U. S. WIRY MAKES
DARING DASH INTO MEXICO
El Paso, Texas, March, 17 — Two j
troopa of cavalry have beeen de-,
tailed ta cross tha line and dash !
luto Mexico. After hard and dif- j
flcult forced marches they have .
reached Casas Grandes, the Mer
man Colony. Trenches have been
dug and evaryining placed in hat- j
Me arrangement.
Villa haa been. on. the march for j
the same place. His one determin
atiou haa been to wipe out this col
ony. The colony expects an attack i
from Villa and his forces at any j
moment. The Americans are great-,
iy outnumbered, but have takeii ad
vantage of the geographical topo- |
graphy and >'iU P"t UD a stubborn
resistance.
UNITED STATES TO. PROTECT i
I HER INTERESTS BY PREPAREDNESS
Washington, D. C., March 17 —
The House of Representatives to
day voted to give the "Preparedness
Bill" full right of way. Nothing
will be introduced until thia bill
is fu.'ly determined and handed on
to tha 6enate. The yote was un
auimoua to lay everythng else aside
and uroceed with cur National Pol
icy of Preparedness.
The bill as Introduced provides
for the placing of the National
Guard under direct Federal control.
This will Immediately give the army
a standing and partially trained
reserve. The National Guard will
be subject to instant call for fed
erui purposes and be under com- I
maud ol aruiy Officials.
No sooner did the gavel of the |
speaker announce the opening of
the day's session tha^ half a doz- j
eu legislators were ou their feet i
fighting iu true patriotic forensic
style for the introduction of the
bill, it became go hot and furious
that n special ruling limiting each
side to ten hours debate was nec
essary.
Taere Beems to bp but very lit
tle opposition to the general pol
icy of preparedness. The only dif
ficulty experienced so far has been
the method that should be fol
lowed to obtain the quickest and
best results.
U. S. INFANTRY
ADVANCES
San Antonio, Toxaa, March 17—
Th« United States infantry, under
'he command of General Pershing:,
have puahed on in'o Mexico and are
encamped on the desert. Advance
guards have been sent ahead and
the rear guard are slowly closing
in on the main body.
A small detachment of Mexicans
have been reported, but no en
counters have occurred. General
Pershing -will move on tomorrow to
a permanent headquarters.
Tne college papers urgently aak
the ktudents to cut out slang.
DRESS GOODS HAVE
TAKEN GREAT JUMP
Chicago. — John y. Farwell •
company says that the leading cor- |
poratious manufacturing dress goou4
havo made their prices for thq fall
showing advances of from eight
to .fifteen per cent. Thte market
on raw materials and advanced
prices for labor indicate this ad- I
vance is legitimate. Bleached mus- j
tins and some makes of ginghams 1
are advanced by the mills.
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SUTHERLAND BUSY MINING I
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Fairbanks:—In a letter received ■
las* nlghf from Senator Dan Suth- ;
j orland, at Ruby, he 6tates that his j
winter mining operations have been
j successful.
I He has out quite a large dump j
at the present time on Po>orman
creek and is waiting for the water !
♦o run to sluice up the pay dirt. J
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New York, March 17—The Mor
gan Company, the financial money
kiug3 of the world, are seriously
considering the making of a loan
'o tho Canadian government. Re
presentatives of the Morgan Com
pany will probably negotiate the
loan today.
The terms of the agreement as
drawn, call for a loan of Beventy
five million dollars. This will
make the second, lean which this
company has placed with the Cana
dian- government.
•Tfee money thus loaned will go
toward maintaining tho Canadian
army, purchasing of supplies and
helping the Mother Country.
The Canadian government has
amply raised thg Becurity and
there seems to be no doubt on
Wall Street but what the loaq'wlll
be negotiated.
DERMIC LEADER
IS CALLED Df REAPED
Senator Benjamin Franklin Shivo
ly, ditd March, 14th, at his home in
Indiana, after an Illness of many
months and from a complication" of
tiseascs. His demise had been, ex
pected for some time by his family
Hid associates.
The passing of Senaton Shlvely
akes from tha Demicratic ranks
t loyal, painstaking and conscien
ious worker. Mr. Shlvely was the
irst. senator to ba elected by the
>eop!o at large in his stata Liv
n« »rue to his party platform he
•endercd such efficient oervice that
lis party nominated him again tod
held down the senatorship dur
i«s »ho years 1903, '05, '09, and
IB14. ' '
The newspaper profession at one
time almost called the senator. He
gave this up in 1883 and devoted
his 'ime thenceforth largely to
law and politics. Ha waa regarded
aa a strong and fighting leader and
it was said of him that he never
conducted a defensive campaign, but
wa3 always aggre»lve.
Mr. Shively was married to MiS3
Laura Jenks, a daughter of George
Jenks, of Pennsylvania, who was
solicitor general in the first ad
ministration of Grover Cleveland. He
is survived by his widow and three
children.
PLAGUE SWEEPS
GERMAN ARMY
— "
Paris. March 17—Bubonic plague I
ias broken out in Belgrade. Army
>fficials have been fearing th^B
Ireadeil disease and the beet of
nedic&i attention has been given
hose who have shown Bymptoma of
he disease. Advices received say
hat the best /trained doctors will
>e rushed to the scene to fight
he ilague.
Tho men are in a deplorable con
lition. They are being stricken at
he rate of over fifty a day. Great
loubt has been expressed as to
vhether or not it can be checked.
Svery precaution is being taken to
emove the patients from contact
vlth the army.
A special embassy of medical men
vill be on the scene today to lay
•lane and arrange permanent quarr
ers for the army of disabled men.
3ruge and Bupplies for their care
ind treatment are etiroute. By
light fall officials hope to have
lib precarious situation in hand.
S. S. SPOKANE N EARING PORT
The steamship Spokane is making
i record trip for this time of the
Pear, and will be in port by eleven
>'clock Saturday morning with a
full list of passengers and cargo.
FRANCE HAS NEW
WAR MINISTER
Paris, March 17—Prance faces
a f-tragetic position today and it
becomes all the more vexatious by
the resignation of General Gallant
from tb.e chair as Minister of War.
Trying problems hay-e borne so
heavily on the French minsiter that
his health has been Impaired arid it
was necessary for him to resign, hifl
important position.
He has faithfully filled the po
sition since his appointment in Oc
tober, 1915.
General Galieni will be succeed
ed by General Roque Skrold. Gen
eral skrold, a prominent French
warrior and leader of the aggres
sive forces In practically all of the
rece> t campaigns is not expected to
make any Important changes In the
present war staff.
1FRE IN SEWARD
Sewa-rd, March 14—A loss of
tnore than $40,000 is reported from
a fire yesterday morning which de
stroyed the Daggett block, S. L
Coweil's store, Cowell'sf residence
and adjacent cabins. Practically
the entire plant of the Evening
Post in the basement of the Dag
gett block was destroyed. The fire
was caused by an. overheated furn
ace.
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WILL BUILD THIS TEAR ISO MILES
OF THE GOVERNMENT RAILROAD
In an interview t- a newspaper
correspondent, Chairman Edes of
the Alaskan Engineering commission
Inst Thursday stated that he hoped
to have one-third of tha proposed
government railroad from Seward
to Fairbanks in operation by No
vember 1st of this year.
"The success of our efforts will
depend upon weather and labor con
ditions," said Edes. "Our plans
include the construction of 150
miles of new roai this season, con
necting the Alaska Northern with
lines now building to the coal fields
and toward Fairbanks. Some of
the heavy work along: Turnagain
arm cannot be completed before
next winter, but we hope to "aye
trains In operation over trackage
amounting to one-third of the en
tire sys'eqi by November 1st.
"The commission expects to have
about ,000 men at work by May 1,
and to add to this force as neces
sary.
"Work will be completed to the
coal fields and the line extended
beyond Matanuska Junction toward
Talkeetna. The commission will
also build several miles of road
out of Fairbanks during the sum
mer months."
MlllS 10 BE ACM IN
ADVANCING HH OF SEWARE3
Considerable development in Se
ward this year i3 assured by the
formation of the Harrlm&u Realty
and Development CompaHy, incor
porated, says the Seward Post of
March flih. Word that the organ
ization cf this company, which is
incorporated for $100,000, had
been completed was received today
from New York city.
The new conceern was formed to
aid in local development along lines
which could not be taken up by the
Harriman National Bank' of Alaska
at Seward, cwing to the banking
law#, which prevent national banks
from making loans on Teal estate.
Officials of the Harriman Realty
aud Development company are Gas
ton Hardy, president, and Erich
I Lucas, secretary, the former being
rice urc-sident and the latter
■ cashier ct the Harriman, Naitonal
bank.
When seen this afternoon Lucas
stated that the jealty and devel
opmen' company would be ready for
business as 60oa as Gaston Hardy
who is now in New York 011 busi
ness, returns to Seward, probably
the latter part 0* this month.
"The purpose of the company will
be to assist in the building of
homes and improvement of busi
ness property in Sowar d, and not
to c 11 courage speculation, in 'real
estate,' said Lucas.
EVIDENCE FOUND
Parties searching the channel
above the mouth of Salmon Creek
a-rc aaitl to have grappled, a pair of
trousers which have "been identified
as having belonged to William
Christie.
I'iver Stagger is to be hired to
make a close examination of the
chanuel when he returns from a
trij to a nearly cannery; where lie
ia mow employed to string web fov
a fish trap. t ,
Concerning the reported find, and
tin rumor that tho wearing apparel
had been identified, the officers who
are in a position to know were
close mouthed and absolutely no de
nial or affirmation could be se
cured from them.
The grand jury brought in a ver
dict against Edward Krausa yester
day, charged with impersonating an
officer, and who admits that he
accompanied William Christie away
from the mine. Krausa will be ar
raigned to plead this morning, ac
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