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“the United States shows very little re
spect for international law when she will
allow Allied ships to enter her ports and
will sell arms and ammunition to the Al
lies, but would not permit similar trans
actions three years ago with Mexico.’’
Germany’s excuse lor detaining the
Yarrowdale prisoners on the ground that
an infectious disease was discovered in
their quarters, when in truth they were
forcibly detained until the Imperial gov
ernment had received assurances that all
its consuls w ho had been ordered to Cen
tral and South America would lie permit
ted to leave the United States, is consid
ered more insulting than if she had an
nounced outright that they were being
detained, and why.
London: An official report from the
British lieadquarts in Egypt says that
a British force engaged the Turks on an
eighty-mile front near Kut el Amara yes
terday and after surrounding them on
three sides routed them and captured im
mense supplies of stores and ammunition.
THURSDAY
^ Washington: The following is the
note from Foreign Secretary Zimmerman
to Ambassador von Eckhardt in Mexico,
dated January 19: On February 1 we in
tend to begin unrestricted submarine
warfare. In spite of this it is our inten
tion to keep neutral with the United
States. If such is not possible we pro
pose an alliance with Mexico whereby
* we shall make war together and make
peace together, and it is understood that
Mexico shall reconquer New Mexico. Ar
izona and Texas. You are directed to
infoim the president of Mexico of the
above in strictest confidence, as soon as
it is certain that there will be an out
break with the United States, and sug
gest that the president of Mexico com
municate with Japan and suggest that a
coalition be formed at once, and also of
fer to medi ite between the Imperial gov
ernment and Japan for a separate peace.
Please call to the attention of the presi
dent of Mexico that the employment of
Vsthless submarine warfare now promis
es to compel England to make peace in
a few months.—Zimmerman.
Washington: Senator Swanson of Yir
ginia announced this morning that he
was authorized by the president to say
that the item published in the papers of
the country this morning wherein was
quoted a message from Foreign Minister
^Zimmerman to the Mexican Ambassador,
and transmitted through Count von Bern
storff before Ins office in Washington was
closed, is absolutely correct in every de
tail. The note referred to is an offer to
Mexico from Germany to form an alli
ance to make war together on the United
States, to establish peace m Mexico, and
to reconquer Texas, New Mexico and
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Arizona for Mexico. Mexico was also to
get Japan to make a separate peace with
Germany, and to join in the conquest of
the United States. Congressional leaders
are incensed over the fact that Presidentj
| Wilson was in possession of these facts
' before relations with Germany were sev- J
: ered. and they assert that they cannot ;
1 support him if be persists in withholding j
i such vital news from them.
Washington: The revelation of the
; German plot to unite with Mexico and
; Japan in an invasion of the United States t
! has stirred the capital to its depths.
Seattle: The navy department this1
morning accepted the offer of Kilbourne
& Clark, manufacturers of radio apparat- j
j us, and the Seattle Dry Dock ii Construe- ;
j tion company for the use of their plants
i in the event of war.
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j Washington: Workmen are installing ;
massive iron gates at tlie entrance of the
i White House grounds. This is the first
time in history that gates have been in
stalled on the White House grounds.
j Washington: Secretary Lansing said
’ this morning that as far as the German ;
! plot is concerned the state department is
in receipt of information which establish
! es it as undeniably true, but that it is im- j
i possible to make public all the details ;
| without endangering the lives of the in
formants.
FRIDAY
London: The Turkish forces have fal
I len back to Azzep. fifty miles lrom Kut '
; el Amaia, with the British in close pur
suit.
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London: The belief is expressed in .
military circles here that the German re- j
treat along the Ancre is a strength sav- i
ing maneuver, preparatory to a great j
German offensive blow.
Washington: The Japanese embassy
tins morning issued a formal statement
that under no circumstances would the
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Japanese government entertain the pro
posed German-Mexican alliance.
Washington; The senate agreed this
morning to recommend the appropriation j
of 5*1,600,000 for a new navy yard at San ;
Francisco. Eightv acres of ground were
recently acquired at Bremerton for an
addition to the present yard there.
Washington: Arrangements are com
plete for the arming of all American ;
merchantmen. Within an hour after the
president gives the word the navy de- •
partment can be ready with guns, am- j
munition and crews.
Washington: The senate and house
are back in line for a whirlwind finish of
legislation. All fears of a filibuster are
dissipated, and President Wilson will un
doubtedly be given full authority to act
as he may see fit in emergencies.
Berlin: The admiralty this morning ;
issued the following statement: “On >
March first expired the final period of j
grace allotted to ships in the Atlantic, j
and from this date no special warning to
any boat will be given by submarines.
Berne: Recent reports received here j
indicate that the Austro-Hungarian gov j
, eminent will make every effort to pre
; vent a break of diplomatic relations with \
America, even if such action should ap- j
pear to be flying directly in the face of ;
Germany.
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Peking: The French minister this j
morning made overtures in the name of j
the Entente allies to the Cninesegovern-'
rnent, inviting her to enter the war. Re- j
mission of the boxer indemnity and a re- l
vision of tarriffs are offered as induce- i
ments for her to join on the Entente side. |
Washington: The German note from !
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Mexican ambassador, proposing an alli
ance of German;, Mexico and Japan, is
authentically reported to have never
reached Mexico, and Carranza and Japan
accordingly were innocent of its contents.
Petrograd: An official dispatch re
ceived tins morning states that the Rus
sian forces delivered a heavy attack on
the Austrian main positions last night
and made important advances, and that
violent counter attacks by the Teutonic
forces have failed to dislodge them from
their new positions.
Washington: The senate this morning
passed the $533,000,000 naval appropria
tion bill without roll call. The bill pro
vides for the immediate cons ruction of
three battleships, one cruiser, 15 de
stroyers, three scout cruisers, 6S sub
marines, and provides $15,000,000 for the
use of the president for emergencies.
Taris: Official information from the
Western front received this morning
states that the German forces have fallen
hack of Baupaume, and do not appear to
be reorganizing or making any effort to
make a stand. In the opinion of tactic
ians at the front, a general retreat of the
Teutonic forces across Belgium is immi
nent.
Geneial News
Monday
Seattle: Twenty-five applications for
citizenship papers were filed ;n this city
yesterday. It is believed that fear of
drafting has prompted many to take out
their papers.
Bremerton: The navy yard here is the
scene of intense activity, two thousand
men of various trades having been added
to the regular force, and skilled mechan
ics in ail lines are in demand.
New York: Food riots in this city con
tinue with unabated furv. Five thousand
women and children stormed the Wal
dorf Astoria hotel this morning demand
ing food. One hundred police were called
out and succeeded in dispersing the mob.
San Francisco: Genera! Funston was
buried today in Presidio eemeterv. Al
tlio a driving rain, which drenched every
one, was falling, thousands of men and
women accompanied the funeral cortege
to the cemetery and witnessed the last
rites as they were performed over the
body.
San Francisco: Thomas Mooney, who
has been on trial in this city on the
charge ot murder as the result of the
bomb outrage during the preparedness
parade in this city several months ago,
was found guilty on Saturday and sent
enced to hang at Saa Quentin on Mav
17. Judge Griffin told Mooney that
nothing he might say would induce him
to withhold sentence.
T uesday
Washington: President Wilson today
nominated Postmaster J. F. Warder as
postmaster at Ketchikan.
Mount Union. Pa.: Seventeen passen
gers and one Pullman porter were killed
near here last night when a fast freight
on the Pennsylvania line crashed into
the rear of a stalled Pullman train. One
woman and a boy were the only occu
pants of the rear coach to escape death.
Seattle: A campaign was started here
yesterday to invoke the referendum
against the bone dry law recently passed
by the legislature and signed by Gover
nor Lister. If successful, the boue Pre
law will be postponed two years bevond
the original date of its going into effect.
N Taylorstown, Pa.: Two hundred pas
sengers of a B. &. O. express had a mir
aculous escape from death near here this
morning. While crossing a high trestle
the front trucks of the engine came off
and the entire train rode the side tim
ber of the trestle the full length before
it could be brought to a stop.
Wednesday
Washington: The senate this morning
granted Mrs. Frederick F'unston a life
income of $1U0 a month, and it is expect
ed that the house will concur.
Seattle: The trial of Gill and Beck
ingham will liegin in the federal court
here the first part of the month, and
promises t6*be the most sensational in
the history of the city,
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Washington: The senate tuilitarv af- j
fairs committee this morning added thir- !
ty-seven and n half million dollars to the i
army appropriation bill, which includes ,
five hundred thousand dollars for mil- j
jtary roads in Alaska.
i Washington: The sundry civil service
appropriation bill, carrying the sum ol
>13S.OOO,(XK), passed the house this morn- j
ing without a record vote. It carries the
full Alaska appropriation, which includes
ten and one-half million for railroads.
Brooks, Alaska: Dennv Foley, pros
pecting on 4 below on Livengood with
Jerry Kennedy, was seriously injured ;
yesterday when the shaft of the hoist
broke and dropped a bucket of dirt eight v
feet onto him as lie was working at the
bottom of a hole 240 feet deep. Practic
ally every bone on his right side was
broken. Deputy Marshal Miller and
Dr. S. O. Martin left for Fairbanks with
the iojured man p.t three oclock, but his
chances of recovery are considered very
doubtful. Foley but recently returned to
work after being badly burned several
weeks ago with hot muck.
Thursday
Boise: Governor Haines of Idaho is j
reported to be dying of heart failure.
Seattle: A rush of applications for ;
liquor permits continues to flood the loc- ;
al license office. 3700 permits being is
sued in one dav recently. Four clerks .
have been assigued to liaudle the women
applicants.
Friday
Juneau: Notwithstanding the fact
that Attorney General Grigsby held that
the Australian ballot law is binding, and
votes which violated the law in the ter
ritorial election last fall are not legal, :
the canvassing board last night voted to
count all votes and issue a certificate of ;
election to Wickersham as delegate to'
congress from Alaska. The certificate
will not be issued until tomorrow, to en
able Sulzer's legal representatives to in
stitute injunction proceedings if they so
desire.
Elsewhere In Alaska
Considerable connterteit money, indol-!
lars, halves and quarters, recently made
its appearance in Anchorage.
Juneau has subscribed nearly five hnn
dred dollars toward the five million dol
lar Reserve and Church Pension Fund. ,
J. E. Riley, mining operator, has been ,
appointed road overseer for the Iditarod j
district.
The Progressive-Miner savs the coldest
weather experienced at Ketchikan this
winter was two degrees below zero.
The local order of Moose at Wrangell
has purchased a lot and will eventually j
build a hall and club room on it.
Dawson Lodge No. 1393, of the Loval j
Order of Moose, has 44 of its members!
now serving with the colors in the de- j
fense of the empire.
The Kuskokwim valley in Alaska, with
an area the size of the state of Oregon,
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tled river valley in all the-Northern ter
ritory, according to Joe Britton, a mining
man from the vicinity of McGrath.
Will Clayson, pioneer clothing dealer
of Sfcagway, has disposed of his interests
in the Lynn Canal town, and will move
fo Cordova.
The Douglas high school w ill issue the
first number of their annual this vear.
Taku has been selected as the name of
the new publication.
A Territorial association of bankers will
be formed in the near future, if coast
bankers are successful in a movement
which they have started.
Robert J. McChesney, pioneer news
paperman of Fairbanks and other Alas
kan towns, recently accepted a position
as foreman with the Juneau Daily Um
pire.
Duncan (Cinnabar) McDonnell, who
was severely frozen early in January on
i trip to Ophir, in the Kuskokwim dis
trict, has succumbed to his injuries after
two weeks of terrible suffering.
All work on the new government radio
station al Mile 14 on the Copper River &
Northwestern railroad has been suspend
ed for the winter. The work is practic
ally completed.
Governor J. F. A. Strong recently re
ceived a beautifully engraved, embossed
and framed invitation to attend the cere
monies of opening the John R. Eisenlohr
Box at Ashburnbani, Mass.. on the sec
ond Saturday in September, 2015. The
invitation includes themiembers of his
staff. The Eiseulolir Box is a bronze box
containing messages from prominent men
of this century to men of the next. It
also contains copies of the newspapers,
specimens of coins and souvenir tablets
made from armor plate of the battleship
Maine.
Under the auspices of the Bureau of
Education, the schools at Metlakahtla,
Hvdaburg and Klawock held a jo'nt in
dustrial exhibit and fair at Metlakahtla
during the week beginning February 19.
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