The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME T\V<>. NUMBER :>*<>. CORDOVA, ALASKA, SUNDA\ MORNINC, MARCH 12, 1916. PRICE FEN ( ENTS.
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DJlLaJlxIini 11 ILa
WASHINGTON. March 11. — The
Senate foreign relations committee
met today and discussed the intention
of the President to cross the Mexican
Y/ontiar in pursuit of General Villa,
as a retaliation for Villa's raid on the
town of Columbus, New Mexico. The
committee voted unanimously to en
dorse the action of President Wilson
in sending the American troops on a
punitive expedition.
WASHINGTON, March 11. — The
request of General Carranza, president
of Mexico, for permission to have the j
Mexican troops pursue the bandits
across the American border, is re
ceived with equanimity here, and is
looked upon simply as an effort on
the part of Carranza to satisfy public
sentiment in Mexico. It is also taken
to indicate that he will not protest
about the American soldiers under
Kunston pursuing Villa into Mexico
and it is thought probable that Bitch
a reciprocal arrangement will not re
sult in a single Mexican soldier cross
ing into the United States. It is very
unlikely that the bandits will take re
fuge in American territory, as theii
chances of escape would be practically
nil in such an event.
None of the American troops will
enter Mexico before tonight. It is now
believed that the Mormon colony in
the Casas Grande district are safe, as
Villa will probably be forced to re
treat southward. The exact numbet
of dead Mexicans found in and around
Columbus is now fifty-eight, the
earlier reports having been exagger
ated. Eighteen more are reported as
lying in the brush, making seventy
six in all. Pablo Garcia, one of the
wounded Mexicans, who held an offi
cer's rank under Villa, and who was
[wounded and captured by the Ameri
jcans, died in Columbus today.
WASHINGTON, March 11. — It is
understood here that General Persh
ing will be in command of the prin
cipal column of American troops to
enter Mexico in pursuit o? General
[Villa. General Funston will be com
tnander in chief of the operations, and
be the supreme head of the expedition.
As far as is known Funston's plans
call for the use of three or four sep
arate columns, entering Mexico at
different points, and converging on
Villa, lip to 4 o'clock this afternoon
no American troops had crossed the
border.
WASHINGTON. March 11. — Car
I rnnzu has asked the United States.
| through Consul Silliman, for permis
sion to have his troops cross the fron
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tier into the United States whenever
it berame necessary in pursuit of the
Villa bandits. The matter is being
considered by the President and Sec
retary Lansing, and upon the answer
of this government makes will pro
bably depend the attitude of the Mexi
can government towards the pursuit
of Villa in Mexican territory by Gen
era) Funston and his United States
regulars. Secretary of War Baker
has notified Funston to choose what
ever route was best suited for his
means of pursuing Villa, and he has
authorized Funston to take as many
men with him as the general deems
necessary.
EL PASO, March 11. — It was
learned today that the position of the
five hundred members of the Mormon
colony, located in the Casas Grande
district, of the state of Chihuahua, is
j menaced by Villa and his outlaws. It
^ is stated on good authority that Villa's
supply of ammunition is very low, and
that his shortage of rifle shells is
causing the rebel leader much con
cern.
COLUMBUS, March 11. — A large
number of Carranza troops has j
reached Palomas, supposedly to assist
in the pursuit of Oeneral Villa and
his hi 'id. Latest advices state that
Villa and his men left the Boca
Grande ranch last night and proceed
ed southward and eastward, follow
ing the course of the Boca Grande
river.
EL PASO, March 11. — General
Gavira, the Carranza commander at
! Juarez, received the news of the pro
^ posed American punitive expedition
1 into Mexico with good grace, but de
clined to comment on It. Gavira to
(late has received no word from Mexi
co City or from any other official
source concerning the expedition.
WASHINGTON. March 11. — Senor
Arredondo, the Mexican ambassador
here, today informed the state de
partment that he had received offi
cial advices from Mexico, telling of
the. arrival of General Villa and three
hundred followers at Ascension, south
of I’alomas, yesterday.
COLUMBUS, New Mexico. March It.
-—Seven wounded Mexicans, who were
captured when Villa and his band of
outlaws raided this city Thursday
morning, are to be arraigned in the
criminal courts, and put on trial on
a charge of murder. The specific
charge will be for maliciously and
with premeditation causing the death
of the eight American soldiers who
were killed in repulsing Villa's band.
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gian bark Silius vvas torpedoed and (
sunk without warning today as she ■
was entering tlie Havre Roads. Sev- ,
en of the crew of the Silius were Am
erican citizens. None of the Ameri- ^
cans were killed, but three of the ,
i sailors perished, the others being res- .
JvLied by adjoining vessels. No trace ,
was seen of the submarine until the
projectile w'as fired. John Hartman,
one of the American sailors, was in
jured in bis legs, but will recover.
Hartman is little more than a boy,
being but eighteen years old.
WASHINGTON, March 11. — The
department of state officials are in
clined to view the attack on the Nor
wegian bark Silius as she was en
tering the Havre Hoads, as serious.If
the Silius was torpedoed, such an at
tack was directly contrary to the as
surances given by the central powers
to the United States, as the ship was
not armed at all, and would not come
within the scope of the recent order
issued to submarine commanders to
attack defensively armed merchant
vessels without warning. Secretary ,
Lansing declined to discuss the mat
ter, and said that the department
would make no move until full and i
accurate information had been se
cured from the consul at Havre and
the American ambassador at Paris.
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K
BERLIN, March 11. — The official
war office bulletin issued today an
nounces a big German advance in the
neighborhood of Rheims. The attack i
A was directed at a point south of the ,
v town of Villeauxbois, and resulted in
the French being compelled to aban
don their positions along a front four
teen hundred yards wide, and two
thirds of a mile deep. Many prison
ers were taken by the Germans, who
charged the French trenches and
swept resistance away.
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£ A. (!. Anderson and Miss Etta M.
Erickson, both employed in Brown &
^ Hawkinsons* store at Seward, were
secretly married the night before the
steamer Alaska sailed from Seward,
and are today in Cordova on their
honeymoon.
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The local Republican primary Sat
irtlay afternoon passed off very quiet
y. The polls opened at the City Hall
it 1 o'clock and closed at 6 o’clock
fudge (’. M. Frazier was the judge and
5eo. Dooley and L. G. Belter the clerks,
rhere was but one ticket in the field,
ind for that reason hut 56 votes were
•ecorded, as many Republicans did not
eel that it was necessary for them to
;o to the polls. The following per
ions received all the votes cast as
lelegates to the Seward convention
m April 19: Geo. C. Hazelet, C. M.
•Tazier, Harry Thisted, H. G. Steel,
I hos. S. Scott, E. V. Boyle, Geo.
looley and Robert Gottschalk.
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In the Eyak precinct a small vote
vus cast, and resulted in the election
of J. A. Johnson and W. J. Shepard
as delegates to the convention. Mrs.
Wells was judge of the election, and
Elizabeth Churchill and Tony Lynch
the clerks.
Special to the Daily Times.
VALDEZ. March 11. — As there
was but on ticket in the field, proba
bly one hundred votes will be cast
when the polls close. The delegates
will be Charles Crawford. Norman
Merchant. J. C. Martin, J. L. Reed, Al
White, Harvey Sullivan. James Kish
and E. E. Ritchie.
KATALLA, March 11. — The Re
publican primary today resulted in a
good vote being polled, and A. M.
Keeling and Arthur (1. Thompson were
string on him. It Is Intimated that if 1
the alleged Shackleford anil Wicker
sham combination is consummated at
the Seward convention that Rustgard
will he an independent Candidate for
delegate to Congress.
At Douglas Committeeman M. J.
O'Connor, formerly a Shackleford lieu |
tenant and anti-Wiekersham, is work
ing with Rustgard. in the hope rf
carrying this section against the Ju (
neau boss. The other former anli
Wi kershaui men at Douglas are still |
working with Shackleford and are
pledged to Wiekersham on the anti-1
O’Connor ticket.
The greatest interest has been
aroused in the primaries at both Jn-i
neau and Douglas, and a large vote is
being polled.
dected delegates to the territorial ;
convention.
JIWKAIT. March 11. — The Repul)
icati fartions last night agreed to a
■ompromise for one primary this af
ernoon at the city hall. There are
wo tickets in the field, representing
o. hat are known as the Shackleford
ind Rntgard factions, and a heavy
cote is being polled. The result,
lowever. will not be known in time
o send out before..the cable office at
'ordova closes.
Shackleford pretends to be for the
lominalion of his old enemy Wicker
diam, and is believed by many merely
o be making a play in order to gain
control of the party. Rustgard says
lie favors Wickersham. if lie lias ml
EGYPT IN UK
BUDAPEST. March 11. — The ac
tion of the Hungarian parliament in
consenting to a bill permitting Her
man capital to exploit the new oil
fields in Transylvania has aroused a
flood of criticism. The oil fields, un
exploited as yet, were discovered only
three years ago, but there has been
a widespread public belief that they
would prove to be a natural treasure
worth untold millions to Hungary.
Concessions for their exploitation have
now been turned over to the Deutsche
l ank of Berlin, in return for the lat
ter's promise to invest $5,000,000 in
the work of development. This is
characterized by the Opposition as
“selling our birthright for u mess of
pottage.”
The center of each of the two Tran
sylvanian fields consists of a group
of oil springs “gushing up from the
earth in a quantity sufficient to sup
ply the whole of Central Europe with
gas and oil not only for lighting but
also for industrial purposes.”
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HEM G. DAVIS
CALLED FROM
THIS EARTH
WASHINGTON. March 11. — Henry
Gassaway Davis, who ran asS Demo
cratic candidate for vice-president on
the same ticket with Alton B. Parker
in 1904, died in this city today. Davis
was a self made man, who began at
the bottom in tlie railroad business,
constructed an important line, be
came president of another, and served
on the Intercontinental Railroad Com
mission. He served several years in
the West Virginia legislature, and af
ter serving two terms as United
States senator, declined re-election.
The deceased was born in Baltimore,
Md.. on November 16, 1823.
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TAKING INSANE MAN OUT.
Deputy Marshal V C. Dowling, of
Valdez, is a passenger on the Alaska,
having in charge an insane prisoner
from Anchorage, with whom he will
go through to the Morningside Sani
tarium. near Portland, Joe Spenard
accompanies him as a guard.
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R. J. McChesney, of the Valdez
Prospector, is a passenger on the
steamer Alaska, en route to the States
on a short trip.
SOCIALISTS FIR
CHICAGO, March 11. — The nation
il convention of the Socialist party
,vas held in this city today, the first
tarty convention to nominate candi
lates for the national offices to be
•ontested this fall. Allan A. Hen
ion was nominated by a referendum
.•ote as the standard bearer for presi
Jent, and Benson is a resident of
i'onkers, New York. George Kirk
jatrick, of New York city, received
he nomination for vice-president.
BIG FIGHT FBR
ARMORED FIRT
PARIS, March 11. — The war office
issued an official communique today
reporting violent fighting for the pos
session of the armored fort in the vil
lage of YTaux, near Verdun. The Ger
mans have made some progress, ad
vancing along the slopes leading to
the fortified position, but have not yet
reached the barbed wire entangle
ments stretching out before the fort.
The Germans have penetrated the vil
lage of Y’aux, and now hold some
houses in the eastern portion of the
town, but the French are strongly en
trenched in the western part.
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Special show at Empress tqnight.
CEBU CAPITAL
EXPLOIT RICH
OIL FIELDS
CAIRO, Egypt, .March 11. — Egypt
is still very much in the dark as to
(what is going on along its frontier.
Rumors of the most sensational kinds
are circulated, but there can be no
doubt that the military authorities are
running no risks as far as the defence
of the canal is concerned.
The canal zone was long ago made
a restricted are in the most restricted
military sense. Any person desiring
to travel by railway to any station
; within the canal zone is required to
obtain a special permit, which is only
j obtained after searching inquiries on
the part of the military officials. The
permit may be either temporary — for
j one trip only — or permanent — for
; such as require to pay frequent visits
1 to Port Said or Suez for business rea
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| sons. Any permit is revokable on the
instant at the will of the officials.
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KATAL.LA, March 11. — Prepara
tions are being made for the starting
| of a new salmon cannery. It will be
located at Chilkat. in the buildings
i owned by the English Coal Company.
A Mr. Simons, of Port Townsend, is
at the head of the enterprise.
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OVER SHE OF
TOK o
munitions to the entente allies by Ja
pan has been followed by a conflic
between the cabinet and the house o
peers concerning the budget distribu
tion of the proceeds. The controvers;
arose from the fact that the proceed;
were not placed in the general estl
mates of the government, but weri
credited to the accounts for militar;
arsenals. This proved displeasing t<
many of the peers, who believed iha
the money should be entered in th<
general estimates so that it might bi
used for any purpose which the gov
eminent deemed best or which th<
Piet approved. They held that th<
crediting of the money to military ar
senals was irregular and expressed ap
prehension that the public would sus
pect the military authorities of wish
ing to monopolize the entire funds fo
military purposes only.
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J. \V. Pritchett, who has been con
nected with the Seward Gateway'fo
some time past, arrived in Cordovt
on the steamer Alaska last night. t(
accept a position in the mechanica
department of the Paily Times.
The local Remocrats have not ai
yet fixed the time for the holding o
their primary, and so fur as knowi
George B. Grigsby, of Nome, is thi
only aspirant for the nomination fo
delegate to Congress.
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P. J. Collins, formerly of Cordova
is it passenger from Seward on thi
| Alaska for Boston.
IRISH LEADER
LONDON. March 11. — John Red
1 inond. the veteran leader of the Irish
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Home Rulers, has been conducting a,
notable and strenuous campaign in
Ireland for army recruits. He has
held meetings in scores of centers, di
( recting his attention particularly to
the agricultural classes, and appealing
, to them to defend the "old sod" which
, they love.
It is not easy yet to judge the sue
. cess of his trip. In large measure he
hopes that he has sow^d a seed which
( will later bring forth fruit. Even Mr.
Redmond is a little uncertain as to
how much his campaign has done.
MANY RESIDENTS WANT BE
NATURALIZED
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During the past few days Miss
Kathryn Monahan, of the clerk's office
• of the district court, has been in Cor
t
t dOYit to receive for record the papers
i of all those desirous of becoming citi
I zens of the United States. Twelve
filed their declaration of intention, as
follows: Catherine Casey. David
i TUos. Phillips. Paul L. F. Leehevallier.
f John Joe Panarian. Angel Harry
i (’halos, Joe Grande Petraneeh. Mijat
s Velasevich, Anders William Ander
• son. Yicktor Alfred Recks, Prana Emil
Hernonen, Albin Ragnas Nelson.!
Theros Crist Yalmns.
, H. Edward Lindberg and Archibald
i McNellage Field petitioned for their
second or naturalization papers. |