Delegate Makes an Attack on
Ketchikan Man in Speech at
Joint Session.
.Juneau, March I-’.—Delegate
Wiekersham precipitated a row
by a personal attack on Repre
sentative Ingersoll, of Ketchikan,
in the joint session of the two
houses held last nighl to listen
to an address by the delegate.
In his keynote speech at the op
ening of the legislature Ingersoll
had criticised the organic act for
insufficiency in the power grant
ed to the legislature. This ap
parently made Wiekersham very
sore and he referred to Inger
soll's statements in very bitter
language.
Senator Bruner, of Nome, who
was presiding at the joint ses
sion, called Wiekersham to order
after the delegate had continued
his tirade on Ingersoll at some
length.' Considerable excitement
prevailed, half of the members
trying to gel the floor at I he same
lime. Finally the joint session
vofed to ..allow..the , dejcgale ... to
proceed with his speech. Bruner
thereupon left the chair and the
hall. ' " ' ‘
The following exlracl from
Representative Ingersoll's speech,
which called down upon him i.he
wrath of the delegate, is here giv
en :
"After' carefully analyzing the
enabling ael which define- I In*
powers of this legislature, one is
obliged lo ask himself, outside of
gracing Ihe halls of some social
fund ion or of “drawing down Ihe
generous emnliimeiils of office,
wlial in the world we are here for.
This insl riiment is a paradox of
hopeless ill mil sis I curies. Ilc
-plrndcnl in promise, we find
from one and lo the oilier an in
nocuous dearth of hoped-for
privileges. Looking for Ihe suh
slance, we find Ihe shadow. Ask
ing for bread, we gel a stone. In
(he words of the immortal bat’d
il may best be characterized as
a ‘madness most discreet, a chok
ing gall and a sickening sweel.’
"As Alaska is ihe largest of the
possessions, so she is the latest
to receive recognition; and ttie
iiuality of that recognition is in
the inverse ratio with its size.
"Why this reluctance on the
part of congress to extend to us
those rights and privileges that
long established precedent.' has
made our due? 1 ain not me of
those who would impugn the mo
lives or the integrity or fairness
of Hie congress of The United
Slates. From the birth of our
country, the highest legislative
branch has been, and I ani proud
to feel that it always will be,
composed of Ihd best men, Ihe
highest, liberty-loving and great
est-spirited men from all sections
of the land. Thai high ideal must
always be lived up to if one would
attain that point of honor and
esteem which is the only toward
for a life time of service in the
li a I Is of congress.”
W. .1. Callaghan, owner of the
Viking, lias started a daily ser
vice with his launch between Val
dez and Slump hay, starting this
morning. He will leave al 10 a.
m. each day from I lie Valdez
hock.
Easter Millinery
Arrived on the Sampson. A fine
new and up-to-date line of East
er millinery at. Harvey’s Toppery.
Dancing Tonight.
The usual Wednesday eveuinp
dance loniphl in Moose hall at
sharp. Home wait/ at 12.
flood lime, pood Hour, pood mu
sic. I
The Panama Canal.
I nde Sam’s pipanfic work at
I'.mama will he shown at the Or
plieum tomorrow, Friday and Sat
urday matinee.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
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AUSTRIA ATUNI TO SERVIA
PEAN WAR MAY RESULT
Million Troops Mobilized On Border Between Russia and Aus
tria—Servians Refuse to Stop Aiding Montenegrins—
France Aid Russia—Scutari Expected to Fall.
Upgrade. Servia, March 12 —
The Austrian government has
notified Servia to refrain from
helping Montenegro in its efforts
to capture the city of Scutari,
which has been besieged for many
months by the Montenegrins, and
which is expected to fall as soon
as the Servian siege guns arrive
to aid the investing army of King
Nicholas. This ultimatum, it is
believed, if not accepted by the
Servians, will precipitate the
much-dreaded European war.
Austria wants Scutari, it is
claimed, as the capital of the new
autonomous state of Albania,
which if hopes to make of the
province lying south of Monte
negro along the Adriatic sea and
reaching to (ireece.
London, March 12.—Austria
lias appealed to the powers for
an explanation from Servia as to
the reason for the aid given the
Montenegrins in their efforts to
reduce the city of Scutari. King
Nicholas is determined to capture
the city and hold it against any
effort of the Austrians to take
from him the fruits of the war,
and the* allies now lighting the
Turks claim they will allow no
outside interference in the divis
ion of the spoils they have cap
tured from Turkey.
Berlin, March 12.—Austria and
Russia have more than 500,000
troops each massed on the border
of the two countries and a clash
may be expected at any minute
unless some settlement is made.
The Austrian and German gov
ernments are acting in accord
and the Kaiser has notified Aus
tria that no overt act must be
made by Austria or the alliance
between the two governments will
be broken, but that if Russia at
tacks Austria the entire army and
navy of the German empire will
be at her command.
Paris, March 12.—The condi
tions in the Balkans have improv
ed by the agreement of the allies
to accept the mediation of the
European powers, provided that
the Russian and Austrian troops
are demobilized. Every effort will
be made by the French govern
ment to avoid a conflict over the
settlement of the Turkish war,
but the army has been placed on
a semi-war footing and the par
liament have voted SI00,000,000
for the army and navy. France is
as a unit to assist its ally, Rus
sia, if attacked by (lermany and
Austria. A conflict, however, is
not expected.
Foreman Arrested in State of Col
lapse—Men Handle Explosive
Like Cordwood.
Hall iinore. .March li'. —Thel.es
limimy yesterday of the men wlm
were working loading the Brit
ish steamer Alumrhine. which
was sunk when I lie 300 Inns of
dynamite exploded a week ago,
killing 30 and wounding 75, re
vealed the fact that |he explosive
was handled like so much cord
wood, the longshoremen and
stevedores smoking while hand
ling the dynamite.
Foreman Bonhardt, head steve
dore, now under arrest charged
with manslaughter, has collapsed
and will be unable to testify.
Chief of Police of Columbia, 8. C.,
r' >
Arrests Gov. Blease’s Chauf
feur for Speeding.
Columbia, S. C., March 12.
Chief of Police Cathead has re
peatedly arrested (inv. Bleasg’s
negro chauffeur for speeding
while taking the governor to the
capilol.
Bad blood exists bet wen the
governor and the police and he
threatens to place the city under
martial law if the persecution
continues. A clash is expected
any moment between I he police
| and I he slate officers.
Sam Maude!, who has been
[working for the McIntosh stage
line I he past winter, will leave in
a few days for (fold creek, where
he will assist in taking the Bud
mining company’s supplies to the
jbasin.
I
Fine Movies Tonight
Do mil forget the fine pictures
al the Orpheuin tonight. Panama
Canal tomorrow eve.
Oeo. Beinke, the watch repairer
land jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug
j company.
Leaves New York and Goes to
Montreal—American Doctors
Are Skeptical.
Montreal. Ganada, March I-. —
he. Frederick !•’ricitiimn lias op
ened a clinic here ami inoculat
ed 51i patients of all ages, while
50 doctors ace looking on.
Keren! eastern papers leli of
the elforl tty Friedman In gain
| .notoriety while in that city, liis
j first ad, upon landing, was the
I employment of a press agenl. He
refused to give to Surgeon Gen
eral Blue, of the United States
Marine Service a sample of his
serum for testing hy government
experts, thereby alienating the
-better class of New York physi
cians from him, and they have
refused to take any part in his
efforts to advertise himself by use
of their names.
'Bfe Arthur Friedman, a broth
er of the discoverer of the new
cure, is a patent medicine mer
chant of New York.
Several , hospital laboratories
were placed at the disposal of Dr.
Friedman during his stay in New
York, but he claimed that his la
boratory was in his pocket and
he refused to in any way demon
strate his work to the medical
fraternity of New York.
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MORE ARRESTS FOR
KILLING MOOSE
Seward. March I-’.—Deputy
Marshal Evans arrived Inday with
K. D. Thurnan. a warrant for
whose arrest had been obtained
by Game Warden Tulman because
uf tile alleged killing of young
moose’ out of season. Thurnan
will lie given a hearing tomorrow.
ED. ELK ARRESTED
CHARGED INSANITY
Ed. Elk. of Ellamar. who has
be“n at the Hospital of the Good
Samaritan for some time, was ar
rested today charged with insan
ity and will be given a trial to
morrow before Commissioner
Shepard.
Ileinke, expert .repairer, al the
Valdez Drug company.
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Now Engaged Investigating the
Wages Paid to Stenograph- j
ers and Waitresses.
I
Hhicago. March 12.—The O'lia
ca vice invest igal mg eniiimillce
arc mivv allcr I lie chorus girls
ami will call the girls working Hie
I foul lights In Id! how Kiev came
| to cnlcr I heir present I i IV. II
j is claimed l>> the commillee that
II he low wages paid the gills on
the slage compels them io look
for spending money on the mil
side. ami that many young men
are started lo “hell across lots"
by these girls. The immodesl
dress of the girls on the stage
will also he investigated lo as
certain if it, (h>es not arouse the
brute instinct of the younger gen
eration.
The wages of waitresses and
stenographers will be given care
ful probing to ascertain if they
receive enough money to provide
the necessaries of life. Of the
many prostitutes called before the
committee many testified that
they had been waitresses and
stenographers prior to entering
their present vocation.
Many of the largest employers
of labor, however, have testified
that the girls receive enough to
Ijve on, hut that they enter the
life of shame from Choice.
NOME RU TOM
COMING TO VALDEZ
Nome. Man'll 12.—-Michael
Samuels, of this cily, left here on
| March Tlh. with the fast llegnoss
j leant of racing dogs and will try
| to make a record from Nome to j
Valdez, lie is making fast lime.!
and expected that he would reach ;
11 he coast in 25 days.
| MEN AND HORSES
T ARE ELECTROCUTED
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Sidney. Australia. March 12 — j
Several men and ten horses were 1
killed here yesterday in tin elec- [
trical storm. Houses were de
molished and great damage done
to the town. The storm was most
unusual in that the men and ani
mals were killed hy the electric
ity in different,s parts of tin* cily.
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| 1010 LAME
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I New Secretary of Interior Hears
of Our Troubles From
Seattle IVIan.
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I Washington. I>. Man'll I,’.
;(dial'll'.- <i. 'Ilei I'ni'l' was in riili
| ference wit i Si'i'i'i'lary of Int<M'i<>r
I I*’raiikIiii K. I.ane as In Hie needs
Jnf Alaska, and after liis interview
| lleifner annininced that President
Wilson wi*iilil siinu give the ad
vocates of government aid for
Alaska railroad building a pub
lic hearing.
President Wilson, it is under
stood, will give Alaska matters
his attention as-soon as the
present press of business incident
to his inauguration has been
cared for. : * ■
SUFFRAGETTES
SENT TO PEN
Attempt to Annoy King in Yester
day’s Parade—Would Start
Rlore Fires.
lhiuilqn, March 12.—Five mili
tant suffragettes- were sentenced
In serve one month at hard labor
in the penitentiary for attempting
to hand King George a petition
requesting that I lie right of suf
frage la* extended to women.
| An attempt was made |o de
stroy the F.rilish Museum last
night, Iml was foiled, as the po
lice guard had been doubled and
the women were arrested.
The F.nglish people,have lak-j
mi the mailer in their own hands
jaml the militant ones are getting ,
tail they can allend to. Their i
j headquarters have been destroy-I
led and every attempt to hold a
{parade has been blocked. The:
{destruction of public and private!
i property by'the suffragettes has!
! run into the millions and the
! public is clamoring for drastic,
action and heavy punishment for!
I lie women.
. Phil. Wilson, one of the Me-j
lulosh stage drivers, arrived in!
Valdez today.
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AT THE CAPITAL
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Committee on Committees in Both
Houses Make Report Which
is Accepted.
Juneau, March ,5.--The local
legislature is making haste' slow
ly. The senate did nothing but
confirm the appointments of
standing committees and then ad
journed until one o'clock tomor
row afternoon.
The house adopted the senate*
joint resolutions No. I and No.
Similar resolutions were yes
terday introduced and passed in
the house.
On motion of Representative
Kelly, the courtesies of the floor
was extended to Delegate Wick
ersham.
The committee on committees
and the committee'on rules asked
for a furtherance of lime (o re
port.
The journal of all previous ses
sions was read and approved.
Adjourned until o'clock to
morrow afternoon.
The following .joint resolution
No. I, Ihe house concurring, was
introduced in the senate jester
day by Senator Millard, of Val
dez :
lie il lit1.solved by the Senate. Ibe
House" eonciirrng. of the Terri
lorj of Alaska:
I That I lie report of the Alaska
I Railway Commission. recently
submit ted to I lie President and
J Ihe Congress of I lie I'n il ed slate.-,
lie, and Ihe same is. hereby ap
' proved.
And lie il further resolved,
That the Honorable Woodrow
W ilson, president. elect. be and is
llcrebj respect fully urged to make
Ibe const met ion of railroads in
Alaska and Ibe opening up and
developing of I lie resources of
Alaska on the lines recommended
11iy said commission, a prominent
feature^ of this message to the
Special Session of Congress to
lie convened on or about Ihe first
day of April, lit Id.
H. I\ MIU.ARI).
The following .joint resolution
No. ”, the Senate concurring, was
introduced in the House by Rep
resentative Gaffney, of Nome:
Whereas, under Ihe form of
Democratic government, changes
of administration are frequently
brought about; and.
Whereas, Such change in Ihe
government of the United States
as to policies will soon be made,
with the probaoility that many of
the appointive officers to fill va
cancies throughout Alaska will be
made hv the Honorable Woodrow
Wilson; therefore, he it
Resolved, by the House, the
Senate concurring, that we re
spectfully ask His Excellency, the
' President, lo choose such ap
pointees from governor down,
from the bona tide resident citi
zens of Alaska. We consider this
hut just and reasonable as a part
'<>f the home government regime.
He il further Resolved, That
il is the sense of this resolution
that Ihe term "bona tide resident”
m/eans only actual resident- of
Alaska, whose residence does not
depend upon political office and
does not include persons who
have left the Territory pnrma
nenllj and taken up their r.esi
j delice elsewhere,
TUGS. GA1TNKY.
Senator Millard introduced
i lx 11 h resolutions in I lie Senate
and they were passed unani
mously and sent to the House,
where the last paragraph was
added to Xo.
Representative Kelly, of Knik.
introduced Xo. 1 in the House.
The Ssennte convened at I
o'clock this afternoon and con
tinued the appointment of stand
ing committees, made hy Presi
dent Ray. The first named in
each instance is chairman of the
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