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W 10" highest Importance in the case.
'" 40 Esou" 20 persons that attend
'''' .'i amusement or excitement, was
,.' printing r.ug evidence gone into for
ne ''' s'r p'r, Of the day, Mr.. Bowers
.' pI The stand nine Albanians ron-
~" with ono or other OF the three
w printing concerns. tie Epening
'''N"' ~" J. u Lyon and the Argns
,o'Iia''s, 70" tho general purpose of
"Hti 70 connect Mr., Barnes directly
WIN 'no scaGdpl
~ Ino whole AR. Bowers had rather
p'or success The witnesses were re-
.''""' 10 not actually hostile. All ex-
"'' 30" Mas a Republican and most
~ 'l'n were of'iceholders. Tie soil
Ivy Democrat was friend OF Mr..
Bdrncs.
y was hard scratching TO dig from
."E OF tines" Witnesses admissions tina /
Nou'd b" really damaging tending 10
'No" 'hit Mr. Barnes had direct part
:" S''ilns Dig contracts from the State
'hc county and city of Albany for
,"'u excessive payments were made
companies he was interested In
o' OF the Sitneases testified sourly
.ud from hayy reccllections Certain
"'nss' however. were established.
~ appeared from the testimony OF
snsr'es VI. Winchester, vice president
c.a general manager OF tire J. X. Igor
,s,apany, that Mr., Barnes held. until
~, 40 shares Of the company. worti
.t',ooo at par, and that he sold these
,.s n so cents on the dollar. receiv
$4,000 In cash and notes.
"sppeared that the J. n Lyon Com
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With Col. Roosevelt feeling so Al
that he called tie newspaper men TO his
table to tell them about his good spirits.
and with Mr. WINS victor over grip
germs the hearing was resumed this
morning with considerable hriskness.
even though II did drag and bump later
In the day.
Michael V. Dolan, general manager
OF tie Argus company, resumed his tes-
timony where he left off last Friday
afternoon. Mr.. Bowers questioned him
at length.
- You knew you'd have competition
when you bid didn't you, when you pun
in those bids \. Yes.
q Did you bid a. or near the cost TO
you under the different specifications
A. | did not.
@. Can you tell me wha; would he the
cost of that printing "A p1ge' y TIE
cost varies according 10 the copy fur-
nished the number of corrections made,
81.
Q. What was your bid on this con-
tract in 1903" A believe Sl.II a
page.
q What was your piont' \ Any
where from 80 to 80 cents.
q. Do you mean that YOU would make
from one-third to one-half profit on a
page A. | don't mean anything Of the
kind. ] mean that 1t would cost about
1915 a page-maybe somewhat more.
O. And when you bid $50 what would
II cost you, A. About the same
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There was furry to-day over the
ovle full Of letters that Edward T.
fiatt second son of the late Senator
RAFT has brought 10 court for the pur-
pose OF clearing his fathers memory
rom Col. RoJsevelt's charges and in
situations. Tie Roosevelt counsel had
Noppnaed from the Plat executors all
correspondence between Col. Roosevelt
ana the senator ana Mr. Barnes and
TIE senator which hadn't been brought
Ugh, by previous processes.
When Mr.. Plat was called as wit
ress to-day he demanded that all OF
me letters should be admitted in evil
oence by Col Roosevelt's counso, and
ASKED ,og a stipulation to that effect.
Nj. Bowers demurred His side was
On a sort Of fishing excursion anyway
shl wanted only the privilege of ram
taeking among the 300 and odd letters
N Nj P'atts possession, hoping To find
letters from Barnes dealing with the
Iuolc printing situation.
Inc upsnot was, after long argument.
uai William L. Bsrnum. representing
Nr Barnes, ana William II. van Ben
s'Ao'en, representing Col. Roosevelt.
N''l1rew with Mr.. Plat and went over
10 mass OF correspondence. Fourteen
'e,eTs wcre selected by the Roosevelt
cue It wts gwen out Tonight that
"ey bear on the printing ring charges
Az On other matters of Importance To
tc defence.
VI. Harness lawyers have also made
selection az letters which will be
Used % they can get them in. to refute
Nd'ements contemplated by the Coloners
"4NSe. Here again Il legal battle is
'""".ins "yernght. one that will be
"lR M ont ciiskly tomorrow morning.
no olde' the case gets the more
enormously the lawyers contend the
more complicated the issues become and
W more iIfh"ult u seems for the Roose-
"' counsel - get before the jury what
.n'E mus. have in he way of justifica-
So.
L'ery request by Mr.. Bowers for a
''pldllon which might save time and
'N''''s questioning Is refused by Mr..
,'HS, Who waI!ly insists that he mus,
w. PERMITTED TO see around the corner
-" maze 'Hre no ambush is being laid
10 .Is client
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PROFITS Not the SHAne.

.. Then you didn't make the same
nrof,t on all work which cost the same .
A. Oh, no.
O. | suppose that when you printed
the Common Council proceedings week
by week YOU Fad the matter set up IN
type which you could use over again
when YOU struck OFF 4 duplicate annual
! report? A. Yes.
o And when YOU struck of the dupli-
cate work for the Journal company II
cost YOU very little? A There were
| often corrections.
q. When you made for the Journal
company LOCO copies Of the report OF
tie Board of Education, consisting OF
100 pages, and charged them sl.1'
mage, how much had you charged the
Board of Education? A. The contract
was sent directly to the Journal COM
pany. We had contract with the
| Board OF Education for printing tre
| nro,, edings o! TIE bolru at all their
meetings. We held the type and "loh
! 900 copies CT the annual report wee
needed and the Journal company bid on
! them We were able 10 furnish the compo-
| sition very cheaply and 10 give dis
count of % per cent.
! O. And THIS was much more prohtable
than tho original work? A. Yes.
| TIE Court-What did you print for
! tho IournaIo A. The report of part
| of the meetings OF which we mad taken
| Tho proceedings The secretary OF the
| hoard ordered 900 copies of the Jour
nal company and the Journal gave the
! work 10 us.
/ Mr.. Dolan was most reluctant wit
ness.
Discounts Given.
1.-THE Journal company got certain
discount as well as reduction in price
of ALI work done by you asked Mr.,
| Bowers
at got a reduction OF - per cent. on
,ro original contract price on which 1t
! had been awarded the contract and "a
/ In 40 per cent discount when we could
,,sc the composition we already had
! "Xyas there any change in the way OF
| having them the commission in 1911?
/ MD Won nay them in cash or In printing
or by reducing the charge on work Gone
by you for the Journal
81 don't know"
"What does net mean when affixed
TO charges Oh your books to the journal
company"
! "It means that that was our net
charge to them and they could charge
what Trey had mind to for It,"
BEFORE the Bayne committee Mr.
Dolan testified that the Argus company
had printed the Common Council pro
ceedings of the city OF Albany ron
tiniousiy for Ave years and that durini
that time II had printed for the Journa
company various parts OF the printed
proceedings
When TIE original order for printin,
was received 600 copies of the proceed
ings were made, One hundred Of thes
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.1R. AND BARNES
TO Be ON STAND
At TRIAL TO-DAY
Doublc star Attraction
Planned by Counsel for
the Defence.
COLONEL TO DENY
THAT HE HAD MALICE

srrAcl 81. May Both Col Roose.
,si; and Mr. Barnes are to he called
10 The witness stand tomorrow, ac-
cordins 20 the dcfence's present pro-
.rammc the Colonel to testify that he
had no malice in his mind when he
cavsed the alleged libellous article to
~ .cpublsh,d: Mr.. Barnes to identify
Ms private books and records.
As regards the summoning of Mr..
Ba.nes by the defence a curious situation
has developed. Mr.. Bowers. Col Roose-
vts senior counsel. seems TO lie in
some danger Of making Mr.. Barnes "A
witness for the defence, although Mr..
Barnes is called for purely technical
reasons
II the court should so rule the defence
would be in 4 position of vouchiug for
Ar Barnes veraci:y and the plaintiffs
ayers would have chance TO get
their side before the jury in cross-ex-
,niu.ng him. method much more
effective than direct examination
Mr. WINS. who oyerlooks no tricks,
objected toward the close of the after
room session TO having Mr.. Barress
private papers put into evidence unless
the defence was willing to put Mr..
Barnes on the stand as their witness
The Challenge Accepted.
Mr.. Bowers accepted the challenge
sld Mr. Barnes was on his feet rather
eager, 1t appeared. to do a little talking
Andrews suggested that Mr.. Bowers
should merely notify Mr. Barnes to
produce the papers required and he
ready TO Identify them. The point will
b. Tough, oft tomorrow morning.
!, IS probable, however. tl,at Mir.
Bowers will not be forced to accept Mr..
Barnes as Roosevelt witness. The
only Court o: Appeals opinion bearing
On the nice question holds that wit
tess called in such circumstances is 10
b regarded merely as an identifier Of
comments. But Mr.. WINS is fighting
o- every advantage these days and
nay demand that the testimony OF MIR.
Barnes ne received in full.
The Colonel gets another chance be-
cause Justice Andrews. after spending
good part OF Saturday and Sunday IN
reading tie record, decided TO expand
Oh lmportan: ruling he mad made in the
nrly stages OF the case.
He decided this afternoon that since
NJ Birnes's counsel were permitted 10
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-04-19
AN ALDRIcH STORY.

The Nelson w. Adricb story that is told in another column today by Senator Frank A Aidrich of the A' aska Legislature Is typical of Che Rhode Island states
 man who answered his last summons earth Saturday Senator Ndrch who was referred to more than once as the general manager Of the United States. s- lent man He never advertised his accomplishments. He was anything but graudstand performer. He was always accompishiug but rarely got credit and never asked for it While he was always true to his concep ton of government which was that were selected for high place to run country and not mere rep resenatves o the people. he also loyal to friends The result was that under his management the govern ment was far more personal in character than N has been since his retirement from office He would ire ouenty take friends statement of case. and if 1t op' peaed to che sense and understanding which he pos sessed SO abuudantly he would without disclosing his source Of information to a single soul see that the friends ideas were worked into the books of the country He was a complete master of parliamentary tactics could measure with unerrng certtude and eontra almost any situation in which legislative pro cedure and mems abilities played part. He would meet a situation with just enough skill to have his way. He never sho, sparrows with cannous otherwise wasted either ammunition or energy. The result that many of his accomplishments never detected In fact ofener than otherwise it was not known that he was q
 instance it was supposed that his sole interest was in preventing anything to come before the Senate that would cause debate and thus delay legislation that he was really interested Only his letter to the Nome uamesae who counseed him is left to show another in teres He never explained. never betrayed confidence and always acted on theory that what did not know would never do harm. He was che last word in the development of the character of sotesmanshp which prevailed n the United States during those interesting years between the close the and the advent Of Bryan and he new which appeals the masses for supper, for principles and policies He was the es sence the extract reduced the last power of the AL
 sons the Germans the spooners and the others of the addition division and silence" statesmen. who accom-. plisbed so much with such utte disturbance
 Yet let be said in his behalf. Senator Adrch admit ted that the old rules the best and he more than once said that if he had had his career to live over again would have talked the masses of the people He would nave taken them into his conf. dence and explained his policies and told them why hel favored this and that In other words he would have performed selected to represent the people and moi SO much as one selected by them to govern
 Take him all in all. Senator Adrich remark able man and probably shall look upon his Ike again.
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bnlIdlng became . scran hean-

building became a scrap heap.
 Dynamite was wasted in an effort to cut gap too wide for the first to bridge Great piles Of solid masonry were twisted into unrecognizable shapes and with the exception of the United States mint. the United States customs building. and the United States postofiice. not a downtown building escaped. The fire destroyed every building south of Market street to Brannan street. and from the water. front to the Mission section. except ing few manufacturing plants near East street, and fringe Of homes near the border of the Missions burn ed area. North of Market street ev- erything burned from the waterfront to broad Van Ness avenue. called "the salvation of upper San Francisco. 1" Only in one place. did the flames cross Van Ness avenue.
 By Sunday night. April %. the fire was under control. having spent its fury. Some of the great heaps Of ruins. particularly in the financial dis trict. did not cool for several months.
 Spirit of People Undaunted
 Immediately San Francisco began to rebuild it's city The stores sDrang up like magic on Van Ness avenue and Fillmore street. Everything was moved to the uuburned section. while thousands of citizens went cheerfully to work piling bricks in the streets in the burned area. The Southern Pa. cihc railroad company laid a network of tracks across the burned section.
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ANNIVERSARY OF
 QUAKE OBSERVED

Nine years ago San Francisco was changed from a city beautiful into a charred and misshapen waste. Yes. terday was the anniversary of the earthquake. which was followed by a fire which ate the heart from the city in the five days that it ragged and biackened over nine hundred square blocks Of homes and buildings. causing a loss in property of upwards Of bil- lion dollars. and killing over two thous. and people
 on Wednesday,. April IS. 1906. at 5.1S o'clock in the morning. San Fran. cisco was shaken by one Of the most disastrous 'quakes in history. The shock lasted over haif a minute. with brief interruptions. and within five minutes half of the district lying south or Market street was an inferno. By nightfal the great city was seeth- ing mass of flames and martial law had been declared. two thousand Of General Frederick Funston's regulars from Che Presidio having taken up the duty Of policing the city
 Fire Raced on Wind.
 On the second day of the fire the flames leaped Market street and seat tered through the wholesale. shopping and hotel district with the speed of the wind With the city's great water system torn asunder by the upheayal Of the earth. nothing could stop the march oi the fire and building after
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and removed the debris. Thousands of people were given free railroad or steamship tickets to wherever they wanted to go and thousands moved temporarily to Oakland. immediately across San Francisco Bay, which soon was transformed from a tranquil little city to beehive of trade and indu try Relief began to pour in from ev cry city in the United States and large contributions from Europe also were received. Shiploads of proyis- ions began to arrive and the railroads brought great burdens of succor from every point. The relief work was in charge of Former Mayor James Phe- Ian, recently elected United States Senator from California.
 Nome, Alaska. was the third city to send a donation. which was one of the largest received by the relief com mittee, comparatively speaking.
 Bread lines were established and Mayor Eugene 'E. Schmidtz ordered Che construction of thousands of refugee shaoks. in Che public parks. Golden Gate Park became a tented city within week, and promise of the city's early recovery from the fearful blow it had sustained was exceedingly bright
 Today San Francisco's exposition. characterized as the greatest worlds fair ever produced, is monumental of what Californians have accomplished in nine years. And press dispatches to The Empire tell of tho annual "af- ter the earthquake" jubilee which this year was observed in the usual style.
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aska Gastineau Mining Company. a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York and qualified to do and doing business as corporation at Juneau, Alaska. as assignee of John M. Ran kin who was the assignee of Ellsworth A. Grey and entitled to the benefits of sections 2806 and 2S07. Revised Statutes of the United States grant ing additional rights Co soldiers and sailors who served i'm the Civil War. by and through B. L. Thme. as its attorney in fact. hus made applica- ton for patent for a Soldiers Addi- tlonal Homestead claim Survey No. l0TS which is situated approximately 300 feet from the tide water of Cas- fineau Channel, near the Sheep Creek wharf of the said Company and de- scrihed as follows. to.wit:
 Beginning at Corner No. l, from whence U. S. l.. M No. 17 bears S. 25 S4' 0S" w. 75.12 chains distant; thei ce S. 62e 51 D. 1898 chains to Corner No 2; thence N. l1o IF D. 20.8S chains to Corner No. 9; thence W. 4.S2 chains to Corner No. 4; thence w. 22.17 chains to Corner No. B.; thence S. 8S' 21' w. 910 chains to Corner No. 6; thence $. 49s S1' p. 11.29 chains to Corner No. z; thence S. 3So O6 W. PSI chains to Corner No. 1. the place of beginning. Containing an area of 46O9 acres. Mag Var North SO' l5' D. The latitude is 5S' lG' N. and Longitude 1S4 20' W.
 The names of the adjoining claims are the Homestead. Homestead No. 1. and the Bomstead Extension patented lode claims Survey No. 900, and the Homstead No. 9. unpatented lode lode claim, Survey No. 979, belonging Go tue Alaska Gastineau Mining Com pany and the Waw Waw lode claim. unpatented, Survey No. 994-A. belong ing to the Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Company So far as is known there are no conflicting claims.
 This notice was posted on the ground on the 26th day of February 1915.
 ALASKA GASTINEAU MINING
 COMPANY
 By B. l.. Thane. its Agent and Attor. ney in Fact
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!. laanrIhnd aa lollnms

0lct ls described as lollows
 Begnnlng at Corner Mo- i of the
 York lode, thence N 50' 8O' w lOlG.O5 feet to Corner No. 1 Of iho Martin
 lode lSurvey No. 754); thence s. 5O' S0 w 2i82l feet to point on line l-4 of che York lode thence along line ] of the York lode s 5i 23' D. l052.l feet GO Corner No. Of ibe Tori. ode the place ol besmng Con- tanning am area of 318G acres
 The Alma lode mining claim of lhis survey conflicts with the Snowflake iiode mining clam. survey No 93f. but said conflict Is not excluded from this application, and is described as fol lows:
 Beginning at Corner No. of the Alma lode thence along line 41 of the Alma lode N. 59 39' w. 56S.87 feet to point on line t.2 Of Che Snow. flake lode, thence along line 12 oi Che Snowflake lode N. f2' 08' D. 177.46 feet to Corner No. 2 of the Snowflake lode. thence along line 2-3 of the Snow flake lode S. Of 10 E. 522.0S feet Co a point on line 3i Of the Alma lode. thence along line 3-1 of the Alma lode S. 24 30' w. l24.53 feet to the place of beginning Containing an area oi 1.S65 acres.
 The Alma lode mining cialm of this survey also conflicts with the Robert lode mining claim, Survey No.97l5 but said conflict Is not excluded from this application, and is described as fol-. lows:
 Beginning at a point on line 3.4 Of the Alma lode distant s. 24" S0' w. i127.97 feet from Corner No, of the Alma lode; thence along line SA Of the Alma lode S. 24' 3O' w S45.26 feet 10 a point on line 1-4 of the Rob- ert lode thence along line 4-l of the Robert lode N. 54' O2' 17" w. l0S.6S feet to Corner No ] of the Robert lode thence along line 1-2 of the Rob- ert lode N f2' AS' D, 301SO feet Go the place of beginning. Containing Ian area of 0.420 acres.
 1he location notices of the York, Alma and Avon lode claims, were TO corded respectively on August 3rd, 1912 and october 25th, 1905 in books 20 of Lodes at page 313. and IS of Lodes at plages 162 and l61 respec- lively, of the records of the Recorder for the Juneau Recording Precinct Alaska.
 This notice was posted on the ground on the 2ith day of February 1915.
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Territorial form of government for Aaala on aeeoant of the cost "eary in the present month aud 1t offers apologies. It was not this month at a It was on the
 last day of last month that che Dispatch for the last time
 used the cost argument against fu Territorial form of government" We missed 1t by whole day and 2' hours IS long period tue opponents of tuli Ton ritorlal form ol government to maintain consistent position Delegate wickersham could not do it for the length Of single speech.
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Cleveland Plain Deaer-After al party names in local jurisdictions only what responsible leaders make them mean. The party which merits support is the which deals with local problems honestly and efficiently and studously forges what the national ganization of the name is trying to do. Hope of progress r Philadelphia has more than rested ups on Democratic success at the polls In Chicago ma orty of voters conceived the idea that this Philadelphia situation reversed, far as their city cerned There need be inclination question their judgment
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coMMgNr oN cAIoAeo ELgcTl0N.

Indianapolis News-It is possibly true that business conditions in Chicago had something to do with the re- suit and may have been that national politics en. tered somewhat into consideration Yet there is reason to believe that MT. Thompson his victory to the attitude of the Harrison wing in the Democratic party more than lo any other factor.
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Senator Hubbard said Saturday that the Alaska leg slature was getting on dangerous ground when it attempted to amend the compiled laws adopted by Con gress for Alaska Yet the has said that Alaska has all the powers any Territory ever had.
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NOTICE OF PETITION AND SALE
 OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
In the District Court for Che District Of Alaeka, Division Number One
 At Juneau:
IN BANKRUPTCY.

IN THE MATTER Of the Involuntary
 Bankruptcy of II. A. Dahl, Bank
 rupte
 V. A. Paine. trustee of the above en- titled estate, on the 5th day of April 1915. having filed his petition for au- thority to sell the stock of goods Of the bankrupt at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, reserving the right to reject any and all bids NOW. THEREFORE, said petition will come on for hearing a the office of the undersigned, in the First Ma tional Bank Building, Juneau, Alaska. lat 10 o'clock a. m.. Tuesday, April 20. 1915. and fl not then otherwise order. ed said sale will be ordered and held lat o'clock D. m. on Tuesday, April 20 1915. at the store of said bankrupt in the town Of Douglas, Alaska, Dated at Juneau, Alaska, April S. 1915.
 A. Fl. zIEGLER.
 Referee in Bankruptcy.
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Wall Street is betting even on the end of the war in six months That is gamble but Wall Street is also just betting heavily the future of the Unit ed States. which is gamble at a-(New York World
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-04-19

Spring is coming to Alaska on swift feet. Any day may flashed rom Che North that the rivers have smashed their shackes of ice and again free to the sea- Seattle Times)
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Recent reports have indicated that conditions are improving down South. The report of Jess Wilord's victory at Havana will no doubt put flight the last symptom of Encouragement and cause the entire sec lion to confront the future with renewed cheerunes
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-04-19

Political writers In Chicago are divided as to tine causes that enabled William Hale Thompson to ron up 10000 plurality against sweitzer for mayor The most obvious explanation that the Cant Stand for Thomp son Club organized after the primaries, did not init fate enough members during the campaign.