GRANBY COMPANY WANTS
BIDS FOR PILING FOR WHARF
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§ JUDGE LYONS PUBLISHES CALL FOR BIDS FOR 38,000 FEET OF
PILING—WILL BUILD BUNKERS ALSO — BIG DEVELOPMENT
WORK SOON BE STARTED IN SOLOMON BASIN.
Judge John Lyons, representing the j
Mranby Consolidated Mining, Smelt- ;
ing & Power Company, Ltd , which ,
recently purchased the Midas group
of claims in Solomon basin, yester- !
day published a call for bids for \
nearly 38,000 feet of piling ‘o be used ,
by the company in constructing a j
wharf and ore bins across the bay ;
at the foot of Solomon gulch.
The company plan the construction i
of a wharf, the building of it tram- I
way from the mine to the beach, the ;
erection of many mine, office and
other buildings in the basin and the
operation of the mine on a large scale.
The first work, that* of building the
dock, will commence shortly, as is
indicated by the call for bids for the
piling. It is expeected that the train
way will then be erected so that the
material needed in the basin for
buildings and for the mining opera- ;
FRANCE SWEPT
Bl BIB STORM
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Troops Are Called Out to Shovel
Train Out of Drifts—People
Are Hungry.
1'AItIS, Jan. 21.—The entire gar
rison of troops was ordered out to
day to . clear the government rail
roads of snow. The recent snow
storm and howling blizzards have is
olated the c'ty and provisions are
running low, and many are starving
while the price of staples is going
skyward. Hundreds of horses are
being slaughtered' every day for meat
as no food for the animals can be
brought into the city.
A dozen trains are buried along
the railroad and these are to be
shoveled out by th'e troops and the
filoughs are to be started and tracks
cleared immediately. The storm has
teacher! the stage-where many claim
t is a national calamity.
The thermometer registers six be
low today and has been below- zero
for the past week.
The storm has been general all ov
er the country and much damage and
great loss of life has resulted.
Cabinet Refusasto G»a«* Him Per
mission to Head the Troop* in
Fight Against Villa.
^ MEXICO CITY, Jan, 21.—Cabinet
officers serving under President Hu
erta announced today that they had
refused to permit President Huerta to
take the field against the rebel
forces as’his services .here are more,
useful to tluf-feptlTSUo.. * :'y~ ',1 ■> '* *
A considerable shipment of ma
chine guns 'and' ammunition from
Prance has been received he he, Whifch
is being sent north immediately.
Purther shipments are expected froid
Belgium soon. The first instalment
of Japanese ’ arms and ammunit'onis
looked for at Mazatlan in a few days,
to. be followed closely by- other con
signments; ,.
A change in sentiment is noted
tions call be taken from the beach
at. small cost.
It is expected that from 300 to 400
men. will be employed across the bay
during the summer. The work of
building the structures necessary
will require many carpenters and the
mining operations are to be pushed
with vigor so that the immense body
of ore may be sent to the company’s
smelter in British Columbia.
It is also rumored that the com
pany will place a number of ore car
rying steamers on the run to Prince
William Sound and will bring freight
north and take ore south.
An application was made several
months ago by Albert Grigsby for the
leasing of the City Dock in order
that the company might enter the
hay. grain and coal business and the
Granby people may enter this line
of business if satisfactory arrange
ments can be made.
here, the public generally rallying
around President Huerta in view of
the reported atrocities of the rebels
in the north. The majority of
wealthy believe that they can expect
no'justice*br mercy at the hands of
the rebels should Huerta fall, where
fore they are coming to the assist
ance of the government: This change
has been foreseen by the diplomats,
who are reported to have informed
their home governments that a reac
tion was to be expected when the
methods of the rebels became gen
erally known. Persons of wealth are
being forced to support Huerta to
avoid massacre and the confiscation
of their goods in case of a rebel tri
umpli.
Itebel agents here are said to have
received orders to draw up a list of
fill persons friendly to Huerta,
whether Mexican's or foreigners,
which includes all those who have
recognized the decrees of the presi
dent and exempting few M»xicafs
except those actually imprisoned by
Huerta, or known to be affiliated
with the rebel cause. Letters re
ceded here say that Carranza in
tends to execute all those not friend
ly to him and confiscate their estate
and goods foreigners not being ex
cepted. Special mention is said to
have been made of Spaniards, who,
it is believed, are to be expelled from
the country should the revolutionists
win.
The liberation of many of the im -
prisoned deputies has had an excel
lent impression here in favor of
President Huerta. It is understood
that all but th rteen will soon be
freed. The original plan was to re
lease more at one time, but it is now
thought better to liberate them in
groups.
SAILORS'RESCUED FROM
SINKING VESSEL
BALTIMORE, Jan. 21.—The steam
er Marina reached this1 port today
with thirteen members of the crew
of the five-mast sailing boat Palmer,
which was caught in the recent bliz
zard which swept the Atlantic coast,
covering the sailing vessel with ice
until the gear was unmanageable and
the boat was rapidly sinking when the
Marina • sighted the sailing boat and
rescued the- entire crew of thirteen,
who had abandoned all hope, believ
ing that they were doomed.
Ship Perishables to Fairbanks.
SEATTLE, Jan. 21.—Fairbanks
freighters .now in this city aJe pre
parin|;,'ttj,'shlp to the interior the
perishables which are taken in each
^,^r( Tk® shipments will leave here
early In February and will consist
of eggs, pork' loins, turkeys and chick
ens, oysters and other dainties how
unobtainable in the interior of Alas
ka.
Robert McIntosh, the freighter. Is
on the Northwestern headed for Val
dez.
LEAVES SEATTLE1
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Has Dozen Passengers for Valdez—
Sixty Head of Stock for Cordova,
and Some for Valdez.
SEATTLE, Jan. 21. -The steamer
Northwestern, of the Alaska Steam
ship Co. line, left here on schedule
last night for Valdez and way ports.
The boat has a large cargo of freight
and a fair number of passengers for
the north. Robert McIntosh, the
Valdez freighter, is on the ship with
a number of horses for Valdez and
also several small outfits, which he
is to take into the Nelchina.
The stock for the Ort Stage line
at Chitina, all the stock of the Vat-1
dez Cerek Mining Co. and horses for
the Chlsaira diggings are on the ship.
The three outfits have 60 head of
s'ock aboard which are billed to Cor
dova.
The following' passengers are
aboard for Valdez: Robert McIn
tosh, Neil O’Connor. M .Strixner, Mrs.
Stropp, Ous Nelson. Dan Ross, \V.
Daykin, Frank Frase, S. A. H cm pie
and wife, and Jack Casady.
St. Paul and Minneapolis Are to be
Tagged on to the Windy City
Reserve Bank
CHICAGO, Jan. 21. St. l’aul, Min
neapolis anti the section of country
for many miles from here will be
included in the Chicago regional bank
reserve and will be tributary to the
Windy City bankers. This-fact was
announced today by the special com
mittee selected to designate the cit
ies which should be made reserve
cities.
As far as possible the committee
will adopt the regular channels
through which the banks have been
clearing, excepting that the preptth'-1
deranee of power held by New- York
City is to be taken away and" bfank
clearances are to be forced through
the reserve'banks to go to the-eight'
ci'ies selected, whereas formerly
most of it was sent to New York.
Says They Handed the Bering
River Coal the Bunk—M.ixed It
With Rock.
I WASHINGTON. Jan. 21. -Senator
Poindexter, of Washington, in an ad
dress today to1 the Senate, roasted
the federal Bureau of Mines and
charged that in mining the coal at
Katalla, which was used as a test
! ott the cruiser Maryland, that they
had mined''the poorest'coal,' had al
lowed it to lrty on't ho- beach for a
year and weather/'thbs allowing the
ctotd to deterk»i>atett: had been
handled ’improperly' and finally when
It Was burned on the truiaer'it was
mixed with''rOck;" and"In 'spite"of aH1
these1 mishaps ■4 the ' Coal had burned
81) ■ per cent '’ efficient,’ Showing that
it! was one of thebbst'naval' coals
which the government had ever ex
perimented with.
Poindexter praised the coal for na
val use and also for manufacturing
purposes.
BOLIVIA CONSUL
IS FRESH GUY
Makes Indecent Advances to Young
California Girls and is Pinched
by the Police.
HAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21.—The
Bolivian consul, Senor San .lines, was
arrested here yesterday charged by
two young women of this city with
hav'iflg made improper and indecent
remarks-ail'd-proposals to them while
they were attending the theater.
l.’pon the complaint of the girls
that they had been annoyed by the
consul the police made the arrest and
Jines was taken to the station house,
but was released as soon as he re
vealed his identity, but will be
brought before the court on the
charges preferred against him.
It is not expected that the inci
dent will have any effect on the re
lations between the La'in-American
state and the I'nited States, other
than that the consul will be imme
diately recalled.
Secretary of State Iiryan has been
notified of the event.
START TODAY
Munday and Shiels Cases Opened
Today in Spirit City—Alas
kans Interested.
HKATTLK, Jan. L’l. -The govern
nient cases against Monday and
Shiels, who are charged with having
attempted to defraud the govern
' inent ont of coal lands worth mil -
lion* and located in the Bering river
section of Alaska, commenced here
today. The oases were originally sei
for trial on the 14th, Imf were post
polled.
A-large number of sourdough Alas
kans are here watching with inter
est the trial of the cases, and ex
pect that the goverhineht will'be as
successful' in these cases as in those
tried at Chicago against Frost and'
his associates, who located in the’
Matanuska coal fields, and also the'
cases later tried in Seattle witn the
| same result— an acquittal of the of
fense eharged.
Wants Anti-trust Legislation to Pre
vent interlocking Directorates— '
Amend the Constitution.
WASHINGTON, Jun|. 21.—Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson yesterday de
livered his speech to congress out
lining the- legislation which he con
sidered 1 ah'' best adapted'-' to curbing
the"trusts:
Private Monopoly Indefensible.
"Private monopoly,” satd the pres
ident, “is indefensible. We are about
to write additional articles in our
constitution which will secure to all
a fair share of (he natural wealth
we create. The government and big
business have shown a - disposition
to meet half way - and work in har
mony to satisfy public demand for
the control of monopoly/’
Prevent Interlocking Directorate*.
The president' also urged that a
law be passed preventing interlocking
companies, which control many ot tue
directorates and to prohibit holding
KENYON FOR ALASKA BILL;
NOT AFRAID GOVT. OWNERSHIP
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SAYS BANKERS WHO LOOTED RAILROADS OF STATES TRIED TO
PLUNDER ALASKA OF ITS WEALTH IN COAL AND ESTABLISH
MONOPOLY—VOTE WILL BE TAKEN LATE TOMORROW.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—Senator
William S. Kenyon, of Iowa, was
the principal speaker yesterday1 in the
discussion of the Alaska railroad bill
in the Senate and he consumed sev
eral hours. Kenyon is the fourth Re
publican senator to speak in favor
of the bill and in his speech he stat
ed that the people of the Rn!ted
States no longer feared the govern- 1
ment ownership of railroads, as they j
did formerly, believing that it meant
political power that was sure to be
abused, and the senator then drew
the comparison of the operation of i
the New Haven railroa 1, which had
been gutted, lie su'd, by the bankers,
and that i> was hut poor consolation
to the widows and orphans whose
money had been invested in the road
in good faith that the company offi
cials had contributed to the Repub
lican campaign fund $50,000 of money
which belonged to the stockholders
and investors in the road.
companies, which prevent coni pet i
tion and assure monopoly.
Regulate the Railroads
The president would have the in
terstate commerce commission ein
powered to regulate the linanciat op
orations of railroads, as well as the
giving to them of supervision in the
operation of the lines, which, it is
expected, will prevent the watering
of stock and give the public con 11
deuce ill railroad stocks, which they
now lack and which is causing the
railroads much embarrassment, as
they are unable to secure funds to]
carry on the necessary improve
ments.
Commission Aid Courts.
The president also urged that it
commission be formed to aid the fed
erul courts in informing the corpor
ations as to how they must act in
order not to violate the laws. This
lias been found necessary because of
the large number of businessmen who
have applied to the attorney general
asking what they must do to be sav -
ed. as they are unable to continue
in business under the regulations
laid down by one administration and
revoked by the next.
Individuals Sue Monopoly.
The president also advocated a
•law which would allow individuals
who are injured by the oppression of
trusts to sue for damages and per
mit the use of the facts proven in
government suits by the individuals.
The president stated that the im
mense damage the trusts would have
to pay under such circumstances
would prevent any wrongdoing.
Glyptodont Bones Reach Mew York.
NRW YORK. Jan. 21.—The sk'ele
ton of the glyptodonl, recently dis
covered in the Aineca valley, state of
Jalisco, Mexico, arrived today at the]
Museum of Natural History. The
skeleton has been mounted and is
believed to have been restored to its
normal position. According to the
estimates of the naturalists, this ani
mal roamed through Mexico about
500,000 years ago. Only two other
specimens of this specie of glypto
dont are known to exist, and both
are at the National Museum at'Mex
ico City. This-skeleton was found
by an exploration party headed by
Barnum Brown of the American Mu
seuni of Natural History.
Much Shew in California Town.
Cal., Jan. 2l— Seven
feet ‘of snow fell here yesterday and
todajf'rttdkYiig th£- record faH"f6r this
city as far'back as records go. The
city is snbwbtmnd,- onfy one Jel£
graplr wire is working. All traffic
has ceased and the • town is buried
beneath a mountain of the beautiful.
Sampson Reaches Kafatla.
Tlie steadier Sampson, of the Alus -
ka Coast company, reached Kamila at
4 o’clock this afternoon and will .
reach Valdez some time tomorrow. 1
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Ilf declared #324.000,000 of water
ed stock was being saddled upon th©
backs of the p ople by this one 'rail
road and the profits of the road seem
ed always to be found in the pockets
of the same bankers alid therefore he
was strong in favor of government
ownereshlp and believed in starting
with the road in Alaska, which would
pluce the resources o fthe territory
op'en for the use of the people of the
Pacific coast states.
"Th same band of bankers which
have been plundering the railroads of
the I'nited States," said the Iowa
senator, "had endeavored to grab the
coal fields and by private monopot|r
secure immense sums of money from
the consumers of the territory and
the people of the states.”
Tlte vote on the bill will bo taken
lute tomorrow afternoon, according
to tb • present plans ol’ the Senate
leaders.
Family of Lewi:; Clark, Missing Spo
kane Millionaire, Offer $5,000
If Found Alive.
SANTA It A it HA It A. Cal.. Jail. 21.
The family <>■' Lee-vis Clark, of Spo
kittle, who is missing, today posted
a reward C Sa.OOO l'or the person
who'Will find tile missing mail alive.
It Is hoped that the search will re
sult in finding the Spokane million
aire among »fie living.
It is feared that Clark is suffer
ing from the effects of a temporary
mental lapse and that be may lx*,
found wandering about. The watch
aloi g the beach, however, continues,
as many biT'-'ve tbe body will be
found floating up on the sands.
Several of tl-e best detectives on
tli*- Pacific coast are starching foe
t lark i-i case tie shall have met with
foul play.
Organize Company.
OLYMPIA. Wash, Jail 21. L’d
niund Smith, it. Poster ami M. J.
Caliighan today otgantzed the Port
Wells Mining Company with a cap
ital slock of .*Ln0n,oon.
Efforts to Date Are Unsuccessful v ,
Not Use Hydroaeroplanes to Aid
in Search for Craft.
PLYMOUTH, Eng., Jan. 21.—Urn
army hydroaeroplanes are searcfateg?
the waters of the bay here today* i»
the effort to locate, the sunken soh-^
marine boat No. 7. which went ilwws
last Friday afternoon and which hac
liot ben heard of since the first a te
nnis of distress were' received.
The hydroaeroplanes by raising tc*
a high' altitude - ure enabled to* sec
deep down into title waters of tte
outer harbor and'they can also cess
er a large distance' searching for edge
sign' which- the men’ in the boat might
be able to send to the snrface to- ick
dicate their position.
It is still hoped that the boat' aMjp
be raised While sortie of the crcce
at least are alive.