-The Great
DAILY -PAILY
_ _—L LARGEST ALASKAN CIRCULATION
ADVERTISEMENTS BRING RESULTS
SEWARD. THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1910.____Ten CenU the Copy
Vol. 10, No. 1_______ __ —- 1 _-:
MEXICANS EXPECT JAPAN TO
AID THEM AGAINST THE l. S.
VILLA’S BODY FOUND
WASHINGTON, April 17.—The body of General;
Villa has been found in a two weeks old grave by Carlos!
Carranza, a nephew of General C arranza, and is being
taken by him and an escort of soldiers to the city of
Chihuahua.
This information was received this morning in a tele
gram to the war department. According to the dispatches
Villa’s death was due to the amputation of one of his legs
which had been badly injured in the light with the Car-j
ranza troops. After having been desperately wounded he
was carried by his followers to the town of lemosachic
where the amputation was performed by the \illage
doctor. As soon as he could be moved after the operation
the bandit chief was carried to a town thirty-nine miles
distant where, according to the dispatches* he lingeied
for a few days suffering greatly before death ended his
career. He was buried at night to attract as little atten
tion as possible. His identity had been hidden from the
villagers and after his burial they knew* nothing about
him and were not even aware that \ ilia had etei enteied
the place. In the meantime, it is supposed, his followers
kept up the fiction of his flight in order to prevent the
Americans and Carranzaistas from learning of his death,
probably in the hope that the people of Mexico would still
rise against the United States. It was rumored about the
time that he received his wound that he had actually been
injured but every eff ort apparently was made since to put
our officers off the track and their lack of knowledge of
Mexican methods deceived them, no doubt. Kven now
doubt is expressed of the truth of the story of finding
Villa s body and the state department will probably insist
on having the facts fully confirmed before making any de
cisive movement. At present it seems to be almost cer
tain that the body found is that of \ ilia.
V. S. WILL WITHDRAW
WASHINGTON, April 17.—It has been stated un
qualifiedly here that it’ it is proven that \ ilia s body has
been found the United States troops will be withdrawn
from Mexico at once. Some comments have been made
on the fact that the statements as to the finding of his
body have come from Mexican sources and no American
authority has been secured for the story. Notwithstand
ing this the general belief is that the body found is that of
the bandit chief.
SAYS JAPS TO AID MEXICO
EL PASO, April 17.—General Ramon Iturbe, the
Mexican envoy to Japan, is still here enroute to Japan on
a secret mission. He refuses to tell what that mission is
but he declares openly that if a break occurs between
Mexico and the United States his country will receive
Japan’s aid. He had hinted that the object of his visit to
the Mikado’s government is to secure a promise of that
aid and he spares no pains to suggest that Japan is only
just looking for an invitation from some American coun
try to defy the Monroe Doctrine.
REPORT ON PARRAL
SAN ANTONIO, April 17.—General Funston an
nounces that he is in receipt of General Pershing’s report
on the trouble at Parral. Pershing says that unarmed
American soldiers entered the town to purchase food and
that the Mexicans fired on them without the slightest pro
vocation. The unarmed soldiers then retreated and re
joined the rest of the detachment which entered the town
and engaged the Mexicans in battle. Pershing says that
40 Mexicans and two Americans were killed. It is believed
that Pershing is now sending more soldiers to Parral and
will punish the attackers if they give any indication to
continue their hostility. He failed to state whether the at
tackers were soldiers or civilians. Funston has let it be
known that he intends to inform the war department that
it is impossible for the Americans to go further south be
cause of the difficulty of supplying the troops with muni
tions and supplies. This information was given out Sun
day.
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❖ MESSAGES ARE *
❖ DELAYED TODAY *
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Owing to the fact that the cable
ship Burnside is working on the cable
between Sitka and Valdez only a part
of the Gateway telegraphic messages
had been received at 2:30 this after
noon and it is most likely that the full
quota will not arrive in time for this
issue.
❖ FIRST STEAMER *
❖ FOR ANCHORAGE *
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The Farragut which was scheduled
! to leave Seattle yesterday is the first
steamship bound for Anchorage this
year.
Instructed Hurry
Work onGovt.Tract
The men who have the contract to
clear the Terminal tract for the gov
ernment have received instructions to
hasten the work so that it will be fin
ished on July 1. The natural deduc
tion from this is that the land depart
ment has in contemplation the selling
of the lots on the tract early in that
month. It was reported around town
that the sale would take place next
month but the fixing of July 1 rather
indicates that the sale will come later.
The sale is directly under the land de
partment and not under the Engineer
ing Commission.
SPOKANE TERRORIZED
BY AUTO BANDITS
SPOKANE, April 17.—The south
eastern part of this city was terroriz
ed last night by two masked bandits
who first captured an auto at the
point of revolvers and then started
out on an orgie of robbery. For
quite a time they robbed and assault
ed several victims, gave chase !.o
other autos, defied pursuit and ended
up by taking six prisoners, one a worn
an, and by securing booty that is es
timated at about $44.
NIGHT LETTER SERVICE
ON TO ANCHORAGE
The night letter service to Anchor
age from Seward was established yes
terday and from now on people may
send a night letter of fifty words for
the price of an ordinary message.
The money transfer arrangements
will be ready soon.
MAY SHIP COPPER ORE
FROM THE KODIAK GROUP
J. M. McIntyre who is now in the
city on the way outside intends with
his partner, Henry Wander, to ship
copper ore from the Kodiak group of
islands. He brought a specimen of
the ore to Seward and says it con
tains several minerals. They have
had one group of claims on Uganak
island and one on Shuiak island since
1901 and have 8 per cent ore on the
surface. The volcanoes have filled in
their workings over and over again.
CONVENTION TO
BE INJLB. HALL
FIRST DELEGATE TO ARRIVE IS
REV. T. I*. HOWARD
OF KNIK.
The Republican Territorial conven
tion will be held in the hall of tne
Arctic Brotherhood which will be
specially arranged for the purpose.
The first delegate to arrive from out
side is Rev. T. P. Howard, of Knik,
who has six proxies and expects to
have more from his district. By the
way, Mr. Howard will keep going
after the convention to Atlantic City
where he will represent the Presby
tery of the Yukon at the church con
vention. He arrived here from Knik
! Saturday.
Jack Sutherland, William Koch and
Arthur Frame are expected to attend
the Republican convention as dele
gates from Anchorage and are prob
ably on the way now. Tom Lloyd
who is coming with the proxies of
the Fourth division from Fairbanks
is the man who climbed Mount Mc
Kinley. Dooley, Frazier and Hazelet
are expected from Cordova. I* razier
was formerly attorney general of
Arizona when it was a territory.
I Ritchie, John Lyons, Jim Fish and Al.
i White are expected to be the attcnd
| ing delegates from Valdez. On the
| boats coming up are W. A. Gilmore,
George D. Schofield, C. D. Murane
I and Charles Kennedy of the Second
I division. In addition to those will be
Shackleford and several others from
the First division. There will also be
| some from smaller outlying places.
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SALARIES AND OFFICIALS
MAY BE FIXED TONIGHT
At the meeing tonight of the city
council the salaries will be probably
fixed and the officials appointed. The
members of the new city council held
a long meeting yesterday afternoon
and it is assumed that they decided
everything for tonight. The offices to
be filled are chiefly those of chief of
police, chief of the fire department,
health officer, and, maybe, that of a
city engineer. It would, perhaps, be
easy to guess one or two of the ap
pointments but, of course, the mem
bers of the council will not give any
thing out until official action is taken.
There is also a rumor that some of the
salaries will be cut but this is also
nothing but rumor.
GOVERNMENT TUGS AND
BARGES HAVE ARRIVED
The two government tugs, Captain
Peterson ami Captain Brownfield, ar
rived with some of the barges this
morning and are off* again this after
noon for Anchorage. Three of the
barges were left at Hoonah and
some severe weather was encountered
but the t"ip was without mishap.
Captain Peterson spoke with the of
ficials at Anchorage this morning and
learned that the harbor is about
clear of ice, none being in sight ex
cept a little running out of the rivers.
He expects to make Anchorage with
out difficulty.
EVANS LEAVES CORDOVA
The Admiral Evans left Cordova
at 5 o’clock this morning.
U. S. TO WITHDRAW ANYHOW
WASHINGTON, April 17.—Following a long cabinet
discussion President Wilson expressed the willingness to
fix a limit to the time of the American expedition into
Mexico. The expedition will probably not go much furth
er south and this government is willing to give assurances
that the troops will be withdrawn in a reasonable time.
Secretary Baker says that co-operation with Carranza is
necessary and he feels that we ought to comply with his
request. Pershing’s lines of communication are now so
extended that it would be impracticable to send the
soldiers much further south.
VILLA ONLY A BANDIT.
SAYS INFORMED
MEXICAN.
(“Who la back of Villa In your opinion In
tha carrying out of thla border war
faraf* Manuel Cnlaro, former Mexican
! ambassador to the Unit*! State* and
former Mexican mln!*ter of foreign af
fair*, was asked. He replied: "I doubt
If he haa any backing of any kind be
yond hi* own savage desire for what he
consider* the treatment accorded him by
the government that until a few month*
ago he considered hi* friend. It is all.
In my opinion, the rage of a deaperndo,
a madman If you wish. You must re
member that until about six months ago
Villa considered himself the pet of the
U. 8 A. And then all of a sudden Villa
was kicked out of h!s high place and
once more found himself what he really
la, Juat a murderous bandit, who ought
to be destroyed ”1
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❖ SEPPALA’S DOGS
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NOME, April 15. — When Leonard
Seppala crossed the wire last evening
at the close of the All-Alaska Sweep
stakes race at 38 min. and 5 sec. after
5 o’clock all his dogs were on their
feet. Fay Delzene, who came second,
had two dogs in the sled, and I* red
Ayer, the third to finish, had two dogs
in the sled and two tied behind and
limping. The exact time for Seppala
was eighty hours and 38 minutes.
Delzene’s time was 82 hours, four
minutes and 55 seconds. Ayer’s time
was 84 hours and 21 minutes and 4
seconds. Seppala’s total resting time
was 24 hours and 41 minutes. Del
zone rested 30 hours and 5* minutes.
Ayer rested 30 hours and 52 minutes.
WAGE INVESTIGATION
PROCEEDING SMOOTHLY
ANCHORAGE, April 17.—The in
vestigation into the wage question on
the government railroad by the Gov
ernment Board of Conciliation and
Arbitration is still proceeding and is
reported to be likely to hav* most
satisfactory results. The conservative
element of the workers is meeting the
Board in a most friendly spirit.
There is still no way of telling how
much longer the investigation will
last.
GIRLS IN HOME RIOT
AND MAKE AN ESCAPE
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17.—
Twenty girls escaped f~om St. Cath
erine’s Home, a religious institution
for wayward girls, yesterday after a
riot in which they overcame the
guards and attendants. The girls also
put two policemen to flight when they
arrived in answer to a call. Twelve
of the girls have been recaptured but
the remaining eight have hidden away
somewhere.
AUTHOR “PECK’sTBAD BOY”
PASSED AWAY THIS MORNING
MILWAUKEE, April 17. —George
W. Peck, 75, former governor of Wis
consin, passed away here this morning
after a short illness. He was the
author of humorous tales, the best
known of which was “Peck’s Bad
Boy.”
EVANS WILL GO TO
ILIAMNA BAY
The Admiral Evans is due to arrive
early in the morning. She will go to
Iliamna Bay, Seldovia and Kodiak.
Communication to
Seward Improved
Cable Ship In Now Working on Better
Arrangements on Cable.
The interruption to the cables some
time ago, when it was impossible to j
learn for quite a while whether the :
emergency appropriation had been
granted or not, has had the expected
oirect in getting the governm 'tit to
start work on improving ihe means of:
communication between Seward and \
the outside. The cable ship Burnside
is now working on the cable between
Sitka and Valdez and it is learned on
very good authority that she is laying
a second cable or doing something
that amounts to establishing an emer
gency means of communication in
| ease the cable fails, as so often hap
pens. The messages to the Gateway
were delayed this afternoon because
of the work being done by the Burn
side. It has also been stated that the
Signal Corps headquarters will soon
he moved from Valdez to Seward.
FARR AG IT HAS CAPACITY
LOAD FOR TWO TOWNS
SEATTLE, April 17—The Admiral
Farragut left last night with a
capacity listT for Seward and Anchor
age. As it is the first boat going di
rect to Anchorage a large crowd foi
that place waited for it. The follow
ing are the passengers for Seward:
C. McRobie, W. Peak, Louis Fuller
wilder. R. Donaldson, C. Brown and
wife, A. Berry, Dick Dawson, Otto
Anderson, H. H. Eustis, Frank Faul
sterns, John Paul Syeiner, J. Mont
gomery, A. Hocheun and thirteen
steerage.
For Anchorage: J. Hadlield, Lynn
Gayne, L. Ludgate, W. Logman, Mrs.
S. Gano, F. Hansen and wife, M,
Mesford, S. Myreboe, W. Evans,
George Defel, Bert Smith, R. Wil
liams, C. Greeves and wife, L. Robe,
E. J. Hawkins, Mrs. F. Brayerford,
Mrs. M. Andrews, Mrs. L. Catching,
Robert Reynolds, Mike Gillispie, Mrs.
B. Morris, Mrs. P. Romer, E. Avictor,
Fobich, Tony Miller, C. Lowery, V.
Donaldson, M. W'nlker, Hans Carlson,
Joe Brown, C. Shtormberg, F. Good
all, W. Phelps, F. Law, H. Spangle,
Mrs. Cora McArdle, Tom ColTee, W.
Lawson, Isadore Mondar, W. Palmer,
F. Sophs, W. Reynolds, J. McDonald,
B. Wickstrom, F. Buchanan, G. Meek,
W. Sunderbuch, A, W'ilson, A. Nard,
F. Martin and wife, Mrs. John Con
way, Mrs. Fred C. Woodhouse and
wife, E. Summy, G. Trembly, Miss
McRae, G. Hallock and wife, H.
Emory, Ed. Henning, 0. Van Winkle,
H. Noble, R. Foote, W. Smith. Carl
MarchkofT, A. Camp, L. Werner, M.
Mondar, T. Hayes, A Tabor and wife
and ninety-two steerage.
MICHIGAN HOLDS FIRST
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
LANSING, Mich., April 3.—Michi
gan tested her new presidential pre*
ference primary law today. Except
in cities and counties where important j
local issues were at stake, interest in
the balloting was more or less per
functory.
Senator William Aldcn Smith was j
conceded victory in the contest for
the 30 Wolverine delegates to the j
Chicago convention, although the j
names of Henry Ford and William '
Gerald Simpson, both of Detroit, ap-1
peared on the Republican ballots as
seekers after the nomination. Neither
Ford nor Simpson made any cam-1
paign.
| On the Democratic ticket, President
j Wilson was unopposed. The contest
I for Democratic national committee
| man between E. 0. Wood, of Flint,
present committeeman, and William
A. Compstock, of Alpena, attracted
some attention. Re-election of the
present Republicans and Progressive
national committeemen was not con
tested.
Job printing of every description at
The Gateway.
[ LATE CABLES! !
BOMB WARSHIP
PARIS, April 17.—French aviators
dropped 16 bombs from an altitude or
300 feet on a German battleship in
the North Sea yesterday and the offi
cials say they believe the missiles
were very effective.
LEAVES LOTS OF MOM A
CHICAGO, April 17.—Seventy-four
thousand dollars in cash and bonds
I were found buried in the drawer of a
| bureau following the death of Mrs.
Talge Schluetter, a recluse aged 82.
PERSHING ITSIIKS ON
SAN ANTONIO, \pril 17. --Lack
ing the official confirmation of Villa's
death Funston has ordered Pershing
j to rush a detachment to the moun
! tains west of Parral where the bandit
chief was said to have taken refuge.
LULL AT \ KKI>rN
BERLIN, April 17. -The lull in tin*
Verdun sector continued during the
night and there is nothing of import
ance to report along tin* western
front.
HOLD IT C ASHIER
OAKLAND, April 17. Three
masked men held up Albert Wooder
j ufTe, cashier of the Oakland-San 1 ran
! cisco Terminal railroad, last night at
j Richmond station, beat him into in*
sensibilit) and e.sea pod in an auto
with eighteen hundred dollars,
RUSSIANS MUTINY
BERLIN, \pril 17. — The Russian
garrison at Nikolajevsk have mutini
ed on account of the ill-treatment by
1 their officers. The soldier*, set the
barracks afire but 27 of the mutineers
were slain.
EXPEL OBREGON
WASHINGTON, April 17. Gener
al Obregon, the minister of war. and
several others have been ordered ex
pelled from Mexico because of a con
spiracy to hold down the value ot
Carranza money..
The Engineering Commission wants
the gravel of Lowell creek and the
city wants to have it straightened out
and so fixed that danger from Hoods
might be obviated, so the suggestion
has been made that the Commi>sion
and the Council go “fifty-fifty ’
having it dredged. Indeed, this pro
posal may be made to tin* city at any
time. It is known that R. J. Weir, the
engineer in charge of the commission
work in Seward, has already looked
into the matter but nothing has been
heard from him as to whether he will
make the proposal hinted at or not.
WASHINGTON, April 5. — Presi
dent Wilson’s daughter, Miss Mar
garet Wilson, is showing Washington
today that her father is not the only
member of the White House family
gifted with powers to bring congress
men and such into line.
Miss Wilson for some months has
been engaged in a battle of politics
with Washington’s Board of Educa
tion, a conservative institution ap
pointed by courts and not responsible
to the people. Her battle is about to
come to a successful conclusion in the
House, where Representative Johnson
of Kentucky has introduced a bill in
| tended to bring the Board into line,
j broaden the schools’ field of useful
! ness and add another scalp to the al
ready large Wilson collection.
Miss Wilson has advanced Ideas
about a city. She believes school
houses may be used to advantage by
grown folks as community centers,
civic forums and such. The people
^ were in favor of it, all along.
! Finally, Representative Crosser of
Ohio introduced a bill providing that
school houses might be used as civic
centers. Senator Hollis sponsored the
bill in the Senate. Permission was
granted for mothers and fathers to
meet at the schools to discuss school
affairs, politics, war, and if they
wanted to, fashions. Citizens’ as
sociations, of which there are about
seventy-five, also made use of them.