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THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE VOL. III. NO. 382. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEB. 13, 1914. PRICE, TEN CENTS SAFE NAVIGATION NECESSARY IF WE HAVE RAILROAD Gov. Strong Is Urging Exposition Appropriation "Unless the people of Alaska take immediate action," said Gov. J. F. A. j Strong this morning. "Alaska's exhibit at the great Panama-Pacific exposl- j tion will be comparatively a pencil mark?a mere fly speck on the wall.; Congress has appropriated only $500, 000 tor the entire exhibit of the United States and as is seen by the reply of Adolph C. Miller, chairman of the Ex hibit Board, there is no possibility of getting anything near the sum for this great exposition as was used in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exhibition at Se-> attle. m "1 had asked for $150,000 of the sum already appropriated, we ought to have $200,000. Since receiving Mr. Miller's letter I have taken the mat ter up with Delegate James Wicker sham with the idea of getting a spe cial appropriation for Alaska for this purpose. I have also communicated with Senators El wood Bruner, Conrad Freeding and Henry Roden, of the Al aska Legislature who are now in Washington and asked them to help toward getting such a measure through congress. But it is essen tial that we who are trying to do something have the people of Alaska back us up and I urgently request that every commercial club in Alaska and every community take concerted ac tion to make a demand for enough funds to have an Alaska exhibit that will be of some benefit to the coun try. "The fact that the general govern ment is investing $40,000,000 in the?' construction of a railroad to develop the resources of the country is all the j more reason why a liberal appropria tion should be available for advertis ing those resources in such manner, as a great exposition of this kind will I afford. We had $100,000 for the Se- j attle exposition and it was inadqeuate.' and in view of the greater magnitude 1 of the San Francisco exposition we' should have double that amount." ? ? ? i, BASE BALL BUG BUZZING MERRILY ?1*? The recent thaw has caused the j, hase ball bug to crawl out of his win ter quarters and fans are beginning' to sit up and take notice. Already Juneau has a winning team in embryo, that is provided things get off right on the start. Last fall's demonstra- { tions in football has pointed the way,! according to an old fan who was dis-1; cussing the great national game last i1 night. "What Treadwell." did for Douglas j last season, "the Alaska Gastineau ? company should do for Juneau this j season," he said, "and then we would have a chance to win. Treadwell has t a lot of college chaps that know the game and like to play it. The Gas- j tineau's also have a lot of college | chaps and with the talent that can be ; picked up around town added, we i should have a winning team "Tota Radonlch, who has been a lire less worker for Juneau and is the most popular manager ever in charge of the Juneau team will probably be urg ed to accept the post of manager, but I the active command will undoubtedly be in the hands of Dick Wulzen, star1 first baseman for Juneau and the Gas-: !tava*i teams las' year." STAMPEDE FOR NEW EATING PLACE H. C. Hanawalt. one of the proprie tors of the Heidelberg restaurant, has expanded his operations by establish ing the Stampede restaurant in the lo cation formerly held by the Model. The Stampede opened for business yesterday and is a first class work ingman's restaurant?plenty to eat and properly cooked at moderate prices. George Athens formerly of Nome and proprietor of the Miner's restaurant. at that place at the time of the flood has been employed as chef. The new eating place starts off under favorable auspices and should succeed. Six-room, furnished bouse to rent. [ Bath room, hot and cold water, electric light, fine view and healthy situation. Apply Mrs. Montgomery Davis, Avon dale. Gold Hill. 2-13-tf. THE WEATHER TODAY. Twenty-four hours ending at 3 p. m.: Maximum?33. Minimum?28. Cloudy and snow. SEVENTH ANNUAL A BIG SUCCESS The Seventh Annual Grand Ball of j the Juneau Eire Department has pass- j ed into history and will be remember- j ed as one of the most brilliant affairs ever undertaken by the organization. Elks hall last night was one grand crush of happy folk gathered from both sides of Gastineau channel The hall was beautifully decorated with orange ?nd purple. Streamers I of pendant ribbons in alternating col-j ors enclosed the large auditorium like, the threads of an immense spider web. The great 9-piece orchestra under the leadership of Prof. Sumpf furnished music that compelled responsive ac tion, and there was not a dull minute during the evening. The floor com mittee was active in taking care of strangers. Punch and lemonade were served at the booths arranged for that purpose. Special ferries brought the people from Douglas island. Chief Jack Wil-i son and more than forty of his brave Are fighters from the Treadwell de-; partment were present with their la-1 dies. Prominent among the visitors were Tom McDonald and "Babe" Sam ples. There also were several repre sentatives from the Douglas fire de-1 partment present. ? ? ? TRIALS OF EARLY DAY JOURNALISM ?+? A Western newspaper started on its career under peculiar circumstances. The editor of the Rocky Mountain Cy clone thus opened the first article of the first issue of his paper: "We be gin the publication of the Rocqy Mountain Cyclone with some phew dl phiculties in the way. The type phounder phrom whom we bought the autphit phor this printing ophis phalled to supply any ephs or cays, and it will be phour or phive weeques bephore we can get any. We have ordered the missing letters, and will have to wait until they come. We don't lique the looque ov this variety ov spelling any better than our readers, but mistax will happen in the best regulated ov phamilies and iph the cees and exes and ques hold out we shall ceep (sound the c hard) the Cyclone whirling aph ter a phashion till the sorts arrive. It is no Joque to us, it is a serious aphair."?Portland, Me., Masonic Jour nal. FEATURE NIGHT AT THE GRAND THEATRE ?+? "The Unknown Conceals"?the two reel States' right feature brought a big crowd to the Grand last night. Repeating tonight again. High class photo-play of "Crooked Banking" ? Full of interest. "With the Mounted Police"?interesting Thanhouser dra ba?showing how useful dogs are to their masters. "Interrupted Elope ment"?very good Majestic comedy. Matinee Saturday, 2 p. m. CASES ACCUMULATING FOR KETCHIKAN TERM ?+? Work is accumulating for the next term of court in Ketchikan, which will probably be held some time after the present term in Juneau. Since No vember term there last the following defendants have been bound over: H. Brown, Tom Watson, W. Hetman, Da vid Kinniook, for grand larceny; Geo. Murphy, John Furlong, Walter Ray mond, for burglary; J. M. Alison, Dan Lott. Fred Patterson, Tom Meland,! Jim Johnny, Slow Sam, for selling li quor to Indians. RENNER McKINLEY CASE GOES TO THE JURY Renner McKlnley, on trial for as-' sault with a deadly weapon will soon' know his fate. The government, at j the conclusion of submitting evidence by the defense, finished its argument near noon today and the defense was putting in its final argument at 2:30 this afternoon. The Jury will probably have the case early this evening. ROYAL FRUIT CO., Phone 280. Fresh ranch eggs by the dozen or case. Burbanks potatoes?the best?by the pound, sack or ton. ROYAL FRUIT CO., Phone 280. TELEPHONE COMPANY WANTSJRANCHISE City Attorney J. B. Marshall Is pre paring a franchise ordinance for the Juneau and Douglas Telephone Co., and it may be submitted to the city council at a special meeting which will be hold tonight. The present franchise or permit under which the I telephone company operates is, It is claimed, entirely too vague Co warrant the expenditure of money in improve ments, which the town of Juneau is now demanding. The terms of the now franchise as tentatively outlined provides for a 25 year franchise granting the use of all the stroets, alleys and bridges for the purpose of installing poles, conduits, and stringing wire for such service. In consideration of the benefits ac cruing from said franchise the tele phone company obligates itsolf as fol lows: First?To furnish the City of Juneau the free use of such telephones as may be needed by said city for public pur-! poses only; Second?To grant the City of Juneau , the right to string or install its wires for the conveyance of Are alarm sig nals upon the poles belonging to the grantee, and when once said wires are I installed to maintain the same in good repair, but not to furnish the material for such repairs; Third?To pay to me vuy ui ou neau as a further consideration as long as grantee has an exclusive fran-! chise from the City of Juneau two pdr cent of its gross annual receipts, pro vlded said grantee does not expend an equal amount each year in the work of placing its wires in underground conduits, in which event the City of Juneau waives its right to the aforesaid two per cent, of gross receipts. The telephone company agrees to furnish phonos to the public at the following monthly rates: For one wall telephone on a single line, $3.50; for each additional phone on the same line, $2.50; for a desk telephone on a single line, $4.00. ?^ MORE HELP COMING INGERSOLL-RAND CO. S. G. Murray, general Western man-! agcr for the Ingersoll-Hand Co., states that the force in Juneuu where Alas ka headquarters have been established is to be increased soon by the uddltion of Frank Carroll, of the El Paso, Tex as, branch of the business. Mr. Car-. rol Is a salesman for the company and he will continue in that field on arriv al here, traveling out of Juneau. Dan iel Blackburn who came two weeks j ago will continue in charge of the, warehouse and depot recently estab- ( lished here. HAINES COMPANY PLANS ACTIVE MINING WORK alft W. J. Bledsoe, the Skagway mer chant who is in Juneau, is here con sulting with Judge H. B. LeFevre and making plans for the coming year's work of the Mount Jewel Mining Com pany in which they are interested. This company's mining property is situated on Nugget creek in the Por cupine district, back of Haines. The company, the members of which in ad dition to Mr. Bledsoe aud Judge Le Fevre are G. W. Hlnchman, the Haines merchant, and Otto Geisler, also of Haines, is operating a hydraulic plant. It has 700 feet of piping installed, and much of its placer ground on Nugget creek, which has been thoroughly prospected, is blocked out and prepar ed for the beginning of actual pro duction with the opening of spring. The members of the company expect to have a prosperous year. CONQUERING HEROES RETURN FROM SITKA The Juneau basketball, team return ed from a triumphant Journey to the ancient capital of Alaska, where they met and defeated the Sitka Athletic club basketball team. They all re port having had the time of their lives. The Sitka team entertained them royally. OUR BUYERS in Los Angeles. Portland, Seattle, Wen atchee, Chicago and Montreal have the fruit and vegetable field so syste matically covered that anything, sea sonable or not can at any time be had at the Royal Fruit Co. at lowest prices. Shipments on every steamer. Leave orders; free delivery. Phone 2-8-0. W. G. Beattie, superintendent of In dian schools for Southeastern Alas ka, will leave for Metlakahtla some time next week on a trip of inspec tion. Senate Passes One Coal Land Measure WASH?NGTON, Feb. 13.?The Sen ate yesterday pasesd the bill Intro duced by Senator Wesley L. Jones, of Wasblngtpn, authorizing agricultural entries for coal lands In Alaska. A similar law is now In effect in the States. It gives settlers the title to the Burface, reserving title to the un derlying coal to the Federal govern ment DRIVING PILES FOR NEW P. C. DOCK This morning Ed. Webster's pile driver commenced setting piles for tho upproach to the proposod new dock of the Pacific Coast company In front of the Juneau Iron Works. The ap proach rims alongside of the Alaska Soda bottling works and Is 37 feet in width. The dock Itself will have a frontage olf 600 feet. Mr. Webster alBo has the contract i from thei property owners for driving piles in the intervening space between 1 the dock approach nnd the Juneau Iron Works, and will continue driving until the work Is all done. Of the space to be* so filled with foundation piles for now buildings, B. M. Behrends holds 100 x 100; Winter & Pond have 50 x 100 nnd George F. Forrest holds 125 x 100. It Is expected that definite announce ments relative to the new dock con- i structlou for the Pacific Coast com '?any will be made soon. MAKING TESTS FOR BIG WIRELESS STATION D. I. Molr, of tho Marconi Telegraph company, and known technicaly as "tester" Jn the service of the com pany, arrived In Juneau on a late boat and is a guest of the Alaskan Hotel. Mr. Molr 'v- here to teat the different sites chosen by Superintendent John Irwin of the Northwestern division last fall as probable locations for tho new high power station that Is to be erect ed here during the coming summer. There are several proposed sites to be examined and tested before the final dcislon Is made. It is expected that work will commence immediately after the tests are completed, because much preliminary work will have to bo done before actual construction of the sta tion can begin. JAMES HOGAN BUILDING ON FRONT STREET ?+? The Bush-Soles construction com pany this morning began the prelimin ary work for a three-story frame build ing for James Hogan on lower Front Btreet at the location of Hogan's mar ble works. ORPHEU MTHEATRE. "The Dawning," the special, two-reel socloty picture play, the attraction at the Orpheum theatre last evening, Is one of the best productions of the Vlt agraph company. A strong story wherein a husband defends his wife's good name on the field of honor. The dramatic situations call for display of the exceptional artistic talents of Leah Baird, Earl Williams and Henry Northrup, three stars of the motion picturo world. A splendid play, com plete in every detail. "Private Smith," Is a good Lubln drama of army camp life. "The Horse that Wouldn't Stay Hitched," Is a funny comedy by the Western Kalem company, showing many laughable situations. "St. Augustine, Florida," is a series of pictures of historical edifices con structed by the Spanish in that old Southern city In the sixteenth century. A splendid program, repeated tonight. Save your coupons. PRIZE AND FEATURE NIGHT. ? Tonight the feature film entitled "When Lincoln Paid," will be run, In two reels; after the pictures a prize valued at $5.00 will be given away. No raise in prloe, 10 cents to balcony. Pic tures at 8:30. Bijf Dividends for Mines. ?+? In 1913 the mines on Douglas Island paid dividends amounting to $1,594,460. ?'Douglas News. LOST?Wallet containing $65.00; Finder notify M. T. Burkland, Bergman Hotel, reward. 2-13-2L Empire ads for results. LINCOLN MEMORIAL IS UNDER WAY ' WASHINGTON, Fob. 13.?Yesterday, ou the 105th anniversary of the birth [ of Abraham Lincoln, the ground was broken for the Lincoln memorial that will be erected in this city. Assistant Secretary of War Henry S. Brecken rldge, turned the first spadeful of dirt. ELEVEN DIE 0E NEW YORK COLD NEW YORK, Feb. 13.?The cold wave along the Atlantic coast is in creasing In severity. Tho weather here and along the North Atlantic coast Is bitter cold. Up to noon today the number of deaths from the cold have reached eleven. The zone of freezing temperature or below extends to all points north of the southern part of Virginia on the coast and south of the Ohio river in tho Interior. HAMBURG- AMERICAN LINE PREPARING FOR RATE WAR HAMBURG, Fob. 13?The Hamburg American line of steamers has a cash fund of $11,500,000 with which to con tuo the rate war with the North Ger man line and the British lines if they enter it William Would Stop It. LONDON. Feb. 13.?The London Times states that the German Emper or Is endeavoring to bring about a re conciliation between the Hamburg American and North German Lloyd companies. English Companies Make Cut. NEW YORK. Feb. 13?The Cunard and White Star linos have reduced steerage rate eastbound to $23, a re duction of $4.80. LABORING MEN TO WEL COME "DEAR DEPORTED" LONDON, Feb. 13.?Laboring peo ple of London nrc planning a monster demonstration for the "dear deported," the name that has been given the ten labor leaders deported from South Africa by Premier Louis Botha for activity in the strikes that have been stamped out in the Union of South Africa. The British people are all stirred up over the coming of the laborers. The government is In a quandry, but takes the position that Great Britain cannot interfere in the government of self-governing colonies, and that the question of the legality of the depor tation is a South African matter. The Conservative papers are making all the use possible of the incident to em barrass the government. However, they all praise Botha for the summary manner in which he dealt, and many of them express regret that he is not at the head of the British government to handlo the labor and suffragette troubles "at home." WINDHAM BAY NOTES ?+? Mrs. Yates gave a skating party on Shucl: river last week. Miss L. Rowo carried oft all'honors. ? * * Capt. Orr was under the weather for a few days, but is "ship Bhape again," as he says. * * * Dick Rowo, Jr., has loft on the [launch Coradora for Juneau. Mr. J. Kolder will go as far as Limestone with him. NOW IS THE TIME to get a rubber hot water bottle or a fountain syringe. The Juneau Drug Co, opposite the Alaska Hotel, Is sell ing them at 25% discount All goods guaranteed for 2 years. Will generally lost longer. This sale closes Monday night 2-12-3t Dr. F. L. Goddard arrived from Sitka on the Georgia this morning and will remain for a few days. PROGRESSIVES TO RUN STATE TICKET NEW YORK, Fob. 13?At a meet ing of the Progressive party State committee, held here yestewlay, It was decided to put a full straight Pro gressive State ticket in the field to be voted for at the State election for Governor and other officers next No vember. Republicans Evolutlng. NEW YORK, Feb. 13?Senator Will iam E. Borah, addressing the Lincoln ! Republican Club last night, character-! lzed the process that Is going on in j the Republican party as "evalutlon, not dissolution." BURGH AND HALL WIN DOG RACE NOME, Feb. 13.?The handicap dog! race under the auspices of the Order! of Moose held yesterday and finishing; at Solomon for which the prizes were j three silver cups, donated by the cit-: izens, was won by Burgh and Hall's J team. Earl Modinl was second and! Bill Allan was third. . ? U. S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETS ?+? WASHINGTON, Feb. 13?The Cham ber of Commerce of the United States met yesterday in annual convention in this city and was addressed by Secretary William B. "Wilson and In terstate Commerce Commissioner C. A. Prouty. CHEAP AUTOMOBILE GOING ON MARKET SHARON, Pa., Feb. 13?A New York house has arranged with a local manu- j factory to make automobiles that will: be put on the market for $395. The ; Initial order was for 5,000 cars. LAST OF NEW YORK'S BANKS JOINS RESERVES ?+? NEW YORK, Feb. 13.?The Nation-J al City Bank, of this city has applied | for membership in the reserve bank ? system. It Is the last of the National banks of this city to make applica tion. The others are all in. LOVE-SICK MAN KILLS SELF AT SEATTLE SEATTLE, Feb. 13 ?His love, reject ed by Miss Julia Walker, Michael Sul livan, late of Illinois, committed suicide here last night LINCOLN WAS A GREAT "HUMANIST" SEATTLE, Feb. 13?Prof. W. G. Beach, of the University of Wahslng ton, in an anniversary speech on Lin coln's birthday, last night termed the Emanclpntor a great "humanist." LORD PERY TO HUNT ALASKA WATER FOWL NEW YORK, Fob. 13?The Amer ican Museum of Natural History has commissioned Lord Pery to go on a scientific duck hunt to the Point Bar row field as a special naturalist in or nithology. The trip will be made dur ing the coming summer. JAPANESE OFFICIAL STEPS DOWN AND OUT TOKYO, Beb. 13.?The recent riots have caused the resignation of Hugo Maka, speaker of the House of Repre sentatives. THAWS FINAL HEARING SET FOR FEB. 20 ?+? CONCORD, N. H., Feb. 13.?The fi nal hearing at which the arguments will be made on Harry K. Thaw's pe titions for a writ of habeas corpus and admission to bail will bo held Febru ary 20. KENTUCKY MOTHER GIVES BIRTH TO FIVE CHILDREN TAYLORVILLE, Ky.. Feb. 13. ? Five children were born to Mrs. Ber tha Drury, the wife of a farmer at this place, yesterday. Three of tt^e children were boys and two girls. The two girls died, but the boys arc all | alive. Redfield Says Navigation Aids Most Important WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.?Address ing the Chamber of Commerce of the United States last night, Secretary of Commerce William C. Redffeld said that the Alaska railroad Is a fine thing but Its usefulness could not be fully realized until Alaska's coast has been made safe for the purposes of naviga tion. He added that additional appro priations had been asked for light houses and for the proper surveying and charting of the waters for this purpose to equip lighthouse tenders with wireless apparatus. U. S. RECOGNIZES NEW GOVERNMENT WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.?Secretary William J. Bryan last night directed American Minister Benton McMUlin at Lima to recognize the new provis ional government of Peru In behalf of the United States. MEXICANS TRY TO KILL AMERICAN VERA CRUZ, Mcx., Feb. 13.?An at tempt to assassinate Lieut. Arthur B. Cook, flag lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Mayo, of the battleship Connectlcutt, resulted in his being shot in the hip and slightly wounded as he was driv ing to the wharf last night with his wife In a carriage. RAILROAD MEN PREPARING DEMANDS ? CHICAGO, Feb. 13.?Representatives of 80,000 locomotive engineers employ ed on 75 Western railroads have be gun in Chicago to prepare wage scales and working conditions to be present ed later to railroad officials. PROGRESSIVES FAVOR ONE GOVERNMENT ROAD ?+? WASHINGTON, Feb. l;J.?It it be licved that a group of Progressive and progressive Republican Senators will urge the government ownership of one transcontinental railroad as a regula tive measure. The Senators who are thought to be working on the plan in clude Senators Moses E. Clapp, of Minnesota; Senator A. B. Cummins, of Iowa; Senator George W, Norris, of Nebraska, and Senacor W. E. Borah, of Idaho. LONDON LOOKS FOR AMERICAN BANKS LONDON, Feb. 13.?Sir Edward Hoi den, of the London and Midland bank, says he expects to see American banks establish branches in London as they are authorized to do under the new American currency law and which Is not contrary to British law. He says these banks would not have to pay any taxes in London, and he expects to see the American institutions which have used London banks so extensively in tho past to conduct their own Euro pean business hereafter. SUFFRAGETTES AGAIN ON THE RAMPAGE BIRMINGHAM, England. Feb. 13.? A tube charged with explosives and covered with Socialistic literature was found in a window of the residence of Arthur Chamberlain, brother of Jo seph Chamberlain, the British states man, this morning. The fuse was burning when found but was ex tinguished .by the wind. With the literature was a postcard addressed to Reginald McKenna, Home Secretary, which bore the words: "Mil itancy is not dead yet, but if you are not so already you Boon will be." SPOKANE WOMAN'S CHILD KIDNAPED IN FLORIDA TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 13. ? Catherine McCallie, the five-year-old daughter of Mrs. Newton C. Fassett, of Spokane, Wash., was kidnaped from the home of her aunt yesterday by a woman be lieved to bo the child's mother. The court had awarded the child to ita father, Edward McCallie. The mother 'nter married Newton C. Fasset, Bon of J. Sloan FasBett. former Congress man from New York and once Republi can candidate for Governor of Now York.