PRICE TEN CENTS.
SUFFRAGE AND
, PROHIBITION IS
WASHINGTON, March 28. — The
House committee today passed by a
vote of ten to nine, a resolution to
postpone indefinitely the consideration
<|,«jf all the prohibition and woman suf
frage propositions now before it. If
the action of the committee is sus
tained in the House, which is likely,
because of the pressure of more im
portant legislation, including the pre
paredness and shipping measures, as
well as the tariff commission bill, it
will mean that these questions will
not be considered at all during the
present session of Congress. Among
the measures which will be tabled will
be the Smith bill, providing for pro
hibition in all the territories, depen
dencies and in the District of Colum
bia. The advocates of woman suf
frage will undoubtedly attempt to
have the House reverse the commit
tee's action.
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' SET SUPPING
>. BILL
WASHINGTON. March 2K. Pre
sident Wilson wrote ^oday to Claude
Kitchin, the Democratic congressman
from North Carolina, who is the
House leader, urging that Congress
begin as soon as possible the con
sideration of the shipping bill and
jhhe bill providing for an investiga
tion of railway transportation condi
tions. He told the congressman that
both measures were closely identified
with the leading question before the
country today, that of preparedness,
and said that it was vital that reme
dial measures be taken to cure the
defects in our transportation systems
on both land and sea.
y JURORS DRAWN FOR APRIL
TERM DF COURT
The jury for the coining term of the
district court has been drawn, and
will be required to report at Valdez
on April 17. The following are the
names of the jurors selected:
From Valdez — J. M. McDonald,
Matt McGlade, G. H. Remington. A.
E. Moore, W. J. Morton. M. Vaughan.
C. C. Rudolph, Feliz Steppa. W. J.
Whalen, Charles Ritter, Louis Roth
kranz.
From Cordova — O. C. Meyer, Clyde
Nettleton. C. P. Mickelson, G. B. Ste
wart, Joseph Stanton, Victor Hend
rickson, A. Clasen.
From Seward — Hugh Dougherty,
£• M. Anderson, C. F. Hewitt, C. E.
artln, Matt Burton, W. R. Cantrell.
/ d. C. Mathison. G. M. Kerns, John
Kacerosky. Oscar Larson.
From Eyak—A1 Lowe.
From Granite—Charles Swanson.
THE EMPRESS THEATRE TO BE
THOROGUHLY RENOVATED.
Extensive improvements will be
•Jtmade on the Empress Theatre this
month, which will make it the most
attractive and up-to-date "movie"
house in i f Captain Lathrop
will have the theatre and lobby re
decorated and repainted and has also
ordered a gold fibre mlnusn screen
and two special lenses manufactured
at St. Louis.
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E. J. Davis was a passenger for
.Valdez on the steamer Alaska yester
day afternoon.
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Special to the Daily Times.
WASHINGTON. March 28. - When
the cabinet met today the members
indicated by their appearance that
they all considered the situation be
tween the United States and Germany
as having reached a grave stage be
cause of the torpedoing of the Itoss
liner Sussex, and the Dominion liner
Englishman. Foreign relations took
up the whole time of the morning, and
after it was over it was intimated that,
no decided action in regard to the sub
marine controversy had been taken.
The government will not act hurried
ly, and diplomatic relations with Ger
many will not be unduly disturbed un
less it can be conclusively proven that
the last two sunken English ships were
torpedoed.
WASHINGTON, March 28. — Secre
tary of State Robert Lansing an
nounced after the cabinet meeting to
day that the United States had al
ready instituted an investigation into
the sinking of the Sussex. As a part
of the work, official inquiries had been
made of the German government as
to whether or not a German submar
ine had torpedoed the channel liner.
Other cabinet members are quoted as
saying that the evidence produced be
fore the meeting was not conclusive
enough to warrant this government to
Jake decisive action at this time, a I
Jhough it was also intimated that the
cabinet was divided on this matter.
The majority of the president’s advis
ers believe that the preliminary re
port of the catastrophe clearly in
dicates that the Sussex was torpe
doed. and was not struck by a mine.
The action to be taken by the gov
prnment will be so far reaching and
Important if it is definitely ascer
tained that the ship wns torpedoed,
and the cabinet will not act until cer
tain of the facts.
WASHINGTON, March 28. — The
state department today instructed
Ambassador Gerard, the American
representative at Berlin, to gather all
Information possible whether the
sunken British steamer Englishman
was torpedoed by a German subma'
rine. The disaster to the Englishman
caused the death of one American
citizen, a member of the crew, and
the administration feels that the
case is serious, as there was no warn
ing of the attack given, the ship was
not armed, and she was not carrying
fcontraband of war. Gerard will pro
bably inquire directly from the Oer
man government in the matter.
LONDON, .March 28. — The Brit
ish agents of the sunken channel
steamer Sussex stated today that most
of the passengers on the boat had
been tabulated, the survivors listed
and a record made of those who had
been lost. It is figured that the num
ber of dead will not exceed fifty, and
that there will be no Americans
among them, although one American
passenger from Fitchburg, Mass., is
still on the dangerous list in the hos
pital at Dover.
QUEENSTOWN, March 28. - There
jwere two American citizens on the
bunken steamship Manchester. The
pngineer of the Manchester made af
fidavlts today that • the submarine
jwhich torpedoed the boat gave nc
warning of its attack.
Special by Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, March 28. — The
Washington government is getting Im
patient over the delay in receiving a
reply from Carranza to the American
request to tie allowed to use the Mexi
can railways in forwarding supplies
to the American troops pursuing Villa.
The department of state today pre
pared a supplementary memoranda
on the matter, and made arrange
ments to forward it at once to Car
ranza at Queretaro, where it will be
personally delivered by messenger,
Obregon, who is chief of Carranza ad
visers, is also at Queretaro, and the
American governments delivering a
similar memoranda to him, as he tv
the head of the miltary forces of the
Carranza government, which has
charge of all the railroads in that
country. The note will inform Car
ranza and Obregon that the problem
of forwarding the necessary supplies
to Pershing is pressing, and is entire
ly separate from the question involved
in the proposed protocol between the
United States and Mexico, and need
not wait for solution until the proto
u
col has been agreed upon. The proto
col will settle the general details gov
erning the presence of Americar
troops across the border, while tin
transportation problem must b<
solved immediately, as the Oarranz;
government has already acquiesced!
in the punitive expedition. Oertaii
suggestions made by t'arranza as t<
changes in the original draft of the
protocal are under consideration b;
the state de]>artment. and before >
complete agreement on this subjee
can be reached, considerable time mar
elapse. The American governmen
urges strongly that the question of tin
use of the Northern Mexican railvvar
lines be considered separately.
WASHINGTON, March 28. — Tin
emergency appropriation of nine mil
lion dollars for bringing the standint
army up to its full strength, and fo
meeting the extraordinary expense* o
the Pershing punitive expedition ii
Mexico, passed the House today. Onl;
one negative vote was Tenderer
against the bill, it being cast by a So
cialist named London. He made r
speech against the appropriation, say i
ing that the whole Mexican expedi- ;
lion was a colossal blunder on the i
part of the administration, and pre- i
1 dieting that it would lead to war with
Mexico.
WASHINGTON, March 28. — The
i latest official reports concerning the
American troops in Mexico indicate
that the advance base of the Pershing
I expedition has reached the neighbor- ;
'hood of El Valle. The advance caval i
ry scouts would be further south than
this, and it Is thought they may be hot
1 on the heels of the fleeing Villa, who
has managed to elude the net of the i
i Mexican soldiers, and given Carranza
■ the slip once more.
■I FIELD HEADQUARTERS. Mexico,
: | March 28. — Preparations are pro
'jceeding at the headquarters of Gen
'jeral Pershing at Colonla Dublan, for
i! closing in on Villa and his band of
’ outlaws. That decisive action may
I soon be expected is the feeling that
has spread among the American
i troops, and they are anxious to start
■ ■ ■ ■ m a r a mir
he conflict and avenge the massacr*
it Columbus. The Americans art
horoughly prepared for all eventual!
ies. and the morale of the men i;
iplendid. The scouring of the conn
ry by the cavalry columns is pro
■ceding expeditiously.
WASHINGTON. March L'8. — Ad
-ices received from Mexico by th<
state department today, give renewei
insurances that throughout Mexici
he people are accepting with quie
icquiescence the news of the I’ersh
ng punitive expedition against Gen
?ral Villa. The governor of the stati
if Chihuahua issued a proclamation ti
he Mexicans, explaining the presenci
if the American troops, and settini
'orth the good relations with t In
iniled States, and the advantages ti
Mexico with the capture and death o
he bandit Villa, and his outlaw fol
owers. it is understood that thi
'arranza government at Queretari
ms not yet replied to the request o
lie United States for the use of tin
Mexican railroads to iransport sup
dies to (ieneral Pershing.
nimirnr ■nilllin
mULtHS it
KILLED IN
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AMSTERDAM, March 28. — Tha
extraordinary vigilance has been lie
cessar.v to prevent smuggling into am
out of Holland during the presen
great war, is indicated by an otficia
report of the Dutch general head
(piarters, which shows that 62 smug
glers were killed or wounded by fin
from soldiers during 1915, when 36,
679 summonses were issued for smug
gling. In a further effort to proven
smuggling it is now forbidden ti
store any goods within an hour's wTall
of the frontier.
YOUNG JEW LAST SINGLI
i MAN TO RECRUIT
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LONDON, .March 28. — The las
voluntary recruit among the singl
men in England was an East Side Jev
named Solomon. He arrived at the re
cruiting office almost on the stroke o
midnight on the last day allowed fo
• voluntary enlistment.
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Lee Butler, who is a conductor oi
the north end of the Copper River i
Northwestern railway, came dow
I from Chltlna yesterday afternoon.
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ENTER POLO
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RIVERSIDE, <-nl.. March L'7. — The
tournament of the Riverside Polo (,'lul)!
which begins here Monday, April l.i
Is expected to furnish some of the
1 best polo to be seen on the .Pacific,
coast during the coming season.!
! Teams which include players of both |
! national and international repute, are]
entered in the various matches, aad
match games are scheduled for each
day, excepting April 4 and 7, from
1 j April 1 to 9, inclusive.
The following three cups will be
I competed for: The Dupree cup, pre
| sented by Walter H. Dupree, which
■: was won last season by the Midwick
1 1 four of Pasadena. To be played under
■
existing handicap.
The Mission Inn Challenge cup. won
in 1914 by the Coopertown, N. Y.,
ciub. To be played without handt
I cap.
, The Riverside cup, open to teams
■ of four whose aggregate handicap does
- not exceed twelve goals.
i An additional event will be the spe
r clal matches. East vs. West, to be
played by selected teams under ex
isting handicap. The All-eastern ag
\ gregation will be captained by Mai
i colm Stevenson, of New York, while
l Hugh Drury, of Riverside, will lead
the western combination.
WAH UUNt
fly TEACHERS
AND PUPILS
f
PARIS, March 28. — The school
children of France have furnished
more than 500,000 warm garments to
the soldiers during the two winter
campaigns. The teachers of public;
schools of both sexes have also con-'
trlbuted to that work, and have also
shared largely in the maintenance of |
different war charities by abandon
ing part of their salaries. They have
in addition found homes for more than j
30,000 children, victims of the invasion
of France, and have played a con
siderable part in accelerating the roll
of gold into the Bank of France.
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COCK INLET ICE MOVES.
According to advices from Seward,
the ice in Cook Inlet is beginning to
break, and it is believed the first boat
may be able to reach Anchorage by
May 1.
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The Blum store room on Second
street is being fitted up to house the
plant of the Daily Times, to which
location this newspaper will be
moved next Saturday night
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The steamer Alaska did not sail
from here for the westward until late
yesterday afternoon. She will go to
King's Cove and will not return to
Cordova until April 5.
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Lnintbt MIHINt
REM
PEKING, March 28. — G. G. S
Lindsey, president of the Canadian In
stitute of Mining, has been retainei
by the Chinese government to revist
the mining laws of China. Mr. Lind
sey has been living in China for near
ly a year, and is familiar with condi
tions in the oil fields as well as in tin
antimony and iron districts. Tilt
work of revision will probably requirt
three months.
FIRST WOMAN DETECTIVf
IS APPOINTED
BRISTOL, March 28. — A womar
detective has been appointed iit Bris
tol. which thereby gains the distinc
lion of being the first city in tin
kingdom to take such a step. Thi
new officer has received special train
ing in police work, and although he
duties will chiefly concern women am
children, her services will be utilize*
in solving all classes of crime ant
mystery.
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The Gus Wilson fined in the com
missioner's court the other day wa
not Gus Lindquist, who is frequentl;
called Gus Wilson.
BIG VESSELS IN
I
SEATTLE, March 28. — The Alaska
Steamship Company’*' vessels, Vic
toria and Cordova, sailed fox Alaska
from Bellingham today. They are
both loaded with men and supplies
for the I’acific Alaska Company’s sal
mon canneries In Alaska The big
cannery companies will be compelled
lo rely on the usual steamers to carry
their men and supplies north this year,
as their sailing vessels have all been
chartered owing to the great demand
for bottoms of any description. The
barge Peters, and the tug Carpenter
sailed north from Seattle, being the
first vessels of the Northwestern
Fisheries Company to start out this
season. A large cannery fleet is be
ing prepared at Portland, and ships
will be leaving for Alaska daily with
ing the next few days.
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Art Cloninger returned on yester
1 days train from a trip to McCarthy.
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HARIS. March US. — The war office
announced today that there had been
no changes along the fighting front
north and west of Verdun during the
night. That the Germans have not
given up their attempt to take the
fortress is believed to be true, and
the French officials are quietly
strengthening their trenches at all
points. Yesterday, east of the Meuse,
, the entire front was calm, the usual
artillery bombardment being omitted,
the men having their first restful day
for weeks. West of the Meuse a few'
. artillery squalls arose, which did not
last long, and which were vigorously
replied to by the French guns.
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MISSING BOOKS WANTED
AT RED DRAGON
Patrons of the Red Dragon who have
any of the following hooks in their
possession will greatly oblige the su
perintendent by returning them at
their earliest possible convenience;
Shakespeare Poems and Sonnets.
| Everyman’s Literary Atlas, two
• | volumes.
1 j Songs, Old and New.
■ Atlas, Rand & McNally.
American Essays.
Webster’s Dictionary.
Kipling's Poems.
. These books have been missing for
> six months. The following articles
i have been taken without permission:
! Complete set of figures for Nativity
I scene; small bisque statuettes of
'! Christ child, shepherds, wire men.
[sheep, oxen, etc. Cover to pool table,
[oilcloth.
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DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY WILL BE
HELD TONIGHT.
The local Democratic primary will
be held at the City Hall tonight, to
■ elect delegates to the territorial con
■ ventlon at Juneau on May 24.
At Valdez 120 ballots were cast at
• tlie primary, and the following is a list
I of tlie delegates elected and the vote:
I IT. J. Donohoe, 93: G. W. Robbins, 102;
11T. J. Devenney, 104; A. J. Dimond.
100; C. J. Todd. 108; H. Cockerille.
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114; A. J. Meals. 114; R. P. Eerguson.
112; Heber Smith, 109; J. McCoy, 102:
s M. J. Callaghan, 108.
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: Special show at Empress tonight.