V0L 1U VALDEZ, ALA8KA, 8ATURt)AY, MARCH 14, 1914. NO. 136.
EXPRESS if
OUT OF BUSINESS
United States Express Will be Liqui
dated—Cannot Make Any Money
With Government Opposition.
NEW YORK, March 14.—The Un
ited States Express company today
started proceedings to dissolve the
company and abandon business. A
committee ojf stockholders were nam
ed to liquidate the business of the
company and to dispose of all its
property, valued at many millions of
dollars.
The officials of the company claim
that the parcels post has driven them
out of business and that the action
of the government in destroying the
property of the company was repre
hensible. They point out the fact that
many widows and orphans had funds
invested in the company, believing
that the government would not at
tempt to crush any business, but if
.it decided to start a parcels post
would purchase the existing compan
ies, and that now they would receive
but a small sum for their investment.
It is believed here that all the ex
press companies—Adams, National,
Wells Fargo and American will con
solidate and will light the parcels post
by giving cheaper rates, depending
upon the efficiency of the private ser
vice over the 4governmont service to
secure the business.
THREWPEPPEfi IN
DRUMMER'S EVES
Then Stole His Satchel Containing
$50,000 Worth of Jewelry and
Makes Escape.
CHICAGO, March 14. -Daniel Kp~
aer, a jewelry drummer, was robbed
of a satchel containing $50,000 worth
of jewelry today. The robbers, two
in number, walked up to Epner, threw
a handful of red pepper in his eyes
and while he was blinded and groping
about in terrible agony they stole th#
satchel and made a clean get away.
Epner cannot even give a good de
scription of them as the attack was
entirely unexpected.
Physicians say that Epner may lose
the sight of one of his eyes. The
man suffered intense agony and the
ambulance called immediately and
rushed him to the hospital.
A large reward has been offered for
rhe arrest and conviction of the two
robbers and many detectives of the
city pclice force, are aiding the pri
vate detectives in trying to locate the
two men.
GREAT RESPECT
PITTSBURG MM
PITTSBURGH, March 14.-Out of
respect to the memory of George
Westinghouse, the great electrical in
ventor, the big plant of the West
ingtiouse company at this place was
dosed dow'n yesterday and 25,000
uien Were given a Shy bf rest with
pay.
Westinghouse is considered by many
electrical bxpertf, in this city as the
greatest inVehtor of electrical machin
ery in the world.
PUBLIC IS SHOWN
CMtTOtiNlSTS AT TlVbfcK
CLEVELAND, March 14.—A novel
exhibit opened here today when the
public was allowed tor witness practi
cally all the newspaper artlats of the,
cfty paper's at work In one robin. From
rough sketches tb the finished' prodiicr
were on exhibition. Many nf t’he car
toons are famous
! Rumor Had Connected th't Titfo Narfhfct
for Many Montfta-=i-EfVfca#t:fn,fc'rit
ft Announced.
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WASHINGTON. March 14.—Presi
dent and Mrs. Wilson today a'hhdun
! ced the engagement of their eldest
1 daughter, Miss Eleanor, to Secretary
of the Treasury William G. McAdoo. ]
Rumor had connected the names of
the two for some time, but Mrs. Wil- i
son and intimate friends of the con
tracting couple have all along denied
that any engagement existed.
Mr. McAdoo is worth many millions,
he having built the big tunnels con
necting New York and New Jersey.
It is expected that following the
\ wedding Mr. McAdoo will leave for
j France to become American ambassa
i dor to the French republic.
Congratulations from all parts of the
world are pouring*in on the seere
1 tary.
The wedding will take place in the
, White House some time in June.
LAST WORD III
s«ip sue
—
j
I Big White Star Liner Britannic Con
sidered the Greatest Ship Ever
I Floated—Is a Giant.
BELFAST, March I t. The launch
ling today of the Britannic, the 50.
i 000-ton White Star liner, marks tin
! important development in construc
i tional safety, so far as engineering in
genuity can insure it. The Britannic,
j which is intended for the transatlantic
service, had just been laid down when
■ the Titanic disaster occurred, and as
a result, the plans of the new linet
| were almost completely remodeled,
! which accounts for her long stay on
the stocks.
She is a triple-screw steamer, 900
j feet in length, and there has - been
introduced into her construction every
| device possible to prevent a recur
rence of such a d'saster as overtook
, the Titanic. A complete inner skin
i extends to a considerable height above
i th load line, the most vulnerable por
I tion Of the Vessel, and the height and
j number of the bulkheads have been
; increased. It is said for the Britannic
; that she will be able to float with any
six compartments flooded.
The inner skin consists of heavy
plating, which extends for more than
I half the length of the vessel, from
! the watertight bulkhead In front of
! the forward boiler room to the affter
end of the turbine engine room. Tt
is connected to the outer shell by lon
i gittidinal tubes and angles, with es
pecially strong connections at bulk
| heads and watertight divisions. In ad
; dition. an extra watertight bulkhead
j has been introduced, and the existing
! bulkheads have been carried right up
to the bridge deck.
Aerial Postal Service Planned.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 14.—
! Steps were taken today for the early
j construction of an aerial postal ser
]vice between St. Petersburg and six
j of the leading provincial towns. Be
i sides the Ordinary postage, all letters
| Conveyed by this means are to be
! charged an extra tax. and the pro
I cebds are to go to the fund for a tia
' tlonal aerial fleet.
Millions of FloWers oh Show.
| DANVILLE, 111., March 14—Mil
lions of rare flowers are dn fflsiftby
today.tn the Ideal armory, where the’
! three days’ “two-state show” of Illi
nois and Indiana florists Is being.held
Since the abldflddnfitbnt of the Cook:
' eoun.y floral show in Chicago, the
exhibit dn (dd«y Is the largest in the
middle west. I'hh hallv were opened
te the publ.n today
JQSLIN FAVORS
WIGKERSHAM BILL
Says the Tax on Alaska Railroads of
$200 a Mile is ConfikcatOTy and
Should be Repealed.
WASHINGTON, March 14.—Falcon
Joslin, president of the Tanana
Mines railroad, and also believed to
be representing the Alaska Syndicate
in Washington, appeared before the
Committee on Territories of the House
yesterday and ur&ed the passage of
theWickersham railroad tax bill, which
would practically kill all the taxes
now imposed on Alaska railroads. The
Wickersham bill provides for the pay
ment of five per cent of the earn
ings of the road. The old law provid
ed that railroads pay $200 a year for
every mile of road in operation.
Joslin stated that he had violated
the law until today a fine of $5,000,000
and life imprisonment stared him in
the face, but he felt confident that
no jury would convict or that any
court would sustain the law, because
it meant ruin for every railroad in
Alaska.
The Fairbanks railroad magnate
stated that the government was not
and could not collect the tax and that
therefore they might better repeal it,
as it was unjust and unfair and con
fiscated private property.
PEACE SOCIETY
REPEAL TOLLS
Secretary Scott, of the Carnegie
Peace Society, Says They Dis
tributed Millions Documents
WASHINGTON. March 14. Secre
tary Scott, ol' the Carnegie Peace So
ciety, wits a witness today before the
Senate committee to which has been
referred the bill providing for the re
peal of the pres nt canal tolls bill ex
empting American coasting ships from
paying duty.
Scott says that the society had
sent out millions of documents favor
ing the repeal of the bill and had cir
culated 700,000 copies of the speech
made by Senator Hoot in the Senate
against the passage of the bill. The
documents, he said, had been circulat
ed tinder the frank of the New York
senator.
Scott claimed that the repeal of the
law would make for peace among the
nations and that the government of
the Pnited States could not afford to
violate the conditions of the treaty
between Kngland and America, which
provided that all nations should be
allowed le use the canal upon equal
terms.
PRINCE HENRY IS
OFF FOR MHFDICJI
HAMBURG, Germany, March 14.- ,
Prince Henry of Prussia, and the
princess, today were expected to leave
Hamburg for Buenos .vyres, add other
South American cfttes. It is under- :
stood that the German government,
apprehensive of fthe rapid strides the
United States has made In strength
ening trade relations with South:
American countries, Is sending Prince
Henry there to offset any effects the
visit or ColOnel Theodore Roosevelt tO;
South America ’tnay have. Princej
Henry, it Is said, will “cover the col-l
onej's trail." ...
Alarheda in: Seattle. • .. i
SEATTLE, Match MU-^ThelJfettm-j
nr Alumedtt, of fthe Alaska Steamship
conchy Hhe,. reached this port to-:
day. The boat wHI nail north on
schedule time, leaving here the 20th.
LANE SAYS SHOULD
OUILD TO DAWSON
Connect With Proposed Canadian
Line From Victoria Or Van
couver to Oawson.
WASHINGTON. March 14—Sec
retary of the Interior Lane announ
ced today that he favored the exten
sion of the Alaska bovernment rail
road from Fairbanks to the boundary
line at Eavle to be connected there
with the proposed railroad to be built
by the Canadian government from
Vancouver or Victoria up through
British Columbia into the Yukon ter
ritory and connecting with the Ameri
can line. The two lines would provide
for railroad connections from Seattle
to all parts of Alaska.
The secretary stated that the scen
ery of Alaska was one of its great
est assets and that in time as the peo
ple of the states became aware of the
wonderful scenic beauties of the north
they would forsake the beaten roads
of travel to Europe and would “See
America first.”
“We should co-operate with Pre
mier McBride in his efforts to provide
transportation into the north." says
Lane, "which would be of as great
benefit to the United States as to
Canada.”
GOVERNMENT DAM
GOES 1 PIECES
Big Work Between Lakes Union and
Washington is Lost—Country is
Flooded—Bridges Go Out.
SEATTLE. March 11. The big
government dam between Lake Un
ion and Lake Washington broke Iasi
night and considerable of the sur
rounding country was flooded, doing
great damage. One large bridge was.
destroyed. An investigation will be
made immediately by War department
officials lo place the blame for the
less of the big dam.
The government is completing tlie
canal from Elliott bay to Lake Un
ion and Lake Washington, where it is
proposed that the big ships of the
navy and merchant vessels will go
to kill the heavy mass of barnacles
that cling to the ships while in salt
water.
Standard Oil Dividend
NEW YORK. March 14—Stock
holders of record today, it was an
nounced by tlfc Standard Oil Cora'pany
of Ohio, will receive a $3 quarter
ly dividend and $3 extra payable April
1. The last quarterly dividend was
$3 and $2 extra, paid December 22.
unci Wills
FROM WOLGIST
MILWAUKEE, March 13.—The
light between Ritchie and Wolgast
here last night was a victbry for
Ritchie, who sent his opponent, Wol
gast, to the floor for the count in the
jseventh round. Ritchie proved conclu
sively to the sports that -he was the
best man.and that his first victory ov
er Wolgast 'was :no fluke. Thousands
oif dbTlbfs bhaltigdcl Hands 'on tHe out
coine of the ilgfht. The sporting fra
ternity from Chicago, New York and
other eastern cities were here in large
numbers.
The mill was scheduled to go ten
rounds,
. Jack Cook left this morning for the
Big fc’our ‘Property*'on $1 ftteV^ peet
to start the work of drlving'xim tun
nel on the claims, which he has con
trite tied ‘with the c-ottipboy tb do.
KILL HUSBAND
Cost $100 to Get Man to Kill Him—
Made Her Life Unhappy—Have
Four Children.
SEATTLE. March 14.—The police
today arrested, Mrs. Magdalene Wer
ner and Prank Piccona and charged
them with the murder of Mrs. Wer
ner’s husband, 30 years her senior,
who was killed on March 3rd in the
cowshed on his ranch at Issaquah.
The arrest followed the confession of
Mrs. Werner that she had paid Pic
coni $100 to kill her husband, as she
hated him because he was extremely
cruel and terribly jealous and made
her life very unhappy.
Mrs. Werner Is the mother of four
children, the eldest of whom is eight
years old. The boy heard his father,
a few minutes before he was killed,
talking to Piccona, and did not know
who it was, but from the nature of
the conversation between Werner and
his murderer the police were able to
trace the crime to him and forced the
confession from the wife.
COURT ORDERED
Tribunal of Honor Sends to His Death
Officer Whose Wife Flirted
With Another.
BERLIN, March 14. Alsace Lot -‘
raitie, a prolific breeding place for
“incidents” recently, again occupies
the top. lines in the newspapers, with
a fatal military duel.
The duel was fought in the forest
outside Metz at dawn today. The man
killed was Lieut, lfaage of the Ninety
eighth Infantry, in garrison at Metz
Ilis opponent was a brother officer,
Lieut, von Vallette t. George, one of
the youngest officers in the regiment.
Lieut, von Vallette had a flirtation
with Lieut. Haage’s wife, and. on its
discovery, a military court of honor,
before which the case was immedi
ateld laid, decided that it was a
“grave insult," and ordered that a duel
be fought under the rigid conditions
usual on such occasions—pistols at
fifteen paces, until the death of one
of the adversaries.
Haage, the challenger, fell at the
first exchange of shots and died al
most instantly, the bullet going al
most straight to his heart.
6,000 NURSES TO GATHER
AT SAN FRANCISCO IN 1915
SAN FRANCISCO, March 14. -San
Francisco will be inundated in 1915
with a tidal wave, white capped and
wide reaching. Retreat to the hills,
however, will not be necessary for tin
caps will crown more than 6,1(00
nurses from hospitals and training
schools in Europe. Asia, the two
Americas and the isles of fthe sea.
Preliminary plans wrere completed to
day for conventions of four great in
ternational organizations of nurses
which will be held here simultaneous
ly. The sessions will be the trien -
nial meetings of the international or
ganizations.
An "Average French Family."
P\KIS. March 14.—Commenting on
rne declining birth rate Iti Prance, a
writer In the Matin declare* that the
average French family now consist*
of a dog, a piano and a child. ‘Mon- :
sieur plays with the dog, madame
plays the piano, ahd the child Is left.
either to the grandmother, the aunt ,
or the servant,"mays the writer, who
contends that ’with only sons marry
ing otily daughters the enormous pro
portion of one-ch’ld families will be
considerably increased daring the
next generation.
Watch crystals 25c, Plant & Oo. tf
SKI STORES
CLOSED DOWN
And Causes Small Riot Among the
Two Thousand Employees—Many
Were Depositors.
NEW YORK, March 14.—UTien (he
deputy marshals entered the Siegel
stores here yesterday and ordered
them closed the employees of the
company, numbering nearly 3,000,
threatened to wreck the building and
reserves from three precincts were
; needed to eject the workers and to
protect the property.
Many of the employees are deposit
; ors in the Siegel bank and they he
I came greatly enraged at the closing
down of the stores, which they assert
is done for the purpose of making i.
; Impossible for the company to resume
j business, thus aiding the big depart
1 ment stores which are competitors or
: the Siegel company.
The stock in the buildings is values
at two millions of dallars and the
j good will of the Simpson-Crawford
; store and the Fourtemh street estnb
j lishment was worth a half million
| and creditors assert that had the cour'
tallowed the receiver to continue bus
! iness it would have been a matter o
j but a short time when a reorgam?
'ation plan would have, been woi K> •
|out and nobody would have loe' a
J cent.
I
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Of Violating the Mann White £ ins
Act—Had 27 Wives—Old One
Had to Have Money.
SKATTI.K, March U. Albert
Dahlstrom. the Tacoma preacher wi.,»
invented the new cull and securt i
many converts from among the worn
en, and who married 27 of them m
order to secure their money, w a
convicted today of violating the Mann
white slave act.
Dahlstrom was convicted of takiig
a girl from Washington to Oaliforr
for immoral purposes.
The preacher would marry any nice
looking girl without money, but wh-n
they W'ere homely he insisted Ui i
they have some of this world's goo,,.-*,
and later, after borrowing the mor y
for the good of the church, he aba::
doned them. The police were ,u m
to find only 27 wives.
The new religion was called "H>
ga" and he worked it mostly anum;
the Scandinavian women.
MliiORCTIIG
m JITE SR*
CHICACK), March 14. As far as
anyone could find out Charles W.
Murphy, private citizen, erstwhile B.
B. magnate, was nowhere about when
Windy City fans finished preparaiions
to give Old Roman Comiskey, pres:
dent of the White Sox, another
s'traight-from-th e-heart noisy recep
tion here tonight, when, at $10 pel
platter, the fans will give a banquet
In honor of the beloved Coiniskey’s
return with the world trotting Wit te
Sox.
Admiral Sampton in Seattle.
SKATTliK, March 14. - The steaw<*r
Admiral Sampson reached here to; t
from Alaska and wttl sail north n \t
Mortday. A "large number of resor- c
lions have already been made and sh<*
steamship then Claim that the 'Sen<t
soh will have a capacity freight e t. ••
and passenger list.