The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 425. CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1916. PRICE TEN CENTS.
FIELD HEADQUARTERS, April 2fi.
—A fight look place on April 22 be
tween Colonel Dodd's cavalry and a
detachment of 2t>0 Villa bandits at
Tomacchio, in the Sierra Madre moun -
tains in western Chihuahua. The Vil
%.jstas were commanded by Chiefs
Baca Cervantes and Domingo Rios.
The Villa soldiers were taken by sur
prise by Dodd and bis men vho made
a forced march on hearing that the
bandits were at Tomachio. In the
fight which followed the bandits were
quickly scattered, leaving most of
their horses, arms and numerous other
equipment behind them. Two Ameri
cans were killed and three wounded.
After the battle nineteen wounded Vil
laistas were found on th? field and
made prisoners. Six dead Mexicans
were also discovered.
LAREDO, April 26. — General Ob
regon, minister of war in the Carranza
cabinet, is expected to arrive at Mon
terey today, en route to the conference
arranged between him and Generai
Scott, chief of staff of the United
Staves army.
SAN ANTONIO. April 26. — The i
exact place for the coming meeting
between Generals Scott and Obregon.
to discuss the matter of withdrawing
V* American troops in Mexico, has
l yet been decided on, although it
is heretofore been announced in the
press that the conference would take
place in Juarez. It is now thought
that they will meet either in Ciudad
Porfirio Diaz or in Vacas.
NAMIQU1PA, April 26. — Several
oi the advance detachments of the
MVrican cavalry columns have again
taken up the active pursuit of General
Villa. They are vigorously searching
the mountains north and west of Par
ra!, where recent authentic informa
tion has led the officers of the expe
ditionary lorce to believe that Villa is
in hiding. The advance base of Gen
eral Pershing is how three hundred
miles south of the border, and the
camp is a large one, and is completely
^equipped. Many motor truck trains
^are arriving there, carrying supplies
of food, clothing and equipment.
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CONFERENCE ON
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STRIKE
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WASHINGTON. April 28. — Secre-j
tary of the Interior Lane held an Itn- j
portant conference today In which the j
labor troubles at Anchorage, Alaska,1
between the engineering commission
and the laborers employed on the gov
Aafnent railroad were discussed. Be
idffea Lane there were present Secre
tary of Commerce Kedfield and Wilson,
head of "the labor department. After
the meeting Mr. Lane announced that
the trio had decided that it was best
to await the award of the government
arbitration hoard, now at Anchorage,
and the acceptance of the award by
both sides, before continuing the con
struction work on the road.
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'women GOING TO ENGLAND.
LONDON. April 26. — Nearly 1,500
widows, wives and children of Can
adian soldiers at tile front have been
brought to England in the last few
months. Many came here to be near
er their husbands, and because living
Is cheaper than in Canada. Still
IcAers came to work in munitions f c
*tories.
CONSCRIPTION ISSUE
Special by Associated Press.
LONDON. April 2G — A secret ses
sion of parliament was held today be
hind Closed doors. Matters of the
greatest importance to the empire re
garding internal affairs were frankly
discussed by the ministers. Premier
Herbert Asquith addressed the mem
bers on the question of securing ad
ditional men for the army. This ques
tion is the most vital one for the gov
ernment to solve at present, and the
dissensions in the cabinet over con
script ion have been so severe that
rumors of the coalition cabinet resign
ing have been frequent os late. In his
speech Asquith laid the matters
squarely before the members and told
the commoners what he proposed as
the remedy. He said he was willing
not to enforce conscription if suffi
cient new recruits could be voluntar
ily secured. If not, the safety of the
empire, and the success of the great
undertaking they were engaged in de
manded that extreme measures he
taken by Great Britain to secure the
ultimate victory of the allies in the
war. If It became necessary. Asquith
declared that he would survive or fall
on the success of his plans for increas
ing enlistment. He was devoted to
conscription if that became necessary,
but he was desirous of putting the
question up to the people first in an
effort to get along without compulsory
enlistment. He proposed, therefore,
that if the unattested married men of
the country declined to come into t(ie
army in sufficient numbers through
their own volition, the government
would resort to conscription. After
the secret session of parliament, tbei
proposals of Asquith were made
known to the press, and have been
published broadcast throughout the
country. Unless before May 27, the
irmy is increased by 75,000 voluntary
?nlistments the government will ask
parliament to pass a measure provid
ing for universal enlistment, compul
lory and without exceptions. The
lame course will be pursued, if, in any
pne week during May less than 27,500
anllstments are voluntarily secured.
This arrangement is to hold good un
lit a grand total of 1,200,000 unattested
inen have been obtained.
MARTIAL LAW IN DUBLIN
LONDON. April L’6. — Premier A*
quith announced today that the Sim
Fein societies in Ireland had beei
proclaimed illegal, thereby giving th
police authority to break them tif
These societies have been hot bed
of rebellion against the British, am
have been steadily germinating th
seed of discontent among the Irisl
people. The Nationalist volunteers ar
aiding the police, and many local peo
pie in Dublin, where the outbreak oc
curred, have offered their aid. Th
• Nationalist party in the t'ommons, lei
i by John Redmond, representing tin
i majority of the Irish people, havi
» supported the government in the war
. and the present trouble is believed bu
i to he caused by a small minority o
I agitators, who have heretofore beet
; allowed to preach unmolested, becausi
i no open acts against established or
• der, with the exception of vlolen
- speeches, had been committed. Thi
government will tolerate no more se
5 (lit ion in Ireland, but will put a sto]
to the movement, and arrest the ring
■ leaders.
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LONDON, April 2d. — Martial law
was declared today in both the city
’ and county of Dublin, Ireland. British
i troops are arriving in the capital city
■ from Belfast anti front England, and
the military have a firm hold on the
situation. Liberty Hull, the headqunr
• ters of the rebel organization, and
Stephens Oreen, which the rebels
i captured were occupied by the local
militia today. The news from (he
ather counties of Ireland is reassur
ing, and the authorities do not fear
that there is danger of a general up
rising. Eleven of the insurgents were
killed in the fighting yesterday. Dras
tic action will be taken against all of
Hie rebels captured, and they will
loubtless he tried for high treason,
while those opposing the military af
:er the institution of martial law will
n all probability he summarily exe
;uted.
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COLUMBUS, April 20. — Senatoi
Theodore E. Burton, of Ohio, received
the majority of the votes cast in the
preference Republican primary held
here yesterday, to select a candidate
for the Republican nomination foi
president.
BOSTON. April 26. — In the Repub
lican state primaries held in Massa
chusetts yesterday the party elected
thirty-two pledged delegates to the
Chicago convention, and four dele
gates pledged to Theodore Roosevelt,
TRENTON, April 26. — All of the
Republican delegates to the national
convention elected at the primaries
yesterday are unpledged.
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LOCAL JOTTINGS.
F. A. Lanison, of Chitina was a visi
tor in the city this week.
F. Van Raes, of Seattle, was regis
tered at the Windsor Hotel this week,
Miss B. LaHuer took passage on the
Alaska for Anchorage yesterday.
H. Duberstein was a passenger on
the Alaska for the westward.
Attorney T. J. Donohoe returned tc
Valdez on the Alaska.
DEMAND FOR CHURCH CANDLES
WASHINGTON, April 26. — War
has increased the demand for church
candles in Russia, where a shortage
of beeswax for making them is re
ported by American consular officers,
Germany, before the war, supplied al
most three-quarters of the beeswax
imported by Russia for this purpose,
and the cutting off of this source of
supply has left Russian church candle
factories with a shortage of 7,222,561
pounds for the coining year.
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GIRLS OFFER SERVICES.
HANKOW, April 26. — Fifteen girl
students of the Girls' Agricultural
School In Yunnan, under the leader
ship of Miss Mou C'hl-eheng. offered
their services to the revolutionary
gove.nim'nt ns soldiers In the ranks.
SAILS
LIST
SEATTLE, April 26. — The steam
er Alameda left here for Alaska ports
this morning. She had four hundred
passengers on board, with the larger
part of the first class passengers
bound for Anchorage. Her freight
carrying capacity was taxed to the
limit. Those liooked for Cordova are
Fred ling, Charles Denting, \V. Bar
rett, Mrs. Ristine, Chris Mitchell, Mrs.
B. Marshall, Mth. McCieary, Fred
(ilashrenner. Miss M. Burroughs. P.
LaMotte and wife. Mrs. I., Bundy,
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Mrs. M. Johnson, J. Gibson. Chris
Kazukoff, E. Bech and wife, A. Fisher,
E. Fisher, V. Olson, William Moran,
and forty steerage. The sailing of the
Northwestern, which was due to clear
for the north next Spnday. has been
cancelled, and hoi It the Northwestern
and Mariposa will leave here May D.
Tills will be tiie first trip north of the
Mariposa since she was wrecked last
summer.
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WANT PROHIBITION.
LONDON. April 26. — Prohibition
of the importation of the plumage and
skins of wild birds was urged upon
the government as better than taxa
tion In a resolution passed by the
Royal Society for the Protection of
Birds. The society asked the gov
ernment to prohibit entirely the im
portation of wild birds' plumage—os
trich feathers and eiderdown only ex
cepted—as a "useless and undesir
able import and a wholly indefensible
form of extravagance.”
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UNDER STRICT REGULATIONS.
HONGKONG, April 26. — Since Ger
many’s declaration of war upon Por
tugal, Macao, the single Portuguese
possession in China, has been placed
under the same strict regulations as
tiie English are now enforcing in
Hongkong. Macao has been a popular
refugi' for Chinese revolutionists, and
they have enjoyed many privileges
there, it was the agitators from thHt
net who attfcVc ’ the chine < go ■
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(boat Suiwo, n il Canton.
ASQUITH DEALS
WITH TARIFF
LONDON, April 26. — The recen
tariff agitation, growing out of thi
movement to cut off Germany's tradi
activities after the war has beet
checked by the announcement o
Prime Minister Asquith in parliamen
that the conferences of the allies go
Ing on at Paris would not deal witl
customs affairs. these being left fo
governmental action by each eftuntry
It had been expected that the confer
ehces would take advisory action, it
line with the recent movement o
!
British Chambers of Commerce, fo
a tariff giving specinl privileges ti
trade among the allies and colonies
reasonable concessions to neutrals
and a solid wall against Germany. Bu
the premier's announcement is takei
to mean that while joint action agains
Germany is open to discussion, eacl
country must be left free to frame it:
own tariff laws without any commit
ment on the tariff scheme devised a
a conference. The London Mornini
Post, one of the most active in thi
recent agitation, urges that the prinn
minister's announcement arraigns thi
political against the business inter
ests, and that the latter should pres:
forward their movement.
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OUR POPULATION.
WASHINGTON. April 26. — Th
population of continental Unitei
States on April 1 was 102.804.000, a
estimated by the treasury depart men
statisticians in computing the pe
capita money circulation of the court
try. which they place at $38.41, an in
crease of $3.C7 over the per capiti
circulation on April 1 last year.
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NEW FORM OF KIMONO.
TOKIO, April 26, — A movemen
has been started by a number of Jap
anese women to remodel the presen
form of the kimono. It is led by Mrs
Irlsawa, the wife of Dr. Tsuueko Iri
sawa, a prominent physician. Th<
thinks that the kimono in its presen:
form Is not suited for practical pur
po‘ es.
;GERMAN REPLY
EXPECTED ON
BERLIN, April 26. — It is said here
>1 that the German reply to the ultima
■ turn from the United States on the
i submarine warfare controversy will
’ be handed to Ambassador Gerard be
fore the end of the week, the most
likely time being next Saturday, as
i the conference with the emperor will
• not be held until today, and probably
. not completed before tomorrow.
i BERLIN. April 26. — Chancellor
’ Bethmann-Hoilweg. accompanied by
■ Admiral Von Holtzendorf, chief of the
i navy general staff, left here today for
, a visit to the Kaiser’s headquarters
. at the front. They will discuss with
him the complete draft of the German
11 reply to the last American note on the
: submarine question,
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INTER-LEAGUE CONTESTS.
NEW YORK, April 26. — The Na
' tional League baseball clubs atoned
to some extent for the loss last au
tumn of world series honors by win
ning decisively Jn the recent inter
league contests played prior to the
opening of the pennant races. Out of
a total of thirty-nine games played in
the South, East and Middle West, the
National League clubs won twenty
four to the American League’s fif
teen. In these contests the senior
league teams collected 154 runs and
3(19 hits, to the junior’s 125 runs and
290 hits. The American League play
ers made fifty-eight errors to the Na
tional’s sixty-one. In the city cham
pionships the St. Louis Nationals won
I four out of six games front the St.
Louis Americans, and in the series
between the Philadelphia and Chi
cage Nationals the Phillies won seven
straight contests from the reorgan
ized Cubs.
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REACHES ANCHORAGE.
.Much doubt has been expressed as
to whether or not the ice in Cook In
i let would prevent the Admiral Kar
ragut from landing. Evidently the
steamer had some difficulty, although
!e arrived O. K.
VERDUN STILL IN
PARIS. April 26. — The chief activ
ity in the fight for the possession of
the fortresses of Verdun centered last
night in the positions west of the
Meuse, where the Germans hammered
away all night long with their long
range guns of heavy calibre, and sub
jected the French trenches to a vig
orous bombardment. No infantry no
tions were reported, and the situation
of the contending forces suffered no
changes.
BERLIN, April 26. — The war office
officially announced today that the
Herman troops northeast of Celles la
the Vosges mountains, stormed and
captured the first and second line of
French trenches upon the eminence
designated at Hill 532.
LONDON, April 26. — Details of the
bombardment of Lowestoft yesterday
by a German fleet of battle cruisers
are gradually reaching the public, and
the purpose of the attack is somewhat
of a mystery, as nothing was gained.
It is thought by some that the sudden
appearance of the enemy's ships was
intended to cover filibustering opera
tions in Ireland, probably other ships
were being used to land supplies for
the revolutionaries. These plans have
miscarried, as the ships carrying Ihe
supplies were taken by the English
fleet, and the outbreak in Dublin was
(piickiy suppressed. It is possible
that if everything had gone as inten
ded. the supplies for the Irish rebels
would have been landed at the same
time as the attack on Lowestoft,
which would create the belief that the
German fleet was in the North sea. and
cause a concentrating of the British
ships, thereby leaving (he Irish coast
unprotected. When the German war
ships appeared they were at once en
gaged by the British light cruisers and
a running fight ensued, witli the Brit
ishers chasing the enemy. All of the
British ships safely returned. The
total casualties on the English side
were 25, most of whom were injured
on shore by the bombardment.
WASHINGTON, April 26. — It is
said on good authority that among the
papers taken from Wolfe Vonigle, for
mer private secretary to Von Papen,
are documents containing the names
of Americans who were concerned in
the abortive uprising in Ireland.
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PANAMA, April 26. — Higher prices
and improvements in the method of
manufacture and better transportation
facilities are having their effect on
the sugar production of the republic
of Panama. Heavy sugar shipments
are beginning to come from the targe
Santa Host mill, near Agtmdulce, in
the province of t'olce. This province
is now the center of the sugar indus
try of the republic, but probably will
have a serious rival in the province
of (Tiiriqui, when the new railway
is inaugurated there.
The indications are that the present
season’s run will be fully 30,000 sacks
ns compared with 17.000 last year. The
product finds a ready market at $5.50
per hundredweight for the best grade,
[he brown bringing somewhat less.
Most of the sugar production is con
sumed within the borders of the coun
try. although a small quantity is ex
ported to neighboring republics.
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P. Hudson and wife left on the
Mrska for Seward yesterday.
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