VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1910 NUMBER 88
VOLUME XIV. _■
DEMANDS WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS
SITUATION IS VERY GRAVE AND WAR MAY RESULT
AMERICAN SOLDIERS REPORTED
IN A PRECARIOUS POSITION
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PERSHING’S COMMAND IS SAID TO BE SURROUNDED ON THREE
SIDES BV AN OVERWHELMING FORCE OF MEXICAN FEDERAL
TROOPS—FUNSTON ASKS PERMISSION TO SEND FOUR THOU
SAND ADDITIONAL TROOPS ACROSS LINE TO REINSTATE PER
SHING-GENERAL BELIEF THAT • AMERICAN COMMANDER IS
ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE SITUATION.
EL PASO, April 13.—A report has
ipbeen received here that General Per
/shing’s expedition in Mexico is almost
entirely surrounded by a force of
Mexican federal troops numbering
about thirty thousand men, and that
his position is a grave one in the
event the Mexicans declare war
against the United States.
Pershing has about'fourteen thou
sand men under him. and the force
opposed to him in event of a battle
is more than double his command.
The Mexicans are said to have the
Americans surrounded on three sides
and are taking up advantageous po
sitions.
News Creates Excitement.
EL PASO, April 13.—The news of
President Carranza’s demand for the
withdrawal of the United States
troops from Mexico, created consid
erable excitement here, although it
was not wholly unexpected. Infor
mation of a semi-official character
that such a demand would be forth
coming was received here some days
ago, but was not credited by the mil
itary authorities.
When the news of the refusal of
President Wilson reached here, the
enthusiasm of the people reached a
high pitch, and the police force was
more than doubled to prevent some
of the more excitable from precipi
tating a race riot by attacking the
Mexican residents of the city.
Little fear is expressed here as to
the fate of the United States troops in
Mjfe^rfvent of a fight with the Car
Anlli forces. It is said that General
Pershing is competent to take care
of any situation that may arise, and
that he has a sufficient force to hold
off any Mexican force that may at
tack him until assistance arrives.
Villa Reported Alive.
MEXICO CITY, April 13.—Gen.
Herrera, military governor of Chi
huahua, has sent a message here an
nouncing that Villa is fleeing south
front Guerrero with a mere handful
of followers, the remainder of his
command ahving been dispersed. The
message states that Villa has been
completely defeated and that he will
never again be able to gather about
him any considerable following
Will Send More Troops.
SAN ANTONIO, April 13.—Gen.
Funston stated this afternoon that he
has asked permission of the war de
partment to send the remaining four
thousand troops under his command
across the border to reinforce the
Pershing expedition in Mexico. He
said that he expected the consent to
do so would be forthcoming immedi
ately and that the troops would be
dispatched at once.
Villa Not Even Wounded.
EL PASO, April 13.—It is reported
here that Villa is still alive and that
the rumor of his death under the sur
geon’s knife was nothing but a ruse
to secure the withdrawal of, the Uni
ted States troops from Mexico. It is
said Villa was not even wounded and
that he is stilt-going south with a
number of his followers. The report
is generally believed.
VERDUN NmCK
is con
INFANTRY FOLLOWS ARTILLERY
Germans Hurl Regiment After Regi
ment Against the French Position
North Meuse—Slaughter Is Mos^
Severe In Engagement.
PARIS, April 13.—The Germans
still continue the severe attacks
upon the Verdun defenses which was
inaugurated Tuesday.
After a heavy bombardment last
ing more than eight hours the Teu
tons yesterday launched a heavy in
fantry attack against the French po
sitions north of Meuse. Regiment aft
er regiment were hurled against the
line in close formation, but the Ger
mans were never able to reach the
French trenches.
^ As in previous charges the French
^artillery fire raked the approaches
\md mowed the attackers down by
hundreds, and the rifle Are from the
trenches added to the quota of dead
and wounded. The slaughter was
terrific and the Teutons were driven
back time after time.
The French line did ndt waver at
any point, holding firm in spite of the
almost overwhelming advance of the
Germans.
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Attorney Dudley Wooten of Seat
tle, accompanied by his wife, is a
passenger oh the Northwestern for
Vn'.dez, where he will represent the
Alaska Oil and Refining Company in
the District Court.
NOVEL METHOD
EVADING LAIN
PLAN IMPORT FILMS BIG FIGHT
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Six Men Arrested for Conspiring to
Bring Prohibited Pictures Into the
Country—Pictures to Be Projected
Across Line and Repliotograplied.
. NEW YORK, April 13.—Six men
were arrested here today, charged
with conspiracy to evade the motion
picture films of the Johnson-Willard
fight into the United States. The im
portation of the films into this coun
try has been prohibited. The men
arrested had made arrangements
whereby the pictures, which are now
in Canada, were to be projected to
the American side of the line and
rephotographed and by this means
the importation of the films into the
United States would have been
avoided.
The prisoners had all the appara
tus in readiness to carry out the plan
when taken into custody. _ >
• Moose Dance Saturday.
“"^lie' regular weekly Moose dance
will be held Saturday in Moose Hall.
Excellent music. *
William Trout, foreman for the
Alaska Mines Corporation at
Pidalgo bay reached town yesterday
and will remain here a few days.
Mrs. Esther Davis is a returning
passenger on the Northwestern after
an extended visit in the States.
TIME TO GET TOGETHER
THERE IS no better time than right now for all
the people of Valdez to get together and boost for the
town. From any point of view one may select, there
is not the slightest reason for dissatisfaction in view.
The horizon is clear, the black clouds of hatred and
malice have disappeared, and nothing remains to
prevent us from joining hands in a united effort to
build up the town.
Nothing remains but to get the people together
in one big organization for the conunond good. A
Chamber of Commerce with a small membership, a
Commercial Club with a limited number of members
will not fill the bill; it must be an organization in
which must be enrolled every adult in the town; not
men alone, but ladies as well; and an organization in
which every member shall feel not only free to voice
his or her opinion regarding public affairs, but that
it is his or her duty to do so.
JNo organization in which every person m town
is not interested will answer the purpose.
Such an organization would do away with all
factional strife; would bring out new ideas for the
upbuilding of the town, and with frequent meetings
would maintain the interests of the people in the wel
fare of the public. With such an organization the
dues would be merely nominal, so that no one could
feel the burden, and the amount of good it could do
would be of inestimable value in promoting the
growth of the town both socially and materially
Too often the commercial organizations of Alas
kan towns have been used do promote personal inter
ests, with the wellfare of the town a secondary con
sideration, and this has been" possible because but
few of the people have become members. That such
has been the cast* is largely due to tin* people them
selves, because they have not displayed the interest in
the development of their community to which it is en
titled, and which it was their duty to concern them
selves with.
Therefore, let us all get together to work for the
common good, that our community may flourish and
gr< >w pr< >sper< ms. and—
Watch Valdez Grow.
DENIES SUSSEX
MSJAPEDOED
ADMITS FIVE STEAMERS SUNK
German Note to United States Says
Sketch Drawn by Captain of Sub
marine Proves Conclusively Sussex
Was Not Torpedoed.
BERLIN, April 13.—It is officially
stated that the German note deliver
ed to Ambassador Girard for trans
mission to the United States, in re
gard to the torpedoing of the chan
nel steamer Sussex, denies that the
vessel was struck by a German tor
pedo. The note states that a steamer
was torpedoed by a German subma
rine near the scene of the accident to
the Sussex, but a sketch made by the
captain of the submarine proves con
clusively that it was not the channel
steamer.
The note makes the admission that
five British steamers have been torpe
doed, over which there has been con
siderable agitation, but that the Sus
sex was not among the number. The
note expresses the belief of the Ger
man officials that the Sussex struck a
floating mine.
GOVERNOR ARIZONA WANTS
TO ARM THE CITIZENS
PHOENIX, April 13.—Governor
George W. P. Hunt, of this state, has
telegraphed to the war department
for threQ thousand carbines and for
thirty thousand rounds of ammuni
tion to arm the “Home Guards” in
border settlements and towns which
have asked for protection. Governor
Hunt has guaranteed the safe return
if the equipment.
POLICE RAID
BIG STOCK LIQUOR IS SEIZED
Officials State One Store Has Import
ed Thirty-Eight Thousand Bottles
of Whiskey During the Past Two
Months.
SEATTLE, April 13.—Hyde’s drug
store and four others, which have
been in operation since the first of
the year, were raided yesterday by
the police, who have suspicioned that
they were selling liquor in violation
of the law, and liquor to the value of
$6,000 was seized.
It is alleged by tne police that one
of these “drug stor.es" has imported
thirty-eight quarts of whiskey in the
past two months.
A determined effort is being mad,e
by the authorities to stop the illegal
selling of liquors by these drug stores
many of which have been opened up
since prohibition went into effect,
and, it is alleged, the drug depart
ment is merely a blind to cover the
sale of liquors.
It is said that the proprietors of
some of these stores have made a
small fortune in the past three months
from the sale of beer and whiskey.
I have an offer for $660 for my
house and.lot 34x160, with barn and
garage; who takes it for $700 cash?
JOE SPENARD. Prop.
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A few days like today drives away
all recollection of the severe winter
; we have just passed through.
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' Full line of Stationery at the Owl
Drug Co. - it
CARRANZA MAKES DEMAND
WILSON WITHDRAW TROOPS
IN FIVE THOUSAND WORD NOTE MEXICAN PRESIDENT SAYS THAT
WORK HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AND THEY SHOULD BE OR
DERED BACK ACROSS THE LINE—STATED PRESIDENT WILSON
HAS FLATLY REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH REQUEST AND WILL
CONTINUE CHASE—ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS DECLARE
WAR IS IMMINENT.
WASHINGTON, April 13.—In a five thousand word message,
delivered to Secretary Lansing by the Mexican Ambassador here. Pres
ident Carranza demands the removal of the I'nited States troops from
Mexico until a formal compact is entered into between the two coun
tries. The situation is considered extremely grave.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 13.—
The receipt of the note from Presi
dent Carranza of Mexico, demanding
the withdrawal of the United States
troops from that country, has put a
new and very grave face upon the
Mexican situation, and administra
tion officials are preparing for the
worst. It is not denied that a com
plete rupture with Mexico is possible,
or even probable, and that the out
look at present is omincyis.
The note of President Carranza
states that Villa’s band has been dis
persed and that the work started to
be performed by the American troops j
has been accomplished: that there is
no longer any excuse for their re-1
niaining upon Mexican soil, and he j
formally demands their withdrawal.
President Wilson and the members
of the cabinet refused to make any
comment on the situation, but it was
semi-officially annonunced this morn
ing that the United States troops
would not under any circumstances
be withdrawn from Mexico until Vil
la had been captured or killed.
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President Wilson Finn.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 13.—
It is stated here this afternoon on
good authority that President Wilson
has prepared a reply to President
Carranza’s demand that the United
States troops be withdrawn from
Mexico. It is said that President
Wilson’s note regrets the decision of
the Carranza government, but that he
must flatly refuse to recall the sol
diers in Mexico until the pursuit of
Villa is crowned with success.
The note also advises the Mexican
president that any steps taken by
the Mexican government to force the
American expedition to withdraw, or
any attack made upon them by Mexi
can troops will be considered a tenta
tive declaration of war, and that this
government will take prompt steps to
protect its honor and integrity.
The news of the tenor of the Pres
ident’s note was received here with
great enthusiasm and the president
has been the recipient of many con
gratulatory telegrams from all over
the country tor the firm stand he has
taken in the matter.
Try to Avoid Clash.
WASHINGTON. April 13.—It is
believed here that the demand made
by President Carranza for the remov
al of the United States troops from
Mexico, was made by the Mexican
president in deference to the wishes
of Mexican officials who have all
along warmly opposed the American
expedition. It is agreed among the
Administration officials that the
American troops must remain in Mex
ico. but that every effort will be made
to avoid a clash with Carranza.
War With Mexico Predicted.
WASHINGTON. D. C\. April 13.—
War with Mexico is freely predicted
in official circles here. Members of
the administration are not at ail reti
cent in declaring that a struggle is in
evitable unless Carranza moderates
his demands greatly. It is taken for
granted that the report that Presi
dent Wilson had declined to with
draw the American troops and would
continue in pursuit of the Mexican
outlaw leader is true, and the source
of the report is such that there can
be no doubt of its authenticity It is
expected momentarily that orders
will be issued for the various state
militias to be held in readiness for
instant departure for the border, and
it is stated that preparations to this
end are being hurriedly made by the
war department.
News Hailed With Acclaim.
NE WYORK, April 13.—The news
of President Carranza’s demand for
the withdrawal of American troops
from Mexico and the refusal of Presi
dent Wilson to comply with the de
mand was received here with acclaim.
When the news was posted on tha»<
bulletin boards, the immense crowds
assembled to read the news broke
into enthusiastic cheering for th3 na
tion’s chief executive.
War with Mexico is the chief topic
of conversation, and it is assumed
that the breach between the two
countries has become so great that
war cannot be averted.
HUGE GERMAN SUBMARINE
SIGHTED OPE NORWAY
COPENHAGEN, April 13.—A Ger
man submarine, says the Christiana
correspondent of the Po»»v.iven, big
ger and speedier than any submarine
previously seen and carrying a crew
of eighty, has appeared off Utsire on
the southwest coast of Norway. The
captain sent a wireless message that
he had torpedoed the Norwegian
bark Linfleld '‘ March 17, and had
taken the crew oC thirty on the sub
marine where he kept them for four
days and then transferred them to
the Norwgian hark Silas.
When the sun is shining warm and
bright the only man in Alaska who
carries a grouch is the prospector who
finds himself unable to get away into
the hills.
A sure thing may be aptly describ
ed as a fat woman with a double chin,
and a peddler offering her a bottle of
I flesh reducer at half price. Did she
I take it? Well, I guess she did!
TIMBER LANDS
25,000,000 FEET IS INVOLVED
Snohomish Logging Company Pur
chases I,arge Body of Standing
Timber in the Counties of Sno
homish and King.
SEATTLE, April 13.—One of the
largest timber deals ever made here
was announced today, when it was
stated that the Snohomish Logging
Company had purchased twenty-five
million feet of standing lumber from
various owners.
The timber purchase is situated in
Snohomish and King Counties; and
the purchase psice is $750,000.