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_ VALDEZ, ALASKA THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1913. NO. 76.
VOL 9.
SEDATE GRILLS
JUDGE ARCHBALD
Members Claim He Rendered De
cision Without Giving Oth
er Side a Chance.
Washington, L). C., Jan. 9.
Judge Archbald was grilled for
an hour in the Senate regarding
his writing to Attorney Hume, of
Louisville, regarding the judge’s
opinion in the Nashville case. It
was argued that his court, in
rendering a decision favorable to
the road, did so without giving
the other side a chance.
It is expected the Senate will
render a decision in the impeach
ment case this week.
THE 1ST
HAS DOUBTS
Will Inquire Into Seriousness of
I
Rockefeller’s Alleged Illness
by Examination.
Washington, D■ (•-, Jan. ‘J.—
Ity a decision arrived at the Sen
ate lias agreed to employ a throat
specialist to examine William
Rockefeller to determine whether
the claim oC.hig. physician that to
Compel Mr. Rockefeller. to. cortir
to Washington and testify be
fore the Pujo committee would
endanger his life, was a fad or
an excuse.
IlMIM
III 60LDE1M.E
Pretty Dick Son-A-Wah, Anoth
er Indian, is Held for
the Crime.
(joldeudale, Wash., Jail. 9.—
City and county officials arc to
day investigating the brutal mur
der of Boh Charley, an Indian
resident near here, whose body,
hacked to pieces, was found on a
public highway.
Pretty Dick Sou-A-Wall is
lodged in the county jail, charg
ed with Charley s murder, as lie
was the last man seen wiilli the
dead Indian.
The home of file taller was
found burned and as all his ci'_
feels were found missing, ii is
supposed that’ robbery prompted
the crime.
Uses Force to Collect Bill.
San ..Ian. 9.—De
manding money due him and be
ing informed that he would gel
it in the morning, William Bar
ry. a bartender in the employ of
peter (ireenwald, became abusive
and when threatened with ejec
tion. drew a revolver and shot
(ireenwald dead. Barry is in the
city prison charged with murder.
Owing to the inclemency of the
weather, the wedding and other
unforsecn mishaps, the town
members of the Spanish-Ainerl
can War Veterans were unable to
attend their stated meeting at the
post last evening.
Don't miss 1 lie movies tonight
at the Orphcum.
r. .ientle Horse anu comfortable
cutter for icnl ny (lay or hour.
Rale reasonable. Apply Fred.
FDIi. phone r,7. — . ■■ ,
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ELECTRIC LINE
ACROSS CONIINENT
The Chicago A Milwaukee is Be*?
ginning to Electrify Its
Transcontinental Line.
Washington, I>. A'-.., Jan. i).—
The Interior Department has is
sued an order authorizing the
Great Falls Power company, of
Montana, to transmit power from
the public domain to all points,
thus enabling the Chicago & Mil
waukee to electrify its main
transcontinental line for a dis
tance of i50.miles, between llar
lowlon. Montana, amt Avery, Ida
ho.
This will be the ties) link in
what will he an electrified trans
continental system. *
IT is mTto
CORNER FOODSTUFF
Supreme Court Holds It is Crimi
nal to Corner Foodstuffs
Cotton Corner lllegel.
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Washington, 1). C., Jgn. It.
The Supreme Court in a decision
upholds (he indictments against
Patten ets al. four corneringg the
$ofptrm market Tif violation ' of the
Sherman act, also holding that it
was illegal to corner foodstuffs.
The decision gives great pleas
ure lo Hie Department of Jus
tice.
:
Feared That Boy Who is Heir to
Hundred Thousand Dollars
Has Been Kidnapped.
•
Seattle, Jan. it.--Shirley Guy
Elen, a young hov, heir to one
hundred thousand dollars, has
! disappeared from home. His
| nudher sought the aid of the po
lice to obtain some clue of the
i boy's whereabouts, fearing that
I be lias been kidnapped by persons
interested in breaking his graml
i father’s will.
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I DAWSON PIONEER
GOES BEYOND
j Koseburg, Ore., Jan. ll.—Eor
I enzo Carle, a Dawson pioneer,
| died here al the age of (53 years.
■ i|,» leaves an estate estimated al
| *50.nno.
Notice
| During the winter season the
j town ordinance forbidding live
'stock to run at large in the
j si reels of Valdez will be strictly
: enforced.
j Residents are also forbidden to
throw ashes or cinders upon the
sled roads and foot trails of the
j town, and persons making such
deposits will be charged with
(Committing a nuisance.
It is requested that residents
iof the Reservation also refrain
! from depositing ashes or cinders
upon sled roads and foot trails,
k 1-10 E. E. Ritchie, Mayor
Hill, the garlic-eater, said he
would be there if the doorkeep
er will let him,,in--Saturday night
— Eagles dance.
SNOW BLOCKS
ALL TRAFFIC
I
Three Transcontinental Lines Are
Blocked by Snowslides—
Crews Buried in Slides.
Seattle, Jan. 9—The service
on three of the transcontinental
lines is wholly demoralized ow
ing to continued snow slides, the
Northern Pacific being the only
line open to traffic.
A crew on a rotary near Lacon
ia were buried for twelve hours,
being finally rescued from their
perilous position by a relief
force. A slide near Tyco killed
one railroader and buried five,
who were later rescued by a large
gang working with shovels. This
'is proving the most severe win
jler to the railroads known since
! railroading began in Ibis ser
{lion.
DISASTRatisWREGK
NEAR ASTORIA
i
_:
Steamship Ronseorans Strikes
Reef and Goes Down With
Crew of Thirty-three.
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Astoria, Jail. 8.—The associal- |
>ed -OH company's steamer- Rose*'
crans. of 2,976 gross tonnage,
was wrecked on Peacock reef
yesterday during a terrific gate.
Thirty-one of her ci-'w of 33
men were drowned. Two men
managed to make to the rigging,
where they clung while the life
savers battled against the low
ering waves in an effort to reach
the wrecked ship.
Three times the life saving
crew launched their boat and
tried to stem the sea, but were
each time driven back, being un
able to breast the tremendous
breakers rolling in. Attempts to
reach the ship, which lies about
two and a half miles from shore,
were made until night came on.
Without doubt the two men now
clinggiug to the rigging have suc
cumbed to the cold wind and the
battering seas and have joined
I heir mates.
The Ros'ecrans carried a car
go valued at $200,000. The Rose
erans was built in Glasgow, Scot
land, in 1887 and was subse
quently purchased by the-Unti
ed Stales and placed in the trans
port service during and after the
Spanish-American waV, after
wards being sold into I lie mer
chant marine.
i
i Astoria. Jan. 9.—Tlte gale.
| which has been blowing at the
rate of (50 miles an hour, has
abated somewhat and the life
savers have succeeded in reach
ing three of the thirty members
of the crew, who will be saved.
They say the captain lost his
bearings in the heavy mist pre
vailing. Many of the bodies of
the drowned sailors are being
I washed ashore. The beach is be
ing patrolled and the bodies pre
| pared for burial.
Old Veteran Dies on Desert.
El Centro. Cal., Jan. 9.—Dead
from thirst, the body of John
Mitchell, formerly an inmate of
the national soldiers home at
Sawtelle, Cal., was found on the
desert 30 miles northeast of
Bradley, according to word re
ceived here today. The1 body was
located eight, miles from water.
Don’t forget to attend the first
of the Eagles series of semi
monthly dances next Saturday.
Don’t miss the movies tuuight
at the Orpheum. '
6000 RETURNS
TEIKHELL CLAIMS
The Quell. Group Near Teikhell
, May be Bonded for Two Hun
dred Fifty Thousand
A leter received from Charles
H. Wetzler in Seattle states that
5,774 pounds of ore taken from
the Quail group of claims, 21 in
dumber, on Quartz creek in the
Teikhell section, went $55.62
base and $64.66 free miling at
the Tacoma Smelter, concentrates
Running $509.88. The letter was
written to Mr. Peter Leighton,
who is asociated with and located
the claims with Mr. Wetzler last
September. Mr. Wetzler writes
that he has a party who wishes
to bond the claims for $250,000
jpaying ten per cent, down, subse
quent payments running over a
period of two years.
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FIRST BLOOD
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Democrats Indorse him for Judge
and Whittlesey and Dowling
District Attorney, Marshal
,Tho, jnemburs of the divisional
tWTWm Ih'D errmHiittrrr rect TotWt-1
day night in the office of C. K.
Bunnell and after a little talk and
some disagreements indorsed
John V. Ostrander of Cordova for
Judge, Wil'iam Whitlesey to have
(lie berth now held by Judge Wal
ker, and Al. Dowling In smvend
Harvey Sullivan.
President Wilson will lie asked
lo make the above appointments
as soon as lie takes olllee after
the fourth of March.
Six democrats were at the meet
ing, Shaw of Seward, who is a
member of tin* division commit
tee, was represented by Tony Di
liioiul of Donohue & Ostrander's
office. Donohue of tin* same of
fice liehl the proxy of Lnnny
Price of Cordova, A. J. Meals had
tile proxy of Smith of Cordova,
Dowling was there in person and
0. K. Bunnell represented Charles
Hand, president of the committee.
William Fursman of Cordova vo
ted in the place of F.xum of Chil
ian.
I’ll.' decision lo support Ds_
Irander was not unanimous hut
passed with a majority vote.
It is understood that, the slate as
prepared will meet with consid
erable opposition from 1mlli the
members of the territorial com
mitter. who are pledged lo sup
poet Fred Brown.
Jos. Murray, attorney for Elia
Ivanagin. charged ith giving li
ifuor tn natives, aftiM' two .ju
ries had disagreed, entered a plea
of guilty for his client this morn
ing. Judge Lyons immediately
sentenced the prisoner to twenty
days in jail. The court took oc
casion to say that these Aleuts
vere not citizens within the mean
ing of the act, and that the mere
fact that they had voted on oc
casion was no indication of their
citizenship. The next case to
he tried will lie the limber depre
dation case from the westward.
The jury in the case against
(tus lloghloom returned a ver
dict last night of guilty with a
recommendation of mercy. The
jury stood ten to two for con
viction but after a few ballots
reached a verdict and were dis
charged by"the court.
The freighter Cordova has
sailed for Ihe westward... On her
return .*he will load ore at La
louche, Ellamar and'Cordova.
GUARDING PLANS
PANAMA FORTS
Photographs of Canal Fortifica
tions Are Barred by Col.
Qoethals.
Washington, L). C., Jan. 9.—
All photographers are today bar
red from the vicinity of the for
tifications being erected at Toro
point. Marguerite island and the
islands in Panama bay, follow
ing an issuance of an order by
Col. (loethals, chairman of the
canal commission.
The measure is taken as a
precaution against possible mil
itary adversaries becoming fam
iliar with the plans of the for
tifications.
FIVE KILLED,
MANY INJURED
Train Leaves Track on “Big
Four,” Killing Five and Injur
ing Forty Passengers.
Lafayete, Ind., Jan. 9.—The
fast passenger, No. 15, en route
from Cincinnati to Chicago, left
the rails on a sharp curve while
!ft reveling^ atr* h igU rate ol speed,
killing five and injuring forty
passengers. Surgeons were
rushed from the neighboring
towns to give aid to the suffer
ers.
FILEB0N05F0R
THE CONVICTS
San Francisco Parties File Large
Bonds for Release ofTveit
moe and Clancy.
San Francisco, Jan. it.-Friends
and leaders of the local build
ers council have tiled bonds in
the sum of two hundred and forty
thousand dollars for the release
of Tveitmoe and Clancy from
Leavenworth prison, where they
are now confined, pending an ap
peal of their cases to a higher
court.
TWO BAD MEN
ARE CAPTURED
Chicago. Jan. t>.—Two would
be “bad men." arrested in Kenil
worth have been returned to
their parents. Michael Barber,
who is ten years old, and John
Chiollak, who is 11, both living
at 1557 Fullerton avenue, "took"
a pony and wagogn and, accord
ing to their story, “started for
Montana, armed to the teeth."
They were passing through Ken
ilworth. when a policeman hailed
them. They lied into a thicket,
but were caught. They had
loaves of bread.
Percy Charles, chief depulj in
ilie Fairbanks marshal's office,
came over from Cordova on the
steamer of mat name and will
go over the trail for his home
by the McIntosh stages.
The Alaskan Order of Moose
will hold a smoker lonighl for
the members and their friends.
Informal talks on Alaskan affairs
will lie made by those called up
im.
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IN CONTEMPT
FOB REFUSAL
To Qive Name of Firm Member
Who Made Big Deal in Oil—
He Will Have to Talk.
Washington, L>. C., Jan. 9.—
George Henry, a member of the
banking house of Solomon & Co.,
of New York, was adjudged in
contempt of the Pujo committee,
probing the money trust, in re
fusing; to give the name of the
member of the firm who floated
the California Petroleum com
pany, clearing a half million dol
lars in the enterprise. The com
mittee are determined to compel
Henry to testify.
makesIghT
ON PRINCIPLE
Gov. Wilson Opposes Personal
Friend on Account of Bad Con
nections Behind Him.
Trivnlcm, X. J., Jan. n.-.Presi
dent-elccl Wilson is actively
campaigning in the ini.nest >>l
Grosscup, state chairman of
the Democratic committee, and
against Edward Edwards, vdio is
! a personal friend of the. go *pr- .
jnor. Wilson believes that the
latter's backing and political eop
' need ions are del rimenial lo the.
office of slate treasurer.
ONE WEEK
BOTTOM WELL
Two Men Imprisoned at Bottom
of 76-Foot Well Without
Food for Six Days.
Munis. Ore., Jan. !>.— Prison
ers at the bottom of a 75-foot,
well for six days without food,
ami one of them breaking both
legs by the fall into I In* well, Rob
ert Koont/.. :t.i. ami Win. Carroll.
•Jti, homesteaders, an* today re
covering frooi<«t heir harrowing
experience.
Koont/ had let himself down
|o the bottom of the well with
tools to aid in deepening the
same. Carmll followed, but when
In- was 15 feel from tin* surface
llu* windlass broke. He fell to the
bottom, breaking both legs.
()n one occasion Koont/climb
ed up the sheer sides of the well
by digging notches with his
hands, but slipped and fell to the
bottom when within -’ll feet of the
top, sustaining painful hurls.
A teamster finally heard their
shouts and let the end of the
windlass rope down to them. Both
men were near death from ex
haustion.
BAPTIST PREACHER
ROBS A GRAVE
I’oteau. Okla., Jan. W.
Adkins, a Baptist preacher, was
convicted here on the charge of
robbing the grave of Wiley Kin
cade, a wealthy Indian, who was
buried near Brazil, Okla., more
than 50 years ago. It is said that
a large amount of money was
buried with Kincadc’s body in ac
cordance with a custom.
The steamer .Northwestern will
grriv • here early in the morning
south bound.