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THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE VOL. 1, NO. 101. ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1913. PRICE TEN CENTS NAMES OF CABINET SENT TO SENATE Standing Committees Chosen for Both Nouses The local Legislature is making haste slowly.

The Senate nothing but continu the appointments of standing committees and then adjourned until one o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The House adopted the Senate joint resolutions No 1 and No. Similar resolutions were yesterday introduced uud passed in the House. On motion of Representative Kelly, the courtesies of the floor was extended to Delegate Wickersham. The committee on committees and the committee on rules asked for a furtherance of time to report.

The journal of all previous sessions was read and approved. Adjourned until two o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The following joint resolution No. 1. the House concurring, was introduced in the Senate yesterday by Senator Millard, of Yaldez: Joint Resolution No.

1. BK IT RESOVELD BY THE SENATE. THE HOUSE CONCURRING. OF THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA: That the report of the Alaska Railway Commission, recently submitted to the President and the Congress of the United States, be. and the same is.

hereby approved. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Honorable Wood row Wilson. President-elect, be. and is hereby, respectfully urged to make the construction of railroads in Alaska and thej opening up and developing of the resources of Alaska the lines recommended by said Commission, a prominent feature of his message to the Special Session of Congress to be convened on or about the first day of April. 1913.

B. F. MILLARD. following joint resolution No. 2.

the Senate concurrinp. was introduced in the House by Representative Gaffney. of Nome: WHEREAS. under the form of Democratic Government, changes of ad ministration are frequently brought about; AND WHEREAS, such change in the Government of the United States as to policies will soon be made, with the probability that many of the appointive officers to fill vacancies throughout Alaska will be made by the Honorable Wood row Wilson: THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED I by the House, the Senate concurring, that we respectfully ask his Excellency.

the President, to choose such appointees from Governor down, from the bona fide resident citizens of Aalska. We consider this but just and reasonable as a part of the home Goveminent regime. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That it is the sense of this resolution that the term "bona fide resident" means only actual residents of Alaska. whose residence does not depend upon political office and does not include persons who have left the Territory permanently and taken up their residence elsewhere. THOS.

GAFFNEY. Senator Millard introduced both resolutions in the Senate and they were passed unanimously and sent to the House where the last paragraph was added to No. 2. Representative Kelly, of Knik. introduced No.

1 in the House. The Senate convened at one o'clock thisafternoon and conflrtued the ap pointment of standing committees, made by President Hay. The first named in each instance is chairman of the committee named. The committees named are: 1. Banks and Banking; Corporations (including Municipali -Tripp, Sutherland and Freeding.

2. Transportation. Commerce and Navigation Millard. Tanner and Sutherland. 3.

-Finance and Contingent Expenses; Printing Freeding, Tanner and Roden. Election Laws and Tripp and Bruner. 5. -Engrossment and Enrollment Tanner. Bruner and Roden.

6. Fish. Game and Tanner and Millard. 7. Education.

Public Health. Quarantine and Freeding and Tanner. Judiciary and Federal Relations Roden. Bruner and Sutherland. 9.

-Labor. Capital and Immigration Roden. Freeding and Millard. and Manufactures Millard. Sutherland and Tripp.

11. Revenue and Roden and Tripp. and Bruner and Tanner. Roden and Mil- lard. The committee on committees reports as follows: Standing committees of the House selected in accordance with the resolution creating a committee ou committees is as follows: Banking and Corpora tious, including chairman: Aldrich, Kennedy, Gray, Ingersoll.

Kelly and Shoup. 2. -Transportation, Commerce and chairman: Driscoll. Aldrich. Gaffney and Burns.

and Means uiul Contingent Expenses? Kelly, chairman; Boyle Svindsoth, Shoup, Burns. Driscoll and I Kennedy. Election Laws and chairman; Stubbins. Ingeram. Shoup and Gray.

Engrossment and Enrollment Svindseth. chairman; Boyle, Shoup. Gray and Kennedy. Fish Game and Agri chairman; Boyle. Shoup.

Gray and Kennedy. Public Health. Quarantine and chairman: Shoup and Ingram. 5. Judiciary and Federal Relations Shoup.

chairman; Ingersoll and Dris coll. 9. Labor, Capital and Immigration Gaffney, chairman; Svindseth. Kelly. Burns and Kennedy.

chairman: Shoup and Ingram. chairman: Ingersoll and Gaffney. and chairman: Burns. Kelly, Stubbins and Gray. and Manufactures? Kennedy, chairman: Burns, Kelly, Ingersoll and Jones.

14. -Rules Ingersoll, vhairman: Gaffney. Boyle and Svindseth. PROMINENT NOMEITE ARRIVES IN JUNEAU Hon. K.

Cirimm, of Nome, who came near winning a seat in the Alaska Legislature. is in Juneau on business matters. Crimm is engaged in beach mining at Nome and has recently perfected a thod of treating the magnetic sands that is said to be very successful. MAJOR CLUM IS IN NEW FIELD Clum. formerly postmaster of Fairbanks, has entered the newspaper game, according to a letter received last week by Peter Vachon.

The new enterprise of the is the Daily Adevertiser, a publication of a high standard, located at Clinton. Ia. The son of the former postmaster has worked on the paper, which boasts a circulation of 11,000 in a city of 25,000, and is to be a partner with his father in the new enterprise. The new firm will take over the busines this month. Phone your subscription to The Daily Empire.

Phone 3-7-4. NORTHWESTERN BRINGS MANY PASSENGERS The Northwestern arrived at six o'clock this morning bringing the following passengers for Juneau and a large list for the Westward and interior points: For F. Vinton, W. Y. Davie.

K. Keralle and wife, J. V. Cresto, C. Rehlgre, Mrs.

D. I. Chilson, I. Goldstein, H. Shattuck, J.

Sellen, E. Jacobsen, S. H. Swanson, H. Mil wee.

J. C. McBrlde, W. Burns, E. C.

Grimm, F. Graham, Mrs. M. Sarkkern, F. P.

Webb, J. W. Troy, A. H. Smith, Miss Frankis Smith, Miss C.

Johnson, Mrs. F. Hurley, Mrs. A. F.

Williams, E. D. Heffenstall, R. Ferguson, F. A.

Ritchie, C. Brown. H. Cleland, C. Hitsuda, H.

C. Bruckman, Sam Bornstein, W. Dickelmanv AD WOLGAST AND MURPHY TO FIGHT FRANCISCO. March 5. Ad Wolgast and Tommy Murphy have signed for another fight.

The battle will take place sometime in April on a day to be agreed upon. Phone your want ads to The Daily I Empire, phone 3-7-4. Gov. Clark Resigns Governor Clark yesterday forwarded his resignation to President Wilson to take effect at the convenience of the President. Today Governor Clark said that his plans were indefinite as to his future, but that it was very probable that on being relieved of his duties he and Clark will go to his old home in Windham County Connecticut.

DELEGATE IS TO SPEAK This afternoon Representative GalTney introduced a resoluition in the House to Invite the Senate to meet with the House in joint session for purpose of having Delegate Wickersham address the assembly. The resolution carried authority for the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate to invite Delegate Wickersham to address the joint meeting and to fix the date. BOUNDARY SURVEY PARTY GOING IN D. Eaton and party ot' ten men, who comprise the American Boundary Survey, now in Alaska for the purpose of completing the making of the boun- dary between Alaska and Yukon Territory, are aboard the Northwestern enroute to Cordova. They are accompanied also by Mussel and Kit-1 chie of the Canadian boundary Mr.

Eaton stated that it was their intention to start at the point where operation ceased last fall and work: along the 141st meridian toward Alt. St. Ellas. This, the distance of 95: miles along the meridian between Mt. Xaghat and Mt.

St. Ellas, is the last ling in the international boundary between Alaska and Canadian territory that remains to be permanently established physically by the erection of monumeuts. This country is very rugged and difficult to traverse. In fact up to last year it had never been explored and mapped, and was supposed to be all impregnable ice field. Last season Mr.

Eaton explored the country and found several valleys between the White river and Mt. St. Elias in which monuments could be placed. The party will now go in and properly mark and monument the unfinished survey. The Canadian government will also send a party to the White river valley to work in conjunction with the American party on the Chitina valley side.

An attempt will be made to climb some of the highest peaks which reach an altitude of 16,000 to 17.000 feet. The photo-topographic process will be utilized. Pictures from the summits of high mountains and connection made by triangulation from which the maps are made, it being impractical owing to the physical condition of the country to do it any other way. ADAM AND EVE ARE CALLED EAKIRS CHICAGO, March William Duncan McMillan of the University of Chicago astonished his class today by whacking Adam and Eve as fakes. "Bibical chroniclers arranged the story of Adam and Eve from folk lore to explain the origin of man," he said.

"There can be no doubt that Adam land Eve and their tempter, the serpent. never actually existed. The story cannot be considered anything but a myth, evolved by the ancients to account for the presence of humans upon earth. The universally credited theory of evolution smashes the one-manand-one-woman story. There never was a first man or a first woman.

"If Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden six thousand years ago and light travels at the rate of 186.000 miles per second, with out present-day powerful microscopic lenses we should still be able to see them in Paradise." SEATTLE BOY'S CURIOUS DEATH SEATTLE. March Thrasher, aged fourteen, of North Bend, King County, died in a curious manner at his home yesterday. His head became entangled in a roller towell and he strangled to death. Wilson Names Cabinet i and Smashes Precedents WASHINGTON, March Wilson today sent the names ol' his Cabinet appointments to the Senate. There was no change from the list as announced Tuesday.

The first Cabinet meeting was held today. Brushing! aside all red tape and precedent, a Cab-j lnet session was held before the names of the members were sent to the Sne-1 at. At the Cabinet meeting President Wilson unnounced that the heads of the various departments would be permitted to dispose of the patronage unhindered by the executive. President Wilson also abolished the unwritten law that has been religiously observed at Washington for several generations which forbids the President from being quoted directly. (Words of Wisdom from I President Wilson's Speech I I I WASHINGTON, March his inaugural address yesterday President Wilson said, in part: "This is not a day of triumph; it is a day of dedication.

Here are mustered not the forces of party, but the forces of humanity. Men's hearts wait upon us; men's lives hang in the balance; men's hopes call upon us, and say what we will, or do what we shall, we must live up to this great trust, and who dares fail to try? "I summon all honest men, all patriotic men, forward to my side, and, God helping me, I will not fail them if they will but counsel and sustain me." Alaska's Delegate Arrives in Juneauj The Hon. James Wickersham, Alas-, ka's delegate to Congress, arrived in Juneau on the Northwestern this morn-, ins and will be here for some time. "In the matter of coal lands, railroads and fisheries," said the Delegate, "I want the Legislature to help me, and this is the principal purpose of my present visit to Juneau. While these subjects are exclusively within the jurisdiction of Congress, Congress I will pay a gerat deal of attention to the judgment and opinion of the Legislature of Alaska, as expressed in memorials and 1 am anxious to have the Legislature help me in these matters.

"On a matter of local interest I will say that 1 want to consult with the committee having in charge the matter of reclaiming the tide lands of Juneau. Juneau can be made into the most beautiful city in the North, if its eiitzens will awake and secure an extension of the present limits over the tide lands. I hope to be able to assist them in this work for 1 am interested in building the great Capital City here. I hope to get such an arrangement, that the matter can be taken up, and with the city permitted to grow as it must, if it is to be worthy of remaining the capital of Alaska." DEMOCRATS ARE IN FULL CONTROL WASHINGTON, March 5. Both branches of Congress passed into the i control of the Democratic party yesterday for the first time in eighteen years, Members of both houses are caucusing today over plans of organization and 1 the work of the coming special session of Congress.

There will be a complete reorganization of the Senate involving all the oilicers of that chamber, and the great increase in the Democratic membership of the house will necessitate many changes in the committee assignments. I SEATTLE RE-ELECTS TWO COUCILMEN SEATTLE, March 5. Thomas A. Parish, Austin E. Griffiths and Charles A.

Marble were the successful candidates for city councilmen at yesterday's municipal election in this city. Griffiths and Marble were re-elected. Parish, who was a candidate for mayor a year ago, defeated E. L. Blaine, who was a candiate for the re-election to the council.

The other candidates were Ralph McAllaster and Norman B. Abrams. SAFETY PIN IN EGG ASHLAND, March County boasts a hen that gives premiums with herYreakfast food. Frank Reeh and Otto Hornburger weer taking breakfast together today, when Reeh cut open a hard-boiled Inside, firmly imbedded through both yolk and white, was a safety pin. Half of the egg, with the pin still in place, was retained, and is open for inspection by all doubters.

MANY PEOPLE PERISH TOKIO, March large number of people perished in a fire in the City of Numardz, which destroyed 2,000 homes and several government buildings. Subscribe for The Empire. TAET WILL REST IN GEORGIA STATE WASHINGTON, March Ident William Howard Taft loft Washington this morning for Augusta, wehere he will spend some time in getting a long-needed rest. Speaking, before his departure, the former President said: "I am now retiring to a pedestrian life." TAHOMA ADDED TO BERING SEA FLEET SEATTLE, March 5. The United States revenue cutter Tahoma has been assigned to duty with the Bering sea patrol for the coming season.

She has received orders to sail for the North April 20. REPUBLICAN MAKES WAY FOR DEMOCRAT HONOLULU, March 5. Robert Breckons, United States District Attorney for the Territory of Hawaii, this morning forwarded his resignation to President Wilson. A DECREASE IN MONEY ORDERS WASHINGTON. March to information given out by the postofiice authorities, the international money order department had a decrease in its business last year by more than $12,000,000.

This is accounted for because of the foreigners depositing their money in the Postal Saving Banks instead of sending it to the old country. Before the institution of the Postal Banks the foreigners had no faith in American bnnking houses and sent their money home to the old country. Immediately upon the innovation of the Postal Banks they started placing the savings with Uncle Sam, in whom they apparently had the greatest confidence. The Daily Empire delivered in Juneau, Douglas and Treadwell for $1.00 a month. American Ambassador to Mexico Resigns Post MEXICO CITY, March Henry l-ane Wilson forwarded his resignation as United States ambassador to Mexico, to President Wilson yesterday.

Ambassador Wilson is a citizen of the State of Washington and a brother of the late John Lockwood Wilson, former United States Senator from that State and owner of the Seattle I'ost Intelligence r. The State of Washington has an active candidate to succeed hint in the person of Dudley (I. Wooten, a Seattle lawyer and former Congressman from Dallas, Tex. DAME RUMOR SELECTS AMBASSADORS WASHINGTON, March 5. President Wilson says he has not yet decided upon whom he will name as ambassador to Great Britain or the other European courts.

However, it is stated upon reliable authority that Thomas Nelson Page, of Virginia, the author; William P. McCombs, of New York, chairman of the Democratic National Committee; Henry M. Morganthan, of New York, treasurer of the Democratic National Committee, and Frederick C. I'enfleld, of Philadelphia, one of the large contributors to the Wilson campaign fund, will be offered ambassadorships. LONDON PAYS TRIBUTE TO WILSON the London newspapers this morning pay tribute in the highest terms the lofty tone of the inaugural address of ('resident Wilson, though some of them express doubt that he will succeed in translating his precepts into actual practice.

PRESIDENT DISPOSES I OE SOME PLUMS WASHINGTON, March Wilson today appointed John H. Mar- hie, of California, as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, to succeed Franklin K. Lane, appointed to the Cabinet. It is reliably report- ed here that Louis I). Brandies will be appointed to succeed Edgar E.

Clark, of Iowa, as a member of the same commission. A NEW CABINET OFFICE IS CREATED 11 WASHINGTON, March Among the last acts of William II. Taft, be- for retiring from oflice were the sign- ing of the bill creating the new Cab- inet Department of Labor, reappoint- ment of Judge George Gray, as a i member of The Hague peace tribunal and the appointment of John Bassett i Moore to the same. MEXICAN SOLDIERS FIRE ON AMERICAN CAVALRY DOUGLAS, March Mexican federal soldiers opened lire today on an American cavalry patrol. The Americans replied with a machine gun and the Mexicans sought shelter.

ARE STAMPEDING FROM WRANGELL UP STIKINE Two communications from Tele-1 graph creek were received by citizens of Wrangell which conveys the information that the inhabitants of that place, both the natives and the white people are stampeding to some new diggings in that part of the country which lies beyond Dense lake in the direction of Teslin lake, and probably in the Nahlin river region. It is reported that a strike near Teslin lake, which several parties from Juneau together with "Skookutn Jim" of Klonddike fame, had reported that gold had been discovered on five different and that three hundred claims had already been staked. Teslin lake is about one hundred and thirty miles from Telegraph creek, and it is the presumption that the strike reported in Juneau ahd the one causing the stampede at Telegraph are one and the same. Monday a party of four men from Juneau landed at Wrangell with a complete outfit, dogs and all, and as soon as they were able to secure boats, they left for the Stikine river. The party was composed of Fred Crawford.

C. A. McClusky, A Marion and 1 Joe McNaut. Skookum Jim brought the news to Wrangell and left on the Curacao. 1 Some are Inclined to think that he has gone to notify his brother-in-law, Mr.

Comack. Skookum Jim has always main- 1 tained that he would never report anything unless he had another Klondike or better. NAVAL ACCIDENT KILLS SIXTY GERMANS BERLIN, March A torpedo boat ittached to the German North Sea Meet was rammed last night by the Jermati cruiser Voerck and quickly sank. Sixty members of the ollicers tnd men of the torpedo boat were irowned before aid could be rendered them. UNCLE SAM GETS SOME PIN MONEY WASHINGTON.

March The Chicago packers compromised with the United States government for taxes Jue on colored oleomargarine? sold as incolored by the payment of Hie government claimed $1,000,000. The negotiations for the "government were conducted by former Secretary of he Terasury Franklin MacVeagh, ami he compromise agreed upon before his retirement. MEW YORK CENTRAL PAYS A BIG FINE BUFFALO, N. March New York Central Railway today paid a tine of $30,000 for its failure to publish its rates and comply with other requirements of the Interstate Commerce Commission regulations. INSURGENTS WOULD QUIT FOR CASH MEXICO CITY, March Orozco, one of the strangest of Mexico's insurgent leaders, acting through Tose Cordova, has asked the Mexican government for 2,500.000 pesos as the price of peace in Northern Mexico.

Major Cardenas, who was in charge of the escort to former President Madero at the time he was killed, lias been promoted to the'ran kof major in the regular army. RED MEN MUST WAIT FOR MONEY WASHINGTON, March Indian civil bill failed to pass before the adjournment of Congress. It will be considered by the new Congress at the special session. SEATTLE LAWYER DIES. SEATTLE.

March H. Knapp, a well known lawyer of this city, died here yesterday. HOBSON IS PIQUED AT SUFFRAGETTES WASHINGTON, March Richmond P. Hobson announced today that he will at the extra session ask for an Investigation nf the Washington city police department for permitting the suffragette parade at the national capital. He characterizes the parade as outrag 30U8.

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