Valdez daily prospector., June 27, 1913, Image 1

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VOL. 9. "° 220
MANN ROASTS
TRE PRESIDENT
Paste Ignominy on McNab, Who
Trying to Do Duty—Ask Con
gressional Investigation
Washington, D. C., June 27.—
Minority Floor Leader Mann, in
a speech today in the! Mouse of
Representatives, declared that
Special Prosecutor McNab has
forced the president and I he at
torney general to eat their words
in reference to the prosecution of
wealthy criminals in San 1* ran
cisco sonic of whom arc charged
With’violating the Mann while
slave act. Roth.the president and
the head of the Department of
Justice, said Mann, had run from
the. issue like) a pair of frighten
ed rabbits, and had permitted
themselves to he used to prevent
the enforcement of a great mor
al reform for the protection of
pure womanhood.
In order to protect themselves,
they had, asserted the congress
man, pasted oil McNab a great
ignominy, although that official
was courageously doing his duly
ih endeavoring to prosecute tin*
white slaves and coal barons ot
San Francisco.
The minority leader demands
an investigation by congress in
to the dismissal of McNab and
also strongly denounced Immi
grant Agent Caininetti, recently
appointed b the president.
SETTLE STRIKE
West Virginia Executive Acting
as Mediator Between Operat
ors and the Unions.
•
('.harleslon. W. Va., June 27.
Governor Hatfield is acting as
mediator trying In settle Hie
st rike ordered by I lie coal miners
union to commence the lirst of
July: some 1,500 men are effected
by the strike order and il is fear
ed that unless a peaceful sell le
nient is made f hel miners will re
new fhe riots, which caused much
destruction of property and nec
essitated the calling out of the
state troops.
The governor has held confer
ences with both the strikers and
the union officials and has
threatened to'use all his power
as commander of the stale troops
ip protect property and prevent
disorder. «
Cutter Thetis at Seattle.
Seattle, June 27—The revenue
cutter Thetis, which has been or
dered to Alaska to take the float
ing court to the westward, reach
ed here today and after coaling
will proceed north.
WOMEN CAN VOTE
• IN ILLINOIS STATE
Springfield, HI., June 27._
Governor Dunne today signed Hie
women suffrage bill ' recently
passed by the legislature of this
state a few days before adjourn
ment. The law allows the women
to vote for school trustees now
and in three years they will be
given I he right to vote for all
civil officers.
Many husiiress men have re
quested Miss Wright, who is
holding nightly street revival
meetings on McKinley street, to
hold the meetings in front of
their places of business, as the
large nurriber of people who
nightly enjoy the meetings,
greatly aid business. Many men
who remain in their cabins, rare
ly spending any time on the
streets, come each evening and
listen to thj.words of good cheer
from the scripture! as given to
the people of Valdez by Miss
Wright and her co-workers. The
meetings held at the Congrega
tional church after the street
talks and singing are also large
ly attended and all are invited to
join.
Subscribe lor inj Prospeclor.
CAN’T TAKE LAND
TO NEXT WORLD
Duke of Sutherland Dies—Was
Largest Land Owner in Eu
rope Except Czar.
\
London, Juno 27.—The Duke
of Sutherland died here today af
ter a long illness. The Duke
was, next to the C/.ar of Russia,
the largest land owner in Europe,
owning a million and a half acres
of land in Scotland alone, and
also many large estates in Eng-j
land and in Ireland.
The funeral, which will he held
Monday, will be one of great
pomp and parade (and many
members of the royal family are
.expected to attend.
CHIU HOI;
SCORES DIE
1 «■ ■ —
Chicago, June .27.--Scores of
'people were sunslruck here yes-;
terilay and taken In the hospitals
for treatment and many of them
are not^expected to live.
The number of horses which
died from the effect of the he.
has run into the hundreds.
No promise of cooler weather
is held out by the weather bu
reau.
local brevities.
Eagle dance Saturday. Don't
miss it.
Mrs. Eddie Whittemore passed
through this morning on the Ala
meda for Seattle.
tier, a bicycle from Owen Meals
and enjoy your evenings, riding
out the government road.
The Grand Gamp of Arctic
Brotherhood will meet at Juneau
July 8th.
George Baldwin left on the
Alameda for Cordova and the
Mid her I.ode Mines on McCarty
creek.
FOR SALE—A new boy’s bicy
cle. Never been used. Inquire of
Owen E. Meals.
Segt. E. B. Barbee of the Sig
nal Corps ollice left on the Ala
meda for Seattle where he will
lake a position in the Seattle of
fice of the Signal Corps.
Mrs. J. F. Thmnas. a sister of
.Mrs. Leach, who has been visit
ing in Valdez the past six months,
left this morning on the Alameda
for her home in Montana.
Deputy Clerk of the Court Tom
Scott has made a complete in
{dex of the laws passed at Hie re
. cent legislative session at Ju
neau.
The standard make of wheels,
at Owen Meals, the Valdez bicy
cle agent for the Columbia, Ram
bler, Pope "Daily Service,” Cleve
land and ol(ier standard makes.
Mrs. F. Von Schrader, mother
of Dr. \’on Schrader of Fori Lis
cum, left this morning for Cal
ifornia. after a three weeks visit
with her son, post surgeon across
the bay.
E. It. Dickerson, who was in
charge of the Midas mine the past’
few weeks, left on the Alameda
for Juneau to work for ttye Alas
ka Syndicate ill Southeastern
Alaska. lie is accompanied by
his wife.
Twelve Cordova citizens have
organized the Cordova Rod and
Gun club. .The officers are:
President, Dr. \V. \V. Council;
secretary-treasurtr, E. J. Davis;
executive committee, Dr. Council,
Malcom rBock and Dr. C. E. Hale.
The Valdez Dock pile drver,
which has been used by the1 road
commission to repair the break
•in'the wagon road a few miles
'from town, .was returned to the
dock yesterday on the four-horse
rig of the commissionfs. The
work of repairing the break was
a matter of but a few days.
The men who have been work
ing on the Midas property return
ed to town last night, as all work
has stopped until an agreement
can be reached between the pres
ent owners and the Alaska Syn
dicate, which is dojng the work
of development, but who insist
on an extension of time, which
the! owners have not decided they
will grant.
President Recalls Chitina Man’s
Nomination as Marshal of
the Third Division.
i
Washington, I). C., June 27.
President Wilson sent to ttie
Senate today and recalled the
name of Edward Exuin, whom lie
had nominated as marshal of the
Third division of A(aska4 No
name was sent in in place of Ex
lllll'S,
The Prospector received the
above dispatch just a few min
utes too late to print in yester
day’s paper, hut as the people of
this town were greatly interest
ed in the appointment of a mar
shal, the news was immediately
bulletined about town.
Exum's name was sent to the
Senate May 20th, hul wires were
sent to the judiciary commit lee
immediately asking that confir
mation be withheld until proof of
Exum’s fitness could be sent to
Washington. Court records were
then sent to Washington show
ing that Exum had sworn that
a Mr. Robinson and himself had
entered into an agreement In own
and rent crib houses at Chitina,
and tie set. that fact, up as a de
fense in the*suit brought by Rob
inson'to recover $500 he declared
he had loaned Exum. These facts
were laid before Ihd president
and he has withdrawn the name
from the Senate and will name
some one-else for the position.
START BUILD NULL
ON GOIO KING
Telephone Line Already Built
From Beach to Kline—Mill
Site Cleared A-.vay.
Charles Crawford, superintend
ent of I lie Cold King mine, has
cleared away the site for the mill
and other buildings needed on
the property and the work of
construction starts tomorrow
morning, when additional car
penters and helpers will leave
Valdez for the mine.
The work of sinking on the
rich lead has also been started
and as far as the shaft has gone
the ore continues both its width
and richness and the mill, when
erected, will have Ions and tons
of high grade rock to mill and
more will be sloped out ready for
breaking.
The Cold King company has
had constructed a telephone line
from the Slump bay camp at the
landing to the mine, a distance
of seven miles and it has been
found a great convenience. It is
hoped soon to extend this line to
Valdez, as the amount of busi
ness done in the Shoup bay sec
tion will soon justify the expense
of construction and maintenance.
STAR EDITOR
TR|ED LOOSE
Seattle, June 27—The charge
of criminal libel against the edi
tor of the Star was thrown out
of court yesterday by the trial
judge, who claimed that no con
viction could lie against the edi
tor of the evening paper.
CHANGING TIMES *
(MING NSW THINGS
Down at the Douglas opera
house, where once all was bustle
and life, peace reigns. The yell of
the chief herded', the rattle of
chips and the merry laugh of
the lassies*, is beard no more. All
is changed. \Vhei“e once the stage
rattled and shook beneath the
feet of a buck and wing dancer,
a sober, six-hole range softly
smokes. It is now only a quiet,
peaceable hotel with a dining
room ip connection. As in days
gone by, drinks may be had at
the bar. The old opera house has
changed with the times. Form
erly no one wanted to sleep, and
the noise made it impossible.
Now it is so quie^ you feel sleepy
when.ydu enter the door.—Doug
las News.
mis Dull "
FROM FRUIT LANDS
Citizens of Hemet Drive Fruit
Pickers Awajt—Japanese of
Los Angeles Protest.
Hemet, Cal., June 27.—The cit
izens of this town yesterday drove
oul all the Korean fruit pickers
and made them take to I he road,
threatening to kill any who re
mained in the city or near this
section. The Koreans moved and
kept moving.
J.os Angeles. June 27.--The Ja
panese of this city, when they
heard of the action of the cili
zens of Hemet in driving out the
Koreans from the fruit Helds in
that section, were greatly excit
ed and have entered a protect, to
the Japanese ambassador and de
mand the protection of the gov
ernment he given to Koreans who
are under Japanese control.
NORTHWESTERN REACHES
THE SPIRIT CITY
Seattle, Jumj 27.—The North
western reached here today from
the north with a large number of
passengers from Skagway, many
of whom had come up the Yukon
to Whitehorse and over the road
to Skagway.
I,. L. Middleoamp and wife left
on the Alameda for Seattle to
spend a few weeks with Mrs. Fred
M. Brown.
FIRE ns
NEED SKIN
Seventy-two Patients in Buffalo
Hospitals Need Cuticle From
Three Hundred People.
Buffalo, June 27.—A call for
llflii volunteers has been issued
by the doctors at the local hos
pitals. The volunteers are to al
low flic surgeons to take enough
skin for the 72 victims of the re
cent explosion at the local mill
ing company plant.
Skin grafting will have to be
resorted to in order to cure the
injured workers, who were burn
ed when I he explosion of wheat
dust set the mill on lire and tore
the building to pieces, killing
outright four of the employes and
so badly burning the rest that
several have since died.
Only a small part of the skin
Of any one person can be taken
for use of another and 300 men
or women will be needed to se
cure enough skin for the 72 vic
tor:*. who suffered greatly from
the burns received at the explo
sion.
Sandy Carson left this morn
ing on tin.* Alameda.
SELL ALASKA FURS
AT TACOMA SALE
Tacoma, June 27.'—The sale
here yesterday of Alaska furs
brought §10,000, mink sold at an
average of §5.50 a piece; §110
worth of otter were sold and one
silver grey fox, which brought
§■440.
ALAMEDA COMES
AND SAILS SOUTH
The.,Alameda arrived here at
3:30 this morning and left at 4 :30
for Seattle and way ports, taking
a few passengers froth here. The
south bound list included:
E. E. Hammond, B. A. Chap
pell, Mrs. A. Thomas. E. B. Bar
bee, J. Mackay, F. S(?ott, J. Shap
enaer. For jCordova: ’ A. Shy
man and G. E, Baldwin.
brtkw Junior Seward.
Judge F. M. Brown has named
Charles Kraemer a special jury
commissioner, who,., with the
clerk.qf the court, will draw from
a box containing 30(> names, 24
jurors to serve on the petit jury
at the Seward term of court to
he held at-the westward city, Sep
tember 22nd. The drawing will
take place Saturday, July 12th.
SENATE REFUSES
VOTE RAILROADS
Vice President Decides on Point
of Order Against Senator
Chamberlain.
Washington, D. 0., June 27 —
Senator Chamberlain, who is
trying to have the Senate take
some action on the Alaska rail
road bill, failed yesterday when
he moved to. vote on the railroad
measure introduced by the Ter
ritories committee.
The vice-president ruled the
motion to vote out of order, when
its legality was questioned by one
of the senators who are opposed
to the government ownership of
railroads.
NEW YORK JUDGE
GO TO GERMANY
Washington, 1>. C., June 27.—
('resilient Wilson sent I he name
of Justice James W. Gerard, of
New York, for Iconfirmaluon as
American ambassador In Ger
many.
Justice Geraid is a member of
tlie Supreme Court bench of ttie
state) of New York and has serv
ed since 14)08. 11 is term did not
expire until 1921.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Patlie Weekly at the Orpheum.
Jack Hanson, the Reaver Dam
'Kid ,is in town from the road
house.
How a letter travels in ('.mitral
Africa is one of the best lilms at
I he Orpheum tonight.
Jim Wilson has taken some
horses across the bay to do some!
hauling in the basin.
Phil. Smith, of the (irr stage
line, arrived in Valdez this morn
ing from the interior.
The gentlemen barbers have
had a nice new front placed in
I lie old Sideboard building.
———
Mrs. Weeks and Mrs. Rlum and
children made a trip out the gov
ernment road this morning.
Matinee tomorrow afternoon
at the Orpheum. A line selection
of lilms to interest the children.
K. !>’. Hammond, of the dia
mond drill crew of the Midas,
left for the outside on the Ala
meda.
The sewer contractors have
commenced the work on the lai
eral in the alley behind the Seat
tle hotel.
The big granite rock for the
rock drilling contest on the 4th
iof July was brought to town this
morning.
Joe Stanton, the mail carrier,
'brought in the interior mail at 2
this afternoon. He reports the
trail as in fine condition.
Todd Date, who has been in
charge of the work on the gov
ernment bridge repair crew, re
turned to Valdez, with his crew
last night.
MINERS READY FOR
DRILLING CONTEST
A prize of $250 will be given
to the winners in the two-man
drilling contest on the Fourth
and a prize of $75 will be given
to the best sigle jackcr. The
boys are working on the differ
ent propertes to get the training.
It is expected that several teams
from thet Cliff will enter the eon
teht, some from the Gold King
and the Cameron-Johnson, also
a few teams from the Port Wjells
section.
Ixtraordlnary Fine Pictures.
All the pictures tonight at the
Ospheum are good ones and are
'extremely interesting.
How a letter travels from the
great lakes of Celntral Africa to
1 civilization.
Pathe Weekly, France, Eng- !
land, Germany, Australia, etc.
Political Kidnapping, exciting '
political story.
A .Burglar’s Weird Reception,
another scream trick comedy.
Another good change Saturday
with matinee.
Change of program tomorrow
even in.
For bicycle repair work, call
on Owen Meals.
MIME FOXES
E ESCUPE?
Were Purchased iy Bert Skinner
of John Paulson at Gokona
—Cosi $3,000.
Two foxes, one a large female
silver grey and the other a pup
of the1 same persuasion, escaped
from the br.v creek corral after
Bert Skinner, the live fox buyer,
had paid $3,(100 for the two ani
mals, of which he paid $900
down June 51 h, and agreed to
pay the balance as soon as tie
could communicate with his prin
cipals.
The two foxes escaped June
22nd from I he pen at bry creek
and now John Paulson, who sold
the foxes to Skinner, is wonder
ing if he can compel Skinner to
pay the $2,loo still due, or
whether he nuisl blow back with
tint $9oo. The foxes had been
left at bry creek in care of (ieo.
Ilorcr. who has a fox ranch at
that place.
Skinner has been very unfor
tunate with his pureascs this
season, a large black fox he pur
chased at Fairbanks, which cost
him $3,000, escaped, a live mar
lin, which lie had at the Buffet,
also escaped, climbed a tree and
was shot, and now I he two pur
chased from Paulson make their
getaway and another $900 and
possibly $3,000 disappeared in
the Alaska wilds.
The foxes were to he used for
breeding purposes.
CONGRESSMEN DID
NOE WMIE DRAFT
They Tell Committee That It Was
Someone Else Who Telephon
ed to President Lovett.
Washington. l>. ('... .June ,'7_
Hepresenlal ive Palmer, of Penn
sylvania, erealeii a sensation to
day when lie was called before the
Senate lobby probing committee
and Iesl ilied I lull some one im
personating bint bail freipiently
called lip Altnrney l.edyard, who
represent- large Wall street in
terests al Washington and prom
ised lo prevent a congressional
probe into unfavorable legisla
tion.
Palmer denied any knowledge
of who it was who promised such
protection lo the interests.
Attorney Paulherhaek appear
ed before Hie committee, claim
ing to represent a number of
congressmen whose names had
been drawn into the controversy.
Soldon teslilied that be had
never telephoned lo President
Lovett of the Harriman lines, al
though the railroad head had
stated yesterday that someone
representing himself as Soldon
had done so.
sale"tomorrow
OF TOWN LOTS
- .t. -fit?-. \
Town Trustee W. H. Crary wH
sell tomorrow all lots upon which
Hie assessment for cost of pat
ent has not heen paid. The sale
will be held al the court room at
HO o’clock. The V. M. C. A. lot
near the) tire hall is one of those
advertised for sale, as the trus
tees have not made the neces
sary payment, but it is expected
that some of the business men,
to whom Trustee Crary has call
ed attention of the possible loss
of the lot unless something is
done, may make the necessary
payment.
The lot on Wall street near the
Bunnell office will also be sold,
as the department has ruled that
the land is not necessary for
street purposes.
In all 150 lots, some of them
with small cabins, will be sold
tomorrow, all within the dike.
Many more outside the dike will
be sold, hut as fluty are worth
less they will not bring much.
Jas. McKenna and B. A. Chap
le, who had charge of the dia
mond drill work in Solomon ba
sin, have gone to the Ellamar
inline to continue drill work in the
Middtecainp mine.