VQL 1() VALDEZ/ ALA8KA, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1914. NO. 199.
PRESIDENT RIDS
ALASKA CORt BILL
Write* to Chairman Ferris, of Public
Land* Committee, to Push
Its Passage.
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WASHINGTON, May 26—Congress
man Ferris, chairman of the Public
Lands committee, stated today to
Alaskans that he was certain that the
Alaska coal leasing bill would be
passed at this session of congress
in spite of the caucus action provid
ing that ail legislation shall be re
stricted to appropriation and trust
bills.
Congressman ;Ferris stated that
the committee had received a letter
from President Wilson urging prompt
action on the billt as the situation in
Alaska was such that It was neces
sary that the coal lands be opened
to provide tonnage for the government
railroad. This letter has been shown
to Administration leaders who are
now working to secure the passage of
the bill, which will be backed by the
administration because of the charges
being made that the railroad in Alas
ka will be a failure and the admin
istration is determined to provide the
tonnage and thus prevent the charge
from being substantiated.
The anti-government ownership
congressmen are opposed to the bill
according to Alaskans now in this
city. ^ •
MORE BANQUETS
Lieut. Mears and Thomas Riggs Are
Given Big Feed by Seattle Dem
ocratic League.
SEATTLE, May 26—The Seattle
Democratic League gave a banquet
last evening to Lieut. Mears and
Thomas Riggs, the two engineers' of
the Alaska survey commission now
in this city. The banquet was one
of the largest given by the league
and many of the business men .of.
the city attended.
Both the commissioners spoke and
predicted ■ that with the completion
of the government railroad from the
coast to the coal fields and across the
territory to the Tanana that the de
velopment of the north , would go for
ward by leaps and bounds and that
hundreds of thousands of new settlers
would toesteMln the SuBltna, and Tan-*
Una valleys, along the Copper river
and that the low grade znlnjng prop-,
erties would be. operated. They' also
predicted that'the'Output of the north
would be of immeasurable value to
the people of the Piaciflb coast cities,
who would redeivO cheap fuel' and se
cure a new market for their products,
especially manufactured goods.
Sunday evening at Everyman’!
Clubhouse the subject uhder dls^us-l
sion was "The Unemployed.” Nat
urally much interest was aroused and
remedies for the local situation wtor^
proposed and considered. A tempor
ary organization jras Jfonpdji*." A sec
retary for 'the pirenins was ejected'
and the mdtUra to'4brm a committee
to put into effect a free employment
office) was passed with mupAsntbtH
aiasip.
;i Bert McDowell, Chas. Bush, Ned
Hale and W. H. Ziegler ar*iEe
inittee entrusted wtth the business
and they are • now prepared to reg
ia tertfce names of jmm Wl
they are willing and able to accept.
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RUST LEAVE U. S.
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’Frisco Gambler Amassed Big Fortunr
'But is Ordered' Deported by
Immigration Officers.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 26-MVon
King, the richest Chinese in the Un
ited States, and reputed to be worth
$10,000,000, was ordered deported to
day by the courts after a hard fight
that lasted several years and has been
carried to the highest courts.
Won- King is a gambler and has
gambling establ'shments in this and
many other American cities, in which
large numbers of Chinese are con
gregated and he has amassed a tre
mendous. fortune. His fight to pre
vent deportation has cost, him $250,
000, according to those who are in
a position to know*
Tfle1 Chinese consul here today re
ported to the State department
through the ambassador at Wash
ington that the two daughters of
Won King have been kidnapped and
that all efforts to locate, them have
failed and ask^l for aid from the
American police. Secretary Bryan
has sent several secret service men
to the scene, while the police of San
Francisco have been requested to
locate the daughters. It is, however,
believed that .the kidnapping is only
a bluff to gain time and prevent the
deportation of the father.
Americans Insist On Immediate Di
vision Big Estates in Mexico—
Huerta Envoys Oppose.
NIAGARA FALLS, May 26.—The
peace envoys ■will probably come to
a compromise on the lapd question,
which is the bone of contention at
the present time, and for a while look
ed as if it would deadlock the con
ference. The envoys representing
Huerta are willing to agree to the
■division of the vast estates in Mex
ico but insist tha.t the peons are not
at this time qualified to care for the
land, and will *make no use of the
small farms if they get them. It was
proposed that the change be made
gradually so*as to educate the peons
■to bepome self-supporting farmers.
The American envoys insist that the
change be made immediately as the
only, safe method of educating the
people of Mexico tobecome self-sup-*
porting and ..self-respecting, andsure
to result in. Making - Mexico a pow
erful republic. ■ 1
RELATION 6F THE STATE
S'l y TO: UNIVERSITY discussed
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NEW YORK, May 26—The relar
ties of the' university to the state,
the upbuilding of governmental ad
ministration and the betterment of
public service In-general, were ttye
important subjects scheduled for dis
cussion- today When* conference, call
ed by Mayor .Mttcheh, of ■ Mew YorY
-city, convened here. The conference
la belBg-hyldi today -«ad.tomorrow
under-the auspices of the commit
tee on Practical Training for Public
Service .of (tile American Political'
Science Association. Some of‘the.
.subjects which will be discussed are;:
The greatest need of American, dem
ocracy; the training needed for thy
l\> principal,
alnd presi
it of'a publicly supported univer
sity; pubU»vlce activities of uni-:
tNSsiitdi; jflRtiosl training for pub:.
Iks service; should universities glvd
credit fqr vqdt In governmental bu
reads ah outlined by the committed
of Practical Training for Public Sepr
vice; the national university. J'-l
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ROOSEVELT GUEST
AT WHITE HOUSE
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President Invites Theodore Roosevelt
to Dine and the Invitation Is
Accepted.
WASHINGTON, May 26.—President
Wilson yesterday requested heodore
Roosevelt, former president, to visit j
him at the White House today and
the invitation has been accepted. Thei j
former president will be met at the
station by a representative of the
president and taken to the White
House in the president’s carriage.
Much speculation is rife among the
politicians as to the purpose of the
conference and many believe that
there is more behind it than the an
nouncement made this morning that it
was merely a matter of courtesy by
the president to a former chief mag
istrate.
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Two New Steamers Are to Be Built
—Agent Coming This Way Dur
ing the Summer.
SEATTLE, May 26—The Humboldt
Steamship Line, the independent
transportation line of Southeastern
Alaska, will build two steamers for
the Southwestern Alaska run, accord
ing to the statement issued today by
the company officials. The company
will operate to the westward, expect
ing a tremendous increase in the
freight business of the third division
of Alaska when the railroad con
struction work starts.
The plans for the new steamers
have been drawn and the boats will
be constructed this summer and be
ready for operation next spring. They
will have many improvements and be
fitted for combination passenger and
freighting business.
It is expected that the Boats will
be constructed 'at the Seattle Con
struction and Dry Dock company, of
his city. An agent of the company
and Max Karish, the president, will
visit Southwestern Alaska ports this
summer.
ME BUM
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Hamel Tried to Fly. Across English
Channel and Warahlpe Are Hunt
ing the 8eas.
LONDON. May 26.—A11 hope for
Aviator Hamel, who left the shore of
England three days ago to fly across
the channel to Prance, has beep
abandoned and it la now believed t^gt
he met with a mishap while mak
ing the trip and that he plunged to
bhis death in the sea: , n ■
Several torpedo boats and fast
cruisers have been searching the sea(|
while small boats have patroled the;
coast, hut not a sign has been fohnd
iOf the ’ daftng aviator, who has;'a
■record for many darlng fllghts, - i
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A special meeting of the Valdei'
Masonic Lodgn^Mti IM.WUl be held;
^Vednasday :bight at, A o’clock. Work
•in the .third degree. ,.
C. C. REYNOLDS, Secretary.
SEPTEMBER MORN
NOT SO VERY BAD
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Chicago'Court 6oe* Not See Any
Harm In Undraped Figure—De
nounce* Exploitation.
CHICAGO, May 26—The Appellate
court of Illinois today rendered a
decision in the appeal case from, the
lower courts in which it was held that
the exposure of the picture “Septem
ber morn” was indecent and Immor
al and should not be exhibited as it
was detrimental to public morals.
The court held tljat September
Morn was not immoral or indecent,
as the figure while undraped was in
such a position that it could not be
suggestive to the young nor a men
ace to public morals. But the court
severely condemned the exploitation
of the picture by the dealers, who
have led many to expect the pictures
'were immoral and thus secured large
sales of the photographic copies.
^PASSESCOMMflNS
Third Reading Gives Majority of 77
—Ulster’s Action Awaited With
Apprehension.
LONDON, May 26.—By a major
ity of 77 the House of Commons
passed the Irish Home Rule bill at its
session last night on its third reading.
The house was in an uproar when
the vote was announced and the Na
tionalists .charged that it was the
most contemptible farce ever enact
ed and that fraud and intimidation
had been the weapons of the gov
ernment to secure the passage of the
bill.
The action of the Ulsterites is now
awaited with fear apd apprehension
and the troops' are befog held in
readiness for an eniergency. The
government depends largely upon the
marines on the battleships and cruis
ers, who are in the harbor of Bel
fast, as the sailor3 have not taken
the interest in the Ulster fight that
the soldiers have and may be more
depended upon to obey orders and
put *.down any insurrection against
the government. The men of Ulster
have been drilled and are ready for
conflict and are known to have 100,
000 stand of arms in hiding.
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HITS ICEBERG
In Locality Whore Titanic Accident
Occurred—Mot Badly Damaged
—Proceed* to ‘England.
MONTREAL, May 26—The steam-,
er "Royal Edward,” of the Canadian
Northera-staamship line, operating
‘from -hero to England;' hit anipoborg
while off tho shore ofc Cgge Race in
about the samp locality <4* which tho
Titanio sank. Th» Royal .Edward,
however, /reported RnU.ahe was not
seriously damaged and has proceeded
upon, har, may >to England XutimA tf
returning - to tho Amerimn shore,.
Whieh wao.neaitor. tMj,v.,vr
Would pacify
the mm
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Italy Takes First Step and Asks for
Intervention by Powers to Es
tablish Order.
ROME, May 26.—-The Italian gov
ernment has taken the lead today in
an effort to secure European inter
vention in Albania to establish or
der and to prevent the wholesale
murders which the different factions
have inaugurated.
The Greeks of southern Albania
are preparing to resist King Wil
liam and they have a force of 20,000
well armed Greeks, while the gov
ernment forces at the best do not
number more than 25,000, and they
are poorly equipped and fed, while
the Greeks are in excellent position
because of the largs sums of money
advanced by loyal Greeks all over the
world who are anxious that the Greek
territory of Epirus, which has been
Greek ground from time immemor
ial and the inhabitants claim it is
an Injustice to force them into a
kingdom with which they have no
religious or national affiliation and
they intend to be annexed to Greece.
The Italian government fears that
the terrible massacre at Kolonia will
be repeated and that murder and
rapine will result, besides which the
peace of Europe is endangered unless
the disorders are put down.
MORGAN CLAIMS
MELLEN IS LIAR
Says Is Willing To Prove It By Show
ing His Father’s Books and the
Banking House Books.
NEW YORK, May 26.—J. I’. Mor
gan. head of the Morgan banking
house, today issued a statement re
garding the testimony of Charles S.
Mellen, former president of the New
Haven railroad, and the banker de
nied that either the Morgan house
or his father had in any way mis
represented the facts or had conceal
ed the conditions of the stock deals
from Mellen and he has offered to
show the books of his father, be
sides those of the banking house to
prove his statements.
The charge of the former president
that the stock was jobbed by the
bankers; that the profits of the road
were sunk in the purchase of new
lines, which were first bought up by
the insiders or Morgan group, at a
low price and sold at big advances,
will be investigated at once by the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Many bankers and Wall street op
erators arp to be placed on the stand
and .questioned.
Mellen has not only charged that
the Morgan Interests bled the New
Haven system, but that they also
forced the Pennsylvania, the Balti
more & Oh la and many eastern roads
to come across under penalty of re
fusing them pid and when, ever a rail
road system was forced to appeal to
the New York banking firm tor aid
•that the bankers milked the road py
loaning (t money apd then forging
.the purchase of feeders, so that they
received most of the money back, be
sides securing heavy mortgage inter
ests upon Which high interest rates
were paid. '
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ALIENISTS noun
TO RLE REPORT
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Porter Carlton May Soon Receive
Trial for Murder of Hie Wife—
Italian Commieeion Soon Ready
COMO, Italy, May 26.—Enrico Mor
selli, professor of anthropology at the
University of Naples, and Leonardo
Branch!, a member of parliament,and
also professor of psycotherapy at the
University of Naples, today filed their
reports as alienists in the case of
Porter Carlton, the American boy
awaiting trial here for the murder of
his wife. The two men, who are
amongst the best known alienists in
Italy, made their examination and
report for the defense. A similar ex
amination and report made on behalf
of the state is declared to tally in
all the more important findings.
According to these young Carlton
will have the advantage of several
laws now on the Italian statute
books, which were made as a result
of the studies of Lombroso, the fa
mous Italian criminologist, as to the
irresponsibility of a large portion of
those who commit crimes. The date
fr the trial of young Charlton will
be fixed as soon as the report is
made by the special commission sent
to the United States by Italy to se
cure testimony as to the exact men
tal. physical and sexual status of the
murdered woman.
SUPREME COURT
ON TITANIC CASE
Hold That Company Is Liable for
Baggage Up to the Value of
Salvage Recovered.
WASHINGTON, May 26.—The Su
preme Court of the United States to
day rendered a decision in the case
of passengers who lost baggage when
the steamer Titanic went down, and
who sued for the whole value of
their loss from the White Star Steam
ship company, an English concern.
The court held that the marine laws
of the United States limited the bag
gage value to be recovered to the
value of the salvage received by the
company, which in this case amounts
to- about $10,000, being the value of
the life boats picked up by the res
cue steamers.
Attorneys for the passengers claim
ed that the English laws should ap
ply as the boat was English—had
never touched an American port and
therefore.Uie company must pay ac
cording to the English law, which
limits the amount because of dam
age to the value of the steamer,
which, in this case, was placed at $R.
500.000.
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Health Officer Dalton Is negotiat
ing-for the purchase of the equipment
of the Good Samaritan Hospital and
the leading of the building. The hos
pital has been ordered closed by
Bishop ftowe.
Frank Millard has taken a posi
tion with tie Valdes .pock company
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