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Newport daily independent., 1914-03-04

ANNOVINVEV1E A0s The Independent has been a thorized to make the followil announcements of candidate subject to the action of the Der ocratic Primary. For Congress-
 w. A. OLDFIELD For Railroad Commissioner: T. J. RANEY
 T. E. WOOD For Prosecuting Attorney EARL c. CASEY
 H. U. WILLIAMSON JOHN s. GIBSON. For County Judge w. D. McLAIN
 JAMES H. JOHNSTON JOHN A. MELVILLE o. w. SCARBOROUGH For Sheriff J. F. ACQUISITION
 ABE BALLEW For Representative :>;. J. M. MARDIS VI W. M. SHAVER ,: : J. U. ARD ...:' R. T. SIMMONS ;. For Treasurer . JOHN H. CAMP
 JESSE w. SHUFORD J. M. IVY J. I. LASTING For School Superintendent H. l.. LAMBERT
 E. H. BOWMAN
 J. M. BALCH -. c. B. LAND - " - For Coroner s '..', '.i.- HENRY GRANT AS. .' J. T. CRAFT :s:-~' W. H. NOLEN F For Surveyor J. H. AITKENS. =. ''
 UNION TOWNSHIP For Justice of Peace
 L. B. HARRIS
 H. c. NUCKOLLS
 J. M. BELL :FNsf For Constable ~ TERRY GUN ", =. Ea' CLYDE WOOD c. M. IVY - =. For Road Overseer- GEORGE FOUSHEE. J. c. HOGAN
 W.F.HURLEY
Newport daily independent., 1914-03-04
2 Cent Rate After May 1.

Washington, March 6.-By or ders of the Interstate Commerce Commission, railroads operating in states where 2-cent passenger fare laws are in force, will be compelled, after May 1, to sell interstate tickets at the reduced fare. Under the present sys- tenn, through passengers are charged full Scent fares for a continuous passage through one or more states where 2-cent fare laws are in force.
Newport daily independent., 1914-03-04

Don't Spoil your clothes. Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep them white as snow. All grocers 5 cents a package.
Newport daily independent., 1914-03-04
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP. For Road Overseer-
 CLARENCE PENIX
 CLAY ROBERTS
 J. B. THOMPSON
 BIRD TOWNSHIP For Road Overseer, Western D. R. l.. HURLEY
 G. A. CHURCHMAN. For Road Overseer-East. Dist. l.. c. PEMBERTON. JOHN F. DUNN For Constable:
 R. L. RANDY. BRECKENRIDGE TOWNSHIP. For Road Overseer, No. II South WILLARD F. HARDIN.
Newport daily independent., 1914-03-04

Mrs. T. J. Gregg, Miss Bessie
 Watson and Mrs. W. A. Billings ley are guests this week of Miss Annie Martin of Little Rock.
Newport daily independent., 1914-03-04
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Douglas Island news., 1914-10-07
The NOrthIand
The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North. Condensed.
Information for Everybody

It is reported that tho Indians at Yakutat are on the war path.
 Ketcbikan reports an abundance of rain. The total precipitation for one week was GIG inches.
 The Jualin Mines company is oPerat- ing it's ten.stamp mill and limited crew in development work.
 Tbe judges in the Valdez precinct have decided that one ballot box will be sufficient for the fall election.
 The Pacific Alaska Navigation Con- pany plans to enlarge and improve the steamship Admiral Watson, at a cost of s15OOOO.
 A pan of gravel taken from bedrock on the O'Donnell river, Atlin, is re- ported to have yielded SIP in nuggets and fine gold.
 George l.. Gates, better known as Lem Gates, the sourdough Kloudiker died recently in the Chisana mining camp of tuberculosis.
 Among the big turnip items in our exchanges, the Ketchikau Miner tells of one that weighs eight pounds and is 27 Inches around the waist.
 United States Marshal II, A. Bishop has appointed r. R. Cook, of Juneau, deputy U. S. marshal for Skagway, to succeed Deputy Fred Fonzo.
 pr. VIII. Chase, of Cordova, is a eau didate for territorial senator. He re- ceived the unanimous endorsement of the Cordova Wickersham club.
 A friend and admirer of the explorer Vilbjalmur Stefansson says that be has a stomach of iron and will surely suI- vive the bar aldships of the Arctic.
 Peter Vukovicb, a Fairbanks pioneer who has two sons in the European war, added to the general distress by com hitting suicide. He left a large for tune.
 Romellio Caesari, an inmate of the Wbitehorse jail, recently attempted to escape, which is no compliment to the comforts of that institution, with a long, cold winter coming on.
 Mrs. c. Gibson, of Ketchikan, is mailing typewriter appeals to the voters of Southeastern Alaska for their support. She seeks to become a mem Der of the territorial legislature.
 The people of Katalla, in mass meet. ing assembled, voiced a protest against the bill introduced in congress to exempt owners of mining claims from doing their assessment work this year. Playing war, at WhitehOrse, re- suited in a badly lacerated mouth for one of the boy soldiers. The weapons used were wooden swords, which, since the accident, have been destroyed.
Douglas Island news., 1914-10-07

Seward banks report that the gold output of Keuai peninsula, which amounted to S3OOOOO last year, will reach 57OO,OOO in 1914
 George Grigsby, formerly district attorney at Nome, and who refused the Skagway nomination for delegate be- cause he was too busy to take the job, is now an active candidate for the territorial senate.
 Haiues farmers are shipping part of their crop of rutabagas and turnips to Treadwell, where they form a part of the bill of fare of the big boarding houses. The Alaska product is gaining a reputation at many points along the coast.
 The Iditerod Pioneer, in describing a recent wedding in that town, says: "The bride was noticed to finch little at the word obey" As We happened to know the groom when he was a resi- dent of Skagway sixteen years ago, she had a "Aiuch" coming.-Whiteborse Star
 Senator Elwood Bruner, of Nome, and Conrad Breeding, also a senator, are sojourning in Seattle, where the latter is one of the proprietors of hotel on Pike street. They expect to visit Alaska during The session of the territorial legislature next March. A reunion of Alaeka political leaders is said to be in progress at the Seattle hotel.
 Natives on the sandspit have suc- ceeded in catching several white whales during the past few days, a run appar- eutly having set in. These whales are worth about fifty dollars apiece 10 them, the hide retailing from ten to fifteen dollars and meat being available for dog feed. Many of the natives are repairing and making nets in anticipa- ton of further catches.-Nome Nugget.
 Dawson had a full dedged holdup the other night when two masked men with fowling pieces tied two worthy citizens of that place and robbed a bakery which assayed s776O, at the same time overlooking S20O which the baker, one of the men tied, carried in the watch pocket of his pants. Had sucL rob- bery occurred in one of the coast cities nothing would have been thought of it, but to happen in the staid and moral town of Dawsou-well, wo blush for her good name. Here at Whitehorse we may commit murder occasionally, but we never rob our bakers.-White- horse Star.
 Reports coming from along the Yu- kon say that the fresh water pearl in- dustry is destined at no distant day, to be one of the important industries of Alaska. It is stated that for the past two years parties have been collecting pearls along the streams and eloughs running into the Yukon river which abound in pearls of high quality. The source of the Yukon pearls are pearl. mussels, which are said to grow in greatest abundance and of great size. Parties in position to know say that many beautiful pearls have been sent from along the Yukon 10 the outside during the past two years and that the parties are doing a good business in pearls which they are keeping very quiet about.
Douglas Island news., 1914-10-07

The 1914 output of placer tin in the Hot Springs district will be in excess of forty tons and will realize hand some profit for the miners. The Euro pean war has caused the price of tin to nearly double, and the miners who have been saving the r tin for shipments to the states, will get good prices. Pros pectors claim to have discovered the ledge from which the placer tin was milled by the glaciers.
 Speaking of the wonderful success of the agricultural fair held at Fairbanks last month, the Times says: No words, adjectives or superstives could do credit to the positive beauty of the agricultural exhibition now being held at the roller rink, and anyone who has the opportunity 10 see it and fails 10 do SO is missing a wonder. ful opportunity of catching slight glimpse of the possibilities of the Tan. ana valley. From the time the doors opened yesterday noon, until late last night, hundreds of town and creek people gazed at the exhibition in won- derment, hardly believing what their eyes told them. There were carrots, green and red peppers, parsnips, cab- bage, caulifower, mushrooms, celery, cucumbers, lettuce, beets, oyster plante, herbs of all kinds, egg plants, and such potatoes, and last, but far from the least, tbe delicacy which is the delight of every Italian heart, garlic, the kind Chat is grown in sunny Italy. The garlic, which is said to be the first ever grown in the North, is an exhibit pre- pared by the Fairbanks garden, of which P. J. Rickert is manager.
 A new bill for leasing government coal lands in Alaska passed the senate on Sept. 2Gth as a substitute for sim liar bill recently passed by the house. It would restrict leases to American citizens. Several senators pointed out that there was Q danger that foreign corporations might otherwise control much Alaskan territory. The measure passed differs from the house bill in many particulars. It provides that the government shall reserve 5,120 acres of coal bearing land in the Boring river field and 7,580 acres in the Matanuska field to be mined at the direction of the president for government work, construction and operation of govern railroads, for the navy, for national protection and for relief from oppres- sive conditions. Unreserved coal lands would be leased for not more than fifty years in forty-acre blocks in no case exceeding 2,56O acres and in any one tract at a royalty of from ? cents to cents per ton and 9 cents an acre the first year, 50 cents an acre for the third fourth and fifth years and sl per acre thereafter, the rentals to be cred. tied Against the royalty. Leases for purely local needs would be made in tracts not to exceed ten acres to any one person or association without roy. alty or land charge. Should any of the Iessees attempt to monopolize the product or form part of an unlawful trust or conspire to control more than 2,56O acres of the coal lands, the leases would be forfeited by court proceed ings. A provision would direct that no person employed underground should work more tbau eight hours a day.
Douglas Island news., 1914-10-07

The Seattle Clearing House associ- ton has decided to place a discount of one per cent on Canadian currency. This became effective on Septemb Der 28th.
 No plans have yet been made by the navy department to test the 900 tons of coal, mined by the bureau of mines in the Matanuska coal fields of Alaska last year for the navy The coal is snow resting at the navy yard, Puget sound. The original plan was 10 have the Maryland make the the tests, but sue has been observing Mexican govern meuts in the making and has not yet had the opportunity. With the gradual withdrawal of American ships of war from the Mexican coast vessel will be available soon.
 Secretary Lane expects the members of the Alaska engineering commission, now surveying possible lines for the government railroad in Alaska, to re. turn 10 Washington in three or four weeks to prepare their report. Then will come the final decision as 10 the line and terminals. Hugh c. Bennett and Thos. c. Rice, inspectors of soil surveys in the bureau of soils, depart ment of agriculture, are now with the surveying parties in Alaska surveying and making estimates of the value of agricultural resources along the pro- posed lines. Preliminary IepoIts from them indicate that they have found large amount of excellent agricultural land.
 A twc-foot.wide ledge of copper ore was found by Frank Wa.key, former delegate 10 congress, while eXcavating for cabin on the bank of the Yukon at Marshall. Samples of the ore have been sent outside by Mr. W.askey. The find was made when excavation work was in progress for the founda ton of the new Waskey home. For tho present Mrs. Waskey and the children are making their home in a tent high up on the bank of the river. Placer mining is being carried on by several operators in the district. Twenty men are at work, and Mr. Waskey expressed the opinion that the production would be larger per capita than any other camp in Alaska this year. He anticipates a total output of over ten thousand dollars.
 Fairbanks.-District Attorney Cross ley, acting on instructions from the department in Washington, has started an investigation into the high cost of living in the Fairbanks district. He fnds'that he is hampered in securing information as to the real cost of landing goods here, as the merchants and transportation companies have re- fused to furnish him with the iniorma ton desired. Mir. Crossley has de- clared that he will investigate the charges that prices have been raised on foodetuGs en route to Alaska before the war was declared and he has asked the department for further authority in compelling the merchants to show their books. He states that efforts will be made 10 have dealers who raised prices indicted. The dealers are at tempting to delay the investigation, as Crossley is soon to be succeeded by Roth, when it is believed the matter will be allowed to drop
Douglas Island news., 1914-10-07
JUST ONE OF
 OUR CHOCOLATES

is never enough. The first is but a sample of candy goodness that is simply ire sistible. Try a box and give her the joy of a delicious treat. Stop in today You cannot do a good thing too soon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-18
ALLEN OUTLAWS
MAY GET PAROLE
Bill Gives Prison Board
Right to Grant it After
Three Years.
ACT NOT YET SIGNED.
Measure, it is Alleged, Was Rushed
Through House in Closing Hour
Without Explanation.

Richmond, March 1S.-The atten-
tion of Governor Stuart was called
Yesterday to bill which went
through the House of Delegates in
the closing rush on Saturday night,
under which the Allen outlaws, now
confined in the State penitentiary,
may be paroled by the penitentiary
board within the next two years.
The present law provides that the
board may parole a prisoner who
has served one-half of his term If
he has kept the prison rules. The
General Assembly amended that
law by making it "three years" or
"half of a term of imprisonment
for which "a convict was sentenced.
In bringing the matter before the
eyes of the Governor opponents Of
the bill did so with the idea of urg-
ing him to veto it. The Governor
left the city last night for Bristol,
to return on Friday. It was said at
the Capitol that the enrolled bill
had not reached his Office. The Gov
ernor has ten days after adjourn
ment Of the constructive session to
sign or veto all measures. 1t Is eX-
pected, therefore, that a big fight
will be waged next week by friends
and opponents of the Aliens for and
against approval.
While strong denials came from
some of the people who were unfai-
terine in their efforts to save the
! Hillsville court murderers from
death and long terms in the peniten-
tiary, it is known that many Allen
,sympathizers worked for the amend
ed law. The change in the Code ap-
! peared to be so unimportant that it
! did not attract attention. The Sen
ae did not give it more than passing
consideration. 1t was called up IN
the House on Saturday night and
went through in rush that carried
; with it scores of local measures. ::
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-18
ARREST SLAYER AT FUNERAL.
Bandit, Kneeling Among Mourners'
Taken After Desperate Fight

Montreal, March 1S.-As Joseph
Beauchamp knelt among the mourn
ers at the funeral of a little girl yes
terday, constable arrested him Tor
murder. Though taken unaware
Beauchamp made desperate strug-
gle to reach his pistol, the constable
overcome him and marched him to
Jail.
Beauchamp, it is alleged, is one
of three bandits. who killed Con-
stable Bourbon, last Wednesday, at
St Lauren. In their search for the
murderers the police secured the
province in vain until Beauchamp
was seen entering the church today.
4 constable followed and waited un-
I'll the man had kneh among the
mourners before he tried to make
the capture. The fight that follow
ed broke up the funeral.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-18
BOYS FIGURE AS BANDITS.
Youths Rob House And Plan to DC
Real Gunmen of the Wild west.

Pottsville, Pa, March 1S.-As a
resujt of a number of robberes' -
bows were placed under arrest mere
Yesterday. The ambition of DAVID
Stanton. George Kerstetter, John
Loeb and Verno Morgan, four Port
Carbon boys, to become highwaymen
and general gunmen, was crushed
and the order they forwarded TO
Chicago for four revolvers has been
countermanded.
The boys are all under 1G years
of age, and they have been pals for
long time. On the night of the
first day of March, the opening OF
the recent blizzard, they planned
TO enter the home of Miss Margaret
Gather, on First street, Port Carbon
and loot the place.
Miss Gather had gone to Roxbor'
burgh, Philadelphia, to visit her nep'
hew, DR.. J. B. Roxby, intending tt
remain but a few days, but was
taken i'll and compelled to extenc
her visit.
The boys worked leisurely through
the house, opening bureau drawers
closets and chests, and tossed thell
contents over the floor. Their re
ward was s72, a $500 United State:
gold-bearing bond, bankbooI
! showing a small balance and Slo'
Port Carbon borough bond.
When arrested the boys restored
some of the plunder, and their par
ents will make good the other losses
so they were permitted to go unde
parole.
Seventeen other youths ranging
Ifrom 10 to 16 years were ARRESTED
for robbing a Reading Railway pas
senper train. A number were fine'
and three others are being held un
I der bail.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-18
Ives EXEMPTION BILL.
Franklin County May be Forced to
Operate Improbable Rail
way Line.

Richmond. Va, March 1S.-When
Governor Stuart sent House bill 45O
back to the General Assembly, yester-
day with his veto, he complicated the
embarrassing situation in which the
Board of Supervisors Of Franklin
County finds itself in regard to the
Franklin and PiTsylvadia Railway.
This bill, which passed both houses
allowed the supervisors to exempt the
stock of the Franklin and Pittsylva-
| MIA Railway from taxation. Governor
Stuart vetoed it OH the advice Of At
General Pollard, who declared
it in direct conflict with the Constl-
tuition.
AS a result of the veto there is a
possibility that Franklin county rhy
have to take over the Franklin and
Pittslvvania Railway next month and
operate it, thus giving the first prac-
tical demonstration of government
ownership of railways in the United
States.
The line, which runs from Franklin
Junction to Mount Airy, is ownef out
right by the county of Franklin. There
IS about $4,000 worth of stock, all IN
the possession Of the county. Thirty
three years ago the road was leased
to the Southern Railway, but proved a
losing proposition Five years ago the
Southern made application to the
CORPORATION Commission to be rellev-
cd of the task Of operating the line
At one time the Southern offered to
.pive its lease and a bonus of S4O,0OO
TO anv company which would under
j,take to operate the one train a Gay run
over the Franklin and Pittsylvanla
system.
The lease held by the Southern eX-
n;res next month, and will not be re-
Imewed. Negotiations for the sale OF
the stock were begun some time ago
bv the board of supervisors and We're
Ito have been completed when the Gen
.eral Assembly passed the bill exempt
/ iirp the stock from taxation.lt is said
| fiat the failure of the exemption
cIag,,e to be enacted ntay defeat the
nlan for the sale Of the stock. II
+bty. case the county will have to oper'
i rte rhe line or abandon property Taiu'
ed at $4,000.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-18
GEESE KILL BOY DRIVER
Resent Being Hurried And Attack
Lad Attending Them.

Racine. Wis, March 1S.-Frank
Chumieck, 9-year-old son of far
mer living on the extreme tip OF
Wind Point, north of this city,
where geese raising is a speciality,
was attacked yesterday by flock
of geese, and so badly injured that
he died.
The boy was used to driving the
geese to the yard. for feed, and some
times used a stick to hurry them
along. This time he hurried the
geese so they became enraged ano
turned upon him. They crowded
around him SO closely that none
could Tnjure him directly, but after
the lads father had driven then
away, the boy was in convulsion:
and died five minutes later.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-18

NOT FAIR TO CITIES.
Act Likely to Interfere With the Gem
eral Plan For Tax Revision by Leg
islature Next Year.

Richmond, March 1S.-On the
ground that its terms are unjust TO
the cities, Governor Stuart refused
20 sign the Williams rolling stock
tax bill yesterday, the measure be-
coming a law without his signature.
The Governor announced that he
favors such distribution Of the
rolling stock tax as is proposed, put
feels that the apportionment in the
Williams bill is not equitable. BY
Withholding his signature he does
not pledge himself to a system OF
railway taxation which will play a
prominent part in the revision OF
the tax system next January.
Secretary Forward gave out the
following statement from the Cover
nor in explanation of his failure to
sign the measure.
"The rolling-stock bill became a law
last night without the Governors
signature. As the measure had
been in his hands five days, and as
the General Assembly had not yet
adjourned, under the Constitution
the measure is law.
at is understood that Governor
Stuart approves the principle of an
equitable distribution of rolling
stock taxes. However, the measure
as passed does the cities in his opin-
ion, an injustice in the matter OF
distribution Of taxes or electric rai'-
roads. Besides, he thinks a slightly
larger percentage on steam roads
might have been accorded to the
cities. Still, the bi came to him SC
late in the actual session as to pre-
vent its return for amendment with
cut endangering the entire PROPOSE
/ ton.
! "Realizing that the distribution Of
taxes on rolling stock may be part
of the general plan of taxation, tht
| Governor withholds his signature
t,and thus does not pledge his sup
port t, single idea which would al
feet the structure of tax reform"
The General Assembly of 1ol:
passed a rolling-stock tax reappro
! tionment bill giving the home city .;
per cent and the counties rs per cen
of the tax. This bill was declared
unconstitutional by the State Corpo
ration Commission, and is now be
fore the Court of Appeals for re
, view.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-18
SLAYER LYNCHED.
Strung up TO. Tree Behind Jail an Hour
After Shooting Popular Official.

Fayette, Mo-, March lS.-Sight of
a bulky figure swinging from q tree
behind the county jail at daybreak
today was the first intbrution to
most of tine citizens Of Fayette that
Dallas Shields, colored barber, who
shot and killed Constable Joseph
Gaines last night, was quietly lynch
ed IT midnight. e..
Gaines was one Of the olGest con-
stables in Missouri. and very popular
He was killed while trying to arrest
Shields for terrorizing railroad yard
An hour after Shields was lodged IL
cell, a mob dragged him from tht
jail.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-18
BUTTON EXONERATED.
cornoration Commission Throws Out
McAllister Complaint.

Richmond, Va, March Estate
Insurance Commissioner Joseph But
ton. against whom charges of negli-
oorce in office were made last week
IN connection with the Appalachian In
srrance Company, of Bristol, was COM
Melted Iexonerated yesterday, after ap-
nearing before the State Corporation
Commission The Commissioner was
accused of having allowed the Appa-
l,chian Insurance Company to exag-
re,ste its assets and permitting it tc
onerate in Virginia when it had beer
refused License in the District OF
Columbia.