Late Telegraph News
PARIS, May 26.—Experiments
with arrows designed to set fire to
dirigibles in war continued here to
day at the Eiffel Tower. M. Guerre
is the inventor of what appears to
be the most successful arrow which
weighs two pounds and has a head
filled with a half pint of gasoline.
By a patented arrangement, whe.n
the arrow strikes, the liquid
explodes.
GOSPORT. England, May 26.—
Shamrock IV, challenger of the
America’s cup, was launched yester
day afternoon. The affair caused
quite a turnout of people and the
christening was done by the Duchess
of Shaftesbury.
SEATTLE, May 23.—Frederick A.
Simpkins, reached here this morning
in charge of a government officer.
He is charged with the embezzlement
of many thousands of dollars while
acting as one of the clerks in the
federal court here, formerly presided
over by Judge C. H. Hanford.
. SEATTLE, May 25.—On Saturday
next, loaded with general cargo and
explosives, the Alaska Steamship
Company’s freighter Edith, which
has been laid up in the East Water
way since last fall will sail for Nome
May 30. The vessel was well known
by sight to the Nomeites of the
earlier days, but last year made only
oue trip to the Bering Sea camp. The
number of trips she will make to the
camp this year is problematical. Fol.
lowing the Edith, the Cordova, of
the same fleet, will sail from Seattle
June 15 for Nome, St. Michael, and
Kotzebue Sound points, the route in
which she will be operated through
out the open season.
PARIS, May 26.—An effort to
raise sunken treasure, lost with the
Frmich fleet near Raz Blanchard in
16^2, will shortly be undertaken by
a French firm acting for the gov
ernment. The allied British and
dutch squadrons attacked and sunk
13 French ships at the. battle of La
Hogue. One of the French ships
is said to have had on board a large
sum for the purpose of paying the
fleet. Some time ago an independ
ent salvage company recovered sev
eral silver ingots.
WASHINGTON, May 26.—Both
houses of Congress met at noon to
day and adjourned, out of respect
to the late United States Senator
Bradley, of Kentucky.
SEATTLE, May 25.—The remains
of the late wife of Bishop E. P.
Rowe will be interred in the ceme
tery at Sitka. Accompanied by the
Bishop the body went north on the
steamer Mariposa last night. At
Juneau a small steamer will be
taken for Sitka.
SEATTLE, May 25.—Orrin D.
Morse was charged with the murder
of his wife, and after a stubborn
fight before a jury a verdict of
guilty in the second degree was re
turned by the jury. He was sen
tenced to ten years in the peniten
tiary at Walla Walla.
ITHACA, May 25.—The water
races on Saturday afternoon were
quite exciting and were witnessed
by large crowds. Cornell won, with
Princeton second and Yale third.
TOKIO, May 25.—The. Japanese
American arbitration treaty, which
has been under consideration for
same time, was finally ratified on
Saturday afternoon.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 25.—Joe
Warren left here yesterday in search
of Tommy Johnson, known as the
“Blueberry Kid.” He is wanted in
connection with the alleged murder
and robbery of John Holmberg,
Frank Adams and Marie Schmidt,
with whom Johnson left the Koyu
kuk, Alaska country, in September
1912. The two men, Holmberg and
Schmidt had $15,000 in gold in
their possession, and it is charged
that Johnson murdered the entire
party and then got away with the
money.
SEATTLE, May 22.—The govern
ment is making an exhaustive in
quiry into the probable combine that
controls the Alaska-Puget Sound
halibut fishery industry. A large
number of witnesses have either
been before the grand jury or have
been sited to appear. Among the
number are: A. L. Hagar, Western
manager of the New England Fish
Company; William T. Chutter, presi
dent of the Booth interests and al
leged to be, owner with Joseph and
William J. Maddock of the Interna
tional Fish Company of Tacoma:
William E. Calvert, Jr., principal
owner of the San Juan Fish Com
pany and Harold Synnesvedt, resi
dent manager of the New England
Fish Company; I. Waring, Seattle
agent of the Great Northern Express
Company; F. F. La Rowe, general
agent of the American Express
Company and Robert L. Carey, gen
eral agent of the Wells Fargo Ex
press Company.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 23.—The
State Railroad Commission this af
ternoon submitted a report after an
exhaustive investigation into condi
tions in this city. The report
charges that Patrick Calhoun, for
merly president of the United Rail
ways, appropriated a million dollars
from the fund of that railroad for
questionable purposes.
SKAGWAY, May 23.—At 7:30
this morning a fire started at the
Pillman store at Atlin. The whole
business section was wiped out in
three hours, except the Royal Hotel
and Dominion government building.
TACOMA, May 23.—While speed
ing about the, city this morning Gov.
Lister exceeded the limit and as a
consequence a warrant was sworn
out for his arrest, but he had left
the city before it could be served.
WASHINGTON, May 23.—U. R.
Se.nator William O’Connell Bradley
died in this city last night from kid
ney trouble. He was serving his first
te.rm as senator and a few days ago
announced that he would not be a
candidate for re-election this fall,
because of poor health. The sen
ator was born in March 1847, and
for years has been the most promi
nent Republican in Kentucky. He
was elected governor in 1895. His
home was at Louisville. His death
reduces the Republican membership
to 42.
WASHINGTON, May 23.—The
Democratic leaders announce today
that it is fully expected that the
Panama tolls question will be dis
posed of next week. It is expected
that the administration measure will
pass.
WASHINGTON, May 23. — Bo
Sweeney, the Seattle attorney who
was recently appointed as assistant
to the secretary of the interior, was
confirmed by the Senate this after
noon, and it is expected that he will
soon assume his new duties.
SEATTLE, May 23.—Lieut. Hears
and Thos. Riggs, Jr., members of
the Alaska Engineering Commission,
have established their official head
quarters on the 11th floor of the
Alaska building.. Since their arrival
here they have been overwhelmed
with applications for positions on
their surveying parties. Hundreds
of men who have never been in
Alaska are anxious to go north to
enjoy the experience and to be on
the ground when the different booms
start. Mr. Riggs states that he had
a wire from U. S. Marshal Erwin of
Fairbanks, stating that all the
horses and men needed for the
interior work could be secured at
Fairbanks.
NEW YORK, May 23.—Last night
a jury for the second time returned
a verdict of guilty aaginst former
Police Lieutenant Charles Becker,
head of the, "Strong arm squad,”
and the man whom it is alleged con
ceived the plot that resulted in the
murder of Herman Rosenthal, the
gambler. All through the trial the
efforts of District Attorney Whit
man were directed to proving that
Becker was actually the “brains” of
the conspiracy.
WASHINGTON, May 23.—John E.
Burkheimer, of Seattle, today made
an argument before the commis
sioner of the general land office and
the law board, concerning patents
in the Bering river coal fields. He
represented the Hartline Coal Co.,
and made a forceful argument to
show why patents should issue for
the claims located and paid for. The
matter will not be decided for a
few days.
LOS ANGELES, May 21.—John
Singleton, the millionaire mining
man, died at his home here last
night. He was the owner of the
famous Yellow Astor mine and had
many other investments in Cali
fornia. He was recently in a deal
to put some money in the Fairbanks,
Alaska district.
SEWARD, May 21.—Jim Murray,
who recently came up from Seattle
stopped here for a few days on his
way to the Cache creek district, on
the Kenai river. Today he an
nounces that he has closed a deal for
the sale of 18,000 acres of ground
for $150,000, the new people to
instal two dredges on the ground
next season. Last year he did con
siderable prospecting on five miles
of the creek. He cross cut the creek
nine times and made many small
cuts in between. Every bit of gravel
removed was measured and rocked
to get the average per yard. The
lower ground will be prospected with
a drill.
A dredge he ordered has been
completed at San Francisco and both
steamship companies are figuring on
the contract of laying it down at
Knik this summer. The dredge in
sections ready for shipment weighs
500 tons. It will be freighted in
from Knik to Cache creek next
winter.
SEATTLE, May 23.—This city is
now operating a municipal street
railway for a limited distance, and
it is believed that upon its success
will largely depend any further de
mand that the city se.ek to acquire
the lines of the Seattle Electric
Company.
EDINBURGH, May 23.—A pic
ture of the King that hung in the
Royal Scottish academy, was hacked
this morning by a suffragette. She
used her hatchet with such effect
that all semblance of likeness was
destroyed.
GLASGOW, May 23.—Suffragettes
sought to blow up the water works
of the city. The failure of a fuse
to set off a bomb was the only thing
that save.d the works.
LONDON, May 23.—This after
noon a crowd of Suffragettes invaded
the mummy room ot the British
Museum and demolished all its con
tents. And the mummy “that ain’t
had no fun for 5,000 years,” will be
required to take many more years
to e.ven pull itself together.
WASHINGTON, May 22.—The ad
ministration has been advised that
Carranza will send a representative,
to Niagara Falls to present his views
before the board of mediation.
CHICAGO, May 22.—At the gen
eral assembly of the Presbyterian
churches of the United States, Rev.
Maitland Alexander, of Pittsburg,
was elected moderator, last night.
CHICAGO, May 22. — Willie
Ritchie, will go to London and
engage in a contest there with
Freddie Welsh. That fact was made,
certain by a telegram received by
Ritchie last night, stating that the
London promoters had acce.pted his
terms. The particular date for the
fight has not yet been fixed.
CHICAGO, May 21.—.The general
assembly of the Presbyterian church
in the United States met here today,
with Rev. John T. Stone, of Chioago
as Moderator. The attendance i3
exceptionally large and represents
every section of the country.
WORCESTER, Mass., May zi.—
Jacob August Riis, the great writer
on social and economic subjects, is
believed to be dying at his summer
home at Barre. He, was born in
Denmark in 1849 but for nearly 29
years past has been active in various
reforms in New York City.
LONDON, May 21.—This after
noon there was great excitement in
the neighborhood of Buckingham
Palace. A small army of suf
fragettes had marched to near the
palace, with the intention to present
a huge suffragette pe.tition to the
king. However, 2,500 police sur
rounded the palace and prevented
the women from effecting an en
trance. As a result the,re was great
wailing and the indignant protesta
tions of the suffragettes could be
heard for a mile away. Some arrests
were made.
PHILADELPHIA, May 21.—Al
though the vote was close in the
primaries for the Democratic nomi
nation for governor, Vance. C. Mc
Cormick, of Harrisburg won out
over M. J. Ryan, of Philadelphia.
Mr. McCormick is a wealthy man
and owner of the Daily Patriot. He
was mayor of Harrisburg from 1902
to 1905.
NEW YORK, May 21.—Colonel
Rooseve.lt declares that he is op
posed to the repeal of the tolls clause
in the Panama bill. Regarding the
Colombia controversy he made the
statement that he was opposed to
the payment of blackmail and added,
“Submitting this question would be
the same as though some future
President of the United States
should apologize to the successor of
Huerta for the seizure of Vera
Cruz.”
SEATTLE, May 21.—Chas. F.
Munday and Archie W. Shiels, two
locators of coal claims in the Bering
river district, will demand that the
interior department issue patents for
their claims, and for which their
money has be.en paid. The govern
ment sought to convict these men in
February last of a conspiracy to de
fraud the government in connection
with a group of locations. A lengthy
trial ensued and the jury at Seattle
returned a verdict of not guilty as
against both men.
CHICAGO, May 20—James Bruen
baum, accused of embezzling $2,500
in Nome, from the St. Louis Distill
ing Company, was arrested here this
morning.
PHILADELPHIA, May 20.—As
was anticipated the senatorial nomi
nees are Senator Bois Penrose, Re
publican; Representative A. Mitchell
Palmer, Democrat; and Gifford Pin
chot. Progressive. The contest was
closer on the vote for governor
and as yet it is uncertain whether
the Democratic nominee is Vance
McCormick, of Harrisburg, or
Michael J. Ryan, of Philadelphia.
The Republicans named Martin
Brumbaugh, superintendent of
schools of Philadelphia, and the Pro
gressives selected William Draper
Lewis, dean of the University ol
Pennsylvania. It is expected that a
hard battle will be fought at the
polls on November 8.
WASHINGTON, May 23.—'There
is much talk at the national capital
about Alaska and its probable de
velopment. It has been stated here
with some authority that two big
corporations, one of them already
having heavy interests in the, terri
tory, are ready to begin the expen
diture of approximately $1,000,000
each as soon as the bill providing
for the leasing of the coal lands of
Alaska is enacted into a law. in
addition to this, another company
is planning to erect a smelter on
Prince William Sound, the center of
the copper mining industry. Be
cause of the heavy, cost of transport
ing ore to the United States for re
duction, countless thousands of tons
of mineralized rock, such as is
mined successfully in Michigan, Ari
zona, Montana and other states
where coking coal Is available, ?s
thrown on the waste dumps in
Alaska or left in its native matrices.
All of these ores will be mined as
soon as coking coal can be obtained
from the Matanuska or Bering river
fields.
Gov. J. F. A. Strong, in a recent
conference with President Wilson
strongly urged the executive to push
through Congress two important
Alaskan bills before adjournment.
The measures which the governor
advocated are a bill to make the
coal lands available to development
and the appointment of a commis
sion to handle Alaska’s resources, as
recommended by Secretary of the
Interior Franklin K. Lane. Presi
dent Wilson's attention was drawn
to the fact that many industries in
Alaska are absolutely dependent on
the production of a coking coal in
the territory, and that, because of
its bulk, it is impossible to trans
port coke to Alaska at a profit.
After the conference, Governor
Strong said that the President was
hopeful that additional Alaskan
legislation would be passed before
the adjournment of Congress. Should
these hopes be gratified, financial
interests expecting to go into the
coal mining business in the territory
will carry on construction work
contemporaneously with the build
ing of the government railroad.
Because of the difficulties in
Mexico and the probable late ad
journment of Congress, Secretary
Lane has practically given up all
hope that he will be able to go to
Alaska this summer. He made this
announcement to J. W. Maxwell,
president of the National City Bank
of Seattle, who invited the, cabinet
officer to become the guest of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce dur
ing his stay in Seattle en route to
and from the. north.
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* WASHINGTON, May 22.—It *
* has been decided that the for- *
* mal opening of the Panama *
* canal shall be on Sunday, June *
* 14. President Wilson has ap- *
* pointed a committeeto arrange *
* for cere.monies upon this occa- *
* sion. He has named Governor *
* Geo. W. Goethals, Richard L. *
* Metcalf, Col. Harry F. Hodges, *
* Col. Wm. C. Gorgas, Civil Engi- «
* neer H. H. Rousseau, Col. Wm. *
* L. Sibert to make the necessary *
* arrangements. *
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* FAIRBANKS, May 22.—The *
* White Pass system opened their *
* summer river service on Wed- *
* nesday evening at 7 o’clock, *
* when the steamer Tanana '*
* sailed from here for White *
* Horse. Last night the Reliance *
* sailed for Koyukuk. *
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