lis IIP TO THEM
TO MAKE CHOICE
Washlnr'on, March 10 ? The fol
lowing g?t have been offer
ed the portfolio# to ambassador
ships. and their appointment simply
hinges upon their consent or re
fusal to accept:
Richard Olney, to Great Britain.
William McCombs, to France.
Attorney T W. Gregory, to Mex
ico.
Charles K. Crane, to Pekin.
San Francisco, March 10 ? Labor
leadei-s Clancy and Tveitmoe, arriv
ed here yesterday and were given a
rousing recoptlon, thousands of mem?
hers of labor arganlsations turning
out to greet the convicted dynamit
ers. In their replies to frequent i
calls for h street speech both the ]
men said their conviction was a gi
gantic plot by the erectors associa
tion to throw discredit upon the
labor organizations.
ENVY.
Shan the vice of envy. The soul
that is envious cannot be noble.
Envy should no more be allowed to
enter the heart than a hyena should
be let into the living room. Nothing
undermines and destroys the char
acter more than the indwelling of
envy.
WOMEN WILL RAVE
OVER THE HIC THREE
Washington, March 10 ? Senators
Works, Cltpp and Botts are the
big senatorial trio that will give the
suffragettes all the help that Is pos
sible in achieving votes for women.
All three of them ure out-and-out
believers In the equality of man aud
woman, and are supporting their
beliefs by working for the introduc
tion and passage of a national bill
that will grant equal rights In all
the states.
STAMPEDE 10
NEWJGGIN'S
Seattle, March 10 Skookum Jim
Mason and George Carmacks. in
company with about twenty sour
doughs with dog teams and equip
ment, are expected to leave tonight
on the Jefferson for the Teslin dis
trict. Skookum Jim is not saying
anything for publication regarding
the now discoveries, but from the
fact that some of his old acquaint
ances are going with the party lends
importance to the belief that he
has discovered something good and
is lotting his friends into the secret.
Atlin, March 10 ? (Special to the
Dally Alaskan ( ? Skookum Jim has
filed three claims In the new Tes
lin district, as follows: "Burnt
Blanket" on Moose Head Creek,
"Long Boat" on Trout creek and
"Big Skookum" on Sliver creek.
Since it has been made public
that Skookum Jim has recorded thf
claims there has been a renewal of
interest In the late discoveries and
more people are preparing to stam
pede to the diggings |
H M SUM
MS llffl til
Washington, March 10 ? Secretary
o* the Navy Daniels issued the an
nouncement today that in the fu
ture much Alaska coal would be
used in coaling the Pacific fleet
of government owned vessels. He
said that tests had shown the Alas
ka coal to be the equal of other
coals for steaming purposes and that
it would be his policy to encourage
the use of It more extensively
and so has put Into effect a move
ment that would soon result in the
greater use ofthe northern coal.
NEW SPRING****
...millinery...
now
Being
Displayed
H. J. Lynch
Tha Leading Ladies Furnisher and Haberdasher of Tkagway
Juneau, March 10 ? Thiee bills
wore introduced lu the house Sat
urday and placed 011 file without be
iug read. No. 1 was the Gaffney>
eight hour law for employes in mi 11-^
ea; No. 2 by Rep. Shoup grants suf-'
Tinge to women. No. 3 was an
eight hour law applying to mines, ]
In the Senate Bruner introduced
a Joint Memorial No. 2 asking fai
ths repeal of the license tax 011
Alaska railroads The Senate then
adjourned until 1 o'clock this after
noon. The House assembling again
at ten this morning.
Following is the text of the eight
hour bill Introduced by Senator
Roden 011 Friday, which was rO
ferred to the committee 011 Capital
and Labor consisting of Roden,
Kreedlng and Millard.
"An Act to declare employment in
all underground mines, underground
workings, open cut workings, open
I- tt workings, in, on, or about, and
u connection with, the operation
works, stamp mil's, concentrating
mills, chlorinating >rocessts and cy
anide processes, to be injurious to
health and dangerous to life and
l'mb; and to regul.ite and limit the
hours of employment in si id occu
pation!:
Be it Enacted by the Legislature
( ' the Territory of Alaska:
Sec. 1. Employment in all under
ground wo. kings, open cut workings
open pit workings, in, on, or about
and in connection with, the opera
tion of dredges, smelters, reduction
works, sttimp mills concentrating
mills, chlorinating processes and cy
anide process, is hereby d -clared |o
be injurious to health an 1 danger
ous to life and limb.
Sec. 2. That the period of em
ployment for all persons who are
employed, occupied or engaged, In
?crk or labor, of any kind or na
ture, in underground workings, open
cut workings, in search tor, or In
the extraction of, mineral1;, whether
base or precious, or who are engag
ed iti sin ) underground mines, and
derground workings, for other pur
poses. or who are employed, en
gaged or occupied, in other under
ground workings of any kind or
nature, open cut workings or open
pit workings, for the purpose of
tunnelling, making excavations or
to accomplish any other purpose or
design, or who are employed, en
gaged. or who work, in, on, or
about, and in connection with, the
operation of dredges, smelters, re
duction works, stamp mills, con- 1
centratlng mills, chlorinating pro
cesses or cyanide proc<-8ses, shall
not exceed eight (8) hours within
any twenty-four (24) hours, and
the said eight hours sh.nl! Include
the timo employed, occupied or con
sumed in descending to and ascend
ing from the point or place of work
In any underground mine, or under
ground workings, or the time oc
cupied or consumed in leaving the
surface of any tunnel, open cut or
place of work therein, and In re
turning thereto from said point or
place of work, and that it is the
purpose or Intent of this act that
the period of time between leaving
the Hurduse of underground work
ings, open cut; workings, ojien pit
{ wort Ings and tuhiieln, (or the point
'r place of work and in returning
thereto from said point -or place of
work shall not exceed eUht (8) houitf
within any twenty-four hours, pro
vided, that In caao of emergency,
?vhere life or property is in Immi
nent danger, the p?rlod of work
or labor may be pi-olonged during
the continuance* of such emergen
cy ..
Sec. 3. That any person or per
stons, body coiporate, general man
ager, superintendent or employer,
who shall violate any provision of
(ills act, and any |>erson who, as
foreman, inoiager, superintendent,
director or officer of a corporation,
or as employer or supeilor officer
of any person, shall command, per
suade or allow any person to violate
any provision of this act, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and up
on conviction thereof, shall be pun
ched by fine of not less than fifty
dollars nor more than fire hundred
dollars, or by Imprisonment not leas
than one month nor more than one
year or both such fine and Imprison j
went., and each day's violation shall |
constitute a separate offense." |
WICKKK8HAM TO ADDRESS
THK IJCGISIjATTRE TONIGHT
Juneau, March 10 ? The legisla
tive Assembly will hold p. Joint ses
sion in the hall of the House of
Tlopresentatlves at 8: SO tonight for
the purpose of hearing an address
ity the Hon. James Wlckeraham,
Lolegate 'o Congress ft \ Alaska
It is understood th >elegate
Wickersham will bring
i3sembly ?*i this aildre*
uected wita the code r<
ilig just what has ber>
matter of providing 11
displace the Carter Co
lieved that he will a)
t'le consideration of i
oi rtain phases of C?nsrr
islation that are or ri
Ala.ik.i and he will shui
co operation and support
sombly for these mattert
importance.
> thP
*s con
i dhow
it in the
ot s to
I' s be
st t. for I
if ibly I
>nat teg
erest to]
Hat tile I
the as
of great I
? SORROW AND j JN.
However well and hi >y and
successful we may be, ?o >w and
pain arc never far away ind the
world pain is everywhere, id there
is no peace or joy for us . my time
if we cannot feel that in a through
and over till the sicknc , sorrow,
pain and loss and shar and sin
there is the eternal t -dnesi?
John W. Chadwich.
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DISOOVKKKD l\ At Hfl
Reports bare Just arrired rid
Iditarod of Ibf discovery of high
grade coot In a- ranyon of U?? ttek
liver, which flows into th? Kuakok
-wlm buy below *Iiethe?. If Is
riaimed that a ledge 30 f?wt wide
with a 200 foot face has been lo
cated, but how fur up the R?k river*
the find whs ma le ia not known
The discoverers were ixigfld Mar
Pheraon, I'cDot aid and Bush. and
t /ve find waa mnde last wmibfr A
aaraple of the coal ran be seen at
the Idltarod Pioneer offfflne. It ia
apparently of excellent quality, and
tests made in a yukon stove show
It to leavs very little ash.
Outcropping* of ronl are said to
be quite (omrmn along the Kek
river, and also on the Qulrhluk, but
?s little or nothing haa been done
to teat the deposit*, their value can
not be eatimt.t?d. But tho prox
imity of the deposits to water, aad
'tie accessibility of Kuakokwim bay.
<?re factors which should make for
rapid development, and th?? discov
ery ia on that account likely to have
a far-reaching effect upon the fu
ture prosperity of the region. With
proper aldu to navigation on Kua
kokwim bay, tlnse fields should be
as accessible <s the Bering river
n" Matanuaka ficlda, in South
western Alaska |
RIGHT AND WRONG.
Do the right and your ideal a#
k grows and perfect* itseK. Do the
wrong and your kleal of it breaks
up and vanishes ? JametMartineau.
HIIHf REPUB
LIC IS CALM1NR
Metteo City, Man*k ll-TW war
attiratlon throughout the r?pt?bll<- of
Mmleo to b? |* better mm
?tit Ion than fur a ton* lime t'n der
the vigorous peltry of yrt?li>?M Hn
rrta th? rebola are rapidly being
taken Into rasp or dlapemed where
they dp do mo harm It la the
opinion of (be majority that pe-*?-e
will be promptly reatored |m all
the dlatri<-i?
HATE TO GIVE
UP THE COIN
IxMdon. Marck 1?? P?ow negoti
ation* between tko Alllet and the
Turks aeem to bar* keen akattered
over the >ia?at|on of payment of a
war Indemnity, wkl?k tke Ottoman
government aboolatolv refuaee to
ron aider
A lata diapatrh from ron??antlao
ple aaya that Eniff Bey, wltb
twenty thonaand aoldlera haa stop
ped the advance of the Alltea upon
Constantinople It la aa(d that he
la In a position to prevent fartkac
approarh of tbe Karopean armle*
upon the Turklab Capitol.
Washington, March 10- -President
Wilson began ?Ork this morning on
hta message to the eitra seaaion of
congress. It will deal principally
with two /?ubjeeta, the tariff and
the currpncjr, both of which need
reforming r.nd both of which will
be given careful aftmitior by the
new president
Mr. Wilson has no heallancjr In an
nouncing that he will personally
take a hand in the framing of le*??
latlon. He refuses to be bound by
the phantom of precedent, or any
supposed dignitjr which c istom has
raised to prevent the prea lent from
rol nit Into th? ranka of th? worker*
*nd flrh'ing with th*m for tb?
romplliihniptit of reforms H# part
ed Mom<> i, in oration* whit#
or of N?w ;?twt, and brok# down
a lot of fab* l<!?*a about "tb? proo
fT pl?*' (or offU*iala H# thlnlra
? h# proper plac# for tb# pr?atd#?t
la on tfc# ground personall? artro
ratlng what b# d#ema to W right
Mra Wilaon looked aftor th# re
liltiona part of the pr*Md#nt a bow
hold y??t#rda r, by attending tb?
Contral Pr*aby1#rla? rhnrrh IV
prmidMtt did wot attend worablp In
p?Mfe J
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