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SEATTLE MAY
FIX STRIKE
PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL
LONGSHORE UNION
ARRIY ES.
HAS CONFIDENCE Of ALL
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TROUBLE WAS NOT CAUSED
BY WAGES OR
HOURS.
SEATTLE, March 23.—T. V. O’Con
nor, president of the International
Longshoremens Union arrived in this
city today with the intention cf try
ing to settle the strike which has oc
curred here and which threatens ser
ious consequences to the maritime I
trade of the city and to the conven
ience of Alaskans. O’Connor was
urgently asked to come by both sides
as he was most successful in bridging
over the difficulties in a former strike i
of a similar nature. The trouble has
been caused this time, not by demands
for higher wages or shorter hours, but
because of some international trouble
which occurred amongst the long-1
shoremen in Vancouver, B. C. In the
beginning of the strike the longshore
men decided to take into recount only
shipping to British Columbia but now
the whole coast is ir. danger of being '
affected. The union men and the
shipping interests will probably g**t
into touch now that O’Connor is here
and a speedy ending of the strike may
be brought about.
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❖ TORPEDOED STEAMER *
❖ IS STILL AFLOAT. *
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LONDON. March 23.—Another
British steamer was torpedoed yester
day ir. the cannel by a German sub-j
marine but her crew was saved and
the vessel itself is still afloat. The oc
currence took place somewhere off|
the English coast near the channel. (
Most of the attacks by the German ,
submarines have recently been direct
ed against ships on the south coast
and the Irish sea seems to be enjoy
ing a period of immunity.
WILL PAY FOR CARGOES
SEIZED FROM AMERICANS.
London Prize Court Makes Ruling
With Relation to Goods
Taken.
LONDON, March 23.—The prize
board has ordered that the sum of six
hundred thousand dollars be paid to
the American owners of cargoes seiz
ed on Swedish and Norwegian steam
ers. These cargoes were made up of
foodstuffs.
ALAMEDA COMING.
The Alameda was due to arrive at
Cordova yesterday at 2 p. m. She
has nearly eighty people aboard from
Seattle for Seward.
JEALOUS MAN
KILLED FOUR
MURDERED WOMAN AND THREE
CHILDREN WHILE THEY
SLEPT.
TERRE HAUTE, March 23.—Verne
Lewis confessed today to the murder
of Mrs. William Bading and her thre
children. The woman and children
were slaughtered in their beds while
they were asleep last week. Lewis
was arrested on suspicion but he made
no statement until today when he ad
mitted his guilt, stating that he loved
the woman and killed her in a jealous
frenzy. He appears to he perfectly
sane.
LEGAL ADVISOR
NOT APPOINTED.
JUNEAU, March 20.—A resolution
authorizing the temporary employ- j
ment of a legal advisar to the terri-:
torial legislature was lost in the house
on a vote today.
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VALDEZ NOTES.
The latest papers to hand tell of
the deaths recently of the father of
Mayor Ritchie and the mother of
Manager Wulff of rhe Prospector.
LOST.—Double tooth Elks charm.
Return to Gateway. Reward.
WILSON SILENT
ABOUT JAPAN
WILL NOT GIVE OUT TEXT
OF NOTES BEING EX
CHANGED.
WASHINGTON, March 23.—Presi
dent Wilson has refused to give out
for publication any information relat
ing to the exchange of notes between
this country and Japan in connection
with the Japanese demands on China.
From the latest news receive] from
the Orient it appears to be the inten
tion of Japan to control tho affairs of
the Chinese republic almost entirely,
domestic affairs as well as foreign.
That such an outcome of the Japanese ;
ambitions would be most detrimental!
to ‘ he interests of the United states j
i? so well known that the general j
opinion is that this country cannot j
afford to permit a free hard to the
Japanese government in the matter.
It is so clear that Japan is taking ad
vantage of the great war to force her
suzerainty on China that a bitter feel- j
ing is being aroused. No one has the :
slightest idea as to the tone of the
notes which the Japanese and United
States governments aiy exchanging
but it is understood that the Wash- j
ington administration is showing a de-;
termined front in opposition to the,
Japanese demands:
Santa Ana Meets i
With Slight Accident
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Boilers Went Wrong and Anchor
Was Lost But She is Safe
at Kodiak.
rhe Santa Ana is now at Kodiak,
after an accident which resulted in \
some injury to her boilers and the loss
of one of her anchors. The news j
came by wireless to the Admiral
Watson and Capt. Jensen of the Wat-j
<on says that so far as he has made
out the Santa Ana is safe and practi
cally sound. It is stated from other
sources that the Santa Ana was
beached and got away on a high tide ,
but the orginal cause of the whole ;
thing is not made clear. The accident t
occurred near Afognak.
VERMONT PASSES
THE EUGENIC LAW.
Five Hundred Dollars Fine for Any
one Getting Married With
out Permission.
MONTPELIER, Vt., March 23.—
The Eugenic law was finally passed
last night by the state legislature. It
provides for a fine of five hundred
dollars for any man or woman who
gets married without having previous
ly undergone an examination and re
ceived permission to marry. The law
was fought by a great body cf the
citizens who ridicule it. They believe
that it is an experiment that will
prove the absuridty of the eugenic
cult.
WATSON ARRIVES.
The Admiral Watson arrived last
evening with a large number of pas
sengers most of whom were cannery
people bound for the westward.
Twenty-nine were for Seldovia alone.
The following were the passengers
for Seward from Seattle direct:
Mrs. M. S. Natt, Aug. Olson, T. M.
Donuhue, W. E. Donohue, Jno. Kirby,
Jas. Kirby, G. A. Niles and 0.
Poehlman and 34 steerage.
COR IX)VA TICKETS.
CORDOVA.—The candidates on the
Citizen’s ticket are: E. V. Boyie, Ed.
Currier, W. H. Chase, Chas. Goodall,
Price Nettleton, E. E. Ray, and Chas.
Ross. On the People’s ticket are: E:
J. Davis, Bartley Howard, Geo. C.
Hazelet, Thos. C. Price, Henry A.
Slater, W. L. Smith and V. A.
Schmitz. Chas. Rosswog was named
for the ticket but declined to run and
Schmitz was substituted
MEETING NEXT TUESDAY.
In stating that the regular meeting
and election of officers of the volun
teer fire department would be held
this evening the officials made a mis
take and ask to have it stated that
the meeting and election will take
place next Tuesday the 30th inst.
A complete line of Childrens and
Boy8 shoe pacs. All sizes. Boy Scout
Stockings, the long wearing kind, 35
cents, 3 for $1.00. Brown & Hawkins.
“Quality First”
RUSSIANS LOSE
MEMEL AGAIN
CITY IN EAST PRUSSIA ONCE;
MORE IN GERMAN
HANDS.
BERLIN MAKES REPORT
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ALLIED AVIATORS DROP BOMBS
ON CITY OF
OSTEND.
BERLIN, March 23.—The Russians
have again been driven from the city
of Memel in East Prussia and arc
now being pursued across the border j
into their own territory. Memel is |
situated near the boundary on a nar
row neck of German territory between
the Baltic sea and Ruasia and its sit-!
uation made its surprise by the enemy
a matter of comparative ease. In the j
light to recapture the place the enemy i
lost heavily. Allied aviators dropped
bombs on Ostend yesterday but in- j
Aided little damage although several
people were killed in the streets Ac- ■
cording to the rest cf the official bul
letin this morning two attacks by the;
French in the Arras district have been
repulsed. The minor advances made
by the French in Champagne huvej
been entirely checked. With the ex
ception of these engagements and the
taking of Memel there is not much
of importance contained in today’sj
official dispatches
TO DEVELOPE I
JUNEAU MINE
four millions deposited to
OPEN THE ALASKA
JUNEAU.
JUNEAU, March 23.—'The official
announcement has been made that j
F. W. Bradley and associates have
deposited the sum of four million dol- j
lars to fully develope the Alaska Ju
neau mine. This mine was once call
ed the Little Treadwell and is on the
Juneau side of Gastineau channel. It
is owned by the Bradley and Mc
Kenzie interests. The new plans in- s
elude development work that will re-1
suit in an output of twelve thousand,
tons cf ore daily and the erection of
a reduction plant and buildings in ad
dition to those now built. A new de
parture is the plan to allow em
ployees to this and other Treadwell
properties to buy stock on the ground
floor at the same price that it costs
Bradley himself and his associates.
Agent Wayne Blue says the Admir- j
al Watson is due from the west on
Thursday.
WALKER TALKS OF ALASKA.
The Real Estate Advertiser of
Chicago in its issue of March 5 con-1
tains a long interview with George R. j
Walker, formerly district attorney of
this division. He tells the whole J
history of the territory and begins his.
statement by saying: “The Dutch j
discovered Alaska, the Irish rule it
and the Jews own it.”
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Shake Up Expected j
in Income Tax Force
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McAdoo Expects to Raise Eighty
Million Dollars in Income
Taxes this Year.
WASHINGTON, March 23.—A gen
eral shake up is expected to take place
soon in the income tax force. It is,
rumored that everything is not going
well in that department and that radi
cal changes will be found to be neces-;
sary. Secretary McAdoo expects to
raise eighty millions of dollars by in
come taxes this year.
D. EPSTYN DEAD.
SEATTLE, March 19.—David A.
Epstyn, a prominent merchant of Ju-!
neau, Alaska, a member of the firm of i
Epstyn & Gilmour, commission brok
ers, died this morning at Los Angeles, J
California, where he had gone for the
benefit of his health. j
Mr. Eptsyn is survived by his wife
and two children, a son and daughter, i
He visited Seward last summer.
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Long distance telephone booth at
The Branch.
TO EXPERIMENT
IN MATANUSKA
AGRICULTURAL STATION WILL
BE ESTABLISHED THIS
SUMMER.
That an agricultural experiment
station will be established in the Mat
anuska valley this summer is the
statement made last evening by Pro
fessor C. C. Georgeson when he was
passing by on the Admiral Watson on
the way to Kodiak. A representative
of tin agricultural experiment de
partment will come here this spring
and proceed into the Matanuska to
select the site.
Professor Georgeson still has the
same unbounded faith in the agricult
ural possibilities of Alaska that aid
ed him in the magnificent work which
he has accomplished. He expressed
last night the belief that the time will
come when the population of the ter
ritory will supply a market for its
own agricultural products. He ac
quiesced to the full in the belief that
the railroad will bring such a popula
tion and supply such a market for
this part of Alaska at least. It is
worth noting that the professor be
lieves the agricultural possibilities of
the interior are superior to those of
the coast although the climate there
is almost infinitely colder. He says
it is a mistake to say that cereals do
not ripen in the interior. He also de
clares that there is absolutely no
foundation for the statement that cat
tle grow smaller when raised in this
region. Professor Georgeson will re
turn on the Watson and proceed to
Sitka, his headquarters.
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* MUNLEY EXPECTED TO *
* BE APPOINTED JUDGE. *
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In a letter from Portland received
here today a former prominent Al
askan says that William A. Mynley
who has been appointed assistant dis
trict attorney for this division was a
canddate for appointment as judge at
Fairbanks to fill the place made vac
ant by Fuller’s retirement. It is also
stated that Mr. Munley is believed to
have an interest in the Thlinket pack
ing company and that his brother has
a larger interest This brother was
formerly a well known judge in
Portland.
NEWS NOTES
Tom Donohue, his Brother William,
and the brothers John and James
Kirby arrived last night enroute to
their mining properties in the Innoko
country.
Andy Mulligan who wrote in an
eastern paper that he ran so fast from
a bear near Seward that he had to
kick a running fox out of his way is
a former pugilist of Walla Walla.
Mr. Ennis of that place, but now of
Seward, knows the wing-footed Andy
well.
No news hes been icceived from
Captain Cramer and his boat Travel
ler since they were reported overdue.
It is hoped that the delay is only tem
porary.
Ed. Whittemore is believed to be a
passenger on the Alameda although
his name did not appear .on the tele
graphed passenger list.
E. Theriault received a letter from
United States Senator James Brady
last night stating that after inquiries
at the interior department he found
that no route for the Alaska railroad
had been decided upon. This letter
was written on March 8 and was in
answer to a question asked the senator
by Mr. Theirault.
Mike Deegan arrived from his fox
ranch Saturady evening and w’ent out
again this morning. He says the
ranch will be ready for the foxes in
about two months. He is now building
the houses.
Judge Lindley Green received a
letter on the Watson last night from
a certain congressman advising him
“to stay with Seward.” The wording
of the letter suggests that the writer
know’s more than he wishes to say
openly.
It is said that the Watson will keep
a lookout for the Traveller on her
westward trip.
The prospectus of the Harriman
National Bank of Alaska at Seward
arrived on the Watson mail. The con
crete foundation for the safe is now
being put in and the premises are be
ing vacated to make room for the
new offices.
One hundred and forty-nine people
were registered for the city election i
at noon today. j
BERLIN TALKS
OF DARDANELLES
REPORTS FIVE THOUSAND KILL
ED IN THE ALLIED
FLEET.
SAYS FIVE SKIPS SUNK
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GERMANS SEEM CONFIDENT
THAT CHANNEL CANNOT
BE FORCED.
BERLIN, March 23.—The German
government issued a statement this
afternoon to the effect that five thou
sand men have been killed in the fleet
bombarding the forts of the Dardanel-j
les and that five of the hostile war
ships have been sunk. The report ha;
come direct from Constantinople.
Three of the ships were battleships
while the others weie smaller vessels.
The feeling here seems to to be that
of confidence in the ability of the
Turks to successfully oppose the at
tempt tc roach the sea of Marmora.
It is pointed out that Great Britain j
cannot afford to take chances with its
large'1 ships as serious losses to her
navy would imperil her predominance
on the ocean during the war and
afterwards. The report today says
that mucto damage ha i a*so been in
flicted on other ships and that some
of them are entirely disabled although
no names of such vesiels have been
given.
ACCUSE TURKS
OF MASSACRES
SU LTANS TROOPS BURNIN G
VILLAGES ON RUSSIAN
SOIL.
TIFLIS, Caucasia, March 23.—The
advancing lurks are burning villages
and murdering Christians in this re
gion. Fifteen thousand Christian re
fugees have taken shelter in the
American misison here but are in
serious danger of being attacked and
slaughtered. Every town and village
entered by the Turkish army is first
plundered and then given over to the
flames while the women are subjected
to the most aw’ful indignities. Owing
to the severe climatic condition; those
who flee from their homes suffer ter
ribly and sometimes find flight a3
dangerous as the marauding enemy.
The Turkish forces are in great
strength in this part cf Russian ter
ritory but more troops are expected
to reinforce the Ruosians in the
neighborhood soon. In the meantime,
however, conditions prevail that are
truly frightful.
THREATENS COMMISSIONER.
Red Lewis recently threatened
Commissioner Adams of Cordova to
hit him over the head with a chair
in court because the commissioner re
fused Lewis a jury trial on a charge
of robbery. The matter will be
brought before the grand jury.
Carranza and Villa
Massing for Battle
Big Struggle Expected in the North
Between the Two Leading
Generals.
WASHINGTON, March 23.—Car
ranza and Villa are now massing
large forces of troops to the north of
Mexico City somewhere and will soon
be ready to engage in the final strug
gle for the mastery. The hemp grow
ers accuse Carranza of burning want
only great stocks of hemp and they
have requested this government to
enter a protest. In the meantime the
two leaders are preparing to wage the
most determined campaign of the
whole war and the fighting is expect
ed to begin in a very short time.
While doing development work on
the Engineer mine in the Atlin coun
try a rich pocket was encountered
from which $6,000 in free milling gold
was taken, any sample of the ore
averaged 65 per cent. pure. Some of
the ore in the Engineer is telluride.
The mine is being extensively devcl
opd. Miners are now working on a
contract for 380 feet of tunnel work.
Meet me at The Brandt.
i MUELLER WANTS
MATTER ENDED!
TELLS PROSECUTOR IN SEAT
TLE THAT TREATY WAS
VIOLATED.
SEATTLE, March 23.—Consul
Mueller has formerly moved for the
quashing of the charge of conspiracy
against him and states that whe» he
was arrested the treaty between the
United States and Germany, as well
as the constitution of the United
States itself, was violated. He insists
that he never tried or intended to
bribe any empoyec of the ship build
ing company and he intimates that his
arrest resulted from bias of some peo
ple against the German cause. H'.
friends suggest that his ai rest was
due in a great measure to the com
pany itself as it feared that the con*1
suPs activities might have resulted in
interfering with its construction of
submarines for the British govern
ment. The federal officials are now
investigating the whole matter thor
oughly and upon the resutt of this
investigation the future proceedings
will probably depend.
Otto Poehlman arrived on the Wat
son looking none the worse for the
operation which he underwent while
outside.
Villa Apologizes for
Killing of McManus
Promises to Pay Indemnity and Will
Also Indemnify Family of
Victim.
WASHINGTON, March 23.—'The
representative of General Villa in
Washington has offered an apology to
this government for the killing of the
American citizen named McManus
when the Zapata troops entered Mexi
co City the last time. Villa premises
through his representative to pay an
indemnity and also to indemnity the
family of the victim.
NOTHING NEW HAPPENS
IN THF: DARDANELLES.
London Gets no Report this Morning
and Believes Weather is
Still Bad.
LONDON. March 23.—As no news
from the Dardanelles was published
this morning it is assumed that the
weather is still unfavorable to the
operation of the fleet. It is stated
by some of the papers that new ships
of war will be sent from the south of
France to aid in the continuation of
the bombardment but it is also said
that the Turks are building new forti-1
fleations as fast as possible and bring-;
ing up more heavy field artillery.
PARIS, March 23.—It was officially
announced here this afternoon that a!
severe gale is blowing in the Dardan-j
elles region and prevents all epera-j
tions by the fleet.
SEATTLE COMMERCIAL
CLUB ON R. R. MATTER.
Sends Strong Protest to President
Wilson Against Buying Cop
per River.
As indicating what would happen if
the government purchased the Copper
River ard Northwestern railroad the
following portion of the protest of
the Seattle Commercial Club to Presi- i
dent* Wilson against the purchase of
that road is significant:
The purchase by the government of
a railroad built by a private corpora
tion, rot for the purpose of develop-j
ing the territory, but for the purpose j
of hauling ore from a rich and vast i
deposit of copper, owned generally, as i
we are informed and believe, by the!
same stockholders who own the rail-1
road, and which railroad, as we are in-!
formed and believe, is not paying the j
expenses of operation, in the opinion i
of this Club v ould be an unwarrant- j
ed diversion of public moneys from
the purposes, to-wit: the general de- (
velopment of Alaska, for which funds j
were appropriated by Congress.”
LEGS CRUSHED.
W. Bean had his two legs rather,
severely crushed this afternoon by a;
falling log on the flat point a mile or
two south of the city. The log rolled J
down and caught him between it and
the bank. Dr. Romig who is in at
tendance says he had a very narrow
escape from having both legs broken, j
As it is one of the bones is cracked
but not broken.
50,000 TAKEN
IN PRZEMYSL
CAPTURED GARRISON INCLUDES
NINE AUSTRIAN
GENERALS.
HORSES WERE THE FOOD
FOR SEVERAL WEEKS BESIEG
ED ARMY SUFFERED
FRGHTFULLY.
PETROGRAD, March 23.—Fifty
thousand Austrian soldiers were taken
prisoners when the fortress of
Przemyscl fell into our hands.
Amongst the captured garrison were
nine generals. It is admitted that tht
besieged soldiers suffered to the limit
before they finally gave up hope. For
several weeks they had nothing to eat
but their horses ard in many cases
horse flesh and horse flesh only could
be secured but once a day. The cap
tured troops are reduced to a fright
ful condition by hunger but the hung
er was borne by them until their am
munition ran out and forced thorn to
surrender. The capture of the fort
ress is sure to give impetus to the
campaign against the Teutonic allies
and the people of Russia feel that the
surrender is the beginning of the end
of Austrian resistance. A large drive
against Bukowina will start immedi
ately in the effort to drive the Aus
trians once more ou- of that province.
Anotner big movement is starting
from the Dukla pass towards the
Roumanian border. Tne fighting in
the Carpathians has increased and the
Russians at the same time have begun
another attempt to inve.de East Prus
sia north of Tilsit.
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❖ NORTHWESTERN TO *
❖ REPLACE MARIPOSA. >
A
SEATTLE, March 23 —The Mari
posa arrived last night. For the next
run she will be replaced by the North
western which will sail for Alaska on
Wednesday.
BANKER KILLS WIFE
AND THEN HIMSELF.
Murder and Suicide hy Prominent
Society Man is Cause of
Mystery.
NEW YORK, March 23.—Howard
Poocock, a wealthy banker and a
prominent society man, killed his wife
in this city last night and then com
mitted suicide. The cause of the
double tragedy is a mystery. There
had never been any supicion that all
was not right in the family until the
news of the murder and suicide be
came known. As Poocock appeared
to be in the best mental condition :t is
expected that the inquest uill bring
out a skeleton from the household s
closet but this is only surmise.
FIFTYKILLEO
IN MINE SLIDE
RESULT OF THE SLIDE AT
BRITAIN BEACH IS
HORRIBLE.
BRITTANIA BEACH, B. C., March
23.—It is known that about fifty min
ers have lost their lives as the result
of the slide which occurml in the coal
mine here yesterday. Many ot the
bodies are still buried urdcr the <didc
but hundreds of workers are digging
industriously to uncover the bodies.
Coming so soon after the catastrophe
in this province a few weeks ago the
accident has created an intense feel
ing in favor of compelling the mine
owners to exercise greater care in
safeguarding the lives cf the em
ployees. The cause of the present
slide is said to be such th at the dang
er ought to have been seen and
avoided.
DOCTOR FACING
SERIOUS CHARGE.
FAIRBANKS, March 20.—A sensa
tion was caused here today when Dr.
M. F. Hall, the well-known pioneer
physician, was arrested following his
indictment on two counts for assault
ing tw’o lttle girls. The girls are
Selma Lappi and Hilma. Johanson.
One of the indictments charges an at
tempt to rape one of the girls. He has
been admitted to bail by Judge Bun
nell under a personal bond of $2,500%