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Dutch Steamer With Crew of Fifty Is
Believed To Have Gone Down
Much Property Lost.
NORFOLK, Va., April 5.—Reports
received here from points along the
coast indicate that the storm which
swept the Atlantic coast line last Sat
urday did millions of dollars worth
of damage to property and caused the
loss of many vessels which were un
able to put to sea and ride out the
storm.
The Dutch steamer Maruits is be
lieved to have gone down and her
crew of fifty drowned. The vessel
sent in an S. O. S. call for help, re
porting herself in a sinking condition
and several boats made an effort to
locate the ship and rescue the crew
but were unable to find her. Coast
guard ships and naval vessels are
still hunting for the Dutch steamer
but fear that she has foundered.
Wires connecting the coast cities
are down and details of the damage
done are still lacking.
ALASKA WILL VOTE
OK MIBITIOK
Sentiment of House Is Overwhelm
ingly In Favor of Submitting
Question To People.
JUNEAU, April 5.—A canvass of
the members of the house as to how
they stand on the question of a sec
ret ballot on the liquor question at the
next election shows that the measure
will have easy sledding through the
lower house. Those in favor of sub
mitting the question to the people are
Coombs, Day, Driscoll, Heckman,
Heid, Holland, Moran, Daly, Shoup,
Snow, Tansay and Collins, with
Burns, Noon, Britt and Getchel form
ing the opposition.
The measure will be submitted this
afternoon and will be passed in har
mony with a majority vote. In view
of Judge Jennings’ decision recently
when he refuse dto be guided in the
matter of granting or rejecting sa
loon licenses on a vote of the people
of Skagway to be taken at the com
ing municipal election added intere
est has been taken in the fate of
the bill.
The Skagway city council request
ed Judge Jennings to rule on the
question if saloons could be abolish
ed if the majority of citizens voting
at the election favored prohibition.
Judge Jennings declared that the pro
posed method was not the proper way
to get an accurate expression of sen
timent regarding prohibition but hop
ed to find some way before' July 1,
when all the licenses expire.
COLON BREAKWATER
BADLY DAMAGED
PANAMA, April 5.—The big gov
ernment breakwater at Colon was bad
ly damaged Saturday night by the
big waves which came in from the
ocean and broke over the breakwater.
_ Thousands of men were employed in
an effort to save the big stone dike
and tons and tons of rock were drop
ped Into the sea to replace those
washed away by the storm. The en
tire canal force was on duty all Sat
urday night and yesterday and suc
ceeded in saving the dike. The en
gineers are at work making repairs, as
the storm has subsided.
Suitable reward for the return of a
pair of rimless spectacles lost on the
street. Glasses were in case. Finder
please return t6 Mrs. C. C. Rey
nolds. tf
JESS WILLARD WINNER
HAVANA, Cuba, April 5.—Jess Wil
lard, the big white hope from Cali
fornia, sent Jack Johnson, the smoke,
to the floor for the count in the 26th
round of the fight for the heavy
weight championship of the world
which was pulled off here this morn
ing.
The fight was one of the best ever
seen and the fighting was fast and
furious. In spite of the report that.
Johnson was soft and would not last
the big black was in excellent condi
tion and fought a better fight than he
put up at Reno, when he sent Jef
fries to the discard. Willard took
terrific punishment, but came back
every lime, fighting a game battle
until in the 26th round he found an
opportunity to put the knockout blow
home by smashing Johnson a terrible
drive in the face, which put the black
on his back, where he remained until
after the count, when he was picked
up and assisted to his dressing room
a beaten and broken fighter to be add
ed to the long list of men who could
not come back.
The first two rounds Johnson was
careful but Willard was able to land
JESS WILLARD WINS CHAMPIONSHIP BELT FROM JACK JOHNSON
IN TWENTY-SIXTH ROUND AFTER ONE OF THE HARDEST
FOUGHT BATTLES EVER SEEN IN RING—CUBANS WAGERED
HEAVILY ON COLORED MAN AND WANTED TO MOB HIM FOR
LOSING—BETTING FAVORED JOHNSON BEFORE THE CONTEST
STARTED—FIGHT ENDED BY JOHNSON BEING KNOCKED OUT
FOR THE COUNT.
several hard blows. Willard had the
best of the first two rounds.
The next seven rounds were the
fastest seen in a championship fight
in many years and the sports at the
ring-side were wild with excitement as
they urged their champions into the
fray and encouraged them as the bat
tle went on. The women who were
at the ring-side climbed on chairs and
/shouted and yelled for their favorites.
The white man clearly had the crowd
with him from the start.
The betting favored Johnson in the
beginning, 10 to 8, and thousands of
dollars changed hands as a result of
the mill.
The men mixed it in every round
and Johnson was on the aggressive up
to the end, but Willard showed that
he has improved wonderfully in the
past few months. Fight experts were
surprised at the amount of punish
ment Willard took in waiting for an
opportunity to land one of his terri
fic smashes.
In several rounds Johnson’s aggres
siveness made him wild and he clinch
ed in an effort to recover himself.
In the 26th round Johnson had
•clinched with Willard and was look
ing over his opponent’s shoulder at
his wife when Willard broke the hold
and drove his big fist into the black’s
face with such force that the cham
pion went down and out.
The arena was packed and the man
agers and promoters of the fight will
make considerable money. Sports
from all parts of the world were at
the ring-side, American fight fans,
however, composed the larger part of
the men at the ring-side.
Johnson was confident in the first
round but Willard's boring in made
him settle down. The black tried to
trap the big white, but the Californian
was cautious and as the fight pro
gressed Johnson weakened. In the
ninth round the black was wild, but
rallied in the thirteenth and delivered
some vicious blows. The fourteenth,
fifteenth and sixteenth rounds were
almost even. Johnson was the ag
gressor in the eighteenth but Willard
delivered some telling blows. John
son received the worst of it in the
clinches w'hen thf white sent in ter
rific short jabs that weakened his
opponent.
When the fight was over the Cu
bans, who had bet heavily upon the
black, jumped into the ring and tried
to reach Johnson in order to get re
venge, but the police and troops drove
them from the building. The Cubans
lost heavily while the sports took in
considerable money, as they were all
backing the white hope.
BRITISH BATTLESHIP SUNK IN DARDANELLES
BERLIN, April 5—The British bat
tleship Lord Nelson was sunk yester
day by the fire of the Turkish forts
in the Dardanelles. The big English
vessel went down in a few minutes
and most of the crew were lost. The
British fleet were endeavoring to pen
etrate the narrow waterway when the
concealed guns opened fire and the
Lord Nelson was soon on fire and
sank. The rest of the fleet withdrew
out of range of the fort guns.
Big Battle In Carpathians.
LONDON, April 5.—The battle for
the control of the passes in the Car
pathian mountains continues and the
Teutonic allies have been driven back
after one of the most stubborn bat
tles of the fighting in the east. The
losses on both sides have been heavy.
The Austrians at first won a number
of minor successes but the arrival of
strong reinforcements caused the
withdrawal of the German-Austrlan
troops. The Germans still hold many
strongly entrenched positions but are
expected to abandon them and retire
to second line of defense, which has
been constructed in order to prevent
the Russians sweeping into Hungary.
ADMIRAL WATSON
LEAVES SEATTLE
SEATTLE, April 5.—The steamer
Admiral Watson, of the Admiral Line, J
left this city at noon today with a
capacity load of freight and passen
gers. The Watson will go as far as
Kodiak on this trip. The following
passengers for Valdez are on the
ship: W. L. Smith, J. D. McDougal,
Willie Neubert, Otto Netschner and
Agnes Woodward.
ADMIRAL EVANS
DUE TONIGHT
The steamer Admiral Evans Is due
in Valdez this evening at 7 o'clock
and will sail for the south an hour
after arriving here.
(DOUGHERTY & FERGUSON
HAVE NEW LOCATION
The general mercantile establish
ment of Dougherty & Ferguson has
moved into the new quarters of the
firm in the Brown building and are
now ready for business in the new
establishment.
FLEET OF WARSHIPS COMPELLED TO WITHDRAW FROM THE BOM
BARDMENT—RUSSIANS CLAIM 260,000 AUSTRIANS CAPTURED
SINCE JANUARY 1—BULGARIA MAY APOLOGIZE FOR ATTACK
AGAINST SERBIA—AUSTRIANSGIVING GROUND IN CARPATHIANS
GERMAN OFFENSIVE MOVEMENTS NEAR YSER AND IN THE AR
GONNE DISTRICT—TURKISH GUNBOAT REPORTED SUNK—GER
MAN SUBMARINES DESTROYED.
The admiralty has remained silent
regarding the progress of the naval
engagement in the Dardanelles. It is
expected, however, that the effort to
reduce the forts guarding Constanti
nople continues but with what suc
cess is not made public.
Turks Lose Gunboat.
It is semi-officially reported here
that a Turkish gunboat hit a mine in
the Sea of Marmora and went down.
The fate of the crew is unknown.
Germans Gain In Yser.
LONDON, April 5.—After a battle
lasting many hours the Germans have
made slight gains in the Yser district,
driving back the British troops hold
ing the first line of trenches. A bloody
battle is still in force and the Eng
lish are making a determined effort
to regain the lost ground and retake
the trenches.
Heavy Fighting In Argonne.
In the Argonne regions the Ger
mans have started a terrific attack
upon the French positions. The fight
ing continues and the loss of life has
been greater than at any time in the
past few months. The outcome of
the battle is awaited with great in
terest here.
Bulgarian Raids Not Official.
The Bulgarian government is ex
pected to disavow the acts of the ir
regular troops which swept into Ser
via Saturday and defeated the Servian
frontier troops. That King Ferdinand
GOOD MEN FOR CITY COUNCIL
Following may be found briefly the
life history of Independent candidates
for the council. All are old residents
and taxpayers in the town:
William Finical.
Fire Chief William Finical, who
is largely responsible for the efficient
Are department in Valdez and who
has spent many hours of hard labor
in building up the department, if
elected will continue the work of bet
tering Are protection for the taxpay
ers and property owners of the town.
Mr. _ Finical is the manager of the
local lumber company and his com
pany pays out each year many thou
sands of dollars to labor, maintaining
the largest local Industry north of
Juneau. Billy Is generally rijght on
municipal questions and is guided on
ly by the best Interests of the peo
ple of the community in which he
has all his money invested.
He was born In Red Bluff, Califor
nia, and grew up there. He went to
the Klondike In 1897. He worked as
a miner there and at Circle, and pros
pected in the Yukon country. He was
in the Tanana before it was a min
ing camp. He camie to Valdez in 1900
and mined and prospected on Slate
creek and other districts until 1904,
when he became manager of the Cop
per River Lumber company of Valdez.
He has continued at the head of that
enterprise ever since.
Mr. Finical was a member of the
Valdez council from 1904 to 1911,
when he declined re-election. A year
later he was induced to run again and
was elected in 1912 and 1913. Last
year he refuied to run, and is a can
didate now only because his friends
forced candidacy upon him. He has
never been defeated and is too old to
begin.
Mr. Finical has been a member of
the Valdez Are department during all
his residence in Valdez, and has been
chief since 1908. He has given it a
great deal of time and Is entitled to
much of the credit for its efficiency.
Ed. Wood.
Ed. Wood was born in Fort Col
lins, Colorado. He spent his youth
and early manhood as a cow-puncher
in the mountain states between Mex
ico and Canada. The gold fever
brought him to Skagway in 1897; he
moved along to Valdez in 1898 and
this town has been his headquarters
ever since. After bucking the pros
pecting game several years he went
into the draying and freighting busi
ness In Valdez in 1900 and has kept
at it ever since.
Mr. Wood owns the Copper River
Draying company. He has handled
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of Bulgaria will disclaim all connec
tion with the attacks is looked for be
cause of the action of Rumania,
Greece and Italy, whose governments
have asked for the reason for the at
tack and have indicated great dis
pleasure at the action.
Russians Hold Many Austrians.
PETROGRAD, April 5.—The war of
fice announces that since January 1
the Russians have captured 260,000
Austrian soldiers, who are now held
in prison in Russia and are being em
ployed building roads in Siberia. No
list of the prisoners taken from Ger
many has been made public but is ex
pected in a few days.
German Submarines Destroyed.
PARIS, April 5.—The raid made
March 28th by British aviators upon
the German submarine base at Hobo
ken, Belgium, was successful and the
information has reached here and it is
officially announced that the bombs
dropped destroyed two German under
water fighters and a third was so bad
ly damaged that it will be months
before it can be placed in the service
again.
JURY DRAWING
NEXTWEDNESDAY
Clerk of the Court Arthur Lang and
Jury Commissioner J. C. Martin wiir
draw a petit jury next Wednesday to
report in the federal court on May
10th to consider such cases as will
be ready at that time for trial. The
drawing is public and all persons are
permitted to watch it. The clerk and
commissioner will draw the names in
the big court room at 10 a. m.
BIG MICE FOR
CIVIC LEAGUE
The Civic League will give a dance
this evening at Eagle hall. The hall
has been decorated for the occasion,
fine music secured, dainty refresh
ments will be served by the commit
tees In charge and a general good
time accorded to those who attend
the dance. The proceeds will be used
for the work of the league, which
plans many civic improvements to
be carried to completion during the
summer.
The Valdez council will meet this
evening at the city hall.
GREASERS KILL
MANY FOREIGNERS
Refugees Reach San Antonio and Tell
of Death of Twenty-Eight
Foreigners.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 5.—Ar
rivals here from Mexico City report
that twenty-eight foreigners have
been murdered in the Mexican capi
tal in the past few weeks and that
outrages against foreigners continue
Property is constantly being destroy
ed. Thirty-six stores owned by for
eigners had been looted before the
refugees left the city. Property
worth millions has been stolen or de
stroyed.
The state of conditions in the
interior of Mexico is past description
and it is feared that many of the
foreigners still in the interior will be
unable to reach safety in an Amer
ican city or in some coast port where
the warships can rescue them.
Feeling along the border is grow
ing strong and the federal troops do
ing patrol duty have been doubled and
will prevent any raiding from the
American side into Mexico.
ASK REPARATION
BROTHER’S DEATH
Sisters of Murdered American Want
$100,000 Because of Unneces
• sary Killing.
CHICAGO, April 5.—The sister of
John B. McManus, the American mur
dered in Mexico City by Zapata fol
lowers, has written to Secretary of
State Bryan insisting that he should
have secured $100,000 indemnity from
General Villa because of the killing
of her brother, who was shot to death
in spite of the fact that he had the
American flag flying over his resi
dence when the murder was commit
ted. The flag was later tom from
the flagstaff and dragged through the
mud.
Secretary Bryan regards the kill
ing of McManus as a closed incident
as Villa’s representative has paid to
the Brazilian minister the $20,060 in
demnity promised the widow of Mc
Manus.
WANT DAMAGES
LEM FRYE
WASHINGTON. April 5.—The own
ers of the American bark, William P.
Frye, which was sunk in the Pacific
by the German converted cruiser
Eitel Frederich, have filed a claim for
?228,000 for the loss of the vessel and
her cargo, and insist that the State
Department collect the claim from the
German government. It is reported
that the German ambassador will piiy
the claim in a few days, as his gov
ernment admits the error of the com
mander of the Ei*el, who sank the
American ship because the cargo of
wheat was consigned to a British
port.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Fine change of pictures at the Or
pheum tonight. “Whom God Hath
Made,” in two parts.
C. Schimdt left for Lowe river this
morning.
Bert Dunham is now recovered and
about town again after his recent op
eration.
The launch N. and S. arrived this
morning from down the sound.
“Aunty’s Money Bag,” enacted sole
ly by children at the Orpheum change
tonight.