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HOUSE VOTES AGAWST^
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illy Wirt'loss to Tlio Plont'prj
Washington, April 3.—After a spectacular fight of three days
duration, the debate in the house of representatives on the bill to re
peal the clause of the Panama canal law granting exemption from tolls
to American coastwise vessels using the canal ended in a decisive \ic
tory for President Wilson. The measure passed the house by a vote
of 247 to 101. The measure was the subject of a bitter onslaught,
led by Speaker Champ Clark. The bill now goes to the senate, and
another hot fight is {predicted in that body before a vote is finally
reached.
President Recommends Appropriation for Exposition
The President, in a special message to the house, recommends
an appropriation ol $500,000 for a government exhibit at the Panama
Pacific international exposition to be held in San Francisco m 1915.
District Attorney for Third Division Confirmed
The senate today confirmed the nomination of William Spence
of Georgia to be United States district attorney for the Third judicial
division of Alaska, who succeeds George R. Walker. Walker s resig
nation was requested some weeks ago by Attorney General McReyn
o!ds.
Conserving Alaskan Game
An order has been issued from the interior department prohib
iting the killing of moose in Southeastern Alaska, liie order also
prohibits the killing of mountain sheep on the Kenai peninsula.
Mexican Situation Too Strenuous for Lind
John Lind, who has been acting as the President’s special envoy
in Mexico City since the retirement of Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson j
last spring, is returning home on account of ill health.
Bering River Coa! iNot Satisfactory
The report on the recent tests made by the navy department of
Bering river (Alaska) coal have just been made public. The report
states that the fuel does not come up to the required efficiency test.
By Wil t B -s to Tilt' IMuivcr. I
London, April 3.—A general strike of miners employed in the
collieries throughout England and Wales has been called, and already
70,000 are out. The strike threatens to tie up manufacturing indus
tries. The men demand higher wages.
Ohio Miners on Strike
(By WuvE” to 'ill" Pioneer’
Columbus, 0., April 3.—The representatives of the Mine Work
ers of America and the coal operators of the Ohio field have been un- j
able to reach an agreement. The deadlock has resulted in the strike |
of 60,000 miners in an effort to bring the operators to terms. A bit
ter struggle is predicted.
OOP. POSTMASTER'S "TAW" GOES JUNKETING
vBy Wireless to The Pioneer
Juneau, April 3.—The governor of Alaska left on the last south
bound vessel for Seattle. He has been called to Washington to confer
with officials of the interior department on Alaskan affairs, presumably
in connection with the construction of the Alaska railroad by the fed- j
eral government. White on the Outside he will attend the conference
of governors which is to be held in Denver shortly.
GENERAL VILLA FINALLY CAPTURES TORREON
tEy Wireless to The Pioneer)
Juarez, April 3.—Advices from General Villa state that the rebel
commander has occupied Torreon after fierce fighting, thus retrieving
the disastrous defeat inflicted on him a week ago by Huerta’s forces, j
The capture of Torreon by the rebel forces gives Villa a commanding j
position for his contemplated operations against the capital.
CONLEY'S DISAPPEARANCE STILL A MYSTERY
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There seems to be little hope that Jack
Conley, who was reported in last week's
Pioneer as lost on the Seward trail, is alive.
■No word has yet been received from Messrs.
Colwell and Sourby, who left last week to
search for him, and it may be a week or
ten days before news will reach here from
them. Recent news tends to confirm the
"light suspicion that there may have been
foul play, but as yet nothing of a definite
nature has been heard.
The latest development is the news
brought from Takotna by Leo Clifford. He
met ‘ I)adM Huddleston there, who had re
cently come over the trail. Mr. Huddleston
arrived at the Happy Creek roadhouse the
same day that Conley and the party he
was with left. He stayed at Happy creek
two days. When he arrived at Anderson’s
roadhouse he learned that Mr. Conley had
not yet arrived. He was the first person
to pass over the trail where Conley was
lost, and says he cannot understand anyone
-fusing the trail, as the tripods were elose to
gether and plainly visible. The night
Conley disappeared was one of the finest of j
the wintere, with hardly a breath of wind, i
and the moon shone brightly. It could not !
have been colder than 20 degrees below j
zero.
The friends of Conley have not yet aban- I
doned all hope. They believe it possible !
that he may have turned off the trail to
some trapper’s or prospector’s cabin, and
that he will turn up all right. However,
the hope is not entertained by those who
are acquainted with the country in which
he disappeared.
BACON’S SUCCESSOR APPOINTED
Atlanta, Ga., March 4.—The governor of
! Georgia has appointed W. S. West of Val
.flosta to the United States senatorship made
Vacant by the death of Senator Bacon, to
fill the unexpired term. He will take the
oath of office immediately.
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| We guarantee satisfaction.
Clemons & Koon.
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GOVERNOR GOETKALS
ASSUMES HIS DUTIES
(1y Wireless to T’lie Pioneer)
Panama, April 3. On Wednesday last
Colonel George W. Goethals was inaugu
rated as governor of the Panama canal
zone. The day was declared a holiday by
inutual consent, and celebrations in honor
of the event were held all along the route
of the big ditch.
CHAMPION SWIMMER MEETS END
Seattle. March 2. Arthur Cavill, former
holder of the world’s long-distance swim
ming record, while attempting to swim
across the harbor from West Seattle today
became exhausted and died 200 yards from
shore.
SENSATIONAL DISCLOSURES
MAY BE EXPECTED SOON
Washington. March 2. It is regarded as
certain that the congressional investigation
that is to be held into the condition of the
peal herds of the PribilotT islands will he the
most searching that has been conducted
along this line. The charges ihat have been
made by Henry \\. Ellison, to the effect
that the slaughter of seals was winked at
during the administration of Secretary of
Commerce and Labor Nagle, are to be thor
oughly probed.
KING EMANUEL USES
MARCONI’S WIRELESS PHONE
Milan. Italy. March 2. King Victor
Emanuel today listened to the Italian na
tional hymn transmitted by Marconi from
the Turin wireless telephone station, where
the inventor himself is conducting experi
ments. When the music ceased Marconi
asked the king if he was pleased with the
results, to which his majesty replie I that he
heard Marconi perfectly, even recognizing
his voice in the hymn, and was delighted
with the experiment.
It is stated that Herr Richter, the emi
nent Hungarian savant, has discovered a
substance which solves all the <lifficu'*:es
of the Marconi wireless telephone wave.
GUGGENHEIM SYNDICATE
IS NOW UNDER FIRE
Washington. Jan. 29. After no nths oi
quiet investigation, the department f t jus
tice has concluded that it has .-urlicent
grounds for suit to dissolve, under the
Sherman anti-trust act. the American
Smelting A* R lining Company the so
called smelting trust. It is not probable
that suit will be filed immediately, but it
is understood that preparate ns have gone
so far that a biil in equity is being drawn
by department attorneys.
It has become known that E. \\ . Leh
mann, former solicitor general of the Tint
ed States, has been retained by the so
called trust, and it is possible that ho will
confer with the attorney general before the
department files suit. Mr. McRevnold? said
today that he had no engagement with Mr.
Lehmann to discuss the case.
Suit against the smelting trust is re
garded here as of great importance, ranked
only by the Standard Oil and the Steel ,
Corporation suits. This view obtains not
only because the American Smelting 6z Re
fining Company and the American Smelters
Securities Company, which it controls, have
combined authorized capital of nearly $15.- ,
000.000, but because of the variety of '
activities of the two concerns.
Own: Dozen Smelters
The parent company has a perpetual char- !
ter under the laws of New Jersey, and deals
in bar gold and silver, pig lead, copper and ,
blue vitriol. It owns about twelve smelters I
and two refineries. In the corporation man
ual for 1913 its smelting capacity is given
at 5,550.000 tons per annum, and its re
fining capacity at 400,000 tons.
It directly operates maany mines in Mex
ico, owns the capital stocks of the United
States Zinc Company at Pueblo, Colo., the
Carbon Coal & Coke Company of Colorado,
the stock of the American Smelters Steam
ship Company, which operates steamers be
tween American anti Mexican ports, and is i
interested in other activities.
Officers of Company
The officers of the refining company in
clude Daniel Guggenheim, president; Bar
ton Sewell, vice president; Edward Brush,
vice president; W. E. Morris, secretary, and
Isaac Guggenheim, treasurer.
On the executive committee are S. R.
Guggenheim, Edward Brush, S. W. Eccles,
Karl Eilers, Daniel Guggenheim, Murray
Guggenheim, Franklin G.uiterman, F. W.
Hills, William F. Loeb, Jr., J. K. Mac
Gowan, W. S. Morse, E. L. Newhouse, H. A.
Prosser, Barton Sewell, Simon Guggenheim
of New York, Judd Stewart of Plainfield
N. J., and Joseph Clendenin of Baltimore.
The American Smelters Company owns
or controls more than a dozen copper and
lead mines in the United States and Mex- j
ico. In 1905 more than half of its $30,- j
000,000 capital stock was acquired by the
refining company and about five years
later the remanider was taken up by that
same company. Membership of its execu
tive committee largely coincides with that
of the refining company.
FOR COUNCIL-MEN
William Ansley
Sam'l Applebaum
Claude Baker
John Holmes
Henry 0. Roden
Jos. H. Smith
Ira F. Wood
John C. Currin
John Nelson
B. A. Meyers
George Adams
J. H. Rogers
H. H. Porter
A. E. Maltby
FOR SCHOOL TRUSTEES
William Acheso i
J. J. Smith
Henry A. WeJ
The mass meeting of citizens at A. B.
hill last Monday for the purpose of placing
a number of candidates for members of the
town council and district school board in
nomination was largely attended, and the
business was transacted speedily. Mayor
Baker called the meeting to order and was
elected perVnanent chairman. Major Al
brecht was chosen as secretary.
When the nominations for couneilmen |
were declared closed by an affirmative vote
of the assemblage, the following named
gentlemen had been named. Claude Baker.
William Ansley, John Holmes, Joseph H.
Smith. Henry 0. Roden. Isadore Bayles. j
' Chris Anthonieson, Ira ¥. Wood and Sam |
Applebaum.
The members of the present school board 1
Jay .1. Smith, Henry A. Weir and W ill-j
iam Achesoir were nominated without op- |
position.
Second Mass Meeting
A few moments before the adjournment •
of the mass meeting cai>d to nominate !
candidates for public ofii.~ . William Ans
fley introduced a matter relative to the pro
posed fielei ration of the coming Fourth of
July. The chair ruled the proposition out 1
of order, and a second mass meeting was j
organized imnn diat< ly to consider Mr. A ns- !
ley’s suggestion. Without opposition. Mr.
Ansley was n. mad as chairman and Henry j
0 Hci ion v. as made ary. Having stat- :
ed the purpose of the meeting, which was
vrelative to the disposition of a sum of
money in the hands of the executive com- !
mittee of a forme# celebratmn. a motion was j
made, seconded and adopted that a com- !
Vuttee of five i e a: ointe i to look into j
the matter and make report at a future j
meeting of citizens which will shortly be j
called to further the coming celebration pro
gram. The chair appointed Joseph II.
Fmith. G. M. Arbuckle. John F. Baird, j
Ramps Peterson and Cyril P. Wood as
such committee.
Additional Candidates
Isadore Bayles and Chris Antbonieson j
having declined to allow their names to ■
go before the people of the city for the j
< ftice of councilman, another mass meeitng |
was held last night for the purpose of norni- \
nating additional candidates for councilman. !
The meeting was called to order at 8 *30 in !
A. B. hall by Mayor Baker, and resulted 1
in the nomination of the following gentle- '
men: John C. Currin, John Nelson. B. A. I
Meyers. George Adams, J. IF Rogers. II. II.
Porter and A. F Maltby.
Election Officers
The election board for next Tuesday’s
election will be: E. M. Stanton, Ray D.
Clark and Guy Geraghty, judges; C. A.
Cramer and Lawrence Fee. clerks.
The polling place will be at the fire hall,
on First avenue, and the polls will open at
9 o’clock in the morning and close at 8
in the evening.
GREAT ENGLISH CARTOONIST I
PASSES AWAY IN LONDON
London, leb. 27.—Sir John Tenniel, for]
many decades the leading British cartoon- I
ist. died at his home in Kensington today, j
aged 94. He was a member of the Royal I
Institute of Painters in Water Colors, and
joined the staff of Punch in 1851. He
illustrated “Lalla Rookh,” ‘The Ingoldsby
Legends” and “Alice in Wonderland.”
FOR SALE
Outside fir lumber—
2x3—12, 16 and 18's.
2x6—12’s.
2x8—12 and 14’s.
Lath, 44 in. round, and fir doors.
Also Fairbanks lumber, boards and ship
lap. C. R. PECK, Flat.
We love to make baby pictures.
Clemons & Koon.
King salmon—caught at mouth of Yukon
—fine, fine, 35c lb. Iditarod Meat Co.
i ONCE-FAMOUS PITCHER
SUCCUMBS TO TUBERCULOSIS
(Hy Wireless to The Pioneer)
San Antonio, Texas, April 3. Rube
Waddell, the famous left-handed baseball
pitcher, who a few years ago was the idol
of baseball “fans" throughout the country,
died here today of tuberculosis.
“DOC” MADING MARRIED
Word was received in Iditarod recently
of the marriage of W. C. (Doc» Mailing
I to Miss Maybelle Elizabeth Scollard, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Scollard of Se
itltie. The ceremony took place at the
home of the bride’s parents the latter part
of January.
“MOOSE” JOHNSON LEAVES
FOR NEW PASTURES
J. Frederick Johnson, national director
of the Loyal Order of Moose, left Thursday
for Tanana and Fairbanks, by way of Ta
kotnu and Ophir, where he will institute
new lodges of his order.
Mr. Johnson’s work has been remarkably
successful in the Iditarod district, and the
lodge organized by him promises to grow
in numbers.
At a meeting of Iditarod Lodge No. 1429.
held at Flat City on Wednesday night last,
Mr. Johnson was the recipient of a token
of esteem in the form a valuable ring. ,
made especially by Chris Anthonieson. It ,
is safe to asy that Mr. Johnson has the best
wishes of the members here, who will wish [
him success in his future travels.
Tom Maher, a well known old-timer, re
turned from Marshall City last Saturday. 1
lie went then shortly after the so-called !
“strike" was reported and remained until ■
after the first of the year. He prospected for ,
some time near Russian Missb n. Like others j
who returned from that section, he reports
that nothing of value has been found there. ,
He left for the Outside over the Seward |
trail during the week.
M. Ii. Guise, who has been acting as
light watchman for th* N. C. Co. during
the winter, assumed the duties of stenog
rapher ft r the Yukon Gobi Company on !
the first of April.
Hr. Moore was called to the city on i
Monday to attend Fred Peter- n, who had'
the misfortune to have his hand badly
crushed while engaged in moving the ma- i
t -rial for the Riley A Marston dredge. The j
doctor reports that he sewed up the hand ■
hind that he anticipates :io permanent in- j
jury to the member.
John Holmgren and Duncan Miekie re- |
turned Tuesday from Pi < rman creek. Mr. :
Miekie report* that his operations on that ;
creek are progressing satisfactorily. lie I
expects to be here for some time.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rusk entertained a !
number of friends on Monday evening, j
Auction bridge was played, and the prize* '
for high score were won by Mis- Maltby
and Chris Anthonieson. Miss Lillian Smith
and Percy Charles won the consolation
prizes. It being past the midnight hour
when the prizes were distributed, Mr.
Charles’ token was a reminder of April 1.
Those present besides the host and hostess
were: Mr. and Mrs. Percy Charles, Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. A. K.
Maltby. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph II. Smith,
Mrs. Clifton. Mrs. Lang, Miss Maltby. Mis*
Lillian Smith, and Messrs. Harry Lelcind,
Chris Anthonieson, Iiort Meyers and C. A.
Derry.
!
Earl Byers, of the upper Iditarod river
wood trust, arrived in the city Thursday.
Mr. McKeague will probably be in town to
day, and Mr. Bishop will be looked for
within the next few days.
Cyril Wood and family will start for
home Friday from Takotna, where they j
have been visiting for the past two weeks ,
They will be accompanied by Frank Has- j
lund.
John J. Novak has hied in Commissioner
Albrecht’s court a suit for divorce from
Mary F. Novak, alleging desertion. E. M.
Stanton is attorney for the plaintiff.
Commissioner Albrecht, as deputy clerk
of the district court, has issued a commis- j
sion to P. V. Davis, a notary public in Se- j
at tie, to take the depositions of George Kil- |
roy, Dougal MacPherson, Victor Martin and
P. 0. Goddard, as witnesses for the plaintiff
in the case of S. C. Adams and William
Knox vs. the Yukon Gold Company, in
volving title to the Chicago Bench claim, on
Flat creek. E. M. Stanton, as attorney
for the defendant, has hied objections to
all the interrogatories to be propounded.
WHEN THE ICE STARTED
1911— May 11; 6:57:30 p. m.
1912— April 22; 10:40:00 a. m.
1913— May 9; 12:41:45 p. m.
(fly WirelO'S to The flionoer)
Seattle, April 13.—In a letter to a Seattle friend, received here
today, Sam Blythe, the noted writer who occupies the position of po
litical editor of the Saturday Evening Post, says that he will make a
long tour of Alaska during the coming summer, and expects to visit all
the mining camps of the interior, as well as the coast cities.
Secretary Redfield Visits Seattle
n.v Wireless it. Tie- I r-,
Seattle, April 3.—Secretary William C. Rcdfield of the depart
ment of commerce has been a visitor in this city during the past two
days, making a thorough investigation into the further needs of aids
to navigation in Alaskan waters. It is also the intention of the secre
tary to establish in this city a branch bureau of the commerce depart
ment while here.
SPECIAL TERM OF COURT CALLED AT CORDOVA
' Uy Wireless i > The Pioneer
Cordova, April 3.—The many lawsuits growing cut of the nvJr
criminate staking of claims in the Chisana distrii. • md the con.: c
opinion relative to the scope of the new territorial mining law have
necessitated the reconvening of the federal court here m special cession
to hear these cases.
HOW SPREADING ITSELF
(By Wireless to The Pioneer)
Vaidez, April 3.—At a special election held Tuesday the voters
of this city, by an overwhelming majoritty, decided to annex the res
ervation to the corporation.
(By \\!! ' to Yhr I ’ 1 Jilt «.T)
St. Johns, N. F„ April 3.—A fierce blizz?-'4 '"ns mnni
the coast during the past three days, causing great loss of life and
property. Many fishing vessels have been lost. Ihe sealing steams.np
Newfoundland was crushed in the ice floes off Cepe Race. Thirty of
her crew were picked up, near’y frozen, rerly persons are known to
be lost, and thirty are missing.
Great Loss of Life Reported
Montreal, April 3.—Advices received here state that it is be
lieved that fully three hundred persons have lost then- lives ;n tke
great blizzard raging oft the coast. Many vessels were caught in trie
ice floes and ground to pieces.
CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM RiCHAEBSOH DEAD
(By WiT'-l*" to Tilt' PK'Ihht.
Atlantic City, A.pril 3.—Congressman William Richardson, who
has represented the Eighth Alabama district in the lower house of on
gress for the past 16 years, died after a long illness in this city last
night. His remains will be taken to his Southern home for interment,
judge Richardson was a veteran of the Confederate service, and was
severely wounded in the battle of Chickamauga.
(By Wireless to The Pioneer)
St. Augustine. Fla., April 3.—Fire last night destroyed five tour
ist hotels, the court house and two blocks of water front property. ; he
value of the property destroyed is estimated at $1,000,000. No
lives were lost. __
SIGHTSEER CAUGHT !N SLIDE i
AND TERRIBLY MUTILATED
Advices have been received in Fairbanks
from Valdez to the effect that the body
of a woman was recovered from beneath
the snowslide in Keystone canyon, where
Mr. and Mrs. Berglund recently lost their
lives. The body was in very bad condition
from its contact with the ice, the features
being almost unrecognizable. It is stated
that the woman had gone to the place for 1
the purpose of seeing the slide ;uid had j
ben caught in it.
The work of rescue was being pushed by :
a large squad of soldiers from Fort Liscum,
under the direction of Lieutenant Dough
erty. The body of Mrs. Berglund has not
yet been located. The rescue party was
considerably hampered by extrem cold and
severe winds.
JOHN Y.OSTRANDER DEAD
—
Olympia, Wash., March 2.—John V. Os- i
trander, the well-known Alaska attorney
and Democratic politician, who for years
practiced law at Valdez and Cordova under :
the firm name of Ostrander & Donahue,
died in this city yesterday of cancer of the |
stomach.
Assessment Work Blacks at Pioneer.
LARGE SUM OFFERED
FOR SILVER GREY FOXSKIN
Making an offi-r <>i ?2,000 f r a ' > r
gray fox hide which was shipped to them
last fall, Funston Bros., a firm of fur s ki
ers in St. Louis, Mo., sent a wire to A!
Linder, a Ira;-iter at Minte. a few days ago,
according to information brought by W J.
Callahan, who arrived from the lower river
today. The offer was immediately accepted
by the trapper. Fairbanks News-Miner.
The city was the rendezvous for quite
an imposing force connected with the Unit
ed States marsh til’s office this week. Deputy
Harry Sheppard, from Ophir; John C.
Wood, traveling deputy, from Fairbanks,
and Deputy II. H. WentUing, from George
town, visiting the creeks Friday, in com
pany with Deputy Marshal Charles.
Duke E. Stubbs, who makes his home
at the mouth of the Aniak, in the Kusko
ikwim country, arrived in the city yesterday
for a brief business visit. Like others from
► hat promising section, Mr Stubbs’ reports
are of the most optimistic nature.
The world’s stock of money is estimated
at $12,792,000,000.
Job Printing at Pioneer office.