THE IRE VOL. v.. NO. 740. .11'\ KA ALASKA. KIM DAY, APRILS. lim. PRICE TEN CENTS. RUSSIA COMMANDS CARPATHIAN SITUATION DELEGATE . MISQUOTED PLATFORM ?t? Wednesday night at his Kink meet ing Delegate James Wickersham pre tended to quote from what he repre sented to be the Democratic 1912 plat form. He pretended to read there from a declaration in favor of State hood for Alaska. With that as a basis from which to start, he declared that the Democratic party of Alaska is re actionary because its Skagway con vention declared for "full Territorial form of government." and Democrats la the Legislature and The Empire have supported a memorial asking Congress for "full Territorial form of government." There was no available copy of the platform in Juneau. Friends of Dele gate Wickersham had been searching for a copy of the platform because, it was said, someone had told him that it had declared for Statehood. The Empire, knowing of the Dele gate's habits when "quoting" in pub lic and knowing of his intention to try to make a point on the alleged infor mation. also made a search of the town for a copy of the platform. The Empire was unsuccessful, but the Delegate "quoted" as stated. Yesterday morning The Empire, still mindful of the Delegate's habits, sent a telegram to the Yaldez Prospector, published at the town where the 1912 convention was held, asking thut it telegraph The Empire the plank in the platform on Statehood for Ataska. DEMOCRATS DECLARED FOR TER RITOR1AL GOVERNMENT IN 1912 The Empire received this reply: VALDEZ, April S.?The Home Rule plank in the Democratic platform of 1912 was as follows: "The power to make laws to govern local affairs is but the application to Alaska of a right sanctified by the blood of our fathers and Justified by more than a century of actual exper ience. Every Democratic convention held in Alaska has insisted upon that right, and we do but reiterate the ut terances of these conventions when we again represent to Congress: (1) That the people of Alaska want home rule. (2) That the people of Alaska ought to have home rule. (3) That until the people of Alaska get home rule they will never cease demanding it as the right of American citi zens. "We pledge to the people of Alaska that, if elected, our candidate for Dele gate will use every effort to secure the enactment of a law giving to Al aska a local Legislature, elected by the people, with power covering every rightful subject of legislation not Na tional in character." (Signed) PROSPECTOR. NO STATEHOOD DECLARATION Upon receipt of this telegram, think ing that perhaps the Prospector had not understood the request. The Em pire sent this wire to the Prospector: "Did the Democratic 1912 platform contain any reference to Statehood for Alaska. If so. please wire it to The Empire." The following reply was received last night: VALDEZ, April 8.?Nothing in plat form regarding Statehood. Mailing you copy of platform on tonight's st earner. (Signed) PROSPECTOR. RE-TREATMENT PLANT PROGRESSES Construction work at Thane is pro gressing rapidly on all of the three remaining units to be put under the roof of the big mill, and by Juneau first it is expected that the second unit will be operating. As to the new re treatment plant. G. T. Jackson, assist ant superintendent, said: ,rWe have the foundation about com pleted and the steel which is already on hand, will be going up shortly. The whole works will be pushed rapidly as possible, and by August the third unit should be operating." A boarding house to accommodate 150 men is being constructed as well as cottages for the foremen. There are about 700 men employed in min ing. milling and construction work in connection with the Alaska Gastlneau property. The cleanup shipped out on the Ad miral Evans consisted principally of concentrates, but when the re-treat ment plant is completed the mineral will be reduced to- bullion. the same a 8 at Tread well. The F-npiro has most readers ? ? WEATHER TODAY * 4- _ Maximum?50. ? + Minimum?32. ?> + CLEAR. v ASSEMBLY ! AFTER TAX DODGERS Representative Dan Driscoll of Fair banks introduced In the House this morning a bill to provide for the col lection of unpaid Territorial taxes. There is owing the Territory approx imately $200,000 .which does not in clude the few months in the present calendar year. The tax dodger bill, as it" was im mediately dubbed, provides that the ? Speaker of the House and the Presi dent of the Senate enter into a con tract with a competent attorney, for the prosecution of tnx dodgers. The prosecutor Bhall reecive 15 per cent, of the moneys collected, and $250 is appropriated to pay marshal's costs of filing papers and scrvlug processes. The bill further provides that all ac tions be triable in the United States , court at Juneau. The bill was re ferred to the ways and means com mittee. Liquor Bill Finally Passed. The Senate passed without amend ment today the Snow bill, providing for a vote on the liquor question No vember -I. 1917. with the provision that saloons and breweries in Alaska shall j suspend January 1, 1918 if thedrys poll a majority of the votes cast. The bill will go to Governor Strong, who has declared he would sign It. The House passed H. B. 38. making subscribers to notes jointly or several ly liable. H. B. 53. providing the month ly payment of wages and providing penalty for obtaining labor under false pretenses, and House Joint Memorial 4. providing reservations on navigable waters, between homesteads. The House committee of the whole held a hearing on the Tanner fisheries memorial after adjournment. Capt. Charles B. Oliver and George Rounsc fell of Ketchikan were wltnosses. H. B. 66, Mr. Snow, preventing mar shals from acting as prosecutors or attorneys for defendants In justices ? courts, was Introduced, and referred to the judiciary. H. B. 67, Mr. Shoup. regulating gen eral insurance bustness. was intro duced and the same measure was filed in the Senate as S. B. 43. by Senator Millard. First Division Loses Out. Each division of Alaska will re ceive one-fourth of the First and Third division forest reserve moneys, after 25 per cent. Is taken out for' school purposes, the House of Repre-? sentatives today agreed upon, with Representative Shoup. Held, Heckman and Britt, the First division's dele gation. vigorously protesting. The amount per division, is about $11,000. Aftfcr an all-morning debate, the Coombs bill, already amended several times, went back to a Special commit tee. with instructions to amend it by inserting provisions for the creation , of four road districts, with one olllce commissioner in each division, who shall draw the division's share of the money and spend it for roads as he ! shall see fit. The road commissioner will be elected first by the Legislature, and after January 1. 1917. by the peo ple. Representative Shoup's motion that no member of the first division be placed on the special committee auth orized to amend the bill, carried. My. j Shoup stated it was the opinion of the , pebple of the First division that the j money from the Tongas forest re- j serve should be spent in the First di vision, where the Tongas forest is lo cated, and that it would be unfair to the voters of this section to have their representatives in the legislature be made a party to drawing up a meas ure which will take an equal division, , of the money. He cited that the First j j division already had suffered irrepar able damage, by the operation of the i forest reserve law. Ho told of the arrival here two years, ago of Capt. Otto Sverdrup. famous Norwegian ex plorer nad navigator, whom, he said, came to Southeastern Alaska with two and one-haif millions in cash, to erect a paper mill in the forest, but who was driven away by the forest service reg ulations The Sverdrup plan. Mr. Shoup mentioned, was to utilize the j spruce trees, extracting the pulp for the manufacture of paper. He said that one of the most objectionable rules of the reserve was that (or ev ; ery tree cut down another had to be: planted. What Alaska Lost. "There was even no guarantee that j Capt. Sverdrup would have title to ? the ground his pulp mill would occu py. and for that reason he went to Si beria. taking his money with him,"i Mr. Shoup said. Speaker Collins named Representa tives Holland. Driscoll and Getchell to draft the new bill. The motion to com mit was unanimous, with tho excep tion of the First division's members. The House received the Sunday clos ing bill, which passed the Senate with the emergency clause attached, put ting the law in force upon approval by j i the Governor, the S-hour day bill. | I (Continued on Page 6.) GIRL ENDS HER LIFE AT FRISCO SAX FRANCISCO, April 9. ? Mrs. Chase Garfield. daughter of Mrs. Whit Ing, wife of Dr. F. B. Whiting, of Se-j attle, formerly a prominent Alaskan, committed suicide here last night. The cause of the act Is not known. She ! had been living with her husband, who is an automobile salesman, at Dos An geles. Mrs. Garfield formerly lived with her parents and attended school at Skag way, where she met and was wooed ] and wed by Chase Garfield. She was i n daughter of Robert C. Smith, who i was engaged In the brewery business at Skagway in the early days of that town's history. In partnership with the late W. F. Matlock. As Miss Bess i I Smith, the dead woman was very pop ular. Her mother became the wife of i Dr. Whiting. LANE BOOSTING GOOD TIMES WASHINGTON. April 9.?Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane, who has just returned from a trip through out the country, asked for a statement1 of business conditions, said: "Grand times are coming. They're here now. "I found everywhere a returning feeling of optimism. Farmers all haveI money, the banks are prepared to aid business where it requires money, the factories are resuming, all products find a ready sale at profitable 'prices. 1 the railroads are doing increased busi ness and financing themselves to bet- 1 ter advantage, the crop outlook is; good, and there Is scarcely a cloud j on the horizon anywhere." COMMANDER OF F-4 EXPECTED DISASTER i LOS ANGELES. April 1) ? Writing two days before the disaster to tho < United States suhiunrino F-4 to hit brother. Allison Ede. of this city, Lieut. Ede. commander of the ill-fated ] craft indicated that he expected trou- i ble for his vessel, commenting upon < which, he said. "I expect the whole thing to go up i in smoke at any time." He said the vessel was leaky and " otherwise in poor condition. GOVERNMENT SUES GLAVIS i SAX FRANCISCO, April 9. The i United States government began suit < against Louis R. Glavts. formerly; chief of the Held division for the United States general land oillce, 'or $331 which he charged as expense ac count and paid himself out of the pub- ' lie funds when, as disbursing ofllcor. ( he traveled from Seattle to Bevorly. , Mass., to lay before President Wm. H. j Taft evidence in Alaska land cases '] that he alleged involved Sccrteary of the Interior Richard A. Bnllingcr. Glavis is now practicing law here. WAR OF 1812 RECALLED ON DIPLOMATIC CONTROVERSY ?\ WASHINGTON, April 9.?The is- , sues causing the War of 1812 with i Groat Britain was recalled by the \ ] State Department officials yesterday i when notified that France had nck-ji nowledged that the arrest and remov- , al of August Picpenbrink, German i born but who had declared his inten- ? tions to become an American citizen, from the American steamer Wlmber, off Colon, last November, was illegal j and that he would be given his liberty j and compensation. Tlic United States i claimed that the French had no right j; to search an American ship and ar rest members of its crew. Plonen- , brink was a steward on the American ship. BANK REPORTS SHOW GENERAL IMPROVEMENT! .> WASHINGTON. April 9.?The Do-1 partmcnt of Commerce made public reports of bank examiners on busiuess conditions throughout the country.: They show a marked improvement ov er conditions a year ago. and indl- j cate a continuation of improved bus-' iness conditions. JEFFERSON TO BRING 125 PASSENGERS NORTH SEATTLE. April 0.?The Jefferson will sail for Alaska tonight with 125 passengers, ilncluding 50 cannerymen for Roe Point and Tec Harbor. She will have the following named passen gers for Juneau: William Murphy, Thomas Knudson.' Philip and Loreana Mark, E. D. Col Yin, J. R. Mires, H. L. Fuller. H. A. Peterson. L. A. Moore and sixteen steerage. 2.000 AT WORK PITTSBURGH. Pa.. April 9. ? The mills of the Brier Hill Steel com pany. Voungstown, O.. employing 2,000 men, have resumed operations. SHIPS AND ' TR( HIT IKS,, ?4'? A PARIS, April 9. .Ml or the remain- c Ing Frencli troops in Africa arc be- a Ing held In rendinesi to assist the ai- ? lied fleets and the liritish expedition- J ary forces against Turkey. It is be- v lieved that they will not be required j; tor use against the Germans, and that men and ships necessary to encom- ] pass the dcfeat~of the Turks can be spared for the movement that is un derway against Constantinople. Landing Troops at Dardanelles. J LONDON, April 9.?Several French v and German transports, escorted by | r warships, arrived at the Dardanelles ' f yesterday, and today they arc landing t troops on Turkish soil, preparatory i to an attuck on the inner forts of the i v Dardanelles and on Constantinople, i Among the troops on Turkish soil are c British troops from Egypt, Canada, f Australia and England, and troops j from French Africa and Southern Turkish aeroplanes and hydroplanes < of the most improved pattern are co- I operating with the Dardanelles forts Some have recently arrived from Ger- 1 many, others have been constructed in Italy. BELGIUM MAY GET ' CONSTANTINOPLE 1 I NEW YORK. April 9.?New Yorl: 1 American Paris advices state that the ( principal decision upon which the En- * tente have reached an agreement thnt Is practically Una! is the granting of E Constantinople to Belgium as compen sation for the wholesale ruin of her lountry. TURKEY WOULD BE GENEROUS 1 PARIS. April 9.?An Athens dis- c patch says that confirmation received In diplomatic circles of the report that Turkey has offered Bulgaria ter ritory in Europe extending to Enos Midia line, including Adrlanople, in f exchange for continued neutrality. JACKLING STOCKS ALL SHOW ADVANCE TODAY : NEW YORK, April 9.?Prices of the < stock of all the companies of which k Col. D. C. .Tackling is the principal factor, showed marked advance on the < stock exchange today. The closing prices wore: Alaska Gold 35%, Chino 40%,^.Ray 21%, Utah Copper 59%. ' ? ? ? ; . < v :?v , NOTICE OF COMMITTEE HEARING. I Tho Senate committee on | mining and manufactures will i | hold the LAST public hearing ' I j on Senate Bill No. 20. entitled "An Act to regulate the colloc- \ | tion of medical and hospital fees, by an employer from an 1 employee," in the Senate Cham- : bcr. Goldstein Block, on Tues- < day night, at 8 o'clock. All persons desiring to appear i before the committee, regard- ? j this bill, arc invited to attend. Dated, April 9, 1915. ! I B. F. MILLARD, ; i Chairman. > iJ *- * : WILSON SAYS IT [ IS TOO EARLY TO fIX BLAME WASHINGTON. April 9. ? In ad [ressing the Maryland annual confer ncc of the Methodist Episcopal hurch here President Woodrow Wil on said that It is his -belief that no n nan is wise- enough -to pronounce a udgment on the European war at thia time. The President said that it rould bo unjust for any one to attempt n Inally to tlx the blame at this time. :taly considers peace and war r HOME, April 9.?The quostions as 9 o whether an understanding between 11 taly and Austria Is still possible, or p rhethor a separate Austro-Rusaian leace treaty is probable are discussed v roni many different angles by all of ho Italian papers. The predomincnt lolicf today is that separate peace s rlth Russia is not likely because it p s believed that Russia will insist up- t >n concessions that Austria will re- n use to make. It is thought that: taly's chances for concessions with-; iut war will be greater if Austria con-1 ludes peace than otherwise, because he Allies will likely insist upon aid " f Austria remains in the war as the " >rico of their recognition of any Aus ro-Italian agreement. " Y ii Italy Using Railway Cars. GENEVA, April D.?Railroad rolling tock is being withdrawn by Italy from i ! he Swiss frontier for use In the ' ransportatlon of troops, mall and j1 lores In Northern Italy destined for 1 he region bordering on Austrian jc Tyrol. j J ITALIANS SAILINGS DELAYED. 8 ??. LONDON, April 9.?Italian steam- N trs in American ports have been or- c Iered to postpone all sailings until ; \pril 20. according to a dispatch from tome. The purpose is to permit Ital- ' an reservists in the United States and ' Tanada to make connections with ! hem, and sail /or Italy. By delaying ho sailing some of the war supply ' ihipmonts from the United States will ilso be able to cntch the first sailings. 1 [TALY MAY WAIT UNTIL MAYj ROME, April 0.?Another sudden t ihift in the diplomatic situation has t tostponcd Italy's entrance into the t var. It is said now that Italy will not i 1 mbark In the goncral European con- j t lict until May if at all. Within the last two days, the in erventionalist press has curbed its ictivitics, and instead of urging the tovernment to open hostilities nt onco j t ntlmates that there is grave doubt | s >f the advisability of such action at, t iresent. i s TAL+AN KING IS v GERMAN INVESTOR 1 ROME, April 9.?King Victor Eman- / tel of Italy has $25,000,000 invested j n the Krupp armament works. If taly declares war on Germany the ting's investment will be seized by q Jerman authorities and the house of it 5nvoy will be impoverished. t + + ? e EGYPTIAN SUBJECT J SHOOTS AT SULTAN t ??? v CAIRO, Egypt. April 9?A native f >f Egypt yesterday shot at Huoeein n Cernal, Sultan of Egypt. The shot t vent wild. The assailant was arrest- c ?d. 10 ITALY BUYS HORSES E ST. LOUIS, April 9.?The Italian" fovernmonf has contracted for 15,000 torses in St. Louis. I ?? jl BAN ON ABSINTHE. ! fl ^.i|I OAHIO, April 9.?The Egyptian gov- ( irnment has forbidden the sale of ab linthe. ? 3EORGE GOULD WINS. r FROM HOWARD GOULD l NEW YORK. April 9? George J. i 3ould has won his action to foreclose { i tax lion for $54,f>09 held on tho prop- t ;rty of his brother. Howard Gould, in < fifth Avenue and 73rd street. i ?? i "ORGAN SEES GOOD |t TIMES ON THE WAY I j ?*1*?? I CHICAGO. April 9.?James B. For- . ;an, president of the First National ' Bank. Chicago, says: "Industries that < ire the largest recipient of ordors for ] war supplies of course are enjoying ' joom times, but general trade has not; l rot worked back to normal. But the j I jutlook is cheerful; [? BOSTON GETS WOOL !: ??>? :han IS,000 pounds, or 22,000 bales, of I toroigu wool has arrived at Boston \ In a week; 15,000 bales coming from i FRENCH ON i OFFENSIVE IN FORCE LONDON, April 9.?That the French lovement between the Meusc river nd Lorraine frontier is developing in-| s a distinct and strong offensive I lovement, with Gen. Joffre pushing lc advance while the Germans are taking fierce counter attacks, is the | ubstance of the latest dispatches eachlng London. The French have continued to gain round for two days, and their at nek has gained in force as it has pro-; ressed. New troops arc constantly eing brought into action, as the for ward movement io extended. More than usually vigorously artll ;ry attacks have been made In other ectlons of Northern France for the urposc of preventing German concen ration against the offensive move ment. rRENCH AVIATOR WINS DUEL. FUBNES, Belgium, April 9,?A dra datic duel in the air in which n Gcr mn aircraft was brought down by toland G. Garros, the famous French viator, inside the lines of the Allies 8 described by Rnoul Pontus, son of he former Belgian minister. "The German at first succeeded in Islng above Garros" machine," said 'ontus. "but Garros, by a sudden; wist, escaped and then flew atop of he German. Then quickly came the j Tackling of the quick-firer. The Ger nan replied with spirit, using a car-: dne. Suddenly a long Jet of white moke gushed from the German ma :hine. aud then (lame enveloped the rhole aeroplane, which dropped to ?nrth a few yards from where I vatched the battle. "The aviators in the German ma rine were dead when we reached hem. The machine tank contained wo bullet holes. The destroyed machine was named .ho '2-Fortieth Flotilla."" 3erman submarine sinks french bark ?-?-~? SOUTHSHIELDS, Eng.. April 9. rhe French bnrk Colonel Fsona waB orpedocd and sunk by a German sub narlne off St. Catherine's point today ifter the British tug Homer lmd at empted to sink the undersea craft. 1'he Homer was towing the bark when he submarine appeared. submarines in atlantic. ?1* - DUBLIN, April 9.?Liner Dunedin rom South America Nreports German ;ubmarincs In the Atlantic ocean og: he west coast of Ireland. The Du icdin was chased but eluded her pur-j uer. The submarines was evidently j vaiting for Atlantic liners from the Jnitcd States. \TCHISON TAKES OVER another railroad, CHICAGO. April 9.?The Atchison. Topeka nnd Santa Fe railroad has ta-, :cn over the St. Louis. Rocky Moun ain & Pacific railway, whose line ?xtends from Dcs .Moines to Uto Park | ?few .Mexico. This acquisition gives he Atchison control over the traffic rhlph originates from the Raton coal ields of Colfax county, New Mexico. ,nd assures the company also a prac ically Inexhaustible supply of fuel oal. The purchase price wa3 $3. 00.000. iX-GOV. FOSS IS for prohibition ?4-? BOSTON. Mass.. April 9.?Kx-Gov.. Cugenc Foss favors nation-wide pro libition purely as an ecomomic con ilderation. CANADIAN INDIANS ARE PROGRESSSING DAWSON, March 26.?Pev. Bcuja nin Totty and Amos Njootlal returned ast cvcninR from a long niusli to the lorthward, in which they visited the lativos on the Blackstone and the Por luplne rivers. Thoy traveled 200 miles o reach the Porcupine camps. All In-j Hans in both ditsrlcts were found well ind prosperous. The only death re >orted among the mthls winter- was j hat of an old Indian woman .jiamed \nnie, who passed away In her sleep 11 January. Amos reports caribou ex ccdingly plentiful on the Blackstone.! The snow, there, he says, is tramped1 lown as though a herd of cattle had i passed over it. The trail beyond rwelvemile which had been, broken I by-the police and the Indian mushers his winter was obliterated by the re-1 :cnt snowstorm, and on the return it was necessary, to break new trail j ilong the same route. Its a poor rule that won't work both ways. Some men fail bccauso, they are misunderstood and others! succeed for the same reason.?(New York Times.) AUSTRIAN OPPOSITION COLLAPSES PETROGRAD, April 9.? With the Russian army in possession of all the Carpathian passes, and all the main summits and slopes of the Beskid mountains, the Austrian operations in the Carpathian region has completely collapsed. The Russian general staff has only to consider by what roads it will invade Hungary. The Austrian army is cut Into three parts, and its ragged flanks are but shreds. It is be lieved here that the capture of the capitals of the dual monarchy is but a matter of time. The march Into Hungary will begin immediately. SEPARATE PEACE IS TALKED. The completely prostrated condition of the Austrian army io causing a re vival of Interest in the talk of sepa rate peace with Austria. Austrians are feeling Russia through Rome and other capitals as to the terms that v.'Ou!d be imposed. GERMAN MOVEMENT IN POLAND FAILS PKTROGRAD. April 9.?Tlie war of lice says "The Germans attached enor mous importance to their ocenslvo in the trans-Nleman district. This failed completely, and our troops have been on the offensive since March 27. "The principal German aim was as signed to the 31st division, supported by three reserve regiments and a large body of cavalry. These advanced from Kalwaria on Krasno, and were ordered to push nt alt costs to Lodzlc, with object of cutting off the Rus sians engaging the Gern ans toward the West. "The Germans made prodigious cf firts, and attempted to envelop on the Ice of Lake Dussla our right wing. Moving over the ice. the Germans at tempted to turn our position In the oassagc between the two divisions of Lake Slmno. ? "The enemy gained some minor suc cesses at first but wc twice counter attacked the Germans who had pene trated to our rear near villages of Zce brziski and Metelitz, annihilating them. "The continued lull along tho Bzura Rawka fro it has convinced the Rus sian commanders that a large part of the German troops on the left bank of the Vistula have been sent to Ga licfa and the Carpathians. German artillery has also lessened, and it Is believed the Germans are now hus banding ammunition." RUSSIANS BUY U. S. AEROPLANES TACOMA, Wash., April 9.?Fifteen car loads of American aeroplanes for Russian military use are being loaded by the Hakushika Maru, a Japanese liner. They will be shipped over the Translberian railroad to the war zone. VON KLUK MAY LOSE HIS COMMAND LONDON. April 9.?The opinion is expressed in Berlin that as the result of the wounding of Gen. von Kluk the emperor will entrust tho command of Von Kluk's army to I'rince Eltel Fricdrich. MANUFACTURER FAVORS LABOR REFORM LAWS CHICAGO. April 91?President Mc Cormick, of the International Harves ter Company, favors woman's eight hour and a child labor bill In the Illi nois legislature. GARRISON WILL STAY IN CABINET WASHINGTON', April 9.?Secretary of War Lindley M. Garrison, it is said, says that he will stay in the Cabinet until he is released. He is receptive toward the New Jersey judgdtlp. but denies that he has been offered the place: AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY SHOWS GROWTH WASHINGTON. April 9.?The total number of automobiles and trucks it? the United States at the end of 1914 was 1.745,570. This is a gain of 500, 695 in 12 months and compares with 677.000 ir. 1911. BURTON'S CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENCY ANNOUNCED WASHINGTON. April 9.? Former United States Senator Thoedorc K. Burton is a candidato for the Republi can nomination for the Presidency, and headquarters will be opened at Washington. i Leading Republicans believe Col | Roosevelt will support Borah, Burton or Weeks, as the Republican candi date for prescident.