THIRD YEAR.
Cl[ITINA, ALASKA. TUESDAY, JUNE 10,1913
NUMBER 33.
Late Telegraph News
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WASHINGTON, June 4—Senator Jones says that the ju
diciary committee, which meets Friday, will favorably re
port his railroad bill for Alaska, and that there is a splendid
chance of it passing the Senate- He also thinks that if Pres
ident Wilson will only say the word it will also get before the
House at this session.
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WASHINGTON, June 4—The Territories committee of the
House held a special meeting today to consider the Alaska
railroad bill, in reference to getting it through Congress at
the extra session. It was decided to hold a meeting of the
committee on July 4. The consideration of the date set was
in anticipation of the Jones bill passing the Senate this month.
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WASHINGTON, June 5—Delegate Wickersliam appeared
yesterday before the new House Committee on Territories
and made a strong plea for the Alaska Railroad bill, which
he stated was an administration measure. He also said that
Congress would be called upon to give consideration to this
legislation before the tariff bill was returned from the Senate.
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SALT LAKE, June 5—-Five governors and seven repre
sentatives of the government, headed by Senator Jones and
the First Assistant Secretary of the Interior, are in session
here to endeavor to secure an adjustment of the conservation
question.
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JUNEAU, June 5—Governor Strong lists made the follow
ing appointments:
Board of Medical Examiners: First Division—H. C. De
vighne, Juneau; W. L. Meyers, Ketchikan. Second Division
—W. II- Mustard and J. M. Sloan- Nome. Third Division—
D. H. Sleem, Valdez; J. H. Boraig, Seward. Fourth Divis
ion—W. G. Cassells, Fairbanks; I. H Moore, Ruby.
Assistant Commissioners of Health: First Division—
S. C- Schurich, Wrangell. Second Division—J. L. Wesley,
of Nome. Third Division—W. II. Chase. Cordova. Fourth
Division—M. F. Hall, Fairbanks.
Board of Pharmacy: First Division—William Britt, Ju
neau; F. E. Ruyus, Ketchikan, four years each. Second
Division—W- B. Kirk, Nome; William Ramsey, Council, one
year. Third Division—E. V. Boyle, Cordova; W. II. Cas
well- Valdez, two years. Fourth Division—F. M. Dunham
and R. T. Kubon, Fairbanks, three years.
Board of Dental Examiners: First Division—G. C- Maule,
Douglas, two years; F. E. Zuber, Ketchikan, three years.
Second Division—L. W. From, Nome, one year. Third Di
vision—C. L. Hale, Cordova, four years. Fourth Division—
Robert R- Meyers, Fairbanks- live years.
All of: these appointments will become effective in July.
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WASHINGTON, June 6—President Wilson has adopted an
unprecedented course in the selection of his foreign diplomatic
corps by first consulting with the Democratic Senators re
garding the appointments before making any nominat'ons.
Yesterday he submitted the following list, which met with ap
proval.
Prof. James Morris Page, of Virginia, Ambassador to Italy
Justice Gerard, of New York, Ambassador to Spain.
Thomas H. Birch, of New Jersey, Minister to Persia.
Charles W. McAlpin, Secretary of Princeton University,
Minister to Netherlands.
Joseph Williard, of Virginia, Minister to Belgium.
E. J. Hale- of North Carolina, Minister to Costa Rica.
P. A. Stevall, of Georgia, Minister to Switzerland
Frederick C. Penfield, of Pennsylvania, Ambassador to Aus
tria.
Dr. B. L. Amlefferson, of Colorado, Minister to Argentine.
Henry Morgeuthan .Ambassador to Turkey.
Benton McMillan, Minister to Pern.
Albert Schmedemann, ot Wisconsin, Minister to Norway.
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WASHINGTON, June 7—The nomination of E- \V. Exum as(
United States Marshal for the Third division of Alaska was'
considered by the Judiciary Committee of the Senate this af
ternoon. Exum’s court record was laid before that body,
which shows that he offered as a defense in a suit to collect a
note given that it was a debt contracted in connection with an
junsavory resort at Chitina, disclosing the fact that he was the
owner. This evidence has resulted in Exum’s nomination be
ing held up
In a letter to President Wilson today, Delegate Wickersham
declared that National Committeeman Cheney, of Juneau, is
now in the employ of the Guggenheims, and that the latter are
trying to dictate Alaskan appointments.
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PITTSBURG, June 7—Last night a testimonial dinner was
tendered Ambassador Guthrie- of this city, who was recently
appointed to the Japan post,, and Ambassador Chinda, who
represents Japan at Washington. It was one of the most not
able gatherings ever held in Pittsburg, being attended by many
prominent people from here and the National capital. In a
speech delivered by Ambassador Chinda he declared that the
nations should be brought closer together and congratulated
President Wilson upon the selection of Ambassador Guthrie
whom he believed to be the right man in the right place. He
further stated that the American people as a whole desired to
keep faith and live at peace with Japan.
Secretary of State Bryan arrived too late to formally intro
duce Chinda, as had been planned. During his talk Mr. Bryan
said that he was not an advocate of increasing the salaries of
Ambassadors, but favored the government purchasing Homes
for them, adding: “Because we can then fix their standard of
living and make them live like Americans. 4
F. M. 6RI »WN NAMID AS JUDGE
Washington, June 10—President Wilson this afternoon sent the nomination of Freder
ick n. Brown, of Valdez, to the Senate as Judge of the Third division of Alaska.
The nomination of Hr. Brown comes as decided surprise to the many Alaskans here
who, becanse of the strength of his backing, looked upon the appointmehtof John Y. Os
trander to the position as a certainty.
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WASHINGTON, June 10—United
States Senator Elihu Root, General
Wood and Assistant Secretary Ma
lone have left for Hampton Roads
to greet Dr. Lauro Muller, the Bra
zilian Minister of Foreign Affairs,
who is returning a visit Senator Root
made him when he was Secretary of
State. A convoy of American bat
tleships will meet the distinguished
visitor, who will arrive on the Bra
zilian warship Monas-Geraer.
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LOS’DON’, June 9—Evelyn Thaw
has again returned to the stage and
her 'initial appearance attracted a
large audience.
NEW YORK, June 9—Dr. Charles
Augustus Briggs, editor of the The
ologian, who was tried for heresy in
1892 and acquitted by the Presby
tery of New York, but suspended by
the General Assembly a year later,
died at Ms home here last night
Deceased was 72 years of age and
author of a number of re'igious
works.
SALT LAKE, June 9—The next
conference of governors of the west
ern states will be held at Colorado
Springs in August. Gov. Carey was
elected president and Governor Am
mons secretary of the new organiza
tion of executives, who are battling
to have the Pinchot idea of conserva
tion wiped out of existence.
CHICAGO, June 9—Charles M.
Faye, for many years managing ed
itor of the News, died last night.
WASHINGTON, June 9—It is said
the lobby investigation will have an
effect upon the tariff bill and become
a direct issue in the fight.
WASHINGTON, June 9—Senator
Lane of Oregon has demanded a com
plete statement of how the Indian
funds are administered before vot-1
ing on a $10,000,000 appropriation.
NEW YORK, June 9—Charles Ed
ward Russel, the journalist and au
thor, has been nominated by the So
cialists as mayor of the city.
NEW YORK, June 9—Jerome
Knoke Cooke, a former clergyman
has been divorced and will wed Flor
ette Wlialey, with whom he eloped
six years ago.
LONDON, June 9—The Suffra
gette arson squad renewed activi
ties following the death of Miss Da
vidson. and burned a number of pub
lic structures.
.WASHINGTON, June 9—The Su
preme Court has held that street car
lines are not subject to the juris
diction of the Inter-State Commerce
Commission. •’
SEATTLE, June 9—The Director
of the Mint has abolished all Seat
tle assay office charges on gold, the
order to be effective June 15.
BUFFALO, June 9—Attorney
General McReynolds has begun a suit
for the dissolution of the Kodak
trust.
WASHINGTON, June 9—The
Weather Bureau reports the coldest
June record for the Atlantic and New
England States.
.New York, June 9—Ice and frost
are to be found in the Northern part
of the state and throughout the city
this is conceded to be the coldest
summer month in its history.
I RONTON, OHIO, June 9—Berke
ley Flemming, a farmer boy, twenty
years of age, confessed that he mur
dered his brother, Culberson PI *m
ming, but not until after he had
killed hia mother, whom he feared
suspected him of the first crime.
JORDAN IS CONFIRMED
WASHINGTON, June 0—
The Senate today eonfi lined
the nomination of E. R. Jor
dan, o* Nome, as United
States Marshal of the Second
division of Alaska, notwith
standing the many charges
filed against him
I It WIN CONFIRMED
The Congressional Record
of May 20th reports the Sen
ate's confirmation of Lewis
T. Irwin to be V. S. marshal
at Fairbanks.
BOSTON, June 9—The trial of the
men charged with planting dynamite
under factory buildings and then at
tempting to fasten the crime upon
members of the labor unions, nas re
sulted in the conviction of Collins
for conspiracy, the acquit*al of
Woods, the millionaire manufactur
er, and a disagreement of the Jury
in the case of Frederick Atteaux.
LONDON, June S--Death has fi
nally relieved Miss Davidson, the
suffragette, of her sufferings from in
juries received by being tramped un
der foot by the King’s horse, which
she attempted to stop while pn’tic
ipating in the Derby.
. NEW YORK, June 9—McLaugh
lin of California, won the match sets
by a score of 3 to 0 in the tennis
tournament, giving the match to
America.
WASHINGTON, June 9—Henry
Morganthal has declined the Ambas
sadorship to Turkey, tendered him by
President Wilson.
CHICAGO, June 9—The criminal
indictments returned in 1911 against
fourteen secretaries of lumber com
ber companies throughout the coun
try have been dismissed by the gov
eminent.
TACOMA, June 9—Albert Crane,
a pupil of the local high school, has
made a new world’s record for a high
jump of six feet, two and three
fourths inches.
SEARCHLIGHT, NEV., June 9—
Quess Half Pinte, who killed four
miners at Fort Mojave three years
ago, and has been a fugutive from
justice ever since, was slain in Ar
izona by his brother and uncle to
capture the $15,000 reward offered
for him dead or alive.
WASHINGTON, June 9—When
Woodrow Wilson and William H.
Taft met on Saturday their greet
ings were as follows: ‘‘Good
morning, Mr. President.” and “How
do you do professor.”
VICTORIA, June 9—Explorer
Steffansson has arrived here and will
sail in a few days for Nome on his
expedition to the Arctic.
NEW, YORK, June 9—The board
of health, in figures just issued, des
ignates this city as a beehive The
present population by boroughs—
Manhatten, 2,487 796; Bronx, 583,
981; Brooklyn, 1,845,443; Queens.
359,'891; Richmond, 95.892. Total,
5,372,983. This is a gain of 606,
100 since the government census of
1910. The Bronx leads with an
increase of 18.78 per cent. Queens
is next with 15.96; Brooklyn. 9.30;
Manhattan, 7.30 and Richmond
4.98.
’ WASHINGTON, June 7—Congress
man Palmer, of Pennsylvania, has in
troduced a bill in the House to ap
propriate immediately $15,000,000
for the construction of three flrst
1 class battleships.
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EVELYN THAW IS
LONDON, June 10—As a song and
dance artist at the Hippodrome, Eve
lyn Nesbit Thaw is making a big hit,
and it is rumored that her salary is
$3,000 a week. -She is the envy
of many of the artists who claim
that she W'as engaged merely to be
exhibited as a talked-of curiosity, but
the management says it is a malic
ious falsehood that she has been
engaged in order to parade her al
leged shame.
CHICAGO, June 10—The slash
skirt is eclipsed by the '‘lift” by a
changing fashion, but the new style
will show the ankles just the same.
It is described as follows: The
skirt is lifted in front, above the an
kles, so that the hem, if tight against
the lower limbs, would touch the an
kle just above the ankle bones. In i
the back the skirt will drop so it
will just skim the ground. The
skirt will be from one and one-half
to two yards wide at the bottom.
GENEVA, N. Y., June 10—Herman
Coppes, a fourteen year old boy, has
been sentenced to life imprisonment
for the murder of Mrs. Manny Sleep
and her ttvo children.
PHILADELPHIA, June 7—Charles
Henry Cramp, the famous shipbuild
er, died at his home in this city last
night. He was a partner in Wil
liam Cramp & Sons, largest ship
building enterprise in the United
States, which has built many of the
finest naval and merchant marine
vessels afloat. Deceased was born
in Philadelphia, May 9, 1828.
SETTIN, GERMANY, June 7—In
a pitched battle between the police
nd the Chicory strikers, seventy
men were severely injured.
SEATTLE, June 7—The steamer
Mariposa sailed from Seattl i last
night for Southwestern Alaska. Her
Cordova passengers are Airs. II. A.
Slatc-r, Airs. P. ».rsey, Miss i Eek
C. E. Louks, W. McDonald A. F.
Nelson and E. A. Hinckley.
WASHINGTON, June 7—Senator
Townsend, in testifying before the
committee investigating the mainte
nance of a lobby at the capital, de
clared that the influence wielded by
President Wilson and the Democrat
ic secret caucus upon the making of
a tariff bill constituted the nearest
approach to undue influence on the
members of Congress that the com
mittee had been able to find.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 7—A jury
has found police detective Frank
Esola guilty of grand larceny in con
nection with the operation of bun
ko-men.
PITTSBURG, June 7—D. C. Gage,
who lost his position as clerk in the
reorganization of the office force of
the Pennsylvania railroad, sought
revenge for losing out by taking the
life of James McNair, ticket agent,
whom he shot and killed, and fatal
ly wounding Ralph Paully, chief
clerk.
SEATTLE, June 7—D. M. Mc
Connell, a former Alaskan, will ac
company Explorer Stecansson, as uri
vate secretary, on hiB Arctic expedi
tion.
DENVER, June 7—The Commis
sioners have seated the former ef‘.y
officials, who were ousted by injunc
tion.
SEATTLE, June 7—Mrs. West
man has been arrested and charged
with the murder of her husband,
Carl Alex Westman, shipyards
watchman at Windsor.
One of the richest samples of gold quartz ever shown in
Cordova was brought to town last night by Maleom Brock from
Chitina- and after an acid test it is practically a rqass of solid
gold. This specimen was taken from the new strike made
nine miles north of Camp 140 on the Copper River railway,
on a tributary of the Kotsina river, by two section men named
Ceutenio and Canning, who purchased a grubstake last fall
and spent the winter prospecting.
A ledge 600 feet log and 2l<2feet wide has been uncovered.
The rich quartz is only 2 inches wide on the foot wall for a
length of fifty feet, but the rest of the ledge containg free
milling quartz. The owners of the property are now open
ing up the ground and the extremely rich quartz is being taken
out for treatment- The paystreak is covered with gravel from
three to six feet deep.
Since the news of the strike has spread over sixty claims have
been staked in that vicinity. i
Judge Peter I). Overfield is in town today, enroute to Ju
neau, where he will hear the bond ease of McDonald, who has
been indicted for the murder of an employee of the Treadwell
mine, committed a number of years ago. As soon as the mat
ter is disposed of Judge Overfield will leave for Seattle, where
he will be joined by his wife and together they will make an
extended automobile trip through Oregon and California. Ho
has not as yet formulated his plans for the future.
As his term of office expires on dune 15, Judge Overfield does
not intend to return to Alaska, and the many friends he made
throughout the territory- by his fair and impartial rulings,
during the four years he spent on the bench here, will be sorry
to learn of his departure. He will have the satisfaction of
carrying with him the well-wishes of the people of this divis
ion, who have the greatest respect and confidence for his hon
esty, integrity and fearlessness as a judge and a man.
Judge Jennings has been ordered to accompany the floating
court on its trip to the westward, the Department of Justice
notifying Judge Overfield that as his term of office expired
June 15, the change liad been made.
Under the circumstances there will shortly be a vacancy in
the judgship of this division and it is the opinion of Judge
Overfield that his successor wil Ibe named by President Wilson
either today or Monday- It is generally conceded that our
townsman, Attorney J. Y. Ostrander, will be nominated for
the position.
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OAKLAND, CAL., June 4—-The revenue cutter Thetis is
being thoroughly overhauled and will soon leave under sealed
orders. It has been learned, however, that the sail has been
instructed to Lead off a fleet of Japanese seal poachers who
are sweeping down upon t,Le coast of Alaska and raiding the
seals.
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WASHINGTON, June 9—The Senate Committee on Terri
tories had planned on considering, at Saturday’s special ses
sion, the favorable report of the sub committee on the Alaska
railroad bill* but owing to the illness of Chairman Pittman
no action was taken on the measure. It will be taken up, how
ever, just as soon as the Senator is able to be in attendance at
committee meeting.
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CHARLESTON, W. VA., June 9—President White and eigh
teen other officials of the United Mine Workers of America
have been indicted by a federal court grand jury for a viola
tion ot the anti-trust law. It is alleged that they conspired
with the coal operators of Pennsylvania, Ohio,' Indiana and
Illinois to raise the rate of wages in the West Virginia fields
and thus prevent competition in other states.
WASHINGTON, June 10—A table
of tariff schedules has been prepared
by the finance committee of the Sen
ate, showing comparative figures
based on the Underwood bills and the
present tariff.
It gives the average advalorem un
der the proposed law at 32.99 per
cent as against 43.64 per cent under
the Payne-Aldrich measure. It was
estimated that the loss in revenue to
the government will be $24,000,000.
| NEW YORK. June 10—In the
international tennis tournament the
American team won the right to
play Germany a second round tour
nament by defeating Austria in the
fourth match series.
WASHINGTON, June 10—Minne
sota won its state rate case, the su
preme court holding that while the
Minneapolis & St. Lauis railroad
rates are confiscatory and uticonstitu
jtional those inposed on the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific roads
were valid.
WASHINGTON, June 10—Former
Governor Carter, of Hawaii, in tes
tifying before the investigating com
mittee, admitted that he had been
lobbying against free sugar.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 10—The
railroad commission has authorized
the Southern Pacific railroad to is
sue two-year notes for $30,000,000
for the immediate extension of the
line.
'NEW YORK, June" 10—Ool. Goe
thals has arrived from Panama and
was gived a big ovation by his
friends. He announced that he ex
pected to put the first vessel through
the canal on October 15 next, and
that the canal would be open for
business by January 1, 1915 without
fail.
WASHINGTON, June 10—The Su
preme Court has denied Porter Charl
ton a habeas corpus writ.
PARIS, June 10—Peary has been
made a grand officer of the Legion of
honor.
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