VOLUME XVII. NO. 12. T*LEP"ONF MAIN 4« NOME. ALASKA. TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1917. TELEPHONE MAIN 48. PRI^E 25 CENTS
ADAMSON
LAW STILL
IN COURT
International News Service.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—The hear
ing on the Adamson law before thr
supreme court was continued today.
Attorneys for the railroad contpan'es
are still presenting their arguments
against the constitutionality of the
law.
The keynote of the railroad attor
neys' arguments was that the bill wui
Intended by congress when it was en
acted not to be so much for the shutt
ering of the hours of labor as It was
for the Increasing, of the pay of thi
men who work on the roads.
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LAWSON OFFERS TO CONNECT CABINET
MEMBER AND CON6RESSMAN WITH
LEAK AND RESULTING PROFITS
International New* Service.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—The house
jommittee on rules resumed Its con
iideration of the alleged leakage of
dvance information of the president's
Hito to belligerents this afternoon
with abut two thirds of the mem- !
>crs present in the committee room.
Chairman Chippertleld said that
few York witnesses who had been
ummoned to appear and give testi
mony had not shown any willingness
to come. The brokers and bankers
were conspicuous by their absence.
A discussion took place as to whether
the committee could compel them to
atttnd and testify without authoriza
tion by the house.
Thomas W. Lawson appeared he.
fiue the committee and made a state
ment. He said that he had been
charged before the committee yester
day with failng to give names, dates,
places, and conclusive evidence which
would show that official Washington
hod connections with Wall street
during the recent bear market caused
by President Wilson’s note.
He said that he was willing and
able to furnish some of the facts
asked for but he did not care to do
so before the present committee. This
so-called investigation, ho declared,
is nothing more than a preliminary
hearing and he did not wont to dis
close his names and figures preina
turely.
Ho challenged the committee to re- ^
port to the house in favor of a con
gressional investigation. If the com
mittee will do this he 3ald he would
guarantee to connect the name of at
least one member of congress, of
which house he would not say, with
the leak and the profits from it. And
if this were not enough he also prom
ised to connect with the deal a prom
inent member of the cabinet.
He declared that he has the evi
dence to show that these two men
with others already mentioned were j
mixed up In the affair both in the
obtaining of the advance information
and In the successful bear raid on
the market.
When urged to present his facts
now he declined on the ground that
the full effect of hl3 disclosures would
Vie lessened by stating them now.
Lawson said that the committee al
ready had enough facts to warrant
them in reporting to the house in
favor of an Investigation.
Chairman Chipperfleld replied that
the committee was the solo Judge of
the worth of the testimony and would
act without Lawson’s advice as it sees
fit.
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HARRY THAW
INDICTED AND
WANTED
International News Service.
NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—A warrant
has been Issued for the arrest of
Harry Thaw who was Imlictea hy the
grand jury for whipping a high school
boy. Thaw has not yet been found
by the officers. It is 3tated that he
was seen yesterday In Philadelphia.
It is alleged that he cruelly beat
Fied Crump, a sixteen year old boy,
with a whip in a Broadway hotel re
cently. It is not disclosed whether
the indictment by the grand jury was
returned against him because of the
whipping he gave the boy or because
of his reasons for using the whip
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SENATE PASSES BILL
TO MAKE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA DRY
International News Service. |
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—The sil
lerica were crowded toc'jry to see the
senate take action on the Sheppard
bill which provides that the District
of Columbia shall go dry beginning
next November.
A petition containing over forty
tlousand slgnitures in opposition to
prohibition was presented in the sen
ate today but it seemed to have lit
tle effect upon the members most of
whom had already aligned themselves
on one side or the other since the hill
was proposed in the early days of the
present session.
When the roll had been called it
was found that the vote stood 55 for
and 32 against the bill.
The bill will now go to the lower
house where the real fight against the
bill will be waged. The dry lobby
ists are present In numbers to sup
port the bill but the anti-piohibl
tlonists are also well organized and
there is little doubt that the contest
will be keen. The house committee
on District of Columbia affairs has
jheady refused once to even present
such a law and they have been at
tacked •'mough the press by the pro
hibit km.‘■ts because of their fluid.
The action of the senate caused the
prohibition workers to hold a Jubila
tion.
The Nome Bowling Club’* alleys are '
row open from noon to midnight.
YOUTH ON TRIAL
AS SLAYER OF HIS
GIRL SWEETHEART
international New* Service.
OLNEY. 111.. Jan. 9.—The trial of
Roy Hlnderliter opened here this
morning and U attracting nation-wide
attention because of its human inter
est. The case is. unusual in that It
shows to what desperate measures
the young couple were driven bv a
perfectly natural result of their
youthful loves In the absenec of the
advice of older and cooler head3.
Young Hlnderliter is branded ns
the slayer of Elizabeth Ratchcliffe, a
seventeen year old girl. As a result
of a clandestine love affair in which
tfey became very Intimate, the girl
become pregnant. She was franMc
with fear and sought her lover who,
it is ulleged, sought information noi
from his elders or from a physician
but from a medical work he was able
to get hold of.
As a result of the investigation, it
appears that he attempted an abortive
operation with the willing co-oppra
tlon of his victim. The result, phy
sicians say wa3 the Injection of air
into her blood and bruin which caus
ed her death.
The case is exciting not a little pity
for the young man who was halt
crazed by the predicament in which
he was placed and it is difficult to
secure a jury to sit on the case.
BRITISH DECREE
TOWARDS ECONOMY
international News Service.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—As evi
dence of the length to which Great;
Britain la prepared to go to consort
ho v ca ill .md fo 'ce the B ltlsh puh- ,
lie to economise, the state depart
ment baa received from the American
vice coiwul at London a cablegram
Imparting the Information that a de
cree has been promulgated forbid
ding the Importation into the British
isles of Jewelry and all manufactures
of gold and silver other than watchps
and watch cuses.
CHICAGO CHIEF OF POLICE ARRESTED
ON CHARGE OF TAKING LARGE
—SUMS OF MONEY FROM WOMEN
International News Service.
CHICAGO, Jan. 9.—An investiga
tion of police graft in the city of
Chicago has been begun by the state
attorney general and his opening gun
was the arrest of Chief of Police
Holy who was arraigned In court
this morning.
Chief Healy was kept sitting on
the- prisoner’s bench in the police
court with bums and derilects all
about him for over two hours when
his case was called. lie was re
manded by the court and obtained his
release on bail which was flved at.
one hundred thousand dollars. Bonds
were at once funished.
The state’s attorney says he has
conclusive proof that Healy and his
henchmen have profited to the extent
of at least one thousand dollars a
week from protection money paid by
fallen women of the city.
Others who are Implicated with
Hcaly are under arrest. They include
several oilicers of the department and
a number of mule denizens of the
underworld. Two or three of those
wanted were able to disappear and
evade arrest. It is thought they have
left the state.
The authorities have conducted
their investigation very secretly and
were able to gut what is claimed to be
absolute proof of the corruption of
Ilealy. The business of collecting
the hush money from the women wits
thoroughly systemized nnd evidence
could be obtained only by the aid of
the victims.
Healy’s trial is expected to be high
ly sensational and there is little doubt
of his conviction.
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REVISION Of TOLLS
AT PANAMA CANAL 1
EXPECTED SOON
WASHINGTON,N Jan. 9.-Congress
is expected to inquire Into and en-ict
Into a law MaJ. Gen. George W. Goe
tlials’ plan to revise the present svs- |
tem of tolls assessments at the Pan- |
ama canal, according to Goethals con- !
tains in legisaltlve circles and gov
ernment departments. Gen. Goethals
contends that American ships are be
ing discriminated against in favor oo
ftteign vessels by reason of the pres- j
ent method of assessing tolls.
Tolls nre at present collected on a j
ba.sls of tonnage carried In the ships’
holds. British vessels are so con
structed that many tons of cafgo are'
carried above decks. Gen. Goethals
contends charges should be computed
on the earning capacity of ships.
A total of $2,399,830 was collected |
in canal toll3 during 1916 Under the
pirsent method of levying tolls Brit
ish vessels have evaded paying on
deck-load tonnage charges that would .
have amounted to approximately
$400,000 this year, It Is said.
NO “DAYLIGHT SAVING"
IN WINTER.
In Holland, France, England,Cana
da and other countries where the
“daylight-saving” plan was in force
the clocks were set back one hour on
October 1. The clocks have been one
hour "fast" since last spring.
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DOCTORS FOR THE NAVY
Three hundred young doctors who
find It hard to build up a practice, are
wanted for th« navy.
GREECE IS STUMBLING BLOCK
TO ALLIED OPERATIONS IN
ANY BALKAN CAMPAIGN
International News Service.
PARIS, Jan. 9.—It has been learned
that the leaders of the allied na
tion.? are very well satisfied with the
results of the war conference at Rome.
Gieat ununmity of opinion was ob
ta'ned as to the course to be pursued
on various fronts with the excep
tion of the Balkan which required
thoughful consideration during a
considerable portion of the conference.
It is declared that the uncertainty
In the minds of the allied leaders
concerning a Balkan campaign Is
| caused by the state of affairs In
Greece. It is confessed that a ma
o.lrity of. the Greeks are not now
favorable to the entente. While Ven
igclos was fomenting rebellion and
the allies kept their forces from
Greek soil the royalists were out
numbered by the revolutionists and
had their hand3 full. But with the
entrance of the French and British
troops Into Athens and other coast
cities the Greeks to a great extent
united against the invaders as they
are considered.
Now that the allies have united on
a plan and are known to be work
ing- in perfect unison it is expected
that results will soon be obtained
which will he highly gratifying.
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GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGN
AGAINST DISEASES OF
ALASKAN NATIVES
International News Service.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 9.—Consider
able progress has been made by the
federal government in checking the
ravages of disease among the na
tives of Alaska according, to officials
of the bureau of education depart
ment of the interior.
A well-equipped hospital was re
cently opened at Juneau for tho treat
ment of natives and small hospitals
and medlcul stations ar« maintained
at several of the other centers of na
tive population. The government has
under taken the Inspection and main
tenance of sanitary conditions in the
native villages and United States
public school teachers throughout the
peninsula are supplied with medicines
with which to treat minor allmeuts
in the absence of physicians.
The interests being taken in the
prevention of diseases of the Alaskan
native is in line with the campaign
for improved health conditions among
the Indians In the United States, it is
said. Several years ago an Investi
gation showed that the natives of Al
aska was in danger of becoming ex
tinct In the course of a very few gen
erations unless measures were taken
to improve his living conditions.
The American Indian, long-consid
ered a fast vanishing race is now
Increasing at a rapid rate, this condi
tion having been brought about
through the government's activities In
caring for the papooses, and In treat
ing the Indians’ diseases.
KENNEL CLUB ROAD SHOW
At a meeting of the Kennel Club
directors la."A night It war decided to
give the annual road show on Febru
"’>2. A ccv.iti.il.lt9 consist'ng of
/Arthur ?o!*\ Dr. Sharps and R. 3.
I cluster was , cintod to ha -n
charge of the affair. Details will bo
announced luti.t