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TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1916
OUR MEXICAN POLICY
The tentative agreement reported
to have been reached by Gen. Hugh
Scott, representing the United States,
and General Obregon, representing
Carranza, providing for the gradual
retirement of the American expedi
tion in Mexico means that if the pro
posal is ratified by the two govern
ments the president’s foray in search
of Villa is practically at an end, in
spite of the fact that Villa, wounded
or unwounded, dead or living, has
not been "taken dead or alive.”
In connection with our Mexican
Policy Samual G. Blythe, a keen ob
server and seasoned writer, has con
tributed an interesting article to the
Saturday Evening Post of recent date.
Mr. Blythe is not unfriendly to Pres
ident Wilson; in fact, he has been
suspected of being generally sympa
thetic with his policies. Yet in his
latest article on the Mexican situa
tion he takes emphatic issue with the
president, and going farther than any
other writers in the national maga
zines, advocates intervention or what
amounts to intervention.
Mr. Blythe’s opinion is that Car
ranza’s tenure of chieftainship in
Mexico is certain to the short-lived.
The “pompous” first chief, he asserts,
exists as such only by sufferance of
Obregon, who controls the army. His
power is waning, his fiat money is
almost worthless and he is unable to
obtain credit.
The only solution that presents it
self to Mr. Blythe is for the United
States to take an active hand in
Mexico—to set up a commission com
posed of the ablest and most honest
Mexicans available and set that com
mission at work, supported by this
country to the extent of intervention
if necessary. He asserts the presi
dent’s idealistic views of Mexico are
awry; that Washington apparently
does not appreciate the fact that all
the Mexican factions are “tarred with
the same stick,” nor the further fact
that the Mexican question has become
an economic or a financial question.
He asserts, too, that the border ad
vocates of intervention are not “plot
ting,” as the president charges, but
are waiting for November in the hope
that a Republican president will be
elected.
“If the American people are inter
ested in Mexico,” he declares, “they
may as well set it down that until the
United States by some means or oth
er, stands behind a Mexican govern
ment and supports it physically as
well as morally, no Mexican govern
ment can do more than the present
Carranza government—which is noth
ing,” he asserts.
The article is so forceful that it is
well worth reading by opponents as
well as advocates of intervention.
THE NAVAL RACE.
In the armament race the first class
battleship of today is reduced to sec
ond place tomorrow. The appear
ance of the Monitor, the little “cheese
box on a raft,” completely revolu
tionized naval warfare and sent the
wooden vessels to the boneyard. The
introduction of the dreadnaught by
Great Britain less than ten years ago
operated to set the navies of the
world backward. Since then a num
ber of important changes have taken
place in navy building, the most no
table being the development of that
potent anti-armament weapon, the
submarine.
In surface craft the greatest devel
opment probably has been in the bat
tle cruiser, which is designed to com
bine the cardinal points of both the
cruiser and the scout cruiser—speed
and hitting power.
Until the world war began the Uni
ted States opposed the policy of build
ing battle cruisers. Now it is pro
posed to bring the American navy up
to standard in this respect. The 35
knot battle cruisers planned for the
new naval program will be the finest
and most powerful of their class in
the world, according to Rear Admiral
Badger of the general board. With
the highest speed ever proposed for
heavy fighting craft and main bat
teries of ten 14-inch guns, they will
be overwhelmingly superior to any
battle cruiser afloat.
In building new dreadnaughts, too,
it is proposed to surpass other navies.
Our ships will have ten 16-inch guns
if the general board’s recommenda
tions are carried out. Many of the
latest European ships have 15-inch
rifles. It is reported that Prance is
preparing to install 15 3-4-inch guns
and that the British and Germans will
use 17-inch weapons on ships to come
but America will probably take the
middle course.
These figures tend to show how
keen is the rivalry among the powers
to outdistance one another. The pride
of a navy costing possibly $20,000j
000 may be rendered obsolete or re
duced in rank by a single new design.
Just where the race will end man
wots not. And it is risky to predict.
Those who are finding difficulty in
locating safe places to stick their
gum will note with interest the case
of the girl in Wheaton, 111., who sticks
it behind her ear.
The candidacy of Henry Ford for
the presidential nomination indicates
that, while he may be in favor of
peace for Europe he carries nothing
about it for himself.
Judging from barometric readings
we may now look for another spell
of fine weather.
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Murderer Is Killed a Minute Later by,
Brother of Murdered Man, in Front!
of Their Cabin, Where the Shoot- j
ing Occurred—Self Defense.
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Peter Lorenzen, a well known resi- j
dent of Juneau, was shot at his min-,
ing claims at Gold Creek, seven miles ‘
north of William Henry Bay, last:
Sunday, by an unknown man, who in
turn was killed by Harry Lorenzen.
The latter then went to Jualin and ;
gave himself up to the officials.
The story of the killing, as reveal-:
ed by the testimony before the coro
ner’s jury at Juneau last Monday, j
shows that the slayer of Peter Loren-1
zen first appeared at their cabin on j
Friday night, never having been seen j
before by either of the Lorenzens.
He stayed with them until 9 o’clockj
that evening, but refused their invi
tation to stay all night.
While following their trap line on ,
Saturday the Lorenzen boys met the;
man again on the 'beach in the pour
ing rain and he then told them he was;
going to walk to Juneau and would :
write to them from there. They
thought at the time that he was queer,
but did not pay any particular atten
tion to him.
On Sunday, Harry Lorenzen was
working in a small garden near the1
house and Peter was inside shaving.'
Harry saw the man leaving the beach
to enter the house and a second later
heard a shot. He ran around to the
rear of the house and looked in. Pe
ter was lying on the floor dead. He
watched the man leave the house and
go to a nearby creek.
Harry stepped inside the cabin and
secured his gun. As he turned to
wards the door again, the other man
appeared with his gun pointed to
wards him.
Harry Lorenzen shot once and then
as his rifle was unreliable, slammed
the door shut and threw another
shell into the gun. He then threw
the door open and found the man
standing directly in front of it with
his gun raised and his finger on the
trigger. Lorenzer fired and the man
fell.
Pictures of the scene taken by the
coroner and the shells from the gun
were introduced as evidence. The
stranger used a 30 U. S. Winchester,
and an empty shell from that gun was
found on the floor of the cabin where
he had stood when he killed Peter.
The two shells from the 303 Savage,
which was the gun used by Lorenzen
were found near the door of the cab
in.
The jury returned a verdict that
Peter Lorenzen met death from a rifle
shot wound inflicted by a party whose
identity was not fully established and
that the unidentified man in turn met
death from a rifle shot wound inflict
ed by Harry Lorenzen, who acted in
self defense.
• The unknown man was partially
identified as A1 Luffman, from Wind
ham bay, but the identification was
not complete.
SAYS FOX FARMING IN
INTERIOR UNSUCCESSFUL
That fox farming in interior Alas
ka as a comraerciel proposition is a
failure, is the opinion of Harry Chris
tie, who for the past three years has
owned a fox farm at Alganik.
Christie says that while others may
not agree with him, he is firmly con
vinced that foxes can never be raised
successfully in captivity. He claims
that he has studied the problem care
fully and given it a fair, practical
test in the past three years, and his
conclusions are not the result of hasty
judgment. «
The one great obstacle to the pro
fitable fox farm, says Christie, is that
after the first year, the captive fox
will invariably kill its young. This,
he declares, he has found to be the
truth, by his own experience. For
the past two years the females which
he owned killed their entire litters.
Christie had seven pairs of foxes
when he decided to abandon his farm.
These he sold to Jackson & Everson,
who intend to raise foxes on an' ad
jacent island, where the foxes will be
allowed to run free. ^
BEATSON MINE WORKING
A FORCE OF 250 MEN
Walter Stuart, who returned from
Seward Saturday, states that the
Bektson mine at Latouche is employ
ing about 250 men, and that more
would be employed if they were avail
able. The company is rushing produc
tion to the utmost while the price
of copper is high have adopted the
latest improved machinery to facili
tate the work, having one of the fin
est plants in the country.
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SIR ROGER CASEMENT
WILE BE TRIED SOON
LONDON, May 15.—It is stated
that the trial of Sir Roger Casement,
the Irish revolutionist leader, will
start tomorrow in this city, be
fore three judges and a jury. Baron
Reading, the lord chief justice of En
gland will conduct the trial. Sir
Roger has asked Sir Edward Carson
to defend him, but it is not believed
that Sir Edward will accept. Accord
ing to good authority, Casement, who
was threatened with a nervous break
down shortly after his arrest, is now
in good health, and has completely
recovered from his ailment.
It is believed that he will be found
guilty and executed, as he makes no
secret of his having been engaged in
the plot to free Ireland from En
gland’s dominion.
Heavy Storms in Alaska
Seward, May 16.—Officers of the
steamer Aroline reported today that
heavy storms were raging in Cook
Inlet and that two piledrivers belong
ing to the Seldovia Canning company
have been lost. One was wrecked in
English bay. The crew was rescued.
Another outfit, working oft' Anchor
point, is missing with its crew. The
Aroline was caught in a storm while
discharging ISO,000 feet of lumber at
Kenai and was compelled to go to
Port Graham for shelter, where half
of the cargo, which had not been un
loaded at Kenai was left.
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on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
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General Trucking and Freighting
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LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
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