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d Washington: President Wilson’s strike
prevention program is doomed ip certain
failure, according to members of the com
mittee which lias the bill under consider
ation. It is said that the conhrtittee cfcn
not agree on any bill which in the least
resembles the original plan.
Washington: Congress today ordered
the house rules committee to continue
* with the “leak” investigation, and Thom
as Lawson lias been advised that he will
have to reveal the names of the persons
he claims participated in the “leak" or
be liable to a jail sentence. Lawson has
wired that he will be on hand wh.n liis
testimony is wanted.
Washington: The Convictions in the
Diggs-Caminetti white-slave qase, which
attracted considerable attention on the
Pacific coast several months ago, has been
confirmed by the supreme court. In af
firming the decision of the lower court it
was ruled that the white slave law does
l not prohibit the transportation of women
for immoral purposes, provided no crim
inal transaction is involved.
Eureka, Cal.: The cruiser Milwaukee,
which went ashore while attempting to
salvage the submarine H-3 in the surf
near here, is reported to be a total loss.
A crew from the local coast guard station
succeeded in shooting a line to the doomed
f vessel, and the crew was taken off in the
breeches buoy. The vessel is broadside
to the breakers, and is slowly breaking
up.
Philadelphia: Harry K. Thaw is re
ported to be recovering rapidly lrom Ins
recent self-inflicted wounds. His moth
er is expected to arrive during the early
part of the week to figlit an attempt that
will be made to extradite him by federal
authorities, and Henry Scott, Thaw’s
counsel, has asked Governor Brumbaugh
to grant her a hearing before the extra
dition papers are issued,
i. Washington: The first step toward the
withdrawal of the Pershing column from
Mexico was taken today when ten thous
and Carranza troops arrived to cover the
rear of the column and to protect the
American property interests which the
troops have been safeguarding.
T uesday
Washington: Rear Admiral Allen V.'
Reed, a classmate of Admiral Dewey, ,
died in this city last night.
Chicago: Chief of Police Healey and
seven others were indicted by the special
grand jury here today, charged with a
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| ization ot the city government.
j Wiunepeg: Vour school children are
; reported to have frozen to death yester
l day near Cadillac, Sask., while attempt
ling to"reach their homes from school in
a blinding blizzard which is enveloping
a large area in Canada.
Philadelphia: Harry K. Thaw's fa-m
ilvJias announced that he will not be
permitted to stage another long legal
fight for his liberty, and ultimate that it
is their desire that he be put under re
straint as soon as possible.
Washington: The Alaska territorial
license tax law was put into effect today
by a ruling of the supreme court. The
new law places a tax upon the fishing
and mining corporations operating in
Alaska that will add £500,000 annually
to the income of the territory.
Anchorage: Horace Emery, manager,
and Bert Stewart, superintendent, of the
Martin mine in the Willow creek district,
were killed this morning in a snow slide.
Stewart's body has been recovered, and
a rescue party is now digging for the
body ot Emery.
Vancouver, B. C.: Mrs. L. A. Dixon,
wife ot Lieut. Dixon, who is connected
with the British military staff, was killed
yesterday in an automobile accident near
this city. Other occupants of the nia
hine were more or less seriously injured.
Seattle: Samuel Blum was laid to rest
in Hills Eternity cemetery yesterday aft
ernoon following a most impressive cer
emony, winch was attended by nearly all
I Alaskans in Seattle, and a great number
! of prominent business and professional
| men. The ceremony was held at the
! sixteenth avenue residence of Rabbi Sam
uel Koch, who officiated at the services.
Washington: Chairman Kitchinoftlie
House ways and means committee said
today that bonds would be issued by the
government to cover the following items;
Mexican punitive expedition, £162,000,000;
purchase Danish West Indies, £25,000,000;
armor plate, £11,000,000; Alaska railway,
£21,838,000. Being a total of £219,83S,
000 which must he provided during the
fiscal vear.
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\ Washington: Tom Lawson appeared
before the house rules committee today,
and in a sworn statement declared that
Chairman Henrv of the House rules com
mittee and Sec. Wm. McAdoo were the
two men he has referred to as being im
plicated in the recent leak of advance in
formation regarding the Wilson peace
note, ami the resultant manipulation of
the stock market ill which fortunes are
reputed to have been made by those who
! were recipients ot the advance informa
tion. As a result of Lawson’s testimony
the following prominent men have been
summoned to appear before the investig
ating committee: J. P, Morgan, H. B.
Davidson, of Morgan & Co.; F. A'. Van
derlip, president of the National City
bank; Col. W. Exter, J. S. Bache, Arthur
Lipper, H. Pliny Fisk, Malcolm McAdoo,
and Archibald White. Chairman Henry
brands the whole affair as “putrid poli
tics” and calls Lawson a “liar and fit
member ot the ananias club.”
Wednesday
Seattle:" Dr. \V. S. Lauison, promi
nent dentist of this city, was found dead
in his offices this morning. Heart fail
ure was the cause of death.
Washington: Wilson and Bryan were
engaged in a lengthy conference today,
'file Commoner refused to make any
Statement for the press.
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Everett; Judge Alston of this city lias
asked Governor Lister to have the local
I. W. W. cases tried before an outside
judge.
Washington: Messages of condolence
to the members of Admiral Dewey's fam
ily are pouring into this city today, fol
lowing the announcement of his death.
Washington; Admiral Dewey passed
away yesterday at noon. Ills wife and
son were present at his bedside when the
end came. The Admiral was 79 years of
age.
Seattle; The new submarine N'-2 was
launched by the Seattle Dry Dock &
Construction company yesterday morn
ing in this city. The cost of construction
of the vessel w as £500,000.
Seattle: United States district attorney
! Reams has been ordered to assist state’s
attorney Allen in the prosecution of the
liquor probe which is being conducted in
! this citv.
Olympia, Wn.: A fist fight occurred
on the floor of the state legislature here
yesterday as the climax of a heated dis
cussion between State Senators Howard
Taylor of King countv and Edwards of
Brown as to which is committee repre
sentative.
Thursday
Washington: The leak investigation
| has been postponed until tomorrow by
! the rules committee.
Washington: Admiral Win. Benson
has been announced as ranking officer to
| fill the position made vacant by the death
| of Admiral Dewey.
Washington: Charles Hughes and Sam
i uel Uttermeyer are being considered as
counsel for the house rules committee for
| the prosecution of the leak investigation.
Wssliiugton: The Danish West Indies
j has formally passed into the possession
: of the United States, Secretary Lansing
' and Minister Brien this morning ex
1 changing the notes of ratification.
Binghamton, N. Y.: Fifty persons
were burned, ten of them receiving burns
| which resulted in their death, when an
; oil lamp exploded during a wedding cer
emony yesterday in the town of Harford,
) near here.
Washington: The House territories
committee has been considering the “bone
j dry” prohibition bill for Alaska for the
: past week. It is being supported by Wick
; ersham and opposed by Falcon Joslyn
ana D. A. McKenzie.
Seattle: John W. Roberts, a former
deputy-sheriff, was convicted in this city
today on a charge of conspiring to repre
sent himself as a government officer for
the purpose of extorting two thousand
: dollars from Clifford Yarbrough. j
Seattle: The grand jury today return- j
ed twelve open and one secret indictments
on minor cases which are being held here j
None of the indictments pertained to the
liquor probe being held here, the jury re
suming their deliberations on the latter
case after clearing the docket of the cases
which were on the calendar.
Seattle: James Crehan, secretary of the
mayor, was questioned yesterday by the
grand jury and government customs of-,
ficials regarding a shortage of 3,000 gal
lons of whiskey and the substitution of
water which has been reported to the
sheriff as concerns the illegal shipments
which have been siezed by the authorities
and have been held in the Eyers ware
house.
Friday
Washington: Brigadier General Kuhn
was appointed yesterday as the new head
of the war college.
San Francisco: A serious coal famine
exists in this citv as a result of a shortage
of cars for hauling the fuel from the coal
mines.
Calexico: The search for the army
aviators who were reported missing last
night has been delayed because of a very
dense fog which renders any scouting
absolutely impossible.
Seattle: The twelfth juror in the
Mooney case was chosen this morning
and the trial will open at once. Assist
ant States Attorney Cunlia declares that
the prosecution will prove that Mooney,
! Alexander and Berkuiau were parlies to
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a plot to frustrate ativ effort on the part
of the administration to put existing
plans of preparedness into effect, even if
it were necessary to directly threaten the
life of President Wilson.
Washington: Congressman Emerson
of Ohio this morning entered a protest
against the picketing of the White House
by suffragettes, declaring that it is an in
sult to the President.
Seattle: Logan Billingsley is telling
his story regarding the liquor traffic to
the grand jury today. District Attorney
Reams of Portland, Oregon, is question
ing him.
Washington: The report of the de
partment of agriculture has published
statistics that place the total value of
American farm products for the year 1916
at $13,500,000,000, the greatest value
ever recorded in the history of the nation.
Philadelphia: Norman Kelly, a priv
ate detective employed to gua-id the room
in which Harry K. Thaw recently at
tempted to commit suicide, became hys
terical this morning and started to shoot
j up the hotel.
Washington: Representative Allen of
Ohio introduced a resolution in the house
this morning proposing that the name cf
the Danish West Indies be changed to
the Dewey islands, in honor of the mem
ory of Admiral Dewey.
Seattle: The $50,000 breach of nrom
ise suit filed by Olivia I). Larsen against
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Robt. S. McMillan, Id'tarod operator, j
commenced before Judge McIntosh in
this city this morning. Senator Rowan,
W. R. Jamieson and other well known
Alaskans are witnesses.
Elsewhere In Alaska
While enrouteover theSeward-Iditarod
trail recently Charles Sinclair became lost
during a storm and narrowly escaped
death.
Ronald Frost, an oldtuner in the Idit
arod country who went to the trout short
ly after the outbreak of the Kuropean
war, is still alive, according to advices
received from him.
Joe Smith recently moved a power drill
to Moore creek from Iditarod.
Bert Day, former X. C. agent at Ruby,
and Anna Lovely, also a former resident
of the lower river town,- were recently
married at Juneau.
Dan McKiuzie and “Curley” Smith
recently reached Iditarod from Marshall
City with a consignment of gold variousty
estimated at from >25,000 to 540,000, tak
en from their Willow creek properties
during the past summer.
The wireless apparatus of the cablesliip
Burnside was washed overboard by a
heavy sea during a storm encountered of!
the coast of Alaska recently.
The Serbian relief carnival held in the
! citv of Douglas shortly before Christmas
netted the sum of 51000.
C. R. Arundell, chief of the field divis
ion of the general land office, recently
returned to Juneau after an absence ct
several months in the states.
I
Juneau is installing a salt wntersystem
I for fire protection.
Fifteen fishing vessels were recently
I driven by storms into Yakutat hav and
j were compelled to stay in the sheltered
j waters for several weeks.
J. K. Riley is reported to have paid
I 525,000 for a claim on Booh creek, in the
! Tolstoi. Riley and his associates now
! control most cf the claims on that stream.
| The cities and towns of the First divir*
I ion, headed by Juneau, have raised funds
to appeal the case in which they are t n
deavoring to secure all of the First divi *
' ion forest money, to the exclusion of the
other divisions.
Judge Robert Gray, of Katalla, isautli
oritv for the statement that the Katalla
oil fields produce crude r il that is five
times as valuable as die product of the
California wells. The Alaskan product
has a gravity of 47 and is easily refined
into distillates and gasoline. The output
of the district during the past year aver
aged about 5150,000 a month, two-tliirds
of the product being distillate and the
balance gasoline. Practically the entire
yield is disposed of to Prince William
sound consumers.
“I advise you native girls to take hus
bands from among your own people; you
will be happier and much better satisfied
with life,” said Mayor O’Connor in an
address to the natives of Douglas island
on Christmas day in the Eagle brothers’
hall in Douglas
In the past it has been necessary for
passengers en route to Alaska from points
in the East to recheck their baggage at
Seattle. This will be obviated in the fu
ture, according to a plan adopted at a
recent meeting of the officials of the rail
way and steamship companies in Tacoma.
John Shakes, son of Chief John Shakes,
1 was shot and instantly killed recently at
Wrangell by F. R. Bingham, a plumber
of that place. Bingham was looking for
a man named Moore, who he claims was
after his wife, and in the dark mistook
the Indian for the man he was hunting.
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