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A Record of the Principal Happenings of the World
NEW YORK, July 6— Evelyn Thaw,
after at first refusing to obey the
subpoena Issued by the court testing
the sanity of her husband, listened
to reason on the matter, and to avoid
arrest, arrived here today. In reply
to a request for an interview she
simply said that she would not testify
at Harry Thaw's trial.
GLENCOVE, July 5.—J. P. Morgan,
who was shot twice Saturday at his
home here is now entirely out of dan
ger. Holt, the assassin is seriously
ill, from the loss of blood caused by
the attack of the butler upon him. The
wound over his eye Is still bleeding.
He is badly beaten up. One of his
eyes is blackened, his shoulder is
wrenched, and his stomach is in
jured. Both of the bullets went
through Morgan’s hrp muscles, and
did not enter the abdomen.
GLENCOVE, July 6.—U. S. Secret
Service men are making an exhaust
ive investigation into the history of
the man Holt, who shot Morgan.
Searches are being made in all parts
of the country trying to trace the
antecedents of the man. Holt is ex
tremely despondent. It is feared that
if an opportunity presents he will
commit suicide, and precautions have
been taken to remove everything that
would assist him to such an end.
BERKELEY, Cal., July 6—Professor
Roy Gittingen, who was a fellow in
structor with Holt at the University
of Oklahoma, says that Holt Is of pure
German descent. Holt, according to
Gittingen, has spent much time in
Germany and has relatives there. The
man was always noted for his violent
hatreds and his extreme moodiness.
The positions he secured on the teach
ing staff of several colleges tvere
always lost because he could not resist
quarrelling with the other instructors,
and because he always got the im
pression that he was being treated
unfairly.
GLENCOVE, July 6.—The efforts
which have been made to identify
Holt as Emil Mventer, an instructor
at Harvard University, who disap
peared in 1906 after murdering his
wife, have proven unsuccessful.
GLENCOVE, July 6—Holt attempted
suicide in his cell today. He asked
for a lead pencil, saying he wished to
write a letter to his wife. He ex
tracted the rubber from the lead pen
cil, and chewed the metal holder into
a sharp point. With this point he
opened a vein in his left wrist, and
had lost much blood when discovered.
J. P .Morgan is rapidly recovering
from his wounds, and the attending
physicians now think so lightly of the
matter that they have discontinued
the issuance of bulletins.
GLENCOVE, July 6.—Holt Is in bad
condition, and is in danger of dying
because of loss of blood from the
wound he inflicted upon himself to
day and because of starvation. The
man has refused to eat anything since
he was arrested. The District Attor
new has had the doctors try to do
everything they could for the man,
but fears that he is about to die. Rela
tives of Holt have engaged counsel to
represent him, and they have decided
to defend his case on the ground of
insanity.
AUSTIN, Texas., July 6.—Governor
Ferguson announced today that he
would take no action on the request of
the Villa governor of Chihuahua for
the extradition of Viiiioriano Huerta,
ex-president of Mexico, unless officially
advised by the department of state
from Washington. Ferguson said that
he was not fully informed concerning
the legality of the request, as he did
not understand that either the Car
ranza or the Villa governments in
Mexico had been recognized by the
United States. Until that was done
he could not act on the request as he
did not believe that the Villa official
was a proper person to make such a
demand.
SEATTLE, July 6.—Four Alaska
steamers arrived here from the north
Sunday. The Bertha and the La
Touche brought large shipments of
ore. The passenger ships Alameda
and Admiral Evans also docked each
with a large passenger list and full
cargoes. The Alameda was loaded
with copper ore from Cordova.
SEATTLE, July 6.—The U. S.
Revenue Cutter Manning left here
today bound for Alaska. The Man
ning will probably sail direct for
Unalga.
SEWARD, July 6.—The Cordova
Baseball team played two games of
ball with the Seward aggregation and
lost both games. The first game was
played on the evening of the Fourth
and resulted in a score of 10 to 2 in
favor of the home team. The Cor
dova outfit showed up well in the field
but the Seward nine outplayed them
in the other departments of the game.
The second game was played yes
terday and the Cordova team showed
a big improvement over their previous
day’s play. Cordova lost to the tune
of 6 to 4. The game was well played
by both teams, but the Seward aggre
gation showed a better organiza
tion and superior team work. The
individual work of some of the Cor
dova players was high class.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 7—William
Jennings Bryan, who came here to
make a Fourth of July address on the
subject of Peace, has declined to ad
dress a mass meeting of the American
Independent Union. The Union is an
association composed of American
citizens of Irish and German descent
and birth, whose announced object is
to influence the government to place
an embargo on the exportation of
munitions of war to Great Britain.
The secretary pleaded other engage
ments for his inability to address the
meeting.
PITTSBURG, July 7.—Mammoth
orders for war material and equip
ment for Russia will be placed here.
Included will be 4,000 box cars and
33 locomotives. Much of these ship
ments will be handled via Seattle for
direct movement to Vladivostok, that
route having been used almost ex
clusively for the alst three months
with complete success.
NEW YORK, Jujy 6.—Jack Coombs,
the famous pitcher of the Philadelphia
American League baseball team, when
that club was in its prime, and who is
now playing with the Brooklyn
Nationals, fainted in the box today,
while warming up preparatory to
pitching a game against the Braves.
His team mates rushed to his side
and carried him off the field. It is
felt that the fainting is an after
math of the accident that Coombs re
ceived when struck In the head dur
ing a world series game between the
Athletics and the New York Giants
two years ago.
NEW YORK, July 6.—Charles A.
Conant, a noted New York banker,
who has been in Havana for some
time as financial expert for the Cuban
government died in Havana today.
Conant had almost completed the re
organization of the fiscal system of
the Cuban government, and his loss
will be regretted sincerely by the offi
cials of that government who had
great respect and admiration for him.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 7.—The
salaries of several postmasters in
Alaska have been raised $100 per
annum commencing July 1. The for
tunate offices are those at Cordova,
Douglas, Juneau, Nome, Ketchikan
and Seward. The reason for the raise
of salary is due to the large increase
of business done by the offices af
fected. Fairbanks and Iditarod have
been decreased $100 owing to the fact
that the postal receipts in these two
interior cities have shown a heavy
falling off.
EL PASO, July 7.—Huerta is still
confined in the county jail here and
is making no effort ot secure his re
lease on bail. The Mexican is recon
ciled to his lot, and he said today that
it would avail him nothing to get
bondsmen, as he was certain the
United States would prefer other
charges against him in the event of
his release, and re-arrest him. The
determination of the authorities to
prevent his adding to the disorder in
Mexico, has crystallzed in the belief
that Huerta is altogether too danger
ous to be allowed at large.
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Entries are pouring in for the na
tional competitive shooting matches
on the Black Point range in Jackson
ville, Fla., to be held beginning Octo
ber 14. The Naval Academy will be
represented and probably West Point.
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Send in your subscription now.
FRAME AND HIS
PAPER GET IN
TROUBLE
John Frame, the editor of the Com
moner at Valdez, has been getting
into trouble consistently of late. Hi?
chief specialty has always been mak
ing trouble for other people but as a
now dead philosopher once remarked:
"It is a long alleyway that has not got
an ash barrel.” Frame at one time
ran and wrecked a paper in Cordova
and is well known in Alaska. We sub
mit the following excerpts from the
Valdez Prospector:
John W. Frame was found guilty by
a jury in Commissioner Love's court
of the offense of assault and battery
against Dr. Dalton. The jury wrestled
all night and after twelve hours of
agony brought in a verdict of guilty
with a recommendation to clemency.
Judge Love imposed a fine of $50
and costs, the latter amounting to
$172.20. The defendant gave notice of
appeal and it is understood that the
appeal will be perfected.
Mr. Frame claimed that Dr. Dalton
pointed a kodak at him in the street and
that when he went into the Valdez
drug store and asked why Dalton had
taken his picture talking abusively to
him; that he told Dalton he would not
stand for such language in the street,
and started to back out when Dalton
grabbed him by the coat and the war
then started. Dalton explained that
he and a lady were testing the action
of the camera and pointed it at sev
eral persons. Also that it was too
dark to take a snap shot. The hour
seems to have been shortly after 9
in the evening. Dalton denied that he
used any abusive language toward
Frame and asserted that Frame, after
entering the store and starting to
talk civilly threatened to slap him,
following the threat by striking him.
It was then that John Biggs mixed
into the scrap. Biggs stated that his
chief interest was to save his show
cases from the wreckage of war,
which evoked a smile all around.
Biggs corroborated Dalton on most
points. Other witnesses testified to
small details and to the finish.
About the same time that Frame
was arrested, his printing plant was
seized on an execution against him.
The marshal took the plant and it is
now stored at the Valdez dock, and is
advertised for sale. The Commoner
has suspended publication without
notice to its subscribers. Several at
tempts have been made by Senator
Hubbard as attorney for Frame to get
the court to release the attachment,
but have been of no avail. Meantime
much speculation exists as to who
owns the Commoner plant. Frame
swore in his postoffice return that it
was owned by Charles M. Day. In
some of the proceedings in the pres
ent case Frame has submitted unveri
fied papers claiming an exemption,
which amounts to an assertion of
ownership.
To add to the sum of Mr. Frame’s
troubles the women of Valdez, as
members of the Valdez Civic League
and the Valdez Study Club have ad
dressed a resolution to the Council
asking for Frame’s removal as City
Clerk. They classed Frame as an un
desirable in a red hot set of resolu
tions.
The Valdez city council at its last
meeting failed to take any action upon
the request for the removal of Frame
from his position as city clerk. Mayor
Boyle, to whom had been sent the
registered letter containing the com
plaint and charges, stated that he had
not received the letter and conse-'
quently nothing was done.
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NEW YORK, July 8.—Joe Rivers,
the Mexican lightweight, who a few
years ago was a sensation in thd light
weight ranks, showing championship
possibilities, but when he got his
chance was knocked out by Willie
Ritchie, is endeavoring to fight his
way back to the top and is expected
to meet Ad Wolgast, former light
weight di^tor, in thlB city at an
r the past few weeks
class lightweights.
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There are over 550,000 German and
< ^ustro-Hungartatfi reservists in the
United States unable to obtain trans
portation to their native countries.
ALASKA S. S. CO.
PAYS COOD
DIVIDEND
At a recent meeting of the directors
of the Alaska Steamship Co. the regu
lar quarterly dividend of 11£ per cent
was declared and in addition thereto
an extra special dividend was ordered,
the two being payable June 30. With
the quarterly dividend of lty per cent
paid in March this makes a total of 8
per cent paid during the first half of
1915 on capital stock of this company,
amounting to $3,000,000. The an
nouncement of dividend caused much
favorable comment in financial cir
cles, as no better indication could be
given to show the excellent standing
and efficient management of this com
pany, as well as pointing to the thor
oughly good conditions now prevailing
in Alaska. The company's fleet is
now fully engaged in the traffic of the
north, and conditions in that territory
point to a continuance of unusual traf
fic offerings. Many factors contribute
to Alaska’s increased traffic. Chief of
the reasons is the steady and heavy
southbound tonnage in copper ore, the
question of a southbound tonnage
being of first importance to any
steamship operating. The second in
importance is the remarkable indus
trial activity in that section of which
Juneau is the center. Third comes
the added fishing plants in that region
of Which Ketchikan is the center, and,
fourth, the activity of the U. S. gov
ernment in constructing railroads has
been followed by a heavy movement
of freight and passengers to Anchor
age and Seward.—Railway & Marine
News.
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Fourth of July in McCarthy was
celebrated with mucn enjoyment to
all. On the night of the 3rd, a grand
ball was held at Johnson’s Hall. A
number of visitors from Kennecott
were present, the music was good,
the floor fine, and the supper unex
celled. About 40 couples attended.
On the 4th, a w'onderful example of
proficiency at the national game, was
shown by two picked nines. Cap
tain Olson of the Mother Lode Sons of
Rest, led his team to victory over the
McCarthy Micks, the final score being
somewhere in the neighborhood of 45
to 5 in favor of Captain Olson’s
McCarthy team won the finals but a
protest is being considered against
them for the reason that it is alleged
that they had an unfair advantage
inasmuch as most of the members of
the team were packers whose experi
ence in dragging horses out of the
mud on hte McCarthy trail to the
Nizina, had made them abnormally
muscular in the arms. The decision
has been referred to the Road Com
mission.
Races for young as well as grown
up kids occupied several hours. The
star of the whole field meet was
Mart Lattin who, in the fat man’s
race covered the hundred in the fast
time of 16% seconds and copped the
prize from such famous runners as
Frank Iverson and Jim Millsap.
The tug of war furnished consider
able excitement. Teams from Ken
necott, the Piledriver Crew, Glacier
Camp and McCarthy contested. Tbe
doughty warriors. The exact score
could not be learned by reason of tbe
fact that the scorekeeper wore his
pencil out early in the game.
ENGINEERS ARRIVE ON
INSPECTION TOUR
Seldom has a more notable party of
mining engineers ever arrived in Cor
dova than on the Mariposa. Included
in the number are Henry Krumb of
Salt Lake who is going to Kennecott.
He is accompanied by his wife and by
Fred 3. Ely and F. S. Schmidt, min
ing engineers and the three will pass
the next few weeks in an Inspection
of various ulterior properties.
H. \V. DuBoise of New Yor kis an
other engineer enroute to Str^lna from
which point he will penetrate the in
terior to investigate copper proper
ties. Frederick B. Hyder who is the
geologist of the Alaska Gastineau
Mine at Thane was also on the vessel
making the round trip.
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PETROGRAD, July 1.—Up to April
1, from the date of the suppression of
the vodka traffic, there have been
treated in the Peter and Paul and the
Obhovsky hospitals, two of the prin
cipal hospitals for the lower classes,
2,882 victims of methylated spirit
drinking. Of these 27 have died. In
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two hospitals for treatment of eye
diseases there hfive been treated 138
patients suffering from partial or total
blindness from the same cause. The
spirit is obtained by treatment of
varnish, eau de cologne and various
kinds of polish. The foregoing is the
result of the investigation by a special
committee named to report to a mili
tary commission.
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GLENCOVE, L. I., July 8.—J. P.
Morgan got out of his bed today for
the first time since he was shot by the
assassin Holt last week. He walked
about the house, and appeared to be
in the best of spirits. It has now
been definitely settled that Holt was
in fact Emil Muenter, the instructor
at Harvard University, who killed his
wife in Cambridge, Mass., in 1906.
Muenter was indicted for murder by
the Middlesex county grand jury, but
was never apprehended.
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Thirteen farmers from South Dakota
have bought farms in Willlston, Vt„
believing the advantages greater in
the East.
CORDOVA STORES
FORM NEW
COMPANY
The news made public today that
Cordova’s two big stores, S. Blum &
Co., and O’Neill & Slater Company
had combined means a good deal for
the town in the line of increased ser
vice and lower prices. The new con
cern will be known as the Blum,
O’Neill Co., and Harry O’Neill will act
as manager. The joinder of the two
stores will allow the management to
effect greater economies in purchas
ing, and in operation, and it is the
intention of the company to allow the
buying public of the Copper River
Valley to share in these economies by
reducing the price of commodities
whenever possible. Both of these
stores have been a credit to the com
munity, and both have been models of
well conducted establishments. Under
the new arrangements, when the plans
for reorganization have all been put
into effect the Blum, O’Neill Co., will
more than ever earn the confidence
and respect of the people of this sec
tion of Alaska, as far as service,
quality of goods and prices are con
cerned.
VALDEZ POWER
FIGHTIS
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The electric light war between the
two companies operating at Valdez is
at an end. The stockholders of the
Valdez Electric company voted at a
stockholders’ meeting to consolidate
with the Alaska Water, Light & Tele
phone Company upon terms that have
been agreed upon by the two com
panies. Nothing has been signed up
as yet but the agreement has been
made and all that is necessary is to
draw up the necessary papers.
The A. W., L. & T. Co., agrees, how
ever, to operate under the 10-cent
franchise of the Valdez Electric, which
is a third less than the rates in force
prior to the new company entering the
field. This, however, is two cents a
kilowatt hour higher than the present
rates of the new company.
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The Kansas Cltiy jitney companies
have decided to run an all night
“owl” service.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward and
SHIP CREEK, via INSIDE PASSAGE
Sails from Seattle— Sails from Cordova—
June 30.MARIPOSA.July 10
July 7.ALAMEDA.July 17
Regular freight eervtce for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and Latouche. Explos
ives, 8. 8. Seward. 8. 8. Seward, 5th; 8. S. Latouche, 15th; 8. 8.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up-town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY,
General Agent
T. J. TALLENT,
Ticket Agent
COPPER RIVER & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY
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Good Passenger and Freight
Service to Interior Alaska
For Rates and Other Information Apply
DEPOT OFFICE