COAL DECISION
EARLY IN JUNE
Washington, Hay 20.—Commissioner Fred Dennett,
of the General Land Office, before whom the Cunning
ham coal cases had their final hearing on Hay 8 and 9,
says that a decision will be rendered shortly after June
1, and Alaskans here feel that this is the first bright ray
of sunshine that has appeared on the cloudy horizon of
this long-drawn out coal controversy. Secretary of In
terior Fisher also attended the hearing and the decision
has been left in the hands of Commissioner Dennett.
Should it be favorable, and there is every reason to be
lieve that it will, it means the immediate opening of the
Bering River fields at Katalla and the construction of
railroads and other general activity will at once begin.
Out of the 1,100 coal locations 700 have been inves
tigated and irregularities found requirihg action on the
part of the courts to straighten out the tangle. The De
partment of the Interior is to investigate the remaining
locations and issue patents if any of these are found to be
absolutely regular. This statement is regarded here as a
bluff, as it may take years to conclude these investigations,
but the early decision in the Cunningham cases is cause for
much joy among those interested in the development of the
Alaska coal fields.
TO PROBE
ARMY SHOE
CONTRACTS
Washington, May 20.—The House
today passed the resolution introduc
ed by Representative Garner, of
Pennsylvania, calling upon the Sec
retary of War for all information
in relation to the awarding of shoe
contracts for the army during the
past ten years.
PEACE ASSURED
IN MEXICO
Juarez, May 20.—Envoys of both
the federals and rebels are con
ferring and there will be an imme
diate issuance of a manifesto de
claring peace in Mexico.
ILLINOIS CURBS
EDITORS
Springfield, May 20.—The' Illinois
slate legislature passed a law today
providing for the punishment of edi
tors publishing the details of crimes
and executions.
Seattle, May 20.—At the opening
of the Oregon-Washington union
railway station today Governor Wil
son, of New Jersey, delivered an
address in the course of which he
said that he was not sufficiently in
formed about Alaska to know wheth
er he was in favor of granting that
territory home rule.
Washington, May 16.—The rela
tives of J. N. Morrison, of Missouri,
have asked the revenue cutters to
look for the missing man.
CABLEGRAMS IN BRIEF
Washington, May 18.—There was
a wild scene in the House today
when the name of Speaker Champ
Clark was mentioned in connection
with the presidency. The Democrat
ic members cheered for several min
utes and the scene greatly affected
the congressman from Missouri.
Washington, May 18.—Governor
Osborn, of Michigan, favors reciproc
ity with Canada, as he believes i'
will benefit the farmer.
Harrisburg, Pa., May 18.—Penn
sylvania will have an exhibit at the
San Francisco exposition, the legis
lature having today appropriated
$100,000 for that purpose.
Washington, May 18.—President
Taft will likely pardon bankers
Morse and Walsh on Saturday.
Washington, May 18.—Represen
tative Kahn lenounces the recall in
the Arizona constitution and sayc
that if it hau been in vogue during
the administrations of Washington
and Lincoln and Roosevelt they
would have been victims of this lat
est tomfoolery.
Washington, May ^.—Represen
tative Clayson, chairman of the Ju
diciary committee, doesn’t favor trust
remedial legislation until he can see
the effect of the decision of the Su
preme Court in the Standard Oil
case.
Seattle, May 18.—A mass meet
ing will be held in this city Monday
night to protest against the action
of the government in retarding the
developmen of Alaska and demand
ing the immediate opening of the
coal fields.
Youngstown, O., May 18.—Inves
tigation of the opium traffic in this
city by the police department has
disclosed such a state of affairs that
it has been decided to ask the aid of
the government officials in stamping
out the vice. Raids have been go
ing on for several weeks among the
foreigners and negroes, and the evi
dence points to the centralization ot
the traffic in the hands of a few men.
It is claimed by the police that
the “pipe-hitters” are initiated into
a society and that all obtain from
one man orders for opium, written
in secret characters. These are ex
changed at a central place for* the
amount of opium called for, and on
ly that amount may be secured un
til another order is secured. The
trade is said to be tremendous, but
so far evidence has not been secur
ed to connect up the entire selling
system.
VICTIM OF
PLAYING
JOHN
New York, May 20.—Dr. William
Osborne McDowell, president of the
Journal of American History, a prom
inent worker for international peace
and a member of The Hague confer
ence, is under the care of physi
cians today after a narrow escape
from death by buckshot fired by a
gang of Eastside boys playing '•In
dian.” McDowell, passing a vacant
lot where tue boys wrere at play, was
struck by two of the shot. One
struck him behind the right ear, but
was deflected by the skull bones. His
physicians say that if the wound had
been a fraction of an inch higher the
result would probably have been fa
tal.
WILL COMPLETE
WORKJN 1918
Washington, May 20.—Seven
years work will be required to linish
the Panama canal, as one-fourtli of
this gigantic undertaking still re
mains to be completed.
ELOPEMENTS ARE
POPULAR
Wilmington, May 20.—Another
daughter of Mayor Gaynor, of New
York, elopes and was married here
last night to Stewart Webb, and
the young couple will immediately
leave for Los Angeles.
Springneiu, 111., May 18.—The
state legislature today defeated the
woman’s suffrage bill.
TELEGRAPHIC^ BRIEFS
Philadelphia. May 18.—Miss Edna
W. Calkins, of New York, today sig
nified her intention of marrying Geo.
Long, one of four slum missionaries
who recently established a “haven”
in Philadelphia's "Hell's Half Acre,”
one of the worst sections of the city,
'which never has been invaded by
slum workers until a few weeks ago,
when Long attempted the task of
cleaning it up.
Behind the announcement of the
coming marriage is a story of slum
life seldom heard of except in nov
els. For several years Miss Calkins,
who is the daughter of the late Cap
tain A. H. Calkins, of New York, has
been a consistent slum worker in
the greater city. During the course
of her slum work she met a derelict,
who said his name was George Long
She became interested in the home
less man and asked him to take up
her work.
Berlin, May 18.—The suffragettes
disturb the Reichstag and the police
had to disburse the mob.
Los Angeles. May 18.—Detective
Burns will arrive in this city Satur
day, when it is expected that lie will
make other arrests in connection with
the dynamiting of the Times plant.
Washington, May 18.—Congress
man Hobson has introduced a bill
in the House for automobile high
ways from the Atlantic to the Paci
fic and into Mexico and Canada.
New York, May 18.—The grand
jury recommends that the police use
their clubs more in dealing with bel
ligerent prisoners.
San Francisco, May 18.—A steam
er, which just arrived, reports that
30,000 Americans on the western
shores of Mexico fear assassination
New York, May 18.—The Nation
al Association of Manufacturers has
petitioned President Taft to forever
end boycotts by ordering the pun
ishment of -organizations enforcing
them.
Portland, May la.—The Oregonian
is devoting considerable editorial
space to Alaska's fight for the open
ing of the coal lands and is doing
effective work.
Pittsburg, May 19.—James Elliott
confesses that Detective Burns and
others have conspired to ruin Mc
Namara, the labor leader, by fasten
ing on him the crime of blowing up
the Los Angeles Tunes.
New York, May 1 y.—Attorney
General Wiekersham files a suit
against the lumber trust, charging
that it is a gigantic conspiracy.
New York, May 19.—'The publicity
committee of the New York Hotel As
sociation is to spend $100,000 ad
vertising New York as a summer re
sort in the newspapers of the South
and West. “We are going to cor
rect some of the fallicies which hurt
business in this big village in the
good old summer time,” says the
chairman of the committee. "This
city is the best summer resort in the
whole world, and visitors who will
soon be flocking here in warm
mouths will testify to this assertion."
New York, May 19.—Theodore
Roosevelt writes that some matters
cannot be arbitrated and says that
the killing of American citizens is
cause for war.
Chicago, May 19.—The Middle
and Eastern states are experiencing
the hottest weather ever and deaths
and prostrations are occurring at an
alarming rate.
Washington May 19.—Inquiry in
to the sugar trust will begin June 1.
New York, May 19.—United efforts
are being made by the officers to
eliminate loan sharks from the city.
Washington, May 19.—Senaior La
folette gives notice that he will ask
for a committee to further Investi
gate the charges against Senator Lor
imer.
Jacksonville, May 19.—Rev. Gard
ner, a well known pastor m attend
ance at a Baptist ct nference, toc-a.v
delivered a sensational speech before
that body in which he denounced
the Supreme Court for its Standard
Oil decision and the Senate for ac
quitting Lorimer of the charge of
bribery.
Washington, May 19.—Twenty-five
hundred acres of coal lands in Wy
oming were.today withdrawn upon
order of President Taft.
Fairbanks. May 19.—The first ship
ment of gold from this camp this
season is a week earlier than last
year. -This morning the steamer
Schwatka left and carried a ton of
gold bricks, valued at $500,000, from
the First National Bank, also a ship
ment, value of which was not given,
out from the American Bank.
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The Port Seward military band is
touring southeast Alaska, giving con
certs.
The Indian police service in south
east Alaska is to be resumed on July
1st.
Two theatrical companies will tour
Alaska this summer.
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