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v SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 15,1914 NO. 230
\ ((L >s>• _ . - — ■ ■ , , —
ON CROW CRffK
Rich l*a> Struck and SHHl.OOO Will Re
taken Out Within 10 Oa>
'Idle C row l vti*K ?♦! iuiiut * ** np» >
has just run on to a t«l n t;
stroali ami as a rrsu’t tV.i> sum of
$l-.0t»0 has been Cleaned up trow tour
days* siuiciiijr* The cod was brouu *t
« . i... J, i 2 I 1 ulVo ivm»
to tverard toita: o> ..,a
.»■ • > (. »»w v.i rs ii! tile o • ’ ei 11 • an t
was taken b\ ' hn to * •> or. tiw
Atanu ia.
- , * '> .'/I -' It .»•’* i* •*'*>.
The «it*i ‘ tr*‘ streak is «<>o ice
:i* !■ • • • »l at tH* »;* ’*>
a ;»m ivdira; *:* * t rt" k '
tb' »• »j ■ »m - : • >iu'ht * e >* d* —
tfiets than ‘cop'e had deivd to !u»j»
The <>\vn» - oi le ’ row ( re»*k
property are H. I« dat e. 1 ick Iktv*
son. Charles R. Rrown. X. i». Seiner.
R. R. Rhode- and Harry X’ tt* r.
MOKH \ \ IS INC KNSKH
\| COMMITTKK RKPOKT
Young John Pierpont Hemes That He
Refused Rooks to In\esHgators
XKW YORK. July 14.—John Pier
pont Morg: n went into a rage today
when the report of the commission
was read about the investigation inv«
the affairs ot the New daven rail
road. He denies absolutely that he 1
refused to let the investigators loo?c
over the books of the company or over
his own books which contained nn\
data which had a bearing * r. the sub*
pet.
, Th“ Interstate Commerce commis
sion which made its report declared
that it would not try to place the
blame as between Morgan and Mellen
and Morgan regards ih.s statement
as a virtual accusation against him
self of having d< >troyed the New Ha
ven property.
BIG DANCE I \KES I'L U E
I'OMURKOW EVENING
Baseball < iub Will (.iw* .• Most En
joyable lime in Railroad
Building
.Thursday evening a*, the Railroad
%i,i ing the Seward 1 1 all duo
wiii give another of the;1* enjoyable
dancing parties. It is the intention of
the dub to give a series ot these a.
fait s and tht last one given was such
a success that the management has
decided to give another at once, ihe ;
door i* in first class condition ami tne
best music obtainable wilt oe in a -
tendance. Dancing will start at id
p. m. sharp. The general public is *
cordially invited to be present and en
joy the evening and inciuentlv assist
the Seward baseball team *n a tiniiu
cial way.
CONGRESSMEN ALSO
VOTE FOR OLD MILEAGE
Lower House Agrees \Nith Senate
That 20 C ents a Mi'e Is
Not Too Much
W AS H l N (;T OX. J uF • 14The
house today votes! that the 20 cen
mileage for the traveling expenses of
representative's should ho retained
and no further effort wPl he made to
have the allowance deercu >ed as the
senate voted it* favor of J'e retention
of th*» old amount also, ':'he vote in
the lower house, howevei, was very
close ami the minority v.hi h voted to
reduce the mileage al A" an< e came
very nee a majorit\. Among
those w ho voted to ret *' * * the o !
mileage were F ndorv,ood a.nd Mann.
SWEAZY ELECTED
At the primary meet ion held «c
Cooper Creek. IF E. Swcazy was
elected delegate to the Saigway con
vention. John Honan, territorial com
mitteeman, belongs to this » reeinct.
Curtain r*xii* at J. L. Graef s.
I.OX PON. July 1 Ireland b>o!<s
v;.n ,• to pear*- to la\ than il has tor
*v\ * ears and the ’’eeling now is op
i inns', ic in a.1! quarters an i among the
, dlu cuts of a'' parties.
li e chief reason tor tins feeling ot
li,,j>c t**nus from the fae that tin*
house of lords last night passed the
t, ird reacting of the Home Rule
.mending bid \ huh eliminates some
of the counties of l Iste* ‘coin the
operation of tin* Homo Rule bill itse ‘
for a period o ’ six years. The pass
n'g of tin* amending bit! virtually
means that tin* lords nave ••arm* to the
conclusion that Home ilu'e for Ire
land is inevitable ami that their only
’-ope no * is to satisfy t.n* c aim." c>>
• . opponents in I’lster. i he vo*e as
to h**lher tie* counties will remain
not is i xpe* *( to *(•.> } t i to.**
n *r declaring in f;;vo **’ remain
i*ig out of tt'e Irish gov* * ament for
*hc hx \ ears stipulated 1- d in all the
other o :nties of t "t< f . n* majc .t\
of the }>••«*I>!" ar. II! fsr^r •*:' 'Om*
!*«!•• ;•* ..'••• •; -J •• «-*: tics of
the othei threi provim *'".
InvpHHiiatety a ter the ’ * - -'"1' * ‘ °*
rlu* third readim • of *1 •* am; mime it
tpy y *;,lwa a1 -on, °.i •' o* Ho
- nth home rub was st » i mo red to
London trom Keifas* o>** i u *i* p*>m
of entering into a eon! “ence with
•. r>re"«*ntativ« s of a>! parties with a
view to settling the ditlcv* wes and
avoiding civil war. It is almost cer
tain now that he will agree to a
p* aveful acceptance of the bill and
tin* amendment as the !o* is by thee*
action have practically committed the
conservative party to Home Rule and
the loss of the support of the great
Knglish party would mean that ho
could not hope to defeat the seif gov
eminent measure by force of arms.
In the meantime the Lister arms
and the Nationalist army of volun
leers are drilling and smuggling arms
and ammuntion into the country but
it is hoped that both forces will he
disbanded ver\ soon and that Ireland
will settle clown to a peviod of great
prosperity.
COMMITTEE EXONER \TES
CTRRENCY COMPTROLLER
( barge of Ising Official Paper t >
Promote '-lint* Is Not i pheld
WASHINGTON. July L\—The ro- l
port of the senate eomn ktee which
has be**n investigating charges
against the comptroller of the cur
rency and some senators was issued
today and completely exonerates the ;
comptroller and the others. I hey
w« re charged with having used tht
« tlicial government paper in their at
tempt to promote a mining companv ,
in North Carolina and the committee
has been busy tor several days going
into the subject. While the finding of
the committee is favorable to the men
charged there is present in the report
a suggestion that legislators and offi
cials should be careful not to leave
themselves open to the suggestion
that they are using then offices for
such purposes.
LOOKS BAD FOR WOMAN
ACCUSED OK MURDER
Mr-. Carman’s Maid Contradicts Her
Former Evidence in C ase
MINKOLA, N. V., July 15.—Nine
witnesses were heard before the
grand jury yesterday in the case of
Mrs. Carman who is charged with the
murder of Mrs. Louise Hailey. On
the whole the evidence was unfavora
ble to the accused woman and ever,
her own maid contradicted the evi
dence which she had given before at
the inquest and which was regarded
as the most favorable bi* of testi
mony for her employer. This girl
now admits that she saw Mrs. Car
man enter the kitchen after the
shooting although she denied the fact
before and as the question of Mrs.
Carman’s coming into tnc kitchen is
one on which the case hinges the evi
dence of the maid before the grand
jury is of prime importance. The
ease still continues to be the most
talked of crime for many years.
SEWARD Jl RYMKN
The following three men have been
selected from Seward on the trial
jury for the October term of court to
be held here: H. K. Ellsworth, Char
ley Crawford and Georgj Long.
55.000 RAILROADERS
DECIDE 10 QUIT WORK
ALL ARRANGED
ON MAIL ROUTE
Carrier* \II \ppointed for I he W ork
Retween Seward and Iditarod
everything is now settled and fixed
by Colonel Revelle for the carrying of
the mails between this city and Idi
tarod during the eomituf winter and
the n( v route promises to prove so
favorable that Seward will re chosen
before iony* as the place from which
the n.ails will start lor *ther and
fere imnortant j)la» es fa» awa\ front
o'--n water. ( o!one! Revelle h i
•o vo j) arrange with .loo Richardson
and .! ilius Schalk for *.• t r» tion of
roadhouses this w inter oetvecu Crow
id*< •!< and i\nik on tl. • mail r.mte and
Sport Smith. the noted ra**rb<* of
S.*wa*d IN ninsula. has b *eu apooint: d
T*> carry the mail on the Rainy lb s
r ,u‘e. This appointment lii’s th”
j,o 1 route between tl : e.*y and
! i:* .on at >d nothiittr n*>' r m utis In *
to siiovr the j) rstoihco d't'iut eient thou
this is the only route to *e inter o**
• :ntil the ra'lcoad will be i• :■ 11 wher.
:.! 1 Vaska mail will be shipped from
CiIICACO, duly 11. -Kifty-five
thousand railroad engineers and lire
men voted today unanimously in fa
vor of a strike on 1)8 western rail*
roads, liefore the vote >o go on.
strike the proposal to submit the dif
ficulty to arbitration was turn* d
down but negotiations are still going
on between representatives of the*
companies and those of the union and
there is still good foundation for the
hope that the great strike will be
averted.
Immediately after the *ote, when b
became known throughout the coun
try. business interests I)'* umc uneasy
and some dislocation may be expected
until ’he matter has been stalled. 'file
.-trike would he of -uch a nature that
no! a part of the United States wou <!
escape4 from the ' onsi queries. i ' *
most significant part of the proceed
ings ..t the m*cting of the men v as
that ail seemed to be strongly in a
v*»r <C -t tikig4 and putting ;.n end to
■he constantly iwirring dillici.'ltie
which thev de<\;.*‘'d t o* I'nnipaiiifs
f'»i*e creating by their treatment of
the (r< v s.
C. {’. Reid, assistant to tiv j.“f C
.'••• i « f the Northern Pati’V railroad,
went out over the railroad yesterday
with Colonel Swan it z and < r. A. Kyle.
Ho was accompanied by Mis. Reid.
FAMILY 01 IHIfRTA IN
FLIGHT—ALL iS OVER
—
MEXICO CITY, July 15.—That all is over w ith Huerta
and his government was the general opinion here today
w hen it was learned that members of his family and many
of his closest relatives and friends had taken train for
Vera Cruz with the intention, no doubt, of fleeing the
country. Among the party which left was the Blanquet
family and this fact strengthens the belief that the presi
dent and his chief adviser have come to the conclusion
that the end is in sight and that safety for their families
can only be secure far away from the capital.
Ahead of the train which took away the Huertas and
the Blanquets were two military trains to guard against
the capture of the fleeing people and behind the train
came another one filled with federal soldiers.
It is expected that on the arrival of the fugitives at
Vera Cruz they will place themselves under the protection
of the United States authorities but that they will leave as
soon as possible for some foreign country, probably in
Europe.
Many people believe that the arrival of the news here
that after the train has reached Vera Cruz will be fol
lowed immediaiv.y by some important announcement by
Huerta and his government and that this announcement
w ill be to the effect that he is ready to quit and leave the
country hardly any one doubts.
EL PASO, July 15.—The rebels have given out the in
formation that they are now ready to enter Mexico C ity
within seven hours of the fall of Huerta and they look for
this fall at a much earlier time than has been generally ex
pected.
The fall of Guadalajara has completely disheartened i
the federals according to the reports from various parts i
of Mexico and no one here believes that any serious op
position will be met with by the Constitutionalist forces
from this time until the taking of Mexico City itself. A j
well-known Mexican olliciai who is friendly to Huerta
stated today that Huerta will step down before the end of
a week, i his iiu;.i u.,as mat his name be suppressed but |
he is know n io be in n.e confidence of the present adminis
tration of that republic.
CHARGED WITH A
SEKIOt S OFFENSE
L. V. Ray is a passenger on the i
I)ivigo for the westward loi .he pui
pose of defending two men who wi»»
be tried by the floating court at Xugh
agak on the charge of rape. The
names of the men are Goe,; and Seller.
A. C. Goss was formerly agdit of the I
X. C. company. The offense is alleg
ed to have taken place at A kta island.
Mr. Ray will be away for some time,
possibly until the middle of Septem
ber.
IS CRAZY MAX LOST
P. F. Cummings, who arrived in
Seward on the Alameda, states that a
crazy man who was being taken down
from Valdez on the last trip of the
Admiral Evans was lost curing the
journey and has not been found. It is
said that he was locked up closely in
his room but that he managed to
squeeze cut through the port hole and
jump overboard. Confirmation of this
story is lacking, however.
•Fishinpr tnckle at J. L. Graef'8.
PAIWV
G wi AS
United States Lighting and Heating
C ompany With $17*01*0,000
Capital t ails
IJUFFALO, July 14.—The Unite i.
States Lighting and Heating com
pany went to smash today and the
fear is entertained that in its fa!! t
will bring <*th«*i* large houses down to
ruin. The company is capitalize 1 U>:
si7,000,000 and among o lien* activi
ties it manufactured cur lights a1'
carried on a tremeudou-Sy large l»usi
n<*'S in almost ' "« > y wiy o: t: -*
Uniteii States.
Immediately alter the o w- came
tIn.t tin com pan-’ had i-< #i?'< t- -
rapt it w;ts announced t ha tim ai ;■»*<»
was due to tie mismanagement by
directors and rumors as to sev
eral .scandalous transactions were
noised abroad I run e aie many on
the other hand who declare that the
failure is due only to th * dullness of
times and that it will .».• iViowed I*'
many others in the near 4*uturc. The*
smash is. of course, also being placed
at the door of the administration in
Washington but this is to !•«* expected
now at all times and people here in
the east are becoming slower in
charging all the ills of the nation to
the Democratic government.
It is already said that as a result
of the failure greater care will be
taken in future to prevent corpora
j tions from taking the name of the
United States for use in naming
companies as such a name leads
many of the unthinking to believe
that a corporation with such a name
I must be powerful.
CANADIAN PACIFIC WANTS
TWO MILLION DOLLARS
Decides to Bring Suit For 'That
Amount Against the Owners
of the Storstadt
MONTREAL, July 14.—The Cana
dian Pacific Railroad company has de
cided to bring suit against the former
owners of the ship Storstadt which
rammed the Empress of Ireland and
sent her to the bottom. The finding
•
of th3 investigating commission was
that the captain and the officers of
the Storstadt were guilty of causing
the collision and this finding is re
garded as a good ground for securing
a verdict in the courts. The former
owners of the Storstadt are said to be
very wealthy and one of the greatest
law suits on record may 1 e expected.
THIRTY THOUSAND RAT
TRAPS TO BE USED
Plague Spreading at New Orleans
and Rats Must Be Exterminated
NEW ORLEANS, July i4.—Under
the direction of the federal authorities
the city of New Orleans has ordered
30,000 traps to begin at once the ex
termination of the rats which are
blamed for the spread of the plague.
The spreading of the plague within
the last few days has been the source*
of the greatest uneasiness and it is
evident that a most determ ned cam
paign must be undertaken to stop it.
The number of rats which it is esti -
mated must be destroyed is 400,000
or more than one to every person in
the population of the city.
The baseball game next Sunday
will be fought out between the teams
of Captains Buckley and Manthey.
Both captains arc confulert of victory
The grounds will be in good shape.
Charley Xutter is now removing the
grand stand from the old grounds
the new and is making fi le progress.
New line of runs, ammunition, sportinr
roods. Builder’s hardware and tools. Brown
& Hawkins Hardware and Furniture Depart
ment. Quality first.
Just received, a shipment of Hills Bros.
Blue Can Coffee, sellinr at 10 cents the pound.
Br.own & Hawkins. Quality first.
Special Sale of watches, jewelry
and diamonds to reduce stock. George
the Jeweler. lw
New line fancy candies, box choco
lates and hard candies at Martin's
Candy Kitchen.
ROAlK, .1 t y i:>. (ir**e, • h;:. oir
moiv in' •.<!<•«! Albania an•> «*rs<n> ag.i a
*.he Ra'kaii fienlnsula is tnreateu* I
with a bloody war. On* big batik
took place* ye.-d'*r<lay Ji. ‘ ove r th •
Albanian border when a ; * it or o
of (Iree*k regulars marched aewoss t' •
frontier and drove* 100,000 Albanian
troeros before the m.
'i'he* (ireek army was dresso.l a
Kpimtes for the purpose of disgui.se
but for what intention is n ■>» ye*t maeh*
clear although t.\o r asoi.s an* giver.
One of these* reasons is that ti e*
(Jrcoks wisheel to >te*a; a * ;; re h or the
Albania!'..- by keeping .*■ ’’ Mo r na
tionality and the eel • •* Mia* th
gove*rnme*nt of Cl:*€**••«* !e> to nm i
hosti!it:e s without Sottinr * <• a- ' •
of K irope know Mia* * • n\ -A in
vasion was na**t <•* tie* i» a •
fore#*;s. Son.'* of tie ;•<>*• • in -
to b'* he*}'.: nd * * *• > : :■ • • •
th* ir ot> ,r<'t * o ro t. it i<
p#»nilc• o" A Ibania at; 1 . o -k Ion* - o
plans <>f A stria It/ * t t H ,
<•fe• some e.f tic A at •
During t •* liiik.ling .1 . . b ov- •• t
tIn march f ?; • ' * os t •
frontier ma v ives v. *• * >n-t h it t* <*
*xu< t numben* has not he •• b •»:
The Albanians "bib* rv • -,t ng id 1
be*hinel rocks and mils and siieeee*ek*d
in picking oil* many of the invaeb-i
but the* (brooks are* said t > have1 ro
taliateei whe*never an Albanian f<*iI in
to their hands. The ligating was
chiefly of the guerilla kind as the* Al
banians were less organize ami were
without heavy guns.
LADIES VOTED
AT PRIMARIES
Delegates Elected Yesterday By Sew
ard Democrats to Territorial
Convention
I
' .
Six ladies of the Democratic fold
went to the poll yesterday ; t the elee
; tion of the Democratic <h vgates t.»
the Territorial convention which will
be held in Skagway on Avast M.
These ladies may at least claim the
honor of being the first k.dies ot
Alaska to vote in Alaska in connec
tion with national politics and under
the auspices of a club which is aflili*
1 ated with the national chibs of the
United States. At the election last
evening the ballot box p *»udly c r. -
lied the emblem of the Democratic
organization of clubs and the signifi
cant figure “Number 1”.
The total number ot votes cast w,n -
45. George Phelps headed the p< I'
with a vote of til) or ail bat six ot Mu*
votes cast. .Mr. Phelps bel eves then
I is no reason to believe* by ti s that no
got all the votes of the u en and got
i turned down by the six fairer voters.
I T. W. Hawkins and Dr. J. A. Baugh
man tied for second place, polling the
tine vote of 21) each. Next came \\.
| E. Hoot with 25 votes, H. E. EUs
) worth with 24 and Wayne Blue with
i 22. Sawyer. Fitzpatrick aid Matthl
; son were close up and all got good
1 support. The first named six will be
; delegates to the convention at Skag
j way where it is expected that some
interesting politics will be played,
i The chances are that the majority of
i these elected will not go to the con
vention hut will attend by proxy.
' That several will begin seeking fo_*
; those proxies immediately i: expected
: as some of the wise one* in othe>*
! places are always on the lot k out to
catch newly elected delegates.
In Democratic circles here the hope
! is expressed that the delegates elcct
! ed last evening will he on their guard
i against the irregular Der ocrats who
| might want to grab their proxies 'or
the injury of the regular uarty. Las1
election the proxies of fieri elected
and instructed for the regulars were
captured by the very onnj. ite side in
some districts. The mmination of
Falcon Joslin by the Skagway Der^
ocrats is regarded as promising a new
j line up altogether in territorial pol?
tics and a big contest fo** ihe nonf *
i nation.
W. H. Dunce, a mining engineer
from Los Angeles and an old friend
of W. W. Stoddard of this city, is a
round-tripper on the Alameda. He
expressed the greatest delight when
speaking of the scenery along the
coast.
Lorn? distance telephone booth at the
Branch. •