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(By United Press)
MODESTO. Cal. June 25? Cecil Hop
kins, twelve years old. confessed last
night that he had shot and killed his
six year old brother and buried the
body in the woods. He was unable
to give any motive for the crime.
The younger Hopkins boy was lost
two days ago and searching parties
have been searching the forests
around hero. Cecil Hopkins was a
member o; the searching praty. Last
night he suddenly confessed.
It is believed that the boy's mind
was deranged by reading trashy crim
inal novels.
EIGHT KILLED
BY EXPLOSION
(By United Press)
TOIKO. Japan. June 2"> ? Kiirht Am
? rii'uus who were working for the
wrecking crew which is trying to sal
vage the steamship Dakota, which
ran on a reef near here more than a
y?*ar ago. w?-re killed today by the
premature explosion of a charge of
dynamite.
EDNA IIY NOT KILLED
(By United Press.)
NEW YORK, Juno ? A. cable
gram from Oscar Lewishon, the bank
er wlio is the husband of Edna May,
the actress, states that she was not
killed in an automobile accident near
Berlin. Germany, as was reported
yesterday.
Mr. Francis, wireless operator on
Ihe Princess May. stated to The Alas
kan yesterday that he will organize
a baseball team on board boat and
desires to play a name with the
"Mas Beens" the next time the May
is in port.
YACHT UK II FROM SEATTLE
With a party of sixttvn on board,
including the crow, the "Rain
t-ir." the handsome gasoline yacht re
cently built for Andrew Hemrich, the
brewer, sailed into the Skagway har
bor last night eight days out from
Seattle.
Tonight the "Rainier" will leave
for I laities and then cruise down
Chatham strait where several cannon
wil* be taken off the Russian frigate
which sank there some sixty years
ago. C'a|>t. Pinch, the diver who
w.-nt down and inspected the wrecks
of the Islander and Clara Nevada is
cn board and will inspect the wreck
el the Russian and take up the can
non.
The party will spend several days
hunting in the vicinity of Chatham
strait, put into Sitka, and then return
by leisurely stages to Seattle.
Coming north the party enjoyed
some fine fishing and running short
ot meat in the Wrangell narrows, a
boat was put ashore and a big buck
was bagged which hel|?ed replenish
the larder.
Mr. Hemrich was enthusiastic about
the trip north. lit- lias travelled
I'round the world, but lie stated today
that he considered the cruise up the
inside passage the most beautiful he
had ever taken. He said the other i
members of the party were equally !
enthusiastic.
This morning all the party with
the exception of Mr. and .Mrs. Hem
rich li-ft on tlu> train for the Summit.
The "Kainier" is 8i> feet long. l.">
foot beam and has H'O horse power
gasoline engines capable of driving
'he boat 12 knots an hour. The
' Kainier" was built this spring and
is said to be the most handsome
yacht on I'uget Sound.
Those in the party are: J. (J. Rapp.
L. Hoffman, Mrs. M. Koester. Miss
Christine Koester. Mrs. H. Saiuet.
Mtss Nellie Schreiner. Miss Annie
Russell, Mrs. Hemrich. Miss (Cath
erine Hemrich. t'arl Hemrich and Mr.
Hemrich.
All the Varying Tones
in green, olive, bronze, brown,
slate, gray, tan, stone, mode
and khaki shades, in stripe,
check and soft plaid designs,
are found in men's fabrics for
Spring 1909. We have
The handsome assortment
of Ed. V. Price & Co., our
Chicago tailors, on display
now. See it today.
You can have clothes
made to your own measure from
your choice of this beautiful
line, and secure surpassing
shapeliness, fit and quality for
the price of ready-made
clothing.
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NDIAN TEACHER FACES
VERY SERIOUS CHARGES
VALDEZ, Juno 15. ? A long Hat of |
charges has just been made public |
against Frank A. Russell, in charge |
of the bureau of education for the
government at Copper Center, and,
who recently passed through Cordova
on his way to Seattle
| He was charged before Commis
sioner Blix at Copper Center with the
seduction of native school girls, i
whom he was teaching, with lying, I
with defrauding natives, with embez
zlement, with conspiracy to defraud
the government, with attempting to do
fraud various persons, and with inhu
manlty to the natives.
Ho left Copper Center May 2G
stating that he was going down the
river a short distance to a wood
camp and would return. It seems
that he worked his way through to
Cordova, and left there some two
weeks ago. The Bureau of Educa
tion at Washington was notified of
lh? charges on June 7.
He has had time to reach Seattle,
l-ut, If arrested, will be returned to
Copper Center to face the charges
Since his departure, a lot of things
have come out, as the natives were
afraid to give their evidence before.
FOE OF UNIONISM STATES
CRIMINALS CONTROL LABOR
James W. Van Cleave, who until a
tew weeks ago was president of the
National Manufacturer's association,
and who for three years as leader of
that organization, waged bitter war
against union labor, was a visitor in
Skagway Wednesday, arriving and
leaving on the City of Seattle.
The following are Mr. Van Cleave's
views on the subject of union labor:
"1 believe it is proper that work
men of all crafts should organize,
but I have ever held that it is not
light that they should take upon
themselves the direction of the busi
ness of the employer, and seek to
relegate to their own organization
the right to control, and resort to vio
lence and crime to enforce their self
attained rights.
"There are so many tilings that
the proper sort of organization can
secure for itself, but the present
method is criminal and militant, as
was the case in the boycott declar
ed on the Buck Stove and Range
company, of which I am president.
The boycott was declared because 1 1
was at that time the president of
the Manufacturers' association and
not because the boycott was neces
sary.
"Men left my employ with tears
streaming down their faces. They
had been with me for years. It was
through no fault of theirs that they
never returned to my employ, and
through no fault of mine.
"I consider that 95 per cent of
the members of labor unions are
good American citixens, believing in
the principles dear to every true
American. This y? per cent how
ever, has not the control of the
unions. It is the other ,r> per cent,
the criminal leaders and walking
delegate class, who now have con
trol of those organizations.
"There can be only one outcome
of the so-called 'controversy' which
is now in progress between the em
ploying classes and the labor unions,
and that is decent and law abiding
enionism," said Mr. Van Cleave. "It
cannot be properly termed a contro
versy, but a demand for Americanism
and personal liberty."
MIKE MAGNATES
JOIN THE A. B.
Holding special session, the Arctic
Brotherhood conducted three checha
coes over the trail last night. The
' chechacoes were Col. J. H. Conrad.
! heaviest stockholder in the Big
Thing mine; E. R. Butterworth of
Seattle, who is interested in the Con
:ad properties; and George Moore. a|
capitalist from New York.
The three men are Interested In j
Alaskan properties and decided to
Join the parent camp of Alaska's
only distinctive order. They crossed
the trail in record breaking time,
starting at 9:30 and crossing the
Summit at 10:15. There was a good
sized crowd present.
Skagway Camp No. 1, has taken
in eight new members this week.
I The White Pass & Yukon ran a
[special excursion train to the Sum
mit and return last night to accom
modate the round trip tourists on the
I Jefferson. About C5 made the trip,
including a number of local people.
| The train left at 8:30 o'clock and re
turned to Skagway about 11:30.
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ST. MICHAEL, Md.. June 25? With
the head crushed in by repeated
blows of some heavy Instrument, her
body badly bruised and the ground
for yards around showing evidences
of a terrible struggle, the body of
Mrs. Edith Woodhill was found in a
ravine by a creek near this town last
r.ight.
Suspicion at onoo was directed to
wards John Roberts, a magazine writ
er, who has been on intimate terms
with Mrs. Woodhill and who was with
her when she was last seen alive.
lie could not be found and a posse
set out in search of him. They dis
covered him near the town of Correc
tion. He refused to surrender when
called to do so and started to run.
A number of the posse shot hlni
through the back. He was taken to
Correction and died at 4 o'clock this
morning without making a statement.
The police believe that the murder
was the termination of an illicit love
affair between Roberts and Mrs.
Woodhnl.
Mr3. Woodhill is the wife of a
prominent merchant In Los Angeles,
Cal. Previous to marrying Mr. Wood
hill she was divorced from a wealthy
Boston physician.
She was a beautiful woman and
v.as the protege of Lyman J. Gage,
secretary of the treasury under Presi
dent McKinley. He sent her abroad
to study music and she frequently
appeared at musicals at the White
house. She was only 22 years old.
Flffl W KILLED !I II
(By United Presa.)
NEW YORK, Juno 25. ? Fifty peo
ple have been killed Hlnce noon yes
terday as the result of the hot wave
which struck this city. The tempera
ture is over 100 degrees above zero.
The night afforded but little relief
and the thermometer this morning
ahowed Indications of going still
higher.
CORDOVA Mi
IS A SUICIDE
(Special to The Daily Alaskan)
CORDOVA, June 25. ? Fred Lind, a
German, aged 40 years old, committed
suicide several days ago by shooting
himself through the head with a re
volver. His body was found last
night in his cabin by neighbors.
Llnd was well known In Katalla.
Seward and other coast towns. He
was a member of the Ragles and
will be buried here. His motive for
suicide is not known.
MOTOR BOATS
MAY CONTEST
A motor boat race from Moore's
wharf to Burro creek and return will
bo held on the evening of July 3 if
there are enough entries to justify
the event. The boats will start from
Moore's wharf, race across the canal
and round a stake off Burro creek
and return to Moore's wharf. There
will be no handicapping or time allow
ance. All entries muttt be sent in
to \V. \V. Liggett, chairman of the
sport's committee on or before July 1.
The owner of the winning boat will
be presented with a handsome silver
cup suitably engraved.
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