a VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1913. f NO. 202.
CHARGES FAILED;
JORDON CONFIRMED
Nome Wining Wan to Succeed
Marshal Powell—Confirm
ed Yesterday.
Washington, !>• C., June 6—
Emmcll R. Jordan, who was nam
ed to succeed Marshal Powell at
Xome, was yesterday confirmed by
the1 Senate.
A hard light was made against
the appointee by disgruntled pol
iticians and by the Cheney organ
ization but without success, lhe
charge was made that lie had pio
j,Voted several wildcat mining
companies.
SEHAT0H5TELL
ABOUT LOBBY
Smoot Says He is Mot for Mormon
Church—Unions Are After
Shields.
Washington, D. C., June 6.
The Senate probe into the' Wash
ington lobby maintained by the
manufactures which was started
when President Wilson declared
that a brick could not be thrown
in the city without landing on
the head of a lobbyist, decided
today to enlarge the scope of the
inquiry and will investigate ef
forts to intluence legislation of all
kinds and will not confine the
work on tin* tariff.
Senator Smoot declared, when
questioned by the committee, (but
tic Was not opposing I he eul ranee
of sugar into the country free
of duty. The charge that he rep
resented I he Mormon church, he
sain, was false, as lie was work
ing for the people of Utah and not
for the cluucli of which he is a
member.
Seialoi- Shields of Tennessee,
testified that the unions had
threatened to exterminate him
and drive him from public life
1 because he opposed the legisla
tion they desired.
Senator Overman, when called,
said that the manufacturers of
the country were conducting a na
tional campaign of misinforma
tion regarding the tariff in order
to make publicsentiment against
Hie measure and to bring pres
sure upon members of congress
to hold up the tariff rates ou
manufactured articles.
The balance of the senators
will be-examined tomorrow.
The Early Fly.
The early fly’s the one to swat.
It comes before the weather’s
hot, giul sits around and files its
legs* and lays at least ten million
eggs', and every egg will bring a
fly to drive us crazy by and by.
Oh, every lly that skips our swat
ters will have five million sons
• and daughters, and countless
first and second cousins, and
aunts and uncles, scores of doz
ens, and lifty-seven billion nieces,
so knock the blamed thing all to
pieces. And every niece and ev
ery aunl—unless we swat them
so they can’t—will lay enough
dodgastetf eggs to fill up ten five
gallon kegs, and all these eggs,
ere summer hies, will bring forth
twenty trillion flies. And thus it
goes, an endless chain, so all our
swatting is in vain unless we do
that swatting soon, in Maytime
and in early June. So, men and
brothers, let us rise, gird up our
loins and swat the flies. And
1 sisters, leave your cozy bowers,
* where you have wasted golden
hours; with ardor in your souls
and eyes, roll up your sleeves and
swat the flies. "• '
Read the Dally Prospector.
s
Five Governors and S®ven Gov
ernment Officials Meet in
Salt Lake City.
Salt. Lake. June 6.—Five , gov
ernors, seven government offi
cials have met here to adjust the
conservation question. The con
stant friction between the states
and the government regarding the
policy of conservation caused I he
calling of the conference that an
understanding might be readied
in order to avoid the tying up of
the lands in the slates, which
should be open to entry and add
ing lu the wealth of I he nation.
II is expected that t he exchange
uf views will result in greatly
modifying the, present rules and
regulations of the Interior de
partment.
Assistant secretary doues ui
the Interior department is here
representing the government and
says he wishes to hear (lie wants
of the western states as express
ed by the governors and hopes
that the Interior department and
the several states will work in
harmony for the development of
the resources of the west.
CTRM1NS HURT
IN WIND STORM
’ Gasset, Germany, June C.—A
tierce storm struck this town yes
terday, killing more than a score
and injuring many more. Mauy
houses were demolished by the
force of the winds.
NAUGHT! GIRLS
POISi WATER
London, June 0.—The, suffra
gettes in their war on the English
government, because of the refus
al of parliament fo grant them
the right to vote, have poisoned
the reservoirs at Bradford.
The Bradford reservoirs are
part of the city water "supply and
the poisoning of them endanger
ed thousands of lives.
PORTLAND FLOODED
WILLAMETTE HIGH
Portland, June 6.—The 'Willa
mette river continues to rise and
the basements of the houses in
the sections of the city along the
river have all been flooded.
Sampson Goes South.
The Sampson reached Valdez
at midnight last night and sailed
soon after for Seattle with .the
following passengers: Mrs. Guy
Cameron and children, for Seat
tle: J. B.i Ferrell, for Cordova;
Mrs. J. C. Reddington and Miss
Hilda Hihnala. for Juneau.
Rev. W. H. Ziegler left yester
day morning for Ellamar, but his
launch stopped when a half a mile
from the dock and he was com
pelled to call for assistance and
was towed back to town, but this
morning, however, he planned
another start and hopes to com
plete the journey.
Strong Bill at the Orpheum To
n,8»»t. j
Her Gift, a well acted society
drama with a good plot.
The Relief of Lucknow, histor
ical drama of the Indian mutiny
of 1857.
The Pugilist and the Girl, a
farce comedy full of laughter.
The Tragedy of the Desert, 2
x'eel feature taken in Egypt on a
Saturday.
Change of program tomorrow
evening.
SESSION LAWS
STILL COMING
Long Waited for insults of First
Legislature in Hands of Sec
retary Distin.
...mean, June -'i'he advance
sheds of the laws : assed at the
first session of the Alaska terri
torial legislature are now in the
hands < f Secretary Distin and wol
soon be distributed. The Senate
and House Journals are also
about completed and will be dis
tributed shortly.
Speaker Collins, of the House,
is here closing up some official
business and President Hay. of
tile Senate, has been telegraphed
to come here for the same pur
pose, as I hey must sign certain
bills and resolutions and attend
lo other work left nftdone wheli
they departed from the capital.
Collins leaves here for Fair
banks via Skagway and the White
Pass, going down the river.
PATTERSON LANDS
ON THE I. W. W.
Convicts 28 Silk Workers for Urg
ing Members to Destroy
Property.
Patterson, N. J., June. 6.—The
2ft'silk workertfwtTrt were -rndrated
for inciting to riot and for urg
ing the destruction of properly,
were convicted yesterday after a
trial at this place. The ..vicl
ed men and women were all mem
bers of the Industrial Workers of
the World who had at public
meiding advocated the destruction
of the silk mills and the ‘'tear
ing of the workers from the
looms."
The convicted members of the
I. W. W. will appeal Hie case to
tile higher courts.
ft
Tim Markvim is expected from
Katalla via Middleton island with
the launch Queen, which *he
bought at Kalalla.
AVIATOR KILLED;
MACH1JRECKED
Buc, France, June1 0—Aviator
Bernard and. a passenger were
killed here today when his ma
chine turned turtle, throwing
both men old. of it and crushing
them with the weight of the ma
chine, which fell on tot> of the
nwjn.
Several thousand people wit
nessed the accident and the wo
men were historical.
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The Prospector yesterday inad
vertently said that Colonel von
Schrader was a classmate of Col
onel Richardson at West Point,
when we should have sa'd Colonel
Shanks, the inspecting officer,
and Colonel Richardson had grad
uated in the same class from the
military academy.
Alameda Sails South Tonight.
The Alameda left Seward at
noon today and is-due in Valdez
lat midnight.
■Miss Elizabeth Boyle passed
through Valdez last night on the
Sampson on her way to Belling
ham, Wash., to attend the Normal
school at that place.
W. E. Dunkle will leave tonight
for Southeastern Alaska to make
some examinations of mining
properly for his company.
STRIKE VEIN ON
TATUM CLAIMS
Property Under Bond to Senator
Millard and Associates As
says $196 to Ton.
Senator Millard has received
returns from the assays made of
the vein on the Tatum claims ill
the Port Wells section taken at a
depth of 80 feet and giving re
turns of 8196.
The ground, which was located
hy Mark Tatum, is under bond lo
Senator and Hay Millard and some
Seal-lie associates. A tunnel has
been driven 150 feel and the vein
has been cross-mil. The tunnel
gives a depth In the lead of 80
feet and a| this depth the rock
recently assayed was taken.
The work of opening the claims
will continue and il is expected to
make a dividend producer of them
this summer. The work will he
directly under I he1 supervision of
Colonel Millard.
PROSPECTOR LOST
NEAR LATOUCHE
Searching Party Starts to Locate
Jim Travers, Missing Since
April 26th.
A searching parly left Lalouche
this morning, In' -hunt tor-Jim
Travers, "who left Lalouche April
•J5lh ami lias never been seen or
heard of since that lime, lie left
in a dory belonging to John Wile,
llie hnal was painted green and
the natives report having found
I pieces of a green boat drilling olf
la rocky point of Lalouche island.
•lie left with only ten days sup
plies and had no lent and was last
seep Hie morning of April lTiIIi
by Kred lHiltorworlli and was
headed out through the passage
between Lalouche and Krlinglon
islands.
It is feared that he lias met
with some accident and that his
dory was wrecked and he was
drowned.
TURKS PROMISE
BRTJOIIT PH
Paris, June 0—The Turkish
war office promised to.pay Kiiiille
Vedr'iiie $10,000 for ,1 he work .he
did as air scout in the retsenUwar.
He now asks his government to
collect the money, as the.Turks
refuse to keep their promise and
are holding out on him. •
Malcolm Brock, . of Cordova,
where he is in charge of the mer
cantile establishment of S. Blum
& Co., left last night for his home
and Ivas much impressed [with
the great prosperity of Valdez.
A large force of electricians are
working on the lighting equip
ment of the New Blum building
and when completed promises to
be the best lighted s! ire in Alas
ka.
The launch Elvira, in charge of
Captain Tom Lane, arrived from
Kataila this morning. The boat
stopped at Cordova and unloaded
gasoline for the railroad town.
Notice to Customers.
Customers residing inside of
the city limits will be charged
25c per. quart of milk, as I have
to pay a herder to keep the stock
[out from the city limits.
GUST BYSTEDT,
Prop, of Valdez Dairy.
Held Cabin for Ten Days Against
Men at Homer; Was Big
Ball Player.
Deputy Marshal Al. Sullivan
passed through last night on the
Sampson with Tom Manifee, an
insane patient, who was commit
ted to the Morningside sanitar
ium.
Manifee went crazy from eat
ing poor food in the Inlet coun
try and baricaded himself for ten
days in a cabin, defying the peo
ple about bis home io capture
him. Upon the arrival of the
'deputy, however, tie surrendered
himself and was taken into cus
tody.
Five men were needed to place
a straight jacket on the patient.
Tom Manifee was at one lime
a catcher for the Pittsburg Na
lional ball team, so Horace De
Line says (and lie is some ball
fanv, and be bad ought to know
vviial tie is talking about.
The launch Triton arrived this
morning from Katalla with a ca
pacity load of gasoline for local
consumption.
REBELS LICKED
NEAR CANDELA
————————
Horendo, Tex.. June li.—II is re
funded here that more than ld()
rebels were killed by the federal*
in the battle of yesterday about
('artdefa. The federal forces los
ing only a few men.
TROOPS SURROUND
THE PARLIAMENT
Itudapesl, Hungary, June 0.—
The troop* are guarding the par
liament from the attacks of the
populace, who yesterday made an
attack upon the legislature after
the resignation of the l.ukach
cabinet.
. Several members of the parlia
ment were killed yesterday in the
rioting. .
ESKIMOS BECOME
“BLOATED” CAPITALISTS
Several Eskimos of Gape
Prince of Wales have wealth
which would be'considered a com
petence.by 75'out. of every 100
white men. Dr. C. A. Thompson,
who has arrived iti Nome after an
uninterrupted slay up there of
mjarly four years, gives some re
markable details of the manner in
which the native is advancing.
One native, James Keoke, is
worth between $25,000 and $30,
000. He is lord of a herd that
numbers between 1,500 and 2,000
deer.
•George Ootenna has nearly I.
000 rdindeer and many others are
men of real substance. Nearly
every Eskimo has some deer and
the exceptions are very few. That
wealth brings civilization seems
to be shown by the manner in
which the natives live. Mrs. Oot
enna keeps the house like a white
woman, wears beautiful furs and
on her table at all meals are nap
kins and all the other frills that
convert eating from a necessity
to a ceremony.
With the doctor at the cape are
three other white people. They
are Captain McKinney, Miss Cald
well, principal of the school, and
her assistant. Miss Cameron.
Dr. Thompson reports that all
the natives who were carried out
on the ice some time ago have
.returned safely.—Juneau Dis
patch.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
PLAN HIGH TAX
ON TOBAGGOES
Amendment to Underwood Bill
to Severely Tax Tobacco
Monopoly.
Washington, June C.—An
amendment to the tariff law was
introduced yesterday in the Sen
ate for the purpose of levying a
special graduated tax on tobacco,
cigars, cigarettes and snuff when
any one dealer controls more than
one-fourth of the output.
The purpose of the law would
he to allow a monopoly of the
business toil taxing it severely for
the support of the government.
MILLARD PRAISED 1
BY JDNEAU PAPER
Ed. Russell, Publisher of the Ju
neau Dispatch, Sends Senator
a Complimentary Letter.
Senator B. F. Millard has re
ceived from Kd. Russell, publish
er of the Juneau Dispatch, the
following letter in regard to the?
work done by the senator from
this division at the last session of
the legislature:
Juneau, Alaska. May t, 1913_
Mon. B. F. Aliifard. Senator Third
Judicial Division, Territory of
Alaska- JUear Senator.. Millard:
Before the linal adjournment of
the territorial legislature, 1 de
sire to express |o you my appre
ciation of the many courtesies
extended me and which have so
materially assisted myself and
other members of my stall' in se
curing legislal ive new s.
I also desire to express to you
personally my high regard for
your integrity and legislative
ability, and to state that upon ev
ery public ipiest ion, my observa
tions as the correspondent on the
press desk in the Senate are that
you have been a consistent advo
cate of ..I legislation, treating
all subjects between capital and
labor, etc., fairly and squarely ...
and have done your share to
wards putting on the statute
books of this territory, needed and
progressive laws.
I hope that two years hence
when you return I.nlinue your
dut ies that our pleasant acquain
tance will be renewed and that in
the meantime you will he pros
perous and happy. Yours very
truly, ED. 0. RUSSELL,
Publisher Daily Alaska Dispatch.
An intimate friend of “Red”
Ellis stated that the reason he
refused to recognize, Millard,
Boyle and Bunnell, when coining
up from Seattle to Valdez was
because I he former two had re
fused to speak to him or reply to
his questions when he had ad
dressed them in the spirit city and
had treated him as if he was a
“fresh guy.” He determined to
repay them, therefore when on the
boat both the gentlemen would
have liked to boast of the friend
ship and acquaintance of the “ec
centric owner of the GlitT mine,"
“the man who made Valdez fa
mous” and other nice things, he
had, in turn, refused to remem
ber ever having seen them. The
ruse was very successful.
Mrs. Jack Reddington left last
night for Juneau. Mrs. Redding
ton came to Valdez, she said, to
hunt for her long lost husband,
and will now continue the chase
in Southeastern Alaska towns.
Roy Gentzler passed through
last night on the Sampson. He is
a guard with the insane man from
Homer.