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FOURTH YEAR. CHITINA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1914. NUMBER 40
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MEXICO CITY, July 16.—The expected has happened and
no longer is Huerta the big boss of the republic. Last night he
tendered his resignation and it was immediately accepted by
the Senate and Deputies. They immediately appointed the
recently named Minister of Foreign Affairs, Francisco Carbajal.
All the members of the cabinet also resigned. During the night
Huerta and Blanquet took a train at the outskirts of the city,
presumably intending to board a foreign warship at Puerto
Mexico. The cabinet officers also left the city. A special com
mittee composed of Jesus Tiruta, Enrique Bordes, Mangel Jose
and Inez Novels left last night to arrange with the Constitu
tionalist leaders for their peaceable entrance into the city.
JUAREZ, July 16.—When General Villa was informed of
the evacuation by Huerta he said, ‘‘I would much prefer had
he remained in the presidential chair, or even in Mexico City,
until we could get our hands on him.” .He said that he did not
care to express any further opinion on the traitor’s resignation.
PUERTO MEXICO, July 16.—Mrs. Huerta, sons and
daughters, arrived here this morning. It is reported that
Huerta is on one of three thrains that are headed here. The
British cruiser Bristol has arrived and the German cruiser
Dresden is approaching. It is expected that it is the intention
of Huerta and his party to board one of these vessels.
WASHINGTON, July 16.—The United States has
instructed American Consul Seloman, at Saltillo, to inform
Carranza if he arrives of a peaceful agreement with the
Carbajal government for the transfer of power, and that
recognition would be extended to the resultant administation.
MEXICO CITY, July 16.—Late this afternoon President
Carbajal was engaged in trying to placate the different factions
and to preserve peace. In accordance with the signed protocol
the provisional government will proclaim an absolute amnesty
to all foreigners for any .and .all .political offenses committed
during the period of civil war in Mexico.
VERA CRUZ, July 16.—This morning a train conveying
Huerta passed through Cordoba on the way to Puerto Mexico.
WASHINGTON, July 17.—Provisional President Carbajal
lias advised the United States that lie will retire in-favor of
Carranza, now the head of the Constitutional forces. He asks
only that there be general amnesty and for protection to the
property of Huerta supporters. Information has also been
received here from Monterey to the effect that Carranza is
willing to enter into negotiations with Carbajal relative to the
transfer f authority at Mexico City.
MON lEREi, July 1/— Constitutionalist officials announce
that Carranza will not recognize the validity of the debts of
'the Huerta administration, declaring that it was “founded on
treason and assassination.” Sixty-eight trains have started,
transporting the troops of General Gozaies to San Louis Potesi
and the south.
MEXICO CITY, July 17—Last evening President Carbajal
issued an order directing that all political prisoners be
released at once.
L ARE DC ), Texas, July 17.—Two days ago Carranza made
a statement to a friend that lie had no ambition to become
president, and that he would retire as soon as order was
restored.
PUERTO MEXICO, July 17.—Mrs. Huerta and the
members of her family as well as others of their party arrived
here last night and immediately boarded the British battleship
Bristol.
WASHINGTON, July 17.—Late this afternoon it was
stated that the administration regards that peace is in sight
and that bloodshed in Mexico will soon be at an end.
MEXICO CITY, July 18.—Advices received here state
that Emiliano Zapata and the revolutionary leaders in the
south have declined to recognize President Carbajal, and have
demanded that he resign by Tuesday next. Zapata has published
a decree rejecting any allegiance to Venustiano Carranza and
saying that the Constitutionalist chief had refused to accept
the “plan of Ayala,” the original agrarian proclamation of the
southern leader. Zapata is said to have declared that he intends
to extend his operations along the western coast of Mexico as
far as Sonora and that he will fight Carranze “forever.”
PUERTO MEXICO, July 18.—Last night a train arrived,
bearing Huerta and Blanquet. These men were at once tendered
the use of the British and German warships now in port.
Huerta said that he was going to Europe to remain until his
country needs him and his sword. A word would be sufficient
to call him from exile, and if summoned he would gladly return.
WASHINGTON, July 18.—It is evident that the Huerta
influence working through diplomatic agencies is at the
disposal of this government in behalf of securing immediate
peace in Mexico. Carranza has been counselled to arrange for
the transfer of government from Carbajal without further
fighting. «
PUERTO MEXICO, July 18.—It was announced this
afternoon that Huerta, accompanied by Blanquet; will depart
on the German warship Dresden.
MONTEREY, July 18.—Seven thousand Constitutionalist
troops have been oi’dered to march to Mexico City to be ready
to preserve order in case of an outbreak.
WASHINGTON, July 20.—Much apprehension is felt
here over the operations of Zapata. Dispatches state that his
forces are near Mexico City and it is feared that he intends to
k move upon the capital.
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A special representative of the
Daily Alaskan was present to report
the game of baseball at McCarthy on
Wednesday afternoon. He per
formed his duty with particular
ability and technique, in the follow
ing accurate -account of the big
battle on the diamond:
The Chitina baseball team made a
professional visit to McCarthy Wed
nesday and took along a trainload of
lady friends, business men, fog
horns and megaphones. The combi
nation proved too much for the Mc
Carthy people, the score standing 5
to 4 in Chitina’s favor. It was an
ideal day for a ball game., calm and
cloudy. The railroad company put
on an extra coach for the accommo
dation of the Chitina delegation,
numbering 53 adults, and landed
them at McCarthy about noon. The
McCarthy ball grounds are new and
while they show that a lot of work
has been done on them, they will
stand a lot more. The character of
.the soil makes the diamond “slow."
Very few “grounders” landed the
batters «safe at first and by the same,
token it was a hard proposition to
steal a base.
The game was called at 2 p. m.
and it was soon demonstrated that
the nines were very evenly matched
and that whichever side won woula
be the result of baseball luck.
McCarthy won the toss and Chitina
went to bat. The first three, innings
resulted in a series of goose eggs. In
the 4th Chitina made 2 runs and
McCarthy 1; in the 5th Chitina made
2 and McCarthy 3; and in the 6th
Chitina scored what proved to be the
winning run. The, last three innings
were very exciting. In two of these
McCarthy succeeded in getting a
man around as far as third base and
in the 7th Brown and Stein made a
pretty double play, thereby re.tiring
the Chitina side with the bases full.
In the 9th the McCarthy boys went
out in one-two, three order and then
the Chitina musicians favored the
McCarthy and Kennecott people with
a few selections in which every artist
felt called upon to render a fish horn
solo obligato fortissimo poco a poco
crescendo.
The time, of the game was two
hours and five minutes and the con
cert lasted until each artist wore out
his (or her) mouth, lungs and gall.
The principal feature of the game
was the lack of kicking against the
decisions of Tibbs and Conway, the
umpire.s. The McCarthy people
showed that they were good losers
and immediately challenged Chitina
for a return game. After a confer
ence with Caleb Corser the proposi
tion was agre.ed to and the present
arrangements include a dance at
Chitina after the game and a train
back to McCarthy the following day.
The Chitina nine played' George
Lajoie Steel at short and Ed. Walsh
held down first for McCarthy. Hirst
pitched a steady game,, striking out
13 men. Feaster made a grandstand
catch of a wild throw in the 8th.
Brown showed great speed in the
box for McCarthy and did some ef
fective work with the stick. The
score, is remarkable in that the
Chitina first baseman put out but
three men and made no errors. Som
mer, the Chitina catcher, did not use
a mask during the entire game.
The McCarthy citizens were
greatly disappointed because the
train returned to Chitina shortly
after the game was finished. The
Chitina nine got back home at 10
p. m. and upon calling the roll found
all the musicians present or ac
counted for, tired but happy. Every
one voted that the, McCarthy people
were good sports and understood the
game thoroughly. The only bad
feature of the day was the accident
to Horace Leach, who sprained his
ankle in getting off the. train. Fol
lowing is the score:
AB R H PO A E
Steel, ss.4 1 2 2 2 l
Feaster, lb.4 1 2 3 0 0
Anderson, 3b.... 4 1 1 4 1 0
Taylor, 2b.4 0 1 2 0 2
Sommer, c.4 1 014 21
Holland, If.4 0 2 0 0 0
Nelson, cf.3 0 2 2 0 0
Forrester, rf....4 0 0 0 0 0
Hirst, p.3 1 1 0 1 0
Total .34 5 11 27 6 4
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McCarthy
AB R H PO A E
Browne, c.2 1 0 9 1 0
Brown, 2b-p.4 12 16 0
Keopart, ss.4 1 1 0 0 0
Arnold, rf.4 0 1 1 0 0
Lambert, cf.4 0 1 0 0 0
Robertson, If.... 4 0 1 0 0 0
Stein, 3b.4 1 2 1 0 1
Hepler, p-2b.4 0 0 3 6 0
Walch, lb.4 0 012 1 1
Total .34 4 8 27 14 2
Score by innings:
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Chitina ....00022100 0—5
McCarthy ..00013000 0—4
Struck Out: by Hirst 13; by
Brown, 6; by Heppler, 3. Two base
hits: Feaster, Brown and Robertson.
Sacrifice hits, Feaster and Nelson.
Umpires, Tibbs and Conway. Time
2 hours, 5 min. A1 Church, water
boy; Tom Cloninger, bat-tender.
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Among the men who went to.the
Chisana several month ago was C.
H. Mooers. He is doing some pros
pecting and a few days ago came out
to McCarthy to secure some addi
tional supplies. Before returning to
the interior he wrote, the editor from
McCarthy, from which the following
extracts are taken:
“Until very recently it’s been the
same old story—a new camp, little
prospecting done, some people
knocking and some boosting, etc. But
wheji the water started this spring,
everyone put small crews on and
started ground sluicing. This pre
liminary work has been going on
until just recently—in fact the real
business of shoveling in has been
held back some two we.eks because
of frozen bedrock. It is my opinion
that the high altitude is the cause
of the season being so backward.
However, full crews have been going
since about June 25th and, consider,
ing that work has just begun, some
very good clean ups have been
made.
un tne day that 1 left the dig
gings( June 28) Hanishatv had a
$12,000 cleanup. This represented
three days’ shoveling in by six men.
He was just getting into his rich
pay on the No. 1 Eldorado claim and
expected a cleanup of approximately
$20,000 for the next three days’
work. The bedrock had just begun
to thaw on the claims further down
on Bonanza Creek, but by this time
plenty of gold should be coming out
daily from 4, 5 and 6 Bonanza and
others on down the creek including
the Taylor fraction and No. 3
Bonanza, which is being worked by
George Williams of Dawson.
“When I came over the trail 1
was surprised to find that some very
bad reports concerning the camp
had been circulated by some of the
professional pessimists that infest
any neighborhood and are ever
ready to swing the sledge. The
fact of the matter is that full crews
have only been working since about
June 25th and most of these mem
bers of the “Anvil Chorus’’ who
really would work, struck for jobs
before that time, and when told that
there would be nothing doing until
a little later, started on their
‘knocking’ crusade.
“Those kind of fellows don’t give
a camp a chance, and tneir short
sightedness only makes it more, dif
ficult for those loyal ones who are
spending their time and money to
develop the country. I am inter
ested in the country for the above,
reason and am anxious to see it get
a square deal.
“I am prospecting my own and
Mr. Close’s claims but have not been
fortunate enough so far to locate
real pay. However, the season is
only well begun.
“It is my opinion that the gross
output of gold from the Shushanna
diggings this season will be not less
than $500,000. My estimate is
based on the expert opinions of such
competent mining men a3 Gen. N.
Williams of Dawson.
“Probably you have already heard
that Mr. J. B. Close has sold all his
interests here excepting mining
claims to the British Yukon Navi
gation Co.”
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NEW YORK, July 21.—Scores of
amateur oarsmen today entered the
Hudson River Rowing Association
regatta, held on the Hudson river.
OF OEIEOIl INTEREST
WASHINGTON, July 20.—Several weeks ago charges
were received at the department here implying great scandals
at the Pribilof islands, in Bering sea. A wire was sent I>r. E.
Lester Jones, commissioner of the bureau of fisheries, advising
him to hurry to the islands and make au investigation of the
conditions existing there. The Dr. was reached at Cordova,
where he was investigating the fisheries. He was traveling on
the Albatross and immediately left, about three weeks ago, for
the far westward. The charges preferred involved the official
conduct of various government representatives on the Pribilof
Islands, and included the killing of pup seals and the debauch
ing of native girls and women. The first intimation of scandal
was received from Alvin G. Whitney and wife, school teachers
at St. Paul. He made charges against Hatton, the agent and
caretaker, Togue, the storekeeper, Dr. McGovern, former
physician, and McLenny, navy wireless operator, all of St.
Paul; and Mr. Proctor, agent and carekeeper at St. George. Dr.
Jones wired Secretary Redfield on Saturday evening recom
mending that there be a new force appointed for the island
immediately, stating that the evidence submitted to him fully
warrants the changes that he suggests. This view will be
endorsed by the department of commerce with reference to
officials under their jurisdiction, while the navy department
will take action against McLenny. Dr. Jones intimates that
the pratices which have been indulged here against the native
women are most deplorable.
SEATTLE, Jul yl8.—The party of eastern capitalists who
will join Stephen Birch on a hunting expendition into the
White River country, have arrived in the city and will sail for
Cordova on the steamer Mariposa tonight. There are about a
dozen in the party. R. W. Baxter, vice president of the Alaska
Steamship Company' and the Copper River & Northwestern
Railway, had expected to sail north with the party but states
that business matters will prevent his going. Many of the men
going are comparatively young.
In the party will be two sons of Henry Pomeroy Davison,
the big New York banker who is a partner in the firm of J. P.
Morgan & Co., as well as a director in many other financial
institutions. The sons are named II. P. Davison, Jr., and F. T.
Davison.
Charles Oliver Iselin. Jr., is another of the young men. He
is a son of the banker and yachtsman, and lives at New
Rochelle, N. Y. The senior Iselin is the owner of the yachts
Vigilant, Defender, and Reliance, lie is also managing owner
of the yacht Columbia..
A representative of the Belmont family is in the party. It
is Morgan Belmont, a son of August Belmont, banker, who is
connected with a large number of institutions.
The house of Morgan is represented by II. C. Morgan.
Others are: R. G. Coombe, S. E. Peabody, Dr. II. E. Bunch
and Corlis Hills.
SEATTLE, July 15.—It is believed that the nslnng trust
which has long held sway in this section has received its death
blow through indictments returned this afternoon by the
federal grand jury. After a long investigation and the hearing
of a large number of witnesses the grand jury believes that it
has unearthed a gigantic conspiracy to control one of the
biggest industries on the coast. The companies iudicted are:
The Booth Fisheries Co., of Chicago; Chlopec Fish Co., San
Juan Fishing & Packing Co., and the Occidental Fish Co., all
of Seattle. They are charged with attempting to control the
Puget Sound and Alaska fresh fish industry. A. B. Carpenter,
of Chicago, president of the Booth and National companies, is
charged with being the head of the conspirators. The return
of the grand jury has caused much comment throughout the
city and the small fish men are jubilant as well as many men
who are interested in schooners operating north.
CHICAGO, July 17.—As a result of the recent vote the
engineers and firemen of one hundred western railroads are
about ready to declare a general strike. About 55,000 employes
are involved. The managers of the roads realize that business
of the railroad and affairs generally would be crippled if the
threatened strike prevails. As a consequence this afternoon
the managers of the railroads made a request at Washington
for the offices of the U. S. Board of Mediation and Conciliation.
WASHINGTON, July 17.—After considering the request
of the railroad managers it was decided that Chairman Martin
A. Knapp, of the mediation board, should leave for Chicago
tonight to investigate the conditions.
PUERTO MEXICO, July 20.—Shortly after his arrival
here President Huerta changed his plans and decided not to
leave on a German battleship. He concluded to use a Mexican
battleship. The fact was communicated to President Carbajal
and he replied refusing to permit the use of a Mexican war
vessel, but explained that the government would pay for the
use of any vessel which Huerta might charter.
MEXICO CITY, July 18.—An unprecedented number of
suicides have occurred in this city since the fall and flight of
Huerta.
Sometimes we are not appreciative enough of what we
d® not get. '