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BOYCOTT JAPS
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/ill Retaliate In America for III
Treatment of Chinese Govern
ment By Japanese.
SAN FItANCISCO, March 1—An
gered at the aggressive attitude of
the Japanese government toward Chi
na the Chinese Six Companies, of San
Francisco, has ordered a boycott by
Chinamen in America on all Japan
ese goods. The companies have
Stores in nearly every large city in
itie United States and the boycott will
risult in the loss of hundreds of
(mousands of dollars to the Japanese
u(ierchants.
A prominent Chinese merchant de
fined the grievances against the Ja
panese government when he declared
that Japan was taking advantage of
the European war to force China to
accede to the demands which would
place Japan in control of the em
pire. The Japanese have demanded
from China the right of residence and
land ownership in Mongolia and Man
'churia and to solve the Shantung
question by transferring to Japan the
t^ncessions hitherto held by Germany,
'“he government of Japan has also
. ^ vd that important cities through
out the Chinese empire be opened as
treaty ports and that the rivers of
China be opened to Japanese navi
gation.
LABOR CANDIDATE
WINS AT NOME
McGann Has Lead Which Cannot Be
Overcome By Returns From the
Missing Precincts.
NOME, March 1.—Thomas McGann,
candidate of the Union Labor party,
was elected senator at the special
election held in this division Satur
day, to succeed Elwood Bruner, de
ceased. The returns have not been
received from Kiana, Marshall City
and Teller, but there are not suffi
cient voters in the three missing pre
tincts to overcome McGann’s lead.
(McGann had the support of many
of the leading Democratic workers
of Nome and carried the city of Nome
and nearby precincts by a majority
of 20 votes. Anderson was report
ed to have a strong lead until late
in the afternoon, when the support
ers of the laborite rallied at the
polls. The returns from the miss
ing precincts must come by mail as
there are no telephone communica
tions with them. The result of the
election proved a surprise and it is
!’asserted that the action of the Seat
tle Arctic Club’s endorsement of An
derson, who is now In Seattle, un
doubtedly cost him the election.
The Teturns received up to this
i;morning follows:
j|Thos. McGann . 465
tf Andy Anderson . 405
i"Geo. James . 374
ALAMEDA SAILING
*■ DELAYED ONE DAY
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SEATTLE, March 1.—The steamer
Alameda, scheduled to sail for Val
|dez and other Alaskan ports at 9
^o’clock tonight, will be delayed ono
day and will sail Tuesday evening.
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Phil Collins was a passenger for
illrtage bay this morning on the
Brighton.
< A fine baby girl weighing 8%
pounds was born to Mrs. and Mr.
Harry Liston at the Valdez hospital
yesterday. Both mother and daugh
ter are doing nicely.
RUSSIA RESUMES OFFENSIVE IN NORTH POLAND
PETROGRAD, March 1.—The Rus
sian war office has announced that
an aggressive movement has been in
augurated all along the East Prus
sian border and especially in North
Poland, where a desperate effort is
being made to recover the ground
lost to Gen. Hindenburg in the re
cent ■ engagement when the Russians
retired from the Lake district. The
Russians have been strongly rein
forced and are forcing the battle at
points where the Germans cannot con
centrate troops through lack of rail
roads.
Carpathian Battle Severe.
The engagements in western Gali
cia for possession of the Carpathian
passes are reported to have been
very severe but to have resulted to
the advantage of the Russians. The
German-Austrian army began a tre
mendous offensive against the Rus
sians near Neu Sandec pass but were
checked and the Russians have again
taken the offensive.
Russian Aggressive At Rawa.
The Russians are pressing an ag
gressive campaign in Poland south
west of Warsaw and have forced the
Germans from their positions between'
Rawa and the Bzura river, where
they are attempting t^ sever the Ger
man line of communications to War
saw.
Sultan’s Harem Sent To Asia Minor.
LONDON, March 1—The Turkish
MEXICAN GUNBOAT
LOST AT GALVESTON
Thirty Lives Lost When Bomb Ex
ploded Under Boilers—Work of
Carranza Agents.
GALVESTON, Tex., March 1.—An
explosion on a Mexican gunboat in
■the harbor here caused the deaths of
thirty persons, including five women.
The explosion was caused by a bomb
which had been secreted under the
boilers of the gunboat.
The gunboat belonged to the Villa
faction and it is believed that the
bomb Was placed under the boilers
by an agent of the Carranza govern
ment in the hopes of further compli
cating diplomatic relations with the
United States. The force of the bomb
caused the boilers to explode literal
ly blowing the gunboat to pieces.
ORGANIZE MN
OF II. S. VETERANS
Colonel Roosevelt Busy Enlisting
Former Navy, Army and Militia
Men Into Forces.
WASHINGTON, March 1.—A move
ment is on foot -to perrect the or
ganization of a reserve force compos
ed of former officers and men of the
•United States navy, regular army and
state militia. The organization will
have a membership of more than
three hundred thousand and will be
invaluable in case of international
trouble.
Colonel Roosevelt is active in the
organization of the reserve force of
veterans of the fighting machines of
the United States. It is believed that
the organization of the veterans will
result in a standing army of one mil
lion men being created as the retired
officers of the different branches will
organize separate commands under
the parent organization.
The launch Brighton, Captain Thos.
Stamey, left for Port Wells and way
ports this morning with a number
of passengers.
REINFORCED ARMY IS MAKING DESPERATE EFFORTS TO RETAKE
GROUND LOST TO GENERAL HINDENBURG — GERMAN-AUSTRI
AN OFFENSIVE IN GALICIA REPORTED CHECKED—SULTAN’S
HAREM MOVED TO ASIA MINOR—ALLIED FLEETS ARE STILL
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BOMBARDING FORTS GUARDING STRAITS—BOTH BERLIN AND
PARIS CLAIM ADVANTAGES IN VOSGES—FRENCH ACCUSED OF
USING NEW SHELL LOADED WITH POISONOUS GAS.
government is preparing to move the
capital from Constantinople to Brusa,
in Asia Minor. The Sultan’s harem
was sent across the straits on Sat
urday night and all the valuables of
the Ottoman Museum and the arch
ives of the Sublime Porte and the
Ministry of War are being prepared
for shipment. The capital will be
temporarily established at Brusa but
will later be moved into interior Asia
Minor.
Fleets Bombarding Forts.
The British and French fleets are
bombarding the forts guarding the
approach to the city of Constanti
nople, which is declared to be the
most difficult part tfo ssapeh)..
most difficult part of the passage.
The Russian Black Sea fleet is also
reported to have began the bombard
ment of the forts at Kilia, the eastern
entrance of the Bosporus.
Steamer Harpalion Sunk.
LONDON, March 1.—The British
steamer Harpalion, which was tor
pedoed by a German submarine in
the English Channel on Saturday, was
unable to reach shore and went to
the bottom off Dieppe.
Heavy Fighting In Vosges.
LONDON, March 1.—The heaviest
fighting of the campaign is reported
under way In the Vosges district. Re
GREAT BRITAIN WILL BLOCKADE ALL
SHIPPING TO GERMANY ABO ALLIES
A
NEUTRAL NATIONS OF WORLD ARE NOTIFIED THAT BLOCKADE
INCLUDES ALL SHIPPING TO GERMANY AND HER ALLIES—
COLONIES IN ALL PARTS OF WORLD WILL BE ISOLATED.
LONDON, March 1.—It is officially
stated today that instead of the Brit
ish government backing down from
its position by declaring the embargo
off against the importation of food
stuffs to Germany in return for Ger
many’s recalling the decree estab
lishing a submarine blockade of the
British Isles, that England will es
tablish measures which will com
pletely isolate Germany and all the
nations allied with her in the pres
ent war.
It is reported that Great Britain,
France and the nations allied with
them, has notified all neutral coun
tries that they hold themselves at
liberty to stop all shipping to or
from Germany and all nations allied
with her. The notices sent to the
neutral nations do not mention any
particular items as contraband, but
includes all shipping not officially
mentioned in former notes.
The new ruling of the allied nations
will have the effect of stopping all
shipping to Germany, Austria and
Turkey, and their colonies in all parts
of the world. The Mediterranean
Sea will be closed to all ships des
tined for Austrian and Tyrkish ports.
The German colonies in Africa will
also be isolated and British warships
will patrol the coast to prevent block
ade runners.
Note Not Received At Washington.
WASHINGTON, March 1.—Secre
tary Bryan stated today that he had
not as yet received an official notice
from the allied powers of Europe con
cerning the proposed blockade against
all shipping to Germany. The State
Department has conceded that Brit
lain and her allies have the right to
establish such a blockade during the
! war but that according to internation
al law the nations declaring the block
ades must give the neutral countries
fifteen days' notice in order that their
ships might get clear of the military
zone.
SENI E MUST APPROPRIATE MORE THAN
BELIEVED RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL WILL GO BY THE BOARDS
AS IT HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED BACK BY SENATE APPRO
PRIATION COMMITTEE—SHIP BILL DOUBTFUL.
WASHINGTON, March 1.—The
possibility of an extra session of the
new congress looms large on the con
gressional horizon now that there are
only three more working days of the
■present congress, when it is known
that the Senate has yet to appropri
ate more than one billion dollars be
fore the close of the present session.
Many of the appropriations have
passed the Senate Appropriation com
mittee and are in shape for speedy
action on the part of the senators.
It is believed, however, that the Riv
ers and Harbors bill, which provides
for appropriations amounting to $38,
000,000, will be forced to go over to
the nejet session as it has not been
reported back by the Senate Appro
priations committee.
The present session of congress
closes on Thursday, March 4, at mid
night, but no bills are passed on the
last day of the session. The clock
in the Senate will not be permitted
to indicate that March 3 has passed
•and the House has been known to
work all through the night and well
into the next day in order to com
plete their duties before the clock in
dicated that March 4 had arrived.
The administration’s shipping bill
will come up for final action before
the close of the session but it is
considered doubtful if the Senate will
consider the measure, Its time being
given over entirely to making the
necessary appropriations.
A large number of hunting parties
spent yesterday in the hills owing to
that being the last day before the
arrival of the closed season for shoot
ing ptarmigan. A number of good i
bags of game were brought to town.
ports from the front are conflicting as
both Paris and Berlin report advan
tages gained. The night report from
Paris states that the French troops
at Perthes and the Argonne district
have captured a number of German
trenches. All the rest of the western
zone is quiet, activities being confined
to sniping from the trenches.
French Using Poisonous Gas Shells.
BERLIN, March 1.—Advices from
the army operating in the Vosges in
dicate that the French artillery has
resorted to the use of shells contain
ing poisonous gases. The shells are
reported to contain a gas which ren
ders the Germans temporarily blind
who are in the vicinity of the place
where the shells explode.
German Submarines Visit Norwegian
Port.
LONDON, March 1.—The German
submarines which have been operat
ing in the North Sea where they have
been raiding commerce, are reported
by the Norwegian government to have
put into Trondhjem port to escape
the fury of a storm which swept the
coast Saturday. The submarines were
escorted into the harbor by a Nor
wegian cruiser and left again before
the time limit of 24 hours had ex
pired. The submarines were report
ed to have been in a badly battered
condition and effected some repairs
while in the Norwegian port.
TRIP BE DELAYED
Cannot Spend Time From Office Dur
ing Critical Period of Situ
ation In Europe.
WASHINGTON, March 1.—Owing
to the critical condition of the for
eign situation in Europe which might
require the immediate attention of the
executive it is doubtful if President
Wilson Will be able to visit the San
Francisco exposition before the mid
dle of the summer.
President Wilson has declared that
while he would like to visit the fair
and Pacific coast cities this spring
that he cannot spare the time away
from his duties at present. He is
keeping in very close touch with the
situation in Europe and is preparing
to safe-guard American interests in
every possible manner.
Federal Officials Believe Shipment
of War Munitions Were Intend
ed for His Army.
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I.OS ANGELES, March 1.—The
federal officials here to prosecute
Harry Chandler and other California
millionaire cattlemen for the attempl
3d violation of United States neu
trality, have discovered that the fif
teen car loads of war munitions which
were seized by the United States of
Iclals at San Diego some time ago
were really intended for the equip
ment of Chandler’s revolutionary ex
pedition.
When the shipment of war muni
tions were seized in January it was
pelieved that it was intended for Ger
many as a German steamer was re
ported to be off the coast of Lower
California awaiting the shipment. The
munitions were consigned to John
3owen, said to have been a former
Jnlted States secret service official.
3owen had chartered a fishing schoon
sr to take the shipment to Topolo
pampo, Mexico.
SAYS STEGLER’S
EVIDENCE SILLY
German Ambassador Denies That Ger
man Embassy Attache Been Deal
ing In False Passports.
WASHINGTON, March 1—Count
von Bernstorff, German ambassador
to the United States, called on Sec
retary Bryan on Saturday and en
tered a vigorous denial of the evi
dence offered by Richard Stegler, a
German reservist, that Captain Boy
Ed, naval attache of the German em
bassy at Washington, had supplied
him with a false passport.
Stegler was arrested at the in
stigation of an agent of the British
government as he was about to board
a liner for England. His passport
was found to be fraudulent. When
examined at the police station he as
serted that he was a reservist of the
German army and had been engag
ed by Captain Boy-Ed to go to Eng
land to act as a spy, and that the
passport had been given to him by
Captain Boy-Ed personally.
Count Bernstorff declares the story
told by Stegler is pure fiction and too
silly to occasion comment. He as
serts that Stegler is unknown to the
German embassy and expresses the
belief that he is really acting for the
■nations hostile to Germany in the
hope that the German officials in
Washington would be discredited.
FEAR RURAL LOAN
MEASURE COME UP
Reported In Washington Thait Presi
dent Wilson Will Abandon
Special Session Idea.
WASHINGTON, March 1.—It Is re
ported in congressional circles today
that President Wilson has abandon
ed the idea of calling a special ses
sion of the new congress after March
5 to force the administration's Ship
Purchase measure through.
The entire time of the closing days
of the present session will be given
over to consideration of the appropri
ation measures which must be passed.
The Democratic leaders are reported
to be adverse to the special session
as it Is believed that even should the
Shipping bill be passed that the new
congress might not then adjourn but
would take up the rural loans ques
tion, which would serve to further un
settle the business conditions of the
country.
The Democrats realize that the
country is tired of the almost con
tinuous session whL has been main
tained since the party came into pow
er and are desirous of letting the bus
iness interests of the country have a
rest from the fear of adverse legisla
tion.
FREIGHTERS WILL
SOON COME NORTH
SEATTLE, March 1.—The freight
er Cordova, of the Alaska Steamship
line, will sail for Southwestern Alas
ka ports tomorrow with a cargo of
general freight and explosives. The
freighter Latouche will also sail north
on March 10 with a mixed cargo.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Feb. 28, 1915.
Barometric pressure .29,906
Temperature at 5 p. m. 31
Maximum temperature . 34
Minimum temperature . 25
Mean temperature . 291-2
Precipitation .24
Cloudy air, wind northeast 4 miles.
Snowed from 5 a. m. to 3 p. m.