PRICE TEN CENTS
NO STRINGS ON FUNDS LOANED TO ALLIES
Edward Krause, Under Sentence to Hang, Escapes From Jail
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FIVE BILLION DOLLAR BOND BILL,
TO RAISE FUNDS FOR HIE ALLIED
NATIONS, TO PASS HOUSE TODAY
WASHINGTON, April 14.—The five billion dollar bond
bill, which is before the house, presents an occasion for spread
eagle speeches on the part of ambitious solons. The bill is es
sentially a war measure, tin* funds to be raised being for our
belligerent allies. No particular opposition to the bill is ap
parent, but there are plenty of congressmen who have sugges
tions to make with respect to it. Congressman Fitzgerald, of
New York, chairman of the house committee on appropriations,
urges a provision prohibiting the1 sale of bonds at less than
par. “The five billion dollars sought to be raised by this bond
hill does not even scratch the surface of our credit,” said the
New York congressman, “and we should not discredit our
selves at the outset.” lie further suggested a proposal to
limit the expenditures of money loaned to the allies. This pro
posal brought Floor Leader Kitchen, who is in charge of the
bill, to his feet, to declare, in stentorian tones and amid the
mieers of the vast majority of house members, “that nothing
should be done to interfere with the prosecution of the war
by the allied powers, who were now our allies!” He took oc
casion to say that the greater part of the money loaned to the
allies would be spent in this country, anyway, but he strongly
objected to any srings being ataehed to the loans in any way
whatsoever.
Congressman Kobert LaFollette. of Washington, in the
• course of the debate, said, “ We should buy Canada from Great
Britain. Give her $10,000,000,000 for that northern country
and issue bonds fbr that amount. That would give Great Brit
ain all the money she needs for conducting the war and would
relieve us of the necessity of sending men to the trenches in
Europe.” Ilis suggestion fell fiat.
Kitchen said he expected the house would reach a vote on
the bill by 2 o’clock this afternoon. There is no doubt of its
passage by both houses of congress.
SECOND WARNING OF PRESENCE OF
GERMAN SUBMARINES IN THE PACIFIC
SAN FRANCISCO, April 14.—A second warning, to the
effect that German submarines are on the way, or have reached
tlie waters of the Pacific ocean, was sent out by tin* navy de
partment at Washington today. The information is being
Hashed out by wireless to all vessels at sea. Tin* navy depart
ment, with ;a fleet of warships and destroyers, is patrolling
the Pacific coast from the Canadian line to the Mexico border.
Daily the patrol fleet is being augmented.
TWO BRITISH HOSPITAL SHIPS SUNK
IN ENGLISH CHANNEL; 50 LIVES LOST
LONDON, April 14.—The British hospital ship Salta
struck a mine in the English channel yesterday and went to
the bottom. Fifty persons went down with the ship. The I’rit
it ish hospital ship Gloucester Castle was torpedoed and sunk by
a German submarine in the channel late yesterday afternoon.
Details are lacking as to the number lost on this vessel.
ARGENTINE SHIP SUNK BY A GERMAN
SUBMARINE; WAR MAY BE DECLARED
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BUENOS AYRES, April 14.—The people of the Argentine
republic are greatly aroused over the official announcement
today that the Argentine sailing ship Mont Protegido has been
sunk otT the European coast. The ship was shelled and one
member of the crew wounded.
HANDS PASSPORTS TO GERMANS.
LAPAZ, Bolivia, April 14.—The German minister and his
staff were handed passports by the Bolivian government today,
with a note declaring that diplomatic relations between Bo
livia and Germany have been broken.
PRESIDENT WI^ON’S LEADERSHIP HAS
BEEN NOBLY DECLARED, SAYS HUGHES
NEW YORK, April 14.—In a speech here last night,
Charles Evans Hughes, who was Wilson’s chief opponent in
? the presidential election, declared that “President Wilson’s
leadership has been nobly declared and all should support
him.”
FRENCH AND BRITISH FORCES ON
WEST FRONT CONTINUE TO DEFEAT
GERMANS AND CAPTURE POSITIONS
PARIS. April 14. The French forces lodged an attack last
night on a new front south of St. Quentin. Today’s official dis
patches say the (iermuns resisted desperately, hut the French
captured several lines of trenches, taking prisoners and a
number of machine guns. The French also made further gains
cast of ('ouey and l,a \"die, taking prisoners and booty.
BRITISH STILL ADVANCING.
F< >XI X )X, April 14. The war office today announced that
the British troops, in continuing the battle at Arras, seized
the Sart farm in the (iauclio wood, entered the village of (Jougo
ncourt, passed through (iougeacourt wood and reached the
town of Metz. The British troops encountered heavy lighting,
especially north of Ilargicourt, where the Bermans put up a
strong resistance to the advance.
BREAK A FOUR-MILE FRONT.
BRITISH I FRA I>QFARTERS IX THE FIELD, April
!4.- Today, the British forces broke the German front for a dis
tance of four •miles. The Germans are in retreat in the direc
tion of Vimy. The British have seized Vimy station and en
tered the village of Lachaiuliere, and are penetrating the en
emy positions between Givenchy, Engohlell and Align s. Good
progress against the Germans is being made north of Bapaume
on the Cambria road. The village of Fayet, a mile northwest
of St. Quentin, has been captured by the allied troops.
MAKE IMPORTANT GAINS.
i LONDON, April 14.—On a 12-mile front between the river
Scar pc to a point south of Loos, in the direction of Lille, the
British forces are pressing backward the German troops. Tin*
British captured six villages and gained a footing in the Ger
man trenches to the northeast.
13,00 GERMANS CAPTURED
LONDON, April 14. ii B ouicudiy announced by the war
office today that 13,000 German prisoners June been taken on
the western front since Monday of this week, by the British
forces alone. < hie hundred and sixty six big guns were cap
1 tired.
GRAND DUKE BORIS ARRESTED
RKTROGRAD, April 14. Grand Duke Boris, a cousin of
Czar Nicholas, was arrested at army headquarters today and
will be placed in internment until the war ends.
PLETHORA OF NEW BILLS INTRODUCED
IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE YESTERDAY
.IlJNKAl , April 14. Yesterday was the last <lay of the
session of the legislature in which hills could he introduced
without unanimous consent and the members were Imsy. Five
new bills were presented to the senate and ten to the house.
Among the new bills are:
By Price—To establish justice courts in the territory.
By Murray—To build a bridge over the Xizina river and
appropriating funds for the purpose.
By Burns—Making it a misdemeanor to tap electric power
wires.
By Burns—Amending laws and providing for the descent
of estates where no heirs appear as claimants.
By Coombs—To prevent the malicious killing of dogs.
By Day—Providing for the securing of marriage licenses
in the territory.
By Benson—Providing for equal taxation of mining com
panies and providing that companies paying a tax of $.‘1.00 per
stamp on mills shall receive credit from the territory for the
amount so paid, as provided for in section 2569 of the session
laws.
By Corrigan—Providing for a pension for widows with
minor children.
By Allan—Providing for a law library for the attorney
general.
By Sowerby—Providing for the establishment of a ter
ritorial bureau of mines.
IN THE SENATE.
By Sundbeck—Providing for a territorial health commis
sion.
By Bonan—Amending the method of selecting jurors in
civil cases.
By Bonan—A bill to license the practice of Optometry in
Alaska.
By Sutherland—Providing for amendments to the com
pensation act.
EDWARD KRAUSE, CONVICTED MURDERER
OF CAPTAIN PLUNKETT, ESCAPES FROM
JUNEAU JAIL AND CANNOT BE LOCATED
•II XFA l , April 14. Fdward Krause, convicted of the
murder ot ( aptain .1. (). Plunkett and sentenced to la* handed
.day 11, escaped from tlie local jail at d o’clock last night, and
up to noon today had not been found. The escape was effected
l>y sawing two bars ol the cell in which the murderer was con
iined. lie escaped a> the guards were locking up for the night.
I'.xit was made through the trout door of the jail, which was
unlocked. As Krause was going out, he dropped a wooden peg
through the tank door, locking the guard' in the big tank. This
permitted him to make an exit and under cover of darkness lie
tied the scene. Five minutes elapsed before the guards could
break their way out ot the tank and sound the alarm. Search
mg parties were immediately formed and all through the night
the town was combed in search of the convict, but he could
not be located. The search continues today. Mam theories
arc advanced in connection with the escape. Krause is a tier
mau and the accepted opinion is that he was aided In tier
man subjects. There can be no doubt whatever that lie had
outside assistance*. It is believed that his friends had a launch
in readiness and that la* was immediately taken away in it.
AMERICAN FLEET TO PATROL PACIFIC
OCEAN, RELIEVING ALLIED WARSHIPS
\\ ASMIXtlTOX. April 14.— It is understood that the con
feronee between Admiral Browning, of the British fleet, Admi
ral Bet Basse, of the French fleet, and Secretary of the Xavy
Daniels and Admiral Benson, of the American fleet, it was
practically decided that American warships would undertake
; lie patrol of Pacific coast waters, from Panama northward,
possibly including t.'anadu, thus permitting the withdrawal of
the British and French patrol ships.
POWERFUL RADIO STATION ON WOODY
ISLAND TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATION
SKAT I U], April 14. W oody island, near Kodiak, has
been .selected as a site for a powerful radio station about to
bo established by tin* government, so as to insure a chain of
radio stations to connect Alaska with the states, to enable un
interrupted eonnnunication with the northern territory, in the
event the cable is put out ot commission by a foreign foe or
from any other cause.
GERMANY CAN’T FIGHT THE WORLD,
ADMITS SOCIALIST PAPER IN BERLIN
AMSTERDAM, April 14. The socialist newspaper Vor
waerts, published in Berlin, says today: The German govern
must must have courage to tell the German people the* whole
truth, which is simply that it is impossible to dictate terms of
peace to the whole world.”
BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENTDECIDES TO
ARM SHIPS GOING TO FOREIGN PORTS
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RIO DK JANEIRO, April 14.—The Brazilian government
has decided to arm all Brazilian ships sailing for European
ports. The seizure of Gentian ships interned in Brazilian
ports is rapidly being completed. The crews are being taken
to internment camps. The Austrian minister today made a
request for his passports. An enraged mob wrecked the plant
of a German newspaper published tit San Paulo yesterday.
BRAZILIANS TO LEAVE GERMANY.
RIO 1)E JANEIRO, April 14.—The foreign minister has
cabled the Brazilian minister at Berlin, urging Brazilians to
leave Germany within the next 24 hours.
AMERICAN SCHOONER EDWARD R. HUNT
SUNK IN MEDITERRANEAN SEA BY DIVER
WASHINGTON, April 14.—The American schooner Ed
ward R. Hunt was abandoned by the crew, under shell fire
from a submarine in the Mediterranean sea yesterday, accord
ing to dispatches received today from American Consul Cassett
at Malaga.