LONDON PAPER
BOOSTS tltSKR
Special 54 Page Edition Issued by
London Times on Alaska and
Pacific Coast.
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LONDON, Dec. 31.—The London
Times, the largest daily newspaper in
England, today issued its special
number containing information (re
garding the Pacific coast of America
and also containing much informa
tion about Alaska.
The issue is 54 pages and is the
largest paper of its kind published
here, containing many special articles
regarding the coast, its resources and
the possibility of the great influx of
population when the Panama Canal is
opened next spring.
Alaska is also well advertised in
the issue ;yid is spoken of as a store
house of mineral wealth which has
never been exploited, but destined to
become the largest producer of min
eral of any country in the world. The
agricultural advantages of the ter
ritory are also pointed out, as well
as the advantages of the Canadian
provinces.
The Issue was gotten out because
of the demand in England for infor
mation regarding the coast, as many
Englishmen expect to try their luck
in the western states and in the Pa
cific Canadian provinces and Alaska.
SCHMIDT JURY
Out 26-Hours and Failing to Find Ver
dict Are Discharged—Will
Try Priest Again.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—After de
liberating for 26 hours the jury in the
Hans Schmidt murder trial were un
able to come to an agreement and
were discharged by 'he court. Some
were for first degree murder, others
believed the German priest to be in
sane and wished to acquit him.
Schmidt has been on trial for the
past three weeks charged with the
murder of Anna Aumulier, a German
servant girl, whom he married and
then murdered. Attorney Koeble, who
has appeared for the priest, has main
tained all along that his client is in
sane and has been of unsound mind
since boyhood.
The district attorney expects to try
the case at the first opportunity and
tailing to get a conviction he will turn
the prisoner over to the federal auth
:rities, who have an indictment
fgainst Schmidt charging him with
counterfeiting.
IE »I CITY
Two Hundred and Thirty Wilt Tour
the Philippines and eastern
Countries.
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SEATTLE, Dec. 31.—Tub handled
and thirty Shriners left here today on
an excursion to the Philippines. They
will be gone (several months- and will
make a shop at Mon •'bin and ft-oTn the
Philippines *111 tWUr China and Ja
pan, thence returning to Seattle.
A large crowd of friends were on
the dock to wish *he Shriners bon
voyage.
No one allowed oil dance iloor un
ions Wearing face masque tonight at
C.-gie hail.
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UNION
Calumet Operators Say That Fight
Will Continue for Years if
Ntcesaary.
CALUMET, Mich., Dec. 31—The
mining operators of this section have
issued a statement to *he striking
miners that tney will not under any
circumstances recognize the miners’
union knd that the fight will con
tinue for years if necessary, and the
properties will be worked part time
with strike breakers and non-union
men with a constantly increasing
force as the men can be secured to
take the places of the strikers.
The miners are equally determined
that the union shall be recognized if
they are compelled to remain on strike
another year. The contributions from
miners in other camps are being used
to relieve the suffering among the
strikers, fuel and clothing having
been sent in in large quantities and
food supplies are being shipped into
the district for distribution by the
Calumet locals.
THE UNITED STATES
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Has Discussed Idea With Ambassa
dors Herrick and Jusserand
—Wilson Pleased.
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PARIS, Dec. 31.—President Ray
mond Poincare has talked unofficial
ly with Jean Jules Jusserand, French
ambassador to the United States; My
ron T. Herrick, United States ambas
sador to France; Emile Boutroux, who
married a cousin of M. Poincare, and
others of the possibility of his pay
ing a visit to the United States dur
ing his term of office,
i The suggestion was first made to
him privately by a friend who inquir
ed whether the president's visits to
other countries ought not to include
one to the United States, pointing out
that the relations between the two
countries always had been so agree
able, and that the United States was
the sole republic among all the great
powers.
President Poincare received the
suggestion sympathetically and took
occasion in September to speak of
the. matter to Ambassador Jusserand
while he was passing his holiday in
France. At other times the presi
dent spoke of it with Ambassador
Herrick.
The subject was also brought quite
informally to the consideration of
President Wilson, who said it would
give the government and the people
pf the United States a great deal of
pleasure to entertain President and
Mme. Poincare.
The question was raised whether
President Wilson could promise to
pay a return visit to France, and
President Wilson said he saw no like
lihood of being able to. do so.
No official discussion of this inter
esting suggestion hus taken place, and
it remains for the present und<^- pri
vate consideration. It is felt, how
ever, at 't'he Palace of the Elysee that
such an exchange of visits might be
an admirable way of showing the un
ity of feeling and the good will ex
isting between the two republics in
somewhat the same way as the com
munity of Interests between monar
chies Is often indicated by visits of
royal personages.
President Poincare today became a
member of ?. committee which has
been formed to protect French Inter
ests in the West Indies. It is a large
and influential body which has been
organized by Henry Berenger, French
Senator from Guadeloupe, for the eco
nomic and intellectual development
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SOURDOUGH BULL
III SPIRIT cm
Dance the Tanan* Tango, Juneau Jin
gle, Wrangell Wiggle and the
Spirit City Crawl.
SEATTLE, Dec. 31.—The annual
sourdough ball held here last night
was a great success and reminded the
boys of the time when the dance halls
were wide open in the northland.
The old-timers danced the dances of
’97 and ’98, but under the new names.
The Tanana Tango, with its lasciv-i
ious motions: the Juneau Jingle, re
sembling somewhat the contortions of
Little Egypt: the Wrangell Wiggle,
which appeared like the twisting of
the salmon just caught, and the Spirit
City Crawl, the most outrageous
dance ever held in public.
The boys had a good time and many
faces familiar in the north in the J
days before Hoggatt laid his heavy
hand on the joys of the bachelor, and
a number of women, known from
Dawson to Nome, danced until the
wee sma’ hours of the morning.
The police made no effort to inter
fere.
BITTER COLD III
Low Temperatures Surpass All Rec
ords in France, Spain and
Portugal.
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PARIS, Dec. 31—Fiipfecerlented low
temperatures prevail over western
continental Europe. From all parts
of France, Spain and Portugal come
accounts of suffering because of the
unsual cold weather, for which there
rvas inadequate preparation. Numer
ous deaths among the poor are re
ported.
In the mountains and in lowland
districts in northern France the mer
cury has gOne belO'w zero, the lowest
figure being 6 belO’w. Zero tempera
ture is remarkable in any part of
France Fuel shortage ih many places
has caused suffering' evefi' among peo
ple well able td buy; because of their
inability to sedure cdal.
LOSE STRIKE
Six Months Struggle of Garment
Workers in Philadelphia Ends
in Fai are.
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PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 31.—the six(
months’ strike of the garment work
ers in this city ended today in the
surrender of the workers. Some trifl
ing concessions were made by the
manufacturers and the employes will
return to work aftei New Year's day.
The main demands of the strikers,
were not accomplished. The strike in
volved tens of thousands of employes!
and cost the On tons a vast sum Of!
money, besides causing nUroer&ttft'
riots and much suffering among the
famine^ of the workers.
Fitrad for Advertising Fraud.
Hartford, Dec. si.—The first
i mvie)ion under.a new state law con
cerning fraudulent'advertising of mer
chandise was obtained today when
William H. Meloney was fined $20.
Wo advertised e rug at $65 which he.
nought r.t r. department store for
$12.50.
Leaves Vera Xru* on Fast Warship
for Conference With President
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at Pass Christihh.
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VERA CRUZ, Oec. 31.—John Lind,
jspCCial ambassador of President Wil- ‘
bon and the Attfericah administra
tion, who has been here for several
.months in the interest Of the State ■
department and to watch the devel
opments of the Mexican revolution, i
left here today on a fast cruiser for1
Galveston, to confer with President1
Wilson, who is now at Pass Chris
tian, Miss.
Conditions in Mexico haye become
so bad that some action must be tak
en to protect foreigners when the in
evitable crash comes and Huerta is
overthrown. Feeling here is strong
ly anti-Ameijean because of the at
titude of the Washington administra
tion towards Huerta, who is believed
by the better class of Mexicans and
'the foreign population to be the
strongest man in Mexico today, and
the only one who can prevent a reign
of terror that will pall in insignifi
cance the French revolution.
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RESCUE
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Execution of Ralph Fariss is Deferred
on Ground of Possible In
sanity.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31.—Ralph
Fariss, convicted of holding up a
j Southern Pacific train on December
! 1 and sentenced to hang, was grant
| ed a respite today by the governor
| on account of representations strong
I ly tending to indicate that the man
j is insane. 'An inquiry into his sanity
will be made next month.
The trial and conviction of Fariss
was one of the quickest on record.
1 He wras arrested a few days after the
{hold-up and placed on trial last Sat
{urday. The trial was concluded in
; two hours and a verdict returned in
a few minutes. Hts attorneys talk
of an appeal but have taken no steps
to perfect it.
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ALAMEDA LEWES
THE SPIRIT CITY
, Has Eleven Passengers for Valdez—
'' Good Load of Freight—Two
Passengers for Eitamar.
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! SEATTLE, Dec. 31.—The steamer
Alameda, of the A taska Steamship
I line, left here on B' hedule time last
| night for the north. The steamer has
| a large amount Of freight for South
j western Alaska points ami a few. pag
! sengers. (
The following passengers are north
bound for Valdez: J. McCarty, P. E
Rlckson, Mrs. P Stwe«8, Mrs. E. K.
Ramsay, Ruth Raymond, Miss L. \Vil
son and Tour stoerage.
Por Port Llscum: Dr. Mitchell.
Two passengers a>e aboard for El
| larnar,
| No issue of the Prospector will be
; published tomorrow, it being a holi
| day. The cable office will be closed,
i keeping Sunday hoars from 10:00 to
111:00 a. m. ami from 5:00 to 6:0P
, p. m. The postoffice will be open
! from 12:00 to 2:00 only.
i Ton of co->l for door prize tonight
: i.t the Eagles masque ball.
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Burr Harris, Who Killed Christian
Sclbntikt, Will Pay Penalty of
His Crime in February.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 31—Burr Har
ris, the negro who murdered Mrs.
Gay, the Christian Scfen-fc eacher,
was sentenced to hang in v jruary for
his crime.. The neg r confesses to
having killed Mrs. Hankins about a
year ago in Los Angeles and also the
killing of Pendell, the Los Angeles
jeweler, who was found dead and his
safe robbed less than a year ago.
The police have been working on
the cases but were unable to fasten
the guilt upon any one until the con
fession of the negro today that he had
committed the crimes.
Mrs. Gay Was murdered in iter
rooms by the negro, who was a fre
quent caller. The police, knowing he
had called, soon traced him to a
cheap lodging house and made the ar
rest, finding much of the stolen loot
| in his possession. *
OF GRAND JURIES
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j British Royal Commission on Delay in
{ the Law Courts Presents Its Re
! port—Judges to Work Harder.
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LONDON, Dec. 31.- -Important
[changes in the administration of the
law are recommended by the Itoyal
Commission on Delay in the Law
Courts, the final report of which was
issued last night.
| Some of the most striking- propos
als are the abolition of grand juries,
the Long Vacation to be reduced to
two months, no assize to be held un
less there are three commissioners,
and judges in London to sit for long
er hours.
| A “speedy trial list” is to be form
; ed of cases where there i^ no de
! fense.
Judges are to retire at the age of
72, or after six months’ absence.
Judges are to be allowed to retire
after ten years’ service on the con
dition that they serve if called upon
during such period as would make up
fifteen years’ service. All retired
judges are to be supernumerary
judges.
Pensions after five years’ service or
less are to be $7,500, with $1,000 a
year extra for every extra year's serv
ice, the maximum being $17,500—i.
j e., for fifteen years’ service.
[ . A circuit judge, when unable to sit
through illness or other cause, is to
be relieved »t once by a supernum
erary judge or a commissioner. No
judge is to be sent from London or
diverted from his regular work in
London. In London a supernumerary
Judge is to be called in if necessary
in case of temporary illness.
The Court of Criminal Appeal is to
have power to order new trials.
Dealing with delays in London and
lengthy trials,, reference is made to
the growing tendency to adjourn cases
for tye convenience of “fashionable
counsel,’’ who like to “spread them
selves over a trial for a, week.”
There will he little disagreement
with the principal proposals of the re
port. It is recognized that the grand
jury system has long ceased to per
form any useful function, and the
lengUi of the Long Vacation and the
congestion of the courts are cf-or
ally regarded as a scandal which must
inevitably lead to reform. ... , ^
Stores Clpse on New Year’s. M|
Die merchants of V Idez will
their establishments on New Y»r's
day so that the clerks may enjoy the
day vial) lag their friends and wishing
them happy new year. Don’t forget
’o m ike your ptfr'elnsps early today.
Caught in Compromising Position
With Princess Marie, of Sweden —m
—-English People Wild.
PAftlS, Dec. 31.—In spite of every
effort to keep the matter a secret. It
;has becbme known today that King
Alfonso, 6f Spain, had been found in
a compromising position at a small
hotel with Princess Marie, of Sweden,
who recently left her husband, the
crown prince of Sweden.
The English ambassador and the
French authorities, along with the
Spanish officials, did everything pos
sible to keep the story out of the
press and are believed to have paid
large sums of money to the report
ers who discovered the king and the
princess at the hotel, where they' had
registered as man and wife,
j Paris is laughing ul the discomfort
of tile king, who has always traveled
the fast pace while in the city, but
keen regret is felt at the notoriety
given to the affair because of the
love and regard held for Queen Vic
toria of Spain.
LONDON. Dec. 31.—The English'
people are furious at the escapade of.
King Alfonso, of Spain, to whom the
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Reported That 30,000 People Are
Starving or Freezing Through
Servian Outrages.
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PARIS, Dec. 31.—Reports front Al
bania state that 30,000 people there
are actually perishing of cold or star
vation, or both. Ravages of Servian
troops destroyed 100 Albanian towns,
in which 12,000 houses were burned;
leaving 100.000 people homeless.
The authorities seem utterly help
less and nothing is being done for the
relief of the people. The province
seems likely to become the prey of
the various contenders in the Balkan
muddle.
ALLAN PINKERTON REFUSES
POLICE COMMIS8IONER8HIP
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—Allan Pink
erton, the famous detective, has re
fused the position offered him by
Mayor-elect Mitchel to head the po
lice department for the next four
years.'
BEACHEY FLIES
INSIDE BUILDING
Aviator Sails His Machine Through
Machinery Palace at San
Francisco.
SAX PHANUISt’O, Dec. 31—.Lincoln
Beachey sailed his airship through
machinery hall pn the Panama expo
sition grounds today, the first time
an indoor flight was ever made by any
nachine.
ttey maneuvered in the build
i several minutes without cpl
fith any object, having his ma
under perfect control all the
Ur. Mitchell, who 'is to take charge
of the post hospital during the ab
sence of Ur. Von Schrader, left Seat
'lo lust night for Valdez.