* Settlement of More Important Mat
ters Are Occupying Attention of
the Officials.
WASHINGTON, March 10.—With
the Mexican and European war situ
ations occupying President Wilson’s
attention, and Secretary Lane busy
trying to solve the Oklahoma, Wyom
ing, Colorado and California oil land
tangle, Alaska railroad matters have
been temporarily dropped pending the
settlement of the more important na
tional questions. Secretary Lane has
not as yet conferred with President
Wilson concerning the engineering
commission’s report.
No new developments have been re
ported regarding the Alaska railroad
situation since the Boland interview
in the New York Sun, which stated
that the government had abandoned
negotiations for the purchase of the
Alaska Northern railroad. It is be
lieved here that building operations
this year will be confined to the con
struction of the road from Ship Creek
to the Matanuska coal fields aqd the
completion of surveys.
IBO OCCUPIES
WOTS IE
Hoped Carranza Will Resign From
Office Before Intervention By
United States.
WASHINGTON, March 10.—Presi
dent Wilson’s entire attention is oc
cupied with the Mexican situation at
present as well as that of Secretary
Bryan. The situation is regarded as
critical in the extreme and it is be
lieved that the notification of Amer
icans to leave Mexico City is the fore
runner of intervention by the Unit
ed States in Mexico.
The hope is expressed In official
circles that Provisional President Car
ranza will accede to the demands of
President Wilson and avoid the neces
sity of American troops being land
ed at Vera Cruz. The const city is
now Carranza's headquarters and if
driven from his position there his
arpiy would be at the ipercy of Gen
eral Villa’s forces.
RUSSIANS TO JOIN
ARMY IN POLAND
j
Russians Long Residents of America
Are Answering Call of Czar To
Native Colors.
SEATTLE, March 10.—Fifteen Rus
sian reservists who have been detain
ed in America through business, sail
ed from Seattle yesterday on the Ori
ental liner on their way to join the
Russian army in Poland. From Tokio
the reservists will make their way
north to Vladivostok and through Si
beria over the railroad to Petrograd.
The reservists state that they noti
fied the Russian embassy in Wash
ington of their residence in America
and received word that their services
were not required at that time. Sev
eral of the Russians have been in
America for years while others came
from Canada to join their fellows who
were answering the call of their
mother country.
The Ladies Aid will meet in the
lecture room of the Congregational
church Thursday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock. All members are urged to
be present.
SUBMARINES SINK THREE BRITISH STEAMERS
LONDON, March 10.—Three more
British steamers were destroyed by
German submarines yesterday. The
steamers were the Tangistan, sub
marined off the coast near Scarbrough,
the steamer Blackwood was sunk in
the English Channel and the Princess
Victoria off Liverpool. Only one
member of the crew of thirty-eight of
the Tangistan was saved. He was
found clinging to wreckage by a fish
ing boat and landed at Scarbrough.
The crews of the Blackwood and Prin
cess Victoria were saved.
German Submarine Sunk.
LONDON, March 10.—The German
submarine U-20 was sunk today by a
British torpedo boat destroyer. The
U-20 is believed to have been the sub
marine which sank two of the Brit
ish steamers yesterday. The crew of
the submarine were rescued and will
be held for murder in accordance to
the recent decree of the British ad
miralty.
Germany’s Terms for Peace.
LONDON, March 10.—I* is report
ed in official circles here that Chan
cellor Bethmann-Hollweg will present
to the German Reichstag today the
terms upon which Germany will make
peace. The government it is under
stood will ask the Reichstag to auth
TANGISTAN, BLACKWOOD AND PRINCESS VICTORIA DESTROYED
IN SUBMARINE RAIDS YESTERDAY—SUBMARINE U-20 SUNK BY
BRITI8H DESTROYER AND THE CREW HELD FOR MURDER—
GERMANS START OFFENSIVE MOVEMENT TO BREAKTHROUGH
TO FRENCH COAST—RUSSIANS CLAIM GERMANS BEING DRIVEN
FROM NORTH POLAND—GREECE TO VOTE ON WAR—RUSSIAN
ADVANCE ALONG VISTULA.
orize a war loan of $1,750,000,000 to
carry on the war. The outcome of the
request for the loan is awaited with
interest in England, where it is be
lieved that the German Socialists will
demand that the war be brought to a
close and it is asserted that the kai
ser has furnished the chancellor with
the terms upon which Germany will
make peace.
Germans Gain Near Arras.
BERLIN, March 10.—Advices from
the western battle front state that the
Germans have captured two lines of
trenches from the French north of
Arras. It is also reported that sev
eral attacks by the French in the
Champagne country were repulsed.
The dispatch states that the trenches
are muddy and slippery and that the
French were slow in getting from
[ their hiding places to make bayonet
charges against the German positions.
The delay of the men in getting from
the trenches enabled the Germans to
work havoc with the machine guns
at close range.
German Offensive Near Coast.
BERLIN, March 10.—The Germans
have started a tremendous offensive
movement between Dixmude and
Nieuport, near the coast, in an at
tempt to break through to the French I
coast. Great activity is looked for
by the German armies during the next
few days owing to the big war loan
which the Reichstag will be request
ed to authorize.
Bad Weather In Alsace.
Bad weather has lnterferred with
activities in the Vosges and Upper Al
sace country. The roads are in an
impassible condition for transporting
heavy artillery.
Say* Russian* Checked.
Dispatches from General Hinden
burg to the war office state that the
Russian advance along the Vistula
river toward Thorn has been decis
ively checked and that the Russians
have been thrown back from their
first line of defenses.
Russians Pierce German Army.
PETROGRAD, March 10.—The Rus
sian armies operating from. Kovno and
Grodno continue sweeping the Ger
mans back to the border of East Prus
sia from the north Polish province of
Suwalki. The Russians have pierced
the German cenlter (near the rail
road terminal of Suwalki city and
have cut the line of communications
between the north and south German
armies in north Poland.
Greece Will Vote On War.
ATHENS, March 10.—King Con
stantine has been able to fill his cabi
net with men who are opposed to
Greece entering the war. By way of
concession to the populace which is
demanding war it is announced that a
special election will be held to de
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AMERICANS ARE ORDERED FROM MEXICO CITY
WASHINGTON, March 10.—All
American residents in Mexico City
have been warned by the State De
partment to leave the city immedi
ately and it is believed that Presi
dent Wilson’s patience has at last
been exhausted and that the United
States is about to intervene to re
store peace. It is also reported that
all foreigners have been notified
through their consuls to seek safety
in flight from the country.
An unconfirmed report has been re
ceived in the city that In accordance
with General Carranza’s instructions
General Obregon evacuated Mexico
City and that General Zapata imme
diately took possession of the city.
The report states that a number of
foreigners were found to have been
imprisoned in filthy Jails by Obregon.
BELIEVED IN WASHINGTON PRESIDENT WILL ABANDON “WATCH
FUL WAITING” POLICY AND WILL AGAIN LAND MARINES IN
VERA CRUZ—POWERS ARE DEMANDING INTERVENTION.
Among the prisoners liberated by
Zapata were several Spanish and
French priests who had refused to
leave Mexico as ordered by Carranza.
The battleship Georgia and the
cruiser Washington received orders
today to sail for Vera Cruz to join
the Tacoma and other American war
ships there, and it is believed that
marines will again be landed in Vera
Cruz before many days.
It is confidently believed that Pres
ident Wilson Is about to abandon his
policy of "watchful waiting" in regard
to the Mexican situation and that if
American troops are again landed in
Mexico they will stay there until a
responsible government is in control
of the republic. Spain, Italy, Eng
land, France and other foreign na
tions are known to have requested
from President Wilson an expression
of his intentions regarding the Mex
ican situation. The representatives
of the foreign nations in Mexico City
are also known to have requested
their governments to recall them from
their posts as conditions were becom
ing intolerable.
The protests which have reached
the State Department have not come
from individual nations but from the
European powers acting in concert
with the powers of South America.
The treatment of Jose Caro, Spanish
minister to Mexico, who was whip
ped and deported from Mexico, is as
serted to have led Spain to lodge a
protest with other European powers.
The British minister has also been
snubbed by Carranza and diplomatic
relations have been strained between
the countries for some time. Condi
tions are such that only the European
war has prevented a joint occupa
tion of Mexico long before the pres
ent time.
GENERAL SCOTT
GOES TO UTAH
Will Use His Influence To Bring Pi
utes Back To Reservation and
Restore Peace
WAHINGTON, March 10.—General
Hugh Lennox Scott, of the War De
partment offices here, left this morn
ing for Bluff, Utah, where he will at
tempt to treat with the Piute Indians,
who are on the war path.
General Scott has had extensive ex
perience in treating with the Indians
and his efforts during recent years
have invariably been crowned with
success in solving Indian problems
for the government. He stated before
leaving that he would visit the chief
of the Piutes before attempting to
treat with the young Indians who are
entrenched, in the hills and giving bat
tle to the deputies.
General Scott will also Investigate
the cause of the killing of the white
man by Tse-Ne-Gat, the murderer
whom the Indians have refused to
turn over to the deputies.
Is Spreading Rapidly.
In 1868 there were 3,500,000 per
sons residing in territory in which
the sale of liquor was prohibited. In
1900 the number had increased to 18,
000,000. In 1908 the number had
doubled, reaching 36,000,000, and to
day it is more than 50,000,000.
Eddie Held is in town from the Min
nie property at Shoup bay, where he
has been doing the assessment work.
OWN CRUISER SUNK HIERICMI
BARK IN SOUTH PACIFIC IN JANUARY
GERMAN AUXIMARY CRUISER EITEL FREDERICK ARRIVES AT NEW
PORT NEWS WITH CREW OF BARKE FRYE—EXPLANATION
WILL BE REQUESTED BY SECRETARY BRYAN.
NEW PORT NEWS, Va., March 10.
—The German auxiliary cruiser
Prince Eitel Frederick arrived here
today with the crew of the American
bark Frye which had been sunk by
the German cruiser on January 27 in
the south Atlantic ocean.
The Eitel Frederick is badly in
need of repairs and has requested per
mission to be allowed to make the
repairs here. It is believed that the
cruiser will be interned, as British
and French cruuisers will be waiting
for her if she attempts to leave the
harbor.
The Frye was laden with wheat and
was bound from Seattle to Liverpool.
She is one of the vessels which were
routed via Cape Horn last fall when
the Panama Canal was blocked by the
slide in Culebra cut.
WASHINGTON, March 10.—The of
ficials of the State Department are
(surprised at the appearance of the
German cruiser Eitel Frederick at
New Port News with me crew of the
bark Frye. The captain of the Ger
man cruuiser has offered no explana
tion as to why he sunk the Frye.
Secretary of State Bryan will demand
an explanation, as he declares the de
struction of the American ship was
unwarranted as wheat had not been
declared a contraband by Germany.
The crew of the Frye were placed on
an island in the south Pacific by the
(German cruiser, which called later
and brought them up the coast.
ALAMEDA SAILS
FOR SEATTLE
The steamer Alameda returned
from Seward at 11 o’clock last night
and sailed again about midnight for
Seattle. The passengers from Valdez
were: Rev. Charles S. Price wife and
family: H. B. Ingram, Mrs. Ives, R.
Monahan, Trombone Wrener and Dep
uty Marshal Brightwell and Guard
Henneke for Cordova.
The 8ea Coast of Bohemia.
“The Sea Coast of Bohemia,” IMP.
■two-part drama at the OrpheTim to
night, also “Greater Devotion,” by
Dorothy Davenport. See these fine
41ms tonight.
Supt. Ray Millard arrived in town
last evening from the Granite mine
and will return this evening.
GOVERNMENT WILL
TAKE OVER PLANTS
Private Industrie* In England Will Be
Converted Into War Munition
Factories.
LONDON, March 10.—A bill has
been Introduced in the House of Com
mons which will permit the British
government to take over any private
factory or manufacturing plant which
may be needed for the manufacture
of war munitions.
A number of machine shops have
already been taken over by the gov
ernment and have been converted in
to automobile factories where armor
ed cars are turned out by the hun
dred each week. England may be
said to be occupied in the manufac
ture of war munitions. Scores of
watch-making and similar plants have
been converted into factories where
shells and light ammunition are turn
ed out. Every factory in England,
which is equipped for the manufac
ture of guns or ammunition is run
ning to capacity every hour of the
day.
Editor Nelson Recovering.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 10.—
Editor Nelson, of the Kansas City
$tar, who has been dangerously ill
and not eipected to recover, is re
ported by physicians to be Improving.
William Callaghan arrived with his
launch from Columbia glacier this
morning.
NOME WOMAN IS
LOST IN STORM
Left Safety Sunday Evening With
Dog Team and Waa Caught In
Sudden Blizzard.
NOME, March 10.—Mrs. Emma Dal
quist, proprietress of the roadhouse
at Safety, is lost in a blinding bliz
zard which has been raging for the
past three days, and it is feared that
she has succumbed to the cold.
Mrs. Dalquist on Sunday evening
hitched her dog team to a sleigh anti
went for a drive alone. Shortly af
ter she left Safety the blizzard began
and when she failed to return home
Sunday night an alarm was sent out.
It was believed she had gone to Nome
but investigation proves that she did
not arrive here.
Despite the blizzard and drifted
snow banks Scotty Allen and sever
al sourdoughs immediately started in
the storm to make the attempt to lo
cate Mrs. Dalquist. They assert that
she is a resourceful woman and would
avail herself of experiences gained in
the north in finding temporary shel
ter unless some accident happened to
her. The fear is expressed that she
has fallen a victim to her dogs which
are half wolf although well broken
ALASKANS IN
SEATTLE ANXIOUS
Believed Report of Engineering Com
mission Will Not Be Made Pub
lic for Some Time.
SEATTLE, March 10.—It is regard
ed as extremely doubtful if any news
concerning the Alaska railroad will
be given out for some time to come.
Dispatches from Washington state
that President Wilson and Secretary
Lane are occupied with national mat
ters of greater importance and have
not reached any conclusion regarding
the railroad.
Alaskans in the city are divided in
their opinions as to the effect a war
with Mexico will have on the rail
road building in Alaska this summer.
Some believe there is a possibility
that the work may be abandoned for
the summer, while others contend
that the war would hasten the con
struction of a railroad from . Ship
Creek to the Matanuska coal fleldds,
as the government would be desirous
of securing the coal for the navy in
the Pacific in case other complica
tions should follow the war with the
southern republilc.
MANY FOR VALDEZ
ON IRE MARIPOSA
SEATTLE, March 10.—The steamer
Mariposa sailed last night for Valdez
and other Alaska ports. The steam
er was delayed one day behind her
regular schedule owing to her late
arrival from Alaska. The passengers
for Valdez are: Miss M. Solomam.
W. Pearson, Miss I. McKeonn, Mrs. J.
Boyle, R. A. Squire, G. E. Deroster,
and forty-two steerage.
What They Expect.
We learn from The Outlook that a
New York tax appraiser recently de
cided that the good will of a big
brewing business in that state Is val
ueless “because a prohibition wave
may sweepJi4over New York at any
time and wipe out all the breweries.” j
—
The dispatches from Seattle today
state that forty-two steerage passen
gers are on the Mariposa en route to
Valdez. The men are no doubt bound
for Interior Alaska to secure work
during the spring cleanup.