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800 WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE BUTCHERED
DELEGATE OPENS
JUNEAU, March 31—Delegate Wick
ersham, who has just arrived in this
city in an interview today opened the
campaign for statehood for Alaska.
He will make this an issue and will in
troduce a bill providing for same at
the coming session of congress.
The Delegate contends that Alaska
cannot have "full home rule" under
the teritorial act, no matter how lib
eral that may be made, as the legis
lature cannot control and tax many
important industries and be self-sup
porting, as it would be under state
hood. The Delegate will deliver a
public address here Monday night on
the subject of statehood for Alaska.
In the upper house of the territorial
legislature today, the resolution of
Senator Hubbard, of Valdez, for mem
oralizing congress in favor of state
hood for the teritory, was turner down
in favor of Senator Millard’s memorial
to congress asking for fuller powers
for the Territorial legislature.
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MS OF ROOT
BE RECEIVED
SEATTLE, April 1—The battle be
tween Johnson and Willard has been
finally set for 1 o’clock, New York
time, Monday, or 10 o’clock Seattle
time. This will give ample time for
the news of the fight to reach Alaska
on Monday.
STEEL ILLS TO
TIE
CHICAGO, April 1—Ten thousand
men, Idle since the first of January,
resumed work today in the steel mills
at Chicago Heights. The return of
business confidence has resulted in a
heavy volume of orders, and the plant
will now run with a full force of men.
ZAPATA ACCEPTS
TIED. S.
MASHINGTON, April 1—Generals
Villa and Zapata have agreed to the
proposal of the United States that all
trains between Mexico City and Vera
Cruz be considered neutral. General
Caranza has not as yet made any re
ply to the proposal.
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All the Heal News In the Times.
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
TABRIZ, April 1—Preceding 111«■ re-occupation
by Russians of the Snlinac plains, northwest of I'ru
utiah, hundreds of native Christians were seized by
the Turks and butchered with fiendish tortures.
On entering the village of Rafted wan the Rus
sian trops found seven hundred and twenty bodies
in the streets, mostly naked and fearfully mutilated.
Three hundred men worked for three days recover
ing bodies from wells, pools and ditches, where they
had been cast by tbe Turks. Some of the victims
had'been shot, others had been bound to ladders and
their heads hacked off, eyes gouged out and their!
limbs hacked. The spectacle presented by these |
victims of Turkish brutality was sickening.
But for tin* victory of the Russians and the driv-'
ing out of the Turks a general massacre of the re
maining 10,000 population of Urumiah was expected.
Mole than eight hundred men and women and cliil
dren had already been butchered' there by the Turks,
and fully two thousand have died of disease since the;
Turkish occupation of the place.
TABRIZ, April 1 — The Russians defeated the
Turks iu a Idody battle at Atkutur, in Northwestern
Persia, inflicting terrible punishment upon the Otto
man trops. They are reported to have lost twelve
thousand killed, wounded and prisoners, and' also a
large number of guns, which fell into the hands of
the victorious Russians.
Special to The Times Hy Associated Press.
SEATTLE, April 1—That work on the govern-i
ment railroad in Alaska will commence at an early
date is evidenced by the fact that the Alaska En-1
gineering Commission has called for bids in this city
lor ;t large quantity of groceries, lumber, hardware,'
wheelbarrows, picks, scrapers, plows, and other tools
and supplies requisite for construction.
The call for bids states that the ^oods must be
delivered in this city, ready for shipment north, by
April 15.
Lieutenant F redcnck Mears, one of the members
*»f the commission, will arrive in this city on Tuesday
next to arrange for the trip north of the members of
the commission this spring.
This asking, by the commission, for bids on a
large quantity of supplies plainly for construction
work, sets at rest any doubt that may have existed
as to the beginning of construction tins year on the
Alaska Railroad system.
CENTENARY OF BISMARCK.
One hundred years ago, April t. 1815. the Iron Chancellor, who created the
German empire was born He died In 181)8
SUBMARINE ENGLISH CHANNEL
LONDON, April 1—The French steamer Emma, bound for
Brodeaux, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in
the English Channel, off Beachy Head. Nineteen of the crew of
the Emma were drowned, only two being saved.
LONDON, April 1—Surviors from the Emma state that
absolutely no warning was given the steamer, and the presence
of the submarine was not known until the torpedo struck the
doomed vessel. So great was the damage done by the ex
plosion that the steamer went down within three minutes.
BELIEVE TURKS ARE PREPARING
SOFIA, April 1—The concentration of Turkish troops at Con
stantinople is interpreted here as a Turkish precautionary
measure against war with Bulgaria, which is given as strong
indications of entering the field on the side of the allies. In ad
dition to large infantry force the Turks are heavily reinforcing
their artillery corps at Andrianople.
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LONDON, March 31—The allied fleets have again taken up
the bombardment of the Turkish forts along the Dardanelles.
Council
Contracts
The Bills
Editor Cordova Daily Times:
We note that the Cordova Alaskan
is considerable disturbed over the
council's payments to the Cordova
Power Co. The figures they give
include all payments for street lights,
city hall lights, water for hydrants,
and telephone in city hall, as well as
for the lamp posts on First and Sec
ond streets. The posts were bought
and installed by the power company,
for the city at actual cost. The
cost was $1,712.17, and it 1b this
cost which makes the payments for
the year 1913-14 seem largo. The
council has the right to stop any or
all lights, and any or all hydrants,
and can make the payments to the
power company large or small, as
they see fit. The present council
cut out the city hall telephone and in
stalled two new hydrants, but have
not changed the street lights, which
would seem to show that they were
satisfied with the arrangement made
by the preceding council, though the
amount paid the power company for
light and water is the largest in the
history of the town.
The charge for the lights is a flat
rate equivalent to a meter rate of
five cents a kilowatt hour.
Does the Cordova Alaskan claim
that the present council is controlled
by Mr. Hazelet in the interest of the
Cordova Power Company. They are
paying the power company more mon
ey for lights and water for the year
than any other council ever did, and
they did not have to do so unless they
wanted the lights and water.
CORDOVA POWER CO.
By N. OREENE, Secretary.
Cordova, March 31, 1915.
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ADMIRAL EVANS HERE
EARLY TOMORROW MORNING
The steamer Flvans has evidently
been delayed by the storm and is not
due to reach Cordova until tomorrow
morning at 8 o’clock.
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Miss Annie McGllnch, who was an
arrival on the steamer Northwestern,
left on this morning's train for Ken
necott, to visit Mrs. W. H. Seagrave.
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LOVER A *6 now made in bond bet
ter than ever—TRY ONE.
ABSOLUTE RPOHIBITION IS
EXPECETEO UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON, April 1—Tin* war on alcohol throughout the
United Kingdom is quickly taking a definite form, and u com
plete *pru*ti hi Lion of Abe sale of all alcoholic liquors will un
doubtedly be proclaimed within a few days. Tin* question and!
the outcome of the labor situation have taken precedence over
all other matters, even to the much discussed’ spring advance of
the allies in France and Beligum, because the question of am
munition is more pressing at this time than the raising of new
armies for the promised offensive movement.
King George has offered to banish alcohol in all forms from
the royal househould. Lord Kitchener, has announced that no
liquor is served in his household, and it is believed to be a mat
ter of but a lew days before the salt* of intoxicants will be pro
hibited throughout the country.
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SIEGE RUSSIAN FOOTS OSSOIAIETZ
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PFTUOGHAD, April 1—The German bombardment of tin*
lortress of Ossowetz has been abandoned. In thus giving up
the siege the Germans have apparently considered it hopeless
to establish connections between their forces west of the Neimen
liver and those north of the Narew.
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STEAMER SUSPECTED SUPPLYING
SHINES WITH FUEL OIL
LONDON, April 1—Two Britisli torpedo boats today
brought into New Haven the large Dutch freighter Lodewijk
Van Nassau, and her cargo will be examined before she is al
lowed to proceed'. The steamer is suspected of supplying Ger
man submarine boats with fuel oil, and if this is borne out by the
examination of her cargo, the vessel will be held as a prize of
war. Her suspicious actions caused the two torpedo boats to
give chase and capture her. Her crew are apparently all Ger
mans.
WISH BEN BOil GERMAN i.
SUBMARINE WORKS IN BELGIUM
LONDON, April 1—Raids by British aviators of German
submarines at Hoboken and Zeebruge, in Belgium, has been
successfully accomplished, and considerable damage done to
the German underwater craft. At Hoboken four bombs were
dropped by aviators on submarines under construction in the
works there, with very destructive effect. At Zeebruge bombs
were also dropped on two submarines lying alongside the mole.
The aviators returned safely to the British lines.
Cordova ia to have a full-fledged
cannery in operation this summer,
plans to that end having been complet
ed and the Dalton sawmill building at
the wharf leased.
The parties interested In the pro
ject are Portland men, who are thor
oughly familiar with the business,
having been engaged In It for come
years in Southeastern Alaska.
They will leave on the boat salting
from Seattle on the 6th, and will
bring a complete equipment for the
plant, expecting to have it Installed
and ready for operation by the time the
run of fish is on.
SENDS NOTE IF
PROTEST TO
WASHINGTON, April 1—The Arner
ican note to Germany regarding the
destruction of the American ship
William P. Frye by the German cruiser
Eitel, has been forwarded through the
German ambassador here to Berlin.
The note asks only for compensation
for the vessel, as the cargo was British
owned.
WASHINGTON, April 1—The Oer
man ambassador has forwarded to
Berlin the note of the government re
garding the sinking of the American
ship Frye, and has added a recommen
dation that the owners be recompen
sed fully for the loss of the ship. But
Ihe note was duly forwarded not with
standing it was known this recom
mendation would be made, because the
government wished to record with Ger
many its disapproval of the sinking of
:he vessel.
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NEWPORT NEWS. April 1—The
lernian auxiliary cruiser Prim Eitel
Frederick still continues her coaling
jperations, but this is the only indl
lon of her intention to depart. Not
withstanding these preparations it is
:onfldently expected that the Eitel will
>e interned here when the time expires
which was granted her in which to
nake repairs.
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NORTHWESTERN DUE
TOMORROW EVENING
The steamer Northwestern is ex
pected to return from the westward
:omorrow evening, and will sail for
he south a short time later.
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