, The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME II. NUMBER 441. CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 1916. PRICE TEN CENTS.
SCOTT-OBREGON CONFERENCE
' FAILURE-MEXICAN PROBLEM
, ICUTE-FUNSTON ON BORDER
EL PASO, May 12.—(Delayed in Transmission.)—The
border conferences between Generals Scott and Obregon, closed
toT'.y without having reached an agreement. Scott was called
t<F\Vashington, and General Funston, who has been with him,
was ordered to San Antonio.
Will Negotiate From Washington.
The failure of Generals Scott and Obregon to reach an
agreement regarding the border situation, will make the Mexi
can situation acute, according to unofficial sources. Negotia
tions now will he carried on direct between (’arrama and th ■
government in an effort to avoid a break.
No Change in Policy.
WASHINGTON, May 12.—(Delayed in Transmission.) —
After a cabinet meeting today Secretary Baker announced
there would be no change in the Mexican policy. No new orders
for additional troops on the bonier have been issued, and gen
eral intervention in Mexico, he said, is not considered by the
administration.
EL, PASO. May 12. — (Delayed in
Transmission.) — General Obregon
today sent General Trevno with 10,
000 men into the states of Chihuahua
and Coahaila with orders' for the im
mediate occupation of the district
about Parral. He has ordered that
f n be directed to the Big Bend coun
ted that every effort be made to
own the bandits and rescue Jess
Demin, who was captured in the Glenn
Springs and Boquillas raid.
MEXICAN MURDERERS CAUGHT.
BROWNSVILLE, May 12. — (De
layed in Transmission.)—Three Mexi
cans who killed Curtis Bayliss, near
Mercedes last night, today were sur
roumred by a posse which immediate
ly gathered to pursue them. One
was killed and the other two were
taken to the military quarters at
Progreso.
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TUSCON, May 12. — (Delayed in
Transmission.) — It was reported to
day that Mexican bandits last night
nulled the Folares mining camp near
t®' border. A company of infantry i
and twenty cavalrymen have been.
sent to guard the towns on the Am
erican side.
BANDITS ARE DEFEATED.
TORREON, May 12. — (Delayed in
Transmission.) — Carranza troops
nmler General Antonio A villa yester
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• jJKeaU, May 12. — (Delayed in j
Transmission.) — Returns from the
Democratic primaries held Wednes
day indicate that the delegates from
the First division to the convention,
to be held here May 24. will he inde
pendent and beyond factional control.
It is believed that a large majority
are against the re-election of Z. R.
Cheney as national committeeman,
ovrihe protest of other divisions.
Bmb Chen6y and John R. Winn,
leaders of opposing factions in the
Democratic party, were elected dele
gates. Others elected included John
A. Hellenthal, John W. Troy, W. W.
Casey, H. C. De Vlghne, Ike Sowerby,
B. D. Stewart. N. L. Burton. Allen
Shattuck, William Britt, E. Lang Cobh,
J. B. Marshall. G. F. Forest, J. J. Con
WifJk, and seventeen others.
IMbe vote cast was large, 271 voting
tit Juneau alone, and including nearby
precincts 600. In Sitka sixty votes
*ere cast.
(lay defeated a band of marauders un
■ der Cuervas. near Carillo station, on
J the Sotedad ranch in Laredo.
LANGHORN AFTER BANDITS.
MARATHON. May 13. — (Delayed
in Transmission.) — Major Langhorn,
with his flying squadron of U. S. cav
alry, is dashing over the Mexican
1 hills in a supreme effort to surprise
(he Mexican bandits who raided Glenn
Springs and llosquillas.
MEXICANS MOVE NORTH.
WASHINGTON, May 13.—(Delayed
in Transmission.) — Fifteen hundred
Carranza troops have been dispatched
northward today the border to cap
ture the bandits who raided American
border towns. The movement of these
troops strengthens the belief here that
Scolt and Obregon reached an agree
ment to co-operate along the border
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BETTER RULE
LONDON. May 11.—(Delayed In
Transmission). — Premier Asquith
announced this afternoon that within
a few hours he intended to go to
Dublin. The visit, he said, was not to
be made with tlie intention of super
ceding the ex' cutive authority now
In power, but with the purpose of con
sulting with the civilian and military
authority and making some arrange
ments for a government in the future
which will commend itself to Irish
men of all parties and to parliament.
The present government in Ireland,
he said, is unsatisfactory, and has re
sulted in a condition of discontent
which is unendurable and cannot be
continued.
ARRIVES IN DUBLIN.
DUBLIN, May 12.—(Delayed in
Transmission.) — Premier Asquith
arrived here today and immediately
was taken to the vice-regal lodge,
where he entered into conference with
the civil and military authorities and
a delegation of citizens. It Is ex
pected that martial law, which has
[teen in effect since the outbreak of
he rebellion, will soon be abolished.
DUBLIN, May 12. — (Delayed in
Transmission)—James Connolv, rebel,
was shot today. He is the fifteenth
Irishman to pay the death penalty for
participation in the recent outbreak.
J. A. Baxter, chairman of the Demo
cratic central committee, passed
through Cordova from Valdez early
Sunday morning on his way to Juneau
to attend the territorial convention on
May 24.
Judge Fred Brown was In Cordova
'or a short time yesterday on his way
to Ketchikan, where he will hold a
erm of court.
PEACE
NEW YORK. May 12.—(Delayed in
Transmission.) — Peace sentiment in
Europe P to be found only in the Teu
tonic countries, according to S. S. Mc
Clure. nuip;:/.lne publisher, who yes
loiday returned from an extensive
vis I over the war zone. This senti
ment. he det iares. is not because Ger
many and Austria fear defeat, but for
commercial reasons only.
.\11 the belligerents, he says, are
confident of ultimate victory, and de
termined to fight to the end.
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ONE BIDOER FOR
WASHINGTON, May 12 — (Delayed
in Transmission.) — Karl I!. Byers,
of Iditarod, Alaska, was the only bid
der for aeroplane mail contracts in
answer to the call issued last winter.
He asks $411,000 for a twice a week
service between Seward and Iditarod,
carrying 1,000 pounds each trip. The
government is now paying $22,000 for
a much smaller service.
FORTY THREE WERE LOST
LOS ANGKLES, May 11. — (De
layed in Transmission.) — It now has
been definitely learned that the crew
of the steamship Roanoke, which sank
in a gale 100 miles south of San
Francisco, consisted of forty-eight
men. Only five have thus far been
found alive.
UNITED STATES WILL HAVE
ARMY OF 079,000 IN FOR
FIRST LINE IN CASE OF WAR
WASHINGTON. May 13. — (De
layed In Transmission.) — The peace
strength of the regular army will be
raised to 206,000 men, capable in time
of war to an expansion of 254.000. ac
cording to the compromise bill today
agreed upon by the conferees from
the house and senate. The bill will
be submitted to both houses next
week.
In the compromise bill the volunteer
reserve of 261.000 men provided by
the senate was omitted, but a provi
sion was made by which the national
guard will be federalized. All offi
cers of this organization will be ad
ministered the oath of allegiance to
the United States and the militia will
be recruited to its maximum strength
of 425,000.
This reserve, with the regular
army war strength of 254,000 men. will
give the United States a first line
army of 679,000 men in case of war.
MONSTER PARADE IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK. May 12. — (Delayed
in Transmission.) — One hundred and
forty five thousand men and women
today marched in a monster parade,
demanding that the government im
mediately adopt action looking to pre
paredness for the United States.
The marchers were twenty abreast,
filling the street from curb to curb.
The parade lasted twelve hours, and
was viewed by more than a million
persons. Two hundred occupations
were represented, and twenty thou
sand w'omen workers were in line.
Sixty thousand applications for places
in the parade had to be refused.
SEATTLE BOOZE IS
SEIZED IN
RAID
SEATTLE. May 12. — (Delayed in
Transmission.) — Liquor valued at
$75.01)0 yesterday was seized in raids
by the police on thirteen warehouses
and drug stores. The raids were made
under the direction of Mayor Gill.
No arrests were made. The liquor
is stored in the City Hall, and accord
ing to Mayor Gill, will be emptied into
the sewers.
The raid is the first under a new
campaign inaugurated by the mayor,
who says he is going to enforce the
law rigorously.
STILL FIGHTING
PARIS, May 11.—(Delayed in Trans
mission.) — Two attempts made by
the Germans last night to recapture
positions on the western slope of
Headman's Hill, taken by the French
forces Wednesday, were frustrated
by the deadly accuracy of the French
artillery fire.
TURKS DEFEAT RUSSIANS.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 11. —
(Delayed in Transmission.) — Rus
sian troops were defeated by the
Turkish army May 8th in the Mount
They have been pursued to the east
ward. but have entrenched in new po
sitions and are now awaiting attack
by the Turks.
FRENCH VICTORIOUS.
"PARIS. May 12. — (Delayed. In
Transmission.) — French trenches
southwest of Fort Doumont and posi
tions north of Thiaumont were vio
lently bombarded yesterday. Follow
ing the artillery fire the Germans at
tacked, but were repulsed, sustaining
serious losses.
GERMANS VICTORIOUS.
BERLIN, May 13. — (Delayed in
Transmission.) — French attacks on
trenches southwest of Deadtnan's
Hill yesterday were repulsed. At
tempts made hy the French to ad
vance in the Avancourt and Malln
court woods also were fruitless.
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AMSTERDAM, May 12. — (Delayed
Prunsmission.) — It is reported hero
hat the Kaiser today conferred the
irder of the Red F.agle, one of the
itghest decorations in the German
■.mplre, on Captain Boy-ed, former na
•a! attached at Washington, who was
'ecalled at the request of President
iVilson.
The decoration of Boy-ed is regard
'd here as a public declaration by the
<aiser that the activities of the naval
ittache in America were of great
benefit to Gcixiany.
LATEST NEWS FROM TOLSTOI STRIKE
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(From Iditarod Pioneer, April 15.)
Stories of returned stampeders brought to Iditarod this
week by men who joined the rush to the new diggings on Tol
stoi, tell of even greater possibilities than were suggested by
I he first reports.
Among the first of the Iditarod stampeders to return was
Dave Strandberg. Ntrandberg says that the outlook for the
opening up of a promising mining district is excellent. He
made pannings on No. 2 below, Boob creek, taking three pans
from the dump and three pans from the bottom of the shaft.
These gave a total of $1.80, which he says, would indicate a
value of $2.50 to the foot. The gold is coarse, and there is about
three or four feet of gravel. Pans taken by Karl Byers and
Herb Riley from the same prospect gave similar results.
A letter received in this city from J. K. Pilcher says that he
has pay in two shafts, one on the upper end of discovery and
une near the upper end of No. 1 below, and on the Kmmet frac
tion he says they have better than $2 per foot, and reports say
it is getting better, but nearly all prospecting is at a standstill.
The letter was dated April 2.
W hen the first stampeders from Iditarod arrived on the
scene they found that Mastodon creek, the reports from which
were responsible for the latest rush, had practically all been
staked. However, the reports of the rich find on Boob creek
encouraged them to stake on that stream, as well as on Hurst
•reek, another tributary of Mastodon, and on Ledge creek, a
tributary of Tolstoi. Mastodon was staked almost entirely by
Dphir and Ruby people. There are said to be many persons
from Ruby now on the way to the scene of the discoveries.
How the News Was Received in Iditarod.
W hen the news of the strike was first heard' in this city
and district there was the usual amount of skepticism dis
played, but as further reports came in the excitement grew
until scores of persons soon were on the trail and other scores
wen* making frantic efforts to secure the means of transporta
tion for their outfits. It is safe to say that tin* number leaving
here was limited by the number of dog teams available. In fact,
many left for the new district on foot. Throughout the week,
[is the returning mushers arrived with confirmatory stories of
the richness of the find, many more left for the district, and
more are to follow if the trails hold up. The soft weather has
played havoc with the trails, and much of the distance to be
havemd is now bale ground. In spite of the poor trails,
howi vt r, many outfits are going m. i
Excitement is Intense Among Residents.
Tin* discoveries have been tin* one topic of conversation;
throughout the city, and district during the week. Kadi re
turning stampeder is buttonholed and questioned for confir
mation of tin* reports, which is invariably given. All alike
agree that there are no new developments to report, as tin*
miners are usually arranging for transportation of supplies to i
the new camp. The stamped** fever has thoroughly saturated
tin* atmosphere. Many old-timers who had decided to await 1
developments before joining the rush could not resist the pres
sure, and as tlie frosty weather of the latter part of the week
made traveling possible, tin* exodus still continues.
Already local business men are making tentative plans for
taking in stocks of goo*Is as soon as river navigation opens. Aj
lownsite has been located by \\. A. \ inal, of Opltir, at the;
mouth of Mastodon, and has been named Cooper. It is said the I
trip to this pojnt can he math* by launch. There will be no at— |
tempt to transport merchandise to tin* new district until navi—J
gat ion opens, however. The dost* approach of tlu* break—up j
makes even a small venture on such lines rather risky, and |
there is a likelihood that no business houses will open up until j
after the streams are open. James Tropea, ot this city, pro
bable will be among the first to engage in a business enterprise
at the new town. Hi* is taking in a large lent and equipment and
will open up a bunk house at once.
News Has Been Widely Disseminated.
From all appearances the news of the strike has been scat-j
tered broadcast, and tin* indications are that’there will be a
tremendous rush to the new diggings with the departure of the
first boats, should the news received continue favorable. The
original stokers on Mastodon and Beek ereeks were Ophir and
Ruby people, and it is presumed that these conveyed the news
of the find to interested persons located in nearby camps prior/
to the rush which started from this city. At any rat**, stam
ped ers returning from 111«* scene the latter part ot the week
leport that numbers of persons are arriving from Ruby and ^
Long creek and points along the Yukon.
The route from Iditarod' hv water is down the lditarod to |
the Innoko, up that stream to the mouth of the Ditna, which is
a few miles above Dislikaket, up tlu* Ditna to the Tolstoi, .and
thence up that waterway to the mouth of Boob. It is said to be <
a distance of several hundred miles, and vessels of considerable i
.i•/., make the trip. Tin* distance by trail is in the niigh- *
i.orhood of sixty miles. «
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