GERMAN CRUISER
10 ME REPAIRS
Commander of Crown Prinz Wilhelm
Asks for Permission To Put
Boat in Good Condition.
WASHINGTON, April 13—The com
mander of the German converted
cruiser Crown Prinz Wilhelm, now at
Newport News, has requested per
mission to repair his ship, which has
been on the high seas for eight
months and in need of repairs. The
permission will be granted after naval
experts have examined the ship and
made an estimate of the time need
ed and the repairs required to put
the vessel in condition to put to sea.
The commander of the ship will be
allow'ed to take on about 1,700 tons
of coal to take him to the nearest
German port, which is Bremen. Just
what time will be allowed for the
coaling and repairs is not known and
will be kept a secret because of the
•;|£bire to prevent the British war
ships off the Virginia capes from
knowing just when to expect the Ger
man boat should she attempt to
make a rush for the sea.
The general opinion among diplo
mats and naval authorities here is
that the boat will intern as the
chances of escape are few and the
opportunity to raid British commerce
is also poor now that the British have
so many fast cruisers on the Atlantic
ocean.
KANSAS STAR
EDITOR DIES
William Nelson Established Paper In
1880 and Has Been Its Publish
er Ever Since.
KANSAS CITY, April 13—William
Nelson, the publisher and editor of
the Kansas City Star, died here to
day at the age of 74.
Editor Nelson started the paper in
1880 and has been the manager and
editor since that time. His paper is
and has always been considered one
of the best dailies published in the
United States and commanded a cir
culation In all parts of the country.
The funeral services will take
place Friday and high state officials
will attend and pay their last re
spects to the dead newspaper writer.
OLD WOMAN IS
GUILTY OF MURDER
DETROIT, April 13.—Mrs. Caroline
Becker, the 60-year-old woman who
has been on trial here for the mur
der of Miss Prances Bomholt, was
convicted today for the crime.
The old woman murdered Miss
Bomholt with coal, pounding her in
to insensibility and then leaving her
to die. The object of the crime was
robbery and it was the sale of stolen
articles which led to the apprehen
sion of the defendant and her trial
and conviction.
Because of the age of the defend
ant it is doubtful if the death pen
alty will be imposed. Attorneys for
the aged woman will take an appeal
in the hopes of securing a reversal1
«f the Judgment.
SEATTLE PASTOR WILL
SETTLE IN VALDEZ
SEATTLE, April 13.—Rev. J. P.
Dunstan, pastor of the West Seattle
Congregational church, has accepted
a call for Valdez, Alaska, for the
same denominational church. He
will leave here on the Mariposa April
18th.
RUSSIANS CLAIM GAINS
PETROGRAD, April 13.—The Rus
sians have won a victory in Beskid
and are pushing a big force down the
Carpathian mountain sides into the
fields of Hungary. The victory will
force the Austrians now holding po
sitions east of Uszok and in eastern
Galicia and Bukowina, to seek safety
in retreat, as they are in danger of
being cut off by the new force which
is able to strike at the line of com
munications in the rear of the Aus
trian forces.
Battle Lasted Eighty Days.
The battle at Beskid lasted for
eighty days. The fighting was con
stant. Attack after attack and as
sault followed assault upon the Aus
trian positions, but failed to dislodge
them, as they held commanding posi
tions selected with great skill and
held with a courage that seems to
block all advances until the assault
last night, which followed a bom
bardment with heavy guns brought
to the front since the fall of Prze
mysl and which could not be used
prior to this time with an Austrian
army in the rear of the Carpathian
line.
Germans Try To Check Advance.
The Germans have sent several
army corps to the scene to aid the
Austrians in checking the advance
PERIS SAYS
SEWARD IS 0. K.
—
Thinks President Used Good Judg
ment In Selecting Seward As
Terminal of Government Line
NEW YORK, April 13.—The Daily
Times of last evening, prints a story
regarding the work of the Alaska
Syndicate in the north and states that
the Copper River & Northwestern
railroad will be extended into the ag
ricultural districts of Alaska. The
article prints a supposed interview
with George W. Perkins, the former
member of the Morgan Syndicate,
who visited Alaska four years ago in
which Perkins congratulates Presi
dent Wilson upon the selection of the
route, claiming that he has done a
good job and that he has taken the
best terminal.
Perkins also states that the Cor
dova railroad will be extended and
resources developed along the pres
ent line with spurs to such mines as
will produce tonnage for the road.
An effort will be made by those in
terested in the road, says The Times,
to have the Bering River coal fields
opened and the coal sent to the Paci
fic coast cities.
w George W. Perkins made a trip to
Alaska in 1911 and went to Seward
and Cordova. His synd4cate held,
at that time, an interest in both
roads. The Alaska Syndicate is also
said to be interested in the Broad
Pass country, where they have locat
ed many claims of low grade ore, but
with an immense body of ore in sight.
Why Perkins or any member of
the syndicate should be glad that
Seward is selected when the company
spent thousands of dollars in an ef
fort to convince congress and the
president that the Cordova road was
the proper one for the government to
buy and operate is not hard to un
derstand.
WISCONSIN NOW HAS
ANTI-TIPPING BILL
MADISON, WIs., April 13.—The
state legislature has passed the bill
which prohibits tipping in this state.
The law will apply to all hotel and
railroad employes, who will be forc
ed to secure more wages, as the man
agements of the hotels and railroads
have heretofore taken advantage of
the tipping system to pay their em
ployes small wages.
PETROGRAD DISPATCHES ASSERT AUSTRIANS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN
FROM BESKID AND THAT AUSTRIAN CARPATHIAN ARMY IS
THREATENED IN REAR—GERMANS HAVE RENEWED FURIOUS
ATTACK UPON OSSEWETZ IN POLAND—BATTAE IN CARPATH
IANS LASTED FOR EIGHTY DAYSf—FRENCH STILL FIGHTING
TO DRIVE OUT GERMAN WEDGE AT ST. MIHIEL—LITTLE
FIGHTING ON WESTERN BAT TLE-LIN E.
which threatened the entire line of
the Teutonic allies
Germans Deny Rumors of Peace.
BERLIN, April 13.—The govern
ment officials today issued a form
al notice denying the reports con
stantly being sent out from London
to the effect that Germany was ready
to seek peace and had intimated to
a number of neutral countries a de
sire to ascertain the terms upon
which the Allies would grant peace
to the Fatherland. The government
states that Germany is better able to
fight today than at the time of the
opening of hostilities; that more men
are now in the field and that the
fighting is still in the country of the
enemy and not in Germany, with the
chances more than even that the Ger
man war machine will beat down all
opposition and dictate terpis of peace
to the British, French and Russians,
which will make for the peace of
the world and free the world of Brit
ish navalism and British aggression,
which has slowly crushed all the
smaller nations of the world and is
now striving to put out the last coun
HUERTA LANDS
IN NEW YORK
Former Head of Mexican Republic
Takes Oath Not To Violate
Our Neutrality.
NEW YORK, April 13.—Victorian
no Huerta, former provisional presi
dent of Mexico, was allowed to land
here today by the immmigrant au
thorities after he had taken an oath
that, he would not attempt to violate
the neutrality of tne United States
and would do nothing to bring about
trouble between this country and
Mexico.
Huerta insists that he has come
to the United States on a business
trip and has no intention of start
ing a revolt in the republic. He
states that he is glad to be out of
Mexico but would be willing to aid
in establishing a strong government
In the republic if the people of Mex
ico wished it, but at present he had
no thought of returning to the land
of his birth until the people had es
tablished a government of law and
order which could give protection to
all classes of the people.
The authorities, however, will
watcn Huerta to see that he keeps
his word.
MAN DROWNED
NEAR JUNEAU
JUNEAU, April 13.—Word has
been received here that Robert Mc
Gregor, of Gypsum, Is reported as
having lost his life by being washed
overboard from the launch Santa
Rita.
McGregor was a carpenter employ
ed by the Gypsum Mine company,
and was well known in this city. No
particulars hate been received as to
how the accident occurred, but it Is
believed that the stormy weather
which has prevailed here the past
few days caught the Santa Rita and
McGregor lost his hold while a
heavy sea was running.
try that is willing to fight for its
commercial and political life.
War Orders In Italy.
ROME, April 13.—The war office
today issued more preliminary war
orders to the troops, indicating that
the time is near when the country
will join with the Allies in the fight
against Austria and Germany and
will reap the rewards of victory by
taking Turkish and Austrian provin
ces and adding them to the Italian
empire.
Germans Attacking Ossowetz.
PETROGRAD, April 13.—The war
office states that the Germans com
manded by Gen. von Hindenburg have
renewed the attacks upon the Poland
fortress at Ossowetz and have sent a
large force of troops against the Rus
sian positions without so far making
any material gains.
Divert Russian Carpathian Attack.
The war office states that the new
attack against Ossowetz is made for
the purpose of diverting large Rus
sian forces from the Carpathian of
fensive campaign, which is slowly
Bill To Repeal Law Over Governor’s
Veto Lost In the Senate and
Law Will Be Enforced.
JUNEAU, April 13.—The house of
representatives voted today to pass
the bill repealing the Sunday clos
ing law over the governor’s veto, but
the senate sustained the veto and
the law requiring all business houses
except such as drug stores and un
dertakers to remain closed on Sun
day remains on the statuute book.
The house voted thirteen to three
in favor of the repeal but when it
reached the senate that chamber up
held the veto by a vote of five to
three. The bill was fathered by Rep
resentative Coombs of Nome, and he
made a great fight to have the law
stricken from the code. The bill did
not include saloons, which would still
be required to remain closed from
midnight Saturday to midnight Sun
day.
Coombs now announces that he will
insist on the law being enforced in
every division of the territory, and
has requested the attorney-general to
issue instructions to all district at
torneys in Alaska to see that none
of the prohibited businesses are al
lowed to open on Sunday. He hopes
In this way to cultivate popular sen
timent against the law, which will
result in a demand for its repeal.
UNO' ER REVOLT
IN .ACK REPUBLIC
WASHINGTON, April 13.—The U.
S. cruiser Des Moines nas been order
ed to proceed at once to Hayti, as a
new revolution has broken out in the
black republic. The administration
is worried at the outlook and will
endeavor to protect the lives and
property of all foreigners in Hayti.
The matinee on Saturday for the
children will be free and all are wel
come.
crushing the Austrian-German forces
which are trying to save Hungary.
The political effect of a big Russian
victory in the Carpathians is realiz
ed by the German government and
by Gen. von Hindenburg, who has
withdrawn all available troops from
east Prussia to reinforce the Austri
ans and has also sent in a terrific
attack against the Warsaw defenses,
compelling the czar’s troops to hold
the present line and not send further
forces to the Carpathians.
Ossowetz Strongly Fortified.
The Russian engineers have been
at work repairing the forts of Osso
wetz since the attack a few weeks
ago and the forts are expected to
block every German assault. It is
admitted that its fall would be a ser
ious blow and would force the Grand
Duke to alter all his plans of cam
paign against the Austrian-German
line.
Western Battle-line Quiet.
LONDON, April 13.—The reports
reaching here today from the British
forces and from Paris indicate that
quiet reigns along the western bat
tle-line excepting at St. Mihiel, where
the French have continued the fur
ious assaults upon the German wedge
which has been held in the French
line since last September and con
stitutes a menace to the French at
Verdun and also protects Metz thirty
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RIGGS BARK IS
AFTER SEC. M’ADOO
Claim He Is Trying To Wreck the
Bank To Vent Personal Spite
Against Them.
WASHINGTON, April 13.—The
president and directors of the Riggs
National bank, of this city, filed a
formal complaint in the district court
charging that the president’s son-in
law, William McAdoo, who is the
Secretary of the Treasury, and Con
troller of the Treasury Williams have,
by illegal inquisitions and illegal re
quirements, attempted to wreck the
bank because of the criticism of the
bank officials against Williams at the
time he was named for the position
he now holds.
The charges as sworn to by the
bank officials state that when Wil
liams first heard of the opposition to
him by them in December, 1913, he
called at the bank, cursed the di
rectors and officers of the bank and
told them he would wreck the bank
before he was through. They state
that they did not at that time pay
any attention to the threat, because
they believed it was the statement of
a man who had, for the time being,
lost control of his temper, but since
that time he and the Treasury De
partment investigators have in every
manner attempted to cause the bank
trouble and to force statements each
week as if the bank were insolvent.
The charges have caused a sensa
tion and are certain to result in a
congressional investigation upon the
reconvening of congress.
The charge is also made that Mc
Adoo himself cursed the officers of
the bank when they refused to with
draw their opposition to Williams,
who was a close personal friend of
McAdoo.
The bankers ask for an injunction
against McAdoo, who is trying to
force an interest payment of $5,000.00
on government bonds In the bank.
He has also withdrawn the govern
ment funds at the bank in an effort
to embarrass the bank.
The bankers have brought the ac
tion in the federal court in an ef
fort to secure an injunction and to
give the Treasury Department some
publicity. The outcome will be watch
ed with keen interest. The Riggs
National Bank is one of the oldest
banking houses in Washington and Is
considered as strong as any bank.
MANY READY TO
GOME TO ALASKA
Engineering Commission Flooded By
Applications for Work With
Railroad Builders.
SEATTLE, April 13.—Hundreds of
job seekers haunt the office of the
Alaska engineering commission ask
ing for employment. Each mail
brings to the office of the commis
sion many letters asking for work
Most of the men are willing to work
at positions from chief engineer up.
some of the wise ones want positions
in the commissary department and
are willing to relieve the commission
of any trouble with the commissary,
a few are even willing to act as pay
masters, but so far the number of
men willing to work with a pick and
shovel are few.
Many contractors have offered to
build the line, while some seek in
formation regarding proposed con
tracts upon which they would like to
bid.
Lieut. Mears, who is the only mem
ber of the commission in the city,
states that he is unable to make pub
lic at this time any of the plans of
the engineering commission, but that
the public will be taken into the con
fidence of the commission as soon
as the plans are completed and the
rest of the commission reaches the
city, which will be April 19th.
NORTHWESTERN IS
ON WAY NORTR
Bringing Considerable Freight for
Engineering Commission—Has
220 Passengers Aboard.
SEATTLE, April 13.—The Alaska
Steamship company liner Northwest
ern left here last night with 220
passengers of all classes and with a
large amount of freight, some of it
being a shipment made by the Alas
ka engineering commission to Sew
ard, where it will be stored.
Forty passengers are on the boat
for Seward and the expected rush
to the north has not started as yet,
although both steamship lines have
been flooded with inquiries few are
buying tickets.
Both lines are prepared to handle
a big business this summer both in
passengers and freight.
PICKPOCKETS HAD
A CLEVER ROSE
CALGARY, Canada, April 13.—
The cloud of suspicion is today re
moved from Janies Cassidy, Calgary
business man and former sheriff of
Ozaukee county, \Yis. While he was
sher'ff seven years ago a gang of
pickpockets escaped in a manner that
caused suspicion to hang over Cas
sidy. The ring leader of the gang.
who escaped, has confessed. His
sweetheart visited the cell daily. She
got a confederate, disguised as a
tramp, to steal into the sheriff’s of
fice. and with a piece of soap, got
an impression of the key-to the cell
where the pickpockets were held.
Keys were made and sent to the
ring leader by the girl. The ring
leader had secured the friendship of
a bull dog kept there to guard the
cell, by giving the dog the meat in
his daily food.
Girl Take* Own Life.
SALT LAKE CITY, April 13—Nellie
Spartling, a nine-year-old girl of this
city, commuted suicide today be
cause she had een spanked by her
mother for a trivial ofTeose.
The Prospector office for Job work.