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MEXICAN CITIZENS AND REGULAR
TROOPS EIRE AT l. S. SOLDIERS
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ASK U. S. TO LEAVE
WASHINGTON, April 13—A note from Carranza
suggesting that the time has come for the United States
to draw the American troops out of Mexico is now in the
hands of the Mexican ambassador here but had not been
presented to the secretary of state at the time this dis
patch was sent. It has been declared, however, that the
note is not in the nature of a demand or an ultimatum but
is characterized rather as a request tor negotiations to
wards the withdrawal of the Americans and the giving of
a free hand to the Mexican Constitutionalists themselves
in carrying on the pursuit of \ ilia, lhe publication of
this fact has created the sensation of the day and every
one is speculating as to the course President Wilson will
pursue. It is admitted that the situation in Mexico is
sufficient to cause anxiety, especially when the weakness
of the American invading forces is taken into account.
FIRE ON U. S. TROOPS
SAN ANTONIO, April 13. —Carranza soldiers and
Mexican citizens at Parral have fired on the American
soldiers, according to the report just received from Consul
Letch, the American representative in Chihuahua C ity.
Letch is unable to give any particulars ol the allair but he
says the information is positive and cannot be denied. No
report has been given as to whether any casualties occur
red in the American ranks. Real uneasiness exists here
now about the American invading forces owing to the
very evident indications that all the Mexicans are coming
to more warmly resent the invasion.
ARMY OFFICERS SEE DANGER
EL PASO, April 13—Army officers make no secret
of the belief that the American expedition is now ap
proaching a crisis in its career. In tact they admit that
the crisis looks dangerous. Our troops have four hundred
miles of communication to be guarded and the transporta
tion facilities have been found entirely inadequate. It has
been learned that the 1. S. troops have gone hungry for
days at a time and that they have not l>een provided with
proper clothing for the high altitudes, so that suffering
amongst them has been intense.
VILLA DESERTED
MEXICO CITY. April IS.—General Herrero, former
ly military governor of Chihuahua, has reported to the
war department from Ciudad Guerrero that \ ilia is flee
ing southward with a handful of ragged followers who
are badly armed and without rations. The report also
says that the bandit chief is completely defeated and los
ing prestige even in the sections where he had the greatest
number of sympathizers.
AMERICANS KILLED
SAN DIEGO. April 13.—Several Americans have
been killed and wounded in the vicinity of Guaymas,
Sonora, by Mexican bandits according to a naval radio
message just received here. No details were given.
New Strike Made
in Ditna Country
One Dollar Ground Found on Tolstoy
Creek and Stampede Is On.
That a new' strike has been made on
Tolstoy creek, in the Ditna country,
and that a stampede is now taking
place from several camps like Ruby,
Innoko and others, is the news
brought to Seward last night by Ed.
Anderson who has just come over the
trail. Tolstoy creek is about twenty
five miles below Ophir and has been
prospected to some extent for the past
six or seven years but not until no**
was pay discovered. The ground is
twenty feet deep. The chief value of
the strike is that it is drawing a
crowd into the Ditna region which is
extensive and looks exceedingly
promising.
Mrs. Wayne Blue and children will
go out on the Watson this trip for
a visit in the States.
U. S. Battleships
Crash Together
WASHINGTON, April 13. — The
United States battleships South Caro
lina and Michigan collided today while
cruising north of Guatanamo but
neither vessel was seriously injured
and none of the members of the crew
were hurt. The announcement was
made by the navy department this
afternoon.
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OUT ON WATSON
The following are outgoing on
the Watson: G. A. Kirk, W. M.
Wheeler, Matt Button, C. F. Hewitt,
Leslie Cramer and wife, E. R. Tar
water, Geo. Clifford, John Kacerosky,
C. E. Martin, W. J. Wright, J. Stew
art, Mrs. Blue and children, Mrs.
Bricknell, Z. J. Loussac, Alfred Ben
son and seven steerage.
J. Stewart is a Watson passenger
for Juneau.
STOCKS FALL IN FEAR
OF GERMAN BREACH
NEW YOKK, April 13.—The stock
market experienced a sudden drop to
day when the rumor was spread that
von Bernstorff, the German ambas
sador, will bo handed his passports
within a fortnight. The foundation
for the rumor is not known but it is
supposed to be sufficient to create
something akin to consternation on
the market. It is admitted on all
hands that the siutation between this
country and Benin has reaped a
crisis.
BIG CAMP FOR
GLACIER CREEK
GETTING READY NOW TO JOIN
SEWARD AND ANCHOR
AGE.
Preparations are now going on for
the establishment of a big camp at
Glacier creek a few miles beyond the
other end of the Alaska Northern
railroad and A1 Chamberlain, the
Seward councilman, says that every
indication points to the certainty that
thousands of men will be employed as
soon as possible to connect up Seward
and Anchorage by rail. The work is
being done directly under Commis
sioner Mears but it will be really tri
butary to Seward as the Alaska
Northern is now to be fixed for the
full distance so that direct rail con
nection will be established between
that district and this city. Mr.
Chamberlain expresses the opinion
that two thousand men will be em
ployed in that neighborhood.
Rose Gets 8 Years
Also at Fairbanks
Erwin Leaves For Outside With His
Enemies as Prisoners.
FAIRBANKS, April 13.—Williams
has been freed of the c'.iarge of rape
and Rose was sentence^! today to eight
years in the penitentiary on a similar
eharge. Sutton has been sentenced to
a year and a day on the charge of at
tempting to commit rape. Marshal
Erwin leaves today with eight prison
ers to place them in the penitentiary4
outside. They include Dan Callahan
who has been a political opponent of
Erwin for many years. Rose and
Sutton were also of the number.
Wooldridge has been held here pend
ing the effort to obtain an appeal.
COMING ON EVANS
SEATTLE, April 13.—The follow
ing left for Seward on the Evans
Sunday night: E. Peters and wife,
Joe Bosch, H. Lawrence, W. Gilmore,
C. Murane, George Scofield, Bert
Haven, J. Starbrook, C. Bower, Joe
Keany, John Collins, Henry Boyle,
Rosyln Minor, H. Drae and wife, W.
Vanvoorhes, Mrs. Irma Keller, Mrs.
Mary' Myers, Mrs. A. McAfee, N.
French, Richard Bell, A. Peterson, S.
Dugan and wife, R. Windell, a.
Jonand, H. Tozier, Mrs. W. Wooten,
Mrs. E. Murray, A. Sweet, H. Hoben
and ninety-one steerage.
W. Reno, Arthur Rupple and T. E.
House for Kenai.
Nels Carlson and Charles McNeil
for Illiama.
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Leslie Cramer, one of the very
popular officials the government sent
us, is off on the Watson with Mrs.
Cramer. Another popular govern
ment commission man who went with
Mr. Cramer is E. R. Tarwater. Au
revoir, fellows.
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* WILL WICK GET *
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The statement made to the dele
gates to the Republican convention
through the Gateway by Delegate
Wickersham has caused quite a lot or
speculation as to what the result will
be of the convention which opens
here next Wednesday. A talk with
several well known Republicans of
! Seward can elicit nothing positive but
the feeling seems to be that Mr.
Wickersham will receive the nomina
tion. Louis P. Shackleford, who is
the prime mover in the effort to get
the delegate the nomination, is out
for the place of national committee
man but Wickersham evidently is
hinting at him when he say? that he
will make no combination with any
one for patronage purposes or other
wise. The most remarkable circum
stance which has come to light in the
past few days is that Charles E. Her
ron, the chairman of the Territorial
committee, is quoteff in a Juneau
paper as saying in Seattle that the
Republicans of Alaska want Roosevelt
candidate for president and Wicker* |
sham candidate for congress from
Alaska. Mr. Herron was supposed to
be unfavorable to Mr. Wickersham
ami if he made the statement at
tributed to him it indicates that the
present delegate is acquiring strength
^very day. As matters now look it
seems to be promised that Wicker
sham will be the unanimous choice of
the convention here next week. A
fact which adds to this belief is that
1 no other person has been mentioned
i recently for the nomination.
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❖ SUMMER COMES; *
❖ TREES BUDDING *
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Word came by telephone this morn
ing that the trees are now beginning
to bud out around Miles 23 and 20
I and the snow is about gone al
! together.
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WAR ODDITIES
LONDON—Private S. Cross, Dorset
! Regiment, owes his life to a pocket
bible which was pierced by a bullet as
far as the following text: “A thou
sand shall fall by thy side and ten
thousand at thy right hand but it
shall not come nigh thee.”
GUILFORD, Eng. — Twenty-five
women have been enrolled and uni
formed as special constables.
FROM FAIRBANKS
FAIRBANKS, April 5.—The city
election here was quiet. R. B. Meyers
unopposed was elected mayor. An
drew Nerland, former mayor, refused
to run again, as he is going outside
next fall.
Other members elected were: Geo.
M. Smith, E. H. Mack, members of
the old council; August Burgland,
Henry E. Ray, former grand arctic
chief; John A. McIntosh and Robert
J. Geise. Cora N. Hamilton waa
j elected a director of the school board
land G. E. Bernard, school treasurer.
II. S. GOVT. READY NOW TO
SETTLE SUBMARINE MATTER
SEPPALA FIRST '
INTO CANDLE
HALF DISTANCE IN NINTH
SWEEPSTAKES RACE
FINISHED.
NOME, April 12.—Leonard Seppala
reached Candle this evening at 6:5&
and so finished the first half of the
course in the ninth A' -Alaska Sweep
stakes race in thirty-three hours and
fifty-six minutes.
The race started at 0 o’clock Tues
day morning and the following faced
the starter:
Fred Ayer, 14 dog's;
Leonard Seppala, 16 dogs;
Bobby Brown, 12 dogs;
Fay Delezene, 12 dogs and
Paul Kjegstad, 14 dogs.
The winner will receive twelve
hundred dollars, the second five hun
dred and the third three hundred.
The race so far has been the most in
teresting ever run, men, women and
children experiencing “the dog days
fever” as they never had it since the
first race. All the teams reached
Boston within a few minutes of each
other on the first night and all rested
there about seven hours until between
three and foul o'clock this morning
anc) all of them hit the trail together.
All had been reported at Gold Run,
one hundred and seventy-six miles
from Nome, at 1:50 this afternoon,
except Kjestad who did not get there
until 2:21 p. m. The total time for
all teams to pass that point was thirty
hours, twenty-one minutes. Tele
phoned reports from Candle state that
a howling blizzard is raging and the
trail is bad and deep with snow so
that the time is now slow. The dis
tance made by Seppala in thirty-three
hours and fifty-six minutes is 204
miles.
Other Winners.
The All-Alaska Sweepstakes, from
the year 1907 to 1915 inclusive, have
been run over the same course, from
Nome to Candle on Kotzebue Sound
and return, a total distance of 408
miles. The list of winners of these
races are as follows:
1907— Albert Fink, a Nome attor
ney at law.
1908— Jake Berger’s team, driven
by Scotty Allan.
1910—Scotty Allan, with the Allan
Darling team.
1910— Fox Ramsey, an English no
bleman, who introduced the Siberian
wolf dogs as racers for the first time.
1911— John Johnson with his Siber
ian wolves.
1912— Scotty Allan with the Allan
Darling team.
1913— Fay Delzene.
1914— John Johnson.
1915— ^Leonard Seppala.
W. M. SAUERS BUILDING
W. M. Sauers has commenced the
construction of another cottage near
the ones which he built before on
Third avenue.
TURNAGAIN ARM OPEN
Travelers from. Anchorage last
evening report that Turnagain Arm
is open and boats are running from
Sunrise to Bird creek.
NO MORE APPLICATIONS
No more applications have been
6ent in for positions under the new
city council.
DORA TOMORROW
The Dora is cue to arrive here to
morrow night.
U. S. READY TO ACT
WASHINGTON, April 13.—’That everything is now
ready for action by this government in the matter of the
German undersea campaign and that the action will be
satisfactory to the American people is the significant
statement made today by a close personal friend of Presi
dent Wilsofc to the United Press. The statement may be
regarded as virtually official and, although the president’s
friend has withheld his name from publication, it is sup
posed that he w*as instructed to make the statement by
the president himself.
“The tables are clear,” said the U. P. informant, “for
f a show down on the submarine issue. The administration
' is now completing the evidence tending to prove that
Germany is guilty of repeatedly violating the assurances
regarding the conduct of the undersea campaign. The
government will now act in a manner decidely satisfact
ory to the people.”
BRITISH RUSH HELP
ATHENS, April 13.—The British are now rushing
large bodies of troops to reinforce their army in Meso
potamia. Some of the forces are said to have been taken
from Salonica for that purpose and sent through Suez.
The larger forces are said to have been taken from
Salonica for that purpose and sent through Suez. The
larger forces are being sent from India, the native Indian
troops forming the chief bulk. There is still a hope ap
parently amongst the British embassy officials here that
relief can be brought in time to the Townsend army at
Kut-el-Amara.
BAD REPORTS FROM SERBIA
ROME, April 13.—Nothing is let leak out from Serbia
and Montenegro since the occupation of those countries
by the soldiers of the Central powers but from time to
time stories are heard of the most cruel treatment inflict
ed on the conquered people. The Montenegrins are said to
have reconciled themselves to some extent to their fate as
they expect to gain autonomy from Austria in any event
but the Serbians, especially in the mountain districts, have
made several little wars and scores of executions have oc
curred.
FRENCH HAVE PROOF
PARIS, April 13.—The French government now has
thirteen fragments of the torpedo that struck the steam
ship Supssex to prove that it was fired from a German
submarine. The government also claims officially that it
has in its possession the name of every member of the
crew of the submarine and can prove without the slightest
doubt that Geramny is guilty.
SAYS KAISER WORRIED ILL
GENEVA, April 13.—It is reported here that the
kaiser’s illness which caused him to return to Potsdam ^has
been due to worry by the failure of the offensive at \ er
dun and by the ternble loss of life in the struggle there.
This report is given credence here above all others.
ALLEGED PLOTTERS JAILED
NEW YORK, April 13—Four men with German
connections have been arrested here and are now in jail on
the charge of plotting for the destruction of allied prop
erty with bombs. The plot is said to have wide ramifica
tions.
FRENCH HALT GERMANS
PARIS, April 13.—The Germans launched the first
frontal attack against Hill 304 during the night but they
were halted by the French curtain fire. This is one of the
/keys to the northwest portal of Verdun.
FIGHTING IN CHAMPAGNE
PARIS, April 13.—Severe fighting is reported to be
proceeding in Champagne again but no decisive results
have been noted.