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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-10-05

ton reported a loss of more than
800, 900 in the city and heavy
damage to property in the coun-
try surrounding. Houston,
Beaumont. Orange. Victoria,
Brownsville, Kyle. Bryan and a
score of smaller towns suffered
heavy losses.
Water from four to six feet
deep was running through sever
al streets in San Antonio. The
rainfall has been the heaviest
ever known there. Houston in
the last two weeks has had 20
inches of rainfall. Street car,
waterpower, light and gas SER
vice have heen suspended indef-
nitely in a dozen cities. Forty
bridges have been washed out
and railroad service was demor-
allied over one-half the state.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-14
CONSERVATION vs. RESERVATION,

THE address delivered before the Chicago Commercial Club
 last Saturday evening, Presdenteect Woodrow Wilson
 defined epigrammatc manner his conception o the Knd Conservation that has been pursued by the hooSeVe ana Taft administrations That policy he said is of reServa on conservation So far Alaska concerned the obser vaon exceedingly opposite and be taken ndlca that the policy be pursued toward the conservation o the countrs by Mr. Wilson's administration will be along rational lines
 Any man of even moderate intelligence believes in the artion of natural resources and not in their wanton waste The principle of sane conservation firmly rooted in the minds of the American people, principle of economies But the people the great West and the people of Alaska are not in sympathy reservation idea originated by the Pncho school of ua-conServatOnss and applied ndiscrmnatey regard consideration for the needs and demands o new and undeveloped regions
 Alaska has suffered keeny than any other portion of the United States through the application of the Pin cho theories Vast regions have been reserved for what earth y reason only the reservations know and it may well be doubted that they themselves scarcely knew what they doing their anxiety to preserve the country for the use and benefit of poSterity.
 The type of conservation legitimate de veopment the of country is archaic instead of being progressive and enlightened As applied to Alaska is Russian its conception and arreachng consequences for carried logical conclusion would invest the federal gov ernent with the complete control of all the natural of the country which would be placed under bureaucratic d recton.
 The right to the mineral of this country is vested people, executive action they have this right and for has been substituted policy of reservation that has hroed promising industry, and threatened others.
 That policy of conservation that will permit the legitimate development these only safe but is neither wild frenzied but broad and comprhen because bong up these is to deny that which they have inherent right No in this Sve day will say shall not be properly saguarded that they shall be the oy Neither will any the ultra school of tionsssay that the only them to them.
 Alaska will not enter upon development until her people assured of their right to and make of the which nature has so botuy avshed her. upon her.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-14
KILLING A STANDING ARMY"

DRESIDENT TAFTS executive order of recent date, by
 which he placed tens of thousands of fourth class post
 under civil service has been given body blow by the action of the House of Representatives That body yeSter day sitting in committee of the whole tackled rider to the appropriations b annung the Presidents order The eraon drastic and that should only be resorted to in cases do believe that this with that classification To attach amendment of this kind to appropriation bill usually it's passage by Congress- n- asmuch kill the amendment would also kill the bl and therefore such amendments be concurred in by both branches of Congress- appropriation bill being that must perorce be handled with saight-ou Outspoken b boldly anug the executive order would not pass the Senate and the House majority knows it. Hence resort has been made to subterfuge.
 Naturally the Democratic members of Congress resent the placing of large army of Republican postmasters within the protecting of the civil service the of the present ad mnistraons retirement Mr. Taft has declared that in do he not acuated by parans moves but whether this be exactly not the Democratic party will best subserve it's and the cous interests by exercising wholesome gard for the operation of the civil service law.
 the Democrats carry out the pledges made to the people of the country and give them honest and efficient admnsra tion will matter little how large be the standing army of fOurth-class poStmasters.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-14
Not few nations who vauntng of their devo tion to the cross need have their Christianity fixed
THERE'S RUIN IN THE AIR.

THIS is the year when the manufacturers view with
 alarm any proposal looking toward reduction o the tariff
 on their particular product It has long been mystery to the mind of the average ayman why the tariff Xers have not suited more with the ultimate and less with the pro ected putocrats It the former who invariably pays the freight" while the latter gathers in unearned increment And vet every tariff law that has been passed from time when the memory of man runnh not to the contrary has been based upon the ipse dixt of special interests.
 Why does Mr. Underwood call in the Consumer and get his point The tnplae men smell ruin Ii the tariff on steel reduced and the woon the cotton men and all the rest the protected beneficaes take their turn the ruin in sight will be utterly complete and desoate
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-14
WHY TALK OF THE BARBARoUs TURK?

THE Turks not the only butchers of Europe They
 have Christian competitors According dispatches from
 the of the Turks have been slaughtered in their villages with ferceness that has been passed by the Turks themselves in of their of quest Somehow expect the milk of human kindness in Christian soldier than a follower of Islam, for the reason suppose that lamsm product of the sword We are mistaken Some of the boodiest incidents of history done in the of God and not in the of the prophet Mohammed
 Were the Turks have committed the fearful atrocities charged against Bulgara Christian soldiers all Europe and America too would up snug and holy horror and de- nounc barbarous Turk The barbarous work of the Bull gar passes without creating than ripple of surprise
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-14
The Jeneag Steamship G U. s. Mail Steamer
 GEORGIA

Juneau-sltka Route - Leaves Juneau for Hoonah, Gypsum. Tenakee, Killisnoo and Sitka- S:OO a. m., Nov. 5, II, F, 23, 29, Dec. 5, II, F, 23, 29, Jan. 4, 10, 16, 22, 2S, Feb. 8, g, 15, q, 27, March 5, II, IT, 23 and 29.
 Leaves Juneau for Funter and Chatham, 500 a. m.-Nov. IT, Dec. II, Jan. f, 2S, Feb. 21, March IF.
 Leaves Juneau for Tyee, 500 a. m.-Nov. 23, Dec. 23, Jan. P, Feb. q, March 23.
 Juneau Skaeway Route - Leaves Juneau for Pearl Harbor, Eagle River, Yankee Cove, Sen. tinel Light Station, Jualin, El dred Rock Light Station, Com ct, Haines, Skagway,, 500 a. m. Nov. 3, g, 15, q, 27, Dec. 3, g, 15, 21, 27, Jan. 2, 8, 14, 20, 26, Feb. l, z, 13, 19, 25. March 3, g, 15, 21, 27.
 Returning leaves Skagway the following day at 500 a. m. WILLIS E. HOWELL, MANAGER
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-14

John Mahill, of Seattle, has bonded from Wm. Connolly 25 placer. claims situated on Avery river in Port Wells section. Under the terms of the lease Mahnl will have to begin oper- ation by July. 1913, and will have to have a plant installed by the follow ing year.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-14

The merchants of Cordova and Chitina have wired to the Postal de- partment at Washington, D. C., ob-
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-14

jecting to the routing of the Fairbanks mail via Valdez. as they claim that the railroad would have been opened in about week, says the Valdez Miner. The mail for the interior is stacked at Cordova awaiting shipment to Chitina, and the Fairbanks outgoing mail Is waiting at Chitina for the resumption of traffic to the coast.
 
 A severe cold spell broke in Fair banks on Jan. 8, and snow began tc fall and with the thermometer at sev- en below zero. For the past week it has been ranging in the neighborhood of 50 below.
 Valdez is to have a lodge of the In dependent Order of oddfellows.
 A term of the district court is to be held at Seward, at date to be set
 The Seward Democratic Club has become affiliated with the national or, ganization of Democratic clubs, chief, ly through the activity of George Phelps. it's secretary.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-14
ALASKA NEWS NOTES

ii.i.-s-.isi iii'
 The gold output of Yukon for 1912 was $5,25O,OOO.
 Robert w. Service, the poet of the Yukon. was in Constantinople Nov, 15. He is acting as special cores pondent for the Toronto Star.
 The Pueblo Copper mine, of White horse, shipped 65,OOO tons of ore last year.
 Two trainmen on the Copper river railroad refused to take out a train the other day, giving as their reason that the help given them was incom- potent,
 Fire in Fairbanks on Christmas Day destroyed the Star Paint store and did considerable damage to the Little Grill and Dan Driscolrs bakery.
 The Fairbanks Commercial Club eX- ploded quantities of firecrackers New Years Eve.
 Thomas Haggerty was arrested at Cinema charged with shooting Richard Stein, with intent to kill, He was bound over to the grand jury.
 The gross receipts of fair held for the benefit of St. Matthew's hospital Fairbanks, was $2,O615O.
 The Yukon placer mining law pro- vides that if a prospector is sick he can file a doctors certificate in lieu of proof of labor.
 The Cache creek country, Cook in- let produced about $1OO,OOO in gold last year, and it is expected to dou- ble that amount this year.
 Roy G. Southworth, editor of the Fairbanks Times, was married to Mrs. Camille Stewart, recently. The bride returned from the Outside on the sage and was married within an hour of her arrival.
 R. w. Baxter, vice president of the Alaska Steamship Co.,, estimates that the grand total of Alaska's products since 1878 amount to $46O,OOO,OO0, and that half of it came out of the sea.
 A. J. Adams has been appointed U. S. commissioner at Cordova, to sue, ceed O. E. Tucker, resigned.
 The flask aWhaling Co.,, backed by Norwegian and Danish capital, had a successful season in Alaska, captur ing 300 whales, the net value of which is said to have been nearly a million dollars.
 The orca inlet range lights have been discontinued, why, the people of that section are unable to understand.
 The Prince William Sound district and the Copper river region, which are reached by the way of Prince Sound, now produce most of the copper ore in Alaska. The Bon anza mine at Kennecott, the Beatson mine at Latouche, the Ellamar mine at Ellamar and the several Fidalgo bay mines are the best known cop per producers of Alaska. Large quan- titles of copper are also sent south from skagway, the outlet of the Atlas mine.
 John Mahill, of Seattle, has bonded from Wm. Connolly 25 placer. claims situated on Avery river in Port Wells section. Under the terms of the lease MahiIl will have to begin oper- ation by July, 1913, and will have to have a plant installed by the follow ing year.
 The merchants of Cordova and Chitina have wired to the Postal de- partment at Washington, D. C., ob-
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-14

WANTED-To rent furnished house in good locality. Address X.Y.Z. Elm pire office.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21
U. S. WILL PROTECT
LIVES OF AMERICANS
TRANSPORTS AND TROOPS WILL BE
HELD AT NEWPORT NEWS.
MIDNIGHT CABINET MEETING
Taft Called Wal Authorities for Consul
tation-Against Intervention-U.
S. Merely Taking Pre-
cautions.

Westinghouse a result OF an early
Wednesday morning conference at the
White House, three additional battle
ships will be sent to the east coast OF
Mexico and orders will be issued at once
for the immediate placing in commission
Of two army transports for the transport
of troops to Mexico City for the pro-
lection of the lives of Americans and
foreigners, should the situation there
grow any worse.
Secretary Hilles issued the following
statement:
"At u conference held by the presi-
dent with the three secretaries, secre-
taries of state, war and navy, it was not
believed that the news from the City OF
Mexico required any action of an af-
frmative character other than to order
three more battleships to Vera Cruz.
These, including the one ordered to Tam
pico, will make four battleships on the
gulf side of Mexico or one division Of
the fleet under the command of an ad-
miral. -. X
"The war department win hold itself
in readiness, but affirmative action was
directed to be taken by the secretary OF
war except to put two transports, now
at Newport News, in commission.
"These transports will receive troops
should further action be deemed neces-
sary. The purpose is merely to take pre-
cautionary steps to protect Americans
and foreigners in the City of Mexico
should conditions of violence continue
and anarchy succeed.
"The attitude of the government Is
still strong against intervention and it
was determined to take no step at this
time, which would commit us to such a
policy, and to take only the reasonable
precautions to met an exigency which it
is earnestly hoped and believed will not
arise"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21
$4,000 TROOPS
PUT IN READINESS
TAFT WILL SEND MESSAGE IF MAT.
TIERS GROW WORSE.
SIX DREADNAUGHTS ON WAY
Ten Other Fighting Ships Ready for IN
slant Seryice-0tbeTs Are Within
Call-FOreigners May Be
Escorted to Ports.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Taft and the
cabinet are in accord that congress shall
STARE the responsibility for any inter
vention in Mexico.
A day of conference between the pres
ident and his advisers ended with the
understanding that should conditions IN
Mexico City become so much worse as to
demand the landing of American troops,
Mr.. Taft will lay before both houses OF
congress the full facts of the situation
in a special message.
Every preliminary was arranged We'd
nesday for the action which might follow
such a course. Thirty-fve thousand men
of the army, navy and marine corps were
put in readiness for movement.
The first brigade of the First Army
Division, just created in the reorganlza-
ton, 5000 men in all, and the nucleus
of all expeditionary force of $4,000, was
put on marching orders, ready to entraln
for Newport News, Va, where army
transports wait under steam.
Between $500 and 5000 marines OF
the Atlantic battleship fleet at the
Guantanamo naval station were prepared
for immediate movement to Vera Cruz,
where they might be kept aboard ship
ready for landing to blaze an avenue
of escape from Mexico City for foreign
ers, as they did at Picking,
Six dreadnoughts, with approximately
G,o00 jackies and officers, now are rush
ing under full steam for Mexican ports
four on the Atlantic and two on the "a
cifc. The first should arrive at her des'
tination Friday, the last Sunday.
Ten other crack fighting ships OF the
Atlantic battleship fleet, swinging at an
Choir 70 hours off at Guantanamo, are
ready for sea. They have approximately
5000 officers and men.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21
JAKEY'S FAULT VERY SERIOUS
Father Rightly Felt He Could Never
Be Captain Of industry Unless He
Was Taught to Improve.

Mr.. and Mrs. Isaacs took great
pride in their young son son, Jakey.
Father was determined to make him .
great business man, a veritable cap
tain of industry. One day mother
heard loud creams coming from an
adjoining room and rushed in to In
vestigate the cause of the trouble
Father was vigorously administering
a dose of strap OIL to the young
hopeful.
Likely! key! Wy for you are lick
ing liddle Jakey?"
Because / caught him in a lie;
dots wy" replied father, continuing
the chastisement.
"A lie? You say a lie?"
Yes; l will teach him to lie better
as dot eef l half to break effery bone
In hees body."-Exchange.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21
DIAz FREED
200 OTHERS KILLED
DIAZ. AFTER BEING LIBERATED,
LED ATTACK AGAINST CASTLE,
BATTLE FOUGHT IN SQUARE
Many Of Loyal Troops Revolt and
Rebels Take Arsenal-Four Sep
arate Engagements-Gen.
Reyes Lost Ills Lie.

Mexico Cly.-Ihe army in revolt IN
Mexico City Sunday took possession OF
the public buildings, shot down federal
adhcrcnt, iu the streets, released Cen.
Felix Dlaz, leader OF the Vera Cruz re.
volt, from prison, and, falling into line
under his banner, practically captured
the Mexican capital.
Francisco Madero, president ei the
republic, and members OF his cabinet
took refuge in the national palace, where
they were bc.icgrd, but with some loyal
troops at their back succeeded IN de-
Tending the palace from the assaults OF
the reyolutionIsts.
Madcro's family has taken refuge in
the japanese legation, and the president
is making a fight desperate in It's eli
forts against what appears to be enor-
nous odds for retention OF his power.
Gen. Diaz, who is the nephew OF the
deposed president, is now at the head
OF a majority Of the capital troops, in
Guiding most of the artillery, and is in
possession Of the arsenal in the city and
the powder works nearby.
Madcro is relying on the loyalty OF
Gen. Banquet, who has been summoned
from ToIuca, 40 miles distant; but Blan'
quct has only 1000 men under his com
mand, and the rebels are confident OF
defeating him should he refuse to JON
the revolt.
The day was marked by four sep,
arate engagements, the most s%anguinary
Of which took place in front OF the ma
tional palace. But the most important
was that which terminated in the for.
nal surrender OF the troops in the artil
lery barracks.
The muutinou. troops were led by stu
dents of the military school at Tialpama
II suburb, They marched to the prison
to which Gen. Felix Diaz had been trans
ferred for safekccping and released him
Gen. Bernardo Reyes was also freed from
the Santiago military prison, there be
ing no resistance in either quarter.
TO the army of the m%utinccrs quickly
came portions Of the First Cavalry
Twenty-fomtb Cavalry and Twentieth
Infantry. Gen. Manuel Mondragon, re
tired, was in command, but gave way
to Gems. Diaz and Reyes.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21
IS KILLED IN STRIKE
RIOT IN ". VIRGINIA
BATTLE WITH AUTHORITIES NEAR
MUCKLOW, WEST VIRGINIA.
SEVEN DEAD ARE STRIKERS
Strikers Also Have Fifteen of Those
Who Are Wounded-Telegraph
Wires Cut-Fighting Lasted
All Afternoon.

Charleston, w. Va.-Sixteen mel are
dead, including 12 miners and four mine
guards, as a result of a desperate battle
between striking coal miners and officers
in the Kanawha county coal fields Mon
day. Five companies of state militia
have reached the troubled zone.
The clash occurred near Mucklow.
Fred w. Lester, in charge OF mine
guards, sought to head off several hun
dred miners attempting to gain a posi-
ton from which they could fire on the
town of Mucklow and avoid the range
of machine guns. In this skirmish two
Of the officers were shot dead. Rein
forcements appeared, and during the att
ernoon kept up a constant guerilla war
fare. At every point they were met by
strikers and were steadily driven back.
The two Charleston companies reached
Ronda Monday night. Immediately
squads were sent throughout the trou-
bled zone. All trains of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad into the strike terri
tory are equipped with a MACHINE gun.
The gun is screwed to>the rear platform.
1t is manned at all times and ready for
instant use.
The body of James Hendrix, one OF
those killed, was found on a mountain
top overlooking Ronda. In a hand was
field glasses and nearby a rifle.
The last telegram wire from this city
to Mucklow was cut this afternoon and
it is difficult to get news from the dsi-
fr;ot
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21
MISSOURVS CUSTER STANDS
Supreme Court Of State Upholds Orig
inal Order.

inal Order.
Jefferson City, Mo.-The Missouri SUP
preme court refused to modify the jndg-
ment of custer against the Standard Oil
Company and the original order ousting
the company from the state now stands.
The original order was issued more than
four years ago.
The opinion of the court was not
unanimous, however, Chief Justice Lamm
and Judge Woodson dissenting. The
decision was concurred in by five judges.
The dissenting judges held that to
Dust the Standard Oil Company from
the state would leave the Waters-Pierce
Oil Company in control of the business
in Missouri. Henry Clay Pierce recently
purchased all the holdings of the Rookie
TELLER interests in the Waters-Pierce
Company.
The petition to modify the custer or
der of four years ago was overruled be-
cause the time limit for such action has
expired. The custer judgment has been
affirmed by the supreme court of the
United States. The company paid a fine
of $50, 900, but asked to be allowed TO
do business in the state on condition
that it comply with the laws.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21
6 PERSONS KILLED., IS INJURED
Political Rioting in Toxic Becomes
Serious.

Tokio.-Six persons were killed and
sixty-fve injured in political rioting here
Monday. The situation is serious
The premier of Japan, Prince Katsura,
was stoned by a mob in the streets. His
resignation has been demanded by the
people. Mobs attacked the office of the
bureaucratic newspapers and Threatened
dwellings of the ministers. They burned
and wrecked police stations, tram cars
and private buildings.
Detachments of troops patrol the
streets. Each newspaper office is pro-
teeted by a guard of fifty soldiers, to
whom ball cartridges have been served.
They have their bayonets fixed for in
slant use.
The minister of the imperial house
hold announced that martial law will be
proclaimed if there are any further at
tempts at incendiarism.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21
ANNOUNCE CABINET MARCH q
president-elect Wilson Follows Old-Fash'
toned Method.

Princeton, n. J.-President-elect Will
son announced definitely wednesday
that he would not make public the
names of his cabinet until he sent them
to the senate for confirmation March T.
81 will follow the good old-fashlonec
method" he said, "and not make any
announcement until the names OF the
cabinet members are sent to the senate.
Mr.. Wilson's remarks were occasioned
by the publication of reports from Wash
ington that he would announce his cab
met. He said there was absolutely no
truth or authority for the reports.
Mr.. Wilson, it is indicated, will ask
the men to whom portfolios are offered,
to regard the information as conflden-
tial. He believes also, it is said, that he
ought not make any important announce
men4s until he is actually president. A
premature announcement from outside
sources, however, it vas admitted, may
upset the governors plans.