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SEWARD. THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA, SATURDAY. APRIL 8, 1916. Ten CenU the ^
Vol. 10, No. 120._________—- .. --”——-— '
REPORTED MEXICANS PREPARE
TO ATTACK ON THE BORDER
WASHINGTON, April 8.—“I think we are on a warm
trail,” said Secretary of War Baker today when discuss
ing the chase after Villa to newspaper men. ‘1 hope we
shall have good reports soon, was a further statement in
answer to questions. This is the first official utterance of
the secretary in the matter and it is taken to mean that
he expects the capture of the bandit soon, l'he censorship
is so strict that the public, newspaper people say, have no
real idea as to how the affair is progressing. It is general
ly believed, however, that Villa is no nearer to capture
now than he was when the United States troops first
started out. It is stated semi-officially that General Fun
ston has taken particular care to keep the line of possible
retreat to United States territory open for the American
troops in the event that a general Mexican uprising be
came a fact. The officials all state, though, that Carranza
is acting with perfect loyalty and that a better feeling in
stead of a worse may be expected between the two peoples
as a result of the invasion.
MEXICANS THREATEN
SAN DIEGO, April 8.—All the deputy sheriffs of the
border towns have been called out and fully armed be
cause of persistent reports that the Mexicans in the dis
trict about forty miles southeast of this are preparing to
attack the Americans living near the frontier. The re
gion is said to he teeming with renegade Mexicans and
from these the trouble is feared, not from the general
body of Mexicans. People coming from the border, how
ever, say the feeling created in Mexico by the invasion by
Americans is bitterly unfriendly. Most Mexicans seem to
have the idea that the consent of Carranza to the invasion
was compulsory.
| Story of Villa
j the Bandit Again!
(Special to Gateway by United Press) j
EL PASO, March 28.—Peon farm-t
er boy—hoarder of unknown wealth;
outlawed bandit—soldier hero; dcvot-'
ed husband—barbarous bigamist;!
just, free-handed leader—cruel and
vindictive dictator; cool and clever
political adventurer—raving and
bloodthirsty murderer; shrewd state.*
rnan—ignorant malefactor. Such a
man is Francisco Villa, “The Tiger,”
as seen by his friends and by his»
enemies.
Rivalling Robin Hood in the varied
career of his life, but lacking the
polish of that famed Old English
figure Francisco Villa is a charact
er about whom there has been more
written, prehaps, than about any
other Mexican of his generation; a
man whose name will go down in
history as that of one of the most
picturesque and widely known, though
little known, men of intrigue-ridden
Mexico.
Villa’s personal history and life
have been as much a mooted question
as has been the right and wrong of
his cause. His birth is shrouded in
doubt—place, time, ancestry.
Mexico's “man of blood’’ has been
claimed as brother of a negro, as a
“squaw man,” as a half-breed of
Mexican-Negro blood, as a half-breed
of Mexican-Indian blood, and as »
full-fledged Mexican of pure Spanish
extraction.
The Reverend Alfred Young, a
Negro minister of Baltimore, claimed
Villa was his brother. His hair is
short and “kinky” like that of the
African; his check bones high and
prominent like those of the Indian;
his complexion that of the Mexican;
his temperament that of the Castilian.
Perhaps the most direct line upon
Villa’s birth comes from the Mexican
state of Durango, south of Chihuahua.
It was in these mountain foothills
that Francisco Villa was bom in 1876,
the son of a peon farmer, according to [
be^t reports. While he was a child
his parents moved to the state of
Chihuahua, the scene of the greatest
activities of Villa’s life—a state that
trembled with fear at his name, yet
whose people benefitted by his gen
erosity.
While Villa was in his early teens
his parents died and left in his charge
an older sister, a beautiful, dark-eyed
senorita whom Villa loved.
This very devotion to his sister led
Villa into open conflict with the pow
er then in control of Mexico. Rurales,
the roving armed policemen of Mexi
co, were wont to carry away for the
magistrates of the government any
pretty woman who declined their at
tentions.
Villa returned home one day from
his plow to find his sister gone—and
in that moment of discovery was bom
Mexico’s fury, “Paneho, The Tiger.”
Villa at once suspected the magis
trate of the town. He seized his re
volver, mounted a swift horse and,
compelling a priest to ride with him,
started in pursuit. All day and all
night they rode, and at 4 o’clock one
morning, almost a week later they
caught up with the party.
At the point of Villa’s revolver the
priest performed the marriage cere
mony, the Magistrate signed his owrn
death warrant, and in less than five
minutes the magistrate was dead and
Villa rode for the mountains of
Chihuahua, a fugitive from justice.
Thus began the career of the man
who caused more trouble for two gov
ernments than any other one man in
history. He was outlawed, and a
price was placed on his head. Kind
red spirits flocked to his banner,'and
for eighteen years they defied the
rurales, raiding, pillaging, murdering,
plundering.
Villa’s rifle carried 48 notches,
worthless obituaries of rurales who
sought to capture him and win the re
ward. But his friends of those days
stoutly assert that never did Villa rob
or steal from anyone who was of his
people, the peon class. And always
with them he was generous and open
handed, a free-giver and a kind man.
In the foothills of the mountains
lay a typical Mexican village. Its
inhabitants had often heard of the
❖ NEW COUNCIL *
❖ NEXT MONDAY *
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The present council, which will
probably go down in local records as
the Bundesrath, will meet next Mon
day, City Attorney Coppernoll says,
pay the bills ami then give way to the
tine body elected by the people of
Seward this time. Requieecat in pace.
SAYS TR VVELER NOT
WRECKED BY ICE
In a message to Wayne Blue from
T. B. Watson it is stated that the
Traveler was not wrecked by ice and
that there is very little ice in the An
chorage harbor just at present. The
beat, he says, is a total loss but her
loss was caused by rolling down the
the bank when the tide went out.
Mr. Was ton also says there is no re
port of the dock being destroyed.
DELEGATES TO LEAVE
SEATTLE ABOUT TENTH
Some of the delegates to the Re
publican convention will leave Seattle
for Seward about the tenth, according
to word received from W. A. Gilmore,
delegate from Nome and candidate
four years ago for congress. Judge
C. D. Murane is expected to come
here with the delegates although not
a delegate himself. Rumor says the
former district judge is going to be
deeply interested in politics this year.
Judging from reports in the papers
of the coast Shackleford will also be
at the convention here on the week
after next.
❖ H. C. DELINE MADE *
❖ DISBURSING OFFICER ❖
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H. C. DeLine has been appointed
special disbursing officer for the gov
ernment engineering commission to
take the place of Leslie Cramer who
is going outside. Mr. DeLine will
take office just as soon as the bonds
have been fixed and the vacancy
created by the departure of Mr.
Cramer.
WANTS HIS SON
T. F. Tabor of Boise, Idaho, writes
a most touching letter to the post
master asking for information about
his son, Harry, who, he heard, started
for Alaska some time ago. The son
described as being 26 years of age, of
light complexion and about 5 feet, 7
inches in height.
WORKERS TO HOLD A
MEETING TOMORROW
The “Industrial Union No. 1 of the
Alaska Federation of Labor" will hold
a meeting tomorrow evening at 7:30
in Firemen's Hall. The name of the
organization is put in quotation
marks ao it is the name adopted by
themselves. A constitution will be
adopted at the meeting and officers
will be elected.
ALAMEDA IN MORNING
The Alameda is due to arrive here
at 5 o’clock tomorrow morning, ac
cording to the latest report from
Valdez.
ANCHORAGE LIGHT
COMPANY BUILDING
The Electric Light Company of
Anchorage is now erecting a building.
bloody fights between Villa and the
rurales, of the plundering raids of
“The Tiger" on unsuspecting towns,
and they feared him.
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❖WHAT THE DUTIES ❖!
* OF MAYOR ARE ❖!
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Seward accepted the chance to elect j
its governing body under the law en- j
acted by the Territorial legislature
and much speculation is now being
indulged in as to the manner in which
the independently elected officials will
act There is a rumor about town
that salaries ure to be cut, for in
stance, but many are wondering how
the mayor will get along. There is
a clearly defined section of the new
law which tells what the duties ot
the mayor will be but, before quoting
the law, it might be of interest to say
that one of the officials of the dying
council who made his job fat by his
friendship for some of the council
men is now saying that some of tne
officials were paid too much. The
section of the law relating to the
mayoral duties is as follows:
Section 4. It shall be the duty of
the mayor so elected to preside ar
meetings of the common council to
approve or disapprove of all ordi
nances or resolutions passed by the
common council; to sign all warrants
drawn on the city treasury, and to
exercise a general supervision over
the affairs of the city in which he has
been elected.
The mayor shall be the executive
head of the city. He shall have
authority to veto any ordinance or
resolution passed by the common
council, and any ordinance or resolu
tion so vetoed shall be returned to
the common council at the next
regular meeting, together with a
statement from the mayor giving the
reasons for his veto. Any ordinance
so vetoed by the mayor may In* pass
ed by a majority of the common coun
cil, in which case it shall become ef
fective without the signature of the
mayor. If the mayor neither signs
nor vetoes an ordinance or resolution
before the next regular meeting of
the common council after its passage
it shall become effective without his
signature.
CONFESSES TO THEFT
OF IMMENSE AMOUNT
SAN DIEGO, April 8. — United
States Marshal Carse declares that
James Moran has confessed to the
theft of $150,000 from the registered
mails at Liberty street ferry in New
York on January 18.
SNOW STORMS IN EAST
NEW YORK, April 8.—Snowstorms
are now sweeping the Atlantic slope.
Snow ten inches deep is reported at
Altona, Pa.
NICARAGUA ADOPTS
TREATY WITH U. S.
WASHINGTON, April 8. — Nic
aragua has adopted the proposed
canal treaty with the United States.
Three million dollars are involved in
the first arrangements.
PATROLMAN IS KILLED
AND ANOTHER DISAPPEARS
ST. LOUIS, April 8. — John Mc
Kenna, a motor cycle patrolman, was
killed last night after he had arrested
four automobile bandits and William
A. Dillon, another patrolman, who
followed the robbers has disappeared.
The case of Dillion is one of the mos*
remarkable in the criminal records of
the city. After the shooting of Mc
Kenna he took an automobile and
followed the one driven by the mur
derers. The last seen of him was
when he chased them at breakneck
speed into an alley. The authorities
believe that they shot the plucky
patrolman and hid his body away.
No trace of either car has been found.
FIRE BOYS TO MEET
There will be a special meeting of
the firemen tonight at the city hall
at 8 p. m. All members are request
ed to attend,
GERMANS CAPTURE ANOTHER
POSITION IN VERDUN REGION
❖ WASHINGTON U. *]
* BEATS STANFORD *
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SEATTLE, April 8. —- Washington |
university beat Stanford by seven
lengths in the three miles rowing.
Stand ford was second last year in the
big regatta at Poughkeepsie and the
victory of the local college is regard
ed as proving its crew in the first
rank.
WOOLDRIDGE GETS
SIX'YEARS IN PEN
FAIRBANKS, April 8. — Woolir
ridge was sentenced to six years in
the penitentiary today by Judge Bun
nell for rape of a half breed girl
who was under age. In sentencing
him the judge said he believed the
sentence was just. C. Myers was sen
tenced to five years for obtaining
money under false pretenses. Carl
Johansen was given eight months for
larceny.
W ASH I NGTON F NT VERSITY
BOY FALLS TO DEATH
SEATTLE, April 8.—Wiliun C.
Sessen, student in the law class of the
University of Washington, fell fifteen
feet last night from the rear balcony
of the house in which he was lodging
and was killed instantly. He was the
son of G. L. Sessen of West Plains,
Missouri.
MURDERER TAKES LAW
MINNEAPOLIS, April 8.—Charles
I). Etchison, whose confession, impli
cating himself, convicted Frederick T.
Price of wife murder, today started a
correspondence law course. IK;
doesn’t expect his case to eomc up be
fore summer.
UNIVERSITY BOYS
HAD NARROW ESCAPE
SEATTLE, April 8.—Six university
students had a narrow escape from
drowning yesterday in Lake Washing
ton when the hydroplane in which
they were following the racing crews
ran foul of the press boat and turned
turtle into the lake. The race was
between the crews of Washington
University and Sanford.
WANT THOUSANDS OF
HORSES FROM NORTHWEST
PORTLAND, April 8.—A call has
been sent from the war department
to the Pacific Northwest for five thou
sand horses for the use of the cavalry
and for twelve hundred horses fit for
service in the artillery corps. Horses
are'found to be very scarce as a re
sult of the European war. The order
has caused the opinion that the
Mexican campaign is expected in of
ficial circles to be longer than had
been anticipated in the beginning.
TWENTY MILLION POUNDS
OF TOBACCO ORDERED
NEW YORK, April 8.—An order
for twenty million pounds of Ameri
can tobacco for the European govern
ments, principally Italy was executed
here today. The weed is for the
soldiers in the trenches.
FORD THINKS HE SEES
A VICTORY FOR PEACE
DETROIT, April 8. — Henry Ford
has called the result of the president
ial preference primary, in which he ■
defeated Senator Smith, a victory not
for himself but for Peaco. The people
apparently were overwhelming in
favor of the automobile manu
facturer,
GERMANS CAPTURE POSITION
BERLIN, April 8.—Continuing their advance in the
Verdun region the Germans have captured a French posi
tion for over a mile on the Temiiten hill south of Hau
court. The official announcement this morning says that
our position at Haucourt has been fully organized and
our troops are advancing southward in the effort to take
Verdun on the west flank. The greatest jubilation has
been shown here because the events of the past few weeks
prove that we can successfully assault the most carefully
fortified positions of the enemy. Almost every day wit
nesses some announcement of an advance in that region.
BATTLING AT FORGES
LONDON, April 8.—The German crown prince has
thrown* large forces across Forges brook in the eflort to
squeeze the French out of Bethincourt. Forges is a short
distance east of Bethincourt which is now surrounded on
three sides by the Teutons who apparently intend to de
vote all their attention to that quarter for the present.
The information now coming shows the struggle around
the Verdun positions to be the most terrible of the whole
war. Surprise is expressed in military circles that the
enemy can afford to concentrate such tremendous forces
at one point while holding the rest of the lines with suffi
cient strength. The newspapers are calling for more de
termined action by the allies in other quarters to relieve
the Verdun pressure but the government is frowning
down all criticism. Joffre’s message to the soldiers de
fending Verdun has been circulated everywhere.
AYLMERS ADVANCING
LONDON, April 8.—The latest account from the
Mesopotamia region says that General Aylmers has made
important advances in the effort to join the forces of
General Townsend. The defeat of the Turks at Erzerum
has relieved the situation in that quarter immensely, the
official announcement declares.
ITALIANS PRESSING
ROME, April 8— It is officially stated that we have
started a new offensive movement in the Isonzo valley and
have taken some of the fortified positions of the enemy.
Our artillery bombarded some of the Austrian main posi
tions last night with apparently good results.
AUSTRIAN SHIP SUNK
PARIS, April 8.—An Austrian transport was sunk
yesterday in the Adriatic sea by a French submarine and
hundreds of the soldiers aboard are believed to have been
drowned.
THREE MORE SHIPS SUNK
LONDON, April 8.—Three more British merchant
ships were sunk yesterday by German submarines around
the British coasts, according to the announcement of the
admiralty this morning. The submarine campaign has
evidently been revived with greater force than ever.
CHICAGO CABBY BURNS
UP HIS CARRIAGES
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
CHICAGO, March 28.—Discouraged
by taxicab competition and unable to
sell his old fashioned cabs ana car
riages even for a song, Abel Deming
poured kerosene upon them and burn
ed them up. Deming has been rich
and poor several times since he came
here during the World’s Fair. In 1892
Deming was flat broke except for his
horses. He sold them, came to
Chicago and, working at odd jobs,
saved his money and bought a horse
and cab. The horse and cab became a
livery stable and then fortune smiled
and coins jingled merrily into his
pockets. Then the race course lured
him and Deming rubbed elbows with
John W. Gates and John Drake.^ Then
the bubble burst wThen the fair was
over and the race course saw Deming
no more. A few years passed and
Deming still carried passengers
through the streets of Chicago until
one day a snorting automobile whiz
zed past his cab. At the age of 71,
Deming is left with but a meager part
of the money he once had. He tried
to sell his carriages, offering to part
with an outfit worth $25,000 new, for
$5,200 but there were no takers, so
Deming drew his carriages from their
storage shed, poured a can of gasoline
over them and touched a match to the
relics of the heyday of the horse.
YUKON HEROINE DIES
SKAGWAY. — Mrs. Florence S.
Lee, who was formerly stewardess at
the W. P. & Y. R. hospital at Skag
way, died in a San Francisco hospital
from injuries received on the steam
ship President when she attempted to
save a woman and three children from
a heavy sea which swept the deck of
the vessel.—Ex.
Jake Phile is laid up at present with
bronchitis.
Patronize home industry. Alaska
coal $11.00 per ton. See Bill Henry
Cor. 4th and Adams St. Tel. Madi
son 149.