VQL 1() VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1914. NO. 141.
MOLDS DROPS
THE COAL CASES
Fears Cannot Secure Conviction—
Frost-Watson and Munday-Shiels
Verdicts Discouraging.
WASHINGTON, March 20.—Attor
ney General McReynolds today an
nounced that because of the failure
to secure convictions in the Munday
Shiels coal cases and the Frost-Wat
son cases in Chicago, the department
would move to dismiss the cases of
fraud and conspiracy pending against
a score of men connected with Alas
ka coal locations in the Matanuska
and Bering river sections.
The cases will be dismissed with
out merit, leaving them to be brought
up tit a later late if necessary by
tile department and also saving the
government case in the civil suits
which are sure to follow if any of the
indicated locators should attempt to
secure patent.
The government has spent many
thousands of dollars in a vain effort
to send the locators of coal claims in
Alaska to the penitentiary.
ALASKA TROOPS
CHANGE IN JURE
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Part of 14th Regiment Now at Fort
Wright Will Relieve the 30th,
at Present in Alaska
SI’OKANE, March 20.—One re-en
torcerl battalion of the 14th regiment
of infantry now stationed at Fort
Wright, near here, will leave early in
.tune for Alaska to relieve the troops
now stationed at the army posts at
Forts Seward, Liscum, Egbert, Gib
bon and St. Michael.
The troops will be brought north
on the army transport Buford, leav
ing shortly after the first of June.
The regimental headquarters of the
14th will remain in the states, where,
in case of need, it can be brought
up to its full strength, in spite of
the fact that one battalion will be in
Alaska.
The companies sent to Alaska will
be brought up to the full strength,
thus giving as many men to the posts
as are now stationed there.
both* owe
IS HUMMED
For the First Time in Many Years
No Annual Dinner at Lincoln
for Peerless. Leader
LINCOLN, Neb,, March 2M|.—The
regular annual dinner held in this j
city in honor of the birthday anni !
versary of William J. Bryg.n, the lead
er of the -Democratic hosts in 1896,
19OU and 1908, was called off this year j
because of the inability of the Secre- j
tary of State to leave Washington at
this time, when matters of grave im
portance to the United States are
pending.
The gravity of the Jde«ican situ
ation, the. many unsettled treaties and
negotiations with foreign nations, the
Japanese inupigrallon treaties and the
protests of European powers to our
proposed immigration laws, all Require
tjtat the secretary remain in the cap
ital at this time.
William Egan left for Mineral
this morning
IH THE SPIRIT CITY
Plan to Burn Gifford Pinchot in Ef
figy Next Saturday Night at the
Alaska Celebration.
SEATTLE, March 20.—Dooleyites
of this city have formulated pans to
burn Gifford Pinchot in effigy next
Saturday during the celebration of
the passage of the Chamberlain Alas
ka railroad bill.
The advocates of conservation will
be hung and burned in proper style
for such affairs and the Alaskans here
say they will outdo the Cordova Doo
leyites in t}ie matter of burning in
effigy.
SAVE THE KIDS
National Conference on Child Labor
in Session at New Orleans
Tomorrow.
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NKW ORLKANS, Mai'cli 2U. -Dele
gates to the Tenth National Confer
ence on Child Labor which opens here
tomofrow with a monster open-air
meeting, were arriving here today
from all sections of the country.
Prominent among the leaders who
will attend the sessions scehduled to
dos^i.Wednesday, March 25, are Miss
Jane Addants, Dr. Felix Adler, Senator
Owen, Mrs. Percy V. Pennypaeker,
Frank M. Leavitt^ Owen R. Lovejoy
and many others.
The purpose of the conference will
be the discussion of how the nation’s
good intentions of protecting its chil -
dren from exploitation and premature
work can best be carried out. It was
planned by leaders today that "the
nation’s intention are taken for grant
ed at this conference, and no time will
be spent in persuading people that it
child under 14 is too young to work
in a factory.”
One firey Southerner, W. H. Swift,
of North Carolina, has declared that
the intentions of the Southern states
in the matter are not what they should
be, and his two speeches, “The Last
Stand of the Last Business Which
Opposes Chiltt Labor Legislation in
the South,” and “Why It Is Hard to
Get Good Child Labor Laws in the
South.” which will be delivered dur
ing the conferences, will be given
cltyse attention not only by the at
tending delegates and visitors but
wherever there are people who are
opposed to children toiling in factoriet
anil industrial plants.
FARMERS’ INSTITUTE
CLOSES FOR SEASON
MADISON, Wis„ March 20.—The
last of a highly successful season of
“farmers’ institutes,” conducted un
der the auspices of the extension de
partment of the University of Wiscon -
sin, were held today at Wild Rose,
Arkdale, Poylestowid Dalwlton and
New Lisbon. Officials in charge of
the “institutes" reported on the work
that has been done. Their reports
contained high testimonials from
farmers all over the state who de
clare they have received vast. pen
efits from the system. Wisconsin was
this pioneer in this movement to hold
meetings in small towns where the
(farmers gathered for instruction in
practical and scientific methods of
building up their farms and increas
ing their profits not only through de
velopment pf larger crops but also
through establishment of a better
system of reaching the consumers with
their products.
Marshal Bjenneman Will make an
investigation into the charges against
Deputy Marshal Wood, who is sta
tioned at Chttioa. The nature of the
charges are not known here.
MILITANTS EXPLODE
BOMB IN CHURCH
Interior of St. John’s, Westminster,
Wrecked Just After Service—
Windows Are Shattered.
LONDON, March 20.—A bomb was
exploded in St. John's Church, West
minster, last night, half an hour af
ter the services had ended and the
congregation had departed for their
homes. The bomb had been placed
beneath a seat in the gallery above
the pulpit.
Tile explosion, which is attributed;
to suffragettes, caused considerable
damage to the interior of the church,
including the shattering of several
stained glass windows.
The church is jnear the Houses
of Parliament and faces the home of
Reginald McKenna, the Home secre
tary. Archdeacon Wilberforce is the
rector of the church.
HOVE. Sussex, England, March
20.—Suffragettes today attended the
parish church here, and during the
Collect chanted a prayer asking (Jod
to "save suffragette prisoners, en
lighten the minds of those who tor
| ture them, open the eyes of the
j Church that it may no longer stand
1 on the side of cruelty and repression,
and open the eyes of the clergy that
they may no longer Countenance this
inerciless persecution."
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! Coal Mine Operators Start Suit for
$4,000,000, Claiming Violation
of the Sherman Law.
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TUI.MDAU, Colo., March L’u. At
torneys for the coal mine operators
in this state today started suits
1 against the United Mine Workers Un
I ion and the Western Federal ion of
I Miners, claiming conspiracy in re
j straint of trade. Damages to the
amount ol $4,000,000 are demanded bj
■ the mine operators.
The suit is brought under the pro
visions of the Sherman anti trust law.
j which provides for triple damages for
. conspiracy.
t Officials of the union refused to j
j take the suits seriously, claiming that
; the mine operators desire 10 scare
jthe timid members of the unions and
i to nut the workers to considerable ex
I nense 10 tight the suits through the
j courts.
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MANY WAN! JOBS
[ ON OUR RAILROAD
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; Apply to Seattle Office of the Army
Engineering Corps—Many Let
ters to Chamber.
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SEATTLE. March 20.—The office ;
j of the United States engineering j
j corps in this city has been besieged
i by an army of men who desire to
I work upon the Alaska railroad. Hun- <
j dreds of letters are being received i
j from all sectioift of the country from!
j men who desire to work on construe- I
{tion work and many are applying for !
clerical positions.
The Chamber Df Commerce is {
swamped with inquiries regarding po j
sit.ions in Alaska and also many who j
desire information regarding possible j
investments.
Alfred Henson returned to town to j
dvy from Port Wells. |
TAKE HUSBANDS
WHEN VISIT ROME
They Are Needed If You Desire to be
Presented at Court, Says Am
bassador Page.
ROME, March 20.—American wom
en coming to Rome will hereafter
please bring their husbands, that is,
if they want to be presented to court.
This is the warning which Ambassa
dor Thomas Nelson Page is sending
to the United Slates. He has just
dug up in the archives of the Ameri
can embassy an ancient regulation to
this effect and it is to be rejuvenated
and put into force once more.
The rule was originally intended
to prevent the presentation at court
of divorcees, not only King Victor
and Queen Elena but also Queen
Mother Margerita being greatly op
posed to divorce. While the American
divorce colony at Rome admits that
it is right down peeved at the new
regulation, the fair divorcees declare
they are at least finding some con
solation in the fact that, if being
without husbands they cannot be pre
sented to the court they at least con
sider themselves a little bit better
than those divorcees who have ac
ijuired a second husband and who
thus cannot be excluded by Ambas
sador Page’s regulation.
Vote is 35 for to 34 Against Amend
ment to Constitution—Requires
Two-thirds Vote.
WASHINGTON, .March 20. Hy a
vote of 35 to 34 the t inted States
Senate today voted in favor of an
amendment to the constitution pro
viding for national suffrage. In spile
of the faet that it requires a two
thirds vote to secure the presentation
to the states of the amendment and
therefore this one was lost, the lead
ers of the equal rights league are
jubilant, claiming that considering
that this is the first time the matter
has come up for a vote the showing
is remarkable.
The fight will be continued and in
spite of the opposition of southern
Democrats the necessary amendment
to the constitution will be passed in
a few years.
NO 8-HOUR DAY
FOR YUKON TER.
Yukon Council Defeats 8-Hour Day,
Claiming Would Have to Cut
Wages If Granted.
' DAWSON, March 20.—The 1 ukon
council today defeated the effort to
make an eight-hour day for public
works compulsory on all contractors
and to provide for a penalty for vio
lation ;o,r tjm law.
The members of the council claimed
that ul) private concerus work their
men for ten hours a day and that' the
cut In the number of hours would
be a loss to the workmen. The scale
of wages to all government workers
is con^tjerably higher than that paid
on private work uh.d therefore if the
hours were cut the pay must also be
cut and consequently they favored
working the men ten hours and con
tinuing to pay them the better wages.
PEERLESS LEADER
i IS 54 YEARS OLD
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: Congratulation* Pour in on Him From
All Part* of the World—Dip
lomats Call.
WASHINGTON, March 2«.—Secre
tary of State W. J. Bryan is 54 years
old today and a constant stream of
diplomats, members of congress and
high government officials have called
upon the “peerless leader” to wish
him many returns of the day and to
congratulate him.
From all parts of the world friends
and admirers have telegraphed con
gratulations. The office of the Sec
retary at the State department is
banked with flowers, the gift of many
\ friends and admirers.
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I DIRECT PRIMARY
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| Senators Kern and Sibley of Indiana,
i Compel Convention to Adopt
Progressive Plank.
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j INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March L'n. -
: The state Democratic organization,
I in session here today, finally adopted
j as a plank of the state platform the
| adoption of the direct primary plank
• of the Baltimore convention.
The opposition to the endorsement
■ was large; in fact a majority of the
• convention were opposed to the Pro
igressive plank, but Senators Kern and
Shibley insisted that unless the party
were to indorse the adoption of direct
'primaries they were sure to be de
j feateri at the polls and after much
wrangling enough votes were secured
j to insure its adoption.
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| Germany Enters Protest,
j WASHINGTON. A new obstacle j
J has been thrown in the way of the j
: immigration bill, which has passed the
House and now is awaiting a favor
| able report from a Senate commit
j tee. This is in the form of objec
j tions presented to the Department of
! State by Count von Bernstorff, the
j German ambassador, to the provision
in the bill for the maintenance of
foreign and American immigrant ships
alike of inspection officers of the
American immigration service,
i Italy already has taken the same
I view of the bill, and had brought it
|emphatically to the attention of the
I United States by accepting the in
jvitation to participate in the San
| Francisco exposition only on condition j
I that the offensive requirement be 1
! dropped from the bill. The news of ;
1 the Italian objection did not seem to '
I make much impression on the sen-j
ators of the Committee on Inunigra ;
| tion. They pointed out that Italy was j
j the only country to protest against j
| the provision. The force of this ar- '■
| gument is now destroyed by the align- j
iment with Italy of a North European |
j country.
j Secretary Bryan will forward the
] German objection to the committee,,
j without comment. The committee so
:far has shown pretty clearly its inten \
j tion to proceed according to its own |
|judgment. Mr. Smith, of South Car-;
jolina, chairman of the committee, |
told his associates that President
Wilson opposed the literacy test. But
from what they could learn of the
president’s expressions they did not
believe he would veto the hill if that
! provision should be left in it. and they
;decided to retain it. They may take;
J tile same course in regard to the pro
: posed inspection service.
| Chamber Commerce Meeting Tonight..
) There will be u regular meeting of
: the Chamber of Commerce tonight at ■
I the city hall. All members are' re
quested to be present.
ALBERT WHITE. President.
Watch crystals B6<-.. PI inf A: Co -ll ,
COXEYITES CAMP
IN SACRAMENTO
Locate Themselves in Fashionable
Section of the City and Re
fuse to Leave.
SACRAMENTO, March 20.—The
“organized army of unemployed’’ last
night entered the fashionable suburbs
of this city and are now encamped
there in spile of every effort of the
police to drive them away.
The army is equipped with shotguns
and broomsticks and a few rifles.
The leaders claim that it means civil
war to attempt to oust them from
the camp.
Three companies of state militia
are now encamped here and Governor
Johnson will order the entire state
guard if necessary in order to pro
tect the city from the "I. \V. W s,'
as they are generally called. One
hundred deputy sheriffs have b>
sworn in by the county sheriff ti
augment the police force and Sacri
mento is preparing to rid itself of the
“army of unemployed."
Free transportation to San Fran
cisco has been offered to the men.
but they refuse to accept it.
ROWE BELIEVES
KARLUK IS LOST
Says Boat Was Old and Unfit for
Work—Believes Ice Pressure
Would Crush Her.
SKATTLK. March —-Bishop
l!o\ve. of Alaska, in speaking to th
Sourdough Club of the I'niversity of
Washington last night, said that th
steamer Karluk. of the Stefansso i
Arctic expedition, was undoubted.y
lost, as the ship was old and unsea
worthy and should have never l.ee.i
used for the work in the north.
The bishop believed that the u'd
hulk would be caught in the ice does
and crushed. He predicted that the
men aboard her would make their
way hack to land.
The Karluk was formerly a whaler
and was purchased by the Canadian
Arctic expedition and refitted. Ru
mors of her unseaworthiness have
been constant and Stefansson h s
persistently denied them.
PINIONED HOURS
WRECKED BUILDING
G. Burke Was Buried for 37 Hours
When Rescued by Police—Dies
in the Hospital.
ST. BOl'lS, March 20. —U. Burke,
who was caught in the w erkcflo
who was caught in the wreck of tho
building adjoining the Missouri Ath
letic Club and buried for 37 hours,
was rescued last nifiht in time to ti e
on a cot in a local hospital.
The tirenien and police worked
constantly to recover the bodies of
those imprisoned and after hours of
steady labor reached Burke still
alive, hut in an exhausted condition
because of his injuries, lack of food
and exposure^ He was rushed to tho
hospital b«t all efforts to save his life
were unavailing.
French Minister Has Resigned.
PARIS, March 20.—Ministef Heals,
in charge of the marine departiMtit
->t the republic, has resigned'. 'A’ejaifc
inet crisis is approaching ain't?
ministry any ‘c cverihlfbv n