VOL 9 VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, -!»13. NO 218.
ORGANIZE CLUB
FOR GOOD ROADS
Cordova May Send Auto Over
Road to Demonstrate to the
Postoffice Officials.
Cordova, Sept. 16—A mass
meeting of the citizens of this
town was held last evening to or
ganize a club to be known as the
“Alaska Hood It >.ids Club.” Fa'"
banks citizens have' already or
ganized and it is hoped that by
co-operation at both ends of the
trail the government may be pre
vailed upon ^establish an auto
mobile road between Fairbanks
and Chit ina. It is the object of
the club to have the road improv
ed so that the mail and passen
ger traffic may be carried by au
tos the year round.
"Several autos have made the
lri|> from Fairbanks to Chit ina
during the present summer and
have, demonstrated that with the
road improved nearly all the pas
senger traffic of the interior
could be handled to advantage by
autos. An effort will be nrade to
have a les| run over the road this
fall with mail to demonstrate to
the postoffice officials that the
interior can best be 'served from
I he coast direct during summer
as well as in winter.
GUM GOLD
REACHES SEATTLE
Dust Will be Placed on Exhibi
tion That Alt May
View It.
Seattle, Sept. Mi.--The1 Alame
da arrived last night with a num
ber of returning stanipeders
from Ihe Chisana camp. They
bring .iflieting reports as to
Ihe future of the diggings. The
lirst shipment of gold from the
camp was brought out by a Scl
tleile, who has spent several
months in the district and lues
unbounded failh in its future.
The gold dust, which amounts
to $1,400, will be placed on ex
hibition i'li order that Alaskans
may compare it with that from
other districts. The gold is
bright in color and is said by old
timers in the north to strongly
resemble Ihe dust taken from
Little Minook creek in Ihe Itam
purt camp.
SOLDIERS DRUNK
WHILE ON DUTY
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- Report of Labor Department Of- 1
floial May Causa Investiga
tion at Calum*t.
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Calumet, Mich., Sept. 10.—Lan.
nor, a'representative of the De
partment of Labor, asserts that !
sold jet's who are being employed
to over-awe the ’.strikers are al
lowed to appear on duty \vhcn
they are so intoxicate^ Iliad ll**y_
can hardly stand, 1 *'
He has w'ilnessed drunken sol
diers armed with revolvers stag
gering around the streets en
dangering the lives of anyone
who happened to arouse their ire.
The investigation of affairs by tin
department is sure to follow Ipui
nor'-s report |o his department..
The Prospector for job work.
1000 PROBLEM
UP TO BRITAIN
British Subjects From India
Want Changes of Laws
Made in Africa.
Johannesburg, Sept. 10.--One
hundred and fifty thousand na
tives of the British Indies, who
are! employed in the mines of this
district threaten to engage in a
passive strike unless the gov
ernment grants redress to their
grievances.
The Indians claim they are
being discriminated against by
the other British colonies, many
of which they are not permitted
to reside in. They are not per
mitted citizenship in Africa and
consequently have no voice in the
affairs of the country in which
they are employed. They have
petitioned for changes in the im
migration and local laws which
will allow I hem to become Brit
ish subjects in Africa with all
the rights which are theirs in In
dia.
DEAD WOMAN
IN MAIL ATTIRE
Was Cast Up by the Waves
and Found on Beach at
Cape George.
purl Townsend, Sepl. 1(1.--The
dead body of a woman, dressed In
mail attire, was found on I In*
beach at Cape Ceorge by lisher
men. The body is that of a mid
dle-aged woman and shows no
marks of violence except that
which might he paused by the
action of the water dashing it on
the beach.
She is believed to he the wife
of some fisherman and to have
been lost overboard. The auth
orities will make a seach of I be
coast for miles, as I hey believe
some small craft may have been
wrecked and drifted ashore.
•JAPANESE WOMEN DON’T
LIKE EUROPEAN DRESS
The cause of woman suffrage
'"has gained no apparent headway
in Japan, according |o Mrs. Wes
ley |,. Jones, wife of the senior
'senator from Washington stale,
who relumed recently from sev
en. munihs spent as the gnesl of
Consul-General Thomas Sam
mons, of Yokohonia, formerly a
resident of Tacoma.
“I did not see even a Japanese
women in European dress while I
was there, and 1 visited practical
ly all of the large cities,” said
Mrs. JoneS. “The women ap*.
proach the suffragists’ ideal in
that all of them work, however.
One meeting that I attended was
of Ihe silk threadmakeifs ip a
factory there. They were almost
all women, ranging in age f’roih
8 to 50 years. *
“The men wear European
.clothes in the dayj,|nje,.hut change
to kimonas in the evening.
In Cripple Creek.
Fine change of pictures to
fiffht at the UMtkeim*.
tfxeiling photoplay In Cripple*
Creek, a two-reel feature and
other line comedies will he shown.
The Photo Play'"‘masterpiece. The
Prisoner of Zenda, in 0,000 feet
of film, will be on Wednesday
and Thursday eve.
G. Sharp made a trip to (he
Valdez glacier today lo hunt
ptarmigan.
RAILROAD BILL
REGULAR SESSION
Measure Was Placed at Head of
Unfinished Business for Win
ter Session.
Washington, D. C., Set. 10.—
There will be no legislation for
Alaska al the present session of
Congress but the AlasKa railroad
bill was made the special order
pf business in the Senate yester
day for December 8, as unfinish
ed business.
The special session has been
occupied so completely with the
tariff and currency measures that
the friends of the railroad bill
;lbought best to let it go over to
the regular session and inter
posed no objection when i| was
placed at the head of unllnished
business. When congress con
venes on December 8th the Alas
ka bill will be the first. I" come
up and will then have I he right
of way over all others and the
supporters of the measure be
lieve it will pass. The bill is
now in better position than.il has
ever bden.
WILL ADDRESS
LABOR CONGRESS
Secretary Wilson Given an Im
mense Ovation by Laborers
of Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, Sept. I (i.-gSecre
lary Wilson, of the Department
of Labor, lias arrived in Ibis city
and will address tile Hrnllierhood
of Railway Damien convention
today.
Secretary Wilson was given an
immense ovation upon bis arriv
al here today by the members of
the local unions, lie has been a
laboring man and has been idea
lilted with I lie unions all his life,
bui has always sought |o settle
labor difficulties without resort
ing lo force. II is believed that
he will visil the districts in
Michigan, where the miners are
■on strike in the copper mines.
BELIEVED INSANE
i
'
Says He Was Commanded to!
Make a Blood Sacrifice for
Soule ef Dead.
New York, Sept. 10.—Hans
Schmidt, who confessed to the
'murder'of Anna Aumuller, is
clearly insane. /He told the po
lice he murdered the girl while
she was asleep, as he had been
Commanded by St. Elizabeth to
make a blood sacrifice for the re
demption of lofct souls.
• .District attorney will jjppose
ihe insanity plea wlirti the case
comes to trial in'court, as he be
lieves Ihe prisoner is shamming.
Thp prison aullmriti^s have plac
>«#a guard over 1fh&' prisoner, as
it is believed he will attempt to
lake his life, Schmidt’s relatives
are living in this stale.
Masonic Meeting.
Special communication Valdez
Lodge No. 168 F. and A. M. Wed
nesday evening. Work in second
degree. C. (’. HEYNOLDS.
Secrotar\.
LEADERS OPPOSE
Annual Trades Union’s Congress
in England Closes Its
Session.
Manchester, Eng., Sept. 10.—
Unusual interest attaches to the
iOlh annual trades union c««,
grcss which closed its session in
Milton hall today, owing to the
existing unrest in the labor world.
The number of delegates is 503,
making a record, and they repre
sent 2,250,000 workmen.
Among Ihe delegates are U. L.
Illume, of Huston, Mass., and
Louis Reaper, of Uinrinnali, ().,
who represent Ihe American Fed
eration of Labor. For the lirst
time in Ihe bislory of Ihe con
gress, Canada. (iermany itkyl
France are represented.
\V. J. Davis, chairman of Ihe
parliamentary committee of Ihe
trades union congress, wlm pre
sided, unqualifiedly opposed com
pulsory arbitral ion and said leg
islation would be ini endured to
strike Ibis weapon out of exist
ence.
AVIATOR BREAKS
SPEED RECORDS
Covers One Hundred and Eighteen
Miles in Fifty Minutes
in France.
Paris, Sept. Ki.—Avialor (luil
lanx. wllo recently established a
non-stop flight of 5(10 miles.broke
all records for speed al an ex
hibition yesterday by covering
pile; hundred and eighteen miles
in lifly minutes.
The operator stales that al
limes he traveled at a rale of
three miles per minute and suf
fered no inconvenience or diffi
culty in controlling his machine,
'he ’made a perfect landing lie
fore the immense audience who
did not know that he had broken
the speed record but had admir
ed his masterful control of the
airship.
HOUSE WRECKED
MANY ARE DEAD
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Fourteen Persons Lose Lives iff
Explosion of Gas in Tene
ment House.
Coburg, Germany, Sept. 10—
An explosion caused by gas in a
tenement house wrecked I he
building and caused the deaths
of fourteen persons. The escape
of gas was due to faulty plumb
ing, which permitted it to fill the
basement aud when a tenant en
tered it with a light the gas was
ignited.
The ladies who have charge of
the' (Alice to he given at Eagle
hall on Thursday evening next in
aid of the organ fund of the
Church of the Epiphany, have
had tickets printed and are now
planning a campaign to dispose j
of them. The only way to escape
buying is to lake to tlu* tall un
cut. but a heller way is to come
through with the price, as I In* ob
ject is a worthy one.
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ENGLISH LABORITE
ATTACKS GOMPERS
Says Workers Must Learn to Use
the Ballot Intelligently For
Lasting Good.
Chicago, Sept. 10—Tom Mann,
the English labor leader, address
ed a large audience here last
night and denounced Samuel
(Jumpers as a reactionary and be
ing at I he head of an immense
lui'or trust.
Maun declares the workers of
the world will never come into
I heir own until they learn to use
the ballot intelligently. (Jumpers
has used his influence to keep
the unions of America from en
tering politics and has built up a
trust of labor which was sure to
collapse because it was without
lasting foundation. The workers
of America must not consider the
present alone, they must work
.for legislation which would he a
guarantee to future generations
that their si ruggles lor advance
ment had mil been in vain. Mr.
Mann will visit the Pacific coast
and will address laboring men in
many cities on route.
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Police Find Bogus Money in
Apartments of Accomplice of
Girl's Murderer.
Mew York. Sep!. I <►.— I »ix*t«<r
Mural, a ilenlisl. has been ar
rested for complicity in Hie mur
der uf Anna Aumuller. wlm was
killed by Father Schmidt, tic is
accused of having been respon
sible for the mill ilalinn of t lie
body and helping the murderer
|u convey the body to Hie beach.
Doctor Mural is also accused
by the police of having been in
partnership with Schmidt in mak
ing counterfeit money. When
his apartments were searched a
large quantity of bogus hills were
found. The attorney of the priest
stales that lie will enter a plea of
insanity for his client.
PRISONER WELL PAID
TO KEEP SILENT
Charles ' Howard, an alleged
bootlegger, who is serving an in
dclinilc term ia an Oregon .jail
for contempt of court following
his refusal to reveal to the grand
jury the names of lii places;
where he is alleged to have sc
oured liquor illegally, informed
the otlieers that he was being
paid #20 a day by those whom he
was protecting.
Although recently convicted of
bootlegging, the otlieers seem in
clined to doubt his story of re
ceiving mouey to remain silent.
When searched, (Howard's cell
was found to contain many emp
ty whiskey flasks. j
J. George Dorseh arrived from
Slate creek yesterday and reports
that all the hoys who liave been
working on that week during the
summefr will reach town in a
week or so.
The l.adies Aid of the Congre
gational church will give a tea
at the home.of Mrs. J. A. McGil
vray, (Thursday at 2 p. in., to
which every one is invited.
Harry Hummell and I'. I,. Wng
neer will he passengers for the
slates on the Northwestern.
II. Ozinsky has returned from
Port Wells, vvliei. he lias been
prospect mg.
WILL BOYCOTT
SEATTLE TIMES
Four Thousand Workers at
Dreamland Meeting Promise
to Withdraw Support.
Seattle, Sept. 1 (5.—Congress
man James Wj. Hryan, of this
state, addressed an audience of
four thousand persons in Dream
land rink last night. The speak
er denounced the Itlethens of the
Seattle Times as having a sin
ister’ influence on the affairs of
the country, lie accused Tint
Times of being the organizer of
the riots in Seal I le during Pot
latch week, when the Socialist
hcadi|unrlcrs were raided hy a
mob of sailin'’ and soldiers, who
destroyed lire furniture of the
rooms hy piling il in the slri’i.
and burning il.
The meeting unanimouslj
adopted a resolution asking all
workingmiMi to withdraw their
support from The 'Times. Tin;
Times trail accused the Socialists
of being opposed to the flag of
the country, hut. Air. Hryan de
clared. “Socialists have more re
spect for the flag than is shown
5t hy the Diet liens while they
continue to print il at the head
(emit inued on page g' .
ENGINEERED
MANSLAUGHTER
Trainmen Held By Coroner’s Jury
to Be Responsible For Deaths
of Wreck Victims.
New Haven. Sept. lti.--Tlio cor
oner's .jury in Hie ease of ttic New
York, New Hav en A Hart I'oril rail
road wreck lay the blame of the
collision on Knuineer Miller, of
(lie express train. The engineer
is charged with manslaughter.
Conductor Adams, of the express,
and Flagman Murray, of the
freight train, arc held to lie
criminally responsible for the
wreck.
The engineer gave evidence
showing that he had been at work
for more than fifteen hours when
'the accident occurred. He did
’not see the signal which should
have warned him to stop and his
train crashed into Hie freight,
while traveling at forty miles an
liour.
POLICEMAN SHOT
BY DRUNKEN NEGRO
Lattor’s Body Riddlod by Bul
lets From Revolvers In
Hands of Others.
Fresno, Cal.. Sept. 10.—Pa
trolman Davis, a member of the
oily police force, was shot ami
killed by a negro whom he was
attempting to arrest last night.
The negro had been raising a
disturbance in the Oriental quar
ter and was intoxicated.
The shooting of the policeman
was a signal for a general fusil
ade in his direction from many
bystanders. 'Ilis body was literal
ly riddled by bullets.
F. Iviegan. formerly of Fair
banks. but who has just come
from the Chisaun, is in town.