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THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE VOL. III.. NO. 310. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOV. 14, 1913. PRICE, TEN CENTS HUM AGENTS APPEAL FOR ONE MORE CHANCE Presidio Sergeant Suicides After Embezzling Funds SKATTLK. Nov. 14. Serg. Willis of B. Corps. San Francisco, commit t?'?l suicide in this city last night. St* rg. Willis embezzled funds from the Quartermaster's mess at the I're sidio. spending the proceeds of his t licit on (iertrndc Lynn, an octoroon. As soon as his money was gone and he was confronted with poverty and probable arrest, he took Ins own life. The officers of tlu fort at San Fran cisco haw been notified of the death of the young man. MINE INSPECTOR SMITH FINISHES LONG TRIP Sumner S. Smith, mine inspector lor Alaska, ha* returned to Juneau al ter an extended inspection ot many of the mining districts of Alaska. Last August he left Seattle for Nome with the intention of meeting Territorial Mine Inspector Maloney, Gov. Strong and Dr. Holmes, but owing to some de lays. the gentlemen were unable to meet for the conference. Mr. Smith made the trip of inspec tion to Fairbanks and covered many of the milling and dredging districts of the interior, getting back to Nome just as the big storm struck the city where many of the residents lost their dwellings, which constituted all their possessions. He arrived in Ketchikan two weeks ago. and spent ten days in an inspec tion of the mines on Prince of Wales Island. At Sulzer there are about fifty men employed on the copper property owned by ex-Gov. Sulzei. The Mt. An drew, owned by rhe estate of the late Sam Lichtenstadter, which is in charge of W. J. Kodgers, is doing assessment work, as is also the "It" mine. The Mamie property at Hadley, owned by the Granby people, is operating a drill, while the Foss Bros, saw mill is cut ting an enormous amount of lumber, much of which finds a market in Safi Francisco, and a recent shipment was made to Kurope. The Rush & Brown mine is working fifteen men, while Good row is keeping up assessment work, both of these properties are 011 Kusaau bay. At Hollis, a good grade of gold quartz is being taken out from a five stamp mill. This property is under bond to Dave Keese. and is known as the Dunton mine. B. A. Eardley. of Dolomi. has in stalled a five stamp mill together with a six-foot Chilean mill, and a few men are employed there on the gold prop erty. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have taken apartments at the Hotel Cain for the winter and from here he will visit the various districts as requirements de mand. MISS KEMPTHORNE IN NEW ZEALAND TONIGHT ? o o ? The anxiously waited for Trip to New Zealand takes place at the Or pheuin tonight, beginning at 8:15. The lantei i slide attractions, musical num bers :?nd camp fire scene, with Miss Kempihorne presiding over the en tertainment gives promise of an eve uiug of enjoyment. o ? o ? o CITY COUNCIL TO ISSUE STATEMENT All of the expenditures made by the present Juneau city council have been compiled. This includes not only the money that has been paid in the ad minstration of the city government in cluding salaries and public improve ments, made by the present adminis tration. purchase of property, etc., but will also include the moneys paid out on obligations created by prior city councils. A statement embodying all of the subject matter is now being made and it will be issued early next week. o ? o ? o MORE INSURANCE COMING TO JUNEAU Two large fire insurance companies have decided to enter the Alaska field. H. R. Burke, special agent and adjust er, of the Koyal Insurance Co., Ltd.. of Liverpool, and Queen Insurance Co., of America, will establish agencies in Alaska, and has appointed H. K. Shep ard & Son. of Juneau, agents for Ju neau and Douglas. The "Royal," according to Mr. Burke, is the largest fire insurance company in the world and it and its associate, the "Queen," paid seven and one-half millions of dollars to policy holders after the San Francsco conflagara tion. MEASLES PATIENTS PROVIDED EOR The (iovernor's office has received the follow ing telegram from Dr. VV. H. j Chase, assistant health commission er at Cordova, relative to the measles epidemic at Kodaik and Afoguak: "The deputy marshal returned j from Afoguak last night and the situation is well in hand at that place; 20 destitute families being provided for; 5 new cases at Kod iak: have had no information from Karluk since steamer Dora re turned. Deputy Marshal Arm strong and Dr. Silverman report that it is not necessary for out side assistance now, but 1 would advise that bureau of education physician take charge to prevent another outbreak. Have issued or ders that all schools be kept closed until their arrival. All out going mails will be fumigated; no natives permitted to travel. Dr. Schaleben of the bureau of edu J cation wires that it has been neces sary to hire guards to enforce I quarantine at Kenai and Seldov i o ? o ? o COLUMBINE MAKING THE REGULAR ROUND The lighthouse tender Columbine was in port yesterday coaling up and taking on supplies for the stations to the north of Juneau. The Columbine j has but recently come from the West Coast of Prince of Wales island where a number of buoys were placed. The list of buoys established is as follows: , Tlevak straits ? buoy No. 1, second class can. marking submerged rock, one-half mile northwest of Grand isl and; Point Desconcido ? buoy No. 10, second clas nun, marking end of the reef off the point on the south side of Hecate island: Curacao Rock ? buoy No. s, first class nun, marking Curacao Uock: Tlevak Narrows? buoy No. 4, second class nun, marking rock at turning point of narrows; Rose In let ? buoy No. 2, second class can, marking a rock about 95 yards from I spindle on northwesterly entrance to Klawack Inlet. In addition to placing buoys the Col- >, umbine fixed three ranges in San Cris- 1 tobal channel and picked up the stray i buoys and replaced Helm Rock buoy: i also fixed McArthur Reef buoy. She I then sailed for Ketchikan. At Ketchi- i kan she took on coal and supplies for the Southeastern Alaska Five Fingers supply station Then proceeding to Juneau she has taken on supplies for Sentinel island and Eldred Rock. While in Lynn canal she will change the buoys at Pt. Sherman and Indian Rock and afterward will proceed to Sitka. o -o ? o * MARINE NOTES The Pacific Toast freighter Delhi will arrive today. ! 1 The Admiral Sampson leaves Seat tle tomorrow and should arrive here i Tuesday next. The Al-Ki is expected to arrive from 1 the South Monday next. I The Mariposa is expected from Skag- j | way Southbound next Monday. Thp Dolphin will arrive from Skag- ! way and sail South about midnight 1 tonight. The Alameda will sail from Seattle next Monday. The Georgia arrived from Sitka and wayports this afternoon and will ! leave for Skagway and Lynn canal i points Sunday morning. j * +1 I COURT HOUSE BRIEFS | il * W. H. Case has filed a suit in the commissioner's court against Chas. S. Swihart to recover $78.70 for goods sold. Alfred Lundstrom has filed an ac tion in the commissioner's court to recover a balance of $719.10 alleged to be due on a contract for piling near Seymore Narrows. Deputy Marshal William Fels and Thomas Krigbaum, guard, will leave ( on the Dolphin tonight with Matt , Weils (Indian), committed to Morn ingside. Fred Redell is in town from Perse verance for a few days. JUNEAU SCHOOLS ARE OVER CROWDED The Juneau public schools are in a very congested state. The one build ing has over three hundred pupils crowded into the available rooms and even the narrow corridors are pressed into service as recitation rooms. There is hardly any room for study hours, all practically being taken up for reci tations. Even with this method it was found necessary to divide the days in to two sessions. One set of teachers and pupils occupy the building during the forenoon and another set during the afternoon which works a hardship on both teachers and pupils. The school board is not at all sat isfied with conditions as they exist, but has no means of changing the sit uation until the new city hall build ing is completed wheft the larger pupils, high school students and mem bers of the seventh and eighth grades will be taken to the new quarters be ing provided on the upper floors. This will only afford temporary re lief, however, as the accommodations will be inadequate. The school board is endeavoring to arouse the interest of the people to the end that means may be provided for getting a fund large enough to erect a new* and larg er school building on the present site. It is hoped to get an early start 011 tliis next spring. But, in order to realize this a special act of Congress must be passed authorizing the issuance of bonds for that purpose. o ? o ? o GRAND THEATRE TONIGHT. Extra good show at the Grand to night: "Bulgarians in Balkan War," and the castles of Bavaria. This is a very in teresting picture. You can't afford to miss it. "The Mail Clerk's Temptation," a very strong drama. "Gaumont's Weekly," latest doings. "Corner in Kisses," a very laughable comedy. Candy kisses cause trouble. Come and enjoy yourself. o ? o ? o * - + ! AFFAIRS OF THE WORLD I , Jj Duriiig the fiscal year ended June 30, the Chicago & Northwestern car ried 37,000,000 passengers, breaking the previous high record of 1912, which was 35,443,000. If the total number had to be carried at one time it would have required 615,000 coaches with seating capacity of 60 each, and with seven to a train. 87,958 engines would be required to haul them. All these jars would occupy 7,140 miles of track if strung out in one line, or enough to reach one-quarter of the distance around the world. ? o-o ? Loans amounting to nearly thirty million dollars will be necessary to meet the deficit in the Austrian budget for the first half of 1914. This so called transition budget, intended to pave the way for tranferring the date of the beginning of the fiscal year from January to July, estimates the ex penditure for the six months at $312. 891,776, and the proceeds of the loans required to balance the deficit between the revenue and expenditure will be applied to the army, the navy, and the railroads. Baron Engel von Mainfel den, in introducing the budget in the lower house of Parliament, explained that this "unfavorable budget" was due to recent events in the Balkans, but that the economic organization of the country was sound. Jim Wilson, the freighter, has start ed the work of delivering the 48 tons of government supplies, for which he secured a contract a few months ago, from the quartermaster at Fort Lis cum. The supplies are to be deliver ed at the signal stations between Yal dez and Paxsons. o ? o ? o Figures showing the exports of fish for the first 4 months of the fiscal year have recently been published and show an increase. In all, $5,032,000 worth of domestic fish were exported by Canada during that period as com pared with $3,748,000 for the corres ponding period of last year. o ? o ? o W. M. Carlson, of Taku Harbor, is spending a few days in Juneau and is a guest of the Occidental. Miss Fontanetti, a nurse at St. Ann's hospital at Douglas, left for the South on the Princess Sophia this morning. George Bettes left for Haines and Skagway on the Dolphin last night. L. B. Treat, of the Ingersoll-Rand Co., is in Juneau on busines and is stop ping at the Occidental. Clarence King took passage on the Princess Sophia this morning for the South. DYNAMITER MAY NEVER RETURN DETROIT, Nov. 14? Ortie McMani gal arrived in the city today on his way to London, via Buffalo. The poor health of Ortie .McManigal, the con fessed dynamiter, was the reason giv en by District Attorney John D. Fred ericks of Los Angeles, for ordering what is believed to be the permanent release from the county jail of the un tried co-worker of the McNamara brothers and chief witness against thir ty-three labor union leaders who were sentenced to the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth for complicity in a nation-wide dynamite conspiracy. "McManigal has been in poor health for some time," Fredericks said, "and he has been taken out of jail on the ad vice of a physician." KIELED AND INJURED IN R. R. ACCIDENT MONTGOMERY, Nov. 14.? Eighteen people were killed and two hundred in jured, some of whom will die, when a passenger thain plunged through a I trestle on the Georgia Central railway. The train, heavily loaded with passen gers, was crossing a trestle near Clay ion. when the structure gave way, pre cipitating the victims to the ground below. O O ? O THE PRINCESS SOPHIA TAKES MANY SOUTH The Princess Sophia sailing for the South this morning took the following passengers from Juneau: W. C. Clar berg and wife, G. Clarberg and wife, P. I). Clarberg J. Anderson, G. P. Gor don, Ed. Jacobson, Matt Larson, Geo. Sinclair, F. M. Sorley, D. E. Dunbar, Jack Hayes, Clarence King, Dave Ev ans, J. R. Parr, Wm, Burns, B. F. Stroud, J. M. Hosom, C. Pearson, P. Bryan, H. Dickelman, W. H. McKam, Elo Cervich, J. Critell, Peter Sobel, Miss Fontanetti, R. Haleck, M. Nelson,; Dan Mackav, Ray Anderson, and six second class. ALASKA PATIENT MEETS DEATH AT MORNINGSIDE ? o-o ? f Louis Anderson, a patient at the; Morningside Sanitarium, Portland, was killed, Nov. 8th by a cave-in at a gravel pit where he was at work loading gravel into a wagon. The pit was thought to be safe but heavy rains had loosened a section 20 feet high, which fell on Anderson completely covering him. He was dead when re covered, having probably been klled by the debris which engulfed him. H. R. SHEPARD & SON SETTLING FIRE CLAIMS s ? r>.r> H. R. Shepard & Son, local agents for the insurance companies having risks on the McCaul building and Jas. Barragar's stock have settled the Bar ragar claim and will settle with the McCaul claim as soon as repairs are made to the building. The settle | ments are made by personal check. ? o? o? ? APARTMENT HOUSE SITE AND FRONT ST. PROPERTY Hundreds of people in Juneau are t I looking for homes. The area for building purposes is limited and apart ment houses are in demand. 1 have the finest apartment house site in the i city ? 100x100 ? in the best residence section, which I will sell for $4,000. The demand for business property i in Juneau on account of the restrict ! ?;d area is forcing values higher. Front j street offers exceptional advantages, j 1 can sell a tract 96x230 on Front street for $16,000; half cash, balance in one, two and three years. I have also other properties for sale at figures that are appealing. (adv.) 11-14-altltf GEO. F. FORREST. ? o ? o ? o ALASKAN HOTEL ARRIVALS. The following arrivals are register ed at the Alaskan Hotel: W. Clarberg and wife, G. Clarberg and wife, Frank Clancy, J. H. Bagley, D. E. Dunbar, Seattle; W. Lindig, Ketchikan; A. J. ; Leaght and family, San Francisco; Geo. \V. White, Jr., Philadelphia; Aug ust Theil, Mrs. Jones, M. Wilson, city; H. R. Burke, Portland; Mrs. Marie Blase, A. H. DeFriest, Tacoma; F. F. Dorman, Missoula; Theo. Tradal, Wrangell; Miss L. M. Forrest, Miss Porrest, Hoonah. TURKEYS FREE. Tonight is Prize Night at Jaxon's ; rink. Bring your coupons and win a turkey for Thanksgiving; new pictures. o ? o ? o Head The Empire for correct news. VICE PRESIDENT NURRIES TO BORDER PHOENIX, Nov. 14. ? Vice President Marshall left today for the Sacaton Indian reservation, where he will meet Gen. Scott, who is in command of the troops 011 the Mexican border. It is said that the Vice President is making the visit for a discussion of the Mexican situation. MEXICAN REBEL CHIEF REPLIES TO QUESTIONS WASHINGTOf^Nov. 14. ? The sit uation in Mexico especialy in the Northern States, is illumined by the following replies made recently by Gen. Carranza, the Constitutionalist leader, in answer to questions pro pounded by an Eastern newspaper. 1. How many men are there under arms in the Constitutionalist army? The Constitutionalist army has* more than eighty thousand men, well organized, under arms. 2. What States or parts of States are under control of the Constitution alist forces? With the exception of Yucatan, Chia pas and Oaxaca, all the States, other than a few fortified cities, are con trolled or under invasion by the Con stitutionalist forces. 3. What reasons exist why the Unit ed States should recognize the Consti tutionalist government as a de facto government? The United States should recognize the Constitutionalists because they are the legal constitutional faction, and as such possess a de facto control over the greater part of the national ter ritory; and, moreover, because the campaign commenced by Carranza as the Constitutional Governor of the State of Coahuila will be continued with renewed vigor to enforce the law and to overthrow the usurpers who have taken violent possession of the Government. 4. What are the prospects of suc cess of the campaign? No better prospects could be had than when the entire nation has re sponded to our call, and, eight months of fierce struggle, we have managed to organize a very powerful army, that has been achieving victory after vic tory, and whose men, all volunteers, have been armed with implements of war that have been captured from the supporters of the spurious Government of Huerta. Besides, the Constitution alist movement is sanctioned by the legality and justice on which it is based, as well as on the opinion of the entire nation. o ? o ? o CHINESE PARLIAMENT OUT OF BUSINESS ? o? o ? PEKING, Nov. 14.? By a decision of the remaining members of the two houses of the Chinese parliament, that body has decided to suspend. The ac tion was taken by a joint session of both houses. -A- -n ? TV WM. HOWARD TAFT PAYS WILSON A BRIEF VISIT WASHINGTON, Nov. 14? Ex-Presi dent Win. Howard Taft made a brief call on President Wilson today. He is here to lecture before the National Ge ographical society. o ? o ? o LIGHTHOUSE MAN GETS TRANSFER TO PORTO RICO ? o-o ? A few days days ago J. A. Malone, of Ketchikan, received a cable from Porto Rico offering him a position with the Lighthouse Service, but requiring him to pay his transportation there. He declined to accept the position on those terms and received another ea ble since whereby the government pays his transportation. "Biddy" will accept the position and soon expects to start for the Far South. ? Morning Mail. p -o ? -O HISTORIC FLAGPOLE GOES BY THE BOARD The high wind Saturday night blew down the historic flag pole or the old customs building at Ketchikan says the Mail. This pole was first erected at Mary Island at the time that was the port of customs. It was afterward moved to Ketchikan to per form the same official duties, if we may use the term, and is said to be one of the oldest of its kind in the Territory. o ? o ? o THANKSGIVING DANCE The ladies of the Altar Society ol the Catholic church are combining their efforts to make the Thanksgiving dance one of the most enjoyable so cial events of the year. It is to be given on Thursday, Nov. 27, at Elks' halL Mexican Cabinet Officers Now Sue for Peace DEATH LIST ON LAKES IS 256 PORT HURON, Ont., Nov. 14.? Two more steamships, the "Henry B. Smith," and the "Major" have been added to the list of those sunk in Lake Superior. The crew of the "Major" was rescued. Total number of lives lost from all vessels now brings the list up to 256. DETROIT, Nov. 14.? The latest com pilation of fatalities and destruction I caused by the storms on the Great Lakes, places the number of deaths at 173, with eight ships gone to the bot : torn. o ? o ? o ALASKA RAILROAD BUILDER IS DEAD SEATTLE, Nov. 14.? Alfred Wil iams, formerly associated with M. j Heney, in the construction of Alaska railroads, is dead. He was president ; of the Ocean Shore railroad, with head i quarters in San Francisco. 5-SECOND EARTHQUAKE ALARMS PANAMA CITY PANMA, Nov. 14. ? An earthquake lasting five seconds caused alarm to j this city today. o- ? o ? o BRYAN WOULDN'T LISTEN TO FORMER DICTATOR ? ? o? o ? WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 ? Gen. Ze laya, former dictator of Nicaragua. | was denied audience with the State Department today. HINDU YVINsTtHE NOLLE PRIZE STOCK HOLmTnovT 14. ? The Al- 1 fred B. Noble literature prize, amount ing to $40,000, has been awarded to the Hindu poet Rabindraharh Tagore. The board of directors decided that the Hindu poet had produced the best ( work of an idealistic tendency for the year. Aside from the monetary value of the award, a high honorary distinc tion goes with it. o ? o ? o o ? o ? o M.W.A. TO MEET NEXT YEAR IN TOLEDO ? o-o ? HOCK ISLAND, Nov. 14.? The Na tional Convention of the Modern Woodmen of America, voted to hold their next meeting in Toledo. o ? o? o WOMEN DENIED VOTE IN CHURCH AFFAIRS NEW YORK, Nov. 14? Action on the proposal to give women a vote in the church government has been post poned one year by the Protestant Epis copal convention of the diocese of New York. During this period a commission of five clergymen will be appointed by Bishop Greer, to study the question and endeavor to reach a decision. GIANT RUSSIAN WRESTLER WILL CHALLENGE C.OTCH NEW YORK, Nov. 14. ? Ivan Ma j ' mutoff of St. Petersburg, a Russian soldier, and one of the Czar's body guards. arrived in the city today, hav i ing been given a special > leave of ab sence for six months for a tour of the ' United States and Canada. Mamutoff is an expert wrestler and ' during his stay in the United States he will endeavor to arrange a meet ing with Frank Gotch. He is 31 years old, 6 feet four in height and weighs 245 pounds. PITTMAN RELIEF BILL PASSES THE SENATE ? o-o? WASHINGTON, Nov. 14? The Pit man bill relieving Nome miners from ' assessment work for the present year, ' j passed the Senate yesterday. ' I Awaits President's Signature. WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. ? The I House has passed the resolution re ! lieving Nome miners from this year's assessment work. The bill will now go to the President. D. E. Dunbar, department head in , the National Grocery company at Se ' attle, left for the South on the Prin- 1 cess Sophia this morning. o ? o ? o Empire want ada get results. MKXICO CITY, Nov 14. ? M? inl>?rs of President Huerta's official family are seeking to re-open negotiations with the United States. They state that they have the consent of Huerta to make concessions which will be sat isfactory to President Wilson. Minister Adalphe has appealed to Charge d'Affaires O Shaughnessy to induce the United States to withhold action until the concessions th;if Hu erta is willing to make, can be pr< sented. ? o? o- - Europe Backs U. S. WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. The united support of the American policy in Mexico by the great powers of Ku rope, has been confidentially given to President Wilson and Secretary Hry an. .As a result of the policy of Mr, Wilson it is now believed that the elimination of Huerta will soon be ac complished, especialy as the financial blockade instituted by the United States has effectually tied Huerta's hands so far as obtaining money in Kurope is concerned. Huerta At Yielding Point. WASHINGTON. Nov. 14? Dictator Huerta has either stepped aside, or is preparing to yield up his authority as head of the Mexican Provisional government, is the information re ceived today from unofficial sources. No attempt is being made by the of ficials of the White House to conceal the importance attached to the efforts of the Huerta official family to have Envoy John Lind return to Mexico City, for further consideration of the differences. ? o-o? Britain Will Not Interfere. LONDON. Nov. 14. ? In reply to Wil son's communication announcing his determination to eliminate Huerta in the settlement of the Mexican embro gMo. (Jreat Britain, through Ambassa dor Page, has sent an answer to the United States, saying that her policy will be one of non-interference. o ? o ? o WALL STREET FIRM TAILS EOR MILLIONS NEW YORK. Nov. 14? H. B. Hol lins & Co., an old banking and brok erage house of this city announced its suspension when the stock exchange opened this morning. The liabilities were listed at $5,000,000, with assets of $2,000,000. The failure is attri buted to the inactivity of the stock market for several months past. o ? o ? o MAY SIP GRAPE JUICE FROM COMPOTE VASES WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 ? Miss Jes sie Wilson's wedding gift from the Senators will be a silver service, which will include a tea service, coffee per colator, compote vases and candeleb ra trays, all fittingly inscribed. The cost of the service will be over one thousand dollars. o ? o ? O PROTEST AGAINST EULOGIZING BUSCH WASmNr,TON?~Nov 14. ? Speaker Clark has received a protest from the National Woman's Christian Temper ance Union against placing in the per manent Congressional Record, the fu neral oration pronounced over the re mains of the late Adolphus Busch. the St. Louis brewer. AIRMAN KILLED BY FALL OF AEROPLANE MANILA. P. T^Nov. 14. ? Second Lieut. C. Perry Rich, of the Philip pine constabulary, was killed yester day from a hydro-aeroplane at Mala bar in the island of Mindanao. -n ? n ? n VICTORIA IN SEATTLE WITH LARGE LIST SEATTLE, Nov. 14. ? Steamship Vic toria arrived at midnight from Nome, bringing three hundred passengers. Among the number are W. A. Gilmore. Judge Murane, Attorney Rodney. F. H. Thatcher. C. E. Darling and other persons of prominence. o ? o ? o A. J. HAYWARD, LUMBER MAN, DEAD IN TACOMA TACOMA. Nov. 14. ? A. J. Hay ward, a widely known lumber man and partner of Henry Hewett. died today. o ? o ? o Empire want ade get results.