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Evening star., 1914-02-26

cred with ice. the main portion. and tlr,
part that is most troublesome. lies from
just above Alexandria to about Glymont
and is caused by the ice cakes driftins
and jamming In solid masses. on which
the tides seem to exercise but little il.
fiuence.
In spite of the ice-covered river thf
big steamers running from this city Il
Norfolk have been able to maintain theig
schedules and arrive here each morning
and sail in the evening on time. They
are the only commercial steamboats, III
service on the river, as il Is understood
that no further effort will be made to get
the steamers on the Baltimore .ine to this
city until conditions improve.
Navigation on Chesapeake bay out Of
Baltimore is being seriously interfered
with by the ice. which is reported heavy
as far down as Sandy point The ice
boats Latrobe and Annapolis are Kept
busy helping steamers through the Ice.
and even with their help trouble is met
in getting the big steamers in and out
of port A fleet of twenty-five bay Yes
sells. loaded and bound to bay points, is
held prisoner at Baltimore by the ice.
Evening star., 1914-02-26
H. D. CALL IS ELECTED
n. Y. STATE TREASURER
Combined Votes Of Democrats and
Progressives Defeat the
Republicans.

ALBANY. February 26.-Homer D. Call
labor union man of Syracuse. was elect
ed state treasurer yesterday by the com
bined votes Of democrats and the progress
ives. The republicans, with one mar
absent. due to Illness. voted solidly FOL
their candidate. William Archer Of West
chester. who was candidate for tn.
place In 1912 against the late John
Kennedy. Archer lost by two votes, Cal
receiving 9S. The latter was elected tt
succeed Kennedy.
The election of Call, who was the pro
gressive candidate for secretary Of STATE
in 1912, was effected through a deal mad.
by some OF the progressive and TammanJ
Hall leaders.
Barnes Issues Statement.
William Barnes, jr.. issued the follow.
ing statement last night:
when charged In October last tina.
Mr.. Roosevelt had made q deal with thu
democrats party for the nomination o,
Justice Seabury for associate fudge Of tn.
court Of appeals, which combination tn.
democratic state committee repudiated,
willingness Of the progressive party t
combine with the democratic party of tn,
state Of New York would be afforded s.
soon.
The deal which was effected in the leg
islature by which Mr.. Call Of Syracus,
was elected state treasurer. with the ale
of Tar1many Hall representatives, clearl,
exposes the methods of the progressiv,
party, which, In 1912, gathered at Arma
geddon for the express purpose of re
nouncing political spoils. The good peo
pie who were deceived by the remarks O.
Mr.. Finn of Pittsburgh In the Chicago
convention that the new party wa:
against the old methods have now
splendid example Of how much such prot
estations meant.
TT is said that Mr.. Call. in return 70,
his election. will appoint George W. Bat
ten OF Niagara, a member of the demo
cratic state committee, deputy state treas
urer. It remains to be seen whether HI
will carry out this scheme, which wa.
offered to the republicans and rejected By
them
Evening star., 1914-02-26
BECKER'SLAST DAY
IN A DEATH CELL
Court OF. Appeals Orders That
He Be Transferred to
the Tombs.
QUESTION OF A RETRIAL
STILL VExES WHITMAN
District Attorney Has Not Yet De-
cided Whether He Will At
tempt Conviction.

NEW YORK, February 26.-The formal
order Of the court of appeals permitting
the removal Of Charles Becker from the
deathhouse at Sing Sing prison to the
Tombs in this city. preparatory to a new
trial on the charge Of instigating the
murder Of Herman Rosenthal. was nled
here today. It was expected that Becker
would eat his dinner tonight In the
Tombs.
The last day Of Bsckers stay In the
deathhouse was gladdensd by q visit
from his wife today. Owing to the death
Of her mother whose funeral was held
yesterday. Mrs. Becker was prevented
from going to the prison Tuesday. when
news Of the court Of appeals, decision
granting her husband new trial for the
murder Of Herman RosenthaI was an
nounced from Albany.
Eager to See Wife.
BeckeTs first thought when he heard of
his successful appeal was Of his wife,
and he asked that she be notified. The
meeting between tho couple, who for six
teen months have conversed through
bars. was pathetic, although each at
tempted to keep back any outward dis
play of feeling.
Mrs. Becker brought suit Of clothes
and clean linen that her husband may
leave the prison in other than the cloth
ing furnished to departing prisoners. II
was expected that Sheriff ,Griffen Hagen
late today would take Becker back to the
Tombs, where he will be confined pend
ing the final disposition of his case.
Whether Becker will be tried again as
the instigator of the murder of Rosen-
thai the gambler, is still problematical
Even Charles S. Whitman, the district
attorney. it Is said. is as yet undecided
Evening star., 1914-02-26
Vermont Alumni to Dine.

The annual dinner Of the Washington
Alumni Association of the University OF
Vermont is to be held at the Cochran
Hotel tomorrow evening at o'clock
Among the speakers will be John E Os-
borne. Senators Page and Dillingham;.
Representative Green. Wendell Reed and
President Guy Potter Benton of the uni
versity. Tracey L. Jefords will preside
as toastmaster.
Evening star., 1914-02-26
Riding and Hunt Club Teas.

March and % have been selected as
the dates for the two remaining teas to
be given by the Riding and Hunt Club
The tea scheduled for yesterday was post
poned. it beng Ash Wednesday.
Attending the weekly music ride giyer
by the club yesterday were Maj. Lamb.
Miss Agra Bennett, Mrs. w. Sinclair
Bowen, Miss Edith Howard Mrs. Car
Lanrhorne, q. j.. Dillingham;, Miss Edith
Oracle, II. A. Peters. Miss Marie Cam
eron, Miss Helen McLanahan. Miss Ruth
Donaldson and Miss Anna Hamlin.
Evening star., 1914-02-26
''shambling, Shifting Pretense." /"

The charge that the courts stand in
the way of destroying monopoly. he de-
scribed as a "shambling, shifting, cow
ardly pretense." raised to conceal the
unwillingness to do what ought to be
DONE
Senator Borah told how a distinguished
senator had recently placed in the Con-
gressional Record as evidence of pros
perity" the rise in stocks and bonds; and
added that the next morning paper pub
lished that there were $4,000 men out
of employment in New York city, while
the industrial commission advised us in
plain words that we were up against the
proposition, as a government, of caring
for the thousands and thousands of the
unemployed and hungry"
This Is the prosperity which these
combinations brought he continued.
This Is the 'steadying of business to
which the eloquent senator from Indiana
refers.
II know people are afraid we Will dis
turb business. and that Is the thing which
has kept US from action until business is
no longer free. No legitimate business
need fear, while on the other hand II we
were to release the boundless energies of
100000 of people to a real new freedom
we would experience an era Of prosperity
such as we never have known"
Evening star., 1914-02-26

ming April 13. The date was fixed by
the court of appeals today when the
Judges signed the four death warrants.
The exercise Of executive clemency by
Gov. Glynn now is all that can prevent
the death Of the gunmen No apr eals
for pardons have been received by the
governor.
Evening star., 1914-02-26
GUNMEN 70 HANG IN APRIL
Court Having Fixed Date, Only Gov
ernor Can Save Them.

ALBANY. n. T.. February 26-"Gyp
the Blood Lefty Louie,'s ''whitey
Lewis and "Dago Frank" the four gun
men jointly convicted with former Po-
lice Lieut.. Charles Becker for the murder
of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler, will
be electrocuted during the week begin
Evening star., 1914-02-26

his interviews now. that he would like
to be managed and regulated q little. out
not dismembered in any way. Mr.. Pr.
kins, the most persistent and powerful
voice In the United States now Of the
third party. says that 1t Is the thing to
do, that these monopolies are the proper
thing and all they need Is Q little regu-
lation. / cannot imagine a more har-
monious AFFAIR than my friend Beveridge
as Attorney General and Mr. Perkins as
the head Of a board engaged In the regu-
lation Of monopolies But I pay to Mr..
Perkins the tribute Of consistency. He
refuses to turn his back on the method
by which he mad his great fortune; he
thinks 1t good system. The harvester
trust, with which farmers are quite
Of doing business and the ideal way OF
being managed.
II am not assailing Mr.. Beveridge or
Mr.. Perkins as individuals. l am dis
cussing their views and policies which
they call progressive views, but which
I look upon as the views belonging to
that time in English history when Queen
Elizabeth and other English sovereigns
thought that monopolies were richest.
oest fruits Of civilization. and therefore
lords and supporters.
Monopoly Destroys Independence.
-HL- L SSlOCIitr oNl lhSIANAooAS ohN shS
legitimately earned property Of this coun-
try are just as safe and no safer than
the average standard of citizenship is
high. and monopoly destroys self-reliant.
Independent citizenship-the only guaran-
tee under heaven or among men for
republic. republic Is strong enough to
destroy. but never could be strong enough
to regulate monopoly. Some of these
days all political parties, because the
people will rise in their might, will take
up this proposition of monopoly and de-
clare in terms unmistakable that a re-
public and monopoly cannot exist under
the same fag-w1ll declare that we viii
put the man In jail who organizes a mo-
nopoly and practices monopoly as quickly
as man who organizes a combination of
thieves and takes our property in another
way. Do not misunderstood me to OPP
pose regulation and control within GER
tain lines. but regulation and control
should always be in aid of and for the
purpose of destroying monopoly"
If monopoly ever gained complete con-
troll of the country, he said, in less than
half century the. people would rise
like their forbears and at the cost of
treasure and blood free the republic of
monopoly, unfetter the limbs and sou s
of men as Lincoln. Sumner and Garfield
did in former days"
Evening star., 1914-02-26
Doubt of His Meaning.

II do not know Just what he has ref
sreace TO by modern lines but hardly
presume he refers to the fact that an
investigation two years ago disclosed
that the steel trus worked men TIVE We
hours a day and seven days in the week.
The president of one of these great
trusts or monopolies says, according to
Evening star., 1914-02-26

as to what course to pursue His desire
Is to have q second trial on the murder
charge but before he reaches a decision
ne wishes to make q thorough study Of
the opinion Of the court Of appeals.
Ready to Testify Again.
Jack Rose.- Harry vallon and Sam
Schepps. three Of the four star witnesses
for the prosecution. saw their counsel.
nernard Sander. yesterday and through
him informed the district attorney that
they stood ready to take the witness
stand at any moment
Bridgie Webber, the fourth star wit
ness. so far as could be learned today.
made no such offer.
Joseph A. Shay. chief counsel for Beck
er. on his return last night from a visit
to his client at Sing Sing. said:
Il do not think there will be a new
trial. but II it does go on Becker him
self will take the stand. Not only that,
but we will spring a sensation when
Bridgie Webber testifies. We believe
that he will tell another story this time"
Evening star., 1914-02-26

Charles Dovel. aged about twenty-five
years. was drowned in the Shenandoah
river. eighteen miles south Of Luray.
Va DoveIs body has not been found.
Evening star., 1914-02-26

Russell Dayton. twenty-three years
old, was killed while operating g. crane
at the plant of the West Virginia Pulp
and Paper Company at Luke. His head
struck against a steel beam.
Evening star., 1914-02-26

Ell Amador; II in q box, special,
80 cents.
r. G. Sullivan 1904, Londres and
peri, Z cents: box of 80. 1925.
Manuels dn three shapes. large
size. 10 cents; box of 25. $3.50
Panatella and Conchos PERI.
cents: 4 for 25 cents; box OF 25.
$50; box Of 50 for s..
Robert Burns I'm two Sizes,
cents; box OF 25. $1.35; box of 30.
$3.50.
La Garcita, 6 cents: box of 25.
s13S: box Of 30. s2.75.
Rossini, cents; for IS cents; box
Of 80. 50.
Norman Martinez Tampa Cigar.
cents: box Of 20. S2.25.
Evening star., 1914-02-26
Republican Party's History.

Senator Borah reviewed the history of
the republican party and its achieve
ments. denied that it was reactionary and
asserted that "a party which was the
party of progress from 1856 to June 90 at
5 o'clock Pm, 1912, did not undergo a
complete transformation. notwithstand.
ing the fact. 1t is conceded. that vast
amount of virtue then departed"
II would not stand here he said, land
defend the old system Of holding party
conventions. system which 1 had op-
posed years before It was broken down.
But on the other hand / utterly reject
the proposition that the millions of men
and women who constituted the repub-
lican party could be changed in charac .er
or purpose through the wrongdoings of
an anuQuated and moribund system OF
holding conventions"
Senator Borah denounced the demo-
cratic tariff revision. declaring that Il
had put the farmer on a free trade basis
Il do not understand how our third
party friends can indorse that policy" he
added. "And yet it received the votes OF
all the declared members Of the party in
the Senate and the most Of the members
of the party in the House I do not see
why IL a man believes in those policies he
should not Join the democratic party out
right"
Douglas Island news., 1914-06-03
The NOrthIand
The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North. Condensed.
Information for Everybody.

The Lake Atliu steamer Cleaner IS on the run again.
 The Nome saloons are selling beer for five cents a glass.
 Cordova wants to play baseball, but hasn't any place Go put it..
 The Hospital of the Good Samaritan at Valdez has been closed.
 W.D. Grant has been reappoiuted deputy U. S. marshal at Wrangel.
 Ben Hiuua, citizen of Cordova, fell from the railroad bridge at Chitina and was drowned.
 The Alaska Engineering Commission has already received five thousand ape plicatious for jobs.
 The Haines chamber of commerce proposes a federation of all the com mercial clubs of Alaska.
 The Valdez Commouer gives all the credit of the discovery of Portage bay to Michael J. Sullivan, be dad.
 Rev. George B. Renison, Episcopal priest, has been transferred from Ju- ueau to Skagway for the summer.
 The Mariposa carries a broom be cause she made the run from Ketchi kan to Seattle in 41 hours, said to be record time.
 The Western Alaska Steamship com pauy has chartered the steamship Navajo for the Nome and Eotzebue sound trade.
 J.R Chambers, a Skagway produce dealer, went north last week accom- panied by 1900 chickens, all young, of the feathered variety.
 J. J. Kennedy has been appointed United States commissioner at Haides to succeed R. M. Odell, who has held the position for six years.
 The Native Sons and Daughters of Alaska are planning a midnight cele- bration at Fairbanks on June 22nd, and will make it a merry affair.
 T. S. Elsemore has been appointed United States commissioner at Peters burg, succeeding J. E. Rivard, who held the office for over two years.
 CA. Eby, former cashier of the S. Blum & Go. bank at.Cordova, who was found short in bis accounts S7,5O0, plead guilty to embezzlement.
 The Seward Light & Power company will spend between s8,OOO and 5000 during the summer on the installation of a new pipe line along the trestle work for which piles were driven last year.
 The river steamer Panama, of the White Pass feet, sailed from Fairbanks for Whiteborse last Wednesday with p passengers. Sbe was the arst boat to ] leave that port.
Douglas Island news., 1914-06-03

The new dog ordinance that went into effect at Fairbanks provides that the dog catcher will receive g instead of sl for every dog that is killed by him. This certainly should insure the enforcement of the law in the matter of preventing dogs from running at large.
 Included in the cargo of the Hum boldt on a recent trip southbound, were two cub bears, one of which will appear on National League diamonds as mascot for the Chicago Cubs, having been old to the Chicago baseball club by w. II Case, of Juneau The other bear is being shipped East to a zoolog- ical garden.
 William Hesse, the mau who took the moving pictures of Noun. Katmai iu action, is back in Alaska and has gone into the country back of Seward in an attempt to get some moving pictures of brown bears in their native hauuta. He has also made a trip to Seal island to secure photos of the large herd of sea lions found there.
 The hearing before the government marine inspector regarding the causes of the misbap to the steamer Dirieo near Seattle has been 1ni he'd. The testimony regarding the condition of Capt. Flynn was conflicting. Some of the crew testified tha Flynn was "soaked to the handles" some chat he was pretty well "sousei while few claimed hat he was sober as a judge and had'ueyer taken drink.
 Dawson.-The local lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose, which was in su.uted last summer, has just con cluded the purchase of the brick build ing on Third avenue known as the Will sou building, erected several years ago at a cost ot 540,0OO. The price pald by the Moose for the structure is said to have been 516OOO, and the members say they will make of it the finest hall in the North. The local organization now boasts of a membership of nearly 500
 The Indians near the Kuskokwim outuumber their white brothers atout three to one. These are distributed in small SC, dement's of four or five fami- lies from Tuluksak to four miles below Tacotua. The deputy writes that they are thrifty and intelligent people, while the sanitary conditions surrounding their homes are good. The great desire of the women, among the Indians, is to get a big cook stove and a photograph. The larger the stove and the more nickel it has, the better the women like it.
 With the defeat of Dan Driscoll for the council of Fairbanks, the Wicker sham forces received a setback that it is predicted they will be unable to re- cover from between now and the NO- vem Der election The defeat of Driscoll came as a surprise to the followers of Wickersham, many of whom expressed themselves as being confident that they could muster sufficient strength to elect Driscoll to the council. This de- feat, the politicians declare, shows that the glass in the political barometer is falling for Wickersham in Fairbanks. Babylon was considered impregnable, but finally fell, and why not Wicker
Douglas Island news., 1914-06-03

The "Vadder" is the name of a new steamer on the Sdkiue river She is ST feet long and 1G feet across the beam, and makes the ascent of the river with ease.
 A United States customs office has been established at Whitehorsel r. IT., with Inspector ". F. Buffers, formerly connected with the customs office at Nome, iu charge
 II. Yeomans, of Skagway, who had held the checker championship of the North for many years, recently suf fered defeat at the hands ofC Edwards of Vancouver, B. C.
 An official report states that the h. diaus Of The Kuskokwim country have acquired grea. liking fo. phono- graphs fthey can be taught To tango their civilization will be perfected.
 Fairbanks is fully determined that the Democratic Territorial nominating convention shall be held in that city this summer. And it wants a real con veution, uot representation by proxy.
 The citizsus of Ruby are making united and determined effort to secure the terminal of the proposed railroad, using the argument that their city is in the center Of Alaska and the logical hub of the territory
 Senator Henry Roden is quietly working for the democratic nomination for delegate to congress, according to the Iditarod Pioneer, which also boost ed him for his position in the drst Alaska legislature.
 After a search of two years federal officials at Chicago have arrested James Grueubaum, accused of embedding s25,OOO in Nome, Alaska. Grueubaum was agent for St. Louis distinery in Nome. He was held on S1O,OOO bond.
 Mir. and Mrs. G. A. Dausforth, who are teachers of the government school at Hoonah, will spend the summer in the Chilkat river valley near Klukwau, where they will instruct the Chilcats in the art of farming and stock raising.
 A wrecked polling boat has been dis covered in the Panama without any crew, and the matter has become quite a mystery. lt is feared that the boat is evidence that a tragedy has occurred and that whoever the occupants were, they are now dead.
 Representative Warren W. Bailey, democrat, of Pennsylvania, has intro- duced a bill i'm the National house of representatives, authorizing municipal ities of Alaska to adopt the single tax where they see dt, provided that the people first shall vote for such tax.
 Last Thursday morning the steam ship Admiral Evans crashed into the dock at Ketchikan full speed ahead, and only stopped after she had plowed through about 60or 70 feet of the struo ture, The ship was apparently uniu- jured and proceeded on her way north.
 We understand that several of the society people of Skagway are taking lessons in the tango. We suggest that trip over many of the sidewalks in town would give them a fair idea of the motions necessary fore the acquire ment of grace in the hesitation waltz. -Skagway Alaskan.
Douglas Island news., 1914-06-03

The Petersburg Progressive has found what it calls a "suspicious com biuation," and says that Ca rumor is consistently going the rounds that there is a certain class of men through out Alaska tha, are trying 10 organize what is callel a combination to defeat our present delegate to congress at the coming election. Presumably in ap- precatiou ofbis work? The dog biting the hand that feeds him."
 The notes and other belongings of tde Washinglou-Alaska bank of Fair banks. commonly known as Che Bar. uette bank, will be sold at public auc- uou on July 2 and the receivership will be terminated as soon as the cases now ou appeal can be settled After the sale ,he property of Capt. Baruette deeded to the trustees to cover any de- dcieucy 10 Che depositors will be sold uuless be redeems it by purchase at it's valuation O, by paying any unpaid de- posits.
 Annette Lober was arrested at Seat tie by the police charged with having sold stock in fictitious concern, called the KupernoG Coppe & Smelling com pauy, of Alaska. The woman, who is about 30 years old and beautiful, sold stock to Gustave S,rum for which sne received 51,7OO and promised him a position as foreman as soon as she could arrange for his going North. He also alleges that she promised to love him, but failed in the loving business entirely
 Peace hss been declared and the war b..ween the grocery-men is off, accord ing to statements made yesterday by several business men. The prices on all foodstufs took a jump yesterday, and quotations on other articles, such as nails, shovels, mining implements, coal oil, gasoline, etc., were included in the ascension. Some of the merchants who have raised the prices state that the increased freight rates are respon- sible for the soaring of market quota tious.-FaiI banks Times.
 What need is there of anybody going to California or anywhere else for the sake of seeking fine weather? A sky absolutely without a cloud and SO clearly blue that it makes oae forget that it ever did rain; kindly sun so tempered that poor mortals can fairly bask and bathe in it's rays without need of shade or skadow; and a gentle breeze from out of the north that is just enough to keep the air moving. Such is the weather Ketchikan is enjoying at this time, and it cannot be beaten anywhere on earth.-Ketchikan Miner.
 The Juneau Empire says: United States District Attorney John Rust gard received a cablegram from the at- torney general Friday evening accept ing his resignation, effective whenever his successor shall have been appoint ed. The telegram also gave Mir. Rust gard leave of absence of two weeks, with the stipulation that the leave should terminate in the event that his successor should be appointed in the meantime. The message was in res- ponse to a telegraphic request made by Mir. Rustgard for information as to what had been done with his resigna' tion