GERMANY MAY DECLARE WAR WITHIN 48 HOURS
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Washington, March 22 — Secre
tary o£ the Navy Daniels today inad<
a request by telegraDh. to all the
large uapers throughout the Unit
ed States, asking that the American
Dress use its influence in stimulat
ing naval recruiting.
He states, "Some action must be
tnken at once looking towards uni
versal training, and the organiza
tion of our people and resources:
which will tgnd to convince otiier|
ma* ions that we are a united peo
ple prepared tt> make sacrifices for
our country.
| "The navj; is 26,000 men short,"
continued Secretary Daniels. "Jlany
additional men are needed to man
new vessels now being rushed to
completion. Ships cannot work
themselTes. Means must l>e found
to get thege men. at once and train
them."
8AHGE ADRIFT
WITH 4 MEN
Seattle, March. 22—The Tug Dan
iel Kern, which is under charter to
the Alaska. Engineering commission
while towing the barge Columbia.
-No. SS from the Columbia river,
snapped thg hauser with which, the
barge was being towed in a rough ]
sou and heavy g^le, and the tug
could not pick, the barge up again.
When the haustr snapped Chas.
Swanson was instantly kileld by the
end of the eavy cable striking him.
The oa-rge with four men aboard |
is adrii't off the Washington coast j
stmewhere, i's whereabouts beingj un i
known. The Tug Kern returned I
to this city this morning.
AGEDMil
Klamath Falls, Ore., March 9—Dr.
Ransom, a resident of the Mills
Addition of this city for a number
of years, died today at 12:50
o'clock aftfer a lingering illness.
He i3 sumrvived here by his Fife,
who has lived here with him, a son, I
who is a physician in Michigan, a j
daughter in California and another
daughter at Myrtle Point, Ore.
The funeral arrangements have
not been announced as yet.
ICE IS CAUSING GERMAN
MIXES TO EXPLODE
Stockholm. March 22 —Drift ice
is playing havoc with the German
mine fileds in. the sound. Tremen
dous explosions are audible hourly,
and shipping man believe that relay-1
itip" cf the entire mine field will be |
necessary as soon ag the waters are i
clear of ice.
Por* Towns end, Mar 22—Trials
of ti'refc boats built by; the Electric
Coat Company, is expected in th$
bay here about April 1, according
to .YV. W. Foster, agent of the boat j
company, who is here making pre- [
limSnary arrangements. Mr. Fos-'
ter returned to the United States |
last Christmas after eight months
iu Europe in charge of assembling
the submarine destroyers mad© for
the allies by his company.
it is expected the trials will be
made over a course between Iron-'
made over a course between iron
dale and Port Townsend but which
has not been used since the last j .
submarines were tes'ed there sev- j
eral years ago.
Officers of the United States ! J"
navy constituting the trial beard 1
will be accompanied by about 25 j
naval experts and others interested 1
in the manufacture of submarine!"
destroyers. < ^
The test to be made is believed to
be part of the government's prepar- j
ations to guard against submarine j .
a'tack on the Pacific coast. |
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Situation Becomes More Ominous When
Advice is Received That Germany
May Declare War Against
United States
Washington, March 22 — It is
believed here that the ports of
the United States will probably, be
opened to the warships of the En
tente powers.
Dispatches received by the State
Department this morning from
abroad declares that Gremany is
sxpeded to declare a state of war
to exist between, the Imperial gov
ernment of Germany and the Unit
ed Sta'ea within the next forty
eight hours.
This statement coming from au-'
then tic sources places an ominous as
pect over the war situation. It may
mean that Germany will declare war
011 the United States.
President Wllsco docs not favor '
an actual declaration of war against j
Germany, 1>ut tht state of war ex
ist. I
fi HOUR DISCUSSION OCCUPIES
IE Of TERfiiTOHIAL SALOSS
Juneau, March. 22—The Territor
al House of Representatives held
. two Hour session this morning at
i'.hich time a general discussion of
►ending bills was had.
The bill providing for an edu
aticnal committee with powers to
o>ntract 'expense called for the
;reatest amount of discussion, the
laim being made that such a com
iiittet could not contract expenses
mless some resolution was introduc
d which provided for the money
■ hich would be paid to meet sUc.li |
xpenses incurred.
The eight hour lajvfl was amend
d to become effective on May 1st,
nd was to cover lode mLiies and I
under ground workings of all kinds,
bu* it was referred back to the com
mittee which was instructed to get
the opinion of fcjie Attorney General .
on the constitutionality of the en
tire bill as it stood amended. The
house acted as a committee of a
whole during the discussions.
Senator Heckman. introduced a ;
resolution in the senate providing ,
fer a fund of theirty thousand dol
lars to be set aside to be used for
the rurpose of searching for lost
miners and fishermen.
Very, little business was accom- I
plished and an adjournment was
tjjigsn untjl tomorrow.
IE HEN ARE BELIEVED 10 BE
ENTOMBED AT PUEBLO MINE I
The report Mr:ig received here
rom Wnitekorse this morning that
cave in had. occurred at the Pu
blo mine yesterday; afternoon be
iv«on the 200 and 400 foot level.
A number of men are entombed,
ae uearest calculation putting th.e
umber of men confined at nine.
It has bean impossible to get par
cuiUTf, but it is feared that these
L3tt cannot be rescued alive.
Immediately after tbe alarm of
the cave in had been received at (
the mine headquarters, Manager ]
Greenougli, took charge of the situ- j
at ion, and every man who could be
used to advantage in the work of {
it's -ue was immediately put to work. t
As thti message wag being re- t
ceived here giving the details of {
the catastrophe tjie telegraph line j
wen* down, and the names of the ^
unfortunate m^u could not he le -m- f
fed.
UAR AX TEED TO PRODUCE
AX EXCELLEXT "SKID"
Portland, March, 22—Four bun
red quarts of whiskey, disguised
=> "skid grease," was thie haul
tade by city and government of
cials yesterday when they seized
shipment unloaded from the steaiD
aip Governor, just in from San
rancisco.
Tbe shipment, labeled "ekld
rease.' was consigned to the A
treet garage and was guaranteed
> produce an excellent "pkid." The
ffieials of the garage; disclaim any
nowledge of the illegal "grease."
DITCH TROOPS SHOOT
DOWN GERMAN AVIATOR £
Amsterdam, Marh 14 — A Ger
man. airplane •which flew over Sluis
yesterday afternoon was shot Mid
hit by Dutch troops who were man
euvering in the neighborhood, ac
cording to the Handel sbl ad. The
aviator wag wounded and compelled
to descend in Dutch territory, but
before he could be overtaken, by
the Dutch, soldiers he restarted bis
machine and flew over the border
into Belgium. German troops hur
ried to his rescue and be was car
ried away by red cross attendants.
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GERMANS BACKING PLAN FOR
lEDIATIOIf By NEUTRAL NATIONS
Washington, March. 22—It is stat
ed at administration) headquarters
this morning that offers of media
tion, to prevent actual declaration,
of war between the United States
and Germany is expected to be
made, through European, neutral na-.
tiocs.
It is said that President Wilson :
has been informed that such a plan
was being contemplated by; Euro- j
pean neutral nations. These na
tiong frankly admit that they re
gard such, an attempt, if it is made,
as another effort which. is being
backed by Germany to divide the
sentiment in. congress so as to cause
greater embarrassment to President
Wilson.
LOST—A pair| of white kid gloves
at the White Pass clubj Monday
night. Kindly leave at Daily Alas
kan office.)
PASTOR'S SON CONFESSES
BURGLARY ANP FORGERY
Berkeley, March 22 — Leslie
Brunk, 16, son. of Rev. Alfred
Brunk, former pastor of a Berkeley
;hureli, was arrested yesterday and
:orfesaed, according to the police,
o having broken iato his employer's
place of business, stolen blank
;hecks from tlie cash. register, sjgn
;d two of the checks with, his em
ployer's name and cashed them.
He intended *o go to Los Angeles,
le told the pQlice, but his nerve
'ailed him, he said, when it came
,o forging checks for aji amount
arse enough to give him the aec
sssary funds.
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FOR HONOLULU.
Honolulu, March 22 — Work of !
irganizing an aviation camp that wi
one of the best equipped avia
ion bases in the United States is
maer way here under the supervi
ion of Captain John F. Curry, of |
he Sixth United States Aero Sqau- 1
iron ,who arrived here from the!
aaiulacd recently on the transport
*ogan . ! I
Lieutenant John B. Brooks and j
bout fifty army aviation men are
o arrive here this month and oth
rs will come, until Hawaii has her j
ull complement. Lieutenant Brooks
3 new at the San Diegffi aviation |
tatlon concluding his training in •
lying.
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iFOKY HEY
ON MARKET
New York, March 22—By; means
of a machine said to be capable of
producing paper currency, Max Wex,
a native of Hamburg, under arrest
here, is charged with swindling his
German countrymen in different
parts of the country. Compaints
have reached the authorities here
from Germans iu New York, Cincin
nati, Chicago and other places.
Frank Sternberg, of New York,
staled 'bat Wex had told him that
he had been sent out by the Ger
man government to entangle the
currency in this country go that
there would bo more paper money in
circulation than there wag gold to
secure It.
CHICAGO AN WOULD GIVE
MILLION FOR JEWISH RELIEF
New York, March 22—The Ameri
can Jewish relief committee, with
headquarters in this city; is in re
ceiut of a telegram from Julius
Roaetrwall, of Chicago, in which he
makes a conditional contribution of
one million dollars for the purpose
of buying food and clothing for the
Jewish war sufferers in Europe. The
condition of the gift is that a like
amount is to be raised from other
sources for this same purpose.
TheTe will b0 a regular meeting
tonight of Lodge 431, B. P. O.
Elks. Initiation.
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