J. P. MORGAN IS
WILLING WITNESS
Says No Limit to What Republi
cana W ould Take in Way
of Contributions
Washington, D. C., Oct. 4.—J.
Pierpont Morgan was a willing
witness on the stand yesterday
before the senate committee in
vestigating the contributions
made to the political parties in
lh(e campaigns of '9 4-8.
He chuckled when he said, in
reply to a quest ion, I hat there
was no limit to the amount the
Republican national committee
was willing to accept as campaign
contributions. Ho said he con
tributed $150,000 in I90i and
$30,000 in 1908, without expec
tation of returns save for the
eountry's good, lie denies that
the financiers had agreed upon
supporting Tafl.
Roosevelt will go on the stand
today, having returned from his
10.000 mile trip extending from
(he Atlantic to the Pacific and
from the Canadian border to the
Mexican line.
CLARKTOGONFER
WITH SECT. FISHER
•No Telling What Our Fa^^ft/tU
be After This Meet
ing
Seattle, (let. i.Governor (llark,
who i> here on attendance to Mrs.
Clark, who i* ill, has received in
structions from Washington to
confer with Secretary l'isher re
garding Alaskan affairs, upon the
arrival of the Secretary from
Honolulu, instead of going to
Washington.
Secretaries Knox and Fisher are
due here on the Maryland on Fri
day. Many Alaskon matters are to
be discussed between the Secre
tary and the Governor.
Al. Sullivan has taken the
apartments of the Kraiis over the
Fairbanks.
WALLACE MOUNT
CHIEF JUSTICE
Olympia. Oct. i.—Judge Wal
lace Mount today took lip (lie du
ties of chief justice of the su
preme court, succeeding ttic late
R. O. Dunbar. This in the third
time he has had [his honor. Ac
cording to procedure here, the
judge with the shortest unexpired
term becomes chief justice.
JUDGE CUSHMAN
EKJOINS STRIKERS
Seattle, Oct. 4.--The temporary
^/injunction issued by United States
District Judge Cushman restrain
ing 51 residents of Renton from
interfering with non-union em
ployes in a mine of the Puget
Found Traction, Light A Power
company, was made permanent
loday. More than 20 affidavits
were flled in court'alleging that
^ striking miners had attacked men
engaged to take their pldces and
had threatened to dynamite the
mine.
SAYS MORGAN
IS A TIGHT WAD
Thinks the Finanoler Gave But
Littlei in View of the Vast
Sums He Made
Worcester, Oct. 4.—Governor
Marshall, in a speech made here
last night, said that J. Pierpont
Morgan was a tight wad when it
came to political contributions in
the face of the fact that Colonel
ftoosevelt allowed (he merger of
the Tennessee Coal and Iron com
pany with the Steel Trust, by
which Morgan made sixty-nine
million dollars.
A RICH LEDGE
Found on the Left Limit of
Qoidstream Near ugget
Creek
Oui on I lie left limit of Cold
si ream, between Sheep creek and
.Nugget creek, where Oscar Haines
and the Hudson brothers recently
slaked a series of quart/ claims,
the orators have discovered some
roek.rioh eti«*ugh to oxctte llrt* cu
pidity of almost any one, this fol
lowing I In* disrovery of a boulder
weighing a ton or more and two
and one-half fee! thick.
This rock, exposed on the hill
side, carries enough gold so that
it is visible from a distance of .'50
feel.
James Sharrard, who lias just
returned from the creek, reports
that the owner.* of the ground
have uncovered the ledge from
which this boulder came, o short
distance above it, and there is
plenty of ore in sight that will go
MOO and $500 to the ton.
Mike Shirley is in from tile Al
ice properties.
SOCIETY WOMEN
HELP PICK FRUIT
Spokane, Oct. i.--.Many society
women of Lewiston, Idaho, 107
miles southeast of Spokane, have
left (heir homes fop several days
lo help their husbands in harvrsl
ing the big fpuit crop. When I In*
rush orders for fruit began coin
ing in I he growers were unahle
to get. enough help to pick the
crop. Some one suggested thai
the women be called on in the
emergency. They responded with
alacrity and thousands of dollar*
worth of fruit which otherwise
might have gone to waste is be
ing harvested.
TRAIN DERAILED
NINE ARE KILLED
Westport, Conn., Oct. 4.—The
Hartford express was derailed
near here In which nine passen
gers were killed and a large num
ber injured. The Pullman sleep
ers were burned.
Seattle, Oct 4.—The steamer
Sampson tailed fa«t' night, with
P, W. Heanler for Lalouche and
17 hordes for the Orr *tage line.
THE WAR FEVER
IS GROWING
Bulgarians Have Crossed Turkish
Frontier—Powers to Main
tain Peace
Washington, Oct. 4.—The Greek
legation here has called a hun
dred thousand reserves from
America to return to the father
land in the defense of the coun
try against Turkey.
Vancouver, Oct. 4.—It is esti
mated that twenty thousand
Greeks will leave Canada in an
swer lo the country's call for re
serves.
Constant inople, Oil. i.—The
war foyer here is rising. The slu
dents parading the streets. Two
new army divisions are being
mobilized.
London, Or*I. i. — It is reported
the Bulgarians have crossed the
Turkish border and have looted a
number of villages. Fighting has
begun. Thirty Turks being kill
ed. The powers have refused
financial aid to the coalition, but
will use their efforts to maintain
peace. The situation look* very
dart
(THE NEW JERSEY
! DEM. CONVENTION
! # - ^
i
Trenton, Oct. i.—The l>oino
leralic state convention in sesl
|sion here, addressed Woodrow
jWilson, assuring him of tbrir
j loyalty and saying the "main is
;suo before the American people
is the regulation of the trusts an.I
'the elimination of monopolies.*'
IBULLOCK TRIAL
.ON IN TACOMA
Taeoma, Ocl. I.—The testimony
of Douglas, the foriuor auditor of
I ho Northwestern Steamship com
pany, to the effect that the late
Captain Jar\|S received a rake-off
"Ti the Alaska coal contracts, was
impeached by showing thai Doug
las was nut in Seattle niiIiI he
staid that Jarvis had told him of
the •'ake-off.
FIND GERMOF
HORSE PLAGUE
The germ that causes the dis
ease from which hundreds of
horses have died recently has
been found, and the scientists of
the Kansas Agricultural College,
who are conducting a laboratory
here, believe they have developed
a serum that will render horses
immun from the disease.
The discovery of the germ, the
scientists say, positively identi
fies the "horse plague" as Bor
na's disease, a form of spinal
meningitis well known in Ger
many, but never before recogniz
ed in thin country.
■■■* v
John Paul, Df the hand laun
dry, has two men working on his
property, located between Bhoup
and Columbia glaciers. After the
work on tfee present group is fln
iakad they will open up the
*talm»WhMti tie near the Thomp
son-Ford properly.
i m tov.. ■ ..
The "Dutch lunch" at N.
Schmidt's, next to Blum's. Try it.
WILL RECALL
SEATTLE MAYOR
Seattle to be In the Throes of An
other Election—Too Muoh
Purity for the Town
Seattle, Oct. 4,.—Twenty thou
sand names ot voters are attach
ed to the petTnon for the recall ol
Mayor Cotterill. It would have
been impossible to have secured
this number of names previous
to the time I he mayor formed an
alliance with the Ministerial As
sociation and formed the purity
squad, which has invaded private
without the warrant ol
law and caused many arrest*
without a scintilla of evidence
against the parties arrested.
Married women were arrested
fop being in the company of (heir
husbands ami young school girl*
were dragged from their home.*
while entertaining their friends,
and taken to jail, where they we it
held until rescued by relatives 01
friends So bad had the situation
become that the business m''11
look a hand as a matter of self
protection. The petition will be
presented on October 15th.
Town Trustee Crary i> now is
suing deeds.
on mm
THIRTY YEARS
Santa Hosa. Oal.. Oct. i.—The
-superior court yesterday placed
Adam Clark. I 1, who Killed hi.*
mother at Windsor Oily by put
ting poison in a coffee can, on
probation for 3o years. The boy
will remain in the state training
school unutil he is of age.
JURY SECURED
DYNAMITE CASES
Indianapolis. Intl., OH. i A
jury has been secured in thf
cases of'' the Structural Iron
Workers, eiffht of whom are
farmers. The prosecution out
lined their case against the de
fendants by expecting t«> prove
I hat th«-v conspired wilh ilie Mc
.Namaras to dynamite fourteen
e it ies.
THE COMMISSION
IS MAKING TIME
. • s .
Copper Crater,'Oct. 3.—Colonel
Richardson, Valdez.—The railway
commission reached here at four
o'clock this afternoon. Have had
four beautiful days since leaving
Valdez. Hive no criticism to of
fer road, ohly compliments. Our
plant contemplate stops as fol
lows:
Tomorrow evening, Gulkona;
fifth. Sourdough roadhouse; sixth,
Meyers, and lunch ai Paxsons on
the seventh, when we will iake
the stage. Morrow.
William Morton arrived from
Slate creek the other day and
found that Harry Schnltz and Geo.
Faucett, with whom he had been
living, had worn out all of his
clothes during his absence. No
thing but;fcU collar* and socks
would fit * the long narrow boy,
built like a two by four, so George
must have gotten away wilh the
rest. Blow hack, George.
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Subscribe for the Proupector.
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PLAGE WOMEN
AS CONDUCTORS
Company Hopes to Do Away
With Oauaes of Labor
Tt-oublos
Philadelpnia, Oct. 4.—To do
c.vay with the causes of laboi tiif
licuties, the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit company is today experi
menting with women conductors
on its new "pay enter" cars.
Two of the ticket sellers from
the Market street elevated were
detailed to act as conductors on
the cars and the superintendent
is reported to lie well pleased with
the result so far.
Considerable Activity is Manifest
on the Tulicsak and
Bear
i
j Word has been received al
jSeward from the Lower Ktisko
Jkwiii! that the lower river is the
,-reiie of greater activity this
11 summer than ever before. The
I new strikes on the Tjulcisak and
j Hear creek are bringing in great
j crowds.
I Since the tirst of Jul> there has
I been a steady stream of mining
inachinery discharged al ltd hell,
jail consigned lo up-river points.
Much of this goes to Tacotna and
the upper river, but lately a
greater portion i.-i being shipped
to Hear creek. One peculiar fea
jlure to the Kuskokwim stampede
this year i*4 the fact that almost
all of the new comers |o the coun
try are Chechacos direct from the
outside.
The dredge that was ordered by
.Frank Waskey has arrived on tlie
{steamer Delhi, and was unloaded
at Bethel, and will be shipped to
the scene of its future activity on
smaller barge.; suitable for I tu
rner transportation.
INTO RIGGING TO
SLASH EACH OTHER
I San Francisco, Oct. i.--<'.apl.
j Peterson. of |lir Salmon bark
Slar of Chile, «'11100 .feet
into Ihe rigging «>f hi..* vessel as it
was passing through J ho heads
here today and disarmed a negro
and a Filipinio who had <*In111
bp red aloft to slash at each other
with a meal cleaver and a knife.
When the captain reached the
deck he brandished a marlinspike
and made the pair shake hands.
The Star of Chile brought 31,885
cases of canned salmon from
Alaska.
taftIallots
NOT ON TICKET
Kan Francisco, Oct. 4.--The su
preme court have decided that
Tafl's name cannot go on the bal
lots, but will have lo be written
in.
Household furnishings for sale
cheap. Inquire at cabld ofTioe.
First ptarmigan of the season
at the Valdea Cafe.
VULDEZ CASE
SETS PRECEDENT
I Court Holds That Legislature Has
Never Put Constitutional Pro
vision Into Effect
Seattle, Oct. 4.—Although the
constitution of the state provides
for the arrest of an absconding
debtor, the provision is impera
tive because no legislative enact
ment has given it effect, was the
decision of Superior Judge AI
bertson recently when ho in
strucli'd a jury that J. J. Hamil
ton. a former merchant of Yal
dez, Alaska. was entitled to ilam
ages for illegal imprisonment as
an alleged absconding debtor.
Usui) i 11«>11 sold on i his business
iiit Yaldez and earn*' I«» Sculllc,
where lie wa.< held in jail 12 hours
on <-on11>1 ai111 of a wholesale house
I hat charged In* was |i>a\in^ I he
country as an absconding debtor.
Judffe Alherlson ruled that a man
could not Im» imprisoned for debt
nor arrested as nn absconding
debtor even if In* wleaving
thi* country.
AFTER YEARS
. IKE CLEANUP
-Struggle for Years Opening Up
i Ground and at Last Begin to
Make Money
Mill I hifsnii brothers hu\e arriv
ed in Seward from Hesurrerli«>u
f-n-ck, ni'ar Hope, with *10.nun in
I lir poke, as tin* result of 111 • • past
I wo weeks' work at I In* mine. On
ly this pasl sca^mi have the Mal
lliiesoiis, father and sons, suc
ceeded in pelting a plant on tin?
ground anil now are reaping I heir
reward. Tliey employ no help and"
have ground enough in their name
to keep (hem busy the remainder
of their lives.
There has been an abundance
of water this year, and, judging
from present indications, they will
be able to work well into No
vember.
is noTbroT
SEEKING OFFICE
Seattle, net. i.--Joe Smith, in
|surireiil, spent only two rents for
> a postage stamp'in h;^; fight for
the nomination for I lie legisla
ture. He nearly got ihe nomi
nal ion, coming next to the win
ners in a field of seven, lie filed
his expense account today.
MAKE STATE
OF THE ISLANDS
Honolulu. Oct. t.--Thc He pub
lican territorial convention, in
session yesterday, adopted a plat
form asking congress to grant
statehood, and to amend the or
ganic law so as to give suffrage to
women. The native women par
ticularly are agitating in behalf
of sufTrago. John K. Kalanianole
was unanimously renominated as
congressional delegate.
ffrusehold furniture for sale.
Inquire of Miss Studler.