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THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
VOL. 1. NO. 100. ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1913. PRICE TEN CENTS
PRESIDENT WILSON IS INAGURATED
Mr. Ingersoll's Speech
in the House Yesterday
Following is the speech of lion,
("has. E. Ingersoll, as temporar\ chair
man of the llousc of Representatives,
delivered at the opening session yes-(
terday:
"Members Kiect of the House of j
Representatives: We are about to
enter upon the first session of the first
legislative body in the history of this
country. I take a conscious pride
with all of you in being a member
thereof. Legislatures will succeed
each other in endless succession.
Members innumerable will occupy
these chairs, many of whom uo doubt
will far transcend the present occu-!
pants in intelligence, statesmanship
and renown: but as the anxious trav
eler eagerly scans the guiding post at
the commencement of his journey, so
will the eyes of posterity revert to the
record of this body for counsel and
control.
The responsibility that faces us is
a grave oue. For one reason and
another Congress has always shown
towards this territory a lack of con
fidence in the intelligence, stability
and capacity of her people. After
years and years of tearful appeal and
hopeless deuial of its rights, public
announcement has at last been made
that America h; s brought out iu the
full glare and splendor of an admiring
world, decked out in the full and re
gal habiliments of American citizen
ship, this?Alaska?its youngest, its
largest, its fairest and its most abused
offspring. And yet. when this fair
maiden is asked to share with long
suffering humanity out of the joys
and possessions which a bounteous na
ture has so liberally bestowed upon
her. she rolls her eyes in questioning
appeal to the grim visage of an in
tolerant Congress, and the suitor turns
awnv in urter dismay and despair.
Legislature's Limitations.
"After carefully analyzing the en
abling act which defines the powers of
this Legislature, one is obliged to ask
himself, outside of gracing the hails
of some social function or of drawing
down the generous emoluments of of
ficers. what in the world we are here
for. This instrument is a paradox of
hopeless inconsistencies. Resplendent
in promise, we find from one and to
the other an innocuous dearth of
hoped-for privileges. Looking for the
substance, we find the shadow. Ask
ing for bread, we get a stone. In the
words of the immortal bard, it may
best be characterized as a 'madness
most discreet, a choking gall and a
sickening sweet.'
"As Alaska is the largest of the pos
sessions. so she is the latest to re
ceive recognition; and the quality of
that recognition is in the inverse ra
tio with its size.
"Why this reluctance on the part of
Congress to extend to us those rights
and privileges that long established
precedent has made our due? I am
not one of those who would impugn
the motives or the integrity or fair
ness of the Congress of the United
States. From the birth of our coun
try, the highest legislative branch has
been, and I am proud to feel that it
always will be composed of the best
men. the strongest men, the highest
liberty-loving and greatest spirited
men from all sections of the land.
That high ideal must always be lived
up to. if one would attain that point
of honor and esteem which is the only
reward for a life time of service in
the halls of Congress.
"Neither have I the temerity to ques
tion the wisdom of those great and
noble men who placed upon the heights
of history's foreground the beacon,
light of liberty which has enlightened
the world.
"Posterity, however, flatters itself
that all the minute and arduous labors
and patient sacrifice devoted to the
framing of that compact which linked
together the discordant colonies was
given out of an affectionate regard foi
its welfare alone. That this overmas
tering solicitude was fostered by an
inbred love for those who were to in
herit the richness of the reward.
"To me it is very problematical jusl
how far the interests of posteritj
came within the horizon of theh
views. An emergency had arisen: z
crisis had been reached, which hac
to be met. Under the arrogant and in
tolerant rule of the dominant party o<
the mother country, conditions had be
come unbearable. Isolated from ma
lignant contact with the influences
which had created those conditions
and with the opportunity offering it
self of framing a government whicl
would be free from the obnoxious fea
tures of all forms of kingly rule. th<
paramount question which presenter
itself to them was how to frame i
compact to eliminate all evils of th'
past. And just as man in genera
: takes a conscious pride in dofog well'
approached this matter. And so those
pathfinders summoned up all the re
sources of a fertile mind, and with a
combined wisdom and foresight which
had been schooled and matured by re
ilection on the woes of the multitudes
that had gone before, they framed the
Constitution of the United States ?
an instrument which has ever since
been the wonder and admiration of
the world.
"The fact that all through the
stormy scenes surrounding the evolu
tion of their theories into that life
breathing fountain of human rights
and the amelioration of human woes,
that by the final compromise between
the extreme radical views on the one
hand and the as extreme conservative
views on the other, that by the checks
and counterchecks, the delegation of
authority, and the careful warding off
of the multidtudes from close contact
with the framing and administering of
the laws, there was exhibited a seem
ing distrust in the good sense and
calm judgment of the people as a
whole -does not in any wise detract
from the superhuman judgment and
the spotless integrity of those great
and noble men who led mankind out
of the wilderness of despair into the
haven of promise and hope.
"We pride ourselves that every-1
thing concerning Alaska must be dealt!
with in terms of the superlative. Alas
ka is the largest, the richest, the
ruggeddest and the grandest. The
least understood, it has been the most
abused. Promising the least, it has
returned the most. The most prolific
in its opportunities for the applica
tion of human enterprise, ambition
and success, it has become a mourn
rs' bench for a conscience-stricken i
nation, to whom a just expiation for
'he sin of dissipating its own resourc
es seems to be to steal that of its
neighbors. Overcome with a spirit
lof belated repentence. burning with a
blind zeal to atone for its own errors,
it would deny to the pioneer of this
country?the Pioneer?The man who
lias dared all. who has risked all and
who has sacrificed all, the just fruits
of his own efforts. Under false the
ries of conservation, which are so
utterly inapplicable to conditions, that
rhey can only be summed up under
the broad term of a farce, and under
the technical ham stringing methods
of government bureaus, the develop
ment of the country has been retard
ed. and its resources, with Us great
water powers, and its immense for
ests and its inexhaustible helds of
minerals, wai'ing to be applied to the
comfort of suffering humarity. have
been tied up. allowed to lie idle, to
waste away and decay.
Liberty-Loving Stock
"We claim no more for Alaskans
than has been universally conceded
to the pioneer of all lands. That that
same hardy, virile stock without
whose neroic efforts, sterling grit and
masterly ambition the West would
today be a barren wilderness, peopled
by the roaming savage and with its
great resources and natural wealth
still locked up in nature's vault, make
up the population of this country, is
without cavil or dispute. Nourished
in their bosoms the same seed that
was planted on the cold barren rocks
of New England's shores, from which
sprain; the mighty oak of freedom,
heltering beneath its mighty arms
the downtrodden hosts of despair
ing humanity has again found rot in
this the other extreme of a land dedi
cated to liberty, ready once more to
fructify and perform its mission of
peace and good will to man. Spread
ing out its roots In a soil untram
melled by those pernicious influences
which make one often wonder if the
efforts of our forefathers were not all
in vain, and gathering within its com
1 forting shades the same promise and
the same hope, which has made Amer
ica the guiding star of the oppressed
1 and afflicted of all lands, of all races
and of all ages?a broad-minded, ad
venturous liberty-loving stock, whose
? independent spirit and energetic na
ture could not rest content anions
the petty conventionalities, the social
1 slavery, the dollar worshiping bigotry
' the hypocritical cant, the artificia
pomp, and the enervating settled rui
^ of an effete civilization, where in
dividuallty is lost and the only in
centlve to human action is to satisfj
> hunger's crave.
"These are the red corpuscles ir
i the veins of the body politic, wardin?
off the contagion of ildleness and de
e cay. in reinvigorattng its life's bloot
^ and overpowering the germs of dis
i content, misery and crime, filling it*!
p lungs with the air of freedom, ant
.1 (Continued to Page 2.)
SPEAKER CLARK
MAKES STATEMENT
WASHINGTON. March 4.-Just be
fore declaring the House adjourned
today, Speaker Champ Clark wild:
"I violate no conlidence when
I say that within thirty minutes
of this time 1 might have been
sworn in as President, but i pre
ferred to stay with you, and even
though 1 knew that 1 would not
be re-elected Speaker."
SUFFRAGETTE MOBBED
IN A LONDON PARK
LONDON. March. 4. ? Airs. Flora
' Drummoud. a prominent Suffrage lead
er, was mobbed while riding in Hyde
Park today. She was rescued by the
police. Angry crowds surrounded the
vehicle and jeering and throwing mud
and missiles at the woman until the
police arrived.
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THE DEMANDS OF
BALKAN ALLIES
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ROMK, .March 4.?The Balkan
allies demand the cession by
Turkey of Adrianople. Scutari,
Janina. the Aegean Islands and
three hundred million dollars in
demnity.
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MR. TAFT AGAIN USES THE VETO i
WASHINGTON, March 4. One of
the last ollicial acts of President Taft
today was to veto the sundry civil
appropriations bill.
AFTER MAN DAYS
MONEY IS AVAILABLE
Marshal Faulkner has received the
$500 appropriation necessary for the i
repairing of the retention wall on the
coast side of the court house grounds.j
Prisoners will be employed on the |
work and Marshal Faulkner intends j
while the improvement is being made
to sluice all of the ashes and rubbish
into the channel.
JUDGE OVERFI ELD
LEAVING TONIGHT
Judge Peter D. Overfield will take
passage on the Northwestern tonight
for Valdez to resume court at that
place.
COURT NOTES.
In the case of Cobb vs. .McCartney,
involving title to and the purchase of
certain real property, the jury found
a verdict in favor of defendant.
Judge Lyons will take up the civil
calendar tomorrow morning.
Judge Overileld made an order to
day denying the motion for a new
trial in the Lattimer and Rlake cases.
The case of D. M. .McDonald vs.
L. J. McDonald et al a co-partnership
suit, has ben set for March 15.
Judge Grover C. Winn is hearing
an assault ease from Douglas Island
today in which Tripko Paulovich is de
fendant.
EXPERT CLERKS ARRIVE
FROM PORTLAND
Miss Stevens and Miss Mallory,
both of whom live in Portland, Ore.,
arrived on the Jefferson today. They
are expert clerks and stenographers.
These ladies have had experience in
legislative work, having servd in the
Oregon Lglslature. They have come
to Juneau to offer their services to
the Alaska Legislature.
YUKON AND ALASKA
ARE IN COMPETITION
A Dawson dispatch says: A peti
tion was formulated here last fall at
a meeting of some 20 owners of White
? river copper claims in which they
requested the Yukon government,
through Governor Black and Dr.
Thompson, member of parliament, to
i build a trail the coming summer from
? Coffee creek to the head of the White
t river.
The commissioner and Dr. Thomp;
; son declared themselves in favor of
I the trail, especially since it promises
, to make much business in the coming
I copper camp tributary to Dawson,
t Now it transpires that Cordova also
- is after the business of the head of
. the White, and Yukon may have to
r hustle. The Yukon trail can be made
for much less than the trail from the
j Cordova side.
The Cordova people want $20.00C
from the Alaska Road Commission
j to build from the Copper River anc!
Northwestern Railway to the Nazint
river, thence across Scalai pass to th(
j head of the White, where the largt
copper interestr are expected to b<
opened soon.
Wilson Takes Oath of
Office at 1:37 P. M.
WASHINGTON, March 4.?At onei
o'clock and thirty-seven minutes after 1
this afternoon Chief Justice Edwin D.
White administered the oath of office
to President-elect Wilson.
President Wilson then delivered an
inaugural address which lasted just llf
teen minutes, and as soon as he had
finished he left the capital for the
White House.
This morning Mr. Wilson rose ut
eight o'clock, shaved himself, and im
mediately thereafter ate his break
fast.
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WOODROW WILSON
We've chosen you for Captain,
To sail the Ship of State;
The creiv is yours to manage,
From oiler up to mate;
We know the ship is sturdy,
We know her lines are true;
So, Mr. Woodrow Wilson,
The rest is up to you!
Your chance is all before you,
To prove what you are worth,
To shoiv how well you handle
The biggest job on earth!
The course is all uncharted,
The beacon lights are feiv,
The quarter-deck aivaits you,
The rest is up to you!
\
False lights ivill flare to tempt you,
False voices seek to sway,
And storms will shriek and batter,
And fogs hang thick and gray;
But your task is to guide her,
To sail her safely through,
We've chosen you for Captain,
The rest is up to you!
JAMES R. LITTLE.
Suffragettes Are Mobbed '
While on Street Parade
I
WASHINGTON, March 4?President,
elect Woodrow Wilson and Mrs. Wil
son visited the White House for the
first time in their lives last night, and
were received by President and Mrs.
Taft.
Before going to fne White House
the President-elect received calls from
Vice President-elect Thomas R. Mar-,
shall. Governor Sulzer, or New York,
and Governor Pothier, of Rhode Isl
and.
A suffragette parade last night on
Pensylvania avenue, 5,000 strong, was
broken by a mob. Troops were called
from Fort Meyer, and the rioters
were dispersed.
The Senate and House conferees
reached an agreement last night on
the naval appropriations bill, provid
ing lor the construction of but one
batleship, and the omnibus bill appro
priating $3,000,000 for the New York |
postofllce site.
PRESIDENT WILSON'S NEW CABINET
WASHINGTON, March 4?At the
time this dispatch is sent there has
been no ofllcial announcement of Pres
ident Wilson's Cabinet, but it may be j
said, on the best information that it''
will be composed as follows:
Secretary of State?William Jen-,
nings Bryan, of Nebraska.
Secretary of the Treasury?William ,
C?. McAdoo, of New York.
Secretary of War?Lindley M. Gar
rison, of New Jersey.
Attorney-General?James C. McRey- j
nolds. x>f Tennessee.
Postmaster-General?Albert S. Bur-1
leson, of Texas.
Secretary of the Navy?Josephus1
Daniels, of North Carolina.
Secretary of the Interior?Franklin ]
K. Lane, of California.
Secretary of Agriculture?David F.
Houston, of Missouri.
Secretary of Commerce?William C.;
Red field, of New York.
Secretary of Labor?William B. Wil
son, of Pennsylvania.
HOUSE AND SENATE PASS
NUMBER OE RESOLUTIONS
Both houses convened at one o'
clock this afternoon. After prayer by
the Rev. Stevens the Senate got down
to business by receiving a partial re
port of the committee on committees, i
The committee on rules conslts of;
3runer, Roden and Millard.
Senator Millard immediately Intro-:
duced joint resolutions No. 1 and 2
the first named requesting President
Wilson to make the construction of
i railroads in Alaska and the dovelop
1 nient of Alaska along lines recom
i mended by the Alaska Railway Com
i mission a prominent feature in his
> message to the special congress con
vening April 1. The second resolu
i tion asks that all appointees in Alas
i ka be chosen from bona fide Alaskan
I citizens.
[ In about one minute the Senate re
> solved itself into a committee of the!
> whole reported on the resolutions fav
i orably and the Senate then passed the
resolutions unanimously.
Down in the House a fight was pre
cipitated by Ingersoll's opposition to
the plan decided upon in caucus to
choose the committee on committees
from the four Judicial divisions each
division naming its member. Mr. Ing
ersoll thought it would be better to
have the Speaker name the committee.
Gaffney led the fight in favor of
"'".oup's resolution in line with the or
iginal plan. After much debate the
roll was called, thirteen voting in the
affirmative and Mr. Ingersoll against
it. The First named Shoup, the Sec
ond, Kenndy: Third, Kelly: Fourth,
Driscoll.
Both houses passed resolutions
thanking Geenral Distin, and Judges
Lyons and Overfield for their services
in aiding in the organization of the
Legislature and both houses passed
resolutions ordering congratulations to
President Wilson.
The Senate adjourned until tomor
row and the house took a recess until
four o'clock.
Senator Millard Takes a
Dip Into the Future
Following Is the speech of Senator i
H. F. Millard, in the Senate, yester- '
day, placing in nomination Senator
(
L. V. Ray, as president of that body. .
It is an eloquent vision of the future ,
greatness of the Territory and is well i
worthy of being preserved in print: i
"Mr. Chairman and Senators: (
"Inasmuch as the chairman has in- i
jected a little sentiment into the pre- <
iiminary proceedings, it may not he i
amiss for me, in the presentation of
a name for presiding oflicer of the i
Senate, to indulge in a little Benti
. nt to warm the hearts of the peo- i
pie. 1
"Mr. Chairman, first let me say that i
no Roman citizen of the palmy days of I
that great republic was more proud of
his title of Roman citizenship than I
.1111 of mine as an American citizen,
and I consider it a great honor to be i
a citizen of this great republic of ours
and to lie permitted to participate in
the proceedings of this first great leg- ?
islative body of the Alaska Territory
?while small in numbers, it may be
great in results.
"It was my privilege and pleasure I
a few weeks ago to stand within the
sacred dome of the old Independence
I fall in the City of Philadelphia. It ?
seemed to me that I was standing
upon holy ground, where a man should I
remove the shoes from his feet to <
tread thereon, and as I looked around
at the pictures of the men who took part ,
in that first organization?the birth i
of our National Government?it oc- ;
curred to me that their numbers wore <
small, but that their hearts were, of ]
steel and that they had the souls of <
martyrs. The territory that they rep
resented at that time?the original 13 i
Slates ?was not as large as the terri- i
lory back of this body, but they had i
the great unknown country back ofi.
hem with its natural wealth, and they
lad the determination to push for
ward and develop the same. On a
lesk was a great register where vis
tors might enter their names. It
struck me forcefully that I was stand
lie there as one of the Senators-elect
from the last and greatest territory
>f the United States, standing within
the sacred halls of the cradle of lib
erty, and I so registered as a Senator
Trom Alaska.
"Our body, too, is small, but looking
ihead from fifty to a hundred years,
who can picture the possibilities of
this great territory. Hidden away in
the great mountains of Alaska, where
nature, In her own laboratory, depos
ited the millions of wealth of precious
metals, which will not be exhausted
for a thousand years; and back in
mastodon days, in the glacial gravels
of the territory, were deposited mil
lions and millions of dollars of prec
ious metals that await the miners'
effort to bring out and distribute for
the use of man. And, as I look Into
the faces of the Senators here, I be
lieve I can read the same determina
tion to push forward harmoniously for
the development of this great terri
tory. and that they, too, have the
souls of martyrs.
"To preside over such a body of men,
it is fitting that we have a young, en
ergetic man. I believe in assisting the
young men, for, Mr. Chairman, men of
your age and mine will soon pass from
the field of activity and this may be
\ stepping stone, if he performs his
juties properly, to higher and better
positions that will work to the benefit
if our country.
"I take great pleasure and I con
sider it an honor to be permitted to
nominate for president of this body,
my colleague, L. V. Ray, of Seward.
Alaska."
Representative Boyie
Has Decided Opinions
Representative F. M. Boyle, of Val-!
dez, is certainly one booster for his
home town. This is what he says
about it: "Valdez, 011 Valdez bay,
at the head of Prince William Sound,
and the most northerly port in the
world free from ice, as a quartz mining
camp ranks second only to Juneau in
the Territory of Alaska. A number
of our mining prospects have now ad
vanced to the stage that mining ma-i
ehinery is being installed very rapidly.
There will be during the ensuing sum
mer eight new stamp mills placed 011
as many different properties tributary
to our town."
Speaking of the important duty that
requires his attendance in the Capital
City, Representative Boyle said:
"Regarding legislation I would state
that I am in hearty accord with views
previously expressed by a number of
my colleagues.
"Primarily, I consider that an en
dorsement by this legislative body of
t!n' report of the Alaska Railroad Com
mission with a memorial addressed to
the incoming administration a matter
of great importance with the further
recommendation that prompt action
be taken on their findings. This is
one of the first things that should re
ceive our favorable consideration.
"A measure permitting incorporat
ed towns to extend their corporate lim
its is something which vitally con
ci rns the people of Valdez, where one
half of the taxable property is beyond
the town limits. Besides all munici
palities should have greater jurisdic
tion over their terminals and wharves
and extended policing powers.
"Legislation protecting the rights of
tlie wage earner?an eight-hour law
and a measure guaranteeing and in
suring him financial protection in the
event of death or injuries sustained
during the performance of his duties?
that is an 'Employers' Liability Law'
are all measures which I heartily en
dorse."
CHICAGO COAL TRIAL
AGAIN POSTPONED
CHICAGO, March 4.?The trial of
A. C. Frost and other on trial on a
j charge of conspiracy to defraud the
government of coal lands in Alaska,
lias been postponed until Thursday.
| TO REARRANGE
CUSTOMS DISTRICTS
WASHINGTON, March 4 -President
Taft yesterday approved the Treasury
Department's plan for rearranging
j customs districts.
Secretary of the Interior Fisher re
; fused to grant the application of the
| City of San Francisco the use of wa
; tor from the Hetch Hetchy river.
WILSON ENDORSED
MEXICO CITY, March 4. ? The
American colony here have endorsew
Ambassador Henry L. Wilson, and
have suggested to President Wilson
that he be retained under his adminis
tration.
'
F. C. Flaherty, a well known Skag
wayite, is returning to his home on)
the Jefferson.
LABOR LEADER ETTOR
MAY BE DEPORTED
SEATTLE, March 4.--Jacob J. Et
tor, one of the leaders of the textile
strike In Lawrence, .Mass., a year ago,
and who was tried on a charge of
murder at Salem, in that State, may be
deported, proceedings having been in
stituted with that end in view.
APPROPRIATION
FOR LIGHTHOUSES
WASHINGTON, March 4. ? The
House yesterday passed the Senate
bill carrying $1,200,000 for light
houses.
CHARGED WITH ARSON
SEATTLE, March 4.?A warrant has
been issued for the arrest o fDr. A.
H. Holcomb, a dentist of this city, on
a charge of having attempted to burn
the residence of his divorced wife.
SEATTLE. March 4.?Dr. Holcomb
was arrested in British Columbia and
will be brought back for trial.