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The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-27
j. BOYLE HERE
 ON WAY OUI

J. W. Boyle, owner of the big placer concession Of the same name on the creeks near Dawson, upon which ne Is at present operating q number of dredges, two of them being the largest machines Of their type in the world, is kere on his way outside. He will probably go as far east as Chicago.
 MT. Boylee made himself locally famous in the Yukon territory a short time ago by the recruiting and equipment of contingent of volun- teers for service with the British forces in the European war. The 4u- kor boys were given an ovation on their departure from Dawson for the front last fall and at all in termediate points between there and Victoria, B. C., were received enthusiastically. They are a fine body Of men, and it is expected they will give a good account of themselves when the time comes for them to take part in conflict.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-27
1O WORK MINES
 EXTENSIVELY

The Alaska Consolidated Copper company, whose mines near StrelnG have been under development for several years, and of which A. D. Hes is the resident agent, is about to begin work On its properties on a large scale. The company Will spend large amount of money during the coming summer, bringing the mines up to the shipping stage, and large consignment Of machin- cry to facilitate the carrying 2us cf this plan is now on the way from the factories in the East.
 Under present conditions it is necessary to haul the ore several miles to the railroad, md its is con- templated, if q railroad is not sooA constructed either by the government or by private parties that will reach the mines, the company will build T branch line of its own to connect with the Copper River & Northwest ern railway.
 The company has several groups Of claims, covering immense bodies of very rich ore.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-27
LOCAL BRIEFS

Mayor Huntley of Cowley is in town today.
 Joseph Wilson, purser on one of the w. P. & Y. E. river boats, came up on the Princess May.
 Ernest Futile of Ft. Wm. H. Se- ward, who has been ill Skagway for several days, returned home on the Peterson this afternoon.
 Mir. and Mrs. Hugo Ungrefroren I'd ceiyed on the Princess May today several letters and q post card from relatives In Pressing, near Munich, Germany.
 William Barnes, night man at the Home Power Cos plant, re- turned this morning from a short visit to the outside.
 Lowell C. Rousseau, of the me chanical force of the Daily Alas kan, returned from q months vis- it to Sound cities this morning. Alone.
 Perry Askam and Leslie O'Neil cama un on the Princess May this morning. It is their intention to make a walking tour of the inter for. going as far north as Dawson.
 Dikka Neumann, John Sewell, Kenneth Mcleod and Donald Mckay were all arrivals on the Princess May this morning.
 1Irs. F. Fisher and little son Rex, family of Cashier Fisher of the W. P. & Y. R. at the dock, re- turned on the Princess May from a several weeks visit to the outside,
 The Peterson came in this morn ing from Ft. W. II. Seward with Mrs. Capt. Lambie, from the post, and Tim Vogel from Haines on board. There were also a number ot enlisted men who made the round trip.
 In Skagway today the weather conditions are ideal for winter the temperature being 22 above and the atmosphere perfectly calm. At Dawson the thermometer is at , above, which is the lowest of any point between here and there ex- cept at Ogllvie and Coffee creek, which are also 5 above, and at Sel- kirk, which is 9 above.
 MT. and Mrs. J. McKettrick, in charge of the railroad eating house at Bennett, who have been visiting at Lyndon, Wash, during the winter months, arrived on the Prin- cess May this morning and are stopping at the Dewey hotel.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-27
"W0 HUNDRED SURVIVORS OF
 GERMAN CRUISER BLEUCHER

London, Jan. 27-lt is officially aunounced here today that the Brit i-5 battle cruiser Lion was tor oedoed. and the British destroyer aIeteor badly damaged in the re- ,cnt naval battle off Heligoland' but have both reached port safe l,. Two hundred survivors of the ,;rr7uan cruiser Bleucher, which Vas sunk in the engagement, were Landed this morning.
 It k claimed by the British that both the German cruiser Dere- niuger and Moltke were afire when they made their escape from the British fleet into the sea zone pro rected by German mines.
 The survivors of the Bleucher say that a great naval battle has been fought in which the death toll was heavy and the damage inflicted on J2le vessels engaged great.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-27
PRISONER HAS A VERY BAD RECORD

Edgar Maxwell, arrested a short time ago for disorderly conduct by Nightwatchman Carson, and alter ward sentenced by Judge Martin Con way to 90 days in jail, is proving rather obstreperous in confinement, having since incarceration assault ed companion who was enjoying with him the liberty of the main room of the jail during the day time and had it not been for the timely appearance of the jailor would have probably seriously injured the in nocent cause of his wrath.
 According to information in pos session of Judge Cnway the prison CT is an Englishman who was re- gently released from goal at White horse after serving Q thirty days sentence and at a previous time had served a 75 days jail sentence in Cordoya.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-27
THE QUESTION .IS NOW SETTLED

The question having recently Deel brought up in Skagway as to wheSh- CT or not H. D. Clark, owner of the "Sunnyside Farm" had a right to deliver wood within the corporate limits with his farm team without first having procured [ license, has been decided by District Attorney Reagan of Juneau, In answer to q query sent to him by Mir. Clark stat ing the case and asking for his opinion, who rules tha! MT. Clark Is exempt from the tax so long as he confines his activities to the work above mentioned.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-27
INTERNATIONAL.
 TOURNAMENT

The Skagway bowlers in the In ternational tournament in the three games of the series played on the Elks' club alleys last night made a score of 2573, which still leaves them in the second place in the contest, the Treadweu team being ia the lead
 Scores made by tho other con lcstants last night were:
 Trcadwell, 2654.
 June@u, 25S1.
 WhiJchorse, 247j.
 Dawson, not reported.
 The final games of the series will come off on Friday night next.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-27
Interior Weather

Skagwav, cloudy, calm, 32 above. Whitehorse, clear, calm, 12 above. Lower LeBarge, cloudy, calm, 10 above.
 Big Salmon, fog, calm, 10 above. Carmacks, cloudy, calm, 8 above, Yukon Crossing, cloudy. calm, 8 above.
 Selkirk,, fog, calm, 2 above. Coffee Creek, cloudy, calm, above.
 Stewart River, cloudy, calm, 6 above.
 Ogilvie, fog, calm, 5 above~- Dawson, cloudy, calm, 5 above.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-27
THE MEX|CANS
 AGAIN FIGHTING

Galveston, Jan. 27-Advices re- tclved here this morning convey the information that General Carrauza IS preparing to attack Monterey with d force of 10000 men.
 Vera Cruz, Jan. 27-General Car ranza is reported to have won victory over General Villa at Apam, killing or capturing eight hundred of Villas men.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-27
WILL NOT CHANGE
 ELECTION DATE

Juneau, Jan. 27-Gorernor J. F. 4 Strong has refused to consider a change in the date of the special el- ection in the Second Division from Feb. 27th to Feb. goth. The elec- ton is called for the purpose of choosing q successor to Senator El- wood Bruner of Nome. who died ! few days ago in California.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-27
PRINCESS MAY
 GETS INT0 POR1

The Princes May got in at II o'clock this morning with 13 pas sengers and 32 tons of cargo, be- sides four horses for the W. P. X Y R. She will sail south at her usual time tonight with J. w. RoyIe, Mrs. R. L. Vining and dauSh- ter, and Messrs Nadeau and Bou- lauger as passengers.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-27
>.HCH ATTACKS
 a3E DEFEATED

Berlin. Jan. 27-It is given out by ...r war department today that all acks made by the French in -...heru Argonne against the Ger u.anS have been defeated.
 There is little news from the .'.-.>siar hattlefields, there being |. thing more important to report .aau cannonading at long range.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-27
Paris, Jan. 27-The bombasd- ment of Thann, Hanback, and SaU- thein is still in progress.
ACT AS STENlR0 FOR SHORT I'M:

Hugo Ungrefroren, steward Of the Elks' club of Skagway, has b92h summoned as a juror at the Feb ruary term of the district court in Juneau and during his absence Jo1n Wood will look after tine welfare O. the members of that organization in his stead.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-27
KAISER RELEASES MANY PRISONERS

Berlin. Jan. 27-The Kaiser today l.brated his 56th birthday by re
 ing all prisoners who had been Tt martialed whose sentences do exceed six months. He also uI.cd the prosecution of all sol s whose Offenses had been com- .ei previous to the call to arms.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-27

Frundt & Morse, attorneys of Blue Earth, Minn., have written to Phil Abrahams asking for informa- tiou CT Ole J. Amble, who former ly resided in Butte, Montana. The fast hear of him was in 1904 when he was making preparations to come to Alaska,
The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-27
ON
 WAY ID SKACWAY

Seattle, Jan. 27-The City of Seattle left here last night at 9 o'clock with the following passen- gers listed for Skagway: Dr. and Mrs. Gable, Mrs. H. s. Pullen, H. G. Austin, R. Campbell and D. Smith.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-27
RUSSIANS BRING
 DOWN zEPPElII

London, Jan. 27-News was re- ceived in this city this morning that q Zeppelin airship had been brought down by the Russian guns at Libau' Russia, and the crew taken prison CTS.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-27
PLEADS
 NOT GUILTY

New York, Jan. 27-Harry K. Thaw was arraigned this morning and pleaded not guilty to a charge of conspiracy. Ills trial was set for February 23d.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-27
GERMAN CRUISER
 IS TORPEOOED

Malmoe, Jan. 27--The German protected cruiser Gazelle was tor pedoed by an unidentified subma- rine near the island of Ruegen yes tcr1ay, and badly damaged, but has arrived at Sassnitz, Germany.
The sun., 1915-06-17

In response to questions by Deputy
Attorney-General Leonard J. Obermeier,
Mrs. Dunphy said that she made requisi-
ton for seventy dozens of hair brushes
early IN the year. but couldn't get them
from the Charities Department for sew
eral months. There was a great short
age OF shoes and stockings last summer.
she said. and she tried 10 get them. but
the department said there were no
funds
She declared none OF the buildings is
freproof and the plumbing is an
tiqGated
1T has been my one effort" she said.
80 elevate every child in every poss-
BILE way. That is admitted by all who
have visited the island. excepting those
who are prejud!ccd."
Lawyer Joseph Il. Cotton, represent
ing the city, asked Mrs Dunphy con-
cerning the subject matter OF aftidavits
submitted by former employees deal
ing with the charges against her. and
the witness. after declaring the aff-
davts TO he untrue. said she had dis
missed from the service several OF the
afflants.
Mrs. Dunphy also denied. ms alleged
hv former Charities Commissioners
Homer Folks IN his testimony. that she
ever promised him that she would resign
Il he increased her salary and made II
possible for her to get pension.
Mrs Nellie Elmore of 253 Bleecker
The sun., 1915-06-17
HOOPER PLACED UNDER BOND
Youth Accused ny Girl Gives Rail
for Good Behavior.

Maurice Hooper. 90. Of ST. West End
avenue. accused by Miss Clementine col
Inns, who said she was an actress Of re
West End aveuue OF inviting her tn his
room and there attempting to attack her.
was PLAYED under $1,000 bonds in the
Tombs police court yesterday TO keep the
peace for six months Rather than
undergo the alternative sentence Of
thirty days in the workhouse Hooper fur
nished the bond.
Magistrate Krotel had adjourned the
case for an investigation by the proba
ton ofiicer. who reported that your.
Hooper met the girl last Saturday
night on the street and took her TO his
home while his parents were away
When the girl appeared screaming az a
window a crowd gathered outside and
Hooper ran 10 the roof In fright In In.
posing sentence Magistrate Krotel SAID
There seems TO he an mpresslo or
abroad that this young man should No
treated lenlontly because Of his prey ou-
good character. But the fact that he,
the son OF respectable parents is no rea,
son why he should act like n loafer."
The sun., 1915-06-17
MRS. DUNPHY LAYS
BLAME ON LOW PAY
Randall's Island Employees
Make Management Hard
Task, She Says.
DENIES MANY AFFIDAVITS

Mrs. Mary c. Dunrhy, who was dis
missed without a pension by the De-
partment Of Public Charities as super
intendent OF the Children's Hospitals
and Schools on Randalrs Island. re-
viewed yesterday afternoon before the
state Board of Charities investigat ting
committee her work among imbecilcs
and other mental detectives on the
island for the past forty-nine years.
She made II very clear In her testi-
mony that some OF the affdavits on
which Charities Commissioner John A.
Kingsbury based his charges against
her were made by former employees
whom she had recommended for dis
missal for infractions OF the rules OF the
department Mrs. Dunphy was on the
stand two hours.
In giving a history of her connection
with the institutions since 1866. when
she was appointed to organize a school
for sub-normal children, she said she
started with twenty teachable children
among the fifty inmates and left a
school OF between 100 and 1900 men
tai detectives, "all as carefully graded
science would permit" She became
principal Of the School for Normal Chill
dren in 1855 and was appointed super
intendent of all the institutions In
1897.
Mrs. Dunphy described in detail the
development Of the island plant under
her care and referred 10 the undesirable
and underpaid help placed at her dis
posal
THE low paid help In 1915" she said
"is recruited from practically the same
element that IL was twenty years ago
and ! maintain that, given such help, II
Is almost superhuman task to run an
institution like Randall's Island. peo-
pied with irresponsible inmates. and
avoid physical and moral accidents. Yet
/ for twenty years, I am thankful to say,
there were almost no serious moral or
physical accidents to the hundreds OF
beings under my supervision and in tho
immediate care of these human
derelicts"
There are 1000 inmates and 500 en-
ployces on the island now and she urged
that the efficiency Of its adm nistra-
tion is to be judged. not by isolated
instances of neglect or misconduct. bu,
by the general average OF the perform
ance Of the great mass OF complicated
and difficult duty which makes up its
daily work"
The sun., 1915-06-17
ANOTHER JOLT FOR PENNSY.
shoemaker Back At stroke Once
MOre-Three Other Changes.

PoroHKEEPsrE, June 1s.-Pennsylva-
MAS often rearranged varsity crew re-
ceived another Jolt to-day. Coach Wv
ian Nickalls was as mad as a hornet
over the time trial Of last night. He
Jerked Marcy out and put at stroke
Shoemaker. who stroked tho 1918 var
sity here but lost his seat last year
through an attack OF typhoid fever.
Dick Littleton. No. 7, and Garvin, No.
8. also went out. Scott took Garvn's
place. Borie took No, when Woll was
transferred to Lttleton's berth.
ITS not settled yet" said Nickalls
tonight. "If either one or the other
Of these bally crews doesn't prove itself
the better within the next few days I'll
throw tho whole bunch OF them over
board"
The Syracuse varsity rowed eighteen
miles during the day. Columbia rowed
over the course tonight against its
junior varsity Both strokes drove
their men fast. Simonds was back at
No, In the varsity.
Cornells three crews went over the
course. The Ithacans are improving
by leaps and bounds
The sun., 1915-06-17
MRS. FEROLA LOSES
HER DEATH APPEAL
Slayer Of Fiance Weeps in Cell
When Told Of High Courts
Decision.
PETITION TO GOVERNOR

OssrNING, ". Y. June 1s-Word was
the Court OF Appeals had refused to
grant the application for new trial
made by Mrs. Madeline Ferola. the only
woman in the death house.
Mrs. Ferola wept when the news was
brought to her by n woman keeper.
She refused to believe that her appeal
had been denied until Father Cashin.
the Catholic chaplain Of the prison. told
her It was true. II is understood that
Nathan ID. Levy. Mrs. Ferola's coun-
Supreme Court on the ground that tho
defendants constitutional rights were
violated In that she was called TO testify
at the Coroner's inquest without being
informed OF her legal rights
1t was also announced to-day that a
petition will be circulated and presented
to GOV. Whitman asking him to COM
mute the sentence.
Mrs. Ferola was convicted OF muir
der in the first degree in the Bronx
She was widow. at that time As years
old, and was charged with killing Car
melo Canestrale. a pedler who lived in
her home a, 529 Morris avenue. The
Bronx.
In a confession made to Coroner
Healy Mrs. Ferola said that Canestrale
had promised to marry her and then
had failed to keep his promise. The
pe1lpr WAS lurpi n the shadow of the
bridge at 1i9th street and Park ave-
nue. and there Mrs. Ferola, according
to her confession. stabbed him in the
heart with a carving knife.
There has been only one execution OF
a woman in New York State since the
introduction OF the electric chair. that
Of Mrs. Martha Place. who killed her
stepdaughter in Brooklyn on February
!. lS9S, and paid the death penalty "A
year later Jealous of her twenty-five
year-old stepdaughter Ida because OF the
small sums OF money her husband spent
on his daughter. Mrs. Place killed the
girl with an axe as she lay asleep and
then poured vitr,ol into her mouth and
over her face. Later she waited In the
hallway for her husband and knocked
him down with the axe. but he got away
! from her.
I All sorts OF appeals were made for
Mrs Place by Women's ORGANIZATIONS
and other groups and individuals, bu,
her conviction was affirmed and Gov
Roosevelt refused to exercise clemency
The last woman hanged in this state
Was Mrs RoNalana pruse. executed OF
February 2s. 1857.
Mrs. Ferola Is confined in a death
house OF her own, building once oc.
4 cupied ms dwelling by Principal Keeper
. COnnaughtOn, now dead
The sun., 1915-06-17
BIOLOGISTS THANK MAYOR
Commend Him for Taking Action
TO Protect Parks.

The New York Geological Society has
passed a vote of thanks % N,yor
Mitchell for starting campaign ac,.rs,
abuse of the city's parks, to Police Com.
missioner Woods for CARRYING il for.
ward and to the Magistrates for thai
cooperation.
Madison Grant chairman Of the 40
ciety's executive committee, says in a
letter to the Mayor:
THE society realizes that tho entire
campaign. which already has aft,lnel
such remarkable success, is due TO vou-
initiative and to the unqualified sun.
port that you gave to Your Police Com.
missioner In the execution Of that policy
THE society recognizes the fact 'nt,
IN at last making our parks respected
even by the most careless human al.
ment of visitors, you have redeemed tho
good name of this city and undoub'ed,
the strict enforcement of your procl ans.
tion throughout the PARKS OF Create
New York will promote q better obsery.
ance of law and order everywhere our
side Of the parks.
I'VE have long awaited tho coming y.
a Mayor who would take the i'ltativD In
clearing up the PARIS ~ New York 'hl
you have taken. Surely tho people n
New York as whole Will always tsr-..
ciate and value what you have dome
Naturally we assume that We can rs'y
on the Police Department 10 make tho
!cform permanent"
The sun., 1915-06-17
ARBITRATION ENDS
CHICAGO CAR STRIKE
Mayor Forces Both Sides to
Discuss Wages, Hours and
All Points in Dispute.
1900 EMPLOYEES RETURN

CHICAGO, June 16.-Chicago caught
the same old car at the same old place
tonight
Elevated and surface street railway
service was resumed throughout the city,
following the signing OF an agreement
between the companies and unions to ne
gotiate a peace treaty to last two years.
The company and union heads also rati-
fed the selection OF Mayor Thompson as
umpire on the board which will arbitrate
the wage and working conditions under
dispute as agreed on at the all night
session last night
One of the many points in the agree
ment Is that Mayor Thompson is TO be
me third OF referee member of the
Board of Arbitration, which will begin
hearings on Monday.
Here are other items which the Mayor
and the Aldermen made the traction and
union men agree on:
Differences to he arbitrated by board
q three, one to represent the men, one
the companies and one the genera
public
I
their representatives later.
Agreed in advance that the contract
shall run for two years and that the
tripper system be abolished.
Wages, II revised, will be revised up
ward.
Changes in working conditions to be
on same basis.
Questions to be arbitrated: Wages,
working conditions. hours in relation
to so per cent OF the runs, straight
eight hour runs. night cars and grades.
Through the forenoon and early
afternoon hours the whole city applied
itself to swift recovery from an
absolute tie up OF all surface and
elevated lines which had prevailed for
fifty-three hours The welcome thun-
der OF elevated trains resoundcd In the
Loop, trolley cars made pioneer trips
amid cheers and every one OF the 1900
striking employees returned to work
As soon as the elevated lines began
TO operate jitneys, horse drawn vehicles
and other methods of transportation
were discarded and the stations soon
were thronged with passengers. Wher
the surface cars appeared they were
mobbed by joyful straphangers, waving
flags and cheering the car crews. The
first car 10 enter the Loop was stopped
for fifteen minutes while conductor and
motorman had their pictures taken and
made speeches. The police let the
thousands monopolize the surrounding
streets.
The sun., 1915-06-17
WIDOW DRINK CRAZED,
HER MOTHER TESTIFIES
Mrs. Simpson, Who Inherited
Dry Goods Mans Fortune,
in Sanitarium.

Ex-Justlce Martin l. Slower. as a
lunacy commissioney. took evidence be-
fore Sheriff's jury yesterday as to
the mental condition OF Mrs Louisa
Daisy simpson. widow OF the founder OF
the smpson-Crawford Company. who
lef, her a large estate.
The proceedings were taken on the
application of Mrs. simpsons mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth j. Presby. who lives with
her at 3lO West Eighty-eighth street.
Mrs Simpson. who is a. years old, has
been committed to sanitarium at
Corona, J.. l.. on the ground that she is
incompetent through drink.
Mrs Presby, who was the chief witness
yesterday. wept when she told Of her
daughters condition. She said that for
two years Mrs. Simpson has been drink
ing whiskey 10 excess. Her daughter
once attempted To choke her, she said,
when she saw Mrs. simpson standing
near "A window and tried to get her
away because she thought she would
jump out Later Mrs. Simpson remem-
bered nothing Of the occurrence Mrs
Presby said her daughter put her ou,
of the house several times. and that
she was afraid 10 return for a week.
Mrs. Simpson has the deluslon that she
is going 10 Europe to act as a spy
against Germany, her mother said.
Daisy Louise PreShy. niece OF Mrs
simpson, who also lives with her said
that while intoxicated her aunt tried
To strike her with a brass rod She
said that her aunt hasn't been sober for
more than two or three days at a time
for two years, and that between Oc-
tober. 1914, and May last 800 whisky
bottles accumulated in the house
Mrs Simpson received $3.50, 900 from
her husbands estate and has dissipated
a large part Of it, her niece said She
owns the property at $40 West Eighty.
eighth street and also "a West 126th
street and 1877 lots at Flushing, L. l.
The case wasn't finished.