to the statement, will
ni' in a loss to the country in customs
duties of at least one hundred thousand
dollars per day.
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BOMBARDED
PARIS, March IT. Flanders reports
state that the Germans are again sub
jecting Nieuport to a heavy bombard
ment and over thirty shells have fallen
Into the town demolishing main build
ings.
Simultaneously with tin' beginning
of the German tire at daybreak the
allied warships opened Are on the vil
lage of Westonde where the Germans
have concentrated in considerable
force. The fire of the fleet is said to
have forced the Germans into hurried
retreat to the entrenched lines east
and south of the town. Wireless re
ports from the fleet state that the tor
pedo flotilla engaged in a duel with a
German submarine which attempted to
approach the fleet and after a vigorous
shelling forced the under-water vessel
to retire.
GERMANS SINK
2 MORE SNIPS
SUBMARINES CONTINUE THE
DEVASTATION OF COMMERCE
—
I.ONDoN. .Man li IT Two more vic
tims of the German submarines have
been reported, this time from points
along the eastern coast. According to
dispatches received here the liritish
steamers Atlanta unit l-'engal have been
torpedoed in the North so, two lives
being lost
Millions of Shamrocks Are Sold.
NEW YORK. Maiili IT Millions of
shamrocks sold Greater New York
causes scarcity of the well known St.
Patricks da\ emblems. The Get mans
are joining with the Irish in anti
English demonstrations
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EASTERN BATTLE LINES
EXTEND 600 MILES
I'KTROGRAf), Mar, 17. - Kneounters
"f considerable strategical importance
along a six hundred mile front, are
stated l>y the War Bureau to constitute
the beginning of the spring campaign
While much fighting is in progress the
main developments are the rapid mov
ing of large bodies of troops in many
directions, all intended to fulfill stra
tngetical necessities. Both Germans
and Russians nre making every effort
to obtain advantageous situations and
actual fighting is for the present tem
porarily subordinated to a minor con
sideration and neither side nre anxious
to com# lo a decisive battle.
Activities extend along an almost
continuous line from the riven Nieman
in tho North, through Russian Poland
and eastward through the Austrian
Galician province to the Dnelster river
m
Kngagements of minor proportions arc
in progress along practical!' the whole
front according to the official state
ments and never before lias there been
such continuous activity along the
Whole line Kittle in the way of de
cisive results has followed the recent
movements although the tendency to
concentrate at the most advantageous
points has resulted in almost continu
ous lighting. The Russian lines are
said to lie well situated for the coming
ocnfllct and confidence is expressed in
the ability of the troops to meet the ex
pected Herman rush
Neither Side Able to Advance in East.
RERMN’ March 17.— Much contested
ground on the Vistula is again the
scene of immense lighting. Teuton
and Slavs desperately endeavoring to
i rush each other hut timi both sides S"
nearly euual in numbers the advance
seems impossible
German Aeroplane Brought Down.
l’ARIS. March 17 Lone tlerman
I aeroplane brought down in tin sub
urbs of Paris today la guns from
Montmarte
Celebrating in New York Today.
NEW YORK, March 17 Irish mak
ling preparations for the greatest cert -
i monies, parades, etc., in the history of
I the metropolis of the western hemis
phere in honor of St. Patricks Day. It
is estimated that two hundred thou
sand persons, including Irish societies,
volunteers, lire and police department■«.
will make up a parade many milss long
Fine weather prevails
GERMAN CONSUL
ARRESTED FOR
CONSPIRACY
SEATTLE. .March IT. -William
Muller. th<' German consul, at Seattle
a ml also his secretary. It. M Schultz
have hcii irresteil hy swrei service
men on i hargi of attempted con
spiral y following the discover) that
they had attempted to influence em
ployees of the Seattle Dry Dock and
[Construction < 'o. into Impurtlng infor
[ri.itii " oncoming the building of sub
I marines i>y that company under orders
from tie British government Muller
11 said to have approached seierul of
tin- emplniees with offers of bribes
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