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Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday, May 9. 1916
NO. 161
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WASHINGTON, May 9.—Representations with respect t >
the raiding by Mexican outlaws of Glenn Springs, in the Big
Bend country of Texas, were made by the state department to
the Mexican government, today. The messages, to President
Carranza, suggest that he exert his utmost power to prevent a
recurrence of these outlaw raids into American territory; that
a re adjustment of the Carranzista forces would be advisable,
so that scattering bands of Mexican outlaws should not be
fi,ble to again cross the border.
IT. S. CAVALRY IN PURSUIT.
EL PASO, May 9.—Four troops of the United States cav
alry have arrived at Glenn .Springs, Texas, to take up the pur
suit of the Mexican raiders. They are instructed to follow the
bandits into Mexico and remain in pursuit until the outlaws
are overtaken.
INDIONATION RUNS HIGH.
' GLENN SPRINGS, Texas, May 9.—Indignation runs high
in Glenn Springs, following the raid tof the Mexican bandits.
Residents assert that their home government affords them no
protection. People here are arming and propose to protect
themselves.
LINER CIBRIC
SINK HI SEA
LONDON, May 9.—The White
Star liner Cymbric is sinking at sea,
according to wireless messages re
J* ceived in London this morning by
Lloyd’s. The nature ot the accident
that befell the Cymbric is not re
vealed in the messages, but it is
feared that she fell victim to a Gor
man submarine.
The Cymbric sailed from New.
York, enroute to Lierpool, soveral
days ago, and w’as nearing her des
tination when she met with the ac
cident. The Cymbric is laden with
a genera] cargo, including munitions
of war for the allies. She carries no
passengers, but her crew consists of
several hundred men.
♦ WASHINGTON, May !».—President
Wilson has written a letter to Sen
ator Culberson, chairman of the
senate Judiciary committee, urging
,the confirmation ot Louis D. Bran
dele, nominated as an associate jus
tice of the United States supreme
court. The chairman read the letter
to the committee at its session to
day. It is believed that the pres!-'
dent's letter will do much to hasten
the confirmation of the nominee.
j The tug Waiowa, drawing the
barge Harvester and scow D. & L.
No. 2, reached this port at 8 o’clock
this morning, with Capt. S. F. Snow
in charge. She was loaded with
800,000 feet of lumber for the firm
of McNally & Maitland, who are un
loading same at tne new yards just
west of the old Maitland dock at the
foot of H street. Capt. Snow left
Port Angeles on April 22nd, and will
return at once for another cargo of
lumber for McNally & Maitland.
The monthly report or the secre
tary of the Alaska Labor Union,
submitted last night, shows that the
total in all funds now exceeds the
indebtedness by almost $100. The
indebtedness a month ago was about
$1100. Net receipts of the smokor
Saturday night were $109, which in
deluded a donation of $25 from Chas.
E. Herron for the building fund. A
hearty vote of 'thanks was extended
.. to Mr. Herron last night for his sub
stantial '‘recognition” of the organ
ization.
FOUND GUILTY
NEW YORK, May 9 - -Lieut. Fay,
Walter Scholtz anJ Paul Daecho, oh
trial here for the past month
charged with conspiracy to destroy
American munition plants, were
found guilty by the trial jury, that
reached a verdict last night. The
convicted men are Germans who
have been active in plots for the de
struction of munition plants.
GERMAN WARSHIPS
ESCAPE FROM KIEL
NEW YORiv, May 9.—Two Ger
man submarines and a commerce
raider escaped from Kiel and are ro_
ported at largo in the Atlantic
ocean, according to confidential ad
vices received by steamship oper
ators. The warning is sent ill an
effort to protect Atlantic liners, it
'S believed liere that the British
liner Cyrabric, ill distress in mid
ocean, fell victim to one of these
marines.
NEW ENGLANDER
GELS A FAT JOB
WASHINGTON, May 9.—The
president today sent to the senate
the nomination of Eugene E. Heed,
of New Hampshire, to be a member
of the Philippine commission. The
appointeo. if confirmed, will succeed
Clinton L. Riggs.
AGED WOMAN SUICIDES.
SEATTLE, May 9.—Mrs. Virginia
Rand, aged GO years, committed suir
cido by shooting herself last night.
She was broken in health and mind
and sought refuge in death.
William Kerr and wife are among
the many recent arrivals in Anchor
age and will make their home here
for the summer. Mr. Kerr is cer
tainly ontitled to the distinction of
being numbered among the pioneers
of this country, as he camped at the
mouth of Ship creek in 1909 while
on a.prospecting trip, at which time
j the tide came in and wrecked the
camp, tjfld, naturally notices some
change in (Ellis particular part of the
| inlet.
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❖ GOVERNOR STRONG SAYS NO OPPOSI- ♦
❖ TION IN CONGRESS TO BIG APPROPRIAION ^
❖ FOR THE GOVERNMENT RAILWAY PROJECT ^
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♦ SEATTLE, May 9.—‘‘There will be no difficulty til ^
$ all about securing tlie big appropriation for the Alas- ^
^ ka railway project at the hands of the congress. 1 <>
♦ talked witli a number of senators and congressmen ^
^ with respect to this matter, and 1 found that there is ^
^ practically no ojiposition to appropriating funds for ^
^ the big devellopment scheme.” ^
♦ The foregoing statement was made today by Gov- ^
^ ernor J. F. A. Strong, who, accompanied by Mrs. ^
♦ Strong, returned from an official trip to Washington ^
♦ last night. The governor further said that he had ^
♦ talked with President Wil-on alloil t the railway pro- ^
^ jeet anil about Alaska generally, and declared the ^
^ chief executive is taking the deepest interest in the
^ big territory and follows its development with the
^ keenest interest. ' ^
♦ Governor and Airs. Strong will jsail for Juneau to- ^
^ morrow. • , ^
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WASHINGTON', May lb—J.alost~~ln the American note
cabled today to the German empire, president Wilson accepts
tin1 German pledge to conduct the submarine warfare accord
ing to international law. With this acceptance is coupled the
formal notice to Germany ‘‘that the.Failed States cannot for
a moment entertain, much loss discuss, the suggestion con
tained in the German note, that respect by the Gennan naval
authorities of the rights i f citizens of (lie United States on
the high seas should in the slightest degree be made contingent
upon the conduct of any other government affecting the rights
of neutrals and non-combatants.” • ,
CORRESPONDENT ASSERTS KAISER
APPEALS^ POPE FOR ARMISTICE
LONDON ,May 9.—Tin* Rotterdam cirsrrespondent of tlio
London Telegraph sends a cable message alleging that Em
peror William of Germany lias written the Pope request
ing Ilis Holiness and King Alphonso of Spain to arrange an
immediate armistice, looking toward the consummation of
peace.
Y. M. C. A. IRK 10 BE CONDUCTED
ALONG LINE OE THE RAILWAY LINE
O. A. Kenyon, railroad secretary i
for the International Coniniittee of
the Young Men’s Christian Associa
tion, with otnces in New York city,
arrived on the Alameda and will
make his headquarters in Anchorage
for a few months while organizing
Association work along the line of
the new railroad.
Mr. Kenyon comes from Chicago,
where he has been attending the As
sociaiion College the past two years,
previous to whica he was affiliated
with the Association at Boulder,
Col., and later Assistant Employ
ment Secretary of the Seattle Y. M.
C. A. As secretary to the mill su
perintendent of a prosperous mining j
company in Soutneastern Alaska, he j
became interested in the industrial
department cf tae Association work,
and appreciating the limited advan
tages open to men desiring a whole
some social life while pioneering in
the North welcomed tlm opportunity
that came to demonstrate the ability
of the Y. M. C. A. to adapt its pro
gram to the field of labor.
Since the organization of the j
Young Men's Christian Association |
in London, England, dune C, 1844,1
by a young man who later became
the member of the large drapery es
tablishment of Hitchcock A- Wil
liams, and bearing the title of Sir
,Goorge Williams, it has met with a
,most remarkable growth, not only
dn practically all of the European
countries, but more especially in
North America. Beginning with first
a religious work, it no wembraces
fourfold work in developing tho
highest. type of efficient manhood,
emphasizing the physical, social, ed
ucational and religious development.
A work organized ttrst for clerks in
a drapery establishment has been
adapt'd to serve the office men of
the cities, the men of the universi
ties, the boys of the high school and
country districts, the men of the
aimy and navy, men in the mining,
lumber and in construction camps,
and last but by no moans least, the
railroad companies and employees,
which department alone lias eighty
five thousand men using the privi
leges as members and participating
in its activities.
Mr. Kenyon will take this inter
esting and .beneficial proposition tip
with the Commission in particular
and endeavor to find a large enough
field for his labors in this commun
ity to make Anchorage his summer
homo. Mr. Kenyon is stopping with
Dr. Mcllride, who will materially
assist him in this splendid under
faking.
Mrs. (5. J. Swensen, who recently
came to Anchorage from Juneau,
will (stablish an office In the Fowler
building. Mrs. Swenson is a notary
and an abstractor, and in addition
to this will deal in real ostate and
handle mus'cal instruments.
Captain Sid Harrington, a pioneer
Yukon navigator, is a passenger on
the Farragtit, enroute to Anchorage,
and will establish a line of river
boats from this port to the Mata
nuska river.
WASHINGTON, May fi.—By a vote of 221 to 142, the house
yesterday afternoon refused to concur in the senate amend
ment to the army hi 11 providing that the regular army shall be
increased to 2:10,000 men.
The decisive vote rejecting the senate amendment indicates
that the house will not recede from its position, and if the sen
ate declines to yield, the army bill will be held up indefinitely.
The failure of the two houses to reach an agreement, in the
crisis which now confronts the country growing out of the
German and Mexican problems, but adds to the perplexities of
the administration. President Wilson has had conferences
with Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the senate committee
on military affairs, and Congressman Hay, chairman of the
house committee on military affairs, in an effort to get the
army bill through congress as soon as possible. The president
frankly informed the respective chairmen that the responsi
bility rests entirely with tin* congress, and if the law making
body refuses to act definitely, he will have no hesitation in.
telling the country of the true situation.
COMMISSIONERS
QUIT BY REQUEST
OLYMPIA, May a.—Chairman
HJrnst and Floyd Daggett, members
of the Washington state industrial
insurance commission, acting on an
informal request by Governor Lister,
today sent in their resignations,
which were accepted. The resigna
tions follow the scandal growing out
of grafting in the industrial insur
ance commission. Whilo the com
missioners were not guilty of partici
pation in the defalcations revealed,
they are culpable to the degree that
hey were negligent.
THE IRISH REVOLT
LONDON, May 9.—Tho govern
ment issued an otlicial statement this
morning announcing the execution
ot Cornelius Colbert, Edmund Kent,
Michael Mallon and J. J. Hueston,
for taking a leading part in the Sinn
Eein revolt in Ireland.
DUBLIN, May 9—James Sullivan,
the American, arrested for complic
ity in the Sinn Fein revolt in Ire
land, has been released, mainly
through the efforts of American Am
bassador I’age.
Lawrence Barrett, one of the old
timers in the Nome country and a
registered “sourdough” of the early
days, later made famous by a cer
tain brand of cigars, is proprietor of
the Normile-summy rooming house,
recently erected on Fifth street, ad
joining the grocery store of binley
& Co. This rooming house is com
modious, being 2JxfjO feet, and con
taining 55 full sized Oklahoma
bunks, which insure perfect comfort
for tall customers.
Miss June Peterson, of Portland,
who is in Anchorage for a few days,
has opened a drug store at Mata
nuskn Landing, and will also handlo
newspapers, periodicals, cigars and
tobaccos. Miss Peterson came to
Seward early in the season and had
the novel experience of mushing in
to Anchorage over the trail.
FARM SAILS
WITH BIG LIST
SEATTLE. May 9.—The steamer
Admiral Fairagut, of the Admiral
line, sailed from Seattle at noon yes.
terday, enroute to Anchorage and
way ports. First-class passengers
enroute to Anchorage are:
Joseph Berri, B. D. Guppln, C. C.
Osier, A. Aireland, E. R. Stivers,
Mrs. John T. Coffey, C. M. Miller, M.
A. Ellis, Joseph Groggin, J. W. Baer,
Lew Criden, J. J. Lindquist. L. J.
Englund, John Coman, Edward Au
gella, A. A. Adams, H. L. Reed, Mrs.
M. J. Wilson, Mrs. Gus C. Staburg,
Mrs. E. Sherman, R. L. Kinney, Her.
bert Gates, Mrs. Ben Levin, Barney
Simon, Mrs. Simon, R. S. Temme. J.
H. Gardiner, B. E. Gaskill, A. S. Ses
sions, E. Reed, S. E. Harrington,
Frank Marino, Edward Bourget, and
ninety in the steerage.
BRIEF REPLY IS
SENT TO GERMANY
WASHINGTON, May 9.—Secre
tary of State Lansing said today that
a brief reply had been sent to the
German government, in response to
the Teuton reply to the American
ultimatum. The secretary declined
to give the purport of the American
reply.
Early Monday morning, the sec
retary sent a brief note saying that
the German note had been officially
received.
Dr. E. S. Reedy recently operated
on Jim English at tho government
hospital. Mr. English was suffering
from a ruptured appendix and com
plications and was in a serious con
dition. but is much improved this
morning. He is a man of mature
years and an interesting character,
having been employed as road mas
ter for the Copper River railway
from 1905 to 1911 and otherwise
being identified with the building of
this road, and is familiar with the
hardships of Alaska life, but even
with his experience and age mushed
in to Anchorage from the Copper
river country.
The gas schooner Halscon, with
Capt. Scott as master, came in last
night with 150 tons of cargo Tor An
chorage Supply Company, consisting
of rooltlng, building material, win
dows, etc., which is being unloaded
at their yards near the site of the
new commercial warehouse.