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FOB BUSINESS
U Bank Examiners Report Much Im
provement In All States But
Maine—Outlook Good.
WASHINGTON, April 9—The gov
ernment bank examiners have report
ed to the Secretary of the Treasury
that they have found conditions much
improved in all the states of the Un
ion with the exception of the state
of Maine, which still feels the depres
sion which was caused in the Unit
ed States by the war in Europe.
The examiners, who have been
working in the west and in the Paci
fic coasi states, are confident that a
few weeks will see normal conditions
again in Ike far west.
In Now York the bankers insist that
conditions have improved wonderful
ly the past few months and are now
almost normal with most of the fac
tories working full time and offers of
work for all who want it. The large
M amount of public works under way in
the Empire state has done much to
bring about the change in conditions.
BOSS LORIMER
10 STAND TRIAL
Former Dictator of Republican Party
Faces Jury In Chicago Court
for Looting Bank.
CHICAGO, April 10.—Former Unit
ed States Senator William Lorimer,
Chicago’s “blonde boss” of other
years, is scheduled to go on trial be
fore Judge Kersten today on charges
of conspiring to loot the defunct La
Salle Street Bank & Trust company.
Lorimer was president of the bank
when it was clolsed June 16, 1914, by
State Auditor James Brady.
Organized in May, 1910, the La
Salle Street National bank became
one of the most popular flancial in
stitutions in the city. Its capital was
$1,000,000 with a surplus of $250,000.
Charles B. Munday and other men
known in financial circles were on its
directorate. ■
Under Lorimer’s direction the bank
was denationalized in October, 1912.
Constant clashes with the federal
bank inspectors has been assigned as
the cause for the denationalization.
It became a state bank with a capi-.
tal stock of $1,250,000. Immediately
there was organized as subsidiaries
to the central institution five banks
carrying small accounts.
When the bank rendered its state
ment which precipitated the closure
proceedings by Auditor Brady it de
clared' its resources lit $5,582,472. Of
the resources there were notes pay
able to the bank aggregating $1,291,
127. The examiner reporting the con
dition of the bank classed $1,746,084
of the resources “desperate and no
value” and $763,687 “slow and doubt
ful.” Much of the money was loaned
to the contracting firm of Lorimer &
Gallagher, now in bankruptcy.
Federal indictments charging mis
appropriation of the bank’s funds
while it was a national bank are
pending against Lorimer.
Jin REPORTED
. FROM THE WEST
Word was brought to Valdez last
night on the steamer Mariposa to the
effect that a rumor was current to
the westward that a native woman liv
ing in the town of Perry, near Cold
Bay, had been murdered. The mar
shal’s office, however, has no news of
the reported killing ahd is inclined
to doubt the story.
ALLIES ARMY IS READY TO INVADE TURKEY
LONDON, April 9.—The invasion of
Turkey by a large force of British
ind French troops is now certain and
the mobilization of the army is un
der way. A force of fully 300,000 men
Including British colonial forces and
French Algerian troops will be sent
to reduce the forts guarding the city
of Constantinople. The fleet of 150
warships now operating in the Darda
nelles will support the land forces.
Transports En Route To Scene.
It is semi-officially stated today
that the advance guard of this army
of invasion is already at the scene
and that more are being transport
ed as fast as possible.
Turks Preparing To Fight.
The news of the preparations being
made by the Turks to receive the Al
lies indicates that the Sultan will
bring to the city of Constantinople
the entire strength of his nation that
can be spared from the fighting with
the Russians in the Caucasus moun
tains. Every available man has been
ordered to the colors and German offi
cers are drilling the men and German
military equipment is being used to
BIG FORCE WILL ENDEAVOR TO CAPTURE CONSTANTINOPLE —150
WARSHIPS TO AID LANDING—GREEKS ANXIOUS TO RETAIN
POSITION IN MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND MAY BE FORCED INTO
WAR—RUSSIAN REPORTS CLAIM GAINS IN CARPATHIAN8—GER
MANS AND FRENCH FIGHTING DESPERATELY IN FRANCE—
ROME STILL EXPECTS AVERT WAR WITH RUSSIA.
bring the fighting force up to stand
ard.
French Offensive On Meuse.
LONDON, April 9.—The French
continue the offensive along the bat
tle-line on the Meuse river and are
sending in attack after attack in an
effort to break down the defensive
machine that has been built up by the
I kaiser's military cmefs. The offensive
extends well into Lorroine.
Germans Make Counter Attacks.
Reports reaching here from Paris
indicate that the Germans are not will
ing to remain on the defensive but
have delivered many counter attacks
upon the French and are endeavoring
to hold back the French.
Activity In Champagne District.
Great activity is also reported in
the Champagne district and it is
thought here that a general engage
ment will be brought on along the
western battle-line.
Carpathian Battle Unchanged.
PETROGRAD, April 9—The war of
fice reports that no changes have tak
en place along the battle-line in the
Carpathians. The silence of the war
office is taken here as indicating that
a big battle is in progress and that
no news will be published until the
outcome of the engagement is known.
Rome Expects Peace With Austria.
ROME, April 9.—It is the opinion
of the government officials here that
no danger exists of a war between
Italy and Austria and that the differ
ences of opinion between the two em
I
pires will be settled without recourse
to a bloody war.
Greece Still In Doubt.
The decision regarding Greece en
tering into the war as an ally of the
Allies is expected to be made when
the fighting in the Dardanelles reach
es a crisis. That Greece will enter
the war if the Allies are likely to be
successful in pushing through the
Dardanelles is certain, as she wishes
to retain the commanding position in
the eastern. Mediterranean sea and
will not allow some other nation to
take it from her.
Two New Zeppelins Ready.
GENEVA, April 9.—The newest Zep
pelin to be completed at the Zep
pelin works on Lake Constance left
Friedrichshafen yesterday. Another
new aircraft, the Zeppelin X., will be
ready in a few days. To Chief En
gineer Durr of the Zeppelin works
has been awarded the Iron Cross.
Russians In Beskid Pass.
PETROGRAD, April 9.—The Rus
sian troops are in control of the sum
mits of Beskid pass in the Carpath
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AMERICAN DOCTOR
DIESJ SERBIA
WASHINGTON, April 0—Doctor
Ernest Magruder, of this city, who
has been with the Servian array work
ing with the American Red Cross
Corps, died a few days ago of typhus,
according to word received today by
the State Department from its con
sular agents in Nish.
GERMANS TO PAT
FOR THE FRYE
Agree To Secretary Bryan’s Demand
for Payment To Owners of
Value of Ship.
WASHINGTON, April 9.—The Ger
man government has notified the State
Department that the request for dam
ages for the destruction of the Amer
ican sailing ship Frye will be granted
not because the German foreign of
fice believed that the sinking was not
justified but because of an old treaty
between the two countries which pro
vided that Identification of the owners
be made in a prize court and not de
cided on the high seas by the com
mander of the warship.
The American owners of the sailing
ship will receive full damage for the
lost vessel and the crew will be paid
wages up to the time of the arrival
in Newport News on the converted
cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich, which
sunk the ship In the Pacific several
months ago.
KICKING MULES
CAUSE I STRIKE
r
WILKESBARRE, Ra., April 9.—
Thirteen hundred coal miners went
out on strike today because the coal
operators insisted upon using a num
ber of kicking mules to haul the coal
to the mouth of the tunnel and the
men claimed that the mules made it
unsafe to carry dynamite into the
workings, as the mules were likely
to hit the dynamite and cause an ex
plosion. The strike is expected to be
settled in a few hours as the operat
ors will be forced by the state au
thorities to withdraw the kicking
mules.
Albert White has made application
to Governor Strong to be appointed
h notary public for Alaska.
pimliiE
sms SEC. LANE
Head of Interior Department Sure
That Good Times Have Reached
the United States.
WASHINGTON, April 9.—Secretary
Franklin K. Lane, head of the De
partment of the Interior, who return
ed a few days ago from San Fran
cisco, told reporters today that he was
Jconvinced since he made his trip
through the western states that good
times had struck the United States
and that the west was now in a more
prosperous condition than at any time
4n the past five years.
The war in Europe has upset busi
ness conditions but the readjustment
has taken place and the financial con
ditions are improving very fast and
within a few months the greatest pros
perity that this country has known
in a decade will be here, asserts the
secretary.
REDHELD WON'T
To Regain the Loet Halibut Businees
Which Went to Prince Rupert,
Canada.
WASHINGTON. April 9.—Secretary
of Commerce Redfield, to whom the
commercial organizations of Seattle
and Ketchikan have appealed to for
aid In securing the fish business which
the opening up of the Grand Trunk
Pacific railroad at Prince Rupert
turned from Seattle to the Canadian
town, has informed the Seattle merch
ants that the department cannot do
anything to offset the Canadian efforts
to secure the business and that the
American fishing Interests had better
seek new banks.
The congressional delegation of
Washington has been very active In
endeavoring to secure some restric
tions upon the re-entrance of the fish
caught In American waters and tak
en across country on the Canadian
roads and then brought back Into the
United States to compete with fish
handled exclusively over American
lines The Seattle merchants have
heretofore had a complete monopoly
of the fish business, sending Alaska
halibut In cold storage, to eastern cit
ies, paying the Alaska fishermen what
ever they desired and reaping a big
profit..
H G
ARE PINCHED
Oregon Police Recover Gold Bullion
Worth $7,000, Which Was Stolen
From Stage.
BAKER CITY, Ore., April 9.—Tlie
police here today arrested two men
and a woman, claiming that they have
evidence enough to convict them of
having held up the stage a few days
ago and robbing it of gold bullion
worth $7,000. The gold has now been
recovered by the police, who search
ed the building in which the party
had hidden. )
Detectives for the express company
have been working on the case since
the holdup of the stage and when
they failed to find the robbers in the
hills they began a search of the city
and soon found that the evidence
pointed to the two men and woman
and the arrests followed with the sub
sequent recovery of the loot.
UNIS MING
i v
Fight Causes Tieup of All Street Car
Lines In Western New
York.
SYRACUSE, N. Y., April 9—As a re
sult of a fight between different un
ion organizations of conductors and
motormen all the street car lines in
this city are tied up and the inter
urban lines in western New York are
badly crippled and may be forced to
discontinue service until the trouble
is settled.
The different unions each demand
recognition from the car companies
and have struck for the recognition
of the unions to which they belong.
The companies have warned both fac
tions that unless they make peace
In a few days that they will make
open shops of their lines and send
for strike breakers. Labor leaders are
endeavoring to settle the trouble.
thief steals tails
FROM MANY HORSES
SPOKANE, April 9—A thief last
night cut the tails from 160 horses
in this city in order to secure the
hair, which was sold early this morn
ing and the seller has disappeared al
though the entire police force of the
city are looking for him.
NORTHWESTERN IS
NOW IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, April 9.—The steamer
Northwestern, of the Alaska Steam
ship company, reached this city at
noon today after completing her first
trip north for the 1915 season. The
big liner, which has been completely
overhauled, is now in fine condition
and it is expected to carry a large
tourist travel this coming summer.
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GERMAN SPIES
Were Sending Information From Lon
don To Germany By Using An
Invisible Ink.
LONDON, April 9.—Three German
spies were arrested here today and
the authorities have found that they
Miave been sending messages to Ger
many regarding the plans of the Brit
ish through the use of an invisible
ink. First a letter would be written
containing gossip of a nature that
would pass the censors then in in
visible ink the information regarding
the fleet or the movements of the
army and other matters of importance
to the Germans was written in invis
ible ink that could be brought to
sight again by the use of an acid.
The government has known for
some time that important information
regarding the army and navy has been
reaching the Germans and a trap was
set resulting in the arrest of the three
spies and it was then that the meth
od of the gang was discovered.
The letters were generally sent to
Denmark, Holland or Norway and
then forwarded on to Germany.
COMES
THE WEST
The steamer Manposa arrived in
Valdez at 9 last night and sailed for
Seattle at 10:30, taking a number of
passengers from this port to Seattle.
The Mariposa brought to Seward on
this trip the big 17,000 pound safe
that is to be used by the Harrlman
bank in that city. The following pas
sengers left here on the Mariposa:
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Godfrey, Earl Marr,
F. R. Brenneman and wife, for Seat
tle: E. E. Campbell, for Ketchikan;
Mrs. J. Clark, for Juneau; F. Sully
and C. W. Fellet, for Cordova, and five
second-class.
KNEW SHIP UNSAFE
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Letter Lieutenant Ede Wrote a Week
Before Accident Reaches Los
Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, April 9.—A letter
received here today from Lieut. Ede,
who was in command of the ill-fated
United States submarine F-4 and went
to the bottom of the sea with his ship,
telling relatives that the ship he com
manded was defective and that in
spite of the efforts he was making to
have the defects repaired it was dan
gerous to operate the ship and that
he feared an accident would result.
The commander wrote the letter a
week before the accident in which he
lost his life.
The letter has started a demand
among his friends and those of the
other twenty seven men lost on the
submarine for a congressional inves
tigation into the affair and the prop
er punishment of those who refused
to make the necessary repairs or al
terations and thus to have saved the
lives of the men who manned the ship
Another Battle Between Villa and
Carranza Forces Reported—
• Vera Cruz Lacks Food.
VERA CRUZ, April 9— It is re
ported here that a big battle is in
progress at Celaya between the forces
of General Carranza and those com
manded by General Villa. The out
come of the engagement is awaited
with considerable interest and some
anxiety.
Conditions here are not very good
and many people are starving as a
result of the destruction of the rail
road lines and the failure of ships to
continue a regular service along the
coast. >
The report that Huerta Is returning
to seek to recover the reins of gov
ernment of Mexico is doubted in this
city, where it is asserted that the
former provisional president left the
republic with several millions of gold
and was certain to remain away and
| not to re-enter an uncertain fight.
FRENCH WOMEII TO
DRIVE WICES
PARIS, April 9.—The women of this
city have volunteered to drive the am
bulances for the army and fully 100
applications are being received each
day from women who are willing to
go to the front and drive the wagons
so that the men can be relieved and
used for fighting at the front or for
driving the supply wagons which go
to the firing line and are in greater
danger than are the drivers of the am
bulances.
BRIGHTON LEAVES
III THE_MORNING
The launch Brighton, commanded
by Captain Stamey, will leave for
Port Wells and way ports tomorrow
morning from the Valdez dock. The
launch will take a large number of
passengers and considerable freight
for miners on the sound.
James J. Godfrey and wife left on
the Mariposa last night for Seattle.
Mrs. Godfrey is not weil and will
seek medical attention in Seattle.