HODGE GMIOIDklE
FORJOVERNDR
’ SHERIFF OF KING COUNTV
Will Seek to Secure the Nomination
at the Hands of the Regular Re
publican Convention——Has Good
Record as County Officer.
SEATTLE, March 18.—A new can
didate for the governship entered the
lists today, when Sheriff Bob Hodge,
made a public announcement of his
Candidacy. Sheriff Hodge was elect
ed to his present position on the Pro
gressive ticket. His friends are urg
ing him to make the run for the gov- i
ernment and he will attempt to se
cure the nomination on the regular
Republican ticket. In his present po
rtion he has made an excellent re
cord and gained many friends.
During the past three months,
sinMUh6 prohibition laws went intoj
effc^T Sheriff Hodge has been unu
sually active in raiding the clubs and
residences of the wealthy citizens of
Beattie. Many thousands of dolars
worth of costly liquors have been
seized and destroyed, and his course
of action has caused many lawsuits
against the county. It is belwved
that his unusual severity in interpret
ing the law will cause the solid
vote of the business and professional
men to go agaiust him. but he has
many warm friends among the min
ers and loggers of the state, and will
/>oll a considerable vote, if nominat
ed, although his election is conceded
an impossibility.
Hodge has had a rather meteoric
career. A few years ago he was an
illiterate coal miner, wprking by the
day In the mines at Renton. His
friends induced him to run for gov
ernor on the Progressive ticket, and
{he was badly defeated. Nothing
daunted Hodge went to night school
4nd studied law between times. To
day he is conceded to be a man of un
usual ability and a man of great en
ergy. He was elected Sheriff of King
County at the last election, and has
made a capable officer. His Socialistic
tendencies have made him unpopular
in the state at large, but his strong
personality attracts many friends.
WOODRIDGE OF
FAIRBANKS GUILTY
Sp/MlBANKS, March 18.—W. H.
WwSWridge, who was indicted on the
charge of rape and attempted rape,
two different counts, has been found
guilty of attempt. It Is believed that
the verdict was a compromise one as
the jury was in deliberation nine
hours. The actual time taken in get
ting the verdict was three hours. The
trial of ftobert Jones oh a similar
charge starts today and the trial of
Dan Callahan will follow It. Both are
charged with rape of breed girls un
der the age of consent, the same
{charge of which Woodridge was
found guilty.
CHARLEY CHAPLIN GETS
FORTUNE FOR PICTURES.
LOS ANGELES, March 18.—Chas.
Chaplin, the famous newspaper ar
tist, has returned to his studio and
declares that he has signed a contract
for one picture a month, for which
ha gets six hundred and seventy
thousand dollars a year. The pictures
it is supposed, are being paid for by
some strong newspaper syndicate.
Notice.
All members of Alaska Statehood
Club are requested to meet at the
City Hall, Wednesday evening, March
22, 8 p. m. The subjects before the
meeting will be the Fisheries Bill and
other matters of importance.
The general public are cordially in
vited.
St H. P. KING, Jr.,
1 Secretary.
Grows Warmer Inside
• Within the past twenty-four hours
there has been a decided raise in the
temperature, there being but four
stations between Valdez and Fair
banks showing temperature below
zero, eight below at Salcha being the
•oldest along the road, and rising
from that point to thirty above at
McCallums. Cloudy weather prevailed
at practically all points, with snow at
Wortman’s, a"d indications point to
snow here within a few hours.
FARRAGUT ARRIVES AND
SAIL FOR THE SOUTH
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The steamer Admiral Farragut re
turned from the westward last eve
ning about 9 o’clock and left an hour
later for the States. The Farragut
did not go to Seldovia, as scheduled,
but returned from Seward, stopping
at the Granite mine on her return
trip to unload freight, and at La
touche and Ellamar to load ore. Cap
tain Hickman, reported heavy snow
storms at Seward and east as far as
Port Wells.
The following passengers were
booked south on the Farragut.
Bert Skinner, A. A. Johnson, John
Amber, C. C. Adams and ten steer
age for Cordova. Charles Johnson
and Matthew Morgan for Juneau; S.
E. Wing for Tacoma and Anna Mitch
ell for Seattle.
THREATENS LIFE
WRITTEN ON JACK OF SPADES
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Because He Refused to Interfere with
Decision of the Court In Hillstrom
Case His Life Is Threatened By
I. W. W.—Will Be Guarded.
SALT LAKE CITY, March 18.—
Governor Spry today received thru
the mail a letter containing a Jack
of Spades, on which was written a
threat against the life of the Govern
or for permitting the execution of
Joseph Hillstrom last summer.
Hillstrom was a member of the I.
W. W-’3 and waa ,charged with the
murtjer-^of'a atiirekeeper ’japd his son,
and wounding'a'lounger son. The
younger sou fired a shot at the mur
der inflicting a wound in the hand.
Hillstrom was arrested a short time
later. and bore a wound similar to
that inflicted on the murderer. The
evidence against Hillstrom, though
purely circumstantial, was strong. A
verdict of murder was returned and
Hillstrom was sentenced to death.
Members of the I. W. W. throughout
the country made a strong effort to
save the condemned man, and Presi
dent Wilson was prevailed upon to
ask the governor to commute the sen
tence, but the governor refused to in
terfere and Hillstrom was shot to
death.
GERMAN ATTACKS
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SAVAGE ASSAULT IS SUICIDAL
Estimated German Losses Daring the
Past Few Days Near Verdun Have
Reached the Enormous Total of a
Quarter of a Million Men.
PARIS, March 18.—The German
attacks on the French line north of
Verdun have slackened, and while a
heavy artillery duel is still in pro
gress the terrific charges of the in
fantry which have marked the past
two days fighting are growing less
frequent and are of smaller propor
tions. It is believed that the Ger
mans have exhausted themselves in
their fruitless charges, and that no
further heavy assaults may be ex
pected for several days
The reckless charges of the Ger
man Infantry for the past few days
have been suicidal*’ It is conserva
tively estimated that the German
losses have reached the enormous to
tal of fully a quarter of a million
men. That the French losses have
also been heavy is assured, but the
war office, while they have censored
the reports of the casualties, state
positively that they are not to be com
pared with those of the Germans. ’
During the terrific struggle that
has raged about Verdun the French
have been able to hold their positions
and to repulse every German attack.
It is confidently believed now that
the Germans cannot mass a force suf
ficiently strong to reduce those forti
fications ard that the way to this
city is permanently blocked.
TEN 60 001 00
STEMMIM
VESSEL BOUND TO BIO JANEIRO
Carried Passengers and Freight for
Brazil—No Details of Disaster Re
ceived at Liner’s Office in New
York—Report Not Confirmed.
NEW YORK, March 18.—A mes
sage received here this morning says
.hat the steamer Kanawha, with pas
sengers and cargo, bound from Nor
folk, Virginia, to R|o Janeiro, sunk
'.ast night with the loss of ten per-;
sons. r . }
No details of the disaster have
been received by the company’s office
here and it is not, known whether
the vessel foundered from striking a
reef or from an explosion.
L
IS
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HELD OVER TILL. NEXT MONDAY
State Has More Than One Hundred
Witnesses to Testify as to Guilt of
Ex-Senator in Bank Wrecking
Case—Charges Consolidated.
CHICAGO, March 18.—Charles L.
Fink, attorney for Ex-Senatpr Lori
mer, succeeded -today in shearing a
postponement oftha trial until west
Monday.
Lorimer is charged with complicity
as president of the LaSalle Street
Trust and Savings Bank to wreck the
bank and its subsidiaries. Three in
dictments were returned against him
by the federal grand jury, charging
him With conspiracy to defraud by
false pretenses, receiving deposits
when the bank was fnsolvent, and a
confidence game result from alleged
misrepresentation of the bank’s as
sets. These charges, by stipulation,
were consolidated. The State has
more than one hundred witnesses to
testify against Lorimer.
NOR'.|H WESTERN DUE
HERE LATE TONIGHT.
The latest advices from Cordova
state that the steamer Northwestern
will leave there for Valdes about 3
o'cloqk this afternoon and will prob
ably reach here late tonight.
BROKEN HEALTH IS HIS REASON
General Callenia Succumbs to the
Terrible Strain and Retires from
l
Portfolio—Will Be Succeeded by
General Charges Roque.
PARIS, March 18.—Broken down
by the terrible strain Incident to the
war, General Callenia, the Mihister ol
War, has resigned his position, his
health being such as to no longer
permit of hts fulfilling the duties of
the office. He will be succeeded by
General Charges Roque.
STEEL GANG RETURNS
TO WORK ON R. R.
ANCHORAGE, March 18.—The
3teel gang returned to work laying
track beyond Peter's creek, and are
making good headway.
Post Issues on Proof Press.
The Alaska Evening Post, publish
ed at Seward, now appears as a four
' column,' two-page paper. The PobI
lost its valuable plant in the late
Seward fire, Including its typesetting
machine, and is getting Its paper out
| by hand.
DUTY ON SUGAR
10 BE RETAINED
LAST NIGHT
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Coder Tariff BUI Duty Would Have
Ceased Tills Year—Retained Be
cause of Shrinkage of Revenne Re
ceipts—Carries by Big Majority.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 18.—
By a good majority the House last
night voted to retain the duty on
sugar. Under the tariff law the duty
was tp be removed this year, but ow
ing to the immense shrinkage in rev
enues due to the European war it has
been'decided to retain the duty in
stead of adding to the internal reve
nue taxes an amount to cover the loss
of fncoipe which would ensue from
the removal of the sugar duty.
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ATTACK AUSTRIANS ON ISON'/O
Under Cover of Heavy Artillery lire
Savage Charges Are Being Made—
Austrian Line Is Holding Firm Un
der Attack with Lines Unbroken.
BERLIN, March 18.—Advices re
ceived here this morning are to the
effect that the Italian troops have un
dertaken & heavy offensive- movement
against the Austrian positions along
the Isonzo river.
The Italians are making savage
and recurrent attacks all along the
line under cover of a heavy artillery
are, and the losses on both sides
have been heavy. The Austrians
have succeeded in repulsing every at
' tack and are confident of holding
! tlieir line, the defenses having been
strengthened during the lull in the
fighting during the past few days.
KCKKIUN CUTS FOUR
MONTHS IN LOCAL JAIL
A gentleman named Breedin was
sentenced Tuesday at Seward to
3erve four months in the Valdez jail
for trying to demolish the Commerce
Cafe and everyone in it Monday eve
ning. Breedin imbibed too freely of
grape juice, and during the melee bit
a finger nearly off of one of the lady
employees in the place.
GOVERNMENT ASKS
NEW GERMAN BUDGET LARGE.
Will Increase the Taxes of the Em
pire More than Two Million Dollars
Per Week If Measures Passes—
Dally Expenses Are Enormous.
| BERLIN, Mrach 18.—The new
budget submitted to the RelchBtag, it
passed, will increase the taxes two
million dollars weekly. Huge sums
are required for military and naval
purposes, as well as for other depart
ments of the government, whose ex
penses have been enormously Increas
ed because of ’the war.
The German populace are willing to
make any sacrifice to win the war,
and'are behind the government unan
imously.
Y. P. S. C. E.
Earl Wathey will lead the discus
sion at the Young People's meeting
In the Congregational lecture room,
Sunday at 0:30. Subject, “Causes of
Failure." Visitors cordially Invited.
Seward Democrats Held Meeting.
The Soward Democrats he’d a meet
ing Tuesday and elected officers.
MOTHER DEMANDS OFFICERS
RELEASE HER DAUGHTER.
Commissioner C. L. MaGill of.Ke
nai,' who is also government school
teacher there, arrived in the city last
evening (March 15), says the Sew
ard Post, with a girl called Madrona
Mann, aged 14, and soon afterwards
the girl’s mother followed them to
town and is demanding that the girl
be given back to her. Mr. MaGill, ac
cording to the story told semi-offi
cially, decided that the girl should be
removed from he believed to be her
evil environments at Kenai. and he
was on hi3 way to Valdez with her,
with the intention of having her sent
outside to a school. The mother of
Madrona is a native and her father is
a white man known as Shorty Mann.
The result of the mother’s demand
has not yet been made known.
LODGE ARRAIGNS
ADMINISTRATION WORST EVER
Declares Present International and
Mexican Complications Are Result
of Wilson’s Weak and Vacillating
Policy of “Watchful Waiting.”
LYNN, Mass., March 18.— Senator
Lodge in a campaign speech here last
night, in which he announced his can
didacy for United States senator to
succeed himself, severely arraigned
the Democratic party and the Wilson
administration.
During his address he declared the
Wilson administration to be the worst
since that ot President Buchanan: He
attacked the foreign policy of the ad
m in-tstration, charging that the pres
ent international and Mexican com
plications were due in their entirety
to the weak and vacillating policy ot
the President in his dealings with
Mexico and the European nations.
He derided the administration pre
paredness program, declaring it to be
a sham and put forward for political
purposes only.
W. F. Thompson, owner of the
Fairbanks Times, was a passenger on
the Farragut to Cordova after spend
ing several days looking over the sit
uation in Seward. He will go over
the trail to Fairbanks.
MUCH SUFFERING
IN GREEK CAPITAL
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WOMEN ASK AID OK DEPUTIES
Mobilization of Troops and Failure to
Pay Thera Brings Want to Kami*
lies of the Working Classes—Many
People Are Destitute.
ATHENS, March 18.—Much suffer
ing prevails throughout the country
as the result of the mobilization of
troops, and the failure of parliament
to appropriate money to pay the sol
diers ;yid thus relieve the needs of
their families. Yesterday a large
number of women, many with babies
in their arms, ragged and barefooted,
proceeded from the quarters of the
working people to the houses of par
liament and implored the deputies to
take some action to relieve their dis
tress. No disturbances occurred.
BIG DOG RACE HELD AT
ANCHORAGE YESTERDAY
ANCHORAGE: The big dog race
will take place on Friday, March 17,
as scheduled. It will be run from
Anchorage to Khik and return. Four
teams are entered. The first prise is
five hundred dollars, the second two
hundred and flty, and the third one
hundred.
Daniels Fined $100.
A man by the name of Daniels was
sentenced to pay a fine of $100 at
Seward recently, for looting during
the recent fire. It Is stated that Dan
iels stole a quantity of jewelry and
a hat while the fire was In progress.
PERSHING MAKES
FORCED MARCHES
SEEKING TO SURPRISE VII.IA
Outlaw Threatens to Take Revenge
Upon Every American Encounter*
ed—Hundreds are Fleeing to tbr
Border to Escape Massacre.
EL, PASO, March 18.—It is re
ported here that General Villa has
burned the railroad bridges ahead of
the American pursuing column tp
prevent their overtaking him. The
outlaw has threatened to take repri
sal for the pursuit by the United
States troops, against evCry. American
he may find, and as a result the
American residents ofMexico are in
a panic. Reports from tnany section*
indicate that American* are fe'arfkl
of further massacres and hundred*
are leaving for the border. '
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Pershing Planning Surprise.
SAN ANTONIO, March 18.—It fa
reported here that General Pershing,
commander of the first American ex
pedition to cross the border, is mak
ing forced night marches in the hope
of surprising Villa. The outlaw com
mander has a good start on his pur
suers and is traveling fast to evade
them.
Pursuit Is Expensive.
WASHINGTON. D. C., March 18.—
It is estimated that the pursuit of Vil
la by the United States troops is cost
ing the government seventy thousand
dollars per day.
< Snipers Kill U. 8 Troopers.
COLUMBUS, N. M., March 18.—Jk
is reported here that the Unite*
States troops pursuing Villa tave met
with a few casualties at the hands eft
Mexicans. Snipers concealed behind
rocks and brush along the line of
march have succeeded in picking off
several of the soldiers, and in a tew
instances have been pursued, over
taken and killed by the soldiers. So
far the troops have had no brushes
with auy body Of the outlaws
Eederals and Outlaws Clash
TORREON, Mexico. March 18.—
A report has been received here that
a sharp battle in now in progress
near Noe, In this district, between
Carranza troops and Villa forces. No
details have been received and it in
not known how large the forces en
gaged are. It is believed that the
Villa force is a comparative smalt
one making its way north to join tho
outlaw commander.
Forbids Troops to Enter City. !
EL PASO, March 18.—It is report
ed here that the Carranza general
command of the federal troops in thte
section has issued orders to the comt
mandant of the troops stationed ak
Casas Grandes not to permit the Uni
ted States soldiers to enter the city.
It is rumoroad that the orders au
thorize the Mexican soldiers to fir*
upon the Americans in the event they
do not heed the warning to keep
away.
This complication is an entirely
unlooked for one since the friendly
feeling displayed by the Mexican
troops in joining with the American*
in hunting for Villa had led to the
belief that no friction would arise be
tween the two forces.
Cavalry Nearing Villa ;
EL PASO, March 18.—The Ameri
can cavalry force pursuing Villa, I*
now nearing Casas Grande, and win
be in Villa’s own country befora
nightfall. It is expected that the
first clash between the outlaws and
troops will occur here and that the
first real test of the strength of Villa
will be made.
The cavalry has been divided Into
two columns, which are attempting
to surround the outlaws and prevent
their escape. It Is expected that Vil
la will make a stand here in soiqa
favorable position and give battle to
his pursuers.
Rev. E. H. Molony will preach a
service In the Church of the Epiph
any tomorrow morning and In the
evening will deliver a remembrance
service “In Memorlnm" of George
Blaine of Candle Creek, who was
found frozen to death in front of his
cabin last week, and of Tom Knoyea
two pioneer miners of Alaska.