STAR! PROBE OF
COPPER SIR!
Part of Committee Working at Hand
cock, While Others at Denver
Many Witnesses Are Called.
HANDCOCK, Mich., Feb. 10.—Th_
special congressional committee au
thorized to probe into conditions and
causes of the copper strikers in this
section started to work today. Part
of the committee is in this city, while
part are at Denver and later the two
will hold joint meetings and prepare
their reports.
The strikers have been ordered to
present their case tomorrow and to
have all witnesses ready, also to give
to the committee a list of men who
can give testimony to substantiate
the charges made. The mining com
panies ore also ordered to produce
their books and have been notified to
be present, as the committee intend
ed to examine them.
The big copper companies will be
represented by several of the leading
attorneys of the state, while the
Western ederation of Miners have re
tained lawyers to present their case
to the congressmen.
ALL STEEL TRAIN
GOES III DITCH
One Passenger Killed, Sixteen Hurt
Loss Light Because Cars Were
of Steel Construction.
SIOl’X CITY. la.. Feb. 10.— The
Omaha line all steel last express pas -
senger train was wrecked at Bigelow.
Minn., last night and although the
cars were crowded only one passen
ger was killed, but sixteen others
were injured.
The entire train ol' nine cars left
the track and rolled over and over
down a steep embankment, but were
not crushed, as is generally the case
in train wrecks, especially where
wooden cars are used.
The passenger killed and those in
jured were hurt while being tumbled
from side to side as the cars rolled
over.
The interstate commerce commis
sion have started an investigation
of the cause of the wreck and will
place the responsibility where it be
longs.
WOLF BITES NANI
IN KANSAS CITY
Starving Animal Leaves Hills and En
ters Residence District, Where
a Score Are Bitten.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 10.—A
starving wolf entered the residence
district of this city today, coming
down from the nills back of the town,
and attacked a large number of the
residents before it was killed by a
persuing mob of citizens and police.
The animal was on the hunt for
food and in its starved condition
knew no fear, biting and snapping at
all pedestrians on the street. A crowd
soon gathered and headed by the po
lice followed the wolf until they were
able to kill it.
It was necessary for the police to
send in a riot call to quell the dis
turbance which the wolf caused.
Supt. Ray Millard, of the Cliff mine,
wes in town yesterday afternoon and
remained over night, returning to the
mine this morning
Jumps From Hydroaeroplane When
It Turns Turtle But is Drowned
Before Rescue Boats Arrive.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Feb. 10.—Lieut.
Post, of the Army Aviation corps, was
drowned here today when his hydro
aeroplane turned turtle and the lieu
tenant, in an effort to save himself,
jumped clear of the machine, but was
drowned before rescue boats could
reach him. The body was recovered.
The lieutenant had made a short
flight and was up only about fifty
feet above the water, when his ma
chine suddenly turned over, and in
order to save himself the aviator
jumped. The machine was badly dam
aged.
STiRllraBE
cm STRIKE
Congressional Comm.ttee is at Work
in Denver and Will Make a
Thorough Investigation.
DENVER, Colo., Feb. 10.—The con
gressional committee authorized by
congress to investigate the condi
tions of the striking coal miners in
i his state and the copper strikers in
Michigan, met here today and com
menced the work of probing the un
satisfactory conditions now existing.
Strikers called to .testify before
the committee stated that many of
their number had been held in peon
age by the operating companies; that
they were constantly in debt to the
mining operators through excessive
charges for rent and supplies fur
nished by the companies.
It was also testified and sworn to
ihat the soldiers under General John
Chase had used outrageous methods
in order to bring the strikers to time;
that in one instance a striker was
kept awake for five days and nights
while a. prisoner by the guards prod
ding him in the body with their bay
onets.
The strikers will be given every
opportunity to present their cases,
when the operators will also be asked
to testify.
The committee is to investigate
fully the cause of the strike, the re
sponsibility for the lawlessness, the
justification for the patrol of troops
at the mine and the profits of the
operators as related to the wages paid
the miners.
May Yet Control Weather.
LONDON.—Lecturing before the
Institute of Electrical Engineers, Sir
j Oliver Lodge sugg sted the possibility
of obtaining some measure of control
over the weather. If clearing weath
er, he said, was due to electricity,
it m’ght be imagined that man could
acquire some control over the electri
fication of the atmosphere. If it was
desired to produce rain, why not send
up a kite to reach the clouds? He
believed that if enough electricity
were discharged into the clouds the
drops there would behave as they did
in the laboratory; they would coal
esce, and, once that had happened,
the process might be repeated and
cause a shower. When rain was want
ed, the lecturer said, negative elec
tricity should be sent up, and if fine
weather was wanted, positive elec
tricity.
Please Take Notice.
The prayer meeting and Bible study
services held in the Congregational
church on Wednesday nights will
hereafter be neld on Thursday nights.
The change will take effect this week
and the meetings w'll commence at
7:30 p. m. CHARLES S. PRICE.
Muaic! Music! Music!
All the latest popular music at the
Valdez Drug Store.
WILSON AGAINST
FREE CANAL LOLLS
Refuses to Explain in Detail, But Says
Change Has Come Over Our
International Affairs.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10—President
Wilson stated today to the newspaper
men at his weekly conference with
press representatives that a great
change had come over the interna
tional relations of this government
since the Baltimore convention plac
ed the plank in the Democratic plat
form favoring free tolls for American
coastwise ships using the Panama ca
nal, and he favored ihe repeal of that
section of the platform.
The president refused to explain
any further his reasons for wishing
the change except to say that he now
favored it.
A close friend of the administra
tion is credited with having stated
that the State department had de
termined to urge the repeal of the
canal law, which is obnoxious to the
powers of Europe because of the fric
tion it has caused the United States
in its dealings with European coun
tries, especially England, Germany
and Spain, resulting in many small
annoyances to the diplomatic corps,
and particularly the inability of the
department to negotiate treaties or
secure co-operation in the Mexican
situation. The failure of the depart
ment to come to an agreement with
Japan, the effort to clear up the Co
lombia dispute, with Mexico in an
uproar and strong pressure being ex
erted on the administration to inter
vene, coupled with the unsatisfactory
condition of our relations with Japan,
has caused the department to wish to
eliminate all European hostility.
The State department, it is stated,
is overburdened with unsettled dis
putes and sees no light ahead un
til ibe canal dispute is disposed of.
TIM LOSS OUE
TO CARELESSNESS
High British Court So Decides and
Many Suits Are Immediately Filed
by Relatives of Those Lost.
LONDON. Feb. 10.—The Admiralty
court decided today that the loss of
the Titanic was due to the negligence
of the captain and the officers of the
ship and that the company is liable
for all damages incurred by the pas
sengers and crew.
The decision was hailed with de
light by the many who lost relatives
when the big liner went down on her
maiden voyage. They plan the filing
of suits amounting to millions of dol
lars.
One hundred suits, were filed today
by attorneys, who were expecting the
decision and had the papers all drawn
up. The object of haste was to se
cure positions on the court calendar.
ITALIAN WARSHIPS
FOR THE FAIR
NAPLES, Italy, Feb. 10.—The Ital
ian government today accepted the
invitation of the American govern
ment to have Italian warships partic
ipate in the hig naval parade when
the Panama canal is officially opened
and also to sail through the canal to
the Pacific and attend the big world’s
fair at San Francisco. It is ex
pected that at least three of the larg
est and newest type of battleships, In
command of an admiral of the fleet,
will attend the celebration.
“The Vengeance of Egypt,” a three
reel magnificent production at the Or
pheum tonight.
PROPOSE NEW LAW
LEASE GOAL LANDS
Congressmen Would Have It Divided
Into Tracts of From Forty to 2,
650 Acres—Prevent Monopoly.
.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10—Congress
man Scott Ferris, of Oklahoma, to
day introduced a bill in the lower
House providing for leasing Alaska
coal land to the people in sections of
from forty up to 2,650 acres, as in the
best judgment of the Secretary of the
Interior will secure the opening of the
coal lands to the best advantage and
prevent monopoly.
The secretary is to call for bids,
which are to be widely advertised in
the hopes of securing many bids. The
lessees are to pay the government a
royalty ol two cents a ton on the
output of tlie mines, besides paying
a rental of 25 cents an acre for the
lirst year on all land leased to them,
the second year they must pay 50
cents and the third year they must
pay the government a royalty of $1
per acre. The limit of a lease is to
be three years.
If the law is passed as introduced
by Congressman Ferris any capital
ist who combines against the gov
ernment in securing the land or in
agreeing upon a price at which the
coal shall be mined will be subject
to a jail sentence of three years and
a fine of $1,000.
Senator Walsh, of Montana, has in
troduced the Ferr's bill in the upper
House, where it will be considered.
It is expected that, some law will
be passed at this session of congress
to provide for the opening of the coal
lands.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Orchard, accom
panied by their two daughters, are
down from Shrimp bay. They are
registered at the Stedman hotel.
Ketchikan Miner.
HA'S TROOPS
AFTER BANDITS
Telis Commander tc Hang Them
When Caught and Not to Return
Without the Americans.
JUAREZ, Feb. 10.—General Villa
! today sent a second detachment of
rebel troops from here to pursue the
band of bandits who wrecked the
Mexican Northern train at Cumbre
tunnel and caused the death of fifty
passengers and captured ten Ameri
cans.
The troops have orders not to re
turn until they have succeeded in re
leasing the captives and punished the
bandits, who are to be hung when
caught.
All trains leaving here have strong
detachments of troops aboard in or
der to give protection from the rov
ing bands of bandits.
GERMAN AVIATOR
MIKES LONG TRIP
H
MUNICH, Feb. 10.—Aviator Ingold
today broke all previous records for
duration of air flights by remaining in
the air for sixteen hours without
alighting, and during that period of
time he covered a distance of 1,050
miles. The new record is taken as
an indication that within a few
months hydroaeroplanes will be able
to cross the Atlantic, thus securing
the $50,000 prize offered by the Lon
don Daily Mail to the first aviator to
fly across the Atlantic from Europe
to America or from America to Eu
rope.
Watch crystats 25c, PUnt A Co. tf
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TEN MILLION JEWS
IN NEW YORK CITY
In Next Fifty Years is Prediction of
Jacob Schiff, the Jewish Bank
er of Gotham.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—Jacob
Schiff, the banker, stated today that
in fifty years ten million Jews would
be living in New York city and would
become a large factor in the business
life of the nation’s metropolis. He
urged his co-religionists to become
good American citizens and to live up
to the laws of their adopted coun
try.
Schiff spoke at a gathering of young
Hebrews and^ urged them to live up
to the traditions of their race.
PEARSOIURUST
British Mexican Ambassador Has
Stock In Pearson Syndicate, Says
Our Representative.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 10.—The
charge was made today by Charge
d’Affaires O’Shaughnessy, of the
American legation, that the English
ambassador. Sir Leon Carden, was
largely interested in the Pearson
Syndicate, which depends largely up
on Huerta’s continuance in office for
its safety, and that since the embargo
was lifted by President Wilson on the
exportation of arms into ( Mexico.
Carden has been in constant consul
tntion with President Huerta, advis
ing him to resist the demands of the
American administradon.
That conditions here have about
reached crisis is well known and
Huerta’s supporters are making the
charge that the American legation is
! actively aiding the rebels in the city
to rebel against the reigning govern
ment.
Huerta still rules the city and the
expected uprising of last Saturday
night dpi not materialize.
The high Mexican courts today or
dered the release of former Minister
Reyes, who has been a prisoner for
the past five months, and whom it
was stated had been murdered in jail
without a trial by Huerta supporters.
The court held that no evidence ex
isted against Reyes and that he must
be liberated at once, which was done.
He is now en route to the coast to
leave the country, as he feared to re
main in the republic, with President
Huerta in control.
Keep Ford Wages At Home
DETROIT, Feb. 10.—The Ford Mo
tor Company does not look favorably
upon the foreigner who sends all his
savings back to the old country, with
the intention of returning there to
live. Among the many questions
asked by the agents who are gather
ing information from the employes
before they are permitted to share
in the *5 a day plan is one: “What
do you do with your money?"
The Ford officials say that they
have been surprised at the number of
those who have answered: "I send,
it back to the old country.” . Those
who do so are not taken on. Old
employes are not discharged, howev
er.
"We intend to discourage this plan
of sending money out of the United
States as soon as possible,” said Sec
retary Klingensmlth. "We shall not
discriminate between the foreigner
and the American, but we shald
discriminate between the foreigner
who keeps his money in this country
and the one who does not. Our plan
is not only to keep the money in the
United States, but to keep it right
here in Detroit.”
Glasses *1.00 and up C. O. Reinke
at Valde* Drug Co. it
COURT MARTIAL
LIEUT. PARKER
Army Officer Stationed at Fort Wil
liam H. Seward Charged With
Stealing Canteen Funds.
«
SEATTLE, Feb. 10.—The court
martial of Lieut. Robert Parker, of
the Thirtieth infantry, stationed at
Fort William H. Seward, in Alaska,
opened today with a full court of of
fleers to try the accused officer.
Parker is charged with having stolen
the funds of the canteen, of which lie
had charge at the Alaska fort.. The
trial is being held at Fort Lawtoa,
near here.
Lieut. Parker is known to be well
fixed in this world’s goods and his
wife is also reputed to be wealthy,
her mother having died recently and
leaving her a small fortune. She is
a niece of President Alexander of the
Alaska Coast Steamship company.
Parker is represented by several
well known attorneys of this city and
Portland and also has had assigned
an army officer familiar with army
regulations to defend him. The trial
will last several days.
HAITlUlE
NEW PRESIDENT
Victorious Rebel General Becomes
Head of the Republic by Act
of Congress.
PORT AI' PIUNCK. Feb. .Pi. Tu<
Haitian tongress called in specne
session by General /amor today elect
ed him to be president of the re
public. No opposition was offered,'It
troops of the rebel general being sta
tioned about the eapitol building.
President Create, who fled sum
days ago aboard the German cruiset
has left the country and sailed for Ou
ha. while General Paul, who was de
feated by General Theodore, is stir
in the hills with a small band, as G
also General Theodore, but it is no:
expected that they will be able to se
cure funds with which to carry o:t
the light against President Zamor.
The foreign troops are still ashore
but peace and quiet has been estab
lished. and it is expected all but >.
legation guard will re-embark today.
VILLA PROMISES
TO PROTECT ALL
Even Spaniards Will be Protected §• ?
Tells State Department—European
Governments Demanded Action.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Ger.er it
Villa, the rebel leader in Mexico, has
given to the State department assur
ances that his followers will protect
all foreign residents in the north
ern part of Mexico or wherever his
troops held control and that the pro
tection extended to the Spaniards.
The promise was secured by the
State department because of the
pressure of European powers, who in
sisted that something be done to se
cure for foreigners in Mexico some
reasonable amount of safety.
The Spanish storekeepers of the
northern states and the Spani h
priests and Catholic churches have
been the greatest sufferers from the
bandit*sm of Villa and his follow
ers.
John Johnson and son arrived yes
terday from Ellamar.