VQL 1() VALDEZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1914. NO. 125.
CONFEREES HAVE
FINALLY AGREED
President Wilson Is to Have a Free
Hand—Can Build Any Guage Road
Where Wanted In Alaska.
WASHINGTON, March 2.—The
conference committee debating the
Alaska railroad bill have finally
agreed upon a report and have amend
ed the bill to give to President Wil
son practically a free hand. He can
proceed with the building of a gov
ernment line pending the negotiations
for the purchase of existing lines.
He may decide upon a narrow guage
road or can build a standard guage or
any guage he thinks is best.
It is expected that President Wil
son will submit the bill to Secretary
of the Interior Lane for his approval
before it is signed. The committee
will report today or tomorrow but will
hold no more meetings as all matters
have been adjusted.
The differences between the sena
tors and congressmen were hard to
adjust a_s the two bills [contained
many differences.
The news that the conference com
mittee had agreed upon the compro
mise bill was received with great
rejoicing by the Alaskans now in
Washington as th elast stumbling
block has been pushed away and the
track is now clear for the bill.
FINNED BV TREE
Cordova Man Caught by Falling Tree,
Saw Driven Through His Leg and
He Lies Thus for Two Hours.
CORDOVA, March 2—While cutting
timber in the woods Franz Goebel
was caught by a falling tree, his leg
pinned down so that he could not
move and the saw he was using was
pushed through his leg, the teeth pro
truding on the other side. Unable to
move the woodchapper lay thus for
two hours in the snow, when his cries
brought some natives to his assist
ance. He was brought to this city
and is now in the local hospital,
where he is in a serious condition and
it is feared he will die.
Goebel was held in one position for
two hours and could not move at all
to free himself of the heavy tree
wh'ch held him fast. He suffered in
tense pain during this time.
The natives freed the unfortunate
, man and carried him to the beach,
bringing him to town for medical at
tention.
sMir
in 13TH
Governor of Washington Issues Proc
lamation to Celebrate Fiftieth
Anniversary.
OLYMPIA, March 2.—Governor
Lister today issued a proclamation
declaring'March 13 as Salmon day, to
he celebrated throughout the state.
March 13, 1914, is the fiftieth an
niversary of the inauguration of the
salmon canning industry in this state
and it is proposed to make every ef
fort to properly celebrate the anni
versary Of the beginning of the larg
est industry of Washington and one
wbitli brings more mo'iiby into Wash
ington and takes less but than any
single Industry now operating in the
state.
Salmofl In one form or another Is
to be'partaketl'bf by bvbry gbod citt -
£~n of Washington on March 13.
J Y. OSTRANDER
pusses mt;
Dies in Olympia From Effects of Can
cer of the Stomach—Mrs. Ostran
der Was With Him.
OLYMIA, Wash., March 2.—Judge
John Y. Ostrander died here (last
night of cancer of the stomach. The
disease had progressed to such an
extent when Judge Ostrander reached
the states that it was merely a mat
ter of a short time when he would
be called to the great unknown.
Mrs. Ostrander was with her hus
band at the time of his demise.
FIREPROOFSUIT
IS INVENTED
Man Who Patented It Has Demon
strated He Can Stay in Fire for
Five Minutes Suffer No Harm.
CINCINNATI, O., March 2.—Martin
Panian, a Minnesotan, today demon
strated to the fire department and in
surance underwriters here that he
has invented a fire proof suit which
really protects the wearer from harm,
even when enveloped by fire for five
minutes.
Panian remained in fire which com
pletely covered him, passed over his
head and all about his body and at
the end of five minutes' he stepped
out without injury The suit has a
headgear similar to that of a diver and
air is furnished from oxygen tanks.
The outside layer of. the suit is
made of metal prepared by a special
i process to withstand heat, then there!
are layers of water and canvas.
The insurance underwriters were
so favorably impressed that they have
requested a more exhaustive test of
the suit and if it continues to with
stand fire the patent rights will be
purchased and the suits will be fur
nished to fire fighters so that they will
be able to reach the very source of
any fire without danger 'to them
selves.
cop Us Urn
WORTH_
PASADENA, Cal., March 2.—A sen
sation was created here today when
the widow of Dr. Fraser was mar
ried to C. Yohan, a policeman who Is
a widower with three children. Mrs.
Fraser was left an estate by her form
er husband which was worth several
millions, and Yohan has nothing. The
wedding was very quiet, only a few
very close friends of the contracting
parties being present
Sim CORWIN
WILL CO TO NOME
SEATTLE, March 2.—The Alaska
steamer Corwin, the first boat to reach
Nome after the winter freeze up, is
undergoing repairs and is being made
ready to leave here for Nome with the
first mail and the fresh vegetables
the miners long for. The boat will
leave May 12.
Pinchot Wants Senatorial Toga.
MILFORD, Pa., March 2.—Former
Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot an
nounced today for election to the Un
ited States Senate *o succeed Sena
tor. Penrose. Pinchot is rimning oil'
the Progressive ticket and Senator
Penrose will run on the regular Re
publican ticket.
TO CURB NEW
Would Impose Penalties for Use of
Mails in Connection With Spec
ulative Transactions.
WASHINGTON, March 2—Curbs
on the activities of the New York
stock exchange were proposed in bills
in which the Senate Banking commit
tee today opened hearings. These
measures would impose severe penal
ties for the use of the mails in con
nection with the speculative transac
tions.
Regarding the hearing, Senator Ow
en said: "We should like to have
it known that we art not actuated by
any spirit of hostility. We merely
want to frame a bill that will correct
the flagrant abuses which were so
thoroughly shown up in the money
trust investigation. We want to pro
tect legitimate business and put an
end to the use- of the mails in pro
moting fraudulent speculations. We
believe that we will have the sym
pathy of all honest financiers and bus
iness men in the work. The presi
dent, we know, is in sympathy with
the general proposition for such leg
islation.”
James B. Mahon, president of the
New York stock exchange, headed a
delegation which today protested
against the legislation. In an inter -
view, Mahon declared, “Our opposi
tion is based on the rejection by the
Higlies commission of the suggestion
to incorporate exchanges and the de
feat of the incorporation measure tit
-Albany early last fall.”
Held Fast for 14 Hours, Released and
Proceeds Southward Under Her
Own Steam.
The steamer Mariposa of the Alaska
Steamship line went aground at El
lamar last Friday night and remain
ed on the rocks for 14 hours, when
she was able to pull herself off the
reef after repairs had been made by
the divers working on the steamer
Olympia, who found upon examination
thrit the Vessel had broken her keel
and sprung five plates directly under
the boiler.
The hole torn in the ship allowed
2,000 barrels of fuel oil to escape on
the water and for miles the sound was
covered with crude oil. The oil floated
as far north as Valdez, reaching here
on the tide last night.
The rock on which the steamer was
caught is opposite Rocky point «nd
a few miles this side of the grave of
the steamer Saratoga. No excite
ment resulted when the boat hit,
Captain O’Brien maintaining perfect
control over the crew and the pas
sengers were soon reassured.
After the divers had been summon
ed they patched the hole in the bow,
stopped the inflow of water and an
anchor w»s placed far out and the
ship worked off the reef and into deep
water, where the divers repaired the
damage, placing a cement patch over
the break and the ship proceeded to
Seward, returned to Valdez and con
tinued on to Seattle under her own
steam.
The boat will b placed on dry
dock and repaired arid it is expected
the Northwestern will take her place
on the next run.
Betting Odds Favor Hi Gil■
SEATTLE. Match 2.—The betting
odds in this city on the municipal elec
tion td be held tomorrow are two
to otfe'frt f»v6r of Hi Gill, who is run
ning against J. I) Trenholme. The
registration is lieaVy. especially t*>
the down town w»: •
SUPREME COURT
RESUMES WORK
Many Important Decisions Expected—
Judges Have Had Them Under
Their Hats for Some Time.
WASHINGTON, March 2.—The New
York stock exchange, the Department
of Justice heads, railroads and busi
ness interests today anxiously await
ed a number of important decisions
from the Supreme Court. For exact
ly a month the court has withheld de
risions during its annual recess. If the
court follows its usual custom after a
recess more than two score decisions
will be marked up today.
During the entire month past, the
court has had no other business than
to make final decrees in pending
cases, of which there are over one
hundred. Many have been in “the
bosom of the court” for months, some
more than a year.
Among the more important cases in
which decisions were expected today
were the “intermountain rate” or."long
and short haul” case; the Shreve
port case; the California land case,
involving claims of the Southern Pa
cific railway to $500,000,0(10 worth of
western oil land, and the contempt
cases against President Gompers,
former Vice-president Mitcfiell and
Secretary Frank Morrison, of the
American Federation of Labor. To
day the court began hearing a dozen
cases specially advanced for argu
ment. The tribunal will probably sit
continuously now until the “call of the
docket” is concluded in May prelim
inary to final adjournment for the
summer, in June, excepting possibly
a brief Easter holiday.
MARSHAL ORDERS
SALOONS CLOSED
Threatens to Have Licenses Cancelled
If Order is Disobeyed—Code
Provides Only a Small Fine.
Deputy Marshal Clarence Mossman
tqday notified all the saloonkeepers of
Valdez that hereafter they will be
compelled to keep their places of bus
iness closed front 12 o’clock midnight
on Saturday until 12 o’clock Sunday
at midnight and remain closed all of
Sunday.
The order came as a great surprise j
to the saloonmen, who had not ex - j
pected that the customs and ’practices j
of the states would become operative
in the north. In making the notifi
cation the marshal’s off'ce informed
the saloonmen that any disobedience ;
would result in suits being brought j
against the violators of the law to -
have their licenses canceled, besides ,
which the code provides a fine of
from $5 to $50 for violation of Section i
No. 2021 of Carter’s code, which reads
as follows:
Section 2021. That if any person
shall keep open any store, shop, gro
cery, ball alley, billiard room, or tip
pling house, for the purpose of labor :
or traffic, or any place of amusement,
on the first day of the week, com- ]
monly called Sunday or the Lord’s
day, such person, upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by a fine !
of not less than five nor more than ;
fifty dollars: Provided, however, that
the above provision shall not apply to ;
the 1 keepers of drug stores, doctor
shops, undertakers, livery siabl s,
barkers, butchers and bakers, and all
circumstances of necessity and mercy
may be pleaded in defense, which
shall be treated as questions of fact
for the jury to determine, when the
offense Is tried by jury.
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Motorcycles for Mail Delivery.
SEATTLE, Macrh 2—the first mth j
torcyfcle contract foi1 delivery of phr- j
cel post was let tiidity in this city and !
will bo followed by many more if the
present route proves successful.
P. 0. DEPARTMENT
GETS $311,000,01
Senate Passes Postal Appropriation
Bill and Now Goes to House
for Approval.
WASHINGTON, March 2.—The
Senate today passed the postoffice ap
propriation bill providing for the car
rying of the mails for the next year.
The total appropriation amounts to
1311,000,000 and is the largest ever
given the department by congress.
The bill will now be sent to the
House and no trouble is expected by
the administration in securing the ap
proval of the lower branch of con
gress.
ALAMEDALEAVES
THE SPIRIT CITY
Left Saturday Night for Valdez—Has
a Number of Passengers for
Valdez and Ft. Liscum.
SEATTLE, March 2. The steamer
Alameda left here Saturday evening
for Valdez and way ports with a large
number of passengers mostly for
Southeastern Alaska ports. The
steamer has been completely over
hauled and altered and placed in
splendid condition for the heavy pas
senger traffic which is expected this
summer.
The following passengers are on the
boat for Valdez: Edwin Richards.
George Moore, Mrs. Ross I’avden, R.
Roe. Helen Kelson, Mrs. Eva Wade
and seven steerage.
For Fort Liscum: A. Sheets and
Jesse Brown. \
For Ellamar: F. Jordan.
Another Blizzard Hits Chicago.
CHICAGO. March 2.—Another bliz
zard has struck this city and the
people are shivering and are cold.
The weather bureau has issued a
statement that the present blizzard
is the last of the season and that
no more icy winds will come out of
the north this season.
earlTFInto
LONDON. March 2—The Earl of
Minto, formerly governor general of
Canada and viceroy of India, died
here today at the age of 69 years.
The Earl of Minto was one of the
big English politicians of the country
and took an active part in diplomatic
matters right up to the time of his
death. The Earl is. immensely
wealthy and leaves a large estate.
PARIS, March 2.—It- is not believed
here today that Georges Carpentier,
the French champion heavyweight of
Europe, will meet Jack Johnson, the
black. Carpentier is hot yet grown,
being still under 20 years af age and
though still growing It will be sev
eral years before he attains his full
weight and solidity. Until then his
managers would scarcely risk a bout
with the negro fighter. It is consid
ered here as quite likely that Car
pentier may become chami>lo’h of the
world later, winning from Johnson's
successor. It would be tlie first time
France ever held such a champion
ship.
LABOR OFFICIALS
START APPEALS
Take Convictions to the Highest Court
in the Land and Hope for Rever
sal—Twenty-three Involved.
WASHINGTON, March 2.—A peti
tion for review of conviction of Pres
ident Frank M. Ryan, of Indianapolis,
and 23 other members of the Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers in the
dynamite cases was presented today
to the Supreme Court. They asked
the high court to set aside jail sen
tences resulting from confessed dyna
niiting of the Los Angeles Times and
other outrages by Ortie McManU '
and James B. McNamara.
If the Supreme Court refuses to r
view tile cases, Ryan and his allege,
co-conspirators must go to jail. Scl
eral are now serving jail sentences,
unable to secure bail pending the up
peal filed today. Conviction of el
was recently sustained by the f -d
eral circuit court of appeals at Chi
cago.
Ryan and the others were charged
with conspiracy in transporting dy
namite in interstate commerce in i io
j lation of the federal Jaw prohibiting
shipment of explosives. They allege
that they were convicted largely, up
| on the "uncorroborated” evidence o:
I McManigal and McNamara.
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House Cuts the Estimates From
$104,000,000—Garrison Hopes Sen
ate Will Raise Appropriation.
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WASHINGTON, .March 2. -The
House of representatives today past
ed the military appropriation bill pro
| t iding $94,000,000 for the work of tl: ;
army. The military appropriation has
j been cut by $10,000,000, the congress
men pruning wherever they saw an
opportunity.
The War department origin il'y
asked for $104,000,000 and the Seen
tary of War hopes that the Senate
j will raise the appropriation, as many
| needed reforms in the army cannot l.s
! carried out unless the money is pro
1 vided.
The appropriation of $94,000,000 :->
a slight decrease below that of last
year, while department heads claim
that with the new demands upon the
army the toial should be greatly in
creased.
mm BILL SAFE
SAYS SEN. JONES
Conference Committee Determined to
Get Best Bill Possible and Not
to Hamper the President.
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WASHINGTON. March 2—Senator
Wesley L. Jones, of Washington, who
is a member of the conference com
mittee considering the railroad bill,
stated today ’ri reply to queries from
Alaskans that there was no danger
of the bill failing, but that several
differences were yet to be adjusted
and until a satisfactory arrangement
is reached the bill will remain in con
ference.
"Alaskans need not worry, as the
bill is safe but the committee wish
to settle the differences between the
two bills so as to secure the best for
Alaska and insure the proper develop
ment for the territory arid one that
will give to the president a free
hand.”