EXPLOSION KILLS '
24 OHIO MINERS
Six Killed Outright and Two Lose
Theie Lives While at Res
cue Work.
Jlelievalley, <>., May IS).—An ex
plosion in the Imperial mine, near
here, caused t he death of six min
ers and the entombing of lt> oth
ers, who died before they could
be rescued. A slide also killed two
men of the rescue parly when
they were caught in it.
The explosion happened early
yesterday morning and the six
men who were near the scene were
immediately killed, but as it was
known I hat 1(5 men were work
ing a mile and a half in the moun
tain and that they could not Iasi
King with I lie air shut oil', a res
cue parly started the work of
clearing the tunnel entrance and
I wo of the workmen were eauglil
in a slide and instantly kille.d. but
I he work continued and Dually the
entombed men were reached bill
I hey had all perished.
CINCINNATI HAS
A BIG FIRE
Loss Is Estimated at Half a Mil
lion-Five Warehouses Burn
—Firemen Overcome.
Cleveland. O., May ID.--This
eily was visited by a large lire Iasi
night which destroyed live of the
largest warehouses in the city,
causing a loss of half a million.
The tiremen worked for ten
hours lie fore they were able to
control I he Haines, which swept
from one warehouse .in which
was stored tobacco and cotton,
crossed the street and soon all
'live were burning, the dense,
heavy smoke making lire Hghaling
dangerous, the firemen succumb
ing at the hose and had lo he car
ried lo the fresh air, later return
ing to work relieving others who
had been overcome. Every apar
alus in the city was al the'fire.
Pacific Waters in the Canal.
Panama, May 19.—The waters
of the Pacific ocean were allow
ed to enter the western end of the
Panama canal today and will re
main, as the test has developed
no fault in the work.
Wilson’s Views on Life.
Washington, 1>. C„ May 19.—
President Wilson, in presenting
an American (lag today to a dele
gation of 47 school hoys from
San Francisco, made a little
speech in wWiMi lie said:
”1 dare say you think that
schoolmasters are often a' ' bit
hard on you in requiring you to
do. things, in order that you may
pass the tests of the school, but
I want to warn yqu that when you
get out of the school you are go
ing to have harder schoolmasters
than you had before.
“Thei world requires that we
make good, no matter what hap
pens, and I to* man who does
things amounts to a great ileal
more than the mamv ho wishes
lie. had done things and who
promises he will do things. The
men I am sorry for are the mere
who stop and think that they have
accomplished something before
they stop at Ihe grave itself. You
have got to have your second wind
in this world and keep it up un
til the Iasi minute.”
. Adler is selling out. Bargains
in anything and everything.
Geo. Reinke. the watch repairer
and jeweler, is at Ihe Valdez Drug
company.
EDWARD W. EXUM SUCCEEDS SULLIVAN;
NAME SENT TO SENATE DY PRESIDENT
Was Formerly In Charge of the Chitina Townsite For Guggen
heims—Has Strong Corporation Support—Emmett R.
Jordon For Nome—Cheney Scooped.
John Frame received a dispatch
.this afternoon from Delegate
Wickersham announcing the ap
pointment by President Wilson of
Kdwfvrd W. Kxum to succeed Har
vey P. Sullivan, the present mar
shal of this division, and also the
naming of Kmmeli It. Jordon for
the same position at Nome.
Kxwm's appoint meat will come
as he had never asked for nor re
ceived any indorsements from the
Democratic organization, and it
is said hy those well informed
that he was strongly supported hy
the Alaska Syndicate lobby at
Washiiifilon, D. K.
Kxum was at one lime I lie local
as a surprise lo local politicians,
agent of the railroad company at
Chitina in the handling of the
townsile lots.
Kmniell 11. Jordon is a mining
operator at Nome and will suc
ceed Thomas It. Powell, the pres
old Krpiildiean marshal. The
1 Minor rat ic 1 organ i/.at ion strong
ly urged lh<> appointment of Jim
Daly, a brother of former Demo
cratic National Committeeman A.
J. Daly, hut were unsuccessful.
Just before going to press we
received a dispatch from our Se
attle correspondent confirming
I he dispatch to The Commoner
t ha I Kxum is to he the next mar
shal of the Third division and
Jordon marshal for Nome.
BRYAN ROASTS
THE AGITATORS
Who Prevent Settlement of Inter
national Disputes and Aid
Sale of Battleship.
Washington, l>. C., May 11>.—
The American peace society held,
a celebration yesterday of the an
niversary of the establishment of
The Hague .peace court. Secret
I ary df State Aryan was the prin
cipal speaker and he severely de
nounced “subsidized patriotism," i
agitating war to increase the sale j
of armor plate and battleships to :
the governments of the world.
Aryan’s address was a.biller ;
attack on the yellow press, which '
inflamed the populace preventing;
the proper settlement of inter-:
national disputes.
CLAHMNOCRIME;
PLANTED DYNAMITE
Lawrence Mill Owners, Indicted
for Inciting Anti-strike Feel
ing, Move to Quash.
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Boston, J\l,ay 19.—The trial of
President Wood and others, Law
rence..woolen mill owners, charg
ed with, having planted flicks of
dynamite in order to incite anti
strike feeling/•commenced • today
and the attorneys for I lie accused
mill owners moved to quash tht,:
indictment because the planting
of the.jtlyiiai.nUev UiiSyjclaim, is not
a crime.
The company hired men to
place sl icks of dynamite about the
works and when discovered the
blame was. placed on (he striking
mill workers and public sentiment
was thus manufactured against
the strikers, who were badly beat
en in themots which followed and
several women and children were
shot by the police and citizens for
Which Socialist*Kt'tor was recent
ly tried and acquitted.
The men who made the plant
have confessed and .will testify
against the mill owners.
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
Lincoln’s Gettysburg. Address, a
patriotic an<P inspirational fea
ture.
The Wooden Bowf? a inelo dra
ma that will please all. ».• - 1
Pandora's Box, John jBujmyY:
Lillian Walker an.d Florij/Kinch,
will make you laugh
Change of pro g r a niTo in of row
evening. . • AV*L<?
GERMANY AIDS
THE* TURKS
Send Heavy Cannon to Constant!*
nopie, Backing the Turks
Against Allies.
London, May I!).— II is freely
predicted here that the present
peace negotiations between the
allies and tho Turks will prove a
fiasco- because-- <>f the- afLHurte of
Germany, who is hacking the
Torks and urging them to hold
Constantinople' indefinitely and to
continue the fori ideations on the
Tehalalja lines.
Several shipments of heavy
guns have been made I'i-oiii Ger
many to the Turks: they have al
so received much light artillery of
I lie Intcsl pal on I from the Krup|i
gun works, which il is believed
w as ordered for I hem by the Ger
man government.
The fact that Russia, Trance.
Kngland and Servia had urged
Montenegro’in evacuate Scutari,
is believed here |u have strength
ened the German-Austrian-Ilalian
determination to secure a land
compensation for the heavy ex
pense they have been to in the
present crisis in mobilizing
troops and sending them to the
Servian. Montenegrin and Russian
frontier.
The Italians have already land
ed troops in Albania, as have the
Austrians atid a conflict is expect
ed when the Turkish troops un
der the former. commander of
Scutari, who was liberated with
all his arms and ammunition
when he • surrendered to King
Nicholas,'1 inedl (he European
I POOP*., •* ..fry . •' ^
Y , •'
FROM SEATTLE
First Steamer on the New Six
Day Schedule—Few Passeni
gers for Valdez .
1 ! — ! , . p
Seal I It*,. May 19.—The 'Mariposa
sailed last night, commencing the
new six-day sailings of the Alas
ka Steamship Go,, which will he
continued during lilt? summer.
The boat left.with a large freight
and passenger list> y
The Valdez passengers are \V.
P. Pjjjtrie^, W. H. JpHn>(«i< TV Jt.
Morris and wife, H,■BeresfArd andj
¥ ,&•*•
A " . ’a*,
Ptflfe.Ttnf^frsrH^P,;Su«*A an left
yesrt£rday"& bda^for Portland,
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CONSULT CHENEY
ABOUT JOBS
President Wilson Will Listen to
Juneau Man’s Opinions—Goov
Strong is Popular.
\V. ii, W'hitllesey, the Demo
cratic territorial commiltecnfttn,
re-turned from Seward on I he
Mariposa. and will spend- ii.Jww
tfays here in the inleripd of the
organization. Mr. Whittlesey,
who has just returned from
Washington, announces that the
administration intends to ap
point Alaskans to office in Hie ter
ritory, and that the president and
attorney general have* so announ
ced.
The appointmenl of Major !
Strong as governor, he says, lias!
been received with great satis- i
faction in all the divisions, hun
dreds of telegrams of eongrat,il
lations reaching the new ap
pointee from all parts of the ter- !
rilory and from men in all walks
of life.
“At the lime I left Washing
Ion.” said Mr. Whillesey. “no op
position to J. V. Ostrander had
developed, lull the appointment
of a judge for this division is not
expected yet for 30 or 00 days.
The rnarshalship, however, wit'
he settled in a few weeks accord
ing to present expectations of the
Organization.”
The president has recognized
National Committeeman Cheney
and will consult with him on ali
appointments. " . ■]
\V. Worcester anil wife will re.
.turn to Perry Island in the morn
ing.
I
FOR SPIRIT CITY
• -. .t •» t
Captain Warner Reports Heavy
Weather In Lowfei^ Sound—
Seattle Passengers.
The Alameda, which left Sew
ard at 11:30 Saturday night,,
reached Valdez at 2 o’clock yes.
ter day afternoon and sailed for
Seattle at 4. Captain Warner re
ported heavy rains and ^ thick
weather in theV'lower sound and
atjsoa. 'The boat loaded^Ve^at’
LafouChefcfor Tacojua.
'lo\ying-!'paiLs4'Mgei,s left #
'south.*/
v, A.ik Everman, John Lyons.
flapf/H. fieorge, L. Osmund, L. O.
Belter, H. P. Sullivan, Mrs. II. P.
Sullivan, W. P. Armstrong. James
Beaton, N. Pykler.
NO RESERVE FOR
TREASURY MONEY
Deposits Now Draw Two Per Cent
and Banks Have The Money
to Loan.
Washington, I). (’... May lt).
The national banks will no long
er be compelled to bold ranecvcs
iw-e4tv*ut the- government deposit sc
as the new order of the Treasury
departmenl requiring two per
cent interest on all government
deposi(s will release the1 banks
from tin* old method of hojding
reserves Inil paying no interest.
The banks claim that the new
order will liberate millions of dol
lars for use in the business of
I In* country w hich was formerly
I it'll up.
TROLLEYINVENTOR
PASSES AWAY
Stephen Field Has Long List of
Electrical Inventions to His
, Credit.
•I
/ tsl'oekliridge, Mass., May l‘J.
Slepheii Field, the inventor of the
trolley car, died here today af
ter a short illness. He was 07
years 'old.
Besides f.h'e trolley he invented I
tjfie electric ..elevator', the applica
tion of I lie duplex telegraph to
the ocean cable.. He applied the
dyiiaipo machine to the telegraph
ail'd ■ also tile multiple telegraph
call box, besides many other, elec
trfcal' invent ions.
Louis Belter left on the Alame
da1 for Cordova and. will later .go
to Morningside as guard for Louis
Oslaiul, Who was recently found
insane at the railroad town, (is
land tried to commit suicide by
jump.ingi'ove'rboafd from the Cor
dova dock, but was rescued and
will be sent to the government
asylum for the Alaska insane.,
The PioneePs -of Alaska v?i.U;
meet tiexl Tuesday.'a| Moose .halt
ai'g.o’cWi,; i <
* 1 -A g ■_4- ♦
y 'l^iH^Xo.4 olfiUhekinler of, Jritu;
neej\s w il l i^et Tuesday, MajjriO.
All members^are requested to be
present. E. (*. Ames, Sec’y.
“Come on, iei's go and buy
some bargains at . Adler’s."
Lincoln’s (iettvsburg Address
at the Orpheum tonight.
FORESTER ASKS
FOR MORE TIME
t,
Is Working to Change the Present
Boundaries of the Chugach
Forest Reserve.
—-- ' i
Washington, rf>. May 19.—
Chief Forester Graves testified
before the Senate committee that
tint department was working to
rearrange the boundary lines of
the national forest reserves and
that in a short time they would
take op Hie matter of changing
liic* lines of the Chugach reserve.
He urged the members of the
committee to allow the depart
ment to investigate the matter
and promised that as soon as pos
sible hd would make Ihe change,
eliminating sueh pads of the
present reserve a- was unneces
sary for I lie prolee I ion nf the I mi
ller.
Many changes have already
been made in oilier forest reserv
es and the boundaries altered, but
tiie department had not reached
the Chugach as yet. hut Imped to
shortly.
MANY SLAVES
IN NEW YORK
Investigator Kneeland Reports
IStOOO Prostitutes in One
Borougft.
.New York. May I ft.— Investiga
tor Kneeland.' ■ >f I lie Rockefeller
liureau. after a careful investi
gation, ha> !•)• |u >rt••<I l lull l here
are 15,000 women of easy virtue
in one lmrougli of this city.
Ilis in vest igal ions, lie reported,
showed Dial dance halls were a
leading cause of the downfall of
good girls who attended the
dances after a day's work and
mingled with women hotter dress
ed, with plenty of money, who,
acting as procurers, would induce
the young girls lo enter lives of
shame, holding mil the induce
ment of plenty of fun and money
anil no more hard work over the
counter or in the factory.
The' massage parlors, he as
serted. were also stepping slones
lo the downfall of girls.
The most startling part of his
reporl deals with the traffic in
girls'foe houses id’ ill fume all ov
er the country,/ who, aiding to
gether. would secure girls who
lived in one city and send them
h !n uses in other eilies, where
they i-'*uId uni lie discovered. This
continue ’xlended lo Alaska, says
Kneeland.
The Rockefeller Imreaii was or
ganized soon after the recent
special grand jury because of the
information laid before that jury;
of which young J. 1). Rockefeller
was foreman. He furnished the
money for the investigation and
the bureau will issue reports as
fast as they are obtainable, (till
er investigators are working in
boroughs of the city and si art
ling results are expected. The
fact- that tlie girls are held in,
slavery, their earnings kept by the
managers or owners of the houses
and'the girls jrtVyeriteil front leav
ing has clffised a strong senti
ment for better police proteetiTui
for the' inifiates aiid"less*for the
“lijiifTams.” ■
i War, War, War.
'■ War scenes in moving pictures,
the finest ’yet shown at I he Orph
eum tonight. Lincoln’s Geltys
burg address, illtislraled. Af*o
other interesting subjects. All
ot h^r change tomorrow eve.
Received on the Mariposa a
new line of pretty dres'es at Har
vey’s Toggery.
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