The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 418. CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 10, 1SM6. PRICE TEN CENTS.
.PRESIDENT TO TAKE DRASTIC STEPS
WILL PRESENT SUBMARINE ISSUE TO CONGRESS
Special by Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, April 18. — Presi
dent Wilson late this afternoon de
rided that he would go before Con
gress and present the entire German
submarine issue to both houses, as a
break in diplomatic relations is re
ported imminent. The president has
slready completed the communication
which he will deliver to Congress. In
fact this is the very note that up to
the present time he thought he would
rommunicate to Berlin, but has de
rided, however, that the situation Is
to serious that more drastic steps are
-equired.
WASHINGTON, April 18. — The
first official act of President Wilson
this morning was to summon Secre
tary of State Lansing to the White
House to confer on the submarine
note to Germany, which has not yet
been dispatched. The press reports
issued yesterday to the effect that
the note had been completed are in
correct, as the president and Lansing
are still working out the details of the
messa ge.
WASHINGTON, April 18. — It was
announced today that some of the
points which President Wilson wishes
to include in the forthcoming note to
Germany have not been agreed uppn
by the cabinet. Th^’ difference is
chiefly over the proper phraseology
to be used, and there is likely to be
■;oine changes. On the other hand,
[here is a possibility that the points
[eft open will be cleared up today, and
:he note sent to the Berlin foreign
tffice at once. j
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WASHINGTON, April 18. — Von
Bernstorff. the German ambassador,
icting under special Instructions just
■eceived from Berlin, will discuss the
submarine crisis with Secretary of |
8tate Lansing this afternoon. The]
liscussfon will be along general lines,
md w ill not deal specifically with the |
•ases of recent happening. Bemstorff
will take up the whole subject broad
y and seek to obtain the viewpoint of
he American government for trans
nission to the German foreign office,
t was intimated today that the Berlin
liplomats had informed Ambassador
lerard that Germany desired to meet
he wishes of America if they were
hown that any merchant ships had
icen torpedoed in violation of the
•revlously given assurances on the
natter, and in contravention of the
nstructions issued to the German
tibmarine commanders. It is believed c
icre that Bernstorff lias been author- '
zed to make a similar statement to *
.ansing, and that is the cause of his 1
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(•quest fur a conference this after
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loon.
PURSUIT OF VILLA
PRACTICALLY AT
PERSHING'S HEADQUARTERS IN
MEXICO. April 18. — The pursuit or
General Villa by the American troops
in Mexico is at a standstill, and no
further progress is being made. This
largely is the result of the unprovoked
attack on the Americans made by in
subordinate Carranza troops in Parral,
where a portion of the garrison fired
on the Yankees. There seems to be
no immediate prospect of a resump
tion of the chase, because numerous
indications have lately developed tend
ing to show that the expedition will
meet with armed resistance from
others besides the Villa adherents
should it attempt to penetrate further
into Mexico. A small party of Am
erican officers were fired upon from
■iiiibush at a point near here last
night, but none of them were injured,
and the attackers slunk off in the
darkness and were not located. The
report concerning the death and burial
of Villa, which was received from Car
ranza sources, is not believed by the
officers of the expedition. A recent
report states that one of Villa's
colonels, who was captured near Cusi
dfiViaehio, has promised to lead the
Carranza officials to Villa's grave.
This report is also discredited.
SAN ANTONIO, April 18. — Gen
eral Bell reported to General Funston
today that after an investigation of
the report from Mexican sources about
the death of Villa, he believed that
there was no truth in it, and that it
was manufactured in Juarez by the
((Carranza officials for the purpose of
influencing the conduct of the Persh
ing expedition. Bell is the American
commander at El Paso. Word has
also been received from U. S. Consul
"Uetche? at Chihuahua city, and he
fails to verify the report.
WASHINGTON, April 18. — After
cabinet meeting today it was an
nounced that no changes of import
ance had occurred in the Mexican
situation, and that the government
was contemplating no immediate
changes in its heretofore announced
policy concerning the pursuit of Villa
and his bandits.
EARTHQUAKE 11
^ALASKA IS
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SEATTLE. April 18 — A sharp
earthquake shock was recorded on the
seismograph at the University of
^Washington last night. From the na
^Pire of the record made on the ma
chine it has been estimated that the
earthquake occurred at a point l,2f>0
miles northwest of this city, and pre
sumably somewhere in Alaska.
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CATHOLIC CHURCH SERVICES.
Father Corbett has returned from
Interior, and announces religious
▼^services at 7:30 p. m„ Wednesday.
These services will consist of the Way
of the Cross and Benediction. Special
services will be had on Thursday, Fri
day, Saturday and on Easter Sunday.
PITTSHI'RG, April IX. The big
ron ami si cel interests in the vicinity
rf this city have expended approxl
uately thirty million dollars of late
or the construction of factories and
nachinery to conserve the by-pro
lucts of the coke ovens, and manu
’actured articles therefrom. The
work Inis not yet been completed, and
he companies interested are prepar
ng to spend ten millions additional.
GERMAN SHIPS
SEIZE STEEL
SHIPMENTS
TOK10. April 18. — The alleged
seizure of steel and iron shipments
by German warships from Swedish
it earner bound for Japan has caused
^rent inconvenience to Japanese man
ufacturing.
Swedish steel and iron is used here
In the making of twisted wire and
rabies and cutlery. A series of com
plaints were lodged with the Swedish
legation, and it Is understood that
Sweden has been vigorously taking
up the matter with Germany.
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PANAMA INDIANS
ARE SEVERELY
PANAMA, April 17. — For several
months the II. S. S. Leonidas, which
has been engaged in surveying the At
lantic coast of Panama, has had nu
merous difficulties with the Sari Bias
Indians. Serious clashes have been
avoided only by the tact and patience
of the officers of the ship.
One annovunce the officers have had
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to contend with has been the removal
of cloth marks that the surveyors
placed along the shore. The Indians
found tlie bright calico too great a
temptation to resist. After numerous
remonstrances, the officers threatened
that for each marker stolen a certain
number of cocoanut trees would be
felled in reprisal. This had the dc-,
sired result, for after a few treesj
had been chopped the Indians realized j
that the.price was too high to pay forj
a few cents worth of bright colored |
cloth.
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PARIS. April IS. — \fter ;t rest of
six days, during which the gaps in
their lines were filled up and their
stocks of ammunition restored, the
Germans in front of Verdun again
commenced their assaults against the
French positions yesterday. The at
tack was concentrated at various
points, the assault not being general.
The first drive was directed at the
salient which includes Pepper Hill.
The Germans were repulsed in all
their attacks, with the exception that
they gained a small advance at an im
portant salient west of Douamont. The
net result of the fighting was small
for the Teutons. They suffered the
same appalling losses which they en
dured in the previous attacks, charg
ing forward in waves of Infantry and
in the face of the concentrated French
fire.
BERLIN. April 18. — The war office
announced officially this afternoon
that in the fighting yesterday before
Verdun the Germans had captured the
French positions at Steinbruch, seven
hundred yards south of the Haudre
mont farm. Sixteen hundred unin
jured French prisoners were also
taken at this point.
WAR CLOUDS TO
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PARIS, April 18. -— Monsieur Tlio-1
mas. the minister of munitions in the
French cabinet, addressed a mass
meeting of the employees of the great
creusot works today. The creusot
shops are known as the French
Krupps, and rival their German rival
in the quality and amount of their
output. Thomas praised tlie employees
for tlie work they have been doing in
so greatly increasing tlie output since
the war commenced, and encouraged
tlie men in their endeavors, saying
that their service to France was even
part as great as that of their brothers
in the trenches. He warned the men
that the conflict was far from ap
proaching an end, and said that the
entire nation must prepare to make
further and greater sacrifices than any
which had gone before. The men lis
tened in silence to the minister, and
pledged him at the close of his speech,
their unwavering loyalty to the re
public.
BRITISH SUFFER
TURKS
LONDON. April is. The war of
fice announced officially today that
the British had suffered a reverse in
the fighting to reach Kut el-Mara in
Mesopotamia. The Turks attacked in
large numbers yesterday, storming the
British trenches and forcing the relief
expedition under General Aylmer to
retire on the south bank of the Tigris,
various distances running from five to
eight hundred yards. The fighting
was severe, and the Turks were sub
jected to a vicious fire from the Eng
lish, which cut their ranks severely,
but nevertheless their superior num
bers and their determination won th°
first line British trenches.
The steamer Victoria will be in
port at 8 o'clock this morning, coming
front Fort ^fueller, and will take on a
cargo of copper ore.
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Art doninger leaves on today’s
train for McCarthy, where he and
Robt. Gottschalk will open the Alaskan
bar.
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Mayor E. J. Davis was operated on
yesterday by Dr. Council, and the pa
tient was resting easy last night.
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SINKING BARQUE
IS NOW BEING
state department today sent a mes
sage to Ambassador Penfield at Vi
enna, instructing hint to inquire from
the Austrian government concerning
the recent attack by arl Austrian sub
marine on tlte Russian barque Imper
ator. The Imperator was unarmed,
and the statement of the master is
that the ship was attacked without
warning. The vessel sailed from
Gulfport. Mississippi, and was at
tacked in the Mediterranean while ap
proaching Marseilles. The Imperator
had two American citizens on board.
The inquiry, will be similar to that
made by Gerard on the German gov
ernment about the attack on the Chan
nel liner Sussex, which was torpedoed
with a loss of fifty lives, although the
vessel was assisted into port and did
not sink.
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K. V. Boyle and H. G. Steel left on
th? Northwestern for Seward at at
tend the Republican convention.
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I’ETROGRAD, April IS. — The gov- i
ernment announced officially today t
tliat the Russian army under Grand '
Duke Nicholas had captured the city
ol Trehizond, the most important t
Turkish city on the Black sea. about '
150 miles from Krzerum. the great t
Turkish fortress in Armenia, which S
but lately fell prey to the Russian '
BERLIN. April IS. — It was offi
cially announced today that on ac
count of the denial by the French
government that Germany has cap
tured the number of French troops
before Verdun which she claims, the
names of the prisoners will be pub
lished. Germany claims the capture
of approximately thirty-nine thousand
officers and men from the French
trenches north and east of Verdun.
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PARIS. April 17. — Tri colored cock
ades, made of some durable material,
are to be placed upon tbe graves of
fallen soldiers to permit their identi
fication after the war. Te senators
of the department of the Seine are
organizing the work, and it is expect-1
ed that thousands of inscriptions that
would 'otherwise be effaced by expo- I
sure to the weather will be preserved (
and will enable families to find their (
dead. The cockades will resemble <
in form and color those made by the
[sewing girls of Paris for the soldiers,
and called the • "Cockades do Mini! i
Pinson." but will be of some solid <
substance instead of ribbons.
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The freighter Cordova Is due here
Thursday. j (
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Oscar Flreedman left oil the North- -
1 western for Valdez, when he has: t
some le^al business to attend to. j:
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ALASKA
"The most gratifying thing I know
f in relation to Alaskan affairs at
Washington, said Falcon Joslin, who
as just returned to Seattle from the
ational capital, "is that the house
ommittee on appropriations took up
me item on the sundry bill providing
or railroad work in Alaska for the
ouilng year. This item is for $8,247.
00. Secretary Lane and Commissioii
r Fades were before the committee,
nd 1 understand the committee was
pparently favorable to granting the
nil amount asked for.
"It was feared the committee might
ant to reduce the item by the amount
f the $2,000,000 emergency appropri
tion which was passed some time
go. If this item gets through it will
make a total of $10,247,000 for rail
oad building, and will enable the
,ork to be carried on vigorously.
“Another good thing for Alaska is
liat the secretary of war, on the ad
ice of Colonel Richardson, lias recom
mended an additional appropriation ot
500,000 for wagon road work. This,
rilli the $150,000 carried in the re
ular military bill, will give $650,000
or wagon roads. Judge Wiekersham
> vigorously working for the appropri
tion, and it seems certain to pass.
"The law for leasing the oil lands
i Alaska, as well as in the States,
assed the house and has been report
d favorably by the committee on pub
ic lands. It seems likely to pass,
'll is is a very important measure for
ilaska. The same bill as it passer': the
ouse contained a section for leasing
f coal lands and was much more fav
rable than the existing coal land
pasing law in Alaska, but the Senate
ommittee struck out the coal leasing
ection. It did not apply to Alaska
oal lands anyway, as Alaska already
ihs a leasing law. The regulations
or leasing Alaska coal lands are said
o be ready for issue, and only await
he secretary’s signature. On the
(hole, things look very favorable for
Unska at Washington.”
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RECEPTION TO MRS. SHRIVER.
The members, friends and those in—
crested in the work of the church
re cordially invited to attend an in
ornial reception to be given for Mrs.
k. G. Shriver, Wednesday afternoon, at
:: 30 o'clock, at the church.
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SEATTLE. April 18. — W. H. Gor
lam. a pioneer jeweler of Fairbanks,
lied in this city today. Mr Gorham
lied suddenly, and he w>as apparently
njoying the best of health.
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V special train will leave at 8 o'clock
his morning, taking a large number
f passengers bound for Fairbanks.
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t’Al’ETOWN, South Africa. April is.
During the past year 20,000 swarms
.f locusts were destroyed m t'otitit
Vfrica at a cost c' approximately 1
($20,00(1). By thi* means ;i gov
ri.meut report estimates damages
mounting to £500,000 was averted.