The Great I The Great
ALASKAN ALASKAN
DAILY ' I_DAJL'Y_
ADVERTISEMENTS BRING RESl JLTS _ PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY ___ LARGEST ALASKAN CIRCULATION
~ , [| ^_”___SEWARD. THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL I, I9lli.___Ten Cent. th« Copy
VILLA IS UNHURT AND HAS GOT CLEAR AWAY
OVER SIXTY MILES AHEAD OF HIS PURSUERS
THREE HUNDRED AMERICAN
TROOPS RETURN HOME SICK
c
VILLA UNHURT AND SAFE
EL PASO, April 4.—That Villa is not wounded at allj
and that he has reached Satevo -fifty miles south of.
Chihuahua City, and sixty miles ahead of all pursuers is
the information secured here today from sources which
have always given out the most reliable news. The infor
mation is that he is accompanied only by eight of his most
trusted men and that he is making towards Parral where
he has large numbers of sympathizers whom he probably
expects to rise in his favor. He arrived at Satevo two
days ago so that he has most likely reached a point further |
south or west since that time. Satevo is about two hun
dred miles from the nearest place on l nited States terri
tory and is nearly three hundred miles front this city. It
is about midway between American territory and the |
Pacific coast of Mexico but the worst of it is that it is
onlv fiftv miles or so from the Tarahumare mountain
% %
ranges which he can now easily reach.
NO AMERICANS KILLED
EL PASO, April 1.—Four American soldiers who
are part of the Mevican expeditionary forces have died
as the result of illness or attacks by Mexicans. Three
hundred have been returned to Fort Rliss sick but none
have been killed outright in battle. Nothing further was
heard this afternoon regarding the report that Villa had
reached Satevo but the feeling is strong that the bandit
has given our forces the slip. The report that he was not
wounded creates the belief that he himself spread the re
port that he was wounded to hoodwink the pursuers.
If Money Is Found
We Get A Wireless
Secretary of Navy I* in Favor of
Giving One to Seward.
That the secretary' of the navy be
lieves Seward ought to have a radio
station if the money can be obtained
from congress is the statement by him
in a letter to Delegate Wiekersham,
a letter which is enclosed in a letter
received from Mr. Daniels this morn
ing by Leon C. Booker, president of
the Chamber of Commerce of Seward.
Following are the communications
from the secretary:
“March 15, 1916.
“Mr. Leon C. Booker, President,
“Sew’ard Chamber of Commerce,
“Seward, Alaska.
“Sir:—
“1 am in receipt of your letter of j
February 17th, last, relative to the
establishment of a radio station on
Resurrection Bay, and am inclosing, j
for your information, as indicative of
this Department’s views in the mat- j
ter, a copy of a letter addressed to
the Honorable James Wiekersham, j
M. C., on this same subject.
“Very respectfully,
“JOSEPH DANIELS."
“March 15, 1916.
“The Honorable James Wickersham,
“House of Representatives,
“Washington, D. C.
“Sir:—
“I beg to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of March 7, 1916, relat
ive to the establishment of a radio
station on Resurrection Bay, and I
have in addition just received a letter
from the Chamber of Commerce of
Seward, Alaska, concerning the same
matter.
“The Department can readily ap
preciate the necessity for having the
terminal point of the Government
railroad and the genera! headquarters
of the railroad at Sewurd in constant
communication with southeastern Al
aska and outside points,—especially
the United States military cable, it
would appear very necessary that
some form of reliable communication
between these points be provided for.
“While the general use of the naval
Eighty Three For
Seward on Watson
SEATTLE, April 4.—The following
are the passengers for Seward on the
Admiral Watson which left Seattle
last night:
A. Johnson, l>. V. Vucetich, H.
Madden and wife, Mrs. H. Charter,
Mrs. F. Morrison, Mrs. P. Flynn, C.
Harraden, O. Stone, K. Morrison, J.
Stanton, Charles Skinner, R. Chap
man, F. Brown, Otto Hutter, W.
Wright, L. Ganassin, F. Kindling,
Carl Vandyke, George Reynolds, A.
Eevisher, Andrew Qualby, F. Lyncti,
F. Kobeley, C. McLennan, R. Calvert,
T. Winn, J. Nevin, M. Teare, A. Kiern,
F. McTaggert and fifty steerage.
radio stations in Alaska is confined
to matters affecting the operations of
United States vessels, and maintain
ing communication with Government
representatives stationed in that
locality, the Navy Department has al
| ways taken the broad view that every
| facility available to the Government
| in Alaska should be used in the de
velopment of both governmental and
i commercial activities in that region
and in confonnance with this view
believes that although the military
(naval) value of a radio station at
| Seward would not be great,—the in
terests of other Government depart
ments and especially that connected
with the construction of the A'askan
railroad, would warrant the erection
| of a station in the vicinity of Seward
! capable of communication at all
times with the naval radio station at
; Cordova.
“The estimated cost of the purchase
of apparatus and erection of such a
station at Seward which would, in the
Department’s opinion, be capable or
continuous communications with the
' Cordova radio station is, excelusive of
purchase price of site, $45,000, if pow
er can be obtained from the city of
Seward and the estimated would be,
$50,000.
“I may add that if necessary funds
can be obtained from Congress, this
Department would be pleased to erect
and operate the station.
“Very respectfully,
Militia Called Out
to Suppress Crowd
Meeting About Granting State Aid to
Sectarian Schools Causes It.
HAVERHILL, Mass. April 4. — A j
company of militia was called out by;
the mayor last night to assist the
police in controlling a crowd of five
thousand people which made a riotous
demonstration in the vicinity of the
city hall and broke many windows.
The crowd had assembled as a re
sult of an attempt to hold a meeting
for the discussion of the question of j
granting state aid to sectarian
schools.
Morning \ ote Is I
Rather Heavy One
W
Sixty-Five Votes Had Been Cast at
10:30 This Morning.
Voters went to the polls this morn
ing at an unusually early hour and
sixty-five votes were cast at 10:30 a.
m. The board of election consisted
of Mrs. W. T. Lucas, Miss Sylvia
Sexton, A. B. Brown, l’hil Hickey and
L. C. aBtes. For the benefit of those
arriving on the Farragut the names
of the candidates for the various of-,
tices are reproduced herewith:
For councilmen; E. E. Chamberlain,
Hugh Dougherty, John Dubreuil, J.
L. Graef, Gerhard Johnson, J. T.
Harvey, G. M. Kerns, Reginald Kerr,
Peter M. Ogle, John B. Slater, Wil
liam M. Sauers and Frank L. Torrey.
For school board: M. A. Martin ami
i
Frank E. Youngs.
For mayor: C. A. Myers, John
Xoon and C. W. Winstedt.
For city clerk: Leon C. Booker, W.
T. Lucas and Otto H. Poehlmann.
For city treasurer: J. H. Romig.
For city attorney: Wm. D. Cop
pornoll, J. Lindley Green and 0. J.
Van Pelt.
___
HALF FOURTH
IS FOR WICK
————
tom LLOYD LEAVES FAIR
BANKS TO ATTEND CON
VENTION HERE.
FAIRBANKS, April 4.—Tom Lloyd
left today to attend the Republican j
convention at Seward. He says nej
has all the proxies from this division
and it is understood that half ol them
are instructed for Wickersham.
The sentence on Wooldridge for
rape has been postponed until Satur
day.
Sw eepstakes to Be
Run April Eleven
Six or Seven Teams Entered l or Big
Event From Nome to Candle.
NOME, April 4.—The ninth All
Alaska Sweepstakes race will be run
on April 11 over a trail that is in
such excellent condition that fast
time is expected. Six or seven teams
will face the starter if present prom
ises are fullilled but the absence of
Scotty Allan and John Johnson is
noticeable. The course is from Nome
to Candle and return, a distance of
412 miles. I
PROMINENT SEATTLE MAN
RECEIVES FATAL FALL
SEATTLE, April 4.—Bam ford A.
Robb, a leading lawyer and prominent
clubman of this city ,fell from the
window of his offices in the Lowman,
building last night and died shortlyj
afterwards. The window from which,
he fell was on the eighth floor. There |
is every reason to believe that his fall j
was accidental.
A1 Roberts, the well known road-1
house man, is a visitor in the city.
GERMANS RAID ENGLAND AGAIN
FOURTH NIGHT IN SUCCESSION
- ^ a
Greatest Report of
Alaska Mines Known
All-Alaska Review This Month Has
Detailed Story of Mining.
The greatest report ever made on
Alaska mining is contained in the
March issue of The All-Alaska Re
view which is now on sale. This re
port was made by the Territorial min
ing inspector, William Maloney, and
contains a detailed account of all im
portant mining activities with de- j
scriptions of the ore, manner of operat
ing and everything else. A list of all
the fatal accidents in 191 *r> is also
given. Very courteously Mr. Maloney
sent a copy of the report to the Re
view. Part of the report giving the
names of the operators of all the
mines, placer and quartz, was left
out this issue but will be in the April
issue. Anyone who wishes to have
easily the greatest work of reference
on Alaska mining ever published
needs only to have and keep a copy
of the issue of the Review now on
sale.
•> #;• *;• *?%•*> <
❖ CITY MI ST PAY *
* COST OF CASE *
9
Judge S. 0. Morford, counsel for
the Alaska Northern received noti
fication in this morning’s mail that
the court of appeals had reversed the
decision of the local district court in
the case of the Town of Seward vs. j
the Alaska Northern Railroad. This
was told before in the Gateway but
the official notification to Judge Mor
ford contains the intelligence that
the higher court instructs the District
court to dismiss the procedings and
orders the city to pay the costs.
These costs amount to about $200.
PIONEER LUNCH
At the meeting of the Pioneer Igloo
tonight refreshments will be served
and the election returns will be given.
MEN OF WILSON’S PARTY OPPOSE HIM
WHILE REPUBLICANS GIVE HIM SUPPORT
I Probably the entire history of the United States, from the foundation of the republic to the present day. offers no Parallel
to the political situation In Washington. Senators and representatives of the president a own party are found among his
most bitter critics and opponents, while Republicans who have fought him in domestic matters make speeches and cast
votes which indicate their entire sympathy with his handling of the armed merchantmen question. Senator ''X
Borah of Idaho Republican with marked progressive leanings (No. 1 in the accompanying picture), made a strong speeoh
advocating the right of Americans to travel upon vessels armed for defense, while Senator George E. Chamberlain of
Oreaon 1N0 2t and Senator James A O’Gorman of New York (No. 4). Democrats, voted against tabling the Gore resolu
tion. No! 3 shows the White House and the executive offices (the latter In the foreground), scenes of many Important con
ferences nowaday*.!
I
BERLIN, April 4.—Forthe fourth time on successive
nights Zeppelins again raided England last night and In
flicted greater damage than ever, it was officially an
nounced by the admiralty today. In the raid last night
the Zeppelins dropped bombs on the fortifications at
Great Yarmouth. The southeast coast was the chief ob
jective of the raid last night. Military men declare that
the German airmen are now becoming acquainted better
with the conditions and that the raids in consequence will
be more effective from this time forward.
BRITISH FACTORY DESTROYED
LONDON, April 4.—It was officially announced today
that two hundred persons were killed and injured by a fire
which occurred in a powder factory in the county of Kent
a few days ago. It is worth noting in this respect that the
Germans announced that in the raid of last Friday night
the Zeppelins started fires with their bombs in several
munitions factories near London. Part of the city of
London is in Kent county and it is supposed that the Ger
man account was correct although the facts are not offi
cially admitted by the home government.
REFUSE TO RELEASE GERMANS
WASHINGTON, April 4.—That Great Britain will
refuse to release the Germans taken off the American
liner China on the high seas is indicated by the remarks
made by high officials of the British government following
the protest entered by Secretary Lansing. The American
protest has only just been received by the British govern
ment. It informs the British foreign secretary that the
proceeding against the men aboard the American liner
was most high-handed.
SEES ANOTHER YEAR’S WAR
LONDON, April 4.—When introducing his new bud
get in the house of commons today Chancellor of the Ex
chequer McKenna assumed that the war will last another
year anyhow. He estimated the expenditure of Great
Britain at twenty-five million dollars a day but he declared
that Britain had assisted the other allied nations by lend
ing them a billion and a half during the year. The British
indebtedness now he figured at ten billion and a half.
ALLIES WILL OPEN MAIL
WASHINGTON, April 4. — The Entente Allies
through the British ambassador have forwarded to Lan
sing a joint reply to the protest of the United States gov
ernment against the seizure, detention and censoring of
neutral mails, and the allied governments declare in the
reply that no legitimate letter mail has been confiscated
nor treaty rights violated, but the Allies emphatically as
sert the intention to continue to search parcel post pack
ages for contraband concealed under postal folders.
Labor Commission
Begins Hearings!
_
Will be Rather Private as They Are
Held in Small Hotel Room.
•..
ANCHORAGE, April 4.—The labor
Commission began its hearings this
morning. They will be practicaffy
private as they are being held in a
small room of the Crescent hotel ^
where the Commission has established
its office quarters. The union held a
meeting last night and President
Sutherland tendered his resignation.
C. H. Packard, a member of the Cook
Inlet Pioneer mechanical force, was
elected in his stead by acclamation.
FARRAGUT ARRIVES
The Admiral Farragut, Captain E. j
D. Hickman, arrived this morning atj
8 o'clock with 131 passengers fori
Seward. She had a most succeeful
and uneventful trip.
Patronize home industry. Alaska
coal $11.00 per ton. See Bill Henry
Cor. 4th and Adams St. Tel. Madi
son 149.
Brings Arastres
To Work Quartz
One For Ronan* James Mine and
One For Chace and Whitney.
John Ronan and Bennett James
brought in two arastre outfits with
them on the Farragut, one to operate
the ore of their own mine, and the
other to work the mine of Frank
Chace and Frank Whitney at Grant
Lake. The ore on the Moose Pass
property of Messrs. James and Ronan
showed over six hundred dollars a
ton last fall when they used the
arastre belonging to other parties.
Neither Mr. James nor Mr. Ronan
wishes to say much about their in
tentions but they admit they will be
busy on Moose Pass this summer.
The former apparently thinks the
prospects most promising as he has
decided to postpone a trip which he
had intended to make to look over his
extensive interests in the Iditarod.
N. 0. Anderson, the Sunrise operat
or, is in the city on business.