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ADMINISTRATION STANDS TIRM
IN POLICY TOWARDS MEXICO
ANOTHER BATTLE AT PARRAL
WASHINGTON, April 15.—A second light between
the American soldiers and the residents oi Parral was re
ported today to the state department in consulai dis
patches but no details were given. lhe messages aie|
known to have come from some one or moie American j
consuls in Mexico but their names are not given, lhe in
dictation given by the second tight that the Mexicans aiej
determined to oppose the Americans persistently has
caused some uneasiness in official circles.
ADMINISTRATION STANDS FIRM
WASHINGTON, April 15.—The note of Carranza re
questing the American government to withdraw its troops
from Mexico was placed in the hands of Secretary Baker j
this afternoon and a short time later it was officially an-j
nounced that “the status of the expedition is as it was in
the beginning. There has been no change either in pur
pose or orders and none is contemplated.
This means virtually an announcement that Car
ranza’s request has been turned down.
DISCUSS WITHDRAWAL
WASHINGTON, April 15— Secretary of State Lan
sing has sent to Rodgers, the American consul at Mexico
City, detailed instructions regarding Carranza’s request
for the withdrawal of the American troops from Mexi
can territory. \\ hile nothing official has been given out
as to the contents of the note it has been learned authori
tatively that Lansing informed Rodgers of the willingness
of the United Suites government to discuss the subject
with the Mexican ambassador to Washington, Arredondo.
The general opinion in this city is that the trouble has
come at a most inconvenient time, just when this admin
istration has the Sussex case on its hands and a breach
with Germany seems imminent. It is felt in some quart
ers that withdrawal from Mexico to avoid war will be
found advisable until the German matter has been dispos
ed of finally.
BAKER" VISITS PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, April 15.—Secretary of War Baker
and the President conferred on the Mexican situation last
night at midnight but later the Secretary said he was still
without official information regarding the battle at Par
ral. He stated that no significance could be attached to
his visit to the president at the late hour as he merely
awaited the President’s return from the theatre. He gave
out the information that aviators had flown over the sec
tions of Sonora where large bodies of Mexican soldiers
were said to have crossed from Chihuahua but that the
American fliers had not seen any troops. The news that
the Mexican troops were marching in a suspicious manner
came last evening and caused some anxiety.
WANT ALLIANCE WITH JAPAN
EL PASO, April 15.—General Ramon Iturbe has pass
ed through this city enroute to Japan on a special mission
for Carranza and there is every reason to believe that he
is going for the purpose of securing an alliance between
Mexico and the government of the Mikado, with protec
tion from the United States as its most likely purpose.
Several attempts were made to find out from Iturbe the
nature of his mission but he refused to confirm or deny
that Mexico seeks an alliance with the Oriental power.
TO STOP ARMS EXPORT
WASHINGTON, April 15.—Representative Rodren
berg of Illinois has introduced a resolution begging the
president to stop further export of arms or ammunition
into Mexico. It is said that the ammunition which is now
being used against the Americans has come from the
United States and the feeling is that Carranza and his
government are now' importing large quantities from
this country to prepare for possible war.
MEXICANS ATTACK AMERICANS
EL PASO, April 15.—The reported Mexican attacks
on American property at Parral were confirmed this
afternoon. The story was also confirmed that a manu
facturing mill valued at half a million dollars and belong
ing to Americans was destroyed at Alvardo.
NOT MUCH KNOWN
OF COLD BAY
Sam Soupeoff, the mining engineer
who returned from the westward on
the Dora last evening, took particular
care to inquire into the facts about
the Cold Hay strike while he was in
that region but nothing definite could
be ascertained. The strike is about
40 miles from Cold Hay and the two
men who left Seward some time agw
for the strike were still at the bay
when the Dora arrived going west
ward. They were gone when the boat
got back and it is supposed that they
had hit out for the scene of the find.
Mr. Soupeoff, however, met a man
named Kiss who had been to the
strike and who said it looked all right
to him. This man has a store some
where in the neighborhood.
A BOOST FOR
AL CHAM EBERLAIN
The Cook Inlet Pioneer in a recent
issue speaks highly of A1 Chamberlain
and it is certainly right. This is
what it said in a recent issue about
the Seward councilman:
“The popularity of Councilman E.
E. Chamberlain is evidenced by the
fact that he was re-elected in Tues
day’s election at Seward, although not
present and voting himself, as he was
on the trail enroute to Anchorage.
Chamberlain’s popularity is merited.
He is a man without any strings at
tached to him; does his best according
to his light, ami never betrays the
confidence of the people. That’s why
he can't be defeated at election time.”
THE REASON FOR THE
GERMAN FOOD RIOTS
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
ROTTERDAM, April 5. — Favori
tism in the distribution- of foodstuffs
is declared on German authority to
have had more to do with recent dis
orders in the Fatherland than any
•actual shortage. The accusation is
not made alone by radical publications
likeVorwaerts. The Kreuzzeitung, of
the military press, discussing the sit
uation at Dresden, relates the follow
ing:
“It appears that the market author
ities in that town have for months
past been doing a thriving trade in
cornering vegetables and cereals
which were intended by the munici
pality to be distributed at a nominal
charge among the poo". Before long,
proof was forthcoming that the names
of customs and town hall officials,
wholesale business firms and first
class boarding houses, were carefully
noted in tl>e market authorities’
books. These favored customers were
supplied secretly with all the articles
they needed at prices only slightly in
excess of those fixed as payable by the
poor.
“The consequence was that on
scores of occasions hundreds of poor
women, after standing for hours in
front of the market stalls, pushing
and trampling one another and tear
one another’s clothes off their backs,
in their struggle to obtain the desired
food, were sent away either empty
handed or given a paltry half pound
of peas or beans, while well-paid of
ficials or rich merchants were supplied j
with 20 pounds at a time, delivered i
free at their houses.”
Krause Kidnapping
Case Proceeding
JUDGE ADMITS IRREGULAR EVI
DENCE IN IMPERSONAT
ING TRIAL.
JUNEAU, April 15.—The triul ol
Edward Krause on the charge of kid
napping William Christie, who has
disappeared, was begun this morning
but it is expected it will take several
days to secure a jury. The prisoner’s
attorneys have made a motion for a
new trial on the charge of imperson
ating an ofticer on the ground that the
judge admitted that irregular evi
dence had been admit.ed. Every ef
fort to secure evidence that might
bring home to Krause the charge of
murder has been without result but
if he is found guilty of kidnapping, it
is assumed, years will be given for
further search.
FARRAGUT LEFT JUNEAU
ON TUESDAY NIGHT
JUNEAU, April 15.—The Admiral
Farragut arrived at Juneau last Tues
day night at 6 o’clock and sailed an
hour afterwards. She was delayed
thirty hours on the trip by storms but
her voyage was otherwise uneventful.
FARRAGUT ARRIVED 3 A. M.
The following was received direct
from the United Press today by the
Gateway:
SEATTLE, April 15. — The Far
ragut arrived at 3 this morning. She
is now at Tacoma. No trouble.
Sweepstakes Race
Won by L. Seppala
NOME, April 15. —The ninth All
Alaska Sweepstakes race was won by
Leonard Seppala in 80 hours, 27 min
utes. Delzene was second, Ayers
third and Kjegstad fourth.
Last Evening's Wire.
NOME, April 14.—The time of de
parture of the teams from Timber,
three hundred and thirty-four miles
on the journey, was as follows.
Seppala, 9:13.
Delzene, 10:7.
Ayer, 10, 55.
Drown was out of the race at Haven
and Kjegstad left Haven at 5 this
morning.
A finish between Seppala and Del
zene is expected about 8 o'clock to
night.
BRITISH WEARING “SOUP
PLATE”STEEL HELMETS
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
LONDON, April 5. — The English
troops on the western front are com
ing to the steel helmet, as well as the
French. *
The new headgear had its first good
trial in the recent fighting at the
“Bluff,” north of the Ypres-Comines
canal. It proved a great success. In
many cases the helmets were hit and
dented by pieces of shrapnel which
didn’t even wound the men under them
In others the wearers suffered noth
ing worse than the equivalent of a
stiff wallop with a club.
The English vary somewhat from
the French helmets. They are of
steel, painted gray, something like in
verted bowls in appearance, and far
from ornamental. They furnish effici
ent protection, however, for the head
and neck. The soldiers call them
“soup plates.”
Their service ability has given rise
to much unofficial talk concerning the
wisdom of clothing the men in breast
and back plates for trench fighting
and charges.
CARRANZA GETS OVATION
WASHINGTON, April 15.—Advices received state
that Carranza was received with tremendous acclaim yes
terday when he arrived in Mexico City to establish his
capital there.
EATEEIL MESSAGE TO BERLIN
IS NOW READY TO BE SENT
FAKRAGUT IS
NOW IN SEATTLE '
The steamship Farragut arrived
yesterday in Seattle and will leave
on the return* trip tomorrow. When
the Dora arrived last evening sue
brought the news that her wireless
had heard from Kodiak that S. 0. S.
calls had been received that the Far
rugut was sinking. This caused very
little alarm as it was stated that the
“sinking” had occurred two or three
days ago and most people knew that
we should have heard of it before.
Capt. Jensen of Watson, just before
leaving, stated that he had received
the same message but he called it a
“maverick” message, whatever that
might mean. The last time the Dora
came she had word through Kodiak
that the crown prince of Germany had
committed suicide. Go easy, Kodiak.
MOOSE INSTALL
THEIR OFFICERS
The Seward Lodge Loyal Order of
Moose installed its new officers for
the coming J'ear last night. The ot
hers were very carefully chosen and
under their management the lodge is
promised a most successful season.
They are:
Dictator, Mel Horner;
Vice-Dictator, Ed Crawford;
Past-Dictator, Joe Conroy;
Treasurer, Chas. Lechner;
Outer Guard, Thos. McConaty;
Inner Guard, Axel Rudio;
Trustee, Robert Guest.
FORMER HEAD OF BURNS
DETECTIVES ARRESTED
NEW YORK, April 15.—Guy Bid
dinger, former head of the Burns de
tective agency, has been arrested in
connection with the investigations in
to alleged police graft in Chicago.
He was prominent in the McNamara
dynamite trials at T>os Angeles and
was an important witness against
Clarence Dar.w at Chicago. The
specific chage against Biddinger is
that he bribed jurors in the trials of
the McNamaras to bring in a verdict
against the prisoners.
CARP FOR PASSOVER
PORTLAND, April 15.—Three car
loads of carp left today for New York
to feed the Jewish population of tfic
East Side during the Passover holi
days.
SEWARD VETERANS
OFFER SERVICES
The following resolution was for
warded to the President today by the
Spanish American War Veterans of
Seward:
Seward, Alaska, April 15, 1916.
President of the United States,
Washington, D. C.
Seward, Alaska United States
Spanish war veterans at regular
meeting last evening unanimously
passed resolutions heartily in
dorsing your Mexican policy. We
volunteer our active support to
any measure which you may deem
necessary to guard the lives of
American soldiers now in Mexico
and to preserve the honor of the
flag. .
G. BENJ. POINDEXTER,
Chairman.
The two station outfits have join
ed to have one camp at Mile eight and
Chef Maloney of the Dora will pre
side over the culinary department.
The outfits will be sent out on Mon
day,
NOTE TO GERMANY
WASHINGTON, April 15.—The most important
note ever sent to Germany hy this government has just
been drafted by Wilson and Lansing. It covers all the ad
ditional evidence secured by this government in the Sus
sex case but whether it lays down any demands or not is
something which has not yet been learned. It is felt that
upon this note and the naswer to it depend the future
relations between the two nations.
WHAT GERMANS WANT
LONDON, April 15.—The time warns the allied na
tions that- Germany is not yet abandoning its attack on
Verdun and states that lulls in the fighting should not be
regarded as signs of abandonment. Its military experts
| point out that should the Teutons take Verdun it might
make necessary the abandonment by the French of their
front at Belfort and the Alsatian frontier and even com
pel the allied lines to the west also to recede.
GERMANS USING GUNS
PARIS, April 15.—Heavy artillery fighting occurred
on the west bank of the Meuse during all last night. I he
Germans kept up an incessant cannonade between Malan
court Woods and Hill 304 but no results are reported, al
though it is supposed that the heavy firing, as usual, is the
prelude to an infantry assault. The French artillery is
reported to be doing effective work west of the Corbeaux
woods.
FRANCE TO GET CREDIT
NEW YORK, April 15.—Negotiations are now under
way in this country to secure credit for F ranee, according
to the statement made today by Octave Homberg, the
financial representative of the French government in the
United States.
DORA WILL HAVE
NEW BOILER Tl BE
The Dora arrived about six o'clock
last evening with a few passengers
from the westward and she left for
Cordova later to have her boiler tube
fixed. The Northwestern will load
her freight on her there. The pas
sengers to Seward from the west
ward were John McIntyre, from
Kodiak, K. Hondo, from Sanak, and
Sam SoupcofT and District Attorney
Spence, roundtrippers. The trip was
uneventful. On the boat came the re
port that an oldtimer had committed
suicide at Unga.
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APPOINTMENTS TO BE
MADE MONDAY NIGHT
In all probability the city council
will appoint the new officials at the
meeting next Monday night. At least
two of the members of the new coun
cil and the mayor think so. There
has been a rumor that the majority
of the council have decided on the
chief of police but this may be noth
ing more than a rumor.
MEALS AT ANCHORAGE
ARE ONLY 35 CENTS
Recent arrivals from Anchorage
say that full meals there have been
put to 35 cents. Word has also come
that at least 600 people are now fig
urging on going to Matanuska Junc
tion to be on the ground floor in the
next new town.
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EVANS FOR WEST
The Admiral Evans will go to
Kodiak and Seldovia this trip.
COMING WITH THE GANG
E. E. Ritchie cabled L. V. Ray to
day that he is "coming with the gang
on the Evans."
Mrs. Sauers is recovering fast from
the results of the accident and is now
able to get around in the house.
First Station \\ ork
at This End Let
Work Begins at Once Between Mile
7 and Mile_9.
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J. Skogh and company and 0.
Kingstrora and company are the first
two to receive contracts for station
work on the Alaska Northern under
| the government engineering commis
| sion. The contracts have been signed
and the work, which is between Miles
7 and 9, must be completed before
July 20. It consists of making two
.ts, one for each of the contra
in the vicinity of Mile 8. The work
means line changes.
LOCOMOTIVE READY
AND TAKES A SPIN
The “2 Spot,” the second locomotive
of the engineering commission, whieft
has been completely renovated in the
Seward shops, was fired up this morn
ing and left for a trial trip out the
^ine. Work will be begun at once on
No. 3 which is expected to be ready
for duty in a month or six weeks.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO.
FINISHES THE CONTRACT
The Alaska Transfer Company has
finished the contract to cut ail the tiec
on the McPherson ranch. Over ten
i thousand ties Avere secured there.
UNGA PLANT TO WORK
The cyanide plant at Unga is about
to be put in operation, according to
word coming on the Dora. The com
pany made a new assessment of $40,
000 for the purpose of starting work.
READY FOR BUSINESS
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The Palace Lunch and Grill is now
prepared to serve meals at all hours.
Mr. Joseph Tadin, a well known chef
from the outside, has charge of the
cafe.