WASHINGTON, April 20.—The
department of Commerce today or
dered plans to be drawn for the
coast geodetic survey. The vessel
will be built on the Pacific and will
be used for Alaskan waters. An
appropriation for this purpose was
made by the last Congress.
WASHINGTON, April 20—The
delegates to the annual congress of
the Daughters of the American Rev-,
olution, which convened here Mon
day, arrived .in large numbers.
Hotels are fluttering with the
badges and vari-colored insignia.
Headquarters of the two candidates
for President-General, Mrs. William
Cumming Story,- the present incum
bent. and Mrs. George Thatcher
Guernsey, state regent of Kansas,
are in full blast. Mrs. Guernsey is
said to have the backing of former
adherents of Mrs. Donald McLean
and Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, former
Preside.nts-General.
President Wilson, in addressing
the Daughters of the. American
Revolution, urged poise and self
possession in the present world
crisis. He advised against any hasty
action in expression of sentiments
regarding the. European war.
OMAHA, Neb.. April 20.—The
Western Grain Dealers’ Association,
•comprising prominent grainmen of
Iowa and Nebraska closed a two
days’ convention here.
ALEXANDRIA. Egypt, April 20.
—Former Premier Venizelos, of
Greece, arrived today and was
warmly welcomed by his brother,
the Sultan of Egypt.
NEW YORK. April 19.—Instead
of securing $500 from Vincent Astor,
John Merrilla will get a term in jail.
He pleaded guilty to sending
threatening letters to Astor, de
manding money. Merrilla is only a
youth.
NEW YORK, April 20.—Minus
any Billy Sundays but brimming
over with enthusiasm, a big revival
of New York churches has been
launched. One hundred ministers
are in charge. The first meeting
was a union communion at the Park
Avenue Church.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 19—Mayor
Don M. Roberts, of Terra Haute, in
company with 14 other convicted
briberr, r.'<: election corruptors, have
been t: V i to the Leavenworth peni
tential/ ‘ '> serve their sentences,
which run from four to six years.
Among the number was Judge Ell
H. Redman, who was a candidate for
re-election, and John F. Nugent, as
sistant chief of police. The latter
had collected a slush fund of $6,000
from saloon men and gamblers,
which was used by Roberts and
others for the purpose of corrupting
voters at the November election.
HONOLULU, April 19.—Divers
are having some unhappy and un
comfortable experiences in the ef
fort to attach cables to the sub
marin F-4, which sank more than
three weeks ago. Yesterday Diver
Loughman became entangled in the
cables and for three hours he was
below the surface. Rescuers went
to his relief and when they finally
succeeded in bringing him to the
surface Loughman collapsed and has
been in a serious condition since.
The rescuers also had a difficult time
of it and after they reached the sur
face their struggles prostrated them
and three, were taken to the hos
pital.
SYRACUSE, April 19.—As early
as Saturday great throngs of Repub
lican politicians from all sections of
the state began to arrive in ' this
city. This continued over Sunday
and today all the hotels are crowded
and even private homes have taken
in some of the strangers. The crow l
was drawn to hear the, proceedings
in the libel suit that has been
brought by Republican state leader
William Barnes against Former
President Theodore Roosevelt, which
started this morning.
SYRACUSE, April 19.—The libel
suit against former President Roose
velt is now on and this afternoon
the jury is being empanneled. The.
crowd was too great to secure, ad
mittance to the court room. The
Col. looks well and beaming and
appears not to have any doubt as to
h:s ability to acquit himself of the
charge. The case had been trans
ferred from Albany, the home town
of Mr. Barnes, the plaintiff;
WASHINGTON, April 20.—Presi
dent Wilson left for New York to
day to attend the annual luncheon
given by the members of the Asso
ciated Press, in connection with
their annual meeting.
SEATTLE, April 19.—J. W.
Langley, who was a superior court
judge in this county more than 20
years ago, is reported as dying this
afternoon.
NOME, April 19.—The big Sweep
stake dog race has again been run
and this time the winner is Leonard
Seppala. He drove his own team of
16 Siberian dogs. He beat ail previ
ous records by four and a half hours
and made the distance in 78 hours,
44 minutes and 37 seconds. This
record is considered most remarV
able. when it is remembered that a
heavy snow storm raged most of
the distance. Considerable money
changed hands on the result, aud
as is usual almost the entire popula
tion of Seward Peninsula was inter
ested.
The race started last Wednesday
morning at 9 o’clock on the 408
mile journey to Candle and return.
The favorites in the betting were
"Scotty” Allen, who took the lead
as far as Solomon, and Seppalla.
Fred Ayres’ team took sick and was
unable to start. The other entries
were: Dr. Kittilsen, Alex Holmson,
driver; Council Kennel Club. Es
kimo John driver; Paul Kjegstad,
self driver: Allan and Darling,
Allan driver; Leonard Seppalla,
self driver.
SEATTLE, April 20.—This morn
ing Capt. Harry G. Hamlet, com
mander of the United States coast
guard steamer Unalga, has every
thing in readiness for the sailing
later - in the day for Bering sea
waters. He will start on the annual
cruise of the vessel for the far
north going direct from Seattle to
Unimak pass, cruising in the pass
and just south of it ready to aid
fishing vessels or other craft in dis
tress. About June 1 the steamer
will enter Bering Sea. make a
cruise along the Aleutian islands as
far as Attu Island and then do
patrol duty off the Pribilof Islands.
WASHINGTON, April 20.—Ad
vices to the state department indi
cate that General Villa’s forces
wTere crushingly defeated by Obre
gon at Celaya. It is said that a
prolonged and hard fought battle
resulted. Villa’s line of communi
cation on the United States border
is now' menaced.
SEATTLE. April 19.—The steam
er Mariposa sailed for the north
last night with a large list of pas
sengers, particularly for the west
ward. Those for Cordova were:
Geo. C. Haze.let, E. A. Barnett, E.
1. Clark, H. W. Berry, Mrs. M. A.
Hockey, and Mrs. John G. Hazelet.
For Valdez there were 13 cabin and
one second class; for Seward 31
cabin and 5S second-class; for Knik
74 cabin and 17 second class. Lieut.
Mears - heads the government party
of about 50, and will establish head
quarters at Ship Creek. He has a
lot of supplies and machinery on
the steamer. Jack Dalton and wife
are also aboard and they will go to
Knik where Jack expects to work
for the commission this year.
SEATTLE, April 19.—Congress
man John J. Fitzgerald, of Brook
lyn, is on a western tour and today
inspected the government canal
leading to Lake Washington. Mr.
Fitzgerald is chairman of the appro
priations committee of the House
and a Democrat has served in Con
gress for 16 years, although he is
now but 43 years of age.
WASHINGTON, April 19.—This
afternoon the. supreme court handed
down a decision denying the appeal
of Leo Frank for a new trial, which
ends the last fight for the life of
the young Jewish factory superin
tendent of Atlanta, thrice sentenced
to the gallows for alleged murder
of Mary Phagan, 14-year-old factory
girl, at Atlanta on April 26, 1913.
Argument of the appeal was made
on February 23.
SEATTLE, April 19.—There was
corsiderable excite.ment last night at
the family hotel, The Chelsea, lo
cated on Queen Anne hill, facing
Kinnear park. Mrs. J. P. Derry, an
attractive woman who has had a
successful career on the stage as
fune Fields, has been a guest at the
hotel for several weeks and early
during the evening she. took her life
by shooting herself. Her husband
is a New York business man and it
is supposed that domestic trouble
caused her to do the act.
NEW YORK, April 17.—John
Meriella, a youth, was arrested this
morning on a complaint filed by a
business agent of the young mil
lionaire, Vincent Astor. The young
fellow was accused of sending a
threatening letter to Astor, demand
ing $500.
WASHINGTON, April 17.—Sen
ator Bob LaPollette has lust re
turned from a tour through Wis
consin, the Dakotas, Iowa and
Pennsylvania. He states that In his
opinion President Wilson Is not
nearly so strong politically as when
he was elected.
. SAN FRANCISCO, April If—Nine
tyears< ago;the disastrous earthquake
and fire swept away a large part of
this city. In commemoration of that
event and in celebration of the won
derful rebuilding of the city a gen
eral holiday has been observed and
exercises of all kinds are being had.
The thousands of strangers who are
now in this section of California can
scarce realize that the present
beautiful and modern city has sprung
up in less than nine years. The
fact that it has, is regarded as a
remarkable achievement upon the.
part of an energetic and progressive
people who have implicit faith In
their city.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17—The,
United States Revenue Cutter Ser
vice exhibit in the Palace of Ma
chinery at the Panama-Pacific In
ternational Exposition, adjoining
those of the army and navy, is dis
tinctive and interesting. The lat
est cutters are shown by models
and pictures. The various uniforms
worn are also shown. A number of
light guns mounted adds interest to
the exhibit.
HOUGHTON, Mich., April 16.—
The copper mines in this vicinity
are now all running practically full
time. Wages have been restored in
most cases to the. rate paid prior to
the war. The most recent increases
■were to the couple of thousand men
working at the three mines operated
by the Copper Range Consolidated
Mining Company, and also to the
employees of the Quincy Mining Co.
This latter increase was but 5 per
cent., one-half of the reduction, but
the Copper Range is now paying
their men practically the same
wages as before the war.
SYRACUSE, April 20.—In the
libel suit brought against him by
William Barnes, the defendant Col.
Roosevelt, took the stand this after
noon. He. is telling the story of his
early life and sketching his political
career. The court room is crowded
and hundreds were turned away,
unable to gain admittance.
SEATTLE, April 16.—The steam
er Admiral Evans was delayed in
sailing north and did not get away
from ^er dock until 11 o’clock last
night. Her passengers for Cordova
were: D. S. Dixon and Hugh McGil
liveray. The announcement of the
government railroad route resulted
in a large, number taking passage
for westward ports. For Knilc
Anchorage 87 were booked, ■while
57 are going to Seward, with 14 for
Kodiak and 3 for Valdez. Some of
the westward passengers are em
ployees for the Alaska Engineering
Commission. Reservations have
been made for Chairman Edes and
50 of his men on the steamer Mari
posa to sail Sunday night.
NEW YORK, April 16.—Former
United States Senator Nelson W.
Aldrich, of Providence, Rhode
Island, died in this city early this
morning. He was nearly 74 years
of age but was active and in good
health until recently. From October
11, 1881 until March 3, 1911, he
was a member of the United States
Senate, voluntarily retiring. He
was a staunch Republican and for
many years was a leader in the
Senate.
GLENDIVE, Mont., April 16.—
business men are today circulating
a petition, asking for the division
of Montana and the creation of a
new state. Residents of Western
North Dakota are reported to be
asking to be “let in on it.” They
hope to win out.
TEXAS CITY, Texas, April 16.—
Taking a stand for cleanliness and
sanitary measures the. women of
this city outvoted the men in a
special election on the question of
permitting livestock to traverse the
streets. The vote was 913 to 663
to keep herds off the stre.ets.
WASHINGTON, April 16.—Ad
vices received from Mexico City to
day state that foodstuffs of all
kinds are beginning to again run
short in the capital.
NEW YORK, April 16.—Former
President of Mexico, Victoriano
Huerta, this morning vehemently
denied that he had anything to do
with the death of President Fran
cisco Madero. Various newspapers
in referring to the arrival here of
Huerta attirbuted to his influence
the killing of his predecessor in
office.
BUFFALO, April 15.—Early this
morning the New York Central fast
freight was held up at Sanborn. She
was carrying a valuable cargo that
had be.en shipped from the Pacific
coast. Silk worth $30,000 was
taken from the train, which was
held for some little time while
automobiles took the silk to a place
of hiding. As soon as the matter
•■’■as reported detectives we,re put on
the case, which they declare to be
most unusual.
ROME, April 15.—It is reported
this morning that the active part
of a crater at Etan has fallen in.
No particular damage has resulted
therefrom.
SEATTLE, April 14.—Georg© CJ
Hazelet, of Cordova, arrived from
the east this morning. He spent
considerable time In Washington
during the past winter. When a re
porter Interviewed him with refer
ence to the railroad situation he
said: “If we can get the Bering
river fuel to Cordova we don’t care
where the trunk line railroad goes.
In order to get full development of
Southwestern Alaska we must bring
the coal and copper together at
some convenient point. We cannot
import Matanuska coal to Cordova
with profit by making two trans
shipments, nor can we carry copper
ore to the Matanuska coal. We can,
however, profitably bring the Bering
river coal and copper together by
short hauls. If we con get Bering
river coal, a smelter vfill be put tip
at Cordova in short order.”
HOLBROOK, Ariz., April 15.—
The Lyman reservoir, which im
pounds the waters of the Little
Colorado river, broke about mid
night. The. waters poured down the
valley with terrific force and before
the warning could be given eight
persons had been drowned.
LONDON, April 19.—Baron Her
bert Dereuther, managing director of
the telegraph company, committed
suicide yesterday. His wife, died last
Thursday and he so grieved over
her death that he determined to
take his own life.
SEATTLE, April 15.—Charles S.
Hamlin, Governor of the federal ro
serve board, arrived in this city this
morning. He will be busy all day
conferring with bank officials and
hearing opinions as to the. operation
of the new banking law, and receiv
ing suggestions as to improvement
in regulations that would be for
the general advantage of all. Mr.
Hamlin is visiting the different sec
tions of the twelfth district, which
includes the states of Washington,
California, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada,
Utcb and part of Arizona.
HONOLULU, April 15.—Divers
have located and made a thorough
examination of the United States
submarine F-4. They report that
the superstructure of the submarine
is caved in and that the hull is
filled with water. The bodies of
the crew of 26 who were aboard
were, not located, but of course the
men were all drowned. The boat
has been submerged since March
25 but it is now expected that the
work of attaching cables to the hull
will proceed and in the opinion of
naval officers the work of raising
her should not be difficult.
FAIRBANKS, April 15.—Yester
day U. S. Marshal Erwin left on
the stage for Chitina and the out
side. He was accompanied by 3
guards, who are looking after 7
prisoners, going to the federal peni
tentiary.
WASHINGTON, April 14.—Maj.
Gen. Fred Funston is enroute today
from San Antonio to Brownsville,
Texas, to take personal charge of
the situation there. The conditions
have again become, threatening and
it is feared that serious results may
fellow unless the United States takes
prompt action. And this General
Funston is prepared to do. The Mex
ican forces are encroaching upon
American soil and it is the intention
to prevent any depredations or
shootings.
NEW HAVEN, April 14.—Former
Presidents Wm. H. Taft and Theo
dore Roosevelt attended the funeral
of Thomas R. Lounsbury, for years
past professor of English at Yale
college. The gentlemen named
acted as honorary pall bearers.
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Allen D. Collette, senior in the Ham
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quarts of milk daily. He eats noth
ing else, and drinks little else. The
milk must not be decorated with
eggs, crackers or anything else. It
must be just simple milk, as pure
as certain politicians will permit.
He says he is following the doctors
orders.
NEW YORK. April 15.—Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt was taken to
the Roosevelt hospital, at West 59th
street near 9th avenue, a few days
ago. The nature of her illness was
not disclosed but the Colonel stated
that it was not serious. This morn
ing an ope.ration was performed on
Mrs. Roosevelt. The surgeons de
clare that it was successful, but
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