Late Telegraph News
SEATTLE, Nov. 15—State Sena
tor Plinny Allen, who has been the
manager of Gov. Hay's campaign for
reelection, has given formal notice
that he will ask for a recount of the
votes at the recent election for Gub
ernatorial candidates. Hay was de
feated by a slight margin by the Dem
ocratic candidate, Lister.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15—Banker
Geo. F. Baker has made a munificent
gift to the New York hospital. He
gives that institution the sum of four
million dollars, with the only proviso
that it affiliate with Cornell medical
school. It is believed that the gift
and proviso will be eagerly and grate
fully accepted by both the institu
tions. The trustees will meet in two
or three days and take action.
SEATTLE, Nov. 15—City Comptrol
ler Harry Carroll has had a force of
nearly sixty men employed during the
past week checking the 24,000 names
on the petitions for the recall of Ma
yor Geo. F. Cotteill. It is expected
that this work will be completed by
Monday. Carroll has made a new
rule relative to the checking and in
stead of allowing partisans to have
free acess to the petitions as they
are being checked, has has limited
this inspection to one person repre
senting the recall associatioii and one
person representing Mayor Cotterill.
Sixteen thousand five hundred
names are necessary for a recall elec
tion. The council must call the elec
tion not sooner than thirty days after
the comptroller certifies the suffici
ency of the petition and not later J
than forty days’ from such certifica
tion.
SALT LAKE, Nov. 15—This after
noon a fall of rock at the Horn silver
mine in Beaver county entombed
twelve people. In addition to the
men working in the mines two girls,
Daisy and Hazel Alexander, aged
sixteen and nineteen, had gone aowti
to see the workings and are among
those who may lose life. Rcscurers
are now at work aud they have hopes
that the entombed people may be
saved.
CLIFTON, Arizona, Nov. 14—
Franklin B. D. Orr, former proprie
tor and editor of the Douglas Dis
patch, was shot and killed by William
Allender. They had had some differ
ences and as Allender stepped from
a store and saw Orr approaching he
pulled his gun and immediately kill
ed Orr. The affair caused great ex
citement and Allender was immedi
ately surrounded. He brandished
his gun and all were afraid to ap
proach him. Officers arrived and the
murderer turned the weapon on him
self, committing suicide.
LONDON, Nov. 14—In the House
of Commons yesterday a stormy
scene resulted over the proposal of
Prime Minister Herbert Henry As
quith to rescind the amendment de
feating the financial feature of the
home rule bill. For a time a verit
able riot prevailed. In the distur
bance not only hot words, but missies
of various kinds, were thrown about
the hall. Home Secretary Chui'clill!
was hit by a heavy book, hurled at
him by an opposition member.
OLYMPIA, Nov. 14—The Supreme
court has brushed aside the remain
ing obj.ctions that have temporarily
held up the great work of Senttle’s
harbor improvements. Bonds were
voted last Spring and an agreement
made with New York capitalists for
the construction of terminals and
warehouses, but there has been some
question as to the validity of the
bonds. The court upholds the bond
issue and there is nothing now to pre
vent the great work from going mu.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 14—A report
has just been issued by the geological
survey, from the pen of Dr. Alfred H.
Brooks. In it he declares that the
full industrial development of inland
Alaska is possible by constructing
such railroads as will furnish trans
portation to the open ports of the
Pacific. This statement has consid
erable significance because of the
fact that Dr. Brooks is now a mem
ber of the Alaska Railroad Commis
sion that has been in Alaska Investi
gating conditions for the past twt
months. The members of the Com
mission are expected in Washlngtoi
in the course of a couple of weeki
and their report will be submitted t<
Congress early in December.
WINNEPEG, Nor. 14—Yeat*rday
efferut-ta a large circle of friends
were made sorrowful by the news
:bat William Oeiivie had died from
the effects of se*>:l • poisoning. He
was well known in the northland,
having been Governor of the Yukon
territory for several years, with his
residence in Dawson.
PRINCETON, Nov. 14—Governor
Wilson has announced that it is his
purpose to carry out the pledges he
made to the people in his campaign
speeches. He declares that after ne
is President that he will use his best
endeavors to cut all special priveieges
from the tariff schedules, to prevent
all unfair competition and to destroy
private monopolies.
ST PETERSBURG, Nov. 14—A
council of ministers has decided to
order a mobilization of soldiers in
six different western military dis
tricts. Fifteen million dollars has
been asked for to construct the necs
sary barracks.
SEATTLE, Nov. 14—Sir Thomas
Lipton has left for the south. Among
yachtmen his present visit is looked
upon as of very great importance to
the sport on this Coast. It is now
felt certain that his presence at the
conference in San Francisco will
guarantee the success of the great
international aquatic events which
are to be brought off in connection
with the exposition. Yachting men
on Puget Sound, British Columbia,
Columbia river and San Francisco
will join representatives from the At
lantic Coast and foreign countries,
even including far-away Austraila, at
the conference.
SEATTLE, Nov. 14—For some
weeks past there have been rumors
that at the annual election of direc
tors and officers of the Alaska North
ern railroad various changes would be
made in the management of the af
fairs of the company. This was
brought about yesterday by the re
tirement of General Manager La
beree, who has been in charge of the
property and road that runs 72 miles
from Seward into the interior. In
his plaee W. E. Stewart, of Montreal,
has been elected President and Gen
eral manager.
CINCINNATI!, Nov. 14—Nicholas
Longworth, son-in-law of Col. Roose
velt, maintained a hope until this
morning that he had been re-elected
to Congress from the district com
prising part of this city. But the offi
cial figures place him in the defeated
column, his Democratic successor
beating him by ninety-seven votes.
He was the nominee of the regular
Repulican party.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 14—Impor
tant changes have been made in the
head officers of the Pennsylvaina
Railroad Company. After his rela
tions with the road for thirty years,
James McCrea, who has been Presi
dent since 1907, has tendered his
resignation. He is only 64 years of
age but he now proposes to enjoy
some liesure and travel during the
rest of his days. His successor was
yesterday selected in the person of
Samuel Rea, who has been second
Vice President since March, 1909,
and who has been with road since
1892. He is 57 years of age and still
quite vigorous.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14—President
Taft issued a proclamation late yes
terday afternoon with reference to
tolls through the Panama canal. He
fixed the rates of foreign shippers
operating merchant vessels at $1.20
net ton for actual carrying capacity,
with reduction of 40 per cent to ships
in ballast. Naval ships, other than
transports and colliers, are to be
charged fifty cents displacement ton.
Transports, colliers and hospital ships
are to charged same as merchant
men.
TOKYO. Nov. 15—British Ambas
sador McDonald has resigned and he
will be succeeded by Sir William
Cunningham Green, the present Min
ister to Denmark.
SEATTLE Nov. 15—On Monday
before special agent Christensen, tes
timony will be taken regarding th«
Chezum group of coal claims, locatec
north of the Cunningham group ir
the Bering fields. This is one of th<
groups that has been in dispute foi
several years, and although manj
special agents have taken depositioni
I from the different claimants no publli
1 hearing has been had as yet.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18—The
Isthmian Canal Commission has sub
mitted its annual report for the past
year. In this report it is strongly
intimated that the canal can be form
ally opened in advance of January
first. 1915. It is stated that a small
vessel, containing Col. Geo. W.
Goethals and staff will be sent
through the caaal early the coming
Fall.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 18—Ze
kie, daughter of the former Sultan,
and wife of General Noureddin, com
mitted suicide at Constantinople.
She had been despondent for some
days past.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18—James
H. Hyland, an insurance broker, was
mistaken for a burglar and was shot
and killed by Walter Cocks. They
were in the same apartment.
CHICAGO. Nov. 18—On Saturday
last Judge Landis acted upon the
various demurrers that had been pre
sented in connection with certain in
dictments concerning illegal coal lo
cations in the Matanuska coal fields.
These were the indictments found
against former President Frost of the
Alaska Central railroad, Frank Wat
son and others, who had secured
large interests in the Matanuska
fields. It is now expected that the
cases will soon go to trial.
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 18—At the
trial of the dynamite conspirators on
Saturday afternoon Frank Eckhoff
testified that J. B. McNamara wanted
Miss Mary Dye, the stenographer to
his brother J. J. McNamara, put out
of the way because she knew too
much of their operations.
SEATTLE, Nov. 18—The members
of the Alaska Railroad Commission
arrived in this city this morning.
They will be given a banquet by the
Arctic Club tonight and will then
leave for Washington. These gentle
men have been in Alaska for the
past two months and are supposed to
be well fortified with facts concern
ing the needs of Alaska for better
transportation, and the most avail
able routes from sea coast to the in
terior.
NEW YORK. Nov. 18—On Satur
day night at Lotus club gathering
President Taft made a remarkable
speech. He first sang the Swan song.
He laughed good naturedly as he re
ferred to the outcome of the recent
contest, and expressed th view that a
President should only be eligible to
cne term of six years. He smiled
broadly as he referred to the plans
of President elect Wilson, and sarcas
tically referred several times to
William Jennings Bryan as a near
President. In closing stated that his
chief regret was that he had not
been able to get the Senate to ratify
his arbitration measure.
MISSION, Texas, Nov. 18—Colonel
William Jennings Bryan, who owns
a farm of about 200 acres near here,
is bringing this farm into an intense
state of cultivation, growing produce
for northern markets. The method
of farming which he applies to the
land requires the employment of an
unusual number of laborers and Mex
icans are employed, as on other
ranches hereabouts. Mr. Bryan is
rapidly making his farm one of the
show’ place of south Texas. He will
soon begin the erection of a country
home here at a cost of $100,000. It
is reported it will be the finest farm
residence in the state.
SEATTLE, Nov. 18—The steamer
Mariposa sailed on Saturday night for
Cordova direct. The passengers for
the latter town are W. J. Bowen,
Peter Cordes, C. K. Hammond, Geo.
Smoth, A. Clonginger, Mr. Cochran
and wife, Mr. Cobb, Mrs. Scott, Miss
Scott and Mrs. Nielson.
NEW YORK, Nov. 18—Rumors
were current in real estate circles
that the Pennsylvania Railroad
would build a big hotel on the plot
covering the block front on Seventh
avenue, between Thirty-second and
Thirty-third streets, which it recent
ly purchased from Thomas Diamond.
The property is in the rear of the
Gimmbel store. The report said that
McKim, Mead & White had practical
ly completed plans for such a struc
ture and that the ralroad had obtain
ed a lessee for the proposed hotel.
Between $8,000,000 and $10,000,000,
it was said, w-ould be spent.
CONSTNTINOPLE, Nov. 20—-The
fighting among the Turks and Bul
garians have ceased, and arrange
ments are now being made for a set
1 tlement of the war. Gen. Nazim,
commander-in-chief of the army, has
i been selected as Turkey’s peace re
: presenative, while Gen. Savoff will
represent the Bulgarians.
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(From Tuesday’s Daily Alaskan)
The train from the interior arrived
this afternoon shortly before five
o’clock, bringing through mail from
Fairbanks and about a dozen passen
gers from there. Among the num
ber was Hon. James Wickersham and
Mrs. Wickersham, District Attorney
James J. Crossley and Mrs. Crossley,
A. H. Heilig and others who will go
to Valdez to attend court
(From Monday’s Daily Alaskan)
It was shortly after four o’clock
this afternoon when the town was
again illumined in electric brilliancy
The various oieaks in the linos that
carry power and light have proven
very annoying because of lhe lack of
"juice.” But the officials and em
ployees of the Cordova Power Com
pany have worked with untiring zeal
until all the ravages caused by the
heavy fall of snow were made right.
But two days of darkness and tallow
dips have tried the patience of most
of our people, and made them appre
ciate the good service we ordinarily
enjoy.
(From Saturday's Daily Alaskan)
Attorney Fred M. Brown and Clerk
Ed. M. Lakin came over from Valdez
last night and are registered at the
Rainer-Grand.
William Burns, of Chatham, one of
the newly elected members of the
House of Representatives from the
Fairbanks district, arrived in town
on yesterday's train and took the
steamer this morning for the outside,
where he will remain until time for
him to assume his official duties at
Juneau in March,
Father Von de Pohl was an arrival
from the westward on the steamer
last night and was heartily greeted by
many friends today. He will say
mass and benediction tomorrow
morning at St. Joseph’s Catholic
church.
About ten o’clock this morning the
line that transmits power and light
from the station of the Cordova Pow
er Company to the homes and busi
ness places of the town, went down.
The heavy burden of snow that the
lines have been compelled to carry
since yesterday was the cause of the
break. In the meantime the elec
tric lights have ceased to shine and
the Daily Alaskan has had tJ switch
from motor power to refractory gaso
line engine, and that always means
more trouble.
Red Nel’s Place, which has been
more or less known during the past
two years, has ceased to exist. Some
time ago his application for a renewal
of license was objected to. The
hearing, however, was not held until
late yesterday afternoon. Nels
Smith had a number of business men
appear in court and testify that in
their opinion he was a proper person
to have a liquor license. But the
District Attorney made such a show
ing of the character of the place and
the former reputation of the proprie
tor, as easily satisfied the court that
Mr. Smith should not have a license.
Accordingly Judge Overfield prompt
ly denied the application, and at six
o’clock last evening the doors of
Red Nel> place were locked and busi
ness ceased.
LeRoy Tozier was a passenger from
the interior to arrive yesterday. He
will remain here a week or two be
fore going to Valdez, where he will
attend court beginning December 2.
He is one of Capt. Barnett’s at
torneys, in the Fairbanks banking
case.
Judge Nickels, who has been
United States Commissioner at Chiti
na since Jujie Last, came to town on
the train yesterday aua will remain
here a few days.
District Attorney J. J. Crossley has
left Fairbanks and is now on his way
out. He will prosecute the banking
cases at the term of court which con
venes at Valdez on December 2.
Clerk of the Court Lakin returned
from Valdez on the steamer last night
and will remain in Cordova during
the present term of court. He will
leave for the outside on the steamer
Mariposa leaving here the 24th. The
Valdez Prospector of Wednesday
evening says:
“Ed. M. Lakin has placed his resig
nation as clerk of the district court
s'
of the Third division of Alaska in the
hands of Judge Overfield, to take
effect at the pleasure of the judge
It is understood that h? will be suc
ceeded by C. C. Page, but no official
announcement of this fact can be
obtained, although it has been ru
mored for many weeks. Mr. Page is
said to be on his way out from Fair
banks now.
“Mr. Page is well known in Valdez.
He was a deputy clerk under Mr.
Lakin for several months in 1909,
coming here from Juneau, where he
had been clerk of the First division
under Judge Gunnison. When Judge
Overfield went to Fairbanks in 1910
Mr. Page became clerk of his court
and has held the position ever since.
Mr. Lakin will go outside as soon as
he turns over his office to his suc
cessor and will engage in business in
Seattle or Portland. He came here
from Tacoma.”
Hon. James Wickersham, delegate
to Congress from Alaska, is now on
his way out over the trail from Fair
banks. He is accompanied by Mrs.
Wickersham and they are expected
to arrive at Chitina in time to board
the train for Cordova on Tuesday
morning next.
(From Friday’s Daily Alaskan)
It was snowing out the line today,
and while there was nearly four feet
at Abercrombie, there was no delay
in the arrival of the train from Chitl
na. It got in about 3:30 this after
noon. with some interior passengers.
A large number of interior passen
gers arrived on the afternoon train,
aggregating over one hundred. A
number of them are from Fairbanks,
and they get here in good time to
make connections with the steamer
south bound tomorrow.
The Cordova fire department held
a special meeting last night, the prin
cipal business being to select a suc
cessor to George Dooley, fire chief
resigned. By unanimous voice Tom
C. Price, who has been the assistant
chief, was declared the choice of the
department for the position of chief.
John E. Berry was selected as assist
ant. These names will be certified
to the City Council and it is expected
that their election will follow. A
committee of three was appointed to
draw up a set of resolutions, express
ing the regret of the department at
the retirement of Chief Dooley, and
to express the appreciation of the de
partment for the untiring zeal and ef
fort put forth by Mr. Dooley during
the past three years in bringing the
department to its present efficiency
and strength. At the meeting it was
also decided to hold a fire drill,
weather permitting, on Sunday .after
noon at two o’clck.
Malcolm Brock returned this after
noon from a trip out the line, having
gone as far as Kennecott.
On January first the new parcel
post law will become effective
throughout the United States and ter
ritories, and already people in Cordo
va are inquiring as to the provisions
of the new law. In order that they
may have definite information we
publish the following facts in con
nection with operation of the parcels
posts, the business of which will be
done through the post offices.
It is stipulated that any article is
mailable if not over 11 pounds in
weight nor more than 72 inches in
length and girth combined, nor like
ly to injure the mails or postal equip
ment or employees.
Flat rate of 1 cent per ounce up to
4 ounces regardless of distance.
Above 4 ounces, rates are by the
pound or fraction therefor, and
varying with distance as follows:
Each
First add. 11
lb. lb. lbs.
City delivery .05 .01 .15
50-mile zone .05 .03 .35
150-mile zone 96 .04 .46
300-mile zone .07 .05 .57
600-mile zone .08 .06 .68
1000-mile zone .09 .07 .79
1400-mile zone .10 .09 1.00
1800-mile zone .11 .10 1.11
Over 1800 miles .12 .12 1.35
The Postmaster General mtfy make
provision for indemnity, insurance,
and collection on delivery, with
any additional charges for such
service, and may, with the consent of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
after investigation, modify rates,
weights, and zone distances, when ex
perience has demonstrated the need
therefor.
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You will finl most of your friends
at the Chitina Hotel.
AUGUSTA, Georgia, Nov. 20—
Thomas Watson, who was the Popu
list candidate for President of the
United States in 1908, and who has
since published a magazine, was yes
terday indicted by a grand jury for
sending obscene matter through the
mails. The articles in question were
published In his magazine and were
severe arraignments of Catholicism
and practices alleged to be indulged.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 20—A large
force of federal Marshals made a raid
yesterday on the offices of various
companies in the citTes of Cleveland,
Chicago. New York, Boston and New
ark. They made arrests of scores
of officials, including those of the
J Gordon Malcolm Company of Cin
cinatti, for the fraudulent use of the
mails. The latter company is
charged with having obtained over
half a million dollars under a guaran
tee to sell the stock of various enter
prises. collecting a fee in advance of
one-third of the value of the stock.
It is a form of under-writing the
stock.
SEATTLE, Nov. 20—The Supreme
court has ordered a hearing on the
regularity of the case of Leslie R.
Grim, deceased. He formerly re
sided in the Nome country and had
stock in a company owning tin claims
on Lost river, near Teller. This
stock was alleged to be worth $200,
000, and he willed It to the Holy
Rollers. Relatives seek to set aside
the will.
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WASHINGTON. Nov. 20—Chair
man Prouty of the Interstate Com
merce Commission delivered an ad
dress last night before a meeting of
the Association of Railway Commis
sioners. An important declaration
was that there should be no such,
thing as a state line in commercial in
terests.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Nov. 20—A
tidal wave has caused much destruc
tion. wiping out the towns of Savana
lamar and Lucca. In addition a tor
nado that swept over Montego bay
killed forty people.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20—Sect
ary of the Interior Fisher has inform
ed water power corporations holding
federal licenses that they would be
forced to grant reasonable rates, re
gardless of ancient contracts, and
that if they went into the federal
courts in all probability their licenses
would be revoked.
NEW YORK. Nov. 20—In the trial
of the four gunmen who were charg
ed with the killing of gambler Her
man Rosenthal, the jury returned a
verdict of guilty of murder in the
first degree.
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