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VOL. 9. VALDEZ, ALA8KA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1913.' HO. 302. MIDAS MINE SOLD FOR SPOT CASH HERMAN OELRICHS GIRL'S MURDERER Another of the Young Idle Rich of New York in the Toils of the Law. .New York. Oct. —Herman Oelrichs, son 'of the millionaire shipping' merchant, who died sev eral years ago, and whose moth er is one of I he society leaders of the city, has been arrested for stabbing l.ucille Supleton, while I hey were out riding in an auto mobile. Olerirhs had been go ing under the alias of William Craighorn. claiming to be a stu dent at Columbia college. Oelrichs attempted to see the wounded girl at the hospital and concealed himself where he could hear her confession Lo the police when told by the physicians that she could not recover from her wounds. After the girl’s confes sion the attempted murderer gave himself up to the police and ad mitted that he had been going under the alias of Craighorn and that the companion who was with him in the auto when lie stabbed the girl, and who was responsi ble for the wrecking of the ma chine, was his driver. He will be (Continued on page 3). HOMAN FALLS INTO FAIR CROWD Two of the Spectators Upon Whom He Landed Suffer Fatal Injuries. Klkins, Oct. -’.--An aviator who was giving an exhibition at the annual fair here yesterday lost control of his machine when fifty feel in the air and fell into the crowd. Two of the spectators upon whom he fell were fatally injured and i| is believed that I he birdman lias suffered a brok en back. Tin* machine landed some dis lance from the crowd or I he fa talities would ha\je been jgreat as I lie motor continued to work and I lie propellor would have claimed the lives of many who would not have been able to get out of the way. Mil P^outlon Rost* Hi -Case on tho Bvldtncl'ir #oirat*. Albany, Oct. —The prosecu tion in the Sulzcr inipeachdient case surprised the atto^fieys’ lor the governor when they rtisttrt their case and did not present any argument. li was;believed that the arguments of ihe at torneys would occupy several days, Iml il was abruptly termi nated w! oi Ihe prosecution an nounced Unit they would rest their case on the evidence. Big Company With Headquarters in British Columbia Takes Over Local Prop erty, the Development of Which on a Large Scale Will Mean the Cre ation of New Industrial Conditions in Valdez District. Negotiations for the transfer Hf the Midas Copper mine on Solomon Gulch were completed yesterday afternoon and the properly is now in the possession of Hit; Granby Consolidated Min ing, Smelting & Power company. The purchase price was a. cash deal representing an investment nf $125,000 by the* company. The first, payment amounting to $25,000 was made yesterday through the Valdez Hank & Trust Co., and the balance will he paid in, thirty days. The purchase of the* Midas by the new company which has re cently entered Alaska as a Held for its operations will be good news for the people of this dis trict. They have shown their faith in this camp by paying cash for one of the biggest prop erties in the district. After hav ing (men 'on the ground for weeks making a thorough exam ination of the properly they have taken advantage of the dis count .which would necessarily tie made in a deal of such mag nitude when the buyers are pay ing cash. The men. who were interested in the Midas before the transfer are all local business men and have shown their faith in it hy putting up their own money to develop it, to the point where big companies could be interested and deserve credit for their en terprise. The opening of the Midas, lo cated as if is, within a few miles of Valdez, will result in increased business for the local merchants and will give an impetus to the entire district by serving to at tract the attention of capital to other, properties. • While the representatives of the new company are reticent in giving out any information as to their plans for the future of the mine they have shown in other places in which they have become interested that they lose no time in developing their properties to the fullest extent. Their en trance into the Ketchikan dis trict, where they recently ac quired. the Hadley property, was welcomed hy the people there as marking a new era in the mining and business life of the commun ity. Now that the Midas has been transferred to the big Company which, is in a position to open and develop it to its fullest ca pacity a brief history of ’the propery is in order. The Midas, like every other big property, has liad its ups and' downs during I he .past few years but may now In said to have “arrived.” The Midas Copper property was lies| discovered by Hed El lis in the year of about 1900 while hunting. It was afterwards slaked by C. (1. Debney. John Caution and Edmund Smith, who represented il for several years. In 1910 J. A. Carson took bond from I>ebn< y-Smilli-Cnnllon and did considerable development work. In the fall of 1911 A. E. firigsby and’ T. J. Devinney look a bond from Carson, at the same time forming a .partnership of six people, namely, T. J. Devin ney, Ceorge C. Treat, fleorge Baldwin, A. E. firigsby, \V. M. Wilson, John Keinbloom and Joe Plant. This co-partnership worked the properly from Octo ber 1, 1911, to September 23, 1912, when it was bonded to the Alaska Mineral and Development Co., represented by Stephen Birch, •__ on June 34, 1913, Mr, Birch moved idf from the property for reasons best khowh to himself after spending about ¥50,000.00. On October 1, 1913, the property was turn -d over to ttie CSra'nby Consolidated Mining. Smelling & Power Co., I.Id., through their engineer, Mr. F.. F.. Campbell, paying cash for it. This makes the | bird property Mr. Campbell has hough! for his people this year. This properly was bonded in I he year 1903 by the Hadley Smeller people, paying some cash down, and when the second payment came due, there was a suit pending against Debney foil ownership of Ihc properly, Deb ney winning bis case, bul loo late for the Hadley people, as they did not want a properly with a lawsuit tailed onto it. Mr. Finical is one of Ihc local | men who had acquired an inter lesl in the properly and will bcne I'Jit by the transfer. There are ! several others and they are re ceiving congratulations from their friends in realizing on Iheir efforts to advance the interests of the district by helping to de velop its resources. SUm FLOODED III NEW YORK More Than One Million Persons Were Una le to Reach Their Homes. .New York, Oct. —A terrilh rainfall, which kept up steadily for several hours yesterday caused the worst lieup of traffic which has ever occurred in the history of I lie city. Tile sewers were unable In carry off the wa ter and rivers were flowing in I he streets. The subway was flooded anel was closed to traffic, rendering more than tine million persons unable to reach their homes. The homeless crowd wandered the streets all night and the police reserves hud to be called out to maintain order. The flood is the worst in the history of the city and the damage to merchandise in the lower parts of the city and in basements will amount to ibi' lions- of dollars. property owners IlfeTALt. UOftTS residents of Hobart street l>ave c tabbed tbgefher and order ed a row of street1 lights frtffn McKinley half to th'e end of; the street near the dike on the flles ervqtion side of the town. Trafey harve all contributed their sh'afe !dh' paly'' fid*1 «fe'- month's .in ad yartce. it is expected that1 the properly owners on McKinley and Sherman 'streets will also pool interests prid have light#* in stalled, making the Reservation as well lighted as I he town prop «. . , , » The PorMf' Rose. The Forest Rose, a' two-reel TaTjhjuicer. sensational picture al (lie Orpheum tonight. Also ope thousand feel of laughable com edy. Smith Higgins will be in from Teikhell tomorrow. THEY APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT Seattle Socialists Want Govern ment to Pay for Furniture Destroyed By Sailors. Seal lie. Del. 2.—The Socialists of this city have appealed In ' President Wilson for compensa tion for Hie properly of tile So cialists which was destroyed by the soldiers and sailors in the riots of the Potlatch week here. The Socialists have tried to brinp action for the recovery of damages, hnl have been turned down. Hoiifiressiiian Bryan, of this stale, also hrouphl I lie mai ler ;of restitution up in con gress hut the resolution was ig nored. He churned that Ihe in vestipatiun by the nfl'icer of Ihe army was biased and asked for a conpressinnal investigation, which was refused. RELEASED1 TOOftY Miner Imprisoned by CstWri'Lait Friday Vym be «®leMed This iltiwriclitti. Centralia, Wash., Oct. -.--The rescuers who are working to re lease the miner W'ho was eli te mhed in a coal mine here last Friday have reached a point in lRe tinffW! they can com muiiicafe with him. The work of clearing the tun nel .*is progressing fast and the miners expect to reach the im prisoned man this afternoon. He has been receiving nourishmeiil through a pipeline and has not suffered greatly trom his im prisonment. IE CANAL ZONE | Shock Caused Panic Among Na tives But No Damage to Canal is Reported. Onion. oh. l'_V severe earth.. quake was fell In-re IjisI night, which lasted for more than one minute. II is not known if I lie earlliquakc has caused any dam - age to tile Panama canal, lmi wild rumors are about to the ef fect that tin- shock was great enough to damage the locks. The natives were thrown Into a pan ic, as the shock was the heaviest experienced here for years. Washington, Oct. l’.—Olt'iria! advices have hern received from Panama Ihiil a severe earthquake was experienced there last night hut no damage has been reported from the canal /one. ! •Hfttsh VakMt'Wtftft oh Rooks Dhrihg Fog Rtft Orsw Rss oued' in Ssfoty. Astoria, < »et. U.—The British steamer (ileuesslin was wrecked pear here last night afrit a to tal loss, but the crew reached shore in safety. ‘The steamer wandered from her course during 'a^-Klifrise'’fitjT and went on the rocks. There was little sea running or tin* crew Would have perished, as'the ves sel broke up almost immediately after grounding and had entire ly disappeared within an hour af ter hilting tin* rocks. ■BK - i >3ody of Young Girl Found in Wreckage of Auto Covered With Knife Wounds. .New York, Oct. ^.--I.llrille Sup lelon, a sludenl al a mu sical school. iiinclccn years old, was slabbed Ien limes liy Wil liam Oaifi'linrn. a sludenl al Co lumliia Collepe and will die of tier wounds. The yomiff woman went auto ridinp willi ('.raifilioru and a male eoinpanion and her body was taken from the wreck after the machine had crashed into I In cruli. ('.raipliorn and his com lianion disappeared after the wreck of the auto and the police were surprised to find the body of the fiirl, which had been liter ally cul In pieces, lyinp in the wreckage. Tile mnlive for the crime is pu//liiiK the police, who believe that the men intended In mur der the jrirl and leave her body at some isolated place, but their plans were frustrated when the auto was wrecked. ooftooy# www flap Of ooMPt this fall Cordova has .requested Judge* Brown to caB a term of court there this fall claiming that there art a number of cases on the docket and thal the expense of bringing witnesses to Valdez will he unnecessarily heavy if the cases' art* tried here. Judge BroWn has staled that he would, lake the matter 'under advise ment and if warranted' after I he close of the term here he would] call a term at the railroad town? • /' .,Sp®oial Saturday Matinee. Mr. and Mrs. \V. Whalen in vite all the children of Valdez to a matinee at the Orpheum thealer hi Saturday afternoon al - p. m. ___ . i New Goods. New goods on ever> lioat al ' Mrs. Winter’s. I FIEND TAKES A HORRIBLE REVENGE 0oy of Fourteen Murders Eight People BeCause His Employer SColded Him. Xantes. France, Oct. 2.— Through the insane rage of a young hoy who was chastised by his employer eight persons, all I lie members of his employer's family, are in the morgue and a child of four years has been left without parents. The boy is only fourteen years old and brooded over his scolding and last night while the family slept he entered their rooms and murdered them with an axe. Af ter having killed his employer he struck down the mother of the children who had been awakened when her husband was dealt his death blow. The young fiend then visited the rooms of the six children one after another and killed them all but spared a lit tle child of four years of whom he was very fond. After the slaughter lie concealed himself and the child in the basement and the crime was not discovered until this morning through the failure of the proprietor to open his place of business. Are Getting Even With Seryia for Having Allied Herselff With Greece. Vienna. Mel. -_Tin* war be Iween Servia and Albania lias af forded the Bulgarians an oppor tunity of getting revenge on the former for having allied herself with Greece in defeating the plans of Bulgaria and causing her the loss of territory which she claimed by righl of capture from Turkey. Forty thousand veterans of (lie Bulgarian army have enlisted with the Albanians and the latter now has an army of sixty thou sand men to oppose the Servians. The hatred of the Bulgars against I lie Servians is intense and they demand that they be permitted to lead the van in the engagements. •ult Af alnst *fra. Clarenoe irfac kfcjr'ffai Been Dropped Whin •lakes Are Reconciled. .New York, Oct. —It is an nounced that the suit for $50,000 whicff was tiled against iifrs. (Harc'nee Maekay by Mrs. Blake, I In* wife of a celebrated surgeon, for alienation of her husband's affections, will be dropped, as the I Hakes have made up. The doctor and Mrs. Blake have been living apart for many months but have now been recon ciled.