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The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-23

CIRCLE CITY, March 25-Anxiety over the fate of ROtch and Greene. the two boundary survey men held in quarantine % miles from Fort Tu- kon on the Porcupine river. is eI- pressed in a wire from Thomas Riggs, chief of the survey. The wire vas received by Commissioner Abe Spring at Circle and by him communicated b United States Attorney CrossIey. Mr. Spring replied to the wire win the information that the men had been arrested and bound over to the grand jury on the charge Of violating section t52 of the code. in substance being the spreading of smallpox in the territory.
 Word Of the matter was first re- ceived here several weeks ago to the effect that the two men had left Rampant House. where a guar autIne is being maintained. and had associated with Indians ou the way down after first having taken the Drecautiou of being thoroughly dis infected Dr Gilbert Smith. the physician in charge. notified Dr. Grafton Burke. United States com missioner at Fort Yukon, and war rants were Immediately sworn out and placed into The hands Of a special deputy. The deputy made a quick getaway and sBecseded in t7trce1+i~y the men b4f5re they reached Fort Yukon He immediately established a quarantine camp and -r17csed to detafn the men untH danger Of infection from smallpox ra1 passed
 The fart that the men had been vivsu a hearing before the com missioner and had been bound over to Ire grand jury vas not known 10 the district att0-nev's offics until Springs wire reached here
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-23
HELP EDUCATION
 IN ALASKA
COMMITTEE FAVORABLE
 TO EDUCATIONAL LEGISLATION
Senate VIII Make it Obligatory on Native Parents to Send ChiI5r-n to School Four Months Of Year. More Districts R Recommende5.
(By Alaska News Bureau

WASHINGTON. D. C.. March 23- The Senate Committee on Territ5d s yesterday reported favora5iy on the bill making it obligatory on Natis e Alaska parents Co send their children to school four months out of ths year.
 The Mason bill permitting the es- tabIishment Of a school district wher, in fs found fifteen children instead Of the required twenty at the present time WIS also favora5'y reported on.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-23
JAP EXPLORERS
 RETURN H0ME
TWO OAsHEs FOR
 POLE UNSUCCESSFUL
Esps5isi7r Under Lisutersnt susaki Reaches Wellington From An arc tie Resioa. Will go to Japan. Saw no Trace Of English Expedition Un- der Capt Scott.
Lnr Alaska News gureaul

WELLINGTON. x. z, March 23- After two unsuccessful dashcs for the south pole. the JaPaaese aniar,' tls expedition under the guidance of Lieut. SusuH Naked returned to tAlS ..y yesterday and w5l. leave for Ja- pan Immediately.
 The Japanese gyp.d.t.0u ma e two attempts to reach -ae poe. be.ns allied each time ar their inability 70 zra.e tha wall cl i.o which stands as barrier to tIe ai-h plateau over which tre asf rfy r.aa Of the dash
 male
 LEart NaE.a ra a-. fh mo wa. Q as arr as g- s.a.t ayr 'nn
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-23
FOR MFR RESIDENT
 DIES fa TACOMA.

,.yrI has been recei.si in the 1..y telling of the desth of Vim. UDde graff. former resident Of this city. Sir. UpdezraR was operated on in Tacoma for a cancer of the stomach early in November and has slowly starved to death, being unable to take anything but liquid nOurishment- His His body will be taken to Hh- uois for burial.
 When in this c-ty Mr. UpdegTaff was employed at the shops He was married, his wife being prominent in church circles here. Since leaving 7this city he has been engaged in the real estate business in Tacoma and was verT suecessfuL
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-23
WOULD SELL JOBS
 TO HIGHEST BIDDER
Congressman Littlepase Would do Away With Scramble For Federal
 Apgointments. Novel Plan For
 Revenue to Replace Reduced Tariff,

WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 2S- Representative Adam B. Litlepage, Of the Third West Virginia district has a novel scheme for raising reye1- ue which he thinks win offset many of the decreases in the government s income expected to result from che proposed tariff reductions He pro poses to discontinue the present sys tenn of appointing postmasters an" sou che offices to the highest h.a- de-s Mr Littlepage would i1-l1le only the first and secohd class oi- fees in the auction scheme. and be caHse of be szramb.e there UsHa.E Is for appointment to the larger oi- fees he believes this plan would .e a great revenue producer.
 aT believe" said NIT. LittleFaEr
 that by selling the p9stmaste-sail 5 to the highest bidders we could raise something like s50.O0o,o00 a veal Everybody who has ever seen a scramble for a big postCiiice knows The applicants would be willing tn spend considerable money to get th. offices. and there are many pHrs7a. who would pay Sl.oo0 or more for tbe appointment to the coyc-ted sf f.oa. am preparing a bil which win provide for the selling of th. nrstulsterships in first and sa0or .'azs offices tC the highest hii5a-s and win introduce t soon
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-23
MEXICAN FEDERAL FORGE
 REBELS TO RETREAT
LBr AIaska Nsrs Rurean.J

MEEICO CITY. Eter.. March 23-A large detachment of Rebels we're en- aged by the tferaI troops twenty niles south Of J.mfrez and were fore ed to retreat 70 that p.a-a for rein foTcsmeuts.
 The EoTerGu me E becoming hope. fuI of crushing the rebellion in that direction very shortly
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-23
MORGAN BACKING HARMON
 SAYS WILLIAM J. BRYAN.
LRr Alaska M Bureau.J

KEARNY. Kan. March 23-In a speech here last night Wm Jennings Bryan declared that he was not in favor of he candidacy oi Judson Harmon of Ohio. That gentleman. ne said. lis being backed in his pres fIentiaI race by J. Pierpaut Morgan and his interests
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-23

FUaEUElFHIA, Penn. March -s "A .u.f.ra..e uf taH national man ..r- ug ur Eaozs.st campaign is
 this e.rT-
 E s learned ..a- these managers are ... disappointed with the wa. -.. n.F7.' are taking
 ...aE N.sarals candidacy .- not ..s.r. ,1 it The ..- t Roosevelt
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-23
sITu-u>Cys "lNETs
 WILLING TO COMPROMISE.
- AI..E. M. EwelaL !

IUv Alaska News BureaHI
 CLEvELAND. O. March i3-The 7al situation has been somewhat cleared up by tHe offer of Che miners F5 compromise on their demands if heir action ts re iDrosated by the psrators. t is thought lb7t dead 7ck win be avart0i and =.tement cached
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-23
FTcHE SON RECOVERING
 RAPIDLY FROM ILLNESS
- M -

.Is News dlreaa) UarIu.,. Mas. Na..a -.--,a. cans ..ar- .a-. care ..e A"F. E ..eas-ra. -e.t eTal szrl no. # Us Ea..a. Avis L..s- sac .. beginning rr provo. a.ata a. N " .ama.l man
 justice D. r ua-1ra. death and . s thought by his -s .at la VI he entirely ra.ss.raE .a a sho-- time.
 E'..snr has been coEdem"d Co die |. n. .a.E. char on Che morning oE IEe r.-l ,. E.ar.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-23
MANAGERS ARE
 DISAPPOINTED
PEOPLE DO NOT
 TAKE TO ROOSEVELT
Nsus-zI c5~5st5n Managers Hold Efz C--fcrerse. Expenses Are Greatly Resuced in Campaign E.-t-as. P5yroHs Are siashed.
|8r lIa=ka News Bareaul

MEN YORK. March Ze-A gene gl pruning al the Roosevelt camTa .-n bureaus taklz place here r other ot ha large cites s eausH- u1 urr'a d.sslSsiou . n. aal ercigs.
 Many mon have been dro2red from . rn-l which in tEiz city has
 ..rf from S11o'.n month
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-23
BIG sEEMENs STRIKE
 HAS BEEN SETTLED.
LHr AIaska NsNs Burgaa-I

BUFFALO. x. Y. March 23-The seamen's strike which has haHdEap, ped shipping on the Great Lakes for the last three years has at last been settled and a large number Of the seameu have returned 70 work Over fifteen thousand men were involved in the strike which has extended over a period Of over three years
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-23
GOVERNMENT FINISHES CASE
 IN SUGAR TRUST TRIAL.
-Er AIaska NeRs Bureau.l

Ib! NItsha 4Ne"5 Du4 S'-I''I
 NEW YORK, March 23-The Gov. ament has rested its case in the 1. at a-aiast the sugar trust. in this
 Attorneys for the Government se submitted an immense amount .tdence to show that a comh.a. "n. has been entered into by Che rasl.ag sugar dealers Of the United states for the purpose Of controlling Tho sugar market in restraint ot trade
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-23
OPERATORS REFUSE
 MINERS DEMANDS,
lRr Alaskn News Rrreau. ]

CLEVELAND. O., March 23-Bitu- mtnous coal operators today refused to grant a ten per cent increase in wages demanded by the Federation of Miners. A strike is iminent
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-23
INDIANA DELEGATION VOTES
 FOR COVER NOR MARSHALL
lRr Alaska News Bureeu.l J

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, March 23- The democratic delegation from this state will go to the Baltimore Con- sention instructed to cast their bal lot for Gov. Thomas R. Marshall of this state.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-23
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
 FEARS SIG FLOOD.
Inv AIaska News BurcauI

ST. LOUIS. Mo. March Z3-The Mississippi river has been rising rap idly the last few hours and fears are being entertained that the lower val ley w.u suffer another flood due to the great amount. of snow which has fallen in the Middle West this win ter.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-23
sEcY KNOX ARRIVES
 IN STATE OF VENEZUELA.
lRr AIaska Ners Bureau.I

CARACAS. veneue.a. March 23- Secretary Knox of the United states arrived in this city last night and was given a great welcome.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-23
COAT TRUST TO
 BE INVESTIGATED.
rPv Alaska News Bur~su-)

CHICAGO. IT,, March 22-It is ra- mored here that a nation wide in quiry will be made by the government officials into the existence Of a coat trust.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-23

U-yaa Olson arrived fu town lat night from Log Cabin
 The Peterson failed Co make the trip To- Fort Seward today. the HazE con ne instead.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-23
BOUNDARY SURVEY MEN
 JUMP UERRNTIaE

Two of Tom Riggs Men Les.e Ramp art House. Arrested st Fora Yukon Bound Over to Answer 10 Grand Jury.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-23

Stroller White was a passenger on the train last night and is spending the day in town.
 The train was an hour late in arriving in the city last night due to the failure of the morning train Co get away on time
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-23
MANY soURDoUGHs
 RETURN ON THE MAY.

C. p. R. Boat Brings One Hundred Passengers For WhitshorSe, Aaln And Dawson, And Ninety Tors Of Freight.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31
PEOPLE LIVE LONG WHILE.
Inhabitants of Little European
Country Attain Great Age.

Country Attain Great Age.
From the Battle Greek Idea
The more civilized We are the faster we
die and the shorter time we live. Take,
for instance. the average length of life frr
various countries. In Bulgaria people
still live to a good old age. I recently
saw an account in a paper of the ycele-
bration there of the Tooth anniversary
Of a wedding day. The couple, 10 and
lis years of age. had been. married 100
years. After living and working and
struggling together a century they were
still alive and in good health. The
Emperor gave them a pension, so that
they will be able to spend the rest of
their lives in comfort.
In Bulgaria there are thousands of CEN
tenarians-more than IN any other coun-
try in the world in proportion to the pop
ulation-out Of 100000 people in Bulgaria,
in fact. there are 1000 centenarians. In
the United States we have only one CEN
tenarian in 5000. SO that there are twen-
ty-five times as many centenarians in
Bulgaria. in proportion to the population
as we have in the United States Bull
garia is a little country with popuIa-
ton only equal to that of Michigan, yet
1t has 5000 centenarians. almost as many
as We have In the whole United States
with so.oooooo Of people. Spain has one
In every 1900. France little
more civilized than Spain. with still a
large, healthy peasantry, has one GEN.
tenarian in every 10000 Of the populs-
ton. In England there is one centenar-
Ian In every 10000 Of population, and in
Germany, the most civilized country IN
the world. there is only one centenarian
In 100000, there being less than eight CEN
tsnarians in the entire empire Of Ger
many.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31

called upon for advice. While the ju-
dicial and the executive Departments
are Independent of each other, it is
well understood that the President has
encouraged the revision and aided it
in number of ways.
In his message last December, Mr..
Taft called attention to the necessity
for revision of equity rules. and his
friends now are pointing out that while
others have attacked the courts without
offering any reform suggestions. Mr..
Taft has done the practical thing by
cooperating with the United States Su-
preme Court in this effort to overcome
the delays now obtaining in the Fed
eral courts.
The American Bar Association has
offered Congress several bills to ex-
pedite procedure. One of them has
passed the House, but the Senate has
not yet acted on it. This bill directs
that no judgment shall be set aside or
reversed, or new trial granted, unless
it shall appear to the court, after an
examination of the entire cause, that
the error complained of has injuriously
affected the substantial rights of the
parties, and it also provides for the sub
mission of issues of fact to a jury,
reserving questions of law for subse-
quent argument and decision.
The same association has submitted
another bill to avoid errors in pleading
and a third to enlarge the jurisdiction
of the United States Supreme Court
so as to permit that tribunal to ex-,
anime, on writ of error, all cases in
which right and title is claimed under
the Constitution or any treaty or stat
ute of the United States. Members OF
the Bar Association say they have every
reason to believe that the PRONUNCIATION
of reform rules will be followed speed
lily by reforms in procedures by State
courts. As matter of act, some States
already have taken up this matter and
substantial progress has been made to.
ward ending the laws delay through
several State Legislatures.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31
Changing Warships' Names.

Names of ships should not be changed
without due consideration and only for
good reasons, says high naval official.
And he is right. The cruiser Pennsyl-
vania, which is to be rechristened,
transferring her present name to the
latest of Our Dreadnoughts, the solitary
battleship provided for by the econ
omy' Congress of this year, has not
achieved any remarkable distinction in
the ten years she has been in commits
sion. All we are able to call 10 mind
about her is that she furnished the plat
form for military aeroplane~ expert
ments. But insignificant as it is, her
history will be broken by the change.
Ships names carry with them asso-
Citations that make them attractive to
sailors and keep their crews contented.
The old Constitution always maintained
her crew at the maximum. She was held
to be a fortunate vessel even before she
made her famous record in the war of
1872. Enlisting seamen under such
conditions would give her the prefer
ence to-day. How many of US recall
the fact that the Saratoga of to-day is
the former New York? But we all know
that the New York was SIMPSONS flag
ship in the battle off Santiago.
The motive of these changes of names
is to be found in State pride. A big
State insists that big ship be named
after it When the cruiser Pennsyl-
vania was launched her displacement Of
1860 tons took her well into the first
class. 1t was much greater than that
of the Massachusetts. So large, in fact,
were Our initial armored cruisers,
which were constructed since 1000, that
foreign naval experts called them tire
mendous" vessels which in reality were
battlesfips in disguise. Yet not one of
them exceeded I4,5oo tons, while the
ship just authorized by Congress is of
more than $1,000 tons.
If appearances go for anything, the
big ship has come to stay, with still
bigger ships in prospect.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31
HITS PHONE co.

An est. cit declares that the local
Phone Company leads the world in
nerve, and cites enc instance to
prove his contention. "I have an
unlimited service, but what's the
user I live on the sixth hoor Of an
apartment house and have q friend
On the second. ! phoned him several
times last month. and now l am
charged 5 cents q call because he
has one Of the house phones. / use
my ONCE phone and 1t costs me
~ cents and my friend ) cents
They get you going and coming.
Talk about the plumber or the
Standard Oh people-they are not
in it."
without 4 let-up the e. C. con-
tinued:
First. you pay rent for your
phone: then pay the switch tender:
then the bill for phoning your
friend. On top Of this he has to
do the same thing. One thing
have decided. My phone goes out.
] got along without one for many
years; the rest Of the world did the
same. and ! can DO IL again. II I
have to: but fortunately there arc
only about q dozen people have TO
cail, 30 we are going to put in our
independent wire. II tho phone peo-
pie have not bulldozed those who
have authority TO allow US to string
the necessary wires. have figured
up the initial cost will be little
more than one years present cost
whyi"
But The Big Stick. while agree
ing With the e. c, was helpless,
except to wish him SUCCESS.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31
EVERY SATURDAY.
Our Motto. Hyou see il in The Big
Stel. it isn't necessarily so.
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM.

We will have to take better cart
Of our old friend ]. Fred Kelley,
who. like the pyramids. never says
a word. Fred hasn't been quoted in
the newspapers for . whole week.
Homer ]. Dodge. accompanied b.
his cane. paid q visit 10 the family
manor last week. Homer spent the
weekend in buoolie peacefulness.
Assessor Richards is endeavorins
TO ascertain the difference between
newspaper fame and notnrirty.
Our W. K and est Commish.
Cuno II. Rudolph Is expected to
bring misery to Mai. and Supt. Syl-
yester with a new crop of large.
whopping fish stories on his return
from the wilds Of Va. The Maj.
hates to have anything in the M
ture Of fsh story put over on him.
The Big Stick calls attention to
the fact that Capt James F. Oys-
ter. Pres Of the Ch. of Com, nd. Of
our ". L. school plank and IA
nous for his b. & e., is again In
season
Pres. Gibson. who is Nevporting
this Sum, stopped q horse there
the other day. Keep ii up. Pres. ;
there's severzf other things we want
you to stop.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31
Roosevelt's Vermont Forecast.

Before entering Vermont this week
Mr.. Roosevelt made the astonishing an
nouncement that he expected to lose
that State at the November election.
This must have been a sumner" a
surprise with a vengeance to his en-
thusiastic admirers, especially since he
credits the State to Mr.. Taft, despite
reports circulated hitherto that the Re-
publicans are. facing hard task and
may not even hold their own among
the Green Mountain voters As a
Democrat, however, is out of the ques-
ton there, and as Roosevelt eliminates
himself, it will be Taft all right enough.
And yet it is not so many days ago
that prominent Roosevelt manager de-
ciared Taft will not carry single
State in the Union" while another
leader of the Bull Moose herd went on
record that 'fin the North the colonel
will poll more votes than Taft and
Wilson put together" Now it remains
to be seen whether the colonel or his
followers are the best judge of what he
may expect in Vermont and in other
States, but anyway, this official revision
of the Bull Moose claims by the third
party's own candidate puts quite a diff
ferent aspect upon things.
Vermont, not Maine, nowadays is
held to be the barometer" that indi-
Gates the result of the November fight.
The election is next Tuesday, and un-
til the official returns will be in, all
speculation seems idle as to what that
State will do in November. But when
the results of Tuesdays balloting will be
known, there ought to be more in them
than indications" as to the November
outcome. 1t will enable us to formu-
late fair preliminary estimate of the
general situation in the East.
Let US reason this out: That part of
Vermont which borders on Lake Cham
plain is akin in sentiment to upstate"
New York. We all know, and it has
not failed to come true for years, that
New York above the Bronx" deter
mines Empire State elections A big
Republican vote from Lake Erie to the
Bronx defeats the Democrats, and vice
versa Now then, if the western sec
ton of Vermont is to fulfill Mr.. Roose-
velt's pessimistic forecast, if it should
really be a loss to him and vote for
Taft, then, We say, Roosevelt must feel
pretty much the same way about New
York. Perhaps he does, but he is not
the man to say so frankly to his own
detriment.
He is wise in his generation. Yer
mont's being "test" vote, he may con-
slider it prudent to discount the result
so as to be able to say, after the vote
has been cast, 81 looked for nothing
else and so declared before the cleo
ton" Because, for him to say that he
would carry Vermont and then to lose
il, after personal campaign there,
would give all his campaign claims a !
black eve.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31
Mountaineers' Fcuds.

The starting of a feud in any noun
tain county of Kentucky, or the adjoin-
ing States, is almost sure to Increase
the number Of students at Berea.
Parents who understand but little of
the value Of education hasten their sons
OF to Berea to get them out of harms
way. 1t is not uncommon for such a lad
to bring his revolver with him. and I
frequently open a teachers drawer and
find one or more of these weapons "on
deposit writes W. G. Frost in the In
dependent. We have no students from
Carroll County. Va, though We have
several from adjoining counties.
But such things are really OF the past
in the mountains. Every mountain man
will tell you to-day that 'th- feuds are
dying out" Government grows better,
intelligence spreads, the commercial in
terests assert themselves and the school,
master is abroad.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31
Ending of the Laws Delays.

A great deal of talk was heard be-
fore the Milwaukee meeting of the
American Bar Association about the
evils of the laws delays, and though
the great body of lawyers have now
and then attempted certain reforms
(Which just as promptly were checked
by others TO serve self-interes.s), the
credit for having taken the initial prac-
tical step to bring about this much
needed reform belongs to President
Taft.
Just before the. adjournment of the
United States Supreme Court for the
summer, Chief Justice White brought
before the court suggestion that steps
be taken to reform the present equity
rules. The result was a COMMITTEES,
composed of the Chief Justice and As
sociatc Justices Lurton and Van De-
vanter, TO look into the matter These
gentlemen have been busily engaged
upon their task ever since, and in
formation received from Chief Justice
White is that the revision will be ready
in October.
1t is anticipated that the new rules
viii materially expedite business in the
Federal courts. 1t may be added that
President Taft has repeatedly urged
revision of practice to shorten the in
terninable delays to which litigants
have been subjected. As matter of
course, no publicity is to be given the
committees recommendations until the
full bench acts On the revision.
When the Chief Justice undertook
this revision he asked Circuit and Dis
trict judges to send suggestions Promi-
nent members of the bar also were
The Washington herald., 1912-08-31
Return of the Chaperon.
From the Gentlewoman,

From the Gentlevoman.
Queen Mary is said to have deplored
the easy fashion in which mothers have
allowed their girls to run about at their
own sweet will during the last few sea-
sons Anyhow. the chaperon has been
reinstated at girl and boy dances.
OF course, girl and boy dances, so
called, are for those already out in the
world: but the new '.fiapper dances are
quite a different thing and are given for
girls Of fourteen to sixteen alnd their
friends.
These entertainments are run on the
lines that have made them so popular
In Paris. Governesses and even nurses
hover about IL mothers, aunts. and their
friends are not on the spot. The dances
are usually afternoon affairs, and besides
the ''two-step" and ''three-step" the ga
Vote and minuet are popular.