VQL 1Q VALDEZ, ALASKA, THUR8DAY, APRIL 2, 1914. NO. 152.
COL GOETiLS
MOW GOVERNOR
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Takes Oath of Office This Morning
and Receives Many Telegrams
of Congratulations.
PANAMA, April 2.-Colonel Goe
thals, chairman of the Panama Ca
nal Commission, today assumed the
governorship of the canal zone and
will hereafter direct the work and
operation of the canal and the polic
ing of the district as the civil gov
ernor.
Col. Goethals will receive a salary
of a year as governor, but
while building the canal, as chair
man of the commission, he received
$15,000.
A reception was tendered the new
governor by the citizens of the city
and he also received many telegrams
from many I'nited States and Euro
pean civil and scientific organiza
tions upon the completion of his great
work of building the canal and link
ing the two oceans.
The new governor announced that
the force of workingmen on canal
work would be reduced by 2,DltO this
month and that a large number would
be dispensed with before July, by
which lime all the big work on the
. anal will have been completed.
LOCATE SODOM
Arrest Entire Population Blythe
Junction—Thirteen Men and One
Woman Have !-li(jh Time.
SAX HKKXAMNO, t’al.. April 2.
A posse from here arrested the en
lire population of the town of Blythe
Junction because of the immoral con
ditions existing in the little burg. The
city was run wide open. The one
woman living at Blythe Junction was
i he plaything of the thirteen men
until the conditions oecame so oh
noxious that the authorities were di
rected to put a stop to it.
The woman was indignant when
greeted and claimed that it was no
body’s business what she did. She
is now lodged in jail here and the
men are also held for disorderly con
duct.
Witnesses state that, the thirteen
men and the one woman held nightly
revels that would have shamed the
people of Sodom and that it was time
that the authorities put a stop to it.
The police left a guard at the town
to protect the property from the at
tacks of the farmers who are high
ly incensed at the conditions exist
ing.
i FANS NOW DEMAND
QUAfiTER BASEBALL
Say That If Magnates Can Pay Big
Salaries They Can Afford to Cut
the Admission Fee.
NEW YOltK, April 2.-The big
salaries paid to the baseball play
ers by the American, National and
Federal leagues has started a dis- \
,-usnion in this city aniong the fans
against the high price of admission
io the games. The public should be
allowed to see the games for 25
cents according to many of the base
ball enthusiasts.
A demand is being made to lop off
part of the salary of the players and
cut the profits of the magnates aqd
give the sultertng public a chance to
see the games for a reasohable sum.
President Tener, of the National
league, says that the present salaries
are being paid to keep the men in
organized baseball and that When the
tight is over ui players will not be
able to command ps much. Organ
ized baseball must be protected or
the game will lose the support of the
public and Will degenerate tp did
tiorse racing, becoming a game of the
. jamblers.
G. D. McDougall, of the Cliff mine,
cinn up this afternoon for a short
visit to Valdez.
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SCIENTISTS 111
GO TO ARCTIC
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Will Pick Up Members of Stefansson
Party and Spend Two Years
in the Arctic.
TORONTO, April 2. -John Patter
son, connected twith the Dominion
meterologic service, will leave shortly
for the Arctic with a scientific expe
dition. The party will travel north
I via the Mackenzie river and expect
to connect with Stefansson’s party
before the ice breaks up next spring.
Reports from the north indicate
that Stefansson has been unable to
find any trace of his missing ves
sels although he has ventured out
into the ice a distance of 150 miles.
They expect to spend two years in
the Arctic.
lENTMlPOLICE
ARREST A WIT
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j Had Girl Prisoner in Rear of His Res
i taurant and Forced Her to Re
ceive Men Give Him Money.
NEW YOI1K, April 2. • Captain Hur
tiened of the Stags street police sta
tion, Brooklyn, yesterday received an
anonymous letter telliits him that a
youns Italian sirl was kept a pris
oner in the rear of a restaurant by
Vincent Bepesso. The writer said
that the sirl was being forced to re
ceive men and turn the money re
ceived to the res l alt rant owner. The
writer claimed that he himself had
been one of those she had been forced
to entertain, but that her terrible
j condition had appealed to him and
i therefore he was reporting the mat
j ter to the police.
■ Two detectives were immediately
! sent to the address named and when
| they entered the place Lopesso re
I cognized them and started to run to
J the rear of the building ,but was
j caught. He then stabbed Detective
Faischetti with a stilleto and hit his
companion, but was soon overpower
ed, but not before the detective had
given the white slaver a frightful
beating.
I The cook and the two waiters in
j the building were also arrested. The
detectives entered the rear of the
restaurant and there they found an
emaciated girl of 20 years, who said
she was Marie M'all&ro. Last No
vember she got a letter from Lopes
so, Whom she did not know, telling
him that heT friends had recom
mended her to -him as a wife. He
sent her $70 aim on Dec. 8 she left
Messina, Sicily, to join him in New
YOrk. He came and took her from
Ellis Island mi Dec. 21.
Ohce he placed her in the rear
of the restaurant he broke her spir
it by beaming her, and then com
pelled her to becoimp a White slave
for patrons of the place. She said that,
although she was kept in the rear
of the restaurant, she had not had
enough to eat for nearly three
months. Her appearance bore out
the story of her treatment.
Loposso had a loaded revolver in
his hip pocket at the time of the
arrest. Several charge were lodged
against him.
Died at the Age of 109 Years.
OVOSSO, Mich., April 2. -Daniel
O’Connell, known during the last few
years as the oldest living member
of the fraternal organization of Elks,
died at his home near here today. He
was one hundred and nine years old.
PEKING, China, April 2. -The gov
ernment troops at Ktlig Tze Kw&n, in
the province of Ho Nan, were de
feated today by a force of brigands
under the notorious "While Wolf/
These same brigahds recently looted
and burned Lao Hokow, in the prov
ince of Hu Peh, killln Dt. T. rroy
land, a Norweigan missionary, and
wounding the Rev. O. M. Santa, an
other Norwegian. Flften hundred of
those ihhabitodte of Lao Hotottr Werfe
kilfoi and 408 others were .tofttired
la an effort to force them to dis
close hidden treasures. The brig
adds aid now itud'atedtng sfcn Pu,
capital of the state of Shea Si. i
FAIRER THMKS
CHILD IS LIVING
Has Impoverished Himself Searching
for Child Which (Msa'ppeared More
Than One Year Ago.
NEWCASTLE. Ind., April 2.—One
year has passed atyay since the dis
appearance of Catherine Winters, the
9-year-old daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
W. A. Winters, of this city. Though
hundreds of clues have been investi
gated, and though Dr. Winters has
Impoverished himself in the search,
the mystery is as impenetrable today
as it was a year ago. pr. Winters
still appears confident that Catherine
will be found. He still cherishes the
theory that she was kidnapped, and
believes, with many others, that gyp
sies were responsible, though all at
tempts to locate gypsy bands near
Newcastle at that time failed.
Reports bearing every evidence of
plausibility have come from all parts
of the United States to the effect
that the Winters child was found, or
that persons had confessed the kid
napping, but under the personal inves
tigation of Dr. Winters or local auth
orities they were disproved.. The dis
appearance was just prior to the dis
astrous flood of last, spring, and some
believe the little girl was drowned and
swept away by the waters. A special
grand jury investigation disclosed no
thing. Congressnmn Ftnly Gray, of
this district, has asked congress to
enact a law better protecting the home
from kidnappers, but this appears to
be the only tangible result of the
country -wide search.
REX BEACH BUYS
MEW JERSEY PAPER
With Former Alaskan Editor He Will
Publish the Morris County Press
at Morristown, N. J.
I MOKIUSTOWN, N. April 2.- -
J Bex Hearn, the novelist, has been
elected president of the Press Pub
lishers and Printers, Inc. The other
officers tire William G. Hurtzig, vice
president, and David W. King, sec
ret ary and treasurer. The new com
pany will lake over the assets of the
Press Publishing Company and con
tinue the Morris County Press. The
authorized capital stock is $25,000, but
only enough for present needs will be
issued at once.
Mr. King said ihis morning that
Mr. Beach, who now spends his win
ters in New York, might move to
Morristown. He has a summer home
at Lake Hopatcong. Mr. King, who
^vas born in Iowa, learned the print
er’s trade in Kansas and later ran
papers in tWe Northwest, Jand, for
years was editor of the Nome News.
While in Alaska he made the ac
quaintance of Mr. Beach and they
have been close friends ever since.
Mr. King has written a number of
short stories.
Defense 8e'eking to Prove That Miss
Hanan Was Not Society Girl She
Claimed to &e.
SAN -'UANC1SCO. April 2.—The
trial of K. Parker Whitney, the weal
thy New York sociey man, on the
charge of white slavery is progressing
in the federal court here before Judge
Dueling. The indictment charts
that Whitney trnnspqrted lit*88 Gene
vtpve Hah an from one state, to anoth
er as hiR companion for inflnoral pur
poses.
The defense has attached Miss
HaUah’s character and have shown
hbr tf> be an advtehturess of the sharp
est order. She lived at one of the
tnost exclusive hotels in New Y6rh
although without any visible income
and is said e be responsible for the
Whitney
ey’s at
The at
anded a
dismissal of the indictment but the
motion was overruled by Judge Dom
ing. ■*"
LANDLORD MOST
REMOVE CHIMNEYS
French Court Was Called to Rule
Upon Matter Which Was Annoy
ing to the President
F’ARIS, April 2.—President Fal
liers, of France, has won his suit
against his landlord and the latter will
be forced to move chimneys which
have been causing the president an
noyance. The case has been before
the courts for several months and
has attracted wide attention owing
to the prominence of the parties to
the suit and the trivial cause.
Shortly ^f^er vPresident Falliers
rented the house where he now re
sides the landlord remodeled the ad
joining property and in doing so caus -
ed several chimneys to be built on
the roof. The chimneys were nearly
on a level with the windows of the
president’s apartments and caused the
rooms to be tilled with smoke. The
landlord refused to cancel the lease ;
or remove the objectionable chim- i
neys. Suits and counter suits were i
i threatened but few believed that the }
| matter would be permitted to reach
i the courts.
Recently a damage suit was tiled I
in the name of Falliers against the |
landlord. Both sides were represent j
ed by attorneys with national repu- i
tations and the outcome has beep
watched with interest. The court to
day handed down a decision sus
taining the contention of Falliers and
ordering that the (landlord remove
the chimneys.
SENATE REFERS
i THE CANAL BILL
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of the Bill—President's Pow
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I er is Marvelous.
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j WASHINGTON. April L'. Tile Ca
i nal Tolls hill passed yesterday by
the House, was referred today by the
Senate to the Interoceanie commit
tee of the upper House. No debate
was allowed although several friends
of the administration attempted to
open the debate and prevent the bill
being sidetracked by going to a com -
mittee where it may be buried for
weeks.
The president is watching the course
of the bill and will continue to ex
ert all the influence of the adntinis
tration to crowd it through.
President WilfjiOn continues to send
for the opponents of the bill in an
effort to convince them of the neces - J
sity of the repeal and is meeting with
considerable success. The influence
of the president over the members
of congress is the talk of the poli
ticians, who say that no president has
ever wielded the influence nor con
trolled congress as well as President
Wilson nor left behind after his vic
tories so little personal ill will.
IK BUG PLEASE
DON’T FLT W
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You Are Needed to Fight the Aphids j
—California Liberates Seventy
Million in the State.
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SACRAMENTO, April 2.-The state
agricultural department, In connec
tion with the ffederal department of
agriculture today distributed 70,000,
000 lady bugs which are to be used
to fight the aphids, a plant louse or
greeh ifiy which has destroyed rtill
ilohs of dollars worth of the farm
products of the state.
The l&dybtig was imported from
Australia and they fehtt upton the
aphids or fly, which attack the 'citrus
plant f The Chinese v ladyhug ha*
also been Imported to kill the black
aisalb
Literature I* being distributed to
the farmers informing them of the
like 61 the lady hug and - they are In
structed td protect them and provide
fbr card during the winters so that
the aphids may be wiped out.
l ,;.Het*r OMcm arrival in (own from
Unlklltk thin mornln*
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TO PROTECT THE
VISITORS TO FAIR
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San Francisco Chief of Police Will
Ask For Big Increase of Appro
priation Next Year.
SAN FRANCISC, April 2.- More
money and men is being asked by
Police Chief White to protect visitors
to the Panama Pacific Exposition here
in 1915 from crooks. "A much larg
er force of police,” said White, ''will
be required during the exposition and
the department generally will have
to be strengthened. I Intend to ask
for nearly $500,000 Increase In my ap
propriation for 1915. The amount al
lowed me this year was $1,518,128.
I shall need $2,015,148 next year.
New York Post, of Recent Date, Says
Alaska Trail Builder is Right
Man for the Job.
In the New York Post ol March
14th appears the following article re
garding the appointment of an army
engineer for the railroad construction
commission soon to be named by
President Wilson:
"Now that the bill providing for a
government-built railroad in Alaska
has been passed by congress and
signed by the president, there is some
speculation as to the army officer who
will receive the assignment to con
struct the road. Some officers be
lieve that if Col. George W. Goethals
Corps of Engineers, is not offered the
assignment the work should he pet
formed by Lieut.Col. Wilds P. Rich
ardson, infantry, president of the
Alaska Road Commission. Lieut.-Col.
Richardson has had more Alaska set
vice than any other officer on the act
ive list of the army. He lirst went
to that territory in the summer of
IS!I7 to investigate conditions on the
Yukon, and established a hospital add
supply camps for the destitute. Then
he was placed in command of Bat
tery A. Third Artillery, and a de
lachment of the Eighth Infantry, and
was engaged in the preservation of
the law and in general police con
trol in the absence of established
civil law. He came back to the l nit
ed States in December. 1X99, but was
only at Fort Snelling a month when
he was detailed as adjutant -general
of the Department of Alaska, and went
to Sal. Michael on the opening of
navigation. Lieut.-Col. Richardson
was in Alaska until October, 1901,
and V'as >then assigned to special
duty at the headquarters of the De
partment of the Columbia, serving al
so as an aide to Brig.-Gen. George
M. Randall. In September, 1902, he
was detailed as an acting quarter
master and assigned to construct the
post at Fort William H. Seward,
Alaska. He was on that work un
til December, 1901. and was then
made president of the Board of Road
Commissioners for Alaska. Last sum
mer he made a trip in a motor truck
half way across Alaska to a point
within two degrees of the Arctic cir
cle. Lieut.-Col. Richardson is a grad
uate of West Point, of the class of
1884, and was assigned as a second
lieutenant to the Eign;lt Infantry. He
reached Iris present rank on March
11, 1911, and will shortly receive his
colonelcy. Officials of the Interior
Department will supervise the work
of construction.”
' George Dos eh is now at Knikilik at
the cannery.
IlMEO FOOLED
Dr CRUEL ME
CIUCAUO, April 2.-~Spwe practical
joker worked a cruel "April fool” up^
on 500 taeedy workmen yesterday
when a notice was posted stating that
a large number Jof men would And
employment at thf freight Sheds of
the Soo line. Applicants were in i
structed to apply at the offices.
Within an hour after the notices
were posted taeh began making their;
appearance at the office 'and sooh ;
the streets were blocked, requiring j
the assistance of extra policemen ih!
dispersing them. When the hungry
men learned that they had been "April!
fooled” they quickly dispersed.
BELIEVE THE KISS
STEALER INSANE
F.-iends Want Man Senterced t~
Prieon for 30 Years Removed
to insane Asylum
LOS ANGELES, April 2.—Petitions
are being circulated asking for a pa:
don fpr Charles Guyton, who was sen
Eenced by Judge Willis, of this <ity,
to spend 30 years in San Quentin fpr
stealing 10 cents and three kisses
from Miss Daisy Stagwald. Guyton
is now serving the first month of his
long sentence,
The persons who have interested
themselves in his case believe that the
man is of unsound mind and are desir
ous of having him sent to an asylum
where he would receive treatmen'
which cannot be afforded him at the
prison.
Tire police of this city assert that
Guyton was a holdup man although
they were unable to conned him with
any of tile series of crimes which
took place shortly before his arrest
last December. Miss Stagwald was
not Guyton’s only victim as six oth
ers testified that he had stopped them
in the street gun in hand, and kissed
them after taking small change from
their purses.
PREM! WILL
USE THE BIG STICK
Issues Ultimatum to the Senate Com
mittee to Act Promptly or He
1 Will Force Their Hands.
WASHIXtii't >.V April - President
; Wilson is get ting impatient with the
Senate ronnnillee. which is consul
ering I lie bill lo repeal the Panama
j Canal Tolls act. anil threatens lo use
! the hig slick if the hill is not re
ported promptly. Shortly after tin*
; passage of the measure through • li**
House he sent an ultimatum to the
Senate intimating that the members
of the party should get busy if they
wished for further favors front the
administration.
A conference was held last night al
which il is understood that efforts
would he made to secure speedy ac
■ tion on the bill now that it has rereiv
|ed the endorsement. of the lower
i House. Administration leaders close
to President Wilson state that he is
impatient with the delay and greatly
disappointed in the opposition of
Speaker Clark and Representative
T'nderwood. Democratic senators who
fail in their support of the nteas
tire will tind themselves in disfavor
when patronage is being handed out
MINIMUM SHE
IS FIXED IISN
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Board Appointed to Fix Women'*
Wages in Washington Set High
est Figures of Any State.
OLYMPIA. Wash., April The
board appointed by Governor Lister
to fix the minimum wage scale 10 la
paid to women employed in merc&u
tile establishments in this state ha\e
handed in their report. They lix ihe
minimum scale at $11 per week, which
is the highest of any state. The
members of the board state that
they experienced difficulty in secur
ing information from women employ
ed in factories as the w'Orkers fear
ed that if it became known that they
had given evidence they would lose
their positions.
Evidence was obtained in Seattle.
Tacoma. Everett and Spokanq. Hun
dreds of women were found to bt
working for a smaller wage than pah
their actual expenses in all the clt
tea with the exception of Everett.
Mileage Graft be,Abolished.
\VA8HiffoT0ft, April 2.—The coin
inltiee on expenditures has recom
mended the abolition Of the wllwki
graft by the meifiVers of congress
tinder the present regulation, tin
members of congress are allowed
mileage to thi* c&bltAl froth thei.
cSfistltitenoJ' Whether they dee it or
not.