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' gress Before Closing.
WASHINGTON, March 4.—The
Sixty-third congress passed into his
tory at noon today after an all-night
session, the clock having been turned
back until fifteen minutes past noon
today in order to finish some delayed
business. One oir the last measures
acted upon was the passage of a
measure extending government aid to
an Alaskan agricultural college.
There are a number of measures
which failed to receive attention dur
ing the closing hours of the session.
The measure providing for granting
increased legislative powers to the
Philippines; the water-power, mineral
land and other national conservation
measures remained undisposed of as
was also the Indian bills.
Many members of both houses have
already left the city In their anxiety
to get away from the scene of the
struggles in which they have been en
gaged.
INDIAN FIGHTER IS
>SENT OUT TO UTAH
General Scott, Who First Fought In
dians Nearly Forty Years Ago,
Sent To Utah
WASHINGTON, March 4.—The gov
ernment has sent General Hugh Lenox
Scott, of the War Department staff
here, to Utah to attempt to make
peace with the revolting Piute Indians
who are now on the war path.
The revolt is spreading and despite
the fact that hundreds of deputies are
r, giving battle to the Indians the young
men are leaving the reservations and
joining their tribesmen in the moun
tains. The Indians are reported to be
in an ugly mood and are committing
depredations in the sections through
which they pass. They have driven
off herds of stock and destroyed the
buildings of the stockmen.
General Scott is a noted Indian
fighter and served in the expedition
against the Sioux tribe in 1876. He
took part in the Nez Perce expedition
in 1877 and the Cheyenne expedition
in 1878. He is personally acquainted
’ with the chiefs of the Indians of the
plains and has had wonderful success
in treating with them when they grow
rebellious.
PRESIDENT CAUSES INVESTIGATION
OF HAmifllCAH OFFICIALS
INCREASED POWERS GIVEN CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO PREVENT VES
SELS CARRYING WAR SUPPLIES FROM AMERICA TO WARRING
NATIONS OF EUROPE—EMBARGO POSSIBLE.
WASHINGTON, March 4—The Sen
ate late last night passed a resolu
tion enlarging the power of the pres
ident to prevent vessels, both Amer
ican and foreign, from carrying con
trabands from American ports. The
introducer of the resolution declared
that in view of recent disclosures
President Wilson should be given the
widest possible discretionary powers
to prevent violations of America’s
neutrality.
It is- stated on reliable authority
that President Wilson personally or
dered the investigation which result
ed in the federal grand jury indicting
the officials of the Hamburg-Amerl
can line on Monday last for violation
of the customs laws by shipping con
traband goods concealed In other ship
ments.
It is believed the granting of the
enlarged powers to the president is
made for the express purpose of en
abling him to establish an embargo
on the shipment of goods to the war
ring nations of Europe should he
deem that action the proper course to
pursue. President Wilson is desirous
of America maintaining a strict neu
trality and to that end is taking ev
ery possible precaution to prevent
contraband shipments being surrep
tiously sent from the country.
Paul and John Paulson left today
for Shushanna. Theyu will go over the
trail to Chitina and on into the new
camp by dog team.
MUSCOVITES TO AGAIN MEET GEN. HINOENBURG
I
LONDON, March 4— Attention is
centered on the battle which is now
developing in north Poland, where the
Russians are advancing on East Pius
giu from Grodno. The Germans are
mobilizing a strong array and are re
ported to have taken a number of
large siege guns from Belgium for use
against the Russian defenses along the
Prussian border. The C-erman army
is reported to be composed of troops
from before Warsaw reinforced by un
its of the new army which has just
completed training in Central Ger
many.
Same Battle Ground.
Two battles which have been fought
on practically the same ground where
the present struggle is developing
have resulted in the defeat of the
Muscovites and the capture of large
por*ions of their armies by Gen. Hin
denburg’s command. That the Rus
sians did not suffer the crushing de
feat last month reported from Berlin
is generally admitted by German offi
cials but it is asesrted that the num
ber of prisoners taken by Gen. Hin
denburg in the campaign in the lake
STRONG GERMAN ARMY BEING CONCENTRATED NEAR NORTH PO
LAND BORDER—BATTLE RAGING NEAR OSOWIEC WITH GER
MANS USING HEAVY SIEGE GUNS AGAINST RUSSIAN FIELD
FORTS—FLEET OF ALLIED NATIONS HAMMERING FORTS NOW
GUARDING DARDANELLES—SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES YET TO BE
OVERCOME—BERLIN THEATRES TO BE CLOSED.
district numbered 26,000 men and
many cannon and machine guns as
well as other war material. The new
Rusisan army from Grodno have the
advantage of the selection of posi
tions where the battle will be waged.
Hammering the Dardanelles.
LONDON, March 4.—The bombard
ment of the Inner forts of the Dar
danelles has been resumed by the
British and French fleets. There are
nine battleships participating in the
bombardment in addition to subma
rines, torpedo boat destroyers and oth
er light naval vessels. Although the
fleet is more than half way through
the straits it is realized that con
siderable time will be required to ov
ercome the difficulties before reach
ing a position when the bombardment
of Constantinople by the fleet can be
gin. It is expected that the straits
ahead of the fleet have been obstruct
ed by chains and mines and that the
remaining forts will offer a stubborn
resistance.
Turkish Fleet Fled.
ainfiNS, March 4.—It is reported
here that the Turkish fleet which went
to Constantinople to defend the cap
ital against the attacks of the Allies
fled when it was reported that the
outer forts of the Dardanelles had
been forced. Three more forts are re
ported to have been silenced and the
fleet Is cautiously advancing through
the straits.
Germans Concentrating In North Po
land.
PETROGRAD, March 4.—Advices
from the front state that a strong
German force is being assembled in
North Poland, where the Germans are
expected to make an attempt to
break through the defense of the new
Russian army advancing on East Prus
sia from Grodno. A desperate battle
has been raging near Osowiec and the
Germans are reported to be bringing
their heaviest guns to capture the
field forts of the Russians.
Will Close Berlin^Theaters.
BERLIN, March 4.—It is reported
that the government will order the
theaters and all places of public
amusements to be closed after April
3 In order to concentrate the atten
tion of the German people more close
ly on the war and to exert every pos
sible effort by the nation to bring vic
tory from the struggle.
GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE TO ALASKA ASSEMRLY
JUNEAU, March 4.—Governor
Strong’s message was read before the
Alaska assembly yesterday afternoon
and recommends safety, sanity, econ
omy and carefulness on the part of
legislators in making laws for the gov
ernment of the territory.
The message urged legislative ac
tion to secure a wider form of ter
ritorial government and expressed
confidence that the legislators would
use the authority with which they
were clothed to prove that Alaska was
entitled to a fuller measure of home
rule, with adequate revenue and taxa
tion laws to maintain the govern
ment.
Governor Strong declared that the
taxes necessary to provide the rev
enues of the territory should be paid
by those who were able to pay by
reason of their using the natural re
sources of the territory to create
wealth, and that the burden should
not be placed on the man who was
struggling to open the country by the
labor of his hands. He urged the abo
lition of the poll tax and that the tax
on canneries and other fisheries be
increased.
Governor Strong opposed the plan
to create a territorial attorney-gener
al because the bill now before con
gress to create a Territorial Develop
ment Board provides for the office
of attorney-general and the payment
of his salary by the federal govern
ment.
The adoption of measures provid
ing for the use of the Australian bal
URGES COMPLETE FORM OF TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT WITH
LAWS TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE REVENUE—INCREASED TAXA
TION ON CANNERIES AND OTHER FISHERIES—FAVORS TERRI
TORIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD, EIGHT HOUR LAW AND COM
PENSATION MEASURE IF FOUND APPLICABLE — RECOMMENDS
COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERNMENT FOR MUNICIPALITIES—
DEPLORES LACK OF LEGISLA TIVE POWERS.
lot system at elections, the adoption
of the corrupt practices act and direct
primary as means of protecting the
purity of elections in the territory are
urged.
Governor Strong favors the eight
hour law, and also a workmen’s com
pensation law if the legislature, after
investigation, believes that the indus
tries of the territory have reached a
stage where such compensation meas
ures are practicable.
The commission form of government
for municipalities is recommended to
the legislature for consideration. The
commission form of government is
rapidly coming into vogue in the
towns and cities in states and where
given a fair trial had been found to
work to the advantage of the com
munities.
Governor Strong’s message deplores
the circumstance that the Alaska leg
islature does not possess the same
SECRETARY UNE RECEIVES REPORT
FROM THE ENGINEERING CONNISSIOI
.
ALL REPORTS AS TO DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN PRESI
DENT AND SECRETARY OF INTERIOR OVER SELECTION OF
ROUTES IDLE TALK—PRESIDENT NEVER SEEN REPORT.
WASHINGTON, March 4.—Secre
tary Franklin K. Lane, of the Inter
ior Department, has returned to the
capital from San Francisco, where he
represented President Wilson during
the opening ceremonies of the Pana
ma-Pacific exposition on February 20.
Shortly after his return he visited the
White House and conferred with the
president for several hours.
Secretary Lane stated that he had
received the report of the Alaska
engineering commission and would
consider the report for a few days
before submitting it to President Wil
son. He declared that the commis
sion had compiled figures and statis
tics covering all the different routes
from tidewater to interior Alaska and
that a decision would shortly be
reached as to the route which would
be selected for the government rail
road.
The secretary declared that the re
ports of leaks having been reported
from the president’s office and engi
neering commission as to certain
routes being favored were without
foundation as President Wilson had
not even seen the report of the com
mission. He denied that he person
ally favored any particular route or
that there was any difference of opin
ion between President Wilson and
himself as to the selection.
GOVERNOR SIGNS
PROHIBITION BILL
DENVER, Colo., March 4.—Gover
nor Carson today signed the prohi
bition bill passed by the state legisla
ture making Colorado a dry state af
ter the close of the present year. The
brewery interests of the state made
a vigorous effort to defeat the meas
ure when submitted to the voters last
November and for a time it was fear
ed that they bad auccee<fad as the
contest was very close.
INMATES OE DEATH
CELLS PROTEST
ALBANY, N. Y„ March 4.—Advo
cates of the bill to abolish capital
punishment in this state read a num
ber of letters from inmates of death
cells as a means of gaining support
for their measure. Many of the writ
ers who are awaiting execution de
clared that they elected to die in
preference to spending their lives in
the penitentiaries as punishment
legislative powers as the home gov
ernments of Hawaii, Porto Rico, the
Philippines or other previously organ
ized territories in the United States
before their admission into the Union
as states. He declared that Alaska
was entitled to a form of territorial
government which would give the peo
ple of Alaska complete control over
matters within her borders as in the
states, except that they could not par
ticipate in national affairs or part with
the fee to national lands. The people
of the territory should have control
over their municipal governments, in
cluding county, city and town; school
affairs; the police powers, including
the regulation of transportation, pub
lic service corporations, industrial,
commercial, and agricultural matters;
the real estate laws; inheritance
laws; domestic relations; criminal
statutes; the public revenues, includ
ing the levying, collecting and expen
diture of tax moneys for public pur
poses, except custom's duties, inter
nal revenues and such other items of
taxation as are levied everywhere In
the United States for federal purpos
es. In short, Alaska Is entitled to a
complete form of government with the
power to choose all of the officials
except those appointed by the presi
dent, which include the governor, ter
ritorial secretary and courts of rec
ord. The salaries of these federal of
ficials and the salaries and expenses
of the territorial legislature should
be borne by the national government.
ENGLAND IS SLOW TO PREPARE
BRITISH PLACE LITTLE RELIANCE IN GERMANY’S ANSWER AND
GUARANTEE NOT TO USE FOODSTUFFS FOR ARMY—ESTABLISH
MENT OF GERMAN BLOCKADE INDICATES REFUSAL.
LONDON, March 4.—According to
official reports the British govern
ment has not yet drafted the answer
which will be sent to America in re
ply to President Wilson’s protest
against the blockade of shipping from
neutral nations to Germany and oth
er nations allied with her in the war.
It is believed that Great Britain will
refuse to recede from her position in
establishing the blockade in retalia
tion for Germany’s submarine block
ade and attacks upon unfortified sea
coast towns. The British place little
reliance in the answer of the German
government to President Wilson’s pro
test and her agreement to use the im
ported foodstuffs only for non-combat
ants. Germany Is believed to be In
desperate straits to secure provisions
for her soldiers and grain for her
horses and would readily agree to any
provision which would serve to tem
porarily relieve the situation.
The American note of February 22
protested against the enforcement of
>a blockade stopping the importation
of foodstuffs to Germany from neutral
nations. On March 1 Great Britain,
France and nations allied with them
established a complete blockade of
German ports and no ships are per
mitted to enter or pass out. The new
order, coming as It did, after the
American note had been received In
England is indicative of the govern
ment’s intention to adhere to the pol
icy of starving Germany as one means
of crippling her armies in the field.
NEW DRUG LAW IS
NOW IN FORGE
Number of Seattle Phyiicians Have
Been Arrested for Violation of
the New Law.
SEATTLE, March 4.—The new fed
eral drug act which went into effect
on March 1 prohibiting the sale of
morphine and kindred drugs, has been
followed by scores of arrests for vio
lation of the law. The arrests have
not been confined to users of the in
jurious drugs but physicians who have
aided them in getting supplies by pre
scribing morphine or cocaine are
among those apprehended.
The agents of the internal revenue
are keeping a close tab on the rec
ords of the druggists in order to de
tect who the users of the drugs are
and take measures for their treat
ment. Druggists are required to keep
an inventory of their stock and the
doctor’s prescriptions calling for the
use of the drugs. When the name of
a patient appears on the list officers
Investigate and if the user is found to
be an habitual “fiend” he is sent to
a hospital for treatment.
CAUGHT RIFLING
U. SJAIL SACK
Mail From Granite Mine Is Rifled
While Being Brought To Val
dez On Launch.
Marshal Brenneman received a wire
today from Cordova stating that Wil
liam Pyne had been arrested there
on a warrant issued by Commission
er Love charging theft of U. S. mail.
The mail which was rifled was con
tained in a mailsack made up at the
Granite mine and was en route to
Valdez on the gasoline launch "Waif."
Pyne was a member of the crew of
the launch and is accused of opening
a letter containing a money order be
longing to Peter Hansen, which he
was sending to the Scandlnavian
American bank at Seattle. He will
be brought to Valdez on the Alameda
and given a hearing in the commis
sioner’s court.
A number of miners who have spent
the winter in Valdez are leaving for
the interior copper country as a re
port has reached here that employ
ment can be secured there owing to
a number of properties having start
ed up again doing development work.