OH HEW HAVEH
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For First Time in Forty Years Rail
road Passes Regular Divi
dend Period.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—The board
of directors of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad today
passed a resolution that no dividends
be paid to stockholders at this time.
The action of the board caused no
excitement on the exchange, because
it was expected the road, not having
earned enough to meet the regular
expenses of operation, besides which
many heavy damage judgments have
been secured by passengers who were
injured in the many wrecks of the 1
past two years.
For years the directors of the rail
road have never misseed a payment of
regular quarterly dividend and the ■
itock was considered one of the best '
investments in the east. The poor ,
management of the line under Pres- !
ident Mellen is general blamed for
the financial wrecking of the prop
erty.
Howard Elliott, a railroad manager
well known in the west, is now presi
dent of the system.
Men for the West.
The stream of immigrants through
the Panama gateway is not likely to
have the effect on organized labor
that the'Federation of Labor seems to
fear. Their diversion from Eastern
to Western ports ought to rather les
, sen their menace to American crafts
men. Practically all of these new
comers will be expert husbandmen,
who will be brought through the canal
to within easy distance of the farm
acreage that needs them. Doubtless
all of them would prefer to seek, in
this new land, the vocation with
which they are familiar and that of
fers opportunities for them to acquire
what they never could have secured
in home—their own piece of land.
This new opportunity will guide them
away front the congested centers of
the East, and the West needs them,
wants them and will welcome them
as tillers of our millions of acres of
valuable, idle farm land. Rather than
a menace, it looks a new opportunity
to get men for the West.
BURGLAR LICKS
A WJffi BEATER
SAX RAPHAEL, Cal., Dec. 12—A
chivalrous burglar who was an unex
pected witness to a beating adnrnis
tered by Robert Bernard to his wife,
crept front h s hiding place beneath
the woman’s bed and beat the hus
band insensible. Bernard was incen
sed when he arrived home and
fcund that his wife had calmly slept
through the looting of their home,
but was unaware of the presence of
the third party.
This morning Ill's. Bernard swore
to •> warrant charging her husband
with battery. To Judge Magee, Ber
nard admitted the heating and said
his wife deserved it. He was sen
tenced to six months in jail. In pass
ing sentence Judge Magee said:
”If this gentleman burglar had been
caught he would have been sent to
Sun Quentin for a number of years.
I regret that I can do no more than
to sentence you to six months. Later
1 may have, an opportunity of compli
menting the thief for his chivalry.”
U. S. to Stock Pacific Water* With
Lobster*-.
WASHINGTON.1—In a few days a
refrigerated t*nk <w will, start west
carrying 3,500 lobsters, sent by the
Dnited States fish commission. The
purpose is to stock the Pacific coast
waters, now lacking in this variety
c-f sc-a food, with fine Maine lobyters.
In return the Pacific has sent to the
east 12,000,000 eggs cf the humpback '
salmon.
Blum’s are showing a large line o. ,
cut glass for Xmiie
Mexico City Merchants Desire to Ef
fect Peaceful Settlement With
General Carranza.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 12.—Tentative
efforts are being made by merchants
and business men of th s city along
with a number of government officials
to induce Provisional President Huer
ta to ascertain if possible if General
Carranza will agree to cease fighting
for the purpose of holding an elec
tion with himself as a candidate, or
if he will not run then permit some
other Mexican to run who is satis
factory to him.
The purpose is to secure the with
drawal of General Huerta from the
head of the government with as lit
tle fighting as possible, the depleted
treasury, the revolt among the sol
diers, who have not been paid for
many months, making it impossible
for to remain for many months at the
the head of the government.
Minnesota Great Iron State.
Because of its great wealth and ex
tensive development of iron ores, Min
nesota ranks ninth among all the
states in the value of its mineral pro
duction. In *s output of iron ore Min
nesota far outranks all other states,
and during the last three years .it has
contributed both in quantity and val
ue considerably more than half of the
iron ore produced and marketed in
the United States, according to Ed
ward W. Parker, of the United States
Geological Survey. In 1912 the total
marketed production of iron ore in
the United States was57,017,614 long
tons, valued at $107,050,153, of which
Minnesota contributed 34,249,813 long
tons, valued at $61,805,017. By far the
largest part of the iron ore produced
in the state is derived from the Mesa
bi iron range, now the most import
ant iron-producing district of the
world . The Mesabi is the yonugest
of the great iron ranges, the Cuyun.a
range, which has eben developed in
the last two or tlir e years, not hav
ing attained notable prominence at
the close of 1912, in which year its
production amounted to 369,739 long
tons. The Mesabi range was opened
in 1892, and yielded a production in
that year of less than 30,000 tons. In
1894 it yielded nearly 2,000,000 tons;
in 1902 it produced over 13,000,00o
tons, or nearly half of the total out
put of the Lake Superior iron ore.
The Mesabi range reached its high
est producing point in 1912, with an
output of 32,604,756 long tons.
Exclusive of the iron ore the value
of the mineral products of Minneso
ta in 1912 was $4,867,712. Of these
less important products the principal
items are from the quarries and clay
pits, which yield products of almost
equal value. In 1911 the clay pro
ducts, exclusive of pottery, were val
ued at $1,611,040, and the stone out
put at $1,845,746.
The total value of the mineral pro
ducts in Minnesota in 1912 was $66,
672,729, against $53,395,881 in 1911, an
increase of $13,276,848.
Suffragists Riot.
SHEFFIELD, Eng., Dec. 12.—A wild
suffragette disturbance occurred here
last night. Philip Snowden, Socialist
member of Parliament for Blackburn,
attempted to address a “no conscrip
tion” meeting arranged by the Labor
party, but was howled down by the
suffragettes. Stewards promptly took
a hand, and in the resulting scrim-,
make were attackej not only by the
women, but also by male sympathiz
ers. Some of the stewards were
kicked and badly bruised. In spite
of the fact that many of the disturb
ers were ejected, the uproar persisted
to such an extent that at the end
of half an hour the meeting was aban
doned.
Weather Conditions Thompson’s Pass.
Trail drifted . full during night:
wind is blowing liaid and drifting the
v.r.ov. Not snowing this morning.
Gilbert Plummer, an insane patient
from Alaska at the Morningslde asy
lum, died during October of cerebral
h' ramorhage.
Ill DEAD EASY
Just Buy Stock in Shushanna Min-<
ing Company and Wealth Will
Pour in (Maybe).
_
The following article appeared in
the Seattle Sun of a recent date. The
Beeks referred to Is probably the ■
Beeks who held office under Judge
Reed:
It is easy to get. rich in Seattle.
To the great horde of bread provid
ers this news will be a cheerful reve
lation. Heretofore, many have sup
posed that the road to wealth laid ov
er a rough and rocky path that took
years to travel, and that, in the ma
jority of instances, disappointment
awaited the weary one at the end of
the journey.
But things are different now, at
least in Seattle.
If you want to get rich in a hurry,
without working for the money, buy
stock in ■ the Shushanna Mining &
Trading Co., Ltd. (See a certain Se
attle newspaper for advertisement.)
The returns from this investment
will vary between 500 and 1,000 per
cent, according to the estimate made
by Mr. Beeks, who is selling the stock
in Seattle.
Mr. Beeks is a nice man. He prob
ably believes many of the things he
says, but to the analytical mind his
statements are replete with humor.
The idea of this story is not to
j place the mining concern in a bad
light, but merely to enlighten the
people of Seattle as to how to get
rich, and at the same time show them
the wonders of the Chisana as told
by Mr. Beeks.
Cairnes Found It, He Says.
One day last week 1 dropped in
i to the office of the Shushanna Min
! ing k Trading Co. to get some of its
j literature dealing with the riches of
the new gold fields.
; Beeks, the man in charge of the
I office, received me cordially, and we
1 began to talk about the wonderful
| richness of the Chisana.
Although 1 had spent fourteen years
in the mining camps of ft he north,
I learned things from Mr. Beeks which
I never before had suspected.
Mr. Beeks related at length how,
after the. company had pleaded with
Dr. D. D. Cairnes, the eminent Ca
nadian geologist, the latter had con
sented for $14,000 to part with a one
half interest in the claim he had stak
ed for himself in the Chisana. The
fact that Dr. Cairnes is a Canadian,
and thus cannot legally stake a min
ing cfaim in Algska did not seem to
bother Mr. Beeks in the least.
Anyway, the Shushanna Mining k
Trading Co has an interest in some
mining claim in the new diggings. To
date, according to Mr. Beeks, that is
the only visible asset the company
j has. The value of the stock, outside
| of that one little claim, lies entirely
in the good intentions of the com
pany.
| But that one claim must be a won
der. Under the glass covering the
| table in the office is a picture of a
■ small group of nuggets. These Mr.
! Beeks said had been found on the
j ground of the company and brought
out by Dr. Cairnes.
Tills in view o? the fact that, ac
cording to the company’s own litera
ture, no work had been done on the
i claim.
"The Trust Company ’Magazine,”
ja publication issued to advertise the
jstopk, of the company, in referring
j to the lone claim of the company,
| says:
“No work whatever has been done
on the property except for a man to
go out, run his shovel down, in the
ground, and take, out a piece of gold
as big as thej»ndf(of your, finger, and
I put up the nocesunry' s^kes,"
j tto hurrjr, no work. That
I matf tsmtpty i'ri«i. his shpvel in the
| ground, picked up that piece of gold,
set his stakes and came to the out
side, where he sold a half interest
for 114,000.
Continuing, the Trust Magazine
says :
“We do.,not kpow, iipd no man
dare estimate, how much gold is in
(Continued on page 2.)
Will Send to San Francisco the Fin-’
est Display Their Country Has
Ever Made.
BERLIN, Dec. 12.—If an Impression
exists that Germany’s refusal to par
ticipate offjcially in the Panama-Paci
fic Exposition means that there will
be no German exhibit at San Fran
cisco in 1915 it ought to be pointed
out as soon and emphatically as pos
sible that grave misapprehension pre
vails. Germany, as a matter of fact,
will be represented at San Francisco
by the greatest display she has ever
made at any exposition in history.
One thousand four hundred great
firms and corporations, representing
practically every branch of German
industry, have already definitely ar
ranged to show wares at the Golden
Gate. The Reichstag is about 10 be
asked to vote $500,000 for a German
building at the exposition. The great
German steamship lines, persuaded of
the limitless possibilities awaiting
German export trade tnrougnout me
western Americas and the Far East in
consequence of the opening of the
Panama canal, have announced their
readiness to transport German ex
hibits to San Francisco free of cost.
How completely opinion in German
industrial and trade circles and pub
lic opinion in general has changed
6ince the official boycott is shown
by the action of the Association of
German Chambers of Commerce and
the League of German cities. Both
of these great national bodies, speak
ing respectively for commerce and the
citizenship of the Empire, have come
out formally and unreservedly on be
half of the greatest possible German
representation at San Francisco.
There is hat'dly a branch of arts,
crafts, or science in which Germany
aspires for trade abroad which will
not be worthily represented. German
exports to 'he Pnited States alone
total $175,000,01)0 a year, those to Lat
in America "tnl the East more than
twice as much. The Germans intend
to make the Panama-Pacific Exposi
tion the basis of « vigorous and force
ful campaign for fresh conquests.
WEATHER RECORD.
Friday, December 12, 1913.
Taken at 8:00 a. m. Snow is given !
as depth on level.
Locations— Tentp. Snow
.'YY'ortmans, cloudy, calm. . 13 88
Thompson’s Pass, cl’dy, elm.
Beaver Dam, clear, calm.. 14 60
Teikhell, clear, calm. 25 '
Tonsina, clear, calm...... 10 10
Copper Center, clear, elm. 10
Gulkana, clear, calm. 5 26
Hogans, clear, calm. 20 20
Paxsons, cloudy, calm. 18 49
Diet as a Hobby.
The government has gone so far as
to go, on record, through a circular,
warning the people about the fads in
diet. Many of the so-called dietestic
experts are self-deceived, while oth
ers are pure fakers, the government
authorities declare. The circular goes
on to say that “a man’s chances of
health are better when he eats with
moderation a diet made up of clean,
wholesome, ordinary foods prepared j
in the usual way.” There is no doubt
a lot, of fakery about diet, but never
theless you don’t want to belong to
the class of gormandizers who “dig
their own graves with their teeth.”
Farmers have learned that they have
to give their stock a proper diet, and
why should not human dietary be op
en to improvement. People as a rule
live too high. They demand meat that
is entirely tender so that they won’t
have *o give It much chewing; they
want bread that has been robbed ,cf
Us most essential Ingredients, ant}
so eta. Diet as a hobby might be harm
ful. but it reasonable care in the mat
ter of diet Is a mighty good thing.
Notice.,
No ladles' night will be given at
the Tillikum Club on Saturday.
James Duke l as appllod for a pair
ont for his homestead near Ncnana
trading josl.
BUENOS AYRES
BAD AS SODOM
Minister Returns From South America
and Startles Congregation Preach
ing on “To Hell and Back.”
MINNEAPOLIS—Rev, G, L. Merrill,
pastor of the People’s church here,
after a three months’ vjsit to South
America, startled his congregation re
cently by preaching on the subject,
“To Hell and Back,” and among the
things he said were:
“Dante imagined he went to hell
and wrote a poem; I went to South
America and saw enough to fill an
encyclopedia.
"Colombia is a paste gem of the
Pacific ocean.
"Peru with all her gold is poor and
amuses herself with lotteries, bull
fights and ruins.
“Buenos Ayres is beautiful and bad:
the home of Yankeephobia, the par
adise of fast horses, faster men and
women and the red lamp moving pic
tures that would make Sodom blush
for shame.
“Venezuela runs amuck with a rev
olutionary dagger in one hand, while
it mutilates with the other, the moth
er bird on her nest for her aigrette
feathers.
"From the number . of stranded
Americans I talked with in South
America who could not get away,”
he continued, “and those who return
ed with me, broken in health, hope,
heart and pocketbook, I would say,
'Don’t live in South America if you
value the health, freedom and hap
pines sof your body, mind and soul.’ ”
AMUNDSEN PLANS
NORTH POLE TRIP
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 12. IJaolri
Amundsen, who first discovered the
South pole, said today that he feels
certain that his Arctic vessel Pram
will he able to pass through the Pan
ama canal, escorted by the American
battleships, and then proceed to San
Francisco in time to make tlie start
in June, 1914, for the new North pole
expedition.
Amundsen will leave Norway for
New York early in January, lie will
be accompanied by two men, who will
be members of his expedition. These
three will proceed at once to San
Francisco, where they will take les
sons in aviation from Christopeerson.
The Amundsen expedition will be
equipped with two large hydro-aero
planes.
Man Boasts Can Eat Any Two Un
der Table.
LAWRENCE, Mass.—Charles W.
Glidden, who calls himself the "cham
pion food destroyer of the world,” has
Issued a challenge that he can eat
more in three hours than any two men
together, lie holds three world’s
"records.” Among his claimed gas
tronomic feats are:
Forty pounds of watermelon in one
hour.
Seventy-eight pancakes in seven
teen minutes.
Six boiled dinners at one meal.
One hundred and thirty-two eggs—
raw, scrambled, fried, boiled and
poached—at one meal.
Fifty-eight ears of corn at one sit
ting.
Glidden says he doubts the accuracy
of the count of a man recently eat
ing lifteen dozen eggs at a meal.
“Shark Swish" Newest Movement in
the Tango.
LONDON.—The ‘shark swish,” a
new fqj'm ot .tangq, has become pop
ular, in Bohemian "cafes do danse,”
The dance g$ts Jts name from the fact
that the.dip sideways by each couple
is accentuated with th,e easy mqtion
of a shark turning in the water to
seise it(| prey, -ft Is danced sideways
altogether and necessitates the, latest
creations in free motion tango dress
es.
Rgmova.l Sale.
Removal sale—City Kxpress store
is removing to Adler’s old stand. Will
sell at your own prices in order to
move quickly.. Come at ouce and pick
out the bargains. Lynch &. Spenard.
WOULD PREVENT
Senator Poindexter Says Chamberlain
Wickersham Bill Permits and Com.
pels Private Operation.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 —Senator
Poindexter, of Washington, yesterday
made an attack, upon the Chamber
lain-Wickersham railroad bill, claim
ing that under the provisions of the
measure, the government will be com
pelled to allow the road to be operat
ed by private parties and he also
asserted that, presumably, the opera
tion would be by the Guggenheim in
terests.
| The Washington senator is oppos
j ed to Guggenheim operation or con
j trol of the transportation of the 'ter
ritory and will insist upon a bill pro
viding for government ownership and
government operation of Alaska rail
roads.
Rare Metals.
The production of tungsten ore in
; the t'nited States during 1912 was
j equivalent to about 1,330 short tons
carrying 60 per cent of tungsten tri
oxide, valued at $502,158. The output
| for 1912 was larger than that for
i 1911, when 1,139 tons, valued at $407,
j 9 85 were produced. The total amount
j of tungsten produced in the world in
; 1912 was 9,115 short tons. Tungsten
i finds considerable use in the manu
j facture of tungsten incandescent
j lamps, which have now become com
! mon even on street and railway cars,
I where the usage is especially severe.
An account of the tungsten industry
in this and foreign countries is con
tained in an advance chapter from
; "Mineral Resources, 1912," on the pro
duct ion of cobalt, molybdenum, nick
el, tantalum, tin, titanium, tungsten,
uranium and vanadium, just issued
by the I’nited States Geological Sur
vey. The uses which these metals
'have found in the arts and industries,
; their production throughout the world,
ant"! advance < in methods of recovery
and refining are accurately described
in the chapter, a copy of which may
be obtained free on application to the
Director of the Geological Survey,
j Washington, I). C.
I
RIGHTSCIMS
Delegates front seven different na
tive Indian settlements met in con
vention in Juneau recently to take
the initial steps in the formation of
a society to be known as the Alaska
Native Brotherhood, The ma'n idea
is to unite all the nativ s of Alaska
in one common brotherhood and
stamp out tribal relations with the ul
timate object of demanding the rights
of citizenship. They have adopted as
their slogan. "Np .^Taxation Without
Representation."
Said one of the best known of the
delegates: “livery member of the
brotherhood that is to lie formed will
be eligible to citizenship as far as
morals and education are concerned.
We hold that to tax us without the
rights of citizenship is unjust and un
American.”
Delegates from the following set
tlements were present: Silka, Killis
noo, lvlawock. Shaken, Wrangell, Klu
kwan, 1 loonsh and Haines.
Aerial Patrol for Wires.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12.—Robert
Fowler, an aviator, announced today
that he had signed a contract with a
power company to patrol its lines be
tween Oakland and Oroville In an
aeroplane, and w'ill make trips twice
weekly. Headquarters for Fowler ,
have been established at Sacramento.
Because of difficulty in locating brok
en wires and Interrupted power ser
vice the power company it upon the
idea of employing an aviator, and
when Fowler demonstrated that the
plan was feasible, a contract was
signed. A patrolman equipped with,
repair apparatus will ride with Fow
|et.