valdez, Alaska, Saturday, march 28, 1914. no. 148
VOL. 1C. . ’_ ’_ ._
REPUBLICANS FIRED
Juneau Democratic Club Want* Offi
cial* Fired But Fails to Bar
Wickersham as Candidate
JUNEAU, March 28.—The Demo
cratic club of JUheau at its meeting
tust night endorsed the Daily Dispatch
iji demanding the resignation of Di3
tticf Attorney Rustgard and United
States Marshal Faulkner. Resolutions
were also introduced asking the club
to go on record as being opposed to
the candidacy of Judge Wickersham
as delegate. The resolution was de
feated.
The action of the club is the climax
of a movement which has existed
since the change of administration to
secure the removal of the officials,
claims having been made that they
are not in sympathy with the Demo
cratic appointees and were using their
efforts to discredit the administration.
It is generally conceded, however, that
ihe real cause of the demand for their
resignations is due to desire on the
part of local Democrats to till the
ffositions and not through any incom
petency on the part of the Repub
lican holdovers.
Two Secretaries of the President,
Five Former Members Pralia
ment and 20 Others.
PEKIN, China, March 28. Two
secretaries to President. Yuan Shih
kai. five former members of the Chi
nese praliament an dtwenty citizens
were execteud today by order of the
president after a court martial had
found the men guilty of complicity
in-the efforts to formen a revolution
and overthrow the government.
It is expected that more arrests
will be made in a few days of men
holding high pbsitlons'jWith the gov
ernment' iand that the police have
discovered a plot to assassinate the
president and place Dr. Sun in the
presidency.
Railroads Get. Hearing.
WASHINGTON, March 28.—Rail
roads today filed with the Interstate
Commerce Commision statements as
to the amount of free time allowed for
loading and unloading carload freight.
These statements were made in con
nection with the commission’s investi
gation of requests for increases in
rates on eastern lines.
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BURN A HOUSE
Residence of English General Is De
stroyed Because He Opposed Votes
For Women—Loss $100,000.
ABBEY, Ireland, March 28.—Suf
Hkeitba today burned the residence
of General McCalmonts, causing a
loss) of over llbb.OOO. The militants
were determined to pQttlAh the gen
eral because of remarks he had made
regarding' sutfragetlbs.
The ate ’ squad hdid plastered, large
signs all . about the building with the
motto. ‘Votes for Women," to show
that they had1 set the place on fire.
Mo arrests ■ have been made by the
police'as all the wotaeti' escaped be
fore the tire wae discovered.
CHICAGO STORE
LARGE SUCCESS
Municipal Outfit Sell* $9 Worth of
Goods Every Day—Must Give
Pedigree Before Purchasing.
CHICAGO, March 28.—The mu
nicipal store which was opened here
some months ago, has proven a great
success for the poor and down and
outs of this city. Only people in need
of help are allowed to buy and they
are all submitted to a close cross
examination before goods are sold to
them at the low rates charged at the
city stroe.
An average of $9 worth of goods are
sold each day and the city refuses to
deliver goods and all purchasers are
compelled to carry home the goods
themselves.
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Coal From Bering River Fields Gets
Final Turndown by the Secre
tary of Navy.
WASHINGTON, March 28. Secre
tary Daniels has sent his final report
on the Bering river coal to the presi -
dent. The report states that the coal
is unsuitable for use by the navy.
Two tests made on the cruiser Mary -
land as well as by officials of the
navy at Annapolis have all been un
favorable, showing that the coal is
incapable of /generating suff icient
steam to produce more than half the
power of efficiency required to come
ui) lo the standard required by the
navy.
Dr. Holmes, in his report, says that
the coal fields are badly broken and
the cost of mining coal there would
be excessive owing to faults in the
deposits. He believes the coal will
be chiefly vauable for coaking and can
be used to advantage for smelting
purposes.
The report of the officials at An
napolis shows that the coal used for
the test there was carefully hand
[picked and all foreign substances re
moved . This was done in order,.to
silence the criticism which had arisen
over the report of the officers on the
Maryland that the coal had failed to
come up to the standard.
ol6 guard may call
BtG "HAbMdNY MEETING"
DETROIT, Mich., March 28.—
Members of the state central com
mittee of the Republican party met
here today, under call of Chairman
Alex. Groesbeck, of Detroit. It was
expected that the time and place of
the spring convention of the Repub
lican party would be determined. The
committee members also planned to
discuss the advisability of calling a
"harmony” meeting of the party pre
vious to the convention. Detroit,
Grand Rapids and Muskegon are id
the race for the honor of entertain
ing the state convention.
NEW BAFtGE LINE TO
RUN FROM ST. LOUIS
ST. LOl'IS. Mo., March 28—In
tended' to reduce thfe freight rate
from St. Louis to New Orleans, a new
steel, self-propelled barge line, la
scheduled to open service within the
next few days. The' line, which will
be operated by the Alabama and New
Crleuns Transportation company, has
been indorsed by the Tralc Bureau
o the Business Mo.i" = league.
Special Saturday Pictures.
At the Orpheam tpntght a line lot
of new pictures as follows:
The Blhcfc Cortfepiracy, K. B. two
reel sensational picture.
. Girl’ and the Grafter, Tbanhauser
picture of great merit. •
Change tomorrow evening.
i.lUk KgULMM
La*t of the “Kino* of Jeriiialem” Die*
in Wretchedne** itt St, Petireburfl
—Turk* Took Hi* Thrdne.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 28.—The
laBt of the "Kings of Jerusalem,”
Prince Michael of Luslgnin, has Just
died here in poverty and misery.
Prince Michael was tHe last offshoot
of Suslgnan the Crusader, later King
of Jerusalem and Cyprus. King Louis
of Lusignan fled to Russia when the
Turks captured Cyprus in 1832.
Czar Nicholas I. made him a cap -
tain in his guard. Ludwig hoped for
years that Russia would help to re
place him on his throne, but he final
ly became resigned to his fate and
when the Grecian throne was offered
to the ex-King he was so apathetic
thiit he declined it. in 1886 Ludwig
began an action against Turkey for
850,000,000 for property which he
claimed had been confiscated. He
never received a penny.
Ludwig VI. died in 1884 at the age
of 77, having lived for years on Rus
sian charity. H's son. Prince Mich
ael. was then 24. The latter spent
his entire time dreaming about the
heroic deeds of his crusader anees
; tors.
In a comic opera uniform or gen
eral with three crowns on his epau
lets--Jerusalem, Cyprus and Syria
over which he claimed to be the legit
imate king, Michael was far years a
well known figure in the streets of
St. Petersburg. In the last few years
She has been little more than a beg
! gar. He died among paupers and beg
j gars in the miserable ward of the
I poorest charity hospital in St . Peters -
| burg.
SAYS COSE OF
EARTH IS SOLID
Chicago Scientists Claim Core Earth
is Solid Mass More Rigid
Than .Steel.
CHICAGO, March 21—Chicago Uni
versity scientists have advanced a
new theory concerning the formation
of the earth. They have announced
that new discoveries have led them
to the belief that the core of the
earth is not a molten mass, but is a
solid core more rigid thaff steel or
any substance known to-matl.
They also advance the theory that
the earth is subject to tides similar
to that of the oceans, the earth hav
ing ?. mdtion of about 12 inches. They
assert that it is this movement of the
interior of the earth which controls
the tides of the ocean and not the
effects of the moon or other planets.
They will submit their findings to
scientists of the world and claim to
be in position to prove their conten
fions.
OLYMPIA, Wash., . March 28.-7B.
Smith and F. Reed and tKMr associ
ates today filed pipers ot‘ incorpora
tion for the Cache Creek Dredging
Company. The company is authorized
to Issue *150,000 worth of capital
stock and they plan the development
of large tracts ot plater ground on
.the Cache river In Cook inlet.
Seek *l0o;«Xi' fdf Club.
BOStdH; 'Alkse., ‘MWch*'1
hundred Rbibiity' citlieAs wifi ban
quet tohlght in intercolonial Mill and
plan the opening bf a lS-dtjf campaign'
for a fund 'd# *100 OOOtb 'ifceiit' a new:
home for the Roibtfr? Bbys’ Clftb. ■
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CHINA TO SUPPLY
THE COAST STATES
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Food to be Imported From Flowery
Kintydorri to California—’Frisco
Chamber Will Aid Plan.
SAN FRANCISCO, (jJfarch 28.—A
refrigerator steamship line to north
ern China to provide cheaper beef,
butter arid eggs for the Pacific coast
was the plan under consideration to
day by the Sun Francisco Chamber
of Commerce. Negotiations with this
end in view already have been start
ed by a committee of wealthy busi
ness men appointed by the organiza
tion. The present plan is to import
eggs from the northern part of Chi
na. These eggs, it is said, do not
come in for the criticism that was re
cently made on eggs brought to Cali
fornia ports from the southern parts
of the country. Chamber of Com
merce officials declare the northern
China eggs average from four to six
to the pound and are raised under
the best sanitary conditions.
The plan also provides for import
ing beef from cattle raised in the
provinces of Honan and Stantung,
which contain many hundreds of miles
of the finest pasture. The Russians,
it is said, prefer this beef to the
Australian variety and it is probable
according to reports that the United
StateR troops in the Philippines will
be provided from this source during
the coming year. Butter of the best
quality, it is said, also may be secured
from the Honan and Stantung provin
ces. A Tiontsin firm keeps the re
frigerating steamer Guthrie plying
constantly between that port and
Vladivostok with produce.
ALAMEDA COMES
AND SAILS SOUTH
Takes Number of Passengers to Cor
dova to Attend Session of Court
[
and a Few for Seattle.
The steamer Alameda reached Val
dez at 7 o'clock this morning from
the west and sailed at .8 o'clock for
tie south with a few passengers for
Seattle and the officials of the dis
trict court who are to attend court,
which reconevnes on March 20th at
Cordova.
The. following passengers left for
Seattle: Madge Gilbert, Mrs. J. A.
Vance, Ruth Vance, Dennis Dolan.
For Juneau: J. E. Moulton, Alice
Dim, William Gleridhnning. George
Biltzer.
For Cordova: Judge F. M. Brown,
E. E. Ritchie, Mr. and Mrs., T. J.
Donohoe, T. S. Scott, Charles Kop
pus, F. Sully, C. W. Fetch, Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Boutin, Flora Smith, G. A.
Vlngar, Arthur Lang, A. Heckey. D.
Sutherland.
SPECIAL tLECTION
I* JEftSEf TOBAT
TRENTON, N. J„ March 28.--Sev
enth Congressional district voters
flocked to the polls today to nominate
candidates to succeed Representative
‘Smiling Bob” Bremner, who died af
,ter a heroic flght in which the new
radium treatment was used against
the insidious encroachments of can
cer of the shoulder. The election
proper Is to be held April 7. Today’s
sphfcuitprtttaMSS itere called by Gov
ernor Eteifler'.
Toro Scott, the new cashier at the
Cordova haak of S. Blumdj Co., left
tbtai morning to. commence bis work;
■in Aho^.miwihd tkvf/n '
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HELLO GIRL
IS HEROINE
Remain* at Her Port in Burning Port
land Hotel Till All Are Warn
ed and Then She Escape*.
PORTLAND. Ore., March 28.—NeU
Pegg, the telephone operator in the
Perkins hotel here, found that the
building was on fire and in spite of
the fact that the flames were rapidly
cutting her way of escape off from
, the building, she remained at the
switchboard and warned all the sleep
ers in the upper rooms, who escap
ed down the fire escapes.
The girl remained on the job till
all had been warned and then lied to
safety in the street. The fire depart
ment soon put out the flames with
but little damage to the buillding.
FRENCH LINER
GOES TO BOTTOM
Hits Rock At Entrance to Brisbane
Harbor and Twenty Lives Are
Lost—Sinks In Five Minutes.
BRISBANE, Australia, March 28.
The French liner St. Paul sunk at
the entrance to the harbor toda and
twenty members of the crew and
passengers were drowned. The boat
struck a rock at the entrance and
tore a big hole in her hull causing
the ship to fill and sink in live min
utes.
The call for help was responded to
| by several boats but they were a
half hour reaching the scene of the
wreck and were only able to pick up
a few of the crew and passengers
who were clinging to wreckage.
' The captain of the French boat
j claims that he struck an uncharted
! rock.
jTHREE JUDGES TO PASS
ON STERILIZATION CASE
COUNCIL BLUFFS, la., March 28.
—Judge Smith McPherson of the Un
ited States district, Cfturt announced
today that Judge V^’alter I. Smith, of
Council Bluffs, judge of the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals; Dis
trict Judge John C. Pollock of Kan
sas City, and himself, would officiate
at the final hearing In Council Bluffs,
March 31, of the appeal of the con
victs from the Iowa state peniten
t.ary at Fort Madison, from the steril
ization law enacted by the last leg
islature, and which was recently or
dered by the state board of control of
state Institutions should be put into
eecl. An injunction issued by Judge
McPherson acts as a stay in the ex
ecution of the law until its legality is
passed upon.
OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY OF
DISASTROUS OHIO FLOODS
DAYTON, Ohio, March 28.—Exact
ly one year ago today mountainous
torrents ripped open the banks of the
! Ohio cities and its tributaries, and
tearing through Dayton and other
Ohio'citles and villages, left death and
inestimable damage in their path.
Eighty-one lives were snued Out by
the disastrous {foods of a year ago,
and today the anniversary was ap
propriately observed here, and else
where by mass meetings in public
balls and by special services in many
churches. President Wilson had been
urged to speak here today] .but press j
of important business of state kept
him from attending.
John Moe, of Fairbanks, but well
known by many Valde* people, is re-'
covering from a siege of dropsy of the
heart. He has been having hard luck
during the past year, having been j
burned out when tne Third Avenue j
hotel W>s destroyed by lire lkst Do-'j
camber j
WESTS MURDERER
SUICIOES IN CELL
Murderer Suicides in Padded Cell in
Seattle After Having Made
Confession.
SEATTLE, March 28.—Roy More
head, who was arrested and held for
the murder of Everett West, commit
ted suicide in his cell last night. He
had quietly torn up his shirt sleeves
and knotted them around his neck
while pretending to be asleep. When
discovered by the guards he was dead.
' Morehead has been placed in a cell
apart from the other prisoners but a
strict watch was being kept over him,
as the guards feared that he might at
tempt to take his life. He had been
despondent since making his confes
i sion and had declared he was sorry
that he had not ended life before he
ing arrested. No blame is attached
| to the guards for permitting the
j prisoner to suicide as they had kept
a careful watch.
The police have been unable to
locate the relatives of West, who was
murdered, but it ‘s believed he came
to this city from the south. Nothing
is known of him here.
KODAK
Ansco Film Company Paid for Use of
the Goodwin Patents—Eastman
to Continue in Business.
NKW YORK. Mart'll 2.V The Kasr.
i man Kodak trust today made a settle
S meat with Ihe Ansco company. Iha
I holders of the Good win patents it.
! the manufaciure of films which was
I recently declared by the highest
| courts in the land as valid. The.
Kastman company were compelled to
j pay an enormous sum of money in
hack royalties and also were refused
the privilege of continued manufac
ture under a decree of the court.
While the amount of damages paid
by the Kastman company has not
been made public, it is believed 10 be
many millions and an agreement was
made, be tween the two companies for
a large royalty on all future sales by
the Kastman people, who are to be
allowed to continue the manufacture
and sale ot' 111ms.
The Goodwin case dragged through
the courts for 12 years- and the in
ventor died a poor man, although the
Kastman trust made millions by th<
sale of the him he invented.
PRESIDENT WINS
Debate in the House is to be Limited
to Twenty Hours According to
Rule Passed Yesterday.
WASHINGTON, March 28--1’res A
dent Wilson won the first battle iu
the House yesterday on the canal tolls
repeal bill, when by a vote of 207 to
76 the House of nepresetttatives re
fused tcf continue the discussion on
the question of limiting the debate
on the canal tolls bill. The House
stopped the debate on the qQestiou
of limiting the debate and then limit
ed it to £tf hours so that In spite
of etery effort of the obstructionist*,
who wish t® prevent the passage- of
the act. the vote wtll*not long
Imyttfc
It is expected the' House wilt, i!hr
pose’ of the hill »6mB tithe next w^5c.