TAFT AGAIN VETOES
LEGISLATIVE BILL
All on Account of Instance of Con
gress in Abolishing Court
of Commerce
Washington, Aug. 21.-President
Taft has returned his second veto
on the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill on ac
count of the rider again placed in
the bill abolishing the Court of
Commerce. The situation is be
coming quite interesting, neither
side apparently being willing to
recede from their position.
The ore bunkers at 1 lie Dickey
mine are full awaiting I lie arrival
of the Seward.
SENATE REFUSES
TAFT'S REQUEST
Will Not Submit Matter of Free
Tolls for American Ships to
Supreme Court
Washington, Aug. 21 .-President
Taft sent in a special message to
the Senate asking that body to
submit the question of free tolls
to American ships to the Su
preme Court for adjudication un_
d<*r the Ilay-Pauneefot.' treaty.
By a vote the Senate rejected
the president's proposition. It is
thought the president will now ve
to the bill, placing the responsi
bility of it* passage on eongivy*.
The Three M. will leave at 0
o'clock tomorrow for Landlock,
Fidalgo, F.llemar and way points
with freight and passegners.
SEN. SMOOT'S COAL LAND
LEASING BILL MAY PASS
PROVIDING FOR A PERMANENT SUPPLY OF COAL FOR NAVY
AND FOR " HE LEASINQ OF COAL LANDS IN ALAS
KA AND FOR OTHER PURPO8E8
Following is I lie text of tin* coal
basing bill iulroduecd in the
United Slates smalt' by Senator
Smool. of Utah, as amended and
favorably reported by |Ik> coiii
mill«>o on territories:
Be it enacted by the Senate and
(louse of Representatives of the
United States of America in Con
gress assembled: That, subject
to tbe rights of any settler or oth
er claimant under the public land
laws, the Secretary of the Inter
ior is hereby authorized to lease
to any person above the age of 21
years who is a citizen of the Unit
ed Slates, or to any association
of such persons <»r to any cor
poration organized under the
law# of the United States or of
any state or territory thereof, any
of the lands of the United States
in the Terriory of Alaska which
contain deposits of coal or lig
nite and associated minerals
which, for the purposes of this
Act,, shall be called coal, or the
coal, lignite, and associated min
erals therein, under such restric
tions and upon sueh terms as in
his discretion will best serve to
develop the fuel resource* of
Alaska, and which shall protect
the interest of the public in such
resources, together with such
easements in the public domcinj
fur entcYing. dumping, t ran - i ■«»:*- ■
(ation, ami such other |>ui*i>«».-<«•?- ■
as may hi* necessary to tin- prop
er operation of all such properly.
And all such coal lands in Alaska
are hereby reserved from entry,
location, occupation, or use ex
cept. as provided in this Act, and
except as to other forms of en
try, location, occupation or use
not inconsistent with coal leases,
which shall be subject to such
condition* and reservations as
may be proscribed by ihe Secre
tary of the Interior to preserve
the paramount use of such land
for the mining of coal or lignite
and associated minerals.
Sec. 2. That no lease sITall be
for more than three thousand two
hundred aoreH of land, such land,
if surveyed, to be described by the
sub-divisions of the survey, or,
if unsurveyed, by permanent mon
'uments so placed as Co effectively
describe said location; such lands
to be in not more than two com
pact bodies, the length of neither
of which shall bo more than two
and one-half times its width: Pro
vided, That no person, associa
tion, or corporation shall be per
mitted to lake or hold any inler
(Continued on page 3)
HOME RULE BILL UP TO PRESIDENT TAFT
ASSURANCES THAT HE WILL APPROVE
A Restricted Measure of Self Government Conferred On Alas
ka By Congress—All Moneys For Maintenance of Ter
ritory To Be Taken From Property Owners,
: !
House Holders and Merchandise
Washington, Aug. 20.-The Sen
ale and House conferees report
cil back Iht* Alaska home rule bill
as agreed upon in conference, re
storing I be dual legislature, and
leaving tbe remainder of Ibe bill
jas amended by ibe Senate.
Hi>1 li houses then look up (he
measure ami passed ii unani
mously. It will now be sen I l<>
tin* president for approval. The
president will sifrn the hill when
jt cnmes |i> him.
The law, as passed, forhids the
territory passing any laws relating
to game, fish ami fur seal, taxes
on business and trade, railroads,
create indebtedness, to regulate
the liquor trafi'ic, permit gamb
ling and limiting taxation to one
per ei'iitum of I lie assessed value
of the property.
Tin* lir>| Hection for members
of tln> li>^is|aliirc >liall In* In-ld on
tin* Tuesday iwxl afler Ih•> lirst
Monday in No\««mhi*r. II J. Tilt'!
legislature shall con\ene at .In- j
nran tin- first .Monday in March.!
I !> I li.
GENERAL BOOTH
PASSES AWAY
Founder of Salvation Army Dies
in His 83rd Year After a Very
Useful Life
London, Aug. 21 .-General Wil
liam Booth, founder and com
mander-in-chief of the Salvation
Army, died at his home here af
ter -a short, illness, although he
has been failing for the past
year.
William Booth was born in Not
tingham, England, April 10, 1829,
entering the ministry of the
Methodist church in IHT)-.'. I>esir
(Continued on page 4)
GIVING TITLE TO PROPERTY
WHAT CONSTITUTES COST
ESTIMATED THAT THE TOTAL COST OF DELIVERING DEEDS
TO PROPERTY OWNERS IN VALDEZ WILL AGGRE
GATE TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
The matter of securing a pat
ent to 1 tie ground embraced in the
valdez townsite was taken up by
a committee of the council and
Cbainber f»f Commerce in 1908.
The survey of exterior boundaries
was made in September, 1909, and
in Ihe spring of 1910 H. \V. Mil
ler was appointed trustee by the.
Secretary of the Interior.
Advertisement of the applica
tion for entry was made in 1910
and the various conflicting claims
were disposed of so thai the entry
was clear-listed for patent, but
delays in the land office and the
death of Mr. Miller held the mat
ter up until Ihe fall of 1911, when
the (inal payment was made, and
the application forwarded to
Washington.
\V. 11. Orarv was named as suc
cessor to Mr. Miller in the spring
of 1911, and under him the sub
divisional »ur\fy into lots and
Mocks was started that fall. This
survey wa^ made by government
surveyors on account (»f the ex
cessive cost experienced in other
Alaska towns where the work was
let by contract. Owing to early
snow fln» work could not be com
pleted last fall, and il was neces
sary for ihe government parly to
return to Valdez this spring. The
survey and making of the plats
was completed July 13, and after
being advertised for 30 days, has
been approved and I he original
plat forwarded to Washington.
The townsile contains 55i.73
ac.es. Tracts excluded from pat
ent are the Von Ounther tract,
school reserve, where the public
school buildings are situated,
court house reserve, wharf re
serve. at the fool of Dewey ave
(ontinued on page 8)
THE MONORAIL SYSTEM
FOR ALASKA RAILROADS
JOHN ROSENE'8 SCHEME FOR RAILROAD BUILDING IN ALASKA
THINKS HE HA8 SOLVED THE PROBLEM OF CHEAP
AND EASY TRANSPORTATION
The Times of Seal Mr says:
Through Hi•» limitless resource
ami tireless efforts of John Ro
sene, Seattle is to become I hp
United States' home of one of Ihe
greatest inventions of the present
age-the Brennan gyroscopic mon
orail. Rosene, widely known
through the West and Northwest
as a wizard organizer of devel
opment projects here and in Alas
ka, has succeeded in obtaining en
tire control of the famous mono
rail in the United Slates and Can
ada. ire is now in Seattle plan
ning for the foundation of the
vast prntfect the introduction of
the new train will mean, arid he
has determined that Healtle will
he the headquarters for all his op
erations, no matter h<?w widely
I hey may he extended.
As a beginning Ihe monorail
will receive it* first American in
troduction in ?*an Francisco some
time ttiis fall. This system will
be set up immediately to give dem
onstrations for the management
of the 1915 exposition.
Harbor View and Golden Gate
Park, which will form the two
great wings of the exposition, are
about five miles apart. The mon
orail will be used as a connecting
link to carry exposition visitors
from one area to the other.
The monorail, Rosene believes,
will be the greatest boon to Alas
ka ever created. Its principle is
now familiar to almost every
newspaper arid magazine reader in
the world. It has the advantage
of almost limitless speed In ad
dition to its small requirement in
Iho way of trackage. To illustrate
(Continued on page \)
FORMED OPINION
SAYS TRIAL JUDGE
I -us Angeles, Aug. 21.-Upon
taking the bench yesterday Judge
111111on announced that he had
formed an opinion in the barrow
case and therefore found himself
unfit to hear arguments on tlie
motion to dismiss the second in
dictment against Defendant bar
row. he therefore assigned the
case to Judge Wills to hear argu
ment. The case will he heard on
Monday.
SUNNY JIM SHERMAN
IS ENLIGHTENED
rtica. X. V.. Aug. I .-Vice-pres
ident Sherman was today notified
of his nomination. In his speech
in reply t<> the notification he said
that the third party was doomed
to early oblivion.
WILL PHY BONUS
FOB ALASKA GOLD
8eattle Chamber Commerce
Will Pay a Differential on
Dust Shipped
Seattle, Aug. 21.—The Alaska
bureau of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce will pay a differential
of 75 cents on each thousand dol
lars shipped from Alaska to the
assay office here, to cover the off
set now charged by the govern
ment, over that charger! "at the
San Francisco mint. Imping in
that way to hold the gold trade
of Alaska. Tin* exlra express
charges I•» San Francisco will re
dound |n Ili•• cn-dil of ih«' ship
per.
STRONG EVIDENCE
AGIST BECKER
8chepp8 Gives Unexpected Evi
dence, Resulting in Additional
Indictments
New York. Aug. 21-Schepps, the
"middleman," who voluntarily re
turned from the Arkansas Hot
Springs. was brought before the
grand jury and gave much un
expected evidence. whTcli has re
sulted in that body again return
ing indictments against Lieut.
Becker and others, charging I hern
willi murder in the lirst degree.
SECRETARY INTERIOR
GOES TO HAWAII
Washington. Aug. 21 .-Seerelary
of the Interior Fi.-lier u»»es to Ha
waii, leaving on Sunday.
A HOME MADE LIEN LAW
IS BROUGHT INTO PLAY
Ft: 1FUL THAT THE CLEANUP WOULD l»OT PAY W*GES THE
;.1INER8 SEIZE RE8ULT8 OF FIRST C EANUP F»" I A 7
MEN AND WALK OFF WITH THE POKE
According In I lie Fairbanks I
Time* a little incident recently
occurred on Ihe Wild (Joo.^e Asso
ciation claim, on Engineer creek,
which looked as if there was to be
a general light on tap, when five
laborers marched Into the cabin
of James Me Mullen and demanded
the gold secured from a cleanup
made on the claim but a few hours
before. McMullen whs in the cab
in, but he offered only verbal re
sistance, but that did not go with
the men and they got Ihe gold.
It is understood that legal steps
have been taken lo recover the
gold or hold the men responsible,
but up to last evening no war
rants had been served on the la
borers in question.
The story of the happening is
not long, although some of the
reports concerning what look
place are conflicting in a degree.
It was reported yesterday that an
attempt had been made at gun
play, bnt the most diligent inves
tigation has failed o reveal any
substance to the slorv. The labor
ers, so far a< it has been able lo
learn, simply walked into the cab
in, demanded the gold from Mc
Mullen and got it without trouble.
The most intelligible account of
Ihe afTalr is a« follow?:
I**i\e mt'ii. names unknown. )ia«l
been working for James McMnllen,
In.Miian <>ii |In* tailing pi 1«*<9 of the
W'ilil ("Joose Assoeialion claim.
McMnllen Ii a« I made extensive
If.-ls of I In* waste gravel left from
tin* workings of Ihe former lay
jnan. II. M. Henning, ami had de
eided ttint there was enough mon
ey in the pileg to pay to work
them. Accordingly, ho prepared
a scraping outfit, fitted up several
boiler*, and started to scrape the
gravel directly into the slnice
boxos.
The work had been in progress
for some ten days or so, when the
layman started to make bin first
cleanup. The cleanup wa.* com
pleted last evening, and as the
men knew that the gravel did not
sluice up belter than it had pan
ned. they decided that the only
way to ge| paid for their work
wa* to nab Ihe gold before it got
into the owner's pokes. Accord
ingly, they waited nnlil McMullen
had gone l«> the cabin on Ihe claim
for the purpose of blowing and
weighing Ihe dust.
In a body they I hen marched
upon the unsuspecting layman
rlufilter the evening, shortly after
the «npper hour. Opening the
(C■ nI inned on page 3),