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FORM ROUTE
„Cn President’s Order Townsites Along
Portage Bay to Fairbanks Line
Are Withdrawn.
WASHINGTON, April 25.—Upon
the order of President Wilson the
Secretary of the Interior, Franklin K.
lane, has issued an order withdraw
ing from entry, the townsites located
■„ long the proposed Portage bay route
<if the government. Alaska railroad.
Townsites at Portage bay, at Plac
er creek, Turnagain arm, Ship creek,
Matanuska river and Shusitna Junc
tion are withdrawn; also all of Fire
island in Cook’s inlet. The townsite
at Tatkettna, Healey creek, Neena,
Chene Crossing, McGrath, Taxlina,
McCarty, Washburn, Point McKeftzje,
Point Campbell and Points Posses
sion. ■' *
No more locations are to be al
lowed and those, already made will
be contested by the department upon
-very technicality and the toynsites
Kept' free of speculators who jfrould
hold up the bona fide settlers of the
new towns. The administration is
determined that all settlers along the
new line of railroad are to be given
..n even chance.
• Jdiss<*iri Drainage Delegates.
ST. LOUIS, 'April 25.—Missouri’s
delegation to the fourth annual Drain
age Congress at Savannah, Ga., will
ieave St.'Louis'today. With 2,439,600
acres of ,rich swamp land in the
,-tat£, the delegation is strong for
drainage and reclamation.
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Leave* Seattle on Sampson Tonight
. —Secured the Hunger-Ohm
Group on Avery Rivorr*
SEATTLE, April 25.—The steanjer
Sampson will sail from here tonight
with a number of passengers for Val
dez, among them Senator B. F. Mil
lard, who, with Jafet Lindeburg and
J. E. Chilberg and W. R. Millard,
have just bonded the group of claims
on Avery' river owned by Ben Hun
ger, Bus Ohm and associates, and
will do considerable development
worK/ Ah^' coming summer on the
claims.
Sena'or Millard has spent consid
erable time here telling of the great
mining prospects for Valdez and pre
dicts ti?at the Valdez section will be
conii one of the greatest gold pro
ducers tn the north.
X contract has been signed tor the
Hunger-Ohm gt'oup and Senator Mil
lard and his associates hive agreed
to pay $80,006 tor the claims.
'’'War^Wewn'and' lkotdt' iter.
We 'offer, special tout bottles of
Ranier beck beer tor $100; a brew
hoe. at the Bif Place. tf
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Kverymnn'a Ctnbfcouse.
Sunday ereylng discussion at 8 p.j
m. All are wetooae. «...'
Fear That Mexicans or Japanese May Destroy the Big Waterway-Rush Work
on Panama Fortifications-Admiral Fletcher Fires on Mexican Gunboats
-Foreigners Wear British Flags for Protection From Mexicans.
Canal Zone on War Footing.
PANAMA, April 25.—Governor Goe
thals has placed the canal zone on a
war footing and extra guards are
watching all important places, in the
canal system and no one is-allowed
to come near the locks at night. The
fear that Mexicans or Japs would try
to destroy the expensive locks or if
| trouble between the United States
and Japan followed the present Mex
| ican crisis has lead to the detailing
of extra watchmen, the establishing
of stringent rules and regulations for
the canal work.
Rush Work on Fortifications.
The work on the fortifications is I
being rushed and thousands of men !
have been taken and re^employed by
the arihy engineers after discharge
from the canal work.' The big guns
are, being placed in position by the
engineers according to dhe plans of j
the War department. ,
General Staff'Would .Advance.
WASHINGTON, April 2^—The gen
eral. staff of the United States army
has urged Secretary of War Garrison
and President Wilson -to order a gen
eral advance at once on Mexico City
to reduce the capital of the republic
and to force the Mexicans to sue for
a speedy peace.
President .Hopes'for-Peace.
President Wilson, however, will not
give his consent to the advance on
Mexico City until every possible
means to avert war has been tried
and he is hopeful still that some un
forseen condition may arise to allow
fojr a peaceful settlement of the trou
ble between the two, ggvernments.
Expected Huerta to .Flee.
It is stated by those close to the
administration th'at President Huer
ta is expected to flee from Mexico
City to the Pacific coast and. board
the Japanese warship in the harbor
of Acapulco'.unless thf people of Mex
ico of all factions should rally round
his flag and present a united front
to the United States.
Fire on,.. Mexican Ships.
. VERA CRJJtf, April 25—Admiral
Fletcher'^'lsy prevented two Mex
ican warships from entering the har
Ibor ’of Vera Cruz and fired shells
over the bows of the two boats be
fore they would stop and leave the
harbor. Np effort was made by the
American' commander to capture the
two gun bbats.
The. Mexican vessels sailed away
in the direction, of Merida and it is
believed they will stop at the south
ern Mexican port.
Refugees Reach Vera Cruz.
Several train loads of American
refugees have reached here today
from Mexico City, having been al
lowed to pass through the Mexican
.lines.
. Protected by English Flag.
The refugees all report that when
the.populace of Mexico City started
put tor kill all the Americana passible
the fereipiers, in thg ' city alj ^were
small British flags as the' only means
of protection fnfl that th« Mexicans
respected, the flag of England, -
Huerta Leaves Mpb ,Alone.'
Fro visional President Huerta is re
police of MexlcoCity not to interfere
>ith the jtapbe fc&t.on d%tr»ylng
aerlcan property or lives, but he
gUpF. Jhem to toi^- «»«
er had landed marines at Vera Cruz
and was fighting to take possession of
the city he became JMind' with rage
and swore that the gringos would
never reach Mexico City.
British and Germans Help.
The work of sending the American
refugees to the coast was left by Hu
erta to the English and German am
bassadore, who toon charge of the
sending of the men and women to
the coast. The English ambassador
demanded and received a detachment
of troops to prevent the mob from
attacking the refugees, after which
they were loaded op the trains and
started for the coast with' a guard
of English and German representa
tives from the legations at Mexico.
Foreign Legations Prepared.
MEXICO CITY, April 25.—All for
eigners in this city are wearing En
glish, Japanese or German flags and
the crowds seem to pay no attention
to them. All the. legation buildings
are closely guarded, however, as the
powers have a_ large number of ma
rines here and have many machine
guns. All foreigners have been warn
KING GEORGE
VISITS PARIS
Met at Station by President Poincare
—France Appropriates $100,
000 for Fete
PARIS, April 25.—King George V.
and Queen Mary of England, ac
companied by a numerous suite, ar
rived here at 4 o’clock this after
noon. They were met by President
Raymond Poincare. For the next
three days they will be the official
guests of the French republic. The
British foreign minister, Sir Edward
Grey, .Jaccompivnted the king, ( and
though there is nothing unusual in
the fact that the foreign secretary
should accompany a. monarch on a
trip outside his country, it is gener
ally believed here that advantage will
be taken of the occasion to bring
France and England to a better un
derstanding. During just the past two
years French diplomats have repeat
edly asked ithemselves just ’what
France might expect from England
in case of a serious European war.
Sir Edward Grey, it is believed, will
supply an answer while here. Though
retaining its old name of Entente
Cordiale, it is rumored tha£. what
amounts practically to an alliance will
be terminated by the representatives
pf the two powers here within the
next three days.
This ip the first official visit paid
to any country byt King George and
Qfiben Mary. It is also the first time
that a British royal couple ever nfcid
state visit to the French republic,
t Is estimate^ that at iftaat
at 'the f ...
foc°rat«j Tr.
Subscribe fur tie #i*ii|eclbir.
ed not to walk the streets at night
nor to stray fat; from the legation
buildings.
Have Many Machine Gun*.
All the powers have a number of
machine guns in the legation build
ings and have prepared for concert-,
ed action should the people overpow
er the police and the government re
fuse to provide troops for the foreign
section.
Huerta Grants Amnesty.
Provisional President Huerta has
issued a proclamat'on granting to all
opponents of the government amn
esty for past offenses and has called
upon the Mexicans to rally to the
support of the government to defeat
the gringos.
Women Demand Wilson Stop War.
NEW YORK, April 25.—One of the
largest mass meetings ever held in
this city was held last night at Mad
ison Square Garden by the women
of New York, and after a number
of addresses the meeting passed res
olutions to be presented to President
Wilson demanding that he end the
present war on Mexico and that he
ALAMEDA SAILS
FOR IRE NORTH
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Left Seattle Last Night for Valdez
—New District Attorney on
the Ship. ,
SEATTLE, ApriS 25.—The steam
er Alameda, of the Alaska Steamship
Company, sailed from here last night
at 9 o’clock with a fair, passenger Ust
for northern ports. Among the pas
sengers is Judge W. Spence, the
new district attorney of the Third
division of Alaska,, who is accom
panied by his daughter, Miss Spence.
The Valdez passengers are: VV.
Spence, Miss Spence, Maurice Vach,
A. (Howard, Judge Reed. William
Glendenning, Mawor . .Ranson, Mrs.
Davis, Madge Gilbert, E. Ladd and
thirteen second-class.
8uffragettes Open Campaign.
HARRISBURG, Pa„ April 25.—Suf
fragettes of Pennsylvania today be
gan a four weeks’ campaign, to force
candidates for nomination to the state
house of representatives to come out
into the open on the question of pro
viding for a vote for the electors of
the state on the chatter of woman
suffrage. Candidates of every political
party will be Informed that a refusal
will be considered as opposition to
woman suffrage, and that. the. women
will fight all candidates who do not
declare themselves.
' “ ‘ Special; Trips to Midas.
The launch Three 31» Captain Mor
ris, will make special trips tomor
row from Valdes dock to the barge
America and the mouth of Solomon
gulch The boat w(fi. leave. «
o'clock in the morning, at..1:10 p. m.
kid/'lO at night, and on the last trip
^om town will call at FOft Uscum
pn the way over..
* The warm sppll of the past few days
has cleared the docks at all saow.
put the noble words he has uttered
in the past regarding peace into deeds.
Women Don't Want War.
Several rof the speakers stated that
in every war the women are the suf
ferers and thgt they are forced to
lose husbands and sons; are com
pelled to earn a living while the
njale members of the family are at
the front and that they are not con
sulted regarding the war, but are
made to suffer by reason of it.
Villa Wants Our Friendship.
EL PASO, April 25—General Vil
la today reiterated his statement of
yesterday to the effect that the rebels
wanted the friendship of the United
States and that the note sent by
General Carranza has been misinter
preted by the people of the United
Sta tes.
Won’t Aid Huerta.
The former bandit chief said that
under no circumstances would he give
aid to Huerta in his present difficulty
nor would the rebels fight with him,
but would continue the active cam
paign against the present provisional
government.
El Paso Still Doubts. i
Many well informed Americans here I
who know of conditions in Mexico,
say that even if Villa tried to he
could not prevent the rebels front aid
ing Huerta, as they have always hat
ed the Americans, and the Americans
on the border hate them.
Volunteer Army Bill Passes House.
WASHINGTON. April 25--Tho vol
unteer army bill providing for the
maintenance of the large extra force
of volunteer troops and for the na
tional guard when called into service,
was passed yesterday by the House
and- Senate and was sent to the pres
ident early this morning for his sig
nature.
Don’t Want Civilian Volunteer*.
The War department is not pre
pared at present to enlist any civilian
volunteers, but will immediately call
into service all of the state nation
al guard organization and will equip
them for active service.
Funston Makes Quick Getaway.
GALVESTON, April 25.—General
Funston and the Fifth brigade sail
ed from here la t night, just 24 hours
after . receiving orders to start for
Vera Cruz. Four army transports
were in readiness and as soon as the
last soldier had stepped on the ship
and the field battery had been load
ed the transports sailed down the
bay on the run to Vera Cruz, a dis
tance of 453 miles from here. The
transports are ordered to make the
trip as fast as possible and to im
mediately return to this city for more
troops.
Four Regiments Sailed.
The division commanded by Gen
eral Funston, which sailed last night,
consists of four Regiments and top
tals 3,400 men, besides one field bat
tery. . Eight machine guns were tak
en along and a large supply of am
munition for the. small arms and for
the machine guns. .,
Many Enlistments.
SAN JOSE, April 36—The local
company of national gWd was flU
ed to Its foil recfuitlnj^ aj^eftgth here
yiestgrday ,lA foK.W hot* f&er t*«
recruiting officer opened hie office
and the compw
Ottce for active service. The com
PW was, 70 ghqrt of a full p»ip
plement and the 70 men were enlisted
In 30 minutes.
COLORADO WANTS
REGULAR TROOPS
To Put Down the Rebellion in Strike
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Zone, Where Miners Are Fight
ing the State Troops.
DENVER, Colo., April 25.—Gover
nor Ammons of Colorado has asked
the' War department for regular
troops to put down the rebellion in
the state of Colorado. The governor
claims that the Western Federation
of Miners is determined to under
mine the state government and that
the force of national guard is not
sufficient to put down the rioers, who
have been in open rebellion for the
past year.
The reply from the War depart
ment was prompt and Secretary of
War Garrison immediately stated that
the regular army was needed else
where and that he had no men to
spare at this time, and advised the
increasing of the state guard.
TRINIDAD, Colo., April 25.—The
detachments of national guard sent
to rescue the mine operators and the
detachment of national guard at the
Empire mine reached here today and
goon drove away the strikers, who
retreated in good order, taking away
their arms. The women and chil
dren who were believed lo have been
lost in the mine were rescued Bb
yesterday. Wholesale deportation*
and the establishment of a bull pen
is contemplated by General Chase as
the only means of breaking down the
present ranks of the strikers.
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Vesuvius and Aetna Are Active—Both
Belch Forth Simultaneously add
the People Are Frightened.
ROME, Italy, April 25.—The vol
canoes Vesuvius and Aetna sudden
ly became active yesterday, belch
ing forth large volumes of Are, lava
and smoke and sending the people
living on the mountain sides to seek
shelter at the seashore, where they
can be taken on boats if need be.
Many farmers, however, refused to
leave, believing it was but one of
the usual small disturbances and that
no large amount of lava will pour
out of the. mountain.
The government has sent several
detachments of troops and a number
of warships to the scene to render
such aid as may be necessary.
Scientists‘are also hurrying to the
two mountains to watch the actions
of the volcanoes in the hopes of dis
covering some reason for the recur
rent activities of. tfoese ancient
craters.
Sergt. C. Q. Simmons,, who spent
the past winter in charge of the sig
nal station on Thompson’s pass,
reached VJaldes yesterday, having
gosed the summit telegraph station.
Brgt, Summons wil»,*W» charge of
pie crew .of men . to repair the tele
graph line from Valdes to Parson’s.