VQL 1Q VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1914 NO. 153.
FRANCE IS SHY
AY PEACE PLAN
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Only Likely to Accept Bryan's Pro
posal in a Rudimentary Form—No
Big Power Vet Signed Treaty
f WASHINGTON, April 3.—The
French ambassador, M. Jusserand,
and Secretary Bryan had a long con
Terence at the 8tate department this
afternoon regarding the peace treaty
that is being negotiated between
Prance and the United States. This
is the first of the peace treaties to Be
entered into between this government
and one of the first-class powers of
the world.
Thirty-three governments have as
sented to the principle of the treat
ies. and nine have signed such trest
le ies. None of the treaties thus far
signed lias in any manner had any
apparent effect on the international
relations between this government
and the powers of Europe. It is re
garded as important that the great
powers assent to the broadest and
most practical form of the peace plan
advanced.
This includes the agreement to ar
bitrate a dispute after the interval
of a year, while an international com
mission is engaged in examining the
cause. Such a treat yhas been sign
ed /wjth Belgium), and there is a
Hope at the State department that one
' «rf the great powers will accept this
form.
It is not likely, however, that
Prance will do so, nor will France ac
cept the agreement for the cessation
of preparations for hostilities while
the commission is engaged upon its
inquiry. It is, therefore, more than
likely that France will enter into the
new type of treaty only in the rudi
mentary form to see how it works.
It is understood that the treaties
with Brazil. Argentina and Chile will
be signed at the same time owing
to the tense emulation existing be
tween these three nations.
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MARCONI MRS
WIRELESS PHONE
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Talks to Ships 45 Miles Apart—Hears
Signals 4,062 Miles Away—Use
Italian Warships.
HOME, April 3.—William Marconi
has achieved some notable successes;
with his long-distance wireless tele-'
phonic communication.
The inventor has been conducting a
V series of experiments from Italian
warships on the high seas. During
these experiments he used his newly
devised high-sounding receivers in
connection with nis phonographic
registers and repeaters.
On the first day, while the war
ships were off the Sicilian coast, Mr.
-Marconi received some very clear
messages from Clifden, 1,750 miles
^ away. The next evening the fleetre
"* ceived signals from Canada, *,062
miles distant, by means of wireless
telephony.
On the Iasi day radio- telephonic
i conversation between warships in
* motion succeeded perfectly with a
minimum expenditure |of energy.
Comniounication under these condi
tions was kept up between vessels
•it- miles apart at sea, and up to 16
miles with land interposed between
:he communicating vessels. The con
versation was kept up without a
i resk and with great success for a
j. spell of 12 hours.
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GOJO NOME
SEATTLE, April 3.—The steamer
Victoria, of the Alaska Steamship
£ company, will oe one Of the first boats
to leave here for the northern camp
and will sail on June 2. The an
nouncement of the atMing date was
made today and already a number of
reservations for freight and passen
gers have been made. The steamer
d'orwln will be the first boat to leave
here for Nome this season and will
.leave here nett month and -will en
(leavor to regcfi Nome fleet .with
supplies of perishables ter die Camp.
Many a bachelor nevef marries be
cause he hates to disappoint a lot
of girls Just to make one of them
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GENERAL VILLA HAS CAPTURED TORREON;
HUERTA’S ARMY IS IN FULL RETREAT
JUAREZ, April 3—After a desperate
night attack on Torreon GeneralFran
cisco Villa, the -commander of the
rebel forces succeeded in entering the
city and has captured the federal
stronghold. The federal forces re
treated to the south in good order,
taking with them many of the big
field guns. The rebel army suffered
a heavy loss, more than 2,000 men
being killed or wounded.
The battle lasted for 11 days and
was the most desperately fought of
auy so far taking place between the
federal and rebel forces. Gen. Vil
la commanded the constitutionalists
in person and directed the assault
on the city.
No quarter was shown by either
side and no prisoners were taken, all
being killed.
LOSS OF 2,000 RE8ELS IS ADMITTED—MOST DESPERATE BATTLE
OF PRESENT WAR IS FOUGHT—MEXICAN REGULARS STOP
VICTORIOUS REBELS AND PREVERT PURSUIT.
MEXICO CITY, April 3,—No news
can be gained here from the War de
partment or from Provisional Presi
dent Huerta regarding the battle at
Torreon. They claim that no news
has been rece ved from the front. The
government organs have all printed
encouraging reports, but the news of
the disaster to the troops has gain
ed credence and it is feared that the
people will revolt led by the rebels,
who are known to be hiding in the
capital.
All the foreign legations are be
ing guarded by foreign troops and
all foreigners in the city are armed.
A large. Shipment of anas, machine
guns and ammunition reached Nel
son O’Shaughhessy, the American
charge d’affaires, March 15th and it
is generally believed that 100 Amer
ican soldiers are in the city dressed
as c:vilians and ready to aid Ameri
icans In case of trouble.
Most of the foreign residents are
located in one quarter of the city and
can easily be defended from any mob.
German, French, Japanese and En
glish marines are now looated here
under orders of the respective min
isters and ambassadors.
VERA CRUZ .April 3.—Jt has been
rumored here today that the rebels
won a victory- at Torre on, but that
the loss of life was the greatest of
any battle yet fought. The report
reached here that the federal troops
have retreated in good order and
that the brigade of regulars were cov
ering the rear and had inflicted such
terrible losses upon the rebels that
they (had abantloned all efforts at j
persuit.
If a man doesn’t get rid of most j
of his conceit by the time he reaches j
40, he never will.
IS ILL sm
The War Scare With Russia Worked
Out Satisfactorily—Russians Al
so Get Bigger Armament.
BERLIN, April 3.--Reviewing the j
net results of the Russian war scare
which it organized, the German Chau
vinistic press, in a week-end review
of the international situation, has ex
pressed itself, on the whole, well sat
isfied with what has been aceom
plished. The organs of the war party
profess themselves gratified that the
alarms which they pride themselves
on having sounded for months have
been "officially confirmed” by the
Russian war office.
One victory claimed for the war
| scare campaign by the Rundschau is
j the alleged abandonment of the pro
posed Russian trial mobilization on
the Austrian frontier and the evi
deuce of lessened Russian hostility in
Asia Minor.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 3.—The
conference begun last night between
Premier Goremykin and his cahinet
ministers and the leaders of the chief j
parties of the Duma continued until
early this morning. The ministers
fully explained the international sit-,
uation to the members of parliament
and the necessity for increased naval!
and military credits.
It is stated that the army .will be
increased by 400,000 men, making the
I total of the first line of defense 1.
! 700,000 men. The extra cost, it is
estimated, will be $25,000,000. spread
over three years.
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L Twelve Cities Are Named—San Fran
cisco the Only Far Western City
Selected by the Board.
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WASHINGTON', April 3.—Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo, Secretary of
Agriculture Dav'd F. Houston, consti
tuting the board to designate the
cities selected as regional bank re
serve cities, today made their report
and Boston, New York and Philadel
phia, the three big eitetern cities,
are named. Richmond, Va., and At
lanta, Ga., with Dallas, Tex., will have
the reserves for the South. Cleve
land, Chicago,’ St. Lovis, Minneapolis
and Kansas City,’.in the middle west,
were named, and £an Francisco is the
only western city in which a regional
reserve bask will be established.
The two members of the cabinet
traveled all over the states and .held'
hearings and investigated the resour
ces of each section, finally deciding
upon the above selections, but because
the president h»d pot determined up
on who were to be members of the
reserve board "no announcement was
made.
Alaska and the satire _northwest
section of the Pacific must now clear
through Ban FnmcisoO. Alaska Na
tional banks are hot included th the,
reserve *)i ... -.. ->•
The heat «*y to stop s jamah’s
tears Is to tell her they make her nose
red.
TENNESSEE MAN !
WANTS ALASKA JQ8
Hunter MacDonald After Job as Head
of Our Railroad Commission
and Has Big Support.
WASHINGTON, April 3.—The en
tire Tennessee delegation called up
on President Wilson today and very
strongly urged the appointment of
Hunter MacDonald, president of the
American Society of Civil Engineers,
to be head of the government Alaska
railroad construction commission.
It is urged for MacDonald that he is
one of the best railroad engineers
in the I'nited States and he has the
support of the organization of which
he is president, many of the members
of which are the leaders of the pro -
fession.
The belief here is that President
Wilson will select the chief engineer
and his assistants, in whose charge
the building of the Alaska railroad
will be placed, not later than next
week. It is known that the president,
is giving tlie matter serious consider
ation.
S. S, CORDOVA
FOR KOTZEBUE
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Alaska Steamship Co. Will Send the
8ig Freighter to the Far North
With Supplies.
SEATTLE, April 3.—Announcement
was made this morning by tbe Alas
ka Steamship company that the steam
freighter Cordova would be sent to
the Kotzebue sound section as soon
as the ice left Bering sea and naviga
tion opened. The boat is scheduled
to leave here on June 15th.
A part, of tbe cargo has been guar
anteed by operators in the northern
section and the officials oT the com
pany hope to s cure a full cargo by
the time of sailing.
MTLEi 6TH.
SEATTLE. April 3.—The steamer
' Alameda, of tbe Alaska Steamship
I company, will lpave here next Mon
day, beginning the summer schedule
| Of a sailing every $x iafrs. The
steamers will aOnUnpe the calls at
Skagway, but fnsteka of two boate
making the trips three wUl be used.
The gtea piers Alameda. Mariposa add
Northwestern Will be used this sum
i Boer «D the Sombwestern Alaska nip
The Alameda reached here this
.morning from the. north.
taken
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Dr. Oerman, the dentist, is hack aid
is prepared topttepd t» ht» pattwatv.
MAIL ORDER MAN
MAKES CLEANUP
Julius Rosenwald Pays Income Tax
on $1,100,000 Which Me Made
in Ten Months.
CHICAGO, April 3. -Julius Rosen
wald, of the Sear.s-Roebuck mail or
der house, has paid the government
on an income of $1,100,000 which he
made in the ten months of the past
year. The profits of the big house
ha vet ben enormous and they have
been coining money by selling to the
people of small western towns.
At the recent legislative investiga
tion Rosenwald 'estified that mail ol
der houses have hut little money in
vested in the business in comparison
to the amount of business done. The
company own their plant but most of
the goods are sold to them by the
manufacturers upon time enough to
allow for the turning before the bills
are due, while its business is strict
ly cash.
The investigation also disclosed Ihe
fact that the girls in the mail order
houses were paid starvation wages.
THEY WANT STRONG
BACK IN CAPITAL
Executive of Alaska Needed to Give
Advice to Administration Re
garding the Territory.
JUNEAU, April 3- -Governor Strong
was called to Washington Wednes
day and sailed south yesterday en
route to the capital, where he is
wanted to give advice on maters now
pending before the Department of the
Interior. It is also believed that the
president is anxious to consult with
Governor Strong relative to the Alas
ka railroad situation.
It is eblieved here that the gov
ernor may be called upon for advice
relative to the selection of a route
across Alaska for the government
railroad.
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ALLIES m
•LONDON, April, 3.—Thirteen mem
bers of the House ot Commons, act
ing on the. request of the 363 mem
tern of parliament who recently!
signed a memorial asking Premier As
quith to recpnsitor the government’s
t rejection M the '4b vi tattoo to partic
ipate in the Papaata-^aclflc egppsi
5 aMgr
premier asking him to receive s aep
utetl<»t.oja^«p .wW«rt., . > t
Among those who signed the let
ter are JoM^ ji*6W»nd, Joseph Dev
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- Caster HeUday for'tea Cobeets
The Valdes public schools will be
etbaeg all « Mxf week because of
the Raster UrntMayh* T*h school*
will reopen a week from Monday.
STOLE FROM MAIL
ON OCEAN LINER!
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But the Postoffice Inspectors Arrest j
the Mess Boy Who Pulled
Off the Stunt.
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr(l it. The
postoffice inspectors today arrest
ed David Williams, a mess boy on
the ocean liner Ventura of the Ocean
ic Steamship company, and charged
him with having stolen a pouch of
registered mail while the ship was
coming from the Orient to San Fran -
cisco.
Williams confessed that he had
stolen tlte pouch and says that he se
cured $4,000 for his haul, although he
threw thousands of dollars worth of
valuable papers overboard which were
contained in the mail pouch, but
which he knew were dangerous for
him to retain.
The Postoffice department had been
notified of the robbery before the ship
reached San Francisco and had in
spectors on hand along with several
agents of the department of justice
who were instructed to aid the post
office sleuths. The passengers and
crew were allowed to land, but those
suspected were followed and when the
I mess boy began to spend money free
ly in the saloons the inspectors plac
ed him under arrest, whereupon he
broke down and confessed.
Williams will be given a hear
ing before the United States com
missioner tomorrow and will be held
for the federal grand jury.
MIS’ ESCAPE
CAUSE HIE
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Learned Professors of Department of
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Agriculture Called Upon to Hunt
for Ladies Pets
WASHINGTON, April 3. -The es
cape of a number of pet ants be
longing to Mrs. Charles Moose caused
considerable trouble for the office
force of the entomological department
of the Department of Agriculture. |
Mrs. Moose had brought the ants to
show the scientists of the government
who had expressed a desire to see
'them. They are of a rare specie liv
ing only in darkest Africa, from
wheat? they had been brought to;
America at great expense.
engaged in conversation
e learned professors employ
ed by the D?par$taent at big sal-i
aries the ants escaped from the small
glass box In which they waxe being
carried. When the loss was discov
ered Mrs. Moose net up a terrible cry,
fearing 'her pels had been Btolen.
The entire office fpr<» were re
cruited by the frlghleped professors
and alter dllligent search the hate
were all recovered end Mrs. Moose
took them away, much ft), the relief
ot the clerks. The ante hive Jkeen ;
Moose Oen^e ft* lord ay.
The regular Saturday negsit Moose
dea‘*e wftt V beftl next Saturday ■
Fire muste and excellent lunch.
fisbeied die
ID A BLIZZAi
Steam Sealer Newfoundland Crushed
In Ice and Crew of 200 Frozen
While Trying Reach Shore.
ST. JOHNS, N. F„ April 3.—A ter
rific blizzard swept over this section
yesterday and today the coast is
strewn with the wreckage of many
ships while the ice has been driven
high on the beach.
The steam sealer Newfoundland
was caught in the drifting ice floes
near Cape Race and crushed to pieces.
The crew of 200 men were forced to
leave the vessels before they had a
chance to prepare for the trip across
the ice to the shore and as a con
sequence of the cold and the drifting
snow all of the men were frozen to
death or sank to the bottom of the
sea when the ice broke up by the
terrific pressure of the wind-driven
ice pack.
Relief parties from shore went out
on the ice and recovered 50 of the
bodies of the seamen. Watchers on
the bluffs saw the black specks on
the ice and when they failed to reach
the shore went out to them and one
man was still alive and told the story
of the wreck and the vain fight to
reach land« The \recovfery of the
bodies followed.
It is not believed here that a sin
gle member of the crew was saved,
but searching parties are still out,
hut it is doubted ir they will remain
away much longer as there is danger
of the wind changing, in which event
the ice would be driven from shore
The government has dispatched two
naval vessels to the scene of the ac
cident and several steamers are en
deavoring to reach the ice pack in
the hope of rescuing any fishermen
who may be caught.
Many vessels are missing and it is
feared the toll of lives of the pres
ent storm will be the greatest of
many years. A large fleet of fishing
vessels tvvere out when the blizzard
commenced and they have failed to
report as yet.
PENNSYLVANIA H B.
WILL RETRENCH
Cuts Out 118 Trains a Day on the Sys
tem and People Must Wait—Says
Can’t Make Any Money.
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PHILADELPHIA. April 3. The oi
(trials of the Pennsylvania railroad
have announced that the road will re
trench in order to meet the expenses
of operation. Hereafter the road will
operate 118 trains less a day from
its different statiosm and will make a
further reduction of the number after
a few months.
The company claim that under the
recent full crew laws passed by the
state legislatures compelling the com
pany to carry more men to each crew
than formerly and the reduced rates
provided by the Interstate Commerce
Commission for freight shipments and
passengers, along with the higher
wages paid the men because of the
recent decisions of the arbitration
committees the company must re
trench and the only method is by
forcing a larger number of people up
on each train and thus securing
greater returns for the work.
Il is predicted here that the oth«*r
eastern roads will follow the example
of the Pennsylvania, as they are all
drifting towards ruin’ unless the cost
of operation is reduced in some man
ner.
HOLD ELECTION
IN JE HALL
The city council decided last night
that the municipal electioh to be held
next Tuesday shall he held in the
lower floor of the Are hall and that the
city marshal be directed to keep al
loiterers Put of the budding, so tha
the women why hot be embarrassed
by having to pass a large number o
men standing about the polls.
The council' also decided that no
disorders will m> totaratigd on otactiec *
day. ' ’ '
Some men hfe burn greet, and then
they miss the pleasure of telling now
the did it.
»ub*cr#e re* m Praagbetm.