VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, UlMttL 19,1913. MO. 19Z.
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ROOSEVELT BE
1916 NOMINEE
Predicted That His Friends Will
Secure Him the Nomination
Progressive Party Dying.
Washington, L). (3.. April IS).—
fl. is freely predicted here that
ex-President Roosevelt will be the
regular Republican candidate for
president in 1916 and that, the
Progressive parly is dying and
will not have a candidate in the
next national contest. All efforts
lo work up enough enthusiasm lo
perfect a machine has failed.
it is now predicted by I tie
Roosevelt worshipers Dial they
will secure the nomination for
liim from I lie Republican party.
WILSON FIRES
WILLIS MOORE
Had Co-erced Men in His Depart
ment to Aid Him to Secure
Cabinet Position.
Washington. 1>. April 1‘J.—
President Wilson has refused to
allow Weather Prophet Moore loj
resign and has entered an order J
of dismissal.
The charges made against the
former chief of the weather de
partment were sustained. He had
r.o-ereed many employes under
him In give aid and assistance to
his candidacy fur the porllnlio
of Secretary of Agriculture.
JURY INDICTS
m. MIT
Accused of Offering Bribe to Su
perintendent Russell of NNat
tewan Asylum.
New York, April ID.—The spe
cial grand jury yesterday return
ed a true bill against Attorney
Anhui, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y„
who is indicted for attempting
bribery in an effort to secure the
release of Harry Thaw, the slay
er of Stanford While some years
ago.
Thaw is routined in the Malle
wan asylum for the criminal in
sane and has made repeated ef
forts to secure his release from
I lie iust it lit ion.
Anhui received bonds valued at
4125,000 from Thaw, and it is
claimed by former Superintend
ent Russell that Anhut offered
him that sum for a favorable re
port on the sanity of Thaw: this
is denied by the attorney, who
asserts that Russell demanded
that sum for his assistance.
Thaw was the principle witness
against Anlml before I he grand
jury.
The Seward and Valdez jurors,
who left last night on the North
western, arrived at Cordova in
time to attend court this morn
ing at 10 o’clock.
Fine special change of pictures
at I he Orpheum tonight.
Complete change of program
tonight at the Orpheum. .
Don’t forget the Eagle dance
tonight.
Does your watch need repair
ing? See Reinke. the watch doc
tor.
DOCTORS TESTIFY
TO VICE PROBERS
They Received One-third of Fees
Paid Maternify Hospitals—
No Records of Babies.
Chicago, April 19.—The doctors
called before the legislature vice
probing committee, testified that
they received one„third of the
fees paid maternity hospitals for
delivering of children and the
placing of-them in families.
The hospitals, according In the
doctors, made money both ways.
They charge for the delivery of
illegitimate children and also rc«
coive money by the sale ol lliem
to families who desire I lie kids
and have none.
An records were kepi of I he
birth of children. Many men.
prominent in business and pro
fessional life in the cily, would
pay the expenses of girls sent to
the maternity hspoilals, and in
many instances married men
fooling the bills for young girls.
The hospitals .were able to
charge any sum I hey wauled,
their fees being graduated ac
cording to the wealth of the man
in the case, I hey, assert, and no
records were kepi of where the
babies were sent.
HUE REM
MEM CORPS
*
Not a Single Osse uf 'fyphold lie
ported at Any Army Post Dur
ing the Past Year.
Washington. I*. 11., April IP.
The report of the army surgeons
that not a case of typhoid lias de
veloped at an Amerieai1. army post,
in the past year is considered one
of liie greatest achievements in
the suppression of disease of
modern times. This dread dis
ease has in former days taken
a heavy annual toll of human life
in the army, and heretofore
where large numbers 'of troops
have been assembled The death
roll has been exceptionally heavy.
The concent rat ion of troops
along our southern border was
I he greatest test of the efficiency
of the corps and proves that ty
phoid lias been successfully plac
ed under control by our army
surgeons.
WOULD DEDUCE
CABLE TOLLS
Juneau, April 19—Senator Con
rad Kreeding's memorial asking
that the tolls for cable messages
oxer Hie mililary cable from Se
atlle lo Alaska be reduced, was
passed yesterday by bulb bouses.
The memorial will be forwarded
Ho Washington immediately and
Hie legislators are in hopes lhat
the rales for messages lo and
from Alaska will be lowered.
ARMY OFFICER FOR
COMMERCE COMMISSION
Washington, 1). C., April 19.
II is now proposed lo assign an
army engineer to the interstate
commerce commission for service
in the study of the railroads and
their management. The'officer
is to be paid by the commission
while away from his military du
I ies.
/
Jack Ingram, who has been
working for the Alaska Road Com
mission on the interior, arrived m
town this afternoon.
BRYAN AND CLARK MAKE UP
AT DEMOCRATIC LOVE FEAST
PEERLESS LEADER ADMITS HE WRONGED THE SPE'AkER AT
BALtIMORE CONVENTION—BOTH ISSUE STATEMENTS—
CLARK SAYS DAMAGE IRREPARABLE, BUT FORGIVES.
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Washinglmi, I). C„ April 10.
Secretary of Slate Bryan ami
Speaker of the House Champ
Clark were the guests last night
at a Democratic harmony feast
ami buried I lie hatched. Bryan
prepared a statement for publi
cation. saying that Clark was a
clean progressive; that lie was
working assiduously for the in
terests of the people all the lime,
lie further staled that lie had not
intended to relied upon Clark's
personal or political integrity
when he spoke at Baltimore. The
secretary of stale and the speak
er are working1 together, he said.
for the upbuilding of the Deino
%
era!ir organj/.al ion.
Speaker Clark also issued a
statement in which he said that
it was beyond the power of Bry
an or any one else to repair the
damage to his reputation by the
unjust charges made at Balti
more. but that Bryan had done all
he Could to retract the slander.
"We will forget the past and work
for the best interests of the party
and the people.” said the speaker.
Many notables in the parly
were present and all commended
the spirit of forgiveness shown
by Speaker Clark and the
straightforward effort to light a
wrong on the paid of the peerless
leader.
on IS FOUND
IN SWITZERUND
.
Lost Memphis Cotton Broker
Telegraphs His Wife That
He is Safe.
London. April I!»—Joseph Mar
tin, a rollon hroker of Memphis.
1’rn-rt.. has notified *his wife lhal
hr is safe hi .Switzerland.
„ Marlin disappeared on April ^
and had iiM-Hiee11 -heard of nnlii
today, wiien hr wired his wife of
his whereabouts.
Iturns deled i'es nmk_ d
I Yard officials have hri a
for him for some I imf i
onl success.
pneuInugerm
IS DISCOVERED
Rockefeller Institute h'fcfessors
So Announce--ttVhii (Make
Further teats.
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New York, April 19.--The re
searches made liy members of llie
Rockefeller Institute have proven
that they have discovered twd
serums whicii will cure pneumon
ia. The necessary ingredients
for the two serums' followed tin
discovery that two germs existed
in pneumonia patients, both of
which were acted upon scparate
iy.
Mire have been inoculated and
il has proven elfaeious and il is
now intended to make further ex
haustive tests upon humans.
BOYLE’S DENTAL BILL
PASSED LOWER BRANCH
Juneau, April 19.—The House
yeslerday afternoon passed I he
Hoyle denial bill regulating the
ipraeliee of dentistry in Alaska,
land providing for registration
land examination of all practicing
dentists. The hill was sent to the
Senate.
bun YVilsey, who made a trip
to Seward in ltie interest of Rob
ert Ferguson, returned from the
westward town and reports that
many of the citizens of that town
[are in favor of the Valdez merch
imil as U>e next U. S. marshal.
' Carl Nelson and jtiig'partner.
Peter bop.iimck, returned from
Pori Wells last evening.
I
COMMERCIAL BUOY
STAND BT FORTH
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Passes Vote of Confidence in
Convicted Banker.
Seal lie, April I !i.--iiiiineiliale
Jy uudil receipt of tin1 informrr
I ion of I lie verdict against Jacob
Fill-Ill. I tie Seattle banker, by a
Bellingham jury. the. chamber of
commerce of Ibis city conveneil
anil passed a resolution of con
lidence in Mr. Flirt h.
Members of I he banking houses
of I he city say that Furlh was
md uiiilly of any criminal intent.
DAMAGE SUIT IS
BEING TRIED
Erhfest Vande Vorde Suing the
kehnicott WlinM Cdhipany
for Damages.
Cordova, April 19.—The ease
of Ernest Vande Vorde against
the Kennirolt Mines company !<
recover for personal injuries is
now t n trial before the disten t
c >urt. here Vande Vorde was in
jured when the bucket he was rid
ing in was dumped and he landed
7*5 feet down the hill on a pile of
rucks.
E. E. Ritchie appears for the
plaintiff and It. d. Bo rye r for the
company.
REVOLUTIOItAfeY DAUGHTERS
HAVE STORMY SESSION
Washington, April 19.—The
Daughters of the American Rev
olution met yesterday and elected
Mrs. Story, the conservative can
didate, as president of the order
for the next four years. Mrs.
Horton, a society leader of Buf
falo, was defeated. She was the
administration candidate.
(ins Manlhey, of Seward, was a
throug-i passenger on the Norths
w*'-vj ,*• n for Cordova, where lie
was summoned as a juror.
F(jR SALE—A Smith-Premier
typewriter, in tlrst-elass shape.
Call at the Valdez Transfer Co.
Don't forget ihe- Eagle dance
tonight.
MUTANTS TAKE
LONDON BRIDGE
I
Lock Themselves in Monument on
Famous Struoture and Defy
the Police for Hours.
London, April 19.—Two mili
tant suffragettes locked them
selves in the tower of the “Lon
don bridge” monument yesterday
and for Jiours stopped the traffic
across the bridge. The police
made many efforts to storm the
fort but without success, the ma
sonry making it impossible for
I lie '‘Hobbies" to enter the build
ing.
The lire department was unable
In reach the scene because of
the blockade, as Ihe'police intend- j
ed to drown the two out, but they
finally surrendered and it was
with the greatest difficulty that
the police were cldc to protect
the women from the mob. who
wanted to thrash then!, and as il
was most of the clothes were lorn
from the women before the\ were
safe in the station.
Bert Skinner arrived this morn - j
imr from the interior with a line
lot of furs. He has a live1 mar
tin, whi'di is on exhibition at the
liuffet.
MINI
SAILS SOUTH
Delayed by Snow and Loading of
Ore at Latouche—South
bound Passengers.
Tlie Norlhweslorn arrived al i>
o'clock last flight and !•*ft al td:;i(l
fni' Hu' south. Stic was delayed in
arriving here by the' snow storm
and also loaded ore at Latouche.
The following passengers left
for Seattle:
I'-. Moses, M. K. Carr, Mi's. Wil
liam Finical, < 1. W. .Nelson. Mr.
j and Mrs. Al. White, K. It. Pone
roy, A. Hoot.
Cortlva—Mrs. Ziegler. I*. S.
Hunt, Chas. Wilcox, G. H. Golden,
J. W. I.ee, W. J. Wright, D. P.
Griswold, Win, Trout. F. N.
Tocher, Smith Higgins, W. \.
Soule, J. Zug, Geo. Brown, Adam
Swan. J. O. Arnold. S. McNeiec.
MODE MEMORIALS
TOJMESS
Juneau. April IP.—The memor
ial inlrotiucetl by Representative
dray request ing congress to pass
a law allowing 100 acres as oil
land claim was passed.
The memorial introduced by
dray, of Kalalla, and Hoyle, ask
ing for better mail service, was
reported favorablv by the com
mittee.
MEETING OF ALASKA
PIONEERS CALLED
A meeting of the Pioneers of
Alaska will he held next Thurs
day, April -M. at Kaglc hall for the
pin pose of organizing Igloo No.
7 of the Order of Alaska I'io
.•■eers. All white males who came
ito (he territory prior |o January, j
I'.’ot, are .eligible to become mem-.:
tiers.
The children of Valdez had a j
line lime this afternoon at the
matinee given litem by J. W. Oil
son al the Orpheum theater.
Dougherty & Ferguson receiv- j
ed on the steamer Sampson a
supply of fresh groceries, fruit !
and vegetables.
Measure Will Provide for Loss of
Revenue ay Reason of the
Tariff Reductions.
Washington, l>. <1., April 19.—
The Democratic members of con
gress held a caucus yesterday
and adopted the income tax
schedule iulact, which will pro
vide for a fax on all incomes
above * i,o00.
Tlie income lax. il is asserted
by the Dcmoerafic leaders, will
provide all necessary expenses
for I he pnvermnetil and will till
in l he jrap made in I lie revenues
by i lie lower 111 riIV rales.
WANT PRESIDENT
TO VISIT ALASKA
Territorial Legislature Requests
President Wilson to Visit
the Territory.
Juneau, April IP. —1><itli houses
of (lie legislature have passed a
memorial to President Wilson
asking that he visit (he territory.
They have invited tin' chief ex
ecutive of the nation to come to
the northern territory that he may
see for himself the great amount
of development work being done
and also receive lirsl-hand infor
mation regarding I lie needs of the
lerrilory.
BILLS PASSED
AT JUNEAU
Roden’s 8-rtour Bill Lost and Sub
stitute Passed-Millard's Work
ingman’s Bill does Thro gh.
Juneau, April 19.—The 8-hour
hill, drafted by the committee as
a substitute for the Roden meas
ure, was passed yesterday and
sent to the governor immediate
ly. .The new law applies to quartz
miners only. The Roden 8-hour
law for women was defeated by
the lower House.
Seilalor Millard's negotiable in
strumenl bill was passed by both
houses and sen! lo I he governor.
It provides that i! shall he a
crime lo issue noii-negotiable
acknowledgements of indebted
ness in payment of wages due
employes, and provides how such
indebtedness shall lie made. It
also provides for the payment of
attorneys fees by I he employer
when a workman must sue to se
cure his wages. /
The Millard hill providing for
I he incorporation of churches,
schools and societies was pass
ed by .both houses and sent lo
the governor tor his approval or
disapproval.
breeding's uniform sales hill
was passed by bolli houses.
Jus! received al Harvey's Tog
gery, a nice line of spring and
summer coats.
WANTED—A cook; inquire of
Hoi. O’Neil at Fort I.iscurn.
If you want all the news all the
time, read the Prospector.
Dougherty & Ferguson receiv
ed on the steamer Sampson a
supply of fresh groceries, fruit
and vegetables.