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Man Who Threatened Blow Up
Los Angeles Police With Bomb
Gets Twenty Years.
Los Angeles, Jan. 29.--Reid El
bach, "the human bomb,” was
sentenced to twenty years,in the
penitentiary for having 'uttered
the police station with a bomb,
threatening to explode the infer
nal machine unless the police re
leased a friend of his. lie was
quickly overpowered and locked
tip and now will have sufficient
lime to reflect on the folly of his
wavs.
Charged Government is Wasting
Millions in Administering
Philippine Affairs.
Washington. I>. Jan. k’it.
Representative Jones, of Virgin
ia, in a speech charged that ex
cessive salaries being paid a horde
of olTieehofders in I lie Philippines
end paid that millions of dollars
*f govcrnmuul money had been
squandered in the adminislratf'oii,
nf the Philippine Islands.
The Democrats are split on the
quest ion of granting the Filipinos
(heir’independence, whether in
eight years or later, lint it is not
known how wide (lie lireaeli really
is.
MILITANT WOMEN
ON WAR PATH
Attack Dublin Cattle and En
gage in Pitched Settle With
the Police.
London, Jan. -MJ.—The eily is
agast al I in* violence practiced
by I he suffragettes I hroughoul
fbe United Kingdom. From 'all
sections comes news of"outrages
committed by (he women. They
made a vicious attack upon biui
Iin Castle and were only repulsed
a flee a pitched battle with the po
lice* in which a number of I lie
women were burl ami many ar
rests made.
Three women were taken before
Hie police maistrate and senten
ced to a month’s imprisonment at
hard labor. They are keeping the
police busy in ail the1 centers,
creating an intense feeling
against the suffrage cause, es
x pecially among the shopkeeping
classes, who are the principal
sufferers by I heir militant meth
ods.
INFANT BOY USED
At A FOOTBALL
Now York, Jan. 29.—A dozen
boys playing football with a
pasteboard box in a vacant lot in
Brooklyn the other day sat down
In rest after half an hour’s play.
“That’s a funny looking box,”
said one of them. “Let’s see
what’s inside.”
< They undid the strings. A 4
•lays-old baby boy, naked, and to
all appearances dead, rolled to the
ground. A policeman topic it to
a hospital. Half an hour later
il was crying lustily. If will
r probably recover.
THE ALASKA RAILWAY COMMISSION’S REPORT
Washington, L). C., Jan. 2t>.—
This week President Taft will
send in to congress the report of
the Alaska Railroad Commission,
which has been submitted to him.
Secretary Fisher is now examin
ing the report. ^ ^ — __„
The report is very voluminous
and covers four_ possible routes
from the seacoast to the Tanana
watershed—one from Seward to
the Matanuska and up the Susit
na, of which they examined but
a short part; the road from Val
dez to Fairbanks following the
general route of the present, mil
DOCUMENT IS GIVEN TO PRESIDENT TAFT, WHO WILL SUB
MIT IT TO CONGRESS DURING THE WEEK—ASK FURTHER
TIME TO INVESTIGATE THE SEVERAL ROUTES.
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[jury and poet J‘°ad built by the
government, which they traversed
both going and coming and pro
nounce to be a feasible route,
from which the upper Matanuska
coal fields can be tapped with a
comparatively short spur; the
Copper River route from Copper
Center to Chitina. and thence to
tidewater by the railroad now
constructed to tidewater at Cor
dova, and a route from Haines
up the White river and down the
Tanana, which would necessitate
traversing a long stretch of for
eign territory and would be far
from the coal fields.
The commission say the time
allotted them in which to cover
so vast and important a subject
was euliivly inadequate and ask
to ho permitted to continue the
work this summer, as it is the
| desire of the commission to per
sonally study the several routes
i outlined in the report, having had
[the '.vw out one1
6? the passes into the interior.
The commission has had the
advantage of numerous reconnoi
sance surveys made by projected
railways both in the Cooks Inlet
; and Valdez countries,
j Congress will in all probability
order the commission to complete
their preliminary work in the field
during (he coming summer.
TAKES PLACE OLD
Valdez Bank & Kercantile Co.
Sells to Valdez Bank & Trust
Company.
The hanking department of L‘h'e“
Valdez Hank <$: Mercantile Co. to
day changed hands, Ihe Valdez
Hank A Trust Company, a domes
tic corporal ion. being the pur
chaser. Mr. Edwin Eekern. a
hanker nl' 15 years experience in
Minnesota and Portland. Oregon,
consummated the.deal and will
remain among us as the cashier
and manager of Ihe new insti
tution. With Mr. Eekern. is Mr.
A. Eekern. his- movie, who is
cashier of the Portland Seamli
navian-American hank, one ol Ihe
heavy linaneial institutions ol the
Rose eil y.
Mr. Eekern is also president
of a number of hanks in Oregon
and Washington, as well as Ihe
Hank of Petersburg. Alaska, a
newly organized institution. H is
the intention of these gentlemen
to open hanks in other South
western Alaska towns as busi
ness justifies.
1 lie nusiness oi inc laimv.
Bank A Trust company will be
eonducleii without connection
with any ifiercfinl ile institution
and purely within the lines of
legitimate banking. A number of
local people are connected with
the new hank, oLAvhich ,A. 'Eck
ern, E. Eckern. *. H. Sleem, B.
F. Millard and A.,E. firigsby are
i.nc directors of rtie corporation.
Officers < f the hank will be
elected this afternoon. The new
corporation at once'took hold of
the hank and invite the patronage
of the people of Valdez , a^d
Prince William Sound, pfonlisbig
ihen to conduct a bank which will
pi i.iii'ife the'BtfSfrfeSs' iMtSresfs W:
tlus- section- of the -country. Me.
A. Eckern experts to lie in Valdez
next month, when tic will look in
to the advisability of national
izing the bank and probably pur
chasing a*. honieyfcn* the jnsti.tu
tion. Mr.1 Eckern has lQ.njjT had
Valdez in view as a^promising
location for a bank, and1 has great
faith in the future of the place
as a business'center.
Our local people who have con
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Gentlemen of Migratory Habits
Being Taken in by Police and
Forced to Work.
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.Yew Orleans, Jan. 2!1.— rhe Mi
gratory Unskilled Workers of the
World, consisting almost wholly
of tramps, were to have held their
lir'st eonvenlion here, lmt, have
been delayed owing to the dele
gates being arrested in scores of
towns by I lie police and forced to
-top awhile to perform. I heir quo
la id' work on the. chain gangs.
All of the delegates are I rav
eling in box ears and on break
bi«am- and -are causing I ho train
crews a bd id' extra work.
TAFT’S DAUGHTER
IS III RUNAWAY
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Helen Taft Has Narrow Escape
Serious Accident-.-Companion
Has Arm Broken.
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Washington, J>. C.. Jan. 21).—
While a horse was backing a
buggy in which were Miss Helen
Tali and Miss Bertha Bowers,
daughter fo the- late solicitor gen
eral- the animal became unman
agfeinle and ran away down a
steejf) hill colliding with a street
ear (throwing both occupants to
thfe-ground, breaking Mies Bow
er|' arm and killing the horse.
... Iliss Taft yyaa but slightly in
lured. rt was a narrow escape.
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THE LEVEE GAP
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Eng nMPa lay WiMtMippi tf*
I u Q«f>; Oftflmtt Ctoied'
Until itifdnwr.
Exasperated Londoners Attempt
Duck Militant Suffragettes in
IMcarby Fountains.
London, Jan. 20.—The public
becoming; exasperated at the
criminal conduct of the .suffra
gettes rushed a meeting of I In*
women and seizing a number of
leaders dragged them to nearby
fountains with the avowed inten
tion of ducking them, when the
police arrived, saving the women
from an unpleasant experience.
It is being freely predicted that
militant women are. breeding
trouble for themselves by' Tfierr
propoganda of destruction.
RAILWAY CHARGES
BE LOOKED INTO
Joint Congressional Committee to
Investigate Charges Rail
roads Carrying Mail.
Washington, I). C., Jan. 29.—
The joint committee of congress
as begun investigating whether
the railroads are overcharging the
government for carrying the
mails under the present plan of
striking an average of the mail
carried by weighing in twice a
year.
The examination will he con
ducted with a view of protecting:
Ihelparcel post from excessive
charges. ' f
SMILE iUl
I BN HI SENME
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_Washington, l>. C., Jon. 29.—
Republican senators are begin
ning tobhafe at the holding back
•of tjhe confirmation of the ap
poiiRees of Preaiden^Taft, Have
j»egan filibusteringfwRh the object
|if forcing the confirmations, *
The’ ftemocrats are equally dei
eideii that Uie hinety-ninth hour
appointments shall Mo' be' eoff
UrmSed. * V '*f£> \y '
lira surprising <to see how
| maiiy people make for •‘The
[Cliff” to gel warm rooms these
| snappy days.
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ARNOLD TELLS
I SLIDE
Saw Camp Wiped Out in 15 Sec
onds—Brother Lost Among
Others.
Will Arnold, foreman of the
< l real Northern Development
eom|iany. arrived in Valdez Iasi
night from Chitina. lie came via
lln- government road. In speak
ing of I lie rcecnl slide wliieli
wiped o i: I Ihe camp of I lie eom
l»uny. lie said:
"I was on Hie dump and saw
Hie slide coming, and williin I r>
seconds the camp was gone. The
eleeirieian and myself saw wliat
had happen'd) and imniedialel*
called Ihe men out of (ho tunnel
and started to shovel, hut we
could do but little. One of I lu
men was in his bed and he was
not hurt, and when Ihe slide
slopped Ihe limbers protecled
him from lln- weight of the snow
and also gave him breathing room
and another was saved in I In
same way. In all foiir pien were
rescued.
“No slide had.ever come from
llial section of the mountain be
fore. Hugh, my brother, and four
others were buried near (lie
camp on a high, dry knowl.
I One of the men we found the day
following. He was buried only a
foot in Ihe snow and was still
warm. Had we found him soon
after Ihe slide occurred we might
have saved his life. Five bodies
bf the dead were shipped to tlie
states. -* *. -
Mr. iiray could not reach the
camp after the tie-up on the rail
road and he has returned to New
York. VV'fe tio not know his plans
for the future.
“All the inferior camps are mil
of food and are borrowing one
f^om the piper. Horse feed is al
so short and they will be com
pelled to send to Valdez for sup
plies, as .the railroad will not be
opened until summer. Some one,
intentionally it is’believed, opened
a cock ofl a tank of oil and it all
ran out in the snow. The men
working on" the road are all dis
'^Ti&£State of Hugh Arnold, who
was killed in tha slide, Will be
probated here. . “
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Berlin. Jan. g|>.—Work on the
first “naval airstrip' station" in
.the-world will- begin at Cuxhaven,
w|)®re .a large. double movable
abed will be built for -the -new
ZeppaUa aerial cruiser purchas
wd tay ther navy department. Ger
many's navy is the first to have
an aerial cruder attached to it.
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FOR RENT—Two or three
rooms for rent next to cable of
fice. Inquire of F. M. Brown.
FOREIGN STRIKERS
DEFEkT DEPUTIES
Kill One and Wound Dozen Guard*
Around Subsidiary of U. S.
«*»«*! Corporation.
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Pittsburg, Jan. 29.—Strikers in
the Hank in steel plant, a sub
sidiary concern of the United
States Steel corporation, routed a
force of deputies after a sharp
kirmish, killing one of the guards
and injuring a dozen others..
The strikers are mostly for
eigners and are very unruly and
hard In manage, even by their own
I leaders. At the I ime t hey struck
j | hey were receding' 19 Cents an
I hour and demanded 90.
LOUIS R. GLAVIS
SUING PAPERS
Alleges Character Was Injured by
Publishing Alleged Deal With
Lumber Company.
San I'ranriseo. .Jan. --Louis
11. (Mavis. one-lime friend of (Mf
ford Pinclioi, and Inter connected
with I In* California Conservation
Commission, who resigned while
under lire, charged with having
favored- a lumber company at the
cost of I he slate, has tiled suits
against several newspapers for
having made insinuating charges
against him al the I ime of his
j dilfirully with the commission.
DECLARED DEAD
WALKING STREETS
George W. George, of Walla Wal
la, Discovered as Court De
clares Him Dead.
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Edmonton, Alta., Jan. 29.—
George \V. George, u prosperous
farinjer, who disappeared mys
teriously from bis home near
Walla Walla, Wash., eight years
ago, and lias since been traced
through most of the states in the
Union ami the various provinces
in Cnnada.was seen on the streets
here a few days ago by I,. S. Bar
ron, formerly of Walla Walla.
The man Inst himself in a crowd
before Mr. Barron could gel lo
his side.
Pjost office clerks have reported
to the Hoyal Northwest mount
•: I police, wl.< are assisting in
the jsearch,*that u man giving the
nanie George W. George and an
swering the description of the
missing farmer, called twice re
cently for his mail at the local
office. George’s son applied for
an order to the Superior Court
of U'alla Walla county, declar
ing .'his father legally dead, and
askihgto he appointed executor of
the Restate.
George W. George as declared
legally dead at Walla Walla in
the Superior Court January 16,
and letters of administration were
issued to his son.
MUM* NAmiM
IN THE OLD COUNTRY
Birmingham, Eng., Jan. 29—
Two passengers were killed and
10 injured in a collision on the
i Midland railroitd today when an
'express train Crashed into an ac
commodation train at Bromford
Bridge. '