HAVE CONCLUDED
THE SEAL HEAR!
House Committee on Expenditures
' Will Make Report to Congress—
May Start Civil Suit*
WASHINGTON, March 18—The
/louse committee on expenditures to
day concluded its hearing on the con
duct of the affairs of the seal islands
in Bering sea. The committee will
now prepare its report and it is ex
pected thRt former Secretary Nagel,
of the commerce and labor depart
ment in the Taft cabinet, will be
roundly censured for the conduct of
affairs on the seal islands during his
administration.
Henry Elliott and Andrew Gallagh
er, special agents of the government,
who made an investigation last sum
mer and appeared before the commit
tee, have charged that hundreds of
seal were killed illegally and that tile
North American Commercial Com
pany has stolen thousands of dollars
worth of seal skins.
The Department of Justice may
start suits to recover from the estates
of David Ogden Mills and Stephen B.
Elkins, the bondsmen of the sealing
company, for the alleged illegal tak
ing of seals.
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Two Thousand New York Seamstress
es Go Out and Expect More
to Follow.
NKW YORK, March 18. Two thou
sand women dressmakers went on
strike here today demanding higher
wages. The members of tlie Dress
makers’ union claim that the strike
will spread to every establishment in
the city unless their demands are
met. The union officials assert that
they are not paid a living wage and
are compelled to work from 12,to 14
hours a day.
A number of society women have
interested themselves in the tight of
the girls for better pay and shorter
hours and have contributed a fund
>o aid theqi. It is claimed that the
seamstresses are paid $6 and $8 a
week, while their product is sold at
;t big profit.
ITERS WANT
. TO BE
Ask Department of Justice to Inter
vene and Save Them From
Prison Terms.
WASHINGTON, March 18— Eigh
teen of the convicted dynamiters,
members of the Structural Iron
Workers union, wngse convictions for
conspiracy were upheld by the Su
preme doiurt flif the United States in
a decision rendered a few days ago,
have petitioned the Department of
Justice for a pardon, claiming that
the trial judge at Indianapolis was
prejudiced against them and did hot
give them a fair trial.
Attorneys for the convicted men
have asked Attorney General Mc
Heynoids to investigate the conditions
surrounding the trial of the dynamite
cases at indiamipofts.
“The iKdsaic Uafvi,".'ts a fwd-'reel
K. B. sensational picture at the Or
pheum tonight.
Says President Wendt of the Ameri
can Railroad Engineers Associa
tion Now in Session.
CHICAGO, March 18—Edwin
Wendt, president of the Ahiericdn
Railroad Engineers Association, now
in session in this city, in his open
ing address yesterday stated that the
greatest engineering problem of the
day confronted Amer’ca in the con
struction of the government railroad
in Alaska.
The president of the Engineers’
Association said that upon the prop
er location and construction of the
government road depended not only
the prosperity of the northern terri
tory, but also the fate of government
ownership.
So Wife Demands a Divorce—Tells a
Terrible Tale of Woe in Her
Complaint to the Court.
TACOMA, March 18. -The tribula
tions of a young girl wife and an old
man trying the matrimonial yoke were
aired before Judge Kasterday Monday
morning in the suit of Rebeeea Shap
eerio against Jacob Shapeerio.
In her complaint the plaintiff says
that they were married in January.
1907, and have two children, aged ti
and 2 years; that the defendant is a
teamster and ever since marriage has
treated her in a dominering and ty
rannical manner; that he is stingy and
(hat she has been compelled to work
out as a waitress and to take in
sewing to buy her clothes and lake
care of iter children. She alleges that
he is disagreeable in his ways and
never took a bath.
The defendant’s reply says he was
married to the plaintiff’s sister 26
years ago and lived happily with her
until she died, leaving six children.
His people in the old country wrote to
him that the younger sister had just
lost her husband and would be a good
mother for his children, so it was
arranged that she should come over,
,but lie did hot send her the boat fare.
When she came over, instead of
hastening to Tacoma, he alleges that
she stopped with her brother in Phil
adelphia until he finally wrote tier
that if she was coming she must
come before winter or not at all and
tie canceled the car ticket, being
convinced that she was just speculat
ing on matrimony anil was going to
take him if she couldn’t get anybody
else. However, one day she walked
in and they were married, but she did
hot bring along ttie money to build a
house, as he had been expecting she
would do.
The answer further says that the
woman neglected her household du
ties, but gave fine dinners 'to her
friends, and finally got mad and threw
the yeast for the bread in Ihe sink
and left, taking with her the rugs off
the floor, the silverware and bedding
and a suitcase belonging to the de
fendant.
On the witness stand the woman
told of the long years of strife, ^hen
she was not allowed to have anything
to say about the management of thb
household, in which she was support
ed by the testimony of neighbor wom
en.
The “grand” dinners given tb her
friends, the witnesses said, were (tof
fee and to$et, exceptJ sometimes the
visiting women brought along a bit
i of sauerkraut »nd gin, although It wan
! admitted {hat ojte fljfic the husband
j contrihuled, as luxuries, horseradish
! an<J garlic.
j M' J C'aWfchati is tip from Port
Wells.
{SEVEN CAUGHT
BV FALLING WALL
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Left Standing When Missouri Athletic
Club Building Burned—High Wind
Tumbles Them Over.
I
ST. LOUIS, March 18.—The high
winds pf yesterday caused the walls
of the Alissouri Athletic Club, which
were still standing after the tire pf
a few weeks ago, to crumble up and
fall across an adjoining building oc
cupied by a feed store. Seven men in
the store were caught in the wreck
age. Three were killed outright and
I four were rescued by the police and
j firemen but are severely injured.
Father Kennedy crawled under the
! debris and reaching the imprisoned
! men, who were dying, administered to
j them the last sacraments of the
: church.
I The crash came without a moment’s
j warning and the seven men were
j caught and pinned down.
An investigation has been ordered
' and the blame will be fixed for al
j lowing the wails to stand, thus en
| dangering the lives of the inhabitants
of t'e adjoining property,
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Robert Sheldon, the Pathfinder, Left
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I Fairbanks for Chitina—To Oper
ate This Season.
i
A Fairbanks exchange lells of (lie
■ proposed automobile transportation
line to be operated from Chitina lo
j I’axsons this season and later to
Fairbanks. The article is as follows:
"To engage in the business of haul
j ing passengers from Chitina out on
j the trail toward Fairbanks. Robert
; Sheldon left this morning for the
■ coast, where he is to meet it new four
I passenger Ford automobile, which is
j now being shipped to him. During
I the remainder of the winter he will
j run on the trail from Chitina toward
, the interor as far as Gulkana, al
I though it is also probable that he will
be able to make Paxsons.
' "As soon as the trail dries up suf
ficiently in June, Sheldon will repeat
' his feat of flast summer by running
;his car through to Fairbanks. How
j ever, he also expects 10 purchase a
j larger car for trail use, intending lo
j buy one with which he can haul
freight as well as passengers.”
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ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
MAKES SOME PROGRESS
SEATTLE, March 18—The Anti
Saloon League of this state has se
cured twelve of the thirty thousand
signatures necessary to compel the
stat authorities to call for a vote on
i state wide prohibition. The big brew
j ery interests are aiding the saloonnien
in the tight.
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j WASHINGTON, March 18. - After
vigorously defending woman suffrage
I Senator William E. ftorah of Idaho
'declined to advocate a national
! amendment giving to women the right
to vote in all the stales.
The Idaho senator claimed that it
i was impracticable and that the women
| should confine themselves to work
; lng for state enfranchisement.
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■ The Ladles Aid will meet lomor
• row afternoon at £>30 in the lecture
I room of fthe Vopgrega Mortal church
All members are requested lo be
present.
FRENCH ANGERED
CALMETTE MURDER
Parade the Streets Demanding Pun
ishment of Murderers— Rdyalists
Are Active.
PARIS, March 18.—The greatest
excitement since the famous Dreyfus
trial followed the shooting yesterday
of Editor Calmette of the Figairo.
Mobs paraded the streets demanding
the lives of Minister of Marine Cal
laux and his wife. They shouted:
"Down with the republic: long live
the king.” Troops were called out
to prevent the mobs from destroying
government properly and every effort
to start a riot was quelled by the
soldiers.
Soldiers from the Paris garrison are
patrolling the streets today and it is
expected that the worst of the disor
ders are over, although every precau
tion is being taken to check any hos
| tile move at the time of the funeral
! of the deceased scribe.
Many Royalists have been arrested
j and placed in prison for rioting.
I Scores have been hurt in the riots and
the hospitals are full of injured.
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Minnesota Man Writes to Fairbanks
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Commercial Club Asking for
Estate of $1,000,000.
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| The Fairbanks Commercial Club
; recently received a letter from Harley
I I,. Dronberger, of Minneapolis, Minn.,
! asking after the estate of one lArch
j ibtild McGregory. who is presumed
(by the writer of the letter to have
| left the sum of $1,000,000 on deposit
! in the Perkins Commercial Bank of
Fairbanks. He asks that the money
j be sent to the First National Bank
of Minneapolis for distribution among
i the heirs and w ould also like for the
• tin box containing the will of said
| wealthy Fairbanksan to be sent,
i It is very evident that the writer
! of the letter has received some bogus
! information of some kind or another.
I There never was a Perkins Commer
! rial Bank in Fairbanks nor is any -
I thing known in the interior city con
cerning a millionaire named McGreg
I ory.
1 According to the letter McGregory
| was supposed to have made his money
i in mining, the writer of the commun
ication staling that there might be
I even more than $1,000,000 on depos
it
NORTHWESTERN HERE.
TOMORROW MORNING
, The steamer Northwestern will ar
' rive at Valdez at 7 o’clock In the
morning according to advices receiv
ed late this afternoon. The steamer
reached the railroad town at 1:30
this afternoon. ^ <';■
FIRST CODFtSHEfl
LEMS SEiTTlI
SEATTLE. March 18.-The first
codtisher of the season to leave for
• tfie Alaska coil banks left here today.
More will fellow in « few, days and
the big fleet of salmon Ashing boats
and cannery tenders are preparing for
i the journey north.
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"The Mosaic Law."
"The Mosaic Law.” is a flue inter
ring story with plenty of action and
made by the Kay Bee,flint company
and will lie shown at the Ofptieym M
night. Also other fine subjects.’
J C.rorgo Herman came up last nigh-1
j on -be Brighton ftom Betties bay.
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| Says Oregon State Supreme Court—
Cannery Owners Make Test
of New Law.^
SALEM, Ore., March 18.—The Su
preme Court of Oregoil today decided
that the women’s minliriym wage law,
passed by the state legislature, is val
id and indictments and convictions,
found under the new law will be en
forced.
Cannery owners claimed that the i
law was unconstitutional, besides
which they asserted that under the
minimum wage many good girls would
be sure to lose their positions and
that the very object of the law would
be last.
The court refused to listen to the
last pleading and on the question ol
the constitutionality of the law upheld
the state’s attorney.
GUY ARMY PLAN
CAPTURE ARSENAL
WoTild Take Military Storehouse at
Rock Island and Then Arm the
Army and Capture Washington
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j SACRAMENTO, Cal., March IS.
i Lieut. Grimes, of the California Na
I tional Guard, who has spent the past
' few weeks among the tramps and
i army of unemployed led by Kelly.
! today returned to this city and re
; ported to his commanding officer that
;the men were preparing to march up
on the Hock Island arsenal, capture
i the big building in which are stored
| thousands of stands of arms and mil
i lions of rounds of ammunition and
I then march to Washington and over
throw the government.
| Lieut Grimes, dressed as a tramp.
; had every opportunity to learn of the
j plans of tlie army of Coxeyites, but
while no one doubts his statements
I that the army leaders have planned an
i attack upon Hock Island or some otli
jer arsenal, yet it is pointed out that
j the conditions in the t'nited States
! have not readied a stage where many
j would join the army, and without
I outside help and the sympathy of the
! mass of the people such an under
j taking, amounting to civil war, could
not be successfully carried out.
i The state authorities are confident
! that they will be able to handle the j
{situation here, although the number
j of unemployed in this state is great- J
1 er than at any time since 1892.
The sheriffs have sworn in extra
f
deputies and will make an effort tc
prevent any reenforcements from
.reaching the Kellyitfs from other rit
j ies and at the same time the food sup
: ply is to be cut off and the encamp
j inent forced upon short rations.
If the situation becomes worse Gov
ernor Johnson has agreed to call out
the militia. Most of the Kellyites are
armed, having looted a state armory
'and secured the rifles of two com
{ pan ies of the state guards.
United Shoe Suit Resumes.
WASHINGTON, March 18.—Argu
: nvent by federal attorneys on their
[petition to amend the original bill
against the United Shoe Machinery
! Company was heard today when the
j government anti -trust suit case
! against the firm was resumed in the
[United States District Court. Therp
■have bee® several postponements of
the case. Government attorneys now \
wish to amend the monopoly In re- :
straint of trade charge so that, it ap- j
j plies only to machinery usecl in but* j
! toning shoes and to the lessees, j
jFstferal attorneys also ccoas-examin
' ed witnesses who testified for the de ■
j fense at the last court session On the ■
case, and offered evidence in rebuttal'!
i tfr their testimony. >■ • >
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j Watch crystals 25c. 1’1 tut A t'o. tt
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Winston Churchill, Lord of the Ad
miralty, Asks for $250,000,000
Appropriation.
LONDON, March 18—Winston
Spencer Churchill, First Lord of the
Admiralty, in a speech today to par
liament advocated the spending of
$250,000,000 on the English navy al
once and urged the immediate appro
priation of that suip by parliament.
Churchill claimed that a general
war in Europe was still possible and
that it was necessary that England
be prepared to protect the British
empire from all attack.
The Lord of the Admiralty referred
to Germany and stated that England
must continue to build a two-power
navy. He said the efforts of Germany
to build a navy which concentrated
across the North sea was a menace
to England and required that Un
English people build enough ships to
provide a home squadron and a Beet
of ships for foreign waters.
The spech was greeted with con
siderable applause by the majority of
the members of parliament.
Wellesley College Visited by Flamei
and Girls Leave Burning Struc
ture in Their Nighties.
WKI.l.KSI.KY, Mass.. March is
Three hundred girl students at Well
esley College for girls escaped la-1
nighi from the big dormitory which
had in some manner caught fire. The
girls escaped ill their nighties and
they were forced to seek shelter in
other buildings of the college.
The entire building was destroyed
but not a life was lost, as the night
watchman gave an early alarm and
went from room 10 room awakening
the girls and aiding them to leave
the burning structure. None wei •“
allowed to dress but were forced ‘ .
leave immediately.
No panic followed the alarm. Tl.c
firemen from the town could do no
more than save the neighboring
buildings, as they arrived after lhe
dormitory was a mass of flames.
BRYAN WILL 1
STANDARD OIL GO.
German Government Would Conf 3
cate Sfandard’s Plant in Father
land, But Bryan Objects
BERLIN, March ts.—The Germ,. >.
government within the week has :»
ceiveji what it regards as an un
lpistakable indication that the I'nitcJ
State? is disposed to come to the re
lief of the Standard Oil Company in
ils fight. against confiscation at ihe
hands of the forthcon\ing Gerniup
State Petroleupi Monopoly. The hill
crating Jhe monopoly |s still in com
tnittee , stage in the. Reichstag, and
will not become a law until later in
the session.
The atate> purposes to aopuire i he
existing properties pf the Standard's
German company, notably its vpat dis
tributing, systetp, at an .etfuit^We
price: bui, ^i.L will be ft p£ic<>
practically by the State itself, a”d the
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