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ONE REPORT SAYS VILLA HAS B N CAPTBREO
ANOTHER REPORT SAYS THE
PURSUE STILL GOING ON
EL PASO, April 1.—Reports that Villa has been cap
tured have been current here since soon after the battle
took place with the American troops. Consul Garcia has
denied one of the reports which was attributed to the of-,
iieials at Juarez but other reports have come from other
quarters since and the reports persist. There is no official
confirmation of the report and it is probably not a fact
notwithstanding its persistency. Garcia announces that
a thousand fresh Mexican troops are being concentrated
from Central and Western Mexico at Forreon to clear up
all the bandits in that district.
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SAYS PURSUIT PROCEEDS
DUBLIN. Mexico, April 1.—The pursuit of Villa was
continued today in the mountains near the scene of Wed
nesday's battle. According to Pershing’s report the camp!
of the bandit has been located by an army aviator._
Emdaml After Vi ar
cy
Covered Vi ith Debt
Interest on Loans Will Double faxes
Paid Before the War.
(Special to Gateway by United Press\ \
LONDON. March 21.—Europe will
have to do one of two things after the
war;
1. Accept a far lower standard of
living than heretofore, or,
2. Cancel all war debts and start
afresh with a clean slate.
It is impossible to calculate, for in
stance, what England’s war debt alone
will be, because nobody knows how
much longer the war will last. Cer
tainly, however, the figure will be so
enormous as to stagger the imagina
tion.
Even if the struggle should end be
fore 1917 the English would have to
pay annually, in interest, more than
the total of their government’s yearly
ante-bellum expenses.
Taxation was high before the war.
How is the country going to stand
a burden more than twice as heavy?
For one th ng, economists say,
production will have to be greatly in
creased.
This, they expect, will be accomp
lished by the use of improved machin
ery, by a higher degree of efficiency
than i;i the past and by the employ
ment of great numbers of women who
w ere not industrial factors before the •
war broke out.
These economists themselves, how-!
ever, do not pretend the difference
- up thus. Taxes must b<
much heavier to cover the deficit.
The only conclusion is that indust
rial England will be compelled to
work more than twice as hard as be-1
fore the war, for less pay.
Possibly because they are them
selves heavy investors in the allies'
war loans, the English propertied
classes, even the small fry, generally
strongly oppose a wiping out of the
war indebtedness and insist that
whatever new and harder conditions
may come, should be accepted cheer
fully.
But will they? Apparently there
is considerable room for doubt.
The creditor element, though in
fluential, is in a hopeless minority, of
course.
There are plenty of hints that the
majority will not respond enthusiasti
cally to the suggestion that the
masses accept, after the war, even
shorter commons than they had to1
makf the best of before the war’s
outbreak.
It is fair to say that some enlight
ened liberals, including a number of
men who have subscribed liberally to
the war loans, are disposed at least
to consider the idea of cancelling
these obligations.
They do not use the word “repudi
ated." They say the country’s foreign
indebtedness, which, however, is small
compared with what Englishmen have
loaned to their own government must
be paid. But it may prove expedient,
they admit, to regard loans made to
the national war chest by the English
themselves as contributions from
those best able to afford them.
Some take the position that Eng
land’s loans to her allies should simi
larly be wiped out.
Adoption of such a scheme obvious
ly would mean the unique situation
of a war burder falling on the rich in
stead of the poor.
At the same time that it would
mean a heavy loss for the “classes"
it would also mean a gain for the
“masses," a levelling-up process his
torically unprecedented.
Higher taxes!
Before the war the average English
skilled workman made from $8 to $11
weekly. The corresponding workman
in Germany made from $6 to $7.
For a man with a family it might
seem as if these figures were pretty
near bedrock, that he couldn’t reduce
his standard of living without starv
ing to death.
As a matter of fact, the workers in
Spain, Portugal, Russia and Turkey
were not so well off as the English
and Germans; and a coolie’s wages
in China amount to about 70 cents
American money, for a 7-day week.
So, after all, there is a good deal of
room for European labor to be worse
off after than it was before, the war.
The creditor classes’ suggestion of
“a lower standard of living" isn’t by
any means an impossibility, if the
producing classes will submit to it.
Will they? Nobody knows yet.
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PLEASANT PARTY
GIVEN BY CRAMERS
A pleasant bridge party in honor of
some of the young people was given
last evening by Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
Cramer at their home, Mt. Pleasant
Cottage. An additional reason for the
party was that the day was the birth
day of A. D. Estes. Those present
were:
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Deline, Mr. and
Mrs. Teddy Harr, Mrs. Isabel Goetz,
Miss Long, Miss Korth, Miss Root,
Messrs Ashby Estes, Bert Anderson,
Geo. Colwell, Ed. Tarwater and Gene
Large.
The following were the prize win
ners: Ladies prize, Miss Root; Gents'
prize, Bert Anderson; Consolation
prize, Gene Large; Draw prize, Bert
Anderson.
W. E. ROOT TAKES OFFICE
W. E. Root, the new postmaster,
took charge of the office this morning.
LARGE NUMBER
OF VOTERS NOW
Three hundred and seventy-seven
voters had registered for the munici
pal election at 2 o’clock this after
noon. The offices will be open until
10 o’clock tonight ami the registration
will probably reach the 400 mark.
The total registration last year was
350.
AROLINE WILL TAKE
PASSENGERS OUTSIDE
The Aroline left Cordova this morn
ing at 6 o’clock. She has no passeng
ers coming but she will take some
first class passengers out when she
goes back.
ENJOYABLE AT HOME
An enjoyable at home was given by
Mrs. Chas. Dehne Friday afternoon.
Among the diversions was a musical
story contest for which Mrs. Shalaben
received the prize. Mesdames Cook
and Sawyer were the winners in an
advertisement guessing contest. Miss
McLeod played a number of piano
selections, and Mrs. Sawyer sang sev
eral songs. A delightful lunch was
served at the close of the aficrnoon.
Mrs. Dehne was assisted by Miss Mc
Leod. The guests included Mrs.
Sawyer, Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Wright, Mrs.
Martin, Mrs. Green, Mrs. Baughman,
and Mrs. Shaleben.
Bruce McNutt Gets
Eye Knocked Out
Struck a Rock and a Bit of It
Flew l'p.
C. B. McNutt, well known in the
city, lost his right eye this morning
by striking it with a piece of rock
while working in a sump hole in the
lot recently bought by the Japanese
on Fifth avenue for a laundry site.
Mr. Bruce struck a rock with a mal
let and caused the splinter to fly up
with great force. Dr. Sloan says the
eye is completely destroyed and all
he hopes for now is to operate on it
in such a way as to leave the dead eye
instead of making a glass eye neces
sary. Mr. McNutt formerly worked
in the Palace saloon.
NEW BUSINESS TO OPEN
IN STORE OF MRS. McCOY
Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Hallett Buy
Business and Bring New
Stock. %
Mrs. Selma Scott and Mrs. D. Hal
lett have purchased the stock and
business of Mrs. McCoy and will open
a store there, the opening of the mil
Jinery to take place next Monday.
While the two ladies were outside
they selected a splendid millinery
stock at San Francisco and brought
it with them on the Alaska.
FARRAGUT AT JUNEAU
The steamship Farragut was at Ju
enau yesterday morning at 4 o’clock.
HALIBUT HIGH
Southeastern Alaska fishermen are
jubilant over the fact that fish are
bringing high prices in the Seattle
market A few* days ago halibut sold
for 12 H cents and salmon at 15^
cents per pound.
Find Money Given
By Waile to Cane
Net Drawn More Tightly Around
Doctor Accused of Murder.
NEW YORK, April 1. — Buried
under a tree a detective has found a
roll of bills worth $8,000 which Cane,
or Kane, the embalmer, asserted were
forced on him by Dr. Waite who is
charged with murdering Peck, his
millionaire father-in-law. An effort
will be made to prove that Cane knew
perfectly well what the money was
given for. The net is now being
drawn closely around the accused
doctor and the finding of the money
is regarded as a most important fact.
VOTE TO CONFIRM BR AN DEIS
WASHINGTON, April 1.—By a
vote of to 2 a sub-committee of the
senate judiciary committee recom
mended today the confirmation of
Brandeis to the supreme court.
I)R. AN (JELL DEAD
ANN ARBOR. April 1.—Dr. James
B. Angell, 77, president emeritus of
the university of Michigan, died today
following an illness of a week. He
was a noted educator.
DEMANDS OF THE R. R.
MEN ARE REJECTED
CLEVELAND, April 1. — The de
mands of the executive committees of
four trainmens’ brotherhoods have
been rejected and the brotherhoods
will meet in Chicago on April 29 to
formulate a course of action.
„ LEONARD OUTPOINTED
NEW YORK, April 1. — Denny
Leonard was outpointed last night in
a ten round go with Freddie Welsh.
FAIRBANKS BOY IS
ENROUTE TO MEXICO
FAIRBANKS. — That Lieut. V
Taylor, of the Eleventh United
States cavalry, is now cnroute to the
Mexican border with his regiment, is
the inference of telegraphic dis
patches received by The Citizen re
cently relating to the Mexican situa
tion, although no authoritative in
formation to that effect has been re
ceived here. The dispatches state
that a cavalry regiment from Fort
Oglethorpe, Georgia, has been dis
patched to the border and as it is a
known fact that the regiment in
which young Taylor holds a com
mission is the only one at that post,
it is supposed to have been ordered
out to join the forces of General Fun
ston and General Pershing.
Lieut. Taylor is a son of R. W.
Taylor, of the N. C. office force. He
has been outside for several years
past and graduated from West Point
about a year ago, being well remem
bered by many Fairbanksans.—Citi
zen. .
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Call Meeting For
A. B. Hall Monday
Candidate For Mayor and Three For
Council Invite All.
A meeting has been called for 7:30
o’clock next Monday evening in the
new A. B. Hall by Messrs. Winstedt, a
candidate for mayor, and by Messrs.
Kerns, Johnson and Slater, candidates
for the city council. An advertise
ment calling the meeting appears in
this issue of the Gateway and in it is
the statement that all candidates are
invited to take part.
ANTON RIDE’S DOG
BITES A MUSHER
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RUBY.—Ed. Haugen, of Boorman,
who recently returned from Nulato
hospital, where he was undergoing!
treatment as a member of the Moose
lodge, is again apparently in the best
of health.
On his way home, though, Mr.
Haugen had the misfortune to be
badly bitten by a vicious dog. Going
down lA)ng creek, a short distance
from the Hub roadhouse he met
Lieutenant MehatTey of the road com
mission und Superintendent Eide of
Seward section, traveling with a big
dog team. He did not step out of
trail quite far enough and in going by
one of the team made a grab and cut
one of his legs very severely. How
ever, he managed to get to Long City,
where he received treatment from Dr.
Conley. After being laid up a couple
of days Mr. Haugen is able to be
about again.—Ex.
| GERMANS AND CANADIANS
SING SONGS TO EACH OTHER
DAWSON.—Mi's. McDonald of this
city, widow of the pioneer Yukon mis
sionary, Archdeacon McDonald, heard
recently from her son, Hugh J. Mc
Donald, who is in the 79th Cameron
I Highlanders. He was well at the
time of writing, December 28, and at
that time had been then seven months
in the trenches. He says it was very
trying at first, but he became accus
tomed to it. He has been through
three big battles, besides the ordinary
every day attacks.
At the date of writing they were
having better weather, and everything
was most favorable. On Christmas
day, which was the Saturday before
he wrote, he states that the British
and the Germans came out and stood
on the parapets of their trenches, and
sang songs to each other. The Cana
dians sang the latest songs to the
Germans.
“Last year," he says, “the Ger
mans had Christmas dinner with our
soldiers, but this year they could not
come over, as food was scarce." At
the time of writing, he remarks, that
instead of singing songs to one an
other, they were trying to knock each
other’s blocks off. The only comment
he makes on this is: “It is a funny
world."
Hugh was born at Fort McPherson
twenty-one years ago. He enlisted in
Winnipeg.—News.
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MANY KILLED IN RAID
LONDON, April 1.—It was announced this afternoon
that twenty-eight people were killed and forty injured by
the Zeppelin raid on the west coast last night.
GERMANY INVESTIGATES
WASHINGTON, April 1.—The German government
has notified the state department that it will immediately
investigate the stories that German submarines have re
newed the campaign of attacking allied merchantmen
without warning when they are carrying ammunition as
part of their cargo. Ambassador Gerard wires from Ber
lin that he is unable to learn how soon the desired in
formation will be available.
THREE SHIPS SUNK
LONDON, April 1.—Two Norwegian vessels and one
British schooner were sunk yesterday, presumably by
German submarines. One sailor only is known to have
been drowned but some others are missing. Many were
saved.
GERMANS GET HOLD
OF VAUX, ADMITTED
GERMANS GAIN VAUX
PARIS, April 1.—It is officially admitted that the
Germans by two attacks in tremendous force have gained
a foothold in Vaux which is northeast of Verdun and only
three or four miles from the city itself. The fort was re
garded as a strong one.
ZEPPELINS RAID ENGLAND
LONDON, April 1.—Five Zeppelins raided the east
ern counties of England last night and dropped ninety
bombs but one of the airships was shot down and the crew
captured. This was announced officially but no further
information has been given out. The Zeppelins are sup
posed to have come direct over the North Sea and traveled
up the coast dropping the bombs as they proceeded. The
names of the towns visited are not mentioned.
SINK HOSPITAL SHIP
PETROGRAD, April 1.—Two hundred and fifty. :
eluding many wounded, perished two days ago when the
Germans submarined and sank a Russian hospital ship in
the Black Sea. The vessel, which was called the Potugal,
was on the way with men who had been wounded in the
fighting with the Turks.
STRAIGHTEN LINE
PARIS, April 1.—The general opinion now is that
the Germans are striving to take Verdun merely for the
purpose of straightening their western front and so en
able them to detach large forces for the eastern campaign,
or to permit them to make the shorter line of defense in
the west stronger. The opinion of military experts is
that the Teutonic attacks in the Verdun region, although
they have gained ground, are useless and absolutely not
worth the terrible loss of life.
ALLIES BLAME ITALY
PARIS, April 1.—Some of the newspapers here in the
past few days have charged Italy with selfishness because
it refuses to declare war on Germany and also refused to
aid the Serbians and Montenegrins. Those papers, how
ever, have suddenly become silent and it is supposed that
they have been warned. One of the papers said that the
Italians have withdrawn from Avlona, Albania, but this is
denied in official quarters.
BERLIN REPORTS RAID
BERLIN, April 1—The official report about the raid
on the English coast last night declares that damage was
done to shipping and to military headquarters. Nothing
has been contained in the report of the alleged loss of one
of the Zeppelins engaged.
WAR COUNCIL MEETS
LONDON, April 1—The war council of the Entente
is reported to be holding an extraordinary meeting in
Paris at present and it is assumed that preparations are
being made for the expected Spring offensive of the allies.
It is admitted that the Germans are gaining ground grad
ually around Verdun and a diversion is expected to be
caused to relieve the situation there. What this diversion
will be can only be guessed but it will probably be an at
tack on the Teutonic lines in some quarter.
RUSSO-TURK FIELD QUIET
ATHENS, April 1—Fighting is proceeding on the
Russo-Turk front in the neighborhood of Erzerum and it
is also stated that some fighting is going on in Persian
territory. The latest reports from Erzerum indicate that
the Turkish story of the escape of the garrison is prob
ably true- or is true to the extent that the greater part of
the garrison withdrew safely. Recent accounts from the
Asia Minor coast of the Black Sea are that Teuton sub
marines have become very active in that sea. The Turks
are also reported to have removed the mines from the
Dardanelles, but with what intention is not clear unless
it is to permit the submarines to go into the Black sea
from the Mediterranean. In the meantime the Greek peo
ple seem to be getting accustomed to the presence of the
allied troops at Saloniki and the feeling of irritation is
disappearing.