LIBERAL CABINET
NEAR ITS FINISH
London Papers Predict the End of
Liberal Rulers and Say Cabinet is
Doomed—Blame Col. Seely.
LONDON, March 26.—The liberal
cabinet is doomed to fall in a few
(fays, according to #he best informed
politicals and in the opinion of all
‘he press in this city. Even the Lib
erals themselves believe that nothing
but an appeal to the country faces
them in the present crisis with a cer
tainty that they will be defeated.
Col. J. B. Seely, minister of war,
is blamed by his fellow cabinet mem
bers for the present plight of the
Liberal party, because he had allowed
the officers of the regiments at Dub
lin, who refused to obey orders, to re
turn to their regiments with the
promise that they would not be call
ed upon to fight the people of Ire
land. It is this yielding to the sol
diers that has weakened the party and
threatens the downfall of the cabinet.
Critics of the war minister claim
that he should have arrested all the
rebelious officers and have severely
punished them for mutiny and to have
iorced the army to obey the govern
ment..
Events are moving rapidly and it is
expected that the crisis will come to
day when members of the opposition
twill put interpellations to the gov
-rnnjent.
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LONDON, March 26.—Late today J
■ the government published a slate- i
went revealing a comedy of errors, j
Sir l'aget blundered, forcing the offi- ;
■ers to choose between lighting and I
resigning. They resigned. Then j
Col. Seely, without informing the cab- j
inel of his intention, promised the of j
beers that they could return to their
' regiments and he gave them written
assurances that they would not have
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ro light the people of Ireland. The j
officers then returned to their re- I
spective commands. j
Col. Seely has taken the entire I
blame for the present comedy of er- |
tors and is striving to save the mem j
hers of his party and the cabinet, by I
being the scapegoat.
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ADMIRAL EVANS
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Has Twenty-five Passengers for Val- J
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dez and a Big List for the
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Westward Canneries.
SEATTLE, March 2B.—The steamer
Admiral Evans left here last night
with a full passenger list and plenty
^r,t freight. The Evans will go as far
'west as Kodiak with mail and pas
sengers.
Captain Blodgett, the Kodiak can
neryman, is a passenger for his home
after spending the winter in the
sta'es. He is greatly improved in
health.
The help for the Seldovia and Port
Graham canneries is being sent north
on,'''the Evans and the fishing season
\ >w1ll soon open.
The Valdez passengers are: VV.
Estes, Oscar Carter, C. Sprague, Mrs.
King and son, Mrs. Cook and baby,
James Craig and wife, Mrs. Gustaf
son, Charles Nelson and 14 steerage.
For Kodiak: Captain Blodgett.
For Seldovia: Thirty-three pas
sengers. ...
For Port Graham: Thirty-six pas
sengers.
Notice.
While thanking ray friends for the
honor of mentioning my name as a
candidate for. a position on the city
council 1 must decline, as 1 -cannot
give the time necessary to properly
at tend to the city’s business- - '• ' i
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ASSEMBLY KILLS
GLENN’S SCHEME
Glynn Would Aid the Unemployed
to Get Jobs in the Country, But
Republicans Object
NEW YOKE, March 26.—The as
sembly today defeated the proposal
of Governor Glynn that the state op -
en an employment bureau in order
that the 500,000 of unemployed in the
city of New York, who have been
clamoring for work, can be put on
farms in the northern part of New
York, where the farmers are crying
for men, and where it is estimated
some 800,000 men could be given em- ,
ployment.
The governor asked for an appro- J
priation of $50,000 to open a state
employment bureau and to provide
transportation for the men in the city
'o the farms where they are needed.
The assembly, which is Republican,
refused to grant the desire of the |
governor. Many of them claimed that !
the Democratic party was the cause j
of the present large number of out- J
of-works.
WILL SOON M
JACK KOETTERS
Charged With the Murder of Mrs. Em
ma Krafts—Police Trailed Him
for Many Months.
CHICAGO. March mi. "Handsome
.lack" Koetters, young, tall and dis
tinclly a "ladies’ man,” will soon go
on trial charged with the murder of I
Mrs. Kmma Krafts, tormorly of Gin
cinnati.
Koetters, the prosecution will
charge, lured the elderly widow from ,
her home on ihe pretense that he in
tended to marry her, induced her to
intrust her savings 10 him, and then !
crushed her skull with a hammer in '
a room in the Saratoga hotel on the i
night of November 13, 1912. He was j
trying his wiles on another woman in j
San Francisco when lie was captured j
a few weeks ago, according to the ;
police.
The Chicago police learned that
the! elderly Mrs. Krafts had fallen In ■
love wdth a mysterious young man.
She sold her little store, her furni
ture and all her personal belongings
and left Cincinnati, according to the
polcie, with this man, who. she be
lieved, would take her 10 Kansas City
to be married.
ivoeuers notne was in C incinnati
Descriptions of the man seen at the
Saratoga hotel with Mrs. Krafts start
eil the police on 'he hunt for hint,
but until ills arrest in San Francisco
one month ago detectives were bat
fled.
Captain of Detectives Hiilpin said
today he is confident that the evi
dence gathered by his men will be
sufficient to convict Koetters. “We
trailed him all over the country by
keeping tab on the letters lie wrote
to his relatives in Cincinnati,” said
Halpjn. "We traced him to California
last May and found lie had picked up
another woman. He had Induced her
to invest $2,500 in a hotel business
with him and was about to get her to
j take out a life insurance policy in
his favor when our men stepped in
and warned her, fearing KoetterB
would commit murder. While we wOre
passing the word to the woman Ko
etters got away, f’
The prosecution promises to Offer
witnesses who will identify Koetters
as the man who accompanied Mrs.
Krafts to the Saratoga hotelan<L also !
aa the man who bought the hammer'
with which she was slain.., ■
+'t- .! Land Office at Seward.
' SEATTLE, March 26.—It is believ
ed here that a land office wlH be
established at Seward, Alaska.
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Fort Near Nome to be Given Up— !
It the First Step in Concentra
tion of Troops.
WASHINGTON, March 26.—The
War department has announced that
Fort Davis, the military post near
Nome, Alaska, will be abandoned and
that when the troops leave flekt June
no, soldiers will be stationed At the
northern army post.
Alaskans here are protesting to j
the department against the change
and insist that troops are needed in
Nome in case of trouble between the ;
mine owners and the miners, as no
police protection would be adequate.
The War department plan to send
only one reenforced batallion to Alas
ka to relieve the 30th infantry and
intend to abandon the post at Davis,
where two companies are now sta
tioned. It is also expected that be
cause of the large government op
erations in the Third division, the
numbe*’ of troops at Fori Liscum,
Alaska, will be kept at the present
standard.
SOCIALIST WOULD
ELECT II MAYOR
Former Mayor Sidel, of Milwaukee,
Wants the Job Again—Fusion
Candidate Against Him.
MILWAt'KKi;, March -H. Mayor
Hading was nominated yesterday on
a non partisan ticket and former
Mayor Sidel. the Socialist, will lye
his opponent at the coming mayoralty
election. The Republicans, Democrats
and Progressives have all combined to
defeat the Socialists.
Dozens of speakers of the Socialist
party from Chicago and eastern towns
v ill come here and former Congress
man Berger will assist in helping to
elect the parly nominee.
At yesterday’s primaries Sidel ran
a close second to Bading in spite
td the fusion of all the parties for
1 is candidacy.
CHICAGO FIGHTS
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Demands Ride in the Open Where
They Can See the Sunshine—
Advertise at Movies.
CHICAGO, March 26.—-The light in
this city to prevent the construction
of subways to relieve the traffic con
gestion in the streets is being fought
by those opposed and they are spend
ing thousands of 'dollars to secure
public support to defeat the pending
legislation. At 500 moving picture
shows last niglit and all through the
day at' the shows which operate In
the daytime advertisements were
dashed on the screens to "Vote no on
the subway proposition; we want sun
shine transportation.”
It' is believed that the traction com
panies are paying > the bills and that
th’ey wish to arouse the public
against the cellar system of transpor
tation, which would seriously crip
ple the privately owned street rail
ways now operating in the city..
Attention Democrat*!
Important meeting City Hall at •
p. m Purpose organisation Domo- j
cratlc Club.
" COMMITTEE.
BOILERS EXPLODE
AND SHIP SINKS
Hawaiian Island Steamer Goes to the
Bottom. Quickly and Forty
Lives Are Lost.
HONOLULU, March 26—The inter
island steamer, the Maiu, was lost
here last night and 40 passengers and
all the member^ of the crew are lost.
The boliers of the little ship exploded
and the entire steamer was a mass
of flames immediately, cutting off all
escape for a number of the members
of the crew who were below decks.
The explosion tore out the sides of
the ship, which sank a few minutes
afterwards, taking down with her 40
of the passengers and crew.
Other ships in the harbor immedi
ately sent boats to the scene and they
succeeded in rescuing a few sailors
and passengers, who had been thrown
into the water and were fortunate
enough to cling on to pieces of wreck
age.
United States marine inspectors
will make an investigation of the
wreck and if possible discover the j
cause of the explosion.
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TOWN OF FARGO
The Latest in the Past Ten Years— j
Town Almost Completely Cut j
Off From Outside World.
KAKGO, X. IT. March 26. Seven i
inches of snow fell here last night :
and the town was swept by one of
the worst blizzards of the year, and I
the latest recorded blizzard of the j
past 20 years. Intense cold and high
winds with the drifting snow, it a
time when most people were pre
paring for spring took the people
unawares and many have been frost |
bitten and a few are believed to'have J
lost their lives.
Telephone and telegraph wires are j
down in every direction and traffic i
on the railroads will not be resumed J
for several days, alt bough large j
forces of men are now working to I
clear the tracks.
REDFIE10 WANTS
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Along the Alaska Coast to Protect the !
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Traveling Public From Unneces
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sary Dangers.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 26.—Sec
retary of Commerce Redtield today
reiterated his statement made recent
ly that the Alaska coast line must be
made safe for travel and that more
lighthouses and aid to navigation
should be provided at the earliest pos -
sible date. j
The secretary stated that the size [
of the waves in Alaska added greatly j
to the problem of construction, but,
that by providing for large buildings \
the coast could be well protected, with j
no danger that the buildings would be !
destroyed.
WANT MONEY FOR
JUNEAU BUI DINGS j
' Washington” March 26.—The j
delegate rfom Alaska has introduced j
a bill for the appropriation of $460,
000 to be expended In building “ fed
eral building at Juneau to be used
to house the sna^y federal officer? In
the dapita'jf'effy and for the territor
ial legislature.
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House Passes Bill Prohibiting Imports
of Prison or Pauper Made
Foreign Goods.'
WASHINGTON, March 26—The
House today by a large vote passed
the bill prohibiting imports of convict
or pauper made goods from any coun
try into the United States. The la
bor unions have been striving for
many years to exclude all pauper and
prison made manufacturing goods and
the House today passed the bill.
It was claimed that the output of
foreign prisons was being dumped in
to the United Stales to compete with
American labor and that the cheap
made prison goods was sold at a very
low price.
ANOTHER SALE OF
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE
The Valdez Real Estate Agency has
made a sale of the house and lot
owned by John Hughes. Hal Jones,
the mining man, is the purchaser of
the property.
GERMANY WOULD
BUY MORE GUNS
Russian Scare Results in Colossal
Plan of Modernization of
the Artillery.
BERLIN. March 2t>. It reports
reaching Berlin today from Munich
have any foundation, the Russian war
scare inaugurated by the semi official
Cologne Gazette, and now in full cry
through the entire German press, hav
ing invaded the columns of even the
pacifist papers, already hits borne
fruit.
These reports say that another
colossal German army increase is tin
der consideration. The sum of $125,
000,001)—half the amount now being
spent—it is said, will be devoted to
increasing and "modernizing" the ar
tillery. The Bavarian War Minister
is said to have forecast this new pro
ject in the Munich Diet in February.
Another contribution to the war
scare is an article which is credited
to an "experienced /diplomajust
returned front Austria. The article
frankly advocates that Germany and
Austria, resort without unnecessary
delay to a "preventive war" in order
to call a halt to “incessant Russian
arrogance" in various parts of Eu
rope.
Such a war is more necessary rrom
Austria’s standpoint than from Ger
many’s, the writer argues, because it
has become questionable how much
longer Austria-Hungary ran stand the
financial burden of maintaining an
army of 600,000 men.
It is declared that genuine anxiety
prevails in Vienna and Budapest In
regard to the newest "extortion”
which Russia is preparing to practice
in April on the occasion of the next
"trial mobilization.” The feeling in
the dual monarchy is lhat il were
better to have an “end with terror”
than to have “terror without end.”
The writer argues against the theory
that Russia is invulnerable or that
a successful German-Austrian war
against her would be fruitless, and
points to various malcontent nation
alities and ‘territories within and
without. Russia which would welcome
a liberator.
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Aalmeda Hare Tonight.
The steamer Alameda reached Cor
dova1 at 6 o'clock' this morning and
left the railroad town at 1 this uflet
noon! fof” ValAfei. The boat is drte
here about f'VjfO tf&ocjfc tonight, ap she;
will gtop'at Ell a mar ind -Port Uscytu,
priori to calling at Yaldoz.
Welch crystals 26c, Hint A Co. t>
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MAY BE SAVED
Convicted of Murdering Young Girl,
” Leo M. Frank May be Saved
by New Evidence.
ATLANTA, Ga„ March 26.—The
fight to secure a new trial for Leo
M. Frank, the merchant, of this state,
who was sentenced to hang for the
| murder of Mary Pbagan, a 16-year
old girl, who was betrayed and then
I murdered, is now almost won. The
] new evidence secured by the attor
j neys for the condemned man indicates
that Frank was not the murderer,
but that a negro, Jim Cooley, was the
guilty party, although it was largely
| upon the negro’s evidence that Frank
was convicted.
'I'llis evidence, which is regarded as
; so important, has been found on the
j paper on which the two notes found
by Mary Phagan’s body were written.
The negro, Jim Cooley, swore that the
notes were written in Frank’s office
i on paper taken from Frank’s desk.
| Frank’s attorneys insist that a close.
; examination of the notes shows that
j they were written on waste paper that
was in the basement of the factory,
where Mary Phagan’s body was found.
I II HUS hum uceu jnuirn uirtc uir
■ two notes were written on requisi
tion pads of the date of 1907, live
■years prior to the murder and which
1 were lying near the body of the girl.
It is now certain that Frank did not
I write them, as file serial number
shows a prior date to those in his
desk at the time of the murder an I
also because they are signed by a
i former superintendent of the factory,
whose name can only faintly be seen.
It is also charged by one of th ■
negro witnesses, r negro bootblack,
that the prosecuting attorney force 1
him to swear to lie in order to
clinch the case against Frank.
Moose Dance Saturday.
The regular dance of the- Mc.o >
will lie given Saturday and the min
mil tee of ladies in charge of the affai
have prepared for an excellent luneti
and for soijc swell music. The
lieinke orchestra will play.
Authorities of La Porte, Indiana, Are
Asked for Fifth Time to Send
Officer After Suspect.
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i I,A PORTE, Ind., March 2ti. For
i he fifth time since the exposure of
i the Uunness murder farm and the
escape of Mrs. Gun ness tile am fieri -
[ ties of this city have been called upon
to make an appropriation to send of
ficers to see suspects held by the po
lice of oilier states.
The police of Panada are confident
they have Mrs. Gunness and have
wired for an officer to come and take
tlie prisoner -and to pay the reward
offered by the city and state for the
apprehension of Mrs. Gunness.
The exposure of the murder farm
several years ago caused considerable
of a sensation and when the burned
buildings were searched the remains
of eight persons were found in the
building and more are believed to have
been killed by the murderess anil her
assistants.
Keystone Comedies Tonight.
A; fine change of pictures at the
Orpheum tonight. The 8tar of Beth
lehem, a three-reel special tomorrow
evening. Tonight’s program:
Love, of the Flag, K. B. two-reel
exciting historic film.
Mabel's Heroes, Keystone and •
scream.
Parktown Belles. slde-splitime
Keystone.
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