CURK IMIS TO ~
BUILD !■
.•Company Driven from Alaska Thru
Conservatism is Active in Ore
gon Coal and till Industry.
SEATTLE. Jan. 13.—The Alaska
Petroleum & Coal company, of which
tHark E. Davis is manager, will de
velop Its holdings In Oregon until the
government has determined what it
* will do with the coal and oil lands
of Alaska.
It is announced that a railroad will
be built from Coos Bay, Oregon, to
: the. .company’s property, a distance of.
, seventeen miles .and that seventy-live
:thousand dollars will be spent at
vM>ce in the construction of coal
■ bunkers and equipping the oil wells
ini order that their products may be
brought-V tidewater.
Th?*4A"<ka Petroleum & Oil com
pany hw*-extensive interests in the
. Katalla district, Alaska, but has suf
fered the loss of hundreds of thou
sands of dollars through the conser
vation tactics of the government. It
is stated that the company will be
come active in Alaska immediately
after the Interior department has ap
proved of the application, for patent
to its coal lands in the Bering river
district.
IS OPPOSED TO
FORGED SERVICE
Government Officials and Members of
Congress Have Been Flooded
With Storm of Protests.
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.—Presi
dent Wilson is reported to have em
phatically declared that he would be
opposed to any form of compulsory
. military service in connection with
filling the ranks of the greater na
tiocal defensive forces which con
gress is asked to approve.
It is under blood that a meeting of
the cabiiM:t members and administra
tion ieadCrs was recently held for the
purpose of lining up the forces for
the national, defensive measure in or
der to secure early action on the
measures embraced in the adminis
tration's defensive program.
SecretaryvGarrison, of the War de-,
pprtment, speaking. before the House
* eopmittee on military affairs, inti
mated that a measure would be. in
troduced which would provide for
compulsory service Itt the military
Wees to be created, unless there
were a sufficient number of volun
, tears. His intimation that compul
sory service in any form might be re
quired has served to create antago
>ism to. the-, administration's. defen
sive policy and the government blfl
elals and members of congress have
been flooded with protests demand
ing that the me&Bure be submitted
to the people to approve or reject.
ALASKA CABLE IS
AGAIN IN COMMISSION
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The U. 8. government cable be
tween Valdez and Seattle which has
been ont of commission for more
than a week is again on the job and
the local office of the Signal Corps
Is receiving messages direct from Se
attle.
During the time the cable was out
of commission the business of the
land lines was handled over the Mar
coni radio system between Juneau
the pptaide and business was not
allowed, to accumulate as was the
before, the establishment of the
wireless stations in Southeastern
■ Hh**fcr •••*. ?■ ■■ $
The break in the line occurred only
a> few miles out from Seattle but as
the ?abl3*hip Burnside was in dry
dock receiving iter overhauling It
was necessary to transfer the ma
chinery to another vessel before the
repairs to the cable eopld be made.
Wn. A. Hesse’s scenic and wild an
imal mpfing pictures of Alaska at th«
Empress tonight.
REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF SENATE ARE
DEMANDING INTERVENTION IN MEXICO
WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 13.—
That the* massacre of the Americans
in Mexico last Monday by General
Villa and his bandits Will be followed
by intervention on the part of the
American government is the belief
prevalent In official circles here.
When the Senate assembled today
Republican members introduced sev
eral resolutions proposing interven
tion in Mexico by the United States
and six of the Central and South
American countries which had acted
with the American government in
considering the Mexican situation.
The resolutions demand Immediate
action unless President Carranza
complies with the promises made by
him that the Uves and property of
foreigner^ would be protected.
During the discussion which fol
lowed the introduction of the resolu
tion providing lor intervention in tne
affairs of Mexico President Wilson’s
selection of President Carranza was
severely criticised by the Republicans.
The resolutions were referred to the
Foreign relations committee.
Secretary Lansing, of the State
departmeht, issued a statement today
in which he defended the adminis
tration’s policy in dealing with the
Mexican situation. He declares that
the State department has taken every
possible precaution to prevent Ameri
cans from exposing their lives in the
regions in Mexico where guerrilla
warfare is in progress, but that his
advice has not been followed. Ameri
can mining interests, tempted by the
high price of copper, had been guilty
of sending men into the country be
fore the Mexican federal authorities
UNLESS PRESIDENT CARRANZA IMMEDIATELY COMPLIES WITH
REQUEST OF AMERICA TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR FOR
EIGNERS IN MEXICO UNITED STATES TROOPS MAY BE SENT
ACROSS THE BORDER—SECRETARY LANSING DECLARES THAT
AMERICANS FAILED TO HEED HIS WARNING TO KEEP AWAY
FROM THE DISTRICT WHERE GUERRILLA WARFARE IS BE
ING WAGED—WILL SEE THAT MURDERERS ARE PUNISHED— i
BODIES OF MURDERED MEN* BEING BROUGHT HOME.
had been able to exterminate the ban
dits.
The Secretary of State’s announce
ment assures the American people
that every step will be taken to see
that the perpetrators of the dastardly
crime, which occurred last Monday,
are apprehended and punished.
Secretary Lansing has arranged
through Ellzo Arredondo, Mexican
ambassador here, to bring the bodies
of the massacred Americans from
Chihuahua to El Paso In a special
train.
President Wilson has refused to
make a public statement regarding
the Mexican situationh but is report
ed as ready to take immediate action
when details of the killing of the
Americans have been received from
El Paso.
EL PASO, Jan. 13.—More com
plete details of the massacre by Gen
eral Villa and his band of cutthroats
show that sixteen Americans, one
Canadian and one Mexican were
slaughtered, and that the bandits se
cured seven hundred thouBana dol
lars in United States currency which
the American mining company was
taking into the country to reopen its
mines.
The members of the party were en
route to mines below Chihuahua, and
were about three hundred miles be
low the border when they were inter
cepted. The details of the massacre,
as sent by the Associated Press today,
were received from the only member
of the party who escaped. He has
(cached Chihuahua and is under the
protection of Mexican federal troops.
The surviving member of the party
says that the miners were given no
opportunity of defending their lives
as they were disarmed and lined up
for execution and were denied an op
portunity of making any plea for
their lives. The Mexican who was
executed with the foreigners attempt
ed to intercede for them and shared
their fate.
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Jan. 13.—
Secretary Lansing, of the State de
pertinent. has wired President CafJ
ranza of Mexico, demanding immedi
ate punishment of the Mexican ban
dits who executed a party of Ameri
cans last Monday while they were en
route to the mines. The demands of
the Secretary of State were sent to
the Mexican president through Eliseo
Arredondo, the newly appointed am
bassador at Washington.
Messages Were received from Mex
ico City yesterday frdfia President
Carranza expressing sorrow over the
murder of the foreigners. He re
quested further details of the execu
tion and stated that he had been un
able to receive complete details from
Mexican sources.
Details received here rrom tsi raso
state that the members of the party
wlr were murdered were residents
of Texas, Arizona and California. The
Canadian who was killed was an en
gineer who had been engaged to as
sist in the reopening of the copper
mines.
It is reported that Secretary Lan
sing has been instructed by President
Wilson to demand that President Car
ranza take immediate steps to punish
the bandits and effect the capture of
General Villa, the rebel chief, dead!
or alive. I
Advices received by the state de
partment from, points along the bor
der state that intense excitement pre
vails and that the populace is de
manding that American troops be
sent to aid the Mexican federal troops
in rounding up General Villa and his
band of assassins.
SEATTLE REALTY MAN
WAS TIRED OF LIFE
SEATTLE, Jan.^13.—A. C. Kean,
president of the Kean Brothers Re
alty company, and one of the beBt
known realty dealers in this city, sent
a bullet through his body yesterday
with suicidal intent. He was still
alive when discovered and was rush
ed to a hospital. He offered no ex
planation for his attempt at self-de
struction and the case is a mystery
as he was wealthy and had always ap
peared to enjoy life.
MATTHEW SCHMIDT
DELIVERS HIDE
Declared When Being Sentenced by
Court that He Was Victim of
Industrial Conditions. i
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LOS ANuis.i.~...-, Jan. 13.—Matthew
A. Schmidt, who was convicted of the
murder of Chas. Hagerty, an employe
of the Los Angeles Times who lost his
life when the newspaper plant was
(.ynamited five years ago, was today
sentenced to spend the rest of his
natural life in prison.
When asked by the court if he had
anything to say before being sentenc
ed Schmidt broke out into a terrible
tirade against what he characterized
as the “rotten industrial conditions”
prevailing in the United States. He
declared that he was being sacrificed
to the hatred of the capitalistic class
against the workers who dared to op
pose them in their efforts to grind
the laborers into slavery.
While Schmidt was triea upon
specific charge of having caused;the
death of Hagerty, the employe of the
Times, evidence was submitted during
the trial showing that he had been
the Instigator in other dynamite plots
which had caused a number of
deaths.
After the co'AvlCted man had -re
ceived his sentence he was led away
to prison cursing the court and all
connected with his trial and predict
ing that the time would come when
their roles would be reversed and
the corrupt judge and officials would
be sent to prison it not to execution.
Carl Hauser came oyer from the
Granby mine yesterday and will spend
a few days among his Valdes .friends.
SUCCESSFUL RAID IS MADE
ON SALONIKI DY GERMANS
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FLEET OF TWELVE MACHINES ATTACK ANGLO- FRENCH POSI
TIONS IN GREECE AND BOMBARD WARSHIPS OX GULF OF SA
I/ON1K1 —BRITISH WAR OFFICE ADMITS THAT ENORMOUS
DAMAGE RESULTED FROM THF RAID AND THAT MARKSMAN
SHIP OF THE GERMANS WAS WONDERFULLY ACCU RITE
TWO GERMAN MACHINES BROUGHT DOWN AND ONE BRITISH
AVIATOR KILLED IN FIGHT IN AIR.
LONDON, Jan. 13.—Latest official
advices from Saloniki state that the
paid of the German aviators over the
Allies positions in Greece resulted in
great, damage to the military camps
and to the squadrons in the Gulf of
Saloniki. The German aviators came
from the-neighborhood of Strumnitx
and dropped seventy-live bombs be
fore they could be driven off. Their
marks manship is reported to have
been wonderfully accurate and it is
believed that when the extent of the
damage is known that it will be found
that several warships have been sunk.
One British a_or who gave battle
to the enemy airships lost his life and
two of the uerman machines were
Drought down by aircraft guns.
Ammunition Deiiot Blown Up.
Bij...__ Jan. 13.—The German
war office has announced that the
German ammunition depot for, the
southern section, located near Lille.
France, has .,«en destroyed by an ex
plosion. The announcement
does not state how the accident oc
curred but says that seventy men
were instantly killed and forty in
jured.
British Troops Routed.
, CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. IS—The
Turkish war office has announced
that complete victory has rested, with
the Turkish tropps in the valley of
the Tjgris river and that the British
troops have been( completely routed.
It is reported that many prisoners, a
number of guns and much munitions
of war were captured.
Varna Being Bombarded.
VIENNA, Jan. 13.—Advices from
Sofia are to the effect that the Rus
sian Black Sea fleet has again sub
jected the Bulgarian positions at Var
na to a heavy bombardment. The en
emy warships were Anally forced to
seek safety in flight when attacked
by Turkish and Bulgarian subma
rines. It is reported that one war
ship was damaged while en route to
Kllia, the Russian tort near the
mouth of the Danube.
MIDDLE STATES HELD
IN GRIP OF STORM
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 13.—The mid
dle western states are held In the
grip of one of the coldest spells ex
perienced since 1888, and the weather
bureau has Issued a warning that still
lower temperature is due tomorrow.
During the past thirty-seven hours
the mercury has dropped from 36 to
60 degrees throughout the storm belt
apd advices from all parts of this
state as well as from Missouri, Okla
homa, Nebraska and Texas are to the
effect that similar conditions prevail
and that it is feared that the cold
will cause great hardships among
people who are not prepared.
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RECEIVE*! IS APPOINTED
FOR VALDEZ BREWERY
Max Schnuer was appointed re
ceiver of the Valdez brewery by
Judge Bunnell yesterday, on petition
of the German-Amerlcan Mercantile
Bank of Seattle. A mortgage fore
closure In favor of the bank against
the brewery property is pending in
the district court and tlhe receiver
was appointed to conserve the prop
erty until trial of the suit.
Billy Hogan, the, well known “lin
er, has gone to Port Wells, to secure
bis steel and other equipment, and
will come up the Sound on the next
trip of the launch 8hamrock to work
for the Sea Coast Mining company at
Shoup bay.
UNIQUE PIjAN FOR
INCREASING REVENUE
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A unique suggestion came from
Frank A. Vanderlip, President of the
National City Bank, that the Gov
ernment might raise as high as $50
0,000,000 a year for preparedness
by a tax on luxuries. Mr. Vanderlip
suggests a tax on all suits costing
$40: on all gowns costing more than
$50 or $100; on all restaurant checks
for more than $2, and on all articles
representing luxuries rather than
necessities; the tax wherever possible
to be graduated.
THINK DETECTIVE
WAS MURDERED
Boms Mm who Was Lured from Se
attle Home Three .Mouths Ago
Not Been Heard From.
SEATTLE, Jan. 13.—Peter Peter
son, the Russian interpreter in the
employ of the Burns detective agency
here, who was lured from his home
in Seattle on October IS and called,
to Mt. Vernon on a forged telegram,
has not been found despite the fact
that scores of detectives have been
working on the case.
Peterson had been engaged by the
Burns agency to work for the depart
ment of Justice in connection with
the alleged conspiracies to destroy
commerce from Pacific ports and it is
believed that he has been murdered
by some secret agency of a foreign
government. No trace of the missing
man has been found after he left his
home nearly three months ago and
he has been given up as lost.
Notice Young People’s Society.
Friday evening there will be a so
cial meeting of the Yonng. People’s
Society at Everyman’s clubhouse. The
girls are requested to bring lunch for
two and also two cups and spoons,
As the members of fee committee
have spent a great dell of time to
make this social successful all the
members are asked to come and help
make the evening a pleasant ope.
. The ladies’ committee in charge of
the lamp Year dance at Moose Hall
Saturday dan. 15, extend a cordial
Invitation to the Valdes and. Fort Lls
cum bachelors.
BURS PROTEST
AGAINST DUM-DUMS
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Will Ill-Treat British and French
Prisoners Taken In War to
Force Respect for Rules.
BERLIN, Jan. 13.—The Bulgarian
government for the third time has
protested to the entente allied and
neutral powers against the Anglo
French troops using dum-dum bullets
and all other'kinds of bullets with
double covers which explode when
they strike.
The Bulgarian physicians, accord
ing to government reports, say these
uullets cause terrible wounds and that
in most cases bones which are shat
tered in arms and legs must be am
putated to save the lives of the per
sons wounded by them.
The Bulgarian government declares
that in future it will be compelled to
make the severest reprisals against.
British and French prisoners in or
der to force respect for international
law. It is reported that large ship
ments of the dumdum bullets from
English factories were found in the
Serbian forts when they were captur
ed by the Bulgarians.
LEADER IS DYING
General Huerta, who was KokuiM
as One of Mexico’s Greatest
Sons, Is Nearing Knrt.
KL PASO. Jan. 13.—-The physi
cians who have been in constant at
tendance on former President Huer
ta of Mexico have announced that
their patient has hut a few hours to
live. The last sacrament of the
Catholic church of which lie has been
a life-long member, were adminis
tered iate last night. It is not be
lieved by the physicians that lie will
survive the day.
The career of the former president
of the Mexican republic has been a
turbulent one since the first days of
the revolution inaugurated to over
throw the government of former
President Porflrto Diaz. Soon after
the rebellion started he identified
hlipself with the revolutionary party
and when President Madero came in
to power Huerta accepted the office
of secretary of state in the Madero
cabinet.
Being ambitious he attempted to
gain the presidency of the republic
and. paused a revolt to be organized
among the trpops in control of Mex
ico City against President Madero.
The latter was seized and thrown in
to prison and was later executed.
Huerta was regarded as the murderer
of the president and although one of
the ablest statesmen ever produced
by Mexico, he failed to convince the
American government of his inno
cence of the crime with which he had
been charged.
Early in July last he was arrested
on the charge of planning an armed
invasion into Mexico from the Uni
ted States in violation of American
neutrality, and was on trial when
stricken with bis last illness. When
it was realized he was nearing his
end the court ordered that he be re
moved from the prison to his private
residence where he has received ev
ery attention from the members of
his family.'
CIVIC LEAGUE ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR YEAR
An important meeting of the Val
des Civic league was held at the City
Hall last Saturday afternoon when a
number of matters received attention
and the following officers were elect
ed to preside over the affairs of . the
league for the coming year: Mrs. F.
tf, Ogvls, president; - Mrs- Henry
CoclurlUe,, first vice-president; Mrs.
William Thomas, second vice trecs
ident; Mrs. B. C. Dalton, secretary,
amlMre. Q. A- flaU, treasurer.
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