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VOLUME XIV _ VALDEZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 15, UUP_ NUMBER 115
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TROOPS SENT TO GUARD TOWN
Mining Hamlet In Arizona Is Scene of
Attack by Hand of Fifty Mexican
Outlaws—Troops Rushed to Scene
—Not Known Is Anyone Killed.
EL PASO, May 15.—Anolaris, a
mining town in Arizona, near the
Mexican border, has been raided by
a band of about fifty Mexican bandits,
according to advices received .here.
The message gives no details of the
raid, nor does it state whether any
lives were lost.
Col. Sage, commanding a detach
ment of United States troops at No
gales, has sent a troop of 3oidiers to
guard the town.
, MUCH LIQUOR
SEIZED RAIDS
ARE VALUED AT OVER $80,000.00
Owners are Attempting to Get Re
straining Orders from Courts to
Prevent Destruction by Police—
Law Says Shall Be Destroyed.
SEATTLE, May 15.—Liquors val
ued at more than $80,000 have been
seized by the police of this city in
recent raids on blind pigs. The own
ers of the liquors have retained coun
sel, and are endeavoring to get re
straining orders from the courts to
prevent the destruction of the liquors
by the police.
The recently enacted prohibition
laws state that all liquors in excess
of the amount allowed by statute,
shall be destroyed by the police.
AUSTRIAN STEAMER
SUNK UNWARNED
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WAS SENT TO BOTTOM BV SI B.
Germany Notified that Passenger
Steamer Torpedoed Without Warn
ing—Said United States Will Be
Asked to Probe Sinking.
■ BERLIN, May 15.—A dispatch re
ceived here today states that an un
armed Austrian passenger ship, was
torpedoed and sunk without warning
Saturday, by an unidentified subma
rine in the Adriatic sea. The report
does not state whether any lives were
lost or not.
Government officials are very much
concerned over the report, and state
that Germany has pledged herself not
to sink passenger ships unwarned, in
the note to the United States, but
that the government of that country
cannot expect Germany to keep her
^promises in this respect unless the
^United States is able to prevent other
nations from making such attacks on
the ships of the Central Powers. It is
expected that this matter will be offi
cially brought to the attention of the
United Staes, and an investigation
asked.
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J Barber Shop Changes Hands
•^Messrs Brown & Hudson have rent
etpthe barber shop next door to the
Post Office, where they will conduct
a first class shop, both being up-to
date barbers. Mr. Brown is a new ar
rival in Valdez, from Deadwood,
S. D., where he was in business. Mr.
Hudson is too well known to the pub
lic to need any introduction, having
been in the territory for 23 years.
They solicit a share of your patron
age.
Clerk of the Court Arthur Lang
returned on the Mariposa fnom a trip
to Anchorage. *
COMMISSION SECURES
LOAk OK TRANSPORT
WASHINGTON. D. C„ May 15.—
Arrangements have been made with
the war department by the Alaskan
Engineering Commission, by which
the army transport Crook is to be
loaned to the Commission to carry
employes, equipment and supplies
from Seattle to Anchorage and Sew
ard. It is probable that the Com
mission will keep, the transport for
several years.
Chairman Edes of the Commission
estimates that it will take six weeks
to equip the Crook for service.
PARTY PLANKS
FORJUFFRAGE
BOTH DECLARE IN FAVOR OF IT
States Already Grautiuu Suffrage to
Women Control Ninety Electoral
Votes, Sufficient to Swing the Elec
tion To Father Party.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 15.—
Party leaders on both sides admit
that the question of Woman Suffrage
will be an important one during the
coming campaign.
It is agreed that both party plat
forms will have to carry a plank pro
viding for national suffrage, as un
der the present conditions, the states
that have granted suffrage to women
have an electoral vote of ninety, suf-j
ficier.t to control the election.
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NO CHANCE
OF AGREEMENT
AMERICAN OFFICERS WITHDRAW'
Attempt to Reach an Agreement Be
tween United States and Mexico
Fails and Obregon Informed that
the Troops Will Stay.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 15.—
Advices received here state that the
conference held yesterday between
General Obregon and Generals Scott
and Funston, has closed without any
agreement being reached. General
Obregon stated that he was willing
for the United States troops to re
main in Mexico, but that President
Carranza had overruled him in the
matter, and insisted that they be
withdrawn'. As there seemed no way
in which the matter might be settled
on a basis satisfactory to both sides,
the American generals withdrew from
the conference after informing Obre
gon that no further concessions would
be made, and that the United States
troops would remain in Mexico until
Villa and his followers were either
captured or. killed, or satisfactory
proof of his death was produced.
Obregon was informed that if the
Mexicau government was willing to
co-operate with the United States
troops in hunting down the outlaws,
this action would be appreciated by
the administration, but whether or
not they aided in the enterprise, the
troops would remain until fheir pur
pose was accomplished.
Mi . Richard Wakelin
Has returned from the westward
after a very successful trip. He re
ports the merchants at Seward and
Anchorage doing a very good busi
ness ■
Mr. Wakelin represents the Ohio
Range Company and Cattaraugus
Cutjery Company. The best of its
kind to be had. t
See your local merchants for same.
V. A, C. Members Notice
There will be a special meeting of
the Valdes Athletic Club at eight o’
closk Tuesday eve. As business of im
portance will come before the meet
ing a full attendance is requested.
The contractors working on the
property of the Quartz Creek Geld
Mining Company, have nearly com
pleted their contract for 250 feet of'
tunnel and it is understood that thevj
will return to town shortly. •
KAMA WILL '
GEORGE NELSON GETS CONTRACT
Washington Capitalists will Construct
Line from Controller Bay to the
( oal fields at Bering River—Work
Begins at Once.
SEATTLE, May t!>.—A contract
for the construction . of twenty-five
utiles of railroad from Controller bay
to the Bering River coai fields, has
been let in this city, and construction
work on the road will be commenced
at once.
The company building the road is
composed of Washington capitalists
headed by Henry Hewitt, the million
aire lumberman of Tacoma, and it is
expected to have the road in opera
tion bringing coal to the coast be
fore snow flies.
George Nelson, formerly a resident
of Valdez, and a well-known railroad
contractor, was awarded the contract
for the work, and left Sunday on the
steamer Admiral Watson, with a crew
of men, to commence immediate work
of construction of the line.
ASQUITH ARRIVES IN IRELAND
Conferring with Officials on Question
of Abolishing Law—Danger of any
Further Trouble Is Believed Past—
Forty-Nine Irish Leaders Shot.
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LONDON, May 15.—It is stated
that the government will soon issue a
proclamation abolishing martial law
in Ireland.
Premier Asquith has arrived in
Dublin, and in conferring with the
officials there on the feasibility of is
suing the proclamation at this time.
It is generally conceded that there is
no further clanger of an outbreak.
John Dillon, a Nationalist mem
ber of the House of Commons, in a
speech before that body today, stated
that the government, by its harsh
treatment of Ireland and the execu
tion of the revolutionists, is destroy
ing his life’s work in a sea of blood.
IEXASJANCHER
TWO OUTLAWS ARE CAPTURED
Mexicans Make Raid on Ranch Near
Brownsville and Kill Owner—His
Neighbors Go to Assistance and
Kill One and Cature Two Outlaws
BROWNSVILLE. Texas, May 15.—
Curtis Bayles, owner of a large ranch
near here, was murdered by a band
of Mexican outlaws, which attacked
his place yesterday. The neighbors
went to the assistance of Bayles, and
in the fight that ensued one of the
bandits was killed and two were cap
tures
Farragut Due Today.
The steamer Admiral Farragut was
reported to be due in Cordova this
morning and is expected to arrive
here early this afternoon.
Tungsten Samples.
The Postoffice Barber Shop has
some excellent specimens of tungsten
are which will be exhibited to any
one interested in this mineral who
will call.
Miss Kathryn Monahan, who has
been associated with the office of the
Clerk of the Court as Deputy for sev
eral yearsf has resigned her position,
to take effect the first of June.
LARGE TURKISH FORCE
ROUTED WESTERN EGYPT
LONDON, May 15.—Advices re
ceived here state that the Duke of
Westminster, at the head of a motor
squadron of British, routed a large
force of Turks in Western Egypt.
Alaska Due Tomorrow.
The steamer Alaska passed Juneau
at 9 a. m. Sunday and is expected to
arrive here Tuesday night or Wed
nesday morning.
TWO LEADERS
AREJXECUTED
SHOT OX CHARGE OF TREASON
James Connelly and Jolin McDermott,
Two Leaders of the Irish Revolu
tion in Dublin are Shot for Trea
son.
DUBLIN. May 15.-—James Connel
ly and John McDermott, two of the
leaders of the late Irish revolution,
in this city, were executed Friday af
ter having been convicted of treason
by courtmartial. Both men have for
years been leaders of the Irish Lib
erty League, and it is feared that
their death will but add to the flames
of hatred against the English in the
breasts of the Irish, and renders more
difficult the task of bringing about a
reconciliation between the Irish and
the government.
G
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SAYS THE WORLD IS ADVANCING
Believes that Nations Have Learned
the Absurdity of Settling Disputes
by Force and Will Be Willing to
Arbitrate Differences in the Future.
LONDON, March 8.—Gen. Bram
weil Booth of the Salvation Array,
celebrated his 60th birthday today,
when the War Cry published a char
acter sketch by Harold Begbie en
titled “The Happy Warrior.”
“It is good to find such a man at
liberty.” writes Mr. Begbie. “running
over with the most splendid optim
ism. General Booth sees deeper into
the calamity of this awful war than
those who wring their hands in hor
ror at it as if hell had been suddenly
broken loose.”
“Gene.ral Booth believes that the
present war has convinced the na
tions that force can never settle a dis
pute, and that the rulers of the bel
ligerent nations will be ready to lis
ten to arbitration. The enormous
losses in property and lives has done
much to convince these nations, and
he believes the baptism of fire will
purge the world for the dawn of a
better and brighter day.”
KAISER HONORS
CAPTAIN BOY-ED
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DIPLOMAT GETS ORDER EAGLE
Naval Attache at German Embassy in
Washington is decorated with Or
der of the Red Eagle by the Em
peror.
BERLIN, May 16.—Captain Boy
Ed, formerly naval Attache at the
German Embassy, whose recall was
demanded by the United States for
pernicious activity in numerous plots
in the United States, has been honor
ed by the Kaiser, who has bestowed
upon him the Order of the Red Eagle.
The Marshal's office is having thej
court house garden put in shape for,
the summer vegetable crop. '
FIRST DIVISION DEMOCRATS
NAME CONVENTION DELEGATES
ALMOST COMPLETE RETURNS INDIC ATE THAT DELEGATES KROM
SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA WILL BE INDEPENDENT OK FACTION
AL CONTROL—INDICATIONS MAJORITY NOT IN FAVOR OF NOM
INATING CHENEY FOR NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN AGAINST
PROTEST OF OTHER DIVISIONS— KAVOK MAKING CONVENTION
CONFERENCE WITHOUT CUT AND DRIED PROGRAM-VOTE IS A
LARGE ONE.
Jl'XEAt'. May 15.—Almost com
plete returns from the Democratic
primaries held last Wednesday thru
out the First Division for the election
of delegates to the Territorial conven
tion to be held here May 24. indi
cate that practically all of the First
Divisional delegates will go to the
convention uninstructeu and free
from all factional control.
It is believed here that a large ira-j
jorit.v of the delegates will not be in |
favor of renominating Cheney for Na
tional Committeeman over the p-o
tests of other divisions, although he '
has many friends among the dele
gates.
Juneau and most of the nearby pre
cincts have named delegates who are
independent of any control and have
not been instructed as to the party
candidates. They favor making the
convention a conference at which the j
delegates can freeiy express their
view., as t.o what is best for the terri
tory atid the party can act in accord
ance with the decision reached, and
without any cut and dried program
being prepared in advance of the ses
sion.
Among the delegates chosen in this
city are Cheney and Winn, leaders of
the two factions of the party here,
and other leading Democrats in the
order named: Hellenthai. Troy, Cas
ey. Devighne. Sowerby, Mayor Stew
art. Burton. Allen. Shattuck. Britt,
Lang. Cobh, son of present Attorney
General. Marshall. Forest. Connors,
and seventeen others.
Considerable interest was displayed
in the primaries and a good vote was
polled. In the city proper :J71 voters
visited the polls, and with the sur
rounding precincts a total of dOO
votes were cast. At Sitka 6ft votes
were recorded.
MARIPOSA ARRIVES AND
SAILS FOR SEATTLE
The steamer Mariposa came in
from the westward about 3 o'clock
this morning and sailed a short time
later for the states. Her passengers
from Valdez were Mrs. Pauline Alli
son and M. F. McBride for Cordova;
Arthur Lakes, jr., George Pulver,
George Pulver. jr., Knute Nolan for
Seattle, and P. B. Cooper for Skag
way.
THREE SURVIVORS
STEAMERROANOKE
OTHERS ARE GIVEN VI* AS LOST
Believed Boats Swamped in Heavy
Seas Prevailing—Wife of Second
Officer States Vessel Was Heavily
Overloaded.
SAN LOUIS OBISPO, Calif.. May
15.—All hope has been abandoned of
finding any further survivors of the
ill-fated Roanoke, which foundered
about 100 miles south of San Fran
cisco last wee.k. The boat which
came ashore containing three men
and the bodies of five others who had
died from thirst and exposure, are all
that will probably ever be found of
the 47 officers and crew of the steam
er, as it is believed that the other
boats were swamped in the heavy sea
prevailing at the time of the wreck.
Steamer Overloaded.
SANT FRANCISCO, May 15.—Mrs.
Jolfn Dennis, wife of the second offi
cer of the ill-fated steamer Roanoke,
states that the cause of the founder
ing of the vessel at sea was due to
the fact that she was. heavily over
loaded and if properly inspected
would never have been perihitted to
put to sea.
She says her husband told her that
the whole interior of the ship had
been torn out to make room for the
immense cargo that was stored in her,
weakening the hull and rendering her
unseaworthy in any kind of a storm.
John Miller, the Slate Creek oper
ator, returned on the Mariposa from
a trip to Anchorage and will leave in
a day or .two for Slate Creek.
The Barber Shop next to the Post
Office is now being run by Brown and
Hudson. tf
Parties not receiving their papers
before 6:00 o’clock should telephone
the office and a special messenger will
be sent with one. Turn your com
plaints in to the office. tf
MAYOR PREPARING ORDINANCE
Gill Drafting Measure to make it &
Misdemeanor to Purchase Liquor
Illegally—To Limit the Drug Store
Stocks.
SEATTLE May 15.—As a means of
putting a stop to the illegal sale of
liquor in this city. Mayor Gill is pre
paring an ordinance to be introduced
in the city council, providing for the
arrest and lining or imprisonment of
all persons who shall purchase iiq
ours illegally. The ordinance also pro
vides for the still further limiting of
stocks of liquors that may be carried
by drug stores.
ONLY ONE BID FOR
AERO MAIL SERVICE
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 15.—
There was only one bid for the pro
posed aerial mail route in Alaska.
This bid was submitted by Byers, of
Iditarod, whose bid was for a service
between Seward and Iditarod for the
sum of $45,000 yearly.
Up to the time the bids were open
ed it had been rumored that there
were quite a number of bidders, and
that competition W'ould be keen to se
cure the routes.
Notice Baseball Boy*.
A full turn-out for the first prac
tice of the Valdez Baseball team la
ordered for tomorrow night at 6:00
o'clock at the ball grounds.
It W. M. FINICAL. Mgr.
George Dorseh, foreman tor John
Miller at Slate Creek with a party
consisting of Abe Abrahamson. D. L.
Peterson, Ben Rusty, VV. E. Hansell,
and Jack Hathaway will leave Wed
nesday for Salt Creek to prepare for
the season’s work.
Arthur Hill yesterday purchased
Owen Meals' Ford car and will put it
in service here for the accommoda
tion of those who may desire to take
trips about town or the surrounding
country.
Jerry Galvon, the well known min
ing man, was a passenger for the
States on the steamer Mariposa.
John Mille£:jjji|^urned on the Mari
posa from Anchorage, where he has
been in the employ of the Alaska En
gineering Commission.
Ward Estey, U. S. Commissioner at
Ellapar is n .*» *-• ’