The Alaska citizen., 1910-09-12


 Florida; Representative Mccall, of Massachusetts; Representative Ollie James. of Kentucky; Representative Madison. of Kansas. When the meet ing had convened Senator Fletcher offered resolution to the effect that the finding of the committee should be that Secretary Ballinger had been unfaithful to his trust. There were five affirmative votes. Those who op- posed him left the room. and Sena- tor Nelson declared the motion lost as there was no quorum. It is ex- pected that the decision will event ually be on strictly party lines. which will give seven for and five against the Secretary of the Inter- ior.
 Hague Decision Favors U. S.
 WASHINGTON. D. C., Sept. G. It is reported here that the Hague tribunal which has been deliberating i on the fisheries dispute between Great Britain and the United States, i has decided in favor of the United States on five points and in favor of Great Britain and Canada on two points. This ends a dispute which has been raging for 92 years.
 Snubs Teddy.
 MILWAUKEE. Sept. 7.-Mayor i Scidel, of Milwaukee. refused to serve on the Roosevelt reception committee which is handling the great meeting in the Auditorium tonight The mayor says he has grave doubts of Roose- velts honesty of purpose and does not want any closer relations with l him than necessary,
 Cabinet Officers in Seattle.
 SEATTLE, Sept. [. - Interviewed on their arrival here from Alaska, the two cabinet officers who have been making tour of the North, expressed themselves as highly gratified with what they they saw, They state that the trip has been one of education. and they are greatly impressed with the vastness and the potential great ness of the territory. Secretary Ma gel called attention to the need of greater transportation facilities. If territorial government is granted for Alaska, they will advocate that it be divided into three districts, viz. Fairbanks, Nome and Southern Alas ka. Attorney-General Wickersham gave unstinted praise to Governor Clark, and suggested that he would be good intermediary to conduct the negotiations between the opera. tors and the government regarding the opening of the coal lands.
 The cabinet ministers will attend a reception tonight given by the Arctic club.
 Westerners Bolt Congress.
 ST. PAUL, Sept. 7.-The West erners became disgusted with the manner in which the committee ap- pointments were made when they discovered that the West. which is most vitally affected, had been en- tirely ignored. None of the states rights men received any recognition on the committees and it soon be came apparent that the congress was entirely under the domination of the extreme conservationists. The | Westerners dropped out of the hall one by one, and later held a con vention of their own in the St. Paul hotel. It is generally believed that the cause of conservation has been injured by the differences at the convention.
 The Last Muster.
 INDIANAPOLIS, Sept [. The annual convention of the Veterans of the Mexican war met here today | This is the last occasion on which these old warriors will foregather as there are only 2S survivors, all of whom are over so years old Be i iOic tdhiHS lSd|t OI olt tHOtItl lOl the last time, the veterans joined in singing We Shall Meet on That Beautiful Shore"
 Where Are They? i BALTIMORE, Sept T. - In an ad- dress delivered here yesterday Car 1 dinal Gibbons stated that the people had nothing to fear from the law abiding corporations.
 Young Girl Rescued.
 TACOMA, Sept. '. - The police made an organized raid upon the restricted district in this city last night. They were successful in res cuing a young Russian girl Several arrests were made, and the prescott l ing attorney says he will do his ut most to bring about the conviction of the persons running the house in which the girl was found.
 U. s. Railroads Superior. | WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. T. F. K. Lane, member of the interstate commerce commission, who recently went to Switzerland to attend conference of railroad commissioners | has returned to the United States He says that he is convinced that the United States has no superior so