~ VALDEZ, ALA8KA, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1914. NO- 1M:*
VOL. 10. *■ _ _
INVADE MEXICO
RECOVER BODY
Of American Cattleman Hung by the
Federal* at Hidalgo—Body is
Brought to Texas.
LAREDO Tex., March 9.—A myster
ious party of men today brought
the body of Clemente Vergaras, the
wealthy American cattleman, who
was hung by Mexican federal troops
because he complained of t he steal
ing of his cattle by federals, to
this city. The party made a
dash for the city of Hidalgo, where
the body had been buried and placed
it on an automobile, rushed it to the
border and brought it here. The body
shows unmistakably that Vergaras
was executed and was brutally beaten,
many of the bones of his body were
found broken.
Colonel Alverez, commander of the
Mexican forces at Hidalgo, where
Vergaras was killed, has all along
maintained to United States Consul
Garrett that the American ranchman
was killed by bandits and that he was
not executed by the Mexicans. The
general maintained that the body
shows that the American had been
killed by a rifle shot and had not been
hung.
It was to disprove this that the
party, believed to be American cow
boys, made the dash to Hidalgo and
recovered the body.
BP ROWE IS
Wi IN SEATTLE
Speaks at Baptist Church to Large
Gathering and Predicts Great
Future for Alaska.
SEATTLE, March 9. -Bishop Howe
spoke last night at the Baptist church
here and told of his experiences in
the north and of his travels in Alas
ka. One of the largest crowds ever
gathered in the church building came
to hear the famous Alaskan mission
ary, who has made a name for him
self by his wonderful work in the
northland.
The Bishop predicted that when
Alaska is opened by the government
railroad that the population of the
territory would go forward by leaps
and bounds and that in the course of
time millions of American citizens
would be living in the north.
Bishop Rowe will leave for the
north on one of the next boats and
will commence his annual pilgrimage
to the Arctic ocean.
MARRIEDWOMEN
WORK CHEAPLY
Washington Wage Commission Re
ports to Governor After a
Careful Inveatigation.
OLYMPIA, March 9—The state
wage commission today reported that
after careful investigation they had
come to the conclusion that the labor
of married women has a great influ
ence in depressing the wages paid
for work. These women, who are
partially supported by husbands, can
work for less than can a woman who
fs compelled to earn her entire liv
ing. and as a result the labor market
is overstocked with cheap labor. < /,!!!
The result, the commission declares.
Is to lower the rate of wages paid to
tuen and woman.
SEN. CUMMINS DETERMINED GOVERNMENT
MUST DUY ALL EXISTING RAILROADS
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Chamberlain Bill Is Held Up In the Senate By Iowa Senator—Friends of Meas
ure Are Worried—Discussion Goes Over Until Tuesday—Bristow Also
Fighting Measure—-Insist On Leasing to Panama Railroad Co.
WASHINGTON, March 9.—Be
ause the conference committee chang
ed the section of the Chamberlain
Alaska railroad bill which provided
that the president must purchase the
existing lines of railroad in Alaska,
Senator Cummins, the author of the
amendment, today held up the Alaska
railroad bill and its consideration was
postponed until tomorrow. Senator
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Bristow will also fight the bill as re
ported because the provision he ad
vocated, that the Alaska railroad sys
tem owned by the government should
be leased to the Panama Railroad
company, the stock of which is own
ed by the government and which has
successfully operated the government
owned railroad across the Isthmus of
Panama was struck out.
Considerable opposition has devel
oped to the bill as amended by the
conferees and it is expected that many
senators who voted for the bill at its
first passage will now fight it, partly
because of the changes made in the
bill and partly because of the efforts
of the president to repeal the canal
tolls bill, to which many senator*
are opposed.
Alaskans in the city are greatly
worried at the new turn matters have
taken and they are using every effort
to overcome the opposition to the
bill. It is feared that the active lob
by here is determined that unless the
existing roads in Alaska are purchased
that the bill will be defeated if it can
be accomplished. Several Democrat
ic senators were in conference today
with President Wilson and it is
thought the president will take a
hand in the muddle.
HOLD REPORTER
CONTEMPT CHARGE
Newspaper Men Refused Pardon From
President, Claimed Were Within
Rights Refusing Testimony.
NEW YORK, March 9.—The New
York Tribune filed in the federal
court here today answers on behalf
of George Burdick, financial editor,
and William 1. Curtin, ship news re
porter, to the charge that they were
guilty of contempt in refusing to dis
close to the government the sources
of information on which were based
stories published in the Tribune last
December relating to 1'nited States
customs smuggling cases.
Burdick and Curtin asked that the
grand jury presentment be quashed
on the ground that their refusal to
answer was maintained through a be
lief that to do so would tend to in
criminate them.
Broadly speaking, their contention
has been that a reporter should not
be required to divulge the source of
information given him in confidence.
In the present case the government
sought to learn where the “leaks,” if
any existed, were at the customs
house by which the Tribune obtained
news material before certain smug
gling cases, notably that of former
Representative Lucius N. Littauer,
reached the courts.
BurmcK and tjurttn deny the right
of the president of the United States
to grant them full and unconditional
pardons for alleged offenses for which
they had not been convicted.
Federal counsel, in an effort to In-1
duce the newspaper men to answer
the grand jury’s questions, had offer
ed them such pardons. The respond
ents set forth that for the president to
attempt to do so “is unwarranted in
law and contrary to the provisions of
the constitution of the United States”
and does not limit or abr*dge their
rights and privileges in the premises.
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GETS WIFE IN THE MAIL;
GARY GIRLS ARE SCARCE
GARY, Ind., March 9.—Andrew
Baich, a steel worker, called for his
r.vtil at the foreign department of
lhe First National bank today. He
found Miss Mary Much, wearing a
tug labeled “Mall’’ and bearing his
name and address. She explained that
she had come to be married to him.
Batch had told Chicago friends of the
difficulty of finding a wife in Gary and
(hey pinned the tag to Miss Much’s
coat and placed -her on the train.
Baich sent her back to Chicago.
Manager Finical has given Tod D ite
a contract to cut logs for the .Coppett
River Lumber company and the com-t
pany mill will start up early in the1
spring, as the sales the past winter
have been heavy.
TRUSTS DISSOLVED
SAYS WIGKERSMAM
Former Attorney General Speaks at
Bar Association Meeting in
New York.
—
NEW YORK, March 9.—Former At
torney General George Wickersham,
who has just returned from a trip
around the world, was the speaker
at the American Bar Association on
Saturday night and in his address
stated that the Standard Oil Trust
and the American Tobacco Trust had
actually been dissolved. Rockefeller
had sold all of the stock he owned
and all stock owned by the Standard
Oil in the Waters-Pierce company,
.mi in all other oil competing com
panies.
The American Tobacco Trust had
disposed of its ownership in the Un
ited Cigar Stores.
The attorney general predicted that
in time the government would allow
the organization of large trusts, but
would carefully regulate them. He
pointed out the fact that after the
dissolution of the Oil and Tobacco
trusts the prices had been advanced
and greater profits and larger divi
dends had been made.
SOON DECIDE THE
CANAL LOLL BILL
Leaders of the Lower House Agree
to Vote on Measure During
Week of March 23rd.
WASHINGTON, March 9.—The
leaders of the House Democrats stat
ed today that the House would vote on
the Sims canal tolls bill some time
during the week of March 23rd, and
they predict thnt it will have no trou
ble passing the lower House. The
Republican leaders have agreed to the
date set.
The Republicans are preparing to
make a stiff fight against the bill and
hope to prevent its passage. Senator
Root., however, in the upper House,
will lead the fight for the repeal of
the canal tolls, as he was the most
active opponent of the bill enacted
during the TaXt administration, which
exempted American coastwise ships
from canal tolls.
The storm of yesterday was only
local according to the steamship men
who reached here yesterday. Outside
of the bay the sun was shining bright
ly and the 4ound was like a milt pond.
NO SESSION OF
THE U.S. SENATE
Held Saturday, So the Report of Rail
road Conferee* Wa* Not Receiv
ed—May be Opposition.
WASHINGTON, March 9—The
United States Senate was not in ses
sion on Saturday and consequently
could not receive the report of the
Senate conference committee, which
had adjusted the differences between
the Chamberlain railroad bill as pass
ed by the Senate and amended by the
House.
The report will be made today and
although considerable opposition is
expected the bill will not be fought
unless the opponents of the measure
should ascertain by a poll they are
now taking that they have a possi
bility to beat the measure.
It is expected to use the amend
ments made by the House as a means
of securing votes against the accept
ance of the report by the upper House.
Senators Jones and Chamberlain
are confident that the report of the
conference committee will be accept
ed without much debate.
BENNETT ESTATE
IS ONLY $69,000
Nelson Bennett, Once Worth Millions,
Leaves Small Estate—Built
Part of White Pass.
OLYMPIA, VVa^., March 9.—The
estate of Nelson Bennett, the pioneer
Alaska railroad builder and also build
• 'r cf many of the largest railroad en
gineering jobs on the Pacific coast,
was valued today at $69,000.
At one time Bennett was worth
several million dollars but lost it in
speculations. He was the owner of
'he Tacoma Ledger at one time and
lost heavily In that venture. He al
so owned large tracts of land here
in Tacoma and in Fairhaven but in
the last few years of his life he be
came involved and his finances were
badly depleted.
Bennett built a considerable por
tion of the White Pass and Yukon
railroad.
The Copper River Lumber cotupan)
is shipping 50,000 feet of lumber to
the Cameron-Johnson mine. Manag
er Finical is loading the shipment on j
a lighter. j
MANY DIE IN
ST. LOUIS FIRE
Caught in Upped Rooms of the Mis
souri Athletic Club—Some Jump
and Are Saved.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 9. The
huge seven-story building occupied
by (he Missouri Athletic Club of this
city, was burned last night and live
members of the club were killed jump
ing from windows to the street. Scores
are missing and fifty are in (lie lo
cal hospitals suffering from burns
and injuries.
The fire started in one of the rooms
on the lower floor and soon spread,
cutting off all avenue of escape for
those ivho were in the building on th“
upper floors. Some ran to the win
dows and jumped and were instant
ly killed, w'hile others waited for the
life nets and then jumped and suffer
ed only slight injuries.
Firemen made some most spectacu
lar rescues, but the lire had such a
start that when they arrived at the
scene it was almost impossible to
save those on the upper floors, except
such as could reach a window Iwid
take the chance on the jump into the
life nets.
As soon as possiDie tne nremen win
try to recover the remains of those
caught in the building and burned to
death. A dozen streams of water are
till playing on the ruins, which are
too hot as yet to allow for any work
of recovery.
The authorities will make a thor
ough investigation into the cause of
the Are and the reasons for lack of
Are escapes, which, had they been
provided, would have allowed those
caught in upper rooms of the build
ing to have escaped in safety.
NINE LEPERS CURED BY
VACCINE IN LOUISIANA
NEW YORK, March 9.—Dr. Ralph
Hopkins recently reported to the di
rectors of the Louisiana leper colony
that nine victims of leprosy had been
discharged from the colony as pel
f ctly cured. Scores of other cases
under treatment have been greatly
helped, he said, by a newly discov
ered vaccine from the bacteria of
erysipelas. He also employs an oil
to be taken internally, but some pa
tients cannot assimilate the oil.
Dr. Hopkins some time ago discon
tinued tests of serum taken from
horses and goats, after they had been
bitten by poisonous reptiles because
the pgtlepts developed severe ab
scesses. Ho said, however, the ser
um henffitod the patients otherwise.
The Hr. Hopkins cure will be given
to recognised medical institutions.
Mrs. Ira B. Hurd left on the boat
last night for Cordova to join her
husband, who is on his way out from
fhc Chissna
FOR MAYOR GILL
Mayor-elect of Spirit City Says He
Will Abolish the Vice Squad
Immediately.
SEATTLE, March 9.—In a staf^
ment issued today by mayor-elect Gill
the announcement was made that as
soon as he was inaugurated the purity
squad would be abolished. It is this
squad which has caused so much dis
cussion the past two years and many
men have been arrested for flirting
with women cops, who would throw
out every inducement to men to talk
to them and then they would pinch
the offenders, besides which they in
vaded every hotel in the city and ar
rested any couple they might find to
gether who could not immediately
procure marriage 'Certificates.
“The purity squad will cease to ex
ist.” says Gill, “the day I take off ce
as mayor.”
MRS. OELRICHS LUCKY;
BRIDGE YIELDS $4,000
PALM BEACH. Fla.. Marcn 9.—
Mrs. Hermann Oelricbs, of New York,
is reported to have won $4,000 in one
night at the beach club and $600 and.
$700 on other nights t bridge. Hen
winnings are said to be larger than
those of any other woman here this
season.
LONDON POLICE
ARREST SYLVIA
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Leader of Arson Squad Taken Into
Custody After Hard Fight With
Her Supporters.
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LONDON. March 0. The polic- c-i
this city yesterday arrested Sylvia
Pankhurst, leader of the English "she
devils,” and succeeded in placing her
in jail in spile of the efforts of the
militants who attempted to take her
from the police officers. The police
were forced -to use their clubs and
many of the attacking party will have
sore heads, backs anti shins as a re
sult. The women fought for half r.n
hour and many of them had almo.t
all their clothes torn off in the light.
The arrest yesterday is the sixth
time fhtit Sylvia Pankhurst has been
taken into custody by the police, who
have heretofore liberated her under
the cat and mouse act when she Is
almost exhausted from the effects of
self-inflicted fasting, better known a3
the “hunger strike," and then rear
rested when recovered.
MEXICAN MONEY
IS VERY CHEAP
Four Mexican Dollars Purchased f#r
One American Coin When Huer
ta Says Will Start Mint.
MEXICO CITi, March 9.—Provis
ional President Huerta today an
nounced that the government would
coin silver dollars.
The announcemeni was no s ooner
made than American dollars, which
are largely used here as a medium
of exchange, jumped to the unpreie
dent d value of four Mexican dollars.
The American money, exchangeable
for gold, are taken everywhere, but
(he Mexican dollar is now only talma
for Its value as bullion.
Huerta is determined to manufac
ture more money and force the ’vv :s»
and merchants to accept it at It.#
value.