V0L 10. VALDEZ, ALA8KA, TUE8DAY, APRIL 21, 1914. NO. 168.
HOPE VANISHES
FOR MISSING BOAT
Southern Cross With 173 Fishermen
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Now Long Overdue, Caught in
Terrific Storms.
ST, JOHNS, . F., April 21—All
hope for the 173 men on the sealing
ship, the Southern Cross, which was
caught in the terrific blizzard which
raged off this coast the last of March,
and never seen since, has been aban
doned. Government steamers have
been searching' the Ice floes and
hunting along the coast for signs of
the missing steamer. When last seen
the Southern Cross was driving be
fore the gale heavily laden with a
catch of 17,000 seals. So deeply lad
en was the boat that all her provis
ions were stored upon the deck and
also the bunker coal, to make room
for the load of seals, which is said
to be one of the largest catches of
recent years.
The ste.'imer New Foundland was
also caught in the storm, crushed in
ihe ice floes and the crew forced to
take to the ice, where 77 of them
perished and 36 are now in the Gren
feld hospital. Three of those in the
hospital have lost both hands and feet,
five lost both feet. Eight others lost
n foot and eleven will lose a hand or
lingers. The sealers .were on the
iee for 60 hours before rescued by
other sealers and by men from shore.
The loss of the two boats has left
3,000 dependents in the sealing col
ony without any support. Hardly a
family but has lost father or sons and
ill one instance father and four sons
were caught in the wreck of the New
Foundland and lost.
reportedIhat
CROSSLEY IS OUT
Private Advices Received in Fair
banks That His Resignation Has
Been Asked for.
FAIRBANKS, April 21—Private ad
vices received in this city last night
from Washington!, jD. C)( give the
information that District Attorney
James J. Crossley, of the Fourth ju
dicial division, has been asked to
hand in his resignation to allow for
the appointment of a tried and true
Democrat.
The assistants in the district at
torneys office here deny that any
such message has been received and
t laim that they have no information.
District Attorney Crossley sailed
from Valdez yesterday on the steam
er Northwestern bound for San Fran
cisco, where he had been ordered by
the attorney general to appear for
-*he department in a number of ap
peal cases from the Fourth division
of Alaska to be heard by the court
of appeals for the Ninth-circuit. Up
to the time of sailing yesterday Mr.
Crossley had received no intimation
♦hat the department contemplated any
change.
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Supt. Jack Ingram, of the Alaska
Road Commission, returned to Val
dez yesterday from Chitina. where .he
spent the winter constructing the
government hftttg* g^the’ Mainti
uae
of the. road crews this coming sum
mer. TheNitlni bridge' has been
epmplet&j? and it Is one of the beat
ever built bjr the commission.
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Pine change tonight at the Orph
ousb.
MARINES TAKE CUSTOM HOUSE 4 KILLED;
U. S. SENATE BLOCKS WAR RESOLUTION;
PRESIDENT ORDERS SEIZURE VERA CRUZ
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(GALVESTON, Texas, April 21.—
The United States marines from the
American fleet at Vera Cruz seized
the Mexican custom house and cable
office here today and in the battle
that followed between the Mexicans
and the Americans, four marines were
hilled and twenty were wounded. The
fleet is now bombarding the fortfica
tions and the Mexican guns are bring
upon the fleet and have also turned
the guns towards the cable office and
custom house and are firing on the
marines being landed from the ships.
WASHINGTON, April 21.—Presi
dent Wflson has ordered Admiral
Fletcher, in command of the Ameri
can warships stationed at Vera Cruz,
to seize the Mexican customs houses
ait Vera Cruz, Tampico and other
Mexican gulf ports and to collect all
custom duties. The order caused
suprise here as the senate has failed
to pass the resolution allowing the
president to use the armed forces of
the United States against Mexico and
should the Mexican commander at
Vera Cruz offer resistance the presi
'dent will have brought about war
iWithout the authority of congress
which is unconstitutional.
1 Friends of the administration, how
ever, claim that the president has re
ceived the promise of more thin a
majority of the senators that the res
olution will be passed this afternoon
and is determined to wait no longer.
WASHINGTON, April 21.—The
House of Representatives yesterday
passed the resolution allowing the
president to use the armed forces of
the United States against Huerta, so
called provisional president of Mex
ico. The Senate, in a spectacular
midnight session holds up the resolu
tion, claiming it is unsatisfactorily
worded and that the United States
cannot make war on Huerta, but must
declare war upon Mexico and that
they are opposed to the war being
declared against ■ one man.
The galleries in the Senate building
were crowded all night and the tele
graph operators at the war and navy
departments were ready to send the
orders to the fleet and to the border
rate failed to pass the resolution and
finally adjourned.
A majority of the senators are dis
satisfied with the wording of the
House resolution and It is certain it
cannot1 be passed through the upper
House unless changed. The Senate
will not declare war on Huerta but
will hold the Mexican government and
the Mexican people responsible for
the insult to the American flag.
Will Seize Custom Houses.
WASHINGTON, April 21.—The ]
plans for the occupation of Mexico
by the American troops have not J
been changed and the Navy depart
ment will seize the cities of Vera
Cruz and Tampico, the two principal
coast towns on the Gulf of Mexico;
the customs houses will be taken in
charge by the American officers and
the revenues will be collected by the
United States.
Fleet Reach Tampico Tomorrow.
Seecretary of the Navy Daniels
stated this morning that the powerful
Atlantic fleet would reach Tampico
early tomorrow morning and that
troops to start the war, but the Sen
part of the fleet would proceed at
once to Vera Cruz and report to Ad
miral Fletcher. The Atlantic fleet Is
the largest fleet of battleships ever
gathered under the American flag.
Huerta Hae 40,000 Soldiers.
The War department issued a state
ment today that Provisional President
Huerta of Mexico had 40,000 trained
soldiers at his command and that they
wcfe poorly equipped and short of
ammunition and would not be able to
oppose the American troops for any
length of time.
Huerta Protect Americans.
MEXICO CITY, April 21.—Provis
ional President Huerta announced this
morning that he would guarantee the
lives and property of all foreigners in
the Mexican states controlled by him
and that all Americans will be pro
tected, so as to show to the world
that the provisional government in
Mexico is a moral, civilized govern
ment.
President Huerta again reiterated
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GAS TANK EXPLODES;
MANY ARE KILLED
—
Dining Room of Canadian Hotel Torn
Into Pieces—Eleven Killed
and Scores Inured
MACOl'N, Sask., April 21.—The gas
plant in the Macoun Hotel of th:s city
exploded here last night just as the
dining room was crowded with diners
and eleven people were killed when
the dining hall collapsed and more
than _a dozen are ih the local hos
pitals and several of them are in a
dangerous condition.
The big gas plant used to light
the building was located near the.
dining hall and when the explosion
came the floor of the room was lift
ed up and then fell back, bringing
the four walls with it and covering
all the occupants. Fortunately po
fire followed the explosion and the
rescue workers started at once tore
lease the men and women caught in
the debris. Many were hurt, eleven
were killed outright hnd a score in
jured severely.
An investigation will be made by
the police to determine the respon
sibility for the terrible loss1', of life.
The manager of the hotel has been
arrested charged with manslaughter.
NEW RULING CATCHES
LAUNCH THREE M.
A new ruling of the Department
of Commerce has caused Captain
Morris, of the Mutual Transportation
company, considerable worry. Under
the secretary’s rulings all launches
over 15 tons rating are to carry two
licensed men if passengers are to be
carried. The Three M. has recently
been enlarged and is now rated at
19 tons and is one of the largest
launches located in Valdez, but the
business will not justify the employ
ment of two licensed men according
to Captain Morris, and he is debat
ing the advisability of cutting the
rating down by lowering the house
or else putting the boat on the beach
$or keeps.
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The luxe yesterday brought the raft
of Piling f^r- the GrpUhy Consolidat
ed Smelting and. Power company,
Which /had bedff eut In ' hidalgo bay
by titatiwtbri Ted Date.1 ■
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So - e people never know right from
wrong until they get found out.
BLUE Si LAW
IS AMES
Iowa Would Stop All Wildcatting and
Selling of Stock to Citizens
of That State.
KEOKUK, la., April 2J{.—Iowa’s
Blue Sky law, passed by the last gen
eral assembly, to prevent the foreign
bank, land and mining promoters from
taking money out of the state for wild
cat schemes, is being tested here to
day in the federal court j before
Judges Smith, McPherson and Pol
lock,
The law demands that foreign com
panies, before they can, do business
in the state, must convince the sec
retary of state that their scheme is
legitimate and they may secure a
certificate.
District Judge McHenry, of Des
Moines, has declared the law uncon
stitutional and the state has appeal
ed this case to the supreme court.
Enemies of the law have attacked it
on the same grounds in the federal
court, which is the case being heard
today.
ROBERT TAR
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Will Wed Martha Bowers, Daughter
of Former Solicitor General in
the Taft Administration.
WASHINGTON. April 21.—The en
gagement has been announced here
today by the mother of Martha Bow
ers that her daughter is engaged to
he married to Robert Taft, the eld
est aos of the former president.
Miss Bowers is the daughter of the
farmer solicitor general of the United
afatea.. "T "f
f The young couple are receiving the
congratulations of the large number
o{ friutar they We' m this dity,
ifoeref both hgge lived far the tour
yours of the Taft administration.
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FOB 8AUB-lin Vaaiebn piano;
price $159. Min. B. O. Sherrard. k S3
AMERICAN NAVY
IS ALL RIGHT
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J So Says Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Franklin Roosevelt, Who
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is Now in Seattle.
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SEATTLE, April 21.—Franklin
Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the
navy, who is now in this city after
visiting the government navy yards
on the Pacific coast, stated today
that the American navy is ten times
as strong today its it was when the
Spanish American war was fought in
1898.
“We now have single battleships
that can throw more shells at a
broadside^ than the entire fleet com
manded by Admiral Dewey at Manila
or by Admiral Sampson in the bat
tle of Santiago,” said the assistant
secretary.
The naval officer predicted a short
war between the United States and
Mexico if the administration finds it
necessary to push matters to a fin
ish.
Til INLET WILL
BE R. R. TERMINAL
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Believed Grand Trunk ie Seeking
Outlet for Atlin and Yukon Rail
road—Surveyors In Field.
An enterprise is under way which
if carried to completion will make
Taku Inlet the terminus of a rail
road which will tap the Atlin dis
trict and open the rapidly growing
trade of that country to the Juneau
mkitets. •’ •••■>’
Surreyors are already In the field
selecttng a wjlte for'the Takii Raii
road A Navigation company.
purpose in to build up Taku inlet from
corpe point near Juneau to the boun
dary of British Columbia, where it
wtfdM connect with a railroad for
wiKfc't charter wis rftcfently granted
MILITIA KILLS
MANY STRIKERS
—
i Fourteen Coal Miners Lose Lives in
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Battle With Colorado Nation
al Guard.
I TRINIDAD, Colo., April 21.—A bat
jtle lasting for 14 hours was fought
I yesterday in the Ludlow strike dis
trict, between the strikers front the
coal mines and the national guard.
The militia finally drove the strik
ers out of the tent colony and set
the camp on fire, destroying the city
and its contents.
A dozen bodies of dead strikers
were found by the troops when the
tent city was captured and it is be
lieved that all the wounded were car
ried away by the strikers and that
the loss of life will be very heavy.
Not a soldier was killed, although
several were wounded.
Militia officers had ordered the
strikers to move the tent city from
company ground and the order was
disobeyed and while attempting to
enforce the eviction the troops were
fired upon and the battle started. Re
enforcements for ,both sides were
rushed to the front and the battle
continued for 14 hours before the
troops could drive the strikers out.
A machine gun was dispatched to
the scene by General Chase and as
it opened fire the strikers retreated,
leaving the tent city; in the hands of
the soldiers, who set the tents on
fire.
Infantile Paralysis.
This terrible disease, with its in
creasing prevalence and its sad trail
of useless limbs and deformities, has
been passed over by the medical men
to the orthopedic surgeon. Osteop
athy has accomplished the impossi
ble in countless cases of this dread
affliction. Drugs has no place in the
battle against this enemy. The treat
ment is purely ' mechanical. Bvep
medical and orthopedic authorities
agree that this is so. This being the
case, it seems there should be no
question thgt osteopathy ,is the one
method to adopt for coping with this
condition. ' adv.
Nothing has beeaseen of .the paunch
owned by( P^stmaater Jederson, which
broke loose, dqlipig, storm of last
week,' It isi now feared that the boat
went to the bottom of the bay and
will never be seen again.
PEORIA VISITED
BY A BIG FIRE
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Three Business Blocks Destroyed—
Three Thousand Beef Animals
Lost in the Flames.
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PEORIA, 111., April 21—Three busi
ness blocks In this city were burned
to the ground last night and 3,000
head of cattle owned by the Nelson
Norris Packing Co. were cremated.
The loss is estimated at more than
a half million dollars.
The fire department was helpless,
as the high wind blowing at the time
prevented them from controlling the
flames, in spite of the fact that ev
ery fire engine in the city was at the
scene in less than an hour.
Special trains with fire companies
from surrounding towns and from
Pekin were rushed to the city to help
fight the flames, which threatened at
one time to destroy the business sec
tion of the town.
When the fire reached the river the
firemen were able to control the con
flagration.
The cattle were caught in the cat
tle pens and nothing could be done
to save them, and the, police re
fused to allow the wild animals to be
turned into the city unless the com
pany was prepared to protect the fire -
men and the citizens of the city from
attack by the frenzied steers. Be
fore arrangements could be made to
corral the animals and secure the
necessary cowpunchers to surround
them the lire had swept into the pens
and they were lost.
A few escaped into the city and
caused much excitement.
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Thousands Watch as Airships Come
Together—Gas Tanks Explode and
v Both Aviators Cremated.
PARIS, April 21.—Thousands of
spectators witnessed a collision be
tween Aviator Deroy and Aviator
Dablin, who collided in mid air with
their big aeroplanes. The crowds saw
the two maehines come together while
traveling at the rate of 90 miles an
hour; saw the sudden stopping of
the two big air craft, the explosion
of the tanks of gasoline and the
wreckage dropping to the ground
hundreds of feet below.
Both aviators were cremated, the
flying gasoline setting fire to their
clothing and when the wreckage was
separated nothing but the charred
remains of the two airmen could be
found.
Many in the crowds were hysteri
cal, women crying and screaming and
running from the field. The police
and troops had considerable difficulty
in preventing a panic when the
crowds tried to rush from the grand
stands.
TAKE MACHINEY
TOJG FOUR
A scow load of machinery for the
Big Four mining claims on Mineral
creek left the Valdes dock last night
for the claims.' One box of machin
ery was boat overboard while being
loaded, but was recovered from the
bottom of the bay. The scow was
left on the beach at the mouth of
Mineral creek and sank during the
night but as tho water was shallow
trhere the barge was anchored It was
raised' this morning
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