WILSON ACCEPTS
GERMAN POllCy
DECLINES BLOCKADE POLICY
Washington, May 9—President
WUso.i teat aa official cable to the
Berlin officials answering ifie'r
uotu, «hich was a response to the
Amo'icau demand of aa alteration
tu hex submarine policy in attack
ing merchant marine.
The President ia his repl/ accept
ed *be alteration of tha German
uAtlou iu her submarine poley. The
1.0'e very sharp and decidedly
lo »hr point.
The- United States dieollntd the
tug;ts*icii of the Hohenzelieron' En>
pire that the American nation try
&oj ob'aia a relaxation of the
bloi^ate now 'being carried oa by
the Central Powers. The supple
mentary answer of the Kaiser in
person to the President hag not
beea received by the uatioa's head.
coubTSihl
IS IRON HAND
Rot'erdam. May 9—The military
uou.'t which is sitting in Dublin for
(he aurjoae of trying the revolu
tioalsta has found four more guilty
of treason and the penalty is death.
Nineteen others have been court
mart:aled and found guilty of trea
son but their death sentence has
been commuted to life servitude ia
a penal institution.
CONFERENCE ENDS—NO
AGREEMENT REACHED
El Paso. aMy 9—The conference
btxjceeu Major Scott and General
Otbregoo corded yesterday. No de
finite agreunent could be arrived
at between the representatives of
th* two governments.
mW BILL MEETS DEFEAT
Washington, May 9—The amend
ment* to the army bill liavo again
been rejected by the houset Tha
meat ure has been returned to the
rocference \
SAYS KAISER
WOULD STOP
Rc-tlerdam May 9—Tha proas of
this city have published am article
whi"U declares tliat the Kaiser
wro'e to 'he Pope iu Rome hop lug
tha* uu armistice would soon be de
clared..
H • looked for it to come through
the Spanish kingdom and by an edict
->f the Po|.e. The Pope -hag not
as "-er issued the edict Co thq Span
ish nation foe theiu to try and se
cure a suspension of the? hostilities.
German officials aire angry over the
publication of the article.
Paris, May 9—The Germans com
mence u violent attack upon prac
tically til c" the positions held by
the French at an early hour this
morning. They were repulsed by
the re'uin fire from the French
guns at uoon today. No headway
could be made by the Geranans;
practically every movement started
was nioped by the French soldiers
before they could get under way.
The loss o-n the French side was
alight. The Germans were very
heavy losers.
SUBMARINES CAPTURE
A PRIZE CREW
Berlin. May 9—German euhEa
rinea havs seized a Norwegian ship
which w-is manned by a British
crew. The crew have been taken
and held as a prize crew by the
German department.
WILL WIPE OUT INSTIGATORS
Max'co City, May 9—President
Cari&uza haa announced hie inten
tions and plans for a systematic
campaign to wipe out all of the In
| stigators on tho border. The
j raiders names have been learned
aud fha leaders are under the ob
seirvation of agent3 of the Mexi
can. government.
Marathon, May 9—Seven Ameri
can employes in a mine owned by
Dr Horn re Powers, have been taken
captive and are held in the interior
of Mtolco for ransom.
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LAWSUIT HAS BUN FOR
PAST TEN YEARS
Aftvr Tiresome Appealsi Woman
From Atlin 8t«p End of Mining
Ca*c.
The fiaai chapter but one—-or
pr.rbiips two—in a bit of mining
litigation, which lifts lasted for
tea : tars, was iMMUrd before Mr.
'uslice Murphy this niOMijng, whta
argument was heard in a suit to
nnke the United States Fidelity Co.
p:ty io Anton Diteler, a miner, a
sim lI 119,300 aa Judment and
costs in a suit' originally obtained
against the fe<-u,cq C 'eek Power Co.
in 91.
The cause of action, dates iback
tv-u y<-ars ago to a dispute over
xitung claims in Atlin, whichDie-i
1«. i.i rt the Srruce Creek Company
btih laid cLaiic to. Dlrslar is
uow tu Michigan, and the latter
sUgto of the action have been
t.uiKht out b/ Mrs. Callahan, the
wife of Diesler's former partner,
vha ?s acting as his attorney in
fnu, rud will be the benefitting
party under th£ judiment. Succes
sive appeals absorbed seven years
befcre judgment in Dleslere' favor
was given in 1914.
The United States Fidelity "Co.
give « bond to pay any judgment
ocw'ned agaiiiBt the Spruce Creek
Power Co., but haa objected to
PJ> the $5000 law costs and in
terest in the lon^ lawsuit. Mr.
Jrs. i,U Martin, K. C., and Mr. A.
C. Oeey for Mra Callahan this
uiorn rg that the tall goes with the
h:dp and that the costs and intar
at must go with the judgment. Mr.
L C. McPhillipB, K. C., appeared
for the United States Fidelity Co.
Alter Judgment is given, it
Is s- id that further litigation will
probably follow in the United States
FidfTtv Co. will sue to collect from
the guarantors of their "bonds. —
Vancouver Province.
CONSPIRATORS
ARE GUILTY
t
*Now "York, May 9—la the trial
which ,1ku> lasted' for tea days,
closely contested on botiJh sides,
'hre.c German subjects have beon
found guilty of conspiracy.,
They were charged and found
jfu)lty of an attempt to blow up
miUiitiOu ships which ware JjoUnd
for the- Allies' territory. They
pdoad hc^t guilty to the charge and
went to trial. The jury returned a
ver'llct of guilty. The Judge has
not announced thg sentence.
' |
railrmT
MEN ENROUTE
A uart of the Alaska Engineer
ing Commission Is iu Skagway
awuMuig transportation, far the in
terior. The' party will leave on
'he first i train, for Whltehoree,
theace to Cannacks and across Ohe
trail tv Nenana and Fairbanks.
G. .F Cramer, from Washington,
is <u charge of the men. He an
nounces that work will he com
menced on the construction of the
road as biiou as all of their mater
ial arrives. The road wlil have a
maximum grade of one per cent.
All of the timber to be used in
the construction of the road will
oe obtained in the interior. The
rails, nails and machinery will be
bruus'ht into the district via St.
Michael. About one hundred tons
wUl be brought through; Skagway
and thence into the Interior.
The project will give work to at
least five hundred men. All of the
!a)»or will be hired from the field
In th.j Interior. The minimum wage
will De fifty cents per hour and
pro rated according to the kind of
work done >by the men.
Par*, of the crew will go' to Ne
nana and the others to Fairbanks.
Fairbanks will be the head for the
central offioe. All of the shops,
mechinitnl workB and laborers qua <
Ifirs will be erectcd at Nenana. As
soon as the men arrive onthe seen«
th««y will commence the arcton of
the houses, shops and arrange for
the construction of the camp.
Thomas Riggs, a member of the
Commission is expected to leave
Seattle on May 28, with thirty men
for the work. Only trained me
chanics,engineers and clerks will
be wrought from the outaide, others
will be hired from the interior and
points in Alaska.
The i»arty, which la stopping at
the Pullen House, is composed of
the following men. F. H. Bailey,
G. F. Cramer, J. C. Williams, W. D.
Dafoo, M. T Murray, F. D. Hayden,
F. S. Ryus, G. B. Richardson, C. K
Hall, S. H.. Perham, J. J. Fallow, R.
B. Word, H. W. Sterling, J. P.
Taylcr, A. J. Chandler, C. R. Dr.
foe, W. L. Packer, J.H. Steele, J.
R. Lamb, O. C. Bliss, E. Willlve*
and o. Shuman.
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FOR BOO
Washington, May 9—The State
Militia cl Arizona, N«w Mexico
oiwi Texas ha« bean ordered out
by President Wilson. The formal
order was issued from the war de
partment this morajing.
Besides the militia the war de
partment -has also ordered thr-&e ad
ditional, regiments of infantry to
immediately proceed to the border.
The war department will call them
out today, sometime.
GERMAN CONSUL
is in
New York, May 9 — Carl
Ludarllme, the German consul lo
cated in Boston, has been Indicted
by a ^raoid Jury and is oh&rgetj with
the crime of procuring a false* pass
port for a confessed spy,
Tbe consul haa entered a plea of
not guilty and must s*and trial. Evi
dence is now being gathered by the
district attorney. The date for
the trial has not been docketed.
BANK OF ALASKA "
OPENS AT WRANGEIX
G"! rgo Huth, ass'stant cashier for
the t;ank of Alaska, is in receipt of
a cable from Cashier Warren at
Wrangell, announcing that thq Bank
of Alaska opened its doors for busi
ness in tha* city yesterday.
The opening was delayed owing t
the iun arrival of office equipment
and fixtures. Cashier Warren re
ports a hewty welcome to the city
by the business men of Wrangell
und anticipations for a, successful
bauki..g institution in that city.
Every thJng went fine—many de
posits are recorded on the Bank!
books and generally speaking, busi-1
ncss for the Bank will be tip top in
♦ ha locality.
COPPER
T--w;cma,.May 9—At twenty nma
twenty live. <; 11 J
FUNSTON GEIS
III HARNESS
|
EXPEDITION ON WAY
Washington, May 0—President
Wilson has authorized the war de
partrneu to Instruct General Fun
ston that ha is expected tQ root
out 'he bandits which, are playing
havoc," in Mexico.
The war department has call)led
the AmtTican general authorizing
tiiro. to proceed under battle * ar
rangement for the express purpose
of settling all Mexican, difficulties.
The message has been, handed to
Funalon and he is preparing for a
final daeh into the foreign soil. The
new expedition is nojv on its way
Mjd by tbis time has no doubt
crO'jsM the border and is marching
to the front
CENSORSHIP
IS APPLIED
S&attle, May 9—The Marathon
troops have moved into the Big
Bend Country. Th© movements of
the cavalry and troops is screened
by a strict censorship applied tq tliq
wire service.
Definite details of the march,
iheir purpose and accomplishments
cannot be gotten from the war de
partment or field headquarters. Nq
information is given out. A wire
hag been sent to the war depart
ment for the field quarters but
press representatives have not been
nllowvd the freedom to \issue the
maneuvers.
SCBB GET ANOTHER ONE
Loudon, May 9—The White Star
linei which plys bst^'een London
London and New Yorlc has been tor
podced in the Atlantic by a Ger
man submarine. The ill fatQd
shio, "The Cymric" left New York
od April 29th, loaded w fth muni
tions of war for the Allies. It car
ried no passengers except the crew.
The exact location of the b°at
was not known. Wireless calls is
sude yesterday located if at a point
in mid ocean. Since then no track
of the boat can be pickedupi
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