VQL 1Q VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1914. NO. 11*
NAME CONFEREES
ON ALASKA BILL
Chamberlain, Jones and Pittman for
Senate, Houston, Guernsey and
Daveiport f>r the oHuse.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—Vice
president Marshall today named Sen
ators Key Pittman, of Nevada, Cham
berlain, of Oregon, and Jones of
Washington, to be the Senate repre
sentatives of the conference commit
tee to*adjust the differences between
the Chamberlain railroad bill as pass
ed by the Senate, and the Chamber
lain bill as amended by the House.
The House committee was named
by Speaker Clark and he appointed
Chairman Houston, of the House
Committee on Territories, and a
strong advocate of the bill, and Con
gressman Guernsey, of Maine, and
Congressman Davenport of Oklahoma,
who fought the bill to a finish and
endeavored to prevent its passage.
The three senators and Congress
man Houston will soon make an ad
justment and it is believed that the
$40,000,000 bond issue, as advocated
by the author of the bill. Senator
Chamberlain, will be substituted for
the direct appropriation plan of Fitz
gerald and the larger additional sum
of $5,000,000 over the Wickersham bill.
The conference committee met to
day for consideration of the Cham
berlain bill as passed by the Senate
and amended by the House and are
expected to make their final report on
Monday.
VALET ROSS HIS
BUND MASTER
But Trick He Plays is Discovered and
Fake Jewelry Substituted Has
the Wrong Touch.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21.—Stan
ley Smith, a valet, confessed today to
the police that he had robbed his em
ployer, Leon Sabla, who is blind, of
jewelry worth thousands of dollars,
having pawned the stolen goods.
Thirty diamonds and other jewelry
was taken by the valet and carried
away The discovery of the loss was
accidental. Smith had substituted im
itation jewelry and fake diamonds for
the real ones, knowing that his mas
ter could not see and expected to
make it stick, but the touch of the
blind man was so accute that he at.
once noticed a difference and started
a uiet investigation which later re
vealed the fraud.
GMML BE OPEH
OH JIM FIRST
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Col Goethals Reaches Washington
and Makes Announcement—Wants
Canal Toll Law Repealed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—Col. Uoe
thals reached this city today and
stated that the Panama canal would
be open for traffic on July 1. Ves -
s'Is, he said, could pass through the
canal at any time now if it was nee
essary that they should.
The canal builder said that he be
lieved that the present canal bill
should be repealed in so far^as it al
lows the passage of American coast
ing ships through the canal free of
charge. The intention of freeing a
certain class of ships was considered
as unfair and should not be persisted
la.
GENERAL VILLA KILLS AN ENGLISHMAN;
CAUSES CRISIS IN MEXICAN SITUATION
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William Benton, an Englishman, Is Shot By the Mexican Rebels At Juarez—Eu
rope Forms a Coalition Against President Wilson—English Papers
Demand Action At Once.
JUAREZ, Mexico, Feb. 21.—Charged
with having plotted against Gen. Vil
la, William Benton, an Englishman,
was taken from his hotel and placed
against a wall and shot at the order
ol the bandit general. The English
consul has demanded immediate pos
session of the body and all of the ef
fects of the dead man and has filed
a protest with Gen. Carranza because
of the shooting, which he claims was
unjustifiable and contrary to interna
tional law. He has wired a full ac
count of the killing to the English
ambassador at Washington and to
London ans is awaiting instructions.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21—Secretary
of State Bryan refuses to make any
comment upon the killing at Juarez
of an- Englishman by order of Gen.
Villa, the rebel general, but it is be
lieved that the English government
has sent a stro»g note to the State
department demanding that protection
for foreigners be guaranteed by the
American government.
The English ambassador and Sec
retary Bryan were in conference to
day followed by a conference between
, President Wilson and the Secretary of
j State. The incident is considered un
! fortunate here because of the inten
tion of the government to recognize
the rebels and of the lifting of the
embargo on arms, which was done to
aid them.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21.—The kill -
ing of William Beni on, the English
subject, upon the personal order of
Gen. Villa has brought the Mexican
situation to a crisis, is the statement
of a h'-b diplomatic officer of the
American government. It is known
now that the English ambassador has
received instructions to inform the
American State department that the
English government will no longer
tolerate the “watchfully waiting” pol
icy of the American administration,
while English subjects are being kill
ed or robbed. The note is believed
to be identical with one presented to
day by the representatives of the Ger
man and Spanish governments and one
report states that the Japanese gov
ernment has also joined in the pro
test against the inaction of the Wil
son administration, but this is not
believed to be true, although it is
pointed out that more than 9,000 Ja
panese subjects are now residing in
Mexico.
The rumor of a coalition against
the American Mexican policy is not
believed, although it is expected that
England will demand some action be
taken at once looking to the protec
tion of the subjects of King George
who reside in Mexico, either in rebel
territory or that controlled by Huerta.
It is said here that Villa has im
ported arms and ammunition enough
now to last him for many months and
that he no longer cares if the em
bargo is again placed on exports of
arms and war munitions from the
United States. Carranza and Villa
have spent all the money they have
and can secure no more, even w-ith the
bars up, and consequently they are not
at all anxious regarding what action
President Wilson shall take.
LONDON, Feb. 21.—The people of
England are greatly aroused at the
action of Gen. Villa in shooting to
death William Benton, an English
man, and they demand that England
take some action looking to the end
ing of present conditions in the Mex
ican republic. Every papt^r this
morning came out w\th strong editor
ials demanding that the government
insist upon immediate action on the
part of the American government or
else that England and the European
powers step in and make peace.
EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 21. A mass
meeting was held in this city today to
condemn the Mexican pol'cy of Pres
ident Wilson, and Mexican refugees
and citizens in general attended and
participated. Resolutions declaring
that "the administration has repeat
edly suppressed the real facts of the
trouble along the border and have
kept the people of the I'nited States
ignorant of existing conditions” were
passed1.
The city is an uproar because of the
killing of Benton, who was well known
here, and who never was known to
have been involved in the Mexican
muddle.
Jl'AREZ, Mexico, Feb. 21.—Uen.
Villa, the ex-bandit and robber, left
here on a special train as soon as
he had seen that his orders to execute
William Benton were carried out. It
is generally believed that he wished
to avoid the storm of public indigna
tion which he knew was sure to fol
low. It is expected that he will send
back a large force of troops to main
tain order in the city, as the entire
populace are angry at the execution
and are believed to be aiding refugees
across the line, who may attack this
city, the chief port of entry for sup
plies for the rebel forces.
BANDITS BOLD UP
WASHINGTON TRAIN
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Kill Three Passengers of Great
Northern Train—Escape in Woods
Near Burlington.
BELLINGHAM, Feb. 21.—1Three
masked men boarded a train of the
Great Northern railroad at Uurlington,
20 miles south of here, held up the
train crew, killed three passengers
who endeavored to resist the robbers,
and then escaped to the timber in the
mountains. A posse is now in pur
suit and bloodhounds have been tele
graphed for to track the men. The
police of all surrounding cities have
been notified and are watching for
the men, who have considerable loot.
The masked men ordered all of the
passengers to hold up their hands, but
three men grappled with one of the
robbers and he turned his automat
ic gun loose upon them, killing all
three. The entire contents of the
magazine was emptied into tneir oou
ies and then he drew another, threat
ening any passenger who moved a
hair with instant death. One of the
robbers fired a number of shots into
the ceiling of the car, terrorizing the
passengers, who thereupon held out in
the aisle all of their valuables, which
one of the bandits collected.
As soon as word of the robbery was
brought lier£ a special train started
for the scene with railroad and pri
vate detectives and a posse was or
ganized to hunt down the bandits at
once.
The Seattle police have been noti
fied and are on the lookout for the
men. It is not known how much the
robbers secured, but it is known that
it amounted to several thousands of
dollars in money and Jewelry.
Sampson Reaches Spirit City.
SEATTLE, Feb. 21.—The steamer
Sarhpson', of the Admiral line, will
reach this city this evening accord
ing 'to a report received by wireless
from the master of the vessel. The
boat will sail north on schedule time
Feb. 25.
STEAMSHIP LINES
SETTLE TROUBLES
Will Divide the Atlantic Steerage
Business According to Tonnage
of Steamers.
NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—The trans- j
atlantic rate war between the two:
German steamship lines, the Ham- j
burg and the North eGrman Lloyd, \
has been settled, the trouble lasting I
only one month. The pool of the J
passenger business has been adjusted j
satisfactorily to all the English, Ger- j
man and French lines, and will be j
divided according to tonnage of the
steamers.
The big steerage passenger business
expected this summer, especially from
the Balkan states and Austria, caused
the settlement of the trouble. It is
stated that 1,000,000 immigrans will
reach America from Southern Europe
this summer because of the expected
war in the Balkans and the unsettled
political conditions, besides the finan
cial trougles and the general hard
times.
HYDROAEROPLANES
TO CARRY LIGHTS
WASHINGTON, ePb. 21—The De
partment of Commerce today ruled
that when hydroaeroplanes are sued
for carrying passengers they are 10
be classed as moior boats and must
carry lights, life belts, fire extin
guishers and are in -general subject
to the same rules and regulations of
other sea craft.
The ruling was made because of
the line of hydroaeroplanes operated
from Tampa to St, Petersburg, which
is in daily use and carrying many
passengers, and has become a finan
cial success for its owners.
Dandy chunge of pictures tonight
|at the Orpheutn.
SEATTLE PLANS
BIG GELE6BATI0N
In Honor of the Passage of Cham
berlain Bill February 28, the
Date Selected.
SEATTLE, Feb. 21.—'The celebra
tion to be held in this city because
of the passage by congress of the
Chamberlain railroad bill will take
place on Saturday, Feb. 28, accord
ing to the tentative plans arranged by
the Chamber of Commerce and the
city authorities. Xo expense will be
spared by the city to make the affair
one long to be remembered.
Seattle merchants predict that mil
lions of dollars worth of merchandise
will pass through this city in the next
twelve months and that thousands of
people will go to Alaska from here,
all leaving a small amount of loose
change.
Special Saturday change of pictures
tonight at the Orpheum. Gettysburg
extra tomorrow evening with special
music.
CAVEMEN LIVE IN
HEABfl CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Fob. 21.—The police to
day discovered three men living in a
cave underneath the sidewalk in the
most aristocratic section of the city,
where they had been for months tin
disturbed. The men were routed out
of their home and ordered to seek
shelter somewhere else. The cave the
men had was near one of the most
exclusive'hotels in the city and it was
fitted up for a home by the men, who
say they accidentally discovered the
place, and having no place to sleep
they preferred to save the ten cents
a night charged by the lodging houses.
\V. M. bevose' arrived in town yes
(erday from the Cliff mine.
DRIVE VICE FROM
Fight of Ten Years is Won by Re
formers—Kenyon Plan Adopted—
Restricted District Abolished.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—The na
lional capital’s vice district is on the
move. The new Kenyon "injunction
and abatement” law will forever re
move this sewer spot in the city. Be
cause Washington is the first large
eastern city to adopt this “Iowa idea”
the operation, of the new statute will
be watched with interest all over the
country.
The Kenyon measure, in brief, pro
vides that any citizen may obtain an
injunction against use of apy prop
erty in the district for immoral pur
poses. on showing that the property
is thus used. Iowa cities adopted such
a law half .1 dozen years ago and have
succeeded in ridding their environs of
the segregated vice d'strict.
It had long been the boast of the
Washington police department that
Washington’s tenderloin was “the
safest place in the city.’’ and that
boast was not baseless. It was a rare
occasion for any of the unfortunates
to be taken into court, and arrests of
habitues of the houses or of casual
visitors were far from frequent.
The Washington^ tenderloin has
been semi-officially recognized and
rigidly restricted on the theory that
it meant that the residential sections
would be kept absolutely “clean”—
and they have been up to the present
i time, with mighty few exceptions.
It was also proved by the police
that this semi-official recognition and
segregation meant that Washington’s
streets, by day or night, were abso
lutely free of-street walkers. The wo
men of the segregated district were
known and registered as such, . and
they knew that "street walking"
would mean exile from Washington.
Persons who have openly or secret
ly opposed thp Kenyon measure have
prophesied that stamping out of the
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HIGHER WAGES
Arbitrators, After Three Months, Give
Annual Raise of $100,000 to Bur
lington Men.
CHICAGO, Feb. 21.—After three
months deliberation the arbitrators
between the railroads and the train
men gave their decision today. The
trainmen of the Burlington system
of whom there are live thousand will
receive an annual increase totaling
$100,000.
The commission lined a minimum
salary for conductors on the road at
$124 a month: for baggagemen the
lowest rate wil lhereafter be $80, and
brakemen will receive not less titan
$75 a month.
The men are disappointed at the
award, fully expecting that tl • y
would receive a larger minimum wa -e.
SCHOOL CHILDREN
PAWN THEIR BOO <S
CHICAGO, Celt. 21.—A social work
er lias just made public a statement
to the effect that school children steal
the school books give nthem at school
and pawn them; taking the proceeds
to buy chewing gum and attend the
"movies.” The school authorities
have ordered an investigation and will
prevent the continuation of the prac -
tice.
IS HELD UP
Succeed in Securing Package of Cur
rency Wcrth $40,000—Overlook
Package With $10,000.
BIRMINGHAM, Kng., Feb. -1.
Three masked men held up the Queen
and Crescent passenger train last
night and secured a registered pack
age containing currency totaling S40,
000 and made good their escape. That
the robbers knew of the money ship
ment, is the belief of the authorities,
and they hope to locate them. A
package with $10,000 was also in the
mail rifled, but it was overlooked and
thus escaped being taken.
Scotland Yard detectives, aided by
railroad and postal detectives, are
searching everywhere for the met; and
have offered several large rewards in
hopes of securing clues.
The shipment was fully insured.
STRIKE BREAKERS
KEPT PRISONERS
Michigan Operators Misrepresented.
Facts, Say Miners, Who Were Forc
ed to Work at Point of Gun.
HANCOCK, Mich* Feb. 21- .V
number of miners called before (he
congressional investigating committee
today testified that they had been
brought here upon the representation
that the strike had ben ended and
that there was plenty of work, but.'
that when they arrived at the ini-:es
they found the strike was still on 1 u*
they were compelled to work, being
kept in the mines by armed guard:
The committee will remain here 'or
several days continuing the probe
to conditions In the strike zone.
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