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Arizona republican., 1911-04-04
GOVERNMENT LOSES
 ALASKAN LAND CASE
COURTS CONSTRUCTION OF COAL : LAND LAWS.
To Make Them Effective Sense Must
 2e Employed.

Seattle. April 3.-The government lost today the first battle in it's effort to punish the alleged fraudulent locat- ors of Alaska coal lands. Judge Cor nelius H Hanford in federal district court. in overruling a motion to in struct the jury to aequit Charles F. Munday. Earl F.. Siegeley and Archie Shiels. sustained all the vital points contended for by the defendants.
 The points raised in the motioBst to &C., quit were the same as those made in the argument in the demurrer to the indictment in the Houghton case at Spokane. United States Judge Rud- kin took the arguments under conside" ation there. and has not yet rendered his decision. The demurrer may be ap- pea,ed from. but Judge Hanford's de- cision sets the defendants in the Stracy group free if the government declines to prosecute on the one ground left, for there is no appeal iron, todays decision
 Government counsel, B. D. Townsend and $. R. Rush, say the ruling today is not final and that the other cases
 
 claims forfeited The estimated value of the land covered by all claims is more than one billion dollars.
 The courts decision today sustained all the contentious of the defendants but raised a new one in the following words: "A foreign corporation cannot lawfully acquire or hold coal claims in Alaska either in its corporate name or in the name of any agent or trustee. Therefore for the reason that the in dictment charges a conspiracy to ac- quire coal claims or proprietary rights to coal claims in Alaska for a foreign corporation. it must be sustained as a valid indictment and objection to the introduction of evidence must be over ruled. The court will. however, in- struct the jury that to justify the con- viction of the defendants under it, the evidence must prove that the object of the conspiracy. if any, must have been to perpetuate a fraud by securing coal claims or proprietary rights in coal claims in Alaska for the Pacific Coal & Oil company"
 Discussing the arguments the court said: Congress intended to enact a pidClltdDlt WOfhdDit law ditl IT us second attempt to do so be made futile by misconstruction, we have no law. It is not a law made to serve the purpose of monopolists who. would keep the coal of Alaska locked within mountain walls. nor is it based on any fantastic notion that trusts can be annihilated by giving coal rights to no one except the man who personally tolls or may dig the coal to carry it to the market on his back or head The duty Of the court is not to misconstrue the law, nor to stigmatize the congress which enacted if. and the president of ap- proved and signed it. by impuTation of a lack of either sense or honesty"
Arizona republican., 1911-04-04

he killed her at Massie's on Satur- day night, he admitted, for use if his wife still persisted in her purpose to live. apart from him. He bought the cartridges for it at Talbot & Hub bard's. He did not want to buy both at the same place.
 Rodriguez asked the sheriff if he would be allowed to see his wife's body. He was referred to the court. An inquest will be conducted by Coroner Johnstone at eleven o'clock this morning. A dozen witnesses have been summoned. including the three who saw the shooting, Juan LeyVas. who shut the door of refuge in the face of the woman as she fled from the murderer; August 1ben, the pro- prietOr of the Star Lodging house; Manuel Miranda. brother of the dead woman; Officers Troutman and Sulli- van. and the physicians who conduct ed the operation.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-04

good work after it had reached it. There was strong water pressure so that all the conditions for fire fighting were ideal. But they need ed to be so if anything of the block was to be saved, for the basement was filled with the most inflammable material.
 The flames first broke out of the rear of the building and ran along the wood work threatening M'Kees store on the north and the Creighton building containing the Arizona Dem- ocrat office and several law offices. on the south
 The streets and alleys were quickly Uttered with furniture. Npewriters books and papers. the fixtures of dental offices. collected from all the stores. offices and lodging housese in the three buildings north of the alley.
 In ten minutes il was evident that the department would cOnfine the flames to the building of the Mutual Protective Association but it could not confine the smoke and water which had already ruined the stock of the J. r. Barker Commission company next door and had greatly damaged that of the D. w. Williams Grocery, two doors away. The lodging rooms above as we'll as the offices in the Creighton block and the Martin block suffered similar damage In an hour the fire was out but the wreck was there Water stood three inches deep in Williams grocery.
 The extent of the damage could only be guessed at but in the opinion of insurance agents, it would probably be covered by $20.0OO. The damage to the Holmes building owned by M. $. Gordon of California is placed at $9 O00 Plank X Ensign are the agents.
 What may be called a devils wall" saved the Arizona Democrat and the entire Creighton building The own CT of this building and C. H. Holmes the original owner of the building where the fire originated could not agree as to a party wall and so they built two. They withstood flame and flood. The amicably construct ed wall on the north was not so good a barrier so that there was con siderable leakage into the basement of MKee's Cash store.
 As to the origin of the fire, that is not known. It was reported that il was caused by the explosion of a gasoline engine but that supposition was based upon the sudden burst of smoke in the beginning
 During the fire it was reported that "a carload of lard had just been put
Arizona republican., 1911-04-04
THE WEBSTER CLAIMS.
They Will Be Arbitrated by the United
 States and Great Britain.

Vancouver. April 3.-Great Britain and the United States have agreed to arbitrate the Webster claim, involving the ownership of millions of acres of land in New Zealand. This was an- nounced today by Dr. J. c. Findlay, attorney general of New Zealand. who reached here today en route to Lon don.
 The claimants are descendants of Captain J. Webster. an intrepid New Bedford. Mass, whaler who sailed over the South seas in the early '30s before England had established a government in the islands. The claimants demand compensation for the lands which they maintain were given Captain Webster by various Maori chiefs. These lands, after the captains death became vest ed in the crown and were occupied by settlers.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-04

1 The thieves were busy. Three or -four were caught but in the excite ment they were turned loose. Coun- cilman Cisney and Missouri Thomp- son were upstairs and saw man coming out of a room carrying a small chemical apparatus as if he were looking for q fire to put out. But he held his hand suspiciously on the side pocket of his coat and Mir Cis- ney suggested an investigation Thompson took a safety razor from it and the thief hurried down stairs. Weather Observer Jesunofsly stood modern Casabianca at the instru- ments of the bureau. in the absence of any word from Willis Moore advis- ing him to desert his post.
 Most of the furniture was remov- ed from the rooms in the front of the Holmes building rooming house Some well-meaning person tossed trunk out of the window of a room occupied by W. R. LaGrange. field man of the Salt River oil company Mir. La Grange came around a few minutes later and began to search frantically for his baggage He did not care so much about the clothes
 in it but he was looking for S4000. which he kept in his trunk instead of bank. His story was heard rather doubtfully at first but soon everyone saw that he was in earnest and there was scramble to help him hunt his trunk Finally he found it on the corner by McKee's. where someone z. opened
 When the fire first broke out a woman was seen at one of the upper front windows. In her hands was d large mirror. Carefully and deliber- ately she tossed it to the sidewalk. where it was shattered into a million pieces A moment later she came tearing down stairs with a pillow.
 Julius Cohen and William Sweem were the only persons living in the apartment house above to suffer any material loss. They had room in the rear end of the building and the window of this room was the only part of the upper story reached by the flames. The clothes and other effects of Sweem and Cohen were ruined Nby the smoke and water Cohen estimates his loss at S250. All he saved was a suit case and derby hat
 No damage was sustained by Sulli- van x Hulse's barber shop. next door south of the meat market Though all the furniture was moved to the sidewalk. there were no breakages and when it was moved back it was
Arizona republican., 1911-04-04
ITS UP TO OKLAHOMA.
Supreme Court Denies Petition in Liquor Carrying and Freight
 Rate Cases.

Washington, D. C.. April S.-The burden of statehood was brought home to Oklahoma today when the supreme court in substance told the state that it must look to it's own law to regulate the liquor traffic and freight rates. and not to the federal law. The state about year ago filed petition in the supreme court ask ing it tO enjoin the railroads entering the old Indian territory from carry ing liquor into that section and also to enjOin the Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific railway from charging in Oklahoma higher rate for trans portation of wheat than is charged in Kansas. The petition was denied.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-04

Aside from the building itself. the heaviest loss was sustained by the Farmers Mutual Protective Associa- ton. which owned the meat market John Stemper. the manager. declared last night that his stock. valued at s4,O00 was practically a total loss. Some of his fixtures. such as the mar ble- topped counters and chOpping blocks. were practically uninjured He carried insurance of s2.0OO with the firm of JoIin L. Irwin.
 A. M Mayfield local manager for Swift X Co. stated that according to an inventory taken d few days ago. his concern had $3200 worth of stock in the basement under the meat mar ket. He thinks. however. that there was not more than $3.O00 worth re- maining when the fire broke out Hams and bacon were smoked and irrigated until practically worthless and some of the lard was melted The Swift company carries blanket insurance on all stock at it's various branches
 ]. r. Barker x Co., the commission house. did not carry any insurance at all, as fruit and vegetables are moved so rapidly that few companies care to insure them This firms loss was practically total. though a few punches of bananas. few sacks of potatoes and some boxed fruit were saved from destruction. The stock was worth about $500 and the loss well above $1.0O0.
 n A ha i,,a to make any estimate of his loss. de- claring that he would leave that to the insurance adjusters. He carried insurance with C. & Berryman for about half what his stock was worth. To the casual observer it appeared that little was saved out of the wreck for MT. Williams. Though much of the canned goods is as good as ever inside the cans, the labels are dam aged and the merchandise canno. be sold for new. All his package goods. such as breakfast food. was spoiled by water. The flames burst mp through the floor in the rear end of his store and the firemen had tO flood the place with water
 Water from the Williams store and from the rooming house above leaked into McKee's cash store The Mckee basement was also flooded and some of the water ran over the goods which lined the south wall of the store The baking and delicatessen department was within the area reached by the water.
 All the damage to the Mckee
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Arizona republican., 1911-04-04
STRUCK AGAINST OPEN SHOP.

ROslyn. Wash. April 3-Three thou sand coal miners went on strike today as a result of a disagreement over the open shop ques,.On. The mines affect ed are at ROslyn. Cleelum, JonesviIle and Ronald. The company has been discharging large numbers of union men and filling their plaSS with non- union. The entire output of the mines is used by the Northern Pacific in Op- erating it's road.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-04
A MeER DEAL
The Building of a Railroad Depends
 Upon 1t.

Eureka. Calf. April 3.-That the Humboldt Eastern railroad company will renew its request to the depart ment of the interior for the sale of three billion feet of timber h the Trinity forest reserve. was the state ment made here today. The depart ment offered but one billion feet for sale. and the company says this will not warrant the construction of a railroad from Eureka to Bedding. but that if the government will sell g. 0O0.00O.000 feet the road will be built.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-04

The Holmes building was gutted by a fire which originated in the base ment of the room occupied bv the Farmers Mutual Protective Assoc.a- iion yesterday about one o'clock. A little smoke had been seen issuing from one of the front windows of the basement and then great cloi | of it was shot out as if by a1 eN- plosion. It rapidly increased in volume and density boiling more fu- iously until the gathering crowd "X- ptcted to see it followed by 9 bui st O.. flame.
 There was some delay in sending in an alarm but there was none in the response of the fire department The department never reached the scene of a fire so quickly and never did SD
Arizona republican., 1911-04-04

in as good condition as when taken out The furniture was also moved out of the law offices of Thomas J. Prescott, Lysander Cassidy and ]. H. Lansston. on the upper floor of the Creighton block. and stood on the sidewalk in front of the Phoenix Saw ings bank an hour or two.
 Estimated Losses
 IL is estimated that the damage tO the building itself amounts to S9.000. This is merely an estimate, however, and nothing authoritative will be known until the arrival of the ad- justcrs. Mr. Gordon carried SlS,000 insurance. which was about half what the property was worth. He paid $3l .oOo for it a year ago and recent ly refused an offer of S35. .00O.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-04
Within Half an Hour After Its Discovery Not Less Than SOOOO Went Up
 Flame and Smoke
Prompt Work By the Department Saved the Entire Block Which Bystanders in the Early Stages Had
 Given Up for Lost.

into the basement part of which was used for storage by Swift X Co. but the local manager of the company afterward said that tho company had q smaller stock than usual there at the time
 Ben Massie was across the street at the wig Nam when the smoke was first seeffs and he ran out tn turn in an aIafm. X man he did not recognize called to him saving that the fire was out. that it had been eXtinguished by the chemical. And when Massie hurried on. the man seized him. Massie broke away but the man caught him again. Massie managed to throw him loose into a gutter but by that time the alarm had been turned in by Celora Stoddard
Arizona republican., 1911-04-04
TEXAS MURDER TRIAL
Wife of Prominent Fort Worth At
 torney the Defendant

Fort Worth. April 3-The trial of Mrs. Lizzie Brooks on the charge of murdering Mrs. Mary Binford sales woman began today. On January 6. Mrs. Brooks. the wife of prominent attorney of Fort Worth. went with a revolver concealed in her fur huff to the department store where Mrs. Binford worked and shot her to death.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-04
THE KING SlIGHTED

Dublin. April S.-The, corporation Of Dublin voted 42 to to proceed with the next business when a reso- lution proposing loyal address on the occasion Of King Georges ap- preaching visit was introduced at a meeting today
Arizona republican., 1911-04-04
MORGAN'S cAPTOR DEAD

Hamilton. O., April S.-Maior Geo. w. Rue. who is credited with cap turing the guerilla chief John Nor gan. during the civil war. died at his home here today. aged S4
Arizona republican., 1911-04-04

FOR SALES acres. alfalfa, fruit and garden; 4-room house, furnished; , Jersey cows, horse and buggy; 125 laying hens. garden and wakon. tools; location. close in; s3.500 takes 1t. Come quick if you want this.
 E.. E. PASCOE, 11o N. Center Street.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-04

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Arizona republican., 1911-04-04

 MI FOR SAlE-Price S2000: Five W M room brick; modern; close in; $500 M M cash, balance by the month. Price W M f24O0: Five-room brick; modern; NI
 W close in; built-in bookcases, china M
 M closet; s75O cash. W M E. E. PAScOE, ITO N. Center St. NI
New-York tribune., 1911-01-17
REICHMANN URGES REFORMS
Would Bond Makers of Weighing
and Measuring Devices.

Albany Jan. l6.-ln his annual report TO
the Legislature tonight Fritz Rcichmann,
State Superintendent Of Weights and Meas
ures. recommended that all manufacturers
OF weighing and measuring devices give a
bond that all machines sold by them for
use in the state comply with certain re-
quirements Of accuracy and be 50 designat-
cd as not 10 facilitate the pcrpetration Of
fraud
Hc also recommended that all railroad
companies operating In the state should
have a scale inspection service. the chief
scale inspector being bonded and deputized
by the Superintendent OF Weights and
Measures. IN order 10 insure uniformity
In the accuracy Of the track scales used
by the railroads..
Mr. Reichmann urged that the state coal
law. which now applies only to cities OF
the first and second class, be extended over
the whole state. with the addition that all
coal shall be sold only by weight. and that
no coal dealer be allowed TO sell unweighed
coal He suggests the possible licensing Of
all coal dealers.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-17

Bridenbecker. Dawson. Geatons. Schiller
decker. Senett. Bran, keyes and Jones.
EXCISE-HaCkett, OF New York; McCue.
Fay. J. }. Herrick Jackson. Mckeon, Boy Boy
Ian, Walker Gould, Fitzpatrick, Gray, Con-
stantne Pappert and Hoff;
AFFAIRS or VILLAGES-Martin, Of
Saratoga: Evans. Cosad Brace, Gregg,
Wheeler. Holman. Miller Kennedy, Che
ney Connell. Winters and Talmage.
FORESTRY, FISHERIES AND GAME
GurnetL OF Schuyler; Wende,, Trombly'
Martin. Brace, Holman, Scheide. Briden-
becker. Carew, Shea, Mcdonald, Hart and
AGRiCULTURE-Cosad. Of Seneca: My
ers, Collin. Wheeler. Brace, McDaniells,
Drummond, Gregg, Saunders, DE LanO.
Shepardson, Neomans and Bryant.
PENAL INSTITUTIONS - Trom5y. OF
Clinton; A. J. Levy, Spielberg, Hoyt, Wash
burn. Drummoud, Turley, Heyman. Ken
nedy. scheiIc. Fiiley, Haynes and Cheney.
CHARITABLE AND RELIGIOUS so
CIETIES-J. j. O'Nelll. OF Kings; oliver.
Fay. ". r. Herrck, Collin Mork. La Reau,
Jameson Dawson Lansing, Connell, Brere-
PUBLIC HEALTH-Bush OF Chemung:
McDaniells. Seeley Martin. Warren. Carew.
Friedman. Heyman, Schifrerdecker, Bran,
Butler, +, a Walters and Wilson.
PUBLIC PRINTING OF New
York: Donnelly. Patrie. Evans. Beach
Friedman, Fry, r. b. Waters stivers, Win
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS Conner. OF
Kings. Walker. Gerhardt. Boylan, None
zvnsk. Geatons, Bridenbecker, Murray,
sent r. \ Waters and Hon
MILITARY AFFAiRS-Cuvillier. Of New
york. Foley Chanler Turley. Geatons.
Goldsten. Kennedy. MacGregor, Shea,
Cross and Brooks
SOLDIERS HOME Seeley. OF Steuben
Rush HOey, !. ]. O'Neill, Berry MoncZyn-
Xxi. Huber Thorn, Allen, White and Shan
non.
CI.AINS-Terry. ~ Kings; Hackett. Far
reu Hearn Gerken, Friedman. Fitzpatrick,
Young, Sullivan, Sent and Adler,
New-York tribune., 1911-01-17
LEGISLATIVE CLERKS NAMED
McCabe and McHenry Announce Ap-
pointments at Albany.

Albany. Jan. 16-AssembIv Clerk Luke
McHenrv made these appointments to-day.
Assistant clerk. George r. Van Nance,
Watertown, $500 a year journal clerk,
William X. Mansfield, Saratoga, $500. in
d.x clerk, j. \. =. Ackler. New York.
s. 600. first assistant index clerk, Joseph a.
Zcnger. Buffalo, $500.
Senate Clerk Patrick L. McCabe an
ncunced the following appointments: As
sjstant clerk, Ernest a Fay. Potsdam,
,giOO, journal clerk, \. j. EggloT, Buff
faIo. $500 assistant journal clerk. John
Ii. Traue. Buffalo, $3.50; index clerk. Will
lam +. Kearney. Albany. 5000 assistant
index clerk, Cornelius McArden, Middle
town. $1,000. financial clerk Thomas =.
Brennan. Patchogue, $500, executive clerk.
John j Martin. New York. 81 800. revision
clerk. j. D. Byrne, New York. 1880. and
deputy clerk John j. Ferrer, Brooklyn,
$1,000.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-17
BERMUDA AND RETURN. 90 HOURS

The steamship Oceand. Of the Bermuda
Atlantic Line arrived here yesterday max
ing the fastest trip tmt has ever been
made between New York and Bermuda
According TO the skipper II was the fastest
round trip that has ever been made be-
tween New York and a foreign port The
Oceaul left New York AZ 3 p. m. Thursday,
arriving Don Bermuda Al lc "a. m. SATURDAY
She len The Islands az D. ~. on the same
da- and arrived IN this port YESTERDAY Tu,
.IlpSeu time between her departure from
her dork here and her return u II ycster-
day was ninety three hourt
New-York tribune., 1911-01-17
FIXING HOUSE MEMBERSHIP
Two Amendments to the Crumpacker
Apportionment Bill

Washington. Jan. 1.-Two changes in the
census plan We're agreed upon by the House
Committee on Census TO-DAY. They amend
the Crumpacker Congressional apportion-
ment bill. which provides for an appor-
tionment that would fix the House member
ship at B3, outside OF Arizona and New
Mexico. so that those territories when they
become states shall have one Representa-
tive each The other amendment fixes the
basis OF House membership following the
fourteenth and subsequent censuses.
TIE latter amendment provides that as
soon as each subsequent decennial census
is completed the Secretary OF Commerce
and Labor shall ascertain the aggregate
population Of all the states, and each sepa-
rately This aggregate population is 10 he
divided by i3o and the product OF that di-
vision will be the ratio OF House appor-
tIonment under each census.
Mr. Crumpacker, the chairman OF the
Census Committee. called Gp these amend
rnapts in the House to-day ard had them
placed In tho record, preliminary 10 taking
them ~ later ON tho appOrtionment bill,
which the committee already has favasS-
lily reported
New-York tribune., 1911-01-17
INFANTILE PARALYSIS ON wANT
Health Department Reports Only In
significant Number Of Gases.

Infantlle paralysis Is on the wane in New
work CITY. Since the disease was made 4
renortable one by the Health Department.
.srIy in the winter. only an insignificant
r,,r,Ier Of cases have been reported. 10 was
aid Yesterday by an official Of the depart
ment
The report made by the committee Of ply
siclans who studied the disease during the
epidemic Of 1901 has been translated into
German I'm the efforts OF German medical
so.ietie- 20 study every phase Of the mail
sdr Tho New lork committee was COM
,os,d cf - number of physi..ans represent
i.,, medical college,. research institute. and
~ Ii.aItb Department The iu.,4tt..,finr.
,,tonlICd owe! lOng period VI time.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-17
ASSEMBLY ADOPTS NEW RULES
Also Grants Extension of Time to
Graft Investigating Committee.

Albany. Jan. I6.--On account Of the SEN
atnrship caucuses To follow, sessions in
botb houses OF the Legislature tonight
vare brief The Senate adjourned out OF
respect 10 the memory Of cx-State Senator
owen Cassidy, Of Watkins, who died yes
terday.
The Assembly adopted the changed rules
submitted by the special rules commit
toe last week ana granted the extension Of
time 10 February asked by the legis-
Iatlvc graft investigating committee for the
presentation OF its report
Both houses adjourned TO II o'clock to-
morrow morning. At noon both will sus-
mend business to vote on candidates for
United states Senator.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-17

PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS-Bren-
nan. OF New York. J. j. Herrick, McElli-
gott Gillen. McKeOn, Zorn, Kopp, Good
win and EbbetS.
PRINTED AND ENGROSsED BILLS
Neupert, OF Erie; Speilberg, Donovan, Wen.
Goodwin and Pappert.