V0L 9 VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1913. No. 150.
MUCUS ACCEPTS
ME SCHEDULES
Will Admit Shoe Machinery in
Free, Also Wool—Republi
cans Expect to Fight.
Washington, D. C,, April lit.—
The House caucus of the mem
bers of the Democratic party held
yesterday passed the schedule ot
the new Underwood tariff, which
will allow shoe machinery to en
ter the country free. The free
entry of shoe machinery is aim
ed at the trust, which, it is al
leged, have maintained a high and
exorbitant price for shoes, selling
the same shoes in other countries
for less than Americans were
forced lo pay for them in Ihe
United Stales.
The free enl ranee into Ibis
country of wool was also agreed
to by the caucus and will be pari
of ihe bill which will be crowded
through I lie., congress in a few
weeks.
The, Republicans predict Hull
they will tear Hu* bill lo pieces
’when it comes up for open debate
in the house and Hull Ihe action
of ihe Democrats in refusing to
hav the caucus proceedings
made public shows a 1'i’ar of pub
licity.
The action of President Wil
son in trying lo force legislation
is also coming in for criticism
and some of the members of the
House assert that lie has’enough
to attend to the executive branch
of the government without trying
to lie the "whole works."
The Republicans are prepar
ing lo block the plan’s ot the
Democrats of rushing the bill
through.
LIPTON WILL RAGE
Decides to Challenge Without Re
strictions as to Size Up to
Ninety Feet.
London, April 12.—Sir Thomas
Lipton has sent to the New York
Yacht Club an unconditional chal
lenge to race for the American
cup. The New York (flub has re
fused to race under the condi
tions imposed by Sir Lipton. who
wished to have the' size of the
boats routined to 00 footers, as he
claimed that a 90 footer could
not safely cross the ocean, while
a 60 footer could be built more
substantial.
The New York (flub, however,
contended that the races had al
ways been run under the pres
ent rules and that the cup had
been won and retained in Amer
ica und >r rules which allowed the
conslruelinn of 90 footers, if
wanted, and provided for a time
allowance in favor of tin- smaller
boats.
Sir Lipton has finally decided
lo send over a boat this sum
mer and hopes to lift the cup.
The railroad from Cordova lo
Cliilina was blocked from the 5th
to the IOth of the month, caused
when the rotary left the track al
mile \s yet the officials have
had no trouble with slides and are
hopeful that they will not he de
layed this spring as was (he ease
Iasi year.
Robert Shaffer, wlm has been
working at the Cliff mine, came
lo Valdez yesterday for a short
visit.
Iteinke. expert repairer, al the
Valdez Drug company.
WANTED TO RENT—A piano.
Cal al the Prospector.
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Leave a Picture of Mrs. Pank
hurst Upon Walts of Burn
ing Building.
London, April l-\—Suffraget
tes yesterday burned I lie Turn
bridge Cricket pavillion and left
tacked to the wall, a picture of
Mrs. Pankhurst, who is now ser
ving a term in jail for destruc
tion of property.
The militants say that before
they are through the poor man
will wish that hot had never been
jborn and that all play grounds
I will be desl roved.
HAWAII SECEDE
IF SUGAR FREE
Petition Circulated in Honolulu
and the Signers Agree to
Work for Independence.
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Honolulu, April 1 ..—A petit ion
has been circulated on the is
land and has received many sign
ers, a large number of whom arc
Americans, stating that the sign
ers pledge themselves to work for
secession in the case the free
sugar tariff of the present ad
ministration is passed.
The new schedule would, they
claim, put the islands out of bus
iness and destroy the vast indus
tries which have been built up
| under (tie present tariff, which al
lowed free sugar from Hawaii and
[taxed foreign sugar.
PITTIN PUSHES
RAILROAD BILL
Chairman of Territories Commit
tee Desirous of Rapid Action
on Alaska Railroads.
Washington, l>. April l-.’.—
Senator Pittman is pushing the
Alaska railroad bill, which was
drawn up by Senators Chamber
lain and Jones, and he assures
the Alaskans here that the bill
will be ready for public hearings
in a few days.
Senator Pittman, who is chair
man of the Territories commit
tee. is desirous of securing rapid
action by congress on the hill.
SAMPSON REACHES
THE SPIRIT CITY
Seat lie. April I -'.—The Admiral
Sampson of the Alaska Coast
Company, rear tied -here yester
day and will leave for the north
j<»n the 15th insi. A large number
jot reservations have been made
ami the steamer will take a full
passenger list.
I.arge shipments lor the can
neries will also go north 'this
t rip.
Oeo. Reinke, the watch repairer
and jeweler, is at the Valdez Drue
company.
Just received at Harvey's Tog
gery, a nice line of spring and
summer coats.
' WANTED—A cook; [inquire of
<••■!. O'Neil at Fort I.iscum.
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Says He Hopes That the Japs Will
Take Kindly to Alien Land
Law of California.
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Washington, I). 0., April li’.—
President Wilson today, in a pub
lic statement, said that he hoped
that the bill now before the Cali
fornia state legislature would be
acceptable •" the Japanese gov
ernment.
Th.e bill if passed, will prevent
Hie ownership by Japanese or
Chinese of any land in the slate
and (he Japanese government has
!entered a strong protest against
Ihu passage of (lie measure,
i II is iiu| believed here that the
] Japanese govornmenl will do
| more Ilian protest and may boy
roll American goods, but as the
balance of trade between the two
countries is in favor of Japan
(bey would be I lie greatest losers
in I he eve id of a boycott.
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i OFFICIALS DENY
GIRLS ARE LOST
j But Brakemen Say That They Are
| and Relatives Positive the
Girls Are Gone.
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Ball imore. April I —'The offi
cials of Hie Ball imore «.V Ohio
railroad deny that any Kiris Were
i stolen from their train at (hustle
land have assured the Kovernmenl
llhal the statements are false.
Brakemen on the line, however,
are positive in I heir statements
I that tin* Kiris were kidnapped,
jiind the relatives of the losl im
|iniKrants ire also positive the
K'irl are Kone, as they have mil
hear.i front them since they ar
rived in New York.
fhe i.nmiKrant Society have
ottered a reward for the capture
of the white slavers and tin* re
covery of the Kiris, ft is feared
that tile women have been taken
to houses of ill-fame and that
they will never be heard of aK'aiti.
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MARRIED OFTEN
ANDJSJINCHED
Chicago. April 12.—'The police,
here today arrested K. Vonklein.
of Minneapolis, a son of a noted
Chicago doctor, because tic had
married many women and secured
I their jewelry and then later would
j desert them.
| Vanklein is a diamond broker
jand would sell the stones. He is
| now languishing in durance vile,
being unable to secure bail,
Tiliikum Party Tonight.
Mrs. Robert Weeks and ‘Mrs.
j Kuu/.ig will be the hostesses lo
I night al I lie Tiliikum Club card
j party.
Sidney Drake, of the Cameron
Johnson company, made the
round I rip on the Viking yester
day in order to see how fasl tlie 1
work of taking the supplies from j
the beach at Shoup hay to thej
mine, a distance of seven miles, I
had progressed, and says that the \
men are making good progress. j
LOST-—-A pair of gold eye j
glasses last Sunday. Kinder will j
please return to Mrs. (teorge,
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,TOR RENT—Furnished house'
complete, one block from.- town.
Relit reasonable. Inquire at the:
Prospector. i
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MEXICANS KILL
AMERICAN SAILORS
Two Members of Crew of Califor
nia Are Killed at Guaymas
by City Police.
Ouaynias, Sonora, Max.. April
1-.—-Seamen Kiesow and Corrie,
of (he (J. S. battleship California,
were killed last night by Mexican
police and feeling is running high
and all shore leave has been can
celled and the' guns of the battle
ship have been turned upon the
town for use at any moment.
The Slate department has been
re<|ues|ed to investigate the
shooting and the United States
may demand sal isl'aetion from
I lie greasers.
The Mexieans are very bitter
towards the Americans here and
it may he necessary to land ma
rines to protect the consulate.
The sailors were killed while
on a debauch in the; restricted
disl rie| of t he town.
ALASKA SOLONS
STILL WORKING
More Bills Introduced and Gaff
ney Kills Brunner’s Code
Revision Bill.
Juneau, April II’.—The Senate
committee reported favorably the
bill in trod need by Senator Roden,
vvliich provides' foe-*k -miwr \>i>
speelor for each of tUt'*fliV»sions.
Tile inspector is |o have(power to
order changes in Hie manner and
met bods of mining in order to
prevent the loss of life and is to
make an investigation in the
•■vent of any deaths in mines in
order to place the responsibility.
Senator Tripp has drawn and
introduced a loll to provide for a
territorial mining commission.
The bill introduced and fath
ered to its passage in the Sen
ate by Senator Brunner, which
would have provided a commis
sion to revise the code of Alaska,
was killed in the House yesterday.
Representative (ialfney of Nome,
leading the light.
TESLIN STRIKE
REPORTED FROST
■Iuneau. Alaska. April 12.—Hil
ly Leak, Lednels' and Nelson re
turned here today after making a
rush trip into the reported new
liltd at Teslin Lakfe and they re
port that it is a frost and worth
less.
The story of having taken out
big money is nonsense, say they,
hut the country may become a
produe r later, but at presen. no
development work has been done
and all they have is a good pros
pect .
Robert McIntosh, .lot* Baxter
and William Soule returned on
the Viking yesterday from tlobi
creek.
A large number of children and
then mothers enjoyed the show
ibis afternoon at I he Orpheum ■
matinee.
Very best Seattle ranch eggs',
three dozen for 80 cents, at King’s
grocery. Telephone 188.
l'OR IlKN'T—Furnished house
on Millionaire How; line location!
Inquire of C. («. WulfT.
If you waul all the news all the
lime, read the Prospector.
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START WORK TO
FIX OUR MONET
Democrats Have Appointed a Sub
committee to Draft a New
Law for Our Money.
Washington, I). G„ April It!.—
llepresentative Poudy of Iowa,
Nelson of Wisconsin, and Palmer
of Pennsylvania, have been ap
pointed a committee to draft for
the administration a currency
bill to replace the present un
satisfactory system of govern
ment money and also to provide
for more elastic money.
The members hope to have the
jliill ready in a few weeks.
BUFFALO STRIKE
IS SETTLED
| Men Return to Work and Trac
tion Company and Unions
Agree to Arbitrate.
Buffalo, N. V., April I The
mayor has finally induced both
the strikers and the street ear
companies to agree to arbitrate
their differences and the cars are
again in operation, traffic having
been resumed this morning.
Five hundred cars were dam
aged during the strike and the
county will be forced to pay all
damage for failure lo protect the
company.
| ''Till1 iiueslions to la1 decided b\
| (lie arbitrators will tie the num
ber of hours Hie men are to work
and the amount of wages they are
to receive.
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GASOLINE HOIST
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To ba Used by Cameron-Johnsen
Company in Taking Supplies
Up Mountain Side.
Superinlundent Olson, of the
Cameron-Johnson Mining com
pany, telegraphed to Seattle yes
terday for a 12-horse power two
cylinder gasoline donkey hoist,
which will he used by the com
pany in taking its freight from
i the glacier to the mine, several !
The work done by a smaller j
donkey, owned by the Gold King i
company, and operated by Charles
Crawford, has so impressed Mr.
!Olson that he immediately sent
for a larger engine with a back
haul and says that il will pay
for itself in the saving of labor
on the one outllf.
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BULL MOQSER
HAS NEW_SCHEME
Washington. I). 0.. April IJ. —
Representative Hinsbourgh. a
member of the Hull Moose parly,
has introduced a bill in congress
which provides for a preferential
primary for the nomination of
president.
The bill is said to be favored
by the Hull Mooser with the big
stick and is supposed to have
been drawn in his favor.
Fine show at the Orpheum.
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GMT WIRES
ABOUT THE VOTE
Reply However is Evasive and
Does not Settle Dispute—
Letter Coming.
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The publication in this paper
a few days ago by the secretary
of the local labor union of a tele
gram sent to Representative Gray
thanking him for voting against
the Kennedy hill and making the
statement that he alone, of the
j rwpresental ives of the Third di
vision, had done so, caused con
siderable discussion among tin*
friends of Ingram who are. afl'ili
jaled with the labor union, and a
telegram was sent to Ingram by
his partner, Charles Hush, re
questing a statement. Ingram
replied that he had not voted in
favor of IheKennedy hill.
Charles MeCaltum, secretary of
I tie lanor union, then wired t<
{Representative Gaffney as to the
truth of the statement, which had
i been published in (tie Juneau
Dispatch, that Ingram and Hoyle
had both voted against labor, and
tie received the following answer:
Charles MeCatliini,
Valdez, Alaska.
Sending letter explaining ar
| l*on. Don’t condemn Ingram;
j good friend. Hoyle favorable.
GAFFNEY.
The reply, however, is evasixe
and does not settle the veracity
of the account appearing in the
Juneau Dispatch, which caused
llie agilation.
M. K. Olson, superintendent of
the Cameron—Johnson mines,
made a trip to Slump bay yester
day on I tie Viking.
STILL PROBE
CHICAGO VICE
Committee Resumes Its Sittings—
Girls of Ten Ruined After
Tney Are Intoxicated.
Chicago, April 12.—The O'Hara
vice investigating committee re
sumed its probe today after a
junket through the eastern states
investigating vice conditions in
the east.
The clerk of a down town hotel
testified today that intoxicated
girls not over ten years of age
have been brought to the hotel in
taxicabs and that later he would
hear them pleading with the men
and that many were ruined while
still in their early teens.
Sixteen rooms were rented each
night and in many cases parties
would remain hut a short time
and (lie rooms would he re-rout
ed and not a night passed but
that tile rooms were all occupied.
Jit* estimated that at least 100
couples used the sixteen rooms
each night.
The president of the Juvenile
association was also oil the stand
and he said that there were 200
dance halls in the city where
drinks were sold to girls under
sixteen years; (hat many were
taken away in cabs by the men
who bought the drinks and that
they were taken to hotels and
ruined.
JUNEAU IS CRAZY
ABOUT DOG RACES
Juneau. April l_\—This town
has pone daffy about the dop
races at Nome and the excitement
shown and the into'rest taken
would do credit to Nom? itself.
Consul- ruble hettlnp is also po
inp on with Allen the favorite.
Kxtra fine propram for the
»how toniphf at the Orpheum.