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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1911.
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man would appear in Mexico and es
tablish peace.
It is also believed in diplomatic
circles that the government has in
formed foreign powers in Europe and
also the Japanese government that
England is in accord with the Ameri
can policy and will not tolerate any
interference.
WASHINGTON, April 22—Secre
tary of State William J. Bryan late
yesterday afternoon notified all the
representatives of the powers that the
United States had started a block
ade of the coast of Mexico and that
hostilities had started between the
United States and Mexico.
The secretary held several long
conferences with the diplomats of the
powers and explained the present sit
uation between the government of the
United States and Huerta, who heads
the Mexican administration. Secre
tary Bryan stated that the American
government still hoped to avoid war
but was determined to unseat Huerta
as the head of the Mexican govern
ment.
May Seize German Guns.
A German vessel with 200 of the
latest patent Krupp field guns, thou
sands of rounds of ammunition for
the guns and with several million
rounds of cartridges for the small
arms used by the Mexican federal
troops is now en route to Vera Cruz,
having been shipped from Germany
prior to the trouble between the Un
ited States and Mexico and Admiral
Fletcher ha,s been telegraphed to
use discretion in preventing the
shipment of arms from being landed,
but to prevent the landing of the
guns at any cost.
Senate Debates War Resolution.
The Senate all day yesterday de
bated the war resolution sent them
from the House and the session was
one of the most hitter held in recent
years. Almost the entire member
ship of the Senate, irrespective of
party, made it plain that they would
support the president in his present
position.
Resolution is Directed Against Hu
erta.
The resolution as worded by the
House authorizes the president to use
the armed forces of the government
against Huerta, self-styled president
of Mexico, and it is against this res
olution that Senator Lodge and a
majority of the Senate are opposed.
The Massachusetts senator said that
“the Senate was behind the president
to a man and that party lines would
be forgotten, but that he opposed the
placing of one cut throat above an
other, and that the resolution should
be so worded as to allow the use
against the Mexican government, and
not signalize out Huerta, who is no
worse than any of the other cut
throats now operating in the neigh
boring republic.”
Senator Works Against War.
Senator Works of California in
troduced a resolution in the Senate
instructing President Wilson to con-r
sider the apologies rendered by Pro
visional President Huerta when he
called upon Charge d’Affaires Nelson
O'Shaughnessy and apologized for the
arrest of the American officer and
men from the Tampico ships, and with
the apology from the commander of
the federal troops at Tampico as
sufficient for the offense and not to
insist upon the salute to the Ameri
can flag.
President is Satisfied.
President Wilson Is satisfied with
the resolutions in the modified form
proposed by certain senators and it
is expected that it will be passed at
an early hour today.
Blockade Complete.
NEW YORK, April 22—The report
has reached here that the American
marines have been landed at Vera
Cruz, Tampico and Other coast clt
f
ies and that a complete blockade is
now being maintained along the Mex
ican ports and that the Pacific ports
will also be blockaded in a few days
as fast as the warships now racing
south from San Diego can go.
. British Admiral Aids Americans.
VERA CRUZ, April ' 22.—Admiral
Craddock, in command of the British
warships in this harbor, yesterday
notified the commander of the En
glish oilship chartered by President
Huerta to take the ammunition which
the Mexican government was endeav
oring to ship to the federal com
mander at Tampico, not to take the
shipment and refusing him the pro
tection of the British government
should he violate the order.
Rebels to Aid Huerta.
EL PASO, Tex., April 22.—The ref
ugees arriving here from interior
points of ‘northern Mexico * have in
formed the authorities that the rebels
will yin the Huerta forces and fight
the Americans, as they claim that
President Wilson’s action affects the
honor of every Mexican and that they
must join to fight a common enemy
and will later settle the dispute
among themselves.
Many Offer Services,
WASHINGTON, April 22.—Presi
dent Wilson has received hundreds of
offers from military organizations in
the different cities all offering to be
enlisted in the regular army or among
the volunteers if their services are
needed and war is declared.
New York Troops Reddy.
NEW YORK, April 22.—Governor
Glynn has ordered the entire national
guard to be brought to full war
strength and to prepare for service
with the regular troops. The com
manders of the different brigades
have also ordered all members to
report every evening for drill and it
is expected the entire guard will be
ordered south early next week.
Naval Militia Ready.
The entire command of naval mil
itia of this state has been called in
to service and will be drafted to man
the many war vessels now on the
retired list, but which have been kept
in condition for active service.
VERA CRUZ. April 22.—The bat
tleship Utah of the Atlantic fleet was
the first ship to reach this port, and
as the big war vessel reached the
harbor 500 marines from the trans
port Prairie were placed in small
boats and started for the shore, while
the big guns of the Utah were
pointed at the city ready for instant
action, should the Mexicans oppose
the landing. Every ship command
ed by Admiral Fletcher also took up
positions where they could command
the landing and every gun in the fleet
was ready with the gun crews at
station.
When the American marines land
ed the water front was crowded with
curious sightseers, who paid but
little attention to the soldiers, who
were formed in line and marched up
tne street, but as they neared the
plaza the Mexican troops drawn up
across the open space commanded by
General Maas, directed them to open
fire when the Americans were two
blocks away. As the shots rang out
the Americans were halted for just
a few second and then they broke
into a run and soon the Mexicans
were in full retreat.
Mexicans Fire From House Tops.
From almost every house top the
Mexican citizens fired upon the
American troops and the fighting then
became general.
Prairie Replies.
The transport Prairie, which was
the nearest in of the American ships,
opened fire on the city and soon drove
the Mexicans from the house tops.
The exploding shells set fire to sev
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
George Herman left for Port Wells
this morning.
Get your Spring bonnet; you’ll find
it at Blum’s. tf
Chop suey, noodles and chile con
carne at all hours. Exchange Grill.
Suits pressed for *1.0 at Silver
man’s, the tailor. Telephone 198.
The launch B. P. M. left this morn
ing for Port Wells and way points.
Fresh parsnips, grown on Middle
ton Island, at King’s Grocery. tf
FOR RENT—Four rooms partly
furnished; price reasonable. Apply
at Valdes Drug Co. tf
J. E. Clary is lq town, having just
completed a five months prospecting
trip down the sound.
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Those new 8prlng Stetson’s are on
dieplay at Blum’e. tf
Nugget jewpiry made to order by
G. O. Retake at the Valdes Drug Go,
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The steamship Mauretania stopped in
midocean to rescue a supposed man
overboard. It was a doll.
Electricity applied to chicken farm
ing will make chickens grow at double
the normal rate, a London scientist de
clares. •
A New Rochelle (N. Y.) man tried
eight times to kill a cat, but she came
back, every time, the last time with
kittens.
Among the prisoners arraigned be
fore Magistrate Null of Huntington.
VV. Va., was ids own grandfather,
whom he fined $5.
Lebanon, Mo., has the oldest first
reader pupil in the world. She is
“Aunt Mary” Long, eighty-three years
old, who was born in slavery.
Night school pupils at Sayreville,
N. J., have been informed by the prin
cipal that the school board has de
creed that all pupils over'sixteen years
of age are to be permitted to smoke in
school.
FOURTEEN CROPS OF YEAR
VALUED AT $4,940,301,000
Good Prices Atone For Small Yield,
Which Was Due to Drought.
Final estimates of production and
value of fourteen of the Important
crops which contributed $4,940,301,000
to the enormous grand total, aggregat
ing approximately $9,000,000,000 of
wealth produced on farms through the
soil and farmers’ live stock during
1913, are announced by the crop re
porting board, bureau of statistics, de
partment of agriculture.
These fourteen crops are only a por
tion of the production of the soil, which
approximates $(5,000,000,000 in value
each year. The total value of the ani
mal products of the farm is estimated
at about $3,000,000,01)0 annually.
Says Secretary of Agriculture Hous
ton In his report:
The production of crops in tiie United
States in 1913 was materially. below tlio
average, the yield per acre of all crops
combined being smaller than in any year
of the past decade, with the exception of
1911. This shortage was caused by a se
vere drought, accompanied by excessive
heat during the summer months, in an im
portant portion of the agricultural district
of the United States.
The acreage devoted to five crops—corn,
wheat, oats, hay and cdtton—comprises
about 90 per cent of the area in ail crops
and therefore has a predominating effect
upon the general average condition of all
crops. Nearly all the minor crops were
materially smaller this year than in 1913.
To the producers the lessened crop pro
duction this year is largely compensated
by the increased prices received for their
produce.
The corn crop, the most valuable
farm product of this country, says the
report, is smaller than any crop since
1903. Wheat production is the largest
ever recorded in this country. The
oat crop is the third largest of our his
tory.
LIGHTEN FARM BURDENS.
Townspeople Take Milk to Creamery,
Clothes to Co-operative Laundry.
Farmers’ wives who live near Chat
fleld, Minn., have abandoned the wash
tub and the churn. This became known
in Chicago when Albert V. Leonard,
head of the reclamation service office
at Chicago, received a letter from C. J.
Blanchard, statistician of the reclama
tion service. In which he said: <
"I have made a discovery in the lit
tle town of Chatfleld, Minn., which
will go a long way toward relieving
the farm home of one of its heaviest
burdens if the idea is carried out ex
tensively. Chatfleld has a co-operative
laundry operated in direct conjunction
with a creamery.
“A belt on the same machinery
which operates the creamery runs the
washing machine. The farmers bring
their laundry when they come with
the cream and on their next trip to
the creamery carry home ready for
use the week’s wash. The laundry
bill Is charged to the cream account
and taken out of the cream account
at the end of the month. Five cents a
pound is charged for washing.”
Down Comes City’s First ‘‘Skyscraper.’’
New York’s first skeleton construc
tion office "skyscraper,” twelve stories
high und owned by the Standard Oil
company, is being torn down. It was
the first building put up under the sys
tem of iron columns with castiron
shells outside them intended to make
them fireproof, and had the architect
patented the idea it is said be would
have made millions of dollars. Now
adays the skeletons of big buildings
differ chiefly from it in that the col
umns are of steel, with brick shells for
fireproofing.
"Woman Is Not a Parson.”
The appeal of Miss Gwyneth Mar
jorie Bebb from the decision of the In
corporated Law society barring her
from admission, to the bar because.of
her sex bos been rejected by the high
court of London.
The court adhered to tbe view that a
woman is not a “person” wltbtn tbe
meaning of tbe solicitors’ act of 1843.
Vy^.fthould Worry!
Professor Brie Doolittle, director of
the trgveqdty ’of Pennsylvania’s as
ttohotnlcai observatory, told a moot
log of" Ptasbyterian ministers be
tbbnght Bfb on tbis earth would coasa
to an and In about 1B0M0W JWMS. .
FACE about, Man!
This store of ours
is the place to get ;
your Stetson—
New Spring Soft Hat
| or Derby..
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL TERMS OF
the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division, at
Dillingham, Unalaska, Unga and
Kodiak, Alaska.
The President of the United States of
America:
To the Residents of the Third Di
vision of the Territory of Alaska,
and to All Whom It May Concern:
GREETING:
You, and each and all of you, will
please take notice that by an order
of the court, duly made and entered,
a special term of the District Court
for the Territory of Alaska, Third
Division, has been called and will be
held at Dillingham, Alaska, begin
ning on the 10th day of August,
1914, at the hour of ten o’clock a. am.;
In the Town of Unalaska, Alaska,
beginning on the 22nd day of Aug
ust, 1914, at the hour of ten o’clock
a. m.;
In the Town of Unalaska, Alaska,
beginning on the 25th day of August,
1914, at the hour of ten o’clock a. m;
■ In the Town of Unga, Alaska, be
ginning on the 26th day of August,
1914, at the hour of tell o’clock a.
m.;
In the Town of Unga, Alaska, be
ginnihg on the 1st day of September,
1914, at the hour of ten o’clock a.
m;
In the Town of Kodiak, Alaska, be
ginning on the 29th day of August,
1914, at the hour of ten o’clock a. m;
In the Town of Kodiak, Alaska, be
ginning on the 5th day of September,
1914, at the hour of ten o’clock a. m;
Said Special Terms of Court will
continue as long thereafter as the
public welfare may require.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska this 13th
day of April A- D. 1914.
FRED M. BROWN,
( District judge.
JAMES C. McREYNOLDS,
' Attorney General.
Attest. ARTHUR LANG, Clerk.
Date of first publication April 20,
1914.
Date of last publication May 25,
1914.
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