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Volume XI. Number % SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1917__tkn cents the copy
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OTTO KANITZ
AND HIS WIFE
ARE INDICTED
Valdez Couple Held To He
Tried On Seven Dif
ferent Counts
(By I'm ted State* C»W«I
VALDEZ, Monday, March 12.—
Otto Kanitz and his wife Caroline
Kanitz, were indicted by the federal
grand jury here Saturday on seven
counts for causing the conflagration
here on the morning of January 2.
Mrs. Kanitz was at once arrested
but was released on bond to enable
her to care for their four children.
It is expected that Kanitz and his
wif* will enter a plea late today.
GOV. STRONG IS
FOR FEWER AND
BETTER LAWS
(By l,nu<si Slate* (*S4e>
JUNEAU, Monday, March 12.—
Tired of waiting for the deadloi*k in j
o*e senate to be broke.*, the message
of (Jovemor Strong was read before j
the house this afternoon.
The governor urged the territorial \
legislature to pass fewer but better i
laws and also asked that a “publicity ^
bureau” be established to secure home .
builders for Alaska.
Senator Hubbard withdrew his
point of order concerning the per
mancey of the present president of
the senate and a vote was taken with i
the same old four to four result. It j
is predicted, however, that the dead
lock will be broken during the next
24 hours.
ALASKA TOUR i
DUE HERE ON
I5TH0F JULY
(87 United State* Cable)
SEATTLE, Monday, March 12.—
The Alaska cruise arranged by the j
chamber of commerce in connection
with the fiftieth anniversary celebra-]
tion of the purchase of the territory
from Russia provides for the depar
ture of the party on the Mariposa and
Adimarl Evans arriving at Seward
about the 15th of July.
AYER’S TEAM OF
FOX HOUNDS WIN
SOLOMON DERBY
NOME, Monday, March 12.—Ayer’s
team of fox hounds won the Solomon
derby over the 65 mile course Satur
day, time 5 hours and 57 minutes,
purse $300.
The race was run in snowy gath
er with The course none too fast.
SeppaJa with his Siberian wolf
houds was second, this long range
team having failed to get warmed up
in time to catch the lighter dogs.
Webb came in third.
Martin Lanning who made a brief
business trip here returned to Bird
creek this morning.
PREDICT RAID BY
SOBS OFF ATLANTIC
AND GOLF COAST
WASHINGTON, Monday, March 12— Naval author
ities at Washington predict that within six days German
submarines will appear off Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
ports ready to pounce on shipping which attempts to
leave American ports.
This explanation is given for the sudden cessation of
the sinking of merchant vessels in the “bared zone” off the
British isles.
The extent of prepartions by the navy department to
enable American merchant ships to fight off submarines,
under the “armed neutrality” proclamation is seen in the
fact that on February 28 bids were opened for 2,400 one
pounder naval guns and mounts, 350 three-inch guns and
mounts, and several four and five-inch mounts. (Informa
tion regarding the letting of these contracts has probably
been surpressed.___
50 BODIES RECOVERED
IN TORNADO’S PATH
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(By United Staten t'ablr)
INDIANAPOLIS, Monday, March 12—Fifty bodies
twenty-four of which are women, were recovered from
the ruins today following a tornado which struck New
castle, Indiana Sunday afternoon.
The storm swept a path through the city two blocks I
wide, leveling 100 houses and damaging 300._j
VERIFY CAPTURE OF RAGDAD CITY;
(Bjr United State* Cable)
LONDON, Monday, March 12. — Bagdad’s fall was;
verified Sunday by General Maude, of the British expedi
tion on the Tigris. Maude stated that the final occupa
tion of the city was not to take place until Sunday
morning, although the trenches were cleared during Sun
day. ^ j
VICTORY IN PERSIA IS NOTED
(By United State* Cable)
PETROGRAD, Monday, March 12.—Russian troops
have occupied the town of Sahna in northwestern Persia
and are pursuing the Turks in the direction of Bisitun. j
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FOOD AND PEACE RIOTS IN RUSSIA
(By United State* Cable)
STOCKHOLM, Monday, March 12. — Serious food
riots, coupled with peace demonstrations have occurred in
I both Petrograd and Moscow. ___
GTRARD REACHES CUBA SAFELY|
HAVANA, Cuba, Monday, March 12—Ambassador
Gerard on his way home from Germany arrived here Sun
day, the liner on which he sailed from Spain having
avoided the zone of unrestricted warfare.
Prior to sailing from Spain, Gerard stated that he
had l)een warned against making such a trip by a German
official at Berlin, and he expressed himself as being doubt
ful about getting home without trouble but it is apparent
; the danger did not exist. _
PRESIDENT IS BACK ON JOB AGAIN
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WASHINGTON, Monday, March 12—The president
has recovered his normal condition and is again on the job
S today.
SCHOOL LAW
FOR ALASKA
WAS PASSED!
Wire From Wickersham to ;
Governor J. F. A. Strong
Tells the News
JUNEAU.—The following telegram
was received March 2 by Governor J.
F. A. Strong regarding the Alaska
school bill which explains itself:
“Congress just passed, ten minutes
ago, Alaska school bill reading as fol
lows: ‘Because it enacted by the sen
ate and house of representatives of
the United States of America in con
gress assembled, that the legislature
of Alaska is hereby empowered to
establish and maintain schools for
white and colored children and child
ren of mixed blood who lead a civili
zed life in said t erritory, and to make
appropriations of territorial funds for
that purpose; and all laws or parts of
laws in conflict with this act are tc i
that extent repealed/
“The bill goes to presid^it for ap
proval, which will be had before Sun
day noon.
“JAMES WICKERSHAM.”
While the regular correspondence
from the east did not carry the ac
count of the passage of this bill, thi:
is proof that in the last wild day o
the G4th Congress, the bill wen*,
through and is now a law.
BILLINGSLEY.
TOLD TO OFFER
GIUJ7.000
(By United State* Cable)
SEATTLE, Monday, March 12.—
Logan Billingsley on cross examina
tion late Saturday admitted that he’
had made a trip to Portland with a
woman not his wife and had register
ed as “Clay Allen and wife,” using
t i
the name of the U. S. district attor-;
ney.
Billingsley swore that George r.
Vandcveer, his former attorney, ar
ranged the preliminaries for bribing
the mayor, and told him not to offer
Gill less than $7,000.
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BOATS AND TRAINS
The Alaska is due in Juneau today.
The Farragut left Seattle Saturday i
night.
The train left this morning for Mile j
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40 at 8:30 o’clock.
Trails
Trails fair at Mile 71 and good
from Seward to Mile 52 with a tem
perature of 10 at Mile 71, 2 below at
Mile 52 and 4 below at Mile 34. /
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THE WEATHER
Yesterday.
Maximum . 34
Minimum . 25
Current . 28 . |
Wind . North
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WEATHER TOMORROW
Fair with fresh winds.
SECTION OF WAR PLOT
WITHHELD IS Gl\ !N
OUT BY U.S. SENATOR
ZIMMERMAN AUTHORIZED CARRANZA TO OFFER
ALL OF UNITED STATES WEST OF ROCKIES
TO JAPS IF THEY WOULD JOIN GERMANY
AND MEXICO IN WAR.
WASHINGTON, Monday, March 12—According to
a democratic senator who has close relations with the
state department, one portion of the famous Zimmerman
to-Bernstorff-te-von Eckhardt note which referred to the
reward for Japan, should she join the proposed alliance
with Germany and Mexico in making war on the United
States.
In this portion, according to the senator, Germany
proposed to Carranza to offer to Japan, if Japan would
join in making war on the United States, compensation,
that compensation to be nothing less than—
“The cession to Japan of all the United States west
of the Rockv mountains.”
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The senator asserts the state department and the
president felt it wise to withhold the offer to Japan at
die time of publication of the note, as it was then known
that Japan had never received the offer. Now that Japan
has had a chance to declare herself and also to announce
that she had not seen the note, the senator said he did not
know of any further reason for withholding the informa
tion.
The state department, however, did not verify or con
firm the senator’s statement up to a late hour today.
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CHINA SEVERS WITH GERMANY
(lly I'nitrd State* ( able)
PEKING, Monday, March 12.—The house of repre
sentatives at a secret session approved the government’s
diplomatic policy, including the severence of relations
with Germany.
NIP PLOT TO BLOW UP NAVY YARD
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, March 12,—Destruction
of the Philadelphia navy yard was plotted by a band of
Teutonic conspirators, according to federal agents engag
ed in rounding up German spies, who today arrested Mr.
and Mrs. Adalbert K. Fischer. Other arrests are expect
ed. _' __
BERLIN PAPERS JAY WAR CERTAIN
BERLIN, Monday, March 12—Commenting editor
ially on the news that the United States had ordered the
arming of its merchantmen to resist Germany’s blockade
of British and French ports, the Tagelische Rundschau
says:
“Arming merchant ships means war regardless of
whether the ‘casus belli’ arises in the course of a few days
or a few weeks.”_
CARRANZA IS REAL PRESIDENT NOW
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(By United State* Cable)
MEXICO CITY, Monday, March 12.—At the national
election held Sunday, President Carranza, who has acted
as provisional head of the government since the removal
of Huerta was relected by what is believed to be the larg
est vote ever cast in the republic.
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