VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY «, 1914. . NO. 184.
VOL. 10. _'
WANT PRESIDENT
BUILD TO ARCTIC
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Russia Ha* Unofficially Agreed to
Meet Alaskan Road at Bering Strait
—R. R. Engineer* Approve.
WASHINGTON, May 8.—Unofficial
documents have been presented to
President Wilson through which he
has been informed that the Russian
government will extend the Siberian
railroad to the Bering straits, pro
ivded the United States will construct
a railroad to the opposite side of the
strait.
The president has received a num
ber of letters from railroad engi
neers all over the world urging the
construction of a rairload to the Ber
ing straits 'so that it will be possi
ble to go from New York to Paris,
London or St. Petersburg by rail.
It has been estimated that an ex
tension of the government built Alas
kan road can be built to the Arctic
at a very slight additional cost, as
the northern end of the road of
fers but little in the way of natural
enginsering obstacles to be overcome,
the country being low and rolling and
only a few low divides exist.
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For our navy
House Passes Naval Bill and Money
Is Available at Once—Start New
Battleships.
WASHINGTON, May 8.—The House
of Representatives today passed the
naval appropriation bill providing
S139,000,000 for the upkeep of the
naval department of the government
. for the coming year. The, bill has
been amended to allow the Secretary
of the Navy to have the money at
once, thus allowing for the placing of
the department in condition for any
emergency that may arise from the
Mexican situation. - --- -
The three new battleships to be
built by the government will be stunt
ed as soon as possible in order to
bring the strength of the navy to “Its
highest efficiency. t
The bill contains an appropriation
for the cost of the recent Mexican'
invasion. ' ■• ,
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Rebels Send Biplane Over Mazatlan—
Bombs Kill Four, Wound Eight—
Dropped From an Altitude.
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MAZATLAN, Mexico, May 8.—The
-rebel general besieging this city yes
terday sent one of his biplanes to
drop bombs upon the city and from
an altitude of 5,000 feet the .French
airman jn the employ of the rebels
succeeded In dropping two bombs In
to the streets With the result that
'four citizens were hilled and and
eight -wounded, The biplane remain
ed at a high altitude and the soldiers
were unablC to bring dowi^ the air?
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Many tjapabs dropped by the aviat
or fell where they could do no harm,
but the people in the city were great
ly frightened ,and sought shelter in
the houses." ' .
Arthur McNeir, the ' Fairbanks
freighter, is spending a few days in.
Valdes, having arrived -from Seward
on the Sampson.
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WASHINGTON, May 8.—The Alas
ka railroad commission have decid
ed upon sending survey parties .at'
once to the proposed route selected
for the government railroad in Alas
ka. The six parties will be sent to
different points and will work over
a section of the route and it is hoped
that by fall the survey from Portage
Bay to Fairbanks will have been
completed and that the work of draw
ing the plans can be done in Seattle
next winter and the work of con
struction start in the spring.
Location of Survey Parties
One party of surveyors will be sent
to Knik, where they will establish
headquarters, working from tide wa
ter at Portage Bay to a point be
yojjd Knik. Another party will be
sent to work along the inlet to the
Matanuska coal fields; the third party
will operate at mile 41; the fourth
party of locating engineers will be
placed in the Broad Pass country;
the fifth will work south from Ne
nana, and the last party will operate
south from Fairbanks.
Riggs at Fairbanks.
Commissioner Riggs will establish
headquarters at Fairbanks and will
OPENED FIRE i
FLEEING WOMEN
Major Hamrock Fired on Tent City
With Machine Gun and Drove Wo
men to Hills in Delicate Condition.
DENVER,, May 8.—The commit
tee of women, known as the wo
men’s f*eace committee, which has
been endeavoring to effect a settle
ment of the strike of the coal min
ers in this state and who have made
a careful investigation of the con
ditions in the strike zone, today re
ported to Governor Ammons that not
half of the terrible brutality nor of
the looting and murder by the state
troops’ had been told; that they had
deliberately fired upon women and
childrep .and endeavored to stop the
Strike by. oppressive methods so that
they might return to their homes.
The committee makes the charge
that Major Hanirock had personal
ly tested *he .machine gun which
opened fire on the tept city of . the
strikers and that he fired Into the
first row of tents, driving out fifty
women who were pregnant, forcing
. them to fine for their lives Into the
hills and that many of them have
been in a precarious condition and
several were expected to die. The
: capture of the tents resulted in
wholesale looting by the soldiers, who
stole everything of value, and then
set the v camp on fire.
The. committee claim that they will
be able to prove to any committee
named by the governor the truth of
the charges and that they have col
lected enough evidence to convict
many of - the off'cera ip command of
the troops.
Governor Ammons Is expected to
ask the legislature, to probe the con
ditions although the only method of
punishment for, the soldiers would be
by court martial, as the authorities
established ifiartial. law and the civil
courts liave «o jurisdiction.
“Baby Farms” Probe Reaumed.
CHICAGO, May 8—The Curran leg
islative committee, whose disclos
ures in lnvestlgatibne Of alleged
"baby. farms" AQd orphanages creat
ed a stonn of protest in Illinois sev
eral months ago, resumed its probe
here tm^y. Mfffh more than 500 wit
nesses under subpoena. The sub
poenas wet* ftgsod upon secret in
vestigations of alleged charitable in
stitutions throughout the state since
adjournment oTthaleglMaure Char
itable societMs -ars to be subjects Of
a thorough Investigation.
COMMISSIONER RIGGS WILL HAVE CHARGE FAIRBANKS END—LT. '
MEARS WILL MAKE COASTAL LCATJONS—SENATE PA8SE8 RES
OLUTION ENABLING THE PRESIDENT TO DETAIL MEARS.
have complete charge of the Fair
banks section of the line, giving it
his personal attention and supervis
ion. Lieut. Mears will probably take
control, of and general superivision
of the locating of the coast section
of the road, while Chairman Edes,
of the commission, will spend his
time at headquarters.
Employ Lot Angelo* Engineer.
D. Reaburn, division engineer of
the Los Angeles aqueduct recently
completed, will be in charge of the
Fairbanks engineering crew. He is
a brother of W. Reaburn, who is
to be chief packer for the commis
sion.
F. Ryus, a member of the boundary
ANARCHY FEARED IN MEXICO;
AMERICANS POLICE CITIES
WAR COUNCIL IS HELD IN WASHINGTON FOLLOWING TELEGRAM
FROM FUNSTON THAT HUERTA IS EXPECTED TO FALL ANQ
ANARCHY WILL SURELY FOLLOW—LONG SESSION CABINET.
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WASHINGTON, May 8.—President
Wilson, the cabinet officials and high
army and navy officers held a coun
cil of war early this morning follow
ing the receipt of a telegram from
General Frederick Funston, in com
mand of the American troops occu
pying Vera Cruz, in which he in
formed the Secretary of War that the
fall of President Huerta was but a
matter of a fewr days, and now that
the ‘dictator cannot receive arms or
ammunition for his army nor raise
money to pay off his soldiers they
will desert and that a condition of
anarchy is sure to follow in which
all foreigners will be in danger of
their lives, .besides which Mexicans
of every faction will be wantonly
murdered, property destroyed and the
country laid in a barren waste.
The cabinet plan the mobilization
of 50,000 troops at once for imme
diate service in Mexico to occupy all
the coast towns on the Atlantic and
to extend operations into the inter-,
ijor of the country as conditions de
mand.
As far as can be learned the State
department will not ask any foreign
governments to aid in policing Mex
ico but will undertake the entire cost
and expense.
Foreign governmen(ts have made
strenuous efforts to impress upon the
Amercan State 'department the er
ror of dethroning Huerta until some
Mexican capable of leadership can be
found apd they have also informed
Secretary Bryan that under no cir
cumstances will they tolerate the
making of General Villa or General
Carranza, the head of the Mexican
government, after the treatment of
foreigners by Villa at all of the cit
ies he has captured, confiscating the
property of foreign storekeepers or
forcing them to sell their stocks for
worthless paper money.
The War department is now per
fecting plans for the mobilizing of
the troops needed and it is generally
believed that the regular army will
be enlisted to its full strength in
stead of calling out any Itate guards.
CIVIC WE .
Kjjura
The ladles of Valdez Interested in
Improving god beautifying the city
and who believe in organization to
secure better. sanitary conditions will
meet Saturday ..afternoon at 2:30
o’clock at the City Hall to perfect a
live up-to-date civic organization to
work tor the betterment of living
conditions in the community and to
.assist the v authorities, to secure many
needed Improvements. All the women
in Valdez should join the club at
once and do their share, of. the .work.
GOVERNOR GENERAL
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LONDON. May King George V.
of England today announced the ap
pointment of Prince Alexander, of
Teck, as governor general pf Canada
to succeed the Duke of Connaught,
Who has held the . position for four
years. The position pays $60,000 aqd
an allowance is also made for the
maintenance of the palace, for, the
governor general,
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Deputy Marshal Janies Warden, of
Katalla, went out on the Sampson
from Cordova to charge of toe in
sane patient. A, Straits, recently de
clared insane by a Valdes Jury. Tom
Parker went as guard.
SAMPSON COMES
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The steamer Admiral Sampson
reached "Valdez at 10 o’clock last
night and sailed an hour later for
Seattle. Captain Moore reported ex
cellent weather conditions to the
westward. The following passengers
left |n .the Sampson for ([Seattle:
Charles Patz, James Warden, Tom
Parker, A. Schultz, C. L. Erwin, Anna
Guenther, Anna Gibralta.
For Cordova—Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Eggert, Mrs. D. Davis.
WARNER S ID
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WASHINGTON. May 8.—The Sec
retary of the Treasury has accepted
the bid made by Captain Warner for
the .wreck of the lighthouse tedder
Armeria, which lies ipff Cape jgtnfh
inbrook. fljjte. bid of JP.SOO mail made
by Captain Warner at. the public qale
recently made at Kc» shikari
Grain HaarUv* flw
WASHINGTON. May. A series of
heartngsoo grain standard! sail aa and
trading in gram fukorcs opened to
day before the House Agricultural
committee. Ghattaaa jUMNNK ottpeet
ed to use the evidence as*-the bests
for bills on both subjects.
survey party, will also be a member
of the Fairbanks crew.
Use the Midnight Sun.
The launch Midnight Sun, now the
property of the government and at
present in winter Quarters on the
Yukon, will he immediately overhaul-t
ed and used by the government party
of surveyors in transporting freight
and supplies and for the taking of
the different crews from place to
place.
Sure to Get Mears.
In spite of the effort to prevent
any but members of the engineer
corps from serving on the commis
sion, it is expected that congress will
authorize the president to designate
Lieut. Mears or any other army offi
cer he considers fit for the position.
Senate Acts Quick.
Senator Chamberlain introduced a
bill in the upper House yesterday and
it was passed without any opposi
tion authorizing the employment of
Lieut. Mears on the commission and
Congressman Hays has introduced the
same bill in the House, which is
expected to pass today.
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According to a Dispatch From Gener
al Carranza, Who Wires His Ag
ent in Los Angeles.
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LOS ANGELES, May 8.—General
Carranza, head of the constitutional \
rebels of northern Mexico,.has wired
to his representative in this city that
the rebel forces had succeeded in
capturing the city of Mazatlan, on
the Pacific coast, and one of the
railroad centers of northern Mexico.
No details of the capture are given
and it is generally doubted in this
city, as the naval officials at the
Mare Island wireless station have re
ceived no wireless communication re
garding the supposed capture from
the commander of the American war
ships in the harbor of Mazatlan.
Naval officials also point out the
fact that during the pending peace
negotiations the American govern
ment is not likely to allow the. reb
els to take a port of importance, es
pecially one which the navy intend to
occupy in case of a resumption of
hostilities between Mexico and the
United States.
WASHINGTON, May 8.—Nothing
has been received here to indicate
that the- rebel forces surrounding the
city of Mazatlan on Ihe Pacific coast
of Mexico have captured the city.
It is known', however, that the reb
els have made demonstrations against
the city.
WRANGELL A8KS FOR
DRY 8TRAIT CHANNEL
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The Wrangell Chamber of Com
merce has begun work again to secure
an appropriation for, dredging a chan
nel through Dry strait so as to ob
viate the necessity of vessels running1
through Wrangell Narrows. It is con
tended that the removal of 20,000,000
cubic yards of send would make a
dffp channel through Dry strait that,
would .accommodate any class of
vessels, making a saving in a round
trip to any "point, north of Wrangell
of 300 miles . for. thp*e jesses ty#t
are. too large for Wrangell ■ Narrows,
of store. than tO mile* for those that
use the narrows, and make bavigaiipp.
safe, for both, classes, besMp* obviate
Ing the necessity that often rises to
await for a prhper stage of the tide
hr proper weather conditions. Other
Alaska towns are to be asked to aid
li getting an appropriation tor the
work.
Director Billard of New Haven Made
Million* in Co|f)ni**ion* and
Stock Manipulation*.
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WASHINGTON, May 8.—John Hil
lard, a former director of the New
Haven, New York and Hartford rail
road, who was recently ordered by
the federal courts to answer ques
tions put to him by the members
of ,the Irttersta,te Commerce Com -
mission regarding deals of stocks and
sales of properties belonging to the
stockholders of the railroad, but
which, only; resulted in loses to the
investors in New Haven stock and
to great profit to Hillard and a few
of his associates on the inside of the
big railroad corporation, was a wit
ness this morning before the com
mission and admitted that he had
made millions in commissions and by
stock manipulations.
•Solicitor Folk is subjecting the
former director to a cruel grilling and
is forcing him to lay bare all the
past history- of the road and to tell
of the looting of the once prosper
ous eastern transportation line.
WON’T GIVE US
NIGHT SERVICE
On U. S. Cable Line—Garrison Says
It Won’t Pay the Freight—Se
attle Tried to Help Us.
WASHINGTON. May 8. Secretary
Garrison, of the War department, to
day refused the request of the Ju
neau Chamber of Commerce, hacked
by the endorsement of the Seattle
chamber and the strong support of
the Washington delegation that the
government cable be kept open 2-1
hours of the day in order that press
messages might be sent to morning
pap. rs in Alaska and also that in
case of need help might be secured
for steamers in distress.
The secretary stated that the cost
of keeping the offices open would
not be paid by any increased busi -
ness and that the government would
,not be justified in adding to the cost
of maintenance of ‘the cable sys
tem.
PRESIDENT BAER
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Widow of Railroad Magnate Gets the
Most of It—Five Daughter Also
Share in the Estate.
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READING, Pa., May 8.—The estate
of the railroad magnate, George F.
Baer, president of the Reading rail
road, who died on April 26th, has
been appraised at $10,000,000, the
bulk of which,is willed to the widow,
while the five daughters are also well
provided for. Each grandchild was
bequeathed $10,000.
The estate consists largely of
stocks In railroads, the principal
holdings being of Reading stock, while
considerable money waa also'invested
in the coal mines, of Penn sylvan is.
No contest ef the will is expected
snail the immediate relatives ef the
dnmuted .have, Imea .’provided for.
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Harp tnveotor at the Whits House.
'WASHINGTON, May 8—Melville A.
Clark* Inventor of Che modern harp.
Isolated to play at the White House
today.