JAPS CONCENTRATING TROOPS
TO INVADE CHINESE EMPIRE
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FLEET ALSO READY FOR OPERATIONS AGAINST CHINESE COAST
TOWNS—JAPANESE INSIST ON RIGHT TO CONTROL AFFAIRS
OF THE ORIENT—BRITISH MERCHANTS IN CHINA ASK FOR A^D
AGAINST MIKADO’S GOVERNMENT—RUSSIA, ENGLAND AND
FRANCE MAY ALLOW JAPAN TO GO AHEAD BUT WILL ROB HER
OF THE FRUITS OF WAR AFTER EUROPEAN CONFLICT IS OVER
—WASHINGTON DIPLOMATS WATCHING EVENTS.
TOKIO, May 6—The preparations
for war continue in this city. In
all parts of the empire the military
authorities have taken charge of af
fairs. Martial law has superceded the
civil authorities and troops are be
ing gathered at various points ready
for embarkment for China as soon
as the forty-eight hours allowed to
the Chinese government to accept the
demands made by Japan are up. Ev
erybody expects war. The people aro
all insisting that the right of Japan
■— to control the Orient be established
once and for all, even if it becomes
necessary to break with England and
Russia, her present allies in the war
against Germany, which war gave the
opportunity for the opening wedge
into the dismemberment of China in
such a manner as to assure to Japan
almost all of northern China.
Jap Fleet Ready.
The movements of the fleet are,
of course, unknown, but it is rumored
that the ships have already left Jap
anese ports and are standing off Chi
nese coast cities ready to bombard
them the moment that the time lim
it on the ultimatum is up.
LONDON, May 6.—The trouble be
tween China and Japan is causing the
government of Great Britain much
concern. It is realized that if Jap
anese demands are granted that the
present interests of this country in
China are doomed and that Japan will
become the power of the East, to dic
tate to the balance of the nations
what can and cannot be done in
China.
Britich Businesc Men for China.
The English businessmen in Chi
na are bringing every pressure to
bear upon the government to protect
them from Japanese aggression and
are so insistent that it is generally
believed here that Sir Edward Grey
will direct a sharp note to Japan.
Some diplomats, however, expect the
British government to make only a
formal protest and then when the war
between the Allies and Germany Is
ended, that in the settlement of peace
Japan will be forced by England and
Russia to let go of the hold she will
have taken on China, and failing to
agree to this the Russian and British
armies and navies will be launched
against her with terrific force, crush
ing out forever the yellow peril that
has held Europe spellbound for some
years.
Russia Would Oppose Japan,
It is well known that Russia would
welcome conclusions again with Ja
pan and would like to re-establish
herself as a powwer in Asia, while
England and France will insist that
the interests they now hold in the
Orient shall not be disturbed by Ja
pan. With the terrible war debt now
choking the life blood out of Japan
it is realized that a war with any
one of the powers of Europe, or even
with the United States, ill prepared
as the republic is to engage in a
conflict with the Mikado’s country,
would bring ruin and distress upon
the Japanese.
Washington Watching Developments.
WASHINGTON, May 6.—The ti
tanic struggle in Europe has been ov
ershadowed by the threatened war
between Japan and China. The fact
that the conflict in the East seriously
affects American intersts and seems
certain to bring this nation into a
war with Japan is causing much ap
prehension. The administration offi
cials refuse to make any state
ment regarding the Chinese-Japanese
trouble.
It is well known that China has
made strong representations to the
United States asking for aid to stop
Japanese aggressions, which can re
sult in nothing except the control
of all Chinese affairs by the Japan
ese.
Diplomats here assert that if the
■United States had a navy large enough
to be a menace to the Japanese that
that country would never have dared
to push her negotiations with China
to the limit, fearing the result if the
United States entered the lists as a
champion of the republic. The advo
cates of a larger navy insist that had
we a first-class fleet we would be con
sidered by other nations, while today
all of the powers violate our rights
as neutrals and pay no attention to
our treaty rights or consider our in
terests.
LABOR MEASURE
IS DEFEATED
Day, Tansy and Holland, of This Di
vision, Voted Against It—Dris
coll Also Opposed It.
The universal eight-hour law for
labor in Alaska was defeated in the
house of representatives recently by
the following representatives: Char
les Day, Driscoll, Tansy, Britt, Getch
ell, Heckman, Heid, Holland and
Shoup. Those voting for the meas
ure were: Burns, Daly, Moran, Snow
and Speaker Collins.
The bill was drafted in order to
give labor other than miners some
of the benefits of a short day, but was
defeated.
Col. Richardson, the Alaska road
builder, is coming north on the
steamer Admiral Evans, which left
Seattle last evening.
Chinese noodles and chop sney at
Valdez Cafe after 7 p. m. tf
H R. PORTERS TO
GET SALARY RAISE
WASHINGTON, May 6.—President
Robert Lincoln, of the Pullman Car
company*, told the Industrial Rela
tions commission today that the wages
of the porters on the cars of the Pull
man company were not enough and
that the company would take some
steps to raise the salaries paid to
porters. It is, however, pointed out
to the commission that the tips given
the men brings their income far in
excess of that received by men work
ing as hard in any other occupation
and. that the raise in salary should
be followed by a cutting off of tips,
even to the extent of making it illeg
al to tip a waiter or porter on any
train.
Masonic Meeting.
A special communication of Valdes
Ledge No. 168 F. and A. Masons will
be held In the Masonic hall at 8
o’clock tomorrow night Work In sec
ond degree. Visiting brothers are wel
come. .
Fresh Koenigs, Augustine Krer,
and Shull’s candles at Valdez Drug
Co. tf
PENH. ROAD FOR
HEN SHOP
WASHINGTON, May 6.—Vice-pres
ident Atterbury, of the Pennsylvania
Railroad company, told the members
of the Industrial Relations commis
sion that his company would insist
upon an open shop at all times and
would spend millions of dollars to se
cure the right of the company to hire
whom it desired and reject any whom
it did not desire to have on its pay
roll.
BRYAN IKIS ON
TREATY RIGHTS
Wants Owners of American Schooner
Frye Reimbursed At Once for
Loss of Vessel.
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WASHINGTON, May 6.—Secretary
of State W. J. Bryan today notified
the German ambassador that the of
fer of a settlement of the claim of
the owners of the American schooner
Frye for the value of the boat,
through an award by a German prize
court, has been rejected by the Unit
ed States and that the United States
insists upon the payment of the claim
at once without expense to the own
ers of the boat and without recourse
to a long legal fight in the German
courts. The secretary insists that
the settlement be made through the
diplomatic representatives of the two
countries.
The German government had ex
pected to make the settlement after
an award by the German courts, but
under the terms of the note sent to
Berlin today the payment must be
made at once and by the German am
bassador.
The position taken by the admin
istration is generally upheld by pub
lic opinion here, which insists that
the Germans had no right to sink the
ship and detain the crew and must
therefore pay for the damages. It
is pointed out that the United States
has even waived Us right to demand
payment for the cargo, which was
consigned to a British port, and has
tried to make it easy for Germany
to settle.
HUERTK EXPECTS
STAY IN NEW YORK
Says He Likes the Town and Does
Not Intend To Leave When 30
□ays’ Time Is Up.
NEW YORK, May 6.—Gen. Huerta,
former dictator of the republic of
Mexico, announced today that he will
make this city his home in the fu
ture and that he did not intend to
leave the United States at the term
ination of the 30 days allowed him
by the immigrant authorities when
he was permitted to enter the coun
try.
Just why he has decided to stay
in New York is, of course, not made
public. His statement that he likes
the city does not satisfy the authori
ties, who continue to watch his every
movement. What instructions will be
sent to the Immigration authorities
of New York when the 30 days leave
Is up is-unknown. Huerta landed on
April 12th, and is expected to return
to Spain on the 12th of May.
It is generally believed that he
will head an expedition into northern
Mexico to regain control of the gov
ernment of the republic and try to
establish himself at the head of a
dictatorship in Mexico.
MS GRIB
ihtemhis
NEW YORK, May 6.—The Federal
baseball magnates and those owning
the International Baseball League
have made an arrangement to work
together, beginning next season, and
the two associations will establish
two major leagues to bear the same
relation to each other that now ex
ists between the American and Na
tional Leagues. The breaking away
of the International League from or
ganized baseball is the hardest blow
yet given the big leagues.
STRONG PROTEST
TO THE GERMKNS
Will Be Made By President Wilson
Regarding the Sinking of the
Tanker Gulflight.
WASHINGTON, May 6.—President
Wilson and the cabinet held a long
session yesterday to discuss the sink
ing of the American tanker Gulflight
by the Germans. The matter is the
most important phase of the war trou
ble as far as this government is con
cerned.
What course President Wilson will
take is not known, but it is gener
ally expected here that his note of
protest will be the strongest docu
ment yet sent from the White House
and will be in the nature of an ulti
matum demanding that the rights of
Americans to sail the seas shall not
be interfered with by the Germans.
The State Department has started
the investigation through its consular
officials in Europe, while Secretary
Bryan has also called upon the Ger
man government for an explanation
of the sinking of the Gulflight. This
has not been forthcoming.
New Steamer Service Begins.
NEW YORK, May 6.—The first
steamer for San Francisco via the
Holland-American line is scheduled to
leave here this afternoon. More than
4,000 passengers were booked by this
line preliminary to inaugurating its
service from Europe to the Pacific
coast metropolis. The vessel is due
at the Golden Gate May 21. The next
one will leave in three, weeks.
MONTANA KIDS
OUT ON STRIKE
Demand Reinstatement of Principal of
Butte High School—Parents Are
Helping Scholars.
BUTTE, Mont., May 6.—The 500
pupils of the High school here have
gone on a strike following the re
fusal of the board of education to
reappoint the present principal of the
school. The children have the back
ing of their parents, who Insist that
the principal be retained because he
has made good and has given a more
efficient administration of the high
school than has been given in years.
The result of the fight between the
children and the parents on one side,
and the board of education on the
other, will be watched with Interest.
Not a scholar attended the school at
the afternoon session, while only a
few attended the morning session.
The strike leaders have established
pickets about the school building to
warn scholars that a strike Is on and
are handling the strike as is done
by the big labor unions. Special po
lice are on duty to prevent the de
struction of property, but the strike
committee insists that nothing will be
done to injure the buildings.
RUSSIANS DENY GERMAN GAINS
GALANA BATTLE IS STILL ON
BERLIN REPORTS, HOWEVER, ST ILL CLAIM GREAT GAINS NEAR
TARNOW AND PREDICTS THE COLLAPSE OF THE RUSSIAN CAR.
PATHIAN CAMPAIGN—GERMANS ALSO CLAIM GAINS IN THE
YPRES REGION—ALLIES SUCC ESSFUL IN OPERATIONS ALONG
THE DARDANELLES—ONE REGIMENT OF TURKKS DESTROYED
AND 1,000 MEN MADE PRISONERS IN YESTERDAY’S OPERA
TIONS.
PETROGRAD, May 6.—The war of
fice announces that the reports issu
ed in Berlin of a great victory in
western Galicia are not true, but the
general staff admits that the Russians
have suffered a check near Tarnow,
where the right wing of the Carpath
ian army is operating. The Austro
German forces concentrated a strong
force for operations against the Rus
sian right flank and have succeeded by
overwhelming numbers in forcing the
Russians to fall back slowly, inflicting
great damage upon the Germanic al
lies as they retired for a distance
of twelve miles, and now having
reached the reserves the line has
been strengthened and is standing
against the most desperate assaults
of the enemy, who are trying to break
through to strike at the line of com
munications of the ffhssian line oper
ating in the Carpathian mountains.
In this they have failed completely.
Germans Routed At Donajec.
The Germans were routed in an
engagement along the Donajec river
today and have been pushed back
towards the original line of trenches
held last week. This has been ef
fected by the use of strong forces of
reserves sent from Przemysl, mak
ing the opposing armies more equal.
The operations in the Carpathian
mountains continue and considerable
gains have been made by the czar’s
soliders.
Russian Offensive In East Galicia.
In the east Galicia region the Rus
sians have launched a determined of
fensive with the object of crushing
the Austrian forces still holding the
mountain passes into Hungary. The
battle Is in progress In spite of the
weather conditions, which are bad, as
the spring thaw has destroyed all
signs of roads.
German* Report Continued Victories.
BERLIN. May 6.—The war office
announced to the people today that
the victories in western Galicia con
tinued and that the Russian line was
being pushed back by the German
Austro troops towards Tarnow, with
the right flank of the Carpathian army
crushed and the communications of
the huge army open for a raid.
Experts Say Russians In Great Danger
The military experts here claim
that the Russian general must im
mediately abandon his campaign
against Hungary or have his troops
cut off from the base of supplies.
The Russian offensive on the left has
been checked and was made by the
Russians to relieve the situation at
Tarnow, which is serious for them.
German Gains In Ypres Region.
BERLIN, May 6.—The German
troops operating in the Ypres region
are making marked successes push
ing forward constantly and pressing
back the new Kitchener army, which
has been launched against them in
an effort to recover lost ground.
Constantinople Operations Continue.
ATHENS, May 6.—The operations
of the Allies against the forts guard
ing the Dardanelles continue. The
Turks are fleeing into Asia Minor as
fast as possible. The big British
ships continue to throw shells into
the Turkish forts, while the land op
erations are being pushed day and
night with success by the Allies.
Regiment of Turks Destroyed.
PARIS, May 6.—One regiment of
Turkish soldiers were wiped out yes
terday in the fighting on the Gallipo
li peninsula and 1,000 men captured.
The Turks are unable to stop the
progress of the Allies, who are beat
ing back all resistance and now con
trol several of the forts, which are
being repaired and used for opera
tions against the forts still held by
the Turks. German officers are in
command of the Sultan’s soldiers.
Pope Forgives Ferdinand.
ROME, May 6.—The removal by
the Pope of the ban of excommuni
cation pronounced against King Fer
dinand, of Bulgaria, was arranged
through the friendly intervention of
the Austrian representative of the
Vatican, and is greatly appreciated as
a skillful Austrian move.
The only terms imposed were that
King Ferdinand should partake of the
sacrament In the principal church of
his capital, and that the announce
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JUNEAU SOOH HOLD
LIOOfjLECTlOH
JUNEAU, May 6.—The order made
by Judge Jennings regarding the
manner of ascertaining the wishes of
the people of the district regarding
the granting of liquor licenses has
been erroneously reported from this
city. The only change made in the
rules in force last year are that a
secret ballot has been provided for
and the vote to take place on May
24th. If a majority of the residents
want saloons continued the judge will
issue the licenses, and if not none
will be Issued.
It is claimed that a secret ballot is
the only fair method to secure an ex
pression of the wishes of the peo
ple, many of whom fear a boycott if
they openly express themselves as
being against the liquor Interests.
A Notorious Crook.
The daughter of a crook steals
jewels worth a fortune and in an au
to accident loses them, only to solve
a great mystery. See this at the
Orpheum tonight In three parts, also
a scream Keystone comedy.
Bert Gautier arrived in town last
evening from down the Sound.
COURT COHO
THIS MORNING
V
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Jury Excused Until Tomorrow Morn,
ing, When Winchester Case is
Set for Trial.
The jury term of the district court
opened this morning when twelve of
the twenty-three jurors drawn report
ed for service. Five jurors were ex
cused by the court upon good and
sufficient showing, four could not be
found and were not served, while
three are expected from Cordova on
the Northwestern.
Judge Brown set the trial of Frank
Winchester, who was indicted by the
grand jury on a charge of perjury, for
tomorrow morning, when the jurors
on the Northwestern are expected to
be here. The Jury was then excus
ed until tomorrow and court adjourn
ed.
There is very little business ready
for trial at this term.
The Prospector office for job work.