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POWERS WARN
THE JAPANESE
UNITED STATES, RUSSIA AND
EVEN BRITAIN CALL A
HALT.
PEKING, March 18.—It is report
ed that Great Britain, Russia and the
United States have warned Japan
that her demands on China must be
curbed. There is a feeling here that
the United States took the initiative
in the matter but it is also believed
that the other two powers have come
to the conclusion that the Japanese
are taking advantage of their diffi
culties in Europe to feather the Jap
anese nest. The demands made by
Japan on this country are nothing
short of brutal and if granted they
will give her almost an uncontrolled
influence on Chinese affairs. This re
sult would run counter to the wishes
of the two European powers named
and the outcome is being awaited
with interest. The demand of Japan
for mining and railroad concessions
is believed to be merely the thin edge
of the wedge whose blunt end is noth- j
ing less than the stealing of immense
territory from this country. This
very suspicion on the part of the
European allies is in many well in
formed quarters believed to be the
reason why Japanese troops are not
taking part in the struggle in Europe.
Japan wants nothing but what she
can get in the Orient while the Euro
pean allies are not desirous of letting
her have too many claims for consid
eration because of aid rendered again
st Germany.
CARRANZA PROMISES
TO FI RNISH TRAINS.
United States Will Take the Refugees
From the Coast on
Gunboats.
WASHINGTON, March 18.—Word
was received from Carranza this af
ternoon that he will furnish trains
for the refugees from Mexico City to
the coast. This government will pro
vide gunboats to bring the ngitive
people from the Mexican *t?ast to tb*s
country. From the latest accounts it
would seem that the Mexican capital
is again facing a period of bloodshed
and destruction similar to that when
Huerta fled. The Washington admin
istration does not appear yet to have
decided to take any direct action to
bring the Mexicans to time and the
president is apparently as much op
posed as ever to the thought of in
vasion, particularly because of the
grave conditions arising from the
European question.
ALAMEDA HAS
A BIG CROWD
NEARLY EIGHTY PEOPLE ON
HER BOUND FOR
SEWARD.
SEATTLE, March IS.—The. Ala
meda left yesterday with three hun
dred passengers for various points in
Alaska. Many of them will get off j
at coast points for the journey to the
interior. The following are the pas
sengers for Seward:
I. Rosenthal, J. W. Farrell, R. H.
Williams, Mrs. N. Hickey, Mrs. M. J.
McKenzie, Anto Galarto, G. Manuel
Galarto, R. Ridpath, R. H. Foster, S.
Irvine, Mrs. H. Mourmel, Mrs. Ray
Foote, Warren Erlund, B. S. Mell,
Harry Yeager, Mrs. W. J. Bates, G.
M. Haley, R. H. Griffiths, W. B.
Phelps, E. J. Uki, J. F. Davidson, P.
E. Carlson, David Edwards, J. W.
Geibech, Ralph Dial, J. J. Campbell,
Charles McMannama, J. S. Copley, L.
H. Taylor, H. A. Robinson, F. Mc
Kenzie and wife, Miss Geneva Hendy,
Mrs. Anna Lunce, M. H. Morrison,
Mrs. J. C. Gilpatrick, Mrs. G. Wells,
H W. Vance and thirty-nine steerage.
Meet me at The Branch.
MEXICO CITY
CRAZY AGAIN
—
CONDITIONS SERIOUS AND FOR
EIGNERS WANT TO GET
OUT.
WASHINGTON, March 18.—Condi
tions are again serious in Mexico City
ami the foreign population has ap
pealed to the United States govern
ment to secure trains so that they can
get to the coast. Judging by the
wording of the appeal the members
of the foreign colony in the capital
are fearful that something of a very
grave nature will occur unless the
United States take immediate steps
to give them protection. The leaders
of the different factions there seem to
rely for immunity on the fact that
this country is too much taken up with
the complications arising from the J
European war to be able to take a
hand in their troubles. There is
some surprise here at the turn for
the worse taken by the affairs of the
neighboring country as all the com
munications recently received from
Mexico City promised a speedy re
turn to quiet conditions.
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❖ l . S. TRANSPORTS WILL *
❖ NOW CARRY FREIGHT. ❖
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WASHINGTON. March 18.—Presi
dent Wilson has agreed to permit U.
S. transports to carry freight to the
Phillippines because of the shortage
of vessels that could be secured for
that run.
MATANUSKA IS
PERFECT COAL
FINAL REPORT OF TEST BY
NAVY IS GIVEN
OUT.
That the coal of Matanuska is suit
able in every respect lor naval pur
poses is proven by the Final report
which has just been issued and pub
lished in the Army and Navy Regist
er. The following is the statement
made by the Register:
“The engineer-in-chief of the Navy ;
has received the report of a board of !
naval officers, consisting of Captain j
Philip Andrews, Lieutenant M. S.
Davis, Lieutenant H. E. Kays, and
Ensign W. O. Henry, on the tests of
Matanuska coal on board the U. S.
S. Maryland. There were four of
these test held: A seven-day test,
held at Puget Sound Navy yard; a
four-hour full-pow’er test, held in Pug
et Sound and Straits of Juan de Fuca;
a twenty-four-hour fifteen-knot test,
held in the Straits of Juan de Fuca
and the Pacific Ocean en route to•
Mare Island, and a forty-eight-hour j
ten-knot test, held in the Pacific
Ocean making passage to Mare Island, j
In comparison with the Pocahontas
coal placed at 100 per cent efficiency ;
the Matanuska made a percentage of
90.6 in the first test, 01 in the second,
and 05 in the third, and 08 in the
fourth. The board finds that the
sample of Matanuska coal tested “is
suitable in every respect for use in the
naval service."
Finch’s Golden Wedding Rye at The
Branch.
GUGGENHEIMS
TO DRILL HERE
DEAL BEING ARRANGED BY
THEM FOR KENAI
RIVER.
That the Yukon Gold Company will
bring two drills here to prospect this
summer the Kenai River property and
the Kenai Dredging compan’s prop
erty is now most likely. A deal is on
for those properties to the great
smelting syndicate which, of course,
is the owner of the Yukon Gold comp
any. The deal has not yet been quite
consummated but ttiore is a belief that
it has been virtually concluded. Some
of those interested in the properties
are James R. Hayden, Frank Youngs,
James Kyle, Louis Simpson and
Frank Nickerson.
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❖ FIVE MEN WILL NOT BE *
❖ hanged on tomorrow. *
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PHOENIX, March 18.—Five men
who were to be hanged here tomor
row have been given a month’s re
prieve. None of the eleven doomed
prisoners has yet been hanged al
though the anti-hanging law failed
of passage. The reprieve has been
given by the governor in the hope
that something can yet be done to
save the state from such a slaughter.
Captain U. G. Norton arrived last
night from the Iditarod. He says the
trail is in good shape and he will
leave with a load for the interior
camp after some days. He speaks in
glowing terms of conditions inside.
BUY LOTS HERE
FOR $10,500
SYNDICATE OUTSIDE THROUGH
FRANK YOUN'GS MAKES
PURCHASE.
An outside syndicate has purchased
seventeen lots in block seven in the
town of Seward for the sum of $10,
500 through Frank E. Youngs of this
city. Mr. Youngs received a telegram
this morning saying that the first
payment had been placed in the bank
outside by E. B. Summy. The lots are
the property of Frank Kane and are
situated near the railroad and be
tween the railroad and the cable office
or thereabouts. This means a price
of more than $000 dollars for each lot.
.
IDITAROD STILL OBJECTS
TO THE MAIL SERVICE.
The last Iditarod Pioneer to hand
protests against the fact that some
; catalogs from business houses out
side and such things arc being sent
in over the trail by mail while
magazines and other reading mattei is
held up. This is explained by the post
office as due to the fact that
magazines and such publications are
forwarded to news dealers for sale
and They are regarded as merchandise
by the postal authorities and must
give way to the books, magazines etc.
that are addressed to individuals.
Iditarod has a great grievance, no
doubt, because of mail matters and it
is time that they were getting relief
but the fault lies With the postal
regulations in the matter mentioned
above.
GERMAN EMBASSY SAYS ARRESE OF
CONSUL AE SEAEELE BREAKS EREA3Y
PROTEST SEATTLE CONSUL’S ARREST '
WASHINGTON, March 18.—The German embassy
today formally protested against the arrest of the German
consul at Seattle and declared that such an action is a j
violation of the treaty existing between the United States;
and Germany. The action of the authorities in Seattle has j
caused a sensation here. There is a feeling in official
quarters that the authorities took too much upon them
selves and did not seem to understand the seriousness of
the arrest of a consul of a friendly power- It is likely that
the federal government will take the steps to have Consul:
Muller set at liberty and may account for the proceeding
by showing that uniformed officers and not the federal
government are to blame.
PRZEMYSL FORTS CAPTURED
LONDON, March 18.—It is reported here this after
noon that the outer forts of the fortress of Przemysl
have been captured by the Russians. It is believed in
Russia, acording to dispatches from Petrograd, that the
fortress will soon fall. The flank of the Austrian army
has made an effort to relieve the fortress but these at
tacks have been repulsed. The desperate efforts made by
the Austrians for relief indicate that the condition of the
Austrian garrison defending the place is very bad. It is
stated that the troops inside the walls as well as the non
combatants are living on horse flesh and even worse.
RUSSIANS ATTACK
PETROGRAD, March 18.—The Russians are now
delivering a vigorous offensive against the Germans near
Tilsit and Ossowetz and there is good ground for the hope
that our troops will be able once more to invade East
Prussia. In the meantime, however, the Germans have,
renewed the attacks against the Warsaw line. The
enemy has also attacked north of Przasnysz but has been
defeated there and can make no further advance from
the north.
MORNING REPORTS
LONDON, March 18.—The morning report issued
from the different seats of war contains no intelligence of
importance. The struggle in the west is apparently only
he prelude to the titanic operations which will be com
menced within a few weeks for the purpose of driving the
Germans out of France and Belgium.- Nothing whatever
has been published this morning about the struggle in the
eastern field and the officials merely “report progress”
in the Dardanelles. Further information will probably
come before evening
CANNOT TRANSFER TROOPS |
LONDON, March 18.—The position of the German
armies in the east now are such that Germany cannot
hope to be able to secure reinforcements from the west.
The Germans have advanced beyond their own fine lines
of railroad and must either win with the forces they have
there or retreat. There is every reason to believe that
the great spring offensive threatened by the Germans can
not be realized for several reasons.
AMETHYST RAN GAUNTLET
LONDON, March 18.—It was learned officially today
that the British cruiser Amethyst was disabled in the j
Dardanelles while she was making an attempt to run the
gauntlet of the of forts. The attempt was one of the most
daring in the history of naval warfare. She steamed
right up the channei between the forts as the Turkish
guns poured fire at her from both sides. She was finally
compelled to give up the attempt and retire. Although j
disabled she was able to return out of range of the guns
and so save herself from becoming a total loss. Her ex
ploit shows that the Turkish mines have all been removed;
so that the way is partly clear for a combined rush of the
allied warships.
BERLIN REPORTS
BERLIN, March 18—The official announcement to
day is to the effect that fierce French attacks to the north
of Arras have been repulsed. Indecisive engagements
have occurred in the districts around Argonne and Cham
pagne. The progress of events in the east is not dwelt up
on and probably nothing worth noting has occurred there.
AIRSHIPS ATTACK STEAMER
LONDON, March 18.—The steamer Blonde has ar
rived from South Shields after escaping from an attack
of German aeroplanes near the English coast. Five
bombs were dropped with the intention of blowing up the
ship but no damage was done. This and other similar at
tacks have gone far to prove that an airship is a very un
reliable weapon to use against marine vessels. The effort,
however, probably is a forerunner of a general attempt;
on the part of the Germans to supplement their submarine;
warfare on British merchant shipping by attacks from (
the air. It is now made fairly clear that the German sub- (
marines keep submerged in daytime near these coasts
and travel on the surface at night. Germany declares.
that the losses to Britain in merchant shipping is great- j
er than this country admits but the admiralty has given
out a statement to the effect that the loss of every ship is
reported faithfully.
STRIKE HITS
ALASKA SHIPS
SEATTLE LONGSHOREMEN RE
FUSE TRUCE AND WAR
CONTINUES.
SEATTLE, March 18.—The strik
ing longshoremen have refused to call
a truce at the request of the local
business interests and ship owners and
the strike is now in full swing. It
now affects not only Alaska shipping
and coast shipping but foreign ship
ping of all kinds. There is hardly
any doubt that a serious injury will
be done to the trade of this city un
less some means are found for putting
an end to the trouble. Ivocal mer
chants fear that many of the spring
orders from Alaska business men will
be diverted to Portland and San Fran
cisco and that the strike if it lasts
may lesult in the establshment of a
steamboat line between some other
coast city and the northen territory.
M AN LOST ON THE
TRAIL TO IDITAROI).
Mike Sautillo was On the Way From
This C ity When he Dis
appeared.
Mike Sautillo is believed to have
perished on the trail during a storm
about the Oth of February while he
was on the way to Iditarod from Se
ward. Captain U. G. Norton who ar
rived last evening in Seward met
Sautillo near Anderson’s roadhouse.
Sautillo went on to Richardson’s road
house and left there again. He never
turned up at Voglers and it is feared
that he lost his life between the two
places notrh of Delzell creek as a
storm sprang up about the time he
got to that point. Sautillo came out
from Nome last fall and was on his
way to that camp again. He was
beating his way at the roadhouses, or,
rather, he was “bumming” his way on
the plea that he was broke. He was
refused lodging at some of the road
houses as he had beaten his way over
the same trail before when he was
believed to have several hundred dol
lars in his possession. At least that
is the reason why some of the road
house keepers refused to give him
shelter and food again. He has two
children in Seattle but they are fairry
well grown up.
THAW NOW APPEALS TO
THE U. S. SUPREME COURT.
Will Fight to the End to be Allowed
to Return to New
Hampshire.
NEW YORK, March 18.—1The at
torneys of Harry Thaw have filed an
appeal to the United States supreme
court to quash the decision of the
judge here preventing him from re
turning to New Hampshire. The
prisoner himself seems to have the
greatest confidence that he will be
able to secure his liberty and that he
cannot be confined again in the asy
lum without being proved insane.
There continues to be a great amount
of sympathy for him and it is quite
possible that he will be examined with
a view to establishing his mental con
dition and that he will be released
if the alienists declare him to be of
sound mind.
WAS FROZEN TO DEATH.
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FAIRBANKS, March 2.—One of
the grim tragedies of the North was
enacted on the Johnson river a few
days ago, whereby Henry Thorsen, a
young prospector returning to his
camp, lost his life. From all appear
ances young Thorsen and his outfit
went through the ice, enroute up the
Johnson. He managed to get out in
a wet condition and tried to start a
fire but failed. Then he endeavored
to make a small cabin five miles this
ide of his own camp, one occupied
by Wesley and Grimsmoe. He manag
ed to get within a mile of it when he
could travel no further and froze to
death on the trail. Ole Wesley found
him and brought the body out to the
McCarthy.
HANDS OFF SAYS
U. S. TO JAPAN
MIKADO’S GOVERNMENT WARN
ED TO RESPECT
CHINA.
WASHINGTON, March 18.—'That
any attempt on the part of Japan to
dominate China will be regarded as
an act unfriendly to th? Urited States
is the kernel of an unofficial note dis
patched by this government to the
govewiment of the mikado today by
the state department. The note came
as the immediate result of an appeal
from China to this country to urge the
Japanese government to abandon its
demands for territorial expansion at
the expense of China. The note from
tho state department clearly indicates
that the Washington government will
regard the attempt to dominate the
other Oriental nation as a matter that
will call for interference. It is so de
termined in its wording that the Unit
ed States administration apparently
believes that Japan is abcut to take
the opportunity offered by the em
broglio of the powers to secure con
trol of China’s commercial activities.
A YOUNG BOY
LOSES HIS LIFE.
FAIRBANKS, March 1.—One of
the most distressing tragsdies that
have been recorded in l*airbanks for
many a long day was the accidental
shooting of little Elmo Keith Satur
day afternoon, resulting in his death
at Sc. Matthew’s hospital almost ex
actly twenty-four hours latei. The
little fellow was too weak for an oper
ation and in fact never rallied from
the iirst shock.
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•> WILLARD SAID TO BE IN
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NEW YORK, March 18.—Recent
arrivals here from Cuba say thin
everything has been almost fully ar
ranged for the big scrap for the
championship between Johnson and
Willard. Willard is described as be
ing fit as a fiddle. It is difficult,
though, to get many to be ieve that
he has a chance against the colored
champion but it is a fact that some
tidy sums of money are going up on
him. The betting odds arc strong in
Johnson’s favor but no regular price
has been established.
Jerome Hachy has left for Cooper
creek.
A. B'S ELECT
NEW OFFICERS
JOHN T. REED, NOME AND JU
NEAU, IS THE NEW
ARCTIC CHIEF.
JUNEAU, March 17.—'The election
of officers of the Grand Camp of the
Arctic Brotherhood were elected to
day. Many of the new officers are
members of the legislature. John T.
Reed who was elected Grand Arctic
chief was formerly a lawyer of Nome
and was appointed clerk of the court
by Judge Jennings at Juneau last
summer. The revision of the consti
tution will be left to a voi;e of the
subordinate camps and an active ef
fort will be made to recruit new
camps and new members all over Al
ask and the Yukon.
Grand Camp Arctic Brotherhood
officers elected are: John T. Reed,
Arctic Chief; C. C. Georgeson, Vice
Artie Chief; W. B. Stout, Chaplin; D.
Smith Harris, recorder; H. H. Post
keeper of nuggets; M. J. Svendseth,
Camp cook; A. J. Atchinaon, trail
guide; 0. P. Gaustad, trail blazer;
Hugo Beyer, keeper inner toll; J. J.
Brennan, jouter tool gate; Trustees
are: Charles A. Sulzer of Sulzer, B.
F. Millard, of Valdez; E. B. Collins,
of the Tanana; H. F. Englehart, of
i
Dawson; A. JG. Shoup, of Sitka,