V0L 10 VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2S, 1913. NO. 66.
NEGRO ESCAPES
BEING LYNCHED
6heriff Allows Prisoner to Disguise
Himself as Washerwoman and
Leave Jail Before Mob Arrives
MORItILTON, Ark., Dec 23.—A ne -
giro charged with assault upon a white
woman and confined in the local jail,
escaped being lynched here today by
passing through the crowd disguised
as a washerwoman. The mob start
ed for the jail but someone telephon
ed the warden of the intended lynch
ing and he allowed the negro to dress
as a woman, but kept him in jail un
til the last minute, meanwhile tele
phoning for assistance in the hope
ihat he could prevent the mob from
taking his prisoner. He also tele
phoned for an automobile, but it did
not arrive in time for him to flee with
his prisoner, and he therefore decided
to give the negro a chance for his
life and turned him free just before
the mob arrived.
The sheriff then delayed the crowd
and finally allowed them to search
the jail. When they became aware
that they had been fooled some were
in favor of beating the sheriff for his
work, but cooler heads held the crowd
in check and the mob dispersed.
The police are now looking for the
negro and expect to have him in cus
tody in a few days.
Northern Canadian TralnLeaves Track
at Loretta, Manatoba, and 200
Are Injured.
LORETTA, Manatoba, Dec. 23.—
The Canadian Northern express train
was derailed here last night and 200
passengers were injured in the conse
quent wrecking of the train. The
wreckage soon caught fire and the
train was completely destroyed.
Fortunately, a lafge number of men
were available from a nearby station
camp and these, with the afd of the
passengers who were not injured, and
a number of other people, hurriedly
brought in automobiles, were able to
rescue those pinned down in the
wreckage. The tire W'as slow to
spread and the rescuers worked ljke
Trojans to save the lives of the in
jured.
An investigation has been ordered
by the government and also by com
pany officials to place the responsibil
ity for the wreck.
NO MOffi DETAILS
JE1HIE WKK
Xo more information has been re
ceived regarding the wrecking of the
Jeanie nor the possibility of recov
ering the mail. The business men' of
Valdez contemplate sending a tele
gram to the Postolfice department
asking that'every effort fragnade td
recover the mail on the JMjj|$er.
As the ship is a total lodi'Mjp Insur
ance companies will not attempt to
raise her, therefore, unless the gov
ernment sends for the mail-It will lip
at the bottom of Qiieen Charlotte
Sound until Oabrlel blows his horn—
and we can’t wait that long.
Stores be Cloeed on Christmas.
The merchants of Valdez will close
their establishments on Christmas,
but will remain open until 8 p. ra.
Christmas eve, so that all may have
an opportunity to make such Christ
iras purchases as they may desire.
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Left Seattle December 20th and Has
Five Passengers for Valdez, But
LittSe Freight.
SEATTLE, Dec. 22.—(Delayed In
transmission)-—The steamer North
western, of the Alaska Steamship
company, left here Saturday night,
Dec. 20th, with a light passenger list
and little freight.
The steamer was delayed in reach
ing this port. The passenger travel
is expected to remain light until af
ter the holidays, when the traffic will
be exceptionally heavy, according to
the steamship men, who say that
many inquiries have been received at
the ticket office regarding rates to
Nelchina and Chisana diggings and
the best routes to the new camps.
The following passengers left on
the boat for Valdez: Mrs. A. E.
Grigsby and -son Lathrop, Mrs. Wil
liamson, Charles Whalen and John
Kiplgren.
COIGH MEETS;
PUSSES 6MS
Show Shovelers Receive Pay—$2,000
Worth of City Warrants Or
dered Paid.
The city council met last nighl 10
pass upon the bills of Warren Nelson
and his crew of snow shovelers, who
cleared the snow drifts in Keystone
canyon after the heavy snowstorm of
ten days ago. The bills were allow
ed.
The council also passed a resolu
tion that the city treasurer pay $2,
000 worth cf back city warrants,
which he will do. This is part of the
$2,738.35 turned over by the town
trustees, upon order of the secretary
of the interior. It is the proceeds of
the lot sale, which totaled $3,579.75.
The expense of holding the sale was
$841.4U.
The City Dads, who are strong on
education, decided to keep a nest egg
of $1,200 in the treasury for the sup
port of the schools, to be turned ov
er t& the school treasurer when he
shall be elected.
The delidtiuenl tax list was ordered
published.
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Will adopt 15 babies
OF DIFFERENT RACE
CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—Mrs. L. Brack
et Bishop, wife of a wealthy business
man, plans to become the mother,
by adoption, of fifteen children, each
to represent one of the fifteen most
characteristic racial types. The un
ique family, according to Mrs Bishop,
will include a negro baby, an Italian,
an Arab, a Japanese, a Malay, a Ger
man, ?. Chinese, a Scandinavian, an
American, an Irish child, and babies
representing several South American
countries.
“We will move to a comfortable,
good-sized house in the outskirts as
soon as the family is started,” said
Mrs Bishop. “And we intend to bring
up the children as nearly as possible
like the average American family 'of
moderate means.
“They will go to the public school,
and I hope to show that in spite of
their different natlbnalities and racial
traits they will grow up brothers and
sisters, as I mean to be a mother to
them all.”
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J. G'. Snyder, the Valdez merchant,
who has been mentioned as a possible
candidate for treasurer fpr the school j
board, has declined' to act, as he fears
ho r innot give the matter the atten- j
tion it should have.
The pretty fur sets for children now
on display by Mrs. Winter will make i
splendid Christmas gifts. Call and
see them.
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REBEL BAKOIT
11 OLD 1DB
General Villa Holds Luis Terrazas, Jr.,
for $250,000 Ransom—Will Kill
Unless Paid.
JUAREZ, Dec. 23.—General Villa,
the ex-bandit and now second in com
mand of the constitutionalist army, is
holding Luis Terrazas, Jr., a son of
the largest land owner in Sonora,
for $250,000 ransom and threatens to
kill the lad unless the father comes
through with the money.
Terrazas, Sr., fled from Chihuahua,
taking his silver with him in ox carts
and finally reached the United States
in safety. The son was captured by
the rebels and unless the $250,000 is
forthcoming he will be lined up
against the wall and a firing squad
will soon finish him.
The American consul has interested
himself in the case and has made a
report to Secretary of State Uryan,
and will follow instructions from
Washington.
NEED MORE HER i
PRHR9 PAST
Postoffice Depaftfnen't Have Added
8,000 Rafitoatd Clerks the Past
Year But Still Shorthanded. . ;
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 23—More than |
8,000 extra jobs have been created in '
the railroad service of the Postal de- |
partmeni by reason of the parcel post |
and it is expected that as many more j
will be added in the next year if prop- j
er service is to be given the public i
in the matter of handling express. j
The congestion of parcels in the j
eastern postoffices lias caused much !
dissatisfaction both to the officials of I
the department and to the general j
public, and it is hoped to secure ex- j
tra help to handle the mail. No pos- j
sible chance exists for the delivery j
of parcels now in the mail before j
Christmas and it will bte weeks before j
the surplus mail matter is cleared up, j
HISTORIC TOWER I
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Bad Fire at Portsmouth, England, !
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Destroys $5,000,000 Property and
Priceless Trophies,
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PORTSMOUTH, Eng., Dec. 23.—A !
fire in the local navy yard yesterday ;
did damage estimated at $5,000,000 to !
the property of the admiralty and al
so destroyed the historic seashore
tower, in which arO kept the price
less records and trophies of the navy, j
The loss of historic treasures is j
great and can never be duplicated. !
The flames were finally extingu'sh- i
ed by the sailors front the war ves- j
sels in thf» yard and the aid of the i
city fire fighting force. The delay in
calling upon the city for help is be
lieved to be responsible for the great
loss of property.. ,,
leather Reuort.
Dec. 22, 1913. j
Barometric Pressure'.29.519 :
Temperature at 7 p. nr. .30 j
Maximum Temperature .30 j
Minimum Temperature .21 i
Mean Temperature .(_25.5
Precipitation ..7
Cloudy, calm'. wlnd S. W. two miles.
Snowed from 12:30' p. m. io 7 p. m.
L. JONES.
MONA LISA HAS
KEN RETURNED
Elaborate Ceremonies Held in Rome
When Picture is Given to the
. French Ambassador.
ROME, Dec. 23.—The ceremonies
incident to the return to the French
government of the picture, ‘‘Mona Li
sa,” which was stolen from the Lou
vre, were held here yesterday. The
minister of foreign affairs for Italy
presented the picture to the French
ambassador, who gracefully thanked
the Italian people for the efforts put
forth by them to secure the recovery
of the work of art, which is almost
invaluable.
The ambassador spoke of the great
pride the French people had in their
collection of works of art and es
pecially the love for the Mona Lisa
and told of the efforts put forth and
money expended to prosecute the
long search for the stolen treasure.
Conference Committee Settle Many
Joints of Difference in Senate
and H6use Measure.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—The con
ference commtitee of the Senate and
House, to whom had been referred
the currency bill for adjustment of
the differences between the measure,
as it was approved by the House and
the bill as passed by the eSnate yes
terday, settled the 42 points upon
which the two bills differed and it was
immediately passed by both houses
and sent to the president for his ap
proval.
The bill, as now agn?ed upon, \s a
compromise measure, having many of
the restrictions demanded by the Sen
ate, but also containing many of the
features of the House bill.
Will Initiate New Officers—Lecture
by Senator Millard on Trail
Blazing.
The Valdez Chapter of Arctic
Brotherhood will meet tonight at 8
o’clock for the purpose of 'initiating
the officers for the ensuing year.
Considerable other business of im
portance will be disposed of tohlght
after which Senator B. F. Millard will
deliver a lecture on “Trail Blazing in
Alaska.” The senator, who is a ’98er,
built the Millard trail from Copper
Center to the Slaina. He also built
manyniiles of trail in the Copper riv
er country and is well fitted to talk
about trail bitting in tlie northlafid.
Arctic Chlfef t&llnri is dehirdus' (hat
a Mr&^atMntfWiie gfeet the spfeatfdf
pf tW tohlght at the1 lodge
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Mrs.. E. B. Wheat, who has been
mentioned as a possible successor to
Charles Wilcox as Hchool treasurer,
has requested the Prospector to an
nounce that while she appreciates the
honor, yet it' will’ be impossible to
accept the position at this time.
Mts. WilliathSon is a returning pas
seh&'Pi' oh' the Northwestern.
FOOL OfflES STUNTS
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Takes a Chance With His Life to
Amuse Crowd antf Incidentally
Earn a Piece of Change.
FRESNO, Cal., Dec. 23.—Aviator
Beachey, the daredevil, today outdid
Pegoud, the Frenchman, in flying up- ]
side down. Beachey looped the loop
four times, then flew for an eighth
of a mile while his machine was up
s'de down and his own head was
pointed towards the earth. The avi
ator was strapped in so that he could
not fall out.
The crowds cheered the aviator for
many minutes.
The first successful attempt to fly
with machine inverted was made by
Pegoud on August 20th, but since that
time many aviators have copied the
feat. Beachey has several times
looped the loop and flew' for a very
short t’nie with his machine upside
down, but the flight of today here
j breaks all records
Hall is Beautifully Decorated—Wil
liam Lee Promises a Good
Christmas Feast.
The preparations being made by the
I Order of Moose to entertain the mem
| bers and their friends at a Christmas
, dinner Christmas day at 4 o’clock
have been almost completed. William
Lee, who is in charge of the dinner,
has promised all those who attend
that they will enjoy a great feast, and
when Billy says so it goes. He hopes
that those intending to join in the
dinner will secure their tickets some
I .time today or early tomorrow morn
j ing, as it will be necessary to know
j the number expected so that proper
i provision may be made,
j The hall has been beautifully dec
■ orated by the members and the walls j
! have been banked with the colors of •
\ the order and with evergreens, the
usual decorations for the holidays.
After the "feast” the children will
play about1” the Christmas tree and |
later in the evening a big dance will
be given.
Santa’s Sanity Commission.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—The fight j
against the useless giving of Christ- I
mas presents—net to give less but to !
give discriiiiinateiy and intelligently— ’
| is spreading throughout tne country i
with the near approach of the holi
days. The Spugs, as the Society for
the Prevention of Useless Giving has
nicknamed its members, are supply- :
ing copies of membership cards and j
by-laws with which to inaugurate 1
branch societies in various parts of1
the country. Every Spug must wear 1
a membership pin and pledge himself ■
or herself to aid in the fight against j
the useless Christmas present. The '
cost of the pin is covered in the mem- j
bership dues, which are 10 cents a
year. Five hundred persons enrolled
in Washington .in one day, according
to reports received by the Spugs’
headquarters here.
PlnrfHot Will Oppose Penrose. j
WASmNt5>rON, Dec. 23.—Gifford I
Pinfchat. former' UhHed States For-I
estdr an-f 'rlChd of TBCodore Roose-i
vCft, Will Oppose Sd$tii(<Jr Bola'ePeii
t(ke fdr‘ etectilAn-'td tHe uppiv hotlse'
of t.rife‘ national legislature,' according
'o gbsSljV id' Cdftgfrdssibhal ’ circles
here today. Plntffbt will'malic the
3ght as a Progressive:
“I WiVb ridllilltife to sav regarding
this master." sald' Pinchot tohlgfit. “It’
is true','ho'wever, tH&t I am a res’
ddtft" of 'Pennsylvania' aiid a voter of‘ I
that state.”
Subscribe for thf Prospector. 1
ON ALASKA COAST
Senator W. L. Jones Asks for $60,000
for Aids to Navigation in
Alaska Waters.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 —Senator
Jones, of Washington state, has in
troduced a bill in the Senate to al
low an appropriation of $60,000 for
the light house department to be used
for the construction of aids to nav
igation along the Alaska coast.
The senator, in a statement made
when hp offered the bill, said he
would later call the attention of the
Senate to the many wrecks along the
coast, which might have been avert
ed if proper lights had been placed
by the department
"The Canadian waters, through
which the Alaska boats pass en route
north, are better lighted,” said the
senator, "than our waters, which is
not as it should be.”
BUCKWHEAT CAKES
FOR CHRISTMAS
SHARON, Pa., Dec. 23.—Senator
Oliver, of this state, today shipped
to President Wilson, the members of
the cabinet and to every member of
congress a bag of buckwheat flour for
use on Christmas morning by the re
cipients. All will have buckwheat
cakes for breakfast on Christmas
morning.
ALASKA WATERS
Commisisoner of Lighthouses Makes
Annual Report, Showing 279
Lights in Territory,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23-The com
missioner of light houses for the Un
ited States has reported that 279
lighthouses and lights are maintain
ed by his department in Alaskan wa
ters and that of the number 56 have
been built by the department since
1910.
The commissioner urges that more
lights for the aid of navigators be
built, as the extensive coast line and
increased shipping have shown the
necessity of better navigation facili
ties.
Mrs. A. E. Grigsby and son Lathrop
are returning passengers on the
Northwestern. Mrs. Grigsby has
spent several months in California be
cause of ill health. Word received
on the last boat by Mr Grigsby in
dicates that Mrs. Grigsby has fully
recovered her health
AMERICAN INVENTS
CON in
LONDON, Dec. 23.—The wonderful
new machine gun inventer by Lieut.
Col. Isaac N. Lewis, of the coast ar
tillery, U. S. A., was demonstrated
at the Bailey rifle rang? last Friday,
in the presence of members of the
British atniy council and representa
tives of various foreign states. Tie
gun wSb sbownto bh elhdijhht when
tired at of from aeroplanes. It Ares
500 shots a minute from almdst any
position, with’ or w thout a tr'pod.
Lleilt. Col. Lfewls, a' recognised au
thbi'ity oh ofdnarich was fortherly on
the staff oft Lieut. Chit. Nelson A.
Miles. His' inVdntibh. otfler ordnance
experts shy, is thb Afrit autoihafiC gull
that can be fired froth an aeropl'anV
iffaaqliihridb Costumes mhde to or
ddr Hoi? tile rfeyf Thttf’s bail. See Mr*.
[JitntHer. in tib 'kratl building. tf