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VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 393. CO RDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 191«. * PRICE TEN CENTS.
Special by Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, March 20. — Senor
Arredondo, the Mexican ambassador
here, today called at the state depart
ment and presented a formal protest
L from President Carranza against the
' occupation of the Mexican town of
Casas C.randes by the American puni
tive expedition under General Persh
ing. Lansing immediately sent a re
ply to Carranza, informing him that
the American troops had been specifi
calv ordered not to occupy Casas
Grandes, or any other Mexican town
or city. Genera Funston was again
Instructed today by the war depart
ment to keep the expediltionary force
away from the Mexican towns. The
officials of the department of state
are making every effort to dissemin
ate in Mexico the information that
our country in entering Mexico is do
ing so from no motives of ,aggression
The American officers, from Pershine
down, have all been ordered to deal
carefully with the Mexicans, and set
that no offense is given, either to the
Carranza troops or the civil popula
tion. It was reported here today thal
Carranza's closest advisers have beer
urging him »o offer a large reward foi
the capture of (Jeneral Villa, as it if
felt that if this is done some of the
bandits themselves may prove treach
erous to their leader, and certain!)
private effort by Mexicans would be
started to earn the money, with s
good chance that Villa would be taker
without the aid of the Americar
troops. They argue that if this coulc
be accomplished it would greatl)
strengthen Carranza’s position witt
his own people.
WASHINGTON, March 2<>. Senor
Arredonda, the Mexican ambassador,
called at the state department again
this afternoon to keep an appointment
with Acting Secretary of State Polk,
who has the affairs of the office in
charge while Mr. Lansing is off on a
week's vacation. The Mexican diplo
mat brought up the matter of a more
definite arrangement between this
country and Carranza in regard to the
American punitive expedition. The
present agreement is loosely worded
j and susceptible to various Interpreta
itions, and Arredondo explained was
only temporary and intended to ex
| press no more than Carranza's con
•I sent to General Pershing and his men
j entering Mexico in pursuit of A'illa.
' It is felt that a more detailed arrange
ment should be entered Into govern
ing the modus operand! of the Am
erican troops.
WASHINGTON, March 2«. — A re
ply was received today from General
Carranza to the request of the Am
erican war department for the right
to use the Mexican railway lines in
pursuing General Villa and his outlaw
band. The war department based its
request for the use of the railroads
on the necessity for expeditions move
ment of necessary supplies to the
American columns. In his anawar
Carranza asks for more complete in
formation as to just what form the
user will take, and for details of op
eration. It is understood that the
Mexican leader wants the information
chiefly as to the length of time the
Americans will need the rails, and
: positive assurances that they will be
'used only for the shipment of sup
! plies. The opinion is given out that
Carranza wishes to net favorably on
the request, but that he is compelled
to negotiate because of the delicate
internal situation in his own country,
1 which must be handled with the great
est care, as a false word or step
would start a blaze which could only
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| end by considerable blood being shed.
| The use of the Mexican railroads by
I the American troops, unless fully un
derstood by the people, might cause
!the downfall of the Carranza govern
ment. which is far from being stable
at present.
HI, PASO, March -0. — It is be
lieved here that a clash between the
Villa band and the Carranza forces
pursuing him is imminent. Villa is
fleeing south before the rapidly ad
vancing American troops, trying also
to break through the cordou that the
Carranza troops are throwing around
him. The Mexican federals have
thrown a huge ring around the La
guna Hibricora district, toward*
which Villa is heading. Villa is seek
ing a loophole in this cordon in the
direction of Natniquipa, by which he
hopes to be able to escape into the
mountains around Guerrero and Santa
Anna, where he commenced his career
as a bandit.
WASHINGTON, March 20. — The
battleship Kentucky, which received
sailiug orders to proceed to Veru Cruz,
has had these instructions rescinded
iand will go to Galveston instead.
IF PEACE
k NEW YORK, March 20.—Rumors ol
early peace negotiations between the
warring countries of Europe are
abroad, and their persistency has
showed a necessary reaction upon the
stock market. The market today de
dined considerably from the top
prices reached by the leading indu
i trial railroad and mining shares ear
§ lier in the months. The leading stocks
like United States Steel experienced
an unwonted heaviness, which also had
considerable effect on the quantity
of trading, and likewise on the general
slump in quotations. The peace ru
mors are the more interesting cause
of the decline, and for a time today
the whole market was in a whirl be
cause of the excitement caused.
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' ALLIED LEADERS
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PARIS, March 20. — A military ani
political conference will be held here
tomorrow, at which representatives
from France, (ireat Britain. Russia.
Italy and Belgium will be present. The
meeting will discuss and decide the
policy to be pursued by the allied na
tions in prosecuting the next period
of the war, when it is expected a gen
>eral offensive against the armies of
2 the central powers will be commenced
on all the fronts. This will be the
most important conference of the
various military officials since the
war began, as the impression is now
prevalent that the allies have so or
ganized their resources and mobilized
their men that they can undertaken an
offensive on a scale hitherto unap
proached in the world’s history, prac
t- • tically ten million men being used id
' a great drive at the Teuton allies.
The steamer Admiral Watson left
Juneau at tl o'clock Sunday morning,
but as she puts in at Hoonah, Yaku
tat and Katalla, is not due in Cor
dova until this afternoon.
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Rost— Travelers’ checks, in leather
case. Return to (’has. Ross. Cordova
House, and receive reward.
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About 140 persons have thus far
registered for the municipal election.
Is your name on the list?
MERLIN, March 20. — Rumors are
current that additional resignations
are imminent in the German govern
ment. Talk ot' disagreements among
(the officials charged with the con
duct of the war is being circulated
ireely. and only the rigid censorship
exercised by the government is keep
ing a discussion of the matter from
the papers. It can not be learned
what other officers of the cabinet
are disaffected, but important confer
ences are being held daily by the
kaiser with his chief advisers.
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PARIS, March 20. — The war office
issued an official communique this
morning, reciting a violent bombard
ment by the Germans on Maloncourt
during the night. The only other ac
tivity along the western front noted
is an infantry attack by the Teutons
on the fourth position at Cote De
poivre, which was repulsed without
any gains, the attackers suffering
heavy losses. The fighting here was
severe for nearly the whole night.
The larger German guns kept up an
intermittent bombardment of the
French positions in the village of
Vaux.
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SMALL LIST
SEATTLE, March 20. — The
steamer Admiral Evans sailed last
I night for southwestern Alaska, with
the following passengers for Cordova:
H. Herbert and wife, Mrs. J. Stanton,
| James Flynn, Fat Van Bibber. A. Me
j Donald, J. Moreney, Richard Lazeare.
and three steerage.
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INDIANAPOLIS, March 2D. — Tho
mas Taggart, the Democratic nation
::1 committeeman from this state, was
today selected by Governor Ralston
to fill the unexpired term of the late
United States Senator Shively. Tag
gart has for years been a national fig
ure in politics, and has received the
arrows and darts of the magazine re
formers for his connection with the
famous resort at Lick Springs.
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MEN GET II PEP
GENT BONUS
The Copper River H Northwestern
railway has decided voluntarily to in—'
crease the wages of its employees. As
long as the price of copper remainsi
up and the heavy shipments of ore
continue the men on the road will re
ceive a bonus of ten per cent, the
maximum amount to be paid any em
ploye for a month being $15. In other
words, the greatest benefit to be de
rived from the increase will be by
those in the operating department of
the road.
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SHIP CHARTERS |
GALVESTON. March 20. — A Gal
veston shipping firm today received
a cablegram from London, to the ef
fact that immediate peace was in
sight. The firm in question was
about to sign charters for large ton
nage, but upon receipt of the cable the
matter was dropped, as it was felt:
that with peace in sight the great I
amount of boats being used by the
belligerent governments, as well as
the interned German ships, would be!
released, and that it would be inad-j
visable therefore to close charter^
parites at the high rates now pre
vailing.
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Special show at Empress tonight.
Iff HUES ON
ZEEBRUGGE
LONDON, March L’ti The war of
ficc issued an official bulletin today
telling of a great allied neropane raid
on the German airship headquarters
at Zeebrugge in Belgium. There were
seventy-nine aircraft in the raid, ol
various types, including monoplanes
biplanes and seaplanes. Sixty-five ol
the attacking aircraft were British
and fourteen French and Belgian
Kach airship carried two hundred
pounds of bombs and explosives, all
of which were discharged. The Ger
mans have constructed a great aero
plane station at Zeebrugge. and they
have erected a monster airdrome out
side the city. While the allied air
ships flew high to avoid the anti
aircraft guns, it was evident that much
damage was caused by the bombs
dropped. All of the airships returned
in safety to their bases.
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ALL IS HARMONY
IN CORDOVA •
POLITICS
There will be but one ticket in the
field at the municipal election next
month. This will be known as the
Peoples’ Ticket, with Henry A. Slater,
A. J. Adams. E. J. Davis. W. L. Smith,
E. A. Hegg, Hartley Howard and Geo.
A. Harmon as the councllmanic candi
dates. and Nathaniel Greene as school
director.
Under the ordinance all nomina
tions have to be filed fifteen days
prior to the election with the city
clerk, and as that time has expired,
and the Peoples’ Ticket the only one
filed, it is the only one that can be
voted for on Tuesday, April 4.
This is the first time in the history
of Cordova that there has not .been
a bitter factional fight over th0„ local
offices, and is a good indieati&t that
the people are thoroughly /^tlsfied
with the way the affairs of the city
have been conducted during the past
year, as five members of$the pres
ent council are candidate* for re
election.
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The commission appointed by t
department of labor to settle t
strike on the government railroad at
Anchorage, are passengers on the Ad
miral Watson, which will be in port
late thfs afternoon.
LONDON, March 20, — Yesterday
a strong French column, supported by
light artillery, advanced from Saloni
ki and attacked the Teuton positions
in the callages of Macikosto, Kara
dagh and Kozuna. The villages were
defended by both Bulgarians and Ger
mans, but the French attack drove the
enemy out, and the villages were cap
tured. They are about thirty miles
north of Saloniki. The opposing forces
are now confronting each other in the
trenches here, and actual warfare has
once more commenced. The press
take the statement to mean that the
allies are prepared to take the defen
sive in this fighting zone, and ;mper
mit developments are being looked for
from now on. 'Tile greatest activity
is f\ iuecced at Saloniko, the British
and French troops are departing from
tlic front, and great stores of ammu
nition and supplies are constantly ar
rhing Many aircraft are with the
allied troops, and daily reconnaisance
flights over the enemy's camps are
the rule.
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Delegate W’ickersham has asked
i Congress to print 50,000 copies of a
book published by the department of
agriculture, entitled "Soil Reconnoi
sance in Alaska, with an Estimate of
Agricultural Possibilities.”
The resolution in regard to the
matter, introduced in the House by
Delegate Wickersham, was as follows;
"Resolved, by the House of Repre
sentatives (the Senate concurring),
that there be printed and bound in
paper flfty thousand copies of the re
port? issued September 20, 1915, by the
department of ‘agriculture, entitled
"Sojl Keconnofsance in Alaska, with
anjfcstimate of the Agricultural pos
sriflitics,' Part 1, 'Cook Inlet Susitna
jttgion;' J’art Ii, 'Yukon-Tanana tie
Mint;’ l’tyrt 111, 'Copper River Region;'
tart IVj 'Comparison of Alaska with,
pdnland. and Parts of Siberia;' foftv.
'thousand copies (Or the use of the^
House of Representatives and ten
thousand copies (pr the use of tire
Senate?*' *
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The steamer Northwestern is due
from Seward tonight.
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BURLIN', March 20. — The govern
ment has placed additional restric
tions upon the selling and distribution
I of food. In this city each person is
allowed to purchase but five ounces
of butter each week. Potatoes cau
i be purchased in twelve pound lots for
leach person once every twelve days,
limiting each man, woman and child
j to one pound of potatoes per day. In
I order to secure this allowance he
1 must have a card from the govern
| met i which card is taken up and a
record kept to make sure that nobody
exceeds the stated quantity of butter
and potatoes.
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THE HAGUE, March 20. — The
press and public of Holland is con
cerned chiefly with expressing great
indignation and resentment against
Germany for the torpedoing of the
Dutch steamer Tubantia. Many of the
newspapers urge their government to
take decisive action on the matter.
The possibility of war between Hol
land and Germany is openly discussed,
and the relations between the two
countries have almost reached the
breaking point.
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WASHINGTON, March 20. — The
House is rapidly approaching a final
vote on the administration's army
bill, providing for a peace strength
of 140,000. The debate today centered
on two amendments, which were both
defeated. The first amendment asked
that the number of men be increased
to a quarter of a million. This was
lost on a viva voce vote, a rollcall
not being asked for. The next amend
ment provided for making the limit
220,000. and on roll call it was de
feated by a vote of 183 to 103.