VOLUME 18 VALDEZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1015 14«
CARRANZA RECOGNIZED HEAD
OF MEXICAN GOVERNMENT
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CSKNEKAL VILLA WILL REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE HIS ENEMY AND
WILL CONTINUE REBELLION—SAYS HIS CHIEFS ARE WITH
HIM AND THAT THEY KNOW NOW WHAT TO DO—DECLARES
THAT HE AFFORDED PROTECTION TO FOREIGNERS IN TERRI
TORY CONTROLLED BY HIM.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—General
Vcnnstiano Carranza has been select
ed by the Pan-American conferees
as the recognized head of the Mexi
can republic and is to receive the sup
port of the United States and South
American countries In restoring peace
to his war-torn country.
It is understood that Carranza has
agreed to a period of amnesty during
which time fraternal appeals will be
made to the rabble to return to the
right path and accept protection of
the recognized government. After
the expiration of the amnesty period
aU Mexicans who are still in armed
opposition to the Carranza govern
ment will be treated as rebels and ex
ecuted if captured.
Dispatches from Cuidad Jaurez,
where General Villa is now confer
ing with representatives of the Pan
American countries state that Villa
mitted the lives or property of for
eigners to be sacrificed in territory
under his control. He is intensely
chagrined that he was not the choice
of the conferees and has announced
has disavowed the report that he per
that he will resist General Carranza’s
government to the last.
General Villa declares that the
Mexican war has just began and he
states that his chiefs are now satis
fied and now know what to do.
Texas Expects Mexican Raids.
EL PASO, Oct. 11.—United States
troops along the border are prepared
to repel armed Invasions which are
expected to result from the recogni
tion of General Carranza by the
United States and South American
countries.
ANCHORAGE PEOPLE
ASK CHANGE OF NAME.
The Commercial Club of Anchor
age has-sent a request to Washington
to change the name to Alaska City,
as the majority of the people voted
for that name. No answer to the
request has been received.
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Brother of Affinity Earle Is Being
Sued for Divorce by his Wife
Who Defended Brother.
HEW YORK, Oct. 11.—Referee
Charles M. Russell, who was appoint
ed by Justice Donnelly, of the Su
preme court, to try to patch up the
marital differences of Valerie Damon
de Boise Earle, and her husband,
William Pitt Earle, has reported that
efforts to reconcile the couple have
failed and advises that Mrs. Earle he
granted a divorce. The husband is a
brother of Ferdinand Pinney Earle,
whosi^ love affairs amused the news
paper readers of America during
3911.
The lady who is now asking a dl
rorce defended her husband’s broth
er when he was having his trouble
is the courts, but now declares that
ber own husband has developed the
same characteristics as the artist.
There Is one particular affinity
against whose blandishments she
complains, but her name has not
been revealed as all papers in the
case have been sealed.
MARIPOSA PASSENGERS
COMING ON THE EVANS.
The local office of the Alaska
Steamship company late this after
coon received a message stating that
the Admiral Evans had ca.led at
Ketchikan last night and taken on
board the passengers of the wrecked
steamer Mariposa. The message
stated that all were well and had
nattered no hardships as a result of
their Interrupted trip
ANCHORAGE XT’ AGAINST
IT FOR TELEPHONES.
The Commercial Club of Anchorage
and the people there generally are
about to take steps to have the gov
ernment make arrangements by
-which public utilities can be secured.
There is no general telephone system
at present and the residents are
groaning jufter excessive leg exercise.
Several flgjpichise have been applied
for but there is nothing doing in the
telephone line yet._
Last Time Tonight.
The Liberty Theatre presents for
the last time tonight that splendid 2
att comedy, “Love and Vengeance,"
that created such an uproar last
night. _
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RUINED FOR »M
Secretary Daniels Will Ask Appropri
ation from Congress to Estab- t
lisli Experimental Works.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—It Is re
ported in official circles that the na
val advisory board has recommended
the establishment of a gigantic lab
atory where devices in connection
with the building of the greatest
navy the world has ever seen, for the
United States, may be worked out and
tested. It is understood that Secre
tary Daniels will ask congress for an
appropriation of $80,000,000 for the
establishment of the laboratory.
Secretary Daniels is reported to
have been in conference with repre
sentatives of several of the South
American countries in regard to the
part the Latin-American republics
are to play in the creation of the
great naval force.
DEPOSITORS ARE RECEIVING
THEIR CHECKS TODAY.
Receiver A. J. Dimond, of the Val
dez Bank & Trust company, who is
paying off the depositors as fast as
their present their claims, reports
that there has not been any rush of
the creditors to receive their money.
Several of the depositors failed to
leave their bank books with the re
ceiver to be balanced and they are
urged to do so at their earliest con
venience as Receiver Dimond wishes
to disburse the money as soon as pos
sible. The checks issued by the re
ceiver are payable at the First Bank
of Valdez.
IS ANXIOUS ABOUT
FATE OF MARIPOSA.
Capt. Austin E. Lathrop, the Cor
dova business man who is in Valdez
to overlook the progress being made
by the builders of his new Empress
movie picture show house here is
anxious about the fate of the steam
er Mariposa, as he had a big ship
ment of feed coming on the boat for
his stock at Cordova and Anchorage,
where he is engaged In the teaming
and express business. Captain La
throp will go to Seward tomorrow
on the Northwestern ,to open his
show house there tomorrow night,
and will return on the same boat to
Valdez to rush the work on the Em
press theatre building here
Received on last boat, a shipment
of Fresh Halibut and Ling Cod. Frye
Bruhn Co., Phone 29.
COMMISSIONER RIGGS
COMING TO COAST.
FAIRBANKS, Oct. 11.—Thos. R.
Rigg.s, of the Alaskan Engineering
commission, will leave Fairbanks for
the coast tomorrow morning in com
pany with Surveyor Thorn and Engi
neers Ryus and Sterling, who have
been with the commission in the in
terior during the summer. R. C.
Wood, president of the First National
Bank, of Fairbanks, will also be a
member of the party.
GERMAN AMERICANS
URGED ID APPEAL
British Statesman Believes Kaiser
Would Stop Armenian Massa
cres by Turkisli Soldiers.
LONDON, Oct. 11.—Lord Arthur
J. Balfour, leader of the Unionist
party, in a signed statement printed
heretoday, says the German-Amert
cans ought to appeal to Kaiser Wil
liam to stop the Armenian massacres
by the Turkish and Kurd soldiers.
He believes that the German govern
ment would pay more attention to
protests from former German sub
jects living abroad in neutral coun
tries than protests from the govern
ments under which they live.
Reports of massacres continue to
reach London from Asiatic Turke'
and it is declared by missionaries that
nearly a half million Christian Ar
menians have been slaughtered by
Turkish soldiers. The conditions of
the Armenians is reported to be hope
less as they have beer, crowded into
orison camps aud those who have
survived the atrocities are slaves to
the Turks and Kurds.
Y
SUP FROM LEDGE
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Stern of Steamer Has Filled and the
Action of the Waves is Upping
Plates from her Bow.
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SEATTLE, Oct. 11.—Advices re
ceived this morning from Ketchikan
by the officials of the Alaska Steam
ship company state that the liner
Mariposa, which ran on a rock ofT
Porcher Island, near Bella Bella,
threatens to become a total wreck.
The bow of the steaker was punct
ured by the rocks and the stern has
been gradually sinking into the water
as her compartments filled with wa
ter. It is feared that she will slip
from the ledge upon which she is
hanging and plunge to the bottom, as .
the action of the waves at high tide
is shifting the steamer and tearing
the plates from the bow.
Owing to the loss of the steamer
Mariposa the Alaska Steamship' com
pany has canceled the sailing of Octo
ber 12th, and announces that nego
tiations are under w xj to charter one
or more vessels for the Southwestern
Alaska trade to take the place of the
Mariposa and Northwestern. It is be
lieved that the latter liner will re
quire drydocking when she returns
from her present trip owing to having
sprung a number of her starboard
plates when she went aground near
Ketchikan.
FAMOUS AUTO DRIVER
BURNED TO DEATH.
NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—Harry
Grant, the auto driver who has been
successful In winning a number of
races In the eastern states during
the summer, was burned to death
Saturday while making a trial spin
in training for the Vanderbilt cup.
In some manner his gas tank caught
Are and tie machine with its driver
was enveloped in flames. Grant was
terribly burned and died in a few
minuteB after being taken from the
wreck.
Ben Holland, ,who has been work
ing at the Cliff mine, is a visitor in
Valdez.
BIG AUTO MAIL TRUCK
18 NEARING CHITINA.
FAIRBANKS, Oct. II.—The North
ern Commercial company’s big auto
truck which left Fairbanks last Mon
day will reach Chltina this afternoon
according to advices received here
this afternoon from the driver. The
machine has been seven days on the
road and is reported to have encoun
tered difficulties owing to the roads
being cut by the recent heavy rain.
TO FORGLOSE ON
New York Trust Company Starts Suit
to Collect Mortgages Amounting
to Over $200,000,000.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 11.—The Union
[Trust company of New York, has
j started foreclosure proceedings be
i fore the courts here against the
[ Southern Railroad against which it
|holds mortgages aggregating $200,
[000,000. The Southern railroad is
lone of the most extensive systems in
I America and operates in the District
[of Columbia, Virginia, North Caro
|lina. South Carolina, Georgia, Flori
ida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee,
jKenutcky, Illinois, Indiana and Mis
j souri.
| The failure of the Southern Rail
road, which operates 6917 miles of
road, to prove a financial success iB
declared by the directors to be due to
the financial and business depression
existing in the southern states. The
total earnings for the system for the
fiscal year just closing June 30, was
$69,533,697, laavlnga surplus of only
$2,047,778
Germans Believe Turkey Should Be
Given a Free Hand In Dealing
With Armenian Uprisings.
BERLIN, Oct. 11.—German edi
tors, commenting on the American ap
peal to the German government to
stop the reported Armenian massa
cres by Turkish soldiers, declare that
Germany would be overstepping the
bounds of friendship in advising her
ally, Turkey, how to handle internal
affairs of the empire.
The assertion is made that the Ar
menians are in an open state of revolt
having attempted to take advantage
of the fact that the Ottoman troops
were engaged in war with the .Allies.
The Armenians are reported to have
created an uprising and that the mili
tary operations of the Turkish gov
ernment in suppressing the move
ment was necessary and was not a
massacre. Neutral nations are ad
vised by the German writers to let
Turkey handle the Armenian question
in her own way, and also advises the
American and other missionaries to
leave the country if they are dissat
isfied with Turkish rule.
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MRS. GALT DISPLAYS
ENGAGEMENT RING.
WASHINGTON, D. O.. Oct. 11.—
President Wilson and his fiancee,
Mrs. Norman Galt, attended the ball
game at Philadelphia Saturday, and
it was noticed that Mrs. Galt was
wearing a diamond engagement ring
which the president had purchased
from Tiffany, New York. The couple
were given a tremendous ovation
when they appeared in the grand
stand.
McKINNON LOSES HIS
MATANUSKA COAL CLAIM.
Henry McKinnon has received no
tice through the Jnneau land office
of the final rejection of his applica
tion for patent to c&al claims in the
Mntanuska Coal fields. The rejection
is based upon McKinnon’s failure to
file his nPPHcatlon within the time
specified by law.
CENSORSHIP ON NEWS FROM
FRANCE RIGIDLY ENFORCED
BELIEVED TO INDICATE THAT GENERAL ENGAGEMENT IS BEING
WAGED ALONG THE WESTERN BATTLE FRONT—DESPERATE
FIGHTING REPORTED FOR POSSESSION OF TRENCHES, AT LOOS
WHERE GERMANS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER GROUND
LOST— HINDENBURG DRIVING RUSSIANS BACK NEAR DVINSKA
AND PENETRATES RUSSIAN LINES.
LONDON.Oct. 11.-—The censorship
on news concerning the fighting on
the western battlefront is very strict
and is believed to Indicate that an
other general engagement is being
waged along the entire battle front.
Night dispatches from Paris state
that the British forces have advanced
at Loos and that the opposing forces
of the Teutons have suffered heavy
losses from the artillery bombard
ment of their trenches by the British.
It is reported that the Germans be
gan a tremendous offensive move
ment at Loos to recapture trenches
lost to the British during the recent
drive but that by counter attack fol
lowing the bombardment the British
succeeded in taking another line of
the German trenches. Hullock Loos
is said to be a commanding position,
the loss of which would force the
Teutons to reform their lines through
Belgium to the coast.
Champagne Warfare Resumed.
PARIS, Oct. 11.—The German
.troops are reported to have resumed
the offensive in the Champagne
country, with the warfare being
largely confined to the trenches The
Germans are reported as using a
hand grenade which contains an ex
plosive gas.
Hindenburg Is Advancing.
LONDON, Oct. 11—General Hin
denburg is reported to be driving the
Russians back in the vicinity of
Dvinska, and it is reported that the
Teutons have penetrated the Rus
sian lines a distance of three miles,
north of the fortress. It is believed
that the Russians will evacuate the
city after stripping it of everything
of military value.
Bombarding on Belgium Coast.
LONDON. Oct. 11.-—Heavy bom
barding is reported from the coast
and it is believed that the British
fleet is again attacking the German
fortifications at Zeebruggee, on the
Belgium coast.
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Officials of Land Office will Enforce
Rule Prohibiting Sale of Li
quor or Gambling.
SEWARD, Oct. 11.—It is reported
here‘that the officials of the land of
fice in Juneau has issued instructions
to its agents to strictly enforce the
rule of forfeiting the lots of pur
chasers at Anchorage who are con- j
victed of selling liquor or permit
gambling on their premises.
One of the provisions which the
purchasers of lots at Anchorage are
required to observe is that their prem
ises should not be used for any ille
gal purpose. The recent arrest of
ten of the property owners in the
new town on the charge of having
permitted gambling or selling liquor
without a license caused a sensation
as it is believed that many more ar
rests are soon to follow.
A number of the men arrested in
the recent raid, and whose cases will
come before the court* at the Sewai^.
term to convene November 1. are the
owners, of some of the best buildings
in Anchorage.
NORTHWESTER DUE HERE
ABOUT 11 O’CLOCK.
The steamer Northwestern is re
ported by the cable office as hating
left Cordova for Valdez at 1 o’clock
this afternoon, and will reach Valdez
at 11 o’cock tonight, as she calls at
Ellaraar. An effort is being made by
a number of passengers to have the
Northwestern go to Anchorage this
trip as the loss of the Mariposa will
lent* the railroal town without mail
until the arrival of the Admiral
Evans, several days later. The local
office of the Alaska Steamship com
pany had not received any advices as
to the possible change in the steam
er’s run up to a late hour this after
noon.
GIVEN LIGHT SENTENCE
FOR TOTING BIG GUN.
Frank Wilson, a Mexican, appear
ed in Commissioner Love’s court this
morning charged with carrying con
cealed weapons. He was convicted of
the charge and will serve fifteen days.
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The members of the city council
will sit as a board of equalization
this evening to consider complaints
of citizens against their assessments
on real estate and personal property.
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! Summer Operations are Drawing to
a Close but Few Miners are
Still Shoveling Into Boxes.
FAIRBANKS, Oct. 11.—Careful
estimates of the output of the Fair
! banks district for the season which
i is now drawing to a close, indicates
(that the output will be more than
$500,000 in excess of last year. Many
of the largest operators have shut
down their summer operations and
are preparing for winter work.
A number of miners who were forc
ed to suspend operations on bench
claims during the early part of the
season owing to a lack of water, are
still shoveling into the boxes despite
the fact that ice forms on the sides
of the boxes.
Miners in from the creeks express
the belief that there will not be an
idle plant in this district during the
coming winter as signs of unusual ac
tivity are displayed on all the creeks.
A number of the claim owners here
have signified their Intention of pay
ing a visit to the Tolovana camp to
judge for themselves of the possibili
ties of the new placer camp.
RITCHIE-DUNDEE SCRAP
POSTPONED ONE WEEK.
NEW YORK. Oct. 11.—Fight fans
in this city were disappointed last
Saturday night when it was announc
ed that the Ritchie-Dundee bout had
been postponed until next Friday
night. No explanation is offered for
the postponement, but it is believed
that one of the contestants was not in
condition to enter the ring.
FIRST GYPSUM PATENT
TO CHICHAGOF CLAIM.
Securing the first government pat
ent for gypsum claims in Alaska, the
Pacific Coast Gypsum company, re
ceived from the Juneau land office,
letters patent to their locations on
Chichagof mountain. The patent
covers six claims designated as gyp
sum placer claims and is issued in
the name of the Pacific Coast Gypsunn.
Co., with W. R. Nichols as president.
Thin company is a Tacoma corpo
ration and has for several years been
operating in the Chichagof mountain
district.
Chas. Whalen, the well known min
er, Is in town from a prospecting trig*
to Canyon gulch.