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Warring Mexican Factions Will Per
mit Railroads To Carry Foreign
ers Out of the Country.
WASHINGTON, March 18.—Advic
es received by the State Department
from Vera Cruz and Mexico City state
that arrangements have been perfect
ed whereby trains to interior Mex
ico will be kept running in order
that foreigners may reach the coast.
Foreign residents in interior Mexico
are urged to lose no time in getting
out of the country.
American gunboats will meet the
refugees at Vera Cruz and other coast
railway terminals and transport them
to United States ports or Cuba. Many
of the Spanish Catholic priests have
expressed aversion to being taken to
America and will be sent to Cuba,
where they will perfect their own
arrangements for returning to Eu
rope.
Private advices received from Mex
ico City state that conditions there
have been but slightly improved un
. a der Gen. Zapata. The looting has been
^ checked to a certain extent but mur
ders and executions are daily occur
rences.
GERMAN CRUISER
CLOSELY GUARDED
Commander Has Received Letters
Threatening To Destroy His
Vessel With Dynamite.
NEWPORT NEWS, March 18.—The
commander of the German cruiser Ei
tel Fredrich, which is here for re
pairs, has been the recipient of scores
of threatening letters, since his ves
sel has arrived here. He fears that
an attempt will be made to destroy
the German vessel by some anti-Ger
man sympathizer.
The cruiser is strongly guarded and
visitors are not permitted to approach
the vessel unless acting in an official
capacity or accompanied by an officer
of the cruiser.' The commander has
announced that the repairs are well
under way and that he will leave soon
and will make a dash for the open
sea despite the fact that four warships
are reported to be awaiting his ves
sel outside the neutral limit. He be
lieves the Eitel can run away from
any of the warships.
TRANSPORTS CARRY
PRIVATE FBHT
Congress Prevented Government Ship
Bill But President Turns Trans
ports Into Carriers
^.'ASHINGTON March 18.—Because
t?the lack of ships which is serious
ly Interfering with trade to the Phil
ippines President Wilson has agreed
that government transports may carry
{freight to and from the islands. Mili
tary supplies are, nowever, to be giv
en the preference and the new ar
rangement is not to be permitted to
interfere with the government busi
ness.
The consent of the president per
mitting private shipments to be sent
on the government transports is ex
pected to raise a protest from private
shippers that the government is en
tering into competition with them. It
is predicted that the wealthy Ameri
can sugar growers of the Islands will
monopolize the shipping on the trans
ports.
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ALLIES ARE PREPARING. FOR SPRING CAMPAIGN
LONDON, March 18.—British mili
tary authorities express themselves
as well satisfied with the conditions
on both the eastern and western bat
tle fronts. They assert that the Al
lies are not attempting to gain ground
at present except in locations where
advantageous positions can be taken
without entailing heavy losses. Suf
ficient pressure is kept against the
Germans in northern France and
Flanders to prevent the shifting of
troops from the east to the west and
back again and the prediction is made
that when the spring campaign is in
augurated next May that positions
once gained will not be lost again.
It is also predicted that the German
offensive spring campaign will fail to
materialize, as it is believed that Ger
many has not sufficient material to
equip her new army which is now
under training.
Przemysl Forts Captured.
Advices from Petrograd state that
the outer forts guarding the city of
Przemysl have fallen under the bom
bardment of the attacking Russian
army and it is believed that the de
fenders of the fort have nearly ex
LONDON MILITARY EXPERTS BELIEVE GERMANY IS RUNNING
SHORT OF MILITARY SUPPLIES FOR EQUIPMENT OF NEW GER
MAN ARMY NOW UNDER TRAINING—BRITISH CRUISER RUNS
GAUNTLET BETWEEN INNER AND OUTER FORTS IN DARDA
NELLES—BERLIN REPORTS HEAVY FIGHTING NORTH OF AR
RAS—RUSSIANS CLAIM HINDENBURG BLOCKED AND PREPAP
ING FOR FRONTAL ATTACK AGAINST WARSAW.
hausted their ammunition and sup
plies.
Heavy Fighting Near Arras.
BERLIN, March 18.—Reports from
the western battle front state that un
usually heavy, fighting has taken place
north of Arras, where the French
troops made a desperate attempt to
■force the Germans from their posi
tions. The attack Is reported to have
been repulsed with heavy casualties
on both sides. %
Artillery Duel Near Nieuport.
The Germans have started a heavy
artilelry fire on the Belgian troops
near Nieuport in anticipation of an of
fensive movement by the Belgians be
Ing mobilized near that point. Indecis
ive engagements are reported to have
occurred in the Champagne and Ar
gonne districts. The German troops
are reported to be in fine condition
in northern France and Flanders de
spite their long siege in the trenches.
Amethyst Runs Gauntlet.
LONDON, March 18.—It is report
ed from the Allied fleets bombarding
the Dardanelles forts that the Brit
ish cruiser has run the gauntlet
through the straits from the outer to
the inner forts, indicating that the
mines and chain obstructions have
all been removed. While returning
from the inner forts the Amethyst
was hit by a shell from one of the
forts but was not disabled. The shell
exploded on the deck of the cruiser,
killing and injuring a number of sea
men, but did not damage her guns.
Russians Begin Offensive.
PETROGRAD, Marcn 18.—The Rus
sian armies operating from Grodno
and Kovno have started a vigorous
offensive movement along the battle
line in north Poland extending from
Tilsit, on the Niemen river, to Oso
wiec, south of the Mazurian lakes dis
trict.
Claim Germans Defeated.
The attempt of Gen. Hindenburg to
break through the Rusisan positions
northeast of Przasnysz has been de
feated and it is reported that the
German troops are being withdrawn
to again make a direct attack upon
Warsaw from the Vistula river.
Expects Fortress To Fall.
The attempt of the left wing of the
Austrian army to relieve Przemysl has
been defeated and a number of pris
oners were captured. It is believed
the commander of the city will capitu
late as the capture of the outer forts
enables the Russians to bombard the
city proper.
CONDEMNED MEN
GIVENJEPflIEVE
PHOENIX, Ariz., March 18—Five
men who were condemned to hang
here tomorrow have been given a re
prieve of thirty days by the governor.
The state legislature during the ses
sion just closed voted down a meas
ure to abolish capital punishment as
the measure had failed to carry when
submitted to the voters of the state
last November.
FRANCE WILL PAY
FOR DACIA CARGO
Fate of 8teamer Not Determined, As
France Still Regards Her As
Belonging To Germans.
PARIS, March 18.—The French
government will probably purchase
the cargo of American cotton on the
steamer Dacia, recently seized by a
French cruiser while en route from
Galveston, Tex., to Bremen. The cot
ton was consigned to German merch
ants. No decision has been reach
ed as to the fate of the Dacia her
self, as France has never recogniz
ed the change of ownership of ves
sels from a hostile to a neutral na
tion.
WASHINGTON, March 18.—It is
believed here that the American
steamer Dacia, seized by a French
-cruiser and taken to Havre, will be
permitted to depart after the finding
of the prize court in regard to the
cargo of cotton. While France has
never officially receded from her po
sition regarding the transferring of
ships during hostilities she has es
tablished precedents in the past by
overlooking the transaction when as
sured that the sale was bona fide and
not Intended as a hostile act to her
and of assistance to her-enemy.
E. N. Breitung, the German-Amer
ican who purchased the Dacia from
the German-Hamburg line, declares
that he is not worrying over the fate
of the Dacia, as she is heavily insur
ed by an English company and that
he expects to collect big damages
when the matter Is settled in the in
ternational courts after the war. He
has announced his intention of send
ing other vessels loaded with cotton
to Bremen if he can secure crews and
believes the ships will reach their
destination If routed by way of the
Faroe Islands and North Sea.
Fred. Banta is a returning Valdezlte
on the Alameda.
LONGSHOREMEN’S
STRIKE GENERAL
Now Extends To Coastwise, Alaska
and Foreign Shipping—Sailors
May Join Strikers.
SEATTLE, March 18.—The Long
shoremen’s union has refused to sus
pend the strike while negotiations for
the settlement of the troubles are
pending and have extended the strike
so as to include all coastwise, Alaska
and foreign shipping.
The Seattle longshoremen have no
complaint concerning their treatment
at the hands of the shippers but have
engaged in a sympathetic strike in
support of the Vancouver longshore
men. The trouble is extending to oth
er coast cities and it is feared that
it will become general along the Pa
cific coast.
The steamship companies have not
as yet made any attempt to fill the
places of the strikers, but it is be
lieved that when they do they will
find no lack of men who will volun
teer for work as the city is full of
idle and starving men. The long
shoremen declare that if the ships are
loaded with unfair labor that the sai
lor’s union will also declare a strike.
MUST MARRY OR
OUITJEACHING
LOS ANGELES, March 18.—“Marry
or quit your jobs”«is the advice of the
county superintendent of schools to
nearly one hundred alien school
marms who are teaching in the
schools of the state. -
California laws provide that teach
ers must be born in the United States,
must be naturalized citizens, or have
married Americans and the superin
tendent thinks the latter course is the
best solution of the problem that
has been bothering his department
for months.
Rev. Molony, who has just return
ed to Valdez from a trip to the in
terior, will deliver a short service and
address in the Church of the Epiph
any at 7? 30 o’clock tomorrow evening.
The subject will be "Lent and Its Mes
sages.” All are invited to attend.
SAYS VIOLATION
OF OUR TREATY
German Embassy Protests To Secre
tary Bryan Against Arrest of
Seattle German Consul.
WASHINGTON, March 18.—The
German embassy here has protested
to the State Department against the
a treat of William Mueller, German
consul in Seattle, and his private sec
retary on the charge of conspiracy to
bribe an official of the Seattle Con-'
struction & Dry Dock Company. The
protest claims that the arrest of the
German officials is a violation of the
treaty between Germany and the Unit
ed States.
Secretary Bryan has started an in
vestigation of the charges against
Mueller, who was soon to leave Seat
tle, his successor having been appoint
ed by the German government some
weeks ago. It Is believed the Seat
tle authorities must have been in pos
session of conclusive proof of the
guilt of the officials before causing
their apprehension.
The German embassy has also pro
tested against the heavy sentences
given German reservists and sympa
thizers convicted in New York of be
ing implicated in the issuing of false
passports to Germans to go to Eng
land to act as spies. The leaders were
sentenced to three years and the re
servists who attempted to use the
passports to terms ranging from one
to three years.
HIS CROCHETING
GOTJER NANNY
MINNEAPOLIS, March 18.—Declar
ing that she would rather have no
husband than one who preferred a
crochet needle to a scoop shovel, ev
en when the articles were socks in
tended for the boys fighting in the
trenches in Europe, Mrs. Ida McNan
ny left the court room here today af
ter being given a divorce. An at
tempt of the court to patch up the
marital differences of the couple fail
ed when the woman declared that
the crocheting had “got her nanny.”
Kids, don’t forget the matinee on
Saturday afternoon at the Orpheum.
Mrs. Kunzig, wife of Lieut. L. A.
Kunzlg, of the Alaska road commis
sion, who recently underwent a surgi
cal operation at the Valdez hospital,
has sufficiently recovered to leave the
hospital and returned to her home to
day.
RIVER STEAMER
MAKK_ RECORD
PORTLAND, Ore., March 18.—
What is believed to be a record for
any sternwheel steamer in the world
has been established by the Lurline,
plying on the Columbia river. The
steamer has been running on the Co
lumbia for 37 years and has travel
ed 1,850,000 miles. She is still in ex
cellent condition and makes regular
trips to Astoria and return, a distance
of 200 miles, every two days.
JAPAN WARNED TO
CURB HER DEMANDS
Chinese Government Hopes That Pow
ers Will Enforce Integrity
Agreement.
PEKING, March 18.—It is reported
that the Russian and British ambas
sadors in Tokio have warned the Ja
panese government that its demands
on the Chinese government must be
curbed in order to avoid complica
tions with the European powers and
the United States, who have guar
anteed the integrity of the Chinese
empire.
iwitue nope is expressed nere in or
ificial circles that Japan will be sat
isfied with anything less than her de
mands and will rely upon the fact
that Great Britain and Russia are too
busily occupied to interfere with her
invasion of China if the demands are
not granted. Japan has evidently de
termined upon securing control of the
immense coal and iron deposits in the
Chinese empire in order to build up
her own Industries. The concessions
asked by Japan would eventually
mean that the river and railroad
transportation as well as the coal and
Iron resources of the Chinese empire
•would pass into their hands.
The deadlock in the Chinese parlia
ment over the renewal of the exten
sion of the lease of Port Arthur,
granted to the Russians but ceded to
Japan after the Russo-Japanese war,
remains unbroken.
Weather Report.
Valdez, March 17, 1915.
Barometric pressure .29,326
Temperature at 7 p. m. 32
Maximum temperature . 40
Minimum temperature .31
Mean temperature ?. 351-2
Precipitation .18
Cloudy air, wind northeast 8 miles.
Rained at night and from 6 a. m. to
9 p. m.
PRESIDENT SENDS
PROTEST TO JAPAN
Has Joined With Great Britain and
Rusala In Urging Moderation
of Demands On China.
WASHINGTON, March 18.—The
Chinese government has requested
the United States to urge the Japan
ese government to cease her terri
torial demands upon China, as Amer
ica is a party to the agreement of
the nations guaranteeing the integ
rity of the Chinese empire.
It is reported that while the gov
ernment has taken no official action
that President Wilson has unofficially
notified the Japanese government that
any attempt on the part of Japan to
dominate China would be regarded as
unfriendly to the United States and
a violation of the agreement of the
powers to which Japan is a party.
The governments of Great Britain
and Russia are known to have sent
diplomatic protests to Japan urging
moderation in her demands against
China, but it is feared that Japan
will take advantage of the occupation
of the latter countries in Europe to
press for the concessions which will
i make her the dominating power in the
I Orient.
Dropped Five Bombs and Gave Up
Chase Only When Supply of Ex
plosives Was Exhausted.
LONDON, March 18.—The British •
steamer Blonde arrived in South
Shields, a British port on the North
Sea, after a desperate attack from *
a German aviator. The aviator fol- ■/
lowed the ship for miles and dropped
five bombs, all of which fell into the
sea close to the vessel. The aviator
was evidently out of bombs when he
gave up the chase.
The officers and crew of the steam
er kept the aviator at a considerable
height by keeping up an lncess&n
rifle fire in his direction. The bird
man took a last desperate chance an'
swooped down close to the steamy
to deliver his last bomb and narro'
ljr missed the mark as the explosU
caused the vessel to be tossed as
struck by a sudden typhoon.
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THREE HUNDRED
ON THE ALANIEE
Twenty-nine Passengers Coming,
Valdez and Cannery Crews fa
the Westward. j
SEATTLE, March 18.—The I
er Alameda sailed for Valdez as,
er Alaskan ports last night on I
ule time despite the fact that f..."
attle Longshoremen’s Union 4'.
dared a boycott against thaf*. ;
The Alameda carr’ed over thw 'v
dred passengers, all classes, v4 '
sailed. Many of the passenM,; -
cannery employes to the wo ,* ■
but the list of cabin passengeic-"
heaviest of the season. lv*t
The passengers for Velde*., v
P. Clayworth, J. P. NorrlAi';.”.'
Dempsey. Paul Hopkins,
leal, Mrs. P. Johnson, Au*i ,
locks, Fred. Kllng, Chris.
Robert Jones. Fred. Banta
teen steerage.
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