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V0L 3 VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1913. NO. 171.
GIVE UP SMI
WITHIN 24 HOURS
I
Is Ultimatum Sent King Nicholas
by Austria—Will Invade
Montenegro.
(ieneva, Italy, April 30.—11 is
understood here that, Austria will
declare war on Montenegro un
less Scutari is immediately sur
rendered to the powers by King
.Nicholas. Twenty-four hours has
been allowed the little kingdom
to come to lime or an invasion
will immediately be ordered.
RUSHING WORK
AT JUNEAU
Legislature Adjourns in Two
Days—Many Bills Passed—
Expect Tax Fisheries.
Juneau. April JO.—Tin: legis
lature, with but two more days
left of I lie present session are
rushing lo completion many lulls,
in the past two days resolutions
and bills have- followed one an
other and are being sen! lo III"
governor for his signature and
approval.
rile Sennit- passed the bill pro
viding lur the appointment of
four inenihei's of Hie legislature
lo assist the present tlelegale in
securing the passage of laws at
Washington. The House, how
ever, \o|cil | lie measure down by
a close vole. A memorial was
presented to the Senate signed
liv many rili/.e'ns asking I hat
•oieli a liill be passed.
The Svemlselh House bill, pro
hibiling aliens fishing in Alaska
waters, was passed in the Senate
by a unanimous vote.
The Senate memorial con
demning the federal bureau of
fisheries was passed by the House.
The memorial asks for a more
rigid regulation of fish traps.
The ways and means commit
leel are working overtime to de
vise a scheme lo raise revenue
for the territory. It is planned
lo have a very light direct tax
make the principal levy on llie
lishing industry.
The Svendseth bill, which .cre
ates a territorial treasurer, has
passed both houses. The ap
pointment is lo be made by the
governor.
The Millard arbitral ion biil
passed both houses and the Ro
tten mine inspection bill . alsti
passed. It provides for nine mine
inspectors for the territory.
The quarantine law, which al
lows the marshal to kill diseased
animals in order to prevent the
spread of contagious disease
among the stock in Alaska, has
beep approved by 1ml li branches
of the legislature and sent to the
governor.
Governor (dark is busy sign
ing bills and all the members of
lhe legislature are working hard
to clean up the slate before ad
journment day after tomorrow.
The members regret |,hat Ma
jor Strong, the next governor,
will not be in the capital prior to
I he adjournment, as they wished
lo tender him a rousing recep
tion.
II made a big hole in McKin
ley street when • they tore down
Ihe old ShelTer building and the
former store of S. Blum A Co.
When completed the new struc
iiire will he a credit to the town.
Mrs. Weeks visited at the post
today.
Talk about your bargains nt
Adler’s.
FORM SYNDICATE
TURTLE VACCINE
Friedmann to Receive $2,000,000,
of Which $150,000 is Paid
Down.
New York, April 30.—Dr. Fried
mann has sold the right to man
ufacture his turtle serum to a
syndicate formed by YV. E. Stokes,
John Stuart and YVade Hamilton
do Fontaine, who, it is under
stood. are to pay the doctor two
millions for his [latent rights in
America and have already paid
down S 150,000 to hind the con
tract.
It is possible that a suit will
be commenced lo enjoin the man
ufacture of Ibi' scrum because of
ail alleiged previous contract
made to an Indianapolis drug
manufacturer a few days after the
doctor arrived in Mew York and
selling his palenl rights for *1.
000.000.
Hill Smith and Jack McGee, who
have been prospecting- at Unimak
bay for some time, polic'd into
town with some rich rock from
I heir property.
newIankfor
CAPITAL GUY
National Banking Caw Too Strin
gent, So New Corporation
• Organized.
Juneau.— In ordey Dial, they
may loan money on real estate
ami make loans exceeding their
capital stock, which the present
national hanking laws prohibit,
directors of I In* First .National
Bank today announced they
would immediately incorporate a
separate hank for that purpose,
with a capital, stock of $25,000.
The new incorporation will do
business in Juneau, in the ofl'ici?
of the. First National. In Doug
las a new building will be erect
“Lnder the United States bank
ing laws the First National is un
able to loan money in sums larg
er than $6,000, which is ten per
cent of our capital stock and sur
plus," said President T. F. Ken
nedy this morning, “and we can
not loan money on rt*al estate.
The new organization will be able
to do this. It will be conduct
ed as are various trust compan
ies operated jointly with nation
al banks the nation over.”
Among the stockholders of the
new institution are Fred \V.
Bradley, p. H. Fox, John Heck,
(ieorge F. Miller, T. F. Kennedy,
A. A. Dabbs, M. J. O’Connor,Wil
liam Bosch, ami Nathaniel Breen,'
of Cordova.
Electric Seagoing Vessels.
London, April 30.—The lirsl
electrically propellent seagoing
vessel. the Tynemouth, was
launched today at Middlesbrough,
Yorkshire.
Two Diesel oil engines gener
ate the electricity which drives
the propeller. The vessel is of
2,400 tons dead weight, 250 feel
long, 4 2 1-2 feet b'road. and I!)
feet deep. It promises a new ep
och in ship propulsion.
Dancing Tonight.
The dancers will dance tonight
in Moose hall at 9:30 sharp. Be
ginners at 8. Home wait/, at 12.
Martin E. Lund. wh^> is con
nected with the Cameron-John
son company, returned Ip the
claims after a short visit in town.
Owen Meals operated the mov
ing, picture machine last night at
Eagle hall.
PEOPLE FLEEING
FROM OLD MEXICO
Arrive New Orleans With Tales of
Murder and Rapine—Life and
' Property Are Unsafe.
New Orleans, April 30.—Amer
ican and Mexican residents* of
Mexico City are arriving here in
large numbers, all fleeing from
the city and fearing a repetition
of the former scenes when Hue
rta and Diaz overthrew the Ma
dero regime and seized the reins
of government.
They all assert that me and
properly is unsafe in Ihe city;
111aI. murder and rapine are com
mon and I ha I Ihe government is
unable and, in most cases unwill
ing. to preserve order, the police
and soldiers turning bandits and
robbing Ihe citizens.
The oily is honeycombed with
relictions Mexicans who are ex
pected lo overthrow the present
Huerta government. Those sus
pected of plotting against the
provisional government are im
mediately pul to death, and each
ofl'icial murder but adds lo to the
lisl of conspirators.
jiPsltriiT
LEGJSLATORS
I,os Angeles, April 30_Five
thousand Japanese) of this city
have petiI ioiled the legislature
not lo pass the bill which would
bar l.h *m from owning land in the
slate.
James Patterson yesterday
purchased 83.(125 shaft's of the
Ibex Mining company’s stock,
which was sold by the marshal
muter an execution of the-court.
LIGHTli”
COMING SOON
Road Commission Have Three
quarter Ton Motor Truck
Coming in June or July.
The lifrill, three-quarter ton
motor truck ordered by Colonel
Richardson for the use of the
Road Commission.’ is-: expected to
arrive here some time in June
or July.
The truck was ordered by the
chairman of the commission for
experimental purposes as to the
cost of operation, the feasibility
and the practicability of the car
for use on the government road.
If successful Ihe truck will rev
olutionize! the transportation
system of (he north and will re
sult in the building of roads to
all the large mining camps over
which heavy'freight will he haul
ed and it will make accessible the
interior camps situated away
from the rivers.
When it is a demonstrated fact
that the auto can be used to ad
vantage the cry will go tip from
every mining camp in Alaska for
government construction of wa
gon roads.
H. Jaynes has taken a position
with the Eight and Power com
pany across the bay, helping with
■thp construction of the new pow-‘
or plant in Solomon basin.
Captain Stanley is wailing1 for
gasoline so as to make bis usual
trips fo Port Wells.
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FOR RENT—Furnished cabin,
close in, inquire of E. R. Wheat
at s. Blum & Co.
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MISSION FAILURE
Leave fQr San Francisco Proaab
ly Today—Regrets Failure
of Efforts.
Sacramento, April HO.—It is
generally believed here that the
mission of Secretary of State
Bryan to the state capital has
been a failure and that I he leg
islature will pass the anti-alien
laws prohibiting Japanese from
owning land in the stale of Cali
fornia.
Many legislators declare that
I he bill will pass at this session.
Bryan leaves luday for San
Francisco and will then si art cast,
lie is disappointed al his failure
lo secure I lie promise of Ihe leg
eislators I hat they will defe'r for
a year the anti-alien land law and
has hopes that it will not pass,
'lie refuses to slate that he had
received any promise from Gov
ernor Johnson I hat lie would veto
Ihe measure.
II. K Kllis is now in Washing
Ion, Ohio, where he will spend
sometime visiting' with friends.
lU REGRETS
BRYATS FtILURE
Washington, t>. April 30.—
President \Vilson publicly voiced
JlU-cugceLat lluv failure-of Bry
ants mission to Sacramento, and
says he will be very sorry if the
contemplated law is passed by the
California legislature.
. He refused, however, to out
line tlie administration's future
course in the event of the pass
age id' the.hill.
GOLD EAGLE CLAIM
IS LOOKING GOOD
Silverman Returns From Port
Walls Well Satisfied With
Property.
Hen Silverman, who has bonded
the Gold Eagle property, in the
Port Wells section, returned on
the Brighton a few days ago well
satisfied with the showing now
made on the claims hy the men
he has employed in open the
jground.
Ho had hoped In bring up a
ton of ore for local treatment,
tiul found it inadvisable and will
make a shipment of a Ion to the
Tacoma smelter. He did. how
ever, bring many samples of the
ore taken from the sacks now on
I he dump and has had same as
sayed hy White and has received,
very satisfactory returns. '
The work of opening the claims
will continue and the force of
miners increased as soon as con-,
venient. ''
The hig sheet metal tank emu J
slrucled by the Valdez Sheet Metal i
Works for S. Blum & Go., was
placed iu position this afternoon
by Harry Moore and his assist
ants and the interior will soon be
lined with a six-inch wall of ce
ment and the large boiler install
ed.
Local teamsters contemplate
storing their wagons as they fear
that the snow wHJ* coiijiimie all
summer. ,, • .4
• Dougherty & Ferguson receiv
ed on the steamer Sampson a
supply pf fresh groceries, fruit
and vegetables.
REVENUE CUTTERS
HAVE SAVED MANY
Many Lives and Ships Are Saved
and Many Derelicts Are
Destroyed.
Washington, I), f!., April 30.
Scores of lives and millions of
dollars’ worth of marine property
were saved by the revenue cutters
which patrolled the Atlantic coast
from November to April, alert for
the wireless “S O S’’ signals.
File entire fleet put into port
today with the winter's work
completed. These are"' the net
re,suits of the Meet’s work:
One hundred and Iwenly-live
persons actually saved from
drowninp.
Kiphly-live distressed vessels
assisted, which, with their ear
poos. were valued at over $0,25(1,
000. and on hoard of which wore
(551 persons.
Sixteen derelicts dost rov ed or
lowed into port.
Ships afire, in collision, lossetl
on storm-swept seas, or pound
inp on rocks, were assisted by
the cutlers. The season was not
able for fierce pales.
MILES BROTHERS
AT ’FRISCO FAIR
Have Automatic Camera Which
Shows Construction of Ma
chinery Building.
San Kraucisco. April .'!(>.—The
Miles brothers have pla.I an au
tomatic - moving picture ramera
on |he roof of tile Service Imild
ing of the Panama-Pacific In
Iqrnat ionai Kxposil ion, for t he
purpose of recording the chil
ls'meting of |he Machinery Pal
ace, I he largest building of its
kind ever erected on the Pacific
coast. The camera will take a
set of pictures every live minutes,
showing the advance in tile build
ing operations. Tile record will
show ninety-six pictures for each
working day.
Tile camera is operated with a
delicate mechanical device' which
lakes the picture at unvarying
intervals without requiring the
slightest attention. It is protect
ed from the sun and rain by a
large hood, but has an all inclu
sive view of the new building.
When the building is completed
these pictures will he developed
and when shown the spectator
will watch tint structure complet
ed without the tap of a hammer
and in an incredibly short time.
A serious fire was narrowly
avoided this morning, when some
debris was thrown out of the rear
door of the Ingram & Bush ci
gar store and caught lire hut was
fortunately discovered in time to
prevent a had conflagration.
Hay Millard, superintendent of
the Cliff mine, was in town this
morning.
H. Steinfeldt arrived in town
last evening from Solomon gulch.
Pioneers of Alaska.
The Pioneers of Alaska 'will
meet at Eagle hall this ev
ening al 8 p. in. to complete
arrangements for permanent or
ganization. Those who are elig
ible for membership are all who
came to Alaska prior to Jan. I.
1901. Pioneers must file their ap
plications on or before Wednes
day evening in order to become
charter members. The charter
rolj is at. present with the sec
retary pjro fein.; Al. Dowling, at
the Valdez Mercantile Co.V:stdr*e
and all applications will he re
ceived there.
SCIENTISTS OFF
FOR THE NORTH
! Will Study the Kelp Fields in
Southeastern Alaska and
Also at Kodiak.
Seat lli1. April 30.--Professor
Higgs, of the Washington Uni
versity, ami his party of scien
tists, left here today to com
mence the work of studying the
kelp fields of Alaska.
Two parties have been organ
ized. one to operate in South
eastern Alaska and the1 other in
the Kodiak island section.
They hope to profit by I lie si udy
of Ibe kelp Melds of the territory.
Ilet girls spend
MONEY TREY EARN
i
| Professor Patten Says If Allowed
to Spend Own Money Would
i
Stay Straight.
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Philadelphia. April .’in.—The
American girl is the keynote of
the1 sludy of economics, and in
another generation will save the
problem of industrial, wage and
moral efficiency of the human
race, according to Prof. Simon N.
Patleji of the I'niversity of Penn
sylvania, one of iljc speakers at
I ther session of the American.
I academy of political ami social
i science.
| “Vice is not so much I lie »|ues
j I ion of I he aiuounl paid a girl
as I he girl being allowed inde
pendent control of what she
earns," said Professor Patten.
“A g irl who earns s | 5 a week and
j is compelled lit turn all or most
1 of il over I" her family is more
! liable In go lii ruin Ilian one who
j earns s.r> and has I lie entire coii
i I rol of il herself.
"Living, eating nr dressing as
others do, or ditVerenlly from
them, constitutes the standardiz
ation—and thereby hangs much
of (lie cost of high living."
That the rising prices of today
are coming to he recognized as a
depreciation of gold was the opin
ion expressed by Professor Fish
er of Yale university.
Me said there is no question
but that money is becoming
abundant. The next question is,
“Are goods becoming scarce? So
far as the facts are available they
point to the opposite conclusion.”
According to statistics from in
dividual and family budgets pre
sented bv Mrs. Bruarc, the av
erage American family of father,
mother and three children can
not be run on less than $1,200 «
year or its equivalent in commod
il ies of cash value.
Frank Watson will be in town
until llie arrival of the next boat,
i
Fine Program at Orpheum.
Don’t miss the line pictures at
the Orpheum tonight.
Fire and Straw, a strong drama
with good staging and acting.
The Revenge, a laughable farce
comedy.
A Child of the Purple Sage
brush. Broncho Bill and his cow
boys at it again.
The Rubes at Atlantic City, a
scream comedy showing Atlantic
City.
Change of program tomorrow
evening, and matinee Saturday
afternoon.
"Come on, let’s go and buy
some bargains at Adler’s.”
FURNISHED
without board,
stone Ave. Mrs.
.? i . ■
Does your watch
ing‘? See Reinke. th
tor.