V0L 1Q , VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1913. NO. 38.
DIRECTORS MILKED
IHE COMPANY
Built Branches and Sold Them to the
Railroad at an Enormous Pro
fit to Themselves.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 20.—The invest1
gation into the bankruptcy case of
the St. Louis & San Francisco rail
road is still being carried forward
by the Inter state Commerce Com- i
mission. The road became bankrupt
under peculiar circumstances sever- j
al months ago and the investigation
was caused by complaints ,on the
part of German investors that they
had been robbed.
The directors advertised in Ger
many that the road was in a flour
ishing condition and sold millions of
dollars worth of stock. When the
bankruptcy proceedings started it
was learned that the directors had
deliberately misrepresented condi
tions and had looted the treasury ot
the company.
me investigation oil uie part 01
ihe commission has been thorough.
It has been learned that the road was
controlled by a syndicate among the
directors, who built branch lines and
sold them to the St. Louis & San
Francisco at an enormous profit. It
has been disclosed that they clean
ed up more than $7,000,000 at the
expense of the company, in which
the German capitalists had been In
duced to invest.
The passing of the road into bank
ruptcy so soon after the Germans
became interested caused severe
criticism in Europe of American
methods of doing business. The in
vestigation on the part of the Inter
state Commerce Commission may
land several of the directors and of
ficers of the company in the peni
tentiary for securing money under
false pretenses.
MAN SLAYS LION
WITH BIG ROCK
:
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20.--Edwin
Erituep, a ranch employe, was found
unconscious beside the carcass of a
large mountain lion norm of Santa
Monica. He had killed the animal
with a rock. His hands and face were
badly lacerated and the muscles
were ripped from his arms by the
beast, but he probably will recover.
START MUTINY
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Claim That Grub Is Poor and Hours
t i
Long—Captain Secured Help
From American Cutters.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20. -The
British freighter Santa Roaslia re
turned to this port after having made
only a short distance on her route
from San Francisco to .India. Twelve
of the crew of forty men had mutin
ied, claiming that the hours were
too long and that the food was not
* what it had ought to be.
The captain immediately placed
the ringleaders, in the brig heavily
ironed and the balance of tho crew
were cowed by the threatening atti
tude of the captain and his" officers,
who drew their guns and offered to
' shoot the first man who made a n.ove
to release the prisoners.
Word was sent to two American
revenue cutters which steamed to the
assistance of the English master and
marines were landed on h's ship to
assist him. The mutineers were I
turned over to the British consul and i
will be severely dealt with.
FOR SALE—Three pair ladies"'
skiis, 'new. Enquire of Col. O’Neil,
Fort Liscum,
Hennesey Secured Corroborating Ev
idence From George McGuire
About Tammany Graft.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20—The charg
ee made by John Hennesey that the
Tammany leaders had grafted from
the contractors doing work for the
state were corroborated today when
George McGuire, a contractor, said
that he had heard that forty con
tractors had been forced to contri
bute to the campaign chest of the
Tiger under penalty of being harass
ed by the politicals, their vouchers
held up, the inspectors refusing to
pass the wont and many other things
would be found wrong with the work
done by non-subscribing contractors.
Hennesey says taht he will bring
the Tammany grafters to justice and
that many of them will soon be serv
ing time at Sing Sing.
FEW INVITED
TO WHITE HOUSE
To Witness Marriage Ceremony of
President’s Daughter—Congress
men Angry.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Presi
dent and Mrs. Wilson have only in
vited Speaker Clark, of the House,
Vice-President Marshall, presiding
officer of the Senate, Senator Gallin
ger and Kern, to come to the White
House on November 25, to witness
the marriage of heir daughter, Jes
sie.
Many of the members of the House
and Senate not invited have openly
expressed their displeasure at the re
fusal of the chief executive and are
greatly peeved, they even go so far
as io say that the five dollars secur
ed from each of the members for a
wedding present or a silver service
to the bride was secured under false
pretenses and lhat the..- expected
when they contributed to a beautiful
gift, the leas* the president an.' Mrs.
Wilson might do was to let them
come and witness the ceremony.
The wives of the members of Con
gress are in an awful stew as they
had purchased beautiful gowns to
wear on that occasion.
WHITE RIVER MAIL
FROM DAWSON CITY
DAWSON, Nov. 20.—The first
through mail left here today for the
Chisana district in the White River
country. The White Pass & Yukon
railroad have built many roadhouses
along the route and will make every
effort to have the travel go via the
Canadian route. The company has
spent thousands of dollars advertis
ing the route in outside papers.
Orpheum Tonight.
Abraham Lincoln, K. B. two-reel
feature film with swell battle scenes.
Oh, My Pipe, great comic.
Henpeck’s Bid for Freedom, laugh
able comedy.
seattlTgame
, HOI BE PLAYED
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SEATTLE, Nov. 20.—The baseball
gatne scheduled yesterday between
the traveling teams of New York Gi
an . and the Chicago White Sox was
doc.ared off because of the cold and
rain which made it impossibi- to
play. The teams will leave in a • w
days to travel around the w;c ...
stopping at japan, China and Em i.
penn countries.
STRIKING MINERS
FIH DESEB
Attempt to Prevent Men Returning
to Work and One Man It
Killed.
TRINIDAD, Col., Nov. 20.—One
striker killed, two strikers reported
wounded and one guard slightly
wounded, are the net results of an
attempt by strikers, it is said, to
prevent defection in their ranks this
afternoon at Walsenburg.
Shortly after four o’clock two wag
on loads of former strikers with their
wives and their household goods, who
had dec'ded to return to work at the
Walsen jnine, were proceeding
through the streets bound for the
Walsenburg mine on the outskirts of
the town under armed escort of mine
guards.
News of the defection brought a
mob of strikers about the vehicle.
Stones were thrown and a shot fired
by a striker in the mob, it is thought,
and the guards replied.
Machine Gun Captured.
Advices to the sheriff’s office here
tonight stated that strikers had stop
ped a train near Walsenburg and tak
en a machine gun being sent to the
Walsen mine. Later it is said the
machine gun was turned on the
searchlight that has been used night
ly at the mine. Several shots were
fired wounding the man operating
the li,..h: A>. ••ordin •' fc reports here
the man had several fingers shot off.
Sheriff Jefferson Farr, of Walsen
burg, has asked Sheriff J. S. Grisham
of Trinidad, to send deputies to Wal
senburg.
BACK TO FARM
SAYS DANIELS
New Tariff Will Be Means of Send
ing Many Back to Tilling the
Soil, He States.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 20.—Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels in an ad
dress here last night said that the
present tariff would force the people
to go back to the farms as the far
mer will be the greatest gainer by
the new schedules.
The secretary also urged the build
ing of a powerful navy in order that
the interests of America can be prop
erly protected. Two battleships must
be built each year said the’head of
the Navy department unless we are
willing to be outdistanced by Japan,
Germany, France and Italy.
HEALTH BULLETIN
IS t J
So School Board Has It Barred From
Schools—Contained Extracts of
Thaw Murder.
SEATTLE, Nov. 20.—The monthly
health bulletin issued by the Depart
ment of Health of this city has been
barred from the schools because it
contained extracts ofthe Thaw mur
der trial to show to parents the pit
falls for the young girls.
The health officers Claim it is best
that the .parents should know these
facts btit the school officers are ad
verse to having the pamphlets sent
to the children attending the schools.
We are showing the largest line of
holiday goods ever shown in town.
• S. BLUM & CO.
MANY STRIKE IN
Cossacks and Finlanders Are Used to
Overawe the Strikers Who Are
Held Pilsoners.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 20.—Six
ty thousand factory employes in this
city have gone on strike because the
police arrested several workmen wl
had quit the factories because of ill
treatment.
The strike was unexepected and
even the police spies were surprised
and the number of Cossacks in the
garrisons of St. Peter and St. Paul
were not strong enough to handle the
situation and troops are being rush
ed in to overawe the strikers. Fol
lowing the usual policy of the War
department, Finlanders and Cossacks
are used in St. Petersburg because
the Finlanders and Cossacks hate the
Russians and when trouble is exper
ienced in Finland the policy is rever
sed.
As fast as the troop trains arrive
they are sent to places of vintage
about the city and large forces are
concentrated in the residence dis
trict of those who have struck and
the strikers are virtually prisoners,
a cordon surrounding the section, pre
venting them from leaving or others
from joining them.
Call of the Moose.
All members of the Order of Alas
ka Moose are requested to attend
the meeting of the order tonight at
Moose hall. Meeting opens prompt
ly at 8 o’clock.
E. G. AMES, Secretary.
MORGAN LOANS
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New York & New Haven Railroad
Makes Big Borrow .to Rehabilitate
the Railroad.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20—The J. P.
Morgan Banking house and two of
the private banking concerns of Bos
ton have agreed to maks a tempor-,
ary loan of 140,000,000 to the New
York New Haven & Hartford rai
road.l The a'nnounement was made
public today by J. P. Morgan.
The money will be used by Presi
dent Elliott, of the ni'lroad, to pur
chase new rolling stock of steel to
replace the old wooden cars and for
the rebuilding of the roadbed and
depots along the line from here into
the New England states.
British Government Dispatches Three
Across the Atlantic and Spec
ulation is Rife.
BRIDGETON. Barbados, Nov. 20.—
Three British cruisers, of the biggest
type In the English navy, left here
last night under full steam bound
for Mexican ports. Much speculation
hps arisen aniong tne army and navy
officers stationed here and it is
thought that England intends to back
up Huerta’s dictatorship as being the
only' administration likely to give pro
tection to the foreigners and especial
ly to foreign investments. The Prea
son syndicate has vast holdings in
the republic and it is rumored that
Huerta will give many rich franchis
es to the syndicate for official sup
port to his administration.
PINCHOT WINS
FEDERAL CONTROL
Former Chief Forester Able to Secure
Endorsement of His Policies At
Convention
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—Gifford
Pinchot, former Secretory of the In
terior Walter F'sher, James Garfield
and former Secretary of War Stim
son, won a vlotory today in ‘he con
servation congress, when .they forc
ed the adoption of the committee re
port favoring federal jurisdiction ov
er the mineral wealth and forests of
the country.
The fight in the committee room
; and on the floor was bitter, many of
the delegates favoring state control
of the mineral lands and the. forests
claiming that less injustice will be
done under state supervision than
under federal control. The majority
of the delegates, however, were with
| Pinchot.
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WANT M’COMBS
HEAD TAMMANY
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\ Leaders of Tammany Hall Ask Chair
man of Democratic Committee to
Reorganize Party.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20. -Tammany
! Hall leaders have sent an invitation
| io McContb. the chairman of the
j Democratic National Committee, re
questing him to become the leader
of Tammany Hall. The leaders as
sert that there is a misapprehension
I in the minds of many as to the work
j ing of the organization but that the
i Tammany machines differ in very lit
| tie except efficiency from any other
j political organization and the general
opinion that the leaders hold their
power by the votes of the vicious is
claimed to be wrong.
Many Democrats of national fame
have requested McCombs to take ov
er the management o' the Tammany
organization in the interest of the
Democratic party and it is thought
he may acceed to their request.
McCombs is still in Washington,
conferring with President Wilson
and it is believed that he had refused
j to take the position offered him by I
the president as ambassador to j
France.
Weather Report.
Nov. 19, 1913.
Barometric Pressure .29.500
Temperature at 7 p. m.25
Maximum Temperature .35
] Minimum Temperature .24
i Mean Temperature .29.5
Cheat', fresh breeze', wind N. E. j
! twenty miles.
L. JONES.
Odd Fellows Notice.
There will be a special meeting of
Valdez Lodge No. 6 I. O. O. F. on
| Thursday evening, Nov. 20, for the
I purpose of conferring the second de
gree on three candidates.
P. S. HUNT, Secretary.
ownii;
HAVE ONLY
NEW YOLK, Nov. 20—The hear
ing before the referee in bankruptcy
for the Hollihs Brokerage firm of Wall
street disclosed the fact that the Arm
owed six million dollars and had as
sets to the value of 1150.00.
The Arm did a large business in
stocks and speculated with the mon
ey entrusted in their care.
See Mam’s window, for good eats
for Thanksgiving.
ED. WOOD TO
CARRY MAIL
Report Comes From Interior to That
Effect—Ed. Wood, However, De
nies It, He Ought to Know.
Fairbanks, Nov. 19, 1913.
Prospector, Valdez—Report in Fair
banks that a party by the name of
Wood, of Valdez, has been granted
mall contract. Bids were opened
November fifteenth. Investigate and
wire fully all information.
FAIRBANKS TIMES.
When interviewed by a representa
tive of the Prospector, Ed. Wood, the
freighter and draying man, stated
that the Wood referred to was not
himself as he had not even offered
the government a • bid on the carry
ing of the mail from Valdez to the
interior. It was also stated that W.
E. Wood, of Chitina, the deputy mar
shol at that place, had made a ibd
but the Prospector has been unable
to verify the rumor, nor could any
; other person in Valdez be found who
| had made a bid for this service,
where else but Fairbanks it might
| have been supposed that the success
I ful bidder was ft. C. Wood, president
| of the F''rst National Bank.
! It is known that he is not in the
camp of the present contractors, the
N. C. Company, and he may have bid
either for himself, some individual at
i Fairbanks or for the White Pass &
I Yukon R. R.. who have for some time
! had an eye on all the transportation
; business centering at Fairbanks.
\ It seems very likely, however, no
I matter who gets the contract that
j the mail will go via Valdez. It is a
j well known fact that the Copper Riv
er & Northwestern R. R. have found
the mail contract to be a white ele
phant on their hands and as soon as
1 their present contract with the N. C.
j Co. expires that they will have no
i more of it.
| The P. O. Department, in asking
j for bids gave Valdez the preference
I o'' routes but named the Cordova as
an alternate. The bond required via
$130,000 made is impossible for any
but a wealthy corporation or a rich
capitalist to compete, hence the lack
of bids from this place.
The Prospector has endeavored to
get more information on this matter
which is of so much interest to Val
dez and will keep the public inform
ed of developments.
ILESKUITED
TRESPASS CASE
Judge Jennings, cf District Court,
Decides Tnat He Failed to Do As
sessment Week for 1912.
Judge Robert \V. Jennings this
morning granted tlie petition of
Judge John Lyons for a non-suit in
the trespass case brought by Mrs.
Ida lies against the Alaska Water,
Light & Telephone company. The
judge held that no assessment work
had been done on the claims in 1912,
but that Mrs. lies had made a prima
facie showing of discovery and lo
cation, but had lost all right to the
ground by failure to do the annual
assessment work.
The case of Mrs. lies, involving the
ownership of the upper dam will be
decided shortly, evidence in that case
still being heard. The upper dam
was built by the Alaska Water, Light
& Telephone company, but it is
claimed the dam in on land owned
by Mrs. lies.
For Sate.
Two bowling alleys complete, pins
and balls, also automatic plnsetter.
Will sell on terms if desired. Also
moving picture machine in first-class
condition. Enquire
AL WHITE & CO.