BATTLES WITH MEXICAN
B1IIS EXPECTED SOON
General Funston Commands
Troops Sent in Pursuit—30
Carranza Soldiers Shot by
Villa's Men.
Washington. March. 11—Adminis
tration officials said today that
should aa emergency arise iu Mexi
can affairs requiring further ac
tion, President WU-scn will lay tiia
entire situat'on before congress and
that he may ask permission to
#»ise a volunteer a: my.
The indications are that the or
der to capture the bandits guilty
of the attack upon Columbus, Xew
Mexico, and other depredations
along the border, will be left to
General Funston «o carry out, and
all available forces along the bor
der haTe been plated at his dis
posal. The pursuit has begun and
reports- of battles between the
troops and the desperados are ex
pected at any time.
Bisbec, Ar'z., March 11—An Am
' erican rancher was killed early
last flight by a baad of Mexican
baud its who then drove the live
.st'jfk from his ranch aeross the
! border. jA-J
K1 Paso, March 11—Villa is re
ported to be headed directly for
L'as.«a Graudes, Chihuahua, with
a Urge force of h's followers to
attack the colony of five hundred
Mormons settled there. His forces
command positions on the rail
road ar both sides of the colony
and are preventing £n exodus of
tile Mormons.
Laredo, March. 11—Thirty; Car
rauza soldiers, including six of
ficirs, were takeu from a rralu
near Torreon yesterday and exe
cuted by bandits.
EX-SECRETARY
OFFERS HELP
Washington, March 11—Ex-Secre
tary of War Garrison visitid t!ie
new secretary, former Congressman
Baiter, and offered his services to
any extent they may be needed to
acquaint him with the details of
the business of tii9 office.
OLD VIRGINIA IN DRV LIST
Richmond, March S—In the low
er house of the Virginia assembly
last Saturday th* vrohibiton bill
was passed by a vote of So to 3.
Th~ hill already had passed the
saaate and will become effective No
vember 1st, nest.
SHKA IS SELECTED AS
AMBASSADOR TO CHILE
Washington, March 10 — Judge
Joseph H. Shea, of Seymour, Ind.,
li.is been selected by President Wil
son as ambassador to Chile, and
ft ill be nominated in the neax fu
ture. He will Buccecd Henry P.
Fletcher, who has been appointed
ambassador to Mexico.
5,000 MOOSE
OX THE peninsula
The recent repDrt of Governor
Strong, contained a report made
last June by Special Game Warden
L. F. Shaw, of Anchorage, in which
the special game warden estimates
after diligent enquiry and consulta
tion with Game Wardens Baughman
and Krlcson that the number of
moose on Kenai Peninsula is five
thousand. He estimates the num
ber o£ mountain sheep on the pen
insula at two thousand.
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NORTHWEST OF VERDUN
Paris, March 11—The Germans,
I after days of furious fighting in
j which they 6uffered enormous loss
es, hava occupied the Corbewuc
woods west of the Mease and north
west of Verdun. The French hare
lcrt heavily also.
HIS AND TORPEDOES IM
WITH FOUR SiEiERS
Havre, March 10—The French
' steamship Louisiana was torpedoed
i off the Atlantic coast of Trance
last night. The crew was saved.
Loudon, March 10—The Swedish
I steamer Martha struck a mine off
j Falsterbro yesterdsy and was
| sunk. The crew and passengers
i were taken off by the life guards
j of the Falstertio lighthouse.
London, March 11 — The ad
ir>iralty this morting announced
the ri liking of lorpedo boat
destroyer Coquette and tor
pedo boat No. 11, both having
struck mines laid by German sub
marines off the east coast of Eng
land. Four officers and fifty-one
men were lost.
Stockholm, March 11—The Swed
ish government ha., decided to re
move the German mine field oft
l alst;' foro, which caused the loss
of thp rteamcr Martha.
BtilIMM
U ILL_GHtHGeS
Washington, March. IX—British
replies to every charge made by the
latest German note in the subma
rine controversy have been re
ceived by the state department. In
addition to explaining and defend
ing the British commanders in all
the incidents complained o' by the
Germans, the British note calls at
tention to the improper activities
of the German divers before th3
blockade of German ports was be
gUl'.
Amsterdam, Marrh 11—Banking
circles say that the American se
cirritieti taken by (ve British from
Dutch steamers en;«ute to Rot
terdam and Noordam amount to
S12.C00.000 since the middle of
Jauuary.
SPAIN TO REPItl>E-\T
GERMAN" V AT LISBON
Berlin, March 11—Germany has
asked the Spanish government to
'take over the German embassy at
! Lisbon and the German consulates
| throughout Portugcl and represent
'her interests until the termination
of the war.
iMtiiMD
BILL if PAbS
Washington, March 11—Delegate
Wickershaia is confident that tit
Alaska homestead bill introduced by
aim will pass at this session of I
-'otigress, as a favorable report ]
>va« made by the public lands com
mittc-o yesterday. The bill per
.uits homesteads in Aiaafca to those
•vho Lave alre...Iy used their home- ,
rtead rights in the states,
\\Ol i.D BAR FOREIGNERS
MiUM DIPLOMATIC SERVICE
Washington, March 11 — Provi
sions which will bar all foreigners j
..cm .ity position in the diplomatic >
or consular service of the United
States have been written into the
diplomaMc and consular bill now
aeing considered by the house. If
passed this will rffect eighty-two
iolvigners now employed as vice
ensuls.
I'L.LV'S OF C. S. PORTS
ARE POUND ON GERMAN'S i
New York, March 10—Plans of |
I'tilled States fortifications have
been found in the possession of
Richard von Arend End Rudolph von
Kracht, two young Germans arrest
ed here oa a charge of using the
mails in a scheme to swindle, ac
cording to a statement ma<3e by
Assistant United States District At
torney T. "W. McDonald.
Von Arend and Von Kracht, who
claim, according io the federal au
thorities, to be German amy lieu
tenants, were arraigned before a
United States commissioner here.
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IIS ALASKA STEAMER SCHEDULE
Alter giving all the d«srreble of
fice locations due consideration, Mr.
Ij. A. McXicholl, sa-tittant general
freight and passenftr ag^iit of the
Grand Truuk Pacific Railway, de
cided en the office ant to Uie Pa
cific coast Steamsr.ii: Com1>w.> « of
i cc, which was ionnerly occupied
by the Admiral Stc&mship line, a ad
work at refinishing aud reaiivating
tile building will ou bfgun at onoe,
prior to furnishing it in an at
tractive manner which is to be
in keeping with Oi other offk«s
of the company at ibe xanoug port-'
oi call.
iu speaking of lie s»rrice «Uich
the Un-nd Trunk m.i give ^kag
way, Mr. McNicholl sUUed uiia
morning that the service would be
irargunited with the Prince John,
scieauled to sail trc-m Prince Ku
pert on March 3o. Prom that
time until June 8ta, a weekly ser
vict will be maintained out of
Skajw^y, the sbip tearing Prince
Ruptrt for this por; eacb Thurs;ta>
at nocn, arriving bcre Saturdaj af
ternoons. Soutn bound, the
"Prince" will leave here at noon
ou Sundays, arriving in Prince Ru
pert Tuesday evening in time to
conncct with the southbound boats
for Vancouver an.i Seattle.
The northbound passengers fron
Seat'le and Vancouver will i
arrive in Prince Rupert at
S a. m Thursday connect- j
ing with the John at 12 o'clock the
same day.
This service will be effective
until June S, and cn June 12, sail
iac from Seattle and Vancouver, the
Prince Rupert will be put on the
ran, and alternating each week
wit* the Prince i.eorpe these two
beautiful big boat? wiil make the
through run to Stspway.
The Prince Rup«rt and Prince
'.ieorge are schedi led to arrive
in Skagwajr each Friday afternoon
and will nemain in it is port until
.Saturday afternoon Southbound
ihu ships will mane close con
nection with train* at Prince Un
pen tor the east.
Mr. Powell, who will r^Weeenl
U>e li. T. iu SkagwiiT, baa b«eu wits
the i inpany for a ntrnber of years
Mid it thoroughly familiar with ail
rail routes and connection* In the
eJ.-t and m therefore in a position
to £i?e intelligently full informa
tion relative to ca*t«ra routing!
lie is also familiar *ith trans-At
1«:.tic lines and will thus be xble
to b'x>k paa^nger? right through
lo Kurope*a points
>*or the pan. two month a tbr
Uracd Truck baa had a lecturer
»ith a motion picture machine east
ot Chicago with tae Tiew of In
terest itg the ea*tcru people in th»
northern cruise, an6 it is through
tni* houree of advertising and a
large amount of Uluatrated de
a r-ptivt literature, which had b**n
circulated, that the company have
been met with great encouragement.
It >a the Intenton of the G. T.
to demoastrate to the people o'
Alaska that the route v*» Prince
ltupert ia the natural and most
logical gateway fo- traveler* to
-nd from Alaska and the east
and tb»t this route brings the east
t*o days nearer to the northland.
J. D. McAuley, traveling freight
kt.d passenger agent of the com
pany, while making his headquar
t«rs at Jtineau. will spend a great
portfon of his time In thia section
of the ccuntTy. and like Mr. Pow
ell. i* thoroughly familiar with th»
conditions oaft and south.
J J. RaJeigh has been plsced at
Kf-tchlkan In the interest* of the
G. T., and »s also an old employs
of «he company.
Mr VcNIchoIl will remain in
Skagwny for sotst*! day*.
Juneau, March 11—The two re
rublican factions latt night Agrfr-"^ ^
cn a compromise providing for the tj
holding of but one primary, it to be _
a* the city ball.
A >* bMng foopht o»t to
ly between tro liclwtf known a*
e ShwAieford ana Rn?t.|r*rd fa
ring. Tbo former te ondemood to
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