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VILLA BREAKS THROUGH ENEMY’S LINES
hi, PASO, March 27. — Genera
Villa is moving rapidly forward amotif
the foothills of the Sierra Tara Hum
res. pursued by three columns of Am
erican cavalry. Villa escaped the nel
that was being drawn around him In
breaking through the lines of the Car
ranza troops.
WASHINGTON. March 27. — The
question of securing additional mili
I tary forces to properly police the
' Mexican border, and to protect the
i Pershing expedition in case of an
( emergency, which has been agitating
■ certain Republican members of Con
gress, was satisfactorily disposed of
F today, when the administration gave
: assurance to the complaining sennt
t ors that the forces on the border at
> present were sufficient for this pur
■ pose. After listening to the conflden
tial reports on the Mexican situatlor
received from the White House, tin
Republican senators in a eonferenn
decided to take no action.
WASHINGTON, March 27. — Tin
navy department announced this af
ternoon that the (I. S. gunboat Mari
etta, and the battleship Kentucky bar
been ordered to Tampico from Vert
Cruz, in order to protect the Ameri
can citizens in the latter city.
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El, PASO, March 27. — The Ameri
can cavalry pursuing General Villa
has separated into several columns
and they are seeking to entrap the
Mexican bandit and his men by seal
ing up all the trails and passes In the
mountain districts south of Ell-Valle
Once the outlets are securely barred
and Villa cannot escape, other squad
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Irons of cavalry and infantry r
■intents will comb the entire con
■ in an effort to flush their quarry
the open. Pershing is confident
this plan of campaign will eventr
, meet with success, unless the ,M
can succeeds in breaking away (
the Carranza troops before the An
cans can completely encircle him
El, PASO, March 27. — It was
nounced here today that the Air
can army force under General Pe
Ing had been granted permission
the Carranza government to use
Mexican telegraph lines between
dra and Juarez. It is believed
the Pershing expedition is a!r<
using the lines between Casas G
des, their field base, and Madra.
use of the lines is taken as an a
tianal evidence of the good fee
egi- existing between the American and,
itry Mexican forces pursuing Villa.
into DOUGLAS. March 27. — Many for 1
ibat p|gn an,j American employees of the '
Montezuma Copper Company are re
0x1' turning from this city to the com- j
rom pany's mines, which are located at I
°ri‘ N’acozarl, about seventy-five miles
south of the border. The company of-'
fieials are returning to operate their,
an- property against the advice of the:
eri- Washington state department, which
rsh- still adheres to the official warning!
by sent to all Americans to remain out i
the of Mexico until the present disordered 1
\la- condition of the country has been sat-1
that Isfactorlly remedied. It is believed j
ady that the company is influenced by a
ran- desire to get their copper product to j
The the market and gain some of the ad j
ddi- vantages resulting from the present j
ling high price of the metal.
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SITUATION II
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PARIS, March 27. — The officia
communique of the war office toda;
reports that the situation at Verdui
shows no change. Following the satm
course as the past few nights, th'
German infantry restrained from at
tacking the French trenches. Fast o
the Meuse, the artillery fire from th
Teuton big guns reached a violen
stage, many shells being thrown inti
the city itself, in addition to the firi
that was directed on the enclrclini
ring of armed forts. The severes
bombardment was directed on tin
French lines between Fort Douamon
and Verdun.
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WASHINGTON. March 27. — Rep
resentative Smith has introduced :
bill providing for prohibition in Alas
ka, the District of Columbia and al
outlying possessions, and the chance
are regarded as very strong for a fav
orable committee report. The bil
.provides that one year from approva
rt will be' unlawful to sell alcoholt
^leverages in the District of Columbia
Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Porto Rico am
the Canal Zone, or in any inslam]
reservation, building, ship or nava
station owned or controlled by th>
United States.
It is impossible yet to gauge tin
sentiment of Congress on the question
but most of those interested in Alaski
seem to have expected that such <
proposal was bound to come sooner o
■[later, especially since the governmen
^began the construction work on th*
railroad. It is thought possible tha
some of the places for which prohibi
tion is asked by the bill may be ex
empted, particularly the District o
Columbia, but the general opinion i
that the bill in greater part will be
come law.
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MORAN ANXIOUE
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NBW YORK, March 27. — Willari
•pearly outpointed and outfought Jo
Moran in their ten round go at Madl
son Square Garden Saturday nighl
The concensus of opinion among th
spectators and sporting experts is tha
Willard was entitled to the decisior
The last eight rounds were the chain
pion's. although Moran had a sligh
lead in rounds one and two. Wlllar
appeared as fresh as a daisy after th
jfight, showing no marks of the bat
^Vtle, while Moran had a badly bruise
eye. and the other optic was close
^ entirely. Moran immediately dial
lenged Willard to another fight, bl)
Willard will sign no contracts to flgli
for some time, as he has contracte
to appear with a circus company i
a tour of the whole country, whic
will keep him busy for the next si
months.
{ F. E. Parsons, of Juneau, is spend
lug a few days in town.
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Special by Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, March 27. — It is
authoritatively stated here today that
If it can be shown that a German sub
marine was responsible for the tor
pedoing and sinking of the English
channel liner Sussex, that Germany
would officially disavow the act of
the submarine commander, would of
fer reparation to all Americans citi—
, zens who had suffered from the act
and would satisfactorily punish the
I commander of the submersible. The
t reason for all this is that the submar
ine commander in torpedoing the Sus
sex, acted in direct violation of his
official instructions from the Herman
admiralty. The statement is hacked
up by giving reasons for the resigns
tion of Admiral Von Tirpitz. Von
Tirpitz, who favored a wider use of
| the submarine as an engine of war.
land its unrestrained use against the
merchant vessels of the allies, quit his
job because of certain recommenda
tions made direct to Chancellor Beth
mann Hollweg, by Von Bernstorff, the
German ambassador to the United
States. Bernstorff's views were radi
cally different from those of Von
Tirpiiz, and his recommendations were
followed by the German government,
and consequently the authoritative
statement that if the Sussex was sunk
by a German submarine it was eon
trary to orders.
J’AUIS. March 27. — The American
ambassador announced today that tie
had about completed the securing of
detailed information concerning the
American passengers on the torpe
doed Ross channel liner Sussex. The
ambassador believes that all Ameri
cans on the boat were saved. The
indications are to this effect, but the
legation officials are pursuing their
investigations further before making
an official report on the tragedy to \
the state department at Washington.
DOVKK, March fi7. — Of the three
American survivors of the Sussex,!
who were Injured when the torpedo
blew up the boat, and later taken to
the hospital here, only one, George j
Crocker, of Fitchburg, Mass., is in a
serious condition. Crocker's skull is j
fractured, and he has been placed on
the dangerous list.
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E. D. Reiter, manager of the Alaska
I Mines Company, was a returning pas
senger on the Admiral Evans from Se
attle to Fidalgo Bay, and spent Sun
: day afternoon with Cordova friends.
He announced that his company re
cently purchased another copper pro
perty on Knight's island, and he let
rjthe contract to the Harmon Machin
II ery Company, of this city, for the
"I construction of a tram on theirnew
[ holdings.
In discussing the deal, Mr. Reiter
I stated that the property had been
purchased from George F. White and
Ben Silverman* and is known as the
, Russell-Ball property. It consists of
| five copper claims. Tests show that
I the ore from this property runs about
i 10 per cent copper.
Mr. Reiter stated that his company
j was prepared to develop the property
1 extensively, and will spend approxi
j mately $25,000 on development work
I during the coming summer. Active
;1 work will be carried on until the pro
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- perty has been placed among the ship
. ping mines of Alaska.
? * The company which has purchased
t the mine is composed of ex-Senator
.1S. H. Piles. Frank A. Twitchell, Wil
■ liam Calbert. Jr., and E. I). Reiter, all
t of Seattle. Mr. Reiter states that the
1 shipment of ore from the mines of the
b Alaska Mines Corporation at Fidalgo
Bay has given satisfactory returns,
i averaging 10 per cent copper. Regu
1 lar shipments will be made from now
on. The mines are producing 750 tons
t a month, but Mr. Reiter expects to In
t crease the shipments to nearly 2,000
1 tons per month this summer.
i A telegram was received by Mr.
t Reiter while on his way north, which
v stated that a body of very high grade
copper has been struck on the pro
perty. This new body hat* a width of
12 feet, and the grade in so high that
Mr. Reiter would not make It public,
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giving as his reasons that he could
not believe it himself, and wanted to
verify the report before saying any
thing about it.
ADMIRAL FARRAbUT ON WAY
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SEATTLE, March 27. — The steam
er Admiral Farragut sailed for south
western Alaska yesterday afternoon.
Her Cordova passengers are H. Shev
ern and wife, J. Dwyer, Leonard Ste
vens, W. Merritt, E. Short, and four
steerage.
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Mr. and Mrs. Abe Courtright have
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returned from the Stales, where the
latter spent several months with her
parents.
BERLIN. -March 27. — The war of
l'ice issued an official bulletin today,
telling of a raid by a flotilla of BTit—
ish seaplanes along the north Frisian
coast. The attack was delivered Sat
urday, and was a complete failure.
Many British warships accompanied
the flying machines, and two armed
German fishing vessels were captured
by tlie British ships. A German aero
plane flew over the enemy ships and
dropped many bombs, the commander
reporting that he scored severul hits,
but flew too high to ascertain the
amount of damage. One torpedo boat
destroyer was severely damaged, and
other British ships went to her assist
ance. German warships were Immedi
ately dispatched to give battle to the
English vessels, but the British ships
had started to retreat and only a few
[of the faster torpedo boats of the
[Germans came In touch with the Brit
fish flotilla. One ot the German tor
pedo boats failed to return.
James Flynn is the proud father of
a baby girl, which arrived at his home
last night. Dr. Chase reports that
mother and daughter are doing well.
! GENERAL OTIS ON WAY TB
RECOVERY
1.08 ANGELES. March 27. — The
many friends and admirers of General
Otis, owner and editor of the Los An
geles Times, were pleased to learn
today that the attending physicians
had reported their patient to be out
of danger. The sick man, whose life
was despaired of for a time, showed
remarkable rallying powers, and when j
the crisis of his illness came, he suc
cessfully emerged from the valley of
death.
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WASHINGTON. March 27. — The
debate on the immigration bill in the
House is still on. all other matters
having been sidetrucked until this is
disposed of. An amendment voted on
today attempted to eliminate the lit
eracy test from the bill, but was de- ;
i feated. It was this literacy test which
'caused former President Taft to veto !
a similar measure, and which is sup- i
posed to eventually influence Presl- '
dent Wilson the same way. The ad- I
herents of the measure profess them- i
selves as hopeful of passing the bill t
lover the veto if Wilson should fol
low Taft’s example.
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George Dooley Is the acting fire I
chief during the absence of Clark i
I flyers.
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W. K. Coleman and a crew of men I
[arrived on yesterday's boat for tbeji
Copper River Packing Company. |j<
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BERLIN, March 27. — The war of '
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'ice issued another official bulletin to-1
lay, admitting that a hundred yards,'
if German trenches had been mined
ind blow n up by British sappers near I
Steloi. Regarding the situation on the
■astern front, the report recounts the
continuance of the Russian attacks,
aut claims that no gains are being
nade by the enemy. The west Prus
sia regiments recaptured the German
irtillery and the observation post,
vhich had been captured by the Rus
sians at Mokrzvce, near Lake Nurocz. ]
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ADJUSTMENT
TARIFF ;
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WASHINGTON, March 27. — A bill. <
vhieh has the approval of President i
A'ilson, was introduced In the House ;
oday. providing for the creation of a (
permanent non-partisan tariff com- j
nission. The bill will undoubtedly 1
miss, as it hus the endorsement and 1
mpport of the leading business inter- s
>sts of the country, as represented by t
he United States Chamber of Com- i
nej-ce, besides having the administra- t
ion approval. t
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Mrs. M. Wilson came up from Se- 1
ittle to join her husband, who is em
doyed in the clerical department on
he dock. (
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1. M. Foster, secretary of the I.lght
iouse Packing Company, is on a trip
>f inspection to their Cordova clam i
annery. 1
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PARIS, March 27. — The confer
ence of the allies now being held in
his city is the most important gather
ng of the entente powers held since
he outbreak of the present war. The
members from Russia, Prance, Bel
gium, England and Italy are all here,
ind the public generally expects that
ihe meeting will perfect plans to
iisher in operations which will mSrk
lie beginning of the end of the con
'lict. The meetings of the allied rep
■esentatives will be held in the salon
if the ministry of foreign affairs.
STEAMER RATES
SEATTLE, March 2". — The Alas
ka Steamship Company made an an
nouncement of an advance in the
freight rates to Alaska points of one
dollar per ton over the prevailing
rates. Passenger rates have also been
idvaneed to Valdez, Cordova, Seward
tnd other Southwestern Alaska towns,
five dollars on first class tickets and
two and one-half dollars on second
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The company gives as the reason
for the advance that under the new
Seaman's Act, the expenses of oper
iting ships have been considerably
increased and the passenger capacity
•urtailed. It is also stated that in
dew of the immense increase in the
reight rates all over the country, the
jompany, even under the increase an
nounced. will not begin to earn on
he Alaska run what could be earned
.vere the ships withdrawn and offered
for charter.
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WASHINGTON. March 27. — Thos.
I. Pence, secretary of the Democratic
tational committee, died in this city
oday after a long siege of pneumonia.
Jence was a Southerner, and first ob
ained prominence in the newspaper
ield, but did not reach the full height
if his power,and influence until the
ast presidential campaign. Much of
he brilliant Democratic campaign lit
irature issued during the three-cor
lered fight between Taft. Roosevelt
nd Wilson was from the trenchant
ien of Mr. Pence. He achieved great
lopularity among the officials and
ras rewarded with a prominent and
ucrative government position for his
uccess in landing the present Incum
ent in the White House. His hun
reds of friends throughout the coun
ry sincerely mourn his untimely de
iise, for he was a genial and lovable
haracter, whose smile was familiarly
nown from coast to coast.
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D. C. Sargent has returned to Cor
ova, and will leave for the Shushan
, r •*
a on one of the next trains.
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Janies Flynn returned on the Ad
miral Evans from a short business
rip to Seattle.