. NO. 262.
VOL. 9. _
POLICE FIND THE
STOLEN SPARKERS
Were Placed in Brokers Hands
for Loan of $60,000—Valu
ed at $150,000.
Boston, Mass., Aug. i.—The
police have recovered the jewels
stolen from the home of Mrs.
llannaln aL Narangansett Pier in
a pawn broker’s store in Boston,
where they had been placed by
the thieves as security for a loan
of $60,000. The police have the
jewels.
Nothing has been 'seen or
heard of the other batch of
sparkers, valued at $200,000, and
stolen at the same time from
(he home «of Charles Rumsey.
The large reward offered by
both the millionaires has caused
all (ne detectives in the cast to
start working oji the ease in the
hope of earning the independent
fortune offered for the return of
the .jewefs.
Mrs. Hannan was one of 30
society women recently arrested
when the police raided the Nar
agansett Club and found them
playing roulette, placing large
sums on the red, black and the
double 00, flaying the jndds
against the even and wagering
small fortunes on the drop of the
ivory ball.
Chicago Waitress on Lake Steam
er Refused to Do Extra Work
for Captain—Is Pinched
Chicago, III., Aug. 4.— Lillian
Clarkson was arrested here yes
terday charged with mutiny on
I he high seas because she refus
ed to do extra work ordered by
the captain.
Miss Clarkson is a waitress on
a lake 'steamer and the captain
ordered her to do extra work,
which she refused to do, think
ing that a day’s work was a day’s
work and that no man had the
right to compel her to do* more
thafi her share. She was great
ly surprised when she was plac
ed under arrest on I he boat by
the captain, confined in her room
and later taken before the United
Stales commissiolner for a hear
ing.
The unions have employed
counsel for the girl and will light
the caes for her.
SENATORS OPPOSE
BRYAN’S PLAN
D<P Not Look With #a*or on art
American Protectorate Ov
er Nicaragua.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 4.—
The Senate Foreigifif Relatioiis!
committee eliminated the proi
tectprate, clause of the treaty
negotiated by Secretary Bryan
with Nicaragua and the Secretary
of State will negotiate a new
treaty with the protectorate
clause.
Secretary Bryan is greatly dis
pleased at the refusal of the sen*
ators to favor his plan.
SHELDON’S AUTOMOBILE RUNS FROM
FAIRBANKS TO VALDEZ IN 54 HOURS
First Motor Car to Traverse Government Road From Tanana
■ to Coast Comes Through Without Mishap, Completing Jour
ney of 450 Miles, Including Side Trip.
Hubert E. Sheldon .finished the
first automobile run over the
government road from Fairbanks
to Valdez last Saturday at mid
night, in fifty— four hours actual
running time between the two
towns. He made the trip in a
35-horse power Ford car and
brought two passengers, John
Honan and John ForguJhn.
The full time from Fairbanks
lo Valdez was exactly four days,
but this included a side trip
from Willow Creek to Chitina,
39 miles anil return, and num
erous short stops.- The run
from Fairbanks to Willow Creek
was made in forty hours running
time, and from Willow creek to
Valdez in fourteen hours. 'An
hour was lost on the big snow
slide in Keystone canyon, which
is still formidable. t
Some Fast Running.
On many stretches of the road
I he car made 20 miles an hour
and on a few smooth, straight
laps it was crowded to 30. Mr.
Sheldon says a few thousand dol
lars on a few rough spots will
make an average of 15 miles an
hour for tin* whole distance easy.
This would enable a car to
make the run between Valdez and
Fairbanks in 24 hours actual
running time. -
T Mr. Sheldon's successful auto
mobile trip over the government
road from end to end of the main
line from the coast to the Tan
ana without mishap stirred Val
dez to something like a fever of
enthusiasm., Men said over and
over that Valdez is not in such
a bad stale though it lacks a
railroad that is out of whack
half the time, when it has a
wheel and sled road that works
all the time. ,
— Boosts Road Building.
Colonel Richardson and the
road commission are regarded as
having achieved a triumph in
ro.ad buildirig when an auto car
can run 300 miles over the line
without damage to itself. The
car needed no repairs when it
came to Valdez. All Sheldon
asked for was oil. It is believed
that this automobile run will
help greatly in getting road ap
propriations hereafter. It will
also advertise Alaska among
I hose numerous folks who lliiuk
I he territory is all snow and ice.
Sheldon's car is a light one
but seems lo be ideal for the,job
it accomplished. It certainly has
both (lower and speed. A wash
out of a culvert till the road in
side the town limits stopped the
car Saturday night. Sunday
morning tieorge Hobart of the
road commission force went out
with a horse and dump cart and
led the way around the break
through a swift glacier stream,
about two and a half feet deep in
}me place. The car plowed
through as easily as the horse
and cart.
Sells the Car.
Sheldon’s car impressed C. II.
Golden and Al. While so pro
foundly with its intrinsic and
sentimental value that they
bought it a few hours after its
arrival in Valdez, for *-’5 over its
Seattle cost.
Mr. Sheldon brought from
Mayor M. G. Smith of Fairbanks
the fid I owing letter ro the Valdez
common council:
“We hereby extend our greet -
ings from the mayor and common
council of Fairbanks on the lirst
trip of an automobile from the
Golden Heart of Alaska to the
Gateway to the Interior.”
An answer was sent by wire to
Mayor Smith, returning congrat
ulal ions.
STRIKERS MURDER
FOUR OFFICERS
Hop Pickers at Wheatland Kill
District Attorney—I. W. W.
Leading Strikers.
Sacramento, Aug. i—Governor
Johnson has ordered troops Lo
Wheatland to 'secure order and
arrest the murderers of District
Attorney Manvvell and four oth
ers, who were killed yesterday in
a battle between the officers of
the law and the striking hop
pickers, who are lead by the In
dustrial Workers of the World.
The strike was started by the
traveling orators of the 1. W.
W., and the men and women are
asking (for -,a big increase in
wages. The agitators called up
on the strikers to burn property
and drive out the land owners
and when they were met by I he
officers a revolver battle fol
lowed and District Attorney Man
well and three others were killed.
Posses have been organized
and are guarding the roads, pre
venting reinforcements being
sent to the strikers and upon the
arrival of the troops the murder
ers will be taken into custody.
John Ronan and John Fergu
son, Fairbanks mining operat
ors, reached Valdez at midnight
Saturday, the two first passen
gers to come over the irans
Ala'skan automobile road. They
1 reached Valdez at midnight, Aug
ust 2, and made the return to
Chitiiia before coming to Val
dez.
R. P. Trimble, the mining en
giner, who has been examining
the Sifidas copper claims in Solo
mon basin, will leave tomorrow
morning for POfit Wcll9,,to loolf ait
properties in tfskt section.
VV. L. Chapin, who is inter
ested with Captain George in
some Port Wells! claims now, be
ing opened by him, win leave to
morrow on the, Brighton.
Book Want*.
Cook wanted by Col. O’Neil, call
or ’phone commanding officer,
Fort Liscuni.
VALDEZ WILL CELEBRATE
AUTO RUN FROM TANANA
RECEPTION AND DANCE BE HE LD IN MOOSE HALL THIS EV
ENING TO SIGNALIZE DEMO/NSTRATION OF FACT THAT
FAST TRAVEL CAN BE MADE OVER GOVERNMENT ROAD.
The people of Valdez will len
der a reception to Robert Shel
don the pathfinder who made the
first trip from Fairbanks to the
coast in an automobile bringing
two passengers.
The reception will lake place
at Moose Hall and the owners of
the Ford car which made the run
will have it in attendance and
all the people of Valdez nia.y, if
they choose, ride in il about the
town. From 7:30 to 3 tomorrow
morning the car will be at the
service of the citizens according
to the present plans of the own
ers and the committee.
The mayor will make a few re
marks and will be followed by
several other distinguished cit
izens. Dancing will follow the
lalkfesl. All are welcome.
VISITING BANKER
PUSES ALASKA
JViade Trip to Canyon Yesterday
Says Territory Needs Roads
and Trails.
G. A. Liuttinaii the California
banker and merchant irfade. a
trip to' the Jteysione canyon yes
terday as the gifc'St o'i B. Bihiri,
the local 'hanker. Mr. Lluttnian
expressed himself as greatly Sur
prised and pleased at the scen
ic wonders ot| the ilrSt 15 miles
of the ^ahfCiTl'aif;bhhks jovern
irient road. v
"The wonderful sCerier.v' of
•Alaska is surpassed nowhere in
the world, beauty after beauty
unfolds itself as-O^eRravels along
the coast afid makes the side
trips into the interfor, and in
timejn^ny Americans will make,
a summer' or wmie*/pilgrimage
into Alaska in preference to jour
neying across the ocean to
Switzerland,” said Mr. Guttman
today. , -
“This is a-vyondei fgul country
with its mineral wealth almost
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A ■*
Ill E1GLISH FORI
REAR THE CANAL
Johnny Bull Plans the Construc
tion of a Naval Base on
i he Bermudas.
1
Washington. U. Aug. V . •
The English government plans
$he erection of a big naval base
and chafing station of the Ber
mudas so as 10 be able to pro
tect her interests when the canal
Opens and large numbers of ves
sels are continually passing
through the cgnal. v''
The announcement has caused
much speculation here as to the
attitude the present adminis
tration will take towards the ef
, fOrts of England to build a big
!na\1il baste near the Warfal and
|ntaity diplomats assert lha't it
>vvill be in violation of the Monroe
"doctrine.
Ladies.
( Mrs. A. Burr will show a select
[line of evening gowns and suits
and coats, Tuesday, Wednesday
atttt Thursday at the Phoenix ffo
tel.
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MAY SEND CAR
If Business Men Subscribe Cost—
Demonstrate Feasibility of
Mail Service.
An effort is being made by lo
cal business men headed by Ur.
Dalton to secure subscriptions to
defray the expense of sending
the Ford automobile which reach
ed Valdez Saturday night, back to
Fairbanks. The car to leave here
on. the arrival of the Mariposa
and to make an effort to reach
Fairbanks in 18 hours. Two
chauffeurs are to be sent, Rob
ert Sheldon, who brought the car
out and Owen Meals, the local
machinist and motor cycle driv
er.
(io'lden and While, the owners
of the car, are willing to donate
the use of the car for the run,
if the expense of gasoline and the
wages of the operators is advan
ced by the nusiness men.
It is Imped by the run to dem
onstrate In the people of the
stales the advisibility of (he con
struction of wagan roads in Al
aska and especially from the
coast to Fairbanks, il is. also
hoped to show the people of the
interior that a fast mail service
can he maintained from Valdez
to Fairbanks, if the road is re
paired and kept in condition.
THE NORTHWCSTltiN
REACHES SEATTLE
"
Seattle, Aug. 4.—The North
western of the Alaska Steamship
company reached here yesterday
from the north and will leave on
the Oth for Valdez and way portn.
Mariposa Leaves Capital City.
Juneau, Augt^L4.—The Mari
posa left here pfll4 today fhr
Valdez, calling at Skagway and
Cordova. 120 stampeders board
ed the ship at thH> place for the
new strike.
Guy Cameron is having his
property pafnted and a new fence
constructed. Hugo Fels is doing
, the work.
The Prospector for job work.
TRIP TO JAPAN
He Does Not Like the Idea of
Returning to Troubled
Mexico.
Los Angeles, Aug, 5.—Gen. Fe
llx Diaz left here today and will
proceed to Tokio otn his mission
to thank the Mikado of Japan
for recognizing the provisional
government of Mexico after the
death of Madero. He will proceed
via Seattle and Vancouver and
will cross on a British boat to
Japan.
II was officially announced a
few days ago that Jluerla had re
called Diaz and ordered him to
return to Mexico, hut the nephew
of former President Diaz prefer
red |o continue his jouijney in
spile of I lie announcement oflhe
Japanese governineul that they
ilid no| know why he should come
to Japan, which, evidently, is the
official manner of informing him
and his government that he is
not, a welcome visitor and may
not he received.
Gen. Diaz announced here to
day that he was no| on a mission
In try In sell Magdelena hay to
Japan for a coaling station ti'rl
Mini I In* present government had
no such iulenliori, hut that fhay
do welcome the Japanese in Mex
ico and hrr glad |o have them
coo.c and settle in the land.
HUERTA AGAINST
INTERVENTION
Says All Mexicans WHI Flock to
Support of Government if
Necessary.
Mexico City. Mex., Aug. i.—
Provisional President, Huerta has
announced that the Mexican gov
ernment will not tolerate foreign
interference in the domestic dis
orders now existing in the coun
try but that the government will
put down all rebellion shortly.
“The Mexican people will fight
as a unit against foreign aggres
sion and all factions will forget
their quarrels and light any in
vader,” says iluerat.
Opponents of the present head
of the republic assert that lie
is talking about foreign inter
ference in a hope of forcing the
Mexicans |o llock to bis banner by
an anti-foreign demonstration,
but dial it will be unsuccessful
and that the present head of Mex
ico will soon be fleeing to exile.
CASTRO REVOLT
IS A FIZZLE
People Refuse to Join the Banker
of Former Dictator of
Venezuela. ..
Washington, D. C., Aug. 4 —
The revolution in Venezuela
started a few days ago by form
er dictator Castro, is reported as
being a fizzle, the people refus
ing to take up arms against Pres
ident Gomez, the present head of
the government.
The troops sent from the cap
ital to the south, where the first
revolt occurred, have already
quieted the people and drived the
rebels across the border.