PLOTTED TO DESTROY NEW YORK
SUTHEUTS
THE PRESIDENT
Collins, of Fairbanks, Renamed To
Speakership of the House—
Maltby Given Clerkship.
JUNEAU, March 2.—Daniel A.
Sutherland was elected to the position
of president of the senate when the
session opened yesterday. There was
no contests for the positions, the se
lections having been perfected at cau
cuses held on Friday and Saturday.
Senator B. F. Millard, of Valdez,
was reported to have been in a re
ceptive mood should the honor fall on
him, but Senator Frank A. Aldrich,
of Nome, was the only active candi
date for the position which was oc
cupied during the first term by Sen
ator L. V. Ray, of Seward.
Ernest B. Collins, of Fairbanks, was
renamed speaker of the assembly,
having proven a capable and fair pre
siding officer during the term two
years ago. Representative Arthur G.
Shoup, of Sitka, made an active bid
for the speakership but could not ov
ercome Collines’ support from the
Second, Third and Fourth divisions.
C. W. Maltby, of the Fourth divis
ion, who believed he had been elect
ed a member of the legislature and
made the long trip over the winter
trail with his wife from Iditarod to
Seward only to find that he had been
defeated by Representative Snow, was
given the clerkship of the senate.
Barry Kewon, of Nome, was ap
pointed clerk of the house.
Joseph A. Dieringer, of Valdez, was
appointed sergeant-at-arms. The oth
er appointments were not made but
all the offices will be filled within a
few days.
TREADWELL IS
CLEARED OF DEBT
Lost Hi* Fortune Monkeying With the
Stock Market* Among Wolves
of the Ea*t.
NEW YORK, March 2—John Tread
well, the man who made a fortune
through the development of the big
gold- mine in Alaska which bears his
name, was discharged by the federal
court here today from debt in the
bankruptcy court. The suit was filed
last November and showed that Tread
well’s liabilities amounted to nearly
$3,000,000 with practically no asse's.
After establishing himself in the
East Treadwell began operation in
the stock market and for a time was
fortunate in his speculations. When
the financial panic of 1907 struck the
country a large portion of his wealth
was swept away. Failure to finance
other enterprises in which he had
become interested is assigned as the
cause of the loss of his fortune.
GERMAN MACHINES
THROW MING OIL
PETROGRADt,—In the (mountain
passes, where much fighting at close
range Is taking place, the Germans
have produced new fighting machines
in the shape of bomb throwers and
fire spouters. The former contriv
ance consists of a small apparatus
Anarchists Arrested After Placing Bombs Under St. Patrick’s Cathedral Where
Eight Hundred Persons Were Worshiping—Was To Have Been Signal for
Inauguration of Reign of Terror—Homes of Wealthy, Banks and Business
Houses Had Been Marked for Destruction—Plot Revealed By Secret Ser
vice Man Who Had Won Confidence of Anarchists.
NEW YORK, March 2.—An attempt
was made last evening to blow up
Saint Patrick’s cathedral while eight
hundred persons were worshiping in
the building. The bombs has been
placed and the fuses lighted which
was to have acted as the opening sig
nal of a gigantic anarchistic plot.
The attempt to wreck the cathe
dral has disclosed the fact that a
plot had been hatched which was to
have resulted in the destruction of
the building and have started a cam
paign of destruction and pillage of the
homes of capitalists in all parts of the
city. i
The secret service officials first be
capable of being carried by two
men. It throws a 30-pound bomb for
a distance of 200 to 300 yards. It is
used when artillery is not available.
The other contrivance consists of
a tube through which a stream of
burning oil is forced for a distance
of eight yards and which covers with
flames everything it touches. This
apparatus is employed against bay
onet charges, a favorite mode of Rus
sian fighting.
EXTRA SESSION
NOT
President Wilson Will Exert Efforts
To Force Belligerents To Re
spect American Rights.
WASHINGTON, March 2—Presi
dent Wilson this morning smilingly
informed a number of reporters that
he nad abandoned his intention of
calling a special session of the now
congress. He frankly stated that he
regretted that the administration’s
Ship Purchasing measure had not
passed but that he did not regard it
at sufficient importance to call a
sepecial session of congress to secure
action.
He expressed the belief that hiB
time and that of the other members
of the cabinet would be fully occu
pied in handling the European situ
ation which was steadily becoming
mere complicated but which need oc
casion no alarm in America as the
United States would observe a pol
icy of strict neutrality.
President Wilson stated that the
State Department had entered a pro
test against the Interference of non
contraband shipping from neutral na
tions to the warring nations and he
would exert his efforts to make the
belligerents respect the American
flag and the lives and property of its
citizens.
RACING IS LEGAL
III NEVADA NOW
CARSON CITY, Nev., March 2.—
The governor of the state today sign
ed the bill creating a racing commis
sion and permitting horse racing un
der the supervision of the board. The
measure was hotly contested In the
state senate and passed by a narrow
margin.
Attorney Capers is' in town from
Cordova.
came cognizant of the plot more than
three months ago and have had offi
cers on the case steadily watching
its developments. One member of the
secret service was admitted to mem
bership of the anarchist society and
has lived for three months with one
of the men who manufactured the
bombs.
When the plot had reached the
stage where the cathedral was to be
blown up and to be followed by the
destruction of the homes of John D.
Rockefeller, the Vanderbilts, Mor
gans, Carnegie, and scores of other
residences as well as many banking
and business houses, scores of de
_
tectives were on hand at the places
designated and arrested the members
of the anarchistic society.
The discovery of the plot and the
arrests of scores of the members of
the socie'y has created intense ex
citement in the city and hundreds of
special police and watchmen are
guarding the residences of the
wealthy citizens and business blocks.
The secret service officials assert
that the anarchists have been work
ing among the unemployed of the city
and that the destruction of Saint
Patrick’s cathedral would have been
followed by general lotting and pil
laging in all parts of the city.
BLOCKADE AGAINST GERMANY
IS NOW IN FULL FORCE
BRITAIN AND FRANCE NOTIFY UNITED STATES THAT NO SHIPS
WILL BE PERMITTED TO ENTER OR LEAVE GERMAN PORTS
AFTER MIDNIGHT MARCH 1—U. S. WILL PROTEST.
WASHINGTON, March 2.—Secre
tary Bryan was an early caller at the
White House today for a conference
with President Wilson regarding the
official notice received from the gov
ernments of Great Britain and France
stopping all shipping from neutral
countries to Germany and nations al
lied with that nation in the war.
They discussed the European situa
tion generally and after the confer
ence Secretary Bryan stated that no
new element had been intruded which
would render the situation critical.
The official note announces that un
der the circumstances the govern
ments of Great Britain, France and
allied nations at war with Germany
are forced to waive the two weeks
notice as provided by international
law and that the blockade against
all shipping to Germany, and her al
lies, went into effect at midnight,
on March 1. No ships will be per
mitted to enter or leave German ports
during the war. Ships which are now
on the high seas destined for German
ports will be recompensed by the
owners being paid the market price
for their cargoes but all shipments
which have been declared contraband
will be confiscated.
It is believed the United States will
enter a protest against the violation
of the inernalonal law providing for
flfeen days’ time between the declara
tion of a blockade and the order be
ing put into effect. Several Ameri
can vessels are now discharging car
goes in German ports and under the
blockade the ships and their crews
will he forced to remain abroad in
definitely. It is also reported that
England will be asked for further in
formation concerning just what class
of goods were considered contrabands
in the past. There are scores of
heavy shipments of goods upon which
England has not declared herself as
to whether they are contrabands or
otherwise.
TURKEY IS MOBILIZING BIG
ARMY TO DEFEND CAPITAL
ARMY OF HUNDRED THOUSAND WILL BE SENT AGAINST BRITISH
ARMY LANDED ON SHORES OF MARMORA SEA—WARSHIPS
RESUME BOMBARDMENT OF FORTS—NO CHANGE IN EAST
ATHENS, March 2.—Advices have
reached here from Constantinople
that an army of one hundred thou
sand picked troops of the Turkish
army is being mobilized to defend the
capital from the attack of the Brit
ish army landed on the shores of the
Sea of Marmora. The city is being
'fortified against a land attack by the
construction or trencnes ana wire en
tanglements.
Bombarding the Forte.
LONDON, March 2—Heavy storms
prevented the bombardment of the
Dardanelle forts Sunday but the Brit
ish and French warships have again
renewed activity and are throwing
hundreds of shells into the inner
.
forts from the straits while aviators
are dropping shells inside the forts.
French Report Progress.
LONDON, March 2.—The night re
port from the general staff headquar
ters in northern France states that
the Germans made a desperate attack
So break through the lines at Ypres
but were repulsed, ■progress is re
ported to have been made by the
French northwest of Perthes. Slight
gains are also reported in the Argon
ne district and in the Vosges.
Berlin Reports French Repulsed.
BERLIN, March 2—Advices re
ceived by the war ofTlce state that
a violent attack upon the German
positions in the Argonne dls*rlct andj
The bombs were heavily charged
and would have razed the buildings
selected for destruction by the an
archists. Through information gain
ed by the secret service official who
was taken into the confidence of the
bomb manufacturer the police were
able to seize the bombs before they
could be distributed to the members
of the society who were to work
in the down town district of the city.
The anarchist were permitted by
the police to place the bombs under
the cathedral before springing the
trap, which, it is believed, will result
in the conviction of the members of
the society.
in the Champagne country were made
last night under cover of darkness
but that the attacks were repulsed
with the Germans holding the same
line of trenches.
No Change In East.
Latest news from the eastern bat
tle zone indicate that both armies are
resting as no engagements have been
reported since yesterday when the
Russians were reported to be pre
paring to assume the offensive along
the East Prussian border.
GERMAN SHIPPING
AGENTS ARRESTED
Big Hamburg-American Line Officials
Arrested for Making False Ship
ping Manifests.
NEW YORK, March 2.—A sensation
was created here yesterday when sev
eral prominent officials of the Ham
burg-American Steamship Company
were arrested on indictments return
ed by a federal grand jury on the
charge of conspiracy to defraud the
United States government by mak
ing false manifests which enabled
them to ship contraband goods to
Germany. ;
It is reported that the Hamburg
American company has been acting
for smaller shipping concerns and ar
ranged their cargoes and sailing
dates. Several of the independent
steamers flying the American flag
when seized by the British cruisers
and taken to England were found to
have an entirely different cargo from
that shown in the manifest. Cotton
bales which had been examined by
X-rays before leaving New York were
found to have been exchanged for
bales containing copper, and other
contrabands.
TRADERS FEAR
RUSSIAN WHEAT
CHICAGO, March 2.—The rumored
forcing of the Dardaneles at an early
date and the belief that Russian
wheat will reach the rBitish markets
through the Mediterranean Sea caus
ed the May wheat quotations to drop
to $1.47% at the close of the day.
The opening price was $1.49%.
Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Stoffken, of
Jersey City, N. J., arrived on the
Mariposa this morning and are ex
pecting to locate here and enter the
hotel business.
BIP1. FERGUSON
SUEING MEXICO
Wants $30,000 Damages From South
ern Republic for Being Detain
ed In Their Waters.
SEATTLE, March 2.—\V. II. Fergu
son, a resident of Seattle, and a
former navigator of Alaskan waters,
has filed a claim against the Mexican
government for $30,000 damages oc
casioned by the detention of his ves
sel in Mexican waters in April, 1914.
Ferguson is a little misty as to who
the papers will be served on as there
has been four different provisional
governments of the Mexican republic
since the episode occurred.
Ferguson sailed to a port in south
ern Mexico last March and while dis
charging his cargo a Mexican gunboat
entered the harbor. The officers ac
cused the American of assisting ene
mies of Mexico to escape from the
country. Ferguson had offered to
take a number of stranded Americans
north and had fifty of them on board
at the time. He parleyed with the
Mexican officers until the cargo was
Unloaded and when he attempted to
sail the Mexicans seized the ship.
After being delayed for several
weeks Ferguson decided *o take the
law into his own hands and leave port
without his clearance papers. When
his crew and the refugees were all
on board he cast off the lines and
attempted to run from the guardian
ship of the gunboat. The Mexican
guns set fire to the warehouse and
for a time threatened to destroy the
ship when a cruiser hove in sight
and edged its way in between the
gunboat and Ferguson’s ship. The
Mexicans at once ceased firing and
Ferguson was able to land his crew
and the refugees at San Diego.
PAY FOR CARGOES
IF NOT CONTRABAND
Believed Great Britain and France
Intend To Establish Blockade
Immediately.
WASHINGTON, March 2.—The gov
ernments of France and Great Brit
ain have officially notified the United
States that they intend to establish
a blockade of all shipping to Ger
many and other nations allied with
her. The official note states that all
vessels destined for Germany. Aus
tria or Turkish ports will be seized
and that the government will hold
the cargoes, paying for them at the
market price except such articles as
the governments have already declar
ed contrabands.
The expressed intention of the na
tions to hold the cargoes and to make
restitution for all shipments except
contrabands is believed to indicate
that the blockade against shipping to
Germany is to go into effect immedi
ately. The international law provides
for fifteen days’ notice before block
ades are es*ablished in order that
neutral ships may avoid loss from be
ing caught in the military zone.
Bert and Mrs. Carvey were return
ing passengers on the Mariposa from
Seattle, where they have spent the
winter. Mr. Carvey has valuable min
ing ground in the Nazina and will
leave in a few days for the property.
He has a fine team of horses which
have been wintered here with which
he will take in his outfit.