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VALDEZ, ALA8KA, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1912.
PRESIDENT YIIIN
IS IN DESPAIR
Has Wired 8un-8at-8en to Come
to Pekin and Quejl Dis
order
Pekin, March 5.— President
Yuan-Shi-Kaj despairs of being
able to bring order out of the
chaos into which the country has
been thrown. The government
troops are revolting and many
■cities are being attacked.
The president has wired to Dr.
Sun-Sat-Sen at Nanking to come
to Pekin and attempt to quell the
•disorder,
HUMBOLDT CASE
ON APRIL I
It Involves Question of Inter-State
Commerce Extending to
Alaska
Washington, March 5—The
l.'umboldt steamship case which
involves (lie question as lo wheth
er the jurisdiction of Ihe Inter
Stale Commerce Commission ex
lends to Alaska will be heard in
.April.
The case has been before Ihe
■courls f»»r more than two >vars,
111" .-Mramshi.) comuanv ciaiiMiig
•I was illegally dis<v ruinated
•agiii'i^l by While I.\\*js iail
road and affiliated steamship
lint's. '
THE PROGRESSIVES
WANTED LEADER
Colonel Roosevelt Expeots to Draw
Support From Both
Parties
Oyslcr Bay, March 5—Theodore
Roosevelt says he entered the race
again because he .saw the pro
gressives were in need of a lead
vr. He believes the measures for
which they are striving are worth
any effort and must he adopted,
lie believes there is a large ele
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GERMAN GOVERNMENT WARNS SUBJECTS
TO HASTEN AWAY FROM MEXICO
President's Warning Has Started Americans to Hurry North
ward to Places of Safety—Women and Children Arriv
ing At El Paso and Other Points In Hundreds
—General Orozco and Army Join Rebels
Berlin, March 5.--Thc German
government has issued a warn
ing to all German subjects in
I Mexico to get out of the country.
El Paso, March 5.—American
women and children today are be
ing rushed from all parts of Mex
ico northward to places of safety
in Texas. President Taft's warn
ing lias been heeded and all
northbound trains arc crowded.
The rebels have destroyed several
bridges on the Mexican North
western road and rapid transit is
interrupted.
El Paso, March 5.—The govern
ment forces under the command
of General Orozco have deserted
and joined the camp of the rebels,
who are marching on Chihuahua.
General Orozco was permitted to
give up the leadership of his
troops hut has since abandoned
President Madero and has joined
his soldiers in Iho rebel camp.
K! Paso, March 5.—Many
Americans are dispatching mes
sengers to friends in Mexico urg
ing them to leave the country
while there is time. It is believ
ed here that, intervention will take
place before ten days has lapsed.
FEW MILL 8TRIKERS
RETURN TO WORK
Lawrence, Mass*. March 5.
Very few of the textile mill strik
ers have been induced to return
to work by the proffered increase
of live per cent made by the mill
operatives.
PREMIER ASQUITH
IS THREATENED
Police Believe Warning is Part
of the Suffragette's Cam
paign
London, March 5.— Premier As
ipiilh has received an anonymous
letter telling him that an attempt
would be made to take his life by
shooting him.
The letter has been turned over
to the police department and sec
ret service men are investigating
the possible sources of the letter.
Thoy believe it originated as a
.part of the suffragette plan of
campaign.
ORDERED TO RU8H
TROOP8 TO CHINA
Manila, March 5.—Orders were
received here today from Wash
ington instructing that addition
al troops be rushed to China.
In Ireland the mortality from
tuberculosis has steadily declin
ed since the year 1908.
THE HULK OF THE MAINE
IS BURIED WITH HONOR
j* . . . I •
' ' i $ • - * "J i
BATTLE8HIP WHIOH WAS DESTROYED IN HARBOR AT HAVANA
ESCORTED TO SEA BY BIQ MARINE PARADE AMID SA
LUTE FROM QUN8 OF THE FORT
Havana, March 5.--The hulk of
iho battleship Maine was towed
(r> sea and hurled In deep water
today with all honors. The guns
•of the fort boomed a salute as tho
big marine parade sailed out of
the harbor escorting tho hulk to
its resting place.
The battleship Maino was blown
up in the harbor of Havana on the
evening of Febnary 15, 1«98, and
was tho direct cause of the dec
laration of tho war with Spain.
•8ho was a sccond-clase twin.
screw battleship and carried a
crow of 3i officers and 236 men.
She wa« of ft.ftiB Ions displace
inont, lenglh 318 feet, breadth 57
feet, depth 21 feet ft inches. Hho
was built at a cost of $2,500,000.
Congress appropriated $1,000,000
to raise the hulk in order that
tho bones of those who perished
when tho Maine was destroyed
might find & resting placo in their
native soil.
Bring your Job work to the
Prospector offloe.
SOLDIERS AT TIENSIND REVOLT
AND FIRE ON CITIZENS
MARTIAL LAW HAS BEEN DECLARED IN PEKIN AND FOREIGN
TROOPS ARE PATROLLING THE LEGATION DISTRICT—SOL
DIERS AT TIENSIND REVOLT AND FIRE INTO CROWD
I'ekin. March 5.--Martial law
has been declared hen; and III.';
city is pal rolled hv Ihe Manchu
lroo|is while eight hundred for
eign soldiers palrol the legation
quarters. The riotous troops have
heen withdrawn and order is be
ing maintained.
Tiensind, March 5.—The sol
diers of tin; republic have revolt
ed and are engaged in looting the
city. They discharged their rifles
Into a crowd of eiti/.ens, killing
many and wounding' hundreds.
The populace is in a panic and
fear the destruction of the cily by
lire will follow the rioting.
COLONEL IS FOREMAN
OF CiRAND JURY
Miniola, X. Y., March r>.—Theo
dore Roosevelt has been elected
foreman of the grand jury by the
supreme court. &
FACTORIES AND MILLS IN
BRITAIN ARE CLOSING DOWN
EXPECTED THE BRITI8H COAL MINERS 8TRIKE WILL RESULT
IN 8EVERAL MILLION PER8ON8 BEING THROWN OUT OF
WORK—TROUBLE 18 FEARED IN FUTURE
London, March 5.—Factories
and mills arc being closed every
where owing to the shortage of
fuel caused by the strike in the
coal mines. There are more than
one million miners idle and it is
estimated that the shortage of
coal will result in fully as many
more being thrown out of em
ployment by the manufacturers
closing down.
The situation is viewed with
alarm as I ho striker* are already
growing turbulent in many of the
mining districts ami it is feared
that rioting will result. The fac
tory employes regard I he layoff in
the light of a holiday but will
soon feel the pinch of want if a
settlement is not speedily reach
ed and the mines re-opened.
No progress has been made in
securing the consent of the labor
leaders and mine operators to
submit th«'ir cases to arbitration.
BRINGING PRISONER
FROM THE WESTWARD
Carl Armstrong, U. S. deputy
marshal at Kodiak, will arrive on
(ho Bertha from the westward.
Ho in bringing Peter Karhuk,
charged with attempting to bur
glarize tho store of Krskino &
Fletcher at Kodiak.
Karhuk gained access to the
storo by breaking n window and
was in the act of tapping the cash
register when he waif discovered.
He is an old otj^endor around Ko
diak and was lw>uml over to get
rid of him and him an op
iportunity of having time to see
the error of Ijis evil ways.
An Italian university professor
claims to have, found radium in
ordinary dew.
GRAB 8ALE ON
AT OWL DRUG STORE
The show window of the Owl
Drug store is piled wiih bundles
of every size and shape. The? store
has started a grab Hale and is giv
ing I lie sportively inclined a run
for their money. The gratis are
5ft cents each and thoso who are
lucky enough have a chance to
draw a Waltham watch valued at
$35, which is enclosed in some of
the packages. There aro no
blanks, as every package contains
some article which retails at 75
cenls in the store. Then thero arc
cash prizes ranging from 5fto to
$3.
A 50-mile telephone cablo will
soon connect England and Bel
gium.
SECRETARY WIL80N HA8
BROKEN ALL RECORDS
Washington, March 5.—Secre
tary Wilson of the department of
agriculture has broken all rec
ords as a cabinet officer in point
of years, lie has been continu
ously in tln» cabinet for 15 years.
BEVERIOGE IS
ON THE FENCE
Both Sides Claim the Support of
Former Indiana Sen
ator
Washington, March ft.--It is
denied that former Senator Hever
idge, <>f Indiana, has joined the
Roosevelt forces and is working
against President Taft.
A rumor has been circulated
that Beveridge has signified his
intention of taking the stump in
the interest, of Roosevelt's cam
paign. The senator's friends de
ny that he has committed himself
to anyone and they express the
belief he will support Taft.
TAFT WILL START
ON TOUR THURSDAY
Washington, March 5.—Presi
dent Tnft will begin a tour of the
country next Thursday. He will
begin in the east and finish the
present four in Chicago, lie
t>Ians to make several fours (lur
ing the next three months.
ATTEMPT TO KILL
ROTKCHILD FAILS
His Would be Assassin Misses
Mark and is Cap
tured
London, March 5.--An attempt
was made to shoot Leopold Roth
schild, a member of the famous
financial concern, but lie escaped
without injury.
lie had received a warning that
the attempt would be made upon
his life but paid no attention to
the letter. The attempted assass
in was captured.
WILL PROBE
THE CHARGES
Rumor That Pressure is Being
Brought to Bear on Of
ficials
Wftsliiuploii. March 5.—Senator
lirislow, I lie llopuhl ican senator
of Kansas, has introduced a res
olution to appoint a committer In
probe Ih«> charges thai poslmast
crs ar«' being coerced into sup
porting President Tall in I In*
campaign.
It has hern rhai^'cil thai pres
sure is being used io bring all f«*«J —
eral appoinlri-s into line lo sup
port Taft ami tin- Senate will in —
vest igalr thi» poslolTici's tir>t.
MAY DISMISS
BRIBERY CHARGE
Too Many Technicalities for Pros
ecution to Hope for Con
viction
Los Angeles, March 5.--The in
dictment of jury bribery against
Attorney Clarence Darrow will
prnbahly be dismissed, as there
are too many technicalities for
the prosecution to hope for a con
viction.
The charge of corruption of
wilr."sses will be pressed when
Ih«« case comes lo trial next week.
DEMOCRATS IN CAUCUS
ENDORSE THE INCOME TAX
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MEA8URE WAS BENEFICIAL WHILE IN FORCE FIFTY YEARS
AQO BUT WAS DEOLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY SU
PREME COURT—DEMOCRATS WILL MAKE IT LEGAL
Washington, March 5.—The
Honsalion of Ihe day is Ihe an
nouncement that tho DcnVocratio
party have endorsed tho incoma
lax and will tnako it a plank in
fiieir campaign platform.
Tho income lax wa« first im
posed in tho United Stales in IHrtl
when a tax of 3 per cont was levied
on all incomes exceeding $800
per annum. On incomes recoivod
from U. S. government bonds (he
tax was 1 1-2 per cent and on
incomes of citizens of the United
81 nil's* who wori" residing in for
eign countries it was 7 1-2 per
cent. In 1805 Ihc tax was in
creased from, 3 t«» 5 per cent on
incomes up to 95,000 ami on In
comes in excoss of $5,000 tho tax
was 10 per cent. During the ten
years the system was in voguo
the revenue from the income tax
amounted to $305,000,000. The
income lax was again imposed in
1891, hut was declared ui\consti
lutional in 1805 by the supremo
court