V0L 13 VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1915. NO. 109.
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Japanese Premier Attributes Mistrust
of Japan To “Interested Mis
chief Makers.”
TOKIO, Japan, April 28.—The un
easiness and suspicion in the United
States in connection with Japan’s
negotiations at Peking are based on
misunderstanding and misinformation
scattered broadcast by interested mis.
chief makers, states Count Okuma,
the Japanese premier, in a message
to the American people:
“When the negotiations are disclos
ed it will be found:
“That Japan has not infringed the
rights of other nations.
“That Japan has adhered strictly to
the principle of equal opportunity.
“That Japan is not attempting to
secure a monopoly over China.
“That Japan is not seeking to se
cure in China any advantage which
does not accord with the Anglo-Ja
panese alliance or with any treaties
or undertakings with the United
States.
“We have fully informed the Unit
ed States and other interested pow
ers as to Japan’s purposes.
“We believe that they are satisfied.
"The negotiations between Japan
and China are nearing a satisfactory
conclusion.
“I am now willing to state pub
licly that Japan is quite confident
of the rectitude and good faith of
her position.
“Japan is merely seeking to settle
outstanding troublesome questions in
a way looking toward permanent
peace and good understanding.”
CUSTOM OFFICIALS
BAR FIGHT FILMS
But Owners Intend To Take Case To
Federal Court—Case Will Go
Through To Supreme Court.
NEWARK, N. J„ April 28.—The
owners of the fight pictures taken
at Havana on Easter Monday, when
Jess Willard defeated Jack Johnson
and captured the heavyweight cham
pionship of the world, will apply to
the federal court for an injunction to
prevent the collector of the port ex
cluding the pictures of the fight.
The order made by Secretary Mc
Adoo recently blocks the admission
of fight films into this countryy and
ihe owners of the pictures, who paid
a huge sum for the concession, are
determined to pass the films in if
possible. ,
It is reported here that several of
the films have already been smug
gled into the country and are being
exhibited at star chamber sessions of
the sporting fraternity.
The fight will be carried to the
United States supreme court, as the
government is determined to stop the
exhibition of the films if the law can
be upheld by the courts.
CABARETS GET
HTIFF JOLT
NEW YORK, April 28.-—The elabor
ate cabaret shows now being given
at the big restaurants in this city
has forced the owners of theatres to
ask the board of aldermen for an or
der prohibiting the restaurants from
giving more than two acts at the din
ners. The bill has been passed and
is now in effect and hereafter the
cabaret diners will not be entertain
ed with as elaborate a show as if
they had paid 12.00 and gone to the
theatre.
GERMAN RUSH TO THE SEA HAS REEN CHECKED
LONDON, April 28.—The German
onslaught upon the Allies’ line in
Flanders has been checked after con
stant fighting since last Saturday.
The battle field is covered with thou
sands of dead. The British have
pushed back towards the original line
and now occupy a position at Lizerne;
across the Yser canal, having driven
the Germans back. The French con
tinue the efforts to retake the lost
positions at St. Julien and the battle
continues along the French positions.
Terrible Slaughter Admitted.
The war office admits that the loss
es during the last five days have been
heavy and that the people must pre
pare for the publication of long cas
ualty lists.
Lizerne Retaken From Germans.
The British troops have succeeded
in forcing their way across the* Yser
canal and now occupy Lizerne, which
they had been forced to evacuate and
leave to the Germans during the ear
ly stages of the battle. The German
advance has been checked at every
point and a great part of the Brit
ish line is considerably in advance of
the positions occupied last Sunday,
although not all of the lost ground
has been retaken.
French Cruiser Sunk.
BERLIN, April 28.—The big French
cruiser Leon Gambetta was torpedoed
and sunk In the Adriatic sea yester
day by an Austrian submarine. Most
of the crew of 700 men were lost as
the ship went down In seven min
utes and the men had little oppor
tunity to escape.
Russians Resume Offensive In Car
pathians.
PETROGRAD, April 28.—The Rus
sian forces operating in the Carpath
FIX BLAME FOR
EMPRESS WRECK
Canadian Courts Finally Decide That
Norwegian Commander Was To
Blame—Many Lives Lost.
MONTREAL, Can., April 28.—The
admiralty court which investigated
the causes for the sinking of the
British liner Empress of Ireland on
May 30th, 1914, in the St. Lawrence
river, gave out the findings of the
court today and the Norwegian
steamer Storstadt, which rammed the
big liner and sent 934 of the crew
and passengers to their deaths in
the river when the boat was near
Father Point, the wireless operator
of the station sending out the call
for help, as he had caught the S. O. S.
call from the stricken liner.
The steamer Storstadt was libeled
for 15,000,000 damages by the Cana
dian Pacific Railway company, the
owners of the Empress of Ireland. An
Investigation was made a few weeks
after the wreck but the court held
its decision under advisement until
today.
NO MORE BOVS
IN POOL DOOMS
JUNEAU, April 28.—The law to
prevent minors from being admitted
•in pool and billiard rooms has receiv
ed the signature of Governor Strong
and is now in force in the territory.
A heavy fine and jail sentence can
be given the owners of pool and bil
liard rooms If they allow boys to en
ter their places of business.
C. H. Dunlap, watchmaker and opti
cian, at the Owl Drug Store. Chro
nometers and complicated watches a
specialty. All work guaranteed. tf
O. O. Retake, the watchmaker and
Jeweler, Is at the Valdez Drug Co.
All work guaranteed.
BRITISH REPORT THEY HAVE RECAPTURED SOME OF THE LOST
GROUND—SLAUGHTER HAS BEEN WORST OF THE YEAR
FRENCH CRUISER LEON GAM BETTA TORPEDOED IN ADRIATIC
BY AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE AN D 700 DROWNED—ALLIES HAVE
LAND FORCES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DARDANELLES AND
ARE PUSHING FORWARD— RU SSI A NEEDS WAR SUPPLIES AND
BLACK SEA MUST BE OPENED—RUSSIANS IN CARPATHIANS
AGAIN ON OFFENSIVE. J
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ians have renewed the attacks upon
the Austro-German forces, which now
hold the passes and prevent the in
vasion of Hungary. The offensive ex
tends all along the Carpathian moun
tains and it is planned to flank any
of the passes that cannot be taken
by a direct assault. In order to be
able to carry out the huge undertak
ing of the general staff more than
1,000,000 troops have been concen
trated In Galicia for the movement.
Fighting Has Been Intense.
The fighting has been intense and
the battle line have been greatly ex
tended over that of last week. The
object is to take advantage of any
weak spot in the Austrian line and
then break through, striking in the
rear of the troops holding the passes.
Land Operations Along Dardanelles.
PARIS, April 28.—The operations
against the Dardanelles continue and
the Allies have landed infantry on
the European and Asiatic side of the
narrow waterway. The advance from
the Aegean sea towards Constanti
nople continues and the battleships
are covering the advance of the in
fantry, which is also supported by
heavy field guns, which are used at
points that the big guns on the bat
tleships cannot reach.
Dardanelles Soon Open.
The military authorities here pre
dict that the Dardanelles will be op
ened in a few weeks, as the boats
mm mines
ARE CLOSED DOWN
Mine Owners Cannot Buy Protection
From Mexican Factions and
Mines Close Down.
EL PASO, Tex., April 28.—As a
result of the constant fighting in
Mexico and the inability of the mine
owners to purchase protection from
the Villa and Carranza government
all the mines in the Guanajuato dis
trict have been closed down and 20,
000 employes of the companies have
been thrown out of work.
The conditions in Mexico are grow
ing worse as each month passes.
The ground Is no longer being tilled.
The cattle on the ranges are being
slaughtered by the armies and are
fast disappearing, while many own
ers of cattle have been bringing them
across the line at every opportunity
and selling the stock to American buy
ers, in spite of the fact that the reb
els have established an embargo on
exports of cattle.
The mine owners have employed a
large force of mine guards to pro
tect the property. At some of the
mines machine guns have been in
stalled and raiders will be given a
hot reception.
Offices for rent over Valdez Drug
ELECTION LAW
FOR ALASKA
Governor Strong Signs Bill Recently
Passed By the Alaska
Legislature.
JUNEAU, April 28.—The new elec
tion law passed by the legislature a
few days ago has received the signa
ture of the governor and is now in
effect. The new law will cause
many changes in the method of hold
ing elections in Alaska and will al
so regulate the primary elections and
stop the political reprobates who vote
in all primaries for a consideration.
The new election law will be in
force at the next territorial election
in November, 1916.
See Tod Winter for your watch and
Jewelry repairing at E. Winter’s store.
All work guaranteed. "f
NO POLITICS IN
BIGG’S BANK CASE
President Issues Denial That Admin
istration Is Involved In Suit
Against McAdoo.
WASHINGTON, April 28.—Presi
dent Wilson Issued a statement from
the White House today in which the
president insists that the McAdoo
Williams fight with the Riggs Na
tional bank does not involve any ad
ministration policy and stands upon
its merit before the courts.
An effort has been made by the
papers hostile to the administration
to show that the Secretary of the
Treasury has been using his power
over the banks in an effort to build
up a powerful political machine which
would be in a position to finance the
coming campaign. The charges have
annoyed the. president very much,
and he insists that a full and com
plete Investigation shall be made and
that the attorneys for the Riggs bank
shall have every opportunity to prove
their case in court, after which the
government will act.
The charges made by the officials
of the Riggs National bank caused
a sensation here and It is expected
that when the case comes to trial ex
posures will be made involving high
officials.
FIRE DESTROYS
ST. PAUL LIBRARY
Priceless Record of Pioneering Days
Are Lost In Flames—Damage
Is $500,000.00.
ST. PAUL, April 28.—'The public
library of this city was destroyed by
fire last night with a loss that is es
timated at fully $500,000. Some of
the books cannot be replaced as they
dealt with the early history of the
northwest. Records of the early days
In Minnesota, which were priceless,
have been burned.
How the Are started is a mystery.
The flames originated on one of the
lower floors of the building and soon
the entire structure was on Are in
spite of the efforts of the fire de
partment.
The library contained 148,000 books
The building was erected in 1882.
have pushed up a distance of twelve
miles in the narrow waterway and
the advance of the troops will be
continued under the heavy bombard
ment of the warships.
Turks Issue Denial.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 28 —
The war office here has issued a de
nial of the statements coming from
Paris to the effect that the Allies
have succeeded in landing troops on
both sides of the Dardanelles and
were pushing forward towards the
Sea of Marmora. It is stated that
the Allies warships no longer dare ap
proach the forts because of the heavy
losses they have suffered from the
shells of the batteries on the shore.
Prison Camp At Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, B. C„ April 28.—
More than 200 prisoners of war have
been interned in the local prison
camp here. Most of the prisoners are
Austrians who have been picked up
from steamers or found within the
Dominion after the order was made
that all aliens must register.
Slaughter of British Due To Brit
ish Guns.
LONDON, April 28.—The early ru
mors ascribing the heavy British loss
es at Neuve Chapelle to some extent
to British artillery are now finding
their way into print. It is said that
the artillery was directed to fire at
certain points, but, owing to a derang
ed field telephone service and a fog,
the angle of fire was not raised when
the impetuous troops took the Ger
man lines. In the early accounts no
mention was made of this mistake,
but The Times now editorially speaks
(Contlnuea on page 2.)
WATER SITE BILL
UP TO corns
Secretary Lane Insists His Plan Wili
Solve the Problem In West
ern States.
WASHINGTON. April 28.—Secre
tary of Interior Franklin K. Lane-an
nounced today that the water power
leasing bill, which failed of passage
at the last session of congress, would
be introduced at the next session and
would be pushed through if possible.
The entire strength of the adminis
tration would be behind the bill,
which is expected to do away with
the abuse of water power locations in
the west and will allow for the lo
cation of the water power claims,
which are now idle because of the
withdrawal of the lands by the gov
ernment to prevent the trust grabbing
them all.
It is believed that a leasing bill to
cover the water power sites ift west
ern states will be the solution of the
problem and therefore the secretary
will use all his influence to secure
the passage of the bill.
CORDOVA WET
TWO TO ONE
GOUDOVA, April 28.—While the
official canvass of the city regarding
the question of granting licenses for
saloons In Cordova has not been com
pleted as yet, ohly a few people have
not been interviewed and it will be
a matter of but two days until the
census is complete. A careful can
va&s'made by businessmen of the city
shows that Cordova will go “wet” by
a vote of two to one.
v Fresh Vegetables On Evans.
Lettuce cucumbers, radishes, par
sley, rhubarb, carrots, asparagus,
grape fruit, oranges, bananas and
sweet cider. Yakima Fruit Ce. tf
Public stenographer. Miss E. E.
Johnson at the Southern Hotel. k2
PRESIDENT WILL
SPEAK IN WEST
Will Explain His Legislative Policies,
Besides Attending San Fran
cisco Exposition.
WASHINGTON, April 28.—Presi
dent Wilson is planning to make his
delayed trip to the San Francisco ex
position as soon as foreign affairs
permit. His advisers are very anx
ious to have him make a number of
speeches in different parts of the
country before the opening of the
next session of congress.
Just when the trip will be made is
still uncertain. Secretary Daniels
wants the president to go through
the Panama Canal with him in July,
but there has been no decision on
this point, and the western journey
is expected to be made later.
Friends of the president say the
contemplated trip cannot be called a
“campaign tour,” and they are pre
venting as far as possible the forma
tion of “Wilson Clubs,” to avoid even
the appearance of starting a boom.
Although the political advisers of Mr.
Wilson say privately that they have
no doubt that he will be renominat
ed, it was indicated today that there
would be no formal launching of his
candidacy as such a step might em
barrass him in carrying out the poli
cies of his administration.
On the western trip the president
is expected to explain the legislative
program he will lay before the next
session of congress, including conser
vation bills, the Philippine bill, the
Colombian and Nicarauguan treaties,
budget reform and probably senate
cloture.
GREEKS TO GET
AMERICAN GOLD
Bankers In New York Agree To Loan
Greek Government $75,000,000
At Once.
ATHENS, Greece, April 28.—The
government of Greece has succeeded
in placing a loan of $75,000,000 with
American bankers. The money is to
be available within a few days and
part of It to be sent to this city and
the balance for the payment of sup
plies which the naval and military
authorities expect to purchase in the
United States.
The raising of a fund of $75,000,
000 at this time is considered con
siderable of a feat by the local bank
ers, as the fear is prevalent among
investors that many of the govern
ments now engaged in the war may
be forced to repudiate the heavy
loans made because of the present
war. i
JUNEAU, April 28.—The bill to
pension all Alaska pioneers is now
in the hands of the governor. The
bill provides that all pioneers who
are eligible to enter the Sitka Pio
neers home maintained by the tax
payers of the territory of Alaska for
them, but who would rather remain
in their home cities shall be given
a pension of $12.50 a month. The
pioneers must he over 65 years of age
and must have lived in Alaska for
over ten years.
Don’t forget the cotton ball at Eagle
hall on Saturday night. The women’s
auxiliary of the Pioneers will see that
you have a good time.
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s the tailor. Telephone 1M.