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THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE .?r <> ? VOL. III., NO. 351. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JAN. 6, 1914. PRICE, TEN CENTS ENGLAND IS BACKING UP AMERICAN MEXICAN POLICY I ~ Gov. Strong Takes Steps To Remedy Laws Gov. J. F. A. Strong has taken up j with Delegate James Wickersham and | Senator Key Pittman. of Nevada, j chairman of the Senate committee onj territories, the question of securing from Congress an amendment or amendments to the Organic Act, es tablishing legislative government in Alaska, designed to cure the defects in the operation of the revenue laws of the Territory that were disclosed by the ruling of the Attorney-General and the decision of the Circuit Court of Appeals. The condition in which the | opinion and the decision have left the Territorial government has been set I out in detail. He has not yet received replies from either of the members ofj Congress. He also has informed the members of the Legislature of the sit- j uation. and consulted with them con-1 corning the proper course to pursue, j Following the receipt of the recent | opinion of the Attorney-General, Gov.! J. F. A. Strong sent a telegram to each of the members of the Alaska Legislature notifying them that the Attorney-General held that the Legis lature exceeded its powers in placing the duty of collecting taxes on federal officials, and that this opinion in ef fect absolutely stopped further col lection of revenue and practically puts' the Territory of Alaska out of business.; The message also asked each member for his opinion on the advisability of holding special session to correct rev enue laws. Answers have been received from all the members except from Senators El wood Bruner. Henry Roden. Conrad Freeding and from Representative R. O. Gray. There is a decided difference of opinion on the advisability of hold ing the session. All of the members of the Fourth division that have been heard from declared that it would be Impossible to attend until summer. Representative C. L. Kennedy of Can dle. who lives the farthest away, says he will come if necessary, and Rep resentatives Thomas Gaffney, F. A. Aldrich and C. D. Jones said that they would try and come. All of the mem bers of the Third division except Rep resentative Gray declared their will ingness to attend. There would be no trouble in getting the full repre sentation from the First division, but all do not favor the special session. Representative N*. J. Svindseth says rather than have the Territorial insti tutions go by the board he would fa vor a special session. Representative Charles E. Ingersoli states that he Is not in favor of a special session, but rather inclined to have Congress pass a special amendment covering the de fects. Representative Arthur G. Shoup and Senator L. V. Ray are both of the opinion that the fifteen days al lowed by the Organic Act for special sessions would not suffice to do the necessary work. POLL TAX LAW IS NOT INVALID JL The decision of the Circuit Court of Appeals rendered at San Francisco yesterday. reversing the ruling of Judge Fred M. Brown, and holding that the Legislature had not authority to confer the duty of collecting poll taxes upon United States commissioners, does not. according to the legal talent of Juneau, involve the authority of the Legislature to levy and collect poll taxes. In fact, it does not in the tech nical sense make the law null and void. It does make it inoperative for the time being simply because it leaves the law without legally constituted officers to enforce it. The Circuit Court of Appeals has held that Section 11. of the Organic Act. making it unlawful for officers of the Federal government to hold of fice under the Territorial government, disqualifies United States court com missioners from serving as poll tax col lectors. It has been suggested that Congress can remedy the defect by amending the Organic Act. If this is no done, a special session of the Legislature could easily repair the damage by pro viding other methods of collecting the taxes. It is conceded that the Legislature has power to levy a poll tax law, and to provide the means of collecting the same. Parties desiring lady to care for their children afternoons or evenings, phone 2133. Best references. 1-6-6L TREASURER SMITH AFTER MONEY Although the courts seem to be shooting great holes Into the revenue i laws passed by the first session of Alaska's legislature, efforts are being ' made by Territorial Treasurer* Wal steln G. Smith to get in enough money to keep the wheels of government turn-1 ing. One of the important measures now under way is to secure all of the money due the Territory of Alaska ac cruing from the sale of timber from the national forest reserves as provided by the act of Congress in 1906. Chapter S2 of the session laws au thorizes the Treasurer of Alaska to apply for and receive moneywln the United States Treasury due the Terri tory of Alaska on account of sales of timber in national forests in Alaska. Under the provisions of this act Treas urer Smith applied for the moneys so due and received $13,126.08, being the 25 per cent, of the total sales of tim ber on the reserves in Alaska for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, only. The comptroller of the treasury de- J clined to forward the accrued sums J that have been accumulating from this source since the passage of the Con gressional act in 1906 and prior to Au gust 24. 1912, on the ground that there was no legal authority for so doing and holding in effect that prior to the | passage of the act of August 24, 1912, i providing for an Alaska Legislature, | that Alaska was not a Territory within i the meaning of the law and therefore | not a beneficiary of it. | Treasurer Smith took the matter up with Delegate to Congress James Wick J ersham and the latter advised that he consult with Gov. J. F. A. Strong and District Attorney John Rustgard and prepare a statement to be submitted to the Treasury Department. Acting upon this advice matters have pro gressed so far that District Attorney Rustgard has already finished a brief in behalf of the Territory of Alaska for Treasurer Smith and the same will be forwarded to Washington almost immediately. Of the amounts that have been for warded to Treasurer Smith from the United States Treasury all comes from the Chugach and Tongass national for est reserves. Eleven-twelfths of the entire amount so paid comes from the Tongass reserve. MAY OPEN GENERAL OFEICES IN JUNEAU ?+? D. D. Muir, well known mining en gineer and Northwest representative of the United States Smelting and Re fining company since his return from Seattle has opened offices in the Ma lony building in Juneau. The United States Smelting & Refining company has closed its offices that were located in the Hoge building in Seattle and in view of the fact that Mr. Muir has charge of that great organization's in terests in this section it is possible that the company will open general offices in Juneau soon. I ? ALASKA GASTINEAU CO. CREATES NEW DEPARTMENT ?+? General Manager B. L. Thane of the Alaska-Gastineau Mining company, has created a new department for the pur pose of increasing the efficiency in the administration of the company's af fairs here. The department of land and surveys, as it is to be known, will have charge of all surveys. The notes taken by the various survey crews In the field will be forwarded to the Ju neau office of the department where they will be copied and filed away for reference. The department will also have charge of the surveying for new locations,' all mining claims, etc., which may be acquired from time to ' time. H. R. Ward will have charge j of the field survey crews. Richard J. Wulzen will be the head of the department of land and surveys. The selection of Mr. Wulzen to bo In charge of so important a branch of the executive management in the company is a recognition of his faithfulness and ability to do things. Mr. Wulzen has been with the Alaska-Gastineau com pany for nearly two years and as chief of the drafting department has earned a very enviable position in the minds of his employers. Empire want ads get resnlta. JUALIN IMPROVES; NADEAU TO PARIS ThlngB are looking exceedingly bright for the Jualln mines according to Albert Nadeau, one of the heav iest stockholders in the Jualln Mining company and superintendent of the mines. Development work has been | progressing very satisfactorily right along, increased depth showing mater ial Increase to the ore values. Mr. Na deau recently came down from Jualln to make arrangements for a trip to Paris and will bo leaving for the South on the Spokane enroute to France. Before leaving that section Mr. Na deau visited the Greek Boy mines nearby and states that it is also show ing up well. It is his belief that this property will become a great producer. In speaking of the Jualln development Mr. Nadeau said: "An adit tunnel, to be 7,700 feet long, which will tap the mine at the 600-foot level and drain the old work ings, has been started. This work will not bt? ruehed during the winter months on account of the shortage of water power. The main shaft, being sunk in the diorlte between two large ore bodies, is now down to a depth of 325 feet below the old workings. Large ore bodies will be developed by driv ing crosscut levels from this shaft. At a depth of 200 feet in the new shaft rich ore, milling over $32 to the ton. was encountered. This will undoubt edly constitute a new ore body when developed by cross tunnels. The ore! has shown increasing values with! depth." . . i Water power Is at present usea to run a 400 h. p. compressor and furnish ing power for drills nnd pumps during the greater part of the year, but an auxiliary plant will soon be Installed to furnish power during the winter months. This plant will consist of oil storage tanks, oil burning boilers and a 500 h. p. steam turbine. An accident to the pumps used in sinking has caused a partial shut down ! of that feature of the development and thus enabled Mr. Nadeau to make the trip to Europe where he will have a conference with his associates. The i controlling interest in the mine Is held by Belgian capital. Mr. Nadeau will 1 attend a meeting of the directors while in Paris. The shut down on the sink-! ing will last from sixty to ninety days | but other development will keep a ! crew of forty men busy all the time. J Leo Kennedy, general manager of I the company left On the laBt trip of the Georgia for the mines and will make preparations for an early start on the development work next spring. JENNINGS ADJOURNS COURT TILL TOMORROW ?I-? While at Ketchikan Judge R. W. Jennings made an order adjourning the January, 1914, term of court until Wednesday, January 7, 1914. The or der was cabled from Ketchikan to Jay W. Bell, clerk of the district court this morning. Under the federal statute Judge R. W. Jennings could have de layed the January term of Court, which was to convene' at 10 O'clock on' the fifth, until four o'clock this after noon. The making of this order on reaching the judicial division over which he presided complies with the Federal statutes. In the meantime acting under the Territorial act. Clerk Bell in the ab sence of the district judge convened court at the hour set in the call and has adjourned the same from day to day in compliance with that Btatute. By a curious coincidence he adjourned the court this morning until two to morrow afternoon Just prior to receiv ing the cabled court order from Judge Jennings. G. H. MILLER GIVING EXPERT TESTIMONY ?+? Judge H. B. LeFevro and Judge R. A. Gunnison will leave for Skagway on the Spokane for the purpose of taking the deposition'of G. H. Miller, auditor of the White Pass and Yukon, on a case now pending at Quebec. The suit is by Richardson Sons Co. against the Canadian Pacific-Railway Co. over the loss of wheat by fire. Mr. Miller's evi dence is in the nature of expert testi mony on wheat. Judge LeFevre rep resents the plaintiff and Judge Gunni son the defendant in the Skagway matter. THE WEATHER TODAY. Twenty-four hours ehdlng 3 p. m: Maximum?34. Minimum?28. Precipitation?Trace. Everybody assured a good time at Juneau Athletic Club dance. 1-5-4L Anti-Public Ownership ?*4| immwUAIU.. tlU.* U People an Obstacle ! ' v -M); ? ,, ... ?? WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.? Congress man Will E. Humphrey, discussing the prospect of the passage of the Alaska railroad bill today, said "the strongest opposition will come from ihoso opposed to government owner-1 s'-lp. There are iqany of them strong men of deop convictions and It wlll^ ba necessary to convince them that Alaska presents an exceptional case, and that the government construction of a railroad there cannot be taken as a step toward the government own ership of railroads. They Include Dem ocrats and Republicans In both the Senate and the House of Representa tives. JOHNSON TO RUN TOR GOVERNOR j SACRAMENTO, Call?, Jan. 6.?Gov. j Hiram W. Johnson t,oduy announced that he will seek re-election as Gover nor of California. Int the statement j he gave out he saldjth^l |io would pre-i for to run for United Slates Senator, but, he said, the majority of the Pro gressives of his State seem to deslro that he run for Governor instead, and that he will be guided by their de sires in the premises. It is believed that Francis J. Honey, will now be a candidate for the Pro'1 gresslve nomination for Senator. PETTIT AND HARVEY FORM NEW COMPANY ??? E. W. Pettlt, city'clerk and magis trate and formerly clerk of the United States district court, and F. M. Harvey, for nearly four years with the busi ness institutions' of B., ST. Behrends, have opened a real estate, collection and auditing and expert accounting of fice. They are located in the Cheney building at 142 Front street. The members of the new firm are both well and favorably known In Ju neau and have established reputations in the line of work in which they are engaging. "RIP VAN WINKLE" AT THE ORPHEUM THEATRE TONIGHT The Orpheum Theatre tonight of fers one of the strongest bills of the season and one that should be highly entertaining to all. "Rip Van Wink le" an adaptation from that grand old play of the tame'iume which has amused both old and young for so many years, and immortalized Joseph Jefferson on the legitimate stage, will be reproduced and presented in two picture parts by a specially selected cast of Vitagraph players. All should see and enjoy these pictures. "The Beach Combers," a Pathe pic ture drama featuring Betty Gray and J. A. Johnston presents scenes of the operators of sea coast bandits and an eventful capture by revenue officers. This picture has good scenes and [plenty of life and. excitement. "Timid Mary" is a good Vitagraph 'fttrcc comedy of Western life. "The Darktown Duel," a Vitagraph comedy is some laugh producer and closes a fine show. UNDER ARREST FOR CRIMINAL TRESPASS W. Hyde and Mrs. W. Hyde are charged with criminal trespass in a complaint sworn to by W. S. BayleBS on behalf of himself, -L. P. Shackle ford and Mrs.' Alyce Anderson, owners of the "Chief Johnson House" and property. It 1b alleged in the com plaint that defendants took forcible possession of the property yesterday morning, January 5. Warrants were issued for the arrest of the defend ants this morning. JEFFERSON BRINGING BIG PASSENGER LIST ?+? SEATTLE. Jan. 6. ? The Jefferson sailed for Alaska last night with the following big passenger list for Ju neau and Douglas: For Juneau?J. M. Cramer, G. W. Delo. G. E. James, Robt. Wicks, L. L. Clay, F. B. Watson, J. F. Everett, Hel en Salisbury, M. T. Riley, J. E. Moul ton, G. A. Farrey, S. T. Chandler, F. M. Bailey, G. A. Thayer, A. L. McDon ald, W. E. Wilson, Claude Conaurey, C. A. Sayler, T. C. McHugh, Mrs. K. A. Kabler, Mrs. William Bagnoll, Mrs. Bertha Davis, Mrs. T. E. Sayers, Olaf Lystad, and nine stoorago. For Douglas?Jeanette Duval, G. W. Gustafson and wife, Mrs. Mable Mlch aolson, Odol Vernon and wife, Alfonso Verstillo and wife, and four steerage. Eat at the Pioneer, and die happy. NOME'S SALOONS CLOSED ON SUNDAYS j NOME, Jan. 6.?The Sunday cloning of saloons has been inaugurated at ] this place by Judge John Randolph Tucker, Jr. He Is operating under a section ot-Jhe Oregon code which | he suya is in 'effect in this city. The ! saloons were closed Sunday for the ; first time. GOVERNMENT MAY PRESS [ PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PLAN ; BOSTON, Jan. 6.?A late Washing ton dispatch states that the agree jment between the Department of Jus tice and the American Telephone and Telegraph company will not affect the plans of Democrats for the govern ment ownership of this public utility.j In fact, settlement of this suit outside j of court clears tfie way, in the opinion ( of those who have charge of the gov- J eminent ownership program, for! prompt consideration by Congress of j the Lewis bill. ? Telephone Company Keeps Promise. ' NEW YORK, Jan. 6.?The American Telephone officials are at work on' plans to make toll connection with independent telephone companies all over the United States. There are some 20.00(7 such companies and work-' ing out of physical connection will be a stupendous Job. FIRST BASKETBALL GAME ON TONIGHT ??? Tonight the first great basketball game between the Douglas and Ju neau high schools will take place at Jaxon's rink beginning at 8 o'clock. One whole side of the mammoth rink has been set aside for the people of Douglas and it is expected that the rootors will attend from "the Island town in force. Juneau can always be counted on to take an lnterst In home sports and there will consequently be a banner crowd in attendance. Admis sion to the > alcony will be 25 cents. INMATE OF PIONEER HOME IS VERY LOW ?+? Advices received in Juneau state that E. F. Booker, an inmate of the Poineers' Home at Sitka, is very low and not expected to live long. Booker was sent to the institution from Ju neau. He has been In the North a long time. *-*-?. PICTURES AND SKATING AFTER BASKETBALL GAME TONIGHT ?+? After the basketball game at Jax on's rink tonight between the Juneau and Douglas high school teams there will be skating and motion pictures. Good pictures will be shown. Seats will be reserved for the Douglas peo ple in a body. Admission for specta tors, 25 cents. Skaters the same as usual, 25 cents and 50 cents. IGLOO WILL INSTALL NEW OFFICERS TONIGHT Igloo No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska, will meet In regular session at 8:30. The newly-elected officers will be Installed and other business transacted. A full attendance Is requested. All visiting Pioneers cordially invited to attend. "J. T. MARTIN, President. E. L. COBB, Secretary. SON FOR MR. AND MRS. H. P. JONES ?+? The good old stork vlBlted the home of H. P. Jones, Sixth and Kennedy streets, at 3:10 this morning and left a handsome baby boy. The lusty young Alaskan weighs 9% pounds. Dr. Egginton was in attendance. Moth er and son are doing fine. The proud father, who is in the .accounting de partment of the Alaska Light and Pow er Co.. is handing out cigars to his friends In honor of the litest Alaskan. FURUSETH QUITS SAFETY COMMISSION ?*? NEW VOKK, Jan. 6.?Andrew Furu seth, of San Francisco, appcinted by President Woodrow Wilson to repre sent American seamen at the Inter national Congress for the Safety of Life at Sea, which recently convened at London, arrived here yesterday to tender his resignation to the President. He said that he will visit the President upon his returp to Washington and tell him why ho resigned. It is due, he suid, to the fact that he cannot agree with his American colleagues at the Congress regarding the recom mendations for manning lifeboats at sea. Andrew Furuseth is president of the Seaman's national organization, and has refused to accept greater com pensation than an ordinary seaman's wages for his services. He was re cently eulogized by Senators Robert M. LaFollette and John Sharp Will iams on the floor of the Senate as one of the country's really groat men. + * RIVER BOAT WRECK KILLS 75 PEOPLE Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 6.?Sev enty-five railroad laborers per ished in the wreck of a river flatboat here this morning. I ? J. HAMILTON LEWIS' SECRETARY INDICTED WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. ? Sidney Moulthrop, former private secretary to Senator James Hamilton Lewis, of Il linois, was yesterday indicted for forg ing the name of Senator Lewis to checks and for pawning the Senator's diamonds. SCHMIDT'S SECOND TRIAL BEGINS NEXT MONDAY NEW YORK. Jan. 6.? The second trial of Rev. Hans Schmidt for the mur der of Miss Anna Aumuller has been set for Monday, January 12th. DEPUTIES AND STRIKERS CLASH AT TACOMA TACOMA, Jan. 6.?There have been several clnshes between the strikers at the Tacoma smelter and the deputy sheriffs today. Many shots were ex changed, but it is not believed that anyone has been injured. JACKLING PROPERTY INCREASING CAPACITY Tho News Letter, published by Thompson, Towle & Co., the New York, Boston and Chicago brokers, speaking of the Chlno Consolidated copper property, one of the companies controlled by Col. D. C. Jackling, says: "We understand that the Chino man agement is considering an Increase In capacity of its concentrator. "The plans as now contemplated will be to enlarge the plant from Its pres ent capacity of 5,000 tonB to 10,000 tons. The feature of the proposed en largement which should be of Interest j to stockholders of the company Is that ; when the Increase will be made out of earnings and that no new stock issue will be necessary. Although we are ; unable to state when this news will : be given out officially, we believe that ; some announcement In connection with the proposed increase will be made In the not distant future. "To anyone who has carefully ana lyzed the Chino situation, with Its 94, 000,000 tons of ore reserves and Its ! present rated capacity of contrator of 6000 tons per day, which has developed an actual capacity of 5,500 to 6,000 tons, it must have been evident that it was only a question of time until an enlargement of this plant would bo made, as the developed tonnage gave a life of approximately 45 years and the plnnt was not commensurate with its ore reserves. ? "Moreover, the present reserves of 94,000,000 tons do not represent the ultlmnte possibilities of ore develop ment at the property, where already scout drill-holes which have been put down indicnto the probability of a con siderable addition above present fig ures," Britain Removes Minister Cardens From Mexico LONDON, Jan. 6.?British Minister to Mexico Gardens has been ordered transferred to Brazil. The ch'ange will be made soon. Britain Helping United States. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.?The remov al of Minister Cardens by the British government is regarded here as a man ifestation of the purpose of Great Brit ain to remove every obstruction from the execution of the plans of President Woodrow Wilson In dealing with the Mexican situation. Cardens Opposes Americans. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 6.?It Is no se cret here that British Minister Car den's ideas have been at variance with the policy of the American govern ment in ^lexico. He has thought all the time that the United States should recognize the government of Huerta. Constitutionalists Withdraw from At tack. MAREA, Tex., Jan. 6.?Gen Ortega has withdrawn the Constitutionalists forces from the attack on OJinaga and they are now seven miles from that place awaiting reinforcements. The battle continued for nearly seven days. ANOTHER MURDER IS PUT ON EARRISS ?+? SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6. ? Ralph Farriss, confessed murdered of Hor ace Montague in the Southern Pacific hold up, was identified yesterday by Mrs. George Duvali as the man who shot and killed Edward Driscoll, aged 17, during the robbery. FarriBS has been sentenced to hang within ninety days for the murder of Montague by the Los Angeles courts. AMERICANS GIVE MUCH TO CHARITY WASHINGTON, Jan. C.?Charitable gifts and donations to educational in stitutions in the United States during the last 12 months amount to $S0,135, 476. PEOPLE PATRONIZE THE POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.?At the end of the last fiscal year there were 331, 006 depositors in postal savings banks and deposits of $33,618,870. STEEL TRUST NOT SEEKING DISSOLUTION NEW YORK, Jan. 6.?A Washing ton special says that the steel trust is not among those trusts which are mentioned by President Woodrow Wil son as making overtures for peaceful dissolution under the Sherman law. LARGEST BEEF SHIPMENT ARRIVES AT NEW YORK NEW YORK, Jan. 6.?The largest cargo of beef ever shipped to the Unit ed States has arrived in New York, consisting of 3,400,000 pounds of Ar gentine beef consigned to wholesalers and butchers in New York. HERRMANN AGAIN HEADS BASEBALL WORLD CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 6. ? August Herrmann was yesterday re-elected president of the National Baneball Commission. This commission Is the supreme court of professional baseball in the United States. It has complete jurisdiction on all matter that con cern the relations of the various pro fessional baseball leagues with each other. FORD EMPLOYEES TO SHARE IN PROFITS ?+? DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 6.?The Ford Motor Company has announced the adoption of a profit sharing scheme ?hrough which *10,000.000 will be dis trbuted annually among the employ es of that company. It is said to L" the most gonerona and largest profit* sharing plan ev.r to be put Into exe cution. HEIDELBERG LUNCH COUNTER READY. Thc Heidelberg lunch counter Is now open for business. Try IL 1-3-tf