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TURKISH WOMEN
ARE ABUSED
Appeal to the Powers to Stop
Atrocities of the Bulgars
at Thrac®.
Constantinople, Aug. IT.—The
Turkish government has protest
ed |o the powers against the Bul
garian atrocities being committed
in Thrace.
Women and children arc be
ing ambushed and killed when
they protest I lie instills and as
saults befiiig made upihi them.
Tile town is tin open harem fur
Bulgarian soldiers, who take wo
men. married or single, as they
desire, and kill the husbands or
la I hers who make protest.
Turkey demands that measures
be liiken by the powers to relive
the situation and protect the
Turkish people in territory occu
pied by the Bulgarians.
YUKON SHIPMENTS
STOP THIS MONTH
Seattle, Aug. 1 i.~The last
Fairbanks shipments via St.
.Michaels will he made August 2 5,
according to the present plans of
the steamship lines.
CURRENCY BILL
NOT BE PASSED
Democrats Alarmed at Slowness
of Tariff, Agree Not to Push
the Currency Bill.
Washington, 1). (F, Aug. I i.—
Fearing that the Wilson-Under
wood tariff cannot be passed at
111 is session unless some icon
cession is made to the Republi
can members and to the Demo
crats who are opposed to the cur
rency hill as now drafted, and
who are almost sure to delay all
administration legislation, it is
expected that the. Democratic
leaders will promise not to con
sider the currency bill at this
session, but will put it oil- until
the November'session if the tar
itf is hastened.
If is epeeted that the compro
mise will be made and that from
now on Ihe lariIV will be speed
ed to its end.
MEXIGMt REBELS
IRE DEFEATED
With Groat Loss of Life,
Says Dispatch From Mex
ico City.
,l#cxico City, Aug. 14.—The fed
eral troops are reported fo have
defeated the Mexican rebels, who
Attacked the city of Torreon.
The federal troops were very
strongly entrenched and had
been reinforced without the
knowledge of Ihe rebels, and
when the attack came the ma
chine guns mowed down the reb
els, who lost 3,000 men and were
forced to retreat, closely pursued
by the federal forces.;
Millinory.
Jusl received from Chicago, the
latest, up-to-date fall and winter
millinery at Ihe Keystone milli
ner's. MRS. S. E. GLEASON.
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CONFLICTING REPORTS ARE RECEIVED
CONCERNING THE SHUSHANA COUNTRY
(leorge Irwin, formerly assist
ant district attorney in the First
division, and who came north on
the Northwestern for Shushaua,
bringing three horses, a cow and
a small outfit, informed the
Prospector that he is unable at
this liim> to form an opinion of
the camp, but that the informa
tion he had received had caused
him to decide to wail until fur
ther reports are received. Me left
his 'stock at Cordova and is mak
ing a trip (o Seward, hoping that
upon his return enough informa
tion will lie received to justify
the. continuing of his journey or
its abandonment.
Walter Solderburg, the Nome
miner who made a fortune out of
the Mot Air claim, is more posi
tive in his statements of the
country, claiming that unscrupu
lous booming has been done;
that men have been induced to
go into that section, although the
boomers knew that what had been
found did not justify I lie stam
pede.
Mike Sullivan is reported to
have made the statement that he
would not return to the new dig
gings for all the claims in that
section, as the country is‘high,
the claims are located above lim
ber. -the season is. 'Short and the
many disadvantages of its loca
tion. lack of water, etc., are sure
to prevent it amounting to much.
"Sullivan was sent in by President
Baxter of the railroad to ascer
tain the facts and had access to
(tie Mratnober cache, assuring
■him of all the food 'supplies for
ilie winter had lie des ired to re -
main. 'His return to •GortWiva is
considered one of the worst fea
WAR DEPARTMENT
ORDERS PROBE
Desires to Know About Conditions
in the Shush&na—-Lieut.
Howard Detailed.
■ Lieut. S. A. Howard, of Fori.
Liscum, Jefl lliis morning with
two members of 30th infantry and
a packer to explore the country
at the head of the Copper river,
the head of Hie While, and more
especially the Shushana river
(Chrs'uai, upon which a large
| numher of locations have been
| made the past lew mouths, caus
ing a slampcde into that section.
Lieut. Howard has been detail
ed by Col. O'Neil, under orders
from the War department, as in
almost every unsuccessful stam
pede and from many of the
camps which eventually did pan
out the War.department has been
called upon to care for the des
titute miners and prospectors,
mostly cheechacos, who go into
the country with a package of
grapenuts and a bundle of loca
tion notices and are soon calling
for help or threatened with star
vation.
(A four-horse wagon loaded
with the supplies needed and
which will be supplemented by
supplies at the Gulkana station
of the telegraph line, left this
morning. At the end of the wagon
road eight pack horses will be
used and the party will proceed
up the Copper to the headwaters
and drop across the divide to the
Bhushartiia. '
Besides Lieut. Howard, Corp.
F.dmison, Private O’Neil and
Packer Homer li. Otis, will com
prise the party.
The selection of Lieut. Howard
was made because of his great
fitness for the position.
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SOME SAY COUNTRY IS NO GOO D, OTHERS SAY SECTION HAS
NOT BEEN GIVEN A CHANCE- -MANY STAMPEDERS AT COR
DOVA AWAITING RETURN FRIENDS NOW ON GROUND
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lures by those who are now ar
riving in the railroad town.
However, at this time, it is im
possible for anyone to know what
to believe of the new diggings.
Reports are very conflicting, but
it must be remembered that, all
placer camps have been given a
black eye by the men who rush
in and expect to find gold on the
trees or lying about likfl rocks on
the glacier Hats about Valdez, and
no mailer what the reports are
this fall a large number of pros
pectors will go into that section
next season and prospect, as they
! have in everv other placer camp,
and the chances are Hint a good
producing camp will lie found
and developed.
The following letter, written by
a man named Fox. regarding tlie
new camp does not paint the lat
est strike .in yury. rosy,coloring.'
We are alfso printing such other!
in formation-* gleaned froin pas
sengers on the boat and from let—i
I era received.by .It. P..Sullivan and
S. .Blum
“lfiscovery is the only claim
working: working 'tilioul. two
months, and only JO feet of work
showing two lengths of sluice
boxes I ti feel long. One above
crosscut on right hand side of
creek and fraction e.rosseut,
which practically crosscuts the
entire claim; panning on I above
shows nothing: claims above are
iii the canyon, and looks a poor
prospecting for much gold to be
deposited. Four .men working on
discovery, wages $12.50 per day,
board and shelter themselves.
The gold is all nuggets, no line
gold showing, and what gold has
been found on the oilier creeks,
Wilson glacier and Dig Kldorado.
is altogether different, being very
line. McDaniels panned on all
llic 'e claims and the best he got j
was ahoul 10 ccnls in one pan on ■
bedrock oil (ilaeier creek.
"Condil ions are such that I In*
outlook is going to be a b>l of
men in helpless and pitiful con
dition, as nearly all are without
necessary grub to gel, themselves
• •ill, and footgear is very bard to
procure. The geologist survey
ors of the Dominion of Canada,
from Dawson, condemn I he for
mal ion .of .the country. The en
tire country for about eight miles
.is located and about 150 claims
are recorded. Klevatjon of dig
gings 'is about 5,00(1 feet ifii|d
frost and ice in tile water every
morning: On August. 2nd there
were about 200 or 300 men in the
• listriel arid reports are that
many more can't move for the
fact that there is no footgear.
Men eootcAtphiiing going into
■
-season; horse feed is scarce.
"There was eight, inches of
Snow on the pass on the ill) inst.
Paulson Returned After Locating
Claims—Two Men Take Out
152 Ozs. in Two Days.
Joe Stanton, I lie interior mail
carrier, arrived in Valdez this
morning, bringing Hie • interior
mail. While al (iulkana lie met
John Paulson, who had just re
turned from the Chisna, where
lie hud mushed with pack on his
back and had succeeded in locat
ing several claims.
Paulson had told him that he
hud seen a cleanup of l 53 ounces
of gold, mostly coarse, taken out
by two men in two days with
three lengths of sluice boxes,
which they had carried up from
timber four miles away. Pay had
been found on seven creeks ac
cording to Paulson and the camp
will be permanent. The newdig
| gings are four miles from timber
and are high up, and in some in
instances horses cannot reach the
claims until a trail is constructed.
Paulson reported that Mike
Johnson, Bug Sargent, Slim Wil
liams and Jimmy Simpson had
located claims and were of the
first to arrive, all going via I he
(iulkana and up the Copper.
When Paulson left the diggings
only 80 men, were in the camp.
Simpson went In with two
horses and was out fitted to re
main for several months.
John Paulson mushed in with
a pack on his hack and had no
trouble crossing streams, the
Batzulnelas being the only one
at all high.
The people from Fairbanks
were crossing to (iulkana and
some crossed to the Chislichina
and then over to the Copper, inert
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READY FOR THE
BIG DANCE TONIGHT
Dance in Aid of Hospital Expect
ed to Crowd Eagle Hall—Good
Time Assumed.
The dance lo he given this ev
ening in aid id' the (loud Samar
itan Hospital, in Kagle Hall,
promises In lie a must enjoyable
event. Through the kindness of
Col. O'Neil the Korl l.iscum hand
have donated their services for
the evening. Messrs. Hiukus and
Cameron, the local musicians,
have been equally generous.
The fad that I he dance is being
given in aid of the hospital should
be suflieienl lo guarantee a
crowded house. The flood Sa
maritan lots a firmly established
place in the esteem of this com
munity. Like all other hospitals
111 Alaska it lias never lieeu sell
■supporting but has been financed
and kept going through the untir
ing efforts of Bishop Rowe assist
ed by local workers, who have
recognized its help to the unfor
tunates of this section. The hos
pital has been a haven for many
helpless people in their time of
greatest need by afford fit* them
an opportunity of regaining their
health when otherwise they must
have succumbed to their injuries
or sickness. All hospitals are
constantly being called upon to
perform an immense amount of
work for which there is no pos
sible revenue save the knowledge
that they are helping to lighten
the load of suffering humanity.
This clatts of work falls particu
larly heavy upon the local hospi
tal. Patients must be accepted
who Have little hope of being
able to pay their way. 'To turn
them away would be,to.deily (he
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and slurms have been continual.
The Chittistone glacier is two
days mush without any timber.
On tlie 11th of August inusher
arrived at, McCarthy and he re
ported 15 inches nf snow Scoali
pass.
“These facts are not from one,
hut dozens of men who have come
(oul direct from diggings."
Letter From Brown.
Harvey I*. Sullivan, Esq., U. S.
Marshal, Valdez.
Chitina, Alaska, Aug. 7. 1013.
--Hear Sir: I reached here the
day following |he telegram 1 sent
yon announcing my return to
'this precinct. I spent about a
‘week in I lie new camp, giving me
a good opportunity to slinly the
situation. The camp is hound to
lie a big one. although many ex
aggerated reports have been sent
out. There is hut one claim be
ing worked, that of I he James
boys, and they are taking out
good pay, mostly coarse gold.
There are about ten small creeks
or pups on which pans ranging
from 25' cents to $2 have been
lakeiij out, none ■ of • which was
from bedrock. A shortage of
tools in the camp is greatly re
tarding work; most of those who
went' in going with light packs—
probably three weeks food and no
tools. I managed to locale two
claims near where pay was kown
to exist.
There are now an average of
150 men a day reaching the dig
jrings.rtbuL^ew df them have pro
visions enough to carry them
through hut a very few days, and
as a consequence it is feared that
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NORTHWESTERN
REACHES VALDEZ
Has 100 Tons Freight and Num
ber Passengers for Valdez
Ten Horses for Valdez.
i
The steamer Northwestern, in
command of Captain Hunter,
reached Valdez at 0:0 Iasi night,
bringing ten bead of stock, 100
tons of freight and a large num
ber of passengers, many of whom
were originally billed for Cordova
but continued to Valdez when the
reports from I lie interior were
heard.
The ten bead of slock for Val
dez. is mostly for oldtimers who
know that the safes! ayd surest
route at this lime of the year is
from Valdez to (lulkana and up
the Copper river.
Fifty-two head of stock were
unloaded from the boat at Cor
dova and most, of them were im
mediately placed in quarantine
because of the death of one horse
on the ship afflicted with glan
ders. About half the slock on
the ship was brought north by J.
D. Forrester, father of an engi
neer on the Copper River rail
road, as a speculation, but the
horse market has been lost since
the crowd started on the return
from the Shushanna. and he is
therefore unable to dispose of his
stock.
The following passengers for
Valdez arrived: C. E. Dippman,
C. F. Dippman, Sam Nilson, R.
M. (.lark, A. Nilsen, J. M. Slender,
F. (S; Hardenburgh, \V. H. Cas
well. C. S. Black, A. 'H. Stew^art.
R. Ashland. M. Howard, \V. J.
Bower. J. Schmidt. Carr Pritch
ett.
The following slampeders were
billed for Cordova: T. ' R|
Thotnpson. \V. V. Wellman, («. A;
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SULZER'S TRIAL
SEPTEMBER 18
Will Make Hard Fight to Hold Of
fice—Expect Clash Between
Sulzer and Glynn.
Albany, N. V., Aug. I S.--The
impeachment trial of Governor
Sulzer has been set for Septem
ber 18th. when the Senate will
sit in judgement on the governor
of the state.
Lieut. Governor Glynn has an
nounced that he will occupy the
governor's olliee, as the impeach
ment of Sulzer, prevents him
from exercising the powers of his
olliee. Sulzer, however, says that
he will use I he military force of
I lie slate to remain in olliee, until
legally misled. He contends that
the impeachment invalid, because
I lie special session. called to
pass I he governor's direct pri
mary hill, could nol legally take
up any legislative 'subject, but
that for which they were called.
■V clash between llie governor
and the licul. governor is expect
ed.
The governor has retained a
long list of lawyers, the best in
the state, to appear for him at
the trial.
Mrs. Sulzer is prostrated at the
scandal and is now under a phy
sician’s care, jn a very danger
ous condition.
eras CLASH
HU I. f.f
Many Heads Are Cracked in
Fight—-Thirty Arrests Are
Made—Want Troops.
Minol, ,\. |i„ Aug. I i.—The In
dustrial Workers of the World
caused many riots here last night
and today in lheir efforts to have
the farm hands strike for higher
wages.
The citizens of I he tow n or
ganized themselves and tried to
run the street spielers out of the
city, hut were met with resist
ance and many cracked crowns
resulted from the mixup and 30
agitators are in tin* local jail.
The conditions here are so had
that the sheriff has asked for
slate troops to keep order and
prevent the leaders from horn
ing flu* farm buildings, as (hey
I hrealeii to do.
PRESIDENTMAY
FIREH.tr. WILSON
Because Made Speech to Huerta
Congratulating Him on His
Sucooseful Coup.
Washington. D. Aug. t i.—
President Wilson is greatly in
censed at the statement issued
>by the English foreign otllce that
'England had only recognized the
Huerta government, after ambas
sador Wilson had publicly con
gratulated Provisional President
Huerta on bis assumption of of
fice and that it w’as then expect
ed that the United Slates intend
ed to recognize him.
The president has telegraphed
to ambassador Page and urged
him to request the foreign oilice
to verify the statement, in which
event, he plans-the immediate
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