voL 9 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1913. NO. 219.
Motor Car Hits Horse Near Ken
nicott—L. M. Prioe is Killed
and Corser Badly Hurt.
Cordova, June $S.~Loney M.
Price, division engineer of the
Copper River railroad and mayor
of Cordova, was killed yesterday
and Caleb Corser, the new super
intendent of the railroad, was
seriously injured when the gaso
line motor car, on which they
were speeding from the Rennicott
mines to Chitina, struck a horse
grazing on I he 1 fa c k and both
men were thrown out and the cai
wrecked. , . . „
The accident happened at 8
o’clock last night and a special
train was .immediately- -made-up
and rushed to the injured man.
This train reached Cordova early
Ibis morning and Supt. Corser is
now in the local hospital.
The speeder was going 1
miles an hour when the horse,
which was grazing .in the ditch
along the road at mile 19J, sud
denly jumped on the track m
front of the car; which was over
turned. ... , ,
Price’s skull was fractured and
both bis legs were broken and he
died within an hour.
Mr Price leaves a widow, who
is prostrated with grief, and al
so a young son, Richmond, who,
is now six years old. .
The Hags of the city are at half
mast for Mayor Price, who was
greatly admired and respected by
the) people of the town.
L M.-Price was at one time a
resident of Valdez, coming here
with Henry IJeyo, the railroad
surveyor, and later going with
him to locate the upper end of
the road to the Bonanza mine.
He was seriously injured sever
al vears ago when he fell from
the' cliff near the Chitina river,
along which he was surveying.
IIis uack was severely wrenched,
but he recovered and remained m
the drafting room at the head of
fice of the company at Cordova
until fully recovered. Price was
made division engineer soon al
ter Caleb Corser was made super
intendent of the road succeeding
Geiger._
Pilot Morgan and Second Mate
Dakin Mistook llganak Island
for Akun Island.
Seattle, June 26.—The sl«im
ship inspectors have started the
investigation into the cause of
the wreck of the Yukon and it is
possible that several officers will
be suspended and their licenses
taken away.
Pilot Morgan and junior sec
ond officer Dakin were called.
Both officers were on the bridge
at the time the vessel struck and
they admitted that they mistook
Ugunak for Akun island and did
not realize their mistake until'the
vessel was piled up on the rocks.
Other officers and the four
passengers who were on the ship
are to testify today, but nothing
new is expected, as the blame
must rest with the two officers
on the bridge and in charge of
the navigation of the vessel at
the time of the accident.
Seattle, June 26.—More than
10,000 crates of strawberries
reached here yesterday and the
market was glutted, berries sell
ing at 40 cents a crate of 24
small boxes, or less than 2 cents
a box. Thousands of boxes were
unsold and were hauled away to
be burned. Many housewives
purchased berries to can from
the Western Avenue merchants.
A fresh supply of Chinese
goods just received on the Samp
son—Chop Suey, and Chinese
Noodles at the Valdez Cbfe.
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HEAD IS OPENED
Robbers Use Axe to Kill Charles I
Pendall, of Los Angeles
—No Clue.
I,os Angeles, June 26.—Charles
Pentlall, a wealthy money lender
of this city, was found murdered '
in his office this morning by the -
police, who were called when cus
lomers were unable to enter a he
room. *
The money lender had been
killed with an axe. His head was
laid open with one blow and his
brains scattered about the office.
Robbery was the motive and it
will be some time before the po
lice will know how much was
taken. ... , .
The sleuths are without a clue
as to the murderers.
emus
NOW IS PINCHED
u. S. Marshal at Seattle Grabs R.
Graeme for Taking Aero
plane Across Border.
Seattle, June 26.—The United
States marshal here today ar
rested R. Graeme, who is charg
ed with having been concerned in
the successful smuggling of the
Masson aeroplane across the bor
der into Mexico in violation of
the neutrality laws.
Graeme and Masson fixed up
a dummy and had the marshals
and soldiers hunting for 2i
hours for I lie machine, which
they seized, only to find the real
laeroplane had been taken across
the line.
Mason received a large sum
tnf money for his work and is
still operating with the Slate
troops against the federals, who
control Guaymas on the Pacific
coast.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Miss Alice Brainier left for
Cordova on Hie Sampson.
Mrs. W. I. Levy let! for Se
attle to visit wilh friends in the
Spirit City.
Frank Watson, general agent,
of the Alaska Coast company,
is making the trip to Seal lie on
the Sampson.
George Barrack, the Lalouche
operator, is spending a few days
■ iii Valdez, lie is accompanied by
jhis wife on this trip.
Steve) Birch, managing direc
tor of the Alaska Syndicate, left
on the Sampson for Cordova and
will make a trip to the Bonanza
mine.
J. O. Brown a reindeer herd
<;r from Illiamna passed through
on the Sampson for Seattle and
will place, his nine children in
the Indian school near Portland.
Dr. Burton and wife who are
making the round trip ort the
Sampson, greeted many old
friends on the dock this after
noon while the boat was al the
wharf.
Lieut. Prosser who lias spent
the last two years in Valdez, as
Chief Signal Oflicer of the tel
egraph line, left on the Samp
son on a two months vacation,
which he will spend at liis old
home in Illinois.
The plate glass front for I he
S. Blum buildings are now all in
and the new structure lias caused
much admiration, as il is finish
ed in Ib*' latest and most improv
ed style. ” he painters are now
at work painting the front.
Alameda South Early Tomorrow.
The Alameda, now to the west
ward, will sail south at 4 tomor
row morning, according to word
received by the Valdez Dock com
pany from the captain of the
ship. The boat left Seward this
morning and will load ore at La
touche. _
Governor Strong has appointed
Walstein G. Smith, of Katalla, as
iterritorial treasurer. The salary
ipaid is 8*4,000 a year, and the
term of office commences July
:29th.
CAUCUS VOTES
FOR FREE SUGAR
rorty Votes for, Six Against—
Free Wool Also Adopted
by Democrats.
Washington, I). 0., June 20.—
rile two day tight in the Demo
cratic caucus over tjie! adoption
>f the sugar schedule was settled
ast night when the vote was lak
■II and 40 Democratic senators
piled for the Wilson schedule
ind Senators Hitchcock, New
.anils, Kamsdell, Thornton, Shaf
•oth and Welsh voted against the
idoption of the free sugar item.
Ml the Democratic members of
.he upper house were not pres
•nl at the caucus.
No intimation can be secured
from the senators against thead
ilansdell, Thorton, Shafroth,
Welch and CMiamberlain voting
ugairisl the majority.
The fact {.hat live senators vot
ed together on both schedules of
sugar and wool, is taken as a sign
that they will light together when
the bill comes up for passage and
may succeed in defeating the
measure.
I’Ip* Dr ■iiocrats also voted to
ministration measure as to the
attitude they will take when the
measure comes up in the Senate
and some may break away from
the caucus and vote with the Re
publicans for a higher tariff on
sugar.
The fi'C'e wool schedule of the
Underwood-Wilson act was also
adopted by a vole of 41 for and
six against. Senators Newlands,
abolish the commerce Court.
BLETHENS FREED
OF LIBEL CHARGE
Judge Directs the Jury to
Bring in a Verdict of “Not
Guilty.”
Seal I If, June 20.—Tin* rotirl
Inday directed I he jury in the li
bel Anil brought against Colonel
Blethen anil Clarence Blelhen In
bring in a verdict of “not guilly,”
which was done, and the I wo
newspaper men have been freed
Id' the indictment of criminal li
bel brought against them by the
Iasi grand jury.
The Biel hens were charged
with having criminally libeled
Socialist Wells, whom they had
accused in the Seattle Times with
disappearing with the funds of
the Socialist organization.
LITTLE GIRL FOR
MR. AND MRS. DAVIS
A little 8 1-2 pound baby girl
was born at 4 o’clock yesterday
afternoon to Mr. and Mrs. Her
bert Davis at the hospital of the
Good Samaritan,'where Mrs. Da
vis had been taken at 10 yester
day morning. Mrs. Davis is out
of danger and the little girl is
■doing line, but all hopes for
“daddy” have been abandoned by
his friends. _
Metals in Texas in 1912.
( Th« value of the mine output
of gold, silver, copper, lead and
zinc in Texas in 1912, according
to Charles W. Henderson, of the
United Stales Geological Survey,
showed an increase, compared
with the yield in 1911, of $06,132.
The output of silver, which rep
resents 87 per cent of the value
of the state yield, was 406,067
ounces, valued at $249,731, a
decrease of 18,327 ounces _ in
quantity but an increase of $34,
802 in value. The yield of lead
was 65.308 pounds, compared
with 122,800 pounds in 1911.
The yield of gold and copper was
nominal. The output of zinc was
489,232- pounds. The greater
part of metal output was from
the Shatter district, Presidio
county, except the zinc, which
came from the Sierra Blanca
district, El Paso county.
Sampson Comes From the West.
.The Sampson returned from
the westward at 2 this afternoon
anil sailed soon after for Seattle
taking the following passengers:
J. E. Buckenheimer, W. 1?. Slat
er, H. T. Heinrichs, E. \V. Bluer
och, Farmer, F. Ashyorser.Mrs.
W. I. Levy, R. J. Boryer, Miss Al
ice Branner. Steve Birch and
George Baldwin. ■ ,. j
mum win
If Present Itinerary is Carried
Out—May Change Plans and
be Here on Fourth.
The itinerary of the cruiser
Maryland as at present planned
by the officers will bring the big
cruiser to Valdez July 1 4th and
at- Seward July 4th. Efforts are
being made to havet a change
made in the plans of the officer
in charge, Commander Ellicott,
and it is possible that the ves
sel will come here for the 4th
and later go to Seward.
The present itinerary is as fol
lows: Arrive Kodiak June 21,
leave Kodiak June 22; arrive
Chignik June 23, leave Chignik
June 2 4; arrive lumTskin bay
June 25, leave Innerskin bay
June 20: arrive Luxedni harbor
same day, leave Luxedni harbor
June 3(i; arrive Kachemak bay
same day, leave Kachemak bay
July 3: arrive Seward July 4,
leave Seward July S: arrive Poll
Wells same day, leave Port Wells
July 14: arrive Valdez same day,
leave Valdez. July 17; arrive Cor
dova same day, leave Cordova
July 22: arrive Sitka July 24,
leave Sitka August I: arrive
Control I r bay August 3, take on
Alaska coal, leave Controller bay
when coal is on board and when
test is completed proceed to Yak
utat, remain there two days;
then to Sulzer, remain six days at
Sulzer and vicinity: thence to
Puget Sound to refill bunkers.
State Had Appropriated $10,000,
But Another $5,000 Was
Raised by the Public.
Sent lie, June 20.—The veterans
of I lie stale uf Washington who
will attend the reunion of the
soldiers who fought at Hie battle
of Gettysburg, left here today on
the special train as the guests of
'the state.
The appropriation of $10,000
made by the state for the expen
ses of the soldiers was found to
the insignificant for the number
of veterans in the stale and an
other $5,000 was given by public
subscription.
Princ®ton Cost $4,000.
Princeton, June 20—The cost
of a foil!' year’s college course at
Princeton, is slightly more than
$4,000, This average tias been
obtained from the records of the
Princeton class of 191.3, about
250 members of the class re
sponding. The highest amount
that anyone spent was $10,000.
One Princetonian says that he
paid out in casli only $800 during
ihe enlirm four years. Of this
year’s graduating clasti 13 sup
ported themselves wholly and 58
paid part of their expenses
throughout the course.
Inquiry regarding the habits of
the students showed that 184 of
the 250 smoke and 70 of this
number began to use tobacco in
but lege. On the other hand, 51
stopped use of the weed during
(their college course. The an
swers to the question, “Have you
sever kissed a girl?” revealed the
highest percentage when 203
confessed. Two hundred and 19
of the students dance, and 19 of
these consider dancing morally
wrong. Of those who acknowl
edged corresponding with girls
them were 200. Only nine men
acknowledged that they were en
gaged to be married. Twenty-four
said (bat they had been rejected.
Valdez Club Dance Tonight.
The regular monthly dance of
the Valdez Dancing Club will be
given tonight at Moose hall. Ihe
ladies have prepared a splendid
midnight lunch and Arthur Pink
us will; render his usual high
class dance music. All members
are requested .to be present.
Cruiser Maryland at Kodiak.
The cruiser Maryland left Ka
talTa for Kodiak June 21st and
•will remain to the westward for
two weeks,.
Billy Thomas is building an
addition to his home on Hobart
street. . .
PRESIDENT FIRES
SPECIAL AGENT
Charged That French Prostitutes
Were Protected by McRey
nolds From Deportation.
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San Francisco, June 20.—
President. Wilson ordered the dis
missal of Special Agent Herring
ton, of the Department of Jus
tice, who had wired to the pres
ident criticism of Attorney Gen
eral MoReynolds, charging that
the Washington officials had
prevented the deportation of
French prostitutes who had tried
to remain in the country plying
their trade in the low dives of
San Francisco.
The president wired direct to
Herrington, dismissing Die spec
ial agent for his criticisms of his
superior officers.
WARSHIP of
ALASKA ROCKS
So States Wireless From Ala
meda to Sampson—Wo Con
firmation.
The Alameda wireless operator
caught a report from the Ameri
can cruiser Galveston saying the
'boat was on the rocks near
Ketchikan. The Galveston is now
in Alaska waters with a large
number of the naval militia of the
palate of Washington, who are
‘-making the northern cruise.
No con Urination can be secured
here as to the truth of the re
port. hut as the accident is sup
posed to have taken place sever
al days ago, it is believed* I hat
the wireless referred to the
■wreck of the t’.aracao, which was
beached at Fish Kgg Island, near
Ketchikan.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Mrs. George Mead was taken to
the hospital of the Good Samari
tan yesterday afternoon.
(). A. Bergen is figuring on I lie
barkless deg, now that the crow
less rooster lias been discovered.
A large number of citizens en
joy the nightly street revival
meetings of Miss Wright and'her
co-workers.
Large numbers of the citizens
of Valdez spend hours each day
watching the big donkey engine
handling the dirt for the dike.
Valdez Cameron, the first white
child born in Valdez, will have the
seal of honor on the Igloo float
on the Fourth. All other chil
dren born in Alaska now living
in Valdez will also be on I he
lloat.
Robert Small and John Con
nelly, miners working at the Cliff
mine, have entered the rock drill
ing contest for the Fourth of
July. Robert Small is a well
known horse shoer from San
Francisco and he will do all the
striking, while John Connelly will
do all the turning of the drill.
Both men are crackerjacks auu
•expect to land the $250 prize.
The piledriver crew have reach
ed the power plant with the 20
■foot approach for the Valdez
dock and the improvement has
greatly added to the value of the
wharf. With, the old narrow ap
proach a runaway might have
caused much loss of life or crip
pled many people who would hap
pen to be on the approach com
ing from or going to a ship at
the time, as they would be unable
to get out of the way, but now
the dock will he wide enough for
all' to escape in such an emer
gency.
Extraordinary Fine Pictures.
All the pictures tonight at the
Orpheum are good ones and are
(extremely interesting.
How a letter travels from the
great lakes of Central Africa to
civilization. „
Pathe Weekly. France, Eng
land, Germany, Australia, etc.
Political Kidnapping, exciting
political story.
A Burglar’s Weird Reception,
another scream trick comedy.
Another good change Saturday
with matinee.
Owners Refuse to Extend Time to
Syndicate in Which to Make
Payment.
All work has been stopped on
the Midas mine across the bay in
Solomon basin, and all the ma
chinery owned by the Alaska Syn
dicate has been hauled to a claim
located a few days ago by one of
the agents of (he! company since
the determination of the officials
of the officials of the Syndicate
to give up the bond they have had
on the claims, which called for
a payment of $23,(MM) July first.
This action was taken after the
owners, Valdez business men, re
fused to extend the time of pay
ment of the installment now due
and insisted on a payment as pur
coni ract.
More Ilian *50,000 worth of
work has been done hv the Syn
dicate under the direction of \V.
K. Dunkle, one of I he Syndicate's
engineers, and il was always
thought Mini I lie development
work had demonstrated the val
ue of Hie ground; in fact, so con
fident were the owners of this
that they refused to extend the
time for the payment.
In answer to an inquiry made -
by the Prospector regarding Hie
status of the Midas Copper prop
erty, Mr. Kirch made the follow
ing statement :
“Last October the Alaska De
velopment and Mineral company
took an option on the Midas prop
erly. W'e immediately commen
ced exploration work and have
continued this work without in
terruption up to the present time
but we have been unable to do the
amount of work which is neces
sary to satisfy us as |o the perm
anency of Hie property. t| was,
therefore, necessary for us to ask.
the Midas people lor an exten
sion of lime in order to continue
this exploration work to satisfy
ourselves, which request, howev
er, was denied and we were forced
to abandon Hie work.”
SQLONS WANT
GREASE MONEY
Telephoned President Lovett, of
Union Pacific, to Come Across
for Protection.
Washington, I). C.. June 26.—
President Lovett, of the Union
I Pacific, who was called before the
Senate lobby investigating com
mittee to explain the statement
made by him that efforts had
been made to force llu* Union Pa
cific to retain certain attorneys
to represent the railroad at
Washington to prevent adverse
legislation, appeared this morn
ing and testified that strenuous
attempts had been made to have
him give Attorney Lauterbaek a
large retainer ^o "grease the
wheels at Washington and pre
vent radical agitation against the
Harriman dissolution.”
President Lovett said that the
first maw to phone him was some
one who said he was Congress
man Hiordon. Others, he said,
had phoned to Attorney Lauter
barli, among who was a man who
saiil he was Congressman Henry.
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H0MM1TH0LICS
London, June 26.—The new
translation of the Roman Cath
olic Bible, which will be known
as the Westminster version, will
shortly be issued to the public.
The beautiful couch cover and
pillow made by Mrs. James Gil
more of silk flags of all nations
embroidered into a silk founda
tion will be raffled off at the Se
attle hotel July 4th. The cover is
a work of art and is now on ex
hibition in the window of the Val
dez. Mercantile company store.
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Geo. ReinkP. the watch repairer
and jeweler, is at the Valdez Druff
company.
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