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BATAVIA, May 11.—Lillian Nor
dlca, the prima donna, died here
yesterday after an illness of several
weeks. She was born as Lillian
Norton at Farmington, Maine, in
1859. She made her operatic debut
at Brescia, Italy, in La Traviata, and
appeared in London in 1887, and
later in Paris, St. Pe.tersgurg and
other European capitals. Her rep
ertoire embraced 40 operas, al
though she was best known iu
Wagnerian parts. She appeared in
grand opera in the United States for
many seasons past. Her third ven
ture at marriage was in London,
1909, to George Washington Young.
COLUMBUS, May 12.—Discussion
of wages and labor conditions was
the principal subject considered by
the Amalgamated Association of
Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of
North America which convened here
in annual session. The association
passed resolutions condemning the
Rockefeller management of the
mines in Colorado.
CATANIA, Italy, Ma yll.—Later
reports indicate that the eruption at
Mt. Etna was more disastrous in its
results than was at first thought.
Besides wiping out a number of
towns it is known that over 200
have lost their lives and 400 have
been injured, some fatally.
! WASHINGTON, May 11.—Late
Saturday afternoon the House
passed the regular pension bill that
appropriates $170,000,000.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 11.—The
government has decided to send an
expedition in search of Lieut. Sedotf,
who started for the north pole two
■years ago. Nothing has be,en heard
of the expedition for a year past and
it is feared that something serious
may have happened.
' WASHINGTON, May 11.—Late
Saturday afternoon the President
approved a joint resolution setting
aside the second Sunday in May as
Mother's Day. He also issued a
proclamation advising its observ
ance, which was immediately wire/l
throughout the country so that there
could be an observance of yesterday.
He commanded a display of flags
from federal bui’dings. The resolu
tion being passed at such a late hour
did not give, much time for prepara
tions to fittingly observe the day
this year, but it is expected that
hereafter there will be general
observance.
WASHINGTON, May 8.—The de
partment of commerce today issued
statistics indicating that 630,000,000
bushels would be .the winter wheat
crop, the greatest ever grown in
this country. The entire product
in 1913 was 753,233,000 bushels,
for which the value was 5579,
989,410.
CHICAGO, May 8.—James Keeley,
editor and general manager of the
Chicago Tribune since 1898, has
formed a syndicate that has made
a big newspaper deal. They have
purchased 2 daily morning news
papers, the Record-Herald and Inter
ocean. They will be merged and
run as the Record-Herald. W. G.
Chapin, formerly one of the owners
of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and
later editor of tne San Francisco
Call, is in on the new deal and will
have a leading position. Mr. Keeley
will be remembered by many
Alaskans as he made a trip to the
northland two years ago, spending i
week or two at Cordova. Ever since
he has been a persistent booster for
Alaska.
WASHINGTON, May S. — The
Juneau Commercial Club has been
exerting efforts to induce the war
department to operate an all night
cable service in Alaska, or at least
between Seattle and Juneau, in
order that the, Daily Dispatch might
run a morning paper and get its tele
grams at night. Secretary Garrison
announced last evening that he could
not grant the request. He says that
for the present he cannot see, his way
clear to put the necessary force on
to maintain the cable offices through
out the 24 hours, and he believes
that if one section we,re to have
this service it should be made
general.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 8.—The
International Executive Board of the
United Mine Workers voted this
afternoon against a general strike.
There was a strong contest waged
in the discussion of the matte.r but
the conservatives won out.
DENVER, May 7.—As a result of
a wordy contest between two well
known characters yesterday, a death
is likely to result. Col. James C.
Bulger, a soldier of fortune, resented
being called a wart by L. F. Nico
demus, proprietor of the. Savoy Hotel.
As a consequence he pulled his gun
and fatally shot the hotel man.
Bulger immediately gave himself up
to the authorities and is now in jail
awaiting the outcome of his act.
CATINA, Italy, May 9.—Mt. Etna
is again in eruption and as a con
sequence a dozen or more villages in
its vicinity have been destroyed. Ho
far reported more than a hundred
people have been killed in fleeing
from their homes and trying to
escape the flow of lava that hae
proved so devastating. The prop
erty damage is also considerable.
SEWARD, May 7.—The city coun
cil is preparing for expansion in
anticipation of the increased inter
est taken in the town by reason of
the fact that the Alaska Engineering
Commission is to make its head
quarters here, and the real estate
boom that is already on and which
is expected to increase as hundreds
of people flock here from the out
side. The fire limits have been ex
tended and street grades located
preliimnary to improvements to
streets and sidewalks.
LONDON, May 7.—Announce
ment is made that Prince Alexander
of Teck has been appointed governor
general of Canada, effective October
1. He will succeed the Duke of
Connaught. The prince was mar
ried in 1904 to Alice Mary, daugh
ter of Leopold, Duke of Albany, a
descendant of the late Queen
Victoria.
PARA, Brazil, May 7.—Colonel
Roosevelt proudly boasted to his
acquaintances in this city that since
he had left New York, and as a result
of his hard work in the jungles, he
had lost 55 pounds of weight.
SEWARD, May 7.—It is currently
reported here and generally believed
that F. R. Brown will in the near
future erect a smelter at TJnga.
LONDON, May 7.—After many de
bates a vote was finally taken last
night on the woman’s suffrage bill
by the House of Lords. In was re
jected by a vote of 104 to 60. In
the meantime the parliament build
ings had been surrounded by thou
sands of women who offered prayers
and made many speeches in favor of
the measure. When the announce
ment was made there were many
adverse demonstrations and the
extra force of police was kept busy
in quelling the rioters.
SAETTLE, May 7.—The. steamer
Mariposa sailed north last night,
carrying a large number of passen
gers. For Seward there were a 8
cabin and 21 second class passen
gers; for Valdez 37 and 6 second
class. Of this class jfhere are 11 for
Cordova and the, following first class
passengers: Mrs. S. Pederson, Mrs.
Thomas S. Scott, Mrs. W. W. Council,
E. W|. Schnorr, H. Bremstishl, An
drew Cline, N. O. Nelson and wife,
Mrs. Otto Lubbe; William and
Dorothy Lubbe; Mr. Edwards, Paul
Seideningland, Geo. C. Cruickshank
and E. M. Baxter.
WASHINGTON, May 7.—At 6
o'clock this evening the wedding of
William G. McAdoo and Miss
Eleanor Kandolf Wilson was solem
nized in the blue room of the White
House. Although a small affair it
was attended by members of the
cabinet and prominent senators and
representatives, as well as a num
ber of personal friends of the con
tracting parties who are not in
official life. Miss Wilson was given
away by her father, President
Wilson.
SEATTLE, May 6.—George Eno
sawa, of the North American Times,
the local Japanese daily newspaper,
has informed the publicity and in
dustrial bureau of the New Chamber
of Commerce that the Japane.se
training fleet, consisting of two
battleships and their consorts, will
visit Puget Sound and Seattle early
in July. The fleet is under the com
mand of Rear Admiral Tujius Kuroi.
There will be 1,500 officers and m.-*n
aboard the battleships.
The vessels will remain in Seattle
five days. The battleships in the
fleet are the Asama and the Azuma.
Capt. T. Huaga is in charge of the
former and K. Sato the latter. Capt.
Huaga was with Admiral Togo when
he visited this city several years ago.
SEATTLE, May 6.—The Port
Commission recognizes the need for
the erection of a cold storage ware
house and wharf for the accbmmn
dation of the halibut industry of
Alaska. Norman Waterhouse, repre
senting the Pacific Coast Fisher
men’s Association appeared before
the commission and pointed out the
absolute necessity of providing ade
quate facilities here for the storage
of halibut when they arrive from
the North. According to Waterhouse
the halibut men now' are at the
mercy of the fish brokers in Seattle.
If several vessels arrive in port at
the same time with large catches,
the price immediately drops, and
the fishermen, with no place to store
their product, must either sell at
the price offered or throw' their fish
away.
WASHINGTON, May 8.—The Geo
logical Survey has just completed its
preparations for the annual cam
paign of investigating the mineral
resources of Alaska, the field plans
for the year having been approved
by Secretary Lane. The parties
have been made up, and some of the
horses and other equipment pur
chased. Prosecuting surveys in the
isolated parts of the territory re
quires preparation long in advance,
and part of the supplies are shipped
in over the winter trails on account
of the difficulties of summer trans
portation. For this season’s work
supplies were started inland from
the coast early last January and are
now cached at convenient points lo
cated 200 to 300 miles inland for
use of the parties during the work
ing season, which lasts from June
through September. Eleven parties
will be put in the field this year, and
as in the past special heed will be
given to the investigation of the
resources of those districts which
are tributary to the several routes
that have, been advocated for the
proposed government railways.
Exploration of New Routes
A party under the leadership of J.
W. Bagley and Theodore Chapin will
undertake the exploration of the
region tributary to Talkeetna River
and will connect with the surveys of
the Broad Pass region made last
year. This party, consisting of
seven men with 15 horses, will go up
Matanuska River early in June and
start work near the scene of the new
gold discovery on Albert Creek, it
will penetrate a region now but
little known, lying in the headwater
1 country of Talkeetna River. On
returning, the party will survey the
region between the headwaters of
Matanuska and Copper rivers that
has been advocated as a railway
route.
An exploration of the region lying
between Lake Clark on the east and
the Iditarod district on the west will
be undertaken by R. H Sargent and
Philip S. Smith. Here there is a
belt of country over 100 miles in
width which is almost an entire
blank on the map. The party,
made up of seven men, with 20
horses, will follow a route that has
been suggested for a railway into
the great Kuskokwim basin.
A. G. Maddren will investgate'the
gold placer districts tributary to the
lower Kuskokwim. He will ascend
Iditarod River, by canoe, portage
across the divide to reach the
Kuskokwim, and visit the Anniak,
Tuluksak, and Goodnews Bay placer
districts.
Stephen R. Capps and C. E. Giftin
will carry geologic and topographic
surveys across Skolai Pass into the
White River basin and thence to the
international boundary. This is also
a region where railway building has
been considered. Mr. Capps will
give special attention to the investi
gation of the newly discovered gold
district in the Chisana basin. This
work is an extension of previous
reconnaissance surveys in this field.
Surveys of Gold and Copper Districts
A detailed base map will be made
of part of the Juneau district, now
the most imp -rtant gold lode camp
in Alaska and promising to become
one of the most important on the
continent. The purpose of the base
map is to make possible, an ex
haustive study of the occurrence of
the gold ores. D. C. Witherspoon
will undertake the making of the
base map, which will be on a scale
of 3 inches to the mile.
A detailed survev of the Kotsina
copper bearing area, north of
Chitina, was undertaken in 1912,
but unfortunately, the delay in the
appropriation during the last two
years has prevented its completion.
It is planned that F. H. Moflit and
J. B. Mertie now complete this work.
B. L. Johnson, with one assistant,
will undertake the detailed geologic
survey of the Port Valdez gold and
copper district. The base map neces
sary for this work was completed in
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General Investigations
To cordinate and correlate the
various geologic surveys in Alaska
it is necessary to continue the
studies of the general geology and
mineral resources. Three geologists
will be engaged in this work during
1914. George C. Martin, assisted
by R. M. Overbeck, will continue his
studies of the. Mesozoic stratigraphy,
He will visit important localities in
southeastern Alaska, in the Chitina
Valley, and along the Yukon.
H. M. Eakin will undertake sup
plementary investigations of the tin
deposits of Alaska. He will examine
some of the occurrences of tin in
the York region of Seward Penin
sula and in the Hot Springs district
of the Tanana Valley. Mr. Eakin
will also undertake some general
studies of the occurrence of mineral
deposits and mining development In
the Nome, Fairbanks, and Juneau
districts.
Alfred H. Brooks, the geologist
in charge of the Alaska surveys and
investigations, expects to leave for
Alaska as soon as office work per
mits, probably about the middle if
June. Hq will devote special atten
tion to the problems of Quaternary
geology, including the genesis and
occurrence of placer deposits. He
will visit the Idltarod and Fairbanks
districts and, time permitting, the
Nome district. Mr. Brooks will also
join the Mofflt party in the Kotsln:
district and the Johnson party in
the Valdez district for brief periods
of time.
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Capt. Geo. Scott returned on his
launch Prospector last night from
Port Wells. He took several pass
engers and 8,000 feet of lumber to
Portage Canal. He states that there
are a number of people already at
the new railroad terminal. M. J.
Sullivan has already put up a house
at the he,ad of the canal and is living
in it. A man named Stewart is also
living in a cabin at one side of the,
canal, while a third building is going
up. Alex. Singleterry, a prospector
who runs a saw mill at Avery river
is also one of the new residents,
while prospectors Fish and Smith
are also on the ground. Deming
Wheeler, who went from Cordova
with Capt. Scott started across the
pass to Turnagain Arm. There he
expects to arrange with a boatman
to take him over to Douglas river,
which is on the mainland north of
Kodiak island. He intends to hunt
for bear. Capt. Scott states that
the.re is ample ground at Passage
canal for railroad terminal purposes
and a large townsite.
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J. Frederick Johnson, national
director of the Loyal Order of
Moose, who has been touring Alaska
during the winter in the interests of
his lodge, is now at Fairbanks
organizing a lodge. He threatens to
come to Cordova, Valdez and Seward
this summer. At Iditarod he formed
a lodge with a membership of 200.
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day was the big day for the entire
state, as there is nothing that so ex
cites the interets of the. average man
and woman of this state than the
Kentucky derby. Thousands came
from every section to witness the
racing on Saturday. The derby was
won by Old Rosebud, owned by S. C.
Applegate, who took the. purse of
$10,000.
WASHINGTON, M^y il.—Tue
Supreme court this afternoon set ^
aside the conviction of Samuel Gom
pers, John Mitchell and John Morri
son for contempt of court, decreeing
that the statute of limitation barred
prosecution. Gompers is the, presi
dent and Morrison the secretary of
the American Federation of Labor,
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