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WASHINGTON, May 2.—The Senate this afternoon con
firmed the nomination of Edward E. Cushman, of Washington,
to be United States district judge for the western district of
Washington, vice George Donworth, resigned. This nomina
tion was made by the President on April 9. On the 15th the
Senate committee on judiciary took up the nomination and re
ferred it to a sub-committee for consideration, r No particular
opposition developed and the sub-committee reported favor
ably to the general committee. The latter made a favorable
report today, which was immediately followed by Senate con
firmation.
The above telegram from Washington disposes of certain
rumors that were circulated to the effect that the delay in con
firmation was due to strong protests that had been filed from
Tacoma and other points against the confirmation of Judge
Cushman. It also clears the atmosphere and permits the De
partment of Justice to plan for the removal of Judge Cushman
to his new district. Although his nomination was sent in as
from Washington, the judge has been presiding over the Third
division of Alaska for more than two years past, with head
quarters at Valdez. When he was first appointed in July, 1909,
he was sent to Juneau to temporarily hear cases which Judge
Lyons was not qualified to hear, because of his former partici
pation in the cases as an attorney. He afterwards spent a short
time at Fairbanks.
Now that Judge Cushman has been confirmed, the appoint
ment of his successor may soon be looked for. It is presumed
that the man has already been selected, and District Attorney
Walker, of Valdez, thinks that the lucky individual is a man
exactly his size. Efforts to secure the place are being exerted
by T. C. West, an attorney of Fairbanks-and San Francisco,
who is now representing the defendants in the various banking
cases from Fairbanks. He claims to have the United States
senators from California and various representatives working
in his behalf. It is believed by many that the new appointee
will be sent to the Fairbanks division, and that Judge Overfield
will be assigned to this, the Third diviison. Judge Cushman
has set terms of court for Cordova on May 20 and Chitina on
June 3, and fixed the Barnette bank cases for trial on June 24,
likely to be tried at Valdez or Cordova. It will likely soon be
determined whether Judge Cushman will be permitted to con-J
tinue in this division until after the holding of these terms of
court, or whether he shall sooner be assigned to his new duties.
FAIRBANKS, April 30.—Chena river, in front of Fair
banks, cleared of ice yesterday morning at 10:55. This is the
earliest that the ice has moved out in the history of the camp
or the oldest inhabitant. The water in the river is the lowest
in its history. The ice moved slowly and did no damage to the
bridge. The Northern Commercial Compaqy lias,leased the
steamer Stelin for the first trip. She will leave tonight with
mail and a few passengers for Tanana. Captaia Haynes is the
master. The winter has been mild and the early approach of
spring is an indication that the climate has changed.
NEW YORK, April 30.—Albert DeBrahms,: the noted mu
sician, has created a big sensation. He had invited a number
of personal friends and musicians to dine with he and his wife
at their apartments. A short time before the hour for dinner
he murdered his wife and concealed her body in one of the
rooms. DeBrahms personally received the guests, and after
they had arrived he played with exquisite care and perfection
‘‘Misserrere.” He explained the absence of his wife to a sud
den illness and then dismissed the expectant diners. Going to
his bedroom he arranged a noose and almost simultaneously
shot and hanged himself. Neighbors heard the report and
rushed in, only to find the atrist had expired. A search for his
wife resulted in the discovery of her dead body in a 'cldset. The
affair is shrouded in mystery, the only explanation being that
a thread in the artistic temperament of the musical genius had
snapped and that he was temporarily insane.
SEATTLE, May 2.—Yesterday afternoon the city thorough
fares were full of people and great excitement reigned for a
time. The Anarchists and Socialists were having a May-day
parade, prominently displaying a red flag. This incensed a
large number of people, but the parade continued for some
time until a number of Spanish war veterans determined that
the flag of anarchy should not longer be flaunted in the faces
of the populace. They made a raid on the flag. They were
resisted, aud for a time riot prevailed. Finally the veterans
secured the rag and trampled it into the street, amid the vocif
erous applause of a great multitude. The parade continued but
the red flag was no longer in evidence.
WASHINGTON, May 2.—One hundred and thirty thous
and dollars was this afternoon added to the House appropria
tion bill for the improvement of the mouth of the Yukon river.
The Senate rivers and harbors bill provides for an appropria
tion of $8,000,000, in addition to the sum provided for by the
House, making a total of over $32,000,000.
WASHINGTON, May 1.—The Seattle assay office will be
abolished. This action will be brought about by reason of the
House appropriation bill which has been agreed upon, but
which fails to provide an appropriation of the money necessary
to maintain the office. The mint at San Francisco will be sim
ilarly affected, as the bill fails to make the necessary provision
for its maintenance. Instead, however, there is an appropria
tion for an assay office at the California metropolis. The re
cently established United States Commerce Court will also
have to practically go out of business. The Democrats have
objected to this body and have failed to make an appropria
tion to pay the necessary expenses and salaries. Many frieinds
of Alaska and Washington state who are in this city sought
by every means to have some provision made for maintaining
the Seattle assay office, but they were unsuccessful.
WASHINGTON, April 29.—A controversy of long stand
ing was finally decided by a ruling of the United States Su
preme Court handed down this morning. It is in effect that
Alaska is a territory and that the Interstate Commerce Com
mission should take jurisdiction over the railroads operating
in Alaska.
After the new United States Commerce Court was estab
lished at Washington the question of jurisdiction over Alaska
railways was submitted to that body. They decided that the
Interstate Commerce Commission had jurisdiction, but could
not compel the commission to exercise the jurisdiction that the
commission declared it did not possess. In order to positively
determine the question it was mutually arranged by all par
ties concerned that the matter should be presented to the
United States Supreme Court. The result is that the commis
sion will now be compelled to exercise jurisdiction. The Cop
per River & Northwestern Railway, the largest operating road
in Alaska, has never objected to the jurisdiction of the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
NEW YORK, May 1.—A big railroad strike was averted
this morning by the signing of an agreement between the man
agers of fifty railroad companies and the representatives of the
locomotive engineers. A contorversy has been on for a month
past over a demand for an increase of wages aggregating 15
per cent, which was refused by the General Managers’ Associ
ation of the railroads. In the agreement executed this morning
concessions were made on both sides.
It was about the middle of April, by a majority of more
than 23,000 out of 25,000 votes cast, locomotive engineers on
fifty railroads east of Chicago and north of the Norfolk &
Western authorized their officers to call a strike should fur
ther negotiations with the railroads for increased pay fail. The
result was made known immediately by Warren S. Stone, grand
chief of the Brotherhod of Locomotive Engineers, to J. C. Stew
art, chairman of the General Managers’ Association of the rail
roads. He further stated that if an agreement between the
railroads and the engineers was not reached at once a strike
would be called on each of the fifty roads in a very short time.
In addition to the 25,000 members of the Brotherhood, Mr.
Stone said approximately 15,000 members of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen had also voted on the
proposition. Their vote, he said, also was overwhelmingly in
favor of authorizing a strike should further negotiations with
the railroad companies fail. This vote, Mr. Stone said, was not
considered in reaching the percentage of 93.1 obtained in the
engineers’ vote. Their votes, he added, were counted separate
ly
After receiving the ultimatum of the engineers the mana
gers’ association called a meeting to consider further action.
Negotiations were then again taken up with the engineers, re
sulting in a settlement of the questions at issue, and thus avert
ing a big tie-ufc on the eastern railroads.
PARIS, April 30.—The city was the scene of an exciting
sensation yesterday. For weeks past an organization of bandits
who traveled about in automobiles has been terrorizing and
robbing the city and surrounding country. They have blown
up buildings with dynamite and otherwise done great damage
and caused themselves to be generally feared. Yesterday, how
ever, Bonnot Dubois and other leaders of the gang were lo
cated in a garage. When an advance of soldiers was made
with the intention of capturing them, they opened fire. Assist
ance was summoned and in the course of an hour a majority
of the police and gendarmes of the city and three companies
of soldiers had arrived in the vicinity of the garage. Shots
were exchanged, but for five hours the bandits succeeded in
holding the officers at bay. They finally, however, succeeded
in blowing up the building with dynamite and shooting to
death the bandits who w’ere not killed in the explosion.
During the entire five hours moving picture operators were on
the scene taking films of the entire proceedings.
MEXICO CITY, May 3.—A committee from the House of
Deputies has been appointed by the speaker to work out a
scheme of pacification that might bring together the different
warring elements. Progress in every branch is being retarded,
while business in many sections is in a deplorable state of stag
nation. It is not believed that the rebels can be successful, but
they have the capacity to keep Mexico all stirred up. The com
mittee appointed has designated a sub-committee to go north
and confer with General Orozco, in the hope that some mutual
ly satisfactory agreement may be reached that would restore
peace and order. For two days past a fierce battle has been
raging between the federalists and 2,500 Zapatistas at Chihua
hua and Puebla. While President Madero is hopeful that or
der may be restored, he is prepared for the worst. Pie declared
that if Mexico City falls he “will retire to the mountains in the
south, and so long as breath and life remain I will fight to de
fend the flag which the people placed in my hands.”
MINNEAPOLIS, May 3.—The Board of Bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal Church have declared for some sweeping
regulations that will make the young folks throughout the
country sit up and take notice that an effort is to be made to
curb the tendency of the age to high life. At the general con
ference, which is in session in this city, the Bishops have sub
mitted radical changes to the rules of the church. They rec
ommend that dancing and gambilng in all forms be prohibited,
and that attendance at theaters be frowned upon. The recom
mendation has caused considerable excitement and will be the
subject of vigorous discussion.
The Independent Republican convention will be held at
Valdez on Wednesday, May 29. Wonder who will be nominat
ed for delegate to Congress.
One hundred and thirty thousand dollars is a lot of money
to be expended at the mouth of the Yukon river. It is un
doubtedly badly needed, and so are hundreds of thousands of
dollars needed in other parts of Alaska.
Gifford Pinchot’s break into controversy by attacking the
man he first supported and then deserted is not calculated to
increase the public respect for Pinchot. i
The Seward Gateway is very hope
ful these days over the future pros
pects of the future great railroad
metropolis of Alaska. Each week
t*.ere is a different reason for ex
pressing gratification because of
some action at Washington. The lat
est is set forth as follows:
“Word reaches Seward by private
mall from the national capital that
indications now point to the fact
that the Navy Department will enter
into a contract with the bondholders
of the Alaska Northern Railway sys
tem, whereby the company will
transport 400,000 tons of coal annu
ally from a government-operated coal
mine in the Matanuska coal fields to
Seward, on Resurrection Bay. Should
this contract be entered into, imme
diate construction work will start at
the end of the line—Mile 72—and
be pushed to completion as soon as
possible, to the end that the deliv
ery of coal here may begin during
1913.”
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AUGUSTA, Maine, May 3.—A gen
eral memorial service to MaJ. Archie
W. Butts and others of the Titanic
victims was held here yesterday.
President Taft was present and paid
particular tribute to his late aide,
Major Butt. He extolled his many
virtues and declared that self-sacri
fice was a part of his nature, and
that his heroic conduct in the face
of death was what was to have been
expected of him.
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resentatives and all persons claim
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west of Mile 109, Copper River & .
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vised Statutes of the United States, 4
and constitutes the annual assess- !
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within ninety days after last publi- J
cation of this notice you and each of J
you fail to pay the undersigned, as '
co-owners, your proportion of the j
expense for the year 1911, together s
with the cost of this advertisement,
your and each of your interest in
said claims will become the proper
ty of the undersigned under Section
2324, Revised Statutes of the United
States.
JOHN AMBER,
OSSIAN ANDERSON,
Co-Owners,
Chitina, Alaska.
Date of first publication, March 9,
1912.
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