The steamer Admiral Farragut ar
rived from Seattle on Sunday evening
at 6:30 o'clock, and brought a big con
signment bf freight, 130 tons of
which was for the Abercrombie Pack
ing Company and 116 tons for the
Carlisle Packing Company. She sailed
for Valdez at 7 o'clock Monday morn
ing. Her Cordova passengers were:
Warren H. Merrit, A. G. Schriver, Mrs.
Chamors, O. F. Rowe, E. P. Short, J.
J. Dwyer and Leonard Stevens.
The steamer Evans arrived from the
westward on Sunday morning at 3
o’clock and after loading 100 tons of
copper ore sailea for the States. Her
outgoing passengers from here were
John A. Webb and wife, W. T. Foster,
J. J. Wold. H. J. Thompson, for Seat
tle; F. E. Parsons, P. T. Fuchs, F.
Obercat, J. C. Metahaffey, for Juneau.
The steamer Alaska left Seward
early this morning and is due in Cor
dova late this afternoon. She will
be in port until Wednesday night load
ing ore.
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No word was heard from the Ala
meda up to the hour of going to press,
and will not likely reach here from
Seattle until Wednesday.
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Rev. A. G. Schriver, the new pastor
of the PresbyP-ian church, arrived on
the Farragut ; d conducted his first
service lice on Sunday evening.
.lames Fish :d John Barrett came
over from Yah1 •: on a business trip.
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For Rent- Two housekeeping rooms
in the Kendrick building, on Front
street. Apply J. V. Carter, Phone 171.
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For Rent -— Three room furnished
house. Apply at Bank.
CABLES ARE NOT
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The Daily Times is In receipt of the
following communication from Cap
lain Nolan, of the Signal Corps, at Val
dez. re the frequent interruptions im
the cable service, with the request
that it be published for the informa
tion of our readers:
It has been notelced that some of the
newspapers In Alaska are apparently
under the impression that all breaks
in the Signal Corps cable are due to
to the conditions of the cables, which
of course is not the case.
The cable of the Burnside found
the last break on the Valdez-Sitka
^able in water 200 fathoms deep, the
break haflng been caused by the an
:hor of a fishing boat catching hold
tf the cable, and sliding along it for
i distance of three miles. The armor
>f the cable was as good and as strong
is when first laid. The newness of
he cable to shore renders it lac, us ,
3eptible to breaks, due to the adieu
jf the tides grinding the cable on the,
■ocky bottom, where such rocky hot
:om exists, than would be the case if
he cable was laid in deep water far
her from shore, as in case of cable:-:
:rossing the ocean. It Is impossibh ]
o change the route of the cable to
that no portion will bn in water near
shore. The reopnt break In the Valdez
Seward cable was caused by similar
action.
CITY IN FINE FINANCIAL
CONDITION
The City Council met last night and
Clerk Medley reported u balance of
$5,305.35 in the treasury. An appro
priation of $410 was made to the
school board for the maintenance of
• tie school during the month of March.
Treasurer O’Neill reported that all of
the taxes owing the city, with the
, u eption of $10.15, had been paid.
Chief of Police Dooley reported three
arrests during March, and also that
hi was acting chief of the fire depart
ment during the absence of Chief
livers, who is on a vacation to the
Slates.
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Hereafter the front row in the Em
press Theatre will be reserved for
children at a ten cent admission.
Twenty-five cents will be charged for
all other sects.
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHysICAN and surgeon.
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Office Hours—10 a. m. to 12 noon,
Railroad Hospital; 2 to 5 p. m„ Adams
Building, Room 6.
Phones—Residence, 115; Hospital.
40; Office, 122.
Empress Theatre
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TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHTS.
William Fox Presents
“ST. ELMO.”
A Stirring Six I.Yel Storv of a Soul’s Salvation. A Pieturiza-!
tion of the Play and Novel by Augusta J. Evans.
Show Starts at 8 p. m. Regular Admission.
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Get A New Bonnet
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The Blum, O’Neill Company
Look for the Red and Green sign
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the BHme medkine Mexican popula
tion in all the border towns are being
watched to guard against uprisings.
Safety first is the slogan.
The Villa men now in Deming will
be tried in April on charges of mur
der. arson and highway robbery. They
are a tough looking outfit, and look
more like Igorrotes than Mexicans.
They are sullen, lousy and black.
The American troops concentrating
at Columbus and along the border!
made an efficient rapid getaway a few |
days ago after Villa, and of what small j
army we have Americans can be
proud of. Pine looking, clenn cut men, j
many of them well educated and noted |
for their ability as marksmen. We j
also think them capable of more effi-t
eient action than any European sol
diers. During a brush with Villa men i
across the boundary at Nogales last'
year, our men, kneeling, and w'ith only |
a few whispered commands in words
between officers and men, killed 175
Villa men while only one American
was killed. The Villa men were near- j
ly all shot between the eyes, some!
of them being shot the second time
before they fell to the ground. The j
Mexican battles you have read about
are, or have been, largely hot air. The
Mexican Is emotional and shoots as:
much with his mouth as with his:
gun. Many hundreds of thousands in
money have been wasted by the fac-:
tional armies In shooting into the
ground or at the clouds. The average |
Mexican army is composed of 1,500 j
privates. Toll generals, 400 colonels
and unlimited captains and lleuten
ants, Each private has his own gen
■ ml. colonel and captain. When
Villa’s generals deserted him at Jua
rez several months ago, the price Car- i
ranza paid for the officers and men1
ranged from $50 per general down to
$2 for a private.
Americans along the border doubt
that Mexicans can tranquilize the
'•ouutrv alone; that the United States
will eventually have to take over the1
country, reorganize and police it. It is j
believed that the disorganization along J
the border Is primarily due to Wil- j
son’s policy of backing and filling. It
is believed that the massacree of 18 i
Americans by Villa men at Santa Ysa
bel in January, and the Columbus raid,
primarily due to the action of the
Wilson administration in having for
many months encouraged the Villa
faction; knowing all the while that
Villa had been a bandit. After recog
nizing Carranza, Instead of stopping
with that action, Washington author- .
ized the transportation of 2,000 Car
ranzn men via the Southern Pacific
from El Paso to Douglas, in order to
reinforce the Carranza garrison when
Villa made his attack against Agua
Prieta last October. But when Villa
asked permission to send his wounded
via American territory to Juarez for
treatment, Washington, upon being
asked for advice, declined to permit
the Villa wounded to be handled.
"e ere speculating how long our
troops will be i« Mexico. That is,
what time limit Wilson will set for
them to either capture Villa or return
to the border. He can retreat singly
and In disguise into the Sirra Madras,
and our men would not be able to
reach him, as he has friends, and our
men have none.
If he is not apprehended will h«
tinue his operations, perhaps
returning and attacking an American
border town? If our men do not get
him, will the taught be on the United
States?
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