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The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 410. CORDOVA, ALASKA, SUNDAY MoRNIJJO, APRIL !», .101(5. PRICE TEN CENTS.
ROOT BOOM FOR
NEW YORK, April 8. — The move
ment for the nomination of ex-Sen
ator E'Vliu Root, of this state, for the
Republican nomination as president
at the coming national convention, to
be held in Chicago next June, was
launched in this city last night, when
a statement calling upon Republicans
of all classes to rally to his support
was issued, bearing the signatures of
seventy-four Republicans of national
prominence. Among other names
noted is that of Robert Bacon, for
merly ambassador to France, and who
once held a place in President Roose
velt’s cabinet. Bacon is a close per
sonal friend of Colonel Roosevelt, and
his support of the Root candidacy is
taken as an indication that Teddy may
be induced to support the regular Re
publican nominee, and throw his Pro -
gressive Bull Moose party into the
discard. Last week Mr. Bacon was
the host at a luncheon party, given in
a leading hotel here, at which both
the ex-president and Mr. Root were
present. This is the first time that
• Roosevelt and Root have met since
the Republican national convention of
1912. Mr. Root offered no objection
to the issuance of the statement made
public'today, and it is undoubted!'
true that he would accept the noininn
tion if tendered him.
PANAMA CANAL
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WASHINGTON’, April 8. Many
ships are cOngregqtiilg at Hie Atlantic
entrance lo the Panama canal, in an
ticipation of tlie opening of the canal,
which lies been set for the hth of
April* today. The canal authorities
havep . lenAd that vt ssels drawing
thirty feet or less will be admitted
first, but the work of dredging is pro
j. ceeding expeditiously and the com
mission announced that vessels of
deeper draft would be allowed, passage
very shortly.
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BRITISH SCORE
EAST AFRICA
LONDON, April 8. — The British
war office officially announced to-'
that the British had scored further
successes against the Germans in Ger
man East Africa, and that the colony
was almost entirely under British con
trol at the present time, the British
troops under command of an ex-Boer
leader having done remarkable work
under extremely difficult conditions.
In the last battle, in which the enemy
after a stiff fight surrendered to the
English, seventeen German soldiers,
and t#r .hundred native troops were
captu*1. Also many guns were
taken, and large quantities of ammu
nition.
UNCLE SI'S PAPER BILE II
BIC ITEM
V»SmNGTON, April 8. — Paper
used by the government printing office
last year cost $1,238,759, and salaries
and wages at the printing office am
ounted to $3,365,680.
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GERMANS GAIN HEADWAY
I Special by Associated Press.
BERLIN. April 8. — The official
war office bulletin issued this morn
ing announced that the Germans had
attacked the French positions west
of the Meuse last night, north of Ver
dun, and captured the French trenches
j along a front of two kilometres in
| length. The bulletin stated that the
positions captured were important,
and seriously endangered the adjoin
ing trenches, and will probably com
pel the French to withdraw some of
their troops from the first line
trenches to prevent a flank attack.
PARIS, April 8. The official com
munique isssued this morning states
that the Germans renewed the attack
on the French positions south of Hau
court last night, several strong infan
try assaults being repulsed by the
French troops, who were, however,
compelled to yield two small field po
sitions to the enemy between Hau
court and Hill 2S7. Between Bethin
Icourt and Chattincourt the French
took the offensive, fighting with hand
grenades, much damage being accom
pllshed, and the Germans being forced
to give up some trenches. The Ger
mans adopted similar tactics, east of
' the Meuse near Fort Vaux, where se
| vere hand grenade fighting continued
throughout the night, but all the Ger
man attacks were repulsed, the French
retaining all their positions, and in
flicting considerable loss on the
enemy.
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Special to the Daily Times.
WASHINGTON, April 8. — Secre
tary Maker was interviewed today re
garding the reported intention of the
war department to withdraw the
troops from Mexico. Mr. Baker post
lively stated that the rumors were
without foundation, and specifically
denied that any preparations whatso
I ever had been made to bring back
| the Pershing expedition. The Ameri
can troops, on tlie contrary, are mov
ing rapidly southwards in close pur
suit of tlie bandits, and the depart
l inent is forwarding additional sup
| plies daily to the expedition. Bakera
I said that the original orders issued
I to General Funston were still In force,
| that no change in them had been made
I and none was contemplated at this
ime, unless a radical change In the
situation occurred, such as the cap
ure or death of Villa.
WASHINGTON, April 8. — It was
innounced today that the original or
lers issued by President Wilson to
General Fred Funston in regard to the
junitive expedition into Mexico after
letiera! Villa did not include any di
rections for tile death or capture of
he bandit leader. The order specifi
•ally directed the dispersal of Villa’s
tut law- band, which attached Col urn
ms, New Mexico, and murdered Am
erican citizens in that raid. The or
ler also directed tlte withdrawal of
he troops to American territory as
soon as it became apparent that Hie
.'arfanza officials, stse de factor gov
ernment of Mexico, was able to re
lieve them of the work, with their
own troops. This government will
consider the work of the American
troops under General Pershing as com
pleted whenever tlje Villa band of
outlaws have been broken up and their
power of evil broken for good. The
determination of this fact is left to
the decision of General Kunston, the
commander in chief of the American
army on the border, and it may be
officially stated that Kunston has not
yet come lo the conclusion that the
task of Pershing and his men has
been finished.
I PUSHING IIEAI>QUARTKRS.
Mexico. April S. -— Villa was reported
on good authority today to be seri
ously wounded, lie is said to be rid
ing on a stretcher, so badly hurt that
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he cannot mount a horse, and that
a wagon is being utilized for his
transportation. In difficult mountain
passes iie is carried on the shoulders
of his men. His injury has been
dressed in but the rudest manner, as
there is no competent physician with
his force of outlaws. He is accom
panied by a small personal guard of
troops, who have fought with him for
years, and are intensely loyal to their
chief. Besides this personal guard,
he has a small force, which is being
used as a rear guard to prevent sur
prise attacks. The American soldiers
in the field have so far had no dis
agreeable experiences with the Mexi
cans, and all the Carranza soldiers
they have come in contact with have
treated them in the most friend!'
manner.
[wins out in
NEW YORK. April 8.—At the meet j
| ins of ilie state committee of the Re-i;
i publican party today Senator Tanner!
j was re-elected state chairman. The
j * lection of Tanner is everywhere con
] ceded to he a victory for that element
j in the Republican party supposedly
I headed by Supreme Court Justice
j Hughes and Governor Charles Whit- ;
j man. The forces opposed to Tanner
! were those favorable to ex-Senator
i Elihu Root and former Chairman Wil
liam Barnes.
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BIS TOURIST TRAVEL TO
PORTO RICO
WASHINGTON, April 8. i’orto
j Rico is enjoying its most prosperous
llourist season, more travellers having
visited the island this winter than ever
j before, government reports show.
BERLIN, April 8. — it appears that <
one effect of the war will be to break i
the taboo against Socialists in exe- s
cutive positions of city governments, t
Just now the city of Charlottenburg s
has installed a Socialist as an unpaid !
member of the council, or executive 1
authority of the city. Frankfort on t
the Main has gone still further by 11
electing Dr. Lindetnann. of Stuttgart, is
a former member of the Iliehstag, to t
a paid position on its governing boardj v
as a specialist in municipal govern-it)
meat. ic
STEAMER SUSSEX
NOT TORPEDOED
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Special by Associated Press.
BERLIN. April 8. — It was officially |
■ommunicated to Ambassador Gerard
*Uay that an investigation hy the
idmiralty had disclosed the fact that
ill the German submarines at sea on
lie day the Sussex was torpedoed In
he English channel have been ar
•ounted for, and no German subm
rine is responsible for the catastrophe, j
derat'd will Immediately transfer this i
nformation to the state department at !
Washington, which lias been awaiting
he official result of his request for
nformation from the German govern
nent.
WASHINGTON. April 8. — No word
tas yet been received from the Ant
erica n ambassador in TWlin concern j
ing the sinking of the Ross channel
liner Sussex. Press dispatches re-1
reived from Germany today announce.
Mint Germany has officially told the
ambassador that the Sussex was not
attacked by a German submarine.
While this advice is to some extent
accepted as accurate, the United
States will await official confirmation j
before determining its attitude in the
matter, if Germany officially dis
claims responsibility the administra
lion will he confronted with the task
of proving the willful destruction' of
the Sussex. In any event, Germany’s
disclaimer will greatly retard any ac
tion that this country has been con
sidering taking.
WASHINGTON, April 8. — Almost
he entire country east of the Missls
ippi is suffering from an unusually .
leavy snowstorm today. The storms l
re centered over the Ohio valley, and '
'ape Hutteras, and seem to be two ]
listlnct weather phenomena. Both i
torms are moving towards the same ’
:eneral point, the one over the Ohio 1
alley moving eastward, and the one
entering around < 'ape Hatteras mov- <
ng northward. A heavy fall of snow ;
eems destined to cover practically t
he entire country north of the Gulf 1
tates, and east of the Mississippi. :
lany of the larger cities have already t
een put to serious inconvenience i
hrough stoppage of Hie street car t
raffle. The snow is wet and heavy, \
ml threatens to disorganize the tele- S
hone and telegraph systems. The o
■enther bureau promises no imniedi a
te relief from these extraordinary p
omlftions. s
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WORLD PEACE
WASHINGTON. April 8. — Thej
Vraerican Federation of Labor’s call ,
or Labor's World Peace Congress, to j
assembled at the same time and [
>lai-e the belligerents meet to make!
he terms which will end the world
var, was sent out to the organized
abor movement of all countries.
Proposed first by the executive
ouncll of the American Federation,
nd approved at the national conven
ion in San Francisco last year. La -
or's World Peace Congress would be
n assembly of workers to demand
hat the peace delegates of the war
ings nations determine nothing i
inching the lives of the workers I
ithout taking counsel with them. ]
uch an assenlbly of representatives <
f wage earners close by the deliber I
lions of the peace delegates is ex- t
ected to have a large effect on the <
jJvit and determination of the latter, i
DISPUTE IF,t
OVER DOUIPjlff
PORTUG1jESE
MACAO. China. } prj| _ Rece]
conflicts between 1 .ortuguese and n
nese officials in th(> M;icno harb<
have revived the 0jd controversies b
tween Portugal and fj,inU as to tl
actual bounds j.jes 0j. portugucf
settlement, v /hich dateg |,a,.k to 1S5
an<l was th , fjrsj 0j,eil p0rt in Chin;
Portgual _ owns a territory thrc
miles sq aar(f and about 80,000 pec
pie live here under Portuguese juri;
dlctior u ]( ])as always been Porti
sal’s
contention that it also control
the entire harbor, and has jurisdictio
[to the opposite side of the bay. Tli
Chinese contention is that China am
Portugal have joint control of the er
tire harbor.
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PRESIDENT .STRIKES ROUGI
WEATHER ON CRUISE
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WASHINGTON, April 8. — Presi
dent Wilson left here Inst night on
the presidential yacht Mayflower, in
tending to take a week-end cruise
around Chesapeake bay for a short
relaxation from the cares of office.
When the Mayflower got outside she
ran into a heavy storm of sleet and
snow, pitching badly, and returned to
port today.
CABBIES NOW ALL SERVING
AT THE FRONT
LONDON, April 8. — More than
1,000 omnibus drivers and conductors
ind 3,315 cabs and omnibuses have
teen sent to the front, the annual re
iort of the traffic branch of the hoard
if trade reveals. It also indicates a
>ig decrease in the number of horse
Irawn vehicles, 1,159 vehicles being
rawn by horses in 1914 against 3,903
n 1903.
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SEATTLE, April 8. — The an, QMa{
boat race between tbe eight onrcdt
crews representing the Univer #jty 0j
Washington and I.eland Stanford
University, was staged on La’ Wash-*
ington yesterday, the V ^hlngtoa
boys romping liorne in the seveil
lengths ahead of their r,Va,a from
Southern California. - ^ Wft8hlng,
ton crew leaped ahea- j ^ ,h<1 aturt,
getting away at a ^Igl.* higher
stroke than the natir ,
e softs, and were
never headed dtirii „
ig the four miles
of the contest. '
fhe roee was wit
l nessed by a lar
, ge and enthusiastic
crowd, whose sy
... ., mpathles were main
ly with the F
.eattie crew\ although
the Stanford a 6
, dherents were well rep
resented, and *
they lacked ",ade Up in noi8e wllat
finished ir n,imbers- Ito,h crewa
l(i„ie waa • »00*1 condition, but tbe
ter the' °nIy fair' KxPerts *»id af
(rew .. raC,J t,lat ,he Washiiigtoi i
(li< v )U(d have made better time i f
ad been bard pressed, but the v
conte J
. nted themselves with keepii ,e
thei 1 .
! ! •• rivals well in the rear duri
latter portion of the race.
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$1 [ I ' 1?
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; SEATTLE. April 8. — It is t (Qlr
j feared that the American steamer f{/o
! Pasig has been lost. The ship i ^
j this port on December 30, clearing r0r
Vladivostok, and carrying a lai
i cargo of cotton and other merchandi
it °
I for the Russian government. T! ie
I ship was of the burden of three thoi
H* !
I sand tons. The agents of the bo: it
here expressed the opinion today thf it
p
the vessel had been lost in a storir. j.
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.Nothing has been heard from tie.r
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since she left, and she has not been
I reported by any vessel between here
and Vladivostok, although the travel
between thos two points has been
heavy,-owing to the large war orders,
j that are being received at the Rus
jj 1
I sian port for transmission over the
II Siberian railroad.
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LONDON. April 8. — The war of
fice has refused to exempt from army
service a great many newspaper men
and women who have been designated
by the Newspaper Proprietors’ Asso
ciation of London as essential to the
work of publishing the local newspa
pers.
Art editors, photographers and dark
room operators are not considered as
editorial staff employees by the war
office, and it refused to exempt them
from military service. The same rul
ing was applied to all society editors,
fiction editors, sporting editors and
headline writers. Sub-editors (copy
readers) were for some unexplained
reason considered more essential to
the papers than any of the other mem
bers of the staff.
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The steamer Aeroline arrived from
the westward early Inst evening and
will remain H per’ about ;■ erttyfotir
-our- Icnd'ng com r ere f. : the Ta- , •
■0111a smelter.