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The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-04
UNDER
 MARITAL LAN
FOR HIDDEN cITY UNDER
 CONTROL oT ALLIED Ae Y
Foreign Trccps, Small h Nar1se-, ossu Horde ef Rioters. Erd mUf- cesino And saskIng sf Capital. Legations safe.
fnr Alasfa News Ruresu-l

FERlN. March 4-Foliovins the riosiar and pillasine which has taken rlaoe here by the unpsl5. dissruntlei soldiery. the entire city has been placed under martial law by the Allied Armies. who though in sman number. have had wonderful effect ln subduing the infuriated soldiers, who were devastating the city. carry ing all before them with fire and sword.
 The legation quarters are being patrolled by ,he foreign soldiers mum. berlnz eight hundred in al It is teH here thaf aiI foreigners sin be safe
 The fmperiai troops have been .oloed by large number of the Re publican troops in the pllasing which resulted In the destruction Of oyer fifteen million dollars worth Of property and the loss Of many lives.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-04
RELIC
 BURIED Al SEA
MAINE GOES TO
 LAST RESTING PLACE
Surrounded by Naval Arrsf 4i-t,r.e AglK sinks Beneath Waves ef At- tsrt4e While Gons Seen S7igte.
lr,r Alash. News lsnreau.l

HAVANA. MarcA S-Ntlst Che booming of o,ma nom historic Nero Castle. and oomeietey surround ed by aa escor, ot Ameeian ships q war. ,be great hun oi the Baassship Nslne lately raised rom he sands n the Havana Harbor where she has lain siace the cxplosioo of the span. ss mine on Fc5. isA 1898, whi,h comple,ely wrecked her kilfos ihe entire oteW aad causing Che spanish Amsrlcsa War vas t1wel into thc aesa waitrs cf the Atlante aff thc
 asi of Cuba when v'th a finai sa. mts nom inc attending savai array. and win the boaers ca every vessel present playing tars t1e Rshns wor, ci, and tse erca historic relit, saak frsm view bcneath tho waves of the Atlantic to her las; res,ias place
 Following the bstlcships which formed tho military escort vas a huze uaroug Of excursion steamers and tiny craft of all description who accompanied the funeral procession with thousands Of siehtscers.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-04
EXPENDITURES OF Was
 DEPARTMENT ARE FABULOUS
lnr Alasla Newa nuresu.l )

WASHINGTON. D. C.. Fob. H. From Inc batre of Manila Fay. May i iSas unt the be sianiag of the c,rrant gsca veal on Jaly 1911 lhe grand aIJpe3ate expeniliofes i'' mo sspport Of the army and the
 ,aioienance of the War Depaftmeai vas gi Sgs. .Ss9 32SS5.
 This covers all the expenses of the army and the expenditures cn river and harbor 'kork. which is done un der the sup.,rvision of tho army. as v,op as tho maintenance Of the geaI erai civil establlshment of the War Department claims ct one kind and another and such things.
 it does hot Include expenditures fer che Panama Canal whirh the army is coni.tuctlus. or for pensions which are handled hy the Interior Department.
 This Is the amount spent in 'thir' teen years iind two months out es appropriatioifs asgresa;ins s2.l2lSo9,
 ss ayailsbih for use by thr War De. sartmcnt siitce Admiral Dewey fired
 se shot ulat vas heard round the world Ta6 difference between these t~3 vast s1ms-Seai e97 .525--reTre zents ureUeeneeI balauces covered hack into the treasury and the live balances carried forward at the be einning Of .he current fiscal year. There was appropriated Ter she fis- cal year 1912 in addition. si3s POI, ,sss
 These are only the striking totals from a staggering compilation of avures on military expenditure re. ceiyed by Representative Harvey Helm. Of Kentucky. chairman of the House committee on expenditures in the War Department from General Robert shaw oliver. assistant secre. tary of war
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-04
GREAT BRITAIN MAY
 A5oLisH STAMPS.

LONDON. Feb. 21--if you re eiye by thls and future mails a letter from London minzs it's stamp do no, imagine that the seader has necessarily forgotten to pay postage. A careful examssad-a of the enve iope Will probably reveal red circle xithin which may be seen at the bottom small crown and above the legend. London, E C. Id postage paid which means that the sender has taken advanta1e Of the aHsomat' lc franking machine placed this week in the general ros.oftice fer the pur- pose os doing away with he bother of using penny stamps.
 Any one wishing 70 stamp" a let. ter places the envelore ia the ma chine. pats a penny two cents) in a slot. and the machine tmpresses in place of q stamp the sflresaid circle Of red aud its contents a1y ietter bearing this impression vii be treated as If 1t bore a posia 7e stamP of the value Of two cents. p,ovi Ted that it bears also the p-stmark i the office of posting. Should the ir.al prove satisfactory automatic ma chimes win come into general use.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-04
SHERMAN FEASs
 LEAoEssHIs OF TAFT.
tR Alaska New

WASHINGTON. n C.. March a-- vicePoes5aeus sherman traay issued veheniueus 5Caisi of tne rep1rt erculated last week Co the esteci that Re would be the raaDDg mae of President Tsft
 Saezmza stated that he had Hot made ID his mind ss Co whether De u-oaIG ea5eevc- Co be reelected 70 a1s present position It is seneTaily resa-5ed ia political ciroles here Sasi Vice eP-es5deut Snowman wouid acoepi tAe nomination for reelection lt ts thought that his reticeuSe Co an uouuce htS intention of zaaul1g Tor lbe position is due to his tsar ci uakirz bis fortunes with those ci rast va0m he believes is doome5 to deteat It ss believed that sherman wou's -a-her throw 5a his chances rrsh "a ro-e favored can65aate thsu Inc President
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-04
MAoeRo PROTESTS AGAINST
 lmPoR rATloN oF ARMS
LRr Alaska M Rmeau.l ]

WASHINGTON. D. C.. March 4- A protest has beea received by the Department of State from President Madero Of Mexico asking that the UaEed states take steps to prevent he expcrtation from this coun5ry of muni,ions og war Iato Mexico. thru El Paso. Nalero states that tbe rebels are importing huge quantities of arms and ammunition for the pur- pose Of overthrOwing the present Gov erament The importation of these arucles are said to be through Fl pas5. into the city of Juarez from whence they are distributed through out the several revolutionary centers.
 Officials here have declined. in ans wer to the protost of Maiero, to pre- vent these tmpotaticus providing that they are made in lawful meth cd
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-04
pkRRow INDICTMENTS
 TO BE DISMISSED
Prosecuting ikttcrney Aanhlts Exist. snee Of Numerous TsehnIealiaas Which wouSd Roraer Conviction q Labor Lsvofer Doubtful.
fnr AlaLta. News Bureau.l

LOS ANGELES. March i--lt vas conceded this morning by the office a ths proset usins attorney that the Indictments oturned by the Grand 4ory against Clarence barrow. couas fr the NcNsmaras. charging him vtl bribery woaAd no doubt be dis, missed as there age many technical iHes ia them which would cagse h. definite delsg throughout the trial which no doiibt woiid render con. yiction hupossible
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-04
ROOSEVELT AccEoEs
 AGAINST sts WILL
Former President Answers caa of Duty. Convinced That Prosresslvss Need leader to Carry Thera to Niotoy,
tBy Alaska News BaFeaa.)

OYSTER RAY. March a--Theo ioTe Rco@yeN speaking Of his detefn.n atiaa Co run ro- the Republican aon' iratioa stated that he has entered tae race against his own viii
 lie declared thst he only consent ed to run after being convinced thoi the Prozressives needed & leader to carry the party to victory
 Roosevelt further declared that tho principles ot the progresslves were uhe oBly salvation for the country si the present tme and that they must saceeea st the polls In the ccnlns nresi dental campaign
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-04
FRANKLIN IS TINED ssooo.
CBy Alaska News Bureau

LOS ANGELES, Cal. March $- Bert Franklin, former q. s. Marshall and special detective Ca the MeNa- mara case. hired by the defense for uae purpose of finiiaE evidence for Uhe defence Of the two confessed laborites. who was later indicted and convicted of attempting % bribe Juror Bain Of the McNamara jury. was today fired s46oo t1r the de fence.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-04
DOUGLAS ISLANDERS
 TO EXPLORE ATMOSPHERE

DOUGLAS. Feb. 21-lt leaked oa' yesterday that Douglas is soon Co have a living machine to give iJ the nuishine touches as a metropolitan city Two local ayjators. Charles stevens and Sara Peters have orieF. ea a Curtis biplane which wll De dt. nrerea Immediately. In fact it vii De on board tho next Curacao
 Tho prospective flyers were inter viewed yesterday and Charles Ste ycas made the statement that he was perfectly familiar with the flying business. having been in Germany at he time the Wright Brothers were gyi1E there He says that the firsi n5cht cf w machine win be
 Vr to Douglas and
 --a,s viu be made aG over the country.
 Mv. Peters. who is also a gas on, sine expert. win have charge of the machinery end Of the affair and win s,iperintend the installation and run ninz Of the gasoline motor.
 To many sourdough residents of tAis section the sight of the ma. chine soaring over the top of Noant Jumbo VIII be a wonderful si-ht and win put Douglas hieh above the ofa- CT cities os the North as proeress- i've city
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-04
PRICE or COAL
 SCARS sxywARo
ersss sritsn Ts1ss rug Fssins~- ssriksrs Are or'sriy,-fs.tsries h8 s eoe rue e Si3se.
tay Ala saa News aarsaaI

are no
 s Ue huss
 wA Esd 9er
 ast weex Reports M Eag regi,as lnai ate tat g8s su gers throughout the entare c9aatss are orderly.
 Reports pour in from the manu- facturins districts telling of the closing of factories and mills evefy. vhere. and the non employment of workers. The price of coal in this city and elsewhere has gone soaring skyvard.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-04

The train arrived on time this ey enins with three passengers.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-04
GRANT OFF FOR DAWSON.

wallace Grant was a passenger on the train this morning fer While- horse. He win take the over'and stage to Dawson. where he win be -r his seasoa's work ia the cleo 4rieal business.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-04
sOur4 cARoLraA FOR TAFT.
--. tIas.n Nens Hnrean.l ]

saNeToN, D. C.. March 4-- AC received here from caaries- e. that the Rspr5ucan s.a da he'd ia that city irstf1ctei ali de,ezaies Q cast their .--. f-r Taff
The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-04
MEMBERS BATH rus
 TRUST ARE ACQUITTED.
lRr Alaskn News nurean.l

DETROIT, Mich, March 4-The federal prosecuting attorneys office here is highly disappointed over is failure to secure a conviction Of the members ot the so-caIled "Bath Tub Trust" whti were acquitted here Sat urday of the charge Of violating the Sherman antitrust law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29
SURGERY BY WIRELESS
A Surgeon Directs an Operation $50
Miles Away.

New Orleans, April 29.-How a Ia
borer on Swan island, a lonely wire
less station in the gulf, suffered a
crushed foot; how the wireless oper-
ator on the island communicated with
ship APO miles away, raised the sur
geon and got him to explain the
proper way to amputate, then how
the operators assistant performed
the operation, is a story told by the
manager of a big shipping firm to-
day. New Orleans physicians de-
scribed it as surgery by wireless"
On Swan island is a wireless station,
one of the links in the chain to the
tropics. When a laborer's foot was
hurt in a tram car accident the wire
less operator concluded an operation
was imperative. There were no medi-
cal books at hand, and no one at the
station ever had hacked at a fellow
being. Then the operator had an
inspiration He called a fellow
craftsman on a ship passing 420 miles
below into the Caribbean sea.
The situation was explained to the
ships surgeon and detail by detail
he explained just how the amputation
should be handled. After the arteries
had been tied and the wound dressed
the patient recovered his senses and
insisted on pressing at the wireless key
to express his thanks. At last accounts
he was getting we'll.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29
GOSSIP
Roosevelt Also Carries the
Sixth District.
Will Have Big Majority in State
Convention.
PHIL CAMPBELL LOSES
Big Third Goes for Colonel
IS to 80.
Makes VIM. Allen White Ma
Makes VIM. Allen White Ma
tiOnaI Committeeman.

Roosevelt has added the Sixth dis
trict in his Kansas winnings and now
needs only the Seventh to be sure of
IS out of t-4e states delegation of 20
to Chicago. When Cheyenne county
with her little old delegation of three
went for the colonel he cinched the
Sixth. Taft has not yet carried coun-
ty in that district. OF the Iii dele
gates from the district Roosevelt mas
won 50 and there are So yet to elect.
In the Seventh district Roosevelt has
won 4S delegates and Taft 4.
In the Third district Roosevelt has
rs and Taft So delegates with Is yet
to elect.
With S9S' delegates entitled to seats
in the state convention, 733 have been
elected. OF these Roosevelt has COG and
Taft 1OS. There are contests in Ford
and Dickinson counties and the status
of the 10 delegates from these two coun-
ties Will not be determined until the
state committee decides it. The Roose-
welt managers now claim over 700 Of the
1898 delegates TO Independence and their
claims seem to be justified.
The vote in the two districts just set
tied and in the remaining district yet to
be decided is as follows:
Third district-CraWford and Chero-
kee for Taft. Total 80 delegates. Mont
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29
New York VIII Receive ) Mil
lions in Tax.
On Wealth of Heirs to Titanic's
Rich Victims.
ASTOR'S ESTATE is LARGEST
PrObated in New York Since
w. H. VanderbiIt's Death.
Tale of Astor's Shrewdness-
Nothing to Do.

New York, April 29.-The estate of
the late John Jacob Aston will prob
ably be found at the inventory, which
is to be made for probate and for state
taxation purposes. the largest be-
queathed by will by any citizen of New
York since the probating of the estate
of William H. Vanderbilt. 1t has al
ways been the presumption that the
estate which William Waldorf Astor
received from his father was of the
approximate value of a hundred and
this estate was probated the rigid in
heritance law of New York and the
very strict accounting to the surro-
gates Office which now prevail were
unknown.
The estate left by William H. Van
derbilt was known to have been con-
Siderably in excess of a hundred mil
lion dollars. The late Samuel Barton,
who was a nephew of Commodore
Vanderbilt, and for many years was
one of his financial agents, estimated
the amount which William H. Wander
bile received from his father, the Com
modore, at ninety million dollars. This
was halved by the will of William H.
Vanderbilt so that his sons, Cornelius
and William K, received all of the
fortune of the Commodore which
passed to William H. Vanderbilt. The
other children of William H. Wander
bilt received all that Mr.. Vanderbilt
himself had accumulated. AS there
were settlements made in private by
William H. Vanderbilt with his broth
ers and sisters so that each of them
received a much larger sum than was
named in the older Vanderbilt's will,
there never has been accurate know1-
edge as to the amount of the estate of
Commodore Vanderbilt.
But so far as is known the estate
of William H. Vanderbilt is the largest
bequeathed by any citizen of New York
since 1880. The Gould estate was
nominally of the value of seventy-five
millions and that was approximately
the value of the state of Russell Sage.
E. H. Harriman's estate is understood
to have been about eighty-four million
dollars, much the greater part of
which was accumulated within fifteen
years. John S. Kennedy's estate was
approximately about sixty million dol
lars The estate left by E. H. Harri-
man seems to have been the largest
since the death of William H. Wander
bilt.
The Astor Estate.
Whether or not a long time will be
needed to secure an inventory of the
Aston estate upon which to base the
New York state inheritance tax de-
ponds upon the thorough system, the
accurate record and the appraised
value of John Jacob Astor's real estate
holdings. He was, it is true, very
man through his holdings of
personal property, railroad and other
securities, and yet these are trivial in
comparison with his real estate hold
ings. A rough estimate of the value
of the Aston estate, as that may be
fixed for probate and state taxation
ty-five millions to hundred and fifty
millions.
Yet whatever the amount it is not
likely to yield to the state treasury as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29

advantages, at least for a man of ac-
tive mind and ambitious disposition,
which great wealth causes. There seem
ed to be no career open for him. He
had nothing to do but to administer his
property. He had intellectual gifts and
an alert, inquiring mind. While the
Spanish war was in progress-in which
he served and to which he contributed
a battery of artillery-he is reported by
some of his intimates to have said that
had he been alive and of the proper
age he would have welcomed service in
the Union army at the time of the
civil war. The disastrous experience
of his cousin, William Waldorf Aston,
who was ambitious to make a career in
politics, served for a lesson to John
Jacob Aston. He realized that no young
man who possessed enormous wealth is
likely to gain success as a politician.
His active mind turned to science, and
in the department of mechanics he
found opportunity to exercise a real
gift for invention. in that respect re-
sembling the younger Cornelius Van
derbilt who, If he were absolutely free
handed, would gladly devote himself to
the profession of a mechanical engineer.
At one time Colonel AStors desire to
make a career wholly outside the field
of money accumulation inspired him to
write a romance. But after it's publ
cation he realized, as did his cousin,
William Waldorf Aston, that there is
one ambition which money cannot
crafty and that is the ambition for
great literary achievement.
HOLLAND.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29
AUTO BANDITS KILLED
Two of Them Shot to Death in Battle
With Officer.

Paris, April 29.-Bonnot. the leader of an
organized gang of automobile bandits,
who have been terrorizing Paris and the
surrounding district for months, and Du-
bois, a notorious anarchist, have been
shot to death in the most thrilling en-
counter in the annals of French crime.
A garage at Choisy-Le-Roi, six miles
south of Paris, in which the bandits had
taken refuge, was blown up by dynamite,
after these two men had kept at bay fer
hours a large part of the police force of
Paris, a contingent of gendarmes, two
companies of republican guards, and a
company of engineers. Ten thousand
spectators viewed the battle.
Bonnet and Dubois, after woUnding two
policemen, took refuge in the garage.
They were trapped in the building, which
was at once surrounded. Reinforcements
were dispatched to aid the police, COM
posed of gendarmes, republican guards
and engineers. A battery of artillery was
on the way from Versailles when a small
detachment of soldiers succeeded in plac-
ing dynamite against the structure and
blowing out the front wall Bonnet was
captured alive. He was riddled with bullets
and died on the way to hospital.
The great crowd that had gathered. at
cries of Death to Bonnet" almost tore
the bandit from the soldiers, several of
whom were injured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29
Are Railway Incomes Going to
Maintenance This Year?
Commerce Commission Sees
No Hope for Public.
NET INCOME IS DECLINING
And Traffic Usually Doubles
Every Decade.
Other Items of General Interest
in Traffic World.

The bureau of railway statistics at
Chicago, in d review of the transpor-
tation business for 1911, makes the some
what startling declaration that"the inter-
state commerce commission seems to
have set itself the task of leveling all
railroad rates down to the point where
their entire income is divided among
the employee, the tax collector and the
creditor, ignoring the claims of the pub
lie for improved, up to date facilities,
and of the owners for reasonable re-
Enumeration.
The bureau submits figures to show
that while railroad revenues during the
past two years have been the largest
in history, the net income has declined,
in spite of economics that leave the
roads generally insufficiently equipped
to handle the future demands of traf-
11c which normally doubles every de-
cade-
In 1909 the railroads of the United
States operating 234, $50 miles of line
received as gross revenues from oper-
alton 81, 607, Z2S. SAT. The net income per
mile was So, 400. In 1910 the mileage was
increased to 239.975, and the gross reve-
nues to 1884, 699, 312, while the net in
come per mile dropped to $3,345.
In 1911 The mileage was increased
again-2A, 13S-but there was de-
crease in the gross revenues, to $2,Sl4,-
222,700, and the net income per mile
took another drop, to S3.157, a decrease
of per cent in net earnings per mile
in two years.
The fact of an increase of over $780,,
900. 600 in gross revenues in two years
is accumulated by an average increase
of no less than 9,1SS miles of operated
line. The chief factor in bringing
about the loss in net income was the
increase in the rate of wages, amount
ing to 1925, 900 in two years, or more
than enough to offset the increase in
gross earnings.
The effect of persistent freight rate
reduction is shown by the bureau
ton per mile were 7.63 mills; in 1910
they were 7.53 mills, and in 1911 they
were 7.54 mills. The decrease of nine
one thousandths of a cent, so seemingly
insignificant, represents a loss of over
So, 000, 900 to the railways in a year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29
JUMPS FROM PLANE.
Aeronaut Makes Parachute Drop of
1900 Feet.

Los Angeles. April 29.-william NJ Nor
ton, a professional aeronaut. made d
parachute jump from aeroplane at a
height of 1000 feet at Venice yesterday
Morton was carried aloft by Phil Par
malice in biplane, the aeronaut seated on
a board between the skids of the machine
When the proper height was attained,
Morton jumped from the swiftly moving
biplane with the parachute bar in his
hands. He dropped 800 feet before the
parachute opened
After steadying the machine ParmaIce
descended in sharp circles above Morton.
The parachute landed in some electric
wires and Morton was dropped to tho
ground, about ten feet, slightly injuring
himself. About 10000 people cheered the
feat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29
FEDERAL RAISE IN CAPITAL.
Japan Nearly Doubled capitalization
Under New Ruler.

Japan affords an object lesson in the
rapid growth of railway capitalization
under the fostering care of govern
jority of the lines were still under
private ownership, the capital account
stood $215. ,S21 for 4,SOS miles of
road, or $44S per mile. In 1910,
when the government had national
led all but sos miles, the capital ac
count, according to imperial figures,
stood 1884, S12,007 for 1924. or over
$50, 900 mile. This cannot be charg
ed to the excessive cost of labor, for
the average pay of the 9O,131 railway
employees in Japan in 1910 was only
$S.75 per month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29
FIRE ON SANTA FE LIMITED.
Train Runs Race With Blaze on OBJ
ServatiOn Car.

San Bernardino, Cal, April ga
thrilling race with fire that was burn
ing in the observation car Ell Vista,
was made by the California limited
on the Santa Fe near Winslow, Ariz,
Monday
The Pullman was discovered on fire
in the roof by the porter several
miles west of Winslow. It was i'm
possible for the train crew to extin-
guish the flames, which rapidly spread
to the end of the car.
With the rear end of his train a
mass of fire, the engineer dashed on
towards Winslow. Because of the
early hour in the morning the car
was deserted, and few passengers
knew of the blaze until the fire de-
partment at WinsloW commenced to