The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME TWO. Xl'MBEK CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 16, 1616. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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WASHINGTON, March 15. — The
United States troops crossed the bor
der into Mexico at noon today. The
column comprised mainly cavalry and
was under command of General Persh
' ing. The American soldiers met witt
no resistance from the Carranza
forces.
DOUGLAS, Kriz., March 15. — Col
Dato Campbell, commanding a flying
cavalry brigade of five hundred men
last night telegraphed to General Cal
les, the Carranza commander in So
nora, stating that the American mili
tary commander at Lang’s ranch, had
informed Campbell that Villa with his
band of outlaws was headed for the
Los Chlneneas canyon and the Ojitis
pass. If this Information is correct
it would appear that Villa intends to
enter Sonora. Campbell said that he
was starting for the western slope of
Ojitos mountains, and that Colonel
Morelos and his command were guard
ing the town of Ojitos. Calles has re
ceived orders from General Obregon
regarding co-operation wdth the Am
erican troops under Funston. and af
ter receiving the same he instructed
all of his subordinates to aid the Am
erican soldiers In every way. Obre
gon told Calles that the reciprocal
treaty between the United States And
Mexico called for the fullest co-opera
tion of General Carranza with the
United States soldiers.
EL PASO, March 15. — General Ga-,
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vira. the Carranza commander at
Juarez, announced this morning that
the American troops had not as yet
crossed into Mexico, and that they
could not do so until the expected
permission from General Carranza at
Queretaro had been received by Fun
ston. He said that this permission
would undoubtedly be given. There
is nothing to indicate that the Mexi
cans will oppose the passage of the
Americans. The people show no ex
citement over the affair, the press
considering the matter calmly, and
simply as a co-operative effort to!
stamp out the anarchy which has been
prevailing in northern Mexico. Neither!
can any movement of Mexican troops ,
be discerned which would tend to in
dicate that the Carranza government
would object to the enterprise. In
Juarez, both the soldiers in the gar
rison and the people are friendly to
American visitors, who are coming
and going with freedom.
SAN ANTONIO, March 15. — Gen
eral Funston said today that no move
ment of American troops into Mexico
has as yet been reported to him. He
said that he felt certain that Pershing
would not advance without notifying
him, and that the news would be made
public as soon as received. From the
ictivity around Funston's headquar
ters it is felt to be practically certain
that the expected advance Into Mexi
:o will occur sometime today.
SAN ANTONIO, March 15. — While
the American troops being concen
trated at Columbus, New Mexico, are
impatiently awaiting the order to ad
vance, the soldiers of Carranza are
earnestly working to effect the cap
ture of Villa, hoping to forestall the
Americans in getting credit for the
death or capture of the Mexican ban-!
dit. They are trying, if possible, to!
make it unnecessary for the entrance
of the Americans into the business on
hand, and not for the purpose of re
fusing admission to the soldiers from
the north in case they are unsuccess
ful. Kunston has received reports tell
ing of the Increased activity of Car
ranza's forces in Chihuahua and So
nora, but he looks upon these move
it I pta or /■* i /■* a ra r a /'▼now at
ments as merely evidence of Carran
za's determination to co-operate with
the Americans in the problem of eli
minating Villa as a disturbing factor
in Mexican affairs.
MARFU, Texas, March 15. — Col.
Rogas, the Carranza commander at
Ojinaga, was murdered last night by
his own men, who mutinied. Details
have not been received, and it is not
known what the reasons for the act
were.
EL FASO, March 15. — Dispatches
received here this morning from Co
lumbus contain no mention of the ex
pected crossing of American troops
into Mexico.
PARIS, March 15. — Today's offi
cial communique stated that the Ger
mans made no further aggressive
movements west of the Meuse last
night. French counter attacks were
launched between Bethincourt and
Cumieres and resulted in the reoccu
pation of certain trenches captured
by the Teutons yesterday. There has
been a three-day lull in the fighting,
and when it is renewed it is thought
that it will be the opening gun in the
real battle for the possession of Ver
dun. ■ The defenders of the French
fortress have profited by the inter
mission to strengthen the weak points
in their lines, and all the French com
manders express the utmost confi
dence in the ability of the army to re
pulse the coming German attacks.
General Petain, the French command
er at Verdun, sent a message to the
House of Deputies In Paris today, as
suring the members of the final suc
cess of the Frencli troops in this vi
cinity.
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ROME, March 15. — Austria fol
lowed her ally, Germany, today and
declared war on Portugal, because of
the latter’s requisitioning of the Ger
^ man merchant vessels interned in her
ports. The Portgueguese minister was
handed his passports at noon, by the
Austrian secretary of foreign affairs.
It is probable that the Portuguese
ministry will be turned over to either
the Spanish or American ambassa
dors.
a GOLDEN JUBILEE IN HONOR
VON HINDENBEHG
BERLIN, March 15. — Preparations
are under way for a national com
memoration of the golden jubilee of
Field Marshal von Hindenburg's entry
into the army as a lieutenant of the
Third Infantry Regiment of the Guard,
April 7. 1866.
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Mrs. Harry Edwards, of Ruby,
arrived from the States on the steamer
Farragut. and will leave for her home
on today’s train.
IN MAY.
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The expedition ship Saturn Is being
fitted up at Mare Island, and will leave
with the equipment for the Alaska
radio stations in May. Whether she
will come direct to Cordova to begin
the W’ork at the new station along the
! Copper River & Northwestern rail
way, is not known.
SHACK PLANS TO
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JUNEAU, March 15. — Returns have
been received from all over Alaska,!
giving the results of the Republican!
primaries, and they assure the renom-j
ination of Delegate Wickersham as the
party candidate in November. They i
also mean that Alaska's two delegates
to the Chicago convention will be in
structed. Much speculation is being
indulged in as to who will be the next
Republican national committeeman,'
and the place is considered of great |
importance, the Republicans believing
they will elect a president next fall.’
the matter of distribution of patron
age in the territory being the chief
m-ize fought for in the primaries, j
Louis P. Shackleford is very anxious
to again be in control of the party and
of course wants to be committeeman.
George D. Schofield, of Nome, is also
prominently mentioned in this regard,
and Elmer FI. Ritchie, of Valdez, will
go into the convention with consider-'
.able backing from the Third division
for the honor. Fairbanks, or the
Fourth division, have not made known
what recognition they desire at the
Seward convention.
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LONDON, March 15. — The west ,
coast of Africa, formerly a land of ]
romance, tragedy and mystery to be
told by explorers, is becoming rapidly ,
modernized. A Nigerian newspaper. (
for instance, says that Dr. Obasa. a j
wealthy native, has at his own ex- ,
pense built a new road into his cocoa ,
plantations so that now a fleet of
motor trucks will take the place of the
tong line of natives carrying the cocoa j
on their heads through a jungle trail.
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tleorge Marshall is here from the (
States, on his way to Fairbanks. i
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MANY a I LAMLna
GOING
The steamer Admiral Farragut ar
rived in port about 4 o’clock yesterday
morning with the following passen
gers for Cordova: Mrs. L. Larkin,
Joe Petre, 14. D. Peterman, Mrs. Pet
erman. E. A. Austin, O. L. Rlchman,
Mrs. K. Riddington, E. W. Griffin,
3us Wilson, Thomas Davis, J. E. An
lerson, C. C. Adams, Mrs. II. Ed
monds. H. Anderson, F. Algren, A.
Johnson, and forty second class.
The steamer Northwestern is due
here late this afternoon, with a ban
ner list of passengers for Cordova.
The steamship Victoria arrived
from the westward yesterday and will
sail direct from Cordova to Seattle,
via the outside passage, this after
noon. taking mail and passengers.
The IT. S. bureau of navigation has
lwarded signal letters to the steam
ships Admiral Sebree and Admiral
'lark, and the vessels have thus been
regularly entered in the Admiral fleet,
inder their new names.
A Dill of sale for the gas boat Still
vater, of Cordova, was filed in the
Juneau customs house. The boat was
void by .1. G. Carlson to the Hoonah
"•eking Company for $550. The boat
s of thirteen tons gross.
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RUSSIA PUCES I
TOKIO. March 15. — Russia lias
ilaeed a war loan of 50,000,000 yen, or^
ibout $25,000,000, with Japanese bank-^
■rs. The operation is really for the (
•urpose of paying in part for the
:reat quantities of war munitions:
vhlch the Japanese government and
•rivate arsenals are furnishing the
tussian government.
The loan takes the form of Russian
reasury bills in denominations of 5,
iOO and 10,000 yen, and the rate of
nterest is 5 per cent. The bonds are
edeeniable in one year. The bonds
rill be issued at the rale of 05.
Little Grace Kathleen Dooley cole
•rated her second birthday yesterday.1
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Thomas
n extended trip to Pacific coast cit
es and Boise, Idaho.
HONORS LEAD
NEW YORK. March 15- The latest
records of the various clubs in the
United States Revolver Association
inter-city tournament shows a remark
ably close race for first place honors
between the teams representing San
Francisco, Spokane and Pittsburg.
The standing is as follow’s:
Won Lost
Olympic.lft 1
Spokane.15 2
Pittsburg.15 2
Portland.14 3
Boston.13 4|
Springfk'd .12 5
Cincinnati.12 5
R. & R. N. Y.10 8
St. Louis.9 8
Seattle.8 8
Manhattan.8 9
Providence.7 10
Chicago.4 12
Manitou .4 13
Youngstown.4 13
•Baltimore .3 11
Pallas.2 15
Belleville .0 17
•Two matches missing from records.
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WHISKEY IN
LONDON. March 14. — Teetotalers1
and prohibitionists have hailed with
joy an intimation by David Lloyd
Cleorge. minister of munitions, that j
all patent whiskey stills in the Brit-'
ish Isles will be taken over by the j
government for war work until the* i
end of the war, to be used for thej
production of certain of the ingredi
ents of explosives.
There will be no shortage of whis
key. however. The distillers say they
have a stock in bond quite sufficient
to supply the normal consumption in
this country for at least three years.
They also point out that unless the
war should come to a sudden end
their supply woidd last four years,
owing to the lessened consumption
due to the restricted sale now in force.
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R. \V. Griffin, of Chena, who is
one of the largest individual liter- i
chants in the Tanana valley, was an
arrival on the Farragut. en route to
Fairbanks. i
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A large number of people will leave
on today's train for the interior. i
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CORDOVA.
J. Herman, of Seward, spent the
past couple of days in Cordova, seek
ing a location for the establishment
of a cigar factory. He has several
places in view, and hopes to have his
plant in operation by April 1, giving
employment to four men.
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WASHINGTON, March 15. — The
Senate today unanimously approved
the joint resolution introduced in the
House, calling for the rehabilitation
of the standing army up to its full
strength of one hundred thousand men.
This means an additional twenty
thousand troops to the present mobile
army. While the vote in the Senate
was unanimous the House registered
one dissenting voice, that of Meyer
London, a Socialist congressman, who
cast his vote in the negative.
WASHINGTON, March 15. — Im
mediately upon the passage of the
joint resolution, calling for increasing
the strength of the mobile army to its
full capacity, the war department got
busy and instructed all of its recruit
ing officers throughout the country to
take immediate steps to enlist the
twenty thousand additional men pro
vided for by Congress.
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ITALY’S MARBLE
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ROME. March 15. — War has hit
very hard the Alpi Apuani district,
(specially in the neighborhood of Car
rara. where Italy’s finest marble is
juarrted. France and Belgium were
Italy’s best customers for marble be
'ore the war, Germany being a close
hird and England fourth. There has
jeen no exportation to France, Bel
gium and Germany for over a year,
ind now it is announced that England
las decided not to allow any further
mportation of this type of luxury.
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The Farragut brought 56 passengers
or Cordova.
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Joe Reddington and wife, of Seattle, t
ire spending a few days in town. t
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E. A. Austin, of San Francisco, was t
in arrival on yesterday’s boat.
VINDICATED B¥
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WHITE PLAINS. N. Y.. March 15.—
Supreme Court Justice Tomkins to
day dismissed the indictment charging
perjury, against Thomas Mott Os
borne, the former warden of Sing Sing
prison. The judge declared that the
jury could not possibly bring in a ver
dict of guilty on the evidence offered,
and instructed them to acquit the de
fendant. He then discharged the
jury. The charges against Osborne,
who was instrumental in introducing
many humane methods into the man
agement of the famous penitentiary,
have been claimed to be instigated by
a vicious political ring, incensed at
losing their graft in the administra
tion of prison affairs. The case at
tracted nation wide attention, prison
experts flocking to Osborne's defence,
and the inmates of the jail sending
forth a plea in favor of their former
warden. While Osborne was tempor
arily removed by Governor Whitman
pending the disposition of the charges
against him, it is considered likely
that he will be restored to his post.
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GAINS 1ST
BERLIN. March 15. — The war of
fice announced officially this morning
(hat the fighting along the western
front last night had resulted in the
Hermans making important gains west
af the Meuse. The statement says
[hat the Teutons pushed forward their
lines to a point west of the t’orbeaux
wood, and on the height of Lemorth a
[housand French prisoners were taken,
rite statement makes no mention of
my other actions of importance
iround Verdun, simply asserting that
ictivities were practically confined
o exchanges of artillery fire.
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ENGLAND CONTROLS AAANY
MUNITION PLANTS
LONDON, March 15. — t total of
,8:14 establishments for the tnanufac
ure of shells and munitions are now
inder control of the British minister
if munitions. The first factory was
aken over by the government on July
2, 1915.