V0L 10 VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1914. NO. 124.
CONFEREES UNABLE
REACH AGREEMENT
6enators Demand Bond Issue While
House In Favor of Direct Appro
priation.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—The con
ferees seem deadlocked on the mat
ter of the bond issue to cover the ex
pense of the building of the Alaska
government railroad and also the
amount of money to be appropriated.
The senators, led by Senator Cham
berlain, are insistent that the amount
should be $40,000,000, while the
House conferees are equally determ
ined that it shall not exceed $35,
000,000, which they assert is plenty
to build all the roads outlined by the
Alaska Railroad Commission.
The senators are still determined
that the bond issue is the best, al
though yesterday it was intimated
that the committee was not inclined
to tight regarding bow the money
should be raised.
Yesterday's debate in the commit
tee was lengthy and the differences
Detween me opposing sums »nf unu
to conciliate. It was at one time
thought the committee would accept
the plan of direct appropriation as
advocated by the House members and j
cut the amount to $35,000,000. The |
committee will make its report late |
Monday according to the present out- j
look.
TIFT ASKS FOR
QUICK JUSTICE
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Appears Before House Judiciary Com
mittee and Urges Passage of
the Clayton Bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.- Former
President William Howard Taft to
day appeared before the Judiciary
Committee of the House and urged the
adoption of tiie Clayton bill, which
gives to the Supreme Court the power
to change the rules for all federal
courts. The ex-president of thd Unit
ed States is the president of the
American Bar Association and it was
in his capacit yas president of the
association of lawyers that he spofce.
"It is now time that rules be drafted
for the courts which will do away
with the endless delay in bringing
cases to trial and assure lit|^n|s
that they wil lreceive speedy jus
tice,” was the statement of the ex
president.
GOVERNMENT SELL
TONGASS TIMBER
Place 50,000 Feet of Alaska Timber,
Now Going to Waste In South
eastern Alaska, On Market.
POKTLANB, Ore., Feb. 28.—United
States District Forester Cecil today
announced that he would s?ll at auc
tion 50,000,000 feet Of spruce, hem
lock timber, located in the Tongass
forest reserve in Southeastern Alas
ka at an early date. The demand
that the standing timber now going
to waste in Southeastern Alaska,
through fool regulations, have be
come so great that the department
has ordered the sale of all market
able timber.
Jack Cook got in town from Mineral
creek last evening and reports the
snow has- broken in part of Moln
tosh’s rc'd hcjis*
LOW DUTY OK
CUBAN SUGAR
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28—Attorney
General McReyn41ds today decided
that Cuban sugar was admissible to
the United 'tSates at a 20 per cent
reduction over the present tariff
rates. The ruling of the attorney
general is a hard blow for the Louis
iana sugar planters, who fought the
reduction and were represented by
several of the best attorneys of the
east.
WOMAN CONFIDENT
Mrs. Augusta Dietz Will Go on Trial
March 9 Charged With Murder
m of Her Husband.
CHICAGO, Feb. 28.--The trial of
Mrs. Augusta Dietz will commence
March 9, the date having been set
today by the trial judge. The case
was called February 9, but the at
torneys for the government asked for
,i postponement and the date was
.tel today as March 9.
The accused woman is confident ol a
speedy acquittal. She is charged with
the murder of her husband, George
Dietz, a wealthy tailor and art con
noisseur. George Nurnburg, harness
manufacturer, and her alleged affin
ity. who is to be tried immediately
after the case against Mrs. Dietz is
disposed of, predicted today that the
widow will be freed and that the in
ilictment against him will then be
nolle pressed.
The Dietz murder was one of the
most baffling confronting the Chi
cago police for many months. Dietz,
the proprietor of exclusive ladies' tai
li ving establishments, was found dead
in bed on the morning of April 14,
i913, his skull crushed by a blow from
a heavy hammer, that lay, smeared
with blood, at the side of the bed.
\eross the body was «i huge sheet of
Manila wrapping paper. Stenciled up
on this with a rubber die, was a
rudely composed letter, written in
oroken English. The writer complain -
ed that Dietz had "wronged my little
girl” and that the author of the letter
had taken this means of revenge.
A few days after the investigation
was started, detectives gave up the
‘search for the letter writer and an
nounced they were satisfied that the
sheet of paper and its accusation were
placed across Dietz’s body to throw
them off the trail. At about this time
;he detectives learned that a short
time previous to his death, Pietz had
employed private detectives to watch
his wife and these detectives had re
ported to him an alleged friendliness
for Nurnburg.
Nurnburg confessed the affinity part
he had played, but Mrs. Dietz con
sistently denied the stories told by
detectives. Both the widow and Nurn
burg were indicted Their trial was
delayed several times, until Mrs. Dietz
insisted that she face me accusations
in court. Both she and Nurnburg
have been at liberty under bail. The
state’s case is purely circumstantial.
The alleged relations between Mrs.
Dietz and Nurnburg will be used in
an argument to show a possible mo
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Congregational Church.
Services will be preached in the
Congregational church Sunday at 11
a. in. and 7:30 p. ni. by the Rev.
Charles S. Price. In the morning the
pastor will preach on the subject of
“Love," and in the evening he will
take tor bis subject, “The Philosophy
of Thought.” At the evening service
Mr. Robert Weber will play a man
dolin solo. You are cordially Invit
ed to attend. The subject Is an In
teresting one and the instrumental so
lo and good congregational singing
will make It worth your while to at
tend.
Florence Sullivan will leave this
evening for the Shushanna.
ALASKAN WANTS
TRENHOLME MAYOR
Issues Statement to Help the Candi
date in His Fight for Mayor
alty of Seattle
SEATTLE, Feb. 28.—John Peeder
son, an Alaskan now in this city, who
has been operating lately in the Kus
kokwim country, today came out in an
Interview claiming that Alaskans
who spend considerable time in
Seattle and are greatly interested in
the election of J. D. Trenholme, be
cause that candidate for the mayor
alty has spent considerable time in
the north, going to Dawson with the
rush of 1898, when he was a partner
of George Max Esterly, the N’izina
operator, and later becoming inter
ested with Falcon Joslin and John
Rosene, all of whom have done much
to bring capital into the north.
Pederson’s statement is expected to
help Trenholme, because the people
of this city are anxious to have the
good will and co-operation of the men
of the north and want to be in har-i
mony with the Alaskans.
The belting odds on the election all
favor Gill, but so far but little money
has been placed on any candidate.
bryanIsists
Wants the Murderers of American,
Killed By Federals, To Be Pun
ished Immediately.
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WASHINGTON, Keb 28. -Secretary
Bryan of the State department has
demanded from Provisional President
Huerta the immediate punishment of
the slayers of Vergaras, the Ameri
can cattleman who was killed by the
fed ral troops. The demand was made
by the American charge d'affaires and
it is believed Huerta will take some
action looking towards the punish
ment of the federal commander, who
aided in the killing.
The State department today receiv
ed a reply from Gen. Villa in which
the rebel general gives permission for
an American surgeon to examine the
body of William S. Benton, but re
fuses to allow an autopsy. The de
parment is greatly incensed at the
action of the rebel general and it is
expected that the embargo on arms
may again be put in force, which will
greatly injure the rebel cause.
Strong pressure is being brought to
bear on the Department of State to
recognize Provisional President Huer
ta, allow him to establish order and
then at some later date arrange to
eliminate the dictator. It is conceded
now by all familiar with the situation
that Mexico has no man able to take
the reins of government who could se
cure the co-operation of all factions
and that it remains to aid the m-yi
best able to put down opposition.
Special Saturday change of pictures
at the Orpheum tonight.
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CATHOLIC SCHOOL
GETS_
NEW YORK, Feb. 28.- Mathew Mc
Intyre, an illiterate Irishman, unable
to read or write, died here tqday, leav
ing to the parochial school of St.
Patrick’s church, at Long Island City,
$1,000,000. McIntyre wade his for
tune raising hogs.
Mrs. Arthur Lang will leave on the
Mariposa for Cordova and will remain
; with her husband until the return oJ
the court offic'als to Valdei
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PORTLAND LINE
Alaska Pacific Has Three Vessels and
Will Send One Out March 3—
Has Large Cargo.
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 28.—The
Pacific Steamship Company, operat
ing in Southeastern Alaska, today
concluded arrangements for the
charter of three passenger and freight
steamers for the Alaska run. The
first boat will leave here March 3
after a few changes have been made
in the vessel; the other two will be
ready in a couple of weeks and have
already been turned over to the Pa ■
cific Steamship line.
The Pacific line is ready to enter
ations of the city, who are prepared
the Alaska trade in earnest and ha
i he backing of the business organiz
ations of the city, who are prepared
o support the proposition for the
summer, even if ihe losses are what
the Spirit City steamship men predict
they will be.
The first boat wills. leave w ith a
large shipment of supplies for can
neries owned by Portland merchants
and operate in Southeastern Alaska.
HOUSE RENT FREE
FOR ONE YEAR
Real Estate Agent Offers House in
Which Priest Killed Anna Aumu
eller Rent Free—No Takers.
NEW YORK. Feb L'S. -Fnable to
rent the Hat in which Father Hans
Schmidt murdered and dismembered
th< tody of Anna Yumueller and for
which crime he is now in Sine Sing
awaiting electrocution on Match 23,
the real est i e agent, in charge of
ihe building have offered the rooms
rent free for one year to the couple
who will live in them.
The couple must not be supersti
tious* nor must they have nerves. So
far the offer has had no takers and
they seem in no way to immediately
secure a tenant even from among the
five millions of people around, in and
about this city.
The sensational newspapers, con
fronted with a dirth of more im
portant news, “played up” the Schmidt
murder, mendaciqusly substituting
quantity for quality. Schmidt and the
dead girl were pictured in eevry pos
sible pose, their pasc and future was
dug up and portrayed over countless
pages The result was that not a man.
wopian or child in all New York failed
to learn every detail, real and imag
inary, of the sordi .dmurder. New
Yorkers are heir to all the primitive
superstitions of all the races that go
to make up the conglomeration of
humanity in the greater city and con
sequently not one New Yorker will
have anything to do with the harm
less and perfectly comfortable little
apartment where Hans Schmidt slew
and hacked to pieces his trusting
sweetheart, Anna Aumueller.
PAYS TAXlif
MILLION INCOME
CHICAGO,, Feb. 28.—Only one per
son in this city will pay an income
tax on one million dollars for the year
1913. The inspectors beheve sever
al other of the Windy City multi
millionaires should pay on that
amount, but they do not see it that
way. |
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FOH KENT—Four rooms over the I
Valdez Drug .Store. Inquire of Val-t j
dez pays Cptawtny. * tf
SENATE DEFEATS
POSTAL AMENDMENT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—The Sen-- I
ate today defeated the attempt to
amend the postal laws so as to pre- j
vent the postmaster general from
fixing the rates for the parcels post
packages and the amendment was in
the interest of the express compan -
ies, which would tie the Postoffice
department down to a set of rates
and the companies would then cut
below the government rate
PHYSICIANS PLAN
Too Many of Them Says the Federa
tion of State Medical Boards—
Want Stringent Laws.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2 A nation-wide
program to prevent an on-coming race
of "quack doctors” was outlined here
today when the Federat on of State
Medical Boards of the Fnited States
went into session. The federation is
striving to bring about uniform leg
islation and uniform, minimum,
educational standard, both prelimi
nary and professional for all appli
cants for license to practice medi
cine.
Eminent physicians, representing all
branches of the healing art, from the
homeopaths to the eclectics and men
tal healers, were ready to present
their diagnoses of "ailing” sections
of the various state laws governing
the requirements for securing a phj
sician’s certificate, with a recommmi
da I ion for the proper "dose" to be
administered to effect a cure.
"Most state boards are obliged it.
recognize all of the medical colic
in their own state whether they are
good or bad schools," said Otto V
Huffman, secretary-treasurer of the
New York Medical Board. "The
American Medical Association's list of
medical schools is not sufficient be
cause it considers acceptable some
schools that are not acceptable to
some of the high standard slate tiled
ical boards.
“The federation Is on record as
favoring the establishment of uni
form laws that shall require a stand
ard high school education before a
person may take up the study of med -
icine, a four year’s course in the
study of medicine, and medical col
leges to have abundant hospital and
dispensary connections for giving the
necessary practical experience.
"At present there is a heterogen
eous lot of laws in the country rela
tive to the practice of medicine and
the requirements in no two states are
exactly alike. Very few state boards
nave facilities tor passing upon tne
credentials of the applicants for en
trance to the med><'al licensing ex
aminations. The credentials as to the
high school requirements should be
passed upon by one thoroughly famil
iar with high schools.
"When the federation’s standard
goes into effect it will be impossible
for anyone to be graduated from a
medical college before he reaches the
age of. 22. This is really entirely too
low a standard but it will be a great
advance. It is not a question of few
er doctors, but better doctors.
"The greatest abuse today is a loop
hole that may be found in the laws
and regulations of nearly all state
boards which provide that applicants
far a license to practice shall furnish
a credential of having passed such
and such an education or its equiva
lent. This word ‘equivalent’ provides
the loop hole. An applicant may have
been examined by anybody anywhere,
gnd furnished a certificate saying that i
pe has ppsqetl an examination which J
is the equivalent of the educational
standard required. This ahuse must i
be corrected."
Saturday Change of Pictures.
Special Saturday change of pic- i
litres tonight at -the Orpheum; also :
a line change tomorrow with special
pvnpi.c. ’ “ _ .....
Premier McBride Calls Upon British
Columbia Parliament to Aid
the Project.
VICTORIA, B. C., Feb. 28.—Premier
McBride, of British Columbia, today
told the parliament of the province
that the time had come for the ex
tension of the Pacific Great Eastern
railroad into Yukon territory and on
into Alaska, and that some action
should be taken at once by the pat
liament looking to this end by giv
ing a land grant or subsidy.
The premier stated that the author
ities at Ottawa and the American an
thorities at Washington had heartily
endorsed the project and that the pro
vince must take some immediate ac
tion to develop ihe great resources
of the Yukon territory and secure pin
of the business of Alaska, which would
naturally follow an all-rail route to
the I'nited Stales.
Great Northern President Quits.
NKVV VOHK, Feb. 28.—President
Gray, of the Great Northern railroad,
today resigned his position to accept
the presidency of the Western Mary
land road.
BANDITS MAKE
A BIG HAUL
Secure Amalgam Worth $5,000 From
Mine and Escape Into Hills, But
Police Hope to Capture Them.
GRASS VAU.FY. Cal.. Feb. 28 A
number of masked bandits held up ;h -
North Star mine at this place and
secured amalgam trout the cyanide
plant worth and then 'tun. ■
good their escape into the hills.
The company detectives and the
police are confident they will be abi-t
to capture the bandits, as they a.c
believed to be former employees cf
the mining company, who knew the
workings well.
A posse is out following the bandits
and hope to overtake them and all
the police of the nearby towns have
been Informed of the holdup and the
escape of the men, with instructions
to arrest them.
IBHROUBLE
Reign of Terror in the Republic and
Trains Are No Longer Operated
—Royalists Busy.
MADRID, Spain, Feb. 28.—It is re
ported here on good authority that a.
reign of anarchy exists in Portugal
and that the troops and police of the
republic are unable to establish or
der. Communication throughout the
country is stopped and hardly a train
is running. Towns have been de
stroyed by the forces of disorder and
all business is at a standstill.
The Royalists are canning the po
lice much concern and it is expected
that the present unrest will result in
th'e overlhrow of the republican form
of government and the re-establish
ment of the reign of King Manuel.
Chill con carne or chtli spaghetti
with coffee or beer 25c al Iho Ex
change drill. Open all hours. tf