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VQL 1Q VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1914. NO 92.
SENATE BALLOTING ON OUR BILL
■ BOSS THREATENED
60VERII0B SULZER
Murphy Demanded Appointment of
Gaffney as Highways Commissioner
Threatened Wreck Administration
NEW YORK. Jan. 22—Ex-governor
■Sulzer testified today in the inquiry
nto the alleged graft on highway
construction work under his own and
the Dix administration. The former
governor stated that Boss Murphy
had demanded the appointment of
•raffney as highway commissioner
and threatened that unless his re
quest w:is complied with that he
would wreck the administration.
Sulzer is still on the stand and will
be cross-examined today by the sit -
torneys for the men implicated in the
alleged graft. As this is the first
time that Sulzer has been forced to
answer questions under oath since
his impeachment interesting testi
mony is looked for.
Several prominent Tammany poli
ticians and district leaders have al
ready been gathered in by District
Attorney Whitman and have been
found guilty of fraud and sentenced
to serve time in the state prison.
They are appealing the cases.
HAS SYSTEM TO
BEAT BOULETTE
Judge and Lawyers Ate Anxious to
Secure Secret But Fail—Touched
Monte Carlo for $50,000 Year.
CHICAGO, Jan. 22.—Dr. Appleby,
formerly infatuated with Baroness
I’allandt, in <\ suit against his former
love, testified today that he had a
system by which the roulette games
of Monte Carlo had been forced to
pay big winnings to himself and part
ner, the baroness.
The presiding judge and the attor
neys for the plaintiff and defendant
! ried in every possible manner to force
ihe doctor to reveal his method, which
had been so successful, but he could !
not be trapped, and therefore they j
were no wiser at the conclusion of i
ihe trial than at its start.
The evidence was given by Apple
by. who is suing the baroness for
S 20,000, which he loaned her across
a roulette table at Monte Carlo, and
which she refuses to treat as a loan,
but insists that it was a gift to her
for favors rendered.
PLENTY TRAVEL
OH THE TRAIL
BEAVER DAM, Jan. 22—The gov
ernment road from here »o the in
® rerior and also from this place to the
coast is in excellent condition and a
large number of teams are working
both ways.
Sixteen teams left here this morn
ing' for Valdez and among the out
going passengers are Mrs. Nels Jep
son and her daughter, Jessie, Mrs.
Harry Miller and daughter, Pearl, of
the Ernestine roadhouse, and a num
ber of others.
Bill Sifts has two teams and !s en
route to Valdez to secure an outfit,
which he will take into the Chisana
via Valdez and the government road.
Twenty-nine couples attended the
d:iuce last night at Eugle hall.
Commenced the Voting at 4 o’clock This Afternoon, Washington Time, and
Fate of the Measure is Now Decided—Pittman Was Last Speaker and
Made Strong Plea for Passage of the Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—At. four
o’clock this afternoon the Senate
commenced balloting on the Alaska
railroad bill. Senator Pittman, of N
vada, was the last speager before the
Senate and urged the passage of the
act, claiming .that the government
must do something to open up the j
resources of the north or else they
must turn them over to private eap
tal for development and of the two
he preferred government ownership
itroad, which would assure
the development of the mineral wealth
besides opening a vast section of ag
ricultural land which would be set
tide.
“Passage of the bill means much
not only to Alaska,” said the Ne
vada senator, "but also to the Pacific
coast states and all of the United
States as the wealth of the north
would be poured into the states while
millions of dollars would be paid
American manufacturers by the pion
eers and settlers of the north, if the
land were opened to settlement and
transportation facilities provided.”
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22—President
Wilson today assured C.T Heffner, ol
Washington, that the administration
was prepared to use every possible
means in its power to secure the
passage of the Alaska railroad bill in
the Senate, where many enemies of
the measure have suddenly develop
ed and more are expected. The
president stated that he would bring
pressure to bear on the senators of
the Democratic party opposing the
measure, and hoped to force its en
actment.
The opposition to the bill has sud
denly grown formidable and the
friends of the measure are alarmed.
They expect that it will be overcome
but it may delay the vote on the
measure for some time. The Sen
ate is expected to vote on the meas
ure this afternoon and if the opposi
tion is dangerous the friends of the
bill will pro> ont the vote so as to
t nable the mto bring inlluences to
bear on the refractory senators.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—A test
vote was taken in the House yester
day to show the strength of the op
position to the Alaska railroad bill
and it developed that 279 congress
men are in favor of the measure and
65 are against it. it was decided by
the House that the House w'ould place
a limit of 13 hours on the debate on
the bill and that the consideration
of the measure shall start on Feb
ruary 4th. The vote on the measure
Is expected between the 11th and 18tb
of February. That the Alaska rail
road bill will pass the House is be
yond the shadow of a doubt
Washington is filled with lobbyists
working for the bill: hundreds of
sourdoughs are here, besides corpora
tion paid lobbyists. Falcon Joslin is
believed to be the official represen
tative of the Alaska Syndicate, which
hopes to sell the Cordova railroad to
the government or at least that part
of it from Cordova to Chitina, where
the maintenance costs are so exces
sive as to be almost prohibitive.
ANTI TRUST BILLS
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Contains the Suggestions Made by j
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President Wilson in His Mes- j
sage to Congress.
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.—Five ail I
ministration anti-trust measures have
been drafted by the members of con
gress and will be introduced today
in the lower House for the consid
eration of congress.
The desire of toe president that in
terlocking directorates shall be abol
ished, that civil suits may be start
ed against corporations and the evi
dence collected by the government be
available against the trusts, that the
jourts may secure the aid of the in
terstate commerce commission in
regulating trusts and the many oth -
er suggestions have all been incor
porated in the bill as now drafted.
WITH A PLANK
Civil War Veteran Beats Wife to
Death Because She Suffered
and Wanted to Die.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 22.—Wil
liam Eberwin, a veteran of the civil
war, and now 80 years old, was sen
tenced to serve not less than seven
years in the state penitentiary for
beating his wife to death.
Eberwin described to the judge how
he beat his wife with a board because
she had asked him to do it and had
encouraged him when his strength
had failed, as she wanted to die, hav
ing been an invalid for many years,
unable to leave her bed and that he
was no longer able to care for her on
his small pension. He told the judge
that if had not been for his wife's
encouragement he could not have
completed his intention of putting her
out of her misery. The old man said
that no ohe seemed to care flow they
got along nor made any effort ,to help
them in t!helr affliction.
TTie judge, however, stated that he
had been found guilty of murder and
must pay the penalty for his crime.
The aged prisoner was then told that
he must serve at least seven years
in the penitentiary.
The original sourdough hotcukcs at
Jack's Place.
MORGAN SAYS DOES NOT OWN
TRANSPORTATION IN ALASKA
BESIDES CORDOVA ROAD AND ALASKA STEAMSHIP LINE THEY
HAVE ONLY 5 PER CENT INTERE ST IN NORTHERN COMMERCIAL
COMPANY AND SMALL INTEREST IN SEWARD SECURITIES.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. Senator
Lippit, of Fihode Island, today de
fended the Guggenheim Morgan in
terests in Alaska and declared that
they were not trying to gobble up
•lie country, but on the other hand,
were somewhat sick and disgusted
with their investments in ihe north
and were willing to step out if such
a tiling were possible. The conser
vation policy pursued by the past
iw-o administrations had prevented
progress: denied the railroad already
already built any tonnage, as the
coal fields cvere locked up and the
load had not been » profitable in
vestment for them.
The Rhode Island senator read to
the Senate a letter from J. P. Morgan.
)r., the head of the Morgan banking
house, in which the banker denies
ihe charges made that his firm, in
■onni'Ction with the Guggenheim in -
I •.Teals, i .d now or contemplated an.
monopoly of transportation in Alas -
ka.
Morgan also stated in his letter
that besides owning the Alaska
Steamship company and the Copper
lliver & Northwestern railroad, his
company held hut little interest in the
transportation of the north. Five
per cent of the total capital of the
Northern Commercial company was
all that his firm owned besides which
they held a small interest in the se
curities of the Alaska Northern rail
road, which been built from Seward
info the interior of Alaska.
Senator Norris, after reading the
letter to the senators, stated that the
Morgan interests did not contemplate
any further investments in the terri
tory, especially in the transportation
compan’es and would be undoubtedly
glad to be rid of those already made.
GIRL WILL GIVE
STATE’S EVIDENCE
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Induced Stepfather to Murder Her
Mother But Now Will Aid Po- !
lice to Hang Him. I
GALESBURG. Ill . Jan. 22.— JuUi |
Flake, the 15-year-oia gtri who wum- ;
to her uncle offering hint part of a j
legacy if he would kill her mother |
so that she Alight marry her step I
father, with whom she had become
infatuated, and who later induced her
stepfather to commit the deed so that
the illicit relations between them
might be carried on without the pos
sibility of being caught by the moth
er, today is repentant and will give
the police ' all possible aid in con
victing her stepfather for killing the
wife and mother.
Robert diggings, the stepfather of
the girl, has confessed to the crime.
W. A. Eberly, one of the owners of
the White River Mining Co., reach
ed Katalla on the Sampson and will
shortly leave the oil city for Yaka
tage beach, where his claims are lo~
■nied.
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FOIl HEROES
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In Ten Years 870 Have Been Giv- j
en Out by the Carnegie He
ro Commission. j
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PITTSBURG. Pa.. Jan. 22.—The
Carnegie Hero Commission today an
nounced the awarding of 30 more gold
medals to men end women and chil
dren for heroic work in saving or
endeavoring to save human lives at
the risk of their own.
In the past ten years, or since the
commission was founded by Andrew
Carnegie, it has awarded 870 gold
medals, besides a large number of
awards to the families of the men
and women who have died in making
rescues and left dependent families
or been crippled in rescue work.
Mrs. Janet Erussard boarded the
steamer Sampson at Ratalla with her
five-year-old daughter, who had brok
sn her leg five days before the ar
rival of the boat and was without
medical attention until Cordova was
reached, when Dr. Council attended to
the little sufferer.
BOILER EXPLODES;
PANIC FOLLOWS
Pig Steel Pavillion at Ottawa Fair ir
Scene of Wild Rush for Safety
—Four Are Dead.
OTTAWA, Can., Jan. 22. -Kou:
people were killed here last nisht ant:
many were seriously hurt when the
leatins plant in the steel pavillion of
:he bis winter fair held annually, ex
ploded without a second’s warnins.
The buildins was crowded and a
panic immediately ensued. The many
?xits and outswinsins door provided
in the buildins and required l«y law
<aved the lives of those who rust
?d for them, as no crush followed.
The buildins was emptied in a few
minutes, after which the police and
Bremen rescued those causbt near
;he explosion. Twenty were found to
be seriously hurt, while four men
vere scalded to death.
JAPS STILL KICK
AT ALIEN BILL
rjreign Minister Makino Tells Par
liament American Solution Is
Unsatisfactory
TOKIO, Japan. Jail. Foreign
Minister Makino, of Japan, today read
0 the Japanese parliament a verj
engthy message dealing witli the re
?ent troubles between the United
States and Japan regarding the rights
>f Japanese subjects in America. The
eplies of the American secretary oj
itate, W. J. Bryan, ‘o the notes on
he subject sent by the Japanese gov
■rnment, have been very unsatisfar
ory, says the foreign secretary and
he Anverican secretary of state has
gnored the last message altogether.
The foreign secretary states that
is they have been unable to come to
1 settlement through the exchange of
toies by the two governments, there
ore the Mikado is determined to find
oirie other solution for the problem
rhich will assure to the Japanese
objects in America the same con
ideration given the subjects of oth
r nations.
The members of parliament chided
he fore'gn secretary for many min
ites and the people are determined
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SUBMARINE HAS
BEEN LOCATED
Found in 26 Fathoms of Water and
Near to the Shore—Will Raise
the Boat Today.
1'LYMOI’TH, Kng., Jan. 22. -The
efforts of the naval authorities to lo
cate the position of the submarine
No. 7, which has been at the bottom
of Plymouth bay since last Friday,
were successful yesterday and the
boat was found near the shore in 2(i
fathoms of water.
As soon as the submarine was lt>
cated the navy rescue boats crowded
about the scene and began the work
of raising the sunken craft to the
surface and it is expected that the
work will be completed some time
today. The men are working two
hour shifts and a dozen divers an*
working to secure the chains on th<
boat so that it may be hoisted to th
surface.
It is not thought that any of the
crew are alive after a week at the
bottom of the sea.
For Another’s Sin.
A line Thanhattser two reel fea -
ture. For Another's Sin, at the Or
pheum tonight.
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Senitor Norris, of Nebraska, Insists
on Making Amendment to the
Present Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—Senator
Norris, of Nebraska, has announced
today to the Senate that he would
move to amend the present railroad
bill so as to provide for tbe opera
tion of a line of steamships by the
government from Pacific coast ports
to Alaska ports and break the mo
nopoly now held by the Guggenheims.
The senator stated that he would re
new his amendment in the Senate be
cause the territorial committee had
reported unfavorably on it.
The Nebraska senator Is determin
ed to break any monopoly of trans
portation in the territory now held
by the Morgan-Guggenheim interests
by rail or water, on the ocean or in
the interior highways of Alaska.
M. J. Callishan, the Port Wells
mining man, returned 10 Valdez to
day after an extended visit in the
states.
lUSKMESTEi
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22. The Sen
ate Public Land committee, to which
had been referred the Smoot bill to
cut the size of homesteads in Aina -
ka from 320 to 160 acres, the same
as in the states, and also providing
for the location of homesteads in
Alaska by men who had already used
up their pre-emption in the states,
so that the number of farmers in
Alaska might be increased, today fa -
vorably reported the bill.
It Is expected that the bill will have
no opposition In the Senate and that
it will pass early next month.
Fresh eastern oysters at the Val
dez Cafe tt