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Will Take Matanuika Coal to Brem
erton Navy Yard on Next Trip—
Maryland Not Coming North
SEATTLE, May 14.—'The Alaska
Pacific Navigation Company, operat
ing the Admiral Line, today secured
h contract from the Navy department
to transport the 800 tons of Mata
nuska coal from Ship creek to the
Bremerton navy yard, where it will
be tested.
The department had intended to
bring the coal out on the Cruiser
Maryland, but the Mexican trouble
made it imperative that the big war
ship remain in Mexican waters, and
H was therefore decided to have the
shipment of coal brought to the navy
vard and tested at some later date.
The officials of the Admiral Line
announce that the steamer Admiral
Sampson will bring the most of the
coal to this city on her next trip
leaving here May 15 and that the
balance will probably be handled by
the steamer Admiral Evans on the
trip following.
NAME CLERKS Hill
ALASKA RAILROAD
Son of Senator Tillman, of South Car
olina, Gets Good Job—Washing
ton Bank Clerk Also Lucky.
WASHINGTON, May 14.—Benjamin
Tillman, Jr., son of the senator from
Sou 111 Carolina, was named today as
one of the clerks to have charge of
departments of the Alaska railroad
ommission. Ralph Meyer, a local
bank clerk with considerable politi
cal pull, has also been appointed to
a position heading one of the depart
ments.
Hundreds of Democrats are coming
here urging their congressmen and
friends to aid them to secure posi
tions with the commission and the
office of. the engineers and Secre
tary Lane are swamped with appli
cahts-wbo are willing to help the gov
ernment build the railroad.
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Senator Chamberlain May Secure
Chairmanship of Alaska Commis
sion for Oregon Governor.
PORTLAND. May 14.—It is re
ported from Washington that Sena
tor Chamberlain, of Oregon, will se
cure for Governor West, of this state,
the chairmanship of the Alaska rail
road commission and that the salary
will be fixed at $12,000 per annum.
It is not known if Governor West
will accept the position or not, al
though it carries a much larger salary
than his present position, which
pays only $5,000 a year and the term
expires on January 1, 1915.
It Is believed here that Senator
Chamberlain- is trying to put Gover
nor West out of the running for the
senatorship and that he fears that
the governor will make a formidable,
opponent.
Call of the Meeae:
Regular meeting of the Moose Uh
night. Important business and all
members ere requested to be present.
PRANK MILLARD, Secretary.
COXEY'S ARMY
IS VEjff SMALL
HAGERSTOWN, Md., May 14.—
General Coxey and his army of un
employed reached this city this
mornln» and three of the privates
deserted, and as a result only one
general and te'nprivates remain of
the promised 100,000 of unemployed
who were to march on Washington
and protest against industrial condi
tions In the country and demand
that the government provide work for
the unemployed.
REBELS CAPTURE
CUT OF TAMPICO
Federal Troops Evacuate the Oil City
and Seaport Town Now in Hands
of the Rebels.
.WASHINGTON, May 14.—Admiral
Mayo, in command of the American
battleships at Tampico, wired this
morning to Secretary Daniels that
the rebel troops investing the city
of Tampico had captured the city af
ter the federal forces had evacuated
the town, withdrawing their troops on
the railroads towards San Luis Po
tosi.
The lighting to capture the town
has lasted for several days and the
rebels finally entered the city last
night, but met with a determined re
sistance and hundreds were killed by
the federals, who used machine guns
and were forced to retire when they
ran out of ammunition.
The American warships have pre
vented the landing of ammunition for
the federals.
The damage to the Waters-Pierce
Oil company property here during the
p?ist week of fighting is estimated
at several millions of dollars, while
the Pearson syndicate have suffered
as great a loss also.
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NAUGHTY WORDS
Attorney General Uses Profane Lan
guage in Discussion With Com
merce Commissioners.
WASHINGTON, May 14.—Joseph
Folk, former governor of Missouri,
and at present attorney for the In
terstate Commerce Commission, had
a row with Attorney General Mc
Reynolds because of the persistence
of the commission' to call former Pres
ident MeUen, of the New Haven rail
road on the witness stand, thus giv
ing the directing head of the insid
ers who looted the road an immunity
bath.
The attorney general protested
against the calling of Mellen and in
the argument with Folk and the oth
er members of the commission, the
head of the Department of Justice
used some awful cues worda—called
the members of the commission d—n
fools, blockheads and even worse
things.
The attorney for the commission
and the commissioners left the office
of the attorney general in anger and
immediately announced that McRey
nolds was not 'dictating to the In
terstate Commerce Commission and
that Mellen would be called in spite
of his objections.
Mrs. St. Marls has taken a lease
on the Reed building on Wall street
and will stove her dining room from
the Crawford Bloch ad soon ae alter
ations are made.
Bargains! Bargains 1 Bargains!
Per bargain call tomorrow from
1 to 9 p. m. at the Emporium.
COLORADO TROOPS
NOW ON TRIAL
Major Hamrock Being Tried for Ar
son, Murder, Manslaughter and
Larceny.
DENVER, May 14.—The trial of
Major Patrick .Hamrock, of the Col
orado state militia, who was in com
mand of the militia on April 20 at
Trinidad when the tent colony of
striking miners was attacked and
women and children suffocated, when
the tents were set on fire, commen
ced today. The court martial is try
ing Major Hamrock under charges of
being guilty of arson, murder, man
slaughter and larceny.
D. J. Riley, an engineer on a freight
train that pulled into Trinidad at
7:05 on the evening of Aprill 20, tes
tified that when the train pulled in
to the station they passed many
women and children on the grade
seeking shelter from the macehine
gun fire of the troops. The militia
held guns To the head of the engi
neer and told him to “pull out and
do it d—d quick,” he testified, and
when the train, in obedience to the
order, again passed the tents, Riley
stated that he could hear the cries
of women and children, and that the
militiamen were still shooting into the
tents.
He also testified that he saw a
man in the uniform of a militiaman
set fire to several tents.
Upon cross-examination Riley ad
mitted that he was a strong union
man, but insisted that his testimony
was the truth.
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GETS II WHO
Makes a Few Shekels in the United
States, When He Thought It
Would Be a Dead Loss.
NEW YORK, May 14.—For the firs'
time In many, many moons an Eng
lish actor has invaded the United
States and been successful the first
season.
Prepared to lose $30,000 introducing
Cyril Maude, George Tyler today is
far and away ahead of the game, and
the theatrical game during the past
season and during the season behind
the past one for that matter, has not
been productive of many successes.
When Cyril Maude, who gave such
nappine|< to so many in his wonder
ful production of “Grumpy,” said
good-bye to the audience which pack
ed Wallack’s some nights ago, he
was some $75,000 better off than when
he reacheed these shores six months
before.
Maude’s success was a most satis
fying one. He very nearly set a
record for any invading English act
or. As George Tyler, and Charles
Burnham, of Wallack’s theater took
back over the books they find this
rather astonishing record: “Grumpy"
was played to a $9,000 house the first
week. During one week of# th • six
months it played to a $15,600 house.
It never fell below $11,000 for any one
week after the first. Maude’s salary
is understood to have been $1,000 a
week. Added to this he received ten
per cent ofv the first $10,000 receipts
and slightly more than half of all the
receipts over that amount. This
brought his salary up to approximate
ly $76,000 for the twenty-five weeks,
or $3,000 a week.
But Cyril Maude’s success was more
than merely a financial one. It was
a distinct individual achievement, and
tew there are who saw .’’Grump" who
begrudge him a penny- The play,
"Grumpy,", by the way, was two years
on the market before it was produc
ed. Charles Prohman had a chance
at it but when he naked J. H. Dod
son to play it. Dodson refused on the
ground that he did not believe his
health would stand up under the
•train.
MOB STAMPEDES;
WOMEN KILLED
Premature Explosion of Flashlight
Powder Causes Panic an Eight
Women Trampled to Death.
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CHICAGO, May 14.—The unexpect
ed explosion of a photographer’s
flashlight powder caused a stampede
among the many women gathered in
the clt yhall here to view the re
mains of Samuel Melsenberg, the
marine who died at Vera Cruz and
whose body was brought here for
interment. When the people were
quieted the police found that eight
women had been trampled to death
and that a number were seriously
injured.
rue city nail was crowded, mostly
with women, when the photographer
prepared to take a snap shot of the
procession which was passing the
coffin of the dead marine, when
suddenly the entire mass of flashlight
powder exploded and the women
screamed and rushed for the exits.
The few men, the police and the
guard of marines tried to quiet the
hysterical women, but not until they
had crowded through the two exits
and most of the crowd reached the
street were they aware that in their
fright they had never been in any
danger.
Police reserves and firemen were
called, but they could do nothing.
Major McManus went across the
bay today to inspect the troops at
Fort Liscum and to audit the ac
counts of the quartermaster and oth
ers handling government money.
Russian Police Official Used Methods
of Centuries Ago to Force Confes
sions, Wips High Office.
fj'JJ. PETERSBURG, ,May 14.—In
promoting M .Gregua to be assistant
director in the Criminall Investiga
tion Department the Russian govern
ment has indicated its utter lack of
sincerity in its professed efforts to
abolish torture in the prisons. Gre
gua had only recently been "dismiss
ed" as chief of the detective service
in Riga as a result of the expose
of horrors perpetrated in the prison
there in order to effort “confessions.”
In the trial of 17 workmen charged
with the attempted murder of an
engineer four testified that they had
been compelled to "confess,” al
though lnnocen*, because of the un
endurable tortures inflicted upon them
under Gregua's orders.
It was in Riga that there existed
before the revolution of 1905 the ter
rible "museum of horrors," gutta per
cha rods filled with lead for beat
ing, Iron ackets, screwing cuffs, pin
cers and needles, and other instru
ments of mediaeval barbarity. The
further use of these was forbidden
after the revolution, but the prison
ers in the recent case asserted that
they were taken by night, beaten with
these rods until they lost conscious
ness, and that most of the other in
struments were brought into use
against them.
AMERICAN HOTEL MEN
leave Vienna tomorrow
VIENNA, May 14.—The delegation
of American hotel men, who are
touring Europe, will leave here to-1
morrow tor Salcburg, where they will '
spend only a tew hours before go
ing to Innsbruck for a two days’ stay, i
A banquet by Americans residing here
is on the program for this evening.
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House Amends Election Law.
WASHINGTON. May 14.—The
House today amended the law pro
viding for the election of senators by
popular vote. Several changes were
made in the law.
SHRINERS PLAN
MEETINSEATTLE
ATLANTA, Ga., May 14.—The an
nual convention of the Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine, composed of all the
thirty-second degree and Knight
Templars, now in session in this city,
decided today that the next, conven
tion of the Shriners should be held
at Seattle next year.
GOVERNOR STRONG
TO SEE PRESIDENT
Appointment for Latter Part of Week
—Will Urge Opening of the
Coal Lands.
WASHINGTON, May 14.—Governor
J. F. A. Strong of Alaska will have
an audience with President Wilson
the latter part of this week and he
will urge upon the president the ad
visability of passing a coal leasing
bill for the operating of the Alaska
coal fields. The governor is hopeful
that legislation can be passed that
the present session of congress, in
spite of the action of the Democratic
ucc uaswhich has limited legislation
to appropriation and trust bills.
The Alaska executive will tell the
president that unless the coal lands
are opened and developed the tonnage
for the government railroad cannot
be secured and that it will take sev
eral years to place the mines on a
shipping basis and therefore some
action should be taken at once look -
ing to the passage of the bill grant
ing the right to open the mines to :
individuals and corporations under re |
strir.tions which will insure compeli- i
tion.
LANE NAMES
PAYMASTER
B. Barndollar Disbursing Officer of
Alaska Railroad Commission, Head
quarters Valds* or Cordova.
WASHINGTON, May 14.—Secretary
Lane today named B. Barndollar, at
present disbursing officer; of the De
partment of the Interior, to a similar
position with the Alaska railroad
commission and Barndollar will leave
shortly for Alaska and will establish
headquarters in one of the Prince
Wialliam Sound towns, either Val
dez or Cordova.
The commission now have $1,000,
000 with which to carry on the pre
liminary surveys and the Treasury
department has been notified that B.
Barndollar will act as disbursing of
icer.
STRANGE CLUB RAIDED BY
AU8TRIAN GOVERNMENT
. VIENNA, May 14.—On the ground
that It wap dangerous to the state
the Austrian government has sup
pressed the “Culture Club,” a cur
ious organization of school boys that
has existed in the capital for a num
ber of years, but which only recent
ly applied for a charter.
When a copy of the constitution
of the club was laid before the Home
Office and the Board of Education,
the. officials were horrified and very
promptly had the clubhouse raided
and closed. Among the objects of
the organisation were: Abolition of
-the home; elect'on of school.teachers
by the pupils: recall of unpopular
'teachers; members to "put pressure"
I on their parents so as fo obtain flats
for their own ' uso. Investigation
showed that “putting nressnre" meant
threatening suicide.
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REVENUE CUTTER
GO EOR NOME
The Bear Will Take Ten Tons of Mail
to Nome and Will Carry Supplies
to Arctic Missions
SEATTLE, May 14.—The revenue
cutter Bear will leave here on May
30 for Nome with ten tons of mail
for the Arctic city and with 20 tons
of supplies for missions in the Arc
tic. The freight for the missions will
be carried without cost by the gov
ernment, as the church workers in
th'e north aid the government in the
care of the natives.
After delivering the mail at Nome
the cutter will proceed to Point Bar
row and will spend the summer in
the Arctic ocean visiting the native
villages, protecting them from the
aggressions of the whalers, who fre •
quently take the girls of the villages
on the boats and keep them for
months, dropping them afterwards at
some village hundreds of miles away.
The practice has almost entirely been
stopped by the revenue cutlers over
hauling the whalers and searching
them.
AMERICANS HELD
IN MEXICO CITY
Huerta Has Imprisoned War Corres
pondents and Others—Funston
Notifies State Department.
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Y'KRA CRI'55, May II. Medill Mc
Cormick, the Mexican correspondent
of the Chicago Tribune, who arrived
here today from Mexico City, where
he was held for some time as a pris
oner, told General Funston that
many Americans are si ill held prison
ers in the capital by Huerta and
that among the number are Whiffen,
the correspondent of the Associated
Press, and Sutton, the special war
correspondent of the Washington
Post.
General Funston has notitied the
State Department of the conditions
reported as existing by McCormick
and steps will be taken at once to
secure the release of any Americans
held in jail.
SAYS CORDOVA IS
ICE BOUND PORT
Assistant Secretary of Treasury
Writes to Maurice Leehey That
Cordova is Ice Bound.
SEATTLE, May 14.—Maurice Lee
hey, of the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce, who has taken an interest in.
the construction of a government
building at Cordova and who wrote
to Secretary of the Treasury Norton
regarding the matter, today received
a reply from the assistant secretary
Stating that as soon as navigation was
open to Cordova the different sites
offered the government would be ex
amined and a decision made.
The members of the chamber have
wired the assistant secretary that
Cordova is on the coast of South
Western Alaska and that steamers
leave this city every few days for the
Southwestern Alaska port
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Churchill Down* Mooting Start*.
LOUISVILLE. Kjr., May 14.—With
ry of the beat horses In the coun -
stabled at Churchill Downs, the
twelve day meeting opens here this
afternoon.