V0L 10 VALDEZ, ALA8KA, WEDNE8DAY, JANUARY 7, 1914. NO. 79.
M REYNOLDS DROPS
NEW RAVEN CASE
Railroad is Hereafter to Do Only a
Railroad Business and Not to Buy
Up Competing Lines.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Attorney
General McReynoida, of the Depart
ment of Justice, today announced that
he would drop all suits against the
New Haven railroad, provided the di
rectors would make complete the sep
aration of the rord from the st ant
ship lines which iy had purchased,
and also disgoefje the stock of the
trolley lines in New England, which,
as competing lines the New Haven
had purchased and controlled.
The attorney general announces that
the negotiations between the govern
ment and the road are nearly com
pleted and that the demands of the
department have been acceded to by
President Elliott.
Snohomish River on the Rampage.
EVERETT, Wash., Jan. 7.--The
Snohomish river is on the rampage,
as the heaby rains of the past tibe
days have caused to leave Its chan
nel and spread all over the country,
he water flowing through the city
and many buildings have been Hood
ed.
MILITIA REFUSE
Colonel Lawson Takes All the Booze
In Copperfied and Ships It to
Salem, the Capital.
(’OFI’EKFIKLIJ, Ore., Jan 7. t'ol
' nel Lawson today shipped out of
the city, all the confiscated liquor
which the state troops had taken
from the saloons at this city and at
Bakerville The colonel refused to
obey the injunction issued by the
courts against his interfering with the
saloons in the conduct of their busi
ness. The liquor was sent to Salem,
the capital of the state.
Colonel Lawson states that no in
junction will be obeyed while martial
law is in force and that the miltary
authorities are supreme at present
and intend to see that the orders of
ffovernor West, the commander of
the state troops, are carried out to
'he letter.
No saloons are open in Bakerville
r here in Copperfield
TOWN OF ATHENS
Much Damage Done and Number of
Lives Are Lost—Believed Small
Coast Towns Suffered Most.
ATHENS. Greece, Jan. 7.—A re
tire earthquake which visited Ihis
town yesterday caused great d ra
age to the buildings in ifce city and
the loss of a number o" lives. Great,
fears are felt for the safety or the in
habitants of 'he small tao vn.i aiong
the coast as It is thought that r. tid
al wave may have accompanied he
quake and have wiped out the inhab
itants.
The government has dispatched
several small naval vessels to the
co ist cities to render such aid as is
needed.
The Head Pays, a two reel feature
at the Orpheum tonight. Change to
morrow.
TBS GREW
ROI ILL LOST
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Thirteen of Crew of Twenty Are
Picked Up—Steamer Broke In Two
While Bridging Two Waves.
NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—The oil
steamer Oklahoma, which sank yes
terday, broke in two when bridging
two waves, s the story told today
by he survivors of he crew. The
life savers at first reported hat all
the crew of twenty were lost but one
boat load of them left he vessel be
fore the Sandy Hook life savers
reached her and had disappeared in
the darkness and were picked up by
a passing tug and brought o New
York
The hig tanker was resting upon
two large waves and the keel was
not strong enough to stand the
weight of the loaded ship and it gave
away, the boat breaking in two. It
was while the oil from the ship had
quited the sea that the crow left the
doomed vessel and tried to majce
shore. Of the crew of twenty, sev
en were drowned.
JOHNSON WILL
HUN AGAIN
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j Says Would Like to Go to Senate,
But Will Sacrifice His Ambition
In the Interest of the People.
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SACRAMENTO, C>il. Jan. 7. Gov
ernor Johnson lias announced today
that he would be a candidate to suc
ceed himself as governor of Califor
nia and would net endeavor to be
elected to the Senate. The governor
! issued a statement in which he says
he would much rather serve the peo
ple of California in the Senate of the
Cniled States but that duty calls to
him to sacrifice his desires and to
again work for the people as chief
executive of the state.
The governor wil run on the Re
publican ticket as the Bull Moosers
conirol the G. O V. in the stae and
refuse to give it up.
"uSE SWEDE
Killarney, In South Africa, Springs
Up In Few Days—Whiskey jfells
For $10.00 a Bottle
JOHANNESBURG, S. A., Jan. 7. i
-The report of a new diamond strike
at Killarney has caused a great stam
pede, more than 7.00U miners and
their families have gone to the new i
camp. The government has opened
ior entry, 35,000 claims and a new
city has sprung up at the camp.
Whiskey is selling for ten dollars
a hottle and other things in propor
tion.
Stanley Leaves For Port Welts.
Captain S*amcy leaves tomorrow
with the Taunc-h Hyas for Port Wells.
He chartered the Hyak to take the
plane of the launch Brighton, which is
undergoing repairs at Golden and will
be brought here next week and the
repairs and alterations completed.
Captain Stanley plans to continu on
the Port Wells run in spite of the '
i..ct that he lost the mail contract to j
Golden and way ports.
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FOUND—A child’s plain goid ring. |
Owner can have same by calling up
on Joe Spenard, of the City express,
and identifying the same.
DYNAMITERS LOSE
APPEAL GASES
Thirty-one of the Thirty-seven Must
Serve Sentences—Six Cases
Are Reversed.
CHICAGO, Jan. 7.—The federal
court today rendered.a decision in the
case of the 37 officers and members
of the Structural Iron Workers union,
who were convicted of conspiracy in
the dynamite trijll |at Indianapolis
and sentenced to various terms or
imprisonment.
The court upheld the convictions f
31 members of the union and revers
ed the convictions of six of the men
because of technical errors made by
the presiding judge.
The trial of the cases lasted six
months, the union officials being rep
resented by a long array of counsel.
The history of this great conspir
acy dates back to 1905, when the
ironworkers* union began its strug
gle with the Nnational Erectors* as
sociation, an organization of structur
al steel and iron contractors employ
ing non-union workmen. It appears
that in the course of that struggle,
between 1905 and 1911, the conspir
ators ;of the ironworkers* union
caused more than 100 dynamite ex
plosions to destroy bridges and build
ings erected by the National Erect
ors’ Association. Following the ar
rest of John J. McNamara, James
B. McNamara and Ortie McManigal
in connection wit.i the Los Angeles
Times explosion, conspiracy charges
were made against many of the of
ficials of the ironworkers’ union.
President Frank M. Ryan, of the In
ternational union; Herbert S. Ilockin,
acting secretary-treasurer; John T.
Butler, of Buffalo, first vice-president,
and many other prominent officials of
the union were among the 58 convict
ed and only one, 11. S. Ilockin, deelin
ed to appeal.
ASTOR ESTATE
STILL GROWING
Reappraisement Shows New York Mil
lionaire Left $85,900,000—Vin
cent Gets Mott of It.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—The reap- !
praisement of the Astor estate shows
that the entire holdings of John Ja
cob Astor were $85,000,000, making
a material advance over the first esti
mate.
Mrs. Madeline Force-Astor, the
young widow, will receive another
million dollars by reason of the new
appraisement.
Vincent Astor receives the bulk of j
the estate.
MEXICANS 7lW; !
WANE PEACE'
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MEXICO ..CITY, Jan. 7.—The peo ,
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pie of this city are spending today j
in prayer at the churches, praying !
that the Savior, who performed many 1
miracles, -will put peace and quiet |
into the hearts of the warring fac- i
tlons of the republic and establish I
peace in the land.
Services are ueld in every church j
and by every denomination in the '
city.
Patsy Hogan and Pete Black will
leave In the morning on the Hyak ;
to start the development work on the I
property recently bonded by M. J.
Callighun, which is looted in the Port !
Wells section. '
Elmer Anderson left on the Aliitue
il.< for a trip to the states.
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BARGE CAPSIZES, 1
LABORERS DROWN
Seventy Railroad Workers Lose Lives I
In Frasier River—Thirty 8av- j
ed, But All Are Injured.
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FORT GEORGE, B. C., Jan. 7.—
Seventy laborei-s were drowned here
yesterday when a barge on which
they were riding down the stream
was capsized in the Frazier River.
Thirty men who were on the
barge saved themselves by swim
ming to the banks or being driven
by the swift Current against the
banks where willing hands hauled
them to safety. Of the thirty saved,
but few escaped without serious in
jury when they were driven against ]
boulders in the river.
The laborers were employed on the
railroad near here.
The mounted police have estab
lished patrols along the river to re
cover the bodies and a number nave
already been thrown upon the bars
and hanks o fthe river.
Why the High Prices?
The administration seems to be
considerably worried because the
heralded lowering of the cost of liv
ing has failed to materialize with the
placing In operation of the slashed
tariff. Foodstuffs of all kinds have
been placed on the free list, and still
the prices do not come down. It
has resulted in the people who voted
the Democratic ticket, with the prom
ise that living costs would be reduc -
ed, feeling that they have been fool
ed somewhere. So totally has the
slashed tariff failed to lessen the cost
of living the administration has or
dered an investigation. The attorney
general is going to find out all about
the reason for the actual upward
trend of costs, or says that he is.
I-ef us hope, if the cause is tile
conspiracy of middlemen, there is a
way to get at them.—Kx.
STAGE DRIVER
IS HELD UP
Old Fashioned Method of Highway
Work Secured Two Ragged Ban- j
dits $40.00.
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YREKA, Cal., Jan 7.— Aji old fash
ioned holdup of tht stage occuerrd
here yesterday when two ragged
masked robbers held up the stage :
driver, gagged him. robbed the ex
press matter, secured $40.00 and dis- :
appeared in the wilderness. The I
driver succeeded- in free'ng himself i
an hour after the men left him and
reported the holdup.
A posse is now out in the hills j
searching for the bandits.
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WILSON'S PRIMARY
PUN IS FAVORED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—President
Wilson's recommendation for direct
primary election of presidential can
didates came up in the Senate to
day In n debate that held the body
more than an hour, . during which
Senators Bristow, Cummins and oth
ers expressed the hope that D mo
crats would follow the president in
support of a. reform which, they de
clared, progressive Republicans long
had demanded.
Call for Warrants.
Notice Is hereby given that I will
pay all city warrants up to and in
cluding No. 3815, series of 1913, if
presented within ten days from date.
C. C. REYNOLDS,
Town Treasurer.
Valdez. Alaska, Jan .7. 1914.
PROTEST AGAINST
CUT IN WAGES
Big Parade Held Protesting Against
Reduction Made to Preveht Influx
of Uhemployed to Frisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7.- As a
protest against the reduction In wages
to be paid by the city to the unem
ployed in Sah Francisco on the pub
lic tvorks authorized for the purpose
of giving work to the needy, more
than 10,000 men and women paraded
the streets today, blockading traffic
for several hours.
The city is overrun with men and
women who demand work and ihe
city was forced to reduce the price
paid of $3.00 a day, because the peo
ple of this and other coast cities,
who were earning less, immediately
quit and endeavored to secure work
from the city, resulting in more ap
plications than the foremen could use
and consequently the rate of wages
was reduced to $2.00 a day; enough
to provide a living only and it is
against this cut that the big parade
was organized yesterday.
DESTINY CITY
STRIKERS DGLY
Night of Terror Spent by People Near
Water Front—Plenty of Shoot
ing—Need Troops.
TACOMA, .Ian. 7. Last night was
one of ierror to ihe people of tiie wa
ter front of this city, as the striking
Austrians from the Tacoma smeltei
were in an ugly mood and many shots
were tired by them at the guards stir
rounding the smelter.
The rain of bullets from strikers
and guards caused much excitement
and a number of persons were injur
ed, although as far as the police can
ascertain no one was seriously injur
ed or killed.
Conditions have become so serious
that the sheriff is planning calling up
on Governor Lister for troops, as the
deputy sheriffs and policemen and
special guards of the company are
unable to overawe the foreign smel
ter workers.
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CHINKS PLAN NEW
STEAMSHIP LINE
Government and Merchants of Pekin ]
to Organize $60,000,000 Concern |
to Build Sixty Vessels.
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PEKIN, China, Jan. 7.—The govern
ment and a number of merchants of
this city plan the organization of a
big steamship line with sixty ves
sels. The company is to be organiz
ed with a capital of $60,000,000, the
government to subscribe one-half and
the merchants the balance.
Steamers are to be operated from
all Chinese ports and also to foreign
ports running to Japan. Siberia, Ma
nila and later a line is to he estab
lished between the t'nite.d tSa.’esrnd
Chrta.
Everybody Has Thirty-five Bucks.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Y—Secret' ry
McAdoo, of the Treasury department
today announced that ihe per capita
circulation of money iit the I’nitec'
Si ales was $35.11.
I.ars Holland, the bridge builder oi
the Alaska Hoed Commission, left on
the Alameda to attend the Mnudity
Slv'ids trial in Seattle.
HIM SOON
LEAVE SEATTLE
Scheduled to Leave January Tenth
—Company Spent $50,000 On Her
Making Alteration.
SEATTLE, Jan. 7.—The steamer
Mariposa, of the Alaska Steamship
line, is almost ready to resume the
I run to Alaska. The alterations made
by the company, costing $50,000,
have ail been completed and only a
few finishing touches are needed.
The Mariposa will sail north front
Seattle on January tenth and it is
expected that a large number of Nel
china and fhisana claim owners
will take outfits north on her
The steamer Northwestern, which
should have left Seattle on the tenth,
if maintaining her regular schedule,
will not leave until January 20, when
she will take the Alameda’s place,
while that steamer is placed in dry
dock and overhauled and altered at
an expense of $50,000.
The comp,Miy anlicip te a large
business in tourist travel this sum
mer and intend to spend considera
ble money in the east advertising
the glories of the inside run and of
the Southwestern Alaska scenery
and expect to have large passenger
lists.
IN NEW YORK
Morgan Firm Would Ha' e Forty Per
Cent of Monty in New York
Regional Bank.
N'KVV YOKK, Jan. 7. The Morgan
hanking him have urged upon the
secretary ol the Treasury and the
members of the committee to select
■.inks tite advisability o?
establishing .n New York a regional
bank with 4n per cent of the resour
ces of the lountry.
The bankets of New York are in
sistent that a huge reserve bank be
established because in times of pan
ic and financial stress the burden
is all upon the New Y'ork banks, which
will he unable to relieve the smaller
banks if the credits of the banks are
tied up in other regional banks.
Secretary ..fcAdoo and Congress
man Houston favor equal districts, di
viding them as per the amount of
money in the banks.
Government Pur^jj^ood Expert Iimki
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Warning to the People Against
Grafter*
ATLANTA, Jan. 7.—Dr. Alsberg,
the pure food expert of the United
States government, in a speech here
last night warned the people to be
ware of the many fake radium cures
which are advertised by many mem
bers of the medical profession who
are working the afflicted into believ
ing that cures can be secured by the
use of rad'um.
No cure has as vet been discovered,
says the expert, except early diag
nosis and nrornpt operation and the
so-called new cures are merely mon
ey making schemes for unsrupulous
medicos.
The St. Elias, the best place to stoo
in Valdez. Clean, warm outsit-:
wins and nrlcer reasonable.