~VQL 1Q ' VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1914. NO. 99.
HO CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTIONS
Whitman Would Have State Pay All
Expense of Running Campaigns
—Would Prevent Graft.
NEW YORK, .Jan. ISO.—District At
torney Whitman has come out in fa
vor of a law to have the taxpayers
*f the state defray the expense of the
campaign for elective officers and he
claims it will prevent tlie graft now
so general in securing contributions
from targe corporations and the nec
essity of repaying campaign money
with public favors.
Whitman claims that if no money
can be eolleeted or spent by candi
dates they will not need to place
themselves under obligations for
money which they must secure from
somewhere before they can finance
the campaign. The repayment is gen
erally at the expense of the taxpay
ers.
At the last election Mr. Whitman
-pent no money, as he was nominated
by the Fusion party, Republicans and
Independent Democrats, and also re
ceived the Tammany indorsement.
MOTHER nr
FOR IRE REBELS
Take City of Deioro and Kill 400
Federal Troops—Ready for
March on Mexico City
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Jan. 30 The
battle between the federal troops and
the rebels at Deioro resulted in a
victory for the rebels according to
advices received here today from the
front. It is reported that 400 feder
al soldiers were killed.
The rebel forces are said to be
ready to commence the inarch upon
Mexico City and expect but little re
sistance as the rebels of the south
will prevent Huerta from sending all
ef his trained soldiers north, as he
must protect the city from the rebels
al|d bandits of the southern states,
wfco are making it impossible to op
erate the railroads in many states.
General Villa is expected to have
an army of 40,000 troops when he
commences his march on the capital
and would have a larger army if he
could secure the arms to eulp them.
HIGH WIRELESS
ON JERSEY COAST
Tower it 850 Feet High—First Mes
sage From Kaiser to Presi
dent Wilson.
TilCKERTOWN, N. J.. .Ian. ISO.
The 850-fool wireless tower at this
place was opened yesterday and the
jliist message received was front the j
Berlin station. The message was the
greetings of Kaiser William to Pres
ident Wilson and was immediately
relayed to the Arlington station.
Thq new. station here is one of
the most powerful in the worjd and
will be of immense advantage lo
shipping, especially Moftg the'cdrast.
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CATHOLICS ENTERTAIN AT
THE ORPHEUM TONIGHT
The ladies of the Catholic church
will give an entertainment tonight
at the Orpheum. A splendid pro
gram has been arranged by the com
mittee.
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CLARK LETTER
IS A HOAX
—-—
So State the Detectives Who Have
Been Working on the Case—
Mrs. Clark Abandons Hope.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30. The let
ter received yesterday by a local
newspaper demanding a ransom of
$75,000 for the return of Lewis Clark
is pronounced a hoax by the detect
ives who have been working on the
case. It is believed that the miss
ing man committed suicide, as he was
in poor health at the time and had
been instructed to go to San Diego
for treatment by his physicians. His
hat was found on the beach near the
pier of Santa Barbara, upon which
the missing man had been seen on
ly a few hours before he was miss
ed.
Mrs. ICark has given up all hope
of the return of her husband alive,
but every effort to recover the body
is to be made.
LIBELED ID,
ISJDMITTED
Court Holds That Brutal Libel Did
Not Involve “Moral Turpitude”
in Mylius Case.
In a decision interpreting authori
tatively for the first time the term
“moral turpitude” in the immigra
tion law the Circuit Court of Appeals
upheld recently the decision of Judge
Noyes, admitting to this country Ed
ward E. Mylius, the English writer,
who h"d served a term in a British
prison for libeling King George V.
of England. The libel consisted in
publishing falsely the statement that
King George had been married to the
daughter of Admiral Sir Michael
Culme Seymour before he married
Queen Mary.
Mylius arrived in New York on
Sept. 22, 1912, and was detained at
Ellis Island. On a writ of habeas
corpus he was brought, before Judge
Noyes, who decided that as a libel
might be committed unconsciously
and in spite of the best efforts to
ascertain the truth, its commission
could not be cons'dereri as showing
“moral turpitude.” Since the Special
Boards of Inquiry could not be ex
pected to go behind the record to
consider the special circumstances of
each particular case before them, it
was impossible for them to exclude
Mylius, however heinous the actual
libel he had been guilty of. Judge
Coxe, of New York, in an opinion, in
which Judges Lacombe and Ward
concurred, agreed with this reading
of the law.
“The question," said Judge Coxe,
"narrows itself down 10 the inquiry:
Does the publication of a defamatory
libel necessarily involve 'moral turpi
tude?’ We are of the opinion that il
dees not. We of course do not lose
sight of the extreme brutality of the
libel involving as it does not only
the King, but the Queen, her' chil
dren, and the daughter of Admiral
Seymour. But in construing these
laws we should proceed on broad
general lines, considering all persons
equal before the law. A decision which
makes the infamy of the libel de
pendent upon the rank of the per
son libeled cannot be defended either
in law or ethics. If it would not in
volve ‘moral turpitude’ to publish this
libel against a field laborer in Devon
or a ■ street sweeper in London, it
would not involve ‘moral turpitude’
to publish it regarding the Lord
.Chancelloi'’ or even the Kihg. v‘ - ■'
“As pointed out by Judge Noyes
editors and publishers have often
been convicted of publishing criminal
libel, who were wholly ignorant of
the libel. So, too, corporations have
been convicted of criminal libel, but
having no souls, it can hardly be said
that their acts Involve ‘moral turpi
tud*.’ ”
BIG LINER IS
GUI IN II
The Nantucket Rams the Monroe, of
the Old Dominion Line, and
Fifty Are Drowned.
NORFOLK, Jan. 30.—The big lin
er Nantucket cut the Old Dominion
liner Monroe in half outside of this
port today during a dense fog. The
big boat crashed into the smaller
one. The prow of the Nantucket
ftierced the hull of the Monroe and
came out on the opposite side.
The confusion on the Monroe was
stayed by the officers, who forced 86
of the passengers and crew into life
boats and on rafts during the ten
minutes which the boat floated after
the accident.
Fifty of tlie passengers and crew
were drowned, a number of whom
were killed during the collision. The
Nantucket was not seriously damag*
ed by the accident and assisted in
picking up the passengers and crew
of the other ship.
The Monroe was 345.9 feet long and
■ has a crew of 85 men. She had a
gross tonnage of almost 5,000 tons
with a net of 3,000 and has been on
the run between New York and Nor
folk for many years. She was built
in 1903.
The regular Friday night dance for
the children will be given as usual
at the Everyman’s Clubhouse tonight
and all children are invited.
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CHINESE GOD
Worship of Heaven and Confucianism ,
is to be the State Religion
of China.
PEKING, China. Jan. 30. -The ad
ministration council of China today'
decided that the worship of the
heavens and the religion of Confu-1
danism shall be the state religion.!
For several months the Chinese j
have been troubled to select a re- ;
ligion and many endeavored to have i
the religion of Jesuit Christ made j
the state religion; others hoped to j
have religious liberty so that all |
might select a religion of their own. ‘
while the majority were in favor of j
remaining with the religion of ihe
Chinese which had been used in the
country for thousands of years. The ;
bill was prepared by the new ptesi-l
der.t of China
NEW YOItK, Jan. 3u.—American i
mission societies active in China tie - j
dare today that while they had hop- ]
ed that the stats religion of Concti- j
danism would be abandoned, the!
significance of today's action is but
small as the act is merely political j
and the work of christianizing the
heathen Chinese would continue.
Confucianism has been the prevail
ing religion of China since the year
468 B. C„ when Confucius added his
philosophic teachings to the heaven
worship that was then prevalent, it
teaches the faith of ancestor worship
by the masses of the people and the
worship of the spirits by the rulers.
The religion degrades womanhood
»nd advocates the intellectual and
moral supremacy of man. The Chi
nese believe that the spiritr of the
universe and of their ancestors sr.
embodied -in*certain, idols that they
worship,- ajuft- that ,gH sickless .and
pain comes as a result of actions tliiity
have displeased the spirits. The Clil***
nese gods are found in almost every
Chinese home.
Senator B. P. Millard left this
morning for the Granite property at
Port Wells to inspect the work on
the claims.
President Moyer Attacks President
Gompers of the American Feder
ation and Gompers Replies
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. .Jan. 30.—The
United. Mine Workers convention be
ing held in this city was the scene
of an uproar this morning when Pres
ident Moyer made an attack upon
President Gompers and the executive
board of the American Federation of
Labor, claiming that if the strike of
the mine workers in Michigan is lost
it will be the fault of President Gomp
ers and the committee for failure
to come to the aid of the strikers with
a sympathetic strike of all union la -
bor in the state and if necessary of
all union labor in the country.
The convention was in an uproar
in a minute, the friends of President
Gompers trying to get the floor to
reply and denouncing the Moyer fac
tion for the manner in which the
strike had been handled.
President Gompers, who was in the
hall at the time, succeeded in quell
ing the delegates and in a calm
speech replied to the fiery charges
of Moyer, and stated that the execu
tive committee were doing all they
could to aid the miners, but refused
to be forced into a false position be
cause of the actions of President
Moyer. Gompers was cheered by the
larger part of the convention, but
some hissed.
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SEATTLE BANK
Only Regional Bank on Coast Will be
at San Francisco—Governor
Strong for Seattle.
SEATTLE, Jan. JU. -Bankers of
this city expect that Seattle will fail
of securing the regional bank they
are asking the special committee to
establish here. It is stated that Sec
retary McAdoo and Secretary Hous
ton have intimated that the only re
gional bank on the Pacific coast will
be established at San Francisco.
Secretary McAdoo stated that the
national banks in the district about
Seattle cannot subscribe the neces
sary $4,000,000 for the establishment
of the reserve bank unless the state
bunks come to the aid of the nation
al banks.
/he head of the treasury depart
ment also asked the bankers to cut
out the ' oratory and to give him
facts. The Panama stunt which the
Spirit City bankers were handing him
he said had been given him by the
bankers of every city at which the
committee had held hearings. Even
St. Louis, an !nland city, predicted
that twice as much business would
be done because of the canal.
Governor Lister read the letter of
Governor Strong, of Alaska, in which
the chief executive of the territory
advocated Seattle because of the
need of Alaskans for quick returns.
The governor also staled that with
the Alaska railroad bill the develop
ment of the territory would go for
ward by leaps and bounds. The an
nual trade of Alaska with the states
is $60,000,000 and the greater put
of it passes through Seattle.
Ranker Behrends, of Juneau, the
oldest banker of Alaska, was also be
fore the committee and urged the es
tablishment of the reserve ybauk in
Seattle*.--* - *;' V •
• -"TI•* rteVei<ipt‘lK’MfViltlie- hMS*Vinf$* today
JMHMiWWni* lavototl
the cstMffil
neapolis.
The hearing ended this morning
and the committee at once left for
Portland.
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DEPORT STRIKERS
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South African Authorities Will Take i
No More Chances of an Upris
ing of Strikers.
CAPETOWN, S. K„ Jan. 30.—Ten
labor leaders who were active in or
ganizing the strike of trainmen and
miners early this month, and who
were arrested for sedetion, were sec
retly deported from this city last
night by the authorities and warned
that to return would result in the
extreme penalty of the law being en
forced against them.
The conditions here have bettered
and General Botha, Premier of the
South African Union, stated today
that no trouble was expected as ihe
strikers now know that the govern
ment is determined not to tolerate
conditions such as caused the mob
ilization of a half million volunteers
early this month and would prevent
any disturbances or efforts to start a
strike.
CRACK SKULLS
OFGANGMEN
New York Police Are Told to Use
“Nightsticks'* on Gangsters—
Soon Bring Them to Time.
NEW YORK. Jan. 3<t. Police Com -
missioner McKay called his inspect
ors to headquarters yesterday and is -
sued instructions that they were to
investigate the character ami repu
tation of any person who complained
that he had been assaulted by a po
Hetman. He told them to pass this
word along to the captains and have
j them relay it to the entire uniform
od force.
While not instructing the police It
us^ clubs, the order is taken as in
dicating that no punishment will fol
low if clubs are used on young men
with no means of support and of evi'
reputations.
The restoration of the nightstick
rule was universally welcomed by the
police, who have chafed under' the
taunts of gangsters, since the early
days of the Gaynor regime. The uni
formed men have felt that it was a
double injustice to be brought up on
charges at ,the instance t>f some
gangster, whom they had affronted
and at the same time be held respon
sible for disorderly conditions which
a liberal use of the club might have
cured. Technically the police may
use their clubs only in self-derense
or in overcoming resistance to lawful
arrest, the commissioner explained
with a smile.
I Mayor Mitchel said that his slate
ment of last Saturday had been cor
rectly construed to mean that the po
lice might use their clubs on the
gangsters. He .said.
"I hope the police will use their
clubs on every gunman /on whom
they can lay their hands. 1 don't
mean by any means, however, to re
lax the very admirable policy of the
late Mayor Gaynor with reference to
the use of clubs on decent citizens. I
shall have no hesitancy, however, in
sanctioning the use of clubs on men
who start gun riots in the street.''
When Commissioner McKay read
this statement, he exclaimed:
"Fine: Fine!”
Muyor Mitchel praised tile work of
the police yesterday, saying:
“The police seem to be doing very
good work. They aVc going along
.very vigorously. That's what 1 told
;the- commissioner' 1 wanted them to
ido. I told him to be>-'UtM:eipit'tinK and.
jgo right after gangs.”
The meeting of the Clieeclisco Lit-!
entry Club was held litis afternoon.
Instead of this evening, as was ad
vertised. The change was made in
favor of the entertainment at the Or
phnum this evening.
Niagara Falls Health Board Closes
All Schools and Churches and
May Close Factories.
NIAGARA FALLS, .fan. :!U. —All Hie
public schools, churches, dance halls
and places in which any number of
the people of this city congregate,
have been ordered closed by the State
Board of Health, because of the large
number of smallpox cases which are
now in the local hospital for con
tagious diseases.
Two hundred men, women an.'
children have been stricken with tin
disease and a number have died. The
epidemic continues to spread and the
state authorities are now determin
ed to take stringent measures to pro
vent the spread of the disease.
If conditions do not improve in Hi*
next four or five days all the large
manufacturing plants in the city wil
be. closed. A quarantine is already
established by all the surrounding
towns and the residents of this city
cannot leave without a clean bill of
health.
BLAZING METEOR
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People in Albuquerque Badly Scarce
at Mass of Fire Which Flies
Over the Town.
AMU'Qt'KKQl'K. V .VI.. Jan.
A blazing meteor struck a moumai
fifteen miles from this city last nigl
and exploded, causing all the win
dows of ihe city to be shattered.
Hundreds of people saw the big mas ■
of lire approaching the city and ex
pected that the end of the world had
oolite. It made a burning, sizzling
sound as it passed overhead, so ne- t
that the heat of the tass was fen
by the people short! after it had
exploded.
The people of the city were pan it
stricken and started to run in every
direction. Hundreds left their homes
and did not return for the nigh,
while women fainted and cried, ex
peeting that the end of the world wv.s
about to come.
The shock and vibrations of the
earth were felt here a few seconds
after the mass struck and lent fur
(her terror to the people.
CANADA WANTED
OUR FARMERS
Spent Thousands of Dollars Each
Year to Induce Them to Cross
the Line and Settle.
WASHINGTON. .Ian. do. -Can uli in
Immigration Agent White today tes
tided before the Senate committee
that he hud spent $70,000 annually
for the past sixteen yejtrs to induce
Americans to settle in Canada and
that, several millions of the best farm
ers of the western states had crossed
the line and become citizens in bis
country.
, White said that most of the money
'went to newspaper agencies, especiah
[ly those -Which issued patent insides'
to country papers. Special articles
were ulso published in the larger c:ty
journals .for which big prices were
paid.
G r. Ueniite. the watchmaker ;,ud
jewel*-.. is at the Valdez Drug t o Aik
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