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THE ALASKA t)AILY EMPIRE VOL. HL, NO. 369. \ JUNEAU, ALASKA. TUESDAY, JAN. 27, 1914. PRICE, TEN CENTS COL RICHARDSON ASKS TOR $7,250,000 FOR ROADS Transportation People Must Go To Trial. I: ? - The defendants In the great trans portation cases will have to stand trial according to the decipiou render ed by Judge R. W. Jennings this morn ing, denying the motion to dismiss the certain action in which the point wasI raised that, the government having gone to trial on an indictment charg ing two counts without election and the defendant having been acquitted on one of them, it is now too late for the government to elect to stand on the other count. According to the court's interpreta tion the defendants are in error in claiming that they were acquitted on one of the counts, and in claiming that the court did not elect to try on the other. It is the opinion of the court that when the government dismissed one of the counts and went to trial on the other It constituted an election to try on that count only. The dif-, ference between the conduct of Sum mers case and the case in question is pointed oat by the court. Summers standing on his rights and refusing to go to trial unless the government des ignated which particular count he must prepare to defend himself against, while the defendants in the present case went to trial on the count the government decided to try and which ended without a verdict. Defendants Coming. Advices received here are that the principal defendants in the transpor tation cases will come North on the Mariposa sailing from Seattle Friday of this week and arriving here on the night of February 2. The flrst of the trials Is set for February 3. PRINCESS SOPHIA ?~6N WAY SOOTH A cablegram received from the Ca nadian Pacific offices at Vancouver by J. T. Spickett, local agent, states that the Princess Sophia struck near Alert j Bay. and that the passengers were transferred to the Al-Kl. reaching Vancouver last night, and that they should be in Seattle today. The Prin cess Sophia, proceeding under her own . steam, was in Port Harvey this morn ing enroute to Vancouver. OICK DORWALDT GETS SIX MONTHS' SENTENCE + Dick Dodwaldt was this morning sentenced to six months ih the Fed eral jail by J. B. Marshall of the com missioner's court for assault. Last Saturday night Dorwaldt stopped a taxicab on lower Front street and compelled the driver, through threats, to get out. declaring that he (Dor-; waldt) would take charge of the ma chine. He was induced by City Pa-1 trolman William McBride to desist. j but subsequently a?un held up not' only the same vehicle but also stopped the Goldstein delivery auto. Dorwaldt was armed with a big knife. ?^ BASKETBALL AT JAXON'S RINK THIS EVENING ? ? The third game of basketball of the: series arranged to be played between the teams of the Douglas and Juneau high schools will take place in Jaxon's j rink tonight. Each of the teams has j won a game and tonight's game will ? undoubtedly call out a large crowd, as the Interest in these contests has been growing all the time. . PASSENGERS ARRIVING FROM LYNN CANAL The Georgia brought the following, passengers from Skagw&y way porta lost night: From Skagway?E. G. Ketzler. Harry Marsh. C. A. Mowry. Joe Isaacson, John Olson, and Andrew Johnson. From Haines?L. E. Bucll, P. H. White. From Jualin?L. K. Kennedy, Pete Espanish, E. Malby. From Yankee Cove?John Donnigan, Stewart White and Goodman Jensen. Mr. J. Sumpf is organizing a violin' class. All those.wishing instructions^ leave call at Doran's drug store; also j mandolin and guitar. 1-26-tf. THE WEATHER TODAY. Twenty-four hours ending at 3 p. m.: Maximum?8 above zero. Minimum?2 below zaso. Clear. CRIMINAL CASES NOW BEING TRIED The first of the criminal cases to go to trial during the present term of the district court, began this morning with M. J. Burke as defendant and W. S. Bayless as his attorney appointed by the court. H. H. Folsom, assistant district attorney is conducting the case for the government. Burke was in dicted for the crime of selling liquor to Indians. The following jury was empanelled to try the case. H.S. Graves, S.G. Holt, T. F. Bush. George Slmpklns, Fred Hubert. K. Keeny, K. O. Johnson. John Day. Fred Anderson, George Bayless, John -Lockhardt. R. M. Shepard, Milt Bothwell. Kvidence was introduced soon after the securing of the Jury and the case had progressed so far at 3:30 that It is thought that it will be given to the jury tonight. "RED" LEWIS SEEKING TROUBLE AGAIN I "Red" Frank Lewis was this morn- ' ing arrested by the marshal's office on ^ complaint tiled by A1 Carlson charging c him with malicious destruction of property. It is alleged that he threw a chunk of coal through a plate glass 1 window of the Louvre saloon. I ? ? - t JOE GETS BAD EYE I ?PEDDLER ESCAPES J. A. Snow, special agent for the' t suppression of the liquor traffic Is1 wearing some court plaster over his left eye on account of an injury sus-; t talned yesterday while chasing a man t suspected bT whlPkejr- peddling In the P vicinity of Auk village. In some man-jl' ner he stumbled and came down strlk- a ing an object that bruised his head i above the left eye. Pistol shots fired at the fugitive seemed to accellerato; the speed of the miscreant and he was a successful in escaping. j P |a DISTRICT COURT NOTES. G ?+?? je Soldier* Get Three Months. F Ben Booth and Victor McNeel, two 1 soldiers from Fort Seward, were sen-, tenced to three months In the Federal a jail by Judge R. W. Jennings today up-! s on pleading guilty to the indictment s charging them with selling liquor to t Indians. A. W. Fox addressed the h court for the former and J. H. Cobb1 performed the same service for the lat-; ter. Both attorneys laid stress upon li the fact that dismissal from the army f would be a severe punishment that t would follow in addition to any sen- r tence that might be imposed upon c them by the court. ] t Before sentence was passed upon f the latter H. H. Folsom, assistant dis trict attorney, asked him if he was the o soldier that had gone to Deputy mar- t shal Warren Harding, telling him that o he had sold liquor to Indians and ask ing him to come along and see some others who had done the same thing v with the idea of getting convicted and n through this dismissal from the army. I (l McNeel denied any such act stating; that he had only two years to serve. : t Officer Thinks Soldier* Seek Convic- a lion. w Are soldiers breaking into jail to j discontinue their services with the army? Deputy Marshal Warren yard ing of Haines precinct believes they j, are. It is said that several young men a enlisted believing that they were to be 0 sent to Mexico, and that upon being sent to Fort Seward instead, that they are sorry and seeking means of get- t ting out. Convictions of a felony opens ? the way for discharge and the way a seems.an easy one. a Plead Guilty. William Davidson and Ben Booth, both of whom were indicted for the crime of selling liquor to Indians, en tered pleas of guilty. y Davidson Gets Year. j, William Davidson, who entered a c plea of guilty to the charge of sell- a ing liquor to Indians, was this after- t noon sentenced to one year in the 0 Federal jail by Judge R. W. Jennings. ? It was his second conviction for a j, similar offense. Attorney N. L. Bur ton put up a good talk for clemency. j HINTS TO THE WISE?U-No Lini- ( ment for all rheumatic and other pains, g J. W. Doran's Drug Store. 1-16-tf I ? ? t Empire ads for results. yr"t I MALONEY WANTS JUNEAU LABORATORY That Alaska Bhould ask (or the es tablishment of a metalurglcal and min .?raloglcal laboratory at Juneau by the Federal bureau of mines Is the first recommendation contained in the first mnual report of Territorial Mining In jpector William Maloney which has !>een submitted to the Governor. Mr. Maloney also Recommends that the eight-hour working day should be ?xtended to all underground employ ies, whether they are working in lunrtz or placer mines; That owners and operators of mines i should bo required to register with the nine Inspector, and set forth the name )f the mine, its character, the loca lon, name of person in charge, prin :Ipal place of business, the number of; ictual employees and prospective rium- j )er of employees, etc.; That the mine Inspector should be >rovlded with blanks for reports to >e mado by mine operators and their Lgents, setting forth these and othor >articulars, including accounts of ac :ldents, etc.; That it should be made a crime for! my operator or employee of a minej vilfully or wantonly to neglect any< irecaution against endangering life or I njury to employees, or to violate the ?ules provided for their safety: That the mine Inspector should be jrovided with funds for ofllce assist ance and for deputies, to assist in the ield work; he particularly asks that leputies be provided to visit the new j :amps. i I.?- i Mr. Maloney reports that 24 lives vere lost last year through accideats n mining operations?15 of them in he quartz mines of the Territory and line in the placer. There are approximately 8,000 men miployed, he says, making 3 deaths o the 1,000 employed. He thinks this lumber too high. Much of the work in the placer dls ricts now is confined to "sniping" out he pillars that were left in to sup ort tbe earth and overlooked corners n old mines, according to the report,! nd this is extra hazzardous employ iient. Labor Supply Ample. The labor supply has been ample, ccordlng to the report, and in some daces there.were more men than t\ie ituatfon requires. This was due. how ver, to the lack of rain which restrict d mining operations. rairbanka Conditions Fairly Satisfac tory. The inspector found conditions fairly atlsfactory at Fairbanks, though ho i ays ventilation could be improved In ome Instances. The working out of he richer deposits here as at Nome. ,e says, has curtailed the output. Quartz Mining Gaining. Mr. Maloney finds that quartz min ng is becoming important In the 'airbanks and Nome districts, ,but hat operations are confined to the J ichest lodes on account of the high ost of production, due to excessive ransportation charges. rorty Dredgers on Seward Peninsula. The report says that 40 dredgers are perated on Seward peninsula, and hat 300 men are employed in their | peratlon. Wages from $3.50 to $o ana uoara. The mining inspector finds that the, ??ages for men employed In Alaska's lines runs from $3.50 without board o $5 a day and board. The former ob ain along the coast in the quartz dis-j ricts, and the latter at Fairbanks and t Nome in the summer time. In the cinter times the wages at Nome are 3 to $3.50 and board. No Strikes or LockOuts. The report shows that conditions ave been satisfactory to employees, ,nd that there have been no strikes r lock-outs. New Districts Uncertain. Mr. Maloney says in his report that j here ha3 been insufficient develop nent work In the Chlsana, Nelchina ind Andreaofsky strikes to determine mything as to their richness or extent j NEW CITIZENS. Three brothers, William, Joseph and Alexander Robertson, natives of Scot-1 and; Robert Duncan, also a native if Scotland, and Benjamin R. Leavers : . native of England, were all admitted o citizenship by Judge R. W. Jennings j if the district court yesterday after- j loon. All of the new citizens are well mown residents of Douglas island. 'raise for Musical Organization. 'ordova now boasts of a musical or mnlzatlon, in its new orchestra, which s a credit to the town and entitled t"> he support, and co-operation of its res dents.?Cordova Alaskan. PRESIDENT DISCUSSES fOREIGNJELATIONS WASHINGTON, Am. 27?The coa ference between pfu8idont Woodrow Wilson und the members of the Sen' ate and House committees on foreign relations continued for three hours last night at the White House. They discussed the question of the Panama canal tolls, Secretary of State William J. Bryan's peace treaties, the Mexican situation and tho Japanese-California alien land ownership controversy. Gringocs Get [Another Scare. WASHINGTON,^ Jan. 27.?A Mexico City special says, with the financial sit uation growing mm critical, another scare nbout posslBle drastic action by Washington Is banning to spread among foreigners,, and representatives of American busies* enterprises have received orders t<? proceed immediate ly to the United, iPtatei after closing out here as speedjfc- nsjptisslble. ATTORNEYiGENCRAL '? TO REflVE REPORT FAIRBANKS. Jjron. 27.?A wire re ceived from tholAttornoy General an nounced that hihis willing to receive the grand Jury report that Judge Fred trie K. Fuller refused to receive the other day. The report had alroady been mailed toflthe Attorney-General, and the foremen of the grand Jury had communicated, jrtth him by tel egraph. Furtlyjr developments are expected. Judge Pullcr*had refused to nccept the grand Jury report because It crit icised District Attorney J. J. Cross ley nnd other Federal officials. The court forthwith discharged tho grand jury upon rejecting Its report. The report has boen published in full in the Falrbanksi newspapers. DR. KRULISH JOINS W. T. LOPP AT WASHINGTON . SEATTLK^-Tan.-21 iw iHCi .KrUlhjh,.of the government health service In Al aska. left here today to Join W. T. Lopp at Washington In an effort to secure the appropriation of $125,000 for care of destitute and sick Indians in Alaska. EXCELLENT PICTURES AT GRAND THEATRE TONIGHT Complete change of program to night; "The Other Half." good photo play, by Thanhouser, a story where the Charity Society does much good. "Love and Circumstances." exciting American drama. You will like It. "Bludsoe's Dilemma." a thrilling, Western drama with an abundance of vigor and snap, an American Film pro duction that you all like. "The Quarrelers." a very laughable Solax comedy, an object lesson to those who permit their tongue to be the boss. Come and enjoy the show. GRAND JURY BRINGS TWO TRUE BILLS ?4? Renner McKinley must stand trial. The grand Jury this morning brought In an Indictment charging him with assault with a dangerous weapon. Mc Kinley was involved in the shooting affray at Hoonah some weeks ago, in which it was claimed that it was an accident. Frank Wheeler, was also indicted for the crime of selling liquor to In dians. ANOTHER PIONEER CROSSES T THE GREAT DIVIDE News has been received In Juneau of the death of E. F. Booker, an In mate of the Pioneers' Home at Sitka. Booker was in feeble health when ad mitted and there never was much hope of his recovery. He was an old pio neer of the country and was for a long time in charge of the commissary de part for Katnlla Co. at Katalla. MAX KALISH COMING. ?+? Max Kalish. president and general manager of the Humboldt Steamship Co., It Is expected, will be a passenger on the Humboldt sailing north from Seattle next Friday. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PRACTICING YELLS ?4'? The Juneau high school students remainod after school yesterday and today and practiced on some yells that will be used tonight at Jaxon's rink. FLOODS HARRASS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA * SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27.?Unpre cedented floods continue to barrass the Southern half of California. All trains where rail traffic has not been com pletely Interrupted are off schedule. ' Many communities are entirely isolat ed, some of them even without means of communication by wire. Three Drown at Los Angeles. ? LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27. ? Hugh , Spear Haven, a Chicago capitalist, t Louis Jones, a retirod California bank- i or, and Rico Rodriguez, a boy, were drowned last night in the flood. 1 1 LOS ANGELES, Calif., Jan. 27. ? California's railroad systems are com- I pletely paralyzed by the storms that ' have prevailed all over the 8tate. The damage to property will amount to millions. While the losses have been heavier* in Southern California, no part of the State has been Immune. < Sacramento Valley Flooded. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 27.?The Sac- | ramonto river, the San Joaquin and other streams and their tributaries are . over their banks, and In many places . the railroad tracks have been washed out FRENZIED FINANCE ; CAUSED FAILURE' WASHINGTON", Jan. 27?The re port of the Interstate Commerce Com mission to the United States Senate sa>B the failure of the St. Louis and I San Francisco railroad is due to the g acquisition of other lines in the purch- s aslng of which a syndicate, which in r eluded some of the company's own! u officers, proflttcd tq the extent of $3.-\1< 000,000. 11 PfflflffERTTAKPTTA SENATOR I DIES AT WASHINGTON J WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 ? Former United States Senator Lyman K. Cns-! ey, of North Dakota, died here last t night. jh FIRE PANIC CAUSES jc SEVENTY-FIVE DEATHS " BATAVIA, Dutch East Indies, Jan., ti 27 ? Fifty-eight children, sixteen wo-j men and one man were killed last f night in n panic caused by (Ire in a moving picture show on the plantation of the Dutch residency of Surahaya. \ ? ? ? j a UNITED STATES WILL USE tl CALIFORNIA DRYDOCK t WASHINGTON. Jan. 27.?The Unit . ed States Senate today passed a bill 11 authorizing the Secretary of the Nuvy t to contract for the use of a drydock 1 ' at Hunter's point, near San Francisco, t! the same to be completed within six w years and to be large enough to ac- !; comodate the largest vessel* using the S Panama canal. E ? (itHIVIAN fc (VI ft MUM l/CLLDHH I CO FIFTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY 1; BERLIN, Jnn. 27?Emperor William ( celebrated his 55th birthday anniver sary today. He received messages of j congratulation from the heads of i practically all the foreign govern- r ments. > o ? ? ? li GOETHALS GOVERNOR OF c PANAMA CANAL ZONE . |j WASHINGTON. Jan. 27.?PresidentJ Woodrow Wilson today signed Hn or der establishing civil government in the Panama canal zone, and designat- F ing April 1st as the time for its going p into operation. Ho appointed Col. C. h W. Goethals governor of the zone. t< ? ? d RADIUM CURE IS IN EXPERIMENTAL STAGE f ! WASHINGTON, Jan. 27?Dr. Will I iam H. Campbell, of Pennsylvania, the J radium expert, testified today bofore V a House committee that the radium A ' cure for cancer is still In the experl- d mental stage. He said that its use for a internal cases has resulted fatally in a number of instances. . f WASHINGTON MAN KILLS TO PROTECT WIFE ! 11 TEKOA, Wash., Jan. 27. ? George r Morrow today shot and killed Elmer J McBrlde at this place. McBrlde's at- tl tentions to Mrs. Morrow are assigned it as the cause for the shooting. * P Road Commission Report is Constructive WANTS GOETHALS TO STAY ON JOB NEW YORK, Jan. 27?Secretary of State William J. Bryan, commenting jpon the likllhood of Col. C. W. Goe hals' acceptance of the police commlB lionershlp of New York, said: "I think he will be actuated by u ligh .sense of duty and stick to the Manama canal job until It Is finished." PRESIDENT'S PLANS TO GO HELP ALL WAYS NEW YORK, Jan. 27.?In an address 1 lelivered last night before the Ameri-'1 :an Asiutlc Society Secretary of State 1 iVUllam J.- Bryan said that the Presi-)1 tent's policy toward the trusts and big ' justness promises to lower the costj if living and to increase international , rade. He said there will be more ac-1 Ivlty in industries and transportation : md that more men will be employed | n the United States than ever before | vhen all the constructive measures! hat have been accomplished and , ilanned by the President and Congress , hall have been put into operation. j, *EW YORK MAY QUIT ISSUING BONDS I NEW YORK, Jan. 27.?Comptroller < 'rondergast of New York city sug ;ests as a money saving proposition to top issuing long term bonds, and bor ow money on ten-year notes. He tig- , res that by this method a 150,000,000 , aan would cost the city J61.000.000 in j en years, against J134.000.000 on 50-', ear bonds. j | MISSOURI PACIFIC BONDS ! TO BE UNDERWRITTEN i ?i NEW YORK, Jan. 26.?George Gould, , he Gould estate and James Speyer ], ave agreed to underwrite a new is- | ue of .Missouri 1'aciflc notes to take ( are of $25,000,000 Ave per cent, notes , maturing next June. The Goulds have t greed to take all of the new issue not j { aken in exchange by present holders, j it s'O THEORY FOR THE FAIRBANKS FIRE t FAIRBANKS, Jan. 27.?No accept- ( ble theory has yet been developed for ( he origin of the fire that destroyed the liree story Third avenue hotel hero j unday forenoon. The whole building was enveloped in j antes in a very few minutes from the: line the first alarm of fire was given.! i 'he windows of the upper floor offered I j he only means of escape for those ( fho liad rooms on it, and many narrow j ^ missed death in jumping from them. J < leveral were very dangerously hurt, j >r. MedlH'fl condition Is still regardod | s dangerous. The building and contents were part-; j (? insured. j i CHICAGO RAILROADS I TO BE ELECTRIFIED i ?*?? t NEW YORK, Jan. 27. ? Forty rail- s oads entering Chicago have agreed t n a plan to electrify their lines enter- ( ag Chicago. Specifications may be > ompleted next summer. ( ? ? ? f fEW YORK'S SUBWAY MUST BE DEFERRED ] NEW YORK. Jan. 27. ? Chairman i Id ward E. McCall of the New Yorki ubllc service commission says it is|\ opeless to expect the new subway sys- j t em to be finished by Jan. 1, 1917, the \ ate fixed in the contracts. c ?IEW YORK ENGINEERS . i WANT LESS MONEY NEW YORK, Jan. 27.?Three Now I 'ork city engineers have applied to layor John Purroy Mitch el for a re uctlon in salnry from $6,000 to $3,000 c year. 11 ? ? j f IATIEN REBELS CONTROL i ALL NORTHERN HAYTI j WASHINGTON, Jnn. 27?Summaclz ig the official reports that have been ocelved here Secretary of the Navy c osenhus Daniels says they disclose r tint the Dalivcr Theodore revolution- ? i its are in control of all Northern j t layti. j 1 WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 ? The an nual report of Lieut.-Col. W. P, Rich ardson as president of the Alaska Board of Road Commissioners was made public this morning. The report recommends a comprehensive scheme for wagon roads in Alaska, including the roads already undertaken and those that will become necessary to provide feeders for such trunk lines that the government might build. Col. Richardson says no rapid de velopment of Alaska will follow the building of railroads unless they are preceded or accompanied by the con struction of a number of wagon roadB. The appropriation of $7,250,000 for the maintenance of the roadB already constructed, the completion of those already undertaken, the construction of projects that have been approved and projects that will develop as oth er roads, both wagon and railroads, are built. , GOV. JOHNSTON HITS INDUSTRIAL WORKERS - SACRAMENTO, Jan. 27?Gov. Hir i.m \V. Johnson, commenting upon the report of the state labor commissioner, yesterday, characterized the Industrial Workers of the World as preachers of 'anarchistic doctrine which is at var ance with organized government." WOULD RESTRICT USE OF RAILROAD CAPITAL WASHINGTON, Jan. 27?The Adam son bill, which embodies part of the id ministration corporation regulation program, proposes to give the Inter Rate Commerce Commission plenary power over railroad capitalization. It providesJhat. not. a dollar of railroad capitalization shall be issued without he sanction of the commission. Be fore the commission may grant the ?ight to increase the capitalization It liust be satisfied that the money is to ie invested for the best interests of he public and the property. The bill irohiblts the use of capitalization for he payment of dividends, salaries or )ther purposes except legitimate ex lenses incurred by the improvement of he property or for refunding. It al io proposes to smash the system of in erlocking directorates, and would uake every railroad an independent ?ntity. It has the approval of the Commerce Commission. MOTION PICTURE TRUST MAY BE FORMED NEW YORK, Jan. 27.?A London ca de says that a $25,000,000 American noving picture combination is in pro :ess of formation. STOCK EXCH. HEARINGS TO BEGING FEB. 1TH WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.?Senator! Robert L. Owen, chairman of the bank ng and currency committee, says that learings will be held by that commit ee beginning Feb* 4 on his bill to egulate stock exchanges of the coun ry. "The purpose of this bill," he laid, "is to mitigate and abate the well ?ecognized abuses of the stock ex :hanges and to moderate the fraud ilent transactions which have put a :loud upon the good names of the itock exchanges of the country." HILLS IRON INTERESTS TO BE IMPROVED ST. PAUL, Jan. 27.?Transaction In rolving millions of dollars in connec ion with the Hill Iron ore Interests vill be closed within a week or ten lays. Five million dollars will be' ipent this year in equipment and im movement. DANISH DOCTOR 'LEAVES FORTUNE TO ART PARIS, Jan. 27.?Dr. Carl Jacobsen, if Copenhagen, who left an estate val icd at $40,000,000, has bequeathed ?radically all his fortu.ne to art pur loses. ROYAL FRUIT CO., Phone 280. Fancy naval oranges, per box, $3.50; looking apples, $1.50; extra fancy ap >les, $2.50 and upward; extra fancy (ears, D'Anjou, $3.00. We guarantee he best lemons, Blze 300, $7 a box.? -22-tf.