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T HE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
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? VOL. 1,m 07. JUNEAU, ALASKA7 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1913. PRICE TEN CENTS
COLONEL ASSAILS LABOR CONDITIONS
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Col. Roosevelt Visits I
the Garment Strikers
NEW YORK. Jan. 22. ? Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt last night visited
the garment strikers at their head
quarters. He made a speech in which
he declared that the conditions exist
ins among the garment and othor fe
male industrial workers were "crush
ing the future motherhood of the coun
try. and it must be stopped."
He vehemently added: "It is too
horrible for words."
merit system, not partisanism
TRENTON. N. J.. Jan. 22.?Presi
dent-elect Woodrow Wilson in a
statement issued here last night in
timated plainly that he is a believer
in the principle of civil service. He
declared that efficiency in the pub
lic service was based upon the merit
system rather than partisan politics,
and he would make the former the
basis for his appointments.
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.Mr. and Mrs. Cooper, government1
school teachers at Tyoon'k. a native j
village on Cook Inlet, were compelled
to hastily flee from the scene recently,
because of designs upon their lives
by the natives. The Coopers became
ill and an Indian girl revealed to J
them a plot on the part of the natives
to poison them. The reason assigned
was that they did not wish their chil
dren to be educated. Mr. and Mrs
t'ooper are now at Susitna.
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j "amp Valdez. No. 10, Arctic Brotb
\ ?rhood. has unanimously resolved U
\ withdraw from the Grand Camp.
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The George W. Sais Syndicate d
Boston, has made a payment of $147:
000 on Valdez creek property, which
includes fourteen claims mostly held
by Valdez interests. The Boston men
also have an option on twenty bench
claims on Valdez creek, at $10.00#
on each claim.
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In the interior recently the meF
cury dropped to 64 below at Beavet
Dam and 37 below at Gulkana. If
was 44 below at Teikel. 52 below al
Tonsina and 48 below at Copper Cen
ter.
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Captain W. G. Whorf. whose appll
cation for a patent to coal land at
Port Graham has been approved, says
that he will begin next summer to
ship coal to Seattle and he will al
so supply the Alaska coast towns.
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On Jan. 12 the body of James Mc
Kune was found in his cabin at Ka- j
talla. shot through the body, as the
result of a suicidal act. For several
days McKune had been missed around
his usual haunts and fearing that
some accident had befallen him i
friends began an investigation with1
result of the finding of his body. The
dead man had tied a string to his
foot and by that means had sprung
the trigger of his shot gun. No rea
son for the act is known. McKune
was 57 years old and was a member
of the Valdez Miners Union. He
leaves a brother in Memphis. Tenn.
WILL DEVELOP COPPER
CLAIMS ON M'CARTHY
T. J. Welcher. of Houghton, Mich.,
is enroute to the interior where the
Houghton-Alaska Development Com
pany. which he represents, has a
group of fifteen copper claims. They
are located about fifteen miles up
McCarthy creek. It is Mr. Wei
cher's intention to at once do the as
sessment work for 1913 and as soon
as proper arrangements can be made
to proceed to open up the property.
. ROBERT M. STRAUS
DIES AT KATALLA
CORDOVA. Jan. 22. ? Robert M.
Strauss, died at Katalla yesterday of
inflamation of the bowels. Straus had
lived at Katalla since 1907. In that
year he located a ranch on Kanak
island in Controller bay and had ap
plied for a patent to the land.
Straus was a pioneer of the Nome
country and mined for a number ol
years in the Gold Run district near
Teller. He was about 50 years of age
and has relatives living in Southern
California.
CHARGES DISMISSED.
The charge against H. Bjork, arrest
ed for selling liquor to Indians, was
dismissed by Judge Grover C. Winn
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YUKON HAS VERY
STORMY PASSAGE
The Yukon arrived in Juneau at
7:30 last night after a tempestuous
voyage down the coast from Katal
la. Nearly everyone was seasick and
not inclined to eat, which saved the
steward from embarrassment, as the
heavy seas had broken in and flooded
the dining saloon. The little craft
is very staunchly built, however, and
in able hands.
The passenger list is as follows:
For Juneau?Robert D. Gray, Geo.
L. Johnson and wife, Sam Bartholo
mew.
For Seattle?Bert Dunham, Conrad
Miller, V. G. Frost, John Cameron,
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Johns, Ole Raber,
A. V. Field. G. H. Ritchie. T. G. New
man, Jim Rison, T. Francis, Ed Jones,
all of Katalla: also Wm. C. Beyer and
Louis Miler. of Uyak; Frank Cotter,
of Seward: Jas. Hill, of Kodiak, Capt.
John Johnson and D. C. Willey, of
I'nalaska: Chas. Barrett, wife and
child, and Geo. Vingar, of Fort Lis
cum: John Zugg, of Valdez.
There were also two natives brought
from Katalla to Juneau, because a
landing could not be made at Yaku
tat on account of the storm that pre
vailed.
NEW OFFICERS 0E
MUSICAL CLUB
The Juneau Ladies' Musical Club
! held a very interesting meeting last
night in the Juneau High School build
ing. Nearly all of the members were
present.
Mrs. T. R. Lyons was elected presi
dent. succeeding Mrs. B. M. Behrends;
Mrs. ("has. Hooker was elected vice
president, succeeding Mrs. T. R. Ly
ons; Mrs. Chas. Garfield was elected
secretary and treasurer, succeeding
Mrs. A. A. Gabbs: Mrs. W. E. Nowell
was re-elected librarian.
Mr. \Y. E. Nowell, the director of
the organization was unavoidably ab
sent and therefore no work was out
lined for the immediate future. A
great deal of interest was taken by
those present, however, and it looks
as if the coming season will be very
successful. Many new members are
expected to join at the next meeting.
AMAK CAMP IS
PROVING UP
The latest reports from the Aniak
: district, in the Kuskokwim country,
are of a most encouraging nature, and
lead to the belief that another great
gold field has been revealed to the
pioneers of that region, says the Sew
ard Gateway.
There is quite a stampede on from
the Iditarod and other camps in that
section of Alaska, led there by reports
of recent strikes of potential possiblli
! ties.
Frank Manley, one of the most prom
inent miners of the entire interior of
Alaska, who gained a vast fortune in
! the placers of the Tanana district, is
on the ground and i3 taking options
on many claims in the new diggings.
Jurijo Wada, the hardy Japanese
miner and musher, who represents
Mcllhenny, the tobasco king of Louis
iana. has a crew of miners at work in
development of numerous claims which
he has under option to purchase.
THE ORPHEUS CLUB
The Orpheus Club will meet Thurs
day evening. Jan. 23, at the school
house. This is a musical organization
of male voices, and it is desired to In
? crease the membership, and an invita
s tion is extended to the public to at
. tend the meeting. l-22-2t
Turkey
Accepts
? CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 22.? ?
? The Grand Council of the Tur *
* klsh Ministry today voted to ac- *
? cept the proposals of the Euro- ?
? pean powers. ?
? Turkey will yield Adrianople *
* and will leave the disposition to *
? be made cf the Aegean islands ?
* to the powers. ?
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Dragging
On Slowly
The big transportation case is drag
ging slowly along. The defense is still
introducing evidence and will probably
consume all of tomorrow before their
case is in.
Attorneys for the defense expect
to finish the trial by the end of this
i week.
Victor I. Hahn superintendent of
the White Pass railroad, who waB on
the stand yesterday was again on the
stand this morning. Mr. Hahn was
followed by J. J. Daley and Phil Ab
rahams. The defense then recalled
W. C. Hlanchard and R. D. Pinneo who
had previously testified for the gov
ernment. Phil Abrahams was again
called to the stand by the defense.
He was followed by J. C. Ford, who
made his first appearance in the case
this morning. Captain A. F. Olson
was the next witnes for the defense.
He was followed by Captain Win. A.
Connell, also for the defense. Victor
I. Hahn was again recalled by the de
fense. J. T. Martin, of Juneau, fol
lowed Mr. Hahn and F. A. Twichell
succeeded Mr. Martin on the stand
and was still testifying at 3 o'lock
Mr. Stratton is now conducting the
defense.
FARM FOR LOS ANGELES
INEBRIATES OPENED
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 ?The city
I farm for inebriates was formally op
ened today.
There are eleven acres in the tract,
four planted in berries. The build
ings will provide accommodations for
forty persons, and in the summer this
number can be increased by the
use of tents. The idea is to give con
firmed drunkards a chance to bring
about their own reformation and re
juvenation by getting back to nature,
working outdoors and living on a sim
ple diet to be prescribed by a doctor
who will be constantly on the ground.
Inebriates will be sent to the farm
at the discretion of Judges before
whom they are brought. Their terms
there probably will extend from four
to six months. They will be placed
on the honor system. Any of them
caught violating their promises in this
respect will be returned to jail to
serve out their terms.
COLIMA GETTING
LESS RESTIVE
MEXICO CITY. Jan. 22.?Advices
received in this city say that the
eruption of the volcano Colima, is
steadily decreasing and danger for the
time is practically over. It is not
known as yet whether there has been
loss of life or not, and the property
damages have not been reported.
PETITION FOR CITIZENSHIP
Naturalization 'papers were today
filed with the clerk of the district
court by Martin Hofstod, of Scow
bay, a native of Norway. The wit
nesses are Antone Christiansen and
F. H. Carrol.
WANTED?First class porter wants
place to work. XYZ, The Empire. t.f.
350 PILGRIMS MEET
DEATH IN A FLOOD
1 SUAKIN, Egypt, Jan. 22. ? Three
i hundred and fifty pligriras, enroute
? from India to Mecca, to worship at
? the shrine of the prophet Mahomet
? were drowned in a flood between Me
. dina and Yembo.
No Option Left for
Turkey But to Submit
I
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 22? The
Turkish newspapers almost unani
mously declare that the Porte haB no
option but to bow to the wishes of
the 'concert of European powers."
It is believed that t heTurttlsh en
? I
voys acting in conjunction with Tur-!
key's well known policy of delay, have
already received their instructions to
accept the terms of the allies uncon
ditionally, as soon as they see that
further tactics of delay are useless.
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COMMISSION'S REPORT THIS WEEK
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.?It Is stat
ed today that the report of the Alas
ka Railroad Commission will probably
be presented to President Taft at the
end of the present week.
It is also safe to predict that what
soever the nature of the report may
be no action will be taken upon its
recommendations by the present Con
greBs.
The Alaska railroad lobby Is In ev
idence here but its members are not
at all hopeful that railroad matters
in Alaska will be given any consider
ation now. The hope, however, is ex
pressed that the special session may
deal with the Alaska railroad prob
lem.
HELEN GOULD
MARRIED TODAY
TARRYTOWN, N. Y., Jan. 22.?Mi8B
Helen Gould and Finley J. Shepard,
of St. IjOuIb, were married at noon
today, at Miss Gould's home, Lynd
hurst. The ceremony was performed
in the drawing room by Rev. Daniel
Russel in the presence of seventy
five Invited guests and members of
tho Gould and Shepard families.
Helen and Margaret Gould, nieces of
the bride were her attendants. The
wedding presents are valued at a half
million dollars.
NELSON AND N0RRIS
ELECTED SENATORS
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 22. ? George
W. Norris, Republican, has been elect
ed United States Senator, to succeed
Norris Brown. Norris was the choice
of the people at the Senatorial pri
mary last Fall, and although the leg
islature has a Democratic- majority,
the people's choice was elected. Nor
ris has represented the Fifth Nebras
ka district in Congress since 1906.
He resides at McCook and wm born
in 1861.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 22.?Hon.
Knute Nelson has been re-elected to
the United States Senate. Senator
Nelson waB first elected to the United
States Senate in 1895. He is now
70 years old.
DOVER, N. H? Ja n.22.?Although
the Democrats control the legislature,"
it is deadlocked on the election, of a
United States Senator to succeed Hen-<
ry E. Burnham, Republican, whose
term expires March 3.
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 22.?Dr. Harry
Lane, Democrat, of Portland, has
been elected United States Senator,
to succeed Jonathan Bourne, jr., Dr.
l^ine was the choice at the Senator
ial primaries last Fall. The legisla
ture is Republican.
SEWARD QUARTZ MINE
HAS BEEN BONDED
Robert Martin has taken over, under
bond, the Mile 21 gold quartz-property,
from T. W. Hawkins, A. C. Gbuld" and
John Stevenson, says the Seward
Gateway. Mr. Martin will immediate
ly let a contract for 300 feet of tun
nel work, and if the property holds
up under this extensive development,
a stamp mill will be Installed on the
shore of Lake Kenai, an aerial tram
leading from the mine to the mill con
veying the ore.
Mr. Martin is a mining man who
has achieved a marked success in the
gold camps of Interior Alaska and he
is a welcome addition to the mining
element of the Kenai peninsula.
WANTS TO BE COLLECTOR. ?
E. Finch Pitman, a former resideni
of Seward, where he occupied the po
sition of collector of customs, and who
now resides at Paisley, Oregon, Is out
as a candidate for collector of cus
toms of Alaska.
MARIPOSA DID NOT
GO FAR LA8T NIGHT
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The Mariposa is lying at Sheep
? creek, not being able to move on ac
count of the thickly faling snow.
NO POMP EOR
PRES. WILSON
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TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 22.?Gover
nor Woodrow Wilson has announced
that he will not resign the governor
ship of New Jersey until Feb. 3. He
also states that he will not travel in
a private car to Washington, and will
spend the night before his inaugura
tion at a Washington hotel as the
guest of his cousin, John W. Wilson.
INVESTIGATING
THE MONOPOLY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.?An inves
tigation of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Co.'s alleged mon
opoly has been commenced by the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
RHODE ISLAND HAS
A NEW SENATOR
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Jan. 22.?Judge
Le Baron Bradford Colt, of the United
States circuit court, has been elected
United States Senator to succeed Geo.
Peabody Wetmore. Judge Colt is a
Republican, and was appointed to the
bench in 1884.
KNOX WILL URGE TOLL,
BUT MIGHT ARBITRATE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.?Secretary
of State Knox is at work on his re
ply to England's protest of the Pan
,aij)f| Canal tolls. In substance his
.note will state that the United States
Government has the right, under in
ternational law and the Hay-Paunce
fote Panama Canal treaty, to levy any
reasonable tolls for foreign shipping
or grant to American vessels engaged
in coastwise trade free passage
through the canal just as long as
the United States does not discrim
inate between Great Britain and some
other foreign country than the United
States.
It Is probable the Secretary will ex
press willingness to arbitrate the ques
tion. If he does he will add that
it must be before an arbitral board
composed of citizens of the United
States and Great Britain, and not be
fore the Hague Tribunal.
President Taft Is anxious to have
any arbitration of the question begun
during his tenure of office. There
can be no arbitration without the con
sent of the Senate. At present the
indications are that the Senate will
refuse to arbitrate. In such an event
the President will not drop out of the
fight
? ELKS' CLUB DANCE *
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? The regular dance of the Elks' *
? Club will be held on Thursday *
, ? evening, Jan. 23, at the club ?
? rooms. l-21-3t. *
P. M. MULLEN IS
CALLED TO CHICAGO
P. M. Mullen has been subpoenaed
appear at Chicago on Feb. 17. to tes
tify in the criminal conspiracy ccje
wherein A. C. Frost et al are defend
i ants. Mr. Mullen expects to yeave
? Juneau for the East on or about the
first of February.
Root Points to Duty
of the United States
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.? Senator;
Blihu Root, of New York, in a speech
delivered yesterday afternoon in the |
United States Senate declared that
the United States should either sub
mit the Panama canal tolls controver
?y with Ureal Britain, to arbitration
or retire from the position that has
been taken.
Senator Boot added that the United
Slates cannot recede from that posi
tion without besmirching the nation
al honor.
Says Financial Panics
Are Bound To Occur
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.?Represen
tative Carter Glass, of Virginia, chair
man of the sub-committee on curren
cy and banking of the House in an
address before the meeting of the Na
tional Association of the Chambers
of Commerce declared that in ac
I
cordance with past experience the
country might expect periods of fi
nancial unrest and uncertainty. He
added: "Financial panics under our
system are inevitable, and some time
in the future we may expect a finan
cial panic similar to that which oc
curred in 1907." t
MONTANA TO
BE THE NEXT
HELENA, Mont., Jan .22.?Montana
will probably be soon added to the list
of woman suffrage States. The State
Senate yesterday passed a bill submit
ting to the people at the next State
election an amendment to the State
Constitution giving women the right
to vote.
MISS ASQUITH SAYS
SHE WAS ENLIGHTENED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.?Miss Vio
let Asquith, daughter of the Prime
Minister of England, and the Countess ;
of Aberdeen, who are the guests of
the British Ambassador and Mrs.
Bryce as guests of a colored normal
school spoke briefly, telling the stu
dents how glad they were to see "the
great system of education in the
United States."
When Miss Asquith asked the boys
what was the favorite game in Amer
ica they shouted in unison "baseball."
GUNBOAT ORDERED
TO VERA CRUZ
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.?The U.
S. gunboat Wheeling has been ordered
to proceed to Vera Cruz, Mexico, with
all possible baste. The situation there
is said to be critical due to the activ
ities of the revolutionaries.
TRANSEER "LIFERS"
TO ATLANTA, GA.
SEATTLE, Jan. 23.?United States
Marshal Jacoby has received instruc
tions to transfer three prisoners from
Alaska undergoing life sentences in
McNeil's island penitentiary, to the
federal prison at Atlanta, Georgia.
Joe Campbell, convicted last Fall at
Iditarod, for the murder of the two
Nelson brothers, is one of the prison
ers.
OIL PROSPECTS IN
THE KATALLA REGION
B. H. Dunham, of Katalla, was in
Juneau last night, enroute to Seattle,
where he will spend a few weeks.
Mr. Dunham has been in the Katalla
country for seven years. He says that
the outlook for substantial develop
ment of the oil fields is excellent. Re
cent oil finds at Mirror Slough, in
the Copper river delta are very en
couraging. and preparations are being
made for extensive development.
SOMETHING NICE FOR
THE WEEK END
There will be a great apple sale dur
ing the week end at the Sanitary Gro
cery. The stock consists of the fin
est grown Yakima and Wenatchee
orchard product, embracing a great
variety of both eating and cooking
apples. This special apple sale starts
Friday morning and will continue
through to closing hours Saturday
night. 1-22-lt.
DIRECT ELECTION
OE SENATORS
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 22. ? The
lower House of the State legislature
has ratified the federal constitutional
amendment providing for the flection
of United States Senators by the vote
of the people.
NO PARTY IN PATRONAGE
SAC'it AM ENTO, Calir., Jan. 22. ?
Fifty-five members of the Assembly,
including all the Republican-Progres
sive Legislators and one Democrat,
went into executive session as a non
partisan caucus, nominated officers
and agreed to divide the patronage
equally among members without re
gard to party.
The "non-partisan" slate, which was
assured of immediate election, named
C. ('. Young of Berkeley (Progres
sive) for Speaker. Young wrote the
Presidential Primary law under which
California voted last November.
SEATTLE BANK HAS
NEW PRESIDENT
SEATTLE, Jan. 22.?Frank M. Sul
livan has been elected president of
the American Savings & Trust Com
pany, of this city, succeeding James A.
Murray, a Montana and Washington
millionaire.
Sullivan is a former newspaper man,
and twenty odd years ago he was con
nected with the Seattle Daily Tele
graph, a Democratic newspaper. He
loft, the newspaper business some
years ago. having developed a tal
( nt for banking.
KAISER'S NEW FOREIGN
MINISTER IS A DANDY
BERLIN, Jan. 22.?Gottlieb E. G.
von Jagow, "Buelow's snickering dan
diprat," as he was once called, suc
ceeds Kidderlen-Kaechter as Ger
many's Foreign Minister.
Von Jagow, German Ambassador at
Rome, is a dandy in dress, an ama
teur in Italian art, and a literary di
lettante. Former Chancellor Von Bue
low, to whom he owed his rapid rise,
called him "the ablest of my younger
diplomats." But the court camarilla
which ousted Von Buelow declared
that Jagow owed his promotion to
feminine influence. They coined the
phrase, "the foreign ministry with a
| skirt accompaniment" to satirize the
j situation. The German phrase used
was peculiarly offensive because usual
ly employed in connection with cer
tain notorious night restaurants.
However, Von Jagow has succeed
ed in commending himself to Emper
or William and the present Chancel
lor, although, according to his critics,
he was "too deep in mcdiavel Italy
to notice that modern Italy was send
ing troops to Tripoli."
Like Kidderlen-Waechter, he is un
married, but otherwise there is the
sharpest contrast between the two.
Kidderlen-Waechter was gruff. Ja
gow is suave and rarely loses his
temper. He employs an Italian rapier
7here Kiderlen-Waechter used a
1 bludgeon.