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TO SHOOT GERMAN SUBMARINES ON SIOIdT
British Troops Enter Bagdad, Turks Evacuating the City
ARMED AMERICAN MERCHANTMEN TO
SHOOT GERMAN SUBMARINES ON SIGHT,„
RULES SECRETARY OF STATE LANSING
WASHINGTON, March 12.—In reply to a request for in
formation on the subject, the state department today announced
that American armed merchantmen have the right to shoot a
German submarine on sight, without waiting to be attacked.
While American merchantmen are not supposed to hunt about
for the divers, they are not expected to deviate from the usual
route to a given port to avoid them.
ARMING AMERICAN LINERS.
V NEW YORK, March 12.—New York port presents a busy
sc\ene today. The big American liners are being armed with
guvjs supplied by the United States navy. The first sailing of
an Armed merchantman is awaited with interest, not unmixed
witlAeoniwfi. It is tti geihiriil opinion that if an American ves
sel is Amnk by a German submarine, war will be declared against
Germany. The feeling here is that the war might as well be on
as the! present condition of uncertainty.
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GERIMAN NEWSPAPER SAYS WAR
i WITH UNITED STATES CERTAIN NOW
BERLIN, March 12.—The Tagelisclie Rundscau, a }>ower
juJ the news of tire hlrttrifig
of American merchantman, says': “The aiming of American
merchantmen means war between the United States and Ger
many, regardless of whether a casus belli arises in the course of
n fmv tinvu nr a few wppts There pan lie no other outcome in
the circumstances.” i
TRIO FOUND GUILTY OF CONSPIRING
TO ASSASSINATE BRITISH PREMIER
LONDON, March 12.—Mrs. Alice Wheeldon, Mrs. Winifred
Mason and Alfred George Mason were found guilty Saturday
on the charge of conspiring to assassinate Premier Lloyd
George and Arthur Henderson, labor member of the British
ministry. It is probable the deatli sentence will be imposed on
the trio. Mrs. Mason is the daughter of Mrs. Wheeldon and
the wife of Mason.
CARRANZA ELECTED PRESIDENT OF
MEXICO BY OVERWHELMING PLURALITY
MEXICO CITY, March 12.—Carranza has been elected
president of Mexico by what is believed to have been the larg
est vote ever cast in the republic. The election was held Sat
urday and returns from remote provinces are missing. Suf
ficient is known, however, to prove that Carranza has been
elected by an overwhelming plurality over his opponents.
GERMAN OFFICERS GET YEAR IN
PEN FOR SINKING OF LIEBENFELS
FLORENCE, S. C., March 12.—Eight officers of the Ger
man freighter Liebenfels, scuttled while interned in the harbor
at Charleston, were today sentenced to serve a year each in the
federal penitentiary at Atlanta and to pay a fine of $500.
POWERFUL CHEMICAL BOMB FOUND
SECRETED IN CLEVELAND DEPOT
CLEVELAND. March 12.—A powerful chemical bomb,
weighing seven pounds, was found secreted in the union pas
senger depot yesterday. Secret service operatives are investi
gating the matter. There appears to be no clue upon which to
work, and the plan of the fiend can only be conjectured.
BERNSTORFF REACHES CHRISTIANIA.
COPENHAGEN, March 12.—Count von Bernstorff and
party, on the Scandinavian liner Frederick Eighth, arrived at
Christiania at 10:30 o’clock this forenoon.
HUBBARD POINT OF ORDER THAT
ELECTION OF TEMPORARY PRESIDENT
TANTAMOUNT TO PERMANENT ELECTION
JUNEAU, March 12.—In its Saturday afternoon session,
the senate took a ballot, which showed no deviation from pre
vious ballots, when Senator Hubbard of Valdez made the point
of order that, under Alaska’s organic act, the election of Pres
ident Heckman as temporary presiding officer was tantamount
to his election as permanent president. Senator Sulzer declared
shell methods as unfair and as a plan of the Wickershamites
to impede the progress of the senate and obstruct roll calls
through a technicality. Senator Ronan declared that Hubbard
had voted at 18 roll calls and never before raised the point of
order. It looked suspicious to him and he had no faith either in
the merit of the point of order or the man who proposed it.
Senator Aldrich asked Hubbard why he brought up the point
now, and not two years ago, when the senate was in process of
organization. Hubbard replied tlfflt there was no reason for
raising it at that time. Senator Sulzer questioned the right of
Hubbard to a seat in the senate, because of the lack of residence
qualifications, and also threatened to read some Nome records
of the Valdez solon, referring to the time when he was U. S. dis
trict attorney under the Noyes regime. Temporary President
Heckman declared a recess until 2:30 o’clock, as he wished to
consult some authorities on the point of order.
The senate reconvened at 2:30 o’clock, took one ballot for
presiding officer, with the same result as in former mallots.
Whereupon, President Heckman announced that he would mSke
his decision on the Hubbard point of order Monday, as he wish
„ec!*i<r. K'lJBult attorney^. He declined to entertain motions to
proceed with the roll call for permanent chairman. The senate
then adjourned.
The house adjourned Saturday afternoon, after deciding to
hold a joint memorial service March 24 out of respect to the
memory of former Representative John (I. Heid.
OTTO KAN1TZ AND CAROLINE KAN1TZ
INDICTED ON SEVEN COUNTS FOR ARSON
VALDEZ*-March 12.—Otto Kanitz and liis wife, Caroline
Kanitz, have been indicted by the grand jury on the charge of
arson, growing out of the incendiary conflagration that occur
red in Valdez January 2. The indictments contain seven counts.
The accused will be arraigned in the district court today. Kan
itz has been in custody since the fire, being unable to raise the
big bond required for his release. Mrs. Kanitz, while under
suspicion, was not arrested until the indictment was returned
agaiqst her, when she was immediately taken into custody. She
has been released on bonds, pending the trial, mercy having
been shown because she has four children to care for. It is not
thought likely that the accused will be tried in Valdez, because
of the prejudice against them here. It is probable that they
will be tried at Cordova.
ENGINEERING COMMISSION PLACES
RAIL ORDER FOR 1918 DELIVERY
SEATTLE, March 12.—Purchasing Agent Dole, of the
Alaskan Engineering commission, today placed an order with
the United States Steel Products company for 10,000 tons of
70-pound steel rails, at the rate of $4(17 per thousand, and bolts,
bars, spikes, etc., for delivery to the Anchorage division of the
Alaska railway project in the spring of 1918. This is a dupli
cate of the order placed a month ago, for delivery this spring.
ALASKA CRUISE WILL SAIL FROM
SEATTLE ON 1STH AND 19TH OF JULY
SEATTLE, March 12.—The Alaska cruise, being arranged
by the Alaska bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, in
connection with the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the pur
chase of Alaska from Russia .provides for the departure of the
party from Seattle an the steamships Mariposa and Admiral
Evans on July 18 and ID respectively. The party will make
the trip to Anchorage and return.
GERARD REACHES HAVANA.
HAVANA, March 12.—United States Ambassador to Ger
many Gerard and party arrived at Havana Sunday, en route to
the United States. The ambassador received a royal welcome
in Havana.
BRITISH TROOPS UNDER GENERAL
MAUDE, CAPTURE CITY OF BAGDAD,
TURKS FLEEING IN WILD DISORDER
LONDON, March 12.—The city of Bagdad is occupied by
the British troops. General "Maude, commanding the attack
ing forces, wired the war department that his troops entered
Bagdad Sunday afternoon. The Turkish troops evacuated and
tied from the city in wild disorder.
RUSSIANS PURSUING TURKS.
PETROGRAD, March 12.—The Russian troops yesterday
occupied the town of Salma, in northwestern Persia, and are
pursuing the fleeing Turks in the direction of Bisitun. The
Turkish forces in Persia are thoroughly disorganized and are
little better than a crazed mob seeking escape from the Rus
sians.
GERMANY OFFERED JAPAN ENTIRE
COUNTRY WEST OF ROCKY MOUNTAINS
WASHINGTON, March 12.—According to a democratic
^senator who has close relations with the state department, one
of the portions of the famous Zimmermann note which has not
been made public, sets forth the compensation which Germany
i proposed to offer .Japan, if .Japan would join with Mexico in
making war on the United States. That compensation was ces
sion to Japan of all of the United States west of the Rocky
mountains. This senator asserts that the state department and
the president felt it wise to withhold from publication this of
fer to .Japan, inasmuch as Japan had never received the offer.
MAYOR MITCHELL OF NEW YORK
MAY TAKE SEAT IN THE CABINET
WASHINGTON, March 12.—According to a report current
in administration circles today, Attorney-General Gregoiy will
tender his resignation and be succeeded by Secretary of War
Newton 1). Baker. Mayor Mitchell, of New York city, will be
made secretary of war, succeeding Baker. Official announce
ment to this effect is expected within a few days. Gregory
retires at his own volition.
AYER’S DOG TEAM WINS NOME
S0L0M0N DERBY RACE SATURDAY
NOME, March 12.—The Nome-Solomon derby race, pulled
off Saturday, was won by Ayer’s team, which accomplished the
fi5-mile course in live hours and 57 minutes. Seppella, driving
his Siberian dogs, came in second, and Webb’s team of mixed
malamutes, got third money. There were five entries. The
weather was snowy and the trail was a bit heavy. The purse
was $300.
SENATOR-ELECT JOHNSON TO RESIGN
AND RETAIN GUBERNATORIAL JOB
SACRAMENTO, March 12.—A sensation in political cir
cles in California is created by the announcement that Gover
nor Hiram Johnson, elected to the United States senate to
suceeded Senator Works, will resign the senatorial position
and remain as governor of California.
TERRIFIC TORNADO LAYS WASTE
TWO BLOCKS OF INDIANA TOWN
NEWCASTLE, Ind., March 12.—A terrific tornado visited
this city yesterday afternoon and swept a pathway through the
business center two blocks wide. Seventeen persons are known
to have been killed outright and a iiundrbd others are injux^ed.
The damage to property will aggregate $10,000,000.
PRESIDENT FAST RECOVERING.
WASHINGTON, March 12.—President Wilson, who is suf
fering from a severe cold, is much better toflay. He is able to
sit up and attend to some urgent government business matters.