V0L 1Q VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1914. NO. 140.
Investigation by New York Grand
Jury Involves Many More Be
sides John Burke
NEW YORK, March 19.—The in
vestigations into the alleged scandals
connected with the commissary de
partment of the Panama Canal Com
mission by the New Y'ork grand jury,
has developed the fact that John
Burke, the head of the commissary
department, was not the only one in
volved nor was the commissary de
partment the only department in
which graft had crept in.
Indictments will be returned in a
few days involving many high gov
ernment officials is the report today
by the T'niled States district attor
ney for this division.
John Burke, the manager of the
commissary department, drew a sal
ary of *4.r>IMi a year and upon inves
tigation the secret service agents of
the government discovered that he
■■(1 been salting several hundred
thousands of dollars each year in
different American and European
banks.. Burke purchased a total of
$6,000,000 worth of supplies the last
year, of which $1,300,000 was pur
chased in Europe, and the foreign
merchants are believed to have paid
him the largest commissions.
PAFISRIOTS
HAVE CEASED
Mme. Callaux Will Plead the Unwrit
ten Law—Figairo Editor Pub
lished Her Love Letters.
PARIS. March 19.—The excitement
over the shooting of Gaston Calmette,
editor of Figairo, lias subsided and
no disorders were reported last night
by the police. Detachments of troops
are still stationed at convenient places
in case of need.
Mme. Callaux, the murderess, will
plead the unwritten law, claiming that
her private life' Is inviolable to attack
in the public press because of $he
political position of her husband. The
editor of Figairo had published a love
letter written by Mme. Callaux to her
husband prior to their marriage and
before both of them had received their
decree of divorce. They later mar
ried.
The woman laid bare her great love
tor Callaux.
MAYOR GILL IS
AFTER CABARETS
I sues Orders to Cabaret Owners That
Only Plain Music and Solos
Will be Tolerated.
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SEATTLE, March i9. -Mayor Gill
lorlay instructed Chief of Police <irlf
tlths 10 notify all cabaret owners that
hereafter only plain music and solos
will be tolerated in cafes in this city
and that the conditions formerly al
lowed will be tolerated no longer
The chief of police immediately is
sued the necessary orders and tonight
(he cafes will not be as gay as form
erly.
Mr. and Mrs. Zharoff and their two
daughters. left today on the North
western! Mrs: Zharoff and the girls
will go''toTieilofs£’i toWlslt With rela
tives, while Mr. Zharoff will twcom
pany them as far as Seward.
HUERTA READY
10 NEGOTIATE
With John Lind and May Retiro in
Favor of Some One Agreeable
to President Wilson.
MEXICO CITY, March 19-Be
cause of the financial crisis in this
city Provisional President Huerta has
intimated to charge d’Affaires
O’Shaughnessy that he would lllc^ to
reopen negotiations with President
Wilson’s personal representative, John
Lind.
It is believed that Huerta is willing
to step down and out provided Presi
dent Wilson will agree to recognize
some Mexican as provisional president
satisfactory to the dictator, while he
will take personal charge of the mili
tary operations against Gen. Villa.
WICK HIS JOB
THE DEMOCRATS
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I Delegate to Congress Writes to Bill
McPhee of Political Change
of Heart.
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The following article appears in
: the Post-Intelligencer of March 8 and
j was telegraphed from Fairbanks to
! the Seattle paper:
i ‘'Judge James Wickersham. dele
jgate to congress, who was a Republi
; can and then became a Roosevelt
I Progressive, has joined the Demo
| viatic ranks. In a letter to W. H.
I McPhee. received here today, Judge
| Wickersham writes:
“T long have been opposed by itie
! standpat element in the territory of
I Alaska and in Washington, D. ('.,
(and I am not in harmony with any
; of the principles* represented by them,
, but find myself in entire harmony
with ilie political principles announ
| ced and supported by President Wil
i son.
| '• '1 am a Woodrow Wilson Pro
I gressive, and intend to give him my
support. He represents principles
'and ideas which I distinctly approve,
land I intend to stand with him in the
1 future.'
“Wickersham also declares himself
in entire sympathy with the adminis
tration coal lands policy.
"Many Democrats here are anxious
to have Wickersham run for delegate
on the Democratic ticket. While there
is much opposition to this, t is gen
erally conceded that the party cannot
pul up a candidate who could defeat
Wickersham running Independently.
“The Alaska Democratic machine
j is opposed to the Wickersham ean
tdldacy and strong for Gov. J. F. A.
j Strong.”
AERIALS ATTACKING
CALIFORNIA GUARDSMEN
POMONA, 0.1., March 19 —To
prove the efficacy of the aeroplane
as a factor in modern warfare. Avia- i
tors Glenn Martin, Charles Willard
and Ignatius Sonborne made an aer
ial attack today upon the fortified
j position of a battalion of California
National Guardsmen. Several thou
sand spectators at the Pomona Speed
way watched the contest. Interna
tional rules of warfare were observed,
and army officers acted as judges, The
aviators made individual attacks and
worked at other times in a system
atically planned offense, raining
bombs, upon the camp.
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
OPENS NEW BUILDINGS
! WASHINGTON.; March 19.—The
iaCthollc University today completed
! its program to open its new dining!
hall and dormitory tomorrow. The
‘structure of Gothic styU} i)t '-2'4#‘feet
long. Otaly 1 a portion of the build
ing will be used at first. Tbe.fotai
cost will be $260,009.
SEATTLE READY
FOR CELEBRATION
Big Parade Next Saturday—Will Have
Imitation Alaeka Railroad—Gov
ernor Will be Engineer.
SEATTLE, March 19. -The celebra-j
tion in this city becanse of the pass
age of the Alaska railroad bill will
take place next Saturday. The com
mittee representing the Chamber of
Commerce have had big floats built to
represent a railroad train. Governor
Lister will be the pilot of the train;
J. E. Chilberg, the local banker and
president of the Chamber of Com
merce, will be the fireman, while May
or Gill will do the collecting of the
fares.
The floats representing flat cars
will have on them large exhibits of
Alaska products to prove to the peo
ple the possibilities of the northern
territory.
President Woodrow Wilson and
Delegate James Wickershant will be
represented on the float by 'wo bus
iness men of the town.
The speakers at the big municipal
celebration will be Hon. Seth Mann,
of San Francisco; Bishop P. T. Rowe,
of Alaska, who recently returned from
Washington, where he aided material
i ly in the success of the railway bill,
! and Gov. Strong, of Alaska, who
i hopes, owing to the postponement ot
1 the date, to be able to attend. Gov.
Lister is expected to speak for Wash
: ington. and other notables will be
present.
SUFFRAGETTES JOIN
with Plans
CLKVKI-AM). ()., March lit Worn
an suffrage joined hands with the Bull
Moose in a constructive way today
when HOU Progressives and suffraget
I les stit down to a "drinkless, smoke
; less” banquet in the Chamber of Com -
■ merce auditorium. Chief speakers
I were Miss Alice Carpenter, national
; organizer for the Progressive party in
I suffrage states, and Gifford Pint-hot,
; former chief forester and candidate
I for the Bull Moose nomination for
> the Pnited States Senate in Pennsyl
j vania. Prominent Ohio Progressive
; leaders were also on the program,
i The banquet was staged under the
! auspices of the Cuyahoga County
! Progressive Club.
GILL IS IGtlKST
RAT CATCHERS
SEATTLE, March IS. Mayor Gill
today signed his first veto slnce*tak
ing office, when lie'refused his sanc
tion to an appropriation of $6,000 to
he used to exterminate the rats of
the Spirit City. For the past live
years the city has spent considerable
money employing a large force of rat
catchers in order to exterminate the
plague carrying rodents.
HOMESTEADER TO TRAVEL
2,500 MILES BY OX-TEAM
REGINA, Sask., March 10. Twen -
ty-five hundred miles by ox-wagon is
the journey on which Charles Watt
man started today. Leaving this city
in a sway-backed prairie schooner
mounted on runners, Wasmen intends
to Journey southward and, barring ac
cident. arrive at Bellevile, 111., Sep
tember 1. He declared before leav
ing that he had no particular object
in driving oxen except to surprise
his friends and relative® in Belleville
Wasmen is a Saskatchewan home
steader and before ' leaving : secured
the endorsement of the Regina hoard
of trade in .his venture. He expects
to make 12 miles a day at first, but
after the oxen become hardened will
try to cover 20 miles.
GROOM 60ETKALS
FOR PRESIDENCY
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New York Herald Would Have Pro
gressives Nominate the Canal
Builder—Roosevelt Wont Run
NEW YORK, March 19—The New
York Herald today came out in favor
of the nomination of Colonel Goethals
as the nominee of the Progressive
party for the presidency of the Unit
ed tates to succeed President Wil
son.
The Herald claims to have authen
tic information to the effect that ex
President Theodore Roosevelt will not
accept the nomination in 1917 and
that the Progressive party must seek
another candidate.
In the opinion of the Herald Colon
el Goethals has demonstrated his ex
ecutive ability white acting as chair
man of the Panama Canal Commis
sion.
GUNBOAT DENVER PLANS
TO GO THROUGH CANAL
BALBOA, March 19—The United
States Gunboat Denver, Commander
A. H. Robertson, was expected to ar
rive here today to start its scheduled
unofficial trip through the Panama
canal. Commander Robertson, before
leaving San Diego February 12, de
clared that he had the promise of Col.
Goethals that he could take the Den
ver through and return beginning to
day as a test for the canal before it
! is really opened to the world’s sea
I traffic.
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i EMANUEL'S TRIBUTE
j FATHER’S MEMORY
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j UOMK, March 1!). Unusual pro
i cautions were taken today when King
! Victor Emanuel. Queen Elena and
J Queen Mother Humbert attended the
! annual requini mass over the tomb of
jiving Humbert at the Pantheon. To
j prevent the possible repetition of tin
other attempt against the life of the
; king similar to that made two years
j ago as he was driving to the mass,
j the streets leading from the Quinrial
i to the Pantheon were lined with
j troops and the squares in front of
j places massed with soldiers. Unusual
j interest attached to the service today
i because of the rendition by a select
choir of a requini mass selected
through a national competition for
the event.
SENATE PROVIDES
WASHINGTON. March 1|.—The
Senate today passed the emergency
deficiency appropriation for $10,000,
000 to provide for expenditures of the
different departments in excess of the
regular appropriation of the last con
gress.
The emergency bill provides for
$600,000 to bo used by the War de
partment In curing for the Mexican
refugees and prisoners who are now
in the lTnited States in a destitute
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condition.
TO DEBATE PANAMA
CANAL TOLLS QUESTION
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V PORT COLLINS. Colo., March 19,S
--The weighty question whether
American vessels should be compelled
to pay tolls for passage through the
Panama canal will be discussed in
three cities tonight when the an
nual tri-State Intercollegiate debate
between the agricultural colleges of
i Colorado, Oklahoma and Kanfcas will
[ take place. The Oklahoma team will
! meet the Colorado ' Aggies here and
> the local .institution has sent anoth 1
|er team to Mb fihattiffirKansas. to de
bate with -the Kanstuifc. Kansas has
! also seiTt'a. team to Oklaiicmia to meet
j the SMtm**'* '-.it, ’ .•><«**
HUERTA EXECUTES I
150 MUTINEERS
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Were Plotting to Overthrow the Gov
ernment—Taken Out at Daylight
and 8ent to Kingdom Come.
MEXICO CITV. March 19. One
hundred and fifty mutineers were
taken out this morning and shot. The
men and officers had plotted the cap
ture of the barracks and the over
throw of the Huerta administration.
Provisional President Huerta di- j
reeled that the men be executed.
This is the largest official execu
tion since Huerta was inaugurated.
The people in this city showed not
the least concern and no excitement
followed the wholesale slauhter.
MAKE FAST TIME !
FROM THE ARCTIC!
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Mounted Police Go From Foit Mac-]
Pherson to Dawson in Seven
teen D»ys.
DAWSON. V. T„ March 5. The
royal Northwest mounted police ex ;
pedition, which left Dawson for Fort
MacPherson, at the mouth of the Mac j
Kenzie river, early in January, arrived !
back in Dawsnn at noon today, after j
a trip of seventeen and a half days j
from MacPherson. This is llie fastest :
time ever made by a police expedition |
between the two points.
Corporal Hocking was in charge on j
the return and was accompanied.by |
four Indians. The party had a total ;
of four dog toboggans and live dogs t
each. They found the trail tine. They
report that Sergt. Dempster, who left j
Dawson at the head of the expedition ;
in January, proceeded to Rampart (
house, on the Porcupine river, to op i
en a Canadian customs house and es {
tablish a police post, where he will ■
remain in charge.
Explorer Stefansson left MacPher ,
son for the return to the Arctic coast !
shortly before the police started back j
to Dawson. Frank Williams, Emil
Herbert and Joe Jaequot, who brought
in the first reports front Stefansson
from MacPherson, carrying a large
number of official telegrams from the
Canadian government at Ottawa to
Stefansson and other mail. The Wil
liams party will be gone two years,
trapping near MacPherson. The po
lice brought forty pounds of mail, in
eluding letters from whalers and oth
ers for all parts o the world. Advices
state that Stefansson has adopted the
Eskimo garb, wearing caribou skins,
with the hair inside, and no under
wear. i
All rood supplies ai .uaci-nersoii ,
held by traders are being sold. Sy~ i
rup, flour and rice are the only arti- |
cles imported from the outside, with j
ammunition and simple clothing ma- j
terial, this year. Sugar sold for 50 |
cents per pound, while it lasted: I
flour, $5 a hundred. Only one gallon j
of whiskey, imported at 'Herschell ;
I his year,' was obtained by the white j
trader, by special permit, furnnhed \
a great celebration the first of the
year.
Washington Saloons Must Go.
WASHINGTON. March IS.- The
actual work of weeding out a number
of the capital’s saloons, under the
Snes--Works excise Isa- will begin
xt Monday. The city's excise board
had before it a mass of data show
ing what places will fall finder the
ban of the new law. This requires
that saloons shail not be located near
schools or churches. Up to rf certain
limit, the saloons are automatically
abolished. ' Additional pruning.' under
a reduction clause of the law, .will
further reduce the establishments.
J. B. McDonald retained this morn
ing to Valdea froas Cordova.
EASTERNERS BUY
ALASKA FISH GO.
Maska Whaling Company Purchased
by Minneapolis Concern, of Which
John Lind i» Big Stockholder.
SEATTLE, March 19.—The Pacilic
Sea Products Company, of Minneapo
is, of which John Lind, the former
governor of Minnesota, is the largest
stockholder, today purchased the
\Iasko Whaling Co. property, pay
ing $1,000,000 for it.
Many eastern capitalists are com
ing to this city seeking investment for
their money and the city is taking
an the appearance of the days of
1898. Seattle has never been more
prosperous than it is today and real
estate values have taken a decided
jump upward the past few weeks
Excursion Rates Arranged.
CHICAGO, March 19.—Railroads
which run trains west of Chicago anil
St. Houis today announced a new
schedule of excursion rates for west
ern points which will go into effect
tomorrow and remain in effect through
April 15. The Interstate Comnierre
Commission, upon request of the rail
roads, granted them permission to es
tablish the ‘colonist excursion rates"
for the period mentioned.
SUFFERS INJURY
Idol of the Bald Heads Breaks Bono
in Her Foot—Feet Insured foi
$50,000 Each
ST. HOI IS. March 19. I’alelow t.
the great Russian dancer, who h..s
been the idol of tile bald heads fro
one end of tlie* country to the otl.
er. and who lias turned the heaths of
the nobilitv in Kurope, will not dame
for several weeks, as she unfortuuati
ly broke one of the bones of her
dainty foot while doing her turn at a
local theater here.
The show stopped at once. The
bald heads went home in sorrow, lor
Palelowa is some dancer.
The insurance company will he
called upon to pay the dancer $50,1991
because of the injury, as she has each
of her feet insured for that amount
and in case of injury the company
agres to pay.
MANY REGISTER
IN WINDY CITY
Total of 693,000 Signify Their Desirj
to Vote at Coming Election—
Largest Ever.
CHICAGO, ,March 19.—'The tnl.it
registration of voters in this city w
663,000, the largest in the history of
the town. The Chicago registration
is 20,000 larger than that of New
York at^the last election.
The granting of the privilege of vot
ing to the women has naturally in
creased the vote here materially. It
was, however, demonstrated at the
last primary election that more than
50 per cent of the women who reg -
istered failed (o cast it ballot.
O. . A. Vlnger. representing J. B.
;,’aro & Cou of Juneau., passed through
»n the Northwestern for Seward t*u«l
will return to Vslde* cm the >; m..
ion.
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