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Bcport to Senate oh Mexican Situa
tion Shows 110 Americans
Been Killed Mexicans.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 18.—
A detailed report on the Mexican sit
uation was sent to the Senate by the
State Department this morning. The
report shows that during the past
three years seventy-six Americans
have been killed in Mexico and thir
ty-four on American* soil who were
killed by Mexican bandits who cross
ed the border on raiding expeditions.
The report states that President
Wilson has declined to give the con
fidential reports of his agents in
Mexico to the senate as he regards
them as private.
The president defends his Mexican
pnlicy and asserts that reasonable
protection is being given to the lives
and property of Americans and other
foreigners in Mexico. He believes
that Amricans should not rush into
the isolated mining camps in the
northern Mexican states before the
Carranza government has had suffi
cient time to restore order by exter
minating the guerillas who are car
rying on warfare in different parts of
the country.
LORIIER CASE
COMES TO TRIAL
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Former United States Senator Charg
ed With Having Looted Chain
of Banks He Organized.
CHICAGO, Feb. 18.—The trial of
former Senator William Lorimer,
charged with wrecking the LaSalle
Street Trust & Savings Bank and
subsidiary banks in 1914, started
here yesterday afternoon. Lorimer
was one of fourteen persons indicted
for the looting of the banks and sev
eral of the defendants have been con
victed and are now serving time.
The LaSalle Street bank was open
ed byAorimer and associates in 1910,
with hr capitalization of five hundred
thQjpand dollars and within a few
months after it had been established
the clearing house examiners found
that Lorimer was making large loans
to'himself in violation of the bank
ing, laws.
A year after Its establishment the
hank fins refused clearing house
privileges because of Us shaky con
dition and Lorimer was advised to li
quidate the institution and pay off
the depositors while there were funds
Available for that purpose, lie de
cided to continue in business.
In 1912 Lorimer became associat
ed With dhas. B. Munday and with
a number of Chicago capitalists they
started a chain of banks and it ^as
not jhhtit 1914 that the national bank
examiners got on their trail and the
comptroller of currency ordered that
the affairs of the bankB be examined^
When the bank examiner ordered a
simultaneous examination of the
banks it was discovered that but forty
thousand dollars in actual cash re
mained in the vaults to satisfy the
deposits which approximated four
million dollars.
Lorimer has been a powerful polit
ical factor in Chicago for years and
has been able to prevent his case com
ing to trial until after the cases of
the other dfendants had been dis
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SEATTLE, Feb. 19.—The bulk of
the estate of the late Dr. Rufus
Smith, which amounts to several pil
lions, goes to his daughter who whs
married to John Davis in New York
last month. The estate is to be held
In trust for fifteen years.
Dr. Smith was one of the best
known physicians of the state and
made a large fortune through specu
lations in munition war stocks since
the beginning of the European war.
SUBMARINE WARFARE AGAINST MERCHANT
SHIPS SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION IN SENATE
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 19.—
The announcements of the Teutonic
governments that hereafter they]
would treat all armed merchantmen j
as warships and sink Ahem unwarned |
was discussed in thaVUenate yeeter-j
day afternoon but na official action
was taken as the solution of the
problem will be left to President Wil
son and the State department.
Senator Lodge, 6f Massachusetts,
speaking on the floor of the Senate,
protested against the abandonment
of the principles which had been
adopted by the United States at the
beginning of hostilites ia Jiurope re
garding subniarine waittoe. He be
lieved that Secretary Lansing was
justified in demanding complete as
surance from the Teutonic govern
ments that commanders of submar
ines would be instructed to exclude
liners from their policy of sinking
merchantmen unarmed. He favored
demands being made on Germany
SENATOR LODGE DECLARES THAT AMERICA MUST PROTEST TO
GERMANY AGAINST SINKING OF MERCHANTMEN UNLESS SAFE
TY OF NON-COMBATANTS IS FIRST PROVIDED FOR—DECLARES
WM0TTO ACCEPT TEUTONIC CONTENTIONS WOULD BE- TAK
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DIG LONG STEP TOWARD INVOLVING AMERICA IN WAR AS AN
ALLY OF NATION WHOSE SHIPS HAD BEEN SWEPT FROM SEAS
and Austria that they abandon sub
marine warfare.
On commenting on the protest'of
the Austrian embassy against the
Italian lineir Ouiseppe Verde being
permitted to leave New York With
armament Senator Lodge declared
that American ports were oped to the
ships of all nations irrespective of
the flags under which they sailed.
He also believed that American citi
zens should be free to travel on mer
chantmen to all parts of the world
with full confidence that their lives
would be protected.
Senator Lodge declared that the
action of Secretary Lansing in per
mitting the Italian liner to take her
departure after receiving assurances
from the Italian government that the
llner’B guns would be used only in
defense of the ship and lives of the
passengers would meet with the ap
proval of the American people .He
believed the belligerent nations had
armed the merchantmen for defen
sive and not for offensive purposes.
The speaker declared that be
would protest with all his might
against the United States government
recognizing the right claimed by the
Teutonic governments to sink armed
merchantmen without warning and
in violation of international rules.
He believed to recede from the po
sition taken by the State department
in the controvery with Germany re
garding the sinking of the Lusitania
would be to abandon our neutrality
and would be taking a long step to
ward involving the United States In
war.
Senator Lodge declared that under
no circumstances could the United
States recognize the contention of
the German and Austrian govern
ments that armed merchantmen were
warships. He believed that to do so
would be an unnatural act and
would have the effect of making
American an ally of nations whose
merchantmen had been swept from
the seas.
PREMIER ASQUITH ASKS
ANOTHER HUGE WAR LOAN
LONDON, Feb. 19.—Premier As
quith yesterday afternoon asked the
British House of Commons to author
ize another war loan of two and one
half billion dollars in order to carry
on the war in which the empire is
involved. In addressing, the house
he admitted that the war was cost
ing England more than any other na
tion engaged in the struggle as she
was forced to aid in financing the
Russian government’s purchase of
war munitions.
MIIS SCHMIDT
PAYS PENALTY
Was Electrocuted at Ossining Tester*
day for Murder of Sweetheart
After Betraying Her.
OSSINING, N. Y., Feb. 18.—Hans
Schmidt, the murderer of Anna Au
muller, paid the final penalty for his
crime when he was executed in the
chair here yesterday ihorning. The
execution was witnessed by a few
government officials and reporters,
and took plaice at an early hour as
the condemned man had- Veen grant
ed hla last request that he be put to
death during the morning hours.
Those who witnessed the execu
tion sky' that Schmidt went to his
death without regret and that never
was there an execution where the
condemned man met , his death so
calmly.
Schmidt' slept calmly during the
night and when awakened hy the
sheriff and told that his final hour
had come he declared that he was
glad that he was soon to pay the pen
alty of his crime and was ready to
die.
The murder'for which Schmidt was
executed was one of the most fiend
ish' ever recorded in this state as he
had deliberately sacrificed the life of
a young woman whom he had be
trayed.
CANNERY HAND SHOT
BY UNKNOWN CHINESE'
SEATTLE, Feb. 19.—A. Park, a
cannery hand who was employed last
summer at Kake, Alaska, wak shot
and Instantly killed on King Street
last night by an unknown Chinaman.
The assassin escaped and .the police
have been unable to seefire any elna
as to his identity, ft is believed that
the murder resulted from some ten
ded wrong of the Chinese while at
work in the Cannery last summer, and
the Chinese employed at the Kake
cannery are being rounded np by the
police.
E. R. Tarwater and C W. Don
nelly were paasengera on the Admiral
Farragnt en route to Seward where
they will be connected with the en
gineering department of the Alaskan
Engineering commission.
ENGLAND URGING
GRENIER ECONOMY
Requests Auto Owners to Cease Us
ing Machines for Pleasure—
Would effect Great Having.
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LONDON, Feb. 19.—The British
I government is urging the people of
^England to conserve the resources
of the Empire in every way possible
and has requested the owners of
automobiles to cease using their
machines for pleasure purposes. The
government has compiled figures
showing that a great saving would
be effected and that hundreds, of
thousands of men who are now em
ployed as drivers and mechanics
would be free to accept employment
in the government munition factor
ies.
The people of the nation are be
ing warned that the resources of the
empire are being taxed to the utmost
in both men and money and that the
citizens must be prepared to aid the
government in every way.
The British Minister of Munitions
has admitted that difficulty is being
experienced in securing competent
workman for the munition factories
and it is hoped that thousands of
trained mechanics Who have been
connected with the automobile busi
ness may be induced to enter the em*
ploy of the government if deprived
of their positions.
IN COLLISION
Ante and Street Car Collide In Se
attle and One Man Is Dead and
■ Another In the Hospital.
SEATTLE, Feb. 1#.—Thos. Blair,
I driver of an auto, was instantly kill
ed and Thos. Edwards fatally Injured
! yesterday afternoon when the ma
chine was hit by a street car. The car
was traveling at a high rate of speed
and. hit the auto as it was rounding
a corner,
Blair was pinned under the wreck
age of his machine and was dead be
fore he could be taken from under
the auto. Edwards suffered a broken
I leg and is believed to have been in
jured internally. He has failed to re
g&ln ; consciousness, although '?&?■(
clans hate been working Over him feu
several hours.
Look.
Vslt the Liberty Theatre tomorrow
right.' Four-piece orchestra and well
nrranged program. Good music.
RAILROAD WILL
BUILD SNOWSHED
Great. Northern Preparing to Spend
Two-Million Dollars to Provide
Safety for Transportation.
TACOMA, Feb. 19.—The officials
of the Great Northern railroad com
pany here have announced that two
million dollars will be spent during
the coming summer in the construc
tion of the snowsheds in the Cascade
mountains. It is stated that the
work will begin at an early date next
spring and that several miles of the
track where slides have occurred will
be covered and rendered as safe as a
tunnel.
Advices from east of the mountains
are to the effect that another train
was swept from the tracks near
Leavenworth and five people killed.
The slide occurred near the point
where a number of workmen were
carried to their deaths a few days
ago when they were caught in an
avalanche.
The sudden squall which sprung
up this morning, driving in from the
Narrows, caused the owners of gas
boats along the waterfront a few
hoars of anxiety. Many of them are
tied up to the Valdez dock and fears
were entertained that they would be
damaged through being battered
against the pMlhg.
LAZY HUSBAND
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Woman’s Secret Revealed After Liv
ing as Man for Twenty Years—
Married Two Tears Ago.
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SEATTLE, Feb. 1».—Robert Gaff
ney, of this city, who was arrested
under the lazy man law for failure
to provide for his wife was discovered
to be a woman when arrested by the
police. Gaffney has Hired as a man
for twenty years and was married
here two years ago.
The case Is regarded as one of the
most singular ever coming to the at
tention of the police of this city as
Gaffney and the woman who became
his wife apparently lived happily un
til recently when he resigned from a
position which he had held for years
and deserted ills wife.
Wm. Aiken, who Is familiarly
known along the coast of Alaska as
“Schilling’s Best,” arrived in Valdez
on the Admiral Farragut and will
spend a few days taking orders from
local merchants.
DISGRACEFUL SCENES
IN STATE LEGISLATURE
! OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 19.—Dis
graceful scenes were witnessed in the
state legislature yesterday afternoon
when a hot debate resulted in rioting
in which every member of the house
took an active part. Books were
thrown, chairs and desks overturned,
and several of the legislators engag
ed In fistic contests. A prominent
legislator whose head collided with a
chair was knocked out and required
the services of a physician.
POLICE BATTLE
WITH MEXICANS
Editors of Revolutionary Publication
Are Arrested in Los Angeles
After a Desperate Fight.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19.—Intense
excitement prevailed here this morn
ing while the police were attempting
to storm a house where two Mexican
revolutionists had barricaded them
selves. The men were editors of a
Mexican publication and had been in
dicted on the charge of using the
malls to incite murder and revolu
tion.
The battle lasted for some time and
nearly one hundred shots were ex
changed before the. fugitives surren
dered. The authorities believe that
another revolution is being organised
in this state to inVade Mexico and are
keeping a sharp Watch bn the move
ments of all Mexican's Whb are known
to have been in sympathy with Gen.
Villa or any of the other Mexican,
leaders.
SKI JUMPER BREAKS
ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo.,
Feb. 19.—All previous ski jumping
records were broken yesterday dur
ing the midwinter ski carnival when
Rangor Omtvedt cleared on hun
dred and ninety-t ivo fvct. Omtvedt
is a professional and holds the cham
pionship of America.
BRITISH SEIZE THREE
MORE NEUTRAL VESSELS
LONDON, Feb. 19 —The British
admiralty has announced that three
more neutral veaaele from American
ports have been seized by British
cruisers and Uken to Kirkwall as
their cargoes were found to contain
opntrabank of war.
SYMPATHY EXPRESSED
FOR. THE DOMINION
OTTAWA, Feb. 19.—The Domin
ion government has announced that
President Wiison has sent expres
sions of regret to the governor gen
eral over the destruction of the Do
minion parliament buildings with
loss of life.
HIS NEW FLEET
OF SUBTWIHINES
Germany Is Reported as Prepared k>
Wage Campaign Against Mer
chantmen of the Allies.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Feb. 1!>.—
The Journal de Geneva reports from
what is believed to be reliable source
that the Germans have built a fleet
of one hundred submarines and are
preparing to renew the campaign
against the merchantmen of the
enemy nations with renewed vigor.
The submarines are reported to be
of a new type and equipped with in
struments which enable their com
manders to detect the presence of
nets or mines before coming into con
tact with them. The underwatot
fighters are said to be larger that the
submarines used in former attacks,
against enemy ships in the North Sen
and English channel and that they
can operate at great distance from
their base of Supplies.
It is predicted that the German ad
miralty will order the submarines
to operate against the merchantmen
of the Allies far out on the Atlantic
where it will be beyond the power of
the Allies to spread nets or mines
as in the North Sea and English
channel.
RAVE PROTECTION
FOR ZEPPELINS
Balloons Exploded Below Aircraft
Throw Them Into Dark Shadow
When Raiding CitUes.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—Passen
gers arriving on a liner which reach
ed New York last night bring new
of a new device which the German*
have adopted for the protection of
Zeppelins from the fire of artillery
when engaged in raids over cities and
the positions of the Allies.
It is reported that the Zeppelin*
are equipped with small balloon*
which they drop when they wish
evade detection from the artillery
gunners. The balloons explode after
dropping a short distance and by an
ingenious device a bright light i*
thrown earthward and the Zeppeliah
caht into a dark shadow.
,* Many of the returning passengers
were in London when the Zeppelin*
ongaged in the recent raids and say
that tremendous damage resulted
frotn the visit of the German aircraft.
The residents of London are declaret
to be living in terror of the visits St
the aircraft and are demanding that
the government take steps to afford
protection to the city.
ATTEMPTED TO SMUGGLE
RUBBER INTO GERMANE
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—Two per
sons, a German woman and a Swiss
man, have been indicted by the fed
eral grand Jury here on the charge
of shipping rubber from America to
Germany in violation of the neutral
ity laws of the United States. The
rubber was discovered in their per
sonal effects as they were preparing
to anil for Europe._
BRITISH CASUALTIES
ARE VERY HEAVE
BERLIN, Feb. 19.—Advices from
the western battlefront say that the
British have made desperate attempt*
to retake the iost position southwest
of Ypres but that they have been r*
pulsed with tremendous losses. It Ik
estimated that the British casualties
during the past four days since thb
German offensive movement on tlt^
west began have averaged nearly
twenty thousand men per day.
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Johnny Kacerosky arrived in town
this morning on the Admiral Farm
gut and will visit with Valdes
friends until the arrival of the Ala
meda. He is en route to Seward,
where he is employed in the llrown
& Hawkins More.
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