SEATTLE, Dee. 8.—W. H. Hatch,
A miner from the Iditarod who took
passage on the steamer Mariposa
•- from Cordova, committed suicide
' this morning, while the vessel was
Off Vancouver Island. Despondency
over lack of success In fortune
(hg In the north is supposed to be
the reason for his act. The vessel
arrived in port late this afternoou.
; 'WENATCHEE, Dec. 8.—D.
Franklin, on trial for assaulting a
little girl 10 years old, and J. C.
Parsons, a member of the jury, were
shot and killed in the courtroom at
Cashmere today by Harry hi. Carr,
a prominent merchant of Leaven
worth, whose daughter also had
been assaulted by Franklin. The
bullet from an automatic revolver of
large calibre passed through Frank
• tin, killing Parsons. Carr Is in
Custody.
EVERETT, Dec. V.—Uttering a
Startled cry as the villain in a
motion picture drama threw the
•heroine over a high bridge. Mrs.
Phoebe May Sherman, aged 50,
died last night in her seat in ’ a
moving picture theater. Sometime
ago she had suffered from a paraly
tic stroke that affected her heart
and had been warned by her physi
cian against excitement.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—.Repre
sentatives John J. Fitzgerald and K.
"T. Shurley informed President Wil
son today in person that they in
tended opposing Representative Gard
ener’s resolution for invasion by
•making public the details of the
Committee’s report on the unpre
paredness of the United States for
war.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. — Hon.
Thomas Spring-Rice, the British am
bassador, informed the state depart
ment today that reports are current
that General Carranza is planning to
destroy the British owned railroad
between Vera Cruz and Mexico City.
It is expected that American troops
will again be sent to Vera Cruz to
aid in maintaining order, should Car
ranza’s followers attempt to carry
out these threats.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 4.—-Walter John
son, Washington’s great pitcher, to
day signed a contract to pitch witii
the Chicago Federals for two years
at a salary of $17,500 a year and he
was paid a bonus of $6,000 when he
attached his signature to the docu
ment.
This contract, following that with
Plank, signed yesterday, means that
all negotiations Intended to bring
about peace between the baseball
armies have been declared off. Part
of the peace plans proposed that Chi
cago should have two teams next
season; that the Brooklyn Federals
were to have either the Brooklyn
Nationals or the New York Ameri
cans, and the backers of tlie St. Louis
Federals were slated to buy the Car
dinals. In the cities where the Fed
erals did not conflict with the Ameri
can or National leagues the Ameri
can Association and International
were to be absorbed by the Federal
magnates.
The Chicago National League team
has been the wedge with which or
ganized baseball has been attempting
to bring about peace.
Chas. H. Weeghman, president and
owner of the Chicago Federals, and
Chas. P. Taft, owner of the Chicago
Nationals, had reached an agree
ment and announcement had been
made that the deal would be con
summated December 1; but “some
one spilled the beans,” and the bal'
war will be continued with all the
attendant horrors.
A report was circulated that Chas.
W. Murphy, former president of the
Cubs, was blocking the transfer of
the team to Weeghman; that Murphy
etill held 52 per cent of the stock
and demanded $450,000 for it.
NEW YORK, Dec. 4.—Secretary
of Commerce Redfield, addressing
the Maritime Exchange today, said
that lack of funds with which to
carry on geodetic surveys in Alaskan
waters is responsible, for the loss of
lives of many passengers and several
steamships. The secretary is exert
ing his influence to secure more ade
quate appropriations for this impor
tant and neglected work and will
have the united support of all
maritime Interests.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 4.—Negotia
tions to end the strike of 15,000
miners in Ohio, which has beejn in
progress for several weeks, have
been broken off as the operators and
representatives of the. men were
unable to get together on the prin
cipal points of difference.
EL PASO, Dec. 7.—.Tose Inez
■Salazar and Emille P. Campa, de
claring war against Generals Villa
and Carranza, have proclaimed an
other revolution in Central Chi
huahua. They were formerly In
command of portions of the consti
tutionalist army.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 4.—An offi
cial dispatch confirms previous re
ports ot the arrival ot President
Guiterres and General Villa at
Mexico.City, with Zapata’s soldiers
maintaining: good trder in the ci*.
and.'suburbs.
MORTON, Wash., Deo. 4.—J. N.
Truman of Nesika came to town yes
terday to ship two cub bears to West
Virginia! The day before Mr. Tru
man kjUed his 42nd bear in three
yeajR^d in doing so had one royal
fight. Four of his six dogs which
hs<JLbeen turned loose after the bear
were badly cut up.
The^bear weighed 350 pounds and
was. §hpt 15 times before he was
killed.. He certainly should have
beep jde^d.
CHICAGO, Dec, 3.—The executive
committee of the national organiza
tion of the Progressive party, with
35 states represented, at its meet
ing here today, decided to continue
the party organization and to en
courage .formation of clubs in sec
tions where the party was not repre
sented during the recent campaign.
GETTYSBURG, Dec. 3.—Eddie
Plank, the great baseball pitcher
who has been with the Philadelphia
Athletics. for several seasons, today
signed a contract with the outlaw
Federal League. Plank pitched the
second game in the recent world’s
series, which his team lost 1 to 0,
after a remarkable duel between the
pitchers.
Passengers on the Admiral Evans
reported that the steamer Dora went
aground near Kodiak on her last
trip to the westward and for a time
it was thought the ship would go to
pieces. Captain McMullen is reported
to have ordered all the passengers
to put on life preservers and prepare
to leave the ship, as it was expected
she would not be floated, says the
Valdez Prospector. However, the
ship was able to reach Kodiak,
where repairs were made and she
continued the trip to the westward.
A heavy sea was running when the
Dora struck and many would have
lost their lives but for the able sea
manship of Captain McMullen.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—Young
Shugrue, the Jersey City lightweight,
outpointed Freddie. Welsh in a ten
round bout at Madison Square Gar
den last inght.
NEW fORK, Dec. 3.—The Na
tional Civic Federation, at its meet
ing here tomorrow, will consider a
report based on information received
from 600 governors, mayors and
banks stating that business condi
tions are improving and will con
tinue to improve generally through
out the United States. Credit ror
these conditons is divided between
the demand for American products
caused by the European war and the
inauguration of the new currency
system.
EL PASO, Dec. 3.—A dispatch to
the Capital .states that President
Guiterrez and General Villa entered
Mexico City together this morning,
preparatory to the inauguration
cereuiouies.
NEW YORK. Dec. 3.—Lamar, the
stockbroker who obtained money by
Impersonating a congressman, and
who submitted his case to the jury
yesterday without making any de
fense, was found guilty and sent
enced to two years in the federal
penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Alaska
has two new reservations added to
the long list, including those for
coal land, oil land, forests, birds, hot
springs, military posts, townsites
and perhaps others which the cor
respondent has overlooked. The
latest are a signal corps reservation
and an Eskimo reservation. Pub
licity was not given to the new brand
until the report of the chief signal
officer of the army appeared the
other day. There it is found that
last summer the President, by execu
tive order, duly published by being
sent to a clerk in the department
of state, who locked it in a safe,
made the following reservations "for
the use of the signal corps, United
States army, in the operation of the
military telegraph lines in Alaska."
At Copper Center, 55.29 acres; at
Eureka, 1.3 acres; at Kokrines, 13
acres; at Circle, 19.9 acres.
The annual report of General
Seriven, chief signal officer, shows
that the Washington-Alaska military
cable and telegraph system em
braced at the close of the fiscal
year 1914, 2,641.9 statute mlies of
submarine cable. 1,044.5 miles of
land lines and ten radio stations.
There were eight interruptions to
submarine cables during the year,
but these caused practically no de-,
lay in the handling of messages?
Business was routed during inter
ruptions via naval radio stations
the Dominion lines via EgberUtlom
munication over the land Ur^s was
handled with but few interruption*,
and the use of the radio stations
enables all messages to be forwarded
during such interruptions without
delay.
Total receipts of the line proper
dtaring the year amounted to $286,
529.97, an Increase of $5,369.79
over tue previous year. Receipts for
other lines to the amount of $20,
821.38 were collected and turned
over to the other lines. "The value
of official messages handled,” sayi
the report, "aggregated $181,370, a
decrease of $21,315.25, due in part
to the fact that the navy depart
ment placed its naval radio stations
along the coast at the service of the
various governmental departments."
The report says further:
“The Hot-8prings-Gibbon cut-off
has proved its value and no Incon
venience has been cansed those liv
ing In this section.
“The temporary telegraph office, st
Thompson pass was opened on No
vember 11, 1913, * and closed on
April 18, 1914. This station is only
in use during the winter, and has
proved to be a great accommodation,
as well as a protection, to those who
are. forced to travel over the pass in
the winter time. During this fiscal
year telegraphic money transfer ser
vice was discontinued at Copper
Center, Chena and Nulato, and es
tablished at Haines (Fort William
H. Seward), Alaska.
"Under instructions of the secre
tary of war, orders have been issued
directing that all official business
other than that of the. war depart
ment shall be charged for at one
half the regular commercial rates.
This is justified by the fact that it is
the rule throughout the government
for a department to se.cure reim
bursement for any material or ser
vices paid for from its own appro
priations bnt transferred to or used
by another department.
"The abandonment of the line be
tween St. Michael and Nulato has
been recommended and is under
consideration.
“No steps have as yet been taken
to lay the 150 miles of deep sea
cable and 30 miles of cable referred
to in my last report, .for the reason
that consideration was being given
the. proposition of turning the sys
tem ovei; to the postofflce depart
ment, and it was not thought desir
able to lay the cable in view of the
possibility that the postoffice depart
ment would replace the cable by
radio communication. This transfer
of the system from the control or
the war department is yet in abey
ance.
The cable now in use is deterior
ating, and its replacement cannot be
long deferred. The question of an
alternative route via Ketchikan is
being investigated. The rerouting
of a cable by that point or the lay
ing of a second cable may be under
taken if the necessary funds are ap
propriated by Congress.”
Of the $60,000 appropriated by
the army appropriation act of March
2, only $2,440.13 Is reported as hav
ing been spent. It went for re
building and betterments of the tele
graph lines between Valdez and Pax
son, Oulkana and Fort Egbert.
One hundred and eighty-one en
listed men were on duty with the
system during the year, 71 less than
during the previous year.
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AKRON, O., Dec. 2.—Rev. James
T. Lowe, former pastor of the Fir3t
United Evangelical Church here is
on trial by a conference of church
men on charges growing out of his
acceptance of checks amounting to
several hundred dollars from the
Summit County Bottlers and Brew
ers’ Association.
Lowe has spent the past two we.eks
in preparing a statement of his case.
“My defense will be a plain state
ment of the facts,” said Lowe today.
“The money was used solely for
church purposes and there never
was an attempt on my part to con
ceal the, fact that it was given.
Brewers’ money pays debts as read
ily as any other money.” The offi
cial board, however, thought it un
wise to acquaint the board with the
source of the gift. Two other Akron
churches and the Akron Y. M. C. A.
have also confessed to accepting
money from the liquor men’s asso
ciation.
FARGO, N. D.. Dec. 2.—Preven
tion of crime rather than punish
ment of crime is the code under
which Mrs. Josiah A. Poppler, Fargo
police woman, wife of a prominent
young business man and leader ol
Fargo society, works during her
“hours” as Fargo "copper.” She la
a duly appointed and acting officer,
reporting to the chief under the
same hours as othe.r officers at the
city building.
MANDAN, N. D„ Dec. 2.—Mount
ed on a flat boat, an antiquated
(,’one-lung” automobile is furnishing
the motive, power by which F. L.
Styles and family are today floating
down the Missouri river on their im
provised house boat. They are
enroute from Mandan to Miami,
Fla., a distance of 4,000 miles.
SEATTLE, Dec. 1.—Thos. Riggs,
Jr:,, member of the Alaska Engineer
ing Commission, leaving today for
rthe national capital, and discussing
the Alaska railroad situation, said
that one of the ilrst questions to
decide, is whpthfcr to build the rail
way by prlv&td contract or for the
government to undertake the work
and supervise everything. He thinks
■actual construction will be com
menced In April.
PRINCETON, Dec. 3.—Geo. B.
McClellan, professor of economic his
tory, following his return from
Europe, has predicted that the
United States will sooner or . later
have to abandon the Monroe Doctrine
or fight the winner of the present
war to maintain it.
' WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Tele
grams to the state department say
Provisional President Gulterrez will
enter Mexico City tomorrow and win
be inaugurated at the national palace.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Hear
Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, re
tired, died here today of a compli
cation of ailments. Born September
27, 18.49, in the warlike atmosphere
of West Point, he was at the age ol
19 appointed from New York to the
U. S. Naval Academy and his ad
vancement was rapid because of his
deep Interest in the life work he had
selected. He was a graduate of Ox
ford, Cambridge, Harvard, Yale and
McGill colleges, a record) equaled by
i few men of his time. He was retired
at his own) request Novemebr 17,
■1896, after 40 years of active ser
vice. He was president of the Naval
War College In 1886-9, and was in
the latter year commissioned to
select a site for a navy yard In the.
Northwest, the choice falling to
Bremerton. Admiral Mahan was the
author of several historical' works
re'ating to- wars of the different
nations.
ENTERPRISE. Ore., Dec. 2.—
Following the filing of his resigna
tion, the county grand jury returned
indictments charging County Judge
J. A. French with forgery and. fal3e
pretenses. French is a pioneer of
Wallowa county and has served as
sheriff, county alierk and county
judge. It is alleged that by certify
ing to road bills of fictitious per
sons asad widows1' pensions: tor- wid
ows who do not exist, that he has
acquired' approximately $2,000) of
the county’s money since last May.
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To C. M. Gage, Plater Conaton,, Wil
liam Farrell, Maurice O’Doaaell
and. John Ryaa».i
You are hereby notified that we
the undersigned., have expended in
labor and improvements the- sum of
One Hundred Dollars during; the
years 1911, 1912, 1913, and 1914 on
each of the placer claims known as
New York Association claim ani
Boston Association claim, located on
Youiag creek, a tributary of Nizina
river, Nizina mining district, Cbitina
recording district. Third Judicial
division. Territory of Alaska, and
where the said clafms are more fully
described.
The above amount has been ex
pended in order to hold said claims
! under provisions of the taw concern
ing annual labor upon mining claims,
being the amount required to hold
said claims.
And you are further notified that
if wlthfn 90 days after the last pub
lication of this notice you fail to con
tribute your proportion of said ex
penditure, your interest in said
claims will become the property of
the undersigned, your co-owners,
under Se.ctlon 2324, Revised Statutes
of the United States.
ELI McQUADE,
GEORGE DEMPSEY,
Agents Dexter C. Cayouette,
Co-owners.
Date of first pub. Nov. 17, 1914.
Date of last pub., Feb. 23, 1915.
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