Will MAKES KICK I
TO THE PRESIDENT
Says INIcReynolds Does Not Con
sult Him About Appointments
—Show Exum’s Record.
Washington, i>. C., June 10.—
Delegate Wickersham called on
President Wilson yesterday and
denounced the attorney general
for breaking faith with him, as
the court records showing that
Reynolds had agreed to consult
hint on Alaska patronage and ap
pointments and he had to date ig
nored him.
He also presented the copies of
he court records showing that
Edward Exuni owned the dives
at Chilian and requested that the
president recall the name of the
Chitina man, which is now in the
Senate, and appoint some one
with a clean record.
WILL PROBE THE
INDIAN AFFAIRS
Senate Agrees to Have Committee
Investigate the Charges
of Graft.
Washington, I>. C., June 10.—
Because ol' the constant talk of
graft in the affairs of the Indian
bureau a committee will be named
by the Senate to investigate the
charges.
The charge is frequently made
that the Indians do not receive
the benefits of the money appro
priated by congress, li.ut that it
all goes to tile coffers of the un
scrupulous land agent. '
CANAL BE OPENED
III OCTOBER 1915
New York, JunR ,'10—Oolonel
(ioel.hal^ the canal builder, who
reached here today on his way to
Washington to consult with the
War department and the presi
dent regarding the work on the
canal, made the statement to the
press that the canal would be
open for steamers probably in
October, 1915.
The stories circulated in the
press that the canal would be
rtfady in six months, he said,
were absurd, nor had the depart
ment ordered him to increase the
force and push the work because
of the Japanese war scare.
Market Reforms Needed.
The news that there were to be
some hell* given by the national
government in the matter of mar
keting of produce by a special
bureau is extremely interesting to
'the farmers of the country, and
especially of the west. During
I he year 1912 there were very few
of the farm products that could be
marketed with profit to the farm
er, although the consumer paid
plenty. The waste in marketing
caused by the large number of
middlemen must be stopped. The
office of market investigations
just established will lend a help
ing hand. While there is only a
small amount of money for the
office now, it won’t take much in
vestigating to find the trouble.
The big work will pome-in reform- -
ing the marketing methods after
Ihe (rouble ih located.
Fred Mitter arrived from Port
Wells t» secure an outfit to con
tinue the Work on ciaims and he
expects to return to the property
off Saturday.
ASSAY CHARGES
ARE ABOLISHED
Five Year Fight Finally Success
ful and Treasury Office Or
ders Change.
a ■ * ■ ■ —
Seattle, June 10—The assay
charges formerly made hy the lo
cal otl'ice on all Alaskan gold will
no longer he allowed according to
an order made today hy the
Treasury Department, at Wash
ington.
The order is effective June 15.
The light lor the change was led
hy Congressman Humphries.
The people of Seattle have
made a siren nous light against
the taxing by the government of
Alaska gold, as they wish to have
il left in the hands of northern
ers that they may take il all.
Double wharfage, high hold
rales, western avenue grafters
all combined to stop Uncle Sam
getting any of the graft.
STILL isr
TARIFF LOBBY
Former Senator Faulkner and
Former Congressman Bennett
Representing Manufacturers
Washington, l>. C., June Id.—
Former Congressman Bennett
and former Senator Faulkner,
who were railed before the Sen
ate lobby investigating commit
tee today, admitted that they
were in Washington to represent
manufacturers who had retained
them to appear before the con
gressional committees and sub
mit data to show that the low
tariff would be ruinous to the
manufacltiring industries of the
states and would result in hard
times.
•Both former members of con
gress denied that they had used
or intended to use' any improper
means to influence congressmen.
Faulkner declared that he rep
resented the manufacturers as an
attorney to. present to congress
the facts as they affected his
clients, and that be felt certain
that the interests of the coun
try demanded that the industries
be not destroyed by ruinous com
petition.
Senator Poindexter claimed
that former Senators Buck, l)u
bois-»and Butler and former Con
gressmen Littauer and Watson
were representing manufacturers
and lobbying for high rates in
the present tariff measure.
HELL ORIGINATES
MODERN FASHIONS
» a.sillllnUHi, I'. U., uunr Ml.—
“Bel ter no before marriage, than
Re-110 after marriage,” said Rev.
John Compton eBIle, pastor of
the Metropolitan Baptist church,
Sunday, in discussing stricter
marriage laws. “Loose marriage
laws are. the curse of our nation.
Wedlock is the bond of society.”
According to the pastor, the
modern dances are a menace and
a curse to our people.
“It makes me shudder, the
dances I see going on between
young men and girls nowadays.
There is no modesty or decency
in them. They are a part of the
new-fangled fashions that, con
tribute' their share of danger to
the morals of our people. We im-'
port our fashions from London,
which gets them from Paris,
which in turn imports theirs
straight from hell. It is getting'
so that we leave out London andw
Paris becomes tliemiidifleinart be-'
tween us and the devil.” '
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MINNESOTA WINS
RAILROAD CASE
Supreme Court Holds That Two
Cent Rate is Legal Against N.
P. and G. N. Roads.
Washington, D. C., June 10.—
The United States Supreme court
has decided in favor of the slate
of Minnesota in the suit brought
by the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern In prevent, the slate
from enforcing the Iwo-ccnl a
mile rale on passenger travel in
the slate.
The court held that Hie stale
could regulate Hie ,rates on inler
slatc roads crossing the slate un
til such lime as congress passed
a larilT schedule for the roads.
The court held I hat it was mil
confiscatory and llial at that rate
a fair relurn can he made on the
investment, hut in the ease of
the Minneapolis & St. Louis rail
road, which, under the same law,
appealed from the decision of the
state courts and fought the low
er rate because it would, they
claim, have forced the company to
go into bankruptcy, the court held
that the rate could not he en
forced, as it would result in forc
ing the company to operate at a
loss and the' state must not en
force the law against that. road.
The linal reports and promo
tion certificates were mailed to
patrons of the public schools to
day. Promotion certificates
should he presented to teachers
at,the beginning of .next J.erm.
Students who were promoted on
condition should consult' the
principal concerning I heir work.
PRESiENT SAYS
LOBBYISTS GONE
Washington, l>. (i.. June in.—
»
President Wilson •!**«■ Iar«»s l hul.
the Senate investigations inlo the
lai'ifT lobby lias caused an exit
from |he city of the lobbyists and
special attorneys who came here
to influence the members of con
gress in favor of high rales on
the commodities in which they
were interented.
"has .
FALUN SNOW
Montreal, June 10—This city
has experienced the' coldest June
weather in 50 years and today
[the city is covered with snow.
The people are suffering from
the sudden and unexpected drop
in temperature.
Reclamation Shakeup Promised.
The recent conference of. offi
cers of water users’ associations
under the western irrigation or
| reclamation projects with Secre
tary Lane in Washington will no
I doubt be productive of good re
sults. In addressing the meet
ing Mr. Lane told the delegates
that he had called thent there to
educate him. It is good to see
that he recognizes the fact that
these officers know m,ore about
thtJ projects than he does. The
delegations were united in de
manding a loosening in the reg
ulations and the appointment of
western men familiar with con
ditions to handle the projects.
Mr. Lane announced that this
would be the policy of the admin
istration of his office. This will
cause a great shakeup in present
reclamation circles. It will meet
lyith the approval of the farmers
under the projects and they are
the„pepp)e why* have to foot the
'bifis 'and'stmer Tor mismanage
ment. ,
MERFULFUTliRE
FOR THE TERRITORY
Says Colonel D. C. Shanks, Now
Inspecting the Military
Establishments.
[Colonel I). C. Shanks, who is
njiw inspecting the military es
lithlishments in Valdez, in speak
ing to a representative of the
Prospector, expressed his sur
prise at tlie conditions which lie
found in I he territory.
“1 had been led to believe,”
said the lioolnelk “that Alaska
was a land of snow and ice, of
cold kind icy blasts. Instead I
find it a land of Mowers and sum
mer weather and with towns bal
ing many modern improvements.
'.“The territory has been mis
represenled to I Tie people of the
states, who know nothing of the
conditions here and believe this
to be. a frozen country.
“Alaska has a great future.”
saiil the Colonel, “and when the
means of transportation to the
remote portions of the territory
are provided, I predict a wonder
ful and rapid development of the
varied resources. The trip has
been to rne one of great pleasure
and instruction.”
The Colonel will he a passenger
south on the Mariposa and will
go to. Fort William H. Seward,
near Skagway, and make an in
spection of the southern Alaska
post, then proceeding to the in
terior to Forts Gibbon, St. Mich
ael and Davis.
At Skagway Colonel Richardson
iviAl join the inspecting officer
and the two former classmates
will travel down the Yukon to
gether.
ICE FORMS IN
NEWJRK TOWN
New York. June 10.—The city
has been swept by a cold snap
the past lew days iyid much mis
ery has resulted. At Middleton, in
the upper part of the stale, ice
formed on the river and in the
ponds. The peach and berry
crops will suffer immense dam
age, as the frost has almost en
tirely destroyed the blossoms.
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DREBELBIS NAMED
Washington, I); G., June 10.—
Delegate Wickersham is fighting
to secure the appointment of Geo.
Drebelbis to follow H. P. Sullivan
as marshal of this division.
Notes From Sawmill Bay.
Jewel and Kenneth; Rudolph
'came up from Camp Welcome at
Sawmill bay last night on the
launch Lorita. i ‘ r
Norman Leopold and Robert
Kelsey went out loaded for bear
the other night and returned dis
gusted. All they scared up was a
fool hen and a porcupine. They
got neither, as Norman said they
were too swift for them!
Miss Corrigan caught the first
fish of the camp, a nice big bull
head. Dorothea Miller also made
an equally fine catch. Kenneth
and “Fat” each caught a fine hal
ibut apiece.
The rain has seriously damp
ened the ardor of the campers
and they are erpected back at any
time.
The cemetery at the west end
of town, which was used for
many years in the early dayh of
the town’s .existence, has been
placed ip aplepdid shape by a
committee o.f Moose he'aded ‘by
Grant Remington, George Brown
and many others.
KICK ABOUT OUR”
VOLCANO TALES
Spirit City Alaskans Say It In
jures the Northern Territory
and Want It Stopped.
Seal,lie, June 10.—The Seattle
Alaskans have made a protest
against the publishing of the sen
sational volcano stories, as they
are said to be injurious to the
northern territory and also to Se
attle.
The recent activity of the vol
canoes to the westward, all of
which are now active, sending
clouds of smoke into the air,
caused the rehashing of the result
of the Katmni eruption and the
printing of the pictures taken last
year, and was the reason for the
protest made today against sen
sational stories.
Change of program at the Or
pheum tonight.
WHAT IS DOING
ON VALOEZ CREEK
Souls Takes in 60 Tons With 16
Horses in 60 Days—Trail
Very Heavy.
The Valdez Creek and Clark
Duff outfits reached the Valdez
creek camp on April 22, after be
ing do days on the trail. The
Soule outfit, with 10 head of
stock, look in 00 tonn of sup
plies. The trail was heavy from
Culkana and much snow was en
countered on the Susitna and six
and eight head of stock was used
by the men on the snow plow.
The men were soon at work
shoveling the snow from t he ditch
and preparalions were made to
install the hydraulic plant. The
Monahan claims will be the first
worked. These claims have al
ready yielded over s 100,000 by
the use of the most primitive
methods.
Clark Duff will spend the sum
mer opening his claims and Pete
Monahan intends lo work on
White creek and hopes to liml the
pay.
A large crew will also work on
Lucky gulch and as the pay was
uncovered last fall, it is expected
that considerable money will be
taken out this year.
Father Crimont will return
from Cordova on the Mariposa.
A large class of children were
confirmed by Father Crimont at
the railroad town.
HANGING BY NECK
„ UNTIL HE’S WELL
San Francisco, June 10.—En
cased in a plaster east, Paul V.
Parker, of Napa, is hanging by
his neck in a hospital here today,
i^nd there he will continue to hang
until he is well. Injured live days
ago in a street car collision, he
walked the streets four days with
a broken neck—and didn't know
it.. An examination yesterday
showed that he had a bad frac
ture of the sixth cervical verte
brae. Only the muscles were
holding the neck in place, and a
movement of a sixteenth of an
inch of the broken bones prob
ably would have caused death.
Parker will get well, unless his
physicians are wrong. If he does,
his will be the4 second case of its
sort on record.
The streets in the town have
been graded by the' city council
and the residents of the reserva
tion intend to raise a fund to de
fray the expense of placing the
reservation streets in tine shape.
I .
DOCTOR ORDERED
INSPECT STEAMERS
Dr. Hopkins Ordered by Washing
ton Authorities Aid in Pre
vention of Disease.
l>r. Hopkins, the local marine
surgeon lias received orders from
Washington to meet all incoming
and outgoing steamers and to
make, such necessary inspection
as lie deems advisable to prevent
I lie spread of contagious diseases
now prevalent in Alaskan towns.
Imuglas is quarantined by the
teh'rilorial authorities because of
I lie many cases of measles: Cor
dova is troubled with Hie mumps,
ami Valdez lias the worst epidem
ic in its history, all of the chil
dren and many of the grown-ups
being attacked by tin* whooping
cough.
ARCTIC TRIP
STARTS AT NOME
Stefanson Will Not Leave on Kar
luk From Victoria, But
Goes to Nome.
Victoria, June 10.—Villjaiimir
Stefanson'announced today that
. he would not sail north on the
Karluk. hut would travel to Nome
and that Captain Bartlett would
call for him at the northern min
ing camp and that they would
then sail into the north and spend
the next live years final ing about
in the northern ocean.
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USTMM THUST
Hutlalo, N. Y„ June 10.--The.
district attorney for the northern
district of New Volk has com
menced suit against the Kastman
Kodak company, alleging that
they constitute a trust and have
been fiperaliing in irestraint of
trade, charging exorbitant prices.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
BY ODD FELLOWS
The members of the Odd Fel
lows lodge met Sunday Highland
in full regalia marched to the
cemetery at the west end of town
and held (he impressive memorial
services of the order for its dead.
M. B. Vaughn, who came up
from Port 'Wells, where he has
driven a tunnel on the Kittle
property, will return to the claims
on the 12th and continue the
work. In all 212 feel of tunnel
ing has been done and (he lead
carries high values.
“Fat” Miller, who returned
from Sawmill bay after a week’s
outing, has gained nearly 100
pounds on the trip.
The Two N was brought to
town Sunday, as the engine had
blown up and made the boat use
less.
Dan Sheehan returned from
across the bay last night and will
remain in town for a few days.
All Oomedlss.
Fine change of program at the
Orpheum tonight.
The Pilgrimage, fine story that
will interest all.
A Guardian’s I.uck, a roaring
comedy that reeks with laughter.
Martha’s Rebellion, a scream
comedy with John Bunny, etc. t
Talk about your bargains at
Adler’s.