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PHOENIX, Nov. 26—The Santa
Fe railroad has been fined $5,000 for
working train crews over hours, thus
violating the rulings of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. It is expect
ed that action will be brought against
other railroads for neglecting to ad
here to the rulings of the Commis
sion.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 22—In order
to prevent delay in the completion of
the Panama canal the Interstate Com
merce Commission have modified a
ruling of the navy department so as
to permit foreign vessels to deliver
material on the canal without paying1
tell. The recent order of President
Taft fixing the rates of canal tolls is
as follows:
1. On merchant vessels carrying
passengers or cargo. $1.20 per net
vessel ton—each 100 cubic feet—of
actual earning capacity.
2. On vessels in ballast without
passengers or cargo, 40 per cent, less
than the rate of tolls for vessels with
passengers or cargo.
3. Upon naval vessels, other than
transports, colliers, hospital ships and
supply ships. 50 cents per displace
ment ton.
4. Upon army and navy transports,
colliers, hospital ships and supply
ships $1.20 per net ton, the vessels to
be measured by the same rules as are
employed in determining the net ton
age of merchant vessels.
The secretary of war will prepare
and prescribe such rules for the
measurements of vessels and such
regulations as may be necessary and
proper to carry this proclamation in
to full force and effect.
MEXICO CITY. Nov.2 2—As a re
sult of the earthquake on Tuesday
the town of Acamby, in the Northern
part of Mexico , is in ruins. There ib
wreckage on all sides anil sixty
bodies have been removed to the
chtitch. which is solving ar a morgje,
\ * ile the devastated h-.mes are filled
with hundred or more injured.
CHARLESTON,W.Va., Nov 22
Four additional companies were rush
ed to Point Creek last night to in
tercept armed miners who declared
their determination to clean up the
place. A conflict has been on there
for some days past and it is feared
that disastrous results may follow.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21—The
President is devoting considerable
time each day to the preparation of
his annual message, which will be
delivered to Congress shortly after
it convenes on Monday December, 2.
KINGSTON, Nov. 22—The tidal
wave and hurricane that spread over
this section has created much havoc,
and caused the death of over one hun
dred pesons, with many more or less
injured. There has been a great loss
to the shipping industry.
NEW YORK. Nov. 22—Andrew
Carnegie proposes to look out fob the
future material welfare of the men
who have occupied the exalted posi
tion of President of the United
States, as well as for their widows.
Through the Carnegie Corporation
provision has been made for an an
nual pension of twenty-five thousand
dollars for all future ex-Presidents,
and the same amount to their widows
so long as they remain unmarried.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 22—The court
this afternoon committed John
Schrank to the insane asylum at
Oshosh. A number of specialists had
examined him and decided that he
was insane. It will be remembered
that Schrank was the man who made
the murderous assault on Col. Roose
velt on October 13th last. Immedi
ately after his arrest the following
"proclamation” was found in the poc
ket of Schrank. and in his band
writing.
“September 15, 1912
“September 15, 1901, 1:30 a. m.
In a dream I saw President McKinley
sit up in a monk's attire, in whom 1
recognized Theodore Roosevlt. The
President said “This is my mu.-derer
avenge my death.’
“September 12, 1912, 1:30 a. m.
While writing a poem, some one tap
ped me on the shoulder and said: ’Let
not a murderer take the Presidential
chair. Avenge my death.'
“I could plainly see Mr. McKinley's
features.
“Before the Almighty God, I swear
this above writing is nothing but the
truth.”
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 22—Glen
Galt, a young man of 19 years of age,
surrendered himself to the police this
afternoon. He stated that he had
murdered his stepfather D. M. Leitz
ell and had buried his body.
VANCOUVER. B. C., Nov. 22
Yesterday afternoon at five o'clock
two shocks were distinctly heard.
They came in rapid succession and
the tremor was distinctly heard, so
much so that for a time there was
general alarm.
EL PASO, Nov. 22—The Mexican
rebels have taken the border towns
of Palomas. after some contention.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 22—The
contestants are at it again, and more
fiercely than ever. The battle of
Tchatalja continued through yester
day. Both the Bulgarians and Turks
claim a victory. There has been a
naval engagement off Varna. The
Greeks occupied Fiorina have cut off
thirty thousand Turks who were re
treating from Monastir.
LOS ANGELES. Nov. 22—During
the past two weeks there has been
much uncertainty as to whether Col.
Roosevelt or Woodrow Wilson had
secured the electorial vote of Cali
fornia. The count was very close
and as corrections were made the
state was one day credited to Wilson
by a few votes, then possibly the next
day Roosevelt would be in the lead by
99 votes. And thus it went on, until
finally the corrected returns were in
from all parts of the state. The
storm center then gathered around
Los Angeles county when a recount
was ordered. The matter finally was
presented to the appellate court con
cerning the validity of certain votes.
This afternoon the court rendered a
decision which results in giving the 1
electoral vote of California to Wilson. :
PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 22—Gov
ernor West took a hand in the at
tempt to clean up the city, but it has
not yet been purged. This after 1
noon the Mayor issued a proclama i
tion turning over the police dsu-trt
ment of the city to Judge Ga'ens.
who presides over the juvenile court.
He will make an investigation into
the vice scandals that have been so
prevalent and will endeavor to ferret
out the guilty ones and suggest a
remedy for existing evils.
OTTAWA. Nov. 22—Parliament
was opened by His Royal Highness
Duke of Connaught, and Governor of
Canada. In his address he urged
Canada to aid the British navy. He
declared that “conditions have been
disclosed which in the opinion of my
self and advisers render it imperative
that the effective naval forces of the
empire should be strengthened with
out delay.”
ATHENS, Nov. 21—Reports have
been received here of massacres in
Jaffa, Palestine. The Russian cruiser
Olga has sailed for that district and
will render aid.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21—The
masked maniac who threw this city in
a state of intense anxiety for an hour
or two, has been identified as Carl
Warr. He is a German pattern mak-,
er. He said he wanted to force the
police to compel the Pacific Ele-Lle
Company to increase the wages of
their men. If the police refused he
intended to explode his dynamite and
teach them a lesson for not aiding
the weak and oppressed.
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 21—General
Antonio Rojas, an influential rebel
leader, was killed yesterday in an en
counter with rurales, near San Joach
imi. Several were wounded.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21—The first
annual convention of the Investment
Bankers’ Association of America, con
vened in this city today and its ses
sions will be continued until Friday
r.ight. The Investment Bankers’
Association is distinguished from the
! American Bankers' Association in
that it is composed of bankers who
I handle all sorts of bonds and securi
j ties and do not engage in directing
banks of deposits. The convention
is held for a general discussion of
conditions in all parts of the coun
try and methods of procedure in han
dling different securities.
( TOKIO, Nov. 21—The magazine of
the cruiser Nisshin exploded this
morning, injuring twenty blue jack
ets. Ten of them are in a serious
j condition and are not expected to
] recover.
! NEW YORK. Nov. 21—'The testi
mony of the four “gunmen” who were
h
^convicted of the murder of Herman
Rosenthal, indicated that they were
I working in perfect unison. Each
one swore to identically the same
story. ”Dago Frank” Clrofici, the
fourth of the gunmen on trial took
the stand last in an attempt to cor
1 roborate his pals—"Lefty Louie,”
l“Whitey" Lew-is and “Gyp the blood,”
, who testified that the shots which
! killed the gambler had not been fired
j by them, but by Vallon and Webber,
; informers for the state, and a man
unidentified. “Dago Frank,” they
swore, was not even near the scene
of the murder as they were, but was
uptown. Th defendants tried to es
tablish that they were lured to the
scene by “Bald Jack” Rose in order
that they might be implicated while
Webber and Vallon did the job.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 21—O. P.
Gothlin. of Ohio, has been elected
President of the National Association
of Railway Commissioners. An in
teresting convention has been in ses
sion here for two days, and will ad
journ tonight.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21—There is
considerable speculation over the fu
ture of the Progressive party. Sena
tor Joseph M. Dixon, chairman of
the Progressive national committee,
has issued a call for a meeting of the
committe to be held in Chicago on
December 11 and 12, for .conference
and development of legislative and
organisation plans. Senator Dixon
also gave an interview, indicating
that the war on the Republican party,
waged in the recent campaign by Col.
Roosevelt and his friends, is to b^
continued with vigor during the Dem
ocratic administration that is to be
gin next March, with the purpose of
capturing the House of Representa
tives two years from now and the
presidency in four years.
“To this conference of the Progres
sive national committe," said Senator
Dixon, “will be invited all Progres
sive chairmen, all candidates for gov
ernor in the last fight iir sympathy
with the Progressive movement, and
about twenty Progressive congress
men.”
KETCHIKAN, Nov. 21—Herman
D. Kirmse, the well known jeweler of
this place fell from the wharf this
morning and was drowned. He con
ducted a jewelry store at this place
and one in Skagway and during the
exposition at Seattle he had the con
cession for selling Alaska curios.
He was a brother-in-law of attorney
John Maloney, of Juneau.
NEW YORK. Nov. 26—It has been
decided to hold a big conference of
Republicans in this city on December
14. Leaders from every state in the
union will be invited to attend and
the future of the party will be freely
discussed. One of the speakers will
be President Taft, who has already
consented to attend. It is hoped by
means of this talkfest that the party
can be reorganized and strengthened.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 26—John T. Bush,
the millionaire owner of the New
York National League base ball team,
died last night aboard his private car
Oceanic. He had not been seriously
afflicted and death came rather sud
denly.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21—The min
eral resources of Alaska in 1911 are
described by Alfred H. Brooks and
other geologists engaged in the pres
ent Alaska work of the United States
Geological Survey, in Bulletin 520,
just issued.
Thirteen Geological Survey parties
were employed during 1911 in Alas
kan surveys and investigations, the
personnel including 12 geologists, 4
topographers. 2 engineers, and 30
packers, cooks, and other auxiliaries.
The length of the field season ranged
from three to six months, being limit
ed by the climatic conditions pre
vailing in different parts of the Ter
ritory. The areas covered by geologic
exploratory surveys amounted to 8,
000 square miles; by geologic recon
naissance surveys, 10,550 square
miles; by detailed geologic surveys.
496 square miles. About 14.460
square miles was covered by topogra
phic reconnaissance surveys and 24 6
square miles by detailed topographic
1 surveys. Sixty-eight stations for the
measurements of stream flow were
maintained in the Yukon-Tanana re
gion. The work included areas in
the Copper River basin. Prince
William Sound, Kenai Peninsula,
Susitna basin, Yukon-Tanana region,
northeastern Alaska. The report
comprises 17 chapters, each of which
was issued by the Survey as a sepa
rate. as soon as completed.
(From Tuesday s Daily Alaskan)
John S. Conway returned yester
day to the inter'or, and will contin
ue work with a crew oa the property
of ihe Alaska L'nitid C >prer Ex
ploration Company's near Dan creek,
in the Xazina country.
.Attorney Frank H. Foster and family
left yesterday for Chitina, where Mr.
Foster will eagage in the practice
of his profess on. As he is the only
lawyer in the Copper river country
it is expected that sufficient business
will develop to keep him busy. Mr.
Foster had been appointed U. S.
Commission -r by Judge Overfield for
the Copper Center district, but he de
clined this position in order to locate
at Chitina.
Dr. \V. W. Council has received the
appointment as Indian physician for
Cordova and this section of Prince
William jound. He has already en
tered up< n his duties, and is under
the direction of W. T. Lopp. Superin
tendent of the Alaska division of the
Bureau of Education. A bill had
teen introduced in the last Congress
making an appropriation of $70,000
for the establishment of various hos
pitals to care for the afflicted In
dians of Alaska, and for the employ
ment of physicians and nurses, but
it failed of passage in the closing
hours. In consequence part of the
educational fund is being used for
that purpose.
(From Monday's Daily Alaskan)
When the steamer Mariposa reach
ed port on Saturday evening several
of the passengers had presumed re
turns from Afognak. They indicated
that 77 votes had been polled. As
only 54 had been cast at the election
for delegate to Congress, in August,
and as a number of the voters of
Afognak were on their way to attend
the Cordova court when the last elec
tion was held, it is hard to under
stand how the 77 votes could have
been polled. A wire was sent from
Valdez on Saturday to a party at
Kodiak and wireless brought back
the following returns, which are
given for what they might be worth:
AFOGXAK
Senators—Baldwin. 7; Tansev, 5;
Millard. 68; Ray, 73.
Representatives—Boyle, 30; In
gram, 4$; Youngs. 6; Kelly, 70:
Gray, 59; Grimes, 50.
In the event that the above returns
are correct it would seem to make
certain the election of Col. Millard
and L. V Ray as Senators from this
ivision, making the totals as follows:
Millard. 847; Ray, 810; Baldwin.
774; Tansev. 496; German, 303;
O'Neil, 276. The opinion prevails
that no election was held at several
of the precincts to the westward, al
though there are two or three that
are expected to report, including
Kenai and Unga.
On the train that went out this
morning was the big snow rotary,
which will go through to Chitina.
On some portions of the railroad
there are three and a half feet of
snow, with much drifting at places.
There has been no difficulty in keep
ing the road open and preparations
have been made to take care of any
heavy fall. Commencing today the
tri-weeklv mail starts from this end
and will continue through the winter
months, leaving Cordova and Fair
banks on the same dates.
On Saturday night Grant Reed,
agent for the Copper River & North
western railway at Cordova, tendered
his resignation to take effect on Dec
ember 10, or as soon before as his
successor can be secured. Mr. Reed
states that he expects to remain in
the north and that he has a couple of
positions under consideration. His
wife will shortly take a trip to the
states. Mr. Reed is one of the old
guard who served with Mr. Hawkins
and Mr. Heney from the time con
struction started on the White Pass
& Yukon railroad. He was with that
company for over eight years, shortly
after taking a position under Mr.
Hawkins with the Copper river road.
He has always been considered effi
cient and thoroughly reliable and a
large circle of friends will be glad to
learn that it is Mr. Reed’s intention
to remain in this section of the coun
try.
Among the passengers who sailed
| from Seattle last n^ght was Angus j
i McBride. He will go to Valdez and
I assume the duties of Clerk of the
I Court, succeeding Ed. M. Lakin.
1 Commencing in 1 BOO and continuing
j for seven or eight years Mr. McBride
] acted as deputy Clerk of the Court at
'Nome. part of that time serving under
iH. G. Steel, when he occupied the j
! position of Clerk. Mr. McBride is a
'particular friend of Judge Fuller,
j living with him for several years. It
is presumed that after C. C. Page, at
present Clerk of the Court at Fair
banks. and who is on his way out to
Valdez to testify In the bank cases,
completes that duty, that he will
take^the place of Mr. McBride in this
division and that the latter will go to
Fairbanks and serve under Judge
Fuller. Mr. McBride is one of the
most efficient and accommodating
officials Alaska has ever had.
(From Saturday's Daily Alaskan)
The steamer Mariposa sailed from
Valdez today at 12:30 and is due
to arrive in Cordova shortly after six
o’clock this evening. She will take
on a cargo of copper ore and sail for
Juneau and inside ports about S
o’clock tomorrow morning. In ad
dition to about twenty second class
passengers the following w ill sai! !
font Cordova:
For Juneau—C. A. Gaby, Walter
M. Cookston, F. M. Smith and wife,
W, M. Price, Judge Peter D Over
field.
For Seattle—A B. lies and wife,
J. A. Connolly, W. H. Bryant. E.
Hegner, R. E. Hegner, Ed. M. La
kin, Thos. Davis, J. C. Negri, F.
Hendrickson. Nick Brandon. F. B.
Ingels and wife. Ben Radich. S, Knut
son, B. Erhlich, A. Peterson, Gus.
Echholm, Jack Dalton and wife, R. J.
Borver. Chas. Johnson, H. J. Curry.
W. W. McKinnon. E. Smith, A. J.
Meyers, Mrs. J. Martin, J. A. Fag
enberg. Mrs. Tenenbaum. Miss Thel
ma Bradley. Alex Pomeranz, Geo.
Gillman, A. Johnson. John Kovich.
Fred Engel, Wm. Zett, Pete Muren.
Alex Gozdich, Pete Volich.
Commencing Monday morning the
ri-weekly mail service will commence
with the interior points. At pres
ent two mails go out each week, con
sisting of 800 pounds each. Here
after the trains will leave Cordova on
Monday, Thursday and Saturday
mornings, carrying 1,600 pounds each
time. Similar weight mails will be
received from the interior, coming
f'om Nome and Fairbanks to Chitina
by trail and by train from there on
Tuesdays. Fridays and Sundays.
Dave White, of Katalla, who walk
ed practically all the way from the
coal and oil metropolis in order to
comply with the summons to do jury
duty. Js now looking up his old;
friends about town. He is one of!
the important men of Katalla and
put in the telephone line that con
nects that town with Cordova.
(From Friday's Daily Alaskan I
John S. Conway, an old-timer in
the interior, was an arrival on the
afternoon train. He has been em
ployed as foreman at the workings of
the Alaska Copper Exploration Com
pany on the Kuskulina and the Na
zina country.
The train from the interior ar
rived this afternoon shortly after
four o’clock, bringing about twerity
five passengers and considerable mail.
Many of the passengers were from |
Fairbanks and they will go on to j
Valdez to participate in the bank !
cases that will come to trial on Dec- j
ember 2. A few mining men from
the interior also arrived.
The freighter Latouche reached
port this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock.
She came from Seattle and brought
for this port 100,000 feet of lumber.
750 tons of coal and 3 tons of gaso- j
line. She is now discharging and j
will return to Puget Sound with a j
cargo of copper ore.
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SPOKANE, Nov. 26—The Ameri
can Mining Congress convened here
yes erday with Samuel A. Taylor, of
Pittsburg, presiding. The attend
ance is exceptionally large and dele
gates continue to come by every train.
Every section of Alaska is well repre
sented, particularly Fairbanks, Nome.
Juneau, Seward and Valdez. James S.
Callbreath, of Denver, is Secretary,;
and one of the strong forces of the
convention.
PEKING, Nov. 21—The govern
ment has opened negotiations with
the Russian legation, with respect to
the recognition -Rsia of the au
tonomy of Mongolia.
You will SnJ mo-t of your friends
at the Chitina Hotel.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26—This morn
ing Justice Goff fixed the time for the
electrocution of the. four gun men
who were convicted last week for the
murder of Herman Rosenthal, the
gambler. He decided that they must
go to the electric chair during the
week beginning January 6. The
death of Lieut. Becker was previous
ly fixed for the firss week in Decem
ber. but by reason of an appeal that
he has taken there will be a stay in
his execution.
LONDON. Nov. 26—The issues that
may mean peace or war in Europe
are now hanging on the slenderest
thread, and it is difficult to determine
the outcome. The Bulgarians and
Greeks are planning an attack on
the Dardnelles. with the intention of
the Greek fleet to bombard Constant
inople.
ALBANY, Nov. 21—Recently Rev.
R. D. Silver, of Topeka, was elected
Bishop of Kansas. But had been
learned that he is a divorced man and
because of that fact the Episcopal
diocese has just refused to confirm
him. There was quite a difference of
cpinion as to the action that should
be taken, but fianally the high moral
ists prevailed.
Frank H. Foster
Attorney-at-Law
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Frank W. Hawkins, one of the
many men indicted in the Fairbanks
banking cases, was an arrival on last
night's train. He will go to Valdei
cn the Northwestern. Mr. Hawkins
was the first receiver of the defunct
batik and because, with consent of his
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