The Cordova Daily Times
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AMERICAN TROOPS SENT MEXICO
GEN. FUNSTON AND 5,000 SOLDIERS AFTER VILLA
WASHINGTON, March 10. — Presi-|
dent Wilson has ordered that Ameri
can troops along the Mexican border,
'yross the frontier and pursue and cap
ture General Villa and his band of |
outlaws, who raided the town of Co
lumbus, New Mexico, yesterday. At
present there are about five thousand
American troops in Texas, New Mex
ico and Arizona, under the command
of General Funston, and it is probable
that the entire force will be used for
the expedition. This action will not
mean armed intervention, but pro
vides simply for a punitive expedition
to deal with the lawless forces over
which Carranza’s government has no
control.
WASHINGTON, March 1(1.—A state
ment was issued by the White House
this afternoon, announcing that an j
adequate force of American soldiers |
would be sent in immediate pursuit of
Villa ami his outlaws. The expedition
will have but a single object, that of
capturing or killing Villa, incidentally
destroying his bandit gangs, and ef
fectually putting a stop to such raids
as were pulled off at Columbus yes
terday. The administration states that
this can, and will be done in an entire
ly friendly spirit with the aid of fhe
constituted authorities of Mexico, and
with scrupulous respect for the sover
eignty of Mexico. The President
stated that neither Mexico nor the
United States considered this puni
tive expedition an Invasion of Mexico.
This country will continue to deal
with the Carranza government as the
recognized existing authority there,
but the United States has decided that
the peace of both countries is imperil
led by the continued activity of Villa.
The cabinet has considered the mat
ter, and has unanimously decided that
Villa must be captured or killed. No
j plans have been made for using the
I national guard of the states to assist
| the regular troops in this expedition,
or to patrol the border while the re
gulars are hunting down Villa, and it
is not likely that they will be called
upon.
WASHINGTON. March 10. — The
government considers that the mas
sacre of the Americans by Villa at
Columbus. New Mexico, is a closed
incident as far as the army is con
cerned. The war department has no
thing further to do with the situation,
and Funston’s recommendation that
he be authorized to send American
troops across the border for the pur
pose of destroying the bandit gangs,
will be considered solely by the state
department, w'hich will take up the
matter with the Carranza government.
The negotiations!with Carranza have
already been commenced, and it is felt
that the necessary permission will be
granted.
WASHINGTON, March 10. — The
department of state has so far re
ceived no expression of regret from
the Carranza government in Mexico
on account of the massacre of Ameri
can citizens at Columbus. New- Mexi
co, by the Villa bandits. Neither has
the Washington government received
any offer to co-operate with the Am
erican troops in hunting down Villa
and his band. If one does come from
the Mexican authorities it can hardly
be refused, and will ho doubt be ac
cepted. Secretary of State Lansing
has notified Senor Arrendondo, Car
ranza's ambassador to this country,
of the decision of the United States
to send troops across the Mexican
frontier. Lansing, in his official note
on the matter, said that no matter
how far the American troops pene
trated into Mexico or what numbers
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were required to make the expedition
successful, that it would still be con
sidered by the United States as simp
ly a punitive one for the pursuit of the
outlaws. No decision has been
reached as to what attitude the Wil
son administration will take if Car
ranza objects to the presence of Am
erican troops in his country, but the
expedition will go forward, and that
question will be settled when it
arises.
COLUMBUS, March 10, — Search
ing the dead bodies of 'the Mexicans
killed in yesterday's raid is still go
ing on. Karly today a total of 75
Mexican dead had been buried or
burned on the American side of the
border.
COLUMBUS, March 10. — The per
sonal papers found in the portmanetau
of (tenoral Villa after the fight here
I yesterday reveal the fact that as late
las last October he had decided to
I wage war on the American towns near
ibe Mexican frontier. Villa Is now at
1 the head of the main detachment of
his bandits, about fifteen miles south
I of the international boundary line
i The army officials are exercising the
' utmost vigilance to anticipate any
further raids. It Is estimated that
over a hundred of Villa's band were
killed by the American troops yester
day. and about two hundred wound
led The total American losses were
eight civilians and eight soldiers
killed. Five of these civilians were
killed by Villa before he attacked this
city. A pocket book belonging to T.
M. Kvans was found on the dead body
of Pablo Lopez. Villa's chief officer.
Kvans was one of the Americans killed
in the Santa Isable massacre, when
nineteen Americans were taken from
a train, lined up along the railroad
track and shot.
WICK'S EMPHATIC
v DEAL
The local Wickersham supporters
do not place any credence in th*
stories being circulated to the effect
that the delegate to Congress and L
P. Shackleford have formed any alli
ance, as they have positive assurances
from Judge Wickersham that such is
not the case.
Harry Thisted. who is one of Wick
ersham’s closest friends, recently sent
him the following cablegram: “Re
ported .von have made combinatior
with Shackleford. Local Republicans
want to know. Such a combinatior
is objectionable to your local support
ers and Republicans.”
An emphatic denial was received b>
% Mr. Thisted from Delegate Wicker
sham. as follows: “I have not. anc
will not make any combination, pollti
cally or otherwise, with Shacklel'orc
or any one else.”
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MARSHAL STOPS
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United States Marshal Brannemai
has instructed Deputy Bright well ti
notify the saloonmen of Cordova t<
discontinue shipping liquor lo Me
Cartliy, Chitina and points along Mr
Irailroad. This is a most remarkabb
Addict for any federal official to issue
and as no explanation is offered fo
this drastic measure, there is consid
erable surprise and indignation ex
pressed by many people. Upon wha
authority such a step was taken i
also puzzling, and those who claim t
be versed in the law contend that tli
marshal has made a fatal blundei
. Whether he has is a matter that wi
W likely lie threshed out, and the ouT
■ come is awaited with considerabl
Interest.
The railroad is a common carriei
and as its operations are regulate
solelv by the Interstate Commerc
Commission, it cannot refuse to a<
cept any shipments.
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gineer. Twenty years' expertenci
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JUNEAU. March 10. — All is not
' harmony among the Republicans of
the first division, and from present
indications there will be two primar
ies held In Juneau on Saturday, each
of which will elect twenty delegates
to the territorial convention at Sew
ard on April 19. The fight has arisen
over the fact that Robert C. Hurley,
i a stenographer in Shackleford’s em
ploy. and who acted as secretary of
the last Republican territorial conven
tion. held at Cordova, claims he holds
the proxy of Committeeman Charles
Wells, for Juneau, and insists upon
calling the primaries. Under the
call the nearest committeeman is
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given this authority, and Committee- ;
man M. J. O'Connor, of Douglas, lias
called a primary, to be held at Juneau j
on Saturday, as has also Hurley, both
to be held at different places. As
Committeeman Wells has been a resi
dent of Seattle for several years, and
has no authority to delegate his pow
ers to another. O'Connor feels that
he is the only duly authorized com-j
mitteeman for this section.
The Hurley faction held a caucus |
last night at the City Hall, and named
|n slate of twenty delegates. Shuckle-1
ford was present, and addressed the
meeting. He urged the Republicans
to vote at both primaries and elect j
the same delegates at each. Th
twenty delegates named tonight in
elude many former YVickersham mer
and some who affiliated with th
Democrats In the past. Shackleford'
name does not appear on the list. H
stated that he wanted to exercise hi
right as a Republican to make chal
lenges and see that the proper delega
tion was seated at Seward, which, o
course, means the men he can contro
lie accused Attorney John Rustgar
and M. .1. O’Connor of trying the nil
or ruin policy with the Republica
party, which statement is taken as
joke here, where it is so well know
how Shackleford lias heretofore con
> trolled the primaries, by holding them
in his office behind locked doors and
refusing admission to any and all
» Republicans w ho refused to wear his i
s collar.
» Rustgard charges that Shackleford,
s and Wlckersham have made an alii- ;
- ance to Steam-roller the Republican i ,
. party in Alaska. There have been
f rumors of such a deal for some time ,
past, and as Shackleford is now in ,
1 favor of an open primary, where all i
.. Republicans can participate, the ,
! friends of Wlckersham are balking
i against a continuation of the Shackle- .
i fordism, no matter at what price it •
has been secured. ,
REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES TO
BE HELD TODAY
The Republican primaries, to elect
eight delegates from Cordova to the
Seward convention, will be held at I
the City Hall this afternoon, between
j the hours of 1 and 6 o’clock, and everw
I Republican is urged to turn out and
. vote. It is understood that the dele
! gates from here are all in favor of
eliminating Shackleford from any
further control of the party in Alaska.
There will also be a primary held at
Mrs. Well’s boarding house, in Old
town, this afternoon, as two delegates
are to be elected from Eyak.
FRENCH CAPTURE
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) WASHINGTON. March 10. — The
’ American embassy at Constantinople
| reported to the state department to
II day that the Russians were landing
large bodies of troops along the coast
• I of the Black sea in Asiatic Turkey.
The fall of Trebizond is hourly ex
pected. the town having already been
1 shelled by the Russian fleet, and the
a soldiers are within a few miles of the
- town. The German consul at Trebi -
| send has fled, turning over his af
fairs and archives of his office to the
American consul there, who has re
'. ported the facts to the ambassador at
s. the Turkish capital.
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GAGOFF HANGED
WHITE HOUSE
YESTERDAY
WHITEHORSE, March 10. — Alex
Gagoff. the Russian who killed four
section hands employed by the White
Pass railroad, near this* city, on Sep
tember 30, 1915, was executed in this
city today. The authorities construct
ed a special gallows for the occasion,
and the convicted murderer was
hanged at 7 o'clock this morning. Ga
goff was perfectly calm and seemed
less concerned over tire affair than
any of the officials connected with
it. He ate well last night at dinner
and slept soundly all night long, awak
ing on the call of the guards. He
arose leisurely, ate a hearty breakfast
and walked with a firm and unfalter
ing step to the gallows, ascending the
gallows steps as nonchalantly as 11
he was entering his own home after
a day's work. An interpreter was
present, and the condemned man was
asked if he had anything to say be
fore the death penalty should be car
ried out. Gagoff responded “No." and
the trap was sprung immediately af
ter. The attending physicians said
that dAith was instantaneous, the
man's pulse ceasing to beat within
four minutes frcjm the springing ol
the trap.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
Christian Science services will be
held at Masonic Hall on Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock. All those In
lerested are invited to attend.
NEW YOKE, March 10. — The
Guggenheim Exploration Company,
with large holdings in Alaska, has
been dissolved, and its assets trans
ferred to the Yukon-Alaska Trust
Company. A cash dividend of $12
was paid on each share of the dis
solved corporation.
RUSSIAN FLEET
SALONIKl, March 10. — The great
Balkan offensive of the allies is ex
pected to be inaugurated during the
first week in May. The French and
British are constantly receiving fresh
'troops at this port, and large contin
gents of Montenegrin and Serbian
forces have also arrived to assist in
the offensive. It is eatimated^thut
the allies now have about 230.009 men
j in and around this city, exclusive of
| the number of men on the allied war
ships in the bay. >
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MORE REVENUE UUItEHb
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WASHINGTON. March 10. — The j
Senate today passed an appropriation
for the building of additional revenue
cutters, to be used in Alaskan waters.
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John Amber, a well known mining
man of the interior, is in town. He
is on his way to Valdez to apply to the
district court for a liquor license for
McCarthy.
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PARIS, March 10. — The war office
issued an official communique this <
morning, to the effect that the sitna- |
tion at Verdun has been greatly im- I
proved from a French standpoint. This ■
despite the enormous expenditure of j
ammunitipn by the attacking Teutons
and their unstinted sacrifice of human i
life. Driving attack after attack c
against the French, they met with n l
stonewall resistance, and a machine I
gun fire which swept their lines full t
of gaping holes again and again, and t
resulted in the French lines not even : t
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being bent, much less broken. ;t
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The latest spring and summer hats j c
on display at Mrs. Anderson’s, Room \
1, Dorden Building. '
HHilUII BILL
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REPORTED !
WASHINGTON. March 10. — The
Uaska Homestead bill, Introduced by
telegate Wickersham. has been con
•idered and favorably recommended
jy the House committee on public
ands. The bill has the approval of
Secretary Lane, and is now on the
louse calendar, standing a good
•hance of early consideration by that
tody. Wickersham expects favorable
ction by Congress on the measure.
Che bill reduces the present home
itead maximum from 220 acres to 160
teres, but it permits a citizen who
las exercised his homestead rights in
he States to repeat the process in
Uaska.
M'CARTHY VOTES
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WET TOWN
The residents of McCarthy have de
ided by a decisive vote that they no
onger desire to continue as a "dry"
loinmunity. Under a ruling by Judge
Jrown, the matter of granting liquor
ictnses is left in the hands of the
leople, whose duty it is. to take a
ensus of all entitled to vote, and the
najority to determine whether or not
hey desire any saloons to do business
here. This was done throughout the
hird division last year, and at Mc
'arthy a protest against granting any
icenses was signed by 71 people,
^ater an application for a license
ontained 80 signatures, but after a
lersonal investigation by Judge
irown. he announced that no licenses
rould be granted at McCarthy for a
ear.
The other day another census was
aben at McCarthy to determine what
ourse of action its people desired
ollowed by tiie court so far as the
quor business there Is concerned, for
he ensuing year. Charles Graber and
’haj'les Iverson were selected as
numerators, and they made a
borough canvass of the place, 90
otes being recorded, and the "wets"
arrying the day as follows: 53 “wet"
otes, 29 "dry" votes anti 14 who
otcd “no opinion.”