VOL 9 VALDEZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1913. NO. 103.
REBELS MINE
in Mexico cur
Frees Felix Diaz, Captures Public
Buildings, Besieges Madero
in His Palace.
Mexico (lily. Feb. It).--Like a
t hunder clap from a clear sky and
' without, the slightest, warning a
revolution broke out in the city.
Led by the students, the army re
volted, captured their officers
and at once liberated Felix Diaz
from the penitentiary, where lie
was eonflned under sentence of
death, and under his leadership
and that of Gen. Reyes, captured
the bublic buildings and arsen
al and began f.o storm (he Na
tional palace, but were repulsed
at the latter place by a force of
federals with machine guns un
der Madero, during which Gen.
Reyes was killed.
His son, stricken with grief at
is father’s fall, suicided.
The family of President Made
ro sought asylum in the Japanese
legation. The revolutionists are
practically in control of the city
and all wires leading outside.
Two hundred and fifty have
been slain so far. The palace is
closely besieged precluding all
possibility of.escape for those
pounc'd in. The populace were
dumbfounded at the sudden out
break, having bad no intimation
of trouble.
II is reported today that the
Madero cabinet has left, the city.
II is thought this is the begin
ning of the end of the Madero
regime.
Wash ingl mi, i>- l''eb. I" —
Tim House' mi Sal unlay passed
tile hill prohibit ing Ihe shipment
nf liipiur into prohibition stales.
In all pnibahilily the measure
will pass the Senate ami become
a law. Temperance advocates
consider Ibis Ihe greatest victory
ever won for the cause, as il will
make il possible for prohibition
In prohibit.
tMIDlBB
PROBING POLICE
New Vol k. Tell. I n.--The grand
jury has begun a probe of Ihe
police department and as a re
-nil ten indictments are expect
ed to be returned immediately.
The probe is largely Ihe result
of ihe alddrmanir investigation
which has been tinder way for
several weeks past.
COURT RESPECTS
LAWS OF THE STATE
Chicago. Feb. 10.-“Indecent in
vasion of ltie domain of the slate
courts by I he federal courts has
put a club into the hands of the
people who are assailing the .ju
diciary of the country.” United
Stales District Judge Landis de
livered himself of this opinion
from the bench recently in re
fusing lo entertain, a petition for
a writ of habeas corpus in which
I lie municipal-court is at lacked as
aA institution without existence in
law,
"1 will not lend myself lo pass
upon the validity of an enactment
of the legislature of Illinois when
none of the state courts have been
resorted lo for relief,” said Judge
Landis. “There is not anything
more unseemly than a mere Unit
ed States judge promising to an
nul the act of a state legislature.”
If you want all the news all the
time, read the Pro*pe'ctor.
THE RED SKINS
WILL PARADE;
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Rosalie Jones Crossing the Dele
ware Will Supercede Feat of
George Washington.
Washington, i>. C., Feb. to.
A number of mounted Indian
maidens will participate in the
woman's suffrage parade on
March 3rd..
Arrangements for the women's
demonstration are rapidly being
perfected. Gen. llosalie Jones
and her command from New York
propose lo cross the icy waters
of the Deleware'three limes dur
ing their march to this city, thus
outdoing the father of our coun
try in his notable feat.
GlflLliiTS
ARE_P0ISfltE0
Chicago, Feb. 10.-Two hundred
co-eds of the university were poi
soned by ptomaines, a number be
ing in a very precarious condi
tion. A number of physicians
were called lo attend the afflict
ed ones.
KETCHIKAN HAS SOME
THING NEW IN FUEL
The freighter .Northland, of I In*
S Xnrl bland S. S. Co., arrived from
11 lie sonlh I his morning with a
j full cargo of miscellaneous
| freight for Ketchikan and points*
north and west, says I hi* Miner;
! ()ne item of her cargo is some
j thing new in Ihe fuel line for
j Alaska, being coal hritiuels, that
! is washed coal dust stuck logclh-.
;er with crude oil and then mould
led into round brii|uels about one
jand a half inches thick and three
inches across, experiments in Ihe
'stales have demonstrated that the
I briquets make an ideal fuel, as
it hey burn f !•<*«* I y. are clean in the
| stove and have absolutely no
wash* iis they are all the same
size, no big lumps to 11 y si 11 over
Ihe place in breaking nor dusl to
deaden the lire when it is pill in
to the stove. The briquets look
not unlike a badly scorched soda
biscuit, or as Ihe boys on Ihe
.Northland discovered, a cake of
tar soap. This last discovery re
sulted in unite a practical joke
being played on one of Ihe lire
men on Ihe way up. lie has a lik
ing for tar soap for washing pur
poses and always uses it. and as
in* was engaged in removing Ihe
jgrime after his watch in the
stokehole*, one of his males sub
stituted a briquet for Ihe soap,
lie rubbed awa> oil it I eying to
tret up a lat her. when I he ol Iters
jslarled to laugh, and things be
gan to happen prel I y fast.
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CHARGE POLITICS IN
POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT
Washington, l>. C.. Feb. 10.
Iuvestigation of alleged activity of
[the Postoffice department in con
nection with President Taft’s
campaign is forecasted as one of
the developments before the Sen
ate committee' on campaign ex
penditures as the result, of the
Senate today extending the com
mittee's authority to cover Ihe
[campaign nding Nov. 5, 1012.
The resolution passed the Senate
without opposition.
; II is understood that Senator
jClapp, chairman of Ihe invest i
Igating committee, contemplates
tilling f’ostmastep (ieneral Hilch
eoek, Charles IVHilles, Rcpuhli
can national chairman, and oth
ers connected with Ihe Republi
can campaign as Ihe first witness
es. Representatives of the oth
er political parties will also be
summoned to tell of receipts, ex
penditures and political activities
between the nominating conven
tion and election.
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INSISTS CONTEST
SPITE CANDIDATE
National Committeeman Valen
tine Insists Contest Despite
Wishes Defeated Candidate
Thestatenpont issued by Chair
man Valentine, of the “Bull
Mnosers’’ to the. effect that he
would file a protest in behalf of
the “Progressive Home Rule”
parly contesting (he seat of Ar
thur (I. Shoup, of the lower
house of Alaska's lirsl legisla
ture, is not meeting with a very
sympal bet ir recepl ion.
Arthur (i. Stump was elected on
the “Non-Part ison” ticket, ruti
ning lowest on the ticket, espec
ially where he was not known,
and when a light had been made j
on him and highest where he was
best known—in Sitka, his home
town.'be gol every vote cast, a
Irinute mil paid to another can
didate in the lield.
Neverheles.s, lie was lowest on
the ticket when the totals of all
the preftin< Is were added together.
Mr. Slump's, nearest opponent.
John Reck, on the Progressive
ticket, was far in the lead of his
“Bull Moose" running mates, and
yet John Reck says that he was
bealeji and that is the end of it
so far as be is concerned.
Mr. Reck said lust night: “1
.hope I am too good a loser to
contest an election after 1 am
beaten. I have absolutely nothing
to do,with this matter. 1 have
pointed out to Mr. Valentine the
absurdity of his position amj ask
eri hiirt not to do it. lull he is
chairman ol l lie organization ami
will have his own way. I would
mil take a place in (tie legisla
ture even if I lie hoard decided in
my favor. The people have de
cided otherwise and I helieve in
the people ruling, l.'mler ordi
nary circumstances I believe I
could have been elected, hut I
wasn't and I don't want and
would not lake a place resulting
Iron) the decision of a contest of
this kind."
There will lie no aulhorily lo
pass on contests until alter the
legislature meets and organizes
for busincss'.--Alaska Kmpire.
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OF SANJALVDOR
San Salvador. Fell. I It.--As a
I'dsiill of tile plot to consolidate
the republics of Central America
into one large republic. President
Aurn.pi, was shot to death by as
sassins last Tuesday. Don Melen
dez was immediately named as
his successor, and is taking ac
tive measures to suppress any
revolut ion.
COURT PERMITS THE
U8E OF ENGLISH
New York, Fell. I ((.--Federal
Judge Mack ruled in favor of tile
[shorter and uglier word today.'
Counsel for Ihe government
cross-examining A. L. Wisner, on
trial with John J. Meyers for al
leged misuse of the mails in pro
moting Mloek.s, forced the wit
ness to admit he had made mis
statements to Ihe postoffice de
partment concerning his enter
prises. These tin* prosecutor
characterized as lies. Counsel for
defense thereupon made stout ob
jection. Here the court interrupt
ed.
“The witness had admitted,”
said Judge Mack, “that he made
these) statements knowing them
111 *he false, and they are there
fore, if I may use Ihe English
language, lies. The prosecutor
may.us the word 'lies’ as to such
statements.”
A girl may be as pretty as a
picture, and yet her beauty may be
Spoiled by an ugly frame of mind.
NOT CONSIDER
RAILROAD BILL
Committee on Territories Will Not
Consider Alaska Measure
This Session.
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Washington, 1>. C„ Feb. 10.-j
The 'House ConiiMitlce on Terri- j
lories will probably not consul- i
or the Alaaska railroad bill this
session, having their hands full
of work which must he disposed
of before adjournment on March
ith.
The committee is divided as to
the best method to pursue, one
portion favoring the construction
of the road by the government
and the other to have the gov
ernment guarantee the .bonds.
Congressman Humphrey. of
Washington, favors the latter
course.
FORCED TO JUMP
FROM BURNING CAR
Stamford, Conn., Feb. 10. — Fire
broke out near here today in the
last car of a through train of ex
press ears speeding from Boston
to New York. The express mes
senger, after a vain effort to put
out the llames. pulled the emer
gency brakes, but the mechanism
failed to work and he was nu
bble to get word of his plight to
the cars in front.
Within a few minutes he was
compelled to choose between
death in I he (lames and a leap
from the doorway. He jumped as
I lie train rounded a curve at 35
miles an hour, and escaped with
only slight injuries. The (lames
were discovered when the train
stopped here for water and were
evl iiiguislted by the lire depart
ment. The damage to the car and
its contents was estimated at
$50.(10(1.
STEAMER ALAMEDA
CHARTERED FOR PANAMA
Saul I la. Kali. |0.--The sulisli
I ill ion of Ilia .N'nrl hweslern fur
Ilia Alamailn was made nwiim .lu
an n|ilion mi a aharlar a'iven
.lutiii Chapman' fur an excursion
on I hal sleamcr In Panama. The
aharlar has not ye I liee'n aloscil.
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STEAMER SAILS
FROMJEATTLE
Seal I la. Kali. In. — The Xnl'lll
svcslern sailail on Sinulay avail
ing willi Ilia follow in;f passengers
foe Yalilez: Milo Kelly. I,. II.
Hlioailes ami w'Ha, Alliart It. Ilai
liK anil wife. Mrs. Frail (i. Noyes,
Kill. Xiinhan. Harry W’ahh, M.
SI jrkiiey. W. Smilli, A. It. (irill'in.
•I. Metiill ami \V. Taylor.
UNCLAIMED DEAD
LEAVE FORTUNE
New York. Feb. 10.--More Ilian
$250,000 has been left unclaim
ed by relatives in case of persons
found dead under peculiar cir
cumstances in New York dur
ing the last year. The public ad
ministrator's report, just made
public, is tilled with tragic slot-ids
of hardship or loneliness in the
maelstrom of a great city. It
tells of bodies picked from under
trains and street cars, dragged
from rivers and ponds, discovered
as suicides in hall bed rooms and
hotel suites, or revealed in deso
late places as the victims of mys
terious murders.
The unclaimed estates range
from I eent to $1 4,735. The ‘‘pen
ny estate” was thal of Frank
Dehm and, notwithstanding its in
significance, legal tomes were
made out to administer it. The
larger amount was that left by
Alfred Bulling, a baker, born in
England.
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GALLS HALT ON
PROPOSED LAW
Secretary Knox Calls Halt on Bill
Aimed at Orientals by Wash
ington Legislature.
Olympia, Wash., Feb. Id.--Fol
lowing a protest by the Japanese
ambassador, Secretary fit Stale
Knox has wired Governor Lister
to hold action on the bill per
mitting aliens excepl (Japanese
and Chinese to hold property in
the state, slating that it may be
in violation of treaties with the
countries affected.
A hint to advertisers—all I hat
glitters isn't sold.
TO ASCif”
MTJ'KINLEI
New York. Feb. 10.—Andrew
Kangslrom, a Cornell graduate,
and a party from the Physics de
partment of that institution, plan
to attempt the ascension of Ml.
McKinley last summer.
STEAMER OLYMPIC
IS SAFEGUARDED
New York.—lleconsl rucl ion of
I lie W hile Star liner Olympic al
Ihe Belfast yards of llarland &
Wolff has advanced so far that
it is now delinilely amioii neefil
that she will leave Southampton
for New York April 2 and start
mi her return trip to Plymouth.
Cherbourg and Southampton April
12. This reconsl rucl ion work lots
nos) *1,250.00(1. in addition to
nearly *200,000 for repairs after
she collided with the Hawke on
September 20. loll, olf ('.owes.
Isle of Wight. The cost to Ihe
line of l lie cross-act ions growing
out of (lie crash was estimated
at the time al 850.000. The orig
inal eosl of Ihe Olyinpie was *7.
000.000.
"TYff reconsl rurloil she will have
an inner skin of heavy sled plates
eonlinuing in effect Ihe original
double bottom well above the wa
ter line. She also will have ad
ditional water tight bulkheads of
exceptional strength, several of
them being carried through to the
B deck. Wflfich is 10 feel above Hie ;
water line. Her builders say she
has been made as safe as human
skill and strength of material ran
make a ship.
Similar safeguards are being j
installed in Ihe 50,000-lou triple
screw steamer Britannic now in
course of construction al Belfast
for the While Slar line. The Bril- ,
annic will lie heavier and broad
er I hail I lie (Mynipie.
THOUGHT HIMSELF
TO BE IMMORTAL
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Cambria City, Pa., Fell. lb.— j
Declaring that lie hail come to I lie
world after a regeneration ami I
that he was infallible and immor
tal. William Fries, a steel work
er, tried to prove his assertions
to a crowd of fellow workers and
was seriously injured. Shouting
in an impassioned voice that no
thing could harm him, Fries, mi
nus shoes and socks, deliberately
ran over several hot masses of pig
iron. Although he declared that
he felt no pain, it was evident
that he was suffering intensely.
The jibes of the workmen angered j
Fries and he snatched up a red- j
hot rod and tried to force it down
his throat. The other men, how
ever, interfered. When a police
man was called, Fries bit him on j
the nose.
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Steamer. Movements.
Mariposa, south bound.
Northwestern, north bound. \ |
Yukon, to the westward. j
I.dlouehe. on dry dock.
Cordova, norlh noiind.
ELECTION RETURNS
ARE NOT ALL IN
Second Division Returns Have Not
Reached Capitol, Thought be
In Hands Members.
The Alaska Umpire says l hat
all the election returns have not
been received in Juneau, and
hence the vote has not yet been
canvassed, none of the returns
from the Second division having
yet been received by the board.
It is thought the mlcmbers now
on Ihi! way lo the coast fromN'ome
havel the returns with them, not
wishing lo trust to the uncertain
ly of the mail this winter.
These are the statements issued
by Collector of Customs Willis,
Surveyor-General Distin and Gov
ernor Clark, who constitute the
canvassing board.
Governor CJark says that af
ter wailing a reasonable time and
it becomes known that the returns
are lost or destroyed, the hoard
will canvass the returns that have
been received and rely on the rec
ords at fhe clerk s office in Nome
for the purpose of issuing cer
tificates of election In the legis
lative members from the Second
division. There is no intimation
of a contest except in the First
division and no trouble is an
I iripaled.
A McIntosh stage arrived Sun
day evening with mail, but no
passenger*. The trip was made
in excellent lime.
BURN NEGRO AND
LYNCHJNOTHER
llnustnn. .Mis,'.. I'rb. III...A
in.-yrn wlni had (diddled I lie bride
id' I lie euiiiily clerk In death, was
burned I" a slake by a Ireinen
di ms ninli Saturday n ip hi. Kar
lier in l lie day Ibe limb lynched
annlher neyrn I'ur I lie crime, be
iny misled by I lie \ielim. wlm was
badly scared I'rnm fear <>f sum
mary puli isbinent.
PnESENTSMILEAGE
TRIP DOG TUM
Chicayn. I'cli. I n.--William II.
Wliill lesey. id' Seward, wlm ar
rived here as a witness in I lie
I'rnsl ciml eases iuvnlviuy valu
able lands in I lie Maiami'ka. lias
|ireseil|ed bis mileaye bill I'nr a
I ri|> in a dny learn. Ibe lirsl nl I lie
kind ever |iresenled in Ibis jur
isdirl inn.
LOOKS FORWARD
TO GOOD TIMES
Denver, Unin., I'Vlt. 10_“'Throw
oil' vour cloak of secrecy and
mystery ami heroine one of the
people." so Dr. Harvey W. Wiley,
tale head of the pure food de
partment in Washington, adv ised
the members of tbe Denver Homi
ly Medical Association. before
whom lie spoke here last Satur
day.
“Some day, perhaps," he said,
“every learned profession except
leaching and agriculture will
have been banished. Perfect
health will bring universal peace,
so we will not need lawyers. Then
tile ministers' work will end, be
cause everybody will be as they
should he. Sometimes f wish a
holocaust would come and destroy
every dwelling in the United
States. Then the I wo death-bring
ing house diseases, cancer and
tuberculosis, would be banished.”
Dr. Wiley criticised the nation
al house of representatives, sev
eral magazines and all patent
medicines.