TROUBLE IS BREW!N6 IN MEXICO
DIAZ HEIBS ARftir III SOUTHERN
MfXICO-TfiAINLOAD SUPPLIES
01 m ID AMERICAN HOPS
Washington, April 7 — Insisteut
ropoit are being received by the
war lenartmeiit from reliable-sourc
e's ibat the iltfacto government iu
Mexi'-c is viewing with gveat dis
favi r the presence of American
troops on their soil.
Thi> fact that Diaz is heading a
1 irge baud of uiun iu southern Mexi
co auti that all political; leaders
are tecomiug alarmed iud drawing
the iie». arouiui Carrrauz.i points to
this situation.
Washington, April 7 — Lansing
den ml to rt-presentativJs of the
pre-- Jure that 'here was any
thought on the part of the war de
partiu-.-i't to withdraw the troops
from Mexican soil.
He wv? firm in his statement that
falsi- reports were being circulated
aboii' the Mexican situation and
adk"ii the co-operation of the press
in nlecing the news In its true
lit*ht bffore their readers.
Washington, April 7—The war
department h;is purchased from; pri
vatf firms a tra'n load of supplies
for i hp American army in Mexico,
'flie train is on the way to Casa-S
Graiules, having left Jau-rez this
mori ing.
li is under protection of • a
heavy guard. On every section of
the ;raiu are placed two men with
rapi ! fire machine guns. The track
is being inspected by an advance
gaau' and a lone locomotive is pro
ceeding the train load of supplies to
mat:,. t,ure that no possible chance
of j> loss of the train trill happen.
They expect to reacb Casas Grmndes
by it. on 1
CH1BEM ARMY BILL
PASSES 8! CLOSE MARGIN;
Washington, Al»r»1 "--After a
tour lays session in the senate
ove- the Chamberlain Army bill
(hey have decided to ri-tain the
feder-'! lunteer provision.
Besides providing for 1 10,000 en
lis'-d men as the peace strength of
thfi army it makes provision for
building uy a forc3 of 425,000 fed
eral zfd national guards within five
vea-s. It provides for an officers
reserve oi 50.000, for a comgiete in
dustrial reserve and for a new r®
cru.Ui 2 system both, for the regu
lar army and national guard
KILKS
ART I CI. KS OF
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Articles of- incorporation have
be«.] filed with th" secretary of A1
ask a -for the Hazelett Development
conu'.iuy. of Valdez. The company
is to act as a holding company for
all i>i the Hazelett interests in Al
ask;-., and is empon ered to engage
in uluost any kind of busiuess. The
couii'Miy is incorporated for $1,
with a limi» of indebted
ness oi $750,000. The iocorporat
ors of the company are John A
Hazlett, Effie M. Hazelett and Jno.
l-yons, all of Valdez.
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RUSSIAN OFFICERS WHO DIRECTED THE CHARGE YESTERDAY
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Photo by American Press Association.
Graini Duke Nicholas (No. lj,commander of the Russians fighting the Turks in the Caucasus, showing the czar
(No. 2), us well as English and Kussi&n officers! a fort destroyed by his big guns—
CABINET 10 APPEAR BEFORE
CONGRESS ON SUBMARIKE WARFARE
Proofs Are Conclusive thai Our Policy
Has Been Trampled Upon.
Washington, April 7—Thfl cabinet
aft-«r having examined a mass of
data are now ready to go before
congress and decWe cm a policy of
our sea war stand Tliey believe
tuai they have conclusive proof
tha« ships hava been destroyed by
submarines which is a direct re
buff to the policy laid down by the
United State* government to for
oign nations. If this proves to bo
true 'hen the United States ia coa
frouted by a situation morei serious
than any yet which has arisen. A3
to the effect it will have upon the
policy of this country, leaders are
unprepared to say. They are firm
ia their statements that warfare on
American commerce and United
States subjects must cease.
Mudrid, April 7—The cabinet of j
Spain, has requested tha German, gov*
eriimeut to give their minister an
explanation for the attack on the
steamer Vigo. Spain has notified
all watring nations that she is oc
cupying a neutral position in the
war. She is calling upon Germany
lo define her attitude towa-rd neu
tral shipping. Thij will make two
governments that have rt<juested( an
explanation from the Gorman gov
ernment as to her recent treat
men of neutral nations in, their
shipping.
COPPER TODAY
Tacoma, April 7—Quiet at twen
ty eight twenty five.
London, April 7—Earl Darby,
chairman of the board of naval and
military affairs In-England, has re
signed his x>osition. Hereafter all
of his -time will be devoted to re
cruiting.
The problem of requiting in
England has become a serious cir
cumstance. Lord Derby will devote
his entire activities to this branch
of the government. Ways and
means will be devised he 3ays to
nlace the best England has in the
Held
Edward A. Smith, hardware mer
chant of Fairbanks, recently arrived
on the outside for the first trip in
several years. Mr. Smith is also
interested in an antimony property
in *lat district.'
Normana Mackerel
Imported Fresh Mackerel in Oval
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for £ doz.; $2.75 per doz.
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canned Oyster on the Market
P. H. GANTY
WHITE WINS
BOXING BOUT
Kansas City, April 7 — Charloy
White in a fifteen round bout be
fore a large and enthusiastic audi
ence obtained a decision, over Matt
Wells. Both, were evenly matched
until the tenth round. During the
eleventh round Whito charged his
opixnent and boxed him off his
feet. He kept his terrific body
punches swinging all during the
twelfth. He was given the decision
on points.
$765 A YEAR 18 THE LEAST
FAMILY OF FIVE SHOULD GET
Washington—The minimum wage
on which an American workingman
can support a wife 'and th-rea chil
dren is $765 a year, so Arthur
Holder, legislative representative of
the American Federation of Lahoor
committee appearing in behalf of
the Nolan Minimum Wage Bill
which would provide a minimum
wage of $3 a day for government
employes.
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BOTH REPORT I
VICTORIES
Par!-.. Aiprll 7—Fighting today
resu.tf-d in victory for both. -sides.
The Germans have taken Ilaucourt
af4 >r ^ charge by infantrymen and
caYSJ'jraen. No loss is reported on
either e.de in this encounter. Very
littler epposition was put {orth • by
the French.
The French have driven a wedge
through the German lines near
Douaumont. The/ could not stop
th9 charge of the French infantry
men. Fighting all day yesterday
has resulted In a marked advance
of the French toward Douaumont.
The Germans were well covered by
trenches and wire entanglements
but the invaders swept through the
lines and could not be checked by
the defenders.
HOLLAND READY
FOR PROTECTION
Loudon, April 7—The allies have
promised Holland that they will not
land troops in their territory; and
invade their soil It is now
thought that the recent upheave! in
the Netherlands was duo mainly-to
this cause. She wanted to he pre
pared to defend herself from any
possiblo invasion from the warring
nations.
Thtre has been held a secret ses
sion of the Dutch, upper chamber oi
the governing body. • They have
given out the information to the
alligs and Germany that they will
not tolerate any further Invasion of
their land and the destruction, of
their property.
Holland expects to expand in her
commercial activities by the 'war.
To grow in this field she has re
cognize.d the necessity of a rigid
protection to defend the industries
which they have contemplated on
building up.'