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REBEL TROOPS
ARE CLOSING IN
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SEATTLE, May 13 (by Associated
Press).—Dispatches to the Associated
Press show that the Mexican revolu
»
ionists-are rapidly closing in on Car
ranza in the hilly country one hun
dred and fifty miles northwest of Vera
Cruz.
It is alleged that the fugitive presi
dent took 27,000,000 pesos with him
when he fled from the capital, but a
dispatch says the treasure was cap
tured by the rebels.
^Governor De la Huerta of Sonora is
preparing to go to Mexico City to take
control of the government machinery.
The revolutionists hope to hold a presi
dential election late in July, when it
is hoped assurances can be given of a
fair count.
CARRANZA AT BAY
VERA CRUZ, May 13 (by Associated
Prees).—Carranza, with four thousand
men, is fighting desperately between
5 San Marcos and Puebla, state of Texi
uala, with troops under Trevino and
Hill. The revolutionists are rushing
reinforcements to the scene.
FIGHTING AT BORDER
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, May 13 —
The advance guard the, Mexican
revolutionists is approaching the south
ern side of Matamoras, opposite
^Brownsville. Shots have been ex
changed between the Carranzistas and
300 advancing rebels. It is believed
the town will be taken before night
fall. American troops are on guard
on the American side of the border.
Negotiations are progressing for the
peaceful surrender of Matamoros.
IMMIGRATION MEASURE
SIGNER RY PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, May 13.—President
Wilson yesterday signed the bill
amending the immigration law, making
possible the deportation of Germans
and other aliens interned during the
war.
TO TAKE VOTE
ON PEACE BILL
ON SATURDAY
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WASHINGTON, May 13.—Senator
Lodge, chairman of the senate commit
tee on foreign relations, yesterday
called up the Republican resolution de
claring the war on Germany and Aus
tria to be at an end. He announced
that the would keep the measure con
tinuously before the senate until a
vote was taken, and expected that a
vpte would be reached in a few days.
said he did not expect much de
bate from the Republican side of the
chamber.
Senator Underwood, the Demo
cratic leader, said he did not know
of any opposition on the part of the
Democrats that would delay the reso
lution.
The provision in the resolution re
f4uesting the President to opten nego
tiations with Germany for a separate
treaty was striken out on motion of
Senator Lodge.
An agreement was reached by which
a vote will be taken on the resolution
at 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon.
LONDON, May 13 (by Associated
Press).—Reports of unusual activities
in various parts of Ireland reached the
proportions of an avalanche at noon
today. Many barracks were destroyed
and income tax officers were attacked,
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BRITISH NAVY
WAS HELPLESS
BEFORE SUBS
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WASHINGTON, May 13 (by Associ
ated Press).—A confidential cable
gram sent by President Wilson to Ad
miral Sims at London during the war
was read to the senate naval investi
gating committee yesterday by Secre
tary Daniels.
This message expressed surprise
that the British admiralty had failed
to use its great naval superiority ef
fectively against the German subma
rines, and called on Admiral Sims for'
comments and Suggestions, based on
independent thought, regardless of i
British judgment. The admiralty, de
clared the President, was helpless to
the point of panic in fear of the sub
marines, and the British had rejected
American plans on the grounds of pru
dence. He declared that it was no
time for prudence, and that the situa
tion demanded boldness, even at the|
cost of great loss.
Secretary Daniels declared that the I
cablegram which Sims said “made
him want to jump overboard,” and!
which read, “Consider American ves-j
sels having armed guards safer when'
sailing independently,’ was never j
signed by the secretary of the navy, '
as asserted by Sims. The signature,
he said, was “A, F. Carter, by direc
tion of the chief of irarvnl opo^atftms.”
Mr. Daniels said he disagreed»
sharply with Admiral Sims Over con- j
voys, the secretary holding everything!
to be secondary to the safety of the
American soldiers.
WILL NOT PUBLISH PLANS
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The plans of the navy department:
for naval activities in he war with Ger
many will not be furnished to the sen
ate committee which is investigating
the Sims-Danieis row. Rear Admiral
J. S. McKean said it would give a
possible future enemy an immense ad
vantage.
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SEATTLE, May 13 (by Associated
Press).—Harry A. Bishop, for many
years a resident of Alaska, and at one
time United States marshal at Juneau, j
died here yesterday, at the age of 51.
4Je is survived by a widow.
ALASKA SAILED
SEATTLE, May 13 (by Associated
Press).—The steamship Alaska sailed!
for Alaska ports at 9 o’clock this morn-1
ing, carrying 246 passengers, among!
whom were the following for Cordova: j
Mary Brown, R. M. Rhoades, Mrs.
H. I. Lewis, Richard Lewis, C. J. Fisk,
Mrs. E. A. Hayland, Alenze Hayland,1
E. H. Mack and wife, Helen Mack,!
Bryne Mack, Mrs. R. Lewis, Mrs. K.
Nafstad, Barbara Nafstad, E. G.,
Fisher, Z. E. Fisher, and fifty-eight
steerage.
The steamship Northwestern arrived
from Seattle about 8 o’clock last night,
with 111 passengers for Cordova, as
follows:
M. J. Anderson and wife, Miss An-j
derson, Mrs. C. Richards, Frances Rich- j
ards, Gussie Bohall, Miss A. Bohall, (
Ellis Bohall, Charles Warnecke, J.,
Enga, M. Faber, J. Sanlis, H. V. F.
Sutter, D. E. Campbell and wife, Mrs.
M. Matson, P. O. Fish, Mrs. C. L. Rich
ards, L. A. Dalquist, F. Brandon, F. M.
Vance, Ed Sundsby, Elmar Sundsby,
C. Anderson, E. A. Holbrook, J. H.
Hansen, F. Bossham, W. Schelner, P.
E. Hannon, M. Mittleman, Mrs. F.
Bossham, Myrtle Casey, George Weir,
A. J. Heffer, three Orientals and sev
enty-six steerage.
ALL HOPE OF PUBLIC BUILDING
BEING CONSTRUCTED IN CORDOVA
IS SHATTERED THROUGH MANN
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SEATTLE, May 13 (by Associated Press).—A Post-Intelligencer
special from Washington says:
“In the house yesterday Representative Mann of Illinois led the
fight against the proposal to change the language of the act appropri
ating $100,000 for a postoffice, c>urt house and jail at Cordova, Alaska,
to permit the money to be used for the two latter purposes, although
Delegate Grigsby of Alaska had obtained the approval of the public
buildings committee.
“Mr. Mann said the proposal was practically new legislation, and
it was put on the bottom of the calendar, which means that the bill
is practically killed.
“ ‘I have no doubt that a jail and court house are needed in Cor
dova,’ declared Mr. Mann, ‘but not half so badly as Chicago needs a
new postoffice, which is not demanded now.’”
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PROFIT MARGIN
ON SUGAR WILL
BE REGULATED
WASHINGTON, May 13 (by Associ
ated Press).—The. deparment of jus
tice has notified all federal attorneys
that the margin of profit on sugar is
to be restricted to 1 cent for whole
salers and 2 cents for retailers.
HIGH PRICE IN NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS, May 13.—Con
sumers in New Orleans began paying
28 cents per pound for granulated
sugar yesterday. The federal fair
price commission has allowed whole
salers and retailers an increase in
profits of 1% cents and 1% cents re
spectively.
SHORTAGE IN NORTHWEST
GREAT FALLS, Mont., May 13
Residents of Montana are shipping
sugar by parcel post to friends in
North Dakota and other states, it was
reported at the state convention of
wholesale grocers here yesterday.
Montana is now threatened with a
shortage, and retailers will be asked
not to sell outside the state, and to
investigate large orders in order to
prevent hoarding.
ARISTOCRATIC WEDDING
DRAWS ROYAL GUESTS
LONDON; May 13.—The sovereigns
of Great Britain and Belgium attended
the wedding yesterday of Lady Cynthia
Curzon, daughter of Earl Curzon, to
Oswald. Mosley. The function out
rivaled anything in British society in
recent years.
The Belgian rulers arrived by air
plane last Saturday. The American
ambassador and his wife were among
the guests.
SOCIALISTS NOMINATE
DEBS BY ACCLAMATION
NEW YORK, May 13 (by Associated
Press).—The national Socialist conven
tion today nominated Eugene V. Debs
for President by acclamation.
The convention went wild acclaiming
Debs as the “Lincoln of the Wabash,”
and some delegates broke down and
wept.
Debs is federal convict 2253 at the
federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga.,
serving a term for sedition.
INDIANA DELEGATES
TO G. 0. P. CONVENTION
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 13 (by
Associated Press).—Senators Watson
and New, Governor Goodrich and for
mer Senator Beveridge were elected
delegates at large to the Republican
national convention today at the state
Republican convention, and were in
structed for General Leonard Wood.
The convention took up the matter
of instructing the district delegates.
M
AUSTRIA WILL
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LONDON, May 13 (by Associated
Press).—Austria, and probably Hun
gary, will be admitted to the League
of Nations at its first summer meeting,
it was learned from a high source yes
terday.
Germany, Bulgaria, and possihly
Turkey, will be admitted at the sec
ond session, the date of which hr.s not
yet Bt&jn fixed.
The allies desire to re-establish po
litical and commercial relations with
the former enemy countries, and are
taking membership in the league as the
shortest course.
RAISES ANTE ON
THOMAS DONOHOE’S
TRIP TO HONOLULU
SAN FRANCISCO, May 13.—Six
steamship companies here have an
nounced an increase of $20 on a single
passage to Honolulu, effective June 1.
Teachers are exempted from the in
crease, which conforms with the new
transatlantic rates. The increased
cost of repairs, supplies and mainte
nance is given as the reason for the
increase.
PEACE TREATY GIVEN TO
TURKISH DELEGATION
PARIS, May 13.—The peace treaty
was presented to the Turkish delega
tion yesterday. The ceremony was
very simple.
BOLIVIA GETS LOAN FROM
CONCERN IN NEW YORK
WASHINGTON, May 13.—The de
partment of commerce has been ad
vised that Bolivia has arranged a loan
of $10,000,000 with a New York con
cern, for use in conversion of French
loans of 1910 and 1913.
SUDRY CIVIL BILL IS
PASSED BY LOWER HOUSE
WASHINGTON, May 13—The house
of representatives yesterday ipassed
the sundry civil bill, carrying $425,
000,000, more than two-thirds of which
is for payment of war compensation
claims.
YALE STUDENTSARE
STRONG FOR HOOVER
NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 13.—The
Yale undergraduates, in a mock na
tional convention yesterday, nominated
Herbert Hoover for President over
Lowden, Johnson and Wood.
DEVELOPMENT
FOR ALASKA
TO BESLOGAN
SEATTLE, May 13. (by Associated
Press).—“The committee* intends to
ascertain the practical demands of
Alaska rather than to visualize possi
bilities,” said Colonel Alfred H.
Brooks, chairman of the interdepart
mental committee which is holding
hearings in this city relative to prob
lems of transportation and develop
ment in Alaska, at a dinner given to
the members of the committee last
night. , * .
More and better transportation for
Alaska was the keynote sounded by
every speaker.
Colonel Brooks declared that the
greatest problem was to get people to
realize the value of Alaska resources.
Its coal deposits are undeveloped, he
said, and the first copper mine to be
patented was yet untouched. The com
mittee was friendly, he asserted, and
understood and appreciated the needs
of the territory.
PRISONERS ARE
STARTED FOR
HOME ON FOOT
WASHINGTON, May 13 (by Associ
ated Press).—The Red Cross has been
informed that a thousand Austrian and
Hungarian prisoners in Siberia have
started for home on foot, dressed in
the remnants of the uniforms issued
to them in 1914. The Bolsheviki have
made no (provision for feeding, colth
ing or repatriating the prisoners.
American relief societies and
churches have launched a campaign
to raise $3,000,000 to assist them on
their 4,000-mile tramp.
MYSTERIOUS BREAK IN.
MESSAGE FROM MOSCOW
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LONDON, May 13 (by Associated
Press).—Wireless experts are puzzled
over the sudden stoppage in the mid
dle of a sentence of a wireless message
from the Moscow station on Sunday
afternoon. The station has not been
heard from since, and it is believed
that something unusual has happened.
PURCHASE OF SILVER
MAY BE RESUMED
WASHINGTON, May 13 (by Associ
ated Press).—Treasury officials believe
that the purchase of silver at $1 an
ounce will soon be resumed.
CHIEF SPECIAL AGENT
TENDERS RESIGNATION
WASHINGTON, May 13 (by Associ
ated Pres’s).—Joseph M. Nye, chief
special agent of the state department
and for many years active in the secret
service, has tendered his resignation,
to be affective June 1. He has accept
ed a position with a private concern.
EX-CHAMPIONDlVEir
MEETS WITH ACCIDENT
NETjjV YORK, May 13—Arthur G.
McAlenan, ex-national champion diver,
and holder of several world’s swim
ming records, was seriously injured
yesterday in a taxicab accident at
Long Island City.
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CANADA HOLDS
MONOPOLY ON
PRINT PAPER
WASHINGTON, May 13 (by Associ
ated Press).—A combination of Cana
dian manufacturers practically con
trols the news print market, according
to a statement made to the committee
of the United States senate which is
investigating the matter, by the sales
manager of the Interstate Pulp and
Paper Company, which was confirmed
by Victor F. Lawson, publisher of the
Chicago News, who said he had been
compelled to accept the Canadian com
panies’ terms.
Chairman Reed of the committee
said a solution of the problem was pos
sible through curtailment of consump
tion or by an excise tax, but the com
mittee preferred that the great papers
of the country solve the problem for
themselves.
M. A. Bodenhamer, representing the
International Typographical Union,
denied the recent statements before
the committee, that hte union, through,
its local organizations, censored labor
news. ,
AUSTRALIA IS
SADDLED WITH
BIG WAR DEBT
LONDON, May 13.—Treasurer Watt
of the commonwealth of Australia in
an interview here yesterday said that
the morale of the people of Australia
was their only asset. They were bur
dened with a war debt of £60 per
capital, he said.
The situation in the Pacific was deli
cate, said Mr. Watt, owing to the at
titude of Japan because of her failure
to secure racial,equality at the peace
conference.
UNDERWOOD LEADS
IN PRIMARY CONTEST
FOR RENOMINATION
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 13 (by As
sociated Press)Returns from fifty
out of sixty-seven counties of the state
of the results of the balloting at Tues
day’s primaries indicate the renomina
tion of Senator Underwood and a close
race for the seat of the late Senator
Bankhead between Representative Hef
lin and Frank White, former governor
of Alabama.
Underwood is far ahead of his union
labor opponent for the long term and
Heflin continues to gain for Bank
head’s seat. Representative Dent ap
parently has been defeated for renomi
nation at the primaries.
SECOND-CLASS MAIL
RATES MAY NOT BE
INCREASED THIS YEAR
WASHINGTON, May 13 (by Associ
ated Press).—The existing rates for
second-class mail matter would be con
tinued until July of next year under a
bill reported favorably by the house
postoffice committee yesterday.
The measure would postpone for one
year each of the two authorized auto
matic increases in rates scheduled to
be effective July 1 next and July 1 of
1921.
FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, May 12.—Prices for fish
at noon yesterday were: Halibut,
15He; red and ling cod, 2c.