HEROIC RESCUE
BY BOY SCOUTS
Form Living Chain and Save Two
Companions From Daath by
Drowning at Hood River
Hood River, Ore., May ^--Dis
playing the coolness of veterans,
a number of Boy Seouls saved the
lives of two companions who were
drowning in a swimming pool.
The hoys formed a human
chain nut into the deep water,
rescuing their companions after
they had sunk twice. After get
ling them ashore they worked
nearly an ln»ur lie fori* the nearly
drowned lads were hmn^lil hack
to consciousness.
NORTHWESTERN IS
EN ROUTE NORTH
Seattle. May L'5>.—The S. S.
'.Northwestern left last ni^ht al 9
o'clock for the Alaska coast run.
II. P. Sullivan and James Fish,
tfr., are. hooked for Yaldez and
four steerage passengers.
Tim Sampson is due to arrive
here late-tonight.
ASMS WILL
IS MODIFIED
Clause of Will Which Deprive
Widow of Legacy in Case of
Remarriage Are Made Null
New York, May 25 The terms
upon which Mrs. Madeline Force-j
Aslor was prevailed upon to
withdraw her tentative suit to
break Col. Aslor's will in prohale.
have leaked out.
Vincent Aslor was willing
that Surrogate Fowler should
pass upon the legality «• f all flie
seel ions of the will and eliininale
I hose clauses which penali/e Mrs.
Aslor in the e\en| of her remar
riage.
Previous wills attacked in Ihisj
slate on similar provisions which
penalized the remarriage of wid
ows were in cases where the wi»l
ows were of malure ;ijre.
Applicants for the judgeship in
the Third division mentioned are
Albert Fink, of Nome: T. fl. West,
of 'Frisco; John II. IliistRard, of
•Juneau, and John Oslramler. of
Cordova.
SENATOR LOBIMER WILL
K ASKED TO RESIGN SEAT
i
RETENTION OF HIS OFFICE WOULD PROVE EMBARRASSING
TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND HIS PRIEND8 WILL ASK
HIS RESIGNATION FORSAKE OF THE PARTY
Washington, May 25.—As the
result of «"* conference of flepubli
can leaders ami members of the
senate who fear tli«* political re
sults (if the seating and white
washing of Senator l.orimer. Vice
President Sherman is now nn his
way to Chicago, to convey to the
Illinois senator tin* word that the
senator's friends in Washington
believe that he cannot hope to
retain his scat, and expressing the
hope that he will tender his res
ignation to save the party from
any furl In*r odium.
Chicago, May rift.--Vice Presi
t Sherman has arrived here
and al once proceeded to the
home of Senator Lorimer. It is
generally thought here the sen
ator will tender his resignation in
deference to the wishes of his
friends, who believe the defeat of
Taft in the Illinois primaries was
largely due to the Lorimer scan
dal and fear a repetition of the
popular verdict at the November
elections.
ALICE PROPERTY
CHANGES HANDS
Shoup Bay Claims Taken Over by
Company—Development to
8tart at Once
A deal lias been closed where
by the Alice properly on Shoup
hay has boon turned over to the
Alice Mining company, a newly
formed corporation consisting
chiefly of Vancouver, H. ()., capi
talists. Work on the property
will begin as soon as the neces
sary machinery can he put on
the ground.
Mr. M. T. Callaghan, for many
years one of Marcus Daly's trust
ed mine superintendents, is on
Ihe Bertha. hound for this porl
to take charge of Ihe mining op
erations. On the sam« steamer
is machinery, tool* and suppLieft.
II is the purpose of the com
pany to sink on the property as
long as the vein and values hold
out until, a mine is devolSped.
Boilers, engines, enmpreftftorfl,
hoisls, fans, pumps and drills
are among the equipment order
ed, part of which is now on the
way.
PREPARING FOR
CANAL TRAFFIC
San Diego Spending Million Dol
lars for Improvements in
Harbor Faoilitiea
San I». May 'J 5.—Steps am
being taken to mjike I lie harbor
here as nearly free as possible.
Pilotage ami whaifage charges
will be reduced (<> a minimum, il
being tlx* design of the city In
maintain ils own pilots and
wharves, spending a million dol
lars in ihe building of piers.
This will be one of Ihe prop
erties giving employment to a
force of men all the year round.
Actual operations will begin with
in a couple of weeks.
Tho Alice group, located by
Mr. McAllister, and owned by
himself and Mr. Harvey, is one
of the best known mining loca
tions, but heretofore no attempt
has been mode to seek depth, al
though considerable drifting has
been done.
If you want all the news all th*
lime read the Prospector
THE DELEGATE WRITES OF
DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL
SAY8 VALDEZ HA8 A SPLENDID REPRESENTATIVE IN O. P. HUB
BARD— SHAQKLEFORD AND HERRQN MUCH PERTURBED
OVER THE POLITICAL 8ITUATION
Ill a Idler In Dr. 1*\ M. Boyle,
Jmlj-'v JniiH's NYickersham stales
I liar it is very Haltering to him to
haw his friends urging hiin to
Ijc a candidate again. Thai in
ease Dan Sutherland is nominat
«•<) lie will "chip in" and slump
I lie territory for his old friend.
"If Dan is nominated I will give
as freely In his campaign fund
as I ran and would slump the ter
ritory for him. 1 would much
prefer t«» have Dan nominated
I hail to he nominated myself.
"O. P. Iluhhard is in my oll'ice
every day. lie is doing flood
work for Yahlez and your people
ought to understand it. lie has
had more influence in the mai
ler of railroad legislation than
all the rest of Ihe interested par
lies here in Washington, lie ha<
heen discreel and courageous in
the presentation of the claims of
Yahlez and has made a real good
impression upon the committee.
I have not fell like taking sides
with any particular locality in
the mailer of railroad building,
hut have stood on the hroader
proposition of favoring the build
ing either by llie government or
private capital of a railroad
which would lend to I he devel
opment of the territory. I would
support «'i government road from
either Seward or Yahlez, but I do
not think that there is Ihe slight
est danger that Yaldez is likely
to be overlooked in the matter as
long as Mr. Hubbard is here.
Shaekleford. llerron. Kink and
I Hark have all been here recently
trying In do something with their
lit I It* basket of eggs. Herron is
vi'ry greatly discouraged and dis
gusted thai they endorsed Taft in
such strong language and tlint
they cannot, dispose of their po
litiral rugs to any oilier store
keeper. Mr. Huoscvi'll and his
people derlim* lo huy stoh*n
property and they consider tin'
two delegates from Alaska, nom
inated hy Shackleford and If•• i*—
ron. as being the properly of Mr.
Tafl, so pour Charley and Shack,
con|i| dn no business.
"They are in this unfortunate
lix. loo: They eannol sell mil lo
Hunsevidl. n«»r can I hey gel any
pal milage, for Clark is the Tafl
lioss and not Shackleford. A sit
uation of this kind is particularly
tr>ing to a nervous lemperaineut
siii'li sis llerrou has. Charley
wauls to jre| next to Hie pie
counter. If the location of I he
pie counter changes Charley
wants to change as quickly as the
pie counter, luil in this case the
Tafl mortgage is of such a char
acter that Charley sees the pie
counter on one side of the street
and himself on the other. It is
a particularly unhappy situation
for Charley and Shack., when they
have their appetites along, which
is always the case. We people
who have been looking on at their
misery for the past two weeks
have fell I lie greatest interest in
.their sulYering. W'e earnestly
hope their sufferings may con
tinue until the national conven
tion comes oil' and then grow
| more acute."
BELIEVED DARK HORSE
WILL WIN AT CHICAGO
WALL 8TREET OFFERS ODD8 THAT THIRD PARTY ty'UL RE
CEIVE NOMINATION AT CHIOAQO OR IF NOMINATED
WILL MEET WITH DEFEAT AT THE POLLS
.Ww York, May 25—Wall sIimmM
oprralors have lituMi walehintr I In*
cotilesl between Tafl ami Hoone
veil willi keen inleresl. consider
ably money cliaiiKiiiK hands on
I In* results.
A couple of weeks aK«» waftcis
were laid 7 |o 5 lhal Tafl would
cany Ohio. Imi I as I In* primaries
approached even money was he
iiiK lift lhal I lie ex-president
would carry the stale over Tafl.
1111 ii M'< I i it I «• I y 11 pi in llii' annoiin
ci'iiii'iiI hC l|i<* I'l'sulls in Ohio
waKi'rs \M'iv iiIT»timI al six In livr
Ihal Mimisi'M'Ii \vimiIi1 ili*fi*al Tafl
in I In* runvi'iil inn anil mIIht Ih'Is
thai lli•* f !<»l«>ii«*l \viinlil In* I In- ni'Xl
pri'siili'iil.
Now wap'i's aro Immii^ iiIVi-hmI
with no laki'rs lhal ii«*iIli«*i* Tafl
in* Hnospvi'll will hi» nmniiintoil
anil if in>111 inat<mI lliry will nn'ct
wilh ilrfi'al.
NEWSPAPER PLANT
IS DYNAMtTED
Supported MadflPO Government
and is Believed to Have Been
Blown Up byr Bebele
Kl Pa»Qi Nfcay 25.—The ofFicc
of the Paso del Norte, a Spanish
newspaper published bcre, and
supporting the Madero govern
ment, wan destroyed last night by
dynamjte. N6 one wa« injured
hut the plant and building if*
a complete wreck.
Tho explosion is believed to
have been the work of rebels or
their sympathizers.
MEXICAN FORGES
LOSE IN BATTLE
Federal Troops Mbet Willi Defeat
M Handa of
•fthHera Dfiaert Oho zoo
Hfllmm, Mex., May 25.--The
• federal forces here arc on a re
treat after a defeat at the hands
of a strong rebel contingent.
; News has been received from
jlfce stele of Chihu^u^a to, Ib.e ef
fect that two thousand of Oro/.co's
followers have descried hinv
Orozco is being cloudy pursu
ed by the federals, his men suf
fering from lack of rest and food.
JUSTICE HUGHES
NUT CANDIDATE
Announces That Under No cir
cumstances Will He Enter
Presidential Rac*;
Washington, May 25—Justice
Hughes has reiterated his stale.
Incut that. lie is nol a candidate
Tor I tic presidency, and dot's not
intend to be a candidate. The
annonnceinent was made through
liis sccrelary here today. This
statement is made, it is believed.
In relieve the public mind of the
assertion that, .lustice Hughes, in
a letter to a New York friend, had
written Ihal lie would no| be a
. j
candidate "as long as President
I 'l*:ift a candidate."
| "The justice." said tile secre-I
lary. "denies absolutely thai lie
had wrillen any such letter and
I have the authority lo stale that
lie is ii<i| a candidate under any I
circuitistances what exer."
I| is believed llial the federal
grand jury assembled at Seal lie
will invest igale I he fraudulent
entries of Alaska coal lands.
WILL REPORT ON
EXPRESS COMBINE.
Inter-State Commerce Commis
sion Finds It Over-capitaliz
ed and Extortionate
Washington, May 25.—Com
missioner l-'ranklin K. I.ane is
now briefing the testimony in the
express combine rases. He will
shortly report to t li•• nil ire emu
mission ami it is experle<| the
fimIilifrs will show over-eapilal
i/alion, exhorhilanl earnings, ex
tortionate and nns\stemal ie rales
as well as eollnsjttn willi tin.* rail
way companies. Many influential
members of ronjrres.s declare llial
I lie express companies will be put
<>ilt of lii!siin*ss.
ROOSEVELT FORCES
WILL OPPOSE ROOT
I'.hira^o. May —The lionse.
\ell forces have decided |o up.
pnse Ibe election of Klihn Hoot
as chairman of the Hepnbliean
convention. in view of his hitler
strictures on cx-l'residenl House
veil and his policies.
! INTERVENTION IN CUBA IS
i BELIEVED TO BE CERTAIN
TWO DIVISIONS OF THE ATLANTIC HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO
KEY WEST IN ORDER TO BE NEAR THE SCENE IN THE
EVENT OF FURTHER OUTBREAKS
Washington. May »'5.--That
there i-s little doubt in tile 111 i n • I s
of (In* administration officials
that inlcrvenl ion in Cuba is
bound I•» count, is evidenced by
orders «* in t> 11 a I i n^r from the navy
depart iiii'iit today.
Tin* Third and Fourth divis
ions of tin' Atlantic squadron
havr been ordered to at once pre
pare for sea and proceed to Ko\
West in readiness to proceed to
Cuba in the evcui of further out
breaks on tin; part of tin* rebels,
which is expected to occur at any
I I Mill*.
I It is rumored in oll'ieial eirehvs
Ili.it if tin* «*ri■ iiM*iiI ajrain in —
tervenes in I Ii «• affairs «»f the is
land ii will retain a deejdiiur voico
in tlh' future f-rovenunent of lh»>
I country.
POSTPONES HEARING
OF TITANIC WITNESSES
London. May 25.—The exami
nation of witnesses in the Titan
ic case was dropped until .hine
i th.
EARTH TREMORS
CREATE PANIC
Violent Shooks Throughout Ha
waii Drive People From
Homes in Terror
Honolulu, May 2 I.--Tornfir
earthquake shock* which have
caused hul little damage have
driven I ho people panic stricken
from lliclr homes. II in antici
pated llie volcanoes will follow
the quakes by again sending tor
renfs of lava down their sides.
TROOPS WILL SAIL
ON JUNK FOURTEENTH
Transport Sheridan is book
ed to leave Fort Liscum with the
troops of the 10th infantry on
June I I, arriving here with two
troop* of the 30th line on tho
t2th. The Sixteenth will he ren
dezvoued at the Presidio, Ran
Francisco harbor, but^ire fearful
ttyoy will it once be ordered to the
Mexican frontier. The boys don't
m^nd a brush with the greazer*.
hul they begin to perspira when
they think of hiking in lh» he;,t
SuiiMTibe for I he Prospector.
DARAQW TRIAL
IS UNDER WAY
First Witnesses for Government
in Bribery Caso Qo on the
Stand This Morning
l.os Angeles. May jr>.—Tim
ujry in thr case of I lie at «•
against Clarence Marrow. nttor
iu»y for lho McNamara brothers,
charged with tampering with ve
niremen. wax completed yesler
day.
Dishicl Attorney Fredericks
opened for the stale, telling wha*
lie intended to prove, and the de
feiine outlining thr nature of the
evidonee they will introdure.
The llr«t witness for the pros
eculion will he placed on the
.stand (his morning. Much in
terest is bring manifested in the
trial, hut for some reason the la
bor element is paying no more
attention to the progress of the
trial than they would in any im
portant rase where they were not
directly concerned.
harrow emphat ically denies I he
runyir that he will plead guilty
lo the charge of bribing jurors
in the McNamara case, declaring
that he Is innocent.