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ADVERTISEMENTS BRING RESULTS_ PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY _,_ , _ ._=
j ^ ^ SEWARD. THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1916. .
APPARENTLY SOME DANGER IS
EACED OE WAR WITH MEXICO
MEXICO CITY, March 13.—Last night General Car
ranza issued a proclamation to the Mexican people de
claring that under no circumstances would the Mexican
government grant the U. S. the right to violate the laws of j
neutrality by sending armed forces in pursuit of Villa
without the consent of Mexico and without a reciprocal
privilege being first obtained and admitted. Word has
been sent to tne Mexican agent at Washington to make
immediate reports regarding this phase of the subject. |
The manifesto of Carranza is in part as follows:
“Because of an assault by \ ilia and his bandits;
on the town of Columbus, the burning of houses and the
killing of some inhabitants, soldiers and civilians, a very j
delicate international situation has been created, a situa-:
tion which has been made worse by the press ot North.
America in inciting the people of that country against;
Mexico. Members of the United States congress have al-j
so advised intervention in this country and on the whole'
there have been serious threats against our sovereignty. j
1 have advised the United States government through out
foreign office of the facts and I have given statements j
showing that the invasion by Villa and his bandits has had
historical precedents, as in the years 1880 and 1886 when
two parties of Indians coming from the United States in
vaded Sonora and Chihuahua and committed crimes and j
depredations against the property and lives of Mexicans, j
It was agreed then between the governments of the two
countries to permit the respective passage of armed forces.
and this resulted in the extermination of the marrauders.
I have now asked the American government to pursue a
like course in order to solve future differences should theyj
arise. I have not received an answer from the American,
government and from reports of my chiefs along the
frontier I learn that American forces are mobilizing to
pursue and capture Villa and to deliver him to the Mexi
can authorities. The expedition is in the nature of a
punitive campaign and tne sovereignty of Mexico will be
respected. rilie legislational government has given in
structions to the confidential agent at \\ ashington to re
port to the Washington government that under no cir
custances will the invasion of Mexico by the United States
be countenanced unless reciprocal rights are first granted,
nor will an outrage to the dignity of this nation be toler
ated. If unfortunately we are dragged into a war which
the United tSates cannot justify we will not be respon
sible for disastrous consequences but the blame will fall
on the heads of the traitors to Mexico who have laboied
long to produce such results, and upon their heads aiso
will fall the inexorable justice of the Mexican people.”
GET VILLA DEAD Oil ALIVE
SAN ANTONIO, March 13.—Funston has complet
ed his plans for the capture of \ ilia and his outlaws “dead
or alive." It is not known when the expedition will start
into Mexico although it will be very soon. Rumors that
the advance had crossed the border are denied and it is
stated that the army will not move until it is sure of a suf
ficient number of men with an adequate commissary. It
is believed, however, that the expedition will not be held
back until the troops now ordered to the border from
great distances have arrived. Great excitement is noted
in the Carranza garrisons at Nogales, opposite the
Arizona border town of the same name, i he same activi
ty shows in Carranza forces at Piedras Niegras near
Eagle Pass, Texas, across the Rio Grande. The uneasi
ness also has extended to a large Mexican population on
the American side but sufficient American troops are
stationed along the border to cope with the situation.
Funston is quoted as saying that he will hold the invading
forces down as low as possible.
CAVALRY SENT WEST
WASHINGTON, March 13.—Funston has requested
four additional regiments of cavalry to patrol the border
and regiments in California, Nebraska and Georgia have
received orders to depart. The expedition will number at
least four thousand with General Pershing in the lead.
All Funston’s movements will be kept secret but it is be
lieved that the drive will be quick and decisive.
VILLA IS SIGHTED
EL PASO, March 13.—Villa with nine hundred men
is reported to have been near the Mormon colony last
night. The United States today revoked all permits given
for the exportation of explosives to Mexico.
MUNITIONS FOR U. S. A.
PHILADELPHIA, March 13.—Four of the largest
munition factories in the country’ are now rushing orders
for the United States army.
ORDERS TO CRUISER
MOBILE, March 13.—Sealed orders have been receiv
ed by the cruiser North Carolina and they are believed
to be orders to proceed to Mexico. j
WILSON CONTRADICTS MEXICANS
WASHINGTON, March 13.—The Mexican embassy
announced that Wilson has accepted Carranzas terms
respectmg permission to invade Mexico but later the em
bassy withdrew the statement when a vigorous denial was
made from the White House. The Mexican embassy also
states that in the public accounts of his manifesto the
United States newspapers have grossly misquoted Car
ranza.
MAY CALL MILITIA
WASHINGTON, March 13. — Secretary of War
Baker insists that he has not planned to call the militia
for service in Mexico but he admits that it may be found
necessary to call out the militia and some volunteers for
border patrol. W. C. Miller, president of the United
States Volunteer Association, has offered the services of
the Spanish war veterans. He declares that a regiment
of Rough Riders, familiar with border duties, can be re
cruited in a few weeks.
AGREEMENT REACHED
WASHINGTON, March 13.—It is officially announc
ed that Lansing and Carranza have reached an agreement
regarding the American troops entering Mexico and with
regard to Carranza’s reciprocity proposals. It is believ
ed that the agrement contains a modification in some
points of the Carranza proclamation of yesterday. Lan
sing says the president is authorizing the issuance of a
statement about the military operations in Mexico which
will show that they will be strictly confined to the capture
of Villa and his bandits and that they will in no degree
encroach on the sovereignty of Mexico or develope into an
intervention into the international affairs of the Mexican
Republic. __
VERDUN FIGHTING
STILL PROCEEDING
MILLIONS TO VLADIVOSTOK
SEATTLE, March 13—The exports from this port to
Vladivostok for February amounted to twelve and a half
million dollars in value. The exports were nearly all war
supplies.
SAY GERMANS DOPED
LONDON, March 13.—Writing from Verdun Lord
Northcliffe, the owner of the London Times and other
great publications, declares that the German troops were
drugged before charging the French positions to render
them free from fear.
SAYS GERMANS TEMPTED JAPS
TOKIO, March 13.—Baron Ishii, foreign minister,
has made a declaration that Germany has for years been
attempting to cause trouble between the United States
and Japan.
GERMAN LOSSES
PARIS, March 13.—The German losses in the first
three weeks hammering at Verdun were two hundred
thousand.
FIGHTING AT MEUSE
BERLIN, March 13.—Artillery fighting is proceeding
on the east bank of the Meuse. The Trench attacks at
Lepretre woods have been defeated.
ITALIANS AGGRESSIVE
ROME, March 13.—After several weeks of inactivity
the Italian army started aggressive movements today
along the entire front._
HICKERSHAMITES WIN
IN FIRST DIVISION
JUNEAU, March 13.—The Shackle
ford-Wickersbam combination carried
all the primaries in the First division.
The precincts heard from, including
Juneau Douglas, Treadwell, Skagway,
Haines, Sitka, Wrangell and Ketchi
kan, all show Shackleford majorities,
and elected fifty-four delegates.
Shackleford carried Juneau by a big
majority over the Rustgard delega
tion. The Shackleford delegation at
Douglas defeated the O’Connor dele
gation by 101 to 71. Shackleford’s
friends declare that the results here
ELECTRIC CO.
GIVES WATER
A meeting of property holders and
the city council was held this at tor
noon at 2 o’clock and it was decided
to accept the offer of the Seward
Electric Company to have a hose from
its water pipe attached to a hydrant
where the tire department can attach
its hose at any time and secure an
auxiliary supply of water. Mr. Graff
of the Electric Company stated that
nc offered this to the city as iar back
as five years ago but the offer was not
accepted. Councilman Chovin says he
suggested it last Summer but the
suggestion was not acted upon. The
Electric Company receives no compen
sation for this supply which is meant
to be given as a favor to the people of
die city.
BlJrrS AT ANCHORAGE
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ANCHORAGE, March 13.—W. W.
Butts of Seward has arrived here and
will open a store.
LOSES AN EYE
ANCHORAGE, March 13. —While
chopping a frozen log last Saturday
Louis Mileff, a Macedonian, was hit in
the eye with a chip which flew up
with great force. The eye is lost.
R. R. MAN INJURED
ANCHORAGE, March 13.—While
John Johnson was engaged working
on the Matanuska bridge he fell of
and sustained serious injuries. A
special train was sent out and brought
him to the hospital.
insure him the control of the conven
tion at Seward.
VALDEZ
VALDEZ, March 12.—Eight dele
gates have been elected to the Re
publican convention and the poll was
headed by Ritchie. Nearly all are
against Wickcrsham and Shackleford
but are favorable to harmony and
patching up.
CORDOVA
CORDOVA, March 13.—There was
no contest in the Republican primaries
in this section but the delegates elect
ed are all anti-Shackleford. They
are, for Cordova, George Hazclct, H.
G. Steel, Thomas Scott, George Dool
ey, Harry Thistcd, E. V. Boyle, C. M.
Johnson and Jack Shepard. For
Katalla they are A. M. Keating and
A. G. Thompson.
ANCHORAGE
ANCHORAGE, March 13.—At the
Saturday night primaries the Repub
licans elected Arthur Frame, J. L.
Waller, E. J. Warner, Jack Suther
land, Jimmie Hill, Duflield and J» H.
McLaughlin. The delegation will
support Herron for national commit
teeman but is uninstructed on the
delegate question.
SEWARD
The following were elected to the
Republican territorial convention here
last Saturday; J. Allison Bruner,
Matt Button, E. E. Chamberlain, J.
J. Finnegan, W. P. Henry, L. L.
James, Jr., J. M. Sloan and E. L.
Whittemore.
TEA POSTPONED
The Tea of St. Peter’s Guild has
been postponed because of the
1 weather.
EIRE DESTROYS THE DAGOETE
AND COLWELL BUILDINGS
The Daggett block, the Daggett residence, the S. L.
Colwell store building, the Colwell residence, the Rainier
Buffet, the greater part of the plant of the Alaska Even
ing Post and the Dee Sing noodle restaurant were totally
destroyed by a lire which broke out in the basement of the
Daggett block this morning. While the excitement lasts
it is difficult to secure a close estimate of the losses sus
tained but they amount in the aggregate to not less than
twenty thousand dollars, although they are probably very
much more. It is believed that the loss to Dr. C. '1'. Dag
get will be at least fifteen thousand dollars, while it is
said that the amount of insurnace held by him was not
more than a couple of thousand. Mr. Colwell had a three
thousand insurance on his stock but nothing on the build
ing, which was erected only a few months ago. The stock
in the store was saved but about $5,000 worth ol stock
was stored in the basement and all was lost. His resi
dence was also burned up and hardly a thing was saved.
The same is true of the Dagget residence. Mr. McKenzie
of the firm of McPhail and McKenzie, the owners of the
Rainier Buffet, says he is not yet able to give an estimate
jf their losses. Their stock and fixtures were completely
demolished. One other exceedingly regrettable phase of
the occurrence is that Mrs. Daggett and Mrs. Colwell lost
about ail their household-furniture and many articles
which money cannot replace. The type-setting machine
and press of the Alaska Evening Post, which was located
in the basement of the Daggett block, were also destroyed.
It is said that the Post had a five thousand dollars insur
ance.
It is probably safe to say that the total losses were
learer thirty thousand dollars than twenty thousand
vvhen it is taken into account that Mr. Colwell’s loss alone
could not be very much less than eight or ten thousand.
The fire was caused in a manner that is not perfectly
clear. The Japanese porter of the Daggett block had
started the fires in the basement and soon afterwards the
blaze was discovered. Chief of Police Guest says that
when he saw the blaze it was in a pile of lire wood which
stood near the furnace and it is thought that a spark must
have flown out and set the fire. W ithin less than two
years two other alarms were caused by the same furnace
but it is believed that the blaze this time was not due to
any defect in the pipe as the fire began down below.
The alarm was sent in just about 7 o’clock this morn
ing and at 9 the buildings were a mass of smouldering
debris. The fire department did its duty but the citizens
learned for the first time that the water supply was
practically non-existent. The lines of hose threw out
.iardly more water than would be used by a lawn sprink
.er and the little streams were really a sight that might be
jlangingly called pathetic. It has since been learned
generally that the city has had no water supply for sev
eral weeks and that the fact was well known to the auth
orities. The Seward Water company receives a hundred
dollars a month from the city for the water supply and
jome criticism is now being expressed that water was
supplied to the steamers recently in harbor and that tnis
cut down still lower the meager supply for fire fighting.
However, there is lots of time to go into all these matteis
ind all that can be done today is to tell what is known to
nave occurred. Needless, perhaps, to say the whole city
sympathizes with those who have lost so much and the
disaster makes itself felt everywhere.
Other losers by the fire were William D. Coppernoll
and W. P. Henry who had offices in the Daggett Block.
Mr. Coppernoll, who is the city attorney, lost all his new
law library and other things, the total loss being about
$2,500. Mr. Henry lost articles valued at about $150.
For a time the Northern building across Washington
street seemed to be rather seriously threatened but by the
use of wet coverings and by playing water on the sides
and roof it was protected from catching the blaze. Simi
lar measures were taken to save the buildings across
Fourth avenue but, fortunately, the spaces intervening
between the properties destroyed and all other property
was sufficient to nullify the effect of the strong breeze
which blew at times..
The house occupied by the noodle restaurant was
owned by John Noon.