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VOLUME XVI- NO. X32. telephone main « nomb, alabka. SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1916 telephone main 4«. peuhsbceni
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FORTY VILLAISTAS KILLED !
IN CLASH WITH CAVALRY
A. P. A. Service.
PERSHING, field headquar
ters, Mexico, May 6.—Forty two
Villaistas were killed in a running
light with the} cavalry at Ojo
Azttle.s yesterday, afternon, ac
cording to advices reaching head"
quatrers this morning.
The reports arriving here by
courier state that the Mexicans
were surprised and completely
routed by a full squadron of the
Eleventh cavalry which had been j
informed of their hiding place in
the hills. The American troops
practically surrounded the Mexi~ i
SEA AND AIRCRAFT
GRAPPLE IN ADRIATIC
ft. P. A. Service
BERLIN, May 6.—A great
batle in the Adriatic between the
Italian and Austrian warships
; nd air craft is reported from the
Austro Hungarian admiralty.
The engagement occurred yester^
day afternoon and was stoutly
contested. Owing to the air
craft of both contestants taking
an active part while the warships
were engaged the battle was uni
que in the annals of warfare.
Italians C^im Sea Victory
ROME, May 6.—Detailed re
ports of the battle between Ital
ian and Austrian sea and air
squadrons in the Adriatic yester
day disclose that the Austrian
lost two aeroplanes and one de
stroyer. The destroyer was bad
ly hit early in the engagement
but managed to reach the Aus
trian naval base before sinking.
Two Italian vessels were dam
aged
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cans before their presence was
discovered and the first shots
were the signal for a wild effort,
to escape by flight. The Villaistas
abandoned the greater part of
their supplies and much equip
ment was captured by the troop
ers- The running fight endured
for over an hour and although the l
Mexican casualties were heavy;
not an American was injured. |
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STAND GUARD
A. P. A. Service.
SANTO DOMINGO,May 5.—
Owing to the local revolutionary
disturbances which have devel
oped into small riots between the
police and rebel supporters, a de
tachment of marines were landed
from the American cruiser Pla
ne today for the protection of the
American legation. The revolu
tionary spirit is apparently in
creasing and there is every indi- j
cation that the capital will be i
come the scene of active hostili- j
ties in the near future.
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ARRIVAL OF GERMAN NOTE
RELIEVES SUSPENSE
A. P- A Service.
WASHINGTON, May 6.—
The official text of the German
reply to President Wilson’s de
mands relative to the submarine
war was received at the state de
partment last night and was de
coded by ten o’clock this morn
ing.
So far no intimation of the ac*,
tual contents have been given out
but there is a manifest feeling of
relief visible throughout the offi
cial world this morning and the
majority profess to feel that the
note has postponed if not entirely
removed the danger of a diplu
matic break. The German com
munication was laid before Presi
dent Wilson as soon as decipher
ed but it is probable that his de
cision will not be announced be
fore Monday.
It is evident that the early
fears concerning the note were
premature as later exercepts con*
siderablv modified the impres
sion that the note would prove
unsatisfactory.
It is by no means clear that the
controversy is settled by the Ger
man reply but the fear that a
break will result seem to have
been effectually dissipated.
riUBBCRIBR FOR THE NUOOBT
ANOTHER DUBLIN RIOT
LEADER PAYS PENALTY
By A. P. A. Service.
DUBLIN, May 6.—Another
name was added to the list of
those who have paid the death
penalty for participation in the
Sien Finn rebellion this morning
when John McBride, one of the
leaders of the revolutionary
movement was shot to death by a
firing squad at sunrise.
McBride was convicted like the
others through the fact that his
name was attached to the revolu"
tionary proclamation. It is prob
able that other executions will
follow as there are several who I
were prominently connected with
the uprising who have not been
tried. Reports from other sec
tions today indicate that the mili
tary are gradually rounding up
■ lie few hostile groups who have
yet eluded capture
BRITISH AUTHORITIES WILL
PROBABLY RELEASE SULLIVAN
By A P. A. Service.
DUBLIN, May 6.—Due, it is
said, to the efforts of Ambassador
Page, James Sullivan, the Amer
ican citizen and formerly con
nected with the American diplo
matic Service, will •probably be»c
leased from Dublin castle today.
So far nothing has been made
public concerning the charge3
under which Sullivan is being
held and whether he was actively
connected with the rebellion is
not known. So far as can be
learned Sullivan did not partici
pate in the revolution and it ;s
believed that his arrest was due
largely to his friendship with sev
eral of those prominently con '
nected with the Sien Finn move
ment. |
It was announced today that
Joseph Plunkett who with Will
iam Pierce, Edmund Daly and
Michael O’Hanahan, were exe
cuted yesterday, was married an
hour before he faced the firing
squad. The bride was Miss Gif'
ford who is a sister of Mrs. Thos.
McDonagh, the widow of one of
the first men shot because of their
connection with the rebellion.
Plunkett and Miss Gifford are
said to have been engaged before
the uprising.
FIRST TRACK LAYING TO
COMMENCE AT NENANA
A. P- A. Service.
SEATTLE, May 6.—That the
first actual track laying on the
government railroad to interior
Alaska will occur at Nenana was
stated by engineer Riggs of the
engineering commission while
discussing the railroad project
(today. “If congress provides
I sufficient funds, as I hope will be
j the case, we will do a lot of con
struction work this year,” said
Riggs “There are at present
ample funds for the preliminary
work available and congress will
doubtless appropriate more as we
need them.
We are returning to the north
amply prepared to take up work
on the Fairbanks division in
earnest and the work will be
pushed as rapidly as possible.
According to present expecta
tions the first actual track laying
will be commenced at Nenana
and will be carried towards Fair
banks. With sufficient funds
and plenty of labor it should be
pushed forward rapidly. The
state of the labor market in the
north is unknown to us at present
and I am anxious to learn the
actual conditions as I am. un
able to say how many men we
shall need during the season.
Twenty-four of our men sailed
for Alaska enroute to Fairbanks
on the Mariposa this morning,"
Riggs continued. This party com"
poses practically all of the staff
that will reside at Fairbanks and
Nenana during the season. The
i party is made up of G. F Cra
mer, the special disbursing agent
and his assistant J. C. Williams;
F. Dailey, division engineer, W.
A. Defoe, superintendent of con
struction and R. D. Hayden who
with G. B. Richardson and F. S.
Ryhus will be resident engineers,
with headquarters at Fairbanks
and Nenana.These together with
A. J. Chandler, instrument man,
Earl Weiler, stores clerk, M- T.
Murray, voucher clerk; S. H.
Perkins, stenographer,R.L.Ward.
! draughtsman and C. IT Hall, pay
j clerk, will compose the principal
members of the office staff.
Others sailing with the party
were Dr. M. E. Smith, who will
be the commission surgeon at
Nenana, I P. Taylor, instrument
man, S. \V. Sterling, also an in
strument man, John J. Farton.
timekeeper, A. G. Orr, rodman,
C. R. Defoe, steam engineer, J. R
Lamb, pile driver engineer, W.L.
Parker, boss carpenter, O C.
Blass, chief cook, J. K. Steele,
blacksmith and E. W. Foebish,
head teamster. Over half of
these men will be located at Ne
nana. The first move of the
party after there arrival at Nona
na will be the founding of a town
site there.”
Riggs, himself is planning to
leave Seattle for Fairbanks about
May 28, accompanied by his pri
vate secretary, M. E. Pellett.
NAVY LEAGUE SUES FORD
WASHINGTON May 6.— ,
Washington was furnished a sen"
Ration today which for a time1
caused a suspension of the gen
eral speculation over the German
note, through the filing of six
libel suits by the Navy League
against Henry Ford, the noted
pacificist.
The complaints were filed in
the supreme court of the district
of Columbia and alleged six libels
of th | league in the published
statements of Ford opposing pre
paredness. A total of $100,000
damages is asked. The com
plaints arise out of bitter attacks
o the Navy League by Ford1, who
intimated among other things
that the league was working in
the interest of munitions makers
and was guided by other motives
than a desire to preserve the
country