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“ _ . VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1913. » NO. 168.
VOL.
New Administration Will Aid in
Opening Up Alaska's Re
sources.
Colonel Richardson, who re
turned on the Alameda last night,
was busy shaking hands with his
many friends today, kvho were
glad to see the Colonel after his
long sojourn in I lie nation's cup
ilal.
Colonel ‘’Dirk,” when inter
viewed by a representative of the
Prospector, spoke most enthusi
astically of file possibilities of
great good for the territory al the
hands of I lie present admiuislra
I ion.
“Tin1 new rabinel officials arc
greatly interested in Alaska,”
says llie Colonel, “and will do
everything lo open lip the resour
ces of the territory.
"The severe conservation pol
icy which lias been applied to
Alaska during I lie past few years
is a tiling of Hie past and the
new administration intend lo op
en up the lands and aid the pros
pectors to develop their coal, oil.
and"mineral claims and cultivate
the agricultural lands.
"The road commission will do
its pari'Io build trails and roads
and keep I lie present roads open.
We are limited by the amount of
money we receive and will make
whal. we d . gel go pod as far as
we can. (Mir only recent is tbal
ve have iol enough o build all
l lie roads needed.”
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MINER'S CUP
IS WIPED OUT
Snowslide Strikes Tent, Setting
Off Six Boxes of Dynamite
—Nothing Remains.
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The camp of John Frolick was j
completely destroyed yesterday
when a snows lido struck his tent,
setting olf six boxes of dynamite,
leaving nothing of the out til bill
a few shreds of the tent. ;
Fortunately Frolick had start
ed for the beach to bring up an
other load of freight and when
about a mile from his tent, but
still in sight of it, he turned when
he heard the slide start down the
hill and watched it strike the tent
and immediately caused the ex
plosion, sending showers of snow
in all directions and a large cloud
of smoke immediately arose.
Itoaling slowly away.
Upon retracing his steps be
found that the camp had been
wiped out and that nothing re
mained and left for the beach,
meeting the boys from the Gam
eron-,Johnson and Gold King
camps, who left immediately
when they saw what had happen
ed and expected to find Frolick
dead.
Frolick returned to Valdez oh
the Viking.
William I,. Helvey, the Under
wood typewriter agent, arrived in
Valdez from Seward, where he has
been in the interest of his com
pany. He will leave for the south
nit the Alameda tomorrow.
Moose Dance
The Order of Alaskan Moose
will give their regular weekly
•lance Saturday night at their hall
to which all friends of the organ
ization are invited. Dancing will
begin at 9:30 sharp. Tickets, can
tie had of members. Good music, j
See the line line of new silk j
drekses at Harvey’s Toggery.
They will he sold for SI5 for a
;>'W days only.
ini LEAVES
FOR GALIFOIMIA
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Will Assist in Drawing Up Law j
Satisfactory to Japan and to |
. Native Sons.
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Washington, i>. C.. April -0.—
Secretary of Slate Hryan left
late last night for Sacramento,
where he will confer with Gov
ernor Johnson and the 'legisla
tors of California and secure, if
possible, a less stringent alien
law not in conflict with the Jap
anese treaty rights.
He is expected to arrive Thurs
day night as lie has arranged
for special connections and all
trains will he held for his I rain,
to avoid delay. ,
LEGISHill
FOR SECY. BRYAN
Hope to Find Way Out of the
Present Unsatisfactory
;
Situation.
Sacramento, April -6—The
state legislature has tabled the j
anti-Japanese land bill until the!
arrival of Secretary of State Bry
an, who is speeding westward and
due here (tie (irst part of I tie com
ing week.
|l i hoped to lluil some relief
that will prevent the ownership
of land by Japs and yet not vio
late the treat* rights with that
count ry.
[min. free
WITHIN MONTH
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Gave Evidence Against McNama
ra Brothers a^d Now Serving
Time—Believed Spy.
I .ns Angeles, April :f<5.--ll was
announced here yesterday by the
district attorney that Artie Mc
Manigal would be released with
in 30 days and all indictments
against him would be quashed.
I It was claimed at the trial of
|the structural iron workers that
j lie was a Burns spy hired by the
'contractors to assist at the dy
namiting of buildjngs and secure
the evidence against the labor of
ficials.
The special venire, of jurors
sent to Cordova from Valdez and
| Seward, are expected to return
ifo their homes about the Ct.li or
i 7lh of May.
! Special Saturday Evening Change
at the Orpheum.
! When the Heart Rules, a dra
matic story of the struggle of a
young cadet.
The Cocoanut Industry, beau
tiful scenes in Fiji islands.
Mystery of Hotel Room, elever
! ly acted modern detective story.
Hilly—and when she walks.
| Change tomorrow eve.
Does vour watch need repair
ing? See Reir.ke, the watch doc
tor. _
See the tine line of new silk
i dresses at Harvey’s Toggery.
I They will he sold for 515 for a
j few days only.
Talk about your bargains nt
J Adler’s.
Subscribe for the Prospector, j
STILL HOLDING
Clir OF SCUTARI
Montenegrins Refuse to Give Up
Captured Fortress—Trouble
is Feared.
N
Ijindon, April, -<>—Tlie powers
demand that Montenegro sur
render Scutari or else the inter
national blockade will be rontin
used.
Tht‘ Montenegrins are, how
ever, determined to retain pos
session Of the1 fortress, Which
they captured after many months
of hard lighting and the loss of
many men and they refuse to
leave Hie city.
Trouble is exported if troops
are landed from the blockading
ships, as the populace are hitler
against the powers for trying to
take away the fruits of war. and
it is feared that trouble will sure
1\ follow the landing of troops.
Miss Speckheart relurned
from Cordova on the Alameda.
TRIED BLACKMAIL
ASSERT BLOODS
Never Near the Plaoe, Claim Oth
ers Aocused by Procured— j
Police Investigating.
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|,os Angeles, April -0.--H was
anmuiueetl here Imlay by t In*, men
who are aeeuseil of having pur
chased through "Black Bear!
young girls for immoral purpos
es. Ihal Ihu story was published j
when I hey refused to stand tor
blackmail.
Mrs. Itosonherg and her asso
ciates had tried, they claimed, to
secure thousands of dollars or
she threatened to expose them,
and in many instances she was
successful, they assert.
Some of the men accused claim
they never knew of the massage
"parlors and had never visited
them.
The police are investigating
the new charges against “Black
P'earl" and a thorough investi
gation will be made. The evi
dence against the woman is
strong enough, says I»istrh“t At
torney Fredericks, to secure a
conviction.
$4,646,264,910
IS UNTMED
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Host on, April 26.—Tax Com- I
missioner Trefry estimates that j
,84,646.261.910 in securities ami
other intangible forms of prop
erty in this state escapes taxa
tion by being locked up in safe
deposit boxes.
In a report to the legislature
today Hie commissioner admits
his inability to locate this prop
erty for the purpose of taxation,
and says lhat in his opinion one
out of every forty-four persons
in Massachusetts leases a safe
deposit box to which the holder
alone has access.
He recommends the enact men!
of a state income tax law and leg
islation to reach untaxed wealth.
Dougherty & Ferguson receiv
ed on the steamer Sampson a
supply of fresh groceries, fruit
and vegetables.
Reinke, expert repairer, at the !
Valdez Drug company.
FURNISHED ROOMS with or
without board. Ibex House. Key- ;
stone Avp. Mrs. H. Sharts.
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FUif* |.t{vs?m!u at t
■ < *'* £ . •’ • i
Government Allows Use of Aban
doned Buildings at Form
er Capital.
Washington, I). Ik, April
The Navy department announce
that they will turn over to the
tenitorial government the marine
barracks,- which have been aban
doned at Sitka and they will la
psed for indigent prospectors of
the temlory.
Tin- territorial legislature pe
titioned lln; government early in
the present session to allow the
use of the building for aged and
crippled prospectors, and the dis
patch today indicates that llu-ir
prayer is to he grunted.
Lieut. Shrank f Fort Lise um.
left on the Alameda to examine
a signal corps operator at Sew
ard. lie will la* gone ahoul Iwo
weeks.
METEOR ALARMS
S. S. VOYAGERS
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Exploded With Loud Report Near
Leyland Liner ar,d Disappear
l
ed in Ocean Depths.
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Hoslon. April lT).--A meteor
wliieli passed over the vessel and
exploded only a short distance
away, alarmed passengers on the
Leyland liner Hohemian. which
arrived today from Liverpool af
ter lowing the disabled Hritisli
steamship Cayo Homano In Hali
fax. N. S. The meleoor came out
of tile sky on the steamship’s port
side and crossed her hows al
great speed. Ii exploded with a
loud report and blinding glare
when apparently about id feel
from Hie surface of I tie ocean.
Passengers said that they had
difficulty in hearing for about ten
minutes afterward. The lookout
in the crow’s nest on the fore
mast was badly frightened. When
the explosion occurred the (lash
illuminated all parts of the
steamship. At the time a heavy
hailstorm was in .progress.
special change of program to
night at the Orpheum.
COURT NEWS IS
HELD AS LIBEL
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' Denver. April -ti.—Tile Su
| itreine Court of Colorado today
i held that a newspaper was Uable
for damage to reputation result
ing from the publication of
charges filed in court and tes
timony given on the witness
stand.
• The decision resulted from the
suit of Hosamla Meeker against a
■ Denver newspaper. The publish
ers asserted that the articles
had been based on court records,
but the court ruled that news
papers were not privileged to
print the charges-set out in a law
suit, unless their publishers knew
the charges to be true.
Henry Suessdorf left Key West,
Fla., on the S. S. Evangeline for
the Panama Canal. He will also
visit in Jamaica and Cuba and ex
j poets to sail from Seattle about
; the fast of May for Valdez.
| FGH RENT—Furnished cabin,
'close iii. inquire of K. Ft. Wheat
iat **. Blum It Co. *
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STRONG AWAITS j
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Senate, However, May Not Con-1
firm—Republican Members
May Retaliate.
Washington, April 2ti.—Major
Strong, who is now in Washing
ton, will remain here until he re
ceives ft is commission.
The refusal of the Hepuhlic.au
members of the Senate to confirm
any Wilson appointments, in re
taliation for the refusal of the
Democrats to confirm Taft ap
pointments, may cause some de
lay.
PANAMA OFFICIALS
| ROAST SOLONS
Say Action of Legislature Will
Seriously Effect the Frisco
Exposition.
San l''runciscu, April -Mi.—The
Manama exposition officials have
severely condemned the state leg
islature for its action in starting)
an anli-Japnne.sc agitation at this
time, when the exposition offi
cials are straining every effort to
•secure the co-operation of for-'
leiign governments in making dis
i plays, which will add greatly to
Ihe atlraclion of the fair.
I II is feu red that unless a ipiick j
I sell lenient is made of the pres-)
! eiiI legislation that China and |
I Japan will refuse In participate
jal Ihe lair.
NEW “SPARKS”
! ON STEAMERS
Alaska Boats Not Delayed by
Strike—Company Confident
Can Beat the Operators
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Seattle, April 26.—Tile olfieials
of the company assert that the
strikers have no chance to win,
as they have enough men to send
out on all steamers and also for
the1 land stations.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
I.ieut. I'rosser returned from
Seward on the Sampson.
I Misses Jennie and Olive Taft
j left on the Sampson for the
I states. j
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! Alvali Karnes was a through
! passenger on the Sampson for
j Seward.
The children of Valdez were the.
guests this afternoon at the Or—
jpheum of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cal
I tin.
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| William Finical, manager of
j the Copper lliver I.nmher Co., left i
j for Port Wells this morning on!
itlie Brighton, lie will arrange to!
j have the large raft of logs owned j
j hy the company towed to Valdez j
to tie cut up into lumber.
| Percy Charles, chief deputy j
! marshal at Fairbanks, left Cor- j
dova this morning on the Sump- j
son. lie is taking two insane pa
Monts to the Morningside sani
tarium and will later visit Wash
ington in the hopes of building ■
up a few political fences.
“Come on, let’s go and lmy;
some bargains at Adler’s."
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NEXT MONTH
Head of Road Commission Will
Start Construction When
Snow Leaves.
Colonel Richardson informed
a representative of the Prospector
this morning that as soon as the
snow disappeared the work of
constructing the dike will be com
menced. The appropriation is
not available until July 1st, hut
where an emergency exists the
commission is allowed to use
|other funds at ils disposal for
I the present and later make u rc_
j fund when the original apprnpri
I al ion is rereived.
The Colonel speaks highly of
; I lie assistance recoivod by him
from Senator Jones, who intro
duced the bill in the Senate and
lathered il through the upper
House ami is also high in his
praise pf the work accomplished
I by Chairman Hay s, of the House
committee on military affairs, the
latter of whom was instrumental
I in having the item pass the lower
I House, where it lias met defeat
jon three different occasions.
The commission will outline
the work for the construction or
the dike in a few days and hopes
to place a substantial harrier
against the glacier stream, which
has caused much I rouble to the
citizens of this section.
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| Wilt Ordain Rev. Ziegler; Rev.
Corser or Rev. Rowe, of Ju
neau, Coming.
!
Rev. Ziegler received a cable
from Ketehikan that the It;. Rev.
I*. T. Rowe, Bishop of Alaska, is
to reach Valdez on the next Mari
posa. He will he accompanied by
either Rev. Corser. rector at
Wrangell, or Rev. R. K. Roe, rec
tor at Juneau, for the purpose of
ordaining Rev. W. il. Ziegler to
the Priesthood.
Bishop Rowe is known ;i. near
ly every Alaskan and it is hoped
he can make a longer stay in this
neighborhood than tie did last
spring.
Odd Fellows Meet Tonight.
The Valdez Lodge No. t>, I. O. O.
I'1., will celebrate their itith an
niversary this evening at their
hall. All Odd Fellows, their
wives and invited guesls are ex
pected to attend. The ceremony
will commdnce at 8:15 and close
at !•
A. .1. WKNDLKR, Secretary.
i The Cordova mail. which
should have arrived here on the
Sampson, was left on (he dock at
the railroad town and arrived last
night on I he Alameda.*
\V. It. .Morton, I he Slate creek
operator, who has spent the win
ter in the states, returned on the
Alameda yesterday.
! Mike Sullivan, former propri
Jetor of the Windsor hotel at Cor
Idova, is in Valdez for a short vis
jit and will return |o the railroad
[town on the Alameda.'
Mrs. Stocker, wife of the stew
! aid on the Dora, passed through
Valdez on the Alameda and will
make her home in the westward
I town.
Rev. and Mrs. Ziegler returned
on the Alameda from Qordova.
FOR RENT—Six room house on
Sherman street. Apply to Lieut.
Weeks at the Road Commission
office , , ,