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SAN FRANCISCO, April 6.—Col.
D. C. Jacklin, largely interested in
the Alaska-Gastineau mines near
iuneau, was married last night to
Miss Virginia Joliffe, a sister of
Mrs. Rudolph Spreckles. The affair
was quite a society event.
LOS ANGELES, April 6.—Munici
pal affairs are again in a whirl.
Chief of Police Sebastian, Eari
Rogers and H. Counsel have been
indicted by the grand jury on
charges of attempting to corruptly
influence the grand jury.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 6.—The
famous election fraud cases that
have been on trial here for several
weeks came to an end last night by
the conviction of all the, men ac
cused. They were from Terra Haute
and include Mayor Donn M. Roberts
and 27 others. They were tried be
fore Judge A. B. Ande.rson in the
United States district court. The
jury found them guilty of intimi
dating voters, sending repeaters to
the polls, stripping the ballot boxes,
etc. These funds weje committed
at the November election.
The testimony shows that women
watchers at the polls were insulted,
election board members were thrown
bodily out of polling places, court
orders were torn up, and finally, all
arrangements were made to falsify
the returns if need be, various Wit
nesses today swore.. Sylvester Jor
dan, democratic committeeman and
one of 88 men who have pleaded
guilty, told about the plans to
change the returns. A number of
witnesses told of fights and alle.ged
repeating in that precinct. James
H. Baxter, professor at the Indiana
state normal school in Terre Haute,
testified that he had bee.n threatened
with arrest because he challenged
voters.
BOSTON, April 6.—As was feared
Curtis Guild did not survive during
the night. For several days past
he has been in a low state from the
effects of an attack of pneumonia
and yesterday was in a dying condi
tion. He was 55 years of age and
one of Massachusetts foremost men,
having served as governor and also
ambassador to Mexico and Russia,
under Republican administration.
SEATTLE, April 5.—The steamer
Admire' Wat3on sailed north at 2
o’clock '.'-.is afternoon. For Cor
dova tLjro were: Jos. Wallace, Her
man ArvaM, Jess Slagel and three
second-class. For Seward 25 cabin
and 18 second-class. For Valdez:
three cabin and 1 second-class.
NISH, April 5.—Several thousand
unif'i’rmed Bulgarian irregulars
crossed the Serbian border. At first
they repulsed the Serbian troops,
but at the end of the fighting they
were driven out. Fifty Serbians
and 80 Bulgarians were killed.
NEW YORK, April 5.—The storm
J had only partially subsided over
Easter Sunday, but the damage fo
shipping was principally done on
Friday and Saturday. It is re
ported that 100 were lost at various
Atlantic ports during the storms. In
addition there is every indication
that the Royal Dutch West India’s
steamship Prins Maurits, with 50
aboard, foundered off Cape Hat
teras.
PARIS, April 5.—The war office
has announced that two German
submarines were destroyed, and a
third badly damaged, in a raid by
the allied aviators. At the naval
base at Hoboken, Germany, forty
workmen we,re killed and sixty were
wounded by the aviators.
BERLIN, April 5.—A dispatch
from Athens, received this after
noon, says that the British battle
ship Lord Nelson was destroyed in
the Dardanelles yesterday.
SEBASTAPOL, April 5. — The
Turkish cruiser Medjidie.h was
struck by mine near the Russian
coast and went down. It is believed
that all aboard were lost.
VIENNA, April 5.—The retreat of
the Austrians in the Carpathian
mountains has been announced at
army headquarters.
SHELTON, Wash., April 3.—O.
C. Steele, a brakeman formerly with
the Peninsula railroad, sought
revenge in his anger for being dis
charged from his position. Early
this morning as the train "‘was pass
ing a certain point, where Steele
had secreted himself in ambush, he
began firing from his revolver. His
shots took effect on the. various tnen
who were on the platform, killing
Conductor Alex. Johnson, Brake
man C. E. Day and Joseph Sterz,
foreman of the Simpson logging
camp. J. D. Burke, a brakeman,
was also shot and fatally wounded.
After performing his dastardly acts
Stee.le returned to his home and
shot and killed himself, in the pres
ence of his wife.
SEATTLE, April 3—Judge Smith
this morning passed sentence o(
from six months to five years in the
penitentiary for former Patrolman
Paul R. Schuman, who was con
victed of accepting the earnings of
fallen women, under promise to af
ford them protection. This is the
second conviction secured by Prose
cuting Attorney Lundin in his in
vestigation of alleged graft in and
out of the police department. Felix
Crane, negro saloon keeper and
underworld boss, was convicted of
a similar offense recently and sent
enced to serve from two to five
years in the penitentiary. Charles
Shea, who was arrested at the same
time as Schuman and on the same
charge, will be tried later. He is in
the county jail, ill with rheumatism.
AVASHINGTON, April 5.— The
American note on the sinking of the
heat-laden vessel Frye was made
public today. It politely but firmly
suggests that Germany make repara
tion.
CHICAGO, April 3.—The women
are going same in politics in this
city. The interest was intense at a
political meeting held last night in
the First Ward. It was largely at
tended and feeling became bitter.
After firing many volleys of warm
words the meeting broke up in a
general riot. A call for the police
wa3 necessary to prevent more seri
ous injuries than scratching and
hair pulling.
NEW YORK, April 3—The, Inter
national Mercantile & Marine Com
pany, organized by the. house of
Morgan, has gone into the hands of
a receiver. The application was
made upon the part of the New York
Trust Company. The de.funct com
pany controlled 110 vessels and ap
parently had been doing an exten
sive business. The failure came as
a surprise to the general public.
WASHINGTON, April 2.—There
is a probability that the Alaska
Engineering Commission will not be
able to soon utilize some of the
construction equipment of the
Panama Canal railway. A telegram
has just be.en received from one of
the canal officers stating that much
of the equipment needed for the
building of Alaska railroads cannot
be spared for several months. In
view of this fact the Commission
realizes that other arrangements
will have to be made, as it is ex
oected to start building in the north
'n the early part of May.
SEATTLE, , April 2.—Register
Boyle of the, Juneau land office has
just received a telegram from Wash
ington from the Commissioner of
fhe General Land Office. It states
that the coal lands in the forest
reserves and other parts of Alaska
outside of the Matanuska and Ber
ing River districts may be leased.
The leasing bill which passed Con
gress last fall excluded lands con
tained in forest reserves.
WASHINGTON, April 2.—The
United States officials have again a
hope that permanent protection may
be extended to foreigners in Mexico
City. It is proposed that Villa, Car
ranza and Zapata declare neutrality
so far as Mexico City is concerned.
SEATTLE, April 2.—Another
woman last evening followed the
suicide route. Having been away
for some time the former wife of
Police Sergeant W. F. Dolan, re
turned recently to find that a di
vorce had been granted from her.
She was very much affected by the
news and yesterday complained that
her husband had secured the divorce
without giving her an opportunity
to defend herself. Later she took
poison and ended her life.
CHICAGO, April 2—Samuel Gom
pers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, arrived here
this afternoon. He is already at
work to try to prevent a general in
dustrial tie-up, growing out of a
strike of the painters and plasterers.
Other unions have become involved
and unless some speedy action is
taken the men in various vocations
will go out on a sympathetic strike.
The business men generally are
anxious that there should be an
adjustment of the difficulty, as a
general tie-up would seriously affect
the returning prosperity that is now
being enjoyed.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2.—The
Exposition management plans to
have an Alaska day late in July or
early in August. The governor of
the territory and mayors of all towns
will be invited to attend and partici
pate in the. event. An interesting
program will be arranged that will
include a reproduction of one of the
sweepstakes dog face that is so pop
ular in the north. It will be run
over the auto course, within the
grounds.
BOSTON. April 5.—Curtis Guild,
journalist, soldier and 'diplomat, is
lying at his home dangerously ill
ith pneumonia. He has been gov
ernor of Massachusetts, special
Ambassador to Mexico in 1910, and
ambassador to Russia from July
1911, until he was succeeded by
George T. Marye, Democrat.
LONDON, April 1.—King George
has informed David Lloyd-George,
Chancellor of the Exchequer, that il
it would aid the cause of temper
ance he will forbid the use of liquoi
in the Royal household.
WASHINGTON, April 1.—It was
announced yesterday in administra
tion circles that an early move upon
the part of the new Ways and Means
committee of the House will be for
the. passage of a bill soon after
Congress convenes, for the protec
tion of the Alaska seals. The latter
part of February Congress passed a
joint reso.ution which authorizes
the secretary of commerce to post
pone the sale of all skins now in
possession of the government, taken
from seals killed on the Pribilof
Islands for food purposes, until such
time as, in his discretion, he. shall
deem advisable; and the proceeds of
such sale shall be covered into the
treasury of the Ikiited States.
WASHINGTON; April 1.—Secre
tary of War Garrison has issued an
order that his general staff corps
prepare a plan for the reorganiza
tion of the army. This it is ex
pected will be ready to lay before
Congress soon after the next session
is convened, and it will be used as
a basis for a permanent National
military policy. The administration
is greatly interested in a reorganiza
tion that will conform to modern
ideas and methods. The European
war has taught a few lessons that
will be taken advantage of.
MONTEREY, April 1—This morn
ing General Villa issued a statement
in which he declares that when
peace comes to Mexico it will be
without liquor, if within his power
to so regulate conditions.
hkohnsville, Texas, April 1.
—Three batteries of the Third Field
Artillery, arrived today from the
near government posts. They will be.
used to protect this city when
Matamoros is under attack.
LONDON, April 1.—Lord Roths
child, who represented the English
branch of the family and was at the,
head of the big financial institution
in this city, died at his home yes
terday afternoon. The Rothschild
family has acquired an unexampled
position from the magnitude of
their financial operations. Branches
of the business have been main
tained at Paris, Vienna, London and
Naples, each being in charge of one
of the sons of the fathers who were
the sons of the orginal founder,
Mayer Anselm Rothschild, who
negotiated his first government loan
in 1802, of ten million thalers to
the Danish government.
SEATTLE, April 1.—Former Vice
President Fairbanks, in an address
delivered last night at a banquet,
declared that while other nations
talked war ours should talk peace.
He stated that 15,000,000 men were
on the field of battle shooting to
pieces the. gigantic heresy of war.
His whole line of talk was to the
effect that war was barbarous and
that the. triumph of might did not
prove right. He complimented the
present administration on the cau
tion used in handling the various
questions that might precipitate
this country into the terrible fray.
JUNEAU, April 1.—United States
District Attorney James A. Smiser,
accompanied by Mrs. Smiser arrived
on the Jefferson and the new official
has assumed the duties of his office.
The Smisers left their former home
at Columbia, Tenn., March 18th.
Mr. Smiser is a boyhood friend of
Attorney-General Thos. Watt Greg
ory, and his appointment was a per
sonal selection by the Attorney
General.
SIMLA, India, March 31.—There
have been various small uprisings
recently among the tribesmen at
Tochi. These culminated in a gen
eral outbreak and ten thousand of
the tribesmen battled with the gov
ernment troops. They fought for
several days with the result that An
ally the. tribesmen were repulsed,
but not before mapy of them had
eihter been killed or wounded. It
is expected that this decisive battle
will quiet the discordant element,
at least for a while.
CHICAGO, April 1.—Another en
couraging sign of returning pros
perity was evidenced this morning,
when 10,000 idle men were returned
to work at the steel plants. These
are located at a suburb called Chi
cago Heights. They shut down
fhree months ago, owing to a depres
sion in the steel business. But the
re.cent orders received indicate that
the works may be continued on full
time for many months in the future.
This is also taken as an encouraging
sign for various other industries and
manufactories.
SEATTLE, April 5.—It is the de
sire of the Alaska Engineering Com
mission to use Alaska wood for the
purpose of making railroad ties.
Tests of Alaska spruce and hemlock
are now being made at the state
university to determine whethe*
they are sufficiently strong to be
used as ties. It is expected that
Lieut. Mears, one of the Commis
sion, will arrive here tomorrow, the
other two to follow within ten days.
Most of the supplies for the railroad
construction forces will be pur
chased in this city.
SEATTLE, March 31.—Former
Vice President Charles W. Fair
banks, of Indianapolis, is in Seattle
on his return from the Panama expo
sition. In discussing Alaska he de
clares that if the federal government
pays due heed to the demand for de
velopment in the territory as it
ought, the future greatness of Alaska
is assured. lie believes that the
present and future, administrations
are bound to keep going the program
that has been started toward rail
road building and the general de
velopment of the resources of the
territory.
SEATTLE, March 31.—Although
the 30th of each month will be
a sailing day under the new six
day schedule, the steamer Mari
posa will not get away until tonight.
She will have the following passen
gers for Cordova:
Chas. A. Matheson, John Peterson.
Gust Kelson, Alfred Anderson, James
Malcolm, Wm. Sull, John Hanson,
Carl Sunberg, E. J. Ives, Mary Dif
fley, Thomas B. Hyde, H. H. Ross,
F. M. Poore, T. J. McCroskey,
Edward Stroeclcer, and four steer
age. For Valdez there were four
cabin and six steerage. For Seward
20 cabin and four steerage.
SEATTLE, March 31.—A terrible
fatality that resulted in the killing
of four prominent members of old
time families occurred early last
evening. The party was out driving
with Mrs. M. J. Carkeek, in her
machine, with Paul Kumai, a Jap
anese cnaune.ur at tne wheel, while
speeding along the road south of
town arid near Allentown, the ma
chine dashed off the bridge that
crosess the Duwamish and threw the
occupants into the stream. Mrs.
Carkeek was seriously injured and
the driver only slightly hurt. But
the other occupants were killed.
They were Thomas W. Prosch and
wife, who have lived in Seattle since
the earl days, Mr. Prosch being one
of the first owners of the Post
Intelligencer. Mrs. H. F. Beecher,
wife of Capt. Beecher, who is a son
of the late Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, was another victim. The
fourth was Miss Margaret Lenora
Denny, daughter of the late A. A.
Denny, who was one of the original
founders of Seattle. As these people
were all well known and were of
pioneer families, the announcement
of their killing threw a pall over the
city last night.
SEATTLE, March 31.—Labor
union agitators were out in force
last night and in various wavs
sought to induce the street car men
to enter upon a general strike. Vari
ous riots resulted and at times the
police were unable to cope with the
mobs. Disturbances occurred in dif
ferent parts of the city and when
the employes on the cars would re
fuse to abandon the cars the mob
would take possession. Car windows
were smashed, troLey ropes were
cut, fare boxes and controller han
dles confiscated. All this caused
delay to traffic, much inconvenience
to passengers, and in some instances
injury to the conductor or motor
man. The. men have persistently re
fused to strike and the street cars
are running today. In the mean
time the jitney busses are being filled
to capacity, as passengers thus avoid
delay and any prospect of injury.
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LONDON, April 5.—The British
steamship Olivine and the Russian
bark Hermes were sunk by a Ger
man submarine off the Isle of
Wight. The crews from both vessels
were rescued.
CHIASSO, Switzerland, April 5.—
The assembling of Italian troops on
the Austriin frontier continues witn
greater activity. It is believe.d that
action "'ill soon commence.
LONDON, April 5.—The Daily
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that the Russians have taken 62,000
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