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RESOLUTION TO GET
50,000 VOLUNTEERS
Senator Sherman Wants It Pass
ed Immediately Because
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of Mexico.
COLUMBUS, March 22.—It was officially stated to
day that the wire communication between Pershing's
forces and the United States is at a standstill but it is
stated that the wires will be repaired if the cause of the
lack of communications is really a break in the wires at
all. It is suspected that the silence is intentional but it
was discovered today that the field telegraph line had
really been cut in several places, but by whom is not
known. It is asserted that it will be necessary from now
on to depend on mounted couriers to carry dispatches.
Eight miles of wire is reported to have been carried away
in one place and if this is proven to be true it would in
dicate that the enemy is really at work. Owing to this
silence no information of a definite nature* of course, was
published today.
WANTS VOLUNTEERS CALLED
WASHINGTON, March 22.—Senator Sherman today
introduced a resolution in the senate asking the president
to call for fiftv thousand volunteers for service in Mexico
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and it is thought the resolution will carry. Sherman has
asked that it l>e passed immediately.
RUMOR MEXICAN UNREST
WASHINGTON, Match 22— Reports o* an unofficial
kind have reached the state department to the effect that
signs of unrest are becoming apparent in various parts
of Mexico, even where the Carranza cause is most popu
lar, at the thought of American soldiers invading Mexican
territory. The Carranza government is making good use
of the fact that regular Mexican troops crossed into the
United States with the permission of the American gov
ernment. So strongly do the Carranza people dwell on
that fact that a suspicion has arisen that the visit of the
Carranza soldiers in pursuit of an alleged bandit was all
politics.
McGraw's Men Are
Now' Getting Ready
Training Down Hard For the Coming
Season.
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
MARLIN, Texas, March 15.—Under
the broiling rays of the Lone Star
sun the Giants of John McGraw are
pounding down the stretch of their
ante-season siege of preparation.
Hookies and regulars alike are toss
ing that old ball and swatting its
nose with enthusiasm worthy of a
better cause, to wit, a regular series
with averages and umpires and other
mid-season trimmings. The weather
man, barring a few periods of aber
ration, has been a right reasonable
sort of cuss to the Giants and as a
result there has been day after day
of summer weather through which
the clan McGraw pushed itself into
form. McGraw has ten pitchers on
the ground, including Christy
Mathewson, Jeff Tesreau and Polly
Perritt of last year’s hurling force
and Anderson, the Federal League
star whose showing in training has
been one of the most encouraging
features of the camp season. Then
there are Benton, Schauer, Schupp,
Stroud, Palme ra, the Cuban and
Kramer who look mighty good to the
Crown Prince of Mister Coogan’s pre
cipice. If McGraw’s pitchers live up
to his expectations the season will
cause him comparatively little worry.
The rest of the team is big enough to
be a certain quantity. Behind the
bat McGraw has Rariden and Dooin to
anchor the staff. There are six
catchers altogether but of course it
is to be expected some of this number
will be out of the big leagues by the
time the season opens. The player
limit compels McGraw to wield the
pruning knife, hard though it may be
to part with the promising serfs per
forming daily in the training games.
The defection of Benny Kauff, caused
by some misunderstanding with the
management over his demand for a
$10,000 bonus, has scrambled Mc
Graw’s outfield map considerably but
the manager appears unperturbed by
the turn of affairs. Ten thousand
meg is quite some weight on the
! present scale of prices and McGraw
probably figures that in another year,
with proportionate declines, he will
be able to bring Ty Cobb to his knees
with an offer of not more than $1,500
a year. Burns, Rouch the ex-Fed and
Kelly are in the Giant’s flock of outer
} fielders, consisting of 12 men. The
infield is a grizzled affair in its per
sonnel. Merkle, Doyle, Fletcher and
TiObcrt have been shaving for many
summers and can’t remember how to
1 blush when maidens fair say “there
he goes.” Rodriguez and Hunter are
first basemen and Brainerd is a vet
eran infielder. Elsh, Schepner and
Martin are three young bloods trying
to pry open a place in the infield.
WAS NO OPPOSITION
IN TOWN OF SKAGWAY
SKAGWAY, March 12. —The pri
mary held here yesterday was har
monious and unanimous with no oppo
sition.
The delegates elected were: How
ard Ashley, L. S. Keller, Fred Fon
I zon, W. J. Bledsoe.—Ex.
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F. M. Kempfer and Mrs. Kempfer,
formerly of Valdez, are now in Sew
ard.
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Tie cutters wanted. Alaska Trans
fer. $-21—St,
Part of Texas City
! Destroyed By Fire
Thirty Blocks of Houses in Ruins and
Losses Are Millions.
PARIS, Texas, March 22.—A fire
in the house of the Long-Tennessee
Company spread to the buildings of
the Paris Cotton Company yesterday
and before evening thirty blocks of
| business houses and residences were
j in ruins and the losses amount to
1 many millions of dollars. All sorts of j
buildings were razed, including large
residences in the fashionable parts of
the city and small cottages in the*
mill districts. The cause of the origin
of the fire is unknown. As the flames ^
spread the fire department seemed to
be powerless to check them and after
a time all efforts except those of a
local or individual kind were abandon-;
ed. No lives are reported to have
been lost.
JUDGE ,SPENCE STILL HERE
District Attorney Spence did not
leave on the Dora yesterday for the i
westward as he was suffering from a
touch of La Grippe. He will probably
go on the Alaska and his intention
is to make a personal investigation
of the circumstances surrounding the
alleged murder of a white man named i
Harris by a native.
TIES NOW BEING GOT
OCT AT MANY POINTS
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Ties are now being cut by all the
men who received the contracts and
nf m#»n are hoinc^ pmnlnvod
throughout the woods. The inspector,
keeps constantly traveling around t
where the work is being done and j
showing just what is wanted as a ,
method of co-operation between both ;
sides to the contracts. ,
ALASKA TRANSFER COMPANY
WORKS TWENTY-FIVE MEN
The Alaska Transfer Company now
has twenty-five men engaged cutting
ties for the government railroad and
got out the first ties yesterday after
noon. Pete Ogle says they will put
all the tie men available to work.
“I wish I had fifty more,” he says.
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LADIES’ AID MEETS
The Ladies’ Aid of the Methodist
church will meet tomorrow afternoon
at Mrs. M. A. Martin’s. J
WELSH GETS VERDICT
NEW YORK, March 22. —Freddie
Welsh got the verdict over Phil
Bloom last night after ten rounds.
The winner was clearly the better
man and the decision was generally
regarded as more than just.
COLE YOUNGER DEAD
LEE SUMMIT, Mo., March 22.—
Cole Younger, the last of the James
Younger bandit gangs died here last
night. He had reached a good age
and had spent the last years of his
life in model living. It is expected
that he will have a tremendous
funeral.
WILL FORESTER’S OFFICE
BE MOVED TO SEWARI)
It was reported on the streets to
day that the government Forester’s
headquarters will be moved from Cor
dova to Seward and that Chief For
ester Hunt will have his oftice in the
Railroad building.
MUST FILE FOR CITY
ELECTION MARCH 29
All candidates for the city council
must have their petitions filed at mid
night of the 29th inst., the city at
torney says.
Commercial (dub
Meets Visitors
Committee Appointed to Receive
Labor Wage Commission
on Arrival.
At a largely attended meeuiig v*
the Commercial Club held last even
ing J. J. Finnegan, Sydney Anderson
and E. L. Whittemore were appointed
a committee to receive the members
of the labor wage committee or com
mission on its arrival here to arrange
wage questions on the government
railroad.
The club also passed a resolution
endorsing the petition of the Seward
Woman’s Club for the grant by the
government of lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 in
block 5 on the Terminal tract. The
lots are wanted by the women for a
library site.
PHILATHAE MEET
As the Philathae Society will meet
in the Methodist church this evening
the church meeting itself will be held
in the parsonage.
STORMS, SNOWS AND
FLAMES OVER STATES
INDIANAPOLIS, March 22. —A
terrific gale which raged here last
night wrought terrible havoc over a
vast territory and in many cities.
Houses were demolished in many
parts of the state, trees were uprooted
and general smashing up was the rule
everywhere. In Northern Indiana the
telegraph service was demoralized
and meager telegraphic advices only
are obtainable. Some loss of life is
indicated at Logansport but nothing
has been learned to suggest that any
lives were lost anywhere else.
SWEEP TRAIN OFF TRACK
MARION, Indiana, March 22. —So
terrific was the wind in this district
that three coaches of the Clover Leat
train were swept off the track and
tumbled down the embankment One
farmer was killed here when his
residence fell in.
SECOND HOUSE TUMBLES
LOGANSPORT, March 22.—W. J.
Rickets was killed last night when his .
house collapsed as a result of the
great storm. Other houses in this j
neighborhood also fell but this is the
only fatal occurrence learned of in
this immediate neighborhood.
ILLINOIS VISITED
CHICAGO, March 22. — Terrific
gales accompanied by blizzards swept
over northeastern Illinois last night.
Houses were blown over at Kankakee
and Pittwood. The wires are down
over a great part of the state and the
full accounts have not yet been se
cured. Great uneasiness is felt for
shipping, lots of which must have had
to meet the full force of the disturb
ance.
SNOW IN MICHIGAN
DETROIT, March 22.—One of the
heaviest snowstorms in years is now
falling here and trains and inter
urban cars have been seriously delay
ed. The scene on the streets is just
the same as might be expected at
Christmas time.
FIRES SWEEPING KANSAS
WICHITA, Kan., March 22. —
Prairie fires are sweeping ten
counties for hundreds of miles. Grass
farms, buildings and livestock have
been destroyed in large number*.
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The wires report no casualties In the
affected district.
Jones Not Guilty
| in Fairbanks Case
Trial of Dan Callahan, Well Known
Interior Man, Begins Today.
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FAIRBANKS, March 22. — Robert
Jones was found not guilty on the
charge of rape. The jury brought in
the verdict yesterday and the defend
ant was at once released. The trial of
l Dan Callahan, for several years a
member of the city council, on the
same charge but with a different girl
begins today. J. F. Rose has been
arrested on the complaint of the dis
trict attorney on the charge of per
jury while he was a witness for the
government in the Wooldridge rape
case.
Billiard Contest
Keeps Up Interest
Jiruner and Colwell Each Had Six to
Go Till Last Break.
Class A held the stage at the billi
ard tournament last night, two games
being played in that class. With the
exception of a run of II in the ninth
inning Bruner did not get to work
until the fourteenth inning and fin
ally won over Colwell (playing 75)
by 6 points.
In the second game Finnegan won
over Peel after an exciting and close
contest by two points, three of which
were fouls given by Peel.
In Class C Stine, playing 90 won
over McGrath, playing 100, by 17
points, putting Stine in the running
Following are the scores:
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♦Bruner (100) .46 100 2.17
Colwell (75) .45 69 1.53
♦Finnegan (75) .39 75 1.92
Peel (75) .38 73 1.92
♦Stine (90) .115 90 0.78
McGrath (100) ....115 83 0.72
Colwell and Cassei or Finnegan and
Casscl will probably play tonight,
with other games being arranged in
Classes B and C.
A Fool There Was
Comes to Empress
One of the Most Gripping Stories
Ever Told Will be Shown
Tomorrow.
“A Fool There Was/' one of the
strongest dramas ever thrown on can
vas, will be seen tomorrow, Thursday,
and Friday evenings. The Vampire
of the drama is acted for the pictures
here by Theda Bara who has received
the highest praise for her work in
almost every great city of Europe
and America. Edward Jose, former
leading man for Sarah Bernhardt, al
so appears in the play and they are
supported by an unusually strong
company, the finer points of whose
acting alone would be worth ten times
the money. The play has six reels
and 300 scenes.
NO OPPOSITION IN
TREADWELL PRECINCT
TREADWELL, March 12. — There
was no opposition to the Republican
ticket in the Treadwell primary and
the candidates were elected by 40
straight votes.
Following are the delegates elected:
Dave Kcnzie, Jack Wilson, Mark
Smith and Tom McDonald.
TWO DIVORCES
Two divorce suits filed from Mc
Carthy. They are entitled: Theresa
Flynn vs. F. R. Flynn and May
1 Bemey vs. Archer Berney.
ROUMANIA WILL NOT
ENTER THE STRUGGLE
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Austrian Newspaper Says Italian
i Cabinet Is Contemplat
ing Peace.
BUCHAREST, March 22.—The announcement was
made in the semi-official papers today that Roumania has
finally decided to maintain her neutrality. The state
ment is apparently inspired.
ITALY MAY HAVE PEACE
VIENNA, March 22.—The Nieue Freie Press of this
city is responsible for the statement that the Italian
cabinet is now secretly-discussing the possibility of peace
with Austria because of the turn which matters have
taken in the Balkans and particularly in Albania. Italy
is assumed to see that by the conquest of the Albanian
coast and Mount Lovchen its interests on the Adriatic are
seriously endangered should the war end without the
complete defeat of the Teutonic allies. The conditions of
the war on the Austro-Italian front remain as they were
several months ago and this nation is now perfectly con
fident that Italy can never force our lines no matter how
much blood and treasure she might spend in the effort.
The Russians have been held firmly on the Bukowina
front and they have apparently abandoned their short of
fensive.
VERDUN NEWS ABSENT
natuV^M^&n^&ffifcr$u-nP ft/ws&mafiy's a/sfltow 1
dun front but it is being awaited anxiously and is expect
ed before evening. All the French and German accounts
yesterday wrere widely conflicting in most respects al
though it was admitted that the Teutons had something
the better of the engagements fought. The last report
was that severe fighting is still proceeding around Malan
court.
GERMANS RUSHING TROOPS
AMSTERDAM, March 21.—Late this evening the
news came from a reliable source that vast forces of Ger
mans are moving westward to reinforce the lines in
France, presumably around Verdun where the kaiser and
his generals have evidently decided to force the combat to
an issue. The struggle was proceeding at last accounts.
FIGHTING IN CHAMPAGNE
LONDON, March 22.—Fighting is proceeding which
at other times would be regarded as important but which
is hardly noticed because of the importance of the attack
on Verdun.
ENVER PASHA NOT DEAD
ATHENS, March 22.—The report of the assassina
tion of Enver Pasha, the Turkish minister of war, has
been officially denied from Constantinople.
NORWEGIAN SHIP SUNK
LONDON, March 22.—A Norwegian barque was
sunk by a torpedo yesterday near the British coast. No
lives were lost___
TOOK SOME TIME TO GET JOB
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
DENNISON, 0., March 15.—Thirty
nine years ago G. H. Fowler applied
to the United States War Depart
ment for a job as caretaker of a gov
ernment cemetery. He got a form
letter saying his application has been \
filed with 50,000 others. He has just
received a letter saying he now heads
the list, and if he's still in the race
for a place, please answer. He may
do 80.
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HOW NOW?
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 14.—The
daughter of Mrs. C. P. How married
the eon of C F. How here. The bride
was Miss Francis Tillotson, daughter
of Mrs. Tillotson How. The groom is
the son of the bride's mother's second
husband. How’e that ?
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HER IDEA OF EDUCATION
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
CLEVELAND, March 15. — Mrs.
Virginia D. Green, member of the
school board, thinks it is all right to
teach arithmetic in the grade schools
by studying baseball percentages and
geography by following the big
leaguers on their meanderings about
the country.
SITKA REPUBLICANS
SELECT A TICKET
SITKA, March 12. — Eighty-two
votes were cast at the Republican
primary yesterday.
The ticket elected consists of A.
G. Shoup, John Goodell, H. A. Bauer,
to attend the convention at Seward.
Goodell will probably represent the
| ticket at the convention.