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Court Room l« Packed—Many NiWi
paper Correspondents and Score
of Artists In Attendance.
PARIS, July 22.—Joseph Calllaux;
formerly a member of the French
cabinet, testified today in behalf of
his wife, who is on trial for the mur
der of Gaston Calmette. Calllaux tes
tified that his wife was subject to
emotional insanity and was not re
sponsible for the crime she had com
mitted.
He also testified that his first mar
riage had been an unhappy one,
while his life with the defendant had
been exceptionally happy and that he
had loved his wife while she was
still the wife of another; that he had
bared his soul to her in the letters
in the possession of the editor of “Le
Figaro,” stolen by his first wife and
peddled among the newspapers, of
the city, none of whom would pub
lish them excepting the man who was
shot, and he succeeded in printing
but one when Mme. Calllaux, in a
fit of emotional insanity, prevented
his carrying out his purpose to pub
lish them all. /
iA deposition was read today by
Presided! Poincare before he left for
St. Petersburg, in which the presi
dent stated that Calllaux had come
to him the day of the killing after
‘the first love letter had been printed
and threatened to kill Calmette if
more letters were published.
One hundred and forty newspaper
correspondents attend the sessions of
the court, while a score of artists are
making sketches of the principals in
the case. Many high officials are
watching the course of the trial and
the balance of the seats in the court
room are filled with spectators, but
no women are allowed admittance.
TERRIBLE TALES
Mount Pavlof Sent Much Sulphuric
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Acid into the Aii^-Weird
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Tales By Sailors.
BELLINGHAM, Wash., July 22.—
The Amercan Fisheries s.teamnjv
Winber reached here, last night, from
western ’ Alaska and the- captain 1 of
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the boat and the members of the
crew" tell weird stories of how they
were enveloped in darkness when,
Mount Pavlof erupted, and:bow they
were caught for several days in the:
acid fumes from the crater, causing
the clothing to rot on their backs
and the paint of the boat to * urn yel
low from the sulphuric acid carried
far out to sea. , !
The authorities at Washington have
been notified of the report from the
captain of conditions near the yol
cano and may' take runner steps to
' relievS any- natives living near Paf
lof bay and- who may be in danger
as a result of; the erupton.
The big barge/ Aweriflt/- which;
brought up .t&a'<frs46k'ai(|pj$tent of?
supplies and material for we com|
pair work&k aoroski. the bey, left
this morning for Seattle in tow of
the ocean going tug Commodore.
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Sam BlUm maae the trip, pester
dak to . Keystone oanjrohi, tektag a
mnnber of visitors as fcier gubit* thef]
th|y‘ might see. the beauttesuof the
caatranasd'.also. get mmHtm&Mi th*i
government road from Valdes to the
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ADMINISTRATION APP
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WASliiNGTON, July 22—The
American State Department has ap
pealed to Gen. iVlla and Gen. Car
ranza to t*uryall differences In the
intej^st of pafriotiiim and the good
of Mexico: Neither' leader appears to
care much for the interest of the
people but Is working always for per
sonal gain.
The condition in northern Mexico
is worse than at any time since the
overthrow of Madero. Villa, with his
army of trained soldiers, is in com
plete control of the north-central
states and refuses to recognize the
authority of Carranza and the Wil
son administration is fearful that the
predictions of the foreign diplomats
FEAR THAT VILLA MAY MAKE TROUBLE FOR*CARRANZA AND IN
CIDENTALLY FOR THE UNITED STA"i E8—CAhRANStX" v/lLLINfc'
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TO-QUIT FIGHTING IF MADERQ MURDERER8 EXECUTED.
that Villa would remain a bandit and
continue looting and killing after Hu
erta was overthrown, making condi
tions worse than before, will be on
ly too true and may result in the
inability of the American government
to prevent international intervention.
EL PASO, July 22.—Large Ship
ments of ammunition are being made
through this city for Gen. Villa in
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spite - of the efforts of the customs
officials to prevent more munitions
of war being sent to .Villa. It is re
ported here .that Gen. Carranza had
asked the American government to
prevent shipments of ammunition to
Villa, ndicating that the tw'o gener
als are,near the breaking point and
are fighting iii the open.
WASHINGTON, July 22.—Gen. Car
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ranza has informed the State De
partment that hd is willing to sus
pend hostilities with the federal
forces, which stUl block his advance
to Mexico pity, provided the jnur
derers of Madero are surrendered to
him to be executed and that under
no circumstances will he conclude a
treaty (of peace with, Provisional
President Carbajal unless the , de
mand is complied with. The feder
al troops still hold many strongly
fortified cities between- the rebel
army and the capital and may wait
until the ou* break between Carranza
and Villa divides the rebel forces.
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Chicago Democrat Is Charged
With Working for Big Inter
ests 'ahd Resigns.'
WASHINGTON, July 22.—As the
committee' which investigated the
charge that membgrs of congress
were connected with the big manu
facturing companies and Were act
ing as lobbyists for the interests, was
about to make a majority report
against Congressman James M. Mc
Dermott, Democratic congressman
from the Fourth congressional dis
trict of Chicago, McDermott under
the special privilege' rule, arose and
announced his resgnation and stated
that he wduld be a candidate for re
election at the fall elections.
The report of the committee was
not made public but it connects Mc
Dermott with the lobby scandal
which was unearthed early in the
present administration.
McDermott has held office in the
60th, 61st, 62nd an’d was re-elected
to the 63rd congress.
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Chairman Herron Wine* to* Republl
, cans’In All Sections for
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2 Opinions.
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• Chairman Charles Herron, of the
f&pablican ‘ Territorial Committee,
has ’wired' to Republicans in all sec
tions of Alaa.lfft. for their views upon |
the advis^hUl^r of calling a conven
tion of the Republican party and the
ndihlnati'oiTof' a'cainddate for dele
gate to congress.'
(From thid section has gone back
an endorsement of the suggestion of j
the trritorial. committeeman, and it
is also stated^that from all quarters
have c6me the unqualified indorse'-'
■taint of the plan to bold ’a cohven
tlOU. ■ fiVt.
<s;it is bgUeved by many t)u,t the
regular Republican organisation will
indorse the' Democratic noihlnee if
he is^ a map who has earned thej
respect of the. electorate of the ter
ritpmand that hf return for the In-;
dorsem|nt «f * the delegate the Re
publican nominees for the legislature
*i*e to receive Democratic support.
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1 < The. . tug'-'. Commodore yesterday
damaged the Prpgadia'ai-' ffie ; cRy j
kdock am} paid-ftf.OS'ditttkfie to the
uaptaln of ttMT^flaUag. Mat,/. Coming
dmtttothoiflsmmndi mas doilidtl
by the customs Inspectors at Ketch
ikan for not navinar clearance nanera.
fomm
REACHES IQKMNA
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Judge Brown Doee Not Make the Trip
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Acros* the Portage—Spence Quite
and Is Co/ning Back.
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ILIAMNA, July 21.—(By Wireless)
—The revenue cutter McCulloch, with
the court officials, arrived here today
and left shortly afterwards for the
westward. Marshal Brenneman,
Clerk of the Court Lang, Court Re
porter Hamburger and Deputy Mar
shal Mossman left the cutter at this
place and have gone across the port
age, Judge Brojyn, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Whittlesey and Judge
Reed remained on the cutter. Dis
trict Attorney Spence is returning to
Valdez on the steamer Sampson from
Knik.
Judge Brown contemplated mak
ing the overland trip from Iliamna to
Bristol bay, but must have changed
his plans, whJlp District Attorney
Spence was billed to make the en
tire trip with the floating court so as
to become familiar with conditions to
the westward, but being a poor sai
lor it is thought he had all he want
ed upon the arrlvai of the cutter at
Iliamna.
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! J. Frederick Johnson, the national
'organizer of the Loyal Order of
’Moose of the World, left for Sewatd
ion the steamer Northwestern' and
■win" return' here in about a~ week
to continue his work of organizing
;a lodge *of the order in Valdez.
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Moyer Would Consolidate Western
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vention here today of the Western
fderation of Miners President Moyer,
in his annual report, recommended
jthee consolidation of the Western
federation and the United Mine
jworfceft so that the two organis*'
lions might put up a strong light
; Against the greed of the mine own
iprs. U.» .J*
■ The Western Fedratlon is asked to
on record ferplpf7 tfi'r rnnsnll
tlon and to autlwiip ItgoiflcialB
begin the necessary negotiations.
Mlhs Lucfli;- Witflam'fcnV of
lee; arrived on the
thwestern this morning end will Tislt
with Ur. and Mrs. Kaealer.
HIS PRIVILEGES
As Result of Rioting' By Socialist*
Charlton Gets Real Taste of
Prisbn Llfe.:
COMO, Italy, July 22.—As a result
of the recent Socialistic riots in Italy,
Porter Chariton, the American wife
murderer, Is having to undergo for
the first time the full rigors of Ital
ian prison life.
Since Charlton was returned to
Italy from the United States last
August he has been the sole occu
pant of the jail here. As silfch, he
has been allowed the most unusual
privileges, such as the receiving of
an occasional visitor, an unlimited
correspondence, daily papers, maga
zines and novels. During the recent
riots the jail here was filled up with
Socialists and others who ran afoul
of the police and military. That
these may not be able to take ad
vantage of the many privileges here
tofore accorded Charlton, all his
privileges have heen curtailed. The
reading of a dally Italihn paper' was
prohibited oh the ground that this
might give the other prisoners in
formation of the strike. As Charlton
has mastered Italian perfectly during
his year of Italian pirisoh life, his
daily American paper wa? also ta
booed as he would be able to com
inunloate to his fellow prisoners pro
hibited Information.
Present Indications are that young
Charlton will h^ve to continue his
present restricted regime until his
trial coines off nett November. He
continues in the best of health.
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Passengers Are to B* Afloutfd to
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* neau for One' Fare.
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The Alaska Pacific Steamahjp com
pariy operating the' Admiral ^pe,
have. instructed aj^i of the company's
agents, from Juneau west to■ here
after issue round trip tickets froth
only.,. She-,tickets Vf> gopd only tec
A ceatinhese trip with no layover*.
The new order in ■ nfidh tor
to# one; section .^Mhe other and.
Win he .of .grdnt benefit in' building
up business along thi" const!-'
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Y. M. C. A.iOttMtara-r
; There will bp a, short biltimport
4tot meeting’'of the director* ef the
Valdes Y. M. C. A. at 7 o’clock this
nreninr at Rvnrvman'a Hlubhouse.
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Sends Protest to House Against Cut
ting Off Alaska Appropriations
Fro tit Bill.
SEATTLE. July 22.—The Seattle
Chamber of Commerce h,as wired a
strong protest ‘o each of the mem
bers of the Washington delegation in
congress against the action of the
conference committee in cutting all
appropriations for Alaska from the
civil sundry bill.
The commercial organizations of
all Pacific coast cities have also been
asked to join in the protest to mem
bers of the House in an effort to have
the appropriations again made part
of the civil sundry bill.
The $50,000 secured by Senator
Jones for the Alaska exhibit at the
Panama fair was dropped as was the
appropriation for the geodetic sur
vey, money for Alaska natives went
by the board and all but the $15,000
for the Fairbanks federal buiulding
has been stricken from the bill.
jFriends of' Alaska here do not be
lieve It will be possible to have the
items passed at this session!
Rev. Ziegler Plant to Have Y. M. C.
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A. Take Charge of Rooms and
Koop Them Open.
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The Everyman’s Clubhouse maybe ■
turned Over to the Y. M. C. A. or
ganisation by the Churchh qt the
Epiphany if the present plans are
carried out. Rev. Ziegler Is anxious j
that the club rooms be kept open ,
and has called' a meeting of the' ,
church board to decide upon what
shall^be done with the club.'
Many men now enjoy tile reading
and card- room ail the cumulating U- ,
brary:; with Its 2,000 vdlun&s. aoctued
by Eiv. Ziegler from the East, and
the east of keeplnff’ it opei'will not ■
be wr heavy. Enough flrewrod for '
next jvinter is already stacked 1n thv t
yar<£,end all that is neceeeafy Is th* <
jmonw for paymeiif of lighting add "
the Mineral superyisioft and cafe of 1
th balding, which’may be'uhdertak- 1
en IM/the .Yw.lf. C."A. .<. ■ .71 1 ji
, Uniclub bouse cost $1,150 and only <
$&0O$ls owing for lumber and; am* J
terislj which will be paid oft' thjs ,
fall ttitrough* tie' giving’ ot” sever*! I
.enh^BB^mhts. * "" ' 7 .-1 7-in ,«* i
the vafaes baseball team, is working
fbr the road commission and left
fbr the interior early this week.
SHE 'FRISCO CO.
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Sovernment Wants Back Custom
Dues From Western Fuel Com
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pany and Starts Suits.
RAN FRANCISCO, July 22.—The
government will seek to recover
1861,576.95 from the Western Fuel
Company in a suit to come up in the
Federal court here. According to
United States District Attorney
Preston, more suits are to follow to
a total amount approximating ?2,
000,000.
The suit already on file represents
the full value of some forty ship
loads of coal sold by the company
to the government, mainly for the
army transport service. The gov
ernment asserts that the coal was
underweight. The law allows it to
confiscate such cargoes and as the
coal is no longer available, Preston
asks the money instead. i
While the government charges that
when the cOmpkny sold the coal it
did not give as much as the record
ed weights indicated, it charges al
so' that in importing it, the corpor
ation brought in more than the
weights it gave, thereby defrauding
the customs. These payments, to
gether with heavy penalties, are
what Preston will seek to recover
through later suits. As a result of
criminal trials Involving the same
transactions, General AJanager James
B. Smith, "Supt. Frederick C. Mills
and Weigher Edward M. Mayer, of
the company, were convicted and
their cases are pending on appal.
The concern's higher officers got off
on the ground that they did not know
their subordinates were cheating the
government.
Will Go ' to Seward Only—Brings
Twenty Passengers for Valdez—
Delayed Loading Salmon.
The steamer Northwestern reach
ed Valdez at 8:30 this morning, hav
ing been delayed for twenty hours
at Orca, wherq 10.0Q0 cafes of sat
mon were loadd to be taken south.
The Northwestern brought sixty
tons of freight for local merchants
and also twenty passengers. The
stean^er will go . to Seward and will
sot make "the Ship Creek trip, as she
is now several days behind schedule
ind the Mariposa may overtake her
in the trip south.
The" Vgldez passengers were: A.
EL' ^h-ookk, Mr. aid Mrs. T. J. Alex
inder, Miss L. Williamson, Mr. and
lira. A. J. Stewart, Frank Lauer, Mr.
lid Mrs. T> P. Patrick, M. F. Jones,
Ifr. and Mrs. Rowland, Miss Row
and .and Peter Rowland besides five
IA/lAA/i^llo OB
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SKAttLE.JiiiySl2.~The steeper
ficterta. of the Alaska steamship
Company, reached igore this morning
Awif N<&fe. hha^nk 91,000.000 Jn
WM from the northern city, tie
(old waa shipped oiit by the baihs
it Nome.
.^4 *B}^tt.'hi(aar0Pthe Ala^a
WtfO*h>»d Ahrw. arrived oh the
iteamer Northwestern.
Judge George Love returned' to
halites on the Northwestern from
Cordova.