Ei« d pi HSTMO
President Wilson Refuses to Accede to General Garranza's
Demand that the Americans Evacuate Vera Cruz
Washington, P. C., 23 —It Is an
: ouiiot'tl here today that Huerta has
h an iled O'Shaughnessv a Is pass
port and that the latter will leaye
Mexico City ou his retura to the
Tii'-ted States tonight or tomorrow.
Everything is quiet in Mexico
t. itj although riots are threatened
-nd Americans are seeking safety
at the consulate.
The Mexican charge d'affajrs,
Algara, is Hacking up l« prepar
ation for a recall.
General I'urranza today seut a
noto demanding the withdrawal of
American marines from Vera Cruz,
and declared that their lauding was
i violation of National Sovereignty,
;is h<- claims the constitutionalists
will rtv-'ive demands for reparation
for offenses committed by Huerta.
Officials here are excited over
t he note, and the administration
v ill today re-establish the embargo
. ver arms and ammunition snipped
uito Mexico.
i.at est advices are that the con
stitution ilists and Hue.-t.iisats are
making preparation to unite at
Tampico to resist the lauding of
marines from the I'nlted States
battleships.
The president slept l*i bis office
last night and early this morning
held a conference over the Car
ranza note.
The Spanish war veterans here
have raised the slogan, "Huerln
must go!"
Vera Cruz, April 2.! —Adintra'
Fletcher's headquarters are at tlx
Terminal hotel, and he h's char..?
of the land forces hero, while Ad
miral Badger is aboard '-he Mini >■
sota in charge of the wate* forces.
There is a total ot' 12 deadanii
fifty wounded in the two days
j fighting. The city is in complete
| control of the marines.
I San Antonio, Texas, Apiil 23 —
Orders have been received here
from the department at Washington
City, to re-establish the embargo on
arms.
Washington, D. C., April 23—
(Later)—The president ^:is flat I v
refused to evacuate Ve.-t Cruz al
the request of General Carrauza
which probably means thu war mens
ures will be enforced. Ths admini
stration is awaiting the first move
from Huerta.
Mexican charge d'affah ps Algar.i
was today given his passport by
Secretary Bryan.
MilHlS ARE
IK IHE GHISMM
Alaskan is ;n receipt j
<>f a letter from Mrs. Fletcher T. ,
il.itr. ,\n\v. dated Mouth of Bonanza
( r k, Chisana, April Sih, 1914.
in which she say:
W, i you kindly send my paper
- address until further notice.
1 of at the Frye Hot*l, Seattle^
V. <_> lould have written you when
I we were en route.
\\V arrived here safely in three
ys from McCarty, soaie difference
i-h-twt-eri that and the two months
it took us last year to over the i
.-un •• route. The weuthe- is fine,
n soon, but think we are still
k<! to h ive some winftr.
Tills is quUe a little tent city,
■ s ■ ha enough hauling fire
wood tuu, if>ss logs for cabins.
Prospects iudicnte us having a
splendid summer, and we are busy
getting our sleeves rolled up and
ready.
Acting Gov. Charles E. Davidson
said today that in the absence of
Got. J. F. A. Strong, that if it be
came necessary that he would cail
out the Territorial militin and had
little doubt but that a full regiment
could be raised in Southeastern A!
aeka alone. Fairbanks has an organ
ization of riflemen that 'we kept
up rifle practice for some time bn'
there has never yet beon an or
ganized body of Territorial militia.
Under compiled laws of Alaska
the Governor is made ex-oft'icio
commander in chief of tlie Terri
torial militia and has power to
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, PHONE 41 SKaGWAY
I The war department toc'.ny com
j pleted its draft of 250,000 volunteer!
I for active service, but it will not
,! bo issued uuless it becomes nec
| essary.
Advices have been raccived that
the torpedo flotilla has just ar
j lived ac Tamplco. 0
The home naval committee pls.ns
i ;o make the appropriation of $142.
! oOO.OOit in the annual naval bill
I available at once.
Fifty-five hundred nnrine3 will
he landed at Vera Cruz before night
! fall.
Major General Wood today con
vened t lie army general sti.ff.
Mexico City, April 28 — There Is
• o dls ir.ter here although the feel
i.'.g .tffn ist Aniericaans Is very bit
■ ter. It is expected that Hiferta
will grant amnesty to all rebels
•who will join with him to fight
.••gainst Americans.
\ era Cruz, April 2.5 —General
* Maas is encamped fifteen miles
from here and it is oxierted that
he will make an attempt to re
capture the city.
Sau .Antonio, April 23—The Tex
;;s Hangers are all ready and their
horses are champing at the bits.
cause .ill able-bodied citizens of
he Untied Stales in thj Territory
to be enrolled aud servo as such
! when exigency demands.
| Tacorna, April 22— Recalled
Mayor A. V. Fawcett was re-elected
| to the same office in Tuesday's
city election over the Rev. Stoever,
(who had been engaged in an ag
i grisslve campaign against him.
fi SIEK
ALONG TRAIL
Jack Slavin and Jack Annes3er
were before Judge Black on the
charge of taking a tent and a stove,
property of Indians of Selkirk,
valued at $30. The men consented
to being tried summarily, and both
pleaded guilty. But Annesser stated
that he protested against carrying
a way the stuff, and Slavin admitted
I such was the fact. The judge gave
Slrtvia 30 days in jail. Annesser
was allowed to go under suspended
sentence. The goods were taken
J from near Pelly Crossing. The hear
j ing was heard the third.--Dawson
I News.
D. W. Hazeu in the Portland j
Telegram of April 14th.
It' may be that sometimes at j
night, when the chilly winds are
rushing down from tlia .North and |
the snows on the mountains are shift-!
ing, the spirits of the hundreds of
"mushers" who lost their lives
seeking the gold camps along the
Yukon river again v-slt the scenes
of their camps on the Skagway
teach; maybe they look down the
Lynn caual at the steamers plowing
homeward; maybe their cries are In
tho night winds. But no one will
ever know what dret.rus came to
these men as they shouldered their
packs and staarted out over the
White Pass trail from Skagway. The
city from which they started is still
resting on the upper end of the
canal; the trail is still where tho
first "mushers" found it, but the
romance of the early gold days lives
only in the memories of the men
wh# were here in those stirring
times.
Today Skagway ia oae of the
prosperous cities of Southeastern
Alaska. There is not an idle man
in the place, a most uuvsual con
dition for >n Alaskan city at this
time of the year.
One thousand happy folks live
lierfc and more families tire coming
in every month, taking Up house
beeping in real homes with yards in
front of them and nice .gardens in
the rear, with flower beds along
the walks. There are fine flower
gardens in this town, beautiful
gardens that would de'.igh the eipe3
of Frederick V. Holraan and other
famous Portland rosie lovers; pan
sies grow so large that one has to
see them to believe the s!?e; some
are three inches in diameter. Sweet
peas as pretty as are to he found
any place are grown by Skagway
housewives, while school children
own beds of asters and other posie3.
Last season H. D. Clark, owner
of Sunuyside ranch, near there ship
ped six tons of celery to ether Al
askan cities south and west. This
vegetable excelled. It is said, any
that, has ever been imported into
tho territory, and this year his
orders so far are larger than he
will be able to fill, and *.'te order
ing season has not begun.
The White Pass & Yukon Rail
way reaches tidewater here. lis
iron horses now haul the gold seek
ers over the rout3 that once '"ad to
be walked. But wtigon roads are
badly needed in this section, and
the government is ;?uttin(j them in
although this work, like the chart
ing of the channels leading north
ward, move3 slowly Colonel rJch
ardson, president of tin- Alaska
Road Commission, is doing all in
his power to have a wavon road
built from Skagway to tho summit
of the famous White Pass, IS miles
from there, the po.nt marking the
boundary line between the United
States and Canaada. The Colonel
states that he has every assurance
from the Dominion governn ent that
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Trinidad, Colo., April 22—A bat
tle between striking miners in the
Ludow district and members of
the National Guard began Monday
night and is still on. At last ac
counts the death list had reached
twenty-five.
Additional companies of the Na
tional Guard are being forwarded
to the 3cene of the troable.
if the United States will construct
this road, the Sister of the Snow
will continue the highway on to the
headwaters o? the Yukon, connect
ing at AVhitehorsc with the automo
bilo road to Dawson. If this is done,
and there ard many indications
that it will be, the old-tine glory of
this district will result.
Skagway boasts of a rainfall that
is right; not too much ni-r too lit
tle. Records in the ofl'ite of th-j
Daily Alaskan shrnv th.it, (he aver
age rainfall during the past 10
years has been 27.7 inches, while
it is said, that it was 172 inches at
Cordova, 127 inches at Ketchikan
and 93 inches at Juneau, the last
named city being only 100 miles
south of there. There i3 plenty of
snow in the mountains, but this is
wanted and needed, net for its
beauty alone, but to feti the many
little streams that run ciown from
the slopes into the canal. The city
has au excellent water system.
The merchants there are on the
lookout for the best, and carry only
(;ne ijraie of ■ '-ods. One <:;rr. ;t g>">
into a store and say: "How much
is your best butter?" and when told
reply: "Well, I guess 1 will take a
roll of your second grade." It is
ihe best and no other.
This city is different from the
other Southeastern Alaki points in
that it docs not boast any general
Mores. There are three groceries,
three clothing and shoe stores, two
drug stores, two where i" id ware is
retailed, two that carry dry gooos
stocks of which cities one hundred
times the size of this oao would
not be ashamed, while curio shops
and hotels are plentiful.
abound.
Skagway has all the comforts of
a small city in the s'ates. Its
schools arc good, its churches num
erous, the Masons, Elks, Eagles
and Arctic Brotherhood Have lodges,
while the social life of the place is
clean, healthy and keeps the latch
string hanging out the obin door.
In making up your s^o-America
first list for the summer don't over
look Skagway, the Musherville of
early days, the flower city of Al
aska.
DEBATES OUGHT
10 BEPNUC
By ARTHUR W. DUNN.
Washington, April 23— (Special)
Secrecy in handling public questions
is the cause of a great many misun
derstandings. Nearly every senator
will assert that secret sessions of the
senate are necessary to consider treat
ies and other matters pertaining to for
eign governments.
It does seem absurd that in a repub
lic one or two men may make a treaty
! with a foreign government and that It
| may he taken into the secret session of
I the senate and ratilied and the people
i know nothing about it, no matter how
it nCeots their Interests. But that la
the way things are done, although
occasionally information concerning
treaties reaches the public, but not In
ollieial form.
If there had not been so much se
crecy in t he consideration of the
: llay-I'auncefote treaty relating to the
Panama canal we might now know
what was in the minds of men when
that treaty was considered. We can
And many men who assert that nev
| er for a moment was the coastwise
| shipping supposed to be included In
the term "all nations," which is now
! the British contention. Tho debates of
the senate at that time should have
been made public in order that wo
might understand what was the con
struction put upon the terms of the
treaty which is now causing so much
trouble.
Field Days In Congress.
The manner in which the galleries of
congress are packed when discussions
take place on Panama canal tolls
shows ihe keen interest which the peo
ple have in the subject. There has
been no topic in recent years which
seems to have aroused so much Inter
est as tliis subject of canal tolls.
A Possible Graveyard.
y:inv years ago John L. Wilson of
Washhiglou used to refer to a proposed
waterway in his state as the ditch
which would be the graveyard of a
gre:'.t many statesmen. His prediction
was true, as several statesmen of
Washington went out of public life on
account of the "Seattle ditch."
i have also heard the prediction
made that the Panama canal was a
ditch that would eugulf many states
men. Looking over the membership In
the house of representatives and know
ing how a great many of the members
feel, there is a possibility that tha
graveyard bnsiuess is going to begin
at this session. This canal tolls ques
tion is one that cuts both ways. Men
who support the president are accused
of opposing the Democratic platform,
and men who oppose the president are
accused of withholding their support
from the administration. Both of these
pinke campaign material In many con
gressional districts.
The Senate Watchdog.
Senator Thomas of Colorado has con
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