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Washington Hears
of a Radio Plant
Communicating
* With Berlin
(K> United State* Cable)
WASHINGTON. Friday. March 9.—Information has:
reached the government that through the construction of,
a most powerful wireless plant in Mexico (. it\, diiect coin-j
munication between the Mexican capital and Beilin has
been established.
Officials here realize that if this report is confirmed|
it is a matter of the greatest importance to the United
States and a thorough investigation has been ordered.
With a radio station at Mexico City and German
agents in full sway as a result ot the disorganized govern
m«*nt in Mexico, plots against the allies could be carried!
on without interruption.
The United States has used the greatest care to pre-j
vent violation of neutrality by use of the Sayville radio j
station.
* Bv the establishment of a base of communication at:
Mexico City, under existing conditions, Germany would)
be practically in possession of a base of operations in;
North America. This report together with the rapid ex-!
odus of Germans to Mexico is considered highly signi-(
ficant. _!
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ARREST GERMAN NAVAL OFFICER j
AT LOS ANGELES FOR PLOTS
(By l"nite<i State* Cable)
LOS ANGELES, Friday. March 9— Captain Alfred
Fritzen, an officer in the Germany navy, was arrested here
today in connection with the attempt by federal agents
to end spy plots within the United States.
Captain Fritzen was taken into eutsody at the hoim
o£ Frank S. Harth, president of the Southern California
Music company, and is held on the charge of being impli
cated in certain conspiracies, the details of which are
withheld for the present.
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400 U. S. SAILORS LAND IN CUBA;
SUGAR CANE AFIRE- FEAR REBELS
(By United State* (able)
SANTIAGO. Cuba, Friday, March 9.—Four hundred
sailors from American warships were landed here today,
and have taken charge of the city.
The great canefields of the Union sugar mill at San
I/>uis are burning, and the people of San Louis are great
ly alarmed. Fearing attack by rebel forces barricades
have been built in the streets._
LATE "CABLEGRAMS
BERLIN GIVES SUB SCORE
I (By United States Cable)
BERLIN, Friday, March 9.—The admiralty an
nounces today that 131,000 tons of British and allied ship
ping have been sunk during the past few days.
SHIP ENGLISiTgOLD ON FREIGHTER i
(By United State* Cable)
SAN FRANCISCO, March 9.—The freighter
W'aikawa arrived from Australia last night and as a part]
of her general cargo, brought 82,o00,000 in English gold,
consigned to the J. P. Morgan bank of New York.
PROMINENT DEMOCRAT PASSES
(By United State* Cable)
GALENA, Kansas, Friday, March 9.—William Sapp,
democratic national committeeman from Kansas, died
here last night after a short illness.
TREASON IN
U. S. AGAINST
KAISER CLAIMED
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Germany Says U. S. Given
Zimmerman Note
Hy Traitor
BERLIN, Friday, March <>.—An
official statement by the imperial
government was published yesterday,
in which it justifies the attempt by
Germany to secure an alliance with
Mexico and Japan in event of war
with the United States. It also
charges that the Zimmerman note fell
into the possession of America by aid
of a traitor to Germany.
In the statement the government
said:
“It is now known by what means
the American government acquired
knowledge of the instructions trans
mitted by secret ways to Bernstorff
and on to Mexico. It seems that
treason, and treason it probably is,
has been committed on American ter
ritory.”
As a justification the imperial gov
ernment sets forth the following con
tention; touching the severance of di
plomatic relations.
» “It was not only right but also the
duty of the government to take meas
ures in time to counter balance the
joining of an additional ally on the
side of our enemies.”
118 COMING ON
LINER ALASKA!
SEATTLE, Friday, March 9.—With
every berth full and an immense
crowd aboard for Seward, the S. S.
A’aska sailed at 9 o’clock this morn
ing. Passengers for Seward include:
J. Britton, D. McDonald, L. Wicht,
Robt. Evans, W. Beaver and wife, A.!
Dorks, G. Nichols, W. McDonald,
Manley McDonald, Hugh O’Donnell,
James McGinley, Hugh Coyle, James
Silva, Miss J. Walton, E. Crawford
and wife, J. Goodchild, W. McCready, J
H. Histerter, M. Krieger, Carl Lind- j
fits, Angus McKenzie, A1 Ferry, Geo.
Diles, Chester Brink, H. Johnston, G.
Cunningham and wife, Chris Totland,
J. Mitchell, Joseph Taylor, ohn Lun
din, Olaf Floe, Fred Olson, A. Rollen
ger, L. Dorks, Ray Daw, Glen Hunt,
Lawrence March, Jim Demore, A.
Tiernen, M. Washburn, Barney Simon,
N. Anderson, Captain J. Osmund, A.
Pearson and wife, Jas. Rosenberger,
Earl Mallett, C. Johnston, J. Up
church, S. Applegate, Barney Can
non, Mary Johnson, Miss B. Johnson,
W. Maupin, W. Wilson, James Rea
son, S. Oasler, Casmer Johnson, and
fifty-five steerage. •
LESS THAN 200 I
SEWARD VOTERS
HAVE REGISTERED
With only three weeks before reg
istration closes less than 200 Seward
voters have declared their intention
of casting a vote for municipal offi
cers by making the necessary quali
fications.
Under the Australian ballot law all
are required to register. The books
are open at the office of the city
clerk in the Seward Drug company.
Obey that impulse.
President Wilson to
Call Extra Session
of Congress on
April 17th
<l5y United Stntea Cable)
WASHINGTON, March 9—President Wilsou enter
ed his executive offices long enough this afternoon to an
nounce that he would call an extra session of congress
April 1G to pass legislation blocked by the La Follette
Stone filibuster.
He also announced that he is free at once to arm
American merchantmen against German submarines
operating in violation of international law.
CHANGE RULES TO
AROLISHJILI liSTER
(By United State* Cable)
WASHINGTON, Friday, March 9.—An amendment
to the rules, giving two-thirds of the members the power
to prevent a filibuster and limit debate was passed by the
U. S. senate this morning.
Senators Gronna, LaFollette and Sherman were the
only ones who voted against the measure.
Senator Stone, who was LaFollette’s principal aid in
his filibuster against President Wilson, assumed a hostile
attitude this morning in debate and declared, as follows:
“I am not going to resign as chairman of the foreign
relations committee and I am going to be retained in the ]
chairmanship in the senate organiaztion for the next
congress.”
U. S. AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN
DIES SUDDENLY OF APOPLEXY
(By United Staten Cable)
TOKIO, Friday, March 9. — American Ambassador
George Wilkins Guthrie, died here last night, following
an attack of apoplexy.
George W. Guthrie, U. S. ambassador at Tokio was
born in Pittsburgh, Pa., September 5, 1848, admitted to
the bar in 1869, and married Florence Howe in 1886. He
was associate counsel for the Tilden electors before the
Florida returning board in the Hayes-Tilden election dis
pute, assistant secretary of democratic national conven
tion 1884, democratic candidate for lieutenant governor
of Pennsylvania in 1902, mayor of Pittsburgh from 1906
to 1909, and was appointed ambassador to Japan in 1913.
TURKS' ARMY MAKING DESPERATE
EFFORT TO SAVE CITY OF BAGDAD
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(By United States Cable)
LONDON, Friday, March 9—With the British forces
concentrating before the first line trenches eight miles
from Bagdad, the Turks are rushing up reinforcements
and are concentrating in an effort to hold the city at all
costs.
Preliminaries to an attempt to take the city are be
ing made and all. safeguards are being taken to prevent
flank movements, which would result in a disaster similar
to that which overtook General Townsend when the trait
orous Arabs turned on him at this point
Sufficient troops have been left to protect the lines
of communication down the Tigris, and the city will be
besieged if efforts to take it by storm are not successful.
SPUD PRICES
ADVANCE SI
MILE EASTWARD
Potatoes Worth $2,500 In
Washington, Sell At
$6,000 In N. Y.
GASTON', Ore.—(Special.)—Farm
ers in this district have discovered
that potatoes increase in value at the
rate of $1 a mile as they travel to the
east. A car of (555 sacks standing on
the track here is worth $2,500. When
it reaches the New York market its
i value rises to $G,000. Fanners in
February received the highest price
yet paid for potatoes here, $3.25 a
hundredweight. Eighteen cars are en
route and loading and many growers
are holding for higher pries.
Supply Limited
Seattle, Feb. 24.—Depleted stocks
of potatoes, with prices out of the
reach of a majority of consumers and
, practically every large buyer in
America inquiring in Washington for
quotations and the visible supply is
the dominating feature of the whole
sale produce market today.
Exhaustive efforts are being made
by resident brokers and jobbers and
outside buyers to ascertain the hold
ings on the esat and west side of the
Cascade mountains, representing the
two grades of spuds. From the best
information obtainable it is estimated
today that there are between 125 and
150 carloads in storage here, and less
than 100 cars in the entire Yakima
valley.
The bulk of Puget sound potatoes
are being held in Seattle. There are
about twenty cars at Mount Vernon
and only a few sacks in the island
sections. Chicago and Minneapolis
are actively in the market for any
kind of potatoes, and since it was the
outside buyers who began originally
to boost the Washington market, resi
dent dealers will venture no opinion
as to what limit may be placed on
holdings before the spring cleanup.
Predictions of $100 to $125 per ton
for No. 1 Yakima Gems are heard,
and as Puget sound spuds follow
within $10 of the level of Gems, some
abnormal altitudes are now' feared.
John- Renner and Louie Lauritson,
of Mills creek came in last night on
the train.
BOATS AND TRAINS
The Alaska left Seattle this morn
ing# at 9 o’clock.
The Admiral Farragut will sail
from Seattle northbound tonight at
9 o’clock.
The train will leave tomorrow
morning for Mile 40 at 8:30 o’clock,
i The Dora left Kodiak at 7:30 last
night and is due Sunday.
Trails
Trail conditions bad with a tem
perature of 32 at Mile 52, 32 at Mile
34 and 38 at Mile 71.
THE WEATHER
Yesterday.
Maximum . 41
Minimum .—. 33
Current . 37
Wind . South
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WEATHER TOMORROW
Unsettled.
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