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WALSH SPOKE TWO DAYS
 FOR ALASKA RAILROADS

ir Alaska The territory was at pres ent lying stagnant for the lack of si~ u4s within h, ,rself which which |" get at the vast resources known [" exist and 1t was right and proper that thts. resources be made available for tn, country If Alaska could not d" { |, herself this e''at territory shoulh not hecome the empire of corporal" interests Horah added that q slngi' mne in Alaska had blocked out enough ore to cover hundred years production of twelve thousand tons q nnv which would net 4 dollar ton
 In regard tn the tests which hay" h. en made If the Alaska coal for i,.,, ,i purp"s.s Admiral i,ritfin wh" has been in charge of the work to dnv reported to the house naval com mitt"e that the tests so far made had [ cen discOuraging
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Special Nugget Service.

WASHlNGTDN, >Jnn. l6 Tlere was decided air of gloomy sil ne, about the stale department and the White House to.ty in regard to '" reported failure of Mexico to meet the forthcoming interest payments on her bonds and reports from Europe that the banking houses holding theso bonds were making strong represent .at!ons to their governments to the effect that they must collect the money or have some reasonable guar antee that 1t would be forthcoming with all of the acrued interest at an early date.
 It is realized here that Mexico cannot possibly meet the payments when they become due and II is the hope of the administration that some arrangements can be made with the foreign interests which will preclude European governments taking hand
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Prince Jaime of Bourbon, who now , IiIns the titft uf Duke uf pport".
 This member of the family of pre- {. nd,rs is t young man of thirty Ave who has spent most of his life 'n I'aris and who untll recently held f rrinmIssmn m the Prem, h army som, surprise was .> >lnccd some tiln" aru when rrhre Jaiu-. who WI. | cap tain uf ,aNhirN r">lcnrd from the army. hut this is now accounted fol
 N thu. ruInor that he will head the r"yalist uprising in Portugal
 The plans of th, royalists include an invasion of tn" republic from the ir"rth and q mutuN If th" troops sta toned within th" country to talk lace simulean"uGslN and thef haN' s. far advanced that ,h" arms and equipment for nt least thirty thnusani men are said tn h. already hidden in th, mountains along the unrt h"rn h"r der nf Portugal
 Whether these royuisi pl"ttrr-' will h. able |" carry out thcir comp or not will largely ,lrpcud l,l"iI ti, action of Inc regular alinN nt Port uGal whc, the standard of the new king is raised in the north No as-
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PARIS Ian ,G A conference of tnc Iuyaiisis of Portugal tas been going on here for several months amt there is every evidence that in con junction with plnttcrs in Lisbon they are about to start q campaign for the .verthrow of th. new republic. The army of Portugal is said to have been ur.l, rinined with conspiracy and Sc d.t ion and tn i,c only awaiting the sieual to declare m favor of mon alrty.
 tnt uf the featur,'s in regard to this movement which has just come to the knowledge of those who keep in touch with continental politics is that the restoration. whi," it contemplates utting the house of ItriganZa back on tn" throne does not intend that the netX king shall he the young Manuel whose escapes with scvcrol women nf the stag. have made him the talk "f Europe.
 Instead of the youth who lost his c,.,Wn through his weakness and fast Inf, being again placed at the head of Portugal the royalist who have tn" matter of the resotratiOn of the monarchy in hand propose to seat
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PRESIDENT OPPOSES
 SPO|LS SYSTEM

hearts of those republican oflicehold
 CTS who have not yet been banished to the outer darkness of job where the grim spector of hard work stalks hand in hand with the pay envelope. The president said today that he never had been and never should be i- favor of return to the spells sys- fe would not countenancc any changes made in that department
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Special Nugget Service

Special Nugget Service
 WASHINGTON, Jan. l..,--Senator l. Walsh today concluded a two days days speech in favor of the buildinc of government railroads in Alaska. During the course of this long speech the senator went into the history of Alaska, from the time of It's purchase. and traced the slow development of the territory under the conditions which have existed. He told of tn" efforts that had been made by he citizens of Alaska in behalf of de- clopmrnt and of the adverse condi- tions under which they had worked on account of the lack of interest taken in the territory by the federal gn, ernment.
 Walsh pointed out the fact. which he said was clearly evident. that the
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mANuEL'S COUSIN IN LINE
 FOR P0RTuGESE THRONE

alstante IS expected from the troops ul the national guard who have bo- come thoroughly IcpubiicaniLed. but many ul tn. hisn officers ut the regu lars are sad to have trat eied to I'ari. " lti.in the last few months and sworn .I'rGlrnvc tu ih. new hing
 The statesmen oI the repubiir aI- Irny ,osni1unt ot this activity and aie uo,hins every prcparationl to meet tn,' crisis when Il occurs.
 spain has been approached by th- prcsiden, of the republic in regard to lending her assistance h, keeping ;i strict watch along her border for an> rnyaliSt conSpirators. but. while sh' has replied that she will comply with tn, request of the Portuguese repub- lie. il Is easily to be seen that spain f., CTS the restoration uf " monarch, IF her nicip hborinE country \ king in Portugal strengthens the hand nI ih" ruvni house of Spain and it is he li.N,.d that th. country will lend hci aid [" the "stablishment "f , king Oh ti, throne "f Portugal pro, id-d tn, | ne is not Manuel
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WILSON ISSUES
 AN APPEAL
Special Nugget Service.

WASHINGTON. Jan. ld.1As head of the American Red Cross Society President Wilson today issued an for the sufferers of the terrible earth quake and volcanic disaster in Japan and urged all those who could to come forward in this time of disaster t) a friendly nation and assist the stricken people.
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WASHINGTON SILENT
 REGARDING INTEREST

in the matter. IL is realized that tn" bankers who loaned money on Mexi can securities did 50 in good faith and that they should receive their interes, but the United States government will not be held responsible in any way for the collection of this interest as it issued a positive warning to the world that 1t intended to starve Huerta out financia lily. The govern ment does not propose to be put in tn. position of u bill collector for it's own citizens and will most certainly not collect for the bankers of forcegn countries.
 The only harrassing feature of tn" matter is that some one of the gov ernments of Europe may be forced by political or financial interests to LOW take Il hand in Mexico in so far as the bond matter Is concerned and this Washington realizes and does not wish
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the rapid ris" of President Wilson flrm t practically unknown place ir ,hr political world iS given as tli- d"ncr that t man of MurdockS stamp would h" q better drawing card than one of the older politicians
 What the attitude. of ROos"Nrit an r.. personal friends will he in r.Gar to this proposition {" eliminate hlm
 ' III thc party which he founded will h" is not known. but from cxpr"s ei"nS that could h" gathered from some ui those who attended the m .etings h. r" there is a dispostdon on tn" rnit "f the leaders {" ignore the man V l." iS rrsponsihl" for the party's birth
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MAYlNAME
 SUPREME COURT

WASHINGTON. Jan. l6 6-The pres id,nt today announced that it would be at least sixty days before he would iii me the currency reserve board He would give the matter serious con alteration and in the end il was pos sible that he-|would name the full supreme court of the United States.
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Jssss Webb, now serving a its sentence in the Oregon stats prison. used to bs a rssident of Nome. Hs was sentenced to be hung but 0ov. West eommuntsd his ssntsnes. Aear tho story Monday.
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Nugget Special Service.

N00DOt OpeVIaI 00TV'Ce'
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-While the professional republican office holder may be viewing the triumphant march Oe the democratic legions into the fat jcbs that so long were his with T firm conviction that there is d great deal in the old slogan that to tho victor belongs the spoils, President nOuncement which should cheer the
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Hiram Cole has been out to his ranch at Chirik and reports that all the haysssds are comin' in Saturday niaht for the barn dance. Ezra Milii- gan and his bays are comin' in from Solomon.
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"From the days of 6uneo Kelly to the days of Governor Wsst.". A won. dsrfuI change in prison management. You ouaht to hear the lecture.
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QUARTZ MINER DROWNED. Special Nuuoet Service.

VANCOUVER, Jan. l6.-J. D. sword. miner, was drowned near here today.
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BANK
 HELD UP
Special Nugget Service.

Special Nugget Service.
 GRANITE FALLS. Jan. l6 Five masked bandits held up the state bank here today and got away with fifteen hundred dollars. They fled to the Cascade mountains and are be- ing persued by posse.
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See dem clod hoppers fling dere fleets at de bawn darnce at de Parhs Hawl. Chooseday. Janooerry 20: l. SWI borrow 75c
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Old Doc Meister says the boys and gals is all oomin' in from easton Saturday for tho barn dance.
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New laid eggs at Prosser's Harness Shop, $1.00 per dozen. Phone Black 5.
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THE QUEEN CONTEST.

Weekly Nugget. only soc a month.
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Placer Locations .t Nugget OH,c.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-04
PROJECT ABANDONED.

The Rockefeller interests are said to
have abandoned negotiations for the
acquisition of stock control of the
Gould railroad properties. Failure to
complete the deal is said to havo been
in part due to the activity Of the Wall
street stock spectators and in part to
the refusal Of Mrs. Finley j. Shepard,
better known as Helen Gould, to part
with her stock for sentimental reasons.
Control by the Rockefcllers would mean
plenty of money to carry on contem-
plated improvements as well as meeting
financial obligations which now hang
over the various properties. 1t may be
that when the stocks go down to the
desired point that negotiations will be
resumed and the roads taken over by
the Standard Oil interests,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-04
ST. AUGUSTINE'S FIRE.

It is really too bad that better care
was not taken Of the priceless relics
and curios dating back to the days Of
Spanish rule and the settlement Of st,
Augustine, Fla, which has the distinc-
tion of being the oldest city in the
United States. st. Augustine was
founded September 8, 1865, by Pedro
Menendez, bigoted and cruel Spanish
soldier, some fifty years after the dis
covery Of Florida by Ponce de Leon in
his search for the tabled fountain of
perpetual youth. The school children
are familiar with the sanguinary drama
enacted by the French and Spanlards
before and after the settlement. How
MenendeZ captured some French ves-
sells, and hanged his prisoners, claiming
that these people were put to death
"not as Frenchmen, but as Luther
ans.'' How the French government paid
no attention to the acts of the Span
iards, and how a single Frenchman,
Dominic de Gourgues, took it upon
himself to inflict punishment. How he
captured Spanish port, hanged his
prisoners, and, in imitation Of the
mockery of Menendez, placed placard
over ther heads declaring; "I do not
this as unto Spaniards or mariners, but
as unto traitors, robbers and murder
ers.'
The story Of Spanish rule in the
western hemisphere extending over four
centuries after the discovery Of Ameri-
ca by Columbus is fascinating to the
student of history. Now that they no
longer have foothold on the continent
or any of the islands, the records dat
ing back to the time when they were
at the height of their power should not
be allowed to repose IN buildings easily
destroyed by fire, as appears to have
been the case at st. Augustine. The
summer hotels, the county courthouse
and the other buildings burned can easi
Is be replaced, but the records and
curios are gone forever.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-04
FavOrs Silica Roads.

We have availa BILE, by motor truck
and the soon to be extension Of tho Utah
Light &c Railway companys Holiday
line. the side of a mountain Of 81 per
cent to % per cent silica. which by
nature, without adding other materials,
Is perfect pavement builder
Why? During the early summer OF 1913
the Salt Lake county commissioners
placed one and one-quarter miles Of this
material on the old county road south OF
Bagleys store In the Cottonwood dis
trict at q cost In material, wagon haul.
and labor, not to exceed the cost OF a
rock and gravel road made at tho same
time In the vicinity on same thorough
fare. This silica road today Is In good,
smooth condition better than six or eight
monlhe aGo-notwithstanding every road
master IN this state knows that the win
many years on account OF the freezing
and thawing OF roads caused by light
snow falling almost daily during this
winter period; also; automobiles In their
row row tired wagons loaded with 10000 to
100, 600 pounds OF traffic, have aided In
the construction (not destructlon) OF this
named public road When II is consid-
tain mass near this city; does not have
TO be quarried. mined, or crushed for
use, can be placed on wagon or electric
car with a scraper or steam shovel; does
not require any other material In COM
position. and Is placed on road all at
be secured In the construction OF our city
streets. like unto the highway named
above Every lover OF good streets in
this city should examine this named pub
lie road touching the points, specially, OF
and permanency.
SUBSCRIBER.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-04
SESSION WILL BE LONG.

Representatives from doubtful dis
tricts may fret and fume, and senator's
who seek reelection at the hands Of
the people direct for the first time fuss
and fidget, yet there is little prospect
that congress will adjourn before the
summer sun beats pitilcssly down upon
tho broad streets and avenues of the
national capital. Outside of the canal
tolls repeal bill, which Just now en-
crosses the attention Of the friends and
foes OF tho administration, there arc
many other questions to be settled one
way or the other before the exodus Of
statesmen from Washington begins.
To be sure, the senators and repre-
sentatives are paid $500 year for
their time, with the privilege of adding
to the family exchequer by appointing
sons and other close relatives to posi-
tions as clerks and committee messen-
gers. Nevertheless they always feel
overworked if they are compelled to
put in over six months of any one year
transacting the business Of tho govern
ment. The special sessions OF the past
four or five years have been productive
OF long, loud and deep curses from the
statesmen who feel that they are a
much abused set of individuals. One
can fancy their feelings over the dis
NAL prospect of spending the better
part Of another summer in the "City
of magnificent distances and torrid
heat
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-04
CASE OF MR.. DANIELS.

We arc frank to confess that we have
very little sympathy with the fight
that was made against the coufirma-
tion Of Winthrop NJ. Daniels of New
Jersey as member OF the interstate
commerce commission, more especially
since Senator MARITIME has expressed
his belief that confirmation would he
q mistake.
Mr.. Daniels has had experience as
president Of the public service commits
sion Of New Jersey and ia accused Of
having been too liberal in his valua-
tion Of the property of the Passaic Gas
company, even though as result of
such valuation the price of gas was re-
Juced 10 cents TO the Passac con-
sumcrs. As is well known. the inter
state commerce commis ission is about to
undertake the stupendous task of max
ing Il physical valuation of the rail
roads Of the United States. and men
of moderate views arc not wanted on
the commission by such extremists as
La Toilette. Cummins and MARITIME.
Making of freight rates in the fu-
turc will undoubtedly he based TO some
extent upon the valuation Of the prop.
-erty OF the railroads fixed by the com
mission. The idea of the senator's above
mentioned il that, no matter what the
original cost or the vast amounts spent
in bettermcnts. the valuation should be
based upon what the lines could be du.
pIicated for today leaving out all other
considerations. There is much to be
SAID, pro and con, upon the subject of
tho physical valuation of railroads.
Waving all argument as to what has
happened in the past, it would seem
that the interstate commerce commits
sion IS no place for men holding the
views Of these extremists. In all mat
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-04

TO win much support. 1t is to be pre-
sumed that tho members Of the com.
mittee used their best Judgment. even
when they fixed upon Richmond and
Dallas, while ignoring New Orleans and
putting Pittsburg in the Cleveland dis
trict. Apparently New Orleans had a
good claim to be designated as fed
eral reserve city; perhaps rs good a
claim rs San Francisco, but the com.
mitteo probably will be able to assign
superior reasons for placing New Or
leans in tho Atlanta district.
In order to prevent the New York
district from becoming top-heavy the
committee confined that district TO Now
York state, even excluding New Jersey,
which is placed in the Philadelphia dis
trict.
Another surprise is the selection Of
both st. Louis and Kansas City. In
the old days st. Louis was the outfit
ting point for the southwest and it still
transacts tremendous amount of busi"
ness with that region. Its district, how
ever, has been confined to Arkansas, all
OF hlSSOuTl edSC OIL Inc AduSdS SilJ
district and q part Of Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi.
Kansas City's territory lies almost ell
tirely to tho west Of that
metropolis, including Kansas, Ne
braska, Colorado and Wyoming. 1t
will be seen, therefore, that the
Kansas City district extends to the bor-
ders of Utah and Idaho. 1t is likely
that both Wyoming and Nebraska were
placed in the Kansas City district be-
cause of the livestock business.
District No. ~, with San francisco
as the federal reserve city, is one OF
the largest territorially and financially.
1t has capital of So, ,524, with 5l4
national banks. It's territory is Cali
fornIa, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Ne
vada and Utah, and all of Arizona not
included in tho Dallas district. Its
Importance can be appreciated by COM
pairing it with some Of the other dis
Iricts. 1t has only slightly less capital
than Boston, and has sixty eight more
banks It has more capital and moro
banks than Richmond, Atlanta and
1t has less banks than
Kansas City or Dallas, but more capital
han either.
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taxes a total OF $11.17S,82S. OF $50 per
mile Of limo was paid, an increase Of
l0.2 per cent.
Operating income, the net from rail
and auxiliary operations, not including
taxes, averaged S177 per mile, a de-
crease Of $61, or 25,5 per cont.
For each mile of line for each day of
tho month it averaged $5.71. Tho oper-
ating ratio was T7.3 per cent, which is
compaIN Bile with 1879 per cent for the
same month year ago and 1872 per
cent in 1912.
The results taken by districts show
that in the eastern states the roads had
operating revenues per milo of line, 0.4
in tho southern and 60 in the western,
Operating expenses decreased 2,3 per
cent in the eastern, per cent in the
southern and 6.3 per cent in the west
ern, with decreases in net revenue Of
respectively 3S.6, 9.6 and So per cent.
Taxes per mile increased Al per cent
in the east, 10.7 in the south and 16.7
in the west,
Operating income per mile was less
by 482 per cent in the east, OF in the
south and tho Same in the west. These
figures serve to give suggestive EN-,
phasis to the case OF the eastern roads
and their claims for asking that they
be allowed to increase their freight
rates
Comparison Of returns for seven
months Of the fiscal year with the cor
responding period Of the preceding
year, reveals decrease Of LIS per cent
in total operating revenues, 9,s per cent
in operating expenses and 1910 IN net
revenue. the latter decreasing 1913 per
cent in the east and 90 in the west,
but in the south it increased 1.2 per
cent.
How long the roads can meet the de.
mand for new standard equipment, and
constantly increasing expenses and gov.
ernment exactions in tho race Of de-
creasing revenues as shown by these
figures, is matter upon which to en-
ploy some arithmetic.
The figures show that railroads can,
not be run by legislative exactness and
bureaucratic regulation when money is
needed.-New York Commercial.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-04
Miscellany
The Suffering Railroads.

According to the official figures, Jan
uary was not a happy month for the
railroads and railroad investors Of the
United States. Compared with the fig
ures for the same month Of last year,
not only total operating revenue de.
creased S16,457 ,067, but also $s2 OF rs
per cent per mile of line; 90 per cent
passenger revenue. Operating expenses
were less by $4,464,3S8 the average per
mile Of line being $766, decrease of
$50 per mile, or 3.3 per cent.
Net revenue showed a loss Of SILL
992, 900, the average revenue per mile
of line being 1929, decrease of $50
per mile Of line, or 1915 per cent. For
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-04
THE REGIONAL BANKS.

salt Lake s bankers are almost unap-
rmous IN their approval Of San Francis
90 as the federal reserve city for The
district in which Salt Lake is located.
IL the bankers feel that the choice is
the best one that could have been made
no Que else can be heard to complain,
lnasmuch as the bankers are the ones
10 be considered in the selection.
1t IS Improbable that the bankers in
all ot the cities will be as unanimous in
their expressions Of approval Some
OIL the selections made by the organiza,
tlon committee are distinct surprise
ana VIII canse complaint 1t NAV be
charged that personal or political con
siueratlons entered into somo of the SC.
iectlons, but such charge is not api
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-04

houaekeepers shall solve tho high cost
II he could sell cheaper Ii you cumo for
your purchases, That means he can
do without delivery wagons. horses. de-
livery boys and all the expense they en-l
tail. Tell him you Will pay cash (you
would have to pay cash at public mar
ket). That means he can do without
accountants or bookkeepers and innumer-
oble difficulties included In @ credit sys-
tenn. Ask the Same question OF any
dealer, You know what the answer will
be--he can sell cheaper Such Il plan
would gladly make the change all along
the line II his customers would follow
such plan. A few customers could not
do It, And since green groceries are not
all your table needs. why travel 30 far
at SO much inconvenience. pay the same
or moro. when you can get It all around
the corner and save more In the end2
(,EOR(sEI REED