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The Cordova Daily Times
^VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 426. CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1916. PRICE TEN CENTS.
IRELAND UNDER MARTIAL LAW
Sfljfiial by Associated Press. ,
C.ONDON, April 27. — It was otfi
cially announced today that martial
law had been declared throughout the
whole of Ireland. Premier Asquith
addressed the House of Commons and
told the members that the rebels were
still in possession of important build
ings in Dublin. The British troops are
cldfing in on them, and he expressed
the hope that the uprising would be
put down within a short time. Many
street encounters are occurring be
tween the contending forces. The
premier declared that while he was
confident of the inherent loyalty of
the larger proportion of the Irish peo
ple. that there were sufficient agi
tators in the country, doubtless in
spired by German assistance, and aid
from sympathizers in America, to cre
ate considerable trouble for the gov
ernment. and that the situation still
presented many serious features. In
dications are growing that the unrest
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is spreading to other parts of the r
country besides Dublin, although no J
outbreaks against constituted author- v
ity have been so far officially admit- r
ted except in the city and county of t
Dublin. The unrest of the people, and v
arritation against the British is es- r
peclnlly noticed among the people of c
the western countries. A royal pro- r
damation signed by the king was is- j.
sued today, suspending in Ireland the i
law which gives a British subject the c
right of trial in civil courts. This i
procedure was necessary to enforce
the declaration of martial law, or
otherwise the military authorities
would have been hampered in the ex- v
ercise of their unusual powers of sum- j
mary trial and execution. The pro- ^
damation was read from the steps of f
the Koval Exchange in Dublin this
morning. ^
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LONDON. April 27. — The govern- t
ment officially announced this after- t
oon that Major General Sir John
lax well had departed for Ireland,
here he would assume supreme com
tand pending the putting down of
he rebellion. Maxwell has been in
ested with plenary powers, and as
lartial law has been declared through
ut the whole country, he will be a
lilitary governor, holding a similar
osition to the German Von Bissing
i Belgium. Maxwell was formerly
oimnander of the British troops in
igypt, earlier in the present war.
WASHINGTON. April 27. — Pre
tier Asquith said that the government
as effectively restoring order in Ire
tnd and stamping out the rebellion,
he premier declared that every ef
)rt would be made to seek out and
unish those responsible for the re
ellion, and that a searching investl
ation would be immediately insti
lled into the causes of the affair, and
le real culprits punished.' Regard
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ing the discussion of the outbreak in
the parliament, Asquith said that he
did not consider such a procedure ad
visable, and that It would only have
a mischievous effect on the Internal
affairs oi the nation.
LONDON, April 27. — In his speech
In the House of Commons today Pre- i
ier Asquith said, among other things
about the situation in Ireland, that j
■t military censorship had been estab
lished there, and that it was neces
sary, as advices had been received
by the government to the effect that i
parties in neutral countries were work
ing to aid the rebels. He said that it
therefore became advisable to restrict
the transmission of news through the
regular agencies, until the military au |
thorities had the situation in hand, j
Cntil that was accomplished the great
est possible latitude would be allowed,
and news furnished by the government
consistent with the interests of thf
Kmpire. Sir Edward Carson, leaflet
of the Ulsterites in the Commons, ant!
Sir John Redmond, leader of the Na
tionalist party, who were deadly ene
mies during the debate on the home
rule bill, both spoke today and ex
pressed their unfaltering loyalty to thf
empire, and pledged the faithfulness
of their followers. Both Carson anti
Redmond expressed in no uncertain
terms their abhorrence at the upris
ing, and desire to support the gov
eminent. Asquith declared that thf
troops in Ireland had been strong!)
re-enforced, and that the government
felt confident that the soldiers now
there were sufficient to put down thf
rebellion. The authorities of thf
Irish government will put themselves
at the disposal of the military until
martial law has been removed. Sii
John Maxwell has arrived at Dublin
and is in full charge of affairs. The
British newspapers, which have been
reticent about speaking of the Irish
situation the past few months out of
fear of embarrassing the government,
are now speaking plainly on the mat
ter. and much criticism is experessed
over the lack of good management in
allowing the Sinn Fein movement to
reach the proportions which it has.
Sir Roger Casement, who is blamed
for the trouble by many, is still ill
confinement, but some of the editors
express the opinion that he is a luna -
tic and should be examined by a com
mission.
DROGHEDA, April 27. — The dis
turbances in Dublin are being effec
tively quelled by the British troops,
and it is only in isolated places in the
city and county that there are now
any disturbances. The military have
a firm hold on the situation .and are
ruthlessly cutting down all opposition.
None of the Dublin newspapers have
arrived here since Monday.
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GERMANS SINK
BERLIN. April 27. The war of
f£; Officially stated today that the
Irtish submarine E22 had been sunk
by the German naval forces.
LONDON, April 27. — The British
admiralty office officially announced
today that the English submarine E22
had been sunk by shell fire from Ger
man warships.
LONDON. April 27. — It was offi
ciaHV announced today that the Wor
cestershire Yeomanry had been at
tacked by a superior force, including
one thousand Germans, at Quitia vil
lage, in Egypt. The British had been
forced to retire, and a number of the
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Yeomanry captured.
PARIS, April 27. — The official
communique issued by the war de
partment this morning reported no
ioular i«« tilnnp Ihp \vps*fp*rii
front, with (he exception of the light
ing for the possession of Verdun. The
hostilities here were chiefly confined
to artillery exchanges, with the Ger
mans boambarding heavily at scat
tered points of the line, both east and
west of the Meuse. The artillery en
gagements have continued steadily for
over a week, and the expenditure of
ammunition is enormous. The Ger
mans contented themselves with the
artillery fire, making no strong in
fantry attacks during the night. The
only infantry fight recorded was a
small assault north of Fort Vaux,
which was immediately stopped hv the
well directed fire of the French ar
tiliery, which threw a shell curtain in
front of the French trenches.
DELIGHTING TURKS.
i.IV. April 27. Berlin papers
devcKj-con.'-'ulerable space to the fact
that Herr Erik Schwedes, a widely
known German opera singer, is in
Constantinople, where he has been
delighting the Turks with some of the
best known German compositions. Be
sides filling the opera house in Stain
boul with crowds devoted to Leonca
valla and Mascagni, he has appeared
the Sultan, singing tlie love
frjV Vagner's Walkure, and several
of Schumann's masterpieces.
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TRAP SHOOTING.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 27. — The
national championship trap shooting
schedule for 191G shows that the sec
tional tournament of the Pacific
coast will be held at Portland. Ore
gon. September 12 to 14, inclusive,
•tviis Will he its eleventh anneal ?hoot.
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Special to the Daily Times.
SKWARD. April 37. — The federal
labor board, which went (o Anchorage
to arbitrate the labor dispute between
the engineering commission and the
workers on the government railroad,
today announced that they had fixed
a scale of wages to he submitted to
the men. presumably the rates being
acceptable to the railroad commis
| sion. Unskilled labor are offered
$3.50 per day. and longshoremen $4.50.
Carpenters and machinists will get 70
cents per hour, and the teamsters $90
per month and board. The union is |
now in session to determine whether
or not to accept this schedule, most
of which is satisfactory. The chief
kick is over the per day for
common laborers, which the men con
tend is not enough. The merchants
of Anchorage are holding a meeting
to try and devise some way of get
ting the steamers unloaded, as the
supply of food and other things is low.
and large orders for the local stores
went hack to Seward today on the
Farragut and Aeroline.
SEWARD, April 27. — The steamers
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Admiral l-'arragut and Aeroline, of the
P. A. N. Co., arrived here today, hav
ing been unable to discharge their
cargoes at Anchorage because of the
strike of laborers working for the
Alaska engineering commission. The
Anchorage freight will probably be left
here pending the settlement of the
labor troubles at the head of the In
let.
VAL.DKZ, April 27. — Contrary to
expectations, the troops comprising
Company A of the Fourteenth U. S.
infantry, stationed at Fort Liscum,
fill Valdez bay, did not embark on the
Is. S. Alaska yesterday for Anchorage,
j It is said that Commissioner Metirs re
I quested the presence of the military,
j anti that at first an attempt was made
to secure the Northwestern, at that
j time bound south, to take the soldiers
over. Failing in this the men were
reported Retting ready to go on the
Alaska, but later orders changed the
{situation. The men are now under
{orders to hold themselves in readiness
to go. and unless violence breaks out
at Anchorage it is thought unlikely
that their presence will be required.
SECOND NOTE
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WASHINGTON. April 27. — Secre
lary of State Robert Lansing today
sent another note to Great Britain,
demanding the release of the thirty
eight people taken from the American
ship China by a British cruiser off
{shanghai. The men taken were all
Germans. Austrians and Turks, and
the administration claims that the
case is similar to the acts committed
by the Frencr cruiser Descartes in the
West Indies. In the latter case, the
French government released the men
seized. In the China controversy,
England claims the right to hold the
men as military prisoners, and the
newspapers in England have published
articles declaring ttiat it has been
found since the seizure that the men
take nwere engaged in a plot of im
mense ramifications to organize n re
volutionary movement in India. The
latest American note reiterates the in
ternational law which the United
States claims is applicable to the sit
nation, and asserts that the rights of
this country have been violated, and
also insists strongly ttiat the men
must he released on the grounds set
forth in the first message, the points
raised by Great Britain being eonsid
ered and contended that they are not
applicable to the present case.
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AIRMEN KILLED.
TOKiO, April 27. — Two naval air
men, Lieut. Tongu and Lieut. Abe
were killed when their hydroplane,
which had been present at the opening
of the Marine Exposition at Ueno
Perk, became disabled on its return
and !rr In;; somer null era hed down
tlnough the roof tf a .la pirn use li.use.
HEREIN. April 27. Ambassador
Gerard leaves for the front tonight to
visit the kaiser, for the purpose of
discussing the situation at first hand
with the emperor, who has already
held a conference with Bethtnanu
t
Hollweg and Von Holtzendorf, chief
of the navy general staff. The sub
marine question raised by the last
American note' will be settled, if not
already decided, after the talk between
the emperor and Gerard. The Ger
man chancellor will return to the
front tomorrow to prepare the word
ing of the German reply to the Am
erican note.
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SUPERSTITIOUS PEASANTS.
ROME, April 27. — The extent to
• which the hope for peace has taken
j hold of tile popular imagination among
I superstitious peasants of southern
Italy is indicated in the search for
an image of the Madonna of Peace,
which is now being conducted by the
j whole countryside, near the town of
! I,ecee.
As long ago as last April, at the
moment when Italy was entering the
i war and luking these peasants from
: their soil to go as soldiers, a certain
| old man of the village of Carpignano
' saw the Virgin In a dreatn and, ac
| cording to his narrative, site told him
i that in a ruined church known as the
• Pasulo," near Borgagite, was buried
an image of the Madonna of Peace.'
together with a golden treasure, and
that when this image was found and
placed in a chapel erected over the
Jipot mNi the treasure tlie war would
I come to an till.
EXCLUSION
SECTION
WASHINGTON, April 27. — The
Senate immigration committee has
agreed to modify the Asiatic exclusion
section of the Burnett immigration
bill as passed ' by the lower House.
The bill would then have eliminated
from it all reference to the much dis
cussed agreement made by Elibu
Root when he was secretary of state,
and former ambassador from Japan
Takahira, which sought to restrict the
imtnigtjation of Japanese laborers
without enacting the restrictions into
law, which the Japanese claimed
would be so offensive to their people
that it might cause serious trouble.
A draft, of the proposed amendment
to this section has been prepared, and
will lie submitted to the state depart
ment for a conference with the Jap
anese ambassador.*
INTEND TO CLEAR REGION.
BERGEN OP-Zoom. Netherlands.
April 27 Several recent indications
point to tite fact that the Germans in
Belgium intend to entirely clear the
region immediately next to the fron
tier of its inhabitants, with a view,
presumably, to further facilitating
their striet control of the Dutch boun
dary. They have already evacuated
the strip of country situated between
their two barbed wire fences in a part,
of Flanders, and the arrival here of
many refugees from the Belgian vil
lage of Putte (situated just north of
Antwerp), strengthens the view gen
erally held in tlie frontier districts
that the people who have so far stuck
to their homes in the rest of this zone
•*! in due course, suffer the same
:ate.
TURKEY HAS
WASHINGTON, April 27. — Henry
Morgenthau, the American ambassa
dor to rTurkey, resigned today. Mor
genthau has been a success at his
post, ami has received wonderful
j praise for the work he has done since
jthe outbreak of the war, especially in
I aiding subjects of the allied countries
j from persecution at the hands of the
1 Turks. The labors of the office have
| been arduous and compelled the unre
mitting attention of the ambassador.
He has desired to be relieved, but the
president wished him to remain at his
nost when tlie Gallipoli fighting was
going on, as his services at that time
proved invaluable to Americans and
i ot hers as well. He announced that
when he reached home he would assist
j in the management of President Wil
, son's campaign for re-election. While
jthe successor to Mr. Morganthati has
! not been announced, it is thought that
I the post will be offered to Abraham
i Elklis, a well known New York attor I
ney, a Jew. as was Mr. Morgenthau. j
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! TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION.
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COPENHAGEN, April i’7. Thol
tercentenary of Shakespeare's death'
is to be celebrated in Denmark by
many theatres. The Royal Theatre
at Copenhagen will produce Richard
III., and the Association of Danish
Writers lias arranged various festivi
ties at Elsinore, the assumed scene
of tlie tragedy of Hamlet. There is
to be an open air performance of Ham
let in Kronborg .Castle, ami a banquet
fit Marienlyst, which is the neighbor
hood of Elsinore cRj. In the open air
performance Hamlet will be presented
i .-acCy as in Shakysh'a 'c's time.
CONFERENCE 10
TAKE PLACE
FI, l'ASO, April 27. — It was offi
jcially announced this morning that
the conference between Generals Ob
i regon ami Scott would not be held in
Ciudad l’orfirio Diaz, but either in
this city or across the border in Jua
rez tomorrow, but the exact time has
not been ascertained. General Scott,
accompanied by General Funston, will
come to this city from Sail Antonio,
where Scott has been going over the
entire situation with Funston, and re
ceiving reports from the field head
quarters in Mexico. Pershing's reports
have not been made public, but it is
unofficially stated that nothing of im -
portance has occurred since the fight
between Dodd’s cavalry and a band of
Villaistas in the Sierra Madre moun
tains on the 22nd of this month. The
army officers are confident that the
American troops are now so well re
enforced that the line of communica
tion can suffer no serious danger from
sudden attacks of Villaistas. as the
bandits have been scattered into smair
detachments, incapable of taking the
offensive against the well equipped
Americans. Supplies are going for
warn reguiariy anu no uucnes aie oc
curring anywhere.
EL PASO, April 27. — it was of
ficially slated by the military authori
ties here that word had been re
ceived from General Obregou. minis
ter of war in the Carranza cabinet,
that he would arrive in Juarez tomor
row to hold the coming conference
with Generals Scott and Kunston. coil
cernitig the withdrawal of the Am
erican troops in Mexico.
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CONFERENCE OP ALLIES HNS
WIDE SCOPE
LONDON. April 27. The confer
ences of the allies going on in Paris
are looked upon in well informed quar
ters as likely to develop means for
presenting a united front on many
questions, outside of the settlement
of territory, when any real prospect
for concluding the war conies in sight.
On their face these conferences are
to discuss trade and commercial ques
tions in which the allies are mutually
interested. But those who have had
much to do iu shaping the confer
ences say these questions really touch
the matter of a war settlement and
"bsequent peace terms.