MIL PRIESTS
WITH II BOMB
Anti-Catholic Sentiment in Debreezin
Results in Dastardly Crime—Po
lice Hape to Arrest Guilty.
DEBRECZIN, Germany, Feb. 25.—
A bomb placed in the Catholic bish
op’s residence of this city caused the
death of live Greek Catholic priests
who were in the building at the time.
The bishop escaped being killed by
the fraction of a second, having just
left the room in which the explo
sion occurred to go to another section
of the building.
The citizens of the city are opposed
to the establishment of a Catholic
church at this place and are believed
to have placed the bomb in the build
ing in order to scare the Catholics
away.
The police have placed a strong
guard about the building and are de
termined to give full protection to the
priests and to prevent any more out
rages. Several arrests have been
made of men known to have been
strongly opposed to the establishment
of the church and the police hope to
secure the guilty parties and punish
them.
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OLD DEPDOBATE
DEIS BIG FI
For Intimacy With Girl of 16—She
Was Handsome and Well Formed
—Cost Old Sport $7,500.
CINCINNATI, U., Fob. 25. Col. Ar
nold, 68 years old and a high-railroad
official, was lined $7,500 for contrib
uting to the delinquency of 16-year
old Mildred Crane, a handsome girl
of this city. The couple have spem
much time together, especially in
compartments of the Pullman sleep
ers, Arnold taking the girl on long
irips as his daughter.
The trial judge, in passing sentence,
slated that the age" of the old repro
bate saved him from a jail sentence,
but that had he been a younger man
he would have served several years in
the state pen tent‘ary for his crime.
In the course of the trial it was
shown that Mildred was some high
flyer and that the old fellow was not
the only man she had tempted and
caused to fall from grace, but the
court held that even knowing the con
ditions Arnold was to blame for in
any way being connected with her and
under the state law' was guilty of
causing her delinquency.
JACK LONDON IS
FOR PROHIBITION
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 25.—Jack
London, the writer, has been offered
the presidency of the National Prohi
bition League in spite of the fear of
some of the wom"n members that
possibly .Jack has not forgotten the
taste of liquor, of which he was at
one time exceedingly fond. London,
however, says he has conquered the
drink habit and can pass a thirst par
lor without batting an eye. He says
he will work for the prohibition by
law of the manufacture and sale of
intoxicants.
Brighton Reaches Valdez.
The launch Brighton came up from
Port ^Vells yesterday evening, bring
ing Dick Lowell, Mike Sherry and two
other passengers from the down sound
gold camp. The Brighton will leave
in p. few days for Golden after re
pairs are made to the boat, which
suffered some damage trying to reach
Ben Howell and his partner at the
head of Long bay.
Three Wealthy Contractors Charged
With Complicity in Naval Graft
—Admiral Under Cloud.
YOKOHAMA, Japan, Feb. 25.—A
sensation was created here today
when three of the wealthiest naval
contractors in this city were arrest
ed charged with being implicated in
the naval contract scandals recently
disclosed.
The arrest of the Japanese con
tractors is the first made following the
publicity off Japanese, but several
Germans and Americans are being
held charged with grafting. Vice Ad
miral r ujii. formerly naval attache at
Berlin, is under a cloud and is be
lieved to have profited by the selling
of contracts for electrical supplies to
a German concern.
TAX PROPERTY
10 WASHINGTON
Congressman Johnson Would Do Away
With Present System Whereby
Government Pays Freight.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—“Battling
Ren” Johnson, representative from
Kentucky, and known to fame be
cause of his near-fist fights and his
self-confessed proclivity for “toting a
gun,” is not extremely popular with
society folk hero. Also the real estate
agents just positively shudder when
they hear his name. It’s till because
Johnson delved deep into nUisiy tomes
and discovered a precendent whereby
he insists that the District of Colum
bia ought to pay all its city expenses,
instead of saddling the federal gov
ernment with half of them, as has
been the case for nearly a third of a
century.
Johnson, being a Democrat, and
naturally a bug for the Democratic
economy stuff, has been making llie
rich society folks and the real-estaters
shake in their several boots pretty
nearly every day since that time by
pushing his scheme ahead. He is
chairman of the House committee
which legislates for the City of Wash
ington, too, and that, means he is in
a position to make his recommenda
tions carry weight. He holds that the
tax rate here is entirely too low, and
that by making the rich society swells
who own fiiie homes here, which they
occupy during “the season,” pay more
taxes, matters will be evened up.
The old “half and half” plan was
adopted because the government own
ed so much property here, in parks,
government buildings, and reserva
tions, it was thought Uncle Sam
ought to pay half of the district’s ex
penses. Johnson would have the gov
ernment pay some, but he insists this
shouldn’t be half of the city’s expen
ses. Naturally residents of Washing
ton are fighting the Johnson plan as
hotly as imaginable. Johnson contin
ually receives threatening letters ev
ery so often. Therefore the pistol
pocket and the determination to go |
ahead with his ideas, no matter what I
happens.
There are twenty towns and four
counties in th^ United States bear
ing the name of Wilson, and a chain
of mountains in Colorado and Utah.
There are eleven Marshall counties
situated in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana. ,
Iowa. Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, i
Mississippi, South Dakota. Tennessee, I
and West Virginia. The majority of |
these were named for John Marshall, I
chief justice of the United States from J
1801 to 1835. There are aTSo 16 cit- )
ies or towns of the same name, be- \
sides numerous Marshalltown?.—U. S. ;
Geological Survey.
LEASING SLOPS
ALL MONOPOLY
Says Secretary Lane m Interview Re
garding Opening of Alaska
Coal Fields.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Secretary
Lane, of the Department of the In
terior, in an interview today stated
that the leasing of the coal lands in
Alaska was the best and surest solu
tion of the matter and in the opinion
of the secretary it will prevent mo
nopoly, yet will allow of the work
ing of large areas of coal lands, jus
tifying the expenditure by capitalists
of the money necessary to install the
expensive machinery necessary to de
velop the mines.
“The department is determined to
have competition in the mining of the
coal so that it will be placed on the
market tit a fair price,” said the sec
rets ry.
The .Department of the Interior
plans the survey of the entire Paci
fic slope to ascertain the amount of
coal and the location of the mines.
AMERICAN GIRL
MARRIES A DUKE
Italian With Long Name Grabs an
Heiress Living on Fifth Ave
nue, New York.
NEW YORK. I'Vb. 25.—The "ideal
marriage" of *he Duke Don Arturo de
Majo Durrazzo. 24, to Miss EPzabeth
Frances Hanan, 54. sister of John 11.
Hanan. took place today tit the bride’s
home at 1073 Fifth avenue. The Duke
comes of an Italian family recorded
in the "Book of Gold of the Nobility
of Italy." His family date back to
1272. Its history is repiete with to
mantle facts in the histories of the
famous old Italian c’ties of Capua,
v'oggia, Lucet t, Catanzaro, Venice,
Naples and Rome. The father of the
Duke, Marquis Francesco Derniao Du
ra zzo, has been de-’d two years.
The romance consumated today be
gan two years ago on board the Han
an yacht in the Mediterranean, when
the Duke was a guest of Hanan. He
had begun a philanthropic movement
in Italy for the scientific application
of funds donated by the rich to the
poor. Miss Hanan who has devoted
her life to such work, immediately
became interested in him and his
work. She had been variously re
ported to be engaged to many titled
Europeans and many wealthy Ameri
cans.
SLEEPER COLD; j
WANTS DAMAGES:
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25.—Legal
representatives here of May Irwin, the
actress, today were preparing to bring
suit for $50,000 against the Southern
Pacific. This amount, it was claimed.,
is due the actress because of illness
suffered while traveling over the com -
pany’s lines and which, it was alleg
ed, forced her to cancel a number of
Pacific coast engagements. While
traveling from California over the
Southern Pacific, Miss Irwin’s train
was held up by a washout near Du na
me Ir, Cal. It is charged that the
sleeper in which Miss Irwin was re
quired to remain for 12 hours carried
no heat And as a result she was seized
with an attack of neuritis.
Masonic Notice.
Special communication tonight of;
Valdez Lodge F. and A. M. Masons.
Work in the second degree.- Visiting
brothers invited. Bv order of the
Worshipful Master.
C. C. REYNOLDS, Secretary, j
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FLOOD DAMAGE'
IS S4.SOO.OOO.OO
Orange Groves Are Not Injured Much
—One Hundred Homes in Los
Angeles Destroyed.
' LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25.—Damage
by the floods of the past week have
been estimated at $4,500,000 and sev
en deaths have been caused by the
high waters. In this city 100 small
homes have been completely destroy
ed by the water and high winds.
Contrary to expectations, the or
ange groves were but little damaged.
The railroads will be heavy losers, as
grades were washed out and bridges
destroyed.
Alaskan Takes His Life.
SEATTLE, Feb. 25.—Nels Monnan,
a 60-year-old Alaskan suicided here
today because he was unable to ob
tain work or to secure a grubstake
so that he could return to the north.
Monnan shot himself in the head,
causing instant death.
MORE TROOPS FOR
CITY OF MEXICO
France and Japan Notify State De
partment Will Send Guards to
the Legations
WASHINGTON', Feb. 25. The rep
resentatives here of Japan and France
have informed the State department
that legation guards are io be sent
from tlie coast to Mexico City to pro
vide protect ion for the legations ot
their respective countries, which will
become havens of refuge should trou
ble break out in the capital of the
Mexican republic.
The announcement did not come as
a surprise here as it was expected
that other powers would follow the
example of Germany and send troops
io Mexico.
It is semi-officially denied that the
sending of troops to Mexico as lega
tion guards has been done at the re
quest of Provisional President Huer
ta, who, it is said, is anxious to leave
the capital with as many of his troops
as possible and desired that order be
maintained and the presence of strong
detachments of German, French Ja
panese and Spanish troops would tend
to relieve his own forces from the
foreign section, where he has kept his
most loyal troops.
(Continued on page 2.)
LITTLE MILEAGE
FOR SENATOR LEE
WASHINGTON, Fob. 25.—Senator
Blair Loo Maryland’s newest solon,
broke a Senate record by receiving
the smallest amount of "mileage” pay j
ever given any senator. He has been
paid just $3.20 for expenses in travel
ing to and from Washington. Mileage
allowances of Pacific coast members
run over $1,200. Senator Lee got such
a slim allowance because he lives on
ly eight miles from Washington on a
farm at Silver Spring, Md., just be
yond the -District of Columbia-Mary
lnnd line. Twenty cents a mile for
the round trip is the trayel pay al
lowed senators. Lee travels to and
from Washington by trolley.
Former Senator Arthur P. Gorman,
of Maryland, formerly held the rec
ord for small travel pay: Represen
tative Carlin, living at Alexandria,
Vs., seven miles from here, receives ,
the smallest mileage allowance in the j
House.
Watch crystals 25c. Pltnt A Co. tf j
BUZZARD HITS
THE WINDY CITY
Put the Train Service Out of Com
mission—Poor Need Fuel and City
is Providing for Some.
CHICAGO, Feb. 25.—Another ter
rific blizzard ‘s raging throughout the
lake regions and all trains into this
city are stalled and none are being
sent out until the tracks are cleared.
The storm is general throughout the
middle west.
Because of the heavy drain this
winter upon charitable organizatoins
to aid the poor during the storms
and provide shelter or fuel for them
theorganizat ions are bankrupt and
have called upon the people for
funds. The Salvation Army is feed
ing 1,000 families and providing fuel
for them but are compelled to ask for
public support. The city authorities
are also aiding in the work.
CONFEREES ARE
STILL WORKING
Cummins Amendment is a Sticker—
No Friction Over Financing
the Construction.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.--The con
ference committee met again this af
ternoon and have three points to ad -
just. The matter of building the road
from proceeds secured by the sale of
bonds or by direct appropriation is
still in the air. but it is not. thought
that the manner of raising the money
will be much of a stumbling block in
the committee and it is freely pre
dicted that the direct appropriation
will he made from the treasury if the
funds are available. The treasurer
has been consulted and has reported
to the committee but the nature of
’-.is report has not been made public.
The Cummins amendment is one of
the points upon which the committee
cannot agree, as Houston of the
House Territories committee is op
posed to buying ex’sting roads. As
the House bill allows the matter en
tirely to his discretion and the Cum
mins amendment means that the
president must take over all exist
ing I in s. It is considered doubtful if
the House would accept the commit
tee report if the Cummins amendment
is approved.
The members of the committee rep
resenting the Senate are determined
that the road shall be of standard
guage and do not desire that any part
shall be narrow guage and insist upon
the Senate working in this respect.
The House bill does not specify the
guage.
It is predicted here today that in
the event of the first 1,000 miles of
railroad in Alaska is successfully
built and operated that another 1,000
'miles will be authorized by congress
in order to reach the more distant
sections of the interior.
' That the government ownership of
railroads will become a national cam
paign cry the coming congressional
election is now almost a foregone
conclusion. .
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Notice.
The hunting season for ptarmigan,
grouse, shore birds and water fowl,
closes March 1. Anyone violating
the game law will be prosecuted to
the full extent of the law.
HENRY ALHEIDT,
Game Warden Third Judivial Division.
Don’t forget the dance tonight at
Eagle hall. Everyone welcome. Ad
mission $1.00 for gentlemen, ladies'
free: 9 to 12. The right to refuse ad
mission to questionable persons is re
served by the COMMITTEE.
Charles Crawford brought up a
large shipment of clear fir lumber for
his planning mill from Seattle.
BECKER WINS IN~
COURT OF APPEALS
Will be Given a New Trial—Charged
With Murder of Rosenthal—Four
Gunmen Must Die.
ALBANY, N. Y.. Feb. 25.—The court
of appeals today handed down a de -
cision in the case of former Police
Lieutenant Charles Becker, who was
convicted of the charge of mujgler in
the first degree for the murder of
Gambler Rosenthal by four gunmen
instigated by Becker. The court or
dered a new trial for the lieutenant .
claiming that Justice Gofl' erred in
several of his rulings, thus the ver
| diet regarding the four gunmen was
| sustained and the men will be electro
j ruted as soon as a new date is set ny
j the trial judge, who must re-senterre
j the murderers.
The brief of the attorneys for Beck
j er covered 271 pages of printed nts
, ter and more than one-third of it
| was devoted to a resume of the te
! tiniony of Rose, Yallon, Schepps and
' Webber, the four principal witnesses
I for the state. The attorneys claimed
I that the evidence of the four men af
! firmatively established the innocence
' of the police lieutenant.
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BLEACHED FLOUR
| IS ALL RIGRI
j
I The Supreme Court of the United
j States Says So, and They Should
Know All About It.
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WASiilMl'i'ON. Feb. “a. The ."'ll
; picnic Court today decided tile ino.~
bitterly fought imre food case ye
1 brought to an issue, when ihe de< i ion
: was handed down in favor of the liou ■
.manufacturers staling that bleached
flour is not an adulteration.
| The case has been ill the courts for
i many years ihe milling companies
i claiming that bleaching does no! in
| .Hire the flour and only greatly ini
| proves its appearance. Experts, how
ever, asserted that it was injurious to
health.
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“Pope’s Dance” is the Rage.
j ROME, Italy.—The furlana, th>
! V’enetian dance which the Pope is said
J to have recommended as modest,
■graceful and picturesque, after wit
j nessing the tango, is rivaling the "ex
I otic” dances in popular favor. The
: Italian papers are full of the furlan .,
; which Is now known universally as
| “the Pope’s dance.” The Pope’s dm-t
j and “the dance of the devil,” as some
j bishops have called the tango, are thus
I competing for preeminence in the
Eternal City.
TOBACCO LAW IS
ONCONST|TUTIOIIAL
SPRINGFIELD, IP, Feb. 25.—The
supreme court of this state today
handed down a dec’sion declaring un -
constitutional the "dope ordinance”
against the use of tobacco. The large
tobacco interests had retained lea.
ing attorneys of this state to fight tv. •
case and have appealed from the de -
cisions of the lower courts, whhh
were adverse to them.
A Ton of Lead it Recovered.
In the various cleanups that were
made last season in the dredging op
erations on one of the craeks n»- r
Dawson over a ton of lead in t'-o
shape of shot and bullets that h d
been shot away by hunters, was i*'
covered from the sluices during the
work. The metal was put aside and
saved and has since been cast Into
pigs.