ALASKA CROOK
IS IN SEATTLE
Deputy Marshal Warren Arrests Fair
banks Man Who Stole Two Sil
ver Fox Skins.
SEATTLE, March 25— Deputy Mar
shal Warren, of Fairbanks, who is
now' in this city, today arrested Wil
liam Malian while he was carrying
two silver fox skins worth $2,000, and
which had been stolen from Harold
Bailey, of Fairbanks.
The skins were taken last sum
mer and the police suspected Malian,
but when they arrested him he denied
having any knowledge as to the
whereabouts of the skins, and a
further search of his cabin was also
in vain.
Malian hid the skins in a wood pile
until after the hunt for the missing
goods had cooled down. Without
touching his cache of stolen goods,
Malian started over the trail for Val
dez, knowing that he would be ar
rested and that the officers would
expect to tind the valuable skins on
his person, but they were again dis
appointed, as when he was searched
the skins were still missing and they
allowed him to go his way.
Malian returned for the two skins
and then succeeded in reaching the:
coast and Seattle without detection,;
hut later the Fairbanks police secured
a tip that he had them and Deputy
Marshal Warren watched his oppor
tunity and today made the arrest.
Malian had the skins and has con
fessed. He will be extradited and
sent to Fairbanks for trial.
imwm IN
MEXICAN STRIFE
Walter Campbell, Once Worth $3,000,
000, Now Arrested for Obtaining
Money Under False Pretense.
PORTLAND, Ore., March 2f>.—The
police of this city today arrested
Walter Campbell and charged him
with having obtained money under
false pretenses. Campbell was worth
J3.000.000 a few years ago, but lost It
all when former President Diaz was
overthrown and driven from Mexico.
He was the owner of large tracts of
land and hundreds of fcattle, but the
cattle were stolen and the land con
fiscated and all his interests in Mex
ico have been wiped out until he was
forced to resort to all manner of
tricks to secure enough money to
live.
The police say they will have no
:rouble securing a conviction of
< .'ampbell.
OIL PAINTING
ON EXHIBITION
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Picture Showing Comparison Routes j
to Interior Can be Been in Win
dow OT S Blum & Company.
The oil painting showing the Val
dez route to the interior in compari
son with the Copper River and North
western railway, is now on exhibition
in the window of S. Blum & Co.
The artist is Mr. Sydney Lawrence
and the work was dohe for the Val
dez Commercial Association. It ie ex
pected to send the picture to Wash
ington on one of the next boats. It
has attracted a great deal of atten
tion and it is predicted that it will
be a convincing argument for a rail
road from ValdeE.
PLENTY MEASLES
CORHELLCOLLEGE
ITHACA, N. Y., March 25.—An epi
demic of measles has broken out here
in the college and more than 200
people are sick and the hospital and
one big dormitory are (Ailed /with
patients. A strict quarantine has !
been established and it is hoped to
prevent the spread of the disease.
Several additional doctors and twen
ty nurses have b-Tpn employed to at
tend the sick.
LEASING BILL
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Senators Take Many Provisions of |
the Ferris Bill and Put Them In
Senate Bill.
WASHINGTON, March 25.—The
Senate committee on public lands has
agreed to the leasing plans provided
in the Ferris land bill to open the
coal fields of Alaska. Under the bill
the government will reserve large
tracts of coal land in all the coal
fields of Alaska to be used by the
government when the president shall
deem it necessary. It is planned to
have the coal for the navy mined by
the Department of Mines and the cost
of production will act as a check tip
on the private leased coal mines.
The railroad in operation by the
government will be allowed to open
up a small tract of coal land for
the use of the road, but will not be
allowed to enter the market with coal
sales.
A severe punishment is provided
for anyone acquiring more than one
lease or selling any lease acquired to
any ^person who is not qualified to hold
coal lands. Violation of this section
is punishable with a fine of $1,nun and
a jail sentence of three years.
Interlocking interests are also to be
forbidden in the bill and heavy pun
ishments inflicted on violators of the
provision.
The administration is determined
that the Alaska coal fields shall be
opened under conditions providing for
a fair price for the coal to the peo
ple not only of Ala ka but all along j
the Pacific coast.
The bill will he drawn with that
intention in view.
RAISE MONEY FOR
ALASKA DOG RACE
NOME, March 25.—The carnival
held here yesterday to raise money I
for the big Alaska sweepstakes was j
a big success and resulted In a purse j
of $3,000 to he used for the race.
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May Open Lands.
DENVER, March 25.—Cancellation |
of a number of segregated sections '
of public land in Colorado under the
Carey act, is possible as the result
of hearings which began today before
the state land board. The board is
examining persons who live in the
vicinity of a number of projects as to
whether they desire the Carey segre
gation act to remain in effect. Under
the Carey act, these lands were set
aside for the purposes of the projects
involved and some of the residents
of the localities are said to favor de
voting 'hem to other purpose?.
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To DDcust Education.
DENVER, March 25. -School work
and matters pertaining to it will be
the principal subjects discussed at a
series of lectures to be delivered here i
during the next few days in observ- |
ahce of "Educational week.” Noted j
lecturers from alK over the west ar- I
rived here today to participate. An j
elaborate “play festival'’ to lie held ]
In the city auditorium Friday and
Saturday nights will be the principal •
feature, it will Include folk dancing!
and gymnastic exercises. School chil
dren from the low r grades will par
ticipate.
A big scow load of supplies were
sent to Shoup bay this morning for
the Cameron-Johnson mine.
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Canadian Government Purchased
Whaler at Frieco to Go North
and Save the Men.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 25.—The
Canadian government has chartered
the steam whaler Herman and the
boat left h ere today for the north
to be overhauled at Vancouver and
then sent to the Arctic ocean to
search for the steamer Karluk, of the
Canadian Arctic expedition, which
was lost last winter and driven from
the shore.
It is feared that the Karluk may
have been caught in the ice and
crushed and that the men on the ship
may have to seek shelter on one of
the many islands or on the big ice
floes, and it is to rescue them that
the Herman is going north.
TELLS HER STOUT
Judges Are vjjfc^fected by Recital of
Wrongs—Says She Only Wanted
to Warn Him.
PARIS. .Maim So.—Tile preliminary
hearing of Mme. Callaux, charged wim
the murder of KditotCalmette, reach
ed a climax today when she dramati
cally told the judges that she had
been wronged terribly by the unjus
tified attacks upon her personal char
acter and her love for her husband,
was made the butt of political
jest and exposed to the world by the
Figaro, that she had determined to
scare Calmette, but became so excited
and wrought up that she fired upon
tile editor when he attempted to
strike her.
The judges were visibly affected by
the recital of the wrongs leading up
to the shooting, but it is expected she
will be held for trial at a later term
of court.
Madam aOUaux is represented by
some of the best criminal lawyers in
France.
WISCONSIN CLOSE.S ITS
FARMERS’ INSTITUTES
ELLSWORTH, Wis., March 25. A
“round-up” farmers’ institute and
cooking school here tonight, tomorrow
and Friday will formally close the
Univers’ty of Wisconsin’s extension
department season. In eonneetion
with the farmers’ institutes this sea
son forty cooking schools have been
held.
Monument to Latham.
PARIS, March 25.—Work was be
gun today on a monument to Hubert
Latham, the French aviator who first
tried, but failed, to’ fly across the
English channel. It will stand on
the cliffs at Uriz Nez, near Calais, at
the point where Latham started for
England only to fall in the water
within a few hundred yards of his
goal. Latham was killed by a buf
falo while bit game hunting In Af
rica.
Taft Lectures in West.
ST. PAUL, March 25.—Ex-president
Taft today began a course of lec
tures before the law classes at the
State University of Minnesota. Min
nesota is the first middle western
state to secure the services of the
former chief executive. Professor
Taft will spend a week lecturing on
different phases o law at the Uni
versity and will be the guest of hon
or at the annual banquet of the State
Bar Association tomorrow night.
Ed. Wood, the Valdez freighter, left
this morning with one horse and a ton
of freight for Wortmans. The roHd I
is now In such an excellent condition j
th«t almost any load can be hauUtd. j
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Police Believe It Wat the Work of
Some Depositor Who Lott Money
in Recent Failure.
SUPERIOR, Neb., March 25— Ban
dits today severely wounded Presi
dent Adams, whose bank recently
failed, while the banker was walk
ing down the street. Two bullets
entered his body and he is in a pre
carious condition and is not expected
to live. It is believed by the police
that the shooting was the work of
a depositor in the bank, who prob
ably lost all in the wreck of the in
stitution.
Several suspects have been arrest
ed, but the police are still hunting for
several nten seen near the scene of
attack some hours previous, but who
have now disappeared.
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When He Married a Former Prosti
tute, Who Now Sues for Di
vorce and Alimony.
NEW YORK, March 25.—The suit I
for divorce against the son of August
Belmont was continued today and the
multi-millionaire testified .that he
had discontinued the annual allow
ance to his son of $3,000 when the
boy married. lie also stated that the
boy’s estate, which had been worth 1
several hundred thousand when he |
married, had been reduced to a val
ue of $14,0110. and that he was work
ing for $75 a month.
The suit for divorce was started
by Mrs. Raymond Belmont and she
demands $50,000 a year as alimony.
The attorneys for her husband made
her admit on the witness stand that
prior to her marriage she had earned
her living in a house of ill-fame, and
that the boy had provided a better
home for her than she had ever had.
$6,000,000 Melon Cutting.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 25.—Up
on recommendation of fthe board of
directors of the Standard Oil Com
pany of California, stockholders of
that corporation met today to vote
on the proposed Increase in the au
thorized capital stock from $50,000,
000 to $100,000,000. It was foregone
conclusion today that the stockhold
ers would take any action recom
mended by the board of directors. At ;
present the company has $45,000,000 j
of stock at 290, which represents an '
investment of more than $130,000. - j
000 so that, under the assumption that j
the new stock, if issued will be dls- j
tributed as a bonus, will have a mar- I
ket value of $130 a share.
Whitman Starts “Graft War.” j
NEW YORK, March 25.—The first
trial to result from District Attorney
Whitman’s “graft war” was begun to
day when Thomas Hassett, once con
fidential man for State Engineer j
Bensel, went to trial under an in-1
dictmnnt charging attempted grand j
larceny. The Indictment specifically
charges Hassett ' with demanding
$50,000 from Anthony C. Douglass,
ex-mayor of Niagara Falls, an tin
successful bidder for the construction
of fthe Hudson River siphon on the
aqueduct. Douglass did not pay. He
did not get the contract.
Royal Couple Now Divorced.
COPENHAGEN, March 25.—Official
circles here learn that the divorce of
Prince William of Sweden and Prin
cess Marie is now a fact. Only some j
small formalities have to be arrang j
ed, and these. It is expected, will be
settled in a. fortnight.
Pay your taxes before April 2 and
aa vc -cost of sale.
REDFIELD SAYS
AID FOX-RAISERS
SAN FRANCISCO, March 25.—Sec
retary Redfleld, in an interview here
today, stated that the government
was prepared to furnish breeding fox
es to all who lease islands in Alaska.
The islands will be leased to the
highest bidders and the government
will aid them so that a new industry
may be built up in Alaska profitable
to the government and the citizens
who undertake the breeding of these
valuable little animals.
TRY SIX MILLION
American-British Arbitration Tri
bunal Meets for Washing
ton Today.
WASHINGTON, March 25. The
International Tribunal of Arbitration
will begin its second session in Wash
ington tomorrow at the Carnegie In
stitute. The commission, created by
treaty to adjust all outstanding-pe
cuniary claims between the United
States and Great Britain, is expected
at this session to hear argument on
twenty-six cases, ten American and
sixteen British, involving claims for
damages aggregating nearly £8,000,
000.
One British claim is for £1,000,000
in behalf of the Cayuga Indians resi
dent in Canada, based on the with
holding from them of annuities pledifc-..
ed under the Treaty of Ghent. A big
American claim is that of the heirs
of William Webster for lands in New
Zealand purchased by Webster 7o
years ago. A similar claim for £1.
125,000 is made by the heirs of an
American named Studer for rubber
lands in .Johore. whose concession
was vacated by tb“ British govern
ment.
Dating back to the strenuous days
of Paul Kruger is the claim of the
American, It. K Brown, for several
million dollars worth of property in
the Transvaal, of which he is alleged
to have been deprived by the last of
the Boer presidents. Great Britain
has a claim for damages for Dewey’s
action in cutting the cable in Manila
bay and for Sampson’s severing of
the ocean cables under lire at Cien
fuegos, Cuba. Other claims involve
the loss of American missionary prop
erty through hostile natives in Sierra
Leone, Africa, whose activities the
British authorities failed to suppress,
and for damages caused by American
naval vessels in collision with Brit- !
ish ships, as well as sealing claims.
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Western Shippers Heard.
WASHINGTON. M«;ch 25 - Ship
pers of Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, ;
Toledo and other large centers today j
presented to the Interstate Commerce
Commission evidence on which they !
have based their arguments on the !
free ferry or "trap car” service and I
the free "spotting” of cars on private !
sidings by railroads, interstate Coni- j
merce Commissioner Harlan, who was
scheduled to hear the arguments to- '
day, has intimated that separate hear
ings will he held to discuss the situ
ation in New York city. The session i
will be continued tomorrow.
What Would Anthony Say?
BERLIN, March 25.—Pictures ot j
nude figures are not necessarily "itn- j
moral’' simply because they portray
t^e nude. This was the decision >
formally handed down today by the i
imperial High Court of Germany - j
the supreme court of fthe nation - in
reversing the decision of the lower
court in the confiscation off alleged
Immoral post card productions of fa
mous paintings and statues.
Notice.
Regular Wednesday night dance at 1
Eagle hall tonight. Four piece or- j
chestra. Everybody welcome.
Matinee with prizes at the Orphcum j
on Saturday.
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MEXICAN REBELS
AFTER TAMPICO
Five Thousand Rebels Overwhelm
Outposts—Warships Order
ed There.
VERA CRUZ, March 25.—A wire
less dispatch received here today from
the? .United States crui6ep ^Des
Moines, lying at Tampico, said that a
battle was fought today a short dis
tance west of Altamira, ten miles
northwest of Tampico.
A force of 5,000 rebels overwhelm
ed the inferior Federal advance col
umns, which retreated toward Tam
pico, where active ‘preparations are
being made to defend the city, the
garrison of which numbers only 1,
500 men, composed of regular infan
try and cavalry, with some field ar
tillery Strong reliance for the d»*
tense of Tampico is placed upon the
gunboat Vera Cruz, which is guarding
the west approaches to the city.
On receipt of the message from the
Des Moines, Rear Admiral Fletcher
ordered the hospital ship Solace and
the battleships Minnesota and Con
necticut to proceed immediately to
Tampico. He also communicated the
I news lo foreign naval commanders
I here.
The Solace started for Tampico this
afternoon and was followed by the
German cruiser Dresden, the British
cruiser Herinione. and the Minnesota
and Connecticut. Tilt' Mexican gun
boat Zaragoza is preparing to pro
ceed to Tampico after taking ot
troops.
WILL DISPOSE OF
THE COAL CASES
Chief of Field Service Reaches Seat
tle—All Pending Litigation to
be Ended.
SKATTLK. March 25.—John Ye! -
verton, chief of the government land
office field service, reached this city
today to dispose of all the pending
cases involving title to the coal lands
of Alaska.
The department will clean up Hut
slate before the passae of the Pet
ris land leasiu biA and wfll dismiss
all prosecutions ami contests on
claims which have been investigated
and found 10 have been located in
good faith. The department at Wash
ington has issued orders that the liti
gation. which has dragged along tor
many years, shall be brought to a
speedy end.
It is proposed to grant paletit '<>
any locators of coal claims who hh'e
complied with the law.
ENGLISH SOLONS
ROAST THE KING
Don't Like Hie Meddling in Irish Af
faire and They TeHl Him What
They Think About It.
LONDON, March 25.—Shattering all
traditions, the members of the House
of Commons and the House of lx>rdn
of the country today severely criti
stzed King George for his interference
and meddling in the home rule trou
ble which has now reached a critical
point and who. by his meddling, has
caused the government officials great
trouble.
The members of parliament did not
mince words in telling the king what
they thought and trouble is e*p*c.s;<4.