British Government Expresses Re
gret To Chile That Neutrality
Was Violated.
LONDON, April 16.—The British
government has apologized to the
government of Chile because of the
sinking in ' Chilian waters on March
14th of the German cruiser Dresden.
The foreign office, however, stated
that the Dresden had been violating
the neutrality of Chile time and again
and had used the ports of Chile for a
base of operations against the com
merce of the Allies.
It is expected the incident will be
dropped with the apology. The Dres
den was fired on by a flleet of British
warships while riding at anchor in
a harbor of the republic of Chile.
The German comjnande(r sunk his
ship to avoid its capture by the Brit
ish. i
UNO LINES FUSE
ON MINE
Navy Divers Have Steel Cable Fast
On Sunken Boat—Water Crush
ed Sides of the Boat.
HONOLULU, April 16.—The navy
wreckers have succeeded in placing
two strong steel cables .upon the
sunken American submarine F-4,
which lies at the bottom of the ocean
290 feet below the surface. The div
ers continue to work at a depth of
290 feet, but cannot remain below
the surface for many minutes at a
time. The new diving bell is re
ported to be working without a hitch
and the officials ara proud of the
wonderful success of the navy diving
department.
Just how soon the work of hoisting
the ship and Its cargo of dead sail
ors will commence Is not known, but
it is almost certain that a number of
cable will be fastened to the wreck
so that the strain will not result In
breaking them before the boat reach
es the top. The weight of water up
on the ship has resulted in crushing
the sides.
THE RUSSIANS FAIL IN THE CARPATHIANS
Russians Fail In Carpathians.
BERLIN, April 16.—The Russian
attempt to force the passes in the
Carpathian mountains, which are held
by the Austrians, has been in vain.
They have sent charge after charge
upon the Austrian line only to have
the troops beaten back with heavy
loss, o important is the control of
the passes to the Russian plan of
campaign that in spite of the tre
mendous loss of life the assaults con
tinue. It Is estimated by the German
and Austrian officers that the Rus
sians have lost fully 30,000 men in
the past three days and have failed
to gain any of the passes.
Reinforcements Reach Austrians.
The German reinforcements have
reached the passes to aid the Aus
trian allies. The heavy snow delay
ed them from taking up positions
in the mountains and the Russians
endeavored to break through the line
before their arrival but lost heavily
and gained no ground. Now that the
fresh troops have reached the scene
of battle to relieve the garrisons, it
is believed that the assaults will be
dropped as the enemy will be forced
to adopt a new plan of campaign.
French Claim Victories.
PARIS, April 16—The official bul
letin issued at noon today tells of
great gains by the French troops in
the Argonne district, where the fight
ing has been terrific. The French
armies have been making determin
ed efforts to smash the kaiser’s en
trenched line and break down the
huge field forts that guard the fron
tier. The fighting has been steady
for the past thirty-six hours and at
an early hour this morning bayonet
charges were made upon the German
trenches which had been bombarded
for hours by a large number of mass
ed batteries. The result was that
the trenches have been captured and
are now held by the French.
Gains At St. Mihiel.
In the St. Mihiel district the
French commander also reports great
gains, having forced the German line
back nearer to the frontier than it
has been since September 10th, when
the first army pushed through into
French soil and built the elaborate
field forts that have held back the
army of the republic.
Gain Mile of Trenches Near Mul
hausen.
The fighting in Alsace has been
stubborn and the loss of life heavy to
•both armies. The French have taken
one mile of trenches from the Ger
mans In the fighting near Mulhau
sen. The battle Still continues.
British Steamer Submarined.
LONDON, April 16—The British
RUSSIANS UNABLE TO BREAK THROUGH THE CARPATHIANS, AL
THOUGH THEY HAVE CONCEN TRATED BIG FORCE FOR INVA
SION OF HUNGARY—PARI8 R EPORT CLAIMS GREAT GAINS ALL
ALONG LINE IN NORTHERN FRANCE AND IN ALSACE—TAKE
MILE OF TRENCHES NEAR MULHAUSEN — ZEPPELINS AGAIN
ACTIVE IN NORTHERN ENGLAND, WHILE AEROPLANE RAID
REACHES WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF LONDON, BUT RE
PORTS INDICATE LITTLE DAMAGE—BRITISH SHIP IS SUBMA
RINED AND GOES DOWN WITH ELEVEN OF CREW.
steamer Ptarmigan was submarined
today in the North sea by a German
submarine. Eleven members of the
crew and passengers were drowned
when the boat went down. Only a
few minutes’ time was allowed by the
German commander to the captain
and crew of the ship to launch the
boats and leave the vessel and more
than half of them were still on the
ship when it was torpedoed and sunk.
Zeppelins Again Active.
The German Zeppelins again raid
ed the towns on the east coast of
England and dropped many bombs
upon them. Malden, Lowestoft and
Southwold were damaged by the
bombs and a few people were killed.
The loss, however, was not material.
The object of the air raiders to reach
BIGGS BANK CASE
BEEN POSTPONED
Court Grants Government Officials
Until May 12th To Reply—
Bank Fights Delay.
WASHINGTON, April 10.—The
hearing upon the injunction request
ed by the directors of the Riggs Na
tional bank against Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo and Controller Wil
liams has been postponed until May
12th upon the request of the attor
neys for the government officials,
Who desire tim,e to prepare the case
“for the government.
The bank’s attorneys insisted th?^
the case be tried at once and tried to
prevent the postponement at all and
then to limit the amount of time al
lowed the government to a few days,
claiming that the government is as
well prepared at this time to defend
the case as they will be later and
that the delay Is for the purpose of
using the intervening time td annoy
the bank. This, however, is denied
by the government and the judge
stated that he would be ready to re
ceive a complaint against the gov
ernment officials if the bank found
that the defendant did annoy them.
SENATOR ALDRICH
PASSES AWAY
Held Political Office Continuously
From 1869 To 1910—Senator
Many Years.
NEW YORK, April 16.—Former
Senator Nelson Aldrich, of Rhode
Island, died here today at the age
of 74. He had been sick only a few
days and the end was not expected.
’Relatives were at his bedside as he
passed away. Aldrich leaves an es
tate valued at $50,000,000.
Former Senator Aldrich started his
political career as a member of the
Providence, R. I., common couuncil in
1869, from which he went to the
Rhode Island legislature in 1875, be
coming its speaker in 1877. He then
went to congress as representative in
the 47th congress, where he remained
until 1881, when he was elected to
fill the vacancy made by the death
of Senator Burnside. He was elect
ed In 1886, 1892, 1898, And 1905, re
fusing to run In 1910, as he wanted
to devote his time to the National
Monetary Commission, of which he
was chairman.
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the ship yards and coast forts was
in vain.
German Aviators Near London.
LONDON, April 16.—German army
aviators dropped bombs today in the
county of Kent, thirty miles from this
city. The city of Canterbury, in Kent,
was also visited by the aviators, who
dropped a number of bombs near the
"big cathedral but missed it and did
little damage. British aviators imme
diately ascended to fight the Ger
mans, but were unable to get above
them and they disappeared in the
direction of Germany flying high ov
er the North sea.
Vienna Reports Victory.
VIENNA, April 16.—The war office
has announced that the Russians have
■fiercely but unsuccessfully been as
saulting the Austrians in the Car
pathian passes in an effort to invade
Hungary from Galicia by way of the
Uzsok pass and from Styrl. The
loss to the enemy has been heavy.
The desperate efforts they made to
storm the passes shows how neces
sary is the control of the low divides
leading into Hungary, to the general
plan of campaign of the Russians
who are blocked from advancing up
on Cracow from the north is open to
attack by Gen. von Hindenburg, who
could strike the Russian flank in Po
land.
, Austrians Make Counter Move.
The Austrian general staff has
started a strong counter move against
the Russians to divert them from the
Carpathians, where they have been
gathering a large force. The new
;attacks are being made upon the
Russians near Czerniwitz in Bukowi
na. The Russians are being pushed
back with loss.
Battle In East Prussia.
The fighting in east Prussia con
tinues. The Germans have launched
a terrific attack upon the Russian
lines, which are beleived to have
been weakened to enable the Rus
sians to continue the campaign in
the Carpathians. The outcome of the
battle may force the Russians to
change the objective from Hungary
to East Prussia. They have aban
doned all hope of pushing into Sell
cia, which was the objective of the
Grand Duke six months ago.
Italy Buya 15,000 Horses.
EAST ST. LOUIS, 111., April 16.—
The Italian government has contract
ed with dealers here for 15,000 horses,
it was learned today. A contract for
8,000 horses already has been filled
and several thousand horses have
been shipped under the new contract.
Thus far 80,000 horses have been
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WIRE DRAG FOR
ALASKA WATERS
*
Two Alaska Boats Are Chartered
Found Many Rocks In Short
Time Last Summer.
SEATTLE, April 16—The govern
ment Coast and Geodetic Survey have
chartered the Alaska schooners King
& Wing and the Equator for work in
northern waters dragging the big wire
drag which is being used to locate
and chart the waters of Alaska.
The King & Wing is the schooner
which first reached Wrangel Island
and rescued the remaining members
.f the Karluk’s crew.
The work last year by the govern
ment resulted in the finding of fifty
uncharted rocks in waters that were
believed to be perfectly safe. It is
known now that hundreds of such
rocks exist and must be located if
travel to the north is to be safe.
s. S. MINNESOTA
MAY BE SAVED
Survey, However, Indicates That Ship
Is In Dangerous Position On
Japanese Reef.
TOKIO, Japan, April 16—The ma
rine surveyors who have just return
ed from the steamer Minnesota, which
is fast on the reef, report that while
the big American liner is in a dan
gerous position that she can be float
ed off the rocks in a fortnight, pro
vided no storm pounds the ship to
pieces before the work can be done.
The surveyors report that several
big rocks have penetrated one com
partment and that the plates of a
number of other compartments have
been sprung, allowing the ship to
take considerable water but the big
bulkheads remain intact and the re
pairs can be made and the vessel
floated in two weeks.
The work of taking off the $1,000,
000 cargo is well under way and sev
eral freighters are alongside the ship
-taking on the cargo, which will be
brought here for re-shipment to the
United States.
ANOTHER DUTCH SHIP SUNK
BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE
VESSEL WAS AT ANCHOR IN NORTH SEA WHEN UNDERSEA FIGHT.
ER SENT HER TO BOTTOM—DUTCH PEOPLE DEMAND GOVERN.
MENT TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT SHIPPING AND
LIVES OF DUTCHMEN—MAY BRING ON WAR BETWEEN NETH
ERLANDS AND GERMANY, AS HOLLANDERS ARE GREATLY IN
CENSED AT THE CONSTANT SINKING OF THEIR SHIPS.
LONDON, April 16.—The Dutch
steamer Katwijk was sunk by a Ger
man submarine this morning when
anchored off the Holland coast wail
ing for an opportunity to reach her
home port. The boat was flying the
Dutch flag, had her name and na
tionality painted in big letters on the
side and was believed to be safe from
,t- destruction by the Germans.
The crew were given ten minutes
to leave the ship and many of them
were still aboard when the boat was
sunk. They were picked up by the
men in the small boats which had suc
ceeded In leaving the ship before the
explosion.
The Katwijk was bound for Rot
terdam from Baltimore and had a
cargo of general merchandise, most
of which, however, was foodstuffs.
Just why the Germans sunk the ship
is not known, as the friction between
Holland and Germany has become
serious and may result in an attack
being made by Holland upon the Ger
man rear unless the cause of the
trouble and the interference with
Dutch shipping is stopped.
Word reaching here from Amster
dam indicates that the people are
greatly incensed and aroused at the
sinking of the Dutch ship and are
urging the government to make a
strong protest at once to Berlin and
demand immediately the payment of
an indemnity for the lost ship and
cargo.
The government has already started
an investigation and the captain and
crew of the Katwijk have been re
quested to make sworn statements to
the government regarding the affair.
UNION BUILDERS
Contractors Fight With 16,000 Car
penters Spreads and More Than
100,000 Out Now.
CHICAGO, April 16.—More than
100,000 men working upon building
construction in this city went out on
strike following the refusal of the
contractors to grant 16,000 carpenters
an advance of from 65 to 70 cents a
day. The carpenters union went out
on strike and all other building em
ployes followed suit as soon as an
effort was made to secure strikebreak
ers for the places the union men had
quit.
All the police force in the city is
needed to guard the ; uncompleted
structures. Special police are also
employed by the contractors, who say
they will fight to the end against un
ion control of their business.
The leaders of the unions claim
that the men are underpaid and that
the contractors can just as well pay
living wages and charge the addition
al cost to the owner. They insist that
a union scale of wages on all work
is fair to the contractors who must
pay all the same wage for the work.
COPPER MB
Operators In Calumet Give Men Ten
Per Cent. Raise—Good Outlook
for Copper Market.
CALUMET, Mich., April 16.—The
copper companies operating in this
region have announced a 10 per cent,
raise in wages to take effect imme
diately. The raise is made because
of the better prices being paid for
copper. The cut in wages was made
as a result of the break in the market
last August. Ten thousand workers
will be effected by the new order.
The operators here predict that
the copper business of the United
States will become more profitable as
the demand for copper has increased
greatly In the past few weeks with
promise of heavy foreign shipments
for the balance of the year.
Our first spring shipment of Stet
son hats in the latest models arrived
on last boat. Your inspection solicit
ed. S. Blum & Co. W
The launch B. F. M. left this morn
ing for Port Wells.
HUERTA ROASTS THE 0. S.
SAYS MEXICAN POLICY BAD
MAKES STATEMENT IN NEW YORK IN WHICH HE INSISTS THAT
INTERVENTION BY THE UNIT ED STATES IN MEXICO WOULD
COST 16,000,000 LIVES, AS ALL FACTIONS IN MEXICO WOULD
JOIN IN FIGHT UPON INVADERS—SAYS HE DID NOT MURDER
MADERO BUT KNOWS WHO Dl D—SPECIAL AGENTS OF STATE
DEP4|pTMENT WATCH HIS E VERY MOVE.
NEW YORK, April 16.—Former
Provisional President Huerta of Mex
ico today issued a statement in
which he denounced the policy of the
United States government towards
Mexico and claimed that the policy
of aiding the rebels resulted in the
present unsettled political conditions
which would take many years and
many lives to restore to peaceful con
ditions that existed in the republic
six years ago.
Huerta also stated that interven
tion by the United States would be
a mistake, as the Mexicans would
fight as a unit against any foreign
invader and that fully 16,000,000 peo
ple would be killed in the fight that
would follow the United States
troops attempting to invade the re
public.
Huerta, who was the successor of
President Madero, and who has al
ways been charged with having order
ed the murder of the former presi
dent of Mexico, states positively that
he had no part in the plot but knew
who was responsible
The special agents of the State De
partment continue to watch Huerta
and he never leaves the hotel but that
several of them shadow his every
movement.
The men who call upon him are al
so spotted by the government agents,
who fear that a plot may be hatched
in the United States for another re
volt in Mexico and that the big lan<i
owners and Catholic party are be
hind the new move which would plact
Huerta at the head of the Mexicfti
government, as they insist he is thi
only man able at this time to estat
llsh a stable government