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FOR PROHIBITION
u-Any Measure Which Will Increase Ef
ficiency of Army Will Be Eag
erly Welcomed.
LONDON, April 3.—The warning
sounded by Lloyd George, chancellor
of the exchequer, that England is
in greater danger from the unstinted
use of liquor than from the nations
with whom she is at war, is causing
widespread discussion of the subject.
It is believed that the government
will Issue the order prohibiting the
manufacture or sale of liquor during
the war.
The women of England have en
dorsed the movement and are put
ting the same energy into securing
prohibition which they manifested In
securing recruits for the army last
year when the males showed an in
clination to let others ■'flo the fighting.
All the churches and many of the
leading newspapers are favoring the
issuance of the order.
Lord Kitchener, chief of staff of the
British army, himself a prohibitionist,
is reported as having stated that the
abolition of liquor would increase the
efficiency of the army. He believes
the favorable showing made by the
Russian armies against the Germans
as compared with the Russo-Japan
i_e4e war is largely due to the aboli
r tion of liquor.
FIGHT OVER SHE
SCHOOL Of HIRES
Representatives of Second and Fourth
Divisions Want Share of For
est Moneys.
JUNEAU, April 3—Hot contests in
both houses yesterday resulted over
the recommendation of Fairbanks as
the site for the Federal School of
Mines as authorized by congress at
its last session. Representatives from
each division want the school. Suth
erland and Graustad led the fight for
Fairbanks.
Another spirited debate was waged
in the lower house over the distribu
tion of the forest moneys, amounting
to $60,000. Representatives from the
First and Third divisions, in which the
reserves are located from which the
>v .^timber was sold, contended that the
money should be spent in the divis- j
ions where it was earned for the pur
pose of bundling roads, trails and
bridges.
Representative Holland has intro
duced a bill appropriating $30,000 of
the m/oney to be expended on roads
and bridges in the Copper river sec
tion. He favors the construction of
a road from McCarthy to the Nizina
and Shushanna, and another from
Strelna to the Hubbard and Elliott
property and the Kotsina camp. Rep
resentative Noon is demanding that
the Susitna valley receive its por
tion of the money.
Governor Strong has signed the
wolf bounty measure passed by both
houses during the week. The bill pro
vides a cash bounty of $10.00 for wolf
pelts when presented to the territorial
tgpasurer.
INSANE TEXAN
CRUCIFIES SELF
BERNHAM, Tex., April 3.—John Di
vokey, a resident of this city, has
been adjudged insane after attempt
ing self-destruction. Dlvokey, who is
a religious fanatic, yesterday made
a cross and attempted to crucify bim
*§Jf, His feet were terribly lacerat
‘ eU- where he drove nails through
them.
RUSSIANS CLAIM SUCCESS IN CARPATHIANS
'
PETROGRAD, April 3.—The Rus
sians have started a tremendous of
fensive campaign all along the line
from, the Baltic, through Poland, along
the Carpathians through Galicia to
the borders of Rumania to prevent
German troops beign shifted from one
position to another.
Russia Fortifying Finland.
A strong Russian army is being as
sembled along the coast of Finland
in anticipation of attempts of Ger
many to land troops there when their
spring campaign begins.
Says Germans Giving Ground.
Reports from north Poland state
that the German forces operating
along the Niemen river have been
forced to give ground before the Rus
sian offensive and have crossed the
border into east Prussia.
Claim Success In Carpathians.
The Austrian forces defending the
CHARGES FILED
AGIST CAPTAIN
Passengers Declare That Captain of
General Frisbie Was Responsi
ble for Accident.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aprill 3—Charges
of negligence have been filed against
Capt. Henry Potvin, of the steamer
General Frisbie, which grounded in the
bay off the exposition grounds last
Monday when three hunded persons
were endangered.
The charge is made that the cap
tain had indulged too freely in li
quor during the day and was incapable
of running the steamer when the acci
dent occurred. Passengers declare
that Capt. Potvin made no effort to
have the boats lowered and that it
was necessary for other officers to
take command to prevent a panic
hmong the passengers.
The General Frisbie, after striking
the rock, sank in shallow water and
will be floated and repaired by the
underwriters.
BOMB FOUND IN
SOFIA LEGATION
Greeks Excited Because of Attempt
To Blow Up 8ofia Residence
of Greek Minister.
ATHENS. April 3.—A bomb was
discovered in the Greek legation at
Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, and
the people are wild with excitement,
believing that the long expected trou
ble between Bulgaria and Greece is
about to take place.
The bomb was discovered by the
clerks of the legation just a few mo
ments before it would have exploded.
The fuse was extinguished and no
harm was done, but it is feared that
the Bulgarian government encouraged
the agitation which culminated in the
placing of the bomb.
The Bulgarian minister to Greece
has issued a statement in which it
is claimed that the bomb was placed
in the legation building by the ene
mies of Greece, most likely Turks, in
the hope of forcing the two countries
to war and bringing Bulgaria into
the fight as an ally of Turkey and
Germany.
i The Bulgarian minister has taken
much pains to disavow any connec
tion with the outrage and has endeav
ored to calm public opinion.
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Tom Blakney, the mining man from
Fldalgo, is in town purchasing sup
plies for his copper property.
REPORT CAPTURE OF RIDGE FORTIFICATIONS AT LUPKOW AND US
ZOK PASSES AND TAKING OF AUSTRIAN PRISONERS—BRITISH
STEAMER SUNK IN ENGLISH CHANNEL AND DUTCH SHIP TOR
PEDOED IN NORTH SEA—FRENCH TRY TO CAPTURE ROAD TO
METZ—RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE MOVEMENT STARTED TO PRE
VENT GERMAN TROOPS BEING SHIFTED—BOHEMIAN OFFICI
ALS TO BE EXECUTED.
fortified ridges at Lupkow and Uszok
passes are reported to have been cap
tured by the Russians after severe
fighting. Severe engagements are al
so reported to have been waged near
Bartfeld, at the southern entrance to
Dukla pass. The Austrians have de
stroyed all railroad bridges leading
from Bartfeld south toward Budapest,
Steamer Lockwood a Victim.
LONDON, April 3.—The British
steamer Lockwood was sent to the
bottom of the English Channel today
by being torpedoed by a German sub
marine. The vessel floated for some
time after the explosion and enaDled
the crew to escape in the ship’s boats.
Dutch Schooner Torpedoed.
LONDON, April 3.—A Dutch
schooner was torpedoed in the North
sea yesterday by a German submarine.
The explosion destroyed the small
boats of the ship and the survivors of
the crew were rescued clinging to
wreckage. One man is known to
have been killed by the explosion and
seven more are missing.
French Begin Offensive.
LONDON, April 3.—The morning
INSANE LOGGERS
TERRIBLE DEED
Shoots Four Employes of Lumber
Company Because He Had Been
Dismissed for Drinking.
SHELTON, April 3.—O. Steele, a
logger, while crazed with liquor and
smarting under a grievance because
he had been dismissed from his po
sition, yesterday killed three men and
wounded a fourth before turning the
revolver upon himself and ending his
life.
Steele had been in the employ of
a lumber company for years but had
become addicted to the use of li
quor. Recently he absented himself
from the camp for several days and
when he returned was told that the
company had no further use for him.
He went to the men's quarters to se
cure his bedding, but while packing
up came across a revolver and be
gan shooting indiscriminately among
the men in the building. Three of
his victims were Instantly killed and
the fourth is not expected to recover.
PITER’S UNION
WILL ARBITRATE
President Gompers Hopes To Avert
General Strike of Chicago Build
ing Trades Unions.
CHICAGO, April 3.—The efforts of
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, to
bring about a peaceful settlement of
the Chicago labor troubles. Is meeting
with success and believes a general
strike will be avoided.
The painter’s union, which called a
strike on March 28. before the agree
ment with the Master Builder’s Asso
ciation had expired, have agreed to
submit their case to arbitration but
refuse to return to work until a new
contract has been signed. The offi
cers of the various branches of the
Building Trades unions are assisting
Gompers in every way to avoid a gen
eral strike at present when the busi
ness of the country is so depressed.
Harold Hansen, who has been fur
nishing cord wood to the interior tel
egraph stations, returned to Valdez
yesterday, having completed his con
tract.
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BELIEVE EITEL
SLIPPED TO SEA
Terrific Storm Isolates Newport News
and Provided Chance for Ger
man Cruiser.
WASHINGTON, April 3.—It is be
lieved here that the German cruiser
Eitel Fredrich slipped to sea during
a terrific storm which swept the coast
last night and this morning. Dis
patches received late last night stat
ed that the cruiser had finished tak
ing on supplies and had steam up
ready to sail at any moment. The
wires are down today and no news
has been received from Newport
News since midnight.
It is believed that the storm enab
led the German raider of commerce
to put to sea and evade the vigilance
of the British and French warships
watching for her off the Virginia
capes. The cruiser had received a
thorough overhauling and would be
capable of making 26 knots per hour
under pressure, while the warships
waiting for her lack speed.
CHIEF OF POLICE
HAS BEEN INDICTED
.
Los Angeles Official Accused of
Shielding Run Away Girls On
Downward Path.
LOS ANQELES, April 3.—Chief of
Police Charles Sebastian, of this city,
must stqfad trial on the charge of
contributing to the delinquency of two
young girls. The grand jury, after ex
amining witnesses for two days, re
turned a true bill and the chief has
been arrested.
Sebastian is charged with having
assisted two girls aged 16 and 17
years, to escape the vigilance of de
tectives engaged by the girls’ par
ents to find and induce them to re.
turn to their homes.
The friends of the chief assert that
the charges are groundless and have
been trumped up by enemies to se
cure revenge for his activity in sup
pressing white slavery in the city.
Supt. Geo. E. H. Smith, accompan
ied by Engineer Campbell, went over
to the Midas property this morning
to map out the initial work prepara
tory to resuming operations.
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report from Paris states that quiet
was maintained yesterday through
northern France and Belgium, the
fighting being confined to the offen
sive French movement to capture the
road from St. Mihiel to Metz. The
fighting is reported to have been very
severe.
Conspirators To Be Executed.
LONDON, April 3.—Advices have
been received here that the counsel
lor and twenty other officials of the
city of Prague, Bohemia, have been
found guilty of high treason and will
be executed. The men were accused
of having conspired to start a revolt.
American Officers Recalled.
BERLIN, April 3.—The United
States War Department has ordered
all American officers attached to the
German armies as observers to re
turn home as soon as possible. Many
of the American officers are with the
Germans in Poland and will be de
layed In arriving from the front.
WANT BRYAN TO
RULE ON CASE
Counsel for Van Horn Declares That
State Department Must Rule On
Extradition Case.
BOSTON, April 3.—Counsel for
Werner Van Horn, the German re
servist, who is fighting extradition to
Canada for attempting to destroy the
Canadian Pacific railroad bridge span
ning the St. Croix river, has asked
for a writ of habeas corpus to pre
vent his being tried before a federal
court.
Van Horn’s attorney asserts that
his client, being a German reservist,
is not answerable to the United States
for attempting to destroy Canadian
property, as Canada is at war with
Germany. He declares that Van
Horn’s case is a matter which must
be decided by the State Department.
Van Horn is being held on the
charge of illegal transportation of ex
plosives since serving a sentence of
thirty days in Maine on a minor
charge while his case was being in
vestigated by the federal government.
ARRANGING FOR
HR ALASKA DOT
Governor Strong and Territorial Offi
cials Invited To Attend the
Exposition.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 3.—Gover
nor Strong, of Alaska, has been re
quested to name a day in July or Aug
ust which will be known as "Alas
ka Day” at the Panama-Pacific Expo
sition. An invitation has also been
extended to the governor and other
officials of Alaska to attend the fair
as guests of the board of directors.
Alaskgns who have visited the ex
position express themselves as well
pleased with the Alaska exhibits. The
mineral display is attracting consider
able attention among mining men as
many beautiful specimens of ores have
been tastefully arranged to adverttise
the sections of the northland which
produced them.
Weather Report.
Valdez, April 2, 1915.
Barometric pressure .29,582
Temperature at 7 p. m. 33
Maximum temperature. 37
Minimum temperature . 28
Mean temperature . 32 1-2
Precipitation .20
Cloudy, light wind northeast 10
miles. Snowed at night.
SAYS NO APOLOGY
IS NECESSARY
Insult Offered To American Flafl In
Mexico City Was Act of Law
less Persons.
WASHINGTON, April 3.—Secretary
Bryan, of the State Department, says
that the United States will not de
mand an apology from General Zapa
ta for the desecration of the Amer
ican flag in Mexico City when Mc
Manus, the American, was killed.
The insult to the flag was the act
of lawless persons and could not be
construed as a hostile act by Villa’s
general, who has ordered the soldiers
responsible for the insult to be pun
ished.
.General Villa’s representative has
deposited with the Brazilian minister,
representing the United States in the
McManus matter, the indemnity of
$20,000 to Mrs. McManus for the
death of her husband. So far as the
State Department is concerned the
affair, which for a time threatened to
cause American troops to be sent to
Mexico City, has passed into the his
tory of bloodshed and violence which
has marked the struggle in the re
public since the uprising against
President Diaz.
FACE SECOND TRIAL
Jury In the First Trial Failed To
Reach Verdict After Being Out
Several Days.
MINEOLA, N. Y„ April 3.—The sec
ond trial of Mrs. Flolrence Carman,
accused of the murder of Mrs. Bailey,
has been set for May 10. The jury
in the first trial failed to reach a
verdict although the court refused to
discharge them for several days.
Mrs. Carman is the wife of Dr. Car
man, a prominent local physician, in
whose office Mrs. Bailey was shot
while consulting the doctor. Evidence
introduced by the prosecution show
ed that Mrs. Carman was insanely
jealous of her husband’s female pa
tients and had hired electricians to
secretly wire their home In order that
she might listen to the conversations
in the consultation room.
Mrs. Bailey was the wife of a
wealthy manufacturer who was una
ware that his wife required treat
ment. The person who fired the fatal
shot broke the window of the phy
sicians room and fired two shots, one
of which caused the Instant death of
Mrs. Bailey. The prosecution at the
trial attempted to prove that Mrs.
Carman had Intended to kill her hus
band, believing that he was unfaith
ful.
RIOT BREAKS UP
WOMErSJIEETINC
CHICAGO, April 3—A political
meeting called by the women voters
last night to discuss the candidates
for the coming election and decide up
on a plan of action, broke up in a
riot when opposition speakers at
tempted to address the meeting. A
call was sent to police headquarters
for assistance and the meeting was
dispersed but not before several of
the women showed the effects of per
sonal encounters.
Judge Gunnison, who appeared In
the district court In the fisheries
cases, returned to Juneau on the
Northwestern.
M. F. Hendrickson, of the Valde*
Bank & Trust Co., returned home on
the Admiral Evans yesterday.