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|j. S. AUTHORITIES SEIZE ARMS
AMD AMMUNITION OE PLOTTERS
MEXICAN PLOT UNCOVERED
SAN ANTONIO. May 10.—That a general uprising
of the Mexicans on both sides of the line along the border
had been set for today is the startling information which
became public last night when the l nited States authori
ties made a raid on the houses ot several Mexicans living
on this side and seized considerable quantities ot arms.
The military authorities have taken every precaution, it
is announced to thw art the plans of the conspirators. The
civil and military officials have been working on the in
vestigation for some time and it has been learned that
numerous prominent Mexicans on this side ot the border
were involved. The federal agents last night seized rifles,
pistols and large quantities of ammunition which were
hidden in the residences and sheds belonging to the
Mexicans and weapons were found in no less than twenty
houses. It is stated by the officials that the plotters plan
ned to attack the city hall and after securing other public
buildings to seize the bank. Simultaneous uprisings were
planned by Mexicans on this side ami on the Mexican side,
some of the plotters on United States territory being
Mexicans of long residence and even some are American i
born of Mexican parentage. In addition to the military
forces now here the sheriff has gathered a small army of
deputies who are all armed to the teeth. The military
force at hand is not believed to be adequate to meet a gen
eral uprising but the civilians are arming as fast as pos-j
sible. Some of the more timid, particularly women and
children are leaving the district but the discovery ot the
plot in time and the seizure of the arms leads to the belief
that the plans of the plotters will not materialize.
U. S. TAKES NO CHANCES
WASHINGTON, May 10. —The administration will
take no chances with Carranza. In this statement is sum
med up the inner significance of the move to rush addi
tional infantry and militia to the border. Supplementary
orders were issued last night by the secretary of war for
the dispatch to the border of eleven coast artillery corps,
and for the hastening of five field artillery batteries to
San Antonio. All attempts at re-opening the negotiations
between Scott and Obregon have apparently been aban
doned. It is assumed now that the next move must come
from the Mexican provisional government and there is
some anxiety that such a move may be an open attack on
our forces.
In a very short time if not right |
now building work going on in the city
of Seward will exceed one hundred
thousand dollars in value when com
pleted. This sum will easily be ex
ceeded when the construction work on
the dock and warehouses is started
soon by the Engineering Commission,
but that figure may be used, perhaps,
right now for the const ruction work
actually proceeding.
The van Gilder building whose
basement is now* being excavated will
cost thirteen thousand five hundred
dollars.
The Harriman Bank building will
cost very much more than that
amount and the Dougherty building
will also be an expensive one. All
of these are now in course of con
struction, and the three named will
cost a total sum which will leave not
very much of the hundred thousand.
Captain Lathrop is another who
intends to put up a very fine structure
to house his movie theatre and for
other purposes.
A new Methodist church will also
soon be under construction and there
is every likelihood that w*ork on the
Labaree hotel will be proceeding be
fore very long.
In addition to these several resi
dences are being built, have just been
completed or will soon be in course
of construction. After a more careful
estimate it might be said that with
the dock and warehouses, which will
soon be started, the total value of the
building work within a month will be
nearer two hundred thousand dollars.
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FIRST OF SERIES OF
TEAS FOR SEASON
The Ladies’ Aid of the Methodist
church will give the first of its series
of teas tomorrow' afternoon at the
parsonage. Mrs. Green and Mrs.
Cook will be the hostesses. There |
will be a silver offering.
About 50 Juneau people visited the
steamer Northwestern on her last trip |
south to greet Dan Callahan of Fair
banks, who was on his wav outside
to serve out a 12 year sentence at
McNeil’s Island, having been convict
ed of a statutory assault on a native
girl. Callahan is an old man and will
probably never live to complete his
sentence.
WAGES INCREASED
The members of the crew* of all
vessels of the Alaska Steamship Co.,
have recently been granted an in
crease in pay of $5 per month.—Ex.
W. c. EDES ANSWERS
ABOUT THE DOCK
The Commercial Club some time
ago took up the matter of the new
dock site and sent letters to Washing
ton inquiring if it was possible to
secure some information as to the lo
j cation of that dock, bunkers, ware
houses, etc. The committee which
; had the matter in charge, composed
| of A. H. McDonald, Derick Lane and
J. J. Finnegan, received the follow
ing answer from Chairman Edes of
the Engineering Commission on the
last boat:
Washington, D. C.
April 26, 1916.
Messrs. A. H. McDonald,
Derick Lane,
J. J. Finnegan,
Seward Commercial Club,
Seward, Alaska.
Gentlemen:
Yours of March 23rd sent to Secre
tary I^ine, with copy to myself, re
seived. The fact that Mr. Weir is
preparing for the construction of the
new dock and has announced its loca
tion answers that question. i\s to i
the locations of warehouses, bunkers,
etc., these have not been determined
and will be a matter of future de
velopment.
I wish to thank you for your ex
pressions of good will and certainly
hope that our relations in the future
will be as pleasant as those in the
past.
Very truly yours,
WM. C. EDES.
Chairman.
STEAM SHOVEL WILL
DIG STILL LOWER
The railroad grade where the
steamshovel is working at the head-of
the bay* will be still lower than the
track on which the shovel is now
working. When the shovel goe3 about
500 feet further it will turn and take
out the grade where the train tracks
now rest and the passenger cars will
run in the cut where the shovel
travels.
WORTH HAS CONTRACT
TO DIG BASEMENT
J. R. Worth, who has received the
contract to excavate the basement for
the new van Gilder building near the
Bank of Seward, is now' at work at
it The basement will be 80 feet by
36.
COURT ORDERS MURPHY
TO VACATE LOCATION
Judge Brown has issued an order
that Mr. Murphy vacate the location
on which his house now stands within
thirty days. This house stands on
First avenue near the beach and at
the approach to the wharf which is
being built by Derick Lane . nd his
associates.
COYOTES ON YUKON
Word has been received from Min
to, Y. T., that the upper valley as far
down as below Selkirk and the Pelly
river valley is being overrun with
coyotes to the extent that they are
becoming a nuisance and a serious
menace. In a few years more at the
same rate of increase they will cover
the entire Yukon watershed. It is
stated that they are cleaning the rab
bits out as they go, and when the rab
bits are gone, goodbye fox and lynx.
As the rabbit is the chief food of the
Indians in the winter, and to kill them
off will starve the natives, the White
horse Star is advocating a bounty of
$2 per scalp for the coyote*.
Brandeis Hearing
Ordered Reopened
WASHINGTON, May 10. — The
senate judiciary committee has order
ed the sub-committee to re-open the
hearings in the matter ot the quali
fications of Ixiuis Brandeis for the
position of justice of the United
States supreme court. The sub-com
mittee failed some days ago to reach
a decision in favor of confirmation
but the chief committee believes some
decision should be arrived at. The
main difficulty seems to be that while
statements have been sworn to that
show Brandeis to have conducted
legal fights in a manner which aimed
•at winning rather than at dignity of
methods, nothing positively unworthy
has been produced and doubt reigns
supreme as to his real qualifications.
The opposition of Taft, Choate and
other famous lawyers has been the
principal stumbling block to his con
firmation.
125,000 BOY AND GIRL POLICE
MAKE PITTSBURGH ( LEAN I P
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
PITTSBURGH, May 1. — Paint-Up
and Clean-Up Week in Pittsburgh was
inaugurated in the schools today when
125,000 boy and girl police reported
to the teachers on the condition of
streets.
On the basis of these reports, the
teachers were to make suggestions
for brightening up, to the city
fathers.
Boy Scouts, Boys’ Brigades, Camp
fire Girls, the women’s clubs and civic
bodies of every kind were engaged in
cleaning and painting.
The Congress of Women’s clubs of l
Western Pennsylvania on Saturday
last adopted resolutions of coopera
tion in the movement.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Anderson will leave
soon for North Yakima, Mr. Ander
son recently having sold his interests
i
here.
BRITISH RELENTING IN IRELAND
LONDON, May 10. — Prime Minister Asquith an
nounced in the house of commons this afternoon that no
Irish rebel leaders have been executed in Dublin since
last Monday and he expressed the hope that it would not
be found necessary to execute any more. Since the last
execution a great meeting of the Irish in London has been
held protesting against what it called the cold-blooded
killing of prisoners. The demonstration was participat
ed in by many leading Irishmen, by Irish members of
parliament who have condemned the revolt and by many
Liberal Englishmen. John E. Redmond, leader of the Irish
Home Rule party in Parliament, issued a statement say
ing that the revolt was insanity and the majority of the
Irish people, it is now w*ell known, had no hand in the af
fair as they believed it opposed to the best interests of
Ireland, but a very bitter feeling has been created by the
executions. Lord Wimborne, lord lieutenant of Ireland,
resigned today because of the blame attached to him for
not having discovered the plot, although it is now known
that there was really no deep plot, the members of the
Sinn Fein as a body not knowing when they were called
out for parade on Easter Monday that the parade was the
mobilization for the attack.
MAY SAIL FOR IRELAND
THE HAGUE, May 10—The reported appearance of
a German squadron in the North Sea has created the be
lief in some quarters that an attempt will yet be made by
the Teutons to land a force in Ireland and aid an uprising
of the population of that country which is said to be seeth
ing with disaffection since the executions of the leaders
of the revolt in Dublin. European opinion appears to be
that Germany lost her fairest chance to strike a blow at
the heart of Great Britain when she failed to get troops
into Ireland during the uprising.
URGE GERMAN SQUADRON OE
WAR SHIPS OUE IN NORTH SEA
Denver Goes Back
to Old Government
DENVER, May 10.—The Commis
sion form of government which has
been in force in this city for the past
three years was decisively overthrown
by the voters yesterday and Robert
W. Speer has been elected mayor for
the third time. He was the leader
in the light for the return to the old
method of city government.
HENRY BRUERK QUITS
A $12,000 JOB
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
NEW YORK, May 1. — Henry
Bruere, known throughout the coun
try for his efficiency work in muni
cipal government, walked out of his
office as Chamberlain of the City of
New York and left a perfectly good
$12,000 a year job kicking around
because he said the job was a sense
less waste of money and he could not
keep up the pretense.
Bruere said the work he did could
be handled easily by other city of
ficials who haven't any too much to
do.
Bruere came from St. Charles, Mo.
He originated the Dayton plain of city
managership as it is employed in that
place, was at one time an executive
of the International Harvester Com
pany in Chicago and more recently
did social service work in Boston.
He has not announced his plans for
! the future.
ALASKA REGIMENT
NOW AUTHORIZED
WASHINGTON, May 3. — In the
conference agreement on the army
bill which will be reported, it is plan
ned to provide for an infantry regi
ment in Alaska, Philippines and Porto
Rica.—Ex.
Mr. and Mrs. George Harlow have
returned to the city from their min
ing camp.
! GERMAN FLEET GOES OUT
LONDON, May 10.—Norwegian ships yesterday
sighted a large squadron of German warships in the
North Sea and the Teutonic vessels are believed unques
tionably to be still in the open. That the story is true
seems to be proven by the statements of the Norwegian
skippers that they not only saw the Germans but that the
Germans actually examined their papers in order to prove
their identity. The squadron was accompanied by sever
al submarines but an exact estimate of the number of
undersea craft cannot be made as they were scattered far
| and near around the main body of warships.
GERMAN GUNS SLACKEN
PARIS, May 10.—The bombardment by the German
guns to the northwest of Verdun has slackened, according
j to the official information given out today. No other
news had been issued by the war office this afternoon.
CLAIM FRENCH DRIVEN BACK
BERLIN, May 10. — The German troops continuing
their successes have driven the french lurther back
southwest of Hill 304, it was announced officially today.
Military' men now look for the surrounding of the hill so
that the French will be compelled to retire or surrender.
The hill is less than six miles from Verdun and is regarded
as the key to the whole defenisve line of the fortress. It
is northwest of the city. On the north the Germans are
less than three miles from the city and on the east they ap
proach in places within five miles. It is expected by the
public here that if Hill 304 is taken the huge guns used
on other fortresses at the beginning of the war will be
brought into operation for the smashing of the main
fortress of Verdun itself.
SAYS CYMRIC NOT WARNED
LONDON, May 10.—Frost, the American consul at
Queenstown, has wired the United States embassy here
a confirmation of the report that the liner (Cymric was not
warned by the German commander of the submarine be
fore ne sank her. Frost also confirms the statement that
she was not armed. After an investigation he has satis
fied himself that no Americans were aboard the liner.
SEA BATTLE NEAR OSTEND
BERLIN, May 10.—It was officially announced today
that while two German torpedo boats were reconnoitering
off Ostend last Monday they encountered five hostile de
stroyers and engaged them. One of the enemy ships was
damaged but the German vessels returned unharmed.
GERMAN LOSSES
BERLIN, May 10.—Basing its figures on the publish
ed lists of the German losses since the war began the
Press Bureau tday announced that the losses in killed
and wounded have been 1,783,310. The total numbei of
Germans missing and prisoners is 334,892, making a total
of two millions, one hundred and eighteen thousand, two
hundred and two.
NO ACTION ON CYMRIC
WASHINGTON, May 10.—There are strong indica
tions this afternoon that the United States will take no
action in the case of the Cymric. It has hitherto been the
policy of Lansing not to protest on the sinking of any ship
if the sinking did not jeopardize the lives of Americans.
NO PEACE FOR BRITISH
LONDON, May 10.—Replying in the house of com
mons today to the peace hints recently given out from
Berlin Home Secretary Samuels declared that Great
Britain will consider no peace proposals until Germany is
defeated. >
, GERMANY ADMITS GUILT
WASHINGTON, May 10. — Ambassador Gerard, at
Berlin, has informed the state department that a mes
sage containing a German admission of guilt in the Sussex
case is enroute to Washington.