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HERRERA LOYAL TO CARRANZA
II. S. CONSUL EELLS WASH.
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VILLA SURROUNDED |
EL PASO. March 24.—Consul Garcia announced to-!
night that he had received a telegram from General Ber-j
tani that Villa is surrounded at Eloso, live miles south ofj
Xamiqttipa, by the American and Mexican troops and that
a decisive battle is imminent. Bertani says the American
troops came up after the defeat of \ ilia earlier in the
day by Carranzaistas at Santa Gertrude and did not take
part in the fighting. Further information indicates that
all tire fears of yesterday were to a great extent ground
less and it is thought now that the whole affair will be over
in a day or two.
DENY HERRERA REVOLT
WASHINGTON, March 24—General Herrera is still
military commander in Chihuahua City and is not heading
a revolt against Carranza, according to the message re
ceived today by the department of state from Consul
Letcher. The full truth of the message is accepted here
and it is felt that the story of the Herrera desertion was
made out of whole cloth.
AMERICANS HELP VILLA
WASHINGTON, March 24.—Senator Lewis intro
duced a resolution today denouncing all Americans who
give the least aid to Villa as traitors. The resolution also
asks that such people be prosecuted for treason.
AVIATOR FOUND
COLUMBUS. March 24.—Lieutenant Gorrieau of the
Aero Corps who has been missing since Sunday was found
today uninjured. He had run out of gasoline and had lost
his way.
Candidates Now
Sprouting Fast
Fast Two Days Proved Veritable
Springtime For Political
Buds.
We had all suspected that spring
had come during the past few day's
and sure enough up sprouted several
candidates for the city election until
about a score were in sight. There
are now three candidates for the may
oralty; Myers, Noon and Winstcdt.
For the clerkship there are also
three: Poehlman, Booker, and Lucas.
For the city attorneyship there are
also, strange to say, three candidates:
Coppernoll, Van Pelt and Green.
This is all from memory and it is
to be hoped that no names will be left
out for that would be incontrovertible
proof of a conspiracy to defeat some
worthy aspirant.
Now, also from memory, we have
running for the council—how many ?
There are Graef, Chamberlain,
Sauers, Korns, Johnson—who the
deuce else? Crawford? Chovin?
Dougherty? No. Oh, there is Frank
Torrey; also J. T. Harvey, by the
way. That makes sixteen candidates
we are sure of for all the oflices and
then comes Dr. Romig for the treas
urership.
Deputy Marshal Mossman was in
the city last evening waiting for a
boat.
RESOLUTION INTRODUCED IN
DOUSE TO MAKE ALASKA DRY
WASHINGTON, March 24.-Rep-;
rcsentative Smith has introduced a
bill providing for prohibition in Al
aska, the District of Columbia and all
outlying possessions and the chances
are regarded as very strong for a
favorable committee report. The bill
provides that one year from approval
it will be unlawful to sell alcoholic
beverages in the District of Columbia,
Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Porto Rico
and the Canal Zone or in any island
reservation, building, ship or naval
station owned or controlled by the
United States.
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It is impossible yet to guage the!
sentiment of congress on the question
but most of those interested in Alas- j
ka seem to have expected that such a
proposal was bound to come sooner or
later, especially since the government
began the construction work on the
railroad. It is thought possible that
some of the places f**r which prohi
bition is asked by the bill may be ex
empted, particularly the District of
Columbia, but the general opinion is
that the bill in greater part will be
i come law.
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Grosvold Brings
Suit vs. Whelpley
Asks Order Restraining Defendant
From Island Leased by
Him.
Andrew Grosvold of Sand Point has
tiled a complaint asking that F. E.
Whelplay be restrained from entering
Little Koniugi island and trapping
there the foxes which Mr. Grosvold
claims as his own. The plaintiff
states that he secured a lease of the •
island, which is one of the Shunagin
group, from the government on the
first of July, 1914, but that the de- j
fendant later with some helpers went
to the island several times and trap-j
ped the foxes belonging to the plain
tiff and threatened Grosvold with
bodily injury if he attempted to in- j
terfere with the work. Mr. Grosvold
states that he stocked the island in
December 1915 with seven pairs of
blue foxes and that much injury has
been inflicted on him by the defend- j
ant. A temporary restraining order
is about to be asked for by Messrs.
James and Woolley, the attorneys for
the plaintiff, until the trial of the
request for a permanent order comes
up. The island was formerly leased
by the Fundy Fox Company but when
Mr. Grosvold secured the lease the
Fundy Company recognized his
rights and they abandoned all claim
to the place, even asking Mr. Grosvold
to permit them a certain time to get
off their stock, which he did. The
lease was secured by a competitive
bid, Mr. Whelpley being the other, but
lower, bidder.
MOOSE WILL MEET TONIGHT
IN THE LARGE A. B. HALL
The Seward lodge Loyal Order of
Moose will meet this evening in the
large A. B. Hall. Initiations will take
place and a large attendance is re
quested.
J. L. McAllen, manager of the Gold
Bullion Mine on Willow creek, arrived
on the Watson and is now here wait
ing to go overland to the scene of his
labors. He is accompanied by J. P.
Gregg who will be the bookkeeper and
timekeeper for the mine.
❖ J. L. GRAEF ENTERS <•
❖ COUNCIL RACE ❖
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J. L. Graef, the hardware man and
a former member of the city council,
announced his candidacy for the coun
cil today. He is regarded as a strong
candidate as he has not been mixed
up with any faction.
HARVEY IS OCT
The petition of J. T. Harvey for
nomination as a candidate for the city
council is being circulated today. It
has been known for some time that
Mr. Harvey intended to be a candi
date.
LEFT ON WATSON
The following will go on the Ad
miral Watson today: W. G. Thomp
son, Jas. McCoy, H. Marcus, C. W.
Mossman, C. C. Howard, Chas. Covey,
Oscar Breedman, H. W. Thompson,
Geo. A. Kirk, F. H. Tasher, S. Burns,
Earl Woolley, C. A. Irvine, J. H.
Nichoalds
BUNCE GETS CONTRACT
Fred Bunce has secured a contract
for cutting five thousand ties for the
government railroad on government
land near Kenai lake and when that
contract is through he expects to se
cure another.
WATSON WILL LEAVE AT
SEVEN THIS EVENING
The* Admiral Watson will leave at
7 p. m. today. She arrived from the
westward at noon with 135 tons of
coal and three passengers. The pas
sengers were F. Obriket, Sr., W. G.
1 Whorf and W. J. Hamilton.
FEAR DIAZ PLANS NEW
REVOLUTION IN MEXICO
FELIX DIAZ |
Photo by American Press Association
lFelix Diaz, nephew of the late Porflru
Diaz, who has been watched for severs
months by department of justice agent
because of Ids suspected ictlvitles In vio
latlon of American neutrality, apparent
ly has left the United States for Mexln
with the Intention of launching a new
revolution against the Carranza de fac
to government. Information reaching
Washington officials indicates that he
hopes to organize and lead the troops o!
his native state. Oaxaca, and such othei
forces In southern Mexico as he
gather about him I
JOE ST EC HER WINNER
OVER W. DEMETRALLj
BUTTE, March 24. — William
Demetrall, the Greek champion
wrestler, was defeated last night by
Joe Steteher who got two falls in fif
teen minutes. The showing of
Steteher puts him easily in the front
rank*.
NEW EXPLOSIVE IS MORE
•POWERFUL THAN GUN COTTON
SAN FRANCISCO, March 24.—An
explosive more powerful than pun
cotton has been invented from
feathers by Jules E. Brenner, a drug
gist. The inventor calls the inven
tion “Gunfeathers."
NOW DENIED THAT YUAN
SHI KAI WILL RESIGN
SAN FRANCISCO, March 24.—Re
ports were received trom the Re
publican leaders in China today that
the emperor will not resign and that
his statement to the elTect that he
would step down and out was made
for political purposes. Chinese here,
however, think the resignation will
take place.
FACE CUT BY ROPE
WEIGHT FROM SHIP
When the rope with the lead at the
end of it was thrown from the deck of
the Watson to the dock today it
struck Mr. Morrison, a mining man
from Willow Creek, under the eye
and cut him severely. Dr. Sk»an
stitched the wound. When the first
weighted line was thrown it struck
Ed. Whittemore on the hat.
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PATENT FOR LAUBNER
TRACT WAS OVERLOOKED
The Gateway's informant, when
suiting that the Bergstrom patent
was the first granted for a homestead
along the railroad, overlooked the
fact that Judge S. 0. Morford secur
ed a patent for the Laubner people
five years ago. What was probably
j meant by the information yesterday
| was that the Bergstrom patent was
| the first on the railroad since the gov
enrment took it over.
Seventy people went out on the
train yesterday.
BOARD TO MEET
HERE LIKELY
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IN ALL PROBABILITY GOVERN
MENT COMMISSION WILL
HAVE SEWARD SESSION.
In all probability the Government
Board ot‘ Conciliation and Investiga
tion will hold a session here after the
conclusion of its work at Anchorage
to which place it went this morning.
Mr. MolTatt, the spokesman of the
Board, gave this as his opinion this
morning before taking the car to Mile
M4 where the visitors will be met by
the dog teams which had been provid
ed for by Commissioner Mears. Last
evening the Board met some of the
representatives of the workers here
and had an informal talk with them.
While nothing definite was accomp
lished it is evident that what passed
has had the effect of convincing the
members of the Commission that a
special session here in Seward might
be advisable. One member of the
board even threw out a hint that two
or three weeks may be spent here in
vestigating after the Anchorage part
of the work is concluded and this in
dicates the rather exhaustive nature
of the inquiries which are about to
be prosecuted. The three gentlemen
left on a special car this morning at
8 o’clock.
TWO TO ONE IS THE
BETTING ON WILLARD
He and Moran Have Both Finished
Training and Betting is
Light.
NEW YORK, March 24. — Willard
and Moran have finished training for
their championship battle. The bet
ting is two to one on Jesse but very
light. The ticket sales have brought
in $140,000 and the attendance is ex
pected to be about twelve thousand.
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* AL CHAMBERLAIN *
* HAS COME OUT *
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Al Chamberlain's petition was cir
culated today to secure the necessary
twenty names nominating him as a
candidate for the city council. He
went away this morning on his usual
business over the trail and will not re
turn until four days before election.
INSIDE HISTORY OF
THE JUNEAU PRIMARY
A prominent Juneau man writes to
Valdez:
“Shackleford will have practically
the entire delegation from the First
division. This he obtained on the
strength that he would support Wiek
ersham and put the latter in nomina
tion as the Republican candidate for
Congress. Of course, I do not think
he will do so, because I do not think
you can very well fuse oil and water.
Mr. Shackelford explains, as does Ed.
Russell of the Dispatch, that Shackle
ford and Wickersham have entered
into an agreement by which Shackle
ford is to be given the patronage as
National Committeeman and Wicker
sham is to be given the nomination as
Republican candidate.
“Shackleford said about a week ago
to M. J. O’Connor of Douglas that
he did not trust Wickersham and that
when he got the proxies he would go
to Washington and take Wickersham
ip to Hilles, chairman of the nation
al committee, and make Wickersham
relinquish all claim to the patronage.
You know that Wickersham is not
going to do anything of the kind.
What, then, is going to result?
v “The Gastineau company threw it
self into the local fight with all its
customary vigor. The men were
herded in squads from the mine and
mill and ushered into automobiles,
given a ticket, rushed up to the vot
ing place in Juneau, where they were
FRENCH ARE PRESSED
BACK N. W. OF VERDUN
FRENCH PREVENT ASSAULT
PARIS' March 24.—The French artillery kept up a
bombardment of the Germans in the woods south of
Malancourt during the night and the enemy’s infantry
failed to appear as expected. The center of the Verdun
fighting is now in the northwest and not in the north or
east where it was some weeks ago.
GERMANS RESUME
LONDON, March 24.—The Germans have resumed
the attacks on the northwest of Verdun, according to the
dispatches but the results had not been know at the time
his dispatch was sent. It is clear that the great Teuton
offensive is meant to be a supreme effort to smash and not
a mere temporary effort like preceding offensive move
ments in the west.
WILL BE DECISIVE
PARIS, March 24.—The action which the Germans
have begun to the northwest of Verdun is believed to be
meant as the decisive struggle in that theatre of war. It
is admitted that the enemy is battering our line with ter
rific energy in Avocourt wood and that the Crown Prince
has succeeded in bending our front until it forms a dang
erous loop.
BERLIN SEES BIG CHANCE
BERLIN, March 24.—The news arriving from the
Verdun arena today indicates that the French position
has become very precarious and military experts say that
a tremendously momentous period is at hand. Our offen
sive is becoming stronger instead of weakening and the
intention is to continue it until a'decision is reached.
GERMANS ON DEFENSIVE
LONDON, March 24.—The Geramns are reported to
have adopted defensive tactics in the east against the Rus
sians but this is supposed to be due to the fact that large
forces are needed in the west to maintain the gteat of
fensive around Verdun. The Russians are reported still
attacking in the Dvinsk region but it is known that the
Teutons have fortified themselves in that quarter with
great care for just such an eventuality.
DO THEY AIM AT PARIS
LONDON, March 24—Military critics are now busy
trying to ascertain what the object of the Germans really
is in attacking Verdun. They maintain that if the object
were to try to reach Paris the same results could be ob
tained by breaking the French front in a weaker place and
forcing the whole line to fall back. It is admitted that if
Verdun falls the Germans will have a much shorter front
to hold but this seems to be the chief advantage obtain
able.
MAY BE BIG SEA BATTLE
AMSTERDAM, March 24—The Flushing corres
pondents for the Amsterdam newspapers today report
heavy firing in the English channel. It seemed to come
from the neighborhood of Ostend. Western incoming
skippers also report that gunfire flashes were visible on
the horizon during the night and the people are convinced
that a great naval engagement is being fought.
TRIAL OF BOPP BEGINS
SAN FRANCISCO, March 24.—The trial of the Ger
man consul General, von Bopp, and his associates began
today. The bomb plotting charges were read and the
whole affair was gone into in the opening speech. A mo
tion was made by counsel for the defendants to quash the
indictments but Judge Dooling denied it. _
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herded up to the ballot box, voted, and
herded back into the auto and back
to the mill and mine again. About
twenty autos were engaged in this
work and there was a continual string
of them coming and going between
Thane and Juneau all afternoon at
j top speed. Not one in ten of the men
had ever heard there was going to be
J any kind of an election; not one in
twenty knew' what the election was
about; not one in twenty saw more
than one ticket, and would not know
what either was if they did see it.
“Neither of the local papers dare
say a word about the affair, but the
public nerve is atlngle with excite
ment over what has occurred, because
they realize that the result of the
performance is likely to have a far
reaching and lasting effects.”—Valdez
Prospector,
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