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WASHINGTON BELIEVES THIS ROAD IS BOUGHT
BOSPHORUS NOW
IS BOMBARDED
RUSSIAN AND ALLIED FLEETS
ATTACK TURKS TOGETH
ER TODAY.
LONDON, March 20.—The news
was received here this afternoon that
the Russian fleet has begun the bom
bardment of the Turkish forts on the
Bosphorus in the attempt on Constan
tinople from the east while the
allied fleets try to force the passage
from the west. The British and
French warships renewed the bom
bardment in the Dardanelles today
notwithstanding the losses incurred
yesterday and the day before. The
great guns of the ships are pouring
in the most awful fire on reconi but
the Turkish guns are blazing away in
answer with such energy and accuracy
that it is not doubted that German
gunners have arrived to man them.
POLAND LOST $500,000,000.
LONDON, March 20.—The damage
done to Poland by the invasion of the
Germans is estimated at five hundred
million dollars. So much thought
has been given to Belgium that the
over-running of Poland by enormous
armies and the resultant destruction
of property has almost been lost sight
of. Towns, villages and country
homes have been wrecked frightfully
and the world will probably never
know the full extent of the devasta
tion wrought.
GERMANS ATTACK DEAL.
LONDON, March 20.—German
aviators attacked the city of Deal on
the English channel coast last night
and dropped bombs but no damage
worth relating was inflicted.
GERMANS MASS FOR
ATTACK ON YPRES.
Reports from the Western Front In*
dicate that a Tremendous Battle
Will Soon be Fought.
LONDON, March 20.—Reports from
the western front this morning indi
cate that the Germans are massing
large forces for a tremendous attack
on Ypres with the likely intention of
trying to burst their way to the
French coast. German troops that
have been stationed in interior Bel
gian cities are said to be coming up in
immense numbers for the attack
which will probably be delivered in
the first fine weather if at all. The
fighting along the western line for the
past couple of days has been slight
comparatively and the attention has
been given almost entirely to the pro
gress of events in the Dardanelles.
VAN HORN MUST STAND
TRIAL IN FEDERAL COURT.
Contention that Blowing Up Bridge
Act of War Has Failed to
Convince.
BANGOR. Maine, March 20.—The
contention of Van Horn has failed
that the attempt to blow up the bridge
of the Canadain Pacific railroad was a
justifiable act of war. The failure of
his effort to escape on these grounds
means that he will have to stand trial
before a court of this country. The
trial will come before a United States
court at Boston. It is deemed more
than likely that Canada will fail to
secure his extradition. German
societies have taken it upon -them
selves to defend the prisoner and the
case will command a tremendous lot
of attention.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Graff will leave
on the next sailing of the Watson foi
a six weeks trip through the states
Mr. Graff will secure a new pipe line
while outside to duplicate the present
He and Mrs. Graff will visit Nev
York, Washington, Philadelphia
Texas, San Diego, San Francisco an<
other places before returning.
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❖ LAST YEAR’S COTTON ♦
❖ CROP WAS RECORD. ❖
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WASHINGTON, March 20.—The
figures given out by the department
of agriculture today shows that last
year’s cotton crop was the greatest in
history’. It consisted of sixteen mil
lion five hundred pound bales and ex
ceeded the record crop of 1911 by half
a million bales. The blockade of the
German coast, however, prevents the
growers from realizing on their crops.
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❖ MARSHALL SAYS WILSON ♦
❖ WILL BE NOMINATED. •>
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OGDEN, Utah, March 20.—In a
I speech relivered here last night Vice
President Marshal declared that Presi
dent Wilson wilt* be re-nominated for
the presidency without any trouble.
He even stated that there will be no
I opposition to Wilson as he has secured
a hold on the people which makes him
the strongest candidate that the demo
cratic party can put up.
U. 8. TO INSIST
ON FREE SHIPS
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ADVISED TO LET BLOCKADE GO
SO THAT SHE CAN DO
SAME.
WASHINGTON, March 20.—Naval
experts have advisied the Unite<I
States government to admit the legal
ity of the British blockade of Ger
many and Austria as the establish
ment cf such a precedent may be use
ful to this country should she get in
to a war. In spite of this advice,
however, the administration has decid
ed to insist that American ships go
j ing to neutral ports must be unmolest -
I ed and the government of Great Brit
ain will be informed today or to
! morrow.
Appoint New Attorney Who is
Expected to Prepare Deed
WICK SAYS ALL
WILL JfAVE R. R.
EVENTUALLY ALL COAST WILL
BE COVERED DELEGATE
DECLARES.
SEATTLE, March 20.—Delegate
Wickersham, who has arrived here
and who will leave next Tuesday for
Juneau, declared in an interview this
morning that Alaska's outlook is ex
traordinarily bright at present. The
sentiment at Washington, he says, is
that only two million dollars were ap
propriated because that is all that
Secretary Lane could use at present.
In the delegate’s expressed opinion
this amount will cover all that had
been planned for this summer and
the appropriations committee would
have given ten millions if he had
asked for it. He further de
clared that no one need worry as to
the location of the government rail
road as the government will not
build one railroad but a system of
railroads which will eventually go to
all places mentioned in that connec
tion before the plans of the adminis
tration are finally perfected. He em
phasized the fact that the govern
ment proposes to effect a plan for de
velopment for all parts of Alaska.
CHAS. FRANCIS ADAMS DEAD.
! WASHINGTON, March 20.—
1 Charles Francis Adams, noted writer
and grandson of John Adams, grand
son of John Quincy Adams, died to
day at the age of seventy.
❖ WASHINGTON, March 20.— ❖
•> That the Alaska Northern route ❖
❖ is the one selected by the govern- ❖
•> ment for the Alaska railroad is ❖
❖ made almost positively sure by *>
❖ the facts that President Wilson ♦
v has announced that a route has ❖
❖ already been decided upon and '*•*
❖ that an attorney was appointed <•
❖ yesterday in the place of Hublee *•*
•J* to represent the government in *1*
•> the negotiations which are now ❖
•> going on for the purchase of the ♦
❖ Alaska Northern. John P. Cot- *
❖ ton is the new attorney in Hub- *
❖ lee’s place. v
❖ It is reported that the negotia- ❖
❖ tions have reached the point •>
❖ where the text of the contract is ❖
❖ being considered. That is, with- *
❖ out question, the text of the con- <•
<• tract for the deed to the Alaska
❖ Northern. Much is now believed ❖
❖ to hinge on the opinions of the ❖
<• attorney as to the right of the ❖
❖ government to incur obligations •>
•> in excess of the appropriation ❖
❖ made by congress. The vendors *
❖ of the Alaska Northern are sup- *
❖ posed to be asking the payment •>
❖ of a cash sum that the govern- •>
ment would find difficult to pay v
❖ out of the amount already ap- *
**•* propriated but, it is assumed, the *** j
❖ government can get around a dif- *5*
❖ ficulty of this kind very easily. *
❖ The absence of Secretary Lane *
❖ does not seem to stop the pro- •*• j
❖ gress of events connected with ❖
•> the project. He is probably ♦
❖ keeping in touch with Washing- •>
❖ ton on the matter by wire and ♦
•> it is possible, although improb- v
❖ able, that the final announcement ❖
♦> may be made before his return v
❖ from San Francisco.
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30,000 WANT
W0RK0N R.R.
WASHINGTON REPORTS THAT
NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS
SENT IN.
WASHINGTON, March 20.—Thirty
thousand people have sent in applica
tions for work on the construction of
the government railroad in Alaska ac
cording to the official statement this
morning. Most of the applicants
want clerical and similar jobs but
there are also many thousands of ap
plications for “any kind of work.” One
effect which this large number of ap
plications is expected to have is the
loworing of wages to a figure ror
which men never before could have
been secured in the northern ter
ritory. Owing to the dullness of the
times throughout the States and the
rosy prospect held out for Alaska b>
the government development work a
great number of workingmen are sure
to go north when the work begins
whether they secure promises before
hand or not.
SAY STRONGARM METHODS
USED AT TERRE HAUTE.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 20.—Wit
nesses in the Terre Haute election
trial testified today that strong arm
methods were used throughout the
last election campaign and that
many men were forced to vote against
their convictions because of threats
to their business.
TWO BRITISH BATTLESHIPS SUNK
ENGLAND ONCE
MORE RAIDED
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GERMAN AVIATORS BOMBARD
BRITISH NAVAL BASE
AT SHEERNESS.
BERLIN, March 20.—German avia
tors raided the English naval base at
Sheerness yesterday. The result has
not been reported but the damage was
probably not very great. Sheerness
| is less than twenty miles from the
I great Tilbury docks on the river
Thames below London and is itself at
the mouth of the Thames. The aim
of the aviators was to hit some of the
naval vessels stationed there but
whether they succeeded or not in
their purpose has not yet been learned
The feeling in this city is that the real
attack on England will not be made
until the Germans have captured more
coast towns nearer to the English
coast.
ACTION ON MUELLER CASE
POSTPONED TO TUESDAY.
German Consul at Seattle Confident
That State Department Will
Take His View.
SEATTLE, March 19.—Action on
the charge against Consul Mueller
■ will be postponed until Tuesday to
give the federal authorities a chance
> to intervene should they desire to
, do so. In the meantime Mr. Mueller
’ is confident that the state depart
, ment will take his view of the ques*
I tion and order the charges against
him dismissed.
LONDON, March 19.—The British*
battleships Irresistible and Ocean
have been sunk in the Dardanelles.
This announcement was made this •
afternoon and cast a gloom over the
city although the people had come to
be reconciled to the likelihood that
sooner or later the fleet operating in
that quarter would meet with severe
losses. The Irresistible was a battle
ship of fifteen thousand tons with
fifteen thousand horse power. She
had six to nine inches of armor and
carried four twelve-inch guns as well
as several rapid fire and other guns.
She was built between 1901 and 1904.
The Ocean was a battleship of twelve
thousand nine hundred and fifty tons.
She had thirteen thousand five hund
red horsepower. She had armor and
armament similar to those of the Ir
resistible. This means three of the
allied battleships sunk in the past
two or three days, the French battle
ship Bouvet being the other.
DESTROYER SUNK.
BERILN, March 19.—A British
destroyer was sunk and two battle
ships were put out of commission as
the result of one day’s fighting in the
Dardanelles. The allied fleet has now
evidently reached the most dangerous
part of the channel and the fire of the
Turks has improved while the waters
are heavily mined all around.
OTHER SHIPS BADLY DAMAGED.
LONDON, March 20.—The full re
port of the sinking of the British bat
tleship Irresistible and Ocean arrived
this morning. According to these ac
counts the ships were sunk by mines
and not by the guns of the forts. It
is admitted that the casualties have
been very heavy during the past few
days. The Irresistible and Ocean
were sunk Thursday. They went to
the bottom following the most severe
battle since the bombardment began.
The crew of the French battleship
Bouvet were all drowned when their
ship foundered but the crews of the :
other lost vessels were saved. It is '
admitted that other battleships were
badly damaged but the number has
not been told. Immediately after this
battle sixteen battleships charged into
the narrows and opened a terrific fire
on the forts which were badly damag
ed also. The result of this latest at-!
tack at close quarters has not yet been
given out but the news of futhor dis
aster is awaited as the ships are close
in to the forts and are receiving the
brunt of all the fire. The British peo
ple have been so wrought up by the
loss of the ships that they will prob
ably force the admiralty to go to the
limit in the effort to reach Constantin
ople at any cost and the most terrific
and deadly struggle in all naval war
fare maye be looked for.
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❖ STEGLER PLEADS GUILTY *
❖ IN PASSPORT MATTER. *
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NEW YORK, March 20.—Stegler
pleaded guilty last evening to the
charge of trying to secure passports
by fraud. He was sentenced to sixty
days in jail. Madden and Cook who
were accused of aiding and abetting
him were sentenced to ten months in
jail each. Stegler is the man who
was trying to get to England as a spy
and who was said to have been aided
by an attache of the Germany em
bassy at Washington.
James R. Hayden came to town
yesterday and will return to the Oasis
tomorrow. Mrs. Hayden did not come
in.
Meet me at The Brandi.
KARLSRUHE IS
REPORTED SUNK
GERMAN CRUISER SAID TO BE
DESTROYED OFF WEST
INDIES.
LONDON, March 20.—‘The admiral
ty announced this morning the belief
that the German cruiser Karlsruhe
was sunk in November near the West
Indies. The loss of the vessel is not
reported positively or officially but j
advices from Copenhagen confirm the j
report given out. No explanation is
forthcoming as the cause of the delay j
in notifying the authorities but it was
probably due to the desire to hide the
whereabouts of the ships which at
tacked the cruiser so that they might
proceed on their work without the
enemy's knowledge.
HARRY THAW CASE
POSTPONED FOR A MONTH.
In the Meantime the Prisoner Will
Have to Remain in the
Tombs.
NEW YORK, March 19.—The hear
ing of the proceedings on the habeas
corpus writ in the Thaw case has been
postponed for a month and in the
meantime the defendant will have to
stay in the Tombs prison. The state
is in something of a difficulty to know
what to do with Thaw. To send him
back to the asylum if he is shown on
examination to be sane would be ob
viously an irregular proceeding while
to let him go scott free would look too
much like endorsing his action in mak
ing his escape.
❖ LINER LAPLAND CHASED ❖
❖ BY GERMAN SUBMARINE *
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NEW YORK, March 20.—The Brit
ish liner Lapland arrived here today
and relates that while she was on her
way across the Atlantic she was at-1
! tacked by a German submarine. She
was conveyed by a British destroyer
and the destroyer and the submarine
engaged in a battle during which the
liner succeeded in making her escape.!
The result of the battle is not told, j
The Lapland is the same vessel that j
was chased into the Mersey some time
ago by another German submarine, j
The captain of the Lapland states that
the superior speed of the liners rend
ers them safe from the subn urines un
less they are caught napping.
WATSON CORDOVA TOMORROW.
The Admiral Watson is due to ar
rive at Cordova at 6 a. m. tomorrow.
She is due at Katalla at 7 this even
ing.
NEVADA GOES
WIDELY OPEN
GAMBLING BILL PASSES ALLOW
ING NEARLY ALL GAMES
TO START.
CARSON CITY, Nevada, March 19.
—The gambling bill passed this after
noon during the last hour of the ses
sion of the legislature and nothing is
now required but signature of the gov
ernor to throw the state open to near
ly all forms of gambling. The new
divorce law, making divorce as easy
as it was at the time Reno became
famous, is already on the statute
books and racing has been restored
so that Nevada is now to the United
States almost what Monte Carlo is to
Europe. The people confidently ex
pect that the new laws will bring a
tremendous influx of people from all
parts of the country.
RUSSIANS CAPTURE A
PORT IN PRUSSIA.
Muscovites Take the Offensive With
Success Along the Whole
Line
PETROGRAD, March 20.—’The
German Baltic port of Memel has
been captured by the Russian troops.
While the port is an important one it
is admitted that the strategic value
of the possession of the place is not
great as it is only a few miles from
Russian territory and is in a narrow
neck of land which the Germans hard
ly hope to hold. The Russians have!
taken the offensive all the way from
the East Prussian border to the Vis
tula. The Carpathians have been
crossed at the Sandec and Sanok pas
ses but the Austrian w'edge driven in
to the Russian army in Galicia still
remains unbroken.
ARGUMENT IN NEW HAVEN
BEGAN YESTERDAY.
Minority Stockholders Suing For
Hundred and Two Million
Dollars.
BOSTON, March 19.—'The argu
ments for the minority stockholders
in the case against the New Haven
railroad directorate began today. The
minority are suing the directorate
for one hundred and two millions of
dollars which they allege were spent
wrongfully by the directors. The trial
is expected to be one that will mark
a revolution in the conduct of railroad
finances. Hitherto, according to gen
eral opinion, directorates of roads tot
ally ignored the rights of the minority
and considered that the funds of their
road should be entirely at the disposal
of the controlling factors.
The finest kind of job work as well
as the plainest is done by the Gate
way.
AUSTRIA NOW
IS BLOCKADED
BRITISH GOVERNMENT EXTENDS
ORDER BEYOND GER
MANY.
LONDON, March 20.—Instead of
raising the blockade of tie German
coast the British government today
issued the order for the blockade of
the Austrian empire. When the order
for the blockade of Germany was is
sued this government declared that it
was duo to the submarine warfare
carried on by Germany on British
merchant shipping but it has since
been found that a blockade of Ger
many could never be properly effect
ive if the Austrian ports were left
open for the shipment of food supplies
into that countrj and thence to Ger
many. The Austrians have a power
ful fleet on the Adriatic coast and the
difficulty of blockading it; while the
allied fleets are engaged in the Dar
danelles is realized but more French
and British warships will probably be
detached from northern waters for the
purpose.
LATEST WAR REPORTS.
LONDON, March 20.—It is per
sistently reported here this afternoon
that Admiral Carden, commander of
the British fleet in the Dardanelles
has been killed in action.. It is re
ported officially that eight British
steamers were sunk in the week end
ing March 17.
PARIS, March 20.—Five hundred
and sixty-six men were drowned when
the battleship Bouvet was sunk.
BRUSSELS, March 20.—A million
German pigs have been billeted on the
people of Belgium to save German
feed for them.
Joe Meherin and Frank Taseher ar
rived yesterday from a t;*ip to Knik
and up the Susitna. They say Knik
is the real “banana belt of Alaska.”
BILL TO GIVE
NATIVES VOTE
INTRODUCED IN TERRITORIAL
LEGISLATURE BY
SHOUP.
JUNEAU, March 20.—Representa
tive Shoup introduced yesterday in the
house a bill to give the lranchise to
Indians who possess certain qualifica
tions. To secure the right *;o vote such
natives must be first examined before
the nearest federal school teacher and
must later appear before the district
court and undergo a sort of inspection
with the endorsement of live white
citizens.
Colonel D. C. Jackling and his party
yesterday inspected the mill of the
Gastineau mine and later reported
that he found the ore values to be
greater than he had expected. He al
so found that the tailings gave better
results than had been anticipated.
BERLIN SAYS FRENCH
ATTACKS ARE WEAK.
Make Efforts at Four Points but Ger
mans Say They Were Easily
Driven Back.
BERLIN, March 20.—The French
have delivered weak attacks at Lille,
Rheims, Verdun and the Vosges but
all of them have been easily repulsed.
So easily ”*ere they driven back, ac
cording to the German official account,
that there is no longer any doubt that
hope has been practically abandoned
of driving our troops out of their en
trenchments. The result* from the
fighting in the west in the last few
days are very slight and no side gain
ed any advantage worth mentioning.