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THE ALASKA EVENING POST
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\olume XL Number 91__;_\_\______
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GERMAN AND HINDU
CONSPIRATORS ARE
HELD IN NEW YORK
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HOBOKEN. N, J., Tuesday, March 6.—Bomb plots of
a wholesale nature including a possible plan of attack on
the president were revealed here yesterday afternoon in
the arrest of Fritz Kolb, who confessed that he had an oc
complice who intended to go to Washington and “get
President Wilson.”
Kolb was captured as he was leaving his hotel room,
after being shadowed several days. In the room were
found several completed <oti..js and quantities of ex
plosives.
It was after Kolb had been taken to police head
quarters for examination that it was said he had confess
ed concerning the activity of his accomplice. Warning
to look out for the latter was sent to Washington and he
is being sought by all police officials in neighboring towns.
PLAN TO INVADE INDIA FROM CHINA
NEW YORK. Tuesday, March 6. — Dr. C. Hanadol
i Chakiaberty, a hindu. and Dr. Ernest Sckunner, a Ger
man. were arrested today on the charge of conspiring to
set up a military expedition against a friendly power in
* violation of the neutrality of the United States.
At police headquarters it was stated that the men
after being confronted with the evidence confessed that
they had plotted under the direction of Wolf von Igle to
invade India by way of China with an organized and fi
nanced force.
MAYOR GILL CALLS
IMPORTANT WITNISS 3
4 SEATTLE, Tuesday, March 6—Attorneys for Mayor
Hi Gill sprung the first sensation for the defense today,
when they subpoenaed Rev. Matthews, Editor Blethen of
the Seattle Times, District Attorney Allen and John
Evans, formerly newspaper investigator for the Times,
who disappeared on the eve of the grand jury investiga
tion.
Logan and Fred Billingsley and Pielow, pleaded guilty
this morning to the charges before the federal court,
growing out of the “whisky ring” investigation.
SENATE WILL BE HANDED NAMES;
NAME MARTIN MAJORITY LEADER
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WASHINGTON, Tuesday, March 6. — Democratic
senators in caucus today elected Martin of Virginia to be
majority leader in the senate, succeeding Senator Kern,
Senator Walsh lost the honor after a determined fight by
his friends.
Fourteen hundred nominations sent to the senate dur
ing the 64th Congress, which it failed to confirm prior to
the adjournment Sunday, will probably be returned to
that body at the present extra session.
Dr. Grayson’s name was again sent to the senate for
appointment.
EIGHT LOST IN
VANCOUVER FIRE
VANCOUVER, B. C., Tuesday,
Mar. 6.—Eight lives were lost this
morning when the Coquahalla hotel at
Hope was burned.
The dead include, Tom Wilson,
Dominion fruit inspector, Bert Ready,
Wm. McKeever, Robert Campbell,
Thomas Taylor and Tom Kehoe,
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miners- and lumbermen of Vancouver,
and two others.
i. w. w. trial is
ON AT SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Tuesday, March (>.—
Trial of the 74 members of the I. W.
W. for murder in connection with the
Everett riots has been commenced
before Judge Ronald.
CREW SENT TO |
i CLEAR ROCKS j
FROM KENAI
Forest Service Commences i
Improvement of Trails
in U. S. Reserve
True to the announcement made
last year, T. M. Hunt of the forestry
service sent a crew of men to Kenai
vestcrdav to clear the river of dang
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erous rocks. This is the lirst step in '
a move to establish trails and open
navigation throughout the Chugach
reserve on Kenai peninsula.
There are some rocks in the river
between Kenai and the lower lake
that were a constant source of danger
to boats running the stream and these
will be dynamited.
(iuides living below the present
forest boundary have generously of
fered to co-operate with the sendee
by cutting out brush at places where
it blocked the stream.
According to Hunt engineers from
the bureau of public roads and rural
engineers will arrive during the com
ing season to lay out a trail to con
nect with the A. R. C wagon road over
Moose pass.
WILL SHIP BODY
OF FOSTER EAST
AT ELKS’ REQUEST
Advices were received from the
Klk’s lodge at Gloucester, Muss., by
l*. S. Commissioner Prank Knnis, to
day to ship for interment there the
body of Harry C. Foster, former
mayor of that city, who died here yes
terday.
Knnis, who is a member of the or
der, wired yesterday for instructions,
which were received at once, directing
him to have the body embalmed at the*
expense of the Gloucester lodge.
R. J. Weir, in charge of this divi-i
sion of the U. S. R. R., under whom
Foster was employed in engineering
work wired to the brother of the
deceased, who is supposed to be re
siding at Cambridge, Mass., but had j
not received a reply at noon today.
P'oster, immediately prior to his
death had been engaged on the en
gineering on the Seward dock and on j
the dock being erected by the com mis- j
sion for the San Juan Fishing and ;
Packing company.
George Palmer left on the Admiral
Watson yesterday on a round trip to
Kodiak after whih he will go to San
Francisco to purchase stock for his
stores in Knik and Anchorage.
PARLIAMENTARY SHARKS RLOCKEO
ROAD FUND ITEM IN THE HOUSE
Information received by mail yes
terday shows that Representative
Gordon of Ohio, Democrat, assisted
by Representative Stafford of Wiscon
sin, Republican, and not Delegate
| Wickersham blocked the $500,000 ap
propriation for wagon roads in Alas
ka when the army bill was before the
: house. This bill was lost by being
! blocked in the senate after the item
| was restored and no money will be
| forthcoming unless there is a special
j session of congress.
Gordon and Stafford put up the kick
and although the laws of the past 12
years provided for this manner of ap
printing: money for roads and trails
in Alaska there was no authority of
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law for the item and Chairman
Saunders* of the committee of the;
| whole finally ruled it out. Gordon |
and Stafford are keen parliamentar
ians and picked this as an opportun
ity to show off.
i Col. Ricahrdson chairman of the Al
aska road commission was in the hos
pital at the time undergoing: treat
ment for his eyes and unable to ap
! pear before the committee
Elmo Smith returned from Anchor-1
ag:e last nig:ht and will leave on the
! Admiral Watson for Seattle.
SCHOONER HAROLD BLEKUM
WRECKED AT EAGLE HARBOR
CREW IS SAFE AT KODIAK
FIRST OF BIG
CANNERY FLEET!
REACHES PORT
Libby, McNeil and Libby;
Have Motor Ship
Building Now
The cannery tender Willard B. for
Libby, McNeil & Libby’s Cook in
let plant, first of the Alaska cannery
fleet to sail for the north, arrived yes
terday f*^> Seattle enroute to Kenai.
She sailed at 5:80 but finding the
weather too thick for her liking out
side, returned and started again this
morning. The Willard B. left Seat
tle on Washington’s birthday and was
followed a day later by the schoonei
Salvator in tow for Kenai.
The next ship of the fleet to sai
will be the bark W. B. Flint, som<
time after March 20, also for Kenai.
with the cannery' crew and genera!
supplies aboard. The Flint is being
overhauled and refitted at the John
Wilson yards here, the work including
the building of deck quarters for tht
cannery crew.
A motorship now building for tin
company at Portland will be ready foi
service shortly after May l anti wi’
probably stake one of the last sailing>
to the north for the company. Thi*
first ship is 220 feet over all, but ir
other respects has the same dimen
sions as the second. Another of thest
motor ships has been ordered.
BALDERSTON IS
CANDIDATE FOR
SCHOOL BOARD
Harry S. Balderston, cashier of th<
Bank of Seward is the first to makei
official announcement of his intention j
to be a candidate at the coming muni- j
cipal election.
Balderston seeks support for elec
tion to the school board, succeeding
Dr. J. H. Ttomig, treasurer of the
board, whose term expires this year.
The holdovers on the board are Mrs.
Frank L. Ballaine, whose term ex
pires next year and Merrill A. Martin,
whose term expires the year follow
ing.
KODIAK, Tuesday, March 6.—(By radio via Seattle.)
—The schooner Harold Blekuni, which sailed recently
from Seward to Kodiak after experiencing a rough trip
north, was wrecked Saturday night in Eagle harbor, on
Kodiak island. After the vessel was driven on the rocks
the crew escaped to shore and made their way here.
SUPREME COURT HANDS DOWN
NOTARLE DECISIONS; GERMAN
PRIZE CREW LOSE APPAM
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, March 6. — Among the
notable decisions handed down by the l nited States su
preme court today, are the following:
British claimants to the German prize ship Appam at
Newport were upheld in their suit to regain possession of
the vessel and cargo.
The German reservist Wernerhorn accused of dyna
miting the international bridge near \ anceboro, Maine,
lost bis claim that his offense was a justifiable act of war.
The cargo clause in the tariff law granting a 5 per
cent discount in duties on imports brought to the United
States in American ships was annulled as unconstitu
tional.
The Washington state industrial insurance act, the
New York compulsory workman’s compensation law and
the Iowa workman’s compensation code were upheld.
HOUSE ORGANIZED BUT SENATE
STILL DEADLOCKED 4 TO 4
JUNEAU, Tuesday, March 6.—Permanent organiza
tion of the house was effected today and Luther C. Hess,
of Fairbanks was elected speaker. A. H. Zeigler of Ju
neau was named chief clerk.
Hess was a dark horse candidate. Committees were
appointed and the house adjourned out of tespect to the
memory of Representative Heid.
The deadlock continued in the senate. Aldrich has
four votes for president and Hubbard the same.
CHINESE CABINET
QUITS IN A ROW
OVER SUB WARFARE
PEKING, Tuesday, March 6.—The
cabinet has decided that China should
join the United States in breaking off,
relations with Germany because of
unrestricted sub warware, but the
president refused to approve the (ub
inet’s action, saying that such power
rested entirely with him.
Premier Tuan Chi Jui, immediately
resigned and left for lientstin, ac-j
companied by several other members
of the cabinet.
WOULD AVOID BREAK
AMSTERDAM, Tuesday, March 6.
—Austria has agreed to support Ger
many in her submarine warfare but
will make certain concessions to the
United States to prevent a break of
diplomatic relations.
FIRST WOMAN VOTER DIES
LOS ANGELES, Tesday, March 6.
Mrs. Lydia Sharpless first woman to
cast a ballot in California died here
today.
BOATS AND TRAINS
The Admiral Watson is due from
the westward Wednesday evening or
Thursday morning.
The Alameda is due in Cordova to
day.
The Admiral Evans is due in Ju
neau today.
The train will leave Thursday
morning at 8:30 for Mile 40.
Trails
With eight inches of new snow at
Mile 52 the trail has drifted, making
it very poor. The temperature at
Mile 52 is 30, 36 at Mile 71 and 30
at Mile 34.
THE WEATHER
Yesterday.
Maximum . 40
Minimum . .33
Current . 36
Weather . Cloudy
Wind . North
WEATHER TOMORROW
Unsettled and cooler.