Late Telegraph News
VANCOUBER, B. C., Jan. 28.—A
parcel post system similar to that
of the United States will be added
to the Canadian mall system. The
new service will go into effect or
February 10th. While the measure
was before parliament it met with
opposition from the express com
panies as the establishment of the
parcel post system in the United
States has resulted in decreasing the
revenues of the express companies
fully one-half.
COLON, Jan. 28.—A storm has
sprung up and the Vanderbuill
yacht Warrior is in danger of break
ing to pieces. The crew are still on
board but will be taken off as waves
are breaking over the vessel and
driving her higher on the rocks. A
wireless message received late this
afternoon from the doomed yacht
states that the pounding on the
rocks has caused her to spring a
leak and that the water would put
the wireless out of commission as it
was raising rapidly and would soon
reach the engine room.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 29.—The United
States Circuit Court of Appeals has
handed down a decision upholding
the decision of the lower court in
the Oklahoma “Jim Crow” law.
Four Oklahoma negroes tested
the validity of the "Jim Crow” car
law. They sought to enjoin the
Atchinson, Topeka Santa Fe rail
road from obeying its provisions,
declaring it violates the Fourteenth
Amendment inveighing against dis
crimination because of color or race.
They also contended that it violates
the Oklahoma statehood act, and
that railroads were not furnishing
equal accommodations for whites
and blacks. The federal circuit
court of Oklahoma held that the law
was valid.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28.—Mrs.
Clark, wife of F. Lewis Clark, the
Spokane millionaire who was be
lieved to have committed suicide at
Santa Barbara, has received a let
ter demanding a ransom of $75,000
before her nusband will be freed.
The letter was enclosed in a news
paper of this morning’s edition and
indicates that the millionaire is a
prisoner in or near this city.
The letter has been turned over
to the police and experts on hand
writing declare that the letter was
written partly by a man and partly
by a woman. Mrs. Clark believes
the letter is genuine and is trying
to get into communication with the
blackmailers. The police are keep
ing close watch on Clark’s chauffeur
as he was the last person to whom
the millionaire spoke after taking
Mrs. Clark to the depot at Santa
Barbara.
PRETORIA, S. A., Jan. 28.—The
government here has taken drastic
measures to suppress any revolu
tionary movement in connection
with the miners strike. Eight lead
ers of the strikers have been de
ported from Africa and have been
sent back to England.
The situation is rapidly clearing
and many of the men have returned
to work. The diamond mine strik
ers are still out but negotiations
are under way for an amicable ad
justment of the matters under dis
pute. Soldiers are still 'patrolling
the towns in the Jagersfontaine dis
trict.
NEWPORT NEWS, Jan. 29.—The
John D. Archibald, the largest oil
tanker ever built, was launched here
yesterday. She will have a capacity
of 67,000 barrels. The launching
of the big tanker was attended by
many prominent officials of the
Standard Oil Company.
PORT AU PRINCE, Jan. 29.—
American bluejackets from the Mon
tana and marines from the German
cruiser Vereta are guarding the
foreign legations in this city. The
fighting still continues in the city
with the Oreste government troops
gradually being driven back by the
revolutionists under Senator Theo
dore.
BUENOS AYRES, Jan. 28.—A
violent earthquake preceded by sub
terranean rumblings caused a panic
among the natives at Mendoza. Many
buildings were damaged. Sounds
like constant firing of cannon pre
ceded the disturbance. It is be
lieved that a new volcano has
broken out at some distant point as
Mendoza was plainly not the center
of disturbance.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Jan. 30.
—The Mexican federal garrison at
Saltillo has fallen and not a single
federal soldier was spared by the
rebels. Those who were not killed
in the battle were lined up and shot
when captured, after the rebels
entered the town. The officers of
the garrison offered a stubborn re
sistance and refused to evacuate
and made their escape across the
border into this state as was done
by the officers and soldiers when
Ojinaga was captured by General
Villa.
SEATTLE, Jan. 30.—Falcon Jos
lyn, the Alaska railroad man who is
now in Washington where he is
working for the passage of the
Alaska railroad bill, has wired the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce that
the “prospects for the Alaska rail
road bill passing the House on the
second Wednesday in February are
very good.” Joslyn has been active
in the interst of favorable Alaskan
legislation and is in close touch
with the Democratic leaders in the
capital.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 30.—
After many months of quiet investi
gation on the part of the govern
ment the department of justice has
announced that suit is soon to be
entered for dissolution of the Am
erican Smelting & Refining Com
pany.
NORFOLK, Jan. 30.—The steam
ships Monroe and Nantucket col
lided off the coast here during a
heavy fog last night with an appall
ing loss of life. Wireless messages
werg received from the Nantucket
shortly after the accident had oc
curred stating that it was believed
no lives had been lost and that the
steamers were standing close to
gether until an inspection of the
damage could be made.
When the steamers pulled apart
it was found that the Monroe had
nearly been cut in two and that she
crushed forward of the engine room
and sank in 10 minutes carrying 49
passengers and members of the
crew with her. Scores of passen
gers were thrown into the water but
were picked up by boats from the
Nantucket. The latter vessel suf
fered from the collision and other
steamers have been sent to her as
sistance and will take off her pass
ngers and the survivors of the
Monroe.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31.—Miss
Alexander, who murdered Van
baalen, the special advertising man
of the Chronicle, has been acquitted.
She claimed that he had accom
plished her downfall through prom
ise of marriage while he had a wife
and family living in this city. She
has been at liberty on bonds and
was given her freedom today.
JUAREZ, Feb. 3.—Francisco J.
Getseman, who figured in the re
volt in the City of Mexico which re
sulted in the murder of President
Madero, was executed in the front
yard of the house occupied by Gen
eral Villa here. Getseman had
come from Havana to get General
Villa to break faith with General
Carranza and form an alliance with
General Felix Diaz.
General Villa accused Getseman
of being instrumental in inaugurat
ing the revolt among the students
which resulted in the overthrow of
former President Diaz and then
joining with President Madero only
to turn on him when promised pro
motion by Huerta. He declares that
General Diaz has no following in
Mexico since he has remained out of
the country fearing President
Huerta.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 31.—
Senator Lane, of Oregon, was re
moved from the floor of the Senate
this afternoon in a parliamentary
sense by the senate marshal because
he cast reflections on the integrity
of the Interstate Commerce com
mission.
The senator was debating on a
resolution to investigate the rail
roads rebating to the Steel trust
and entered into personalities. He
was called to order but repeated his
assertions and would have been
ejected from the Senate by the
marshal had he not taken his seat.
The house was in an uproar when
the occurrence took place.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—So that
the militia will not starve should it
be called out for war and no cooks
fehould be found among its ranks, a
school for cooks is suggested at Fort
Sam Houston with a capacity of 30
purpils at a time.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 31.—
Uncle Sam had to pay $6,256.26 for
dog feed in the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1913. This and many other
unique features are contained in the
first report of the chief of the
.quartermaster’s corps of the army.
PORTLAND, Jan. 31.—The bank
ers and commercial organizations
which have, been working for a
regional bank for this city have
practically given up opposition to
Seattle. They have asked for a
branch regional bank.
SEATTLE, Jan. 31.—The Mari
posa sailed last night for Cordova
and the westward with the follow
ing passengers for Cordova: P. Du
quett, A. Duquett, C. L. Perkins,
Mrs. E. J. Barrett, L. Barrett, Mrs.
Fillinger, R. R. Stewart, C. N.
Christensen, D. Blanchfield, Mrs. R.
C. Wolfender, Miss M. Eversoe, Wm.
Soule and wife, Fred Haef, A. A.
Johnson, Ben Gretzke, Mrs. W. C.
Harp, Miss Mollie Miller, Charles
Nolan, Miss T. Cohen. There were
also six steerage passengerB.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 31.—
The Polish National Council of
America, it was announced today
will soon establish an office at Wash
ington, D. C., and an attempt will
be made to interest the American
people in the fight for freedom
being made by this race, once the
proudest in Europe.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31.—Louis
Bundy, aged 18 years, who mur
dered Harold Ziesche, was con
victed of murder in the first degree
here today. Bundy belongs to a
wealthy family and every efTort pos
sible has been made to save him
from paying the extreme penalty.
He will be sentenced next week.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 31.—
President Wilson has nominated
Winthrop Moore Daniels, of Prince
ton, and Henry Clay Hall, of Colo
rado Springs, to be members of the
Interstate Commerce commission.
The former is professor of political
economy in Princeton University,
while the latter is president of the
Colorado State Bar association and
prominent in state politics.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 31.—The
steamship Almirante, bringing the
members of the Vandeubuilt party
who were taken off the Warrior, the
millionaire’s private yacht, arrived
here this afternoon. The Warrior
is still on the reef off Colombia and
is fast breaking up. The crew have
been taken off.
PORTLAND, Jan. 31.—Governor
West, of this state is considering a
proposition which has been made to
ihm to make a tour of the eastern
states to speak on prison reforms.
He has been offered $500 per week.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 31.—
Commissioner Smith, chief of the
Bureau of Fisheries in Alaska, has
made his annual report which has
been approved by Secretary Redfield,
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 31.—The
monotonous, rythmic thump of the
Indian tom-tom with the quavering
falsetto of the squaws as they
danced the “Omaha” and “Sun'
dances in circles of whirling war
bedecked savages were made real
istic this morning for 200 grey
haired men and women who met at
the Temple theater in the annual
meeting of the Territorial Pioneer’s
Association. The music was played
on a phonograph.
CHICAGO, Jan. 31—Adopted Am
erican citizens who revere the names
of Sobieski and Kosciusko as heroes
of their native land are rapidly
spreading in this country an organ
ization, which, under the title of
the Polish National Council of Am
erica, has begun a vigorous warfare
on alleged cruelties and brutalities
inflicted on the people of dismem
bered Poland by their alien Rus
sian, Prussian and Austrian rulers.
JUNEAU, Feb. 3.—The grand
jury has handed in its final report
and recommends many changes in
the laws of the territory alfecting
local conditions. It recommends a
stricter enforcement of the law
against giving or selling liquor to
persons who are intoxicated and
total prohibition of the sale of
liquor in houses of prostitution. The
grand jury also wants stricter laws
covering the fishing industry in
order to eliminate waste and to pre
vent foreigners from engaging in
the industry in any capacity.
BOSTON, Jan. 31.—Mrs. James F.
Lord, daughter of Thomas Lawson,
of “frenzied finance” fame, has lost
jewelry valued at more than a mil
lion dollars in some unknown way.
The loss of the jewelry has been
kept secret while the police and
private detectives have been work
ing on the case. A reward has been
offered for the recovery of the
Jewelry.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 2.—
Judge Pindall, of Arkansas, who
wa^ recently confirmed by the Sen
ate as United States ambassador to
Russia has written a letter to Pres
ident Wilson expressing regret that
he cannot accept the position on
account of ill health.
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In connection with his having ac
cepted the position of justice of the
peace in his home town the Pitts
burg Gazette Times prints a pic
ture of Hon. James Sheakley, who
wras appointed a U. S. commissioner
to Alaska and governor of this ter
ritory from 1893 to 1897, when he
w’as succeeded by ex-Governor
Brady. Like Thomas Jefferson, who
was first a president of the United
States and then a justice of the
peace, Mr. Sheakley who was gov
ernor of Alaska and ex-member of
Congress, has assumed his duties S3
a justice of the peace at Sheakley
ville, Pa. He is 84 years of age but
hale and hearty and expects to hold
the office of justice of peace foij
many years.
of the commerce departmnt. He
rcommends that a material increase
be made in the number of men and
vessels now engaged in patrolling
the Alaska fisheries. He also recom
mends that headquarters for the
bureau be established in Seattle in
order that official matters connected
with the inspecion may be facili
tated.
The commissioner complains that
the few men now engaged have to
cover large territories and that many
points are visited but once each
year. The lack of officers to en
force the law has led to waste of
food fish must be checked before the
waters are depleted. The passage
of laws regulating the catching of
fish are recommended. The report
condemns the practice of fishermen
taking the salt water fish after they
have entered fresh water to spawn.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 30.—
President Wilson, in outlining the
foreign policy as discussed at the
recent conference, stated that no
crisis was at hand which would dis
turb the peace of the nation. He
deprecated the unwarranted specu
lation of international complications
through the press of the country.
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