VOL. 10.
Mexican President Has Good Time
Because of Tampico Victory
Gets "Soused to the Ears.”
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 17.—Prpvision
al President Huerta is reported to
have become greatly intoxicated when
he heard the report from Tampico
telling of a victory for the federal
troops at this city.
The provisional president is hopeful
that the tide has turned and that from
now on the federal forces of which
the administration have 80,000, will be
able to defeat the rebel bands and es
tablish peace in the republic.
A private letter from San Luis
Potosl gives an account of the pro
tective measures resorted to by the
government to deter the rebels from
interfering with traffic.
The families of Mariano Sandoval
and Santos Coy, well known rebels,
are being conveyed as passengers up
and down the line continually. This
is known to the rebels, and the gov
ernment authorities assume that so
tong as the women and children of
the rebel chiefs are likely to be the
victims in any attack, their work
trains will not be molested.
The methods of warfare of both
rebels and federals have ceased to
shock the people of the country, al
though they have not been altered.
In some cases prisoners are being
killed, and in others they are pressed
into the ranks of their captors. The
warfare in the state of Morelos is un
checked, many reg'ons being describ
ed as scenes of slaughter by those
who have recently passed through
them.
General Huerta attended the bull
light today. Accompanied by only two
members of his staff, but guarded by
a score of detectives, the president
entered ihe bull ring, where 20,000
persons had gathered to see Gaona,
Mexico's greatest matador, open the
season. He occupied a box close ro
the arena. The band played the na
tional hymn, and the people rose to
their feet, but there was no cheer
ing. The president left after the kill
ing of the fourth bull.
ISLAND SINKS;
PEOPLE RESCUED
Five Hundred Natives Rescued by
Passing Steamer—Volcano Caus
ed the Trouble.
MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 17.—
The Island o!' Ambrin has disappear
ed and the live hundred inhabitants
r;f the island have been brought
here by a steamer which called at
Ambrin and rescued the natives a
short time before the land disappear
ed from view.
A large part of the island was Oc
cupied by an extinct volcano which
became active, finally collapsing and
disappearing. The Island slowly sank
and the coast villages were soon be
neath the waves. The inhabitants
were panic-stricken and fled to the
steamer for safety.
A British warship has been dis
patched to the scene to make an in
vestigation and render any aid nec
essary to the inhabitants of the sur
rounding islands.
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Brighton Leave* for Port Well*.
The launch. Brighton, in command
of Captain Stanley, left this morning
for Port Wells with a light passenger
list but a heavy freight cargo. This
will be the last trip of the launch
before Christmas ind many Port
Wefts' people are expected to fome
tc Valdez’on the return trip of IN;
boat.
TAKE LIMIT OFF
POSTAL DEPOSITS
House Passes Bill Allowing Large
Deposits But Interest Only on
First Thousand.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17—The
House of Representatives yesterday
passed the bill removing the limit up
on the amount of money which can
be deposited in the United States sav
ings banks, but provided, however,
that only the first $1,000 deposited
would draw interest.
It has been demonstrated that the
postal savings banks are mostly used
by foreigners, who fear to trust bank
ers, especially the bankers of their
own race operating small private
banks and frequently disappearing
with all the funds. These foreigners i
have saved many thousands of dol
lars which they wish to deposit and
lacking confidence in private banks
they are accustomed to keep the mon
ey upon their person or hide it about
their homes and in consequence are
frequently robbed.
The purpose of refusing interest
upon more than one thousand dollars
is to prevent the postal banks becom
ing to any great extent competitors of
the National and savings banks of the
country.
PRESIDENT QUITS
CARABAO CLUB
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Because of Satire Upon His Policy
Towards the Inhabitants of
* the Philippines.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—President
Wilson has withdrawn his acceptance
of honorary membership in the ‘‘Or
der of Carabao,” composed of mem
bers of the army and navy, because
of the satire upon the president’s pol
icy indulged in by the members of
the club at the annual banquet of the
organization held in this city a few
nays ago.
The officers were feeling good along
towards the wind-up of the banquet
and while the wine was red the speak
ers indulged in a little sarcasm in
reference to the policy of the admin
istration towards the Philippines. The
president took exception to the satire
and in consequence withdrew from the
club.
WASINGTON, Dec. 17—Major Gen
eral Aleshire. and Brigadier-General
McIntyre today called upon Secretary
of the Navy Daniels and Secretary
of War Garrison and apologized on
behalf of themselves and of the army
officers who attended the recent wal- j
I low of the Carabao society, at which j
! banquet the administration’s policy ]
toward the Philippines was treated
| in a sarcastic manner, giving offense
j to the president, who ordered an in- '
| quiry.
The two generals were in attend- |
. ance and as the ranking officers at
.the dinner are held responsible for:
I the insult to the president. It is be
l lieved: that the matter will now be
dropped and that nothing further will
be heard Of it.
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Order* 90,230,000 Stamp*.
WASINGTON. Dec. 17—The post
master at Philadelphia *s taking no
i chances of running short of postage
■ stamps for Christmas business. He j
: has just ordered 901136,600 samps,;
I valued at »l,«0fc.OOq; <}te lafgest sin
' gle order ever given by'a postmaster. I
iu July, 1913, the Chicago postmaster i
sent in.*n.; requisition for 71,800,000. j
stamps, vpljiejj ft §1,588,000, eqtal)lish“ ;
fng p. record now broken by Phiia- j
delphia. The stamps being sent to 1
Philadelphia include some of the ftow :
issue of 7, 9, 12, 20 and 30-cent de- j
nominations, designed by Postmaster !
General Burleson to meet the needs i
o* the parcel post business.
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DOWIE JOINS THE1
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Son of Famous Chicago Leader
of New Sect Joins Old Or
ganization.
CHICAGO, Dec. 17—Gladstone Dow
ie, the son of John Alexander Dow
ie, founder, general overseer and
first apostle of the Christian-Catho
lic Apostolic Church in Zion, Was
today ordained to.the deaconate in
the Episcopal church by Bishop An
derson, bishop of Chicago.
John Alexander Dowie was first a
Congregational minister in Australia
hut left that body to build a “taber
nacle” and establish tne Internation
al Divine Healing Association. After
six years of healing in Australia he
came to practice among Americans.
In Chicago, the elder Dowis discov
ered himself to be Elijah III., John
the Baptist being Elijah II. He gained
many followers and formed his Cath
olic-Apostolic church. Having raised
several millions of dollars he built
Zion City, 42 miles north of Chicago,
and was for some years autocrat of
this thriving factory and religious
municipality.
Attempts to spread to New York
and London were abortive and after
repeated attacks from within his or
ganization, with charges of dishon
esty and immorality, he was deposed
in 1905.
John Alexander Dowie, among oth
er curiosities exploited his son Glad
stone some years ago as the unklssed
youth. This son, since his maturity,
has kicked out of his father’s har
ness and has worked and thought for
himself.
Gladstone Dowie was baptized and
confirmed in St. James Episcopal
church three years ago and today, in
the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul,
was ordained to the Episcopal min
istry.
MANY KILLED IN
AUSTRIAN WRECK
Two Trains Collide Near Darnow—
Thirty Are Dead and Forty
Injured.
Vlr’ -NA, Dec 37.—A train wreck
at Darnow last night caused the
death cf thirty passengers and the
serious injury of forty others, while
man.- were slightly hurt. The trahi
was traveling at the rate of forty
miles an hour when, upon rounding a
curve, the engineer of the passenger
train saw a fast freight only a few
hundred feet away and coming upon
him at full speed. He set his brakes
and jumped as did the firemen of tile
two engines.
Six cars were telescoped by the
freight train with a horrible loss of
life, while many w' o were taken from
the wreck will be crippled for life.
Detachments of troops were immedi
ately sent to aid in making the res
cue. Doctors and nurses were sent
from here on a special train.
The government has ordered an im
mediate investigation in the cause,of
the wreck and those guilty of neg
ligence will be severely dealt with.
HITCHCOCK 8TILL
BLOCKS LEGISLATION
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17—The Sen
ate late yesterday afternoon yoted
down the amendment Offered by Sen
ator Hitchcock 'to the currency bill
to'allow members of the reserve board
a salary of $tt,000 a year. The Sen
ator will continue to offer amendment
after-amendment to the bill and will
as far as it Is possible-blpek ifspess^-1
ew.
Texas Kelley at Bay, a K. B. sen -
sational film at the Orpheum. Don’!
miss it, as it Is a dandy.
favor transfer ~
OF CARLE SYSTEM
Postmaster General Burleson Anxious
to Try His Hand at Hand
ling the System.
WASINGTON, Dec. 17.—Officials of
the War and Postoffice departments
have held a conference regarding the
proposed transfer of the United
States mlllta-y cable and telegraph
lines in Alaska from the War to the
Postoffice department. It is general
ly believed here that c ingress will be
asked to consent to the transfer.
Postmaster General Burleson is
anxious to secure the Alaska cable
and telegraph lines as an entering
wedge in his campaign of government
ownership of the telegraph and tele
phone lines in the United States. He
is anxious to have all means of com
munication, mail, telegraph, tele
phone, express and even the wireless
stations controlled by his department.
Much opposition is sure to be de
veloped by tne Postal Telegraph,
Western Union and Bell Telephone
companies against the transfer as
they will fight to delay and if possi
ble defeat the measure.
The War department is favorable to
the transfer as the department has
felt for many years that charges for
maintenance of telegraph and cable
lines, harbor improvements, building
of roads and trails were not a prop
er charge to the War department,
which Is never credited with the
amount of purely civil work it does,
but is charged with the total appro
priations for the War department,
while one-third of it should be on a
civil appropriation.
Latouche Here Early Tomorrow.
The steamer Latouche, with a cargo
of coal 8nd explosives, reached Cor
dova at an early hour this morning
and is expected to reach Valdez to
morrow morning.
SHIPS GAN PASS
THROUGH GANAL
Culebra Cut Deepened Enough to Al
low Passage of Vessels—Com
mercial Business Jan. 1st.
PANAMA, Dec. 17—The Panama
canal is open today from the Atlantic
to the Pacific and steamers can be
taken from one ocean to the other if
desired. The big slide in Culebra cut
has been removed enough to allow for
the passage of boats drawing thirty
feet of water. The water is still
raising and dredges are working to
deepen and widen the channel. If no
additional si des occur in the next few
weeks it is expected that the canal
will be open for traffic by January
1st. the date originally decided up
on.
Colonel Goelnsls chief engineer of
the canal commission, has concen
trated all his available force of
dredging machines and scow* at the
scene of the recent slides and rap
id time has been made In clearing
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them away.
The dike at Gamboa has been al
most cleared away.
Earthquake Scare* Jap*.
TOKIO, Japan, Dec. 17.—An earth
quake here last night caused a panic
ariftmg the irihdlrffitnts of the city,
who fled 'from their homes into the
street, fearing the buildings would
tumble cfpwp f upon. j'jtem. No dam
ape wp.s dope, ’ but it* was several
hours before the inhabitants could be
reassured.
1( ^Jrg.’F. M. Browi' wife of the judge
.pf.;tl}e; district court of this divisions
Yeturnfcd to Valde* on the steamer
this morning.
Jake Nafsted came in today front
Tonsinn to a’tend the Hoyt trial.
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LONDON LOTS ARE
VERT EXPENSIVE
Maledaby Deeley Pays $50,000,000 for
City Block—Highest Price
Ever Paid.
LONDON, Dec. 17.—Maledaby Dee
ley today bought from the Duke of
Bedford a block of land in the heart
of London, paying the enormous sum
of $50,000,000 for the block. This is
the highest price ever paid for land in
London and establishes a highwater
mark.
The negotiations have been going
on for many months between agents
for the purchaser and the seller. The
commission bn the sale will be no
mean fortune.
British Army to Advertise.
LONDON, Dec. 17.—Lord North
cliffe in a recent speech conveyed a
hint to the government that its dif
ficulty in getting army recruits might
be overcome by an alert adverting
campaign in the press. It is now
announced that the government is
about to start a publicity campaign
on these lines, and advertisements
will soon appear in the newspapers
inviting men to join the army and set
ting forth the armys attractions.
alaskaIangle
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I In Attempting Regulation Legislature
Brings Itself Into Conflict With
Federal Constitution.
! WASINGTON, Dec. 6.—The Alaska
l
! legislature got itself ‘angled up with
the constitution of the United States
by undertaking to regulate the ship
ment of furs from Alaska by mail.
Mr. Dockery, the third assistant post
master general, by direction of the
postmaster general, has undertaken
to straighten out the situation.
A recent act of the Alaska legis
lature makes it unlawful for any per
son to ship from that territory any
furs without having obained and paid
for a license permit, and further pro
vides that no postmaster ‘‘shall re
ceipt for mailing any furs unless the
shippers thereof s' all present a cer
tificate for this license fee signed by
the clerk of the distr4ct of the divis
ion in which the furs are shipped.”
After informing the postmaster at |
Latouche, Alaska, who first brought j
the matter to the attention of the as j
sistant attorney general for the post- \
office department, that congress un- j
der the constitution has the exclu
slve power of determining what shall 1
be admitted to, or excluded from, the
mails, Mr. Dockery has advised hint
that "neither the parcel post law nor
any other law or regulation contains
any provision making unmailable ar
ticles shipped in violation of the laws
of a state or territory.”
Furthermore, he advised him, "un
der the provisions of the law embod
ied in section 454, P. L. and R., furs
constitute mailable matter of the
fourth class and therefore, if they are
properly prepared for transmission in
the mails and otherwise conform to
the requirements of the postal laws
and regulations they should, when
presented, fully prepaid at the prop
er rate, be accepted for mailing.”
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Woman Mother of 29 Children, i
LOS ANGELES, Doc. 17—Mrs. To- j
man Elli, a woman of this city aged :
45 years, gave birth today to her j
twenfy-third child. It is believed by j
the local health board that Mrs. Elli
holds the record. The Elli family arc
ptfor,' the father being an industrious
day laborer.
Bill Holmes bromrht in a number,
of poles today for the Valdez Electric ,
company.
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GAS EXPLOSION
Thirty-eight All American Miners,
Married and With Families,
Lose Live*.
NEWCASTLE, Colo., Dec. 17.—An
explosion of coal damp in the mine
at this place last night caused the
death of 38 miners, all Americans and
married, and imprisoned two others
who w re rescued today by helmet,
men sent here in a special tra'n from
the government mine rescue station
at Denver.
The men killed are mostly the sons
of local farmers and business men,
who have sought employment in the
mine.
The explosion was very sudden,
starting in the chamber where most
of the miners were working, and it
is believed that sever 1 other explo
sions followed the major explosion.
The two men rescued were in a dis
tant chamber and worked their way
towards the old workings, where they
were met by the nelmet men.
At the time of the explosion flames
belched out of the tunnel mouth and
arose . many feet into the air.
The efforts of the government mine
experts has been turned towards the
recovery of the bodies of those kill -
ed. The wives, children and parents
of the dead men are all waiting at
the mouth of the shaft for the bod -
ies of their loved ones to brought to
the surface.
Conditions in the tunnels were so
bad today that it seemed doubtful if
the recovery of the corpses would be
possible fop some ,time. The fire
was checked by walling up the pari
of the mine where it was raging, but
the ventilating fans failed utterly lo
clear the network of shafts and lev
els of gas. Work in it for more than
a few minutes at a time was suicidal
for those unprovided with oxygen hei -
nous, and even the helmet men ran
the constant risk of another explo
sion, which was threatened momen
tarily.
The rescue parties brought up from
the mine stories of the most hor
rible scenes inside. Corpses, they
said, were everywhere. The heads,
arms and legs of many of them were
torn off by the force of the explo
sion.
WITH FAMILY
Responded to Alarm Only to Find Hi*
Home in Flames—Reaches
Family, But Dies.
NEW YOKE, Dec. 17.—A tire last
night on Amsterdam avenue caused
the death of two women and a mem
ber of the lire department, who died
while trying to rescue the two wo
men, one his mother and the other his
sister.
The alarm, which was sent in by
the policeman on the beat, brought
the tire department to the scene in a
hurry and when the Areman saw it
was his own home which was aAre
and knew his mother and sister were
in the Aat when he left it several
hours earlier, he made every effort to
rescue them but only succeeded in
perishing with his family. The bodies
of all three were found together, and
it is believed he died while trying to
carry them to safety.
Fifty persons were rescued by the
police and firemen and many were
forced to jump into the Are nets held
by the Are lads. The apartment
house was completely gutted.
Masonic Notice.
■ Special communication of V&ldec
Lodge No. 168 at Masonic hall Friday,
evening at 8 o’clock. Work in the
third degree. VIVsiting brothers wel
come. C. C. REYNOLDS, Sec’y.