WASHINGTON, D. C. April 15?
PiesUlent Tuft, the cabinet officers
and the leaders in congress held a
conference today to discuss whether
methods can be taken to stop the
" cornering" of the necessities of lif<'
by stock speculators.
The recent corner in wheat by
James Patten of Chicago, in which
the price of wheat was raised to $!.2S
and a general advance in the pric<
e flour, caused the conference.
TROUBLE AHEAD FOR ROOSEVELT
(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
MOMBASSA. Africa. April 13? A
cablegram was reclevod hero toda>
from Theodore Roosevelt at Aden. It
stated that he has decided not to stop
at Mombassa, but will pass through
i! rectly into the Interior, to the ranch
ot S*- Alfred Pease.
There is a monsoon rasing here
today and an outbreak of small po>
i reported in the Interior. The in
t< rior natives are also threatenluii t<
so on the war path.
ADEN*. Persia. April tr.? Theodore
Koosevelt arrived here this morniiu
on the steamer Admiral. He was
greeted by the English residents am.
given a banquet.
BILL 10 SLOP
SPECULATION
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. April 13?
Representative Charles F. Srott of
Kansas today introduced a bill in the
House making it unlawful to specu
late in the "futures" of wheat, corn
co 'on and other agricultural product;.
WIRELESS STATION O.t YUKON
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 13?
The construction ot' a wireless tele
graph station at St. Michaels, the
nouth of the Yukon river, has been
n. dered by the Department of the In
?.erior. The station will be operated
during the summer months only.
Tin- Jefferson passed Ketchikan at
10 o'clock this morning and will ar
rive here tomorrow evening.
SKAGWAY ii
GETS FAI JOB
(By United Press.)
SPOKAN'K. Wash. April 13 ? .1 "lu
?nook. former deputy 1". S. marslia
of the F"irst judicial division of Alask
has boon appointed warden of tli*
state penitentiary of Idaho.
John Snook was formerly deputj
I . S marshal at Skagwny. He left
in re in Juno 1IHM and was suwwlet
by "Hani" Johnson. Mr. Snook is ;
relative of Marshal James Shoup
TARIFF FOB PHILIPPINES
(By United Press^
WASHINGTON*. D. C.. April l.*>
President Taft today sent a brie'
special message to congress askin;
tnat a tariff bill for the Pliilippiiu
Islands be passed along with tlii
Payne tariff bill.
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WASHINGTON, I). C. April 13? |
President Taft toiliiy sent the nomi
nations to the Senate of Tliomas
Lyons of Juneau, for Judqc of the
First judicial division and Dan Suth
L-iland of Nome as marshal for tljc
First division.
TURKISH US
CEASED TOUT
(By United Press.)
CONSTANTINO 1J1. 10, Turkey. April
i5 ? The rioting rife In this city for
the past two days lias almost ceased
today. The government Issued sev
eral pacifying orders and several reg
iments were mobilized in this city, it
I. thought that all danger of a re
hellion has passed.
(By United Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl. April 15 ? I
Capt. Wagner, master of the Star of!
Ucngal, which was wrecked near:
Wrangel last October, hart his license
rc voked today by the board of mar- j
lne Inspectors, lie will appeal tli<'
case as ho claims lie is not to blame |
for the accident.
SEATTLE. Wash. ? It is report oil
on the best authority that the Gug
genheim-Morgan sy ndicate content
I late. and in fact, has arranged for
the expenditure of millions of dollars
in its enterprises on ?! Sound and
? >i Alaska.
\ copper wire and copper products
piant at Tacotna. a line of lake ves
:?< is on the inside passage to Cordova
the virtual monopoly of the coal trade
of the west coast 01 North Antcrica;
'.ssiinilation of the Nippon Vuesen
Kaisha steamer line. These are the
piojecta on hand.
The Tacoiua plant lor which the
i->ntract has been completed, will re
?ju're an expenditure of a largo sum.
and will be the largest copper pro
ducing plant in the world. This is to
bt fed from the bonanza copper mine,
v. hlch is the terminus of the road
i'ow building from Cordova by the
Guggenheims.
h is said to be the plan to bring
around the Horn vessels recently turn
e<: over to the stockholders of the
.Mesaba 'roil mines by James J. Mill
of the Groat Northern railroad. These
bottoms are to be placed under .lap
? ese register and operated in conned
turn with the Nippon Vusen Kaisha
line to transport from Alaska the
thousands of tons of copper matte j
and the almost limitless amount of
high grade anthracite and bituminous
( ial owned by the syndicate to I'uget
Sound.
The coal fields, which are located
some thirty miles from Cordova, cove
thousands of square miles and both
bituminous and anthracite is found of
;> quality said to be superior to the
Pennsylvania product.
The sailing of vessels under the
Japanese flag is explained b.v the fact
t at lh?' United Stales has no ship
subsidy while Japan has. James J
I ill is said to be largely interest) il
i 'i tlii' Japanese line, hence tlx- plan
'i utilize the lake steamships which
ate not all required in the lake ore
< ; frying trade, and bring tliein under
the operation of a Japanese ship
subsidy.
The Guggenheim- Morgan-Hill com
bi nation will take over the Nippon
Y iiuen Kaislia and the bulk of the
Oriental traffic is expected now to go
over the Great Northern. The Gug
genheim railway building to the cop
per and coal fields in Alaska will, it
i expeted. be completed ill the fall
of next year.
GSGGElEiS BUY SINE
A. B. Curtis, manager of the Bon
anza Creek Gold mining conipary of
Dawson, who arrived on the Princess
May with Mrs. Curtis and left for the
interior Tuesday, was halted at Ben
nett by a telegram from New York
which stated that the bonanza Creek
mine had been sold to the Guggen
heim interests. Mr. and Mrs. Cur
tis will go south on the Jefferson and
return to New York. Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis are guests at the Pullen house.
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(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
WASHINGTON, I). C. April 15?
There will be faction in the Senate
when the tariff bill is reported from
the finance committee.
There is only one provision in the
bill on which there will be harmony,
'ilia* is the income tax feature. Re
publicans and Democrats alike will
?cte for this, but on the other pro
visions of the bill there will be a
lr.ck of unity.
Several warm fights are expected
when the various amendments come
?c a vote.
GQTGH TOSSES TERRIBLE TURK
(United Press Telegraph-Cable 8ervlce.)
CHICAGO. 111. April 15? Frank.
Gotch retained his title of world's J
champion wrestler by quickly ills-!
posing of Vuslf Mahinout, the giant
Turk, in two straight falls at the
Auditorium last night before an im
mense crowd.
Gotch won the first fall in S niln- j
ntes and pinned Mahmout's shoulders
t the mat for the second fall in 9
minutes.
Malunout weighed noarl 300 1
pi unds, but lie was no match for
Gotch, whose speed and cleverness
were marvelous. Shortly after the men
had shaken hands, Gotch seized tho
Turk's leg and dumped him on the
mat. After working over him for a
short time he secured his deadly toe
hold and the Turk rolled over.
The second fall was a repetition of
the first.
It was announced last nljht that
Gotch and Hackenschmidt, t'jc "Rus
sian ioLn," would wrestle at the A-Y
T at Seattle next summer.
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(Ey United Press.)
SAN FKANCISCO, Cal. April 15? |
The extra thirteenth Juror in the trial
<>l Patrick Calhoun was secured this!
morning and at - o'clock this after
noon Francis Heney, special prosecut
I
or, made his opening address to the
jury. <
SAILOR IS ACQUITTED
SAN FRANCISCO Cal. April 15?
William Gardner, the sailor charged
<vith murdering another sailor on the
whaler Bowhead, was acquitted for
lue second time today.
BRIBER GIVEN
ANOTHER TRIAL
(By United Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. April 15?
The district court has issued an order
for u new trial in the case of Louis
Glass, the president of the United
Telephone companies, who was con
victed of bribing city supervisors to
cbtaln legislation.
Sam Wall, former editor of The
Alaskan, has purchased a newspaper
it a small town near Los Angeles,
Cal., and will at once assume editor
ial charge of the paper. Mr. Wall is
ar, experienced newspaperman and
will undoubtedly be successful in his
new field.
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