VOLUME XIV " ' VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1916 . NUMBER 94
BELIEVE AMERICANS HAVE
TO FIGHT ALL FACTIONS
ARMY' OFFICERS STATE BELIEF THAT UNLESS TROOPS ARE
S4 WITHDRAW N FROflt MEXICO SPEEDILY SOME HOT-HEAD WILL
PRECIPITATE WAR—CONFERENCE BETWEEN SCOTT AND GEN.
FCNSTON IS AW AITED WITH INTEREST—BELIEVED WILL DE
CIDE FUTURE ACTION AMERICAN SOLDIERS—TROOPS ARft
AWAITING RESULT OF COUNCIL OF GENERALS.
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SAN ANTONIO, April 20.—Army
officers in this city freely predict that
Mexican affairs are fast approaching
a crisis. They declare that if the
American troops are not speedily
withdrawn from Mexico that the Uni
ted States troops will be compelled to
fight all factions in that country. The
sentiment in#the south is growing
more and more hostile to the Ameri
can soldiers, and it is but a question
of a few days before some hot-head
ed Mexican will precipitate a battle.
The interview between General
Scott and General Funston, which is
y to settle the fixture movement of the
Y United States troops in Mexico is
awaited with interest. It is predict
ed that the American troops will not 1
be withdrawn and that war will sure
ly follow.
Troops Await Conference.
SAN ANTONIO, April 20.—It is
announced here today that th# Amer
ican expedition in Mexico will make
no further move toward the pursuit
of Villa until General Scott arrives
here and has a conference with Gen.
Funston.
On this conference will hinse the
future movement of the Vmei'tan
troops, and the outcome is awaited
here with interest It is anticipa‘->l
that unless absolute proof of the
death of Villa is forthcoming the
pursuit will be continued, and that
the troops under Pershing will be
largely reinforced.
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ELEVEN KILLED
STORM
SCORES OF PERSONS INJURED
Storm Which Swept Eastern Kansas
and Western Missouri Causes Loss
of Life and Much Damage to Prop
erty.
KANSAS CITY, April 20.—A ser
ies of tornadoes swept through a wide
section of Eastern Kansas and West
ern Missouri last night. Eleven per
sons are reported to have been killed
by being crushed in the ruins of their
homes and the property damage will
run into the hundreds of thousands.
The number of persons injured will
run into the scores.
The occurrence of the windstorms
was most unusual. Instead of one
storm of unusual violence, the storm
waB broken by spells of quiet, and
alight changes of direction of the
ttipp marked the resumption of the
glue. An unusually wide area of coun
try was devastated by the gale.
THE kreutzer sonata
AT THE EMPRESS
Nance O’Nell, Theda Bara, Wil
liam E. Shay are seen at their best
In this production extraordinary, the
Kreutzer Sonata, which will be
shown at the Empress tonight, Fri
day and Saturday evenings.
Next week, “The Celeorated Scan
dal,” played by Betty Nansen the cel
ebrated Danish tragedienne ot the
Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, and sup
ported by Edward Jose, former lead
ing man with Sarah Bernhardt.
ARMY AVIATOR CLIMBS
' THREE MILES IN AIR
PENSACOLA. Fla., April 20.—
Lieutenant B. C. Cauffey, of the navy
aeronautic corps has established what
'naval station authorities declared to
be a new word’s record for altitude
for a hydroplane, when he ascended
16,072 feet.
COPPER PRODUCTION V
WILL BE ENORMOUS
. NEW YORK, April 20.—The New
. York American estimates that twenty
W'dUi.t$ie largest companies in the ITnlt
Jted States will produce 1,728, 000,000
'lpounds of copper this year, against
'1,S23, 800,000 pounds last year. The
value will be $448,000,000 against
$238,284,900, or nearly $41,000,000
larger than lae$ year.
• « Civic Club Meeting.
The regular meeting of the Valdez
Civic League will be held in the City
Hall Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock
Rev. Dunstan will give a short Easter
talk. Come and bring a friend.
MRS. E. C. DALTON, Sec.
JUDGE BUNNELL WILL
HOLD COURT IDITAROD
FAIRBANKS, April 30.—The term
of the District Court here is drawing
to a close. A term has been called
for Iditarod, and it is expected Judge
Bunnell will leave for that place
about May 15. While no term has
been called for Ruby, there has been
a petition sent in for a term, and one
will probably be held following the
Iditarod term.
SNOW TRAILS GONE TO PIEOx...
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Wheels Now Being Used on Northern
End of Government Road, and it
■is Expected Autos Will Be Running
Through in a Short* Time.
FAIRBANKS^ April 20.—U-usu
ally warm weather has prevailed
throughout this section for the past
few days and the snow has practically
disappeared. The Tolovana trail has
gone to pieces, and wheels are being
used on this end of the Valdez trail.
It is expected that within, a few days
the automobiles will be running,
through wecween Fairbanks and the
railway terminal at Chitlna.
Anything in .the jewelry line at
the Valdez Drug Co. tf
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf
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NO NOMINATION
FOR DELEGATE
SEWARD CONVENTION ADJOURNS
Naming of Delegate Is Left In the
Hands of a Committee of Four—
Hot Fight Over Naming of the Di
visional Committeemen. ,
SEWARD, April 20.—The repub
lican territorial convention adjourned
sine die last night at eleven o’clock,
having made no nomination for Dele
gate to- Congress from Alaska. The
name of Wickersham was not pre
sented to the convention.
The nomination of a delegate was
left to a committee of four named by
the convention. This committee is
composed of H. L. Faulkner of Ju
neau, Tom Lloyd of Fairbanks, W. T.
Gilmore of Nome, and Harve P. Sulli
van of Valdez. At some future date
this committee will name the choice
of the party for the office of Delegate
to Congress.
The platform adopted by the con
vention declares for legislation grant
ing statehood for the territory in
whole or part; the encouragement by
the government of the building of
public and private railroads; the res
toration of a protective tariff: the
building up of a merchant marine;
extension of the military cable and
wireless systems; adequate coast de
fenses for Alaska and the appoint
ment of Alaskans to public office in
the Territory.
The platform also attacks the for
eign policy of the Democratic admin
istration, particularly the vacillation
in the President’s attitude toward
Mexico.
George Irving of Juneau was chos
en chairman of the Territorial com
mittee, Arthur Thompson of Katalla
as secretary. Delegates to the Na
tional convention at Chicago are Lou
is P. Shackleford of Juneau, with Ed
Hussel of Juneau as' alternate; and
W. A. Gilmore of Nome, with Tom
Lloyd of Fairbanks as ajternate.
George Schofield of Nome was
chosen by the convention as candidate
for the office of Territorial Attorney
General.
A resolution introduced by L. L.
Ray of Seward, endorsing Theodore
Roosevelt for the republican nomina
tion for the presidency, was defeated.
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A hot fight was started when the
election of members of the Divisional
Committee was taken up. An amend
ment to the motion, made by E. E.
Ritchie of Valdez' that the delegates
from each division choose the mem
bers of the committee for their divi
sion instead of the convention led to a
debate in which Ritchie, E. a Ray,
George Hazelett, Ed Whlttemore,
Shackleford, Murane, Irving and Gil
more took part. The amendment
was defeated by an overwhelming
vote. All the votes of the second di
vision were case solid against the
amendment by Gilmore, and Lloyd
voted the fourth division solid the
same way. The first division delega
tion, 58 strong, was also voted solid
in opposition to the amendment, leav
ing the votes of the Third division
delegates the only ones in favor of the
amendment.
The divisional committeemen elect
ed were:
First Division—Howard Ashley of
Skagway, Elmer Smith of Douglas, H.
L. Faulkner, S. H. Ewing of Juneau,
P. C. McCormack of Wrangel, J. R.
Peckman of Ketchikan and John
Goodell of Sitka.
Second Division—W. N. Eddy, A.
A. Allen, Fred Daniels, Henry Burgh,
Dr. Chase, Geo. Schofield and H. H.
Miller, all of Nome.
Third Division—J. J. Finnegan and
S. M. Graff of Seward, John Lyons
and A1 White of Valdez, W. H. Chase
and E. V. Boyle of Cordova, and
Frank Cotter of Anchorage.
Fourth Division—Tom Lloyd, T. A.
Marquam, Cecil Clegg. Joseph Dehr
and Leroy Tozler of Fairbanks and
Tanana, Charles Hoxie of Ruby and
Percy Charles of Iditarod.
C. D. Murane of Seattle was chosen
National Committeeman.
A resolution was adopts® by the
convention that future representation
of the several divisions on the terri
torial committee would be based upon
the proportional vote of each division
to the total territorial vote for Dele
gate and Attorney General.
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PAPERS SEIZEO
REVEAL PLOT
VON PAPEN’8 SECRETARY HELD
Von I gen Arrested After Hard Eight
with Police—Papers In His Office
Are Said to Reveal Whole Welland
Canal Plot—Release Is Demanded.
NEW YORK. April 19.—Wolfe von
Igen, former secretary to Captain von
Papen. was arrested here today after
a hard fight with the police. He is
charged with complicity in the Ger
man conspiracy to blow up the Wel
land canal in Canada. The German
embassy has demanded his release
and the return of the papers seized
in his office. The police state that
the papers reveal the whole plot and
will be of great value in securing the
conviction of the prisoners.
HUGHES NAME
GO ON TICKET
[SUPREME COURT ORDERS IT
Admirers of the Justice in Oregon
Secure an Order from the Court
Cont|>eliing Secretary of State to
Put Name on Ticket.
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SALEM, Oregon, April 20.—In an
action brought here in the state su
preme court by the admirers of Jus
tice Hughes to secure a writ of man
damus compelling the secretary of
state to place the name of Hughes on
the primary ballots as a candidate for
the nomination for President of the
United States, the court granted the
writ applied for, and the secretary
was instructed to place the candi
date's name upon the ticket. This
action was the outcome of a state
ment by the secretary that the name
would not appear on the'ticket be
cause the justice had said that he
was not a candidate.
TERRIFIC STORM RAGING
ALONG ATLANTIC COAST
NEW YORK. April 19.—A 70-mile
gale is raging along the coast and
has played havoc along the water
front In this city and New Jersey.
Small craft have been driven ashore
and larger vessels are reported to be
In danger. Two persons have been
reported killed.
Card of Thanks. .
The undersigned desires to express
to the people of Valdez his sincere
thanks for the many proffers of assis
tance and the heartfelt sympathy ex
tended to himself and daughter dur
ing the illness and death of his wife.'
R. P. FERGUSON.
BRYAN DEFEATED
FORJEEGATE
IS TURNED DOWN BY VOTERS
Dictator at Last Democratic Conven
tion Will Not Be a Delegate to the
Democratic Convention to Be Held
at St. Louis.
LINCOLN, Neb., April 20.—Wil
liam Jennings Bryan was defeated in
tbe primary election held here yester
day to select delegates to the Demo
cratic National Convention. Several
factors entered into the defeat of Mr.
Bryan and as these had been. fore
seen for some time, his failure to so*
cure the desired ■ membership Of the
delegation was not wholly unexpect
ed. His break with President Wilson
cost him many votes, and the defec
tion of almost the whole of the Ger
man-American vote made his defeat
I certain.
WILSON’S NOTE GERMANY
IN NATURE OF ULTIMATUM
REVIEWS UNDERSEA PROGRAM OF GERMANY AND STATES THAT
ACTION HAS BEEN WITHHELD UNTIL IT WAS APPARENT THAT
GOVERNMENT DID NOT INTEND TO CONDUCT CAMPAIGN IN AC
CORDANCE OF LAWS OF WARFARE OR HUMANITY — FRENCH
AND ENGLISH PRESS APPROVES—AMBASSADOR URGES MODI
FICATION OE THE .GERMAN CAMPAIGN.
WASHINGTON, D. €., April 20.—
The text of the latest note to Ger
many regarding the submarine policy
of that nation, has been made pub
lic. •
It reviews the history of the sub
marine controversy, particularly the
Sussex case, and states that the indi
cations are that Germany is unwill
ing to obey the rules of warfare and
the dictates of humanity. The Uni
ted States, it says, has been very pa
tient. and has accepted the explana
tions offered by Grmany, believing
every promise and making every al
lowance for the existing conditions.
The government, it says, has delayed
taking any decisive action until the
facts were susceptible to only one in
terpretation. It is now evident that
the use of submarines, under the
German policy is utterly incompatible
with the principles of humanity and
the rights of neutral nations, and the
immunity to which non-combatants
are entitled.
The note states further that if it
is still the intention of the German
nation to continue the present under
sea campaign along the lines recently
pursued, it will prove conclusively
that the promises made by that na
tion are being wilfully violated. Un
less she immediately declares and ef
fects the abandonment of her pres
ent methods of submarine warfare the
United States must sever diplomatic
relations.
Taft Says War.
DETROIT, April 20.—In an ad
dress here last night, ex-President
Taft, in referring to the negotiations
with Germany, said that a severance
of diplomatic relations inevitably led
to war, and that if a break is made
in the relations with Germany this
country must inevitably be drawn
into the European conflict.
Bernstorff Advises Modification.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 20
Count von Bernstorff, German am
bassador to the United States, has
cabled to his government that the
President means business, and that
the time for a complete understand
ing between the two countries on the
submarine question is at hand. The
HENRY FORD LEADING
IN NEBRASKA PRIMARIES
OMAHA, April 20.—Henry T-v-l is
leading in the presidential primaries
held throughout the slate yesterday.
The returns so far received show
Ford leading by a good plurality,
with Senator Albert Cummins of
Iowa'second. •
New Zealand Onions at Keystone
Produce Company. 2t
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ambassador advises the German offi
cials to modify the submarine cam
paign to meet the demands of the
United States.
Press Behind President.
SEATTLE, April 20.—The press of
the country, as indicated by leading
articles and editorials on the Ger
man controversy, are solidly behind
the President on his ultimatum to
Germany. It is generally conceded
that the stand taken by the president
is the only one he can take and up
hold the honor and dignity of the
country. Most of the papers scout
the idea that war will necessarily fol
low the breaking of diplomatic rela
tions. It is argued that Germany
does not want war with this country,
and that every honorable means will
be adopted by the President to keep
the United States out of the Euro
pean struggle.
London Predicts War.
LONDON, April 20.—The press of
this city is almost a unit in predict
ing that war will follow a breaking
of the diplomatic relations betv een
the United States and Germany.
Much space is devoted to the note
of President Wilson to Germany on
the submarine question, and it, is con
ceded that unless Germany makes de
cided concessions a break cannot be
gvoided.
Note Readies Berlin.,
WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 20 —
The ultimatum of the United States
to the German government regarding
the submarine warfare, was delivered
in Berlin this afternoon.
Department officials state that an
answer is not expected for three or
four days, and the hope is expressed
that Germany will comply with the
American demands that the threaten
ed break in the diplomatic relations
between the two countries may be
avoided.
It is admitted that the affair'has
assumed a serious aspect, and that
unless Germany is willing to make
concessions nothing can prevent a
rupture in diplomatic intercourse be
tween the countries.
RUSSIANS TO
AID AT VERDUN
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TROOPS ARRIVE AT CAPITA!*
WUl Be Sent to the Defense of the
French Positions Around Meuse—
Attacks of Germans are Falling Off
and It Believed Must Soon Cease.
PARIS, April 20.—A large force of
Russian troops have arrived here and
will be sent to the front to assist in
the defense of Verdun. The German
attacks at that point have fallen off,
and aside from an almost incessant
artillery fire, they apparently have
abandoned for the moment at least,
their attempt to force the French line.
DAILY DOINGS OF
THE DISTRICT COURT
The plea of guilty in the Clarklns
case left the court without a case for
trial, and the jury was excused until
10 o’clock tomorrow morning.
The court 'then adjourned until to
morrow.
For good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart street. *
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For Sale—Six-hole range, good
condition. Inquire D. F. Millard, tf
FOR SALE, Rent or Lease. Choice
business locations. Alaska Inv. Co. 2
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