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THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE VOL. III., NO. 361. ' JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JAN 17, 1914. PRICE, TEN CENTS ? ? ? ? ? ? ? U 1 m fWK*. li M SENATE WILL VOTE ON RAILROAD BILL JANUARY II ? ? . * 6 Another Earthquake Shakes Japanese Island KOCOSHIMA. Japan. Jan 17?Two ( further violent eruptions of the vol- > cano Sakurajima accompanied by se vere earthquakes took place this morn ing. The sun looks like a ball of blood, but gives no light. Night signals are being used by the railroads. Ashes c continue to fall over a wide area of n the country. p ? Little Change in Death List. c TOKYO. Jan. 17.?The accepted es- 0 timate placed upon the number of dead 11 as the result of the earthquake due c to the eruption of Sakurajima is 7.000. u though it Is admitted that it is made p upou far from accurate knowledge. ' ?. ?. ? P CITY COUNCIL ATTENDS TO ROUTINE MATTERS c The city council held its regular ? session in the council chambers of the city hall last night ?all being present except Councllmen W. H. Case and W. S. Pullen who are out of the city. There was nothing of great importance 1 brought before the meeting and afterI attending to some routine matters the body adjourned. > ( 1. E. Hensler. petitioned for the priv- ^ ilege of using a gasoline heater in the Grotto saloon and it was granted. W. W. Batheller asked for the same priv ilege at 23S Seward street and it was r also granted. The Winter & Pond Co.. asked for (^ the privilege of substituting corrugat ed iron flue for concrete or brick chimney at a store which it is contem plated to erect in front of the ware house on the Pacific Coast dock. The 8 council declined to grant the privilege. a The renewal of the insurance policy ^ on the city wharf was approved. The Juneau Masonic lodge asked 8 permission to amend the survey of v the Masonic plot in Evergreen ceme- a tery. A resolution was passed provid- t( ing for the same. a l.abor claims to the amount ofi $731.50 were allowed. t , t t? TO CONFER OVER |! HOTEL ADDITION 1 ^ ti E. R. Jaeger, who together with C. t( E. Ericson. owns the Hotel Cain build ing will be leaving for the South on ^ one of the tirst boats, perhaps the Spo kane. for the purpose of holding con ference with Mr. Ericson. now in Se attle. over the plans that have been 11 announced for a new steel and con- Jb Crete addition to the present building.,s "We expected to have work started on the structure early in April." said Mr. ^" Jaeger this morning, "but we are not *' certain whether we will or not. It is | * for this reason that Mr. Ericson and 8 I will meet and talk the matter over. 8 "The plan of increasing the capacity 1 of the Hotel Cain involves the erec- ^ tion of an addition holding fifty more ' rooms. The proposed structure is to 1 be built to the rear ol' the present 8 front, and be fire proof throughout. ? There is no question of the need of ' more rooms for the hotel. The prob- s lem is to get the structure finished in a time for the spring and summer travel." 1 - - - ? i'-iM INDIAN TOWN OF KAKE ADOPTS CITY GOVERNM'T a ?+? v The Indian village of Kake has com- s menced to put on the ways of the! f whites. Recently the 250 inhabitants s created a town government by the ' election of a council and this body un- 6 der the direction of George J. Beck, su- 1 perintendent of missions at that place. J" hase passed several improvement ordi- j nances. The town has already com- I menced making street improvements and otherwise modernizing the com munity. The custom of living in tribal or community houses is being discour- c aged and many of the inhabitants are c building individual family habitations. a ? ? ? l1 Juneau Chapter, No. 7. Order of the ir Eastern Star, will give its first annu- jr al ball on February 23. Invitations for the event will be issued early in the i1 month. The Juneau branch of the or- 1 der is one of the youngest to be or ganized in the North, having been per- v fected only a few weeks ago. The first big social event under its auspices is being looked forward to with a great deal of interest. ' THE WEATHER TODAY. i Twenty-four hours ending at 3 p. m.: Maximum?30. Minimum?21. i Clear. P lOURT HOLDS STREET SPEAKING LAW VALID Judge R. W. Jennings, at the con tusion of the hearing yesterday after toon, denied the writ of habeas cor ius asked for in the case of E. C. Jriggs, serving sentence by the muni ipal court for violation of the city rdiuance against street speaking. The loints on which the habeas corpus pro eedings were brought consisted in challenge by the defense of the city's owers to pass such an ordinance and he right of the municipal court to ass sentence without the defendant aving a trial by jury. In denying the rrit Judge Jennings holds that the ity did and does possess power to ass the ordinance in question and hat the municipal court was within is powers in passing seutence with ut the trial by jury. UGH SCHOOL TEAM MAY MAKE TOUR + The Juneau high school basketball earn is planning on making a tour of he towns of Southeastern Alaska for he purpose of meeting basketball earns of the other communities. Ar angements have been about complet d to play a game at Sitka, and nego iations are under way with the sol iers at Fort William H. Seward and he athletes of Sgakway and Ketchi an. The teachers encourage this sort of port among the pupils of the schools, nd point -to the wider view point surs of the character of those planned y the Juneau high school gives the tudents. They become acquainted rith other communities through them, nd get a touch of that life which is 3 come to them when they quit school nd go forth to act for themselves. Of courser in part, at least, these lans are dependent upon the Juneau ?am winning the championship from le Douglas team. If they fail in that te Douglas boys might prove more at ?active to the lovers of sport in other )wns than those of Juneau. ITRONG ARGUMENT FOR MODERN ATHLETICS ??? Men must work and boys must play, oth are physical necessities. Basket all has been characterized as a most enseless waste of time and energy. . hasty conclusion. Many things have o apparent value to the thoughtless? : all depends upon the viewpoint, [nowledge comes with growth and trength. Physical decay is insepara ble from mental decay. Drones acquire he hookworm habit?some call It a disease. An extended waistband is no ndication of brain power. It only be rays intemperance, whether worn by aint or sinner, it tells of over-indul ence in booze, chicken or perhaps only nnnocent pie. Modern athletics is the xeatest temperance advocate of the ,ge. In fact, it goes further and in nany instances domands total absti tence. The lad who wants to make the earn must cut out indiscretions of diet ?nd go to bed nights, else his fellows rill outstrip him in the race. No pos lible influence will overcome this fea ure of the game, and today every chool boy knows it. It is a splendid esson in self-control; a power, once ?xercised, that will give the future nan a glorious confidence in himself. -Douglas News. A. J. DONNELLY SEEKS ADMISSION TO BAR ?*? Michael J. Donnelly, formerly of -'airbanks, who served as messenger >f the Senate during the first session >f the Alaska legislature is seeking idmission to the Juneau bar. Attor ley H. B. LeFevre proposed his ad nission and Judge R. W. Jennings this norning appointed Attorneys R. A. lunnison. L. P. Shacklcford and J. H. *obb a committee to examine the ap illcant. SERGEANT B. F. HILL GOES TO PETERSBURG Sergeant B. F. Hill, of the local ca de office force, has received orders to to to Petrsburg on the first South toing boat. He will leave on the Spo kane. New "Steel Cap" chisels; sells at jight, try them. Stanley Bed Rock lanes, at GASTINEAU HARDWARE. McCOY sentence , is suspended ?4.? Lawrence McCoy was given a sus pended sentence by Judge R. W. Jen nings of the district court this morning on the two Indictments of larceny and burglary respectively. The court made a very effective address telling the boy that on account of his mother and his own youth that he would give him a * chance. Judge Jennings drew a graph- 1 lc picture of the end that awaits those ' who take the downward and criminal 1 career, pictured the horror of prison 1 life and impressed the fact that If he ' were not a good boy that he would " be brought ba?k even from the ends of the earth and made to serve the sentence that was being suspended. The court told him that if he were to live a thousand years and coutlnucd doing good he could not repay the ^ aged mother for all that she had done for him. * Mrs. McCoy, who was In the court 1 room with her son at the time, was < visibly affected. After thanking the ?] court she left with her son with tears ( streaming down her face. Watson Gets Three Months. Sam Watson, who plead guilty to 8 two indictments for selling liquor to 1 Indians was, after being questioned and establishing that it was his first offense, given a sentence of three ' months in the Federal Jail for each In dictment the time for each sontence, however, to run concurrently. Sullivan, Six Months. Harvey Sullivan, who plead guilty I to the indictment for selling liquor to * : Indians, was sentenced to six months t in the Federal Jail. - He was convicted t last term and shortly after getting out c J got drunk and fell again. I GRAND JURY SAYS NOT A 't TRUE BILL FOR JUUSOLA j1 ??? ,1 Gust Guusola will not have to stand trial for the killing of G. Lassila at ' | Tenakee. December 22nd last. The .8 , grand jury this morning returned not:v la true bill in his case and he was re- N , leased from custody. The tragedy oc- 8 I curred in a cabin at Tenakee and there * i were no witnesses present. The de- 0 j fendant claimed at the hearing that it |1 i was done in self-defense. United States 11 | Commissioner J. B. Marshall bound the ' defendant over to await the action of j the grand Jury. 1 > ? r 8 TORGENSON CASE n GOES TO THE JURY a The trespass suit of the Pacific a Coast company against Theodore Tor- t [genson, the third action of a similar;s I nature, was given to the Jury at 313 o'clock this afternoon, the arguments! being concluded at 2:30. There are { two more suits of this nature on the j calendar. RAYMOND PLEADS GUILTY. c; J. C. Raymond this morning entered r a plea of guilty to the indictment t charging obtaining money under false i pretense, and this afternoon he was i sentenced by Judge R. W. Jennings to i six months in the Juneau jail. ! i Others Plead Guilty. Charles Davenport. Charles Smyth < and Jchn Harris each entered pleas of guilty to the indictment charging them with selling liquor to Indians and will be sentenced this afternoon. t At 3:30 p. m. Judge Jennings sen- < tenced Davenport to 16 months in the i McNeil's Island penitentiary. This < was Davenport's third conviction, and i Judge Jennings reprimanded him se- i verely when pronouncing sentence. ? ' * < TWO TRUE BILLS. i The grand jury this morning re- l turned two true bills for selling liquor ] to Indians. One indicts Charles Brown, i the other, Willis Hoolis. 1 PLEAD NOT GUILTY. i Henry Cooman entered a plea of not guilty tbls morning to the Indict ment charging him with sending un mailable matter through the United States mail. ? 1 I William Kim this morning entered f a plea of not guilty to the indictment ! charging him with selling liquor to In dians. Paul Brown, an auburn-haired In dian, also entered a plea of not guilty ; to the indictment charging him with selling liquor to Indians. FOR SALE ? Two or three good ' horses. Write or call on Capt. Geo. E. Goodrich. 30th Infantry, Quarter master, Fort William H. Seward. 17 2t HINTS TO THE WISE?U-Nq Lini ment for all rheumatic and other pains. J. W. Doran'e Drug Store. 1-15-tf Congress May Eliminate "Rule of Reason" Opinion WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.?Reperson atlve Augustus O. Stanley, of Kon ucky, following u inference with 'resident Woodrow .MfllBon introduced i bill in the House of Itepresontatives unending the Sherman anti-trust law which would mako Illegal monopoliza tion in restraint of trade "in any de gree." The amendment is designed to | eliminate the "rule of reason" laid! down by the Supreme Court in the j Standard Oil case. ' rWO SENSATIONAL SUICIDES AT 'FRISCO SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17.?Blanche ,Vood. aged 24 years, last night shot lerself to death in the presence of her incle, A. B. Wood, said to be a form er member of the Supreme Court of rennessce living under an assumed / mme. oWod immediately after his ilece had killed heQielf seized the lame gun that she had used nnd took lis own life. * ' **'! tVEAI HER REVEALS SEWARAGE DEFECTS Tho long periods of clear weather hnt have prevailed in Juneau this win er are serving to make more than (ver noticeable the . defects of the .ity's sewer system.? Tho matter is telng discussed by buj^ness men, and, t is said, women are discussing the ormation of civic society which would ake that matter up us among the first hings worthy of receiving attention. "The stench on Front street, result ng from the depositing of the city's lewage on the tide lands under the vharves and buildings of the city's vaterfront, is becoming nauseating," aid a leading Juneau merchant in liscussing the matter today. "The :ity is in danger of an epidemic of yphoid fever," he continued, "as long is this condition is permitted to con inue." Suggesting a remedy, this business nan said that the cit? should make a ? iea wall by spiking planks to the piles' it about the low tide mark, extend the i lewers below it and compel those j lumping refuse into tho bay to dOj 0 beyond the wall. He said then that! he earth from excavations in the city! ihould be used to fill in the ground ibove the wall. ? ? ? | }. D. CHARLES WILL LOCATE IN JUNEAU ?+? 'Sidney D. Charles, formerly of Cor lova, a well known Alaska newspa >er man, who has been in Juneau for 1 month, will Joia the editorial staff )f the Dispatch. He leaves for Cor lova on the Admiral Sampson, due to norrow, and will return with his fam ly and become a permanent Juneau eBident. SOLD CREEK WATER SUIT STILL LINGERS The hearing on the application for i temporary restraining order In tho :ase of the Alaska-Juneau company igainst the Alaska-Ebner company ov ?r the right to the Gold creek water s still being conducted at night ses sions of the district court. The defense is still putting in evi lence. Last night several witnesses vcro called. F. J. Wettrick, J. M. Carl son and Dan Roardon were recalled. L G. Hill, Halverson, A. Rlendean and D. D. Muir followed In succession. It s not known at this time how much more evidence the defense will put on. rhe plaintiff will offer some rebuttal and the case will probably run well in to next week. WINDHAM BAY NOTES. WINDHAM. Jan. 15.?G. Sutton, the trapper, came down from Shuck yes terday. He reports that he has been having poor luck this winter. Dick Row?,' Jw, contemplates making a trip to Juneau soon. Capt. Orr is making the plans for a new residence for himself. Mr. Ketchmark and Mr. Kelder were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rowe, of this place, Sunday. Saturday they with Miss Rowe were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Yates. Mrs. York, wife of James York, who conducts a fox ranch near Sumdum, arrived in Juneau yesterday accom panied by her sister and they have ta ken rooms at the Occidental hotel. FEDERAL GEN. OROZCO AMONG THE DEAD WASHINGTON", Jan. 17.?Word re ceived here today that Gen. Orozco, one of the Federal commanders of Northerp Mexico is dead. The infor- [ matlon wau contained in the report of J Gen. B1I8S of the arrest of Gen. Sal-1 azar. |, "Gen. Orzco was one of the most ef- j fectlve officers with Modero in his suc cessful war against Diaz. Later he quarreled with Madero, but remained a supporter of his government After Mudero's death he allied himself with Huorta. Money Short In Mexico. NEW YORK, Jan. 17? A Mexico City special says that the financial I situation there is a great hardship to; all business men. Shortage of small1 change makes trading extremely dlffl- j cult. The American Smelting & Re fining company has put into circula tion bonds of small denominations for, the purpose of paying its employees. These bonds are redeemable at the; National Bank. ALL-SUMMER SESSION AMONG POSSIBILITIES < WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.?Another all-summer session of Congress is in prospect, according to those intouch with the legislative program of Preai-; i dent Woodrow Wilson. This will prob ably be made imperative by a number of big questions which will be put up to Congress, Including legislation con cerning the trusts, rural credits, pro- , hlbition of gambling in cotton futures, -( construction of an Alaskan railway and ( the control of water power rights. , SAN FRANCISCO AFTER SPRING VALLEY WATER SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17. ? The city of San Francisco has started a condemnation suit for the purpose of | acquiring at a Just price the property of the Spring Valley Water Co., val ued at between $35,000,000 and $40. 000,000. It is the largest condemna tion suit on record. ' BUTTE CONTRIBUTES ANOTHER TEN THOUSAND ?+? BUTTE, Mont., Jan. 17?The Miners* Union of this city has wired another $10,000 contribution to the Michigan strikers. This makes the total sub scribed by the miners of Butte to the strikers of Michigan since the walk out $83,000. WOOLEN TRUST'S FIRST CUT IS 7 PER CENT. NEW YORK, Jan. 16?The American Woolen company opened its 1914 fall sale of overcoatings with a cut of seven percent, from former prices for the same qualities of goods. ?> ? ? VIRGINIA AFTER WILL OF MARTHA WASHINGTON RICHMOND, Va.. Jan. 17.?A bill j wift be Introduced in the Virginia Leg islature instructing the Attorney-Gen eral of the State to sue for the pos-! session of the will of Martha Washing ton, wife of the first President, which has been located in the library of J. P. Morgan. The will was stolen during the Civil War from the records of Fair- j fax County, Virginia. It was lately discovered that it was in the Morgan j collection and a demand for Its restor ation was refused, though Mr. Morgan said thnt he would furnish authenticat ed photogragraphlc reproductions of It. NEW BASEBALL LEAGUE IS AFTER TY COBB| CHICAGO, Jan. 17. ? The Federal Baseball League club of this city has offered Ty Cobb, the famous Dotroit player and generally regarded as the greatest baseball player in the world, a contract for five years at a salary of $15,000 a year to play with it. Senators Unanimously Agree to Act Thursday SUBMARINE CREW j PROBABLY PERISHEDi; ? 1 11 PLYMOUTH, England, Jan. 17.?The f submarine craft that went to the bot- j, torn yesterday morning and failed to j rise is still resting on the bottom. It i is probable that all on board have per- i Ished. i ILLINOIS MANUFACTURERS! FAVOR HIGHER RATES CHICAGO, Jan. 17. ? The Illinois , Manufcaturem' Association, which op- , posed the railroad rate advances in! i 1910, has sent to its 15,000 members,!1 Including many of the largest shippers ( In the West, the fololwlng request: j "Wire the President, wire your Sena- \ tors, wire your Representatives to use , their influence for a Ave percent, hori- j zontal raise In freight rates in ofllcial ( classification territory. Make business boom." I YOUNG ASTOR WILL BUILD NEW THEATRE NEW YORK, Jan. 17.?Vincent As tor will build a theatre seating 3000 . at the corner of Broadway and Nine ty-Fifth street, to be leased by B. F. j' Keith. NEW YORK TELEPHONE j SYSTEM TO BE VALUED , NEW YORK, Jan. 17. ? The New j York public service commission has de cided to make a physical valuation of the properties of the New York Tele phone company for the purpose of fix- ( ing rates. t 1 SNOW COVERS FRANCE ; i THREE FEET DEEP > PARIS, Jan. 17.?Southern France i Is covered with snow to a depth of 11 from one to three feet. The tempera-, i ture continues low, and the sufTereingji Df the unprepared people Is intense.|' The hardships and business difllcul- j I ties are exceedingly depressing. CHARLEY GATES' WILL ADMITTED IN TEXAS BEAUMONT, Tex., Jan. 17 ? The will of the lute Charles G. Gates *was ] admitted to probate here yesterday, i and appraisers of tho Gates' estate in i Texas were appointed. SAILORMAN MUST TRY TO SUPPORT HIS WIFE CHICAGO, Jan. 17. ? Albert Hors will who had charge of the last life boat to leave the Titanic told the court yesterday in a hearing that he is unable to support his wife, aged 18 years, whom he married last Novem ber. Judge Uhlir ordered him "to stay on the job" and do the best that he can. 'FRISCO TRANSIT LINES GIVE INSURANCE POLICIES SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17. ? The United Railroads, of San Francisco, has presented to 1587 employees life insurance policies aggregating $1,250, 000. BANKRUPTS PASS THE 20,000 MARK IN 1913 WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.?Since the Federal bankruptcy act went into ef fect on July 1, 1898, 20,307 petitions in bankruptcy have been filed in the United States District Court; 1,327 petitions were filed in six months to Dec. 31, 1913. MORGAN TO STAY WITH STEEL TRUST NEW YORK. Jnn. J7.?J. P. Morgan said Fridny afternoon that ho proposed to remain a director of the United States Steel Corporation. His mem bership on the bank boards would be dependent, he added, on construction of the director's liability clause of the currency law. "The members of the firm," he said, "are not resigning from boards because of pique or annoyance, but simply be cause, hs explained in our earlier state ment, we believe the course best for| the investors in the corporations and accordingly the best interests of the firm." WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.?The Unit ed States Senate reached an unani mous agreement today to vote on the Chamberlain Alaska railroad bill next Thursday?January fl2. The agree ment was reacncd easier than wah ex acted after the failure yesterday after noon. Supporters of the measure say that It will pass with ease. Practically all of the Western and Southern Sena tors will vote for it. Committee Consider Amendments. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.?An effort to fix Tuesday as the time for a vote nn the Alaska railroad bill failed yes terday afternoon. The committee on Territories is meeting today to con sider amendments?one of them, by Senator Miles Poindexter, of Washing ton, would empower the President to establish a complete system of rail ?r,d river transportation* for Alaska connecting with ocean steamship lines. GARMS AND CREW SAFE ON SOUND ?+?. SEATTLE, Jan. 17.?The schooner W. F. Garms, with six of her crew iboard, in tow of the tug Goiiab, ar rived- here today. The U. S. reveue cutter Snohomish ivltb Capt. Turloff and five members )f the crew of the W. F. Garms arrived it Port Townsend this afternoon. INCOME TAX IS PRODUCING THE MONEY WASHINGTON, Jan. 17?Treasury jfiicials declare absurd the report that :he government is preparing to issue bonds for fear the income tax will fail short of producing the expected revenues. Returns from income tax ire expected to be so large that, in stead of issuing bonds, the Treasury Is more likely, officials say, to consider :alllng in the balance of the 3s out standing, $64,000,000 in round figures, which can be done at option of the Secretary. COL. GORGAS TO BE SURGEON-GENERAL WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.?President Woodrow Wilson has tentatively se lected Col. W. C. Gorgas to bo Sur geon-General of the United States irmy. Gorgas Nominated. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.?President Woodrow Wilson this afternoon nom inated Col. W. C. Gorgas to be Sur geon-General. Helohan to be U. S. Marshal. The President also nominated James B. Helohan to be United States mar shal for the Northern district of Cal ifornia. NO WOMAN SUFFRAGE COMMITTEE FOR HOUSE WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.?The Dem ocratic members of the House rules committee decided today that it will not create a standing committee on woman suffrage at this session of Con gress. SKAGWAY PIONEER'S DAUGHTER IS WED ?+? SKAGWAY. Jan. 15? Phil Abrahams received the announcement this morn ing of the marriage of his daughter, Alice Graham Abrahams, to Dr. W. J. Wright. Edmonton, Alberta. The mar riage took place at the Holy Rosary church, Portland, Oregon, on Dec 31. The bride formerly lived in Skng way, where she was a favorite In the younger set, and the announcement of her marriage will be a surprise to her frlendB here. She left last fall to go outside on a visit, but gave no intimation of her intention to get married. The gentleman whom she married is a rising young eye specialist of Ed monton.?Skagway Alaskan. NEW YORK BANK TO ABSORB TRUST COMPANY NEW YORK. Jan. 17.?The Corn Exchange Bank of New York Is to ab sorb the Washington Trust company and operate It as a branch. Empire want ads get results.