WILSON CALLS A
SPECIAL SESSION
Congress to Meet in Washington
April 7th—Tariff Commit
tee is Ready.
Washington, I). G., March 18.—
A special session of congress has
been called by President Wilson
to convene at Washington April
7th. It is expected that the Dem
ocratic tariff committee will have
drafted by that time he Demo
cratic tariff measure which they
intend to pass.
It was at first intended to call
the special session to meet April
1st, but House Leader Underwood,
requested that it be delayed, as
the committee were not ready.
ELECTIONSCANOAL
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
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Defeated Candidate Tor Senator
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Saye He Was Offered Four
Votes at $1,000 Per.
Concord, March 18.—Ex-gover
nor Urban A. Woodbury, defeat
ed Republican candidate for the
United States Senate, today an
nounced that be was offered four
votes at 81,000 a piece. The of
fer was made by a member of (be
legislature who said lie bad the
ether three votes In deliver if the
would-be senaler would mine
across.
The amunineemenl lias eaiised
a sensation and (he charge will
be invcsl igated. Senator Mollis
may not be allowed to keep Ills
seal in the upper bouse if any
proof of the purchase of voles
can be secured.
N.Y. SWINDLERS
GO TO THE PEN
New York, March 18.—Julian
Hawthorne and others associat
ed with him in the mining swin
dle, who were recently found
guilty of using the mail to de
fraud, were sentenced to one year
each in the penitentiary, with the
exception of President Freeman,
who was handed a package con
taining five years. All the defend
ants will appeal and hope to have
the verdict set aside. The trial
lasted for four months.
CORDOVA SENDS
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lm reply to a message from the
Valdez town couiicif congratulat
ing Cordova on getting a $100,
000 federal building and on the
opening of the railroad. Mayor
Hartley Howard, of Cordova, sent
the following, which was read at
1 tic council meeting last night:
“Your cable appreciated. Clad,
that Valdez was successful. We
hope for a good year for both
towns."
Read This Program.
All new photoplays at the Or
pheum tonight. Another new
Pathe Weekly full of fine sub
jects.
Baseball Came, New York vs.
Chicago.
Convict’s Parole.
Pathe Weekly No. id.
All Account of Checkers.
Boost for the local theater, as
it is an asset to the town.
HUERTA CULLS
UPON WILSON
Breaks All Precedents and Visits
American Ambassador—
Wants Recognition.
Mexico City, March. 18.—Presi
dent Huerta has called upon Am
bassador Wilson to ask that the
American government recognize
the new administration of the
Mexican republic. This is the
first time that a Mexican presi
dent has called upon the repre
sentative of a foreign govern
ment.
The action is taken here as in
dicating the urgent necessity the
new head of Mexico finds for im
mediate funds, which they are un
able to borrow unless recognized
by the American government. The
condition in northern Mexico
where the secessionists have car
ried all before them is also both
ering the government.
Washington, D. C., March 18.-—
Senor Juanramos, who has been
appointed minister to the United
States from Mexico by President
Huerta, arrived here yesterday
and will ask President Wilson to
recognize him.
Douglas Ariz., March 18.—The
Vatpii Indians captured a number
of rebels in the battle around
N'aco and put them to death after
torturing them‘for many hours.
The Indians are killing right and
left both federals and rebels.
ARBITRATION ON !
EASTERN R. Rj
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Experts Testify for the Men— j
Loads Are Increased, Whi e
Wages Stationary.
.New York, Mart'll 18.—The men
appointed to arbitrate the differ
ences between the Eastern rail
roads and the firemen have com
menced their work.- Expert fita
titician Laucks testified thut the
capacity load of the locomotives
have been doubled in eleven years.
The work of the firemen had in
creased by half in eleven years,
and wages had shown but a small
advance.
He also testified that the. New
York and New Haven line has paid
eight times as much in dividends
as the total firemens’ wages of
the road.
The firemen are asking an in
crease of 15 per cent. The arbi
tration is under the Erdman act
of congress and the board con
sists of three men.
gabrieTm
NOME DOG RACE
Nome, March 18.—Gabriel won
the Couneil-Solomon dog race
yesterday, making lhe distance in
Ihours and 10 minutes.
.The Candle race will be held
on April It. The belting on the
race yesterday was very heavy,
large sums changing hands and
much money is being placed on
i he Candle race.
.). A. lluzelet left for Chitinu i
on l he Mariposa, going via Cor- |
dova.
ITHNIS1IKG ROOMS with or
without-hoard. Ibex House, Key
stone Ave. Mrs. H. Sbarts.
Just received the latest, up-lo- j
the-hour Eastern millinery at j
»lrs. S. E. GleastAi’s, Keystone ave.
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CROOKS TUNNEL i
MAKE BIG HAUL
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Work Under a Pawnbroker’s Eafe
taMishment and Qet $300,000 9
Worth of Jewels. f,
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New York, March 18.—Six
cracksmen tunneled their way ur»
der an east side pawnbroker’s es^
tablishmenl and succeeded in geti
ting away with jewelry wort of
8300,000. They left no clue. [
The men worked in relays, dig*
ging a way from the house net^
door, leaving the rocks taken out
in the trench and sending the dii4
in the sewer until they were be*
low the vault, then they broke
through and made away with the
contents of the vault. The losfc
was not discovered until the nexfi
morning and the robbers had
several hours in ,which to hide.
The police claim that six inert
were in the deal and hope to
make arrests in a few days.
STENOGS LOCATED
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Former Employees of Frost Ad
mit Located Matantiska
Claim for Him.
Chicago, March IK. -Stenog
rapher Filey, formerly in Hie em
ploy of A. th.££u?U,4<i&t44ta4yes
terday that' Mias Tuttle. another
employee of Frost's, hail given
him In sign, entries for enal
lands in the Malanuska coal dis
trict. lie informed her that if he
signed them he might go to the
penitentiary, to which she re
plied. “I am in the same lix."
He learned, I wo years later, that
she had signed the entries. He
also had signed (hem. Watson,
the agent of Frost, had instruct
ed him to tell the inspector that
lie had made $2,000 worth of im
provements on the claims. Frost
agreed to pay all expenses.
Mrs. Ford and Lulu Drake, oth
er Frost stenographers, testified
today that they had made entries
and that they did not pay a cent;
that Frost paid all the expenses
and the claims were to be his, and
they were to receive pay for the
use of their names.
The government is making a
strong case against Frost and
Watson and a conviction is,looked’
for.
UHHUOPLE WILL
SOON SURRENDER
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. Const ant iiihpk*, March 18.—
The commander of Che “Turkish
forces at the besieged city " of
Adrianople offered to surrender
the city to the AHies, provided
that the garrison were given mil
itary honors and allowed to evac
uate the city, taking their guns
with them. Te Bulgurs refused
to accept any but an uncondi
tional surrender of the Turkish
garrison. It is admitted here that
the city must capitulate in a short
lime, as the food supply is about
exhausted.
Geo. Reinke, (lie watch repairer
and jeweler, is at the Valdez Drffg
company.
Does your watch need repair
ing? See Reinke, the watch doc
tor. __ _ ■
Dougherty & Ferguson receiv
ed mi the steamer Sampson a
supply of fresh groceries, fruit
and vegetables.
WHAT IS DOING !
AT THE CAPITOL
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Roden Wants to Abolish Road Tax
—Freeding Wants More
Lights, Millard Holidays
Juneau, March 18.—Senator
Hoden has introduced a bill to
repeal the road tax law as now on
the statute books. Tt was referred
to the committee.
Senator Millard's bill creating
legal holidays in the territory was
passed.
The joint memorial to con
gress, introduced in the Senate by
Freeding, of Nome, asking for the
construction of lights and aids to
navigation near the northern city,
was referred to committee.
The Jones bill to prevent lobby
ing has been referred to the house
committee.
Charles Kennedy introduced a
joint memorial to congress to
pass a law providing that, all com
missioners shall be placed up
jon a salary basis, was referred.
POLICE CHIEF
GETS OUSTED
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Civil Service Commission Fires \
Chief Kohler for Intimacy With j
Another Man’s Wife.
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i Cleveland. O,, March IS. ■-Tlu* I
J civil service eoiiuiiissinn today
xiis|ed Ullief.of. Police Kohler, who
has Iteen a member of tin* force
for -1 years and I In* chief of po
lice for in years. The reason
given is intimacy with another
man's wife.
The commission praises I In
work done by the chief, tiis con
trol of the vicious element, tiis
handling of the restricted dis
trict, and the general efficiency
of the force. They commend tiis
executive ability and end up by
saying that while the chiefs of
other cities have become ricii
Kohler has remained a poor man.
A fight has been made upon
the chief for many years by men
in the department and politicians,
who wished to use the police force
for graft, but they were unable
o get his scalp until he was trail
ed to the home of a married wo
man, then the rest was easy.
At the meeting .last ,night of
the city council the sum of $1,
000 was allowed the school board
for .expense..money.
WASHINGTON POLICE
SAY WERE HELPLESS
VKashington, C., March 18.—
The police who' were on duty at
t,hp dime of the suffragette pa
rade, were called to testify and
all claimed'that’, it Was an impos
sibility to handle the crowds and
protect the women. They denied
that they had connived at the mob
breaking ill) the parade and as-.’
seated they had done all in their
pow;er to protect the women.. '•
(ieorge Reiuke entertained Inst
(‘verting. His guests were treated
to a musical entertainment and
also served with cocoa.
Miss Jesse Jepson left for
Wort mans today, where she will
be the giiesl of Marjorie Ray
mond for a few days.
Mrs. C. J. Morris left for Cor
dova on this afternoon's steam
er.
POWERS WORKING
TO OBTAIN PEACE
Now Ask the Allies to Make Bet
ter Terms With the Con
quered Turks.
London, March 18.—The Pow
ers have requested the Allies to
agree to better peace terms for
the conquered Turks, who refuse
to grant the extreme terms im
posed by the Balkan states. The
demands are said to be extrava
gant; to require the Turks to give
up all of their territory and al
so pay a large indemnity, the
Powers claim, is more than the
victors are entitled to.
TheEuropean nations are now
straining every effort to bring the
present unsatisfactory conditions
to a close, the great expense to
all the countries of the continent
maintaining armies on a semi
war footing and the constant fear
of war, has forced them to com
bine to prevent a rupture. It is
feared that unless the war is soon
ended other powers may be
drawn into the conflict and a gen
eral European war follow.
Charles Millard left on the
Mariposa this afternoon for his
old home in Chippewa Falls, Wis
consin. where his'wife and chil
dren now are. He will also un
dergo treatment for kidney trou
ble. with which tie has suffered
far several months past. j
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ENGLISH PAPERS j
CRITICIZE BRYAN;
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For Making Speech Congrtulating
Irish Nationalists on Passage i
of Home Rule.
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London, March 18.-—The Eng
lish papers are loud in their crit
icism of Secretary of State Wil
liam J. Bryan because of his St.
Patrick’s day speech yesterday
congratulating the Irish upon the
passage of the Irish home rule
bill and upon the virtual end of
hereditary rule by England.
The statement, coming from
the Secretary of State of the Un
ited States has given offense to
some of the English papers.
Capt. Walter H. Ferguson,
formerly U, S. commissioner at
Lhitina, is at present promoting
a cocoanut farm and copra in
dustry on an uninhabited island
in the South Seas, where he was
ship-wrecked a great many years ;
ago.
PLENTY MONEY!
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Held in. March IS.—Official ;
statements now indicate that tin*
sum to be spent in increasing the
striking force of (lit* Herman army
is far in excess even of the most
extravagant conjectures. If the
government’s plans meet the
sanction of the Reichstag the ex
penditure voted for the Kaiser's
military establishment during
1 IM.’t witl retail tin* gigantic total
*510,000,000, some part of which,
however, may bo expended in fu
ture years.
This amount will In* made up
uf 9250,000,000 for tile initial
lost nf tin* forthcoming increase,
*50,000,000 fill* the first install
ment of annual fixed charges
irising out of tin* increase, and
>210,000,000 which Hie army at
present requires.
ALASKA POLITICS
FROM SEATTLE
Cheney Endorses Strong and Er
win—Wm. Piggot, of Seattle,
May be Governor.
Seattle, March 18.-—Word has
been received here that Demo
cratic National Committeeman
Cheney has endorsed the appli
cation of .1. F. A. Strong, of Ju
neau, for governor and “Stub"
Erwin, of Fairbanks, for marshal
of the Fourth division.
William Piggot, of Seattle, is
spoken of for the governorship
and has strong local backing and
will make a strong race for the
office. He is supported by the
Arctic club and other local or
ganizations.
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Discharged After a Long Fight—
Were Unable to Arrive at
an Agreement.
Kansas City, Mn„ March 18.
Tilt' Hyde jury were unable 1"
route to ;in agreement and Judge
Portertield discharged them late
yesterday afternoon.
The trial has been a biller
light, the relatives of Colonel
Swope having employed Senator
James A. Heed to assist I lie gov
ernment. They also paid for high
priced experts to assist in the
proseent ion.
This was the third trial of I»r.
II,'tie for the alleged killing of
his father-in-law.
WAPPENSTEIN HAS
CASESJSMISSED
Seattle. March 18.—The re
maining indictments against
former Chief of Police Wappen
stein have all been dismissed up
[>n motion of the district attor
ney.
A strong effort is being made
to secure a pardon or the form
er chief of police, who is now
serving time at Walla Walla.
HDNDHEDS FOLLOW
“SK00K0M JIM"
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Skagvvay, March 18. — Hundreds
>f men have passed through here
in the past few days headed for
he new strike reported by
‘Skookuni Jim.”
“Skookum Jim" is in the lead
uid others are trailing along,
[’lie stampede is on in good shape
from Skagwav and from Wrangell
Lip the Slikine river.
The scope of the movement of
lie Seattle Chamber of Commerce
o bring pressure to hear on Pres
ident Wilson to send a special
nessage to congress urging im
nediate action on the Alaska
lailroad Commission report is
nade evident in a communication
•eceived by that body recently
froni T. I.. Schiirmeier. of St.
Paul, saying that action had been
aken by the Association of Com
nerce and the Northwest Level -
lpment League.
FOR RENT—Small four-room
furnished house. Inquire of Mrs.
iV. Crary. Phone 41.