vol 1Q VALDE2, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1914. NO. 151
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Operators and Union Officials Fail
to Ratify New Wage Scale and
Strike is Called.
COLUMBUS, O.. April 1.—Fifty
thousand coal miners quit work this
morning owing to the failure of the
operators and leaders of the Miners
union to reach a ratification of the
new wage scale. The contract un
der which the mines have been op
erating during the past three years
expired last night. It is feared that
ether districts will be affected and
that all coal mines in the state will
be closed.
Negotiations for a. renewal of the
contract have been Under way for sev
eral months but neither side was will
ing to concede the disputed points.
The miners are demanding pay on the
basis of mine run of coal, the output
10 be weighed before being screened.
They also eontend that the operators
should collect the dues for the union
through the office by deducting them
from the wages of the men.
The operators recently new a rmai
conference with the representatives
of the unions and informed them that
they were willing to renew the con
tract upon the same basis as in the
past, otherwise they preferred to close
the mines. The matter was submitted
Hr the unions for a vote and resulted
’n the strike bein. called. The presi
dent of the Operators’ Association has
stated that he believes they will have
Mo difficulty in securing all the men
they will require, but he believes the
miners will return to work under the
Old scale when they reconsider the
matter.
Does Not Want to Become a Part of
British Columbia and Will
Fight Movement.
DAWSON. April 1. -The Dawson
Civic League is prepared to light any
attempt at annexation of Yukon ter-;
ritory to British Columbia. Resolu
tions were passed at a recent meeting
protesting against the movement to
deprive the territory of its autonomy.
The matter was taken up with Dr.
Alfred Thompson, member of parlia
ment, who is now at Ottawa,' and’
he was instructed to oppose annexh^
tkm on the grounds that the minim
laws of British Columbia were differ
ent and not applicable to the north
ern territory.
Premiers Borden of the Dominion,
and McBride of British Columbia,
were requested to exert their influ
ence to relegate the annexation move
ment to oblivion. It is feared that
any attempt to govern the territory
from a distance would result, in great
detriment to the business interests
ef the north.
EVANS ANCHORED
Mariposa Bringing New Shaft and
Repairs Will be Made by Engi
neers of the Vessel.
JUNEAlf, April 1.—The Admiral
Evans is anchored in the harbor here
and will await the arrival of the Mar
iposa, which is bringing the new shaft
crank. No dtaoomfort was experien
ced by tfrt piaesetogdrs as thfe accident
took plaice off Cape EdWAnis while the
weather was fair and, the water as
smooth aa a mill pond.
Within a few boon after the break
ing of the cm* the1 eagiheer had
rigged a temporary equipment which
enabled the steamer to return tp
port. The repairs to the vessel will
he made here, after which ahe will
pioceed tw'thw'westward.' ft teftob
able thatjthl pdtaengediitfor Cordoba
eaNwaSe**
Westward, many of whom are cannery
employees, will remain with the Ev
MEASURE TO REPEAL PANAMA CANAL !
TOLLS ACT IS FORCED THROUGH HOUSE
WASHINGTON, I). C.. April 1 —
The administration’s bill to repeal
the clause of the Panama Canal Tolls
law permitting American, vessels en
gaged in coastwise shipping free pass
age through the canal, was passed in
the House last night amidst the wild
est scenes ever witnessed in con
gress. The vote stood 247 for and
161 against the measure. The passage
of the bill is a triumph for President
Wilson. Its passage was encompassed
through the loyalty of the southern
Democrats. The entire wfestern rep
resentation voted against the measure.
Two hundred and twenty Democrats,
24 Republicans and two Progressives
voted for the passage of the bill.
Speaker Clark, Representative Under
wood and 52 other Democrats voted
against it. The fight against the
measure has been the most spectacu
lar ever witnessed in congress during
a Democratic term and it is predicted
by Republicans that it has resulted
FOR HALIBUT
j Secretary Redfield Urged to Take
Steps to Preserve Food Fish
From Extermination.
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! SEATTLE. April 1.—The fishermen ;
' of the north will urge Secretary Red- i
; field to establish a closed season for i
halibut in Alaskan waters. They as- j
sert that halibut are destroyed during j
the spawning season when they come !
to ihe inside waters, and if not check- j
! ed that this w il result in extermi
| nation of the excellent food fish.
It is pointed out that the halibut :
[banks in Southeastern Alaska are un
; productive to fishermen when com !
1 pared with the catches of a few years j
! ago. Stringent regulations are also
I asked governing the salmon indus
! try. Tile use of fish traps to be regu- (
| luted. The taking of salmon aftei ;
i they have entered fresh water to
| spawn is condemned on the grounds
that the quality of the fish are not
up to the standard after they have j
been 48 hours in fresh water. i
The Alaska fishermen will also ask I
the department to designate some
manner of distinguishing the products
of Alaskan waters from those of oth
er sections. It is claimed that the
Alaska fish, which are superior to
those take# in any other Waters, lose
their Identity before reaching the
eastern markets.
AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC
PARTY REACHES PARIS,
PARIS. April 1.—President Hemy '
Pratt Judaon, dt the Chicago Uni- j
versity, ahd patty, who are en; rbqte
to China, are ia:this city. rteF’lflanj
to leave Paris Via ttes Trans-Siberian
railway for Pekti»g A|irll 8. The pro- j
fessor will examine and study the '
situation In the Chinese city In regard !
to medicine, surgery and public 1
| health.
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Owners of stock in Valdez corn
plain against the practice of throwing I
broken bottles and window glass into ‘
the streets where horses travel. Sev
eral animals have been injured in this
manner when breaking through the
soft snow. There are many valuable
horses in Valdez and they should not
be endangered through carelessness.
Jesse Martin took a trip to the
Ramsay-Rutherford property this
morning. Mrs. Martin accompanied
him.
TO RUSE FUND
FOR TOE FilO
PORTLAND, Ofe., April 1.—Tbe
Swedish-American societies of this
state have started a campaign to raise
a fund of $26,000 to participate In
the Sato Francisco fair: The Swedish
RPverument appropriated $160,000 for I
the purpose of erecting a building \
and tt)* ftind to be ntaM in'tfc* :at$te
will be used' to enable Swedish man
ufacturers to make exhibits. It Is;
planned to give e atari** of entertaia
ibehtfc througbdittfce slate.
Dr. H. Ooekerfte, ihefdfmUatr wfll 1W
IJSSt&WSSt.'WSi.*'
ja Juneau on a "bon bwalnaa* trip.
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DESPITE OPPOSITION OF CHAMP CLARK AND HOUSE LEADER UN
DERWOOD THE MEASURE RECEIVED THE SUPPORT OF SOUTH
ERN DEMOCRATS—PRESIDEN T WIL80N IS WELL PLEASED.
in creating dissention among the proven to be a success he would favor
ranks of the party which will never the renomination of President Wilson,
be bridged. He concluded bis speech by saying;
Speaker Clark occupied the floor of “The United States desires peace with
the House for-more than two hours all nations of the earth but is will
and made the speech of his life in ing to buy peace from none. The
opposition to the bill. When he had Hay-Pauncefote treaty is not being
concluded the entire house rose to I violated by permitting our own ves
their feet and cheered. He declared | sels free passage through the canal.”
that the passage of the measure would Representative Mann, the Republi
unquestionably mean the degradation can leader, also made a brilliant
of the nation. He denied that he speech in opposition to the bill. He
wanted to be the party candidate for believed that no treaty was being vio
the presidency in 1916. He admired lated and that to repeal the act be
President Wilson for having the cour- cause it was meeting with opposition
age of his convictions and declared from Great Britain would lower the
that if the administration’s policy was j standard of Araer can independence.
Wreck the Jail to Lynch Colored Wo
man Who Had Stabbed White
Youth—Sheriff Powerles*.
MrSKOGKK, Okla., April 1. Marie
Scott, a negress, was dragged by a
rope from a cell in the local jail last
night and hanged to a telephone pole
in front of the building. The woman
had stabbed a white youth through
tile heart while she was under the
influence of liquor.
The murder aroused unease racial
hatred and the sheriff was preparing
to remove his prisoner to an adjoining
county, fearing that her presence here
might lead to violence. The mob,
numbering several hundred men,
wrecked the building despite the ef
forts of the guards. Rifles were fired
over their heads but failed to check
their progress in breaking down the
doors of the jail.
The sheriff has asked the governor
for assistance in bringing the leaders
of the mob to justice. They were
without masks and were identified by
the sheriff and guards, but local sym
pathy is strong against their being
held to answer for the banging.
MINISTER WILL
REGULATE FIGHTS
Has Been Appointed as Head of To
ledo’s Municipal Boxing Commis
sion by Mayor.
TOLEDO, (>., April 1.—('looked
prize fight promoters will give this
city a wide berth for the future. May
or Keller has appointed Rev. A. E.
Jones as head of the Municipal Box
in Commission and as such he will
have supervision over all contests held
! within the city limits. He is curator
of St. Mark’s Episcopal church and
! is a thorough believer in the manly
j sport if properly supervised.
nr. Jones is receiving tne suppori
of many prominent citizens in his ef
forts to secure clean recreation for
the young men. He has organized
classes and insists upon a rigid'physi
cal examination of his pupils before
permitting them to engage in the
bouts. He declares that his aim is to
build up men physically, bellavlhi:
that they Will he ifftproved rnenta#
and 'emperamentMtyl Brutality In
contests will rWrt be' toferhted tilt
matches will be .arranged with ath
letes for other cities. Boxers who
have bdeS a£cdaM<t throwing matcu
«a dr fhke exMwUldos aril be barrhH
from the city.
MARIPOSA BRINGING
EVANS HEW SHAFT
was disabled off Chlcagoff island al|
returned to Juneau, was shippw
porth.on th« Mariposa- .. ..
STANDING ARMY
IS ORGANIZED
Ulster is Preparing to Resist British
Army if Home Rule for Ireland
is Passed.
BELFAST, April 1.—More than a
thousand men have been enrolled in
Ulster’s “standing army” since this
new plan of the Home Rule registers
was sprung a few weeks ago. Having
completed the recruiting and organiz
ation of 100,000 men of the volunteer
force, the leaders decided to form
from their number the nucleus of a
standing army modeled along the lines
of tile British regular army.
In addition to being boarded and
lodged as regular soldiers they are to
lie paid $a a week each, thus enabling
married men who join to be assured of
a constant income for their families.
They are to be constantly on duty,
in contradistinction to the volunteer's,
who tire subject for the present only
to call for duty or drills once or twice
a week. The leaders have already
arranged for barrack accommodations
at convenient centers, and have be
gun purchasing the necessary equip
ment. It is expected that within a
month or so the three thousand men
with whom it is planned to organize
the corps will have been enrolled.
Newspaper Offices Are Not the Only
Places Where Queer Requests
Are Received.
COLUMBUS, O., April 1.—Newspa
per editors are not the only ones who
receive strange letters. George F.
Burba, secretary to Gov. Cox and him
self a former newspaper editor, is au
thority for this statement. “Here’s
a sample of many that come to the
governor.” said Burba today, as he
reached into his desk for a bundle of
letters.
“l'lease send me a permit to dress
in male attire,” one read, and a Wer
ton, 0„ woman wrote it. “Please send
me a license to be a private detective.
1 have thirteen disguises and am
ready to go to work on a moment’s
notice," read another from a Newark,
O., man. The letter was addressed
to Governor Harmon. Burba replied,
advising the man to put on one of his
disguises and find out who was the
governor of Ohio.
A woman writing from Warren, O..
stirs: “Some time ago I wrote you
asking you to pardon my husband.
Don’t do that. I jet bim stay there,
bat send me a divorce as sdon as pos
sible.”
The Oktfceui* Tbni«M.
Wilt o’ the! Wisp, a line Kay Bee
two-reel picture that you will enjoy,
Gaumont Weekly, exciting motor
aceide&ta aW other wbrtd events.
Ch alike or pfOgrain toratorrito ev
ening.
SnJwortko for th*. ptospecw.
He depricated war talk between the
great English speaking nations of the
wdrld, but believed President Wilson
was mistaken when he asserted that
the United States was violating the
treaty and our nat'onal honor in ex
empting our own vessels from paying
tolls in passing through tlie canal
built by the American nation.
Congressman Humphreys, Of Wash
ington, also opposed the measure. He
declared that the most eminent auth
orities on international law had de
clared that the Panama Canal Tolls
act was not in violation of the treaty.
WASHINGTON, April 1.—When the
news of the passage of the bill was
Imparted to President Wilson he said:
"I expected the measure would pass.
The United States can be depended
upon to uphold the national honor in
complying with the terms of her
treaties to the letter.”
WOULD DESTROY
LUMBER TRADE
Senator Declares That if Panama Ca
nal Tolls Act is Repealed Other
Laws Should be Changed.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 1.—
[ The debate in the Senate yesterday
i on the administration’s measure to
! repeal the Panama Canal Tolls act
was very spirited. Senator Chamber
lain, of Oregon, spoke in opposition to
! the bill. He declared that if the
1 measure permitting free passage of
i American vessels through the canal
; was repealed it would bring ruin to the
, lumber interests of the Pacific coast
; states.
Should the act be repealed he be
I lieved the British Columbia shippers
; would profit to the extent of or $7
! per thousand feet on lumber. British
Columbia lumber was permitted free
| entry into South Africa, both conn
tries being colonies of Great Britain.
By reason of the South African duty
i on American lumber British Colum
\ bia interests would control the trade.
| Canadian vessels could take lumber to
i Africa and load there for any part of
| the world, while American vessels
i would have to return empty. He be
lieved the present law should bt al
lowed to stand unless the laws ue so
I changed as to permit of lumber being
| shipped from the Pacific coast to At
| lantie coast in foreign bottoms.
To permit lumber being sent
i from the west to the east coast in
! foreign vessels would afford relief to
j the lumber interests but it would de
j stroy the American shipping Industry.
| He depricated the bitter attacks being
j made upon President Wilson for urg
ing the passage of the bill. He be
lieved the president desired to be fair
to Britain, but was not fully inform
ed aB to the baneful effect the pass
age of thfe bill would have upon the
| Pacific coast states.
—
! ('has. Whalen is in (own from the j
Big Four. He says there has been j
no lack of fresh air at the workings I
during the past few days. The place
where the tunnel is being driven is J
at an altitude of a mile straight up.
New Dressmaking Department.
Mrs. Winter has added a first-class,
up-to- date dressmaking department,
to her ladies’ goods store. tf
I Gaumont Weekly and fine pictures
»i the Orpheum tonight.
PARIS, April l:—Aviator Gurala, i
who has' been" attracting world-wide,
attention by his daring feats la mid
air, with nine passengers in h^e car,
today ascended to a height pf ’naore
than a mile and remained among the
clouds for an hhMr. The aviitof is
giving exhibitions ‘ ahd is reaping a
harvest from venturesome persons
who desire to mate trips with him.
GgntiJt' b** abnoanred that he will
con*> to Aineriea to give exhibitions:
He haa been offered lnducenteHts to
visit the Panama-Pacific fair in Sun
Francisco next year, where it is be
ijsvW't* WWsMWi a draw (eg anracV
PROPHET WILL
SERVE FIVE YEARS
ew Polygamous Cult Attracted Scores
of Women From All Parts of
the Western States.
SEATTLE, April 1.—Antone Dab! -
atrom, the ‘‘free love prophet,” was
today sentenced to serve five yean,
tn the penitentiary for violation of the
Mann white slave law. The case has
attracted wide attention and has
brought unenviable notoriety to scores
of women who became converts to his
new cult.
The case wits stubbornly fought by
attorneys for the defense, who con
tended that the women should not be
permitted to testify against him as he
was their “husband.” One of the
"wives" testified that Dahlstrom’s cult
consisted of the practice of polygamy;
he preached against hell, the devil
tind all clergymen; that to gain favor
in heaven man must have more than
one wife; marriage ceremony consist
ing of three "dips” in water, and no
civil service; casting aside of wivew
when tired of them: mysterious form
of baptism all necessary to make
polygamous wedding perfect.
Dahlstrom was arrested on com -
[ plaint of A. J. Englund. of Tacoma.
1 father of Edna and Hilda Englund.
1 whom the prophet took to wife. The
i case aroused such indignation in Ta
S coma that the attorneys for the de
fense secured a change of venue to
Seattle, fearing that the accused coubl
not secure it fair trial in the city
where his cult was being persecuted
by the police and followers of othe
religions.
NEW PREMIER
IS UNPOPULAR
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Reign of Terror Exalts in Tokio and
Government Takes >t*ps to Pre
vent Rebei ,‘i.
I
TO Kin. .la pa n. April I. Visiourt
I Kigouru. one of Urn most unpopular
| men in Japan, lias been appointed
, premier and w ill announce the per
| sonel of Ins cabinet in a few days,
i Protests against the appointment are
! being heard from all parts of the eui
pire as ttie new premier is accused
of being instrumental in having the
navy scandal suppressed.
A reign of terror exists in this city,
hundreds of citizens having been at -
rested on charges of conspiring
against the government. Following the
outbreak by the mob which stormed
the capital buildings when the naval
officers, who were accused of grafting
were exonerated, the government tins
been enforcing stringent regulations
concerning public meetings. It is fear
ed that the appointment of Viscount
Kigoura will cause open rebellion, as
he will lack the support of parliament
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Iff MURDERER
PIVS PENALTY
| Is Dragged From Jail and His Muti
lated Body Left Lying in the
Streets.
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SANTA FE, N. M., April 1.—Adolfo
Padillo, who cut h<s wife’s throat yes
terday with a razor while crazed with
jealousy; was dragged from jail last
night and literally cut to pieces. Hit
mutilated body was found lying in ib<
street this morning.
The guards at tne jail were .found
locked in a cell when .the finding ajf
the body was reported to the sheriff.
The guards cljL|m to have been drag
Red awl assort that they have w
kncfwledge of how they c^Bfe.te' he
occupying a ceu. The governor h*»
ordered an investigation of the kill
Iff*. '
Wednesday lance at Kajrt*
Mil, Have er i MukUWntor Ju.,
frtntt1 tM> tm i flatrth, Straw'
berries and SVerybMfy wW