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WILSON ORDERS AN IMMEDIATE
HALT TO SUOMARINE WARFARE
WASHINGTON TALKS WAU
WASHINGTON, April 1!*.—A spirit akin to that;
which would prevail in actual time of war pervades the
national capital since President Wilson delivered his mes
sage to the joint session of congress this afternoon at the
time stated. In the corridors of the capitol building, on,
the streets, in cafes and in every department the subject
is being discussed gravely and the prevailing opinion is
that Germany will not yield and will defy this country to;
do its worst. This belief has created a feeling of pessim
ism. The president and the members of his cabinet, how
ever, continue to maintain a hopeful attitude and express
the belief that the government of the kaiser will accede
to the demands.
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THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
“Unless the imperial government should declare im
mediately its abandonment of the present methods of war
fare against passenger and freight vessels, said the:
president in Ids address, “this government can have no;
choice but to sever diplomatic relations with the govern- j
ment of the German empire altogether. I have arrived at
this decision with the keenest regret." :
Later in the address the president said:
“All sober minded men must unite in hoping that the
imperial German government, which at all times befoie
has stood as the champion of all that for which we are now
contending in the interest of humanity, may recognize,
the justice of our demands and meet them in the spirit in
which they are made."
The statement of the president is believed to reflect
perfectly the attitude of the cabinet, one of whose mem
bers, however, says that “the people should not be depress
ed by the outlook."
“There is much hope amongst us," he said, "that Ger
many will yield but even if she should decide not to yield
and we are forced to sever diplomatic relations we will
hope and pray that war itself may yet be averted."
VON PA PEN'S SECY. ARRESTED
NEW YORK, April 19.—Wolfe von Igel, formerly
secretary to Captain von Papen, the former German at
tache, was arrested yesterday and the seizure of papers
in his Wall Street office is reported to have revealed much
new information of bomb plots and also of certain inter
national matters connected with the submarine issue. The
exact nature of the contents of the documents has not
been revealed.
(FROM TODAY’S EXTRA)
Flash Received 8:33 A. M.
WASHINGTON, April 19.—(Bulletin)—President
Wilson has cabled an ultimatum calling on Germany to
stop its submarine warfare immediately if the friendly
relations between the two governments are to continue.
LANSING MEETS BERNSTORFF
(Received 8:52 A. M.)
WASHINGTON, April 19.—Everything now points
to a break between this country and Germany. Lansing
and BernstorfT are to meet at 11:30 a. m. and on their con
ference fateful events may hinge. At 1 p. m. Wilson will
meet congress in joint session but until that time it would
be impossible to say whether this government is threaten
ing war or merely the severance of diplomatic relations.
(Note from correspondent: Whenever any new de
velopments occur in the situation the news will be flashed
to the Gateway all through the day.)
CAPTURE SUSSEX SUB.
LONDON, April 18—The French have captured the
German submarine which sank the British liner Sussex,
according to the official information received from Paris
this morning, and full and complete evidence is now,
therefore, expected to be secured to nullify any effort
which Germany might make to shift the blame.
NOTHING FROM VERDUN
PARIS, April 19.—'The early morning communique
contained nothing from Verdun except that artillery fir
ing is proceeding on both banks of the Meuse with more or
less regularity.
BIG MONEY TO BE
SPENT AT IvATALLA
Mr. Arthur G. Thompson, of j
Katalla, arrived in Seward on the |
Evans and will remain during the con- j
vention. He states that Katalla is
looking forward to a prosperous seas
on the coming year on account of the
proposed development of the Alaska
Petroleum Go's, properties. This
company owns twelve coal claims,
one of which is already patented ami
title is expected to be secured on the
remaining eleven claims within a
short time. $75,000 in all will he
spent on development work this
year,—$50,000 on their coal properties
and $25,000 on their oil properties.
Arrangements have been made for the
construction of a railroad from the
terminus on Controller Bay to the
coal properties—a distance of twenty
miles. The rolling stock and equip
ment of the A. P. R. Y & T. Co., some
times called the Bruner Co., near
Katalla has been purchased and con
struction work will begin about the
middle of May.
SOME CHECKER GAME
(Special to Gateway by United Press) :
WASHINGTON, Pa., April 18.—j
John Zak, a checker expert of this
place is, and has been for the past
.ax months, playing; a contest by mail
with a crack player of Pasadena, Cal.:
Each player makes a move, then mails
the board back to his opponent. As
it takes nine days for the mail to
travel, the game is slow.
OKLAHOMA DEMOCRATS
ENDORSE WILSON
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., April
11.—A delegation instructed for
President Wilson is regarded as the
almost certain result of the Demo-;
cratic state convention here today.
The Democratic state executive com
mittee recently adopted resolutions*
endorsing the present administration,
particularly in regard to its foreign
policies. Everything had a distinct
Wilson flavor at the county conven
tions the first of the month.
DELAY BUILDING OF
NEW CANADIAN R. R.
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
WINNIPEG, Man., April 11.—
Despite the reiterated contention that
there is plenty of money in Western
Canada, came the announcement to
day that several railways for which
charters have been obtained will not
be built this year on account of the
war.
The time for the building of the
Calgary-Edmonton railway has been
extended. The Central Western rail
way, building from Winnipeg to Ed
monton, via Yorkton, Saskatoon and
Battleford, will delay further con
struction.
The Str. Northwestern left Cor
dova this morning at 6 a. m. and is
expected to arrive in Seward about
3 a. m. tomorrow morning.
army bill has
PASSED SENATE
WASHINGTON, April 1!). — The
Army Reorganization bill that would
produce regular army and reserve
military forces of a million men pass
ed the senate today. It is a substi
tute for the Hay bill which was pass
ed by the house. The differences will
be worked out in conference.
TWO HUNDRED DR.
BOOZE PRESCRIPTIONS
SEATTLE, April 18.—In checking
up the drug stores for illegal liquor
selling Prosecutor Lundin has discov
ered that one doctor in the city wrote
two hundred prescriptions for booze
in one hour on St. Patrick's Day. He
was arrested today and will be tried
on the charge of violating the dry
law.
CONG R ESSM A N'S PA RTNER
PLEADS QUILTY TO CRIME
PORTLAND, Ore., April 18.—
Pleading guilty to contributing to the
delinquency of a 16 years old girl R.
L. Merrick has been sentenced to jail
but was let out on parole on condition
that he leave the state. He was
formerly the law partner and the
campaign manager of Lafferty when
the latter ran successfully for con
gress.
TYPHUS GERMS ARE FOUND
IN BLOOD OF MRS. WAITE
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., April 10.
—Typhus germs have been found In
the blood of Mrs. Waite, the wife of
(luitli.'t «Ko »<♦ Clu.ifc^d With the
murder of his father-in-law. Peck, and
she has been sent to the sanitarium.
The discovery of the germs has led to
the suspicion that Waite might have
inoculated her with them.
C RED EXTIA LS CO M MITT E E
At a meeting of the Territorial
Committee last night in the Overland
Hotel a committee on credentials for
the temporary organization of the
convention was selected. It consists
of one man from each division, Irving
of the First, chairman, Gilmore of
the Second, Finnegan of the Third
and Lloyd of the Fourth.
THIRD DIVISION
DELEGATES MEET
The delegates from the Third, the
home, division, met last evening in
Pioneer hall to transact business con
nected with the convention. The pro
ceedings were private and no one
knows what happened, the “journal
ists” having been most politely invit
ed to make themselves scarce.
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EASTER VACATION
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The schools will have Easter vaca
tion from Thursday evening to Mon
I day morning. Shakespeare exercises
will take place on Thursday at 1:30
p. m.
BUILDING COTTAGES
V. H. Cottle and Frank Brown are
now building two cottages on 7th
Avenue between Adams and JelTerson.
They are also building furniture for
the Ellis residence.
Jack Robinson, an old sour
dough of the Yukon, arrived in Sew
1 ard on the last boat.
CONSCRIPTION MAKES
TROUBLE IN BRITAIN
LONDON, April 19.—National distaster is predicted
unless the British cabinet comes to an agreement. The
country was never in so despondent a position as this
morning. Premier Asquith today proposed the adjourn
ment of the House of Commons until Tuesday and said he
hoped to effect an agreement on conscription within a few
days,
A
FUSION SENDS MORE
EROOPS OEF EO PERSHING
Third Division May
Kick Over Traces
Delegates From This Part of Terri
tory Reported Not Satisfied.
It was reported today on the street
that the caucus of the Third division
delegates last evening resulted in
showing some strong opposition to
the forces led by Mr. Shackleford of
Juneau and some interesting develop
ments may be looked for when the
real business of the convention comes
up. As Mr. Lloyd of the Fourth divi
sion is that division’s only represent
ative and as he carried all the proxies,
amounting to forty-five or so, he is
probably the strongest individual
present at the convention and upon
him depends much. At one o’clock
this afternoon there was a feeling
amongst the delegates that when the
convention met at 2 o’clock it would
he adjourned until 4 p. m. to give
plenty of time to receive a very much
expected cable from Mr. Wickersham.
Mr. Russell, the Delegate’0
ative, nad heard nothing positive from
Wickersham at 1 o’clock.
P. Mullen is suffering from a masn
ed thumb as the result of having It
caught between rails while laying
track on the government railroad.
SCOTT FOR BORDER
WASHINGTON, April 19.—General Scott leaves to
night for the Mexican border to confer with Funston and
investigate the situation thoroughly. It is said he fears a
; trick in the statement of the finding of V ilia’s body but
he has given out no statement directly on the matter.
SENDS MORE MEN
SAN ANTONIO, April 19.—Funston is now sending
Pershing two thousand additional men and it is believed
that more will be sent forward if the campaign continues.
The chief care is to make sure that should an emergency
j occur Pershing can fall back along a well guarded route.
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■ COLUMBUS, April 19.—Truck drivers engaged in
i supplying the American troops have returned here and re
| port that o.uiet is prevaling along the American line of
communication.
EL PASO, April 19.—While the general belief is that
Villa is dead and that the body exhumed is really his
: there is still hesitation on the part of the military authori
! ties to take any step that might delay the work for whb»n
! the American expedition was se»’<.
MEXICO CITY, April 19.—Ambassador Arrendondo
at Washington has been instructed by the Carranza gov
ernment to demand the withdrawal ot the American ex
pedition on the grounds that Villa's force has been broken
up. This is given out officially but it is not stated whether
or not this is a new demand or is founded on the former
! request to the IJ. S. government.
That James Wickersham may not permit his name
to go before the convention here at all is the statement of
Ed. Russell, owner of the Juneau Dispatch, who is here as
the representative of the Delegate himself. Mr. Russell j
was unable this morning to state anything in this respect;
definitely but from what has been said in the hearing ol j
some other delegates the permission by Mr. \\ ickersham
to let his name go before the convention depends on cer
tain conditions, one of which is the acceptance by the con
vention of a certain platform, one of whose planks is
statehood for the Territory.
It is known that Mr. Russel has been in direct tele
graphic communication with Mr. Wickersham since the
former’s arrival in Seward and even now, it is safe to say,
things are still in the air.
When the convention opened this |
morning delegates were present that ^
represented two hundred and forty
delegates from all parts of Alaska.
Frank J. Cotter, secretary of the Ter
ritorial committee, announced that
the committee in a meeting this morn-'
ing had selected Irving of Juneau as
temporary chairman of the convemiou
and Thompson of Katalla as tempor
ary secretary. On the motion of C.
D. Murane of Juneau the action was
ratified. Both were cheered as they j
took their places and Chairman i
Irving opened the convention with an
eloquent speech in which he attacked |
the Democratic administration severe-1
ly. He declared that the people of
Alaska are intensely interested in na
tional affairs and he expressed the
lelief that the administration by the
Democratic government is regarded
by the Republicans of Alaska as a blot
on the United States, particularly in
relation to the foreign policy of that
administration. He concluded by giv
ing voice to the demand that the
rights of Americans be regarded as
sacred abroad as they are at home.
On the motion of Judge Murane
committees were then appointed by
the chair and are as follows:
Platform and Resolutions; Russell,
of Juneau, Schofield, of Nome, Fin
negan, of Seward, and Lloyd, 01 1 air
banks.
Credentials; Faulkner, of Juneau, |
Lloyd, of Fairbanks, Finnegan, of
Seward, and Gilmore, of Nome.
Permanent Organization, etc.;
Murane, of Petersburg, Ewing, of Ju
neau, Gilmore, of Nome, and Lloyd,
of Fairbanks.
Immediately after the naming of
the committees Mr. Russell of Juneau
moved the adjournment until 2 p. m.
and the motion carried.
Adjourns Again
The convention was called to onTo*
again at 2 this afternoon but Harvey
Sullivan immediately moved a further
adjournment as the committee on
procedure had not sufficient time to
complete its work. The motion car
ried, but the real cause of the ad
journment is supposed to be that
Wickersham had not yet been heard
from.
BASEBALL BOYS
MEETING TONIGHT
Last year’s baseball club members
will meet this evening at 8 o’clock at
the office of Ennis and Campbell to
take steps for organizing, etc., for the
coming season.
Shackleford in
Complete Control
Has All Second and Fourth and
Greater Fart of First.
Louis F. Shackleford is in complete
control of the convention which open
ed here today. He holds all the votes
of the Fourth division, about all the
votes of the Second division and the
majority of the First division. I he
Third division, the one in which Sew
ard is situated, is the only one which
is supposed not to he with him.
Thomas Llloyd, the only attending
delegate from the Fourth division,
stated today that he is with Shackle
ford through thick and thin and that
all his proxies will be voted that way.
“I have always ben a regular Ke
publican,” said Mr. Lloyd today, "and
in voting with what is called the
! Shackleford people I know I am vot
ing with the regular party."
Mr. Lloyd has nearly fifty proxies
but he will vote only forty-three of
them. W. A. Gilmore and George D.
Schofield are the only two attending
delegates from the Second, or Nome,
division but they carry about sixty
proxies between them and all are with
Shackleford. Even without his votes
Mr. Lloyd says Mr. Shackleford has
control and this makes it virtually
certain that the nominees for na
tional committeeman, delegates to
the national convention, etc., known to
| be already selected will be elected by
the convention. This means that C.
D. Murane, formerly District Judge,
will be national committeeman.
When the convention meets at 4
I this evening the answer from Berlin,
} that is Wickersham, may have been
I received and war or peace will have
been declared.
| A. F. Hoffman arrived on the
. Evans. He leaves shortly for Mata
nuska where he is to be U. S. marshal*