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THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
VOL. III., NO. 363.
JUNEAU, ALASKA. TUESDAY, JAN. 20, 1914.
PRICE, TEN CENTS
WILSON DECLARES MONOPOLIES ARE INDEFENSIBLE
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Goldstein Stores To
Occupy McGrath Corner
Charles Goldsteiu has leased the Mc
Grath property at the corner of Sec
ond and Seward streets, diagonally
across the street from the Goldstein
stores and as soon as he can erect
temporary structures to ffouse the bus
iness the present store buildings will
be torn down to make room for the
new Goldstein building. It is expect-;
ed to have the stock removed to its
temporary quarters by May 1. The>
success of Mr. Goldstein iu securing
the desirable McGrath property, situat
ed so near his present location, has
made possible the immediate construc
tion of the proposed magnificent, tire
proof building on the site of his pres
ent store building.
The new Goldstein building that is
to be occupied by the Charles Gold- i
stein stores on the site of the pres- ,
ent business at Seward and Second
streets, will begin to take form as soon
;'s the weather will permit construe-j
tion. The work of tearing down the
present buildings will commence1J
about May 1st or immediately after '
the stock is removed to temporary,
quarters, and it is expected that the
building will be complete and the '
business re-established in.its old lo
cation before October.
As a step preparatory to the erection
of the new home for the Goldstein J'
stores, the Goldstein Improvement Co.
was incorporated a few days ago. j1
which corporation will deal directly
with the problem in hand.
Some time ago A. W. Qutst. well
known architect and constructor com- '
pleted plans for a modern concrete
structure, four stories and basement 1
to occupy the ground space one hun- j
dred feet square and these plans with !
some slight alterations will be fol
lowed.
Today .Mr. Goldstein announces that (
he has taken a lease on the McGrath -
property diagonally opposite the Gold
stein stores and here he will erect '
temporary quarters for the Goldstein
stores pending the erection of the new
building. The McGrath property has a
frontage of 100 feet on Seward street. '
100 feet on Second street and includes 1
an ell. 50x55. extending beak from the ?
second street frontage. A portion of '
the lot is now covered by a one-story 1
structure which is occupied by several '
small business concerns. These will !
have to move out. Mr. Goldstein will ?
erect a temporary one-story structure *
over the balance of the property and '
believes that with the space so ac- '
quired, business can be carried on until 1
the new home is finished.
The new Goldstein building will, s
when erected, be one of the finest in i
Alaska. Occupying space 100 x 100.
with full basement and five floors (
above Including the mezzanine floor,
it will have floor areas such as no
other building in Alaska can now boast.
It will be modern in every respect with t
ample elevator sendee and everything j
that will add to comfort and security ?]
or in any way facilitate business. It r
is beginning to be an accepted fact <,<
that considering insurance rates and a
the comparative cost of buildjpg that c
concrete is placed in a most favorable j t
light. This at least is the attitude of f
the Goldstein Improvement company. r
hence the determination to erect in
concrete. j (
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PIONEERS TO HOLD A
SOCIAL SESSION TONIGHT
Juneau Igloo No. 6. Pioneers of Alas
ka. will meet in regular session in Odd
Fellows' hall tonight. There will be
some business to attend to after vhlch
there will l? a social session. All over I
the Territory, the meetings of the Pio
neer igloos are becoming more im
portant in the social side of Alaskan
life. Juneau Igloo has a membership 1
of 200 and there will undoubtedly be a
goodly attendance at tonight's ses- 1
sion. 1
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MANY GOING SOUTH ON
THE SPOKANE TODAY 1
The Spokane leaving for the South '
this afternoon took the following pas- <
sengers from Juneau: E. Kitzer, C. C. 1
Whipple and wife. J. C. Smith. John i
Calich. Raymond Rickey. John Har- i
rison. J. F. Everett. T. McHugh, T. F. 1
Kennedy. E. W. Lloyd, Mrs. J. E. Pick
ering. Mrs. M. A. Wilson, Dr. E. Kru- '
lish. J. A. Vingar, H. W. B. Smith. J.
Shuhy and wife. '
E. P. Walker, of the United States
fisheries service and stationed at
Wrangell. is a recent arrival and is
staying at the Occidental hotel
PETER TWEIT WINS
WATERfRONT EOT j
Peter Tweit, defendant in the fourth
trespass suit instituted by the Pacific
Coast Co. to recover possession of
certain parcels of land along lower
Front street, was given a verdict by l
the jury in the district court today, i
The case was taken by the jury at 1
10:30. Attorney J. H. Cobb for the de- <
fense. submitting- his case without ar
gument. The jury was composed of 1
the following: Fred Anderson, M. E.
Kussell. Sim Freiman, John Day, Geo.
Simpkins, Everett Bradford. J. G. Mor
rison. T. F. Bush. Fred Hebcrt, H. S. 1
ll raves, R. M. Shepard. M. S. Perkins,
nil but the last named being from the '
regular panel. 1
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MARINE NOTES
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The Princess Sophia is expected to g
arrive from the South tonight. 3
The Al-Ki should arrive from the
South tomorrow. She is scheduled to i
sail South again from Juneau January
22nd.
The Spokane sailed for the South
at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. s
The Mariposa should arrive from the j
Westward tonight or tomorrow. c
The Northwestern sails from Seattle ^
tonight t
The Humboldt will sail from Seat
tle January 30. (
DRAPER CLUB TO MEET.
The Draper Club will meet Wednes- ?
lay afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with s
Mrs. Henry Shattuck. t
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MRS. DE VIGHNE ENTERTAINS 0
FOR MRS. SIMPSON OF DOUGLAS j,
Mrs. H. C. DeVighne entertained
"riday afternoon at her home on (
-'ranklin and Fifth streets in honr of ^
Mrs. Simpson, of Douglas, who will
eave shortly for San Diego. Calif., ^
for a vllat. Mrs. DeVighne's guests |
consisted of Mesdames Simpson, Um- !
itead and De Long, of Douglas, and (j
Mesdames McKanan and Pullen, of
luneau. Mrs. Simpson, the guest of i
lonor, was presented with a traveling &
>ag in which was placed the cards of p
he donors, making it literally a bag y
till of love. Refreshments were s
lerved. and the afternoon greatly en
oyed. r
JEMOCRATIC CLUB 11
MEETING TONIGHT 8
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The Juneau Democratic club will P
lold an adljourned meeting In the club 8
leadquarters, Malony building, tonight. ^
The regular monthly meeting of the ?'
?lub was to have been held last Tues- ''
lay night, but court being in session h
md the Commercial club also meeting
?ailed so many away that It was
hought best by those who were pres- 1
?nt to adjourn the meeting until to- s
light. b
Secretary J. H. Cobb, has been re- 11
reiving a lot of very interesting cor
?espondence since the last meeting of J
he club and the reading of this will 1
ake up a part of the evening. There
ire also some other matters of import- 1
mce that require consideration. Jt is f
irged that there be a full attendance v
onight.
BASKETBALL "HOP"
ELKS' HALL TONIGHT
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The benefit dance given In Elks' hall
tonight frr t*e Juneau high school bas
ket i-all team Is nor ti.idcr the direc
tion of the high school nor does It in
any way interfere with or burden the
high school. The benefit dance is for
the sole and exclusive benefit of the
basketball team and was conceived
by the management of that team for
the purpose of helping to raise funds
for a trip to Sitka. The afTair is spon
sored by Juneau's best people and Ju
neau society, both old and young, will
turn out in force to make it a success.
The committees having the dance in
hand have been busy all day complet
ing arragements. Admission will be
one dollar the couple.
J. F. Everett, the well known archi
tect. left for the States on the Spo
kane today. He expects to return
shortly.
StVCIN Ult ll\ JAIL
DELIVERY ATTEMPT
McALESTER. Okla., Jan. 20?Seven
were shot to death and three wounded
this morning when three convicts at
tempted to escape from the State pen
itentiary here. The dead include John
R. Thomas, of Muskogee, u former
Federal judge and once Congressman
from Illinois, who was waiting to see
the warden.
WHITE HOUSE DENIES
TURNER'S RESIGNATION
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 20.?It was de
nied at the White House today that
former Senator George Turner, of
Washington, has resigned from the
lolnt High Commission.
MILWAUKEE TRAIN KILLS
TWO WASHINGTON FARMERS
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SEATTLE, Jan. 20.?Patrick Court
ley and John Loncke, farmers of the
White river valley, were run down
ind killed this morning by a Milwau
kee train.
L913 PASSENGER TRAFFIC
BREAKS ALL RECORDS
NEW YORK. Jan. 20.?The trans- 1
Itlantlc lines carried 393,000 more pas- 1
tengers in 1913 than In the previous '
rear. 1
VEW YORK WILL
INVESTIGATE STORES
NEW YORK. Jan. 20?An Albany
?pedal says that tho New York leg
slature will investigate the operations
>f the department store banks with a
'lew to enacting legislation that will
>rotect the interests of depositors. 1
CONNECTICUT BANKERS j
AGAINST BOSTON RESERVE ,
NEW YORK, Jan. 20. ? Of the 115 I
ianks in the Connecticut Bankers' As-j!
ociation, 88 have voted on the ques
ion as to whether or not they fa- <
ored a reserve bank at Boston, and
?nly seven of them were in favor of;1
I. The other 81 favor New York as
he reserve center for New England. (
Financiers think that Secretary of -
he Treasury McAdoo opposes New
'ork as a reserve centre.
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PERSONAL MENTION |,
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W. J. Lynch, member of the Arm of .
.ynch brothers, who are doing ex- {
ensive work with diamond drill pros- *
ecting in the vicinity of Juneau and
V'hitehorse, arrived In Juneau on the
ipokane.
Clarence Olson, a well known rail- ^
oad man of Skagway, arrived in Ju- j
eau from Seattle on the Spokane aad r
j visiting with his brother Byron 01- p
on at Sheep creek.
Trevor Davis will be a Southbound
assenger on the Princess Sophia. He
oeB South to accompany his sister,
liss Cordelia Davis, back to Juneau. ^
liss Davis has been attending school
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a Portland but on account of her eyes (
as been forced to discontinue her at- {
endance.
President T. F. Kennedy of the First
National bank left for the South on the
tpokane today enroute to his old
ome in San Francisco for a brief vis- '
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J. A. Vingar, traveling salesman for 1
. B. Caro & Co. of Juneau, left for *
he South on the Spokane.
C. C. Whipple and Mrs. Whipple
ook passage on the Spokane today
or the South enroute to California 1
^here they will visit a short time.
Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Peterson are k
Southbound passengers on the Spo
tane. They will visit In Seattle. Mr.
'eterson is agent for the Pacific Coast
>o. at Skagway. i
J. W. Boyle, Jr., son of the great <
Iredging man of the Klondike, is '
iboard the Spokane enroute from Daw- '
ion to the States. '
G. W. Hlnchman, of Haines, Is at '
he Occidental hotei, having' arrived
>n the Spokane.
Judge W. B. Stout, of Haines, ar
?ived In Juneau on the Spokane. i
Jesse Jensen, Mayor of Haines, is a |
risitor to Juneau, having arrived on !
he Spokane. I
J. W. Combs, the Haines sawmill 1
nan, arrived in Juneau on the Spo
cane, and is at the Occidental hotel.
Ira H. King, agent for the Alaska
Steamship company at Haines, er- i
?ived on the Spokane and will be at <
he Occidental hotel for a few days. ]
B. F. Watson, general agent of Alas
ca for the Pacific Alaska Navigation
:ompany, with headquarters In Juneau,
eft for Seward on the Admiral Samp- i
ion. I
President Says Alaska
Railroad Bill Is Safe
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20.?President
Woodrow Wilson told callers at the
White House today that the Alaskn
railroad bill will soon pass both houses
of Congress.
A poll of the Senate: shows that 50
Senators have pledged their votes to
the bill, and that there are only 20
avowedly against It.
Senator M'Cumber Attacks Measure.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20 ?Senator P.
J. McCumber, of North Dakota, at
tacked the Alaska railroad 'bill today.
He characterized it as & Step "toward
a paternalistic and socialistic govern
ment."
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Clark Attacks Alaska Coal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20?During"!
discussion of the Alaski coal lands
question In the Senate, this morning
Senator C D. Clark, of Wyoming, de
clared tha 'hile chemical tests had
shown the ring coal to be superior
to that of i . West Virginia product,
but that the tctual naval tests aboard
t ship of tne navy proved that the
?Bering coal field had fallen down" as
t possible source of navy fuel supply.
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Senator Wesley L. Jones, of Washing
ton, replied that he had a letter from
a former member of Congress saying
that the coal used in tho naval tests
aboard the cruiser Maryland was not
properly gathered, and did not furn
ish a fair sample of the Derlng field
product.
Lane to Visit Alaska Exhibit.
Secretary of the Interior Franklin
K. Lano today Informed J. L. McPher
son, secretary of the Alaska Bureau of
the New Seattle Chamber of Com
merce, who has charge of the Alaska
oxhiblt that Is here, that he and a
score of division chiefs and land offico
employees will Inspect the exhibit.
Alaska Meeting Tonight.
There will be an Alaska entertain
ment tonight when steroptican views
and motion pictures of Alaska will be
shown. There will be more than 100
members of Congress present with
their wives. The entertainment will
be at the Congress Hotel.
Bishop Rowe Lectures.
Bishop P. T. Rowe delivered a lec-1
ture last night, in the course of which j
he urged the immcdlato development;
of Alaska. Falcon Josiln also talked.
Delegate James Wickersham presided.
DAILY EMPIRE CHANGES OWNERS |
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Yesterday afternoon the Alaska Daily Empire, together with 1
the printing business connected with it, was transferred by Gov. 1
3. F. A. Strong, its founder and publisher, to the Empire Printing J
Company, thus completing a sale that has been in process of con- i |
summation since the first of the present year. 11
The Empire printing Company was incorporated January 1
15th by John W. Troy, John M. Cramer and Carl C. Johnsoi., of 1
Juneau. These, and I. M. Jensen, for many years publisher of the
Skagway Daily Alaskan, are the stockholders of the company, ,
.vhich is incorporated for $18,000. |i
The Board of Directors of the company named in the arti- '
?les of incorporation, are John W. Troy, John M. Cramer and I. '
VI. Jensen. |.
John W. Troy is president and general manager of the new
rompany, and John M. Cramer is secretary and treasurer.
The Empire Printing Company will continue the publication:
>f The Empire as an afternoon daily newspaper and the printing 1
jusiness that has been carried on with it under the proprietorship 1
){ Gov. Strong. j<
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SUMMERS CASE GOES i
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TO GRAND JURY
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Late yesterday afternoon Judge R.
V. Jennings made an order directing
)istrict Attorney John Rustgard to
esubmit the Summers case to the
;rand jury for investigation.
Kim Gets One Month.
William Kim, who entered a plea 1
if guilty to the indictment charging 1
lim with selling liquor to Indians, was
icntenced by Judge R. W. Jennings i
his morning to one month in the Fed
eral jail.
Mary Pleads Not Guilty.
Mary Smith, the Hoonah Indian girl
ndicted for selling liquor to Indians
sntered a plea of not guilty this
norning. John Reagan was appoint
,'d her attorney.
Frank Strom Aarraigned. >
Frank Strom was this morning ar
-aigncd on the indictment charging
telling of liquor to Indians. Thomas
3. Cole was appointed his attorney.
More Indictments.
The grand jury reported the follow
ng indictments this morning: Louis
Jrtega, robbery; Joe Romercz, John
Doe and Richard Roc, robbery; Hum
bert Mashette, Hignio Cassada, Julius
\lvarez, each separately, for selling
iquor to Indians.
Prisoner from HalnM.
Deputy Marshal W. S. Harding ar
rived from Haines with W. E. Dud
;er, D. McNeel and Ben Booth, three
toldiers of Fort Wm. H. Seward, all
bound over on the charge of selling
liquor to Indians.
Williams Gets Month.
Charlie Williams was this morning
sentenced to one month in the Fed
eral jail, having plead guilty to selling j
liquor to Indians.
Charles Brown Pleads.
Charles Brown thisTmorning entered
i plea ,of guilty to the charge of sell
ing liquor to Indians.
CONGRESSMAN AND
LAWYER MIX THINGS;
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. ? A fist <
fight occurred this morning between!!
Representative Ben Johnson, of Ken- i
tucky, and John R. Shields, a Wash- i
Ington attorney, broke up a meeting (.!
of the Couse committe on the District,
of Columbia. After several blows had |
been struck, the Congressman broke
away, shouting, "get me my pistol, ,
I'll kill him."
MAY CO-OPERATE EOR |
'PINO INDEPENDENCE!,'
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20?By a Joint '
resolution introduced by Senator Lee (
S. Ovcramn of North Carolina, the
President would be required to con
sider the expediency of effecting .a
treaty with the powers of Europe for
the neutralization of the Philippines, I
and to protect an independent govern-,1
ment to- be formed there when it is
established.
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CREW OF SINKING
SCHOONER RESCUED
BALTIMORE, Jan. 20. ? Thirteen
members of the crew of the schooner
Fuller Palmer, which sunk off Cape
Cod, were rescued by the steamer Ma- 1
rlana. 1
MRS. CLARK THINKS I
HUSBAND IS ALIVE
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SANTA BARBARA. Calif., Jan. 20.
?Mrs. F. Lewis Clark, of Spokane,
who is here refuses to believe that
her husband is dead. She thinks he i
is still alive and that he will be lo- ,
catcd before long. ;
Dr. Emll Krulish is a Southbound
passenger aboard the Spokane.
VALDEZ HAND LAUNDRY?Flan
nels and silks a specialty. Goldstein
Cabin No. 2. Mrs. H. Sharts. 1-19-tf j
President Urges trust
Legislation on Congress
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20? President
Woodrow Wilbon today read his mes
sage on the trust question to a joint
session of the Senate and House of
Representatives. He Justified the Im
portance of trust legislation, he said,
"as it lies in the thought of the coun
try." He reiterated the principle here
tofore expressed by him "that private
monopoly is indefensible and intoler
able," declaring that conscientious
busiucss men of the Nation will not
be satisfied until the practices that are
now deprecated by public opinion as
being in restraint of trade and com
merce are corrected. Continuing, he
said: "We are now about to write the
additional articles of our constitution
of peace; the peace that means honor,
and freedom, and prosperity."
Plans of Legislation.
The chief points named by the Pres
ident as a basis for legislation are the
prohibition of interlocking director
ates; a law giving the Interstate Com
merce Commission power to superin
tend and regulate the financial opera
tions of railroads; a law giving the
definition of many methods that are in
hurtful restraint of trade; the creation
of a commission to assist business men
to conform to the law; a law to pun
ish those responsible for unlawful bus
iness, and the prohibition of holding
companies.
PRESIDENT MAY PAT
MORGAN ON BACK
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 20? It was pre
dicted last night that President
(Voodrow Wilson's message to Con
gress will contain a paragraph ex
pressing the pleasure of the Adminis
;ration of the action of J. P. Morgan
t Co.1 in starting to break up the sys
:em of Interlocking directorates. The
President will give big business credit
'or having seen a new light.
IIJNEAU WOMAN WOULD
STAY ON PAY ROLL
SEATTLE, Jan. 19. ? Mrs. Stella
Pox, of Juneau, who has been in this
:ity testifying as a witness in Federal
listrict court cases, notified the au
horities Saturday that she refused to
>e discharged as a witness until her
)er diem and transportation to and
rom Juneau had been paid, and that
she would continue to report daily at
:ourt until the payments were made.
RAILROAD STRIKE MAY
BE FAR-REACHING
ALBANY, Jan. 20. ? Because the
:ompany refused to re-instate two men
vho had been discharged for alleged
lisobedience, 5000 trainmen of the
Delaware and Hudson struck yester
lay. The strike will close 30 coal
nines employing 30,000 coal miners.
Hanger to Investigate.
NEW YORK. Jan. 20.?G. W. Hang
ar, head of the board of mediation,
irrived here today on his way to Al
bany where he will confer with the
Delaware and Hudson oillcials.
Strike Settled.
ALBANY, Jan. 20.?The Delaware
strike was settled this afternoon when
the railroad company restored the two
lischarged workmen at the suggestion
jf G. W. Hanger, the government med
iator.
BANKERS AGAINST MORE
LIBERAL POST BANKS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. ? Boston ?
bankers have protested to Senator
lohn W. Weeks' proposed removal of
he limit on deposits without inter
est in postal savings banks, on the
?round that it would influence the
ransfer of deposits from savings banks
in times of stress, would result in de
posit of money in postal banks to put
it out of reach of creditors, and would
make postal banks a serious competi
tor of private banks.
Mrs. Harry Fay was a Juneau arriv
al today from Haines.
THE WEATHER TODAY.
Twenty-four hours ending at 3 p. m.:
Maximum?25.
Minimum?17.
Clear.
HINTS TO THE WISE?U-No Lini
ment for all rheumatic and other pains.
I. W. Doran's Dmg Store. 1-15-tf
ALASKA STEAM IAUN
DRY MAKES CHANGEj
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It was announced this morning that
E. R. Jaeger, for many years head of
the Alaska Steam Laundry company,
retired from that business before leav
ing for the South on the Jefferson.
James H. King, who has been asso
ciated with the company for some time
as a stockholder and an official is the
new president and general manager of
the business. D. J. Mcintosh be
comes vice-president.
The new organization is now in com
plete charge of the laundry and its bus
iness.
J. H. King, who becomes the prin
cipal owner of the Alaska Steam Laun
dry, has been a resident of Juneau for
a long time. Before becoming asso
ciated in the ownership and manage
ment of the laundry business he was
manager of the Alaska Supply com
pany.
FORD'S PLAN WILL COST
UNCLE SAM MONEY
DETROIT, Jan. 20.?The scheme of
the Ford Motor Co. to distribute $10,
000,000 cash among its employees will (
cost the Unitedi States government
about $600,000, according to estimates
by bankers who are familiar with op
eration of the income tax lav*. Ail
seven stockholders of the company had
iivldends last year of more than $500,
300 each, and the rate of taxation on '
ncomes exceeding $600,000 is 6%. The
money taken from their incomes and 1
spread in wages will be exempt from ;
axatlon.
Ford Has Enough Money.
Henry Ford, explaining the $10,000,- '
300 profit-sharing plan, says he sees '
10 reason for taking pride in leaving a 1
rast accumulation of wealth at his
leath.
CHICAGO MAN MAY
GO ON RESERVE BOARD
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.?President <
iVoodrow Wilson is considering Geo. (
H. Reynolds, president of Continental 1
t Commercial National Bank of Chi- ?
:ago, as a member of federal reserve 1
joard. '
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AMERICAN HORSE MAKES (
NEW MILE RECORD
JUAREZ, Mexico, Jan. 20.?"Bonne
Chance," owned by Jefferson Living
ston, established a world's running
?ecord on a circular track yesterday, <
stepping a mile in one minte and 37 i
seconds. , <
SAFETY SEA CONGRESS j?
A ROUT COMPLETES WORK,1
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LONDON. Jan. 20.?The work of the
international Congress of Safety at
sea practically ended yesterday with '
he acceptance by the American wire- 1
ess system of the proposition to give '
he American government control of '
the apparatus notwithstanding the na
tionality of the ship when coming to or
leparting from American waters.
NATIONS TO JOIN 1
GREAT NAVAL PARADE ||
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.?Great Brit
ain, the Argentine Republic, Germany,
France and Portugal have accepted in- '
vitations to join in the great naval
parade from Hampton Roads to Gold
en Gate through the Panama canal.
SOUTH AFRICAN |
R. R. STRIKE ENDS
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CAPETOWN, So. Africa, Jan. 20 ?
The railroad strike that has existed
here came to an end today when the
operating employees decided to re
sume work.
CONSUMERS* PAY STATE'S '
TAX ON COAL MINES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.?Attorney- '
General James C. McReynolds has re
ceived complaints that the price of j
hard coal is soaring, owing to the j
Pennsylvania State tax. The tax Is
2%% of the cost of mining each ton,
which will net nearly $5,000,000 annu
ally. The Pennsylvania mining com
panies have charged the full tax to
retailers, who have passed It along i
to the consumers. j.