The Cordi > m Daily Times
VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 414. CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIIL^ MORNING, APRIL 14, 1010. PRICE TEN ( ENIS.
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MEXICAN CIVILIANS FIRE UPON U. S. SOLDIERS
\ MEXICO CITY, April 13. — The
!lexican government today sent to
Ambassador Arredondo, its represen
tative in Washington, a message for
delivery to Secretary of StRte Lan
sing, asking that the American troops
pursuing General Villa in Mexico be
withdrawn. The note requests that
the pursuit and capture of the ban
dit who murdered the Americans in
Columbus, New Mexico, be left to the
Carrauia forces, and recites the large
number of constitutionalisms who arc
closing on in Villa, and tbe vigorous
efforts being made by tbe de facto
government to end the outlaw's tst
reer. The note argues That as tflie
American troops crossed the border
without the permission of the Mexi
can ^authorities, so they should be
withdrawn until a formal compact thas
been entered to fully regulate the
conditions under which >fheir press nee
will be allowed. C»t® the two -gov
ernments sign a proper agreement in
fhe matter Carranza says that the
presence of the Pershing expedition
ary force is without warrant in the
law of nations. The note says that
the American expedition was under
taken through a misunderstanding of
the ftrst reply of the Carranza gov
ernment to the American request Tor
permission to send troops into Mexi
co. The note asserts that this mis
■nuderstanding was arrived at iti good
faith, but insists that the Mexican
reply was misinterpreted. It evidently
being taken by the United States as
effecting a definite agreement on the
matter. The real intention which the
'Carranza government wished to ex
press in its find communication *»s
that no expeditionary force should
he sent into Mex-km until there v
first defined ail the terms and con
ditions under which the Americans
could cross the border
WA8H1JK. flTOS, A;pjll 13. — The
reported oamaminictirion from the Car
ranza gcveroineut asking for the
withdrawal cs the American troops in
Mexico has created a great toeal of
comment, and speculation is rife con
cerning a probable approaching crisis
between this country and Mexoico ovei
the question. It is unofficially stated
by leading officers of the government
that the Pershing expedition will no>
be withdrawn at present. The mat
ter of the exact statws of the Ameri
cam troops will be discussed with Car
ran-/.a, as the administration will like
ly take a different view 'of what kim
of an agreement the original notes he
tween Washingtnai and Qneretari
constituted than Carranza does. It
the meantime vhsilc the negotiation
are ending, the pursuit of Villa wil
he pushed wtll renewed xigor.
WASIILVtrrOS, April 13. — Th
note from Cairnanza, asking the with
draway of the American troops i
Mexico atkl storting the reason there
for that formal permission had next
been expended the expedition by th
Mexican government, was delivered 1
Secret ary of “State I .arising this a
let-noon, it is clear that the note fort
►shadows h prolonged diplomatic dis
cussion, and while the cabinet offi
cers are reticent on the mailer, some
of the members said privately that
in their opinion Carra.wza was propos
ing the withdrawal of the troops out
of deference to politic sentiment in
Mexico on the matter.
WASHINGTON, Aiprtl 13. — General
Carranza teTegn* plied to the Mcvieai]
embassy here Heidary that inaay deaths
i had orearred am 'bdtli sides In a hat
i tie Iwtaven Ctvillaais and Amerioar
( tloops at Tamil Carranza infltet
I j Ambassador Arredondo to at cn*ce re
'quest tihe TTIted 'States to reongnlw
ithe ii*irger if the American troops i«n
jallwei to Tentsihi in Mexico. Tie a»
jpieaTixl to this country to avoid Its
ajaHTwdy trwmtnei t danger rtT *rousiri
i the natives. The affair, curling -si
r! quickly after Carranza's earlier ze
r) quest to have the American troop
i withdrawn, has quickened the tensioi
in 'official circles. The 'liijOs -oflitter
-lof this government believe iltat Car
ranza is friendly 1o the United States,
and that he is handling a delicate
situation in his own country, which
must be treated with the greatest care
to avoid an explosion which might
mean war between the United States
and Mexico. Carranza evidently is
acutely aware of the danger to his
I own fortunes through an outbreak
I.agfatnat the Americans, and undoubt
>edly thinks that the situation requires
dfrasttic action.
WASHINGTON. April 13. — The
government atmouneed officially this
afternoon that when a detachment ot
American troops were passing through
Parrel, in Mexico, they were fired
• upon by Mexican civilians. One Am
- eriejoi soldier was killed and anothei
i ‘was ■wounded. The American troops
t returned the fire, killing many civil
»liana. The Carranza soldiers in Parra
-idih not attat*k the American troops
' and no shots, were fired by them, bu
lithoy actively assisted in restoring or
II deT after the smoke of the battle has
| cleared.
WASHINGTON. April IT • The
state department officials regard tbe
note of President Carranza about
withdrawing the American troops front
Mexico more as on invitation to com
mence negotiations tending to limit
the stay of the Pershing expedition,
rather than a direct demand for their
immediate withdrawal. Secretary
Lansing will reply at once to the
note, and probably will hand hie mes
sage to the Mexican ambassador to
| morrow, as the position of this cour—
try regarding the entrance of the
^ Americans into Mexico is clearly de
fined, and the officials have no doubts
about the first negotiations warranl
j ing the action taken by this govern
ment.
TOKKKON, April 13. Villa, with
ja small detachment of his bandits.
, j was reported last night as being at
; the Urbinas ranch, in the state of
I Durango. He is said to be heading
down the Nazas river in the direction
of Contreras and Ceniceros.
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AK1S. April 13. The war «tBfice
communique annotttrcMd today that
comparative calm preuailed along the
Whtile Verdun fighting front last j
night. The German* have keen j
obliged to pause in thdir operations,
Which have been on an immense scale,
and 'resulted in such heavy lowers.
That the gaps in their ranks may be
filled before proceeding mtitii the mi
\aeik. Many of their heavier guns have
Linen damaged and broker by the a«
gpnj-ate Tine of the French artillery, ant)
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they have Shot away suet •enormout
qmwiifctiies (Of ammunition (Shat they
iumsh replenish before renewing the
fray. General Petain, the French
comm.;under ad Verdun, expresses him
self a* very swell satisfied with the
situation, stating that the German
losse* have been in the ration of
three to one as compared with the
French casualties. He said that lie
would be .content to let the Teutons
continue to lose in that proportion,
especially as they have gained but 1
unimportant results. Petain know*
that he has ample wserves to pres*
a counter attack on a large scale
when the opportune moment arrives. '
The French military experts all say
that the munitions department of
theih army is in such shape that they
hfrvife an inexhaustible source of
E£ 1
AGAIN WON BY
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NOME. April 13. — The famous
Alaska sweepstakes (log race was fin
ished today in a heavy blizzard, the
race being won by Seppala, who
reached Candle well in advance of his
competitors. There were five con
testants. Ayer, Brown and Delzene
following Seppala in the order named, i
^KR'jegstad came in Inst.
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^ R. S. Kearney and wife were arriv
als from Fairbanks on yesterday’s
train.
WILSON WILL NOT ARBITRATE
WASHINGTON. Vpiil IS. It is
strongly understood among the know
ing ones .tij the inRion’s capital that
nothing teas than -some positive evi
dence oi' Germany1*, good faiti in her
pledged ward to the United States
concerning 39»e activity of her. submar
ines can prevent a situation corning to
pass uhJtii! the diplomats »f both
countries have struggled for a year to
;ivoid. It may be aunepted as true by
the Americn penpk that tin nature
of the evidence oonnoefing the linking
of the Susses, with e German subma
rine is prartieaffly'Ooirllusive, ai d such
is to leave n* room hiv doiiht tin the
.minais it! reasonable persons. The
! sort of positive evidence of Germany's
good fatth wlhidh : the United States
won hi insist on hi such a possibility
as snlistatnial punishment being muted
out w the tiubniHrine commander who
fined Hhe 'terpetlo;al the. Sussex Tbe
department of suite officials ait* un
liittle to see how Germany igin any
I longer deny ’.responsibility for the de
strwltiwn Ot the eliip. The Herman
note m ikes ;a suggestion of arbitrat
ing the Sussex question, but this sug
gestion Will'l»e met -with the statement
Huai ill**- T'liitrid Stags will not arbi
Itraite any question involving American
| lives.
I’AHIB. \pril 13. Tin- Paenclrgov
ermwent announced ttmllay -ttait It itai
|jii t:h*» possession of documents whirl
I conclusively proved ntotit 'Hr* I Iritis I
jsMumiei SSusrex vas attacked by :
(German submarine., "fine mis ter is an
JeoirmivuTsv between Berlin and \Vas&
ingtion, and the German foreign offir*
has announced that it bad no iinform*
tttyn fteiiBiug to prove Hunt the Sussei
was torpedoed by a 'TJ'boSl. The
Frtwli Clstim that this ts a subterfug*
and file officials say they have in
their possession evident*; Which dis
plows not only that the attack was
mad by a German underwater craft,
tun " hich also tells the number of the
boat .and the name of the commander
Washington. April is. — The
Gemn note on the sinking of the
Susswa and wt.irer ships torpedoed by
submarines, urtieh this country has
impiirerl about, was received at the
state department today. The message,
the contents of which were unofficial
ly caMuil from !J»erlin yesterday in a
press report, is being deciphered tiy
itbe department otftficial'’, and has not
been mad" public.
Mid Will
SUPPLY WHEAT
BUCHAREST, Rumania, AyWil 13.—
of the Bratiatiu government
iere hold the view that the wntract
ior the sale of 80,000 carloads of wheat
nade between the Rumanian central
iWnimission and the British purchas
ug bureau in this city, will give rise
i© much trouble before the transac
juris covered by it will have 'been
enuiuH ted.
The quantity of wheat sold Is 800.
*00 ions. Rumania can store in rail
oad sheds and harbor storages only
(00,000 tons, leaving of the British
jurchasc alone 500,000 tons to be
loused in some other manner. At
iresent this wheat is still in the
rranarles and silos of the producers,
jut the room taken by it will shortly
ie needed by the new crop of about
.’.140.000 tons of wheat alone, not
•minting large quantities of legumes,
wrley. rye and oats.
If the British were able to export
lie wheat bought, the storage prob
etn would not exist, but there is at
ills time no opportunity of doing this,
rhe Russian railroads offer the only
•onto to export and these, owing to
he miltary situation, are not avall
ible.
The contract made by the British
jureau calls for the removal of the
vheat within six months of the mak
ng of peace. Bratianu’s opponents
lrgue that this means storing the
wheat tor a ear or more possibly,
and Hurt (lutiiup; this ilifne the trans
^ aition will remain unfinished, with
j Rumania .carrying dll the risks that
| are inWlr nil. Kven many Bratianu
! partisans nee an element of political
| and t<)un«aa>c dander in iSilis.
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ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS
OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
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! At a meeting of the CoMlova fire
j department, held last night, the fol
j low ing officer’s were unanimously
: elected for the ensuing yeat: Fire
chief. George Dooley, assistant fire
ch'tef, It. R. Kerwood; secrwtary
treasurer, .1. B. O'Neill; trustees, W.
J. McDonald, H. I. Bewis and C P.
Micksilson.
WASHINGTON. April 13. — Home
demonstration work among women in
the southern states by the department
of agriculture, brought 32,613 girls
into canning clubs. 9,854 into poultry
clubs, and 3.062 Into bread clubs dur
ing 1915. More than 6,000,000 pounds
of vegetables and fruits were canned.
The average profit from each tenth
of an acre that the canning club girls
were required to cultivate was $24.01.
A poultry club girl cleared $164.17
profit from thirty hens.
DAUGHTER ARRIVES AT HOME
OF MR. AND MRS. BROOK
Malcolm Brock »a* about the hap
piest unra in town yesterday, and he
had good occasion to be. The rtWrk
visited liw home ami left tin eight
pound baby girl, and the proud father
was the recipient of nutnerotM con
gratulations. Dr. \V. IV. Council was
in attendance, and reports that Mrs.
Brock and daughter are doing nicely.
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TENTS OUT
LONDON. April 13. — What Is said
to tie the largest tent making factory
in the world has been built "some
where in England" since the outbreak]
of the war. It employs 10,000 people.
Thousands of tents are turned out ]
daily for use at tlie great concentre-1
tlon camps in England, and also forj
the troops in the various theatres of |
war.
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EVANS SAILED FROM SEATTLE
, SUNOAY NIGHT.
The steamer Admiral Evans sailed
from Seattle on Sunday night last. 1
Her passengers for Cordova are H. 1
Smith and wife, Mrs. P. Knowlton. 1
John Robinson, John Lindquist, and
eH-ht steerage. Those for Katalia are
Roi- t firry und T. Abramson.
KING OF SERBIA
AEDYPSOS, Eubea, Greece, April
13.—The spot where King Peter of
Serbia is "gathering strength to
inarch again at the head of his men,"
as be puts lb, might be one of the
Greek church monasteries on Mount
At lies, for all the touch it® has with
the rest of the world. Never easy of
access. Aedypsos in winter is com
pletely cut off save by the intermit
tent services of a Greek government
tug which runs from Sty Us, on thej
mainland opposite to Aedypsos, on \
the island of Eubea.
TWO LIQUOR LICENSES GRANTED
for McCarthy.
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Yesterday Judge Fred Brown, oi thej
ilstrict court, granted two new liquor j
ieenaes for McCarthy. Some time
igo Davis and Conway and Gottschalk
ind Cloninger, of this city, made ap-j
jlication to the court to open places
if business at McCarthy, but Judge
3rown decided to defer action until
te had made an investigation of con
litions there. By the granting of
icenses to both of the above firms
here will hereafter be three saloons;
it McCarthy instead of one, as ut1
•resent.
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The steamer Watson is due from the
westward some time tonight. i
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HIS POST
WASHINGTON, April 13. — Presi
dent Wilson announced today that he
would have to cancel all his engage
ments, including addresses and other
matters until further notice. The pre
sident has abandoned ms plans to go
to New York tomorrow night. He was
booked to speak before the Young
Men's Democratic Club in that city
on Saturday. The approaching crisis'
with Germany over the submarine
controversy, and the startling develop
ments of today iu the Mexican situa
tion necessitate his remaining in the
White House, keeping his hand on the
affairs of the nation. The nexj few
days are fraught with possibilities of
trouble for the country, and Wilson
believes his place is at his- past of
duty.
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PROVINCE CHINA
REPUDIATES
SHANGHAI. April 13. — The gov
ernor of the province of Kiang So. in
southern China, declared the indepen
dence of his province today, repudiat
ing the administration of President
Yuan Shi Kai, who is endeavoring to
establish a new dynasty in China, with
himself as the first emperor Kiang
Si is one of the largest and richest
of the Chinese provinces, and has a
population of twenty million.
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FREIGHTER SEWARD CHARTERED
FOR WEST COAST.
The American steam Mp Seward,
ho'onglng to Iho A1—t s Steamship
Company, no" unde" charter to Frank
A'aterhouse & Co., in the Vladivostok
rade, will be released on her return
:o Seattle, having been chartered to
?astern parties for a year for service
)n the West Coast. This vessel wilt
ae the nucleus of a fleet which in
ime is expected to develop an im
)ortant trade between Puget Sound
tnd the Chilean coast.
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