SINKING LACONIA LIKELY RESULT IN WAR
CONGRESS WILL GIVE PRESIDENT AUTHORITY ACT
NHL FORCES
OF 0, S.
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♦ (By Associated Press) ♦
♦ QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 27. — 4
♦ Of the two hundred and ninety- ♦
♦ four passengers aboard the Oun- ♦
♦ ard liner Laconia, sunk by a sub- ♦
♦ marine, two hundred and eighty- ♦
♦ one have landed. Five were ♦
♦ drowned and eight died from ex- ♦
♦ posure and were buried at sea. ♦
♦ Six persons are in the hospital ♦
♦ at Queenstown, but their condl- ♦
♦ tion is not serious. Mrs. Mury 4
♦ E. Hoy of Chicago and her ♦
♦ daughter Elizabeth, died from ex-4
♦ posture, as did Cedric P. Ivat. ♦
4 a London theatrical manager. 4
4 Eight American negroes, who 4
4 were members of the crew, were 4
4 among those who perished. 4
4 Dr. Hawke, a resident of San 4
4 Francisco, was playing a game 4
4 of cards in the ship surgeon's 4
4 room, when he heard an awful 4
4 crash. The first torpedo struck 4 .
4 the liner aft on the starboard 4
4 side. Everybody rushed for life 4
4 |)ft.-.crvers and got Into the boats. 4
4 There was no panic, as all be- 4
4 haved well and the discipline was 4
4 good. ^
4 The submarine returned after 4
4 the people in the boats and then 4-*
4 fired another shot at the ship, 4
4 which put out the lights. This 4
4 was followed by a terrific explo- 4
4 sion. The second torpedo was 4
4 fired, although the life boats 4
4 were close to the vessel, and the 4
4 cubmarine must have seen the 4
4 boats in the moonlight. There 4 T
__ 4 were sixteen American negroes 4 v
4 among the Laconia's firemen. 4
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4 (By Associated Press) 4
4 WASHINOTON, Feb. 27. — 4
4 Consul Frost, of Queenstown, re- 4
4 ports that the Laconia was tor- 4
4 pedoed without warning, and 4
4 the submarine made no effort to 4
4 aid those attacked. The sinking 4
4 of the Laconia, with the loss of 4
4 American lives, is regarded by 4
4 the government as a clearcut vio- 4
4 lation of American rights, accord- 4
4 ing to the authoritative expres- 4
4 sion obtained. After a confer- 4
4 ence between President Wilson 4
4 and Secretary Lansing it was 4
4 decided that no further invest!- 4
4 gation was necessary. 4
4 • - 4;
4 LONDON, Feb. 27. — The Cun- 4 .
4 ard company says that six of the 4
4 Laconia passengers are missing 4 [
4 and are supposed to be lost. Four 4
4 of the crew are also missing. 4
4 Consul Frost reports that only 4
4 one American member of the 4
4 crew perished — Thomas Casey, 4
4 a colored man. 4
444444444444444444
(By Associated Press)
DENVER, Fell. 27. — Since the for
mation here of a tentative body to
erect a monument to the late Colonel
William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) scores
of suggestions have been pouring In
as to the form the monument should
take.’ Old friends, acquaintances; pro
pagandists of the old west or of the
movement for which they seek sup
port.
The general opinion expressed In
these proposals is that the monument
should include an equestrian statue of
Colonel Cody. Moses Howell, an old
friend and at one time a scout under
his command, is the author of a sug
gestion that the equestrian statue be
surrounded by bronze castings of buf
falo.
Another suggestion Is to make the
bronze figure of the colonel the “Guar
dian of the Forests,” standing with
upraised hand to protest against the
destruction of western wild life.
The suggestions have come from a
widely distributed number of cities.
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HOGGING THE MARKET.
CHICAGO, Feb. 27. — Heavy swine
today sold at $13.30, breaking all re
cords tor high prices.
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PRINCE GEORGE.
May Become King of Servia
as Father Is Reported Insane.
EXTBJ1 SESSION
CALLED
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. — The
ailing of an extra session of congress
I now being opposed by President i
Wilson, unless it is absolutely neces- ,
ary. He is hopeful that the iiepubli- |
ans will not filibuster to force an j
xtra session. (
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(
;n e
(By Associated Press)
CHEYENNE, Feb. 27. — With the
igning of the last of the bills passed
ly the recent session of the state leg
slature, Governor John B. Kendrick
'esterday handed his resignation to
Secretary of State Frank L. Houx, and
vill depart in a lew days for Wash
ngton, D. C., to take his place in the
lext congress as the junior United
states senator from Wyoming. His
inexpired term of almost two years
vill be filled by Houx, there being no
iffice of lieutenant governor in Wyo
ning.
Kendrick was elected governor o
he Democratic ticket in 1914. Last
mmmer at the state primaries he was
nade the nominee of the party for
United States senator, and at the elec
tion in November he was elected ove
Senator Clarence D. Clark, the second
oldest member In point of service o!
the upper house of congress, by a plur
ality of approximately 4,000. He will
be the colleague of Senator F. E. War
ren, Republican, who with the excep
tion of two years, 1893-95, has been
senator from Wyoming since 1890.
The United States senator will go
to Washington as a typical westerner.
He came to Wyoming from Texas in
the seventies as a cowboy with a herd
of- cattle-over the Texas trail. He -he.
came foreman of a cattle ranch in
a few years and later owner of one.
His holdings have gradually increased,
until today he is one of the largest
land owners and one of the wealthiest
cattle men in the state. His home Is
at Sheridan.
Mrs. Kendrick will accompany him
to Washington. Their two children,
a son and daughter, now at school In
the east, will join them later.
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James Campbell, an employee of the
Alaska Gastineau Mining Company,
had his foot badly crushed recently
by having It caught between two cars
on the railroad between the Thane
mill and the Perseverance mine.
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The Crescent Manufacturing Com
pany of Seattle, the old reliable Alas
ka standby, will open a branch house
in Juneau under the management of
C. L. Knausa.
(By ABBoclated Press)
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 27. — Oregon’s
only woman legislator, Mrs. Alexander
Thompson, The Dalles, Democratic
member of the Oregon house of rep
resentatives from WaBco and Hood
Hlver counties, ranks high, her friends
claim, on the list of eloquent speakers
in the legislature. Public speaking
has long been her forte, it ia said.
Before her marriage, about five
years ago to Alexander Thompson, an
orehardist, she was Sylvia Mcduire,
well known In Portland society as a
talented dramatic reader. She has
long been active in the cause of wo
man suffrage.
Until last year Mrs. Thompson did
not take an active part in politics. She
was invited by the Democratic nation
al campaign committee to go on a
speaking tour for President Wilson,
but declined, saying she "had plenty
to do at home." She did, however,
speak in Portland and eastern Ore
gon at Democratic meetings.
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FATHERS HAVE
ORGANIZED IN
COHO
(By Associated Press)
DENVER, Feb. 27. — What is said
O ho t H O fi«n* ..-M- - - * • • I • •
Fathers’ Council, has been formed <
iere and is now taking an active part ^
n the work of bringing the home and <
he school closer together. The rea- ^
ion for the formation of the body, an ^
(fficer of it stated, was that the wo- <
nen, who largely have managed the
Parent-Teachers' Association and the
Mothers’ Congress, had reached the
itage where they felt the advice and
ittentlon of the fathers equally pres
ent with those of the mothers in the
lome, should be turned to the school,
where they say the fathers have an
nterest also.
The legislative committee, to oper
ate along the lines of the legislative
committees of industrial associations,
will be named to scrutinize and re
port on bills affecting education before
the Colorado legislature.
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IPII 22
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27. — Hu
mane Sunday this year will be ob
served throughout the United States
on April 22, according to an announce
ment of the State Humane Associa
tion today. The week preceding, be
ginning with April 16, will be observed
as “Be Kind to Animals Week," (he
observance culminating in Humane
Sunday. The two events had been ten
tatively fixed for May. but were
changed at the request from many
humanitarians in the country.
The American Humane Association
at Albany, N. Y., inaugurated the Mu
week several years ago. At the San
Francisco headquarters it was de
clared that great interest is manifest
ed throughout the country in their
observance. Last year many persons
sent to the national association for
special literature on the subject. In
some instances, it is said, special pro
clamations were issued by governors
and mayors asking that the days be
observed.
The association report shows that
1,700 clergymen expressed interest in
the work and a majority of them
preached sermons on humaneness.
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Paul Boran arrived on today's train
from Paxson to accept a position at
the Cordova cable office, succeeding
Ike Beale, who has been transferred
to Valdes.
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Attorney Robert E. Capers returned
today from a business trip to Seattle.
BRITISH LINER
GIVEN NO
WARNING
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(By Associated Press) 4
WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. — On 4
an unofficial vote of the house 4
foreign affairs committee, It was 4
agreed to strike from the admin- 4
Istratlon bill the clause to em- 4
power the president to take steps 4
to meet the submarine menace, 4
the exact words being "other in- 4
strumentalitles.” There will be 4
substituted in their stead “to use 4
the naval forces of the United 4
States, including the naval mi- 4
lltla.” The senate foreign rela- 4
tions committee Hhowed a dls- 4
position to modify the breath of 4
the “other instrumentalities’ 4
phrase. The Republicans voted 4
solidly against it, getting some 4
support from Senators Stone, 4
Hitchcock and Overman. No for- 4 1
mal action has been taken by 4
either committee. The adminis- 4
tration officials have considered 4
the attitude of congress, despite 4
the I^aconia case, sufficiently lm- 4
portant to discuss the sending of 4
an official report on the killing 4
of ten Americans to congress 4
in some official way. 4
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—Pre- 4
sident Wilson gave a draft of the 4
resolution which, besides provid- 4
ing for *100,000,000 bond Issue, 4
authorizes the supply of guns 4
and gunners to merchant ships, 4 (
and the president can employ 4 c
any other necessary lnstrumen- 4 c
tality to protect the *»"'«
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 27.—The 4 1
administration will oppose any 4 I
vital change in the proposed leg- 4 '
lslatlon to authorize the presl- 4 c
dent to protect American lives 4 f
and rights. The administration 4 <
believes that while a number of 4 3
changes may be suggested, the 4 1
bill aB now framed will be adopt- 4 ■
ed by both houseH without ma- 4
terlal alterations. 4 <
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JACKSONVILLE, Feb. 27. — 4 <
William Jennings Bryan has an- 4 I
nounced that he was opposed to 4 1
granting to the presiden the pow- 4 1
ers asked for yesterday. Bryan 4 1
is hastening to Washington to 4 1
use his influence to have the re- 4
quest denied. 4
GOOD LIST OF
PEOPLE
The steamer Northwestern arrived
here at 2 o'clock this afternoon, bring
ing 28 passengers for Cordova as tol
lows:
For Cordova — Miss E. Truckey, W.
H. Bogue, E. W. Tillman, C. C. Hilton.
H. G. Conway, L. D. Oates, Wm. Mc
Carthy, O. R. Williams, C. Holgerson,
V. Olson, P. Hagerman, F. Hagerman,
G. M. Taggart, S. W. Taggart, Thomas
E. Lee, M. Stepovicb, M. McCibney,
F. Sellers, R. E. Capers, Fred John
son, Ira, McCord, A. Anderson, C. W.
B. Woodworth and five steerage.
For Valdez — Mrs. C. O. Braner, M.
Brock, and three steerage.
—For Fort Llscum — Carl.E- Bell...
For Ellamar — E. J. Olson.
For Seward — E. P. O. Crikat, F.
Crikat, Jr., F. Crikat, Robert Olson,
J. L. Griffith, M. L. Peters, W. C. Plan
kcr, Mrs. Planker, F. M. Hunt. A. W.
Young, Frank Gillespie, Edward Wil
kinson, John Kelly, J. R. Miller, James
M. Gill, H. Walton, Louise Brown, Joe
Perrin, H. S. Jones, George E. Lewis,
J. L. Lewis, A. F. Wilson. E. M. Smith,
E. McNemee, A. A. Ballaine and thirty
five steerage.
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At a meeting of the directors of
the Bank of Seward recently an an
nual dividend of 20 per cent was de
clared on the capital stock of the cor
poration.
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Malcolm Brock Is a returning pas
senger from Seattle on the Northwest
ern, and will make the trip to Valdez,
coming back to Cordova on the same
boat.
BIG INCREASE III
CONSCIENCE
FUND
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb. 27. — War appears
to Increase largely the amounts of
money received by the British treas
ury s "conscience fund.” In the old
days, the average annual contrtbu
tions were lesB than £2,000, but dur
Ing 1915 and 191(1 the totals shot up
to about £10,000 a year. The new
year promises even better, as more
than £4,000 hac come in during the
past fortnight.
The largest single contribution re
:eived by the conscience fund last
year was £5,000. Even this payment
ioes not constitute a record, for in
1844 an envelope containing £14,000
n bank notes was received by the
■hancellor of the exchequer, with a
nemorandum, stating that it repre
lented profits derived from smug
;l!ng.
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GOLD MEDAL IS
PRESENTED TO 1
(By AsBoclathed Press)
SANTA FE, N. M.. Feb. 27. — Major
leneral John J. Pershing, commander
f the recent American punitive expe
ition ~>to Mexico, was today pre- A
fexlco state legislature In approprl- (
te commemorative ceremonies. By c
nanirnous action recently the legls- *
iture adopted a resolution fixing
Vashington’s birthday as “Pershing ■
ay,” in New Mexico, and provided the I
iedal which was given In recognition I
f General Pershing’s service as a 1
oung officer to the state in the days
/hen as a territory it was subject to
ipache Indian raids.
The resolution also called the atten
lon of the people of New Mexico to
he long and distinguished military
areer of General Pershing and the
act that his services had been recog
lized by his promltion to the rank of
najor general in the United States
irmy. It also cited the fact that as
commander of the punitive expedition 1
n Mexico, General Pershing had ren- 1
lered valuable service to the state -
ind nation in his handling and dis- 1
position of the difficult problems 1
which had confronted the government ’
following the raid on Columbus. New
Mexico.
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(By Associated Press)
KANSAS CITY. Feb. 27. — Hun
dreds of teachers and their trainers
and superintendents are gathered here
for meetings which began yesterday
and will continue through the week.
Twenty-two subsidiaries of the Nation
al Educational Association are to bold
conventions between now and Satur
day.
The conventions are preliminary to
the annual general convention of the
parent organization, which haH been
set for the week of July 7-14 at Port
land, Ore.
The largest of the subsidiary organi
zations is the department of superin
tendence of the National Education
Association, which opens Its sessions
tonight. The national Council of Edu
cation also is to start its activities
this evening, with Wjlllam B. Owen,
principal of of the Chicago Normal
College, presiding, and Charles E.
Chadsey, superintendent of Detroit
schools, called the National Society
for the Study of Education, to order.
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W. H. Bogue was a returning pas
senger on today’s steamer from a fly
ing trip to the Btatea.
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Frank Sellers has returned from a
trip to Pacific coast cities.
H. O. Conway is hack from a short
stay in the states.
f
»>——— ———
SIR GILBERT PARKER.
Famous British Novsliat
Mars to Talk For Alllsa.
AMTSDI SAILED
EDOM SEATTLE
(Special to The Times)
SEATTLE, Feb. 27. — The steamerl
<Ln*lral Watson sailed. Utr,.Alaska on L
ordora were Ellen Williams, Lona 1
esmond, Charles Alberts, N. Brown 1
ad three steerage.
_A_
no BOASTS
ITS DEATH
TROOP
(By Associated Press)
JUAREZ, Feb. 27. — Mexico has its j
Death Troop," similar to the “Death |
lead Hussars" of the Germany army, j
. squadron of cavalry in General Jose i
iantos Murguia’s brigade here has for :
ts battle flag a white banner with a j
Jack skull and crossbones In the cen
er of the field.
According to the legend of the
Death Troop" no prisoners will be
aken in battle, but all enemy sol
ders captured are executed immedl
itely. Thes cavalry led the fight
kgainst Villa soldiers at Mapula,
louth of the state capital and reports
eceived later from that battle said
10 prisoners were taken there and
nany were bayoneted to save ammu
iltion. When General Francisco Mur
;uta marched into Chihuahua City af
:er Villa evacuated, the battle flag of
:be "Death Troop” was carried at the
lead of the column.
During the “bath riots” at the In
lernational bridge connecting Juarez
>nd El Paso, which were held as a
protest against the American quaran
tine. the death flag was seen by many
Americans for the first time when the
‘Death Troop” dashed to the bridge
approach to quell the rioting.
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FAIRBANKS WANTS MONEY
FOR ITS SCHOOL OF MINES.
With' the hope orffimrctng The teghr
lature of the territory to appropriate
sufficient money to build a new agri
cultural college and school of mines
at the site selected several years ago
and with a view of pointing out to the
legislators of Alaska why such an In
stltutlon should be established in in
terior Alaska, the Fairbanks Cummer
cial Club has addressed a lengthey
Individual appeal to each senator and
representative. The federal govern
ment provides $50,000 per year for all
such institutions when they are estab
lished, and it the legislature sees fit
to appropriate the amount of money
required this federal assistance will
be sufficient to keep it going until
other means of obtaining funds are
obtained.
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L. D. Oates, who was on a leave of
absence, has returned from his vaca
tion spent in the states.
TWENTY KILLED
III RAILROAD
WRECK
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♦ (By Associated Press) «
♦ ALTOONA, Pa.. Keb. 27. — In ♦
♦ a rear-end collision between an ♦
♦ express and freight train, on the »
♦ Pennsylvania railroad, at the Mt. *
♦ Vernon station, thirty-four miles »
♦ east of Altoona, twenty persons ♦
♦ were Instantly killed, nineteen of ♦
♦ whom were passengers and the ♦
♦ porter on a Pullman car. «
CHI WANTS
The Dally Time* is in receipt of a
sommunleation from one of the prln
’ipal operators In the Chisana district
n which he takes exception to the
statement made by mushers arriving
n Cordova that not over thirty peo
)le are wintering in that camp. He
says that the camp or mining district
s a country comprising about thirty
ive miles square and within its boun
larles there is at no time of the year
ess than from fifty to a hundred peo
)le, and the general average is well
ip Xq two bunilra.1 ll
nents In this district, and the people
ire scattered over a large area doing
heir assessment work or prospecting.
Phere are probably times when there
ire not more than from twelve to
hirty people in Chisana proper, but
he residents of the entire district
sail here for their mail, and it seems
is though Uncle Sam also has an er
■oneous impression of our population.
iVe have not had any mail delivered
by the government since September,
1916, notwithstanding the fact that
here are several hundred pounds for
:his district held at McCarthy.
“The Chisana posoffice was dlscon
ilnued, and the mail carrier taken off
because of the report that there were
inly thirty people here, which is ab
mrd. This will be a good camp for
the next ten or fifteen years. The
Chisana placers are not exhausted, as
the known pay gravels have barely
been scratched. Gold Run is coming
to the front with pay running from
$3 to $8 to the square foot on bed
rock, while the lower part of the Bon
nanza creek valley is showing up bet
ter than any other portion of the
creek. The benches along the creek,
which comprises from four to ten
times the area of the creek valley, are
being prospected and are known to
carry pay. They will be worked as
soon as dumping ground for the tail
ings is available.
“I merely mention these facts so
that the government need feel no
hesitancy in twarding a contract to
carry the mail to some responsible
musher, for fear there will be no one
in here to receive him. We hope that
if Uncle Sam does take a notion to
furnish us with mail he will allow the
carrier a sufficient sum to enable him
to buy wood to burn on the glaciers
and not burn up our second class mail,
as has been the custom on this trail.
“We hope you will give us a little
space in your good paper so that some
of the humble servants of the govern
ment may learn the facts and arrange
that we have an even break- with- the
rest of the citizens scattered over this
frozen north. We read that the post
office department is $5,0U0,0l)0 to the
good and we pray that it will loosen
up a little and give us some kind of
a mail service."
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The Koyuk precinct in the Nome di
vision, has been reorganized by Judge
Tucker, of Nome, and Henry Seth
man has been appointed as United
States commissioner.
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Rosskopf Bros, and associates, who
are working on the divide between
Glacier and Rock creeks, in the Nome
district, are reported to have struck
an old channel in which they get pans
aB high aa thirty cents.
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A three days' gale, accompanied by
temperatures ranging from zero to
six below prevailed at Sitka recently.