The Cordova Daily Times
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VOLUME TWO NUMBER 415 CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL L>, 1!G6. PRI( E I LX ( LXTs.
SUBMARINE ATTACKS THE CHIEF ISSUE
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CABINET OUTLINES POLICY BE PURSUED BY U. S.
Special by Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, April 14. — The
submarine crisis with Germany con
tinues to surpass in interest the
trouble with Mexico. That this gov
ernment has at last reached a defi
nite opinion as to what course of ac
tion to pursue is accepted as true by
the well informed among the Washing
ton officials. It is thought that the
next step to be taken by the Wilson
administration will be the sending to
the Berlin foreign office the cumula
tive evidence that the state depart
ment lias collected, showing that Ger
many has violated the assurances
given the United States about what
course of conduct her underwater
craft would pursue. Within the last
forty eight hours the situation has
developed rapidly until it has at last
crystallized Into a condition where
there will be no further backing and
filling. While the policy to be pur
sued by the administration is settled,
its definite terms and clauses have
not as yet been formulated, and the
cabinet plans ti meet today for tha
' purpose. Some of the officials hav<
'intimated that they regard the las
' German note as a virtual admissiot
that the Sussex was torpedoed by i
■German submarine.
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i WASHINGTON, April 14. — It h
.semiofficially stated that the presi
dent and cabinet have agreed on th<
form which the presentation of acts
concerning Germany's violations o
I her promises in the submarine ques
: tlon. will take. The department, o
state Is preparing the evidence in thi
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i the imperial Germa ngovernment, am
the message will be dispatched withii
the next two days. The presentatioi
of the evidence will be accompaniei
by a definite and final demand tha
Germany do something to convinci
I this country of her good faith In tin
negotiations. The United States wil
Jask for some action tending to estab
lish that Germany will observe he;
i guarantees to the United States. Thi:
.demand will be final, and the Wilson
• government will, therefore, .not put a
time limit in which to receive a reply.
i but will await Germany’s response,
not wishing to hurry Germany into
forcing a crisis with this country.
They desire the Germany reply to be
i the result of due deliberation.
■ WASHINGTON. April 14. — It was
. officially announced this afternoon af
’ ter a prolonged cabinet meeting that
a communication had been prepared
’ which would go forward to Germany
! i robably tomorrow-. The plan to pre
p sent the American case includes not
I only the facts learned about the at
, tack on the Sussex, but will be in fact
an accumulation of evidence, showing
I that a number of unarmed merchant
ships were destroyed by Germany's
• submarines in violation of the express
■ promises made to this country by the
Berlin forelg noffice.
WASHINGTON. April 14. - Evt
; deuce which was gathered in Europe
for the state department in its inves
ligation as to the cause ol' the sinking
of the Ross channel steamer Sussex,
arrived by steamer in New York to
day. it includes affidavits by the
American naval attaches in Paris and
London. The members of the cabinet
are extremely reticent about the re
sult of today's meeting, but they are
all apparently satisfied with the course
of action decided upon.
PARIS. April 14. — The French
government has privately communi
cated to the United States the full de
tails concerning the torpedoing of the
English steamer Sussex by a German
submarine. Even the name of the Teu
ton commander and the number of the
submarine which torpedoed the ship
have been ascertained. Some of the
fragments of the Instrument which
caused the explosion were found on
the Sussex, and these had imprinted
on it German words and letters in
dicating the town where the explosive
was made.
LAND INDUSTRIAL
DEPARTMENT
FOB ALASKA
WASHINGTON, April 14. — Secre
tary of the Interior I„ane today an
nounced the creation of a land indus
trial department under the Alaska en
gineering commission to assist in the
development of the resources of that
portion of Alaska which the govern
ment railroad from Seward to Fair
banks will tap. Andrew Christensen,
formerly chief of the field division of
the general land office, has been ap
pointed manager of the new depart
ment. and will at once establish head
quarters in Seward, the terminus of
the road. The new department will
have charge of all questions relating
the public lands along the line of
• road, and its aim will be to foster
friendly relations among Alaska's
business interests and encourage the
development of the agricultural and
mining lands of the territory.
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The steamer Admiral Evans left
Juneau at 2 o'clock" yesterday morn
ing, but as she has 250 tons of freight
tf' discharge at Katalla, will not reacli
here until Sunday night or Monday
morning.
THIRTY CHINESE
REBEES ARE
1 KILLED
HONG KONG, April 14. — A clash
occurred last night between the gov
ernment troops fn Canton and the
rebels, when the soldiers opposed tlie
landing of the revolutionaries from
the warships. Thirty of the rebels
weie killed. Important developments
affecting the internal welfare of China
are looming up, and the secession ol
the province of Kiang So will have
an important effect on the fortunes ol
President Yuan.
JAPAN TO START
CHI
TOKIO, April 14. — The removal ol
some of Japan’s industries to <'hinn is
being recommended n.’ Minoru Oka
t>i£f of bureau at the ministry ol
unmerce. The suggestion is offered
as a practical means of avoiding the
disadvantageous effect of a possibh
increase in Chinese import duties, and
is received with interest here, he
cause Japan at this time is using every
effort to increase her markets in
China.
Mr. Oka’s idea is that Japanese far
torfes should produce in China the
^Lcaraonnt of goods that would normally
7 be exported to that country from Ja
pan. That is the best way, in Ills
opinion, for Japanese business men tc
prepare for the eventuality of an in
crease of Chinese customs.
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Special by Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. April 14. — Secre
tary of Stale Lansing announced today
that this government was willing and
ready to negotiate with General Car
ranza concerning the withdrawal of
the Pershing expeditionary force in
Mexico. An immediate withdrawal of
the American troops Is not contem
plated. but the government is willing
to meet Carranza half way on the
matter in an effort to determine a
time when the destruction of the mar
auding bands of Villa outlaws will be
left to the Constitutionalist forces
alone.
TORREON, April 14. — Villaista
bands which attacked the town of Ca
margo yesterday were repulsed with
losses to the Carranza garrison. The
military commander of thiH city an
nounced today that General Canuto
Reyes, a Villa commander with a large
following, had agreed to surrender
himself and his entire command to the
Carranzistas. who promised tlie rebels
amnesty. The surrender is uncondi
tional, but Carranza has agreed to
treat the Villaistas with consideration,
all of the Reyes forces to be par
dotted and restored to their full civil
rights as Mexican citizens.
PERSHING'S HEADQUARTERS IN
MEXICO, April 14. — Forty mounted
Mexicans, probably one of Villa’s de
tached bands, last night attacked an
American supply train of motor trucks.
The attackers were driven off after
a short and sharp fight, the Villaistas
having one man killed, while the
American convoy of troops suffered
no casualties. Pershing officially re
ported to General Funston today that
every place he goes he finds that the
Constitutionalist troops are friendly to
the Americans.
MEXICO CITY, April 14. — General
Carranza, the president of the pro
visional government in M/sxico, en
tered the capital city today unherald
ed, after an absence of eighteen
months. Carranza’s entry was unob-1
trusive, and few of the residents of
the city recognized the chief of the
government.
PRICE PROBABLE
The fellow s who have the apportion
ment of delegates to the Republican
and Democratic territorial conventions
are not giving Anchorage a square
leal. Just think of it! In the Demo
cratic convention, called to convene at
Juneau in May, Y'alde/. and C'ordova
will each have eleven delegates, while
Anchorage will have but six. Hither
;>f these towns could be lost in An
chorage and we would not be able to
rind them. The Republican brethren
gave Anchorage eight delegates, while
Seward has the same number. An -
chorage has double the population of
the Resurrection Bay town. The local
Republicans have selected their dele
gates, and the Democrats will name
their delegates this week. We are not
concerned in this matter, only to the
fcytcnt that we hope that the respec
tive delegations will let their respec-j
tive conventions know that Anchorage I
is on the map. Furthermore, Anchor-1
age will expect representation in the j
territorial legislative assembly, and if
the coming conventions fail to recog
nize us, we favor an independent
ticket, and we've got enough votes^ to
put it through, too. We believe that
Thomas ('. Price, who is a Democrat,
and Jack Sutherland, who is a Repub
licau, would be acceptable candidates,
so far as Anchorage is concerned, —|
Anchorage Pioneer.
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WATSON SAILED FOR SEATTLE
LAST NIGHT.
The steamer Admiral Watson ar
rived from the westward late last
night, and after remaining in port
about un hour sailed south, with the
following passengers: For Seattle,
Alvah Karnes and wife, Mr. and Mrs. .
R. F. Kearney, Miss King, Miss Kelly,
T. F. Dawson, J. S. Vance. F. Kngman,
John Wier, Floyd Steel and O. E. i
Yates. For Juneau. A. C. Elliott. For;
Ketchikan. J. I.. Harper.
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Position Wanted By A1 electric
ian; installing or operating. C. A.
Newton, Northern Hotel, Cordova. I
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KRAUSE GUILTY
| FIRST CASE
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JUNEAU. April 14. — After being
out four hours last night, the jury
returned a verdict of guilty at 8 o'clock
against Edward Krause, charged with
impersonating an officer in serving a
subpoena on William Christie, on Oc
tober 30, 1915. The case has been of
I great interest, as Krause is said to
,have enticed Christie with the sub
poena and murdered him, as the man
has not been seen or heard of since.
The motive given for the act is said
to be Krause’s jealousy, he being in
love with Christie's wife. The defense
introduced no evidence, but relied on
arguments concerning technicalities
in their efforts to secure an acquittal.
There are seven other indictments
i pending against the accused.
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HIGH TIDES CARRY OUT ICE FROM
ANCHORAGE EDDY.
Those who have cameras can, by j
going down to the beach at any point
south of Second avenue, obtain fine
souvenir pictures of “the end of the
hardest winter ever known on Cook
Inlet." The high tides of the past
week have broken up and carried away
the great field of broken ice which I
had been driven into the eddy during
j the February gale, when the tempera
iture ranged from zero to 20 below.
] Some of these ice floes, as big as a ]
[dwelling house, are now stranded in]
spots along the beach, and at dusk j
that part of the town presents thej
'appearance of another tented city.
! Old-timers and natives say that this
is the first winter ever known when
ice remained solid over the eddy be
tween the mouth of Ship creek and i
Point Woronzoff. — Anchorage Pio
neer.
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' Chief Clerk Alvah Karnes, of the
railway mall service, accompanied by
his wife, left on a business trip to Se
attle on the Admiral Watson.
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Job Printing at Daily Times office.
Special to the Daily Times. ,•
RAILROAD TIES
WANTED 8!
SEATTLE, April 14. — The Alaska
engineering commission today pub
lished an advertisement for bids for
furnishing the government railroad
with a quarter million spruce and
hemlock railroad ties. The ties are
lo be delivered in Alaska. This cir
cumstance will favor the cutting of
the ties in Alaska, and work against
outside bidders, as the freight cost
of delivering will be high in view of
the fact that the steamship companies
have increased their rates, and it is
practically impossible to secure a
charter party. The diugach national
forest, in which the line of the rail
road near the coast is situated is cap
able of supplying the necessary tim
ber for cutting these ties.
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JACOBSON DECLARED INSANE BY
JURY.
Yesterday, in the United States eom
-nissioner's court, Edward Jacobson
was given a hearing on the charge of
insanity. He was arrested a few days ;
tgo by Chief of Police Dooley for run
aing about town flourishing a revol
ver. and in other ways acting queer,
rite following jury found him insane,
md he will be taken to the asylum at
Portland on one of the next boats: F.
3. Amjerson, Horace Leach, J. J.
3rehnaii, H. I. Lewis, T. Berlin and
,V. 1,. Smith.
L. P. Shackleford left on a launch
or Valdez yesterday, to look after
tis political fences to Hie westward.
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T. Frank Lawson and J. S. Vance.
I'anana valley mining men, left for the
Rates on the steamer Watson last
light.
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Frank Clarkin. who conducts the
'Hzina roadhouse, was an arrival In
own on yesterday's train.
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For Rent — Three room furnished
louse. Apply af Bank.
LONDON, April 14. — It was orr
cially announced today that the Brit -
ish had gained a great success against
the Turkish forces in Mesopotamia.
The war office stated that a battle
had been fought by the relief forces
seeking to reach General Townshcnd’s
j command in Kut-el-Amara. The cen
ter of the battle was along the banks
'of the Tigris river, and the Turkish
forces were compelled to abandon
their trenches along a wide front to
a depth of one and a half to three
miles. The British public is much en
couraged by the situation, and the
newspaper military writers are con- .
ffdent that tlie relief expedition will
soon force its way through to the Kut.
LONDON, April 14 The last
British victory in Mesopotamia on the
banks of the Tigris, has greatly in
creased the prospects of an early re
lease of the imprisoned British army
in Kut-el-Amant. Each mile which
the Turks are forced to retreat makes
the British operations that much
easier, for as the English approach
the beleaguered city the Turks are
forced to defend a much wider front,
rendering their lines more penetrable.
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GERMANY SANK
80 SHIPS IN
BERLIN. April 14. — The admiralty
announced officially today that during
the month of March, eighty merchant
ships belonging to nations at war with
Germany had been destroyed either bv
Gerrnan submarines or by mines. The
statement showed that the total allied
tonnage lost during the month was
207.000.
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PANAMA. April 14. — Panama’s
iitlle railway, the Eerrocarril de Chir
iqui, will be completed this month, and
put In operation under government
control. Trains will be operated to
both Koquetc and La Conception, one
due north and the other west of
David, capital of Chtriqui province.
The completion of the railway to
these two towns will be celebrated by
President Porras, who personally will
visit the province and inspect the rail
way. A large number of inv ited gmests,
from Panama and the Canal Zone will
accompany the president.
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Harvey Sullivan came over fronr
Valdes on the launch Shamrock yes
terday. • ^