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TIl, VALDEZ, ALASKA. THURSDAY, MAY 11, 181B MMUKR tta
VULllAUi A1V _M___
FEARFUL LOSS
GEoranops
LOSSES SAID TO BE ENORMOUS
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Official Lists Published by War Of
fice Gives Names of those who Fell
in Battle—Millions are Wound
ed.
LONDON, May 11.—It is stated
here that the German official list of
killed since the outbreak of the war.
give the names of seven hundred
-thousand soldiers in the German
army who have been killed in battle.
The total number incapacitated thru
wounds, and those who have been so
grounded as to prevent further ser
iviee is not given, but it is said to ex
ceed two million men.
BOOST HUGHES
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WILL I'.MTE PARTY FACTION'S |
JRepublicai. Leaders State ILx'c too |
Conservative and Roosevelt too J
Radical to Be Named Without Big j
Fight in Convention.
WASHINGTON, May 11.—A can
vass of the political situation Ly lead
ing Republicans places Hughes to the
front as the candidacy of the party for
the presidency and it is freely predict
ed that he will secure the nomination^
fit the National convention in Chicago
next month.
It is asserted that Root, who is the
choice of a large number of the party
leaders, is too conservative, and that
he will be strongly opposed by the
progressive branch of the party, while
Roosevelt, the idol of the Progres
sives, is much too radical to secure
the support of the stand-pat members
• of the party. As a consequence
there is bound to be a desperate tight
■ in the convention if an attempt is
* made to nominate either of these men,
; and to preserve harmony it is oelieved
both factions will unite on Hughes,
who will come nearer to meeting
| with the demands of both factions
than any outlie other possible candi
| dates. Cuunihins and Burton are, ad
| mittedly, out of the race, neither hav
| ing sufficient strength outside of their
' respective states to make them for
; midable.
Elt is predicted that with Hughes as
! ^candidate that the Progressives will
g return to the party and the Repub
i ^licans once more- be in a position to
1 carry the country at the November
election.
Vi DEB GOLTZ
r WASMURDEREO
|! SHOT BY TURKISH OFFICER
fe London Report Says Field Marshal
| Ttovith Turkish Army was Not V io-:
I tim ol^rever as Was at First Given
I Out by Dispatches.
1 LONDON, May 11.According to
P private advices received hero today
from Bucharest, Gen. von der Goltz,
German, commander in the near east,
djd notMic of fever, as reported sev
eral week** ago, but was assassinated
hy a Turkish officer named A. L Ab
dullah of the Anatolian regiment.
Three shots were fired before the Gen
eral fell.
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aira. E. V. Boyle of Cordova, was;
^jfnssengor on the Mariposa for that j
place, but was taken seriously ill alter i
leaving Seattle and on arrival at!
M jptaiikan was taken to the hospital;
IjumI was operated on for appendicitis, j
Mr. Boyle n il Cordova on the Alamo-!
da for Ketchikan to be with his wife.
NAVY TESTS OUT MONSTER SEA PLANE
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The Thomas sea plane Is being tested at Pensacola. Fla., by the navy department. It averaged elghty-two miles an
hour. It can climb 450 feet per minute at a gliding angle of 1 In 10.2.
NORTHWESTER HERE
AND SAII.S WEST
The steamer Northwestern arrived
in port about 9 o'clock last uight and
sailed for the westward several hours
later. The Northwestern made the
trip from Seattle to Cordova on the
outside and reports a splendid trip.
The passengers for Valdez were F. I
F. Twltchell and Mrs. Twitchell and j
\V. J. Billings and Mrs. Billings. Pas- j
■engers booked from Velde:-, to the
westward were Walter Stewart and '
Robert Scott, for Seward.
CHINESE REVOLT
GAINSJHOUND
IS THREATENING YWX REGIME
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President Apparently a Disinterested
Spectator, and is taking no Steps
to put down Revolt—Rebels Isold
all South.
PEKING. May 11.—The revolu-,
tion in Southern China has assumed
alarming proportions. The rebels are
now practically in control of the en
tire country, and are threatening the
existence of the republic and the pres
idency of Yuan Shi Kai. The Presi
dent has taken no steps to put down
the revolt.
It is insinuated that the President
would not be averse to the partition
ing of the country if the rebels would
be satisfied with the southern section,
as the northern section of the coun
try would not be averse to the re
establishment of the empire with
Yuan at the head of the government.
Special Kndeavorer's Invitation
Mrs. J. F. Ounstan cordially invites
the members of the Y. P. S. C. E. to
attend a Pollyanna social to be given
at her home on Friday evening at
eight o’clock. A very interesting even
ing has been planned.
E. P. Cashman, mayor of Wort
man’s, returned to that place this aft
ernoon after a visit of several days
in town.
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Photo by American Press Association,
BRANDEIS CASE !
BEEN REOPENED;
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OPPOSITION ON PAKTV LINKS
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licjiubliruns are Kightioa His Confir
mation as Justice Supreme Court—|
President Wilson Taking an Arrive
Part in Affair.
WASHINGTON'. May 11.—The sen-,
ate committee on the -Judiciary has,
reopened the hearing on the Brau-1
deis confirmation. Investigation is
t'Ov under way on the connection ot'
Urandeis with the United • Cigar
■■•"ires corporation The Republican
members of the committee are using
every means to prevent the coulirma
ti'»n. the opposition apparently being ;
drawn on party lines, as the demo-:
fiats have as yet made no objection I
to his being placed on the Supreme;
beach. It is believed that when the
matter comes to a vote in the Senate
hn will be confirmed as the demo
el ale have a majority in that body ;
Of late President Wilson has taken
tm active part in the matter and has
urged the democriCo members to
bring in a iavorabtj report to the
senate.
POISON PLOT
HOMEJOR AGED
SAYS NUMBER BEEN POISONED
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Matron of Old People*' Home In
Hartford Said to Have Poisoned In
mates to Collect Insurant* —Bodies
Kxumed.
HARTFORD. Conn., May 11.—A
scandal, growing odt of cne manage
ment of the Old Peoples,' Home in
this city threatens to involve the
members of the board of trustees la
r. charge of gross negligence, and has
already resulted in the arrest of the
matron of the home, Mrs. Amy Gilli
gan, on the charge of murder.
The death rate at the home during
the past year has been so great as to
lead to an investigation. The body of
one of the inmates who died some
time ago. was exhumed by the au
thorities and it was found to contain
enough arsenic to preserve the body.
The bodies of the forty other inmates
who have died within the past year
will be taken up and examined for
traces of poison.
It is alleged that the matrons and
others have taken out insurance on
the lives of the Inmates and have
poisoned them to get the insurance
money. It is not known how many of
the inmates J^ave been victims of the
murderous plot, but It is believed that
an examination of the bodies will re
veal that a number of them have
been poisoned.
The Ladies Aid of the Congrega
tional church met tills afternoon at
the home of Mrs. E. C. Kceslc-r or.
McKinley street.
JUDGE BROWN WILE
LEAVE KOR SOUTH
Judge F. M. Brown will leave on
the next steamer for Ketchikan,
where he will hold a term of. court.
Judge Jennings of the First Division,
is detained in Juneau by the Krattst
cases and Judge Brown has been di
rected by the Department of Justice
to hold the Ketchikan term. '
Evans l«eft Anchorage.
The steamer Admiral Evans is re
ported to have left Anchorage at noon
yesterday out it is not known whether
or not she is going to Kodiak. If not
she will orobably arrive here some
time tonight.
W ORDERS
BOOST PRICES
MANY EMPLOYES GET INCREASE
Textile Mills and Steel Plants Are
, Rushed with Orders und Employes
Are Benetited by Receipt of Higher
Wages.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. May 11.—
(Special correspondence). In various
states east of the Mississippi river,
and particularly along the Atlantic
coast, laborers in the mills supplying
the belligerents with munitions of
war or indirect' beneficiaries- of the
war, are receiving substantial bene
fits from our war order prospeiity in
the shape of increased wages.
Four textile mills in Adams. Mass.,
for instance, have announced an in
crease of 10 per cent In the*r wage
scale?. This will affect 1300 opera
tives.
The Atlantic mills. Providence, R.
I., have granted a 10 per cent in
crease to their 3000 employes.
Corrigan, McKinney & Cct.. of
Cleveland, Ohio, have advanced wages
10 per cent to their 1700 employes.
Five mills in Pittsfield, Mass , have
boosted wages 10 per cent.
In Pennsylvania the steel worKcrs
are learning what it means to them if
their mills operate at capacity. The
10 per cent increase in wages granted
to all the operatives of the United
S. Steel Corporation February 1, was
followed by an additional 10 per
cent increase effective May 1st. This
means an additional $33,000,000 to
the pay envelopes of that company
since the first of the year. Common
labor will receive $2.43 a day, com
pared with slightly less than $2 a day
last January.
Many of the Pennsylvania indepen
dents have announced increases with
the abnormally large business being
done and from the present high pro
fits. In the Youngstown district the
men are to recrlve each month a bo
nus of 10 per C'ut of their pay for the
north preceding, to continue as long
as st.eel prices remain on a high level
and plants are operating at capacity
or close to capacity. Employes of
the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.
will get a bonus each quarter in addi
tion to their 10 per cent wage in
crease.
These increases in wages mean in
creased purchasing power on the part
of labor or larger savings bank de
posits by those who are thrifty and
h«ve an eye to after the wav condi
tions and a retu -. to a noru.ri wr.ge
i is.
INTERVENTION IN MEXICO
BELIEVED TO BE IMMINENT
ALL AVAILABLE TROOPS BEING RUSHED TO THE BORDER AND
VAST QUANTITIES OF MUNITIONS BEING SENT ON SPECIAL
%
TRAINS—RUSH ORDERS GIVEN FOR CARTRIDGES — MILLION
ROUNDS OP MUNITIONS CAPTURED FROM SMUGGLERS WHO
WERE ATTEMPTING TO GET THEM INTO MEXICO — AMERICAN
CONSUL THREATENED.
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WASHINGTON. D. C\. May 11.—It
is apparent that the administration
expects trouble in Mexico, despite the
fact that President Carranza has ex
pressed his willingness to comply with
all of the conditions imposed by the
United States relative to the troops
now in. Mexico.
All the news coming from Mexico
indicates that Carranza is steadily
losing the little authority he had. and
that both soldiers and civilians are
ready to revolt at a moment's notice,
or when a strong leader shall appear.
Throughout the whole of northern
Mexico the conditions are daily be
coming worse, and the lives of Amer
ican residents are endangered by the
constantly growing enmity of the
Mexicans against all things American
That this is understood by the ad
ministration and that an outbreak is
lea red at any time, is evidenced by
the activity displayed by the War Dt
partmeiu, and the rush orders f>r
munitions that have been placed with
a niimner of manufacturers. Tiie
government arsenals are working on
full time and turning out cartridges
to their capacity. Late orders issued
have called to the border practically,
the entire infantry and cavalry force,
numbering ten thousand men. to the
border, as well as the m|Htj£ Jfrotfi
the states of Arizona. New Mexico
and Texas.
It is believed here that preparations
cn so large a scale would not. be in
progress unless it. was confidently ex
pected that trouble is imminent. In
official circles no information is ob
tainable, the officials refusing to dis
cuss Mexican affairs, but there if lit
tle doubt that armed intervention in
Mexico is expected within a few days.
The press of the country is almost
a unit in urging that the administra
tion take a firm stand on the Mexican
situation, and if necessary, place a
large armed force in that country, to
preserve peace and prevent the furth
er raids on United States towr.S by the
Mexican outlaws.
Troops Arriving.
SAX AXTOXIO. May 11.—-Troops
are arriving here to reinforce :he-sol
diers guarding the border. Five
thousand men are now concentrated
here and more are on the way from
various points. Vast quantities of
commissary stores and munitions are
beling received daily, special trains
being run on the railroads to get the
supplies through.
It is the prevailing opinion here
that the government intends to take
active steps to put down the outlawry
that has prevailed in Mexico for sev
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erai years oast, even to the extent
of intervening in the affairs of the
southern republic and putting the
country on a peaceful basis.
Smugglers Caught.
LAREDO. Texas. May 11.—The
border patrol last night nipped au at
tempt on the part of a body of Mexi
cans to smuggle one million rounds
iof ammunition across the border into
[Mexico. The soldiers ran into the
Mexicans just as they were packing
the munition boxes onto horses for
transportation across the river, and
ordered them to surrender. The
Mexicans tied leaving the ammunition
in the hands of the soldiers, wiio have
brought it into camp.
It is alleged that the ammunition
seized was for the revolutionists who
are preparing for an uprising in the
near future.
American Consul Warned.
I' LAREDO. Texas. May 1 1.—Affairs
on the west coast of Mexico are be
coming serious. Til ehatred of all
Americans has assumed such a state
that the American residents are leav
ing the country, and it is said th'.t
tht lives of American citizens outside
the larger towns are not safe. Even
1ft the larger towns they are subject
to every form of insult, and the au
thorities are powerless to protect
them. T he I'nited States consul at
Mazathui has received a number of
letters threatening his life and also
the destruction of rhe consulate by
dynamite.
• oncentrate Troop-,.
Hi, PASO. May 11.—Gc-.i era! Per
oliing has already received orders to
concentrate his forces on the Mexi
can border ready for any move that
may be necessary tor the protection
of the border towns or the troops la
Mexico.
CABLE IS OUT
BKKAK ON VALUEZ-SITKA IJ.VE
Messages Will Got via Wireless He*
■ tu ecu Wliitslied and .Sitka—Help
Will Be Sent from Here to Cordova
Office.
This morning at 8 o'clock the Val
dez-Sitka cable went out of commis
sion. and until repairs are made all
messages to and from this place will
have to go through the wireless sta
tions at Sitka and Whiteshed. As
there is more business than the wire
less can handle without working the
twenty-four hours through, messages
wilt be subject to some delay it.
transmission. As this work puts much
added work on the Cordova cable of
fice, Sergeant Mooney, Scearce and
Sterling, of the local cable office force
will leave by first boat for Cordova
to assist there until the break In the
cable is repaired.
Nothing has been heard from the
table-ship Burnside, and no proph
esy can be made as to the time when
the repairs to the cable will be under
taken and completed.
Sergeant Wesley J. Billings aud
wife arrived on the Northwestern.
Sergt. Billings was transferred from
Seattle here to rellev$ jgpt-clasa Pri
vate .Claude T. Boyles, who will be
discharged from the Signal Corps by
purchase and leaves on the Pnrragut
for Anchorage where he will accept a
toltion with the Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission as clerk in the office
ef the superintendent of telephone
end telegraph construction.