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The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-11

TWO IN ONE-The EMPIRES way for everybody The EMPIRE $ ads" keeps the housewife informed ol all sales and the news columns are right up co the minute on the days news.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-11
TWO HUNDRED TONS
 OF WHlSKEY GOING
 INSIDE IS RELEASED

SEATTLE. Aug. II. Whiskey shipments totahng 200 tons for Fair banks. Ruby. lditarod and Hot Springs will be dispatched next week. These shipments were seized owing to routing being thought Illegal. The big shipment of liquors for Currie x Marsh, Of Iditorod. seized several weeks ago. has just been released and will so forward next week.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-11
FIRE ENGINE DISCUSSED.

Last night at the meeting of the 'city council. A. M Plympton. rep resentative of the American La France Fire Engine Company. dis cussed fire engines and fire prOtec- ton with the members of the coun- cil and fire department. The need of an engine of that class was demonstrated to those present. The matter will be considered further at the next regular meeting of the council. The engine will cost ap- proximateIy S9.0OO f. O. b. Seattle.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-11

WATCH our Saturday, special. Scan dinavian Grocery. all
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-11

Phone 1t to me alnpire, No. s74.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-11
Cruiser Yacht with the Owner Aboard Arrives After Long Trip
 up Coast.
COAST PILOT NO GOOD
GIaring Mistakes Found in Book which Is Sup posed to Have Right
 Instructions.

The gasoline yacht Onawa, cap- tamed by the owner. c. M. Pom cln. of Seattle and Olympia, and flying the flags of the olympia Yacht Club and the Elliott Bay Yacht Club has arrived from the south and will remain here until tomorrow. The Onawa has been cruising in the British Columbia and Alaskan waters along the inside passage since June %. when she sailed from Seattle for the north. Mir. Poncin is accompanied by Mrs. Poncln and has one man us the crew Of the boat.
 The Onawa is a handsome cruiser yacht. 60 feet in length, l4-foot beam. equipped with a 40 horse power Frisco Standard engine, and making a speed of 10 miles per hour. She is equipped with pilot house control system and in fact with every convenience for an ideal cruiser.
 This is the first trip Of Mir. Pom cin to Alaska and he is enthus- iastic about the country. He states that he left Seattle in company with four other boats. all bound north, but that he is the only one which reached Ketchikan. The other boats which started were the Henrietta, Sea Wolf. Kinghsher and Decatur.
 Didn't Miss Anything.
 We visited every cannery, log ging camp and town along the route. 1T there was anything we miss it was because we couldn't find it." he said today. "We also crulsed into every bay and inlet that looked good to us and have certainly enjoyed the trip.
 "This is the most wonderful trip in the world for boats the size Of mine and cant understand why more boats don't take the trip. The only explanation l can think of is on account of the tales of the rough waters. swift currents, and unchart- ed rocks. brought back by those who have made the trip before, and which they tell in order to make themselves wOUld-be heroes.
 Since we left Seattle we have ,only struck one really rough place. That was at Mnbank Sound, and there is an inside passage which al- lows boats the size of mine to keep clear of this place With my boat | crossed Queen Charlotte Sound in less than 30 minutes, from one protection to another.
 Coast Pilot Of.
 "Dixons Entrance, where I was told l would have to run 40 miles in the open sea can be crossed by my boat in less than an hour from one harbor to another have mo- ticed many discrepancies in the Coast Pilot, which has not been cor rected since 1898. For instance it tells of the high winds of Gastineau channel in the winter time, and do not mention that in the summer there are no winds They tell of the poor anchorage at Taku liar bor. and that is the finest little harbor along the coast. Those are only two of the many glaring mis- takes in the book. whiehc tend to takes in the book, which tend to discourage yachtsmen from making the trip"
 The Onawa will go from Juneau to Haines and Skagway, returning south by way of Peril Straits. Sitka, Cape Ommey. the West Coast Of Prince of Wales. and Cape Chacon, 1T the present plans of the owner
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-11
HEATING PLANT MAN
 VISITING IN JUNEAU

James Sheahan. district sales man. ager for the American Radiator Com pany. accompanied by his two daugh- ters. were Juneau visitors last night while the Prince George was In port. Mir. Sheahan has charge Of the sales offices of the company west of the Mississippi River and while here called on George F. Forrest. Ju. neau representative. Mir. and Mrs. Louis Rubensteln. Of Seattle. were also members of the party.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-11
EX.sENAToR IS DEAD.

OMAHA. Neb., Aug. 11.-John .M Thurston. former United States Senator from this state. died here today. He had been critically III for the past three weeks.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-27
COUNTY SEAT FIGHT
IN JACKSON ENDED .
BY SUPREME COURT

CHARLESTON, W. Va, sept. ~
The Supreme Court Of Appe9O Of
West Virginia today suspended %.
ton OF the circuit court OF Jackeo1
county and awarded a writ OF prohibi
ton to prevent the holding OF an elec.
ton to determine whether the sect
of that county should be moved nom
Ripley to Sandyville.
It was held by the higher court that
a petition signed by two fifths OF the
legal voters Of the county was neceS1 !
sary before an election could be or
dered, and no such petition had beo1
presented containing requisite nun
Der Of names.
The cases decided today were
follows:
Memorial Hospital against CouE
Court Of Marshall, affirmed; VII
against Ice, from Harrison couI
affirmed; Baker against OBJ
Judge from Jackson county.
awarded; Culurides against OFT, ?u0-
lie Service Commission, order OF Com
missioner vacated and proceeding re-
manded: Bruner against Bridge COM
pany. from Harrison county, decrea
reversed and case remanded; Crouch
AGAINST Crouch, from Brooke county,
affirmed in part, reversed in part am
remanded: Edmonds against. Trac-
ton company. from Harrison county;
affirmed: Bachinsky against Coal ana
Coke company, from Marion county,
reversed and remanded.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-27
GENERAL STRIKE
STARTING TODAY
NOW CERTAINTY
100000 EXPECTED
TO WALK OUT TODAY
And 100000 More by End Of
the Week-Leaders Confer
with Mayor Mitchell.

NEW YORK, Sept. 26.-With the
announcement by labor leaders that
approximalely 2In.unn union workers
in various trades would quit their
places tomorrow in aid or the striking
car men, it WAS believed tonight that
the effort To tie up virtually all indus
tries in Greater New York had reached
an acute stage. The union .IclalS de.
clared that an additional 400,"OO work
erS would strike Thursday and another
100 900 Friday, making Il total of 49,
0UU out by the end Of the week.
1t was asserted that 6.QnU brewery
workers, liz. 5.nUu employees In The build
ing trades and 25u,p0O members or the
United Hebrew Trades were in favor
of Il sympathetic strike.
Twelve thousand tcamStc"S also
were reported ready to quit work on
, Thursday or Friday. y meeting of the
executive council Of the building trades
was called for Thursday to take final
action. after the business agents in
Manhattan and the BrOnZ had voted
for the strike.
Mayor Mitchell. whose efforts to set
tie differences between the striking
car men and the transit companies
have failed repeatedly, summoned the
labor leaders before him as soon as
he heard OF their plans. He said he
desired to be informed directly as 10
what might be expected tomorrow.
The union officials. he announced. told
him they expected 100000 workers to
strike "aS q starter.
Attack Interests.
After meeting of the joint labor
conference committee, strikers were
i,I nh lnts for Ri rih11 l.
ton throughout the city, in which at
tacks were made on the SO-Called Nor
gan and Rockefeller interests.
"RockcleIlor. Morgan and their as
suCialrS control the transit Of the city
of New York." the pamphlets read,
"and they also control the railroads,
mines. industries and public utilities
throughout the country. as we'll as
most of the banks and nearly all the
money.
Members of the State legislature
from this city who called upon Gov
ernor Whitman late to-day and urged
him to convene the Senate and Assem-
bly, in an extraordinary session to deal
with the strike situation, submitted a
draft of a proposed arbitration act.
The Governor. although opposed to
calling the legislature together at this
time. studied the proposed law care
fully and said he believed there was
room" for it on the statute books.
The act outlined would provide a
fine Of $4,000 and revocation Of the
license Of Il corporation that breaks al
agreement to arbltrate, and q fine
against the union breaking such agree
meut, where the public interest is af-
fectcd or likely TO be affected. Gov
ernor Whitman, il was said, promised
to confer with the Public Service Com
mission concerning the proposed meas
ure.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-27
''jEFF" HARRISON,
The Train BANDIT,
TAKEN TO ATLANTA
Special Dispatch to the Intcllisencs.

Special Dispatch to the lntclliGencEc
MARTINSBURG, W. Va. Sept. 70.
JEFF Harrison, Of San Antonio, Tex,
who confessed in the federal court
here several days ago to being a mem
ber OF the gang Of bandits that; held
up a. Baltimore and Ohio railroad train
at Central Station, W. Va, on the
night of October ninth last year. and
got away with one hundred and TWO
thousand dollars, was today taken
from the Martinsburg Jail and placed
on board q train for the federal prison
at Atlanta, Ga, where he will serve
twelve years. Other prisoners taken
TO Atlanta today were: James Taylc:,
of Aurora, ILL.,, who confessed to iu--
ing pretty Eva Banner from Grafton,
under pretention Of marriage: Frank
Weekly, a barber Of ZanesY1Ile, D.,
who admitted that he had eloped with
his employers wife to Parkersourg
and then placed the woman on the
streets: Anthony Rash; OF Martins
burg. who was convicted Of taking IA
year-old Lettie Shipley, Of this city,
TO Maryland for immoral purposes:
and William X. Sayille, who confessed
TO having embeZzled four hundred
and twenty dollars OF government
money while assistant postmaster at
Okonoko, ". Va. The prisoners We're
under guard of Marshal Smith and
Deputies Athey, Joyce ard Cook.
Eugene Diez. alleged to have been a
member Of the train bandit gang is
still in Jail here but will be removed
later to ParkersburG, for trial. "Dick
Harrison, still another alleged mem
ber Of the gang, IS under guard or TWO
deputies in the Kings Daughters ho~
Dital, and in serious condition from
nervous PARALYSIS
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-27
GREATEST VICTORY IN
ALLIED OFFENSIVE

LONDON, Sept. -, o:4S a. m.-Thc
carture Of Thiepval by the British and
of Conbles hy the combined Anglo
French forces, announced i'll the latest
official COMMUNICATIONS. is regarded
here as the most important success on
th,. WESTERN front since ,hc opening "t
tho grand offensive.
Tho fall of the stronghold OF Comblrs
waA expected. ,.., ,.,.,.
But the capture Of Thicpral. which
WAS announced too late tor S"iiiii,'hl IN
Ih,. nancrs hus proved Il genuine sur
prise, i."causr IT has been stumbling;
block in the advanr" Of the hrItiSh l"li
almost sine" the beginning "f IN" I'll
rcnSivc. July /. when II check ut H"mhic-
court was suffered.
Thf.vai's fail gives To thr Anglo
French forces the whole line OF l"w
hills which slop" To tho plain upon
which the town of Rapaumc makes IN"
next fortified center.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-27

PLEADS GUILTY
To INDICTMENT
rs SENTENCED TO Is
MONTHS AT ATLANTA
Defendant Sent Up on Only
One Count andNot Immune
from Prosecution.

NEW YORK, Sept. 26.-William
Butler. chief figure in the countrywide
blackmailing conspiracy, under inves'
tigation in several cities, to-day plead
ed guilty to swindling Mrs. Regina
klipper, of Philadelphia. He was at
once sentenced to IS months impris'
onment in the Atlanta penitentiary.
Butler was brought here to-day from
Philadelphia for arraignment He was
accused of blackmailing Mrs. Klipper
at an uptown hotel here in April last
under the guise Of being q special
agent Of the Department Of Justice.
Butler pleaded guilty to the conspir'
acy count of the indictment and was
told by Federal Prosecutor Knox that
it would not relieve him from prosecu'
ton on other counts or indictments yet
to be found in the blackmailing cases
Explaining the situation to Judge
Manton, Mr.. Knox stated that the con
spiracy to defraud Mrs. klipper was
Matched in Buffers home in Philadel
phia, and although he was thoroughly
familiar with all the details Of that
and similar crimes, he had not attempt
ed to aid the government in the prose
cution Of any Of them.
He has it in his power to furnish
the Department Of Justice with infor.
nation Of inestinable value" said
Prosecutor Knox, "but seemingly he
does not choose 10 do SO. and there
fore the acceptance Of the conspiracy
plea is all the leniency he Is entitled
to under the circumstances"
Buffers attorney, in urging light
sentence, remarked that his client was
the first Of the defendants in the black
mailing cases to plead guilty, and that
the plea on the conspiracy count did
not cover participation in the alleged
extortion at the New York hotel.
The sentence Of is months was two
months less than the limit for conspir'
aCy
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-27
ILLINOIS DEMMIES
FAVOR SUFFRAGE

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.,, Sept. 26.-The
Democratic party of Illinois, in con
vention here to-day, went on record IN
favor of equal suffrage for women, the
eight-hour day for both men and wom'
en- workers engaged in non-agrlcultur'
al pursuits. and compulsory work
mems compensation act.
4 request by organized labor, that
the platform advocate an amendment
of the existing workmen's compensa'
ton law to make it include insurance
for injured workmen was not compiled
with, nor WIS the request for an anu
injunction law.
For the first time in the history OF
Illinois political parties, woman was
nominated as 4 presidential elcctor::
Mrs. Catherin Waugh McCulloch, OF
Evanston, H., was, with keed Green'
OF Cairo; Fred r. Scherer, of Ottawa,
and l.. o. Whitnel, Of East st. Louis,
named as large.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-27
Nease Still on the Stand
In the Light & Heat Case

PITTSBURGH. Pa. Sept. 26. -
When II. Z. Nease, chief statistician
Of the West Virginia Public Service
Commission. resumed his testimony to-
dav at the bearing of the case Of the
Manufacturers Light & Heat Company
he presented further evidence relative
10 the rates Of the Ohio Valley Gas
Company. The authenticity Of his
compilation was questioned by A. Leo
We'll. counsel for the Manufacturers
company, especially as to tax returns
furnished the State Of Ohio by the
Ohio Valley Gas Company.
J. ". Vandervort. the master, de-
cided that the wording of the evidence
should be changed in several places
before being submitted for acceptance
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-27
FOUR MEMBERS
Of R0BERVA[
CREW RESCUED
PICKED UP ON AN
IMPROVISED RAFT
Other Members Previously
Had Reached Shore
Thrilling Experience.

OSWEGO, n. Y, Sept. 26.-Four
members of the crew of the steamer
Roberval, of Ottawa, which foundered
yesterday in Lake Ontario, nine miles
from here, were picked up late today
on an improvised raft. after being
buffeted by the sea for 20 hours with
out food. Two others reported miss
ing were seen in yawl forty miles
from here near the Canadian short, it
was reported tonight. This would in
dicate that no lives were lost IN the
disaster. The four rescued from The
raft were Peter Eigh, captain OF the
Roberyal; Della Parent, cook; Joseph
Parrisien, mate; and Marcel Semon-
naiu. fireman. They declared that
Henry Sequin, another fireman and
Theodore Leroy, a deckhand, wing
were probably saved in the yaWl,
were washed overheard from the Ro-
berval with a deckload Of lumber.
Philip Trotier, chief engineeEf
Ovila Sequin, an assistant to Trotier,
and Edward Legault, wheel man, who
took a life boat and reached here
early today, had reported that the rest
Of the. crew probably had been
drowned.
Captain Ehgn, describing tonight
the plight in which he, Miss Parent,
Parrisen and Semonnaiu found them
selves after being separated from the
others of the crew said, they imp:o-
vised their raft from lumber remain
ing on deck, and then cast adrift.
They did not see the Roberval sink,
he said, although it appeared to them
impossible for her to remain afoat
much longer. A search Of Lake On.
tario for 100 miles east and west Of
Oswego since the arrival Of the first
three members Of the crew this morn
ing failed to show any trace OF the
vessel.
Captain Eligh told a thrilling story
of the experience Of himself and the
Others on the improvised raft. Many
times last night he said, all were in
danger of being drowned, as 1t was
with difficulty that they SUCCEEDED in
keeping the raft together. Their res
cue was effected thirty miles north
east of here by guards Of the Big
Sandy life saving station.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-27
ARE
SPRUNG IN THE
ELECTION CASES
SHAMEFUL STATE
OF AFFAIRS SHOWN
Man Released from Jail to
Take Place Of Election
Official -Re-arrested.

HUNTINGTON. ". Va. Sept. 90
Henry D. Hatfield, governor OF West
Virginia, was one OF the spectators
present this afternoon when the trial
of R. l.. Simpkins and others charged
by the United States government with
conspiracy in regard 10 the conduct
of the election at War Eagle precinct,
Mingo county in 1912. Governor Hat
field took. his seat OH the outside or
the railing and remained there until
court adjourned TWO hours later.
The trial which is being conducted
before Judge Charles y. Wood OF the
United States Circuit Court OF Ap-
peals, progressed rapidly TO-DAY. A
large number Of witnesses were eX-
amined and it was said this afternoon
by an attorney connected with the De
partment OF Justice that the govern
ments case in chief might be III by
noon Thursday.
Many of the witnesses heard to-day
testified in regard TO points brought
our Yesterday. The testimony OF Har-
rison Tolnr and Mrs. Harrison Tolcr
was the most sensational OF the day.
Toler testified that he had been re-
leased from jail at Williamson pro:
TO the election, Tom Hatfield having
signed his bond at the request ol
Sheriff Greenway Hatfield ana lhat
when he thanked Grecnway HaItltlq
for securing his release, the ollclal
stated that he wanted MN 10 Keep
Willard Browning from serving as an
eiection officer at War Eagle. He
said he was re-arrested and returned
to. iail before the election, 1t being en-
plaincd that his bondsman had given
him up.
Husband Released.
Mrs. IToler testified that before tne
election she had appealed TO Green
wav Hatfield to secure her nus S
release and had been asked II ne
would vote the Republican ticket II
released. She said she would try 10
get him to and in q few days ncr hu@-
band returned home.
After the election she again went
70 Williamson and there she Sald' &C.
manded of Greenway Hatfield tnat aer
husband. who had subsequently, been
re.arrrstcc, be released, threatening
IF he were not. TO 20 TO Charleston
and m;lke trouble about the manner
in which the election had been con-
ducted.f Hatfield she said told, her ne
could not release her husband, "aile
tho grand Jury was in session She
returned On tNe loll"" 't9 -
and issued an ultlnatuln that ner uus-
band must be released before onS
o'clock in time to get q shave anu
et,r, nome on the train. He was 1r-
Ieased n. that time, she said.
In the afternoon some confusing
STATEMENTS were made in regard to
the accuracy of the count. kept on the
outside OF voters visiting tho polls
during the course of the day;
At one point Judge Woods ruled
that he would permit L good deal OF
some of the witnesses. to whom he OK
nlained he imputed no wrong. seemed
70 be- hcrmetically sealed mentally.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-27
GAINES Names STATE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

CHARLESTON, ". Va. Sept 26,-
Announcement was made to-day py
Chairman Joseph Holt Gaines. Of The
Ram,hIican State Executive Commit:
tee Of the appointment Of State par
ty advisory committee: as follows:
n. c. Ogden, Wheeling; Davis Ell
kins. Morgantown; ]. G. Bradley, Dun
don: Phil Adams, Spencer; Isaac 7.
Mann, Bramwell: VIM. McKell. Glen
Jean: ]. Frank Briscoe, Martinsburg;
Harry Weiss, Wheeling; Fay Hatring.
ION, Sistersville: ]. b. Garvin, Bar
boursville: ". Roy Mcdaniel, Charles.
ton: W. 4. Beavers. Grafton: ". w.
Whyte, Welch: John @. Hutchlnson'
Beckley; W. B. Barnett, Point Pleaf
ant
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-27
VILLA AGAIN ACTIVE

FL, pASO. Ten. Sept 2G.-A mill
,arr Headquarters here today 1t was
stated thai all the information avail
able from thc officers reporting 10 IN"
Fl Paso headquarters Indicated mat
Villa was preparing 10 make ahotil'r
attack on chihuahua CITY. ana II WAS
stated that the report or ms move
mcnt north from San AnGreS was
dnuhtcd II was also stated that lhe
daro when the chihuahua City attack
is expected 10 be made is known, but
ia withheld for military reasons.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-27
WESTCOTT IN THE LEAD

TRENTON. \. J.. Sept. c7-Re-
turns received ut 12:20 o'clock from
eighty district out OF 1,793 in the
state gave MARITIME 1.031 votes and
Wpscott 1.109 in the Democratic con-
test for United States. Senator.
In the Republican contest for Sen
ator Frelinghuysrn received 3,2Gj
votes in III districts and Murphy l.
SIS.
Walter +. Edge has received 4.190
votes in l4l districts in the RcruDli-
can contest for the gubernatorial nom
ination while Austen Colgate had j.
750 and George l.. Record, LOB.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-27
AUTO BURGLARS
MAKE BIG HAUL

Special niS;atcf ~ thu Ini"!ilE"nc"r
CLARkSHTRCf. W. Va. Sept. %
Auto burglars. believed 20 be the Saln~
gan" that h;ls h-"ir plund"rlnE stores
in Nicholas. E.raxion and neighborins
counties, early rhls morning car'ed rff
several hundred dollars worth OF th"
stock at J. T. Queens general store Il
.IohnStown. this county. Use OF blE
auto battles bloodheuEds sent from
Ciarksburg.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-27
IRON WORKS BURNED

NEW PHILADELPHIA. O., Sept, @6
The Dover Manufacturing com
pany's iron works plant at Dover
three miles north Of this city was
practically destroyed by fire today
causing a loss estimated at 100000
The blaze is supposed to have origin
ated from an automatic polishing ma
chine. Three hundred men are out ol
employment
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-27
THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2e.-

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2e.-Forecast:
West virgtnia-rncreasing cloudincss
and warmer wednesday, probably fol-
lowed by thuuderstorns and cooler We'd
nesday or Thursday, cooler Thursday.
Ohio, Western PennBlyvan1a-Prooa- oa-
blv showers and thunderstorn1 Wetlnes-
day and Thursday, probably showers and
coolor.