No. 43 TWENTIETH YEAR
RUSSIA SAFE WITH A REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT
COL. ROOSEVELT IS 10 LEAD
force oFjnyno n France
New York, March, 23—The Tri
bune of this city yesterday printed
a story iu which it 3tatetl thai
an American expeditionary force ol
100,000 men had been organized
undtr tne leadership of Col. Theo
dore Roosevelt which will go t0
Prance to fight for the Allied cause
The organizing, aiming and equip
ping of this force of American sol
diers h£U? been financed by a group
of wealthy citizens of this city.
The force will at once go intc
training, and in th<3 meantime tht
perfection of the plans for the use
of this force will be made with
the Eententes.
Washington, Maxell 24—The gov
ernment hug decided to mak^ pre
parations for an aggresive "war
fare against Germany in addition
to the proposed protection. o£ Am
erican shipping.
This means that all armed mer
chantmen, as well as United States
battleships, will seek and assume
the aggresive against all German
submarines which may be found
on the nigh seas.
Contracts for supplies for the
army amounting to half a million,
dollars were drawn up this after
noon by the Council for Naltonal
Defense, at one of Hie most import
ant meetings ever held by that
body since its creation.
The contracts are to be awarded
the minute that war is declared
and the contracts call for the be
ginning of the delivery of the goods
■and suo^lies within, one hour after
the notice of award is received by
♦he firm to whom it is l&t.
CreiONE CAUSES»OEATHS
WHtS II SWEEPS INDIANA TOWNS
New Albany, Ind., March 24—A
cyclone of terrific violence visited,
this secMoa of the state, and laid
•flat many of the smaller settlements
in this vicinity.
Reports are being rtceived here
telling of the loss of life which was
caused by the storm. As near as
can be ascertained over one hundred
DL I'TSCHLAND'S CARGO
REMAINS UNSOLD
New York, March 24—It will sur
prise in est people to learn, says
Wall Street Journal, that the car
go of the Deuts<h!aiid is still un
disposed of in the United States. It
c^usis'ed for the most part of dyes
and medicines, and the people who
■ lives were lost and it Is possible
that two huudrde were lost.
LATER—A carefully revised list
of the dead reported as a result of
the storm is given at thirty; nine
dead and over one hundred severe
ly injured.
The property loss will amount to
over tro million, dollars.
are handling dye-stuffs fined that
tlie United States is progressing in
h9r independence ag respects Ger
man dyes. One of the great losses
to Germany •will be discovered afteT
the war is that the world can get
along reasonably well without her
potash and her dyes, and in many
lines where she. before the war
held industrial supremacy.
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Central Committee and Parliamentary
Representatives Vote For Russia a
Republic—Will Prosecute War
Against Central Powers
London, March. 24—The Central
Commit'ee of the neyv Russian gov
ernment and the parliamentary re
presentatives of the constitutional
Democratic party at Pe*rcgratl vot
ed this morning in favor of a
Republican form af government for
Russia. i
Wit^i thg establishment of a
Republican form of government for
Russia, plans for an effectual con
stitutional government are now
progressing with the greatest ra- j
pidity, and in all branches the great;
est harmony prevails.
The entire army and navy is
with, the new government heads,
and the ease with which the change
from uu. absolute monarchy to a Re
publican form of gove;nment was
brought abou* is almost a miracle.
The general opinion here today is
that «he new government will now
prosecute the war againgt the cen
tral oowers more vigorously than
ever. This belief is grounded on
the fact, that the Russian empress
wag oonosed to a vigorous prosecu
tion <*" the war and her downfall
will add to the efforts of the na
tion *rs win.
SEATTLE POLICE USE DRASTIC
I METHODS IN CHIEF'S DEFENCE
Sea-tlq, March, 24—Eddit Metz
dorff, a waiter in one of the res
tauraur^ in this city this morninj
testified in th$ bootlegging graf
cases * nich are being tried agains
Mayor Gill, Chief of Police Beck
ingham and others, who are charg'
ed with having received bribei
from 'he Billingsleyp for the re
lease of liquors which were shippec
ink* the state and confiscated b)
the authorities, tha* Assistant Chiel
of Detectives W. C. -Kent- tirougl
Watson H. Smith had paid bin
one hundred dollars to give testi
mony that the Billingsleys had tolc
him that they were framing up £
■ case against Mayor Gill, by which
■ they expected to get him imprisoned
; for graf*.
• j Me'zdorff concluded his story on
•! the <;taiid at noon. He stated that
■ he was tn parole from Walla Walla
penitentiary, and that the defense
i for Mavor Gill and Cliief Becking
ham had threatened to return him
to the penitentiary in the event
that b" did not ewear that what
' he had told was a pack of lies,
i If > ilia story of Metzdorff's is
♦rue, i* reveals the fact that the
police department is being used in
. an amazing manner in the defense
of ilay .• Gill and Chief Beckinghai
Friday evening, March 29th, a
Belgium's Cnildrea Fund benefit
will be given at the Popular Picture*
Palace under the auspices of the
pupils of the Skagway Public school.
The appeal for help for tie lit
tle sufferers in war torn. Belgium
has taken hold of the hearts of
the children of Skagway, and they
will do *heir part toward aleviatiug
the sufferings of the helpless ones
far across the sea.
The plans for the entertainment
have not been perfected, but sever
al of th c» older lassies afi Skagway
are wording zealously on a program
which will be an honor to them. Mr.
GERMANS LEAVING
THE UNITED STATES
Washington, March 24 — Fifty
thousand German residents of the
United States hayQ received pass
uuumumttutiuuu
Mowl has graciously donated the
use of iiis theater for the pur
pose, and it is the intention of the
| children to work in to the program
several recitations and musical num
bers, and mayhap they will call on
some of the grown-ups to assist
them.
Set aside this one night and take
the needs of the little war suffer
ers to your own hearts and as
eis* the children of Skagway to send
enough money; over the sea to keep
some one little tot from the frit
ter pangs of hunger.
As the program is developed, you
will be kept informed through the
columns of this paper.
ports and migrated to various parts
of Mexico during the last fifteen
months, according to estimates at
the Mexican Consulate in 'New York.
The Consulate hag advised the State
Department at Washington of this
movement, it was said,
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BOARD GIVES 3ULZER CERTIFICATE
AS DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
J.uneau, March 24—In compliance
.with, lb*- writ of mandamus issued.,
by Judge Robert Jennings, judge i
of the district court for the First
Judicial Division of the Territory1
of Alaska, upon each and every |
membT of the canvassing board,'
Governor J. F. A. Strong, Charles j
1 Davidson, territorial secretary, and
John F. Pugli, collector of cus
toms for Alaska, this mornng at
*en o'clock the board issued the
certificate of election to Charles A.
SulzeT as Delega'e to Washington!
from t* e Territory of Alaska.
Jlr. liulzer when seen shortly af
ter the certificate had been pre
sented "o him stated that he would
leave for Washington immediately.
Juneau, March. 24—The. House of
Representatives this morning kill
ed house bills Nos. 7 and. 8, both,
of which related to court matters.
A bill was introduced providing
that any witness who might be
properlv notified should appear be
fore the House of Representatives
<or the Territorial Senate or Legis
lative committees and bring with
them such books or other docu
ments as might he also requested,
and to give such evidence as they,
might bt asked.
Adjournment wag then, taken un
til tw.o o'clock this afternoon, at
which, time the memorial services
for 'he late Representatives John
G. Heid will be held by the joint
assembly o£ the two houses of the
Territcrial Legislature.
Judge Robert Jennings V'ill de
liver t"-> principle eulogistic ad
dress.
Seattle, March 23 — Detectives
watched yesterday all boats and
trail's leving this city in au effort
to find George L. Hayden, tlie
nineteen year old messenger of the
First National Bank of this city,
who it is claimed extracted nine
teen thousand dollars in five hun
drel dollar bills from a letter which
he was carrying to the post office.
I' is believed that he has fled
to. Alaska.
LITIGATION IS STARTED
FOR INTEREST IN CLIFF MINE
Cordova, March 24—A suit has
been filed in the district court by
Edmund Smith, George C. Treat
and Lcgan Archibald for a one
fifth interest in the Cliff mine,
and it is expected the case will
come uu for trial in. the nqar fu
ture i» some of its phases. This
suit is the outgrowth of a similar
action brought somtlme over a
year ago, in which judgment was
rendered by the court hi favor of
the plaintiffs. Later the appellate
ccur* reversed the judgment of the
lower court on the purely technical
ground that the complain did not
set forth a cause of action.
Seattle, March 23—W. D. Wood,
former mayor cf this city, and
pioneer of the State of Washington,
died at his home here this morning.
Mr. Wood led the Humboldt ex
pedition tp the Yukon in 1897.
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