VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1914. NO. 94.
VOL. 10. _
GOETHALS ACCEPTS
Witt be Police Commissioner of New
York as Soon as the Canal
is Completed.
NKW VOUK, Jan. 24 Colonel foe
Trials today wired to Mayor Milchel
dial :1 certain conditions were com
plied with by the authorities of New
York he would accept the police com
missionership. which had been offer
him by the mayor as soon as the
Panama canal, is. completed.
Mayor Mitchei has wired his at
fi/ptanee of th« terms and Colonel
foothills wltl become police rommis
- inner of the city as soon an he is
telieved of the work at the Panama
■ anal in a few months, when it is
htdieved the big waterway will be op
• n for traffic .from one ocean to the
other, as already several large boats
t.f the canal system have passed from
one end to tiie other and if necessary
me oanal could be opened tomorrow.
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Secretary Lane Sorry That Goethals
4a to- be Police Commissioner
: of - New York
YVASHI^GTOiV; Jftri/24/
Feline of the .Interior department whety
*o!d that Colonel Goethals was will -
ing to accept theipoliee .commission
e/ship of New York City, was greatly
disappointed, as he stated that Col -
onel Goethals was wanted to build the
r.in road In Alaska.
It was expected that the great bx
eerie nee gained by Colonel Goethals
^operating the railroad at Panama
,-tnd his experience building the canal
would be of inestimable value in the
construction work in Alaska. How
ever, it is expected that a dozen of
ricers as competent as Colonel Goe
thals can be had from the army and
many of them have had considerable
experience at railroad building.
$797,948,900 for Navies.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24.- -Just
$797,948,900 was expended last year
in warship construet'on by the sev
en naval powers of the world, the
United States standing second in the
list with appropriations of $140,800,
043. Great Britain spent $235,713,489,
while Germany was not far behind
ihe United States, with in expend!
lure of $111,270,025. lansn took last
place, having spent only $48 105,151.
Great Britain hold her place ns the
first naval power with 2,591,291 ton
nage, allowing for the completion of
the vessels now built or building.
Germany ranks second with a ton
nage of 1,228,208; the United States
is third with 921,844 tons; Franc*
ttCMtr wfttt 876.155, on4 Jwpa4v tffi'i
with 702,6*9.
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Forty-Four Senators In Favor of the Bill—President Wilson Made It An Admin
istration Measure and Turned the Balance In Favor of Chamberlain Bill
—Thousand Miles of Railroad Be Built By Government.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24—The Ala*- j
ka railroad bill, providing for the j
construction of 1,000 miles of rail- j
roads in Alaska, making connection
with the Alaska coal fields and also ,
a trans-Alaskan system w.iich would
open the interior of the country, was
passed today by the Senate. Thu :
bill is generally known as the Cham
berlain bill and has been under con- '
aideration for many days.
Forty-four senators voted to pass
the bill and sixteen voted against it.
Fc a short time it looked as if the
measure would be defeated but Pres
ident Wilson sent for several of the
opposing Democratic senators and
they changed their attitude from op
position to aiding the passage of the
bill. The president used every power
of his administration to pass the bill
W ASHINGTON'. Jan. :M. The to:
jne on the amendments to. rIt-• Alas
ka. railroad bill comment i d yesc-rdny
afternoon and the first am "n.'mini,
voted upon was the one which cm
powered the president to (case the
government built Alaska railm:;: in
private persons should he think sucp
course proper. The., amendment vva
carried by 41 votes for to IT vote
against.
Cummins Amendment Defeated.
The Cummins su’mendmeni. which
limited the power of tin* president in
the matter of leasing th. road to ihe
'-Panama Railroad Company, now or.
j.erating a line from Colon to Panama,
■ yeas voted down by a v ote of 44 j
' against to 17 for.
: All the ^Republican members of the!
j Senate .who are supportipg the bill j
and some of tlie Democratic members j
from the south wno are aiding the I
measure,, voted fpr the Cummins !
amendment. It cannot at^yet be fore
told' what, effect the defeat of the
amendment. will Jtave on the final
vote, but if the southern Democratic
senators-who are .now favorable and
the. Republicans who wanted the
amendments, determine to oppose the
bill unless they secure the incorpor
ation of the Cummins amendment,
then the measure !s sure of defeat.
May Lease to Panarrva Road.
The amendment permitting the
leasing of the road, when completed,
to the Panama Railroad Company,
if the president sees tit, but with no
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PRESIDENT WILSON, i
Who made an administration measure of the Alaska Railroad biH and se
cured its passage. ’ •■•»
proviso as 'in the Cummins Sltldhrl
■ment. which would lake lTO'fli' tK*“
president all, discretion in Ui#“‘iffSt-:
ter and forte the lease to that road’;
was adopted by h vote of ■»;{ to 12 I
against •
Lobby Was Busy.
The real - tight . came when the
amendment to prevent the purchase
of any railroad now in existence'’iti
Alaska by the government and Its j
incorporation in the Alaska railroad
system came up for decision. The |
fate of the Copper River A- North- j
western road depended upon this
amendment, because if passed it
meant that the Cordova road would
not be sold to the governm nt. The
friends of the Cordova road, however. ;
need not have feared its the amend
ment was defeated by the largest
Vote-, of any amendment t^-ogainat,
while Bv£ voted for it,: ,< • ■ .*:
!: -Cbamberlairn'Hoppful.
‘ Senator Chamberlain 'Stated .today:
that wheft'Hhe Cumniinrf'.amendntenl
liras' defeated he felt sure of. the
passage of the bill. 11 '-eras on this
lamendment that tBe'fate Of the meas
ure ’depended The1 passage of the
bill is not at all Sule because of the
jopifOSition of Southern Democrats,
i House Democrats Predict Defedt.
The Democratic members of the
Jiott'e of Representatives predict the
defeat of the bill, claiming that they
[have enough support from Uepubli
leans to prevent ine passage of the
led.
WASHINGTON, Jan. t’4. Senators
Union,' Htirton and Smith yesterday j
protested against giving to the pres- !
ident the power to purchase present 1
lines of railroad now in existence in j
Alaska unless the price which Is to -
be paid for such roads 1h limited j
in the railroad bill now being consid j
ered They also insisted that the 1
railroad or roads which are "to be in
corporated <n any government sys j
tent in Alaska shall be named by :
congress and not bv the president.
Fear President Misuse Power.
The fear was expressed by the
senators that President Wilson would
misuse his power in purchasing the -
roads and also n granting leases fot ]
tite operation of the government rail- j
road after it shall have been built
Lease to Panama Railroad Company
Senator Bristow then proposed an
amendment to the bill directing lilt',
leasing of tue road be made to the
Pnnniaa Railroad Company, which is t
now owned In the I'nitei! States go\
eminent as part of the caniil system
and bits an organization capable ot
operating the Alaska railroad To
this much objection w its made by
some of the senators. Senator Cuui
mins seconded the amendment and
it w ll be voted upon some time 1st
er after the other amendments have
been disposed of
Administration Gains Recruit.
Senator Vardanian, who has up to
the present been strongly opposed to
the bill and has been counted upon
to vote against the measure, announ
red that lie would vote for the bill
The sudden change of the senator is
believed to have..resulted from an la
tervie.w he had yesterday with Pres)
dent. Wilson., who has announced that,
he*will bring every pressure to bear
on member*} of the Democratic party
in congress,to secure the passage
0e bill
’Administration Measure, c . ...
i La te yesterday . It. .was. stated that
IF the necessity for action upon the.
part of the ■ pres'dent became appar
ent that the chief executive would
make the Alaska railroad bill an ad
ministration’ measure and Insist upon
a caucus.
The announcement that President
Wilson and the administration were
determined that the hill pass and
were willing that 'i be made an ad
ministration measure is given for the
sudden change of opinion of a num
ber of Democratic senators.
Special at the Congregational Church.
There will be a violin duet at th<>
evening service of the Congregation
al church Sunday night at 7:30 p. m.
and Lewis Rudolph and \V. Austin
will play. The subject of the pastor
will b- "The Light of the Morning
Star." Good congregational singing
and an interesting service.
In the morning the pastor will ad
minister the sacrament of the Lord's
supper nnd will preach on "The Mes
sage of the Passover." Service at 11
a. m.
The young people's meeting will be
held in the lecture room of the church
at 6:30 p. in led by J. G. 8nyder.
I Sunday school at noon. The adult Bi
i bite class, led by Rev. Price, Is now
; h'sHT in 'he lecture room and a pro
1 tVwr.lo time Is assured.
| You will be msde welcome at tto>
of these services.
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HAS RICH EITHER;
DIES IN POVERTY
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ANACORTKS. Jan. 24.—John Day.
of this city, proprietor of a cheap
lodging house, died today in one of
the rooms of his lodging house. He
was w ithout means to support himself
and died in squalidness, hungry and
unattended. When the police search
ed his rooms they found that Day was
a brother of Chancellor Day of the
Syracuse University In New York.
SlfrtACUSK. Jan. 24. Chancellor
L'ay, when Informed of the death o*
his brother at Anaeortes. Washing
ton. refused to make any comment.
Down at Wrangell «•- movlJ!.1! pics
fw** -the#.- ts (-aliad » Joy ,«hn«
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WASHINGTON. Jail. ^Secretary i
| of l abor William B. Wilson announ-|
red today that he favored the exclt’-i
alon of Hindus from the t'nited Staten '
..nd would urge the 51 usage of a |
bill 'o carry into effect the exclusion. J
The announcement from a cabinet |
officer urging exclusion of Br'ttsh I
subjects, of India, has caused much
talk and ts expected to result Ilf tS?*
British ambassador making strrikfi^
diplomatic protest.' to the State dr
•>si tnvn.’.
The St. BUM*, theJjest ptae* l« Hton.
, ttV-r -A atden. ■■ ~ i cuif- «tiw ;
rtjptttp *?ft .*tdr*a jO-x/flira^JUg .;
1,332 200 Came in Ships.
A total of 1,332,200 passengers ar
rived in the port of New York from
foreign countries during the year end
ed Dec. 31, 1013. according to the of
ficial figures Just completed by Wil
liam C. Moore, the landing agent at
Kills Island. Of this number. 952,
834 came in the steerage and were
distributed ail over the United States.
In addition to these steerage passen
gers the steamships of twenty-six
passenger lines brought 148,956 first
cabin and 230,410 second cabin pas
sengers. The North German Lloyd
Company leads again in the number
of passengers carried, anti also In the
number of sailings -126. as against
Vui sailings of ltd nearest competi
tor. This means that the ebmpritty
carried 10 per cent of the first cabin
traffic, 15.66 per cent of the second
class, and 20.98 per cent of all the
»'eel-age traffic Into this port.
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SOUGHT LIFE OF
GROWN PRINCE
Insane Man Tries to See Crown
Prince of Germany and Is
Bent on Murder.
UKKLI.V Jan.-2*. -Tile police to
day seized an . Insane man who was
endeavoring to interview the crown
prince of Germany. The man had
been admitted by the servants, but.
fortunately the prince was on an au
toniobile trip and was not in the
room The maniac was bent on mur
dec lid when seized by the police
resisted them and tried to escape
In his room was found a will report
ing the assassination of the crown
prince for his ultra military opinions
Tlie prisoner is held in ( lose con
tinenient pending an examination by
alienists of Hie governnmni. who will
rt non on his sanity. .
IS CELEBRATED
Russian Students and Police and Sol
diers Clash—Many Are Arrested
and Wi|l be failed.
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1- ST.-PETERSBURG. Jaa 2f -H.au,
tiredfi or Russians were arrested here
today for celebrating the anniversary
of Bloody Sunday, when ,'the police
and Cossacks and the students and
populate- clashed and hundreds were
killed
Today the students started the
celebration and were soon out of all
control of the police. The troops
from the cathedrals of St. Peter and
St. Paul were called Into *he city to
queil the rioting.
For hours the soldiers battled with
the students, who were aided by the
populace and many were Injured. No
order was given to the troops to use
ball cartridges and to that fact only
it is attributed that no lives were l06t
Many, however, are suffering with
broken bones and smashed heads and
some with bayonet wounds from the
swords, muskets and bayonets of the
troops.
Many of those arrested will be ex
lied to Siberia for sedition
Seward Comes and Goes.
The steam freighter Seward reach
ed Valdez yesterday evening at 5
o'clock with explosives The boat
also brough' 100 tons of sacked coal
for the Valdez Dock Company. The
freight for the Granite Mining Com
pany was aboard and the boat left
at 6 this morning for Port Wells and
will load ore at Ellamar and Latou
cite on the southbound trip
Episcopal Church.
Services at the Church of Uu>
.Epiphany Sunday (Feast of the Can
version of St. Paul) are:
Holy communion' at 11:00 a. w.
Runday school at 12 m.
Evening prayer at 7:30 p. m.
.Suits pressed fw #1.0# at Sikrer
six.. tattPfv v T^aphqoa IS#.