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THE DRUG FIENDS
ARE SUFFERING
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\ Chicago Will Aid Physicians In Main
taining Hospital Where Drug
Users Will Be Treated.
CHICAGO, March 13.—Prominent
Chicago physicians have secured the
use of an old school here which will
be used as a hospital where users of
injurious drugs will be treated at the
city’s expense. Since the new feder
al drug act went into effect prohib
iting the sale of cocaine, morphine,
and kindred drugs, by druggists or
being supplied by physicians, it has
developed that there is over thirty
thousand drug fiends in Chicago.
Customs inspectors are closely
guarding all transactions in the drugs
and several doctors have been ar
rested for prescribing the drugs to
habitual users. Druggists must keep
a record of all supplies and sales
open to the inspectors. When a pre
scription is filed calling for the use
of the prohibited drugs the physician
issuing the prescription is called upon
to locate the party under treatment.
Physicians predict great suffering
on the part of habitual users of the
drugs when deprived of their uses.
They assert that the craving of the
drunkard for alcoholic stimulants is
no comparison to the tortures which
will be experienced by the drug fiends.
The police declare that the number
of cases which have come to light
does not represent the number of
fiends in the city, as those who could
afford to do so laid in a large supply
for their own consumption prior to
March 1, when the law became effect
ive.
CONDITIONS ARE
BETTER IK MEXICO
Zapata Soldiers Killed McManus for
Shooting Comrades 8everal
Weeks Ago In Fight.
MEXICO CITY, March 13.—This
city is very quiet, all rioting has been
6topped and it is expected that a
speedy change for the better will soon
be manifest through the assistance
of the foreign representatives who are
bringing supplies from Vera Cruz to
relieve the starving peons.
Investigation of the killing of John
McManus, the American, has disclos
ed the fact that he was killed by
Zapata soldiers for shooting a num
ber of their companions several
weeks ago when they were forced to
evacuate the city to General Obregon.
Zapata has promised to apprehend the
murderers of the American.
The water works of the city, which
were shut off by Zapata's followers
during the occupation of the city by
General Obregon, have been repaired
and the city is being cleaned up un
der the guidance of men employed by
the foreign residents. The starving
Mexicans are being given supplies
and small sums of money to enable
them to leave the city and seek safe
ty in the rural districts where they
will be able to secure something to
eat. It is reported that General Villa
will personally visit Mexico City to
confer with General Zapata and the
foreign representatives as to the gov
ernment of the city.
America heads the list with 66,662
postoffices; Germany is second with
49,848; then follow England with 23,
378; Russia with 18,000, Prance with
13,000, and Italy and Austria each
with 9,500.
, A general clearing house for Min
nesota farmers’ Ideas and those of
their wives will be the main char
acteristics of the farmers and home
makers’ college of agriculture. Top
ics of Interest to women and men
are discussed.
TWO HUNDRED PERISH WHEN CRUISER SINKS
LONDON, March 13—The British
auxiliary cruiser Bayono was torpedo
ed by a German submarine off the
coast of Scotland last Wednesday
morning and two hundred of her crew
were drowned. Only twenty members
of the crew were rescued by trawl
ers. The Bayono was doing patrol
duty and was hunting for the sub
marine of which she was the victim.
The loss of the cruiser has cast a
gloom over England and the popu
lace are beginning to realize the tre
mendous task of the admiralty in
guarding the coast from bombard
ment and shipping from destruction
by the undersea fighting craft of Ger
many.
Heavy Fighting at LaBassee.
The night report from Paris states
that heavy fighting has been waged
near LaBassee, where the British have
started an offensive movement to
prevent the Germans from shifting
troops from the western to the east
ern battle line. Military authorities
assert that should the British cap
ture LaBassee, as now seems cer
tain, that the German positions near
Lille will be endangered and that
the Germans will be forced to evac
uate their positions there. The po
sitions now held by the British are
decidedly to their advantage and the
CRUISER EITEL
IS FUST BOUT
Captain Believes He Will Be Allowed
To Make Repairs and Coal
Before Departing.
NEWPORT NEWS, March 13
Commander Thierichens, of the Ger
man cruiser Eitel Fredrich, declares
that the raiding of British, French
and Russian commerce by German
cruisers has not finished and that he
expects the Eitel to capture many
more vessels before being caught by
a superior fighter of the enemy.
He hopes that the American gov
ernment will follow the recommenda
tion of the neutrality board and per
mit him three weeks’ time in which
to make repairs before being forced
to depart. Members of the German
crew believe their commander will
leave Newport News without making
the necessary repairs and take his
chances of capture rather than intern.
They all express the belief that they
will ultimately find watery graves un
less the war is brought to a speedy
end, but boast that the Eitel, when
in condition, can run away from any
of the cruisers of the hostile navies.
WANTED TO MAKE
SURE OFELECTION
Chief of Police Testifies That Rob
erts Ordered Him To Make.
Fraudulent Registrations.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., March 13.—
The former chief of police of Terre
Haute gave damaging evidence be
fore the fed ral court yesterday af
ternoon against Mayor Roberts, on
trial here for election frauds. He stat
ed that Roberts had ordered him to
make out three thousand five hundred
fraudulent registration applications
and that when he refused the mayor
removed him from office.
More than one hundred of those ar
rested for fraudulent voting have
confessed to the court and pleaded
guilty to the charge. Vorty-three are
still on trial, in addition to Mayor
Roberts and other election officials.
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dishes at Valdez Drug Co. tf
AUXILIARY CRUISER BAYONO TORPEDOED OFF THE COA8T OF
SCOTLAND AND ONLY TWENTY OF CREW SAVED—BRITISH
REPORT SUBSTANTIAL GAINS AT LABASSEE—PETROGRAD RE
PORTS FIERCEST BATTLE OF WAR CENTERING AROUND PRZAS
NYZ AND RUSSIANS PREPARING TO WITHDRAW FROM RAIL
ROADS—BERLIN EXPECTS HINDENBURG TO CRUSH RUSSIAN
NORTH POLAND ARMY—DARDANELLES FORTS STILL HOLDING.
force is being strengthened in antici
pation of a German offensive to re
cover the positions from which they
were driven.
German Trenches Well Fortified.
The trenches captured by the Brit
ish near LaBassee, which have been
occupied by the Germans for more
than two months, were found to have
been fortified in every conceivable
manner. Many of the trenches wrere
put down to a depth of ten or twelve
feet with underground tunnels con
necting the trenches for hundreds of
yards, permitting the rapid assemb
ling of men where required.
Greatest Battle of the War.
PETROGRAD, March 13—Official
advices from Warsaw characterize the
battle which is now centering around
Przasnysz as the greatest of the pres
ent war. The Germans are reported
to have received heavy reinforce
ments from central Germany and are
making a determined effort to drive
the Russians back. It is announced
that the Russians may pursue their
ASK BIGGER APPROPRIATION
FOR THE ALASKA RAILROADS
SECRETARY LANE LEAVES TUESDAY NEXT FOR SAN FRANCISCO
AND WILL BE ABSENT FROM CAPITAL UNTIL APRIL 1—BE
LIEVE PROGRAM OF SUMMER BE ANNOUNCED THEN.
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WASHINGTON, March 13.—Secre
tary of Interior Lane will leave for
San Francisco next Tuesday and is
not expected to return to Washing
ton before April 1. No further news
concerning the Alaska railroad report
will be given to the publlic until he
returns and probably not until con
gress meets next December.
It is believed that President Wil
son favors holding the report of the
engineering commission secret until
it can be presented to congress and
that a larger appropriation will be
asked as the government is unable
to buy either of the existing roads
with the amount of money at its dis
posal at present.
It is admitted that the Alaska Nor
thern railroad bondholders have re
fused to sell their holdings for $350,
000, the amount offered by the gov
ernment. Secretary Lane is reported
to have admitted that the company’s
property, which could be used by the
government if Seward was selected as
the terminal, is worth more than the
price offered the bondholders.
It is also reported that Secretary
Lane favors the purchase of the Cop
per River road as a part of the sys
tem which the government plans in
Alaska. The price agreed upon for
the purchase of that road between
Morgan and the officials has not been
made public.
After Secretary Lane’s return from
the exposition it is believed that the
plans of President Wilson for this
summer’s operations will be announ
ced. It is believed here that a road
will be started to the Matanuska coal
fields but from which side of Prince
William sound will depend upon the
figures submitted to President Wilson
In regard to the location of the coal
deposits and the feasibility of opening
the highest grade deposits.
STRIKERS SHOT
Physicians Testimony Refutes Claim
That the Gunmen Shot In
Self Defense.
ROOSEVELT, March 13.—During
the trial of the guards of the Ameri
can Agricultural Chemical company
before the federal court here yester
day a number of physicians who at
tended the wounded strikers testified
that eight of the injured men had
been shot in the back. The guards
are charged with manslaughter.
The physicians also stated that two
of the strikeres killed outright had
been shot from behind, the bullets
having entered at the back of their
heads and passing through and shat
tering the jaws in both instances.
The trial is creating widespread in
terest as this is the first instance
in years where gunmen hired by op
erators to wage war on striking em
ployes have been indicted and tried
for manslaughter. A number of the
guards now on trial have served sen
tences for various crimes in different
states. The testimony of the physi
cians is a direct refutation of the
claims of counsel for the guards that
they shot only when attacked.
BY THE JURY
His Counsel Asks That He Be Per
mitted To Go To New Hamp
shire and Be Free.
NEW YORK, March 13.—The jury
in the Thaw case, for conspiracy to
escape from the Matteawan asylum
for the criminal insane, after being
out all night, returned a verdict of
acquittal. The verdict caused a dem
onstration in the prisoner’s favor in
the court room when the finding was
read.
Thaw’s attorneys immediately mov
ed that the judge instruct that Thaw
be permitted to return to the state
of New Hampshire, where he would
be at liberty to go where he pleased
If accompanied by a guard until such
time as his sanity can be established
before the courts. The motion will
be argued on Monday and until then
Thaw will remain In The Tombs.
The verdict of the Thaw Jury ac
quitting the prisoner Is being freely
commented on by the big dallies edi
torially. All declare that the Ameri
can public are tired of the Thaw case
and will welcome its final termina
tion.
The Prospector office for Job work.
usual tactics of withdrawing from
the railroad before making their stand
in order to handicap the Germans in
transporting heavy artillery and rap
id mobilization of men at advantag
eous points of attack. Reinforce
ments are being sent to Russian de
fense at Prasnysz.
German Offensive On Pilica.
The Russian army which crossed
the Pilica river last Thursday has
been engaged by a tremendous Ger
man offensive movement evidently in
tended to divert the attention of the
Russians from the north.
Berlin Reports All Attacks Repulsed.
BERLIN, March 13.—The war office
has posted a bulletin stating that the
attacks of the British at Ypres ana
LaBassee and the attacks of the
French in the Champagne country
were easily repulsed. The report is
denied that the British captured the
German positions commanding the
road to Lille.
Russians Retreating.
The Russian army which attacked
the German positions at Augustowo
has been repulsed with heavy losses
and is reported as retreating toward
Grodno. The Russian advance in the
battle which is reported developing
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JUSTIFIES THE
FRYE’S SINKING
German Ambassador Asserts That
Commander of Eitel Did Not
Know of Change of Policy.
WASHINGTON, March 13—Count
von Bernstorff, German ambassador
' to America, has sent a communica
tion to Secretary Bryan upholding the
action of the commander of the Ger
man cruiser Eitel in sinking the
American ship Frye. The ambassa
dor says that the commander of the
cruiser was working under Britain’s
declaration at the beginning of the
war that all shipping for an enemy’s
country was contraband and did not
know that any change had been made
in policy toward neutral shipments.
The ambassador has expressed keen
regret at the loss of the ship and has
stated that the entire matter has been
laid before his government. He be
lieves the German government will re
cognize the right of the owners of
the Frye to reparation for the loss
of their vessel, but will not discuss
matters relative to the Frye’s cargo
of wheat, which was destined for
England.
WOULD DESTROY
SIBERIAN ROAD
Russians Are Hunting German Sol
diers Who Escaped From Tsing
tau When Forts Fell.
PEKING, March 13.—It is reported
•that eight German soldiers who made
their escape from the fort when Tsing
tau was captured by the Japanese
have made their way up the coast
and are now traveling in Siberia for
the purpose of dynamiting bridges on
the Siberian trans-continental rail
road from Vladivostok to Petrograd.
The Russian government has be- '
come cognizant of the presence of the
Germans in Siberia and is pursuing
them. Patrols hare also been placed 1
along the railroad at all bridges and
big rewards are offered for the cap
ture of the Germans.
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HANDLING BAGGAGE
VERY CAREFULLY
Tracer* Trying To Locate Trunk Fill
ed With Guncotton Which Was
Shipped Across Continent.
CHICAGO, March 13.—Somewhere
between New York and San Francisco
is a common traveling trunk which
carries more than one hundred pounds
of guncotton and capable of destroy
ing the train which is carrying it and
the lives of the passengers on the
train.
Railway officials are exerting ev
ery effort to trace the trunk and have
warned baggagemen that if they val
ue their lives and the safety of the
passengers to handle baggage careful
ly until the trunk can be located.
The guncotton was shipped from
New York by Dr. Bodenheim, who has
been arrested in St. Louis through in
formation furnished by the manufac
turers of the explosive. Dr. Boden
heim admits shipping the trunk and
asserts that he did not believe that
the guncotton was dangerous as he
had packed it carefully. The manufac
turers state that the explosive is in
a most sensitive condition, as it is
thoroughly dry and that the slight
est shock is sufficient to set it off.
The explosive power of guncotton is
more than Af‘y times that of gun
powder and when thoroughly dry and
warm is extremely sensitive to per
cussion or fric' 'on. It Is largely used
in the manufacture of naval and mil
itary -mines, but when diluted with
alcohol or ether is one of the con
stituents of celluloid and gives tha*
article its explosive power when set
on Are.
BERNSTORFF NAS
BEEN RECALLED
Close Personal Friend of Emperor
William Will Be Sent To Post
At Washington.
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WASHINGTON, March 13.—It is
now definitely known in diplomatic
circles here that Count von Bern
storff, German ambassador to the
United States, has been recalled and
that his successor has been named.
The new ambassador will be Baron
Treutler, a diplomat of experience,
who was formerly German minister
to Norway.
It is believed that the recall of
Count Bernstorff is the result of dis
closures in connection with the re
cent passport scandal which involved
Captain Boy-Ed, naval attache to the
embassy here. President Wilson,
however, has stated that the United
States government does not consid
er Count Bernstorff as in any way
connected with the violation of the
American neutrality laws.
Count Bernstorff’s friends assert
that his recall is due to the antago
nism of Dr. Dernburg, the personal
representative of Emperor William in
the United States and Canada.
Baron Treutler is a personal friend
3f Emperor William and is now with
him at the front. He has attained
renown as the man who was always
selected by the kaiser to accompany
lim on trips abroad in the capacity
)f official representative of the Ger
nan foreign office.
Who l« Mine Enemy?
A young British officer in charge
>f a remote station in South Africa
•eceived from his superior officer at
he base, some time in August, this
nessage: ‘‘War has been declared.
Vrrest all enemy aliens in your dis
rlct.” Promptly the superior officer
eceived this reply: “Have arrested
leven Germans, four Russians, two
rrenchmen, five Italians, two Ruman
ans and an American. Please say
vho we’re at war with.”—United
dine Workers’ Journal.