CHICAGO, May 30.—Former Sec
retary of Napy Myers is expected to
arrive here today to assume charge
of the presidential convention cam
ps ign for Roosevelt. The indications
are that the plan of Former Post
master General Hitchcock to have
the name of Hughes presented to the
Republican contention as the first
candidate may result in an interest
ing fight between the Roosevelt, Root
anil Hughes forces.
Hitchcock’s arrangement is, when
the roll of states is called alphabetic
ally in order to make nominations,
to have Albany yield in favor of New
York, so that Hughes may have the
advantage of having his name pre
sent';! first. When the friends of
Root ard Roosevelt learned of these
plans they declared they would at
tempt to get recognition from the
elia rman and present the name of
their candidate before that of
Hughes. They claim that the chair
man of the convention will be
obliged to settle the dispute when it
arises.
The majority of the New York
delegates to the Republican conven
tion favor the nomination of Hughes,
according to a statement given out
by Frederick C. Tanner, chairman of
the Republican state committee and
delegate at large.
CHICAGO, May 30.—Chairman
Hillis, of the national committee,
said that the Republican platform
wot Id be brief, dealing principally
with Americanism, inasmuch as pre
paredners, a protective tariff commis
sion and a declaration in favor of
merchant marine were statements
set forth as part of the Democratic
platform.
CHICAGO, May 30.—Many Roose
velt workers of national prominence
are on the ground.
i CHICAGO, May 31.—The Illinois
(delegation to the Republican con
tention, which was formerly solid
f!>r Sherman, is splitting in favor of
Rob|sevelt. The Hughes boom is
slackening up considerably. Weeks,
a presidential candidate and dele
gate at large, arrived today, and is
the second candidate to come to the
convent ion, Dupont having arrived
several days Ago.
CHICAGO, May 30.—Chairman
Hillis said that there were many
candidates for the presidency, all of
whom had the full confidence of
the Republican party. He refused
to be quoted as to who he thought
was the practical candidate.
NEW YORK, May 29.—Roosevelt,
hefore leaving on a speech-making
Dip to Chicago, Kansas City and St.
Louis, referred to the proposal to
confer othces on a certain number of
engineers participating yearly in the
naval training cruise for civilians as
a purely political scheme on the part
ot Secretary Daniels for a new form
of pork barrel, which will supply the
politicians with thirty appointel and
yearly plums for the next ten years
to come.
KANSAS CITY, May 31.—In one
of his speeches Col Roosevelt de
clared that the canal zone and
Alaska and her islands must be de
fended. He also called attention to
the transportation of Russian troops
from Siberia to France.
KANSAS CITY. May 30.—Roose
velt made several of his usual pre
paredness and Americanism speeches
here, one audience being composed
of Union-Confederate veterans.
OYSTER BAY, May 29.—Three
special trains, containing admirers
of President Roosevelt, marched to
Sagamore Hill, where the latter ad
dressed them. Among other perti
nent things he said he favored the
big stick to back up justice and that
"we have a right to demand that
every man who comes here becomes
an American; that or nothing else.”
NEW YORK, May 29.—A galaxy
of famous authors, including George
Ade, Winston Churchill. Waldo Em
erson, Rex Beach. Hough and Wister,
have formally notified Theodore
Roosevelt that they had started to
mobilize the literary resources of the
country to aid him in the splendid
fights he is making for Americanism.
In his reply, the Colonel said: “If to
cross the national coat of arms we
draw the bar of the sinister hyphen
public will have before It only
hiobie life and even will be in
*;er of perilizing that ignoble life,
ch will be ended by an ignoble
■th.”
^ CHICAGO, May 29.—The Repub
lican Roosevelt headquarters were
.f.pened by Herbert L. Satterly and
.-'Lawrence Graham, of New York,
f|v. ho have begun the work of rustling
for delegate votes. The headquar
ters were opened several hours be
• fore Roosevelt arrived en route to
Kansas City, where he delivered an
address last night.
.NATIONAL GUARDSMEN TO BE
COURTMARTIALED JUNE 1
WASHINGTON, May 29— Gen
erals Pershing and Gaviera have ar
ranged tc hold a military conference
at the former’s headquarters at
Xamiquipa. Pershing has Issued a
formal order directing a trial by
court martial on June 1. at Fort
Sam Houston, of the members of the
Texas national huard who refused to
present themselves to be mustered
into federal service, a copy of which
order has bpen forwarded to General
Funston.
HIM. LEAVES FORTUNE OF
NEARLY HALF A BILLION
ST. PAUL. May 30.—The funeral
of the late J. J. Hill will take place
on Wednesday, interment to be
made in a private, mausoleum to be
erected at North Oaks farm, his
summer home. Hill's fortune is es
timated from a quarter to a half
billion dollars.
AMBASSADOR GERARD IN BAD
WITH THE ADMINISTRATION
NEW YORK, May 30.—The Trib
une publishes a dispatch from Wash
ington which says that President
Wilson will strongly admonish Am
bassador Gerard for saying that
peace in Europe is on the way, in an
interview given to the Munich
papers.
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS
WANT MITCHELL REMOVED
NEW YORK, May 30.—The
United Independent Democratic or
ganization of Kings county has
adopted and sent to Governor Whit
man a strong set of resolutions ask
ing for the removal of Mayor Mit
chell because of the scandal impli
cating the police in the tapping of
the wires running into the offices of
prominent financiers and bankers.
FRENCH HONOR AMERICANS
KILLED ON BATTLEFIELD
PARIS, May 31.—Impressive ser
vices were held here yesterday for
the Americans killed in fighting for
France. The staues of Washington
and Lafayette were also buried with,
flowers.
ADMIRAL ARRAGUT SAILS
ON WAY TO ANCHORAGE
SEATTLE. May 30.—The steamer
Admiral Farragut sailed yesterday
for Southwestern Alaska. Among the
passengers booked for Anchorage
are Dr. . M. Boyle, George F. Raber
and C. U. Estes.
MEXICAN REVOLUTIONISTS
RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE
EL PASO, My 30.—General Jose
Ynez Salzar, and three privates who
followed him and his harmless revo
lution, appeared before General Ga
vira at Juarez and obtained safe and
credit papers which would allow
them to return to civil life.
Civil War Veteran Dead.
WASHINGTON, May 30.—Col. R.
S. Mosley, of civil war fame, died
here today.
PATRIOTIC TALK
GIVEN BY AN ELK
While the Benevolent and Protec
tive Order of Elks has no lodge in
Anchorage the local members of this
fraternal organization follow the na
tional custom of fostering and as
sisting in every patriotic movement.
The program as carried out in An
chorage observing Memorial Day was
largely due to the efforts of W. T.
Norinilc, president of the local club,
and hi saddress during the exercises
at the bridge was so appropriate
that the Daily Times feels that it is
deserving of a larger audience. He
spoke as follows:
"Separated, tho’ we are, by many
miles of open ocean, from the main
body of our country, we are still
sons and daughters of America.
For America is our love, with Ameri.
ca is our faith, to America is our
loyalty. We are sharers In her his
tory, we are joint makers of her fu
ture. Here in this far northland,
where the same tasks that our fa
thers so well performed, fall to our
lot, we feel that we should be united
to the homeland in every exhibi
tion of affection and patriotism.
Wherefore such a day as this cannot
pass by us unnoted and unobserved.
The greater sons and daughters of
America who have preceded us in
the making of history shoull be
dear especially to us asd their mem
ory should be cherished with especial
tesderness. For this reason, in rec
ogn tlon and gratitude to ourselves
ognition asd gratitule to our sires
fortheir sacrifices of blood and treas
ure and tears, and the good of all
men. we cast these wreaths of joyful
mourning into the waters of the sea.
be symbolic of that holy union which
receives these tributes at our hands,
be symbolic of that holy usion which
binds us to our native land.”
PARIS, May 29.—The full Si
berian army has crossed the Aegean
sea and landed In Salonika.
KNIFE IS HURLED
AT HIM BY CRANK
KANSAS CITY. May 30.—
Theodore Roosevelt narrowly
escaped assassination today. As
lie was riding in an automobile
up Grand avenue a knife with a
four-inch blade was hurled at
the former president. The
weapon missed him by a few
inches, sticking in the tonneau
door, behind which Roosevelt
sat, and then fell to the run
ning board of the car. The
would-be assassin made his es
cape and the police have been
unable to locate him.
KANSAS CITY, May 31.—
Klward McDaniel, an excited
Oklahoman, tried to force his
way into -Roosevelt’s room at
his hotel. McDaniel was arrest
ed, and his rase is being investi
gated.
Clark to Nominate Wilson.
WASHINGTON. May 30.—It is
probable that Speaker Champ Clark
will place in nomination the name of
Woodrow Wilson at the Democratic
national convention.
RIG ARMY APPROPRIATION
AGREED UPON BY COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, May 27.—The
army appropriation of $145,000,000,
carrying the Hay-Chamberlain or
ganization, was agreed upon by the
House military committee.
QUARTER MILLION DOLLAR
FIRE DESTROYS PLANT
TACOMA. May 27.—The pattern
plant of the Puget Sound Steel and
Iron Works, South Forks, was total
ly destroyed by fire. The loss is es
timated at $250,000.
NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT
IS SUGGESTED FOR IRELAND
LONDON, May 27.—A government
for Ireland constituted on the Swiss
plan, to meet the difficulties of Cath
olic partisans and sections, and in
order to discuss these important
matters, has been suggested in min
ister circles.
LAND GRANT BILL PASSES
HOUSE WITHOUT OBJECTION
WASHINGTON. May 27.—The
Oregon and California land grant
bill, which is designated to restore
to the federal government 3,200,000
acres of land, valued at $30,000,000,
passed the House without a substan
tial amendment.
LONDON, May 29.—A dispatch
from Amsterdam reports a general
food riot at Frankfort-on-the-Main,
in which eighteen women were
wo..nded in a fight with the police.
Three hundred and fifty marched
the streets, carrying black famine
fiagg and singing socialist songs.
They forced their way Into a butcher
shop guarded by soldiers and police
men, and found some meat, which
they cut up, holding the pieces above
their heads The police attempted
to take the meat from the women,
and a general fight followed, during
which the ofltcers used their swords
freely.
TWO TUGS LEAVE SEWARD
FOR COOK’S INLET
SEWARD, May 29.—The tugs A1
Roscoe and Crosby left here yester
day for Cook’s Inlet, towing barges
and river boats.
SEATTLE. May 29.—Logan Bll
lingly, proprietor of the Stewart
pharmacy, was arrested as a fugitive
from Oklahoma, where he was sen
tenced to serve a month in Jail for a
violation of the law.
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Presi
dent Wilson is grieving more for
the serious consideration of the pos
sibility of restoring peace in Europe
than at any other time since the
outbreak of the war.
SEATTLE. May 29.—Mrs. John P.
Hoyt dropped dead while attending
the regatta at Lake Washington, and
during the race between the Wash
ington and California crews.
NEW YORK, May 29.—A messen
ger employed In the Morgan bank
stole $10,000, which was later re
covered bly the police and the thief
placed under arrest.
NEW YORK, May 29.—Waite
was found guilty of murder in the
first degree, after the jury had been
out an hour. Sentence will be passed
Thursday.
CHICAGO. May 29.—Charles The
obald' an Ohioan visiting in this city,
was the first victim of the heat, and
he died from the effects of a sun
stroke.
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Presi
dent Glover and other officials of the
Riggs National Bank were found not
guilty of the charge of perjury.
MAY BUILD ROAD
TO BERING COAL
WASHINGTON, May 31.—Secre
tary of Interior Lane, in a letter to
Senator Key Pittman, Indicates that
President Wilson will reach a deci
sion this summer as to whether the
government will spend any money in
the building of a railroad to open up
the Bering river coal fields. The
Cordova Chamber of Commerce sent
the presidest a strong memorial urg
ing the building of a branch line to
these fields, which wllljiot cost more
than 31,000,000.
OFFICER IS KILLED WHILE
ARRESTING COUNTERFEITER
SAN FRANCISCO. May 29—Po
lice Sergeant John J. Moriarity was
yesterday shot and killed by a coun
terfeiter he had arrested, and who
made his escape after firing the fatal
shot. Moriralty was a Spanish
Amerlcan veteran.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 29.—
Moriarity’s slayer hag'been shot and
killed in a battle with one hundred
policeman. The murderer, who is
unidentified, emptied two revolvers
in resisting arrest in an abandoned
cabin, where he sought Bhelter. Peter
Marke. an onlooker, was wounded
during the firing.
WASHINGTON, May 29,-^-The
United States, in denouncing the in
terference with neutral mails, has
notified Great Britain and France
that it can no longer tolerate the
wrongs which the American citizens
have suffered through lawless prac
tices those governments have in
dulged in; that only a radical change
in ipolicy restoring the United States
to its full rights as a neutral power
will be satisfactory.
SALONIKA, May 29.—Twenty-five
thousand Bulgarian troops have
crossed the frontier occupied by the
Greek fort at the entrance of Strunia
Gorge creek, the garrison retiring
without resistance. The Bulgarians
are still retiring in the direction of
Gorec, Macedonia.
RUBY, May 30.— Scores of stam
peders are arriving daily in small
boats en route to the new placer
strike at Tolstoi, in the Innoko dis
trict. Boob creek is the mecca of
the gold seekers, where the original
discovery was made. Since then
Mastodon, Tolstoi, Hurst and Ledge
creeks have also come into promi
nence. Nothing new or definite is
known here as to the values found.
The Yukon Gold Company put a
Greenstone dredge in operation
about ten days ago. and it is pre
dieted that they will meet with big
success in their operations.
The probabilities are that Dan
Sutherland will make a tour of the
territory in the interests of Delegate
Wickersham’s re-election. There are
no candidates as yet in the field for
representatives to the territorial leg
islature, but C. K. Snow and Suther
land will likely be re-elected from
this district. •
ALASKA IS CUT
WASHINGTON, May 31—When
the appropriation committee of the
House reported the sundry civil bill
it hit Alaska hard by materially cut
ting the amounts asked for the coast
and geodetic survey work. Senator
Johnson, of Maine, introduced an
amendment to the sundry civil bill
in the Senate, which the committee
cut out. He says he will press it
for adoption when the bill reaches
the Senate.
The Senate has passed the rivers
and harbors bill, carrying with it an
appropriation of $43,000,000.
MURDERS HIS SWEETHEART
BECAUSE REFUSED MARRY HIM
SAN DIEGO, May 30.—James L.
Miller, aged 25 years, a boiler tender
on the cruiser Pittsburg, shot and
killed his sweetheart, Beatrice Sher
man. 17 years of age, on account of
her refusal to marry him. The young
girl was shot in the head, the trag
edy occurring at her home.
SPOKANE MULTIMILLIONAIRE
CROSSES DIYTDE AT PORTLAND
PORTLAND, May 27.—Charles
Sweeney, the multi-millionaire min
ing man of Spokane, who was one
of the best known men In all the Pa
cific coast cities, where he had prop
erty Interests, died while on a visit
to this city.
CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENCY
HAVE OPENED HEADQUARTERS
CHICAGO, May 27.—Senators
Weeks, Burton and Root and Charles
W. Fairbanks, who are seeking the
Republican nomination for presi
dent, opened headquarters yesterday
at Congress Hotel.
BOSTON, May 29.—Six thousand
people marched In yesterday's pre
paredness parade.
NEWS HAPPENINGS
ALASKAN TOWNS
Three franchises, granting to the
Cordova Power Company the right
to use the streets and alleys of the
city of Cordova for the purpose of
supplying the city with lights, power
and water, have been passed by the
Cordova city council.
G. W. Herman, a mining man of
the Ruby district, recently returned
to Ruby over the Seward trail, bring
ing with him his wife. His bride is
the mother of his partner in the
mining game, E. W. McKinnon. The
partnership is now all In the family.
Arthur C. Fox, one of the best
known theatrical men to visit Alas
ka, has arrived at Juneau, having
with him the famous Chicago Trib
ute war pictures. Mr. Fox secured
these pictures, and is now making a
lour of Alaska, presenting them in
all the cities.
Frank McGibney, who was recent
ly arrested at Marshall and taken to
fditarod on the charge of the larceny
of a plow from the Guggies. was dis
charged by the commissioner, it
being shown that he had mistakenly
taken the wrong agricultural imple
ment.
E. V. Boyle, of Cordova, whose
wife was recently taken off the
steal ter Mariposa at Ketchikan, suf
fering from a severe attack of ap
pendicitis, has reached that city and
founJ Mrs. Boyle rapidly recovering
from the operation she waB com
pelled to undergo.
The town of Tanana, alarmed by
the recent fire at Fort Gibbon, ad
joining the town, has elected a
"water" council, which means that
the town will have an up-to-date
water system as soon as the neces
sary apparatus can be received from
the outside.
A letter from a former Nome
merchant now in Seattle gives an in
sight into another possible Alaska
enterprise. He states that the wal
rus oil that was tken out of Alaskan
waters was sold to Washington
creameries and is now being turned
into “choice creamery butter.”
- Capt. Quillan, of the survey boat
Patterson, reports an uncharted rock
covered by one foot at mean
low water lies in the approximate po.
eitjon of about one-half mile east
magnitude of Fire island, Kashevaraf
passage, Clarence strait. No kelp
indicates the presence of this rock.
A Fairbanks man is reported to
have lost his cow in a pothole. He
never found her for a week, and in
that time she had filled the hole with
milk and trampled around so much
that it had churned into 60 pounds
of choice butter. And they say that
cows do well in the Fairbanks sec
tion.
Articles of incorporation of the
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
were filed in the office of Secretary
Davidson. The company is incor
porated under the laws of the state
of Michigan, with a capital of |5,
000,000. E. S. Hewitt, of Juneau,
is appointed the Alaska agent.
Punch boards have been barred in
many of the Alaskan towns. The
old-time Alask& is gone; no more
can you hear the slap of feet and the
clink of glasses in the dance hall.
Alaska is getting In the goody-goody
class, and if her citizbns now want to
see what real life is we will be com
pelled to take a boat to naughty Se
attle.
The Christmas tree used at Sannak
island this last time was made of a
broken oar around which vines were
twined. Mrs. Hammond, the very
pleasant lady who teaches school
over there, tells in a letter to an ex
change that not a tree nor a bush a
fool high grows on the island. This
year they are promised a tree from
the mainland.
The Juneau land office has re
ceived word that a patent has been
granted to John D. Johnston for a
homestead claim near Seward of 320
acres. This is a record for quick
work in Alaska, according to the
records of the local office, as the ap
plication was made in August. 1010,
and the patent was issued April 27,
1916.
During March the Alaska Gasti
neau mill treated 162,796 tons of
$1.03 ore, compared with 122,856
of $1.02 in February, and 119.914 of
$1.42 in January. The recovery last
month was 77.74 per cent with 20.3
tailings, against 78.56 per cent and
19.8 in the previous month. No. 2
slope in the east fifth level yielded
poor ore. Conditions are improving.
Articles of incorporation of the
Harrlman Realty and Development
Corporation, incorporated in New
York state, have been filed in the
office of Secretary Chas. E. Davids
oon. The original articles provided
for a capital stock of $100,000, but a
certificate of reduction to $50,000
was also filed. Gaston Hardy, of
Seward, was also appointed Alaska
agent of the company for the purpose
of service of summons in case of suit.
Big Export Trade With England.
LONDON, May 29.—The Board of
Trade says the fiscal year will close
with the United States export trade
with England at $5,000,000, with a
balance in trade of $2,000,000.
f
ROOT LEARS ALL candidates
IX CONVENTION STRENGTH
CHICAGO, May 29.—The various
.'avnrite sons, who are seeking the
Republican nomination for presi
dent, claim an aggregate of seven
hundrel votes in the convention.
Senator Root has the highest num
ber, being credited with two hun
dred votes. Justice Hughes and Col.
Roosevelt are candidates in a broader
sense, and are not making an active
fight to head the ticket.
SI MMER RESORT HOTEL IS
BURNED TO THE GROUND
PORT ANGELES, May 29.—The
Hot Spr ngs hotel, a famous hotel at
Sol Due. was totally destroyed by
fire, the origin of which is unknown.
This property was owned by Michael
Karl, the lumberman, of Seattle.
-jp
Booze Dispenser Is Jailed.
SEATTLE, May 29.—J. J. Kelly,
who was conducting a saloon drug
store, was sentenced to fifteen days
in jail for violating the dry law. He
is credited with making $50,000 in
three months.
MARIPOSA LEAVES SEATTLE
WITH VNCHORAGE PASSENGERS
SEATTLE, May 27.—The steamer
Mariposa sailed for Southwestern
Alaska at 9 o’clock Thursday morn
ing, with thirty-seven first-clasa pas
sengers for Anchorage.
SEATTLE, May 27.—Former Field
Agent s Christensen, of the land de
partment. sailed yesterday morning
on (he s eamer Mariposa for Seward,
which lace will be his headquarters
as the h ad of the Industrial Depart
ment, created by the Alaskan Engi
neering Commission. Christensen
will also have charge of the local
publicity work of the Commission
and tlu survey of that part of the
lownsite at Seward, which is to be
made preparatory to the sale of lots
on July 10.
SHOOTS OFFICER COMPANY
AND THEN SUICIDES
HERMINSTON, Ore., May 27.—
In an altercation between the head
oflicials of the Herminston Light and
Power Company. President John
Roth slmt and killed Vice-President
James Ralph and with the same
weapon took his own life.
TARDY GUARDSMEN WILL RE
OOURTMARTIA LED, SAYS BAKER
WASHINGTON, May 27 —Secre
tary of War Baker has announced
that 116 members of the Texas na
tional guard, who failed to present
themsel' Mj Tor mvieVer into *ho li(-1,1
service, would be brought to coui*t
martial immediately.
TWO MEMBERS OF CABINET
DISAGREE ON POLICY
WASHINGTON. May 29.—There
have been rumors afloat in official
circles, for several days past, of seri
ous differences between Secretary
Lar.e and Secretary Daniels. Lane
favors restoring the California oil
lands, withdrawn by Taft for navy
purposes, to the men who tiled on
the claims, while Daniels is opposed
to any such movement.
MURDERED WOMAN
FOR TEN CENTS
WENATCHEE, May 31.—John
Stewart, a farm hand, has confessed
to the murder of Mrs. Erma J.
Smith, an aged woman, whose life
he took tor ten cents.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 31— A
terrific tornado swept this section of
the country yesterday. Three men
were killed-many injured and a num.
her of properties badly damaged.
TACOMA. May 30.—During the
progress of an amateur baseball
game Palmer Hellingsen, aged 31
years, was hit over the head with a
pitched ball, and he died shortly
afterwards from his injury.
Pioneer Seattleite Is Dead.
SEATTLE. May 29.—John Bren
nan, a pioneer inspector of street
lights and a former Seattle police
man, died at his home in this city.
ST. PAUL, May 29.—J. J. Hill,
who built the Great Northern rail
way and was the president of that
road until a few years ago, when he
passed its management over to Ills
son, Louis Hill, died at his home in
this city at 9:30 o’clock this morn
ing. He was operated upon yester
day and r&yied for a short time, but
on account' of his advanced age he
was unable to withstand the shock
and■ lapsed into unconsciousness. He
remained in that condition for
twelve hours, unti] the end came, all
of the members of his family being
at his bedside.
VILLA LIEUTENANT KILLED
BV AMERICAN SOLDIERS
IjMELD HEADQUARTERS, Mexico,
M*»y 27.—Candellario Cervanter, one
of General Villa’s principal lieuten
ants and a participant in the raid, at
Columbus, was run down and killed
by the American expeditionary forces
south of Cruces.
UNCLE SAM IS
READY TO FIGHT
TV ASH I NOTON, May 31—In
President Wilson’s memorial address
he warned citizens of foreign birth
not to set themselves against the
purposes of this nation. He said
those who do would be cast out of
the confidence and even the tolera
ance of the country. Wilson also
declared that the United States was
ready to fight for mankind and
against any aggression from within
or without..
JUNEAU, May 29.—Charles A.
Sulzer. of Ketchikan, was nominated
for delegate to congress at the Dem
ocratic Territorial convention, in
sessioon here. In his speech of ac
ceptance Sulzer aroused much en
thusiasm. George B. Grigsby, of
Nome, was nominated for attorney
general and Thomas J. Donohoe, of
Valdez, was selected as National
Committeeman. The biggest tight
centered on this office, Cheney and
Ronan withdrawing from the con
test when it became evident that
Donohoe would win out. He had the
solid support of the Fourth division,
fifty-five out of the sixty from the
Third and the majority of the First.
William J. Burns, of Fairbanks,
was elected Chairman of the Terri
torial committee, and Fairbanks
named as the place for holding of
the next convention.
Delegates to the Democratic na
tional convention at St. Louis were
elected as follows: A. H. Zeigler,
F.rst division; Frank A. Aldrich.
Second division; W. H. Whittlesey.
Third division; J. S. Nealy, Fourth
division. Alternates: W. Wk Ca
sey, James P. Daly, Robt. Ferguson,
J. A. Clark. Delegates at large:
John F. Winn, Jack Ronan. Alter
nates: F. J. Warder, Falcon Jos
lin.
The convention endorsed the ap
pointment of Louis P. Brandels to
tiie supreme court.
MEXICANS ATTACK AMERICANS,
SEVERAL KILLED, WOUNDED
HEADQUARTERS AMERICAN
EXPEDITION, Mexico, May 27.—
An American soldier and two Mex
ican bandits were killed south of Lob
Crucer. when the Mexicans attacked
a force of American engineers with
a small escort of soldiers. Two
Americans and several of the bandits
were wounded.
TRIPLE TRAGEDY ENACTED
BY PORTLAND MERCHANT
SALEM, Ore., May 29.—William
Patterson, proprietor of a cigar store
at Portland, killed his wife and
daughter and then committed sul
j cide. Poor health is given as the
j cause for the rash act.
Casement Is Indicted.
LONDON, May 29.—The grand
jury has returned a true bill against
Casement and Bailey, Implicating
them in the Dublin riots.
TAPPING LEDGE
All Hill I All
.1. K. Austin, who has followed the
mining game for twenty years la
Central America, South Africa, Aus
tralia and Alaska, is in Anchorage,
getting his outfit in shape to spend
his second summer in the Willow
creek district, where he ig develop
ing his quartz property on Heed
creek. This property looks as though
it was in the money, as it Is located
near some of the big priducers In
that district, being within 1,500 feet
of the McCoy-Martln group and In
the immediate neighborhood of the
Mabol and the Billy Martin mines.
Austin has twelve claims, and has
stripped the ledge for 1500 feet and
he will drive a tunnel this summer,
tapping the ledge at about the 800
foot level. The reports of Assayer
Bogardus, of Seattle, on the samples
sent out last fall, show values from
40 cents to 1400, and Austin natur
ally feels good over his prospects.
PRESIDENT PAYS DESERVED
TRIBUTE TO RATE J -J. HIM.
WASHINGTON, May 30—President
Wilson has wired the St. Paul news
papers that he regarded James J.
Hill as having been an extraordinary
and useful man In the economic de
velopment of the country.
Roosevelt Speaks at St, Routs.
ST. LOUIS, May 29.—Col. Tho
dore Roosevelt delivered an address
here today on preparedness.
Spokane Jurist Deal.
SPOKANE, May 29.—C. B. Nash,
who was Judge of the supreme court
during the territorial days, died here
at the age of eighty years.
Chinese Province Independent.
SHANGHAI, May 29.—General
Chen Ye, governor of the province
of Szechuen. has officially declared
the independence of Szechuen.