NO. 197.
VOL. 9.
MAY HOI PUSS
RUUD BILL
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Senators Jones and Chamberlain
Fear That Democrats Will
be Opposed to Bill.
Washington, D. C., May 31.—
Senators Jones ami Chamberlain
are working hard to have the
Alaska railroad bill passed at this
session of congress, but prac
tically concede that I he Demo
cratic majorities in both the up
per and lower houses are not dis
posed to take the matter up and
extend the session into the hot
months of August and Septem
ber.
John Hallaine, the owner of
the Seward Townsite company,
has made a personal appeal to
President Wilson asking the aid
of Ihu chief executive to have
some sort of railroad legislation
passeld at this session that the
government owned railroad may
be built, the coal lands opened,
and the latent resources of the
territory developed.
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Valuable Timber Lands Traded to
tho Railroads for Desert
Lands.
Washington, I*. G., May 31.
Congressman Humphrey of
Washington, introduced a reso
lution in congress today .calling
for an invcstigalion of the for
estry bureau lo ascertain the rea
son why the Northern Pacific and
Santa Ft* railroads were given
two million acres of valuable
limber land in exchange for use
less desert lands owned by the
companies.
The resolution also calls on
the forestry department for its
reason for allowing six billion
feet of timber, worth $15,000,000,
lo rot annually, making no effort
to place this timber on the market
in competition with the product
of the lumber trust.
The New Postoffice Order.
The. recent announcement by
Postmaster General Burleson that
President Wilson would soon is
sue an executive order requiring
all fourth-class postmasters now
in office or candidates for pros
pective 'appointment, to be sub
jected |o competitive examina
tions, will be received with inter
est by all such persons. This ac
tion goes a little farther than
President Taft went in placing
such offices in the classified ser
vice. The Taft order did not
specifically require an examina
tion. The Wilson order will re
quire such examinations and the
postoffice inspector will make a
selection from among the first
three eligible applicants. As Re
publicans as well as Democrats
will hive an opportunity to show
their fitness, it would seem that
the order will effectually take this
class of office out of politics.
J. W. Turrentine passed
through to the westward on the
Sampson to investigate the kelp
fields at Kodiak.
John Borud, who speftt the win
ter on his ranch on Vashon Is
land, neax Seattle, returned to
Valdez on the Northwestern.
Representative and Mrs, Milo
Kelly passed through this morn
ing on the Sampson bound for
Knik.
WANTED—A cook; inquire of
Col. O’Neil at Fort Liscum.
EXPECTED TO DIE;
SAYS IS MURDERER
But Recovers and Denies He Made
Confession—Is Now Held
by Polioe.
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Plains, Mont., May 31—Frank
iDarnonti' yesterday confessed to
the killing of Governor Meagher
50 years ago on a river steamer
on the Missouri river, throwing
the body into the river, for which,
he says, he received S8,OAO from
the enemies of the governor.
Diamond made the confession
under- the belief that lie was
about to die, but doctors now state
that he will recover from his
present illness.
In' his confession hi! also ad
mits killing one man at The
Dalles. Ore., in. 1871, and also
trial he had taken another man’s
life in 1883.
Missoula, Mont., May 31 —
Frank Diamond, who*confessed to
the murder of Governor Meagh
er, was arrested yesterday and
brought to this place, and will be
indicted by the special grand jury
which has been called. He now
repudiates his confession made
to the1 authorities at Plains.
' A. E. Cummings and Miss Gum
rnings a niece and nephew of Ed
ward Meese, came to Valdez on
the Northwestern to spend the
summer with their uncle, who had
not seen them since I hey were
■small children,
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CA1SEDG0LUPSE
l.ongTteach, Cal., May 31.—The
special grand jury called lo in
vestigate the cause of I he fall of
the auditorium, when many were
killed here just a week ago today,
reported that the decaying of a
girder had caused the collapse of
the building. The city officials
were exonerated of all blame be
cause of the accident.
KING RECEIVES
OURIMMSSIOOR
London, May 31.—King George
today received the new American
ambassador, Doubleday Page, re
cently appointed by President
Wilson. -
Government Reclamation Not
Failure.
Western people are extremely
interested in the bill before con
gress (hat will give settlers their
farms without further money
payments. This bill is the pro
posed answer of congress to the
complaints of settlers under ir
rigation projects. One of the chief
topics of discussion nowadays is
divided into three parts, viz.. Is
government "reclamation a fail
ure Has the irrigation business
been over boomed? Should Di
rector Newell'be relieved of his
job? The facts are that there are
14,000 farms being worked. This
means that there are 14,000 fam
ilies on these farms and a prob
able population of 05,000 people.
There are only 14 4 farms that are
not being worked, but it is safe
to say that If much publicity were
given there could be 1,000 ap
plications within a month. Ol
course thqre is trouble getting
good settlers, and the main trou
ble comes from those who have
taken farms to speculate. Does
it look like failure?
Dr. Caswell is making the trip
to the westward on the Sampson
on business.
CHILDREN ESCAPE
IN NIGHT CLOTHES
Sisters of Mercy Remain Behind to
be Sure All Their Charges
Make Getaway.
Auckland, N. May 31.—Fire
broke out last night in the Cath
olic Orphanage and the one hun
dred girls coolly marched out of
the burning building, while the
Sisters remained behind to see
that none were left, later leaving
thi> building when they had as
sured themselves flint their
charges had made good their es
cape.
K. J. McLean was a returning
passenger on the Sampson after
a short visit to Seattle.
BAITS HAVE
A BAD HOLD-UP
Kill One Man, Wound Three Oth
ers and Lose the Pay Roll
After AH.
I,a Salle, 111., May 31.--Four
bandits ambushed official's Of the
Illinois Zinc company, who were
bringing a pay roll of s|SA,000 from
a bank in this city lo Ihe works,
and killed one of Ihe officers,
wounded three others, but a civil
engineer, an employe of the com
pany, succeeded in escaping with
the money while the battle was
on.
The ambush was well planned
and took place in some heavy
limber through which Ihe aulo,
in which the men were riding, was
forced to pass. A large I roe had
been I brown across the road,
forcing Ihe machine to a stand
still in a place "where they were
unable lo turn and flee. The rob
bers opened lire immediately. The
lire was returned by those in Ihe
car while the civil engineer made
his getaway with the money and
reached I his eily and raised Ihe
alarm.
A posse was immediately or
ganized and bloodhounds have
been sent for and it is hoped that
the hold-up men will be captured.
Several men recently discharg
ed from the employ of the com
pany and familiar with the meth
od of handling the pay roll are
suspected.
The wounded men have been
brought to the local hospital and
it is expected that they will be
able to give information leading
to the capture of the men.
Suffragists’ Campaign Expensive.
A few of the figures from the
annual report of the Women's
Social and Political Union of
Great Britain, published in Lon
don newspapers, affords inter
esting information. It appears
that during the last fiscal year
a sum aggregating $140,000 was
raised for the militant suffra
gist i campaign of violence. Of
this amount over $130,000 was
expended, $30,000 of which went
for salaries and $10,000 for trav
eling expenses for the agitators.
Apparently, the campaign is fair
ly well financed and causes the
speculation as to what would
happen if the militants should
lose their financial support. The
English government believes the
movement would decline and this
accounts for the attempt to seize
the cash boxes of the Union.
There must be some well paid
jobs.
i>* George Hobart, (who 'made a
trip to Seattle to undergo an op
eration returned 'this morning
from the Spirit City.
FAST TIME MADE
BY RAGING AUTO
More Than 100,000 People Wit
ness 500 Mile Race at
Indianapolis.
Indianapolis, May [ 31,—More
than 100,000. people yesterday
fcav\J floux’driving a French Peu
geot racing machine, win the 500
mile race, making the fast time
of six hours and 15 minutes.
Burnham led the race for the
lirs| 100 miles, hut the French
man then passed him and held the
lead to the end.
I>e Pama cjuil the race early,
as something went wrong with his
machine.
The big crowd wildly cheered
(lie winner.
AMERICAN LINER
ON IRE ROCKS
N
Passengers of the Haverford Are
Transferred to Battleship
No Lives Lost.
Queenstown, fjiig., May 31.—
TSeve'n hundred passengers of
the wrecked American liner Hav
erford reached this place today
on the Knglish battleship Baltic.
Four Jiundred passengers were
taken from I he boat by tugs and
will be brought here later.
The Haverford, of the Ameri
can line, carrying 1,100 passen
gers and a large crew, ran on the
rocks off Cork Head in a thick fog
las| Thursday and 15 feel of wa
ter entered the hold of the ship
immediately. Wireless calls for
assistance were immendately sent
out by the operator and tugs from
all directions rushed to the as
sistance of the passengers and
crew of | he stranded vessel.
Owing to the fog much dill'i
cully was encountered in locat
ing the vessel, as the captain of
the Haverford was uncertain of
his location.
Upon arrival of the tugs prep
arations for the immediate re
moval of the passengers were be
gun, as the liner was in a bad po
sition.
Seven hundred passengers were
immediately transferred to the
warship Baltic and throught to
I his port, while the remaining
400 were landed by small tugs.
The big liner was floated to
day at high tide and will be1 im
mediately taken to drydock. Sev
eral large wrecking tugs are
standing by and pumping the wa
ter out of her. No more trouble
is feared. So far as known on
ly two compartments have been
flooded.
Sara Bernhardt Leaves America.
New York, May 31.—Sara Bern
hardt, the French actress, left to
day for Paris after her thirtieth
annual farewell tour. The re
ceipts for this trip are as large
as ever and she takes back a big
roll of good American money to
provide for her old age.
The Eagles dance tonight is ex
pected to be th^ event of the sea
son, as the committee intend to
spare no pains to assure their
guests a pleasant evenihg. A. H.
Pinkus will furnish the usual high
grade dance music.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Harvey re
turned to Valdez on the Sampson.
YV; H. Palmer returned from
the states on this morning’s boat.
Julius Roning came to town
fast evening from Port YVells.
Even the doctor isn’t alw^l
sat is fled to let well enough ajginif,
WILLIAM ROWE
STILL LIVING
Man Shot by Dan Reeder for
Breaking Up His Home is Not
Dead—Cannot Recover.
Dan Reeder, who shot William
Rowe at Cordova last Wednesday,
did the work with a small 32
caliber Hull Dog gun and he' fired
live shots, four of which hit his
man.
The Cordova Alaskan gives the
following account of Rowe’s cou
dit ion:
Three of Rowe’s wounds are in
the back, within a circle of two
and one-half inches, about on a
level with the eighth and ninth
dorsal vertebrae. Two of the bul
lets penetrated the spinal cord,
causing paralysis below that
point, and are lodged in the bod
ies of tin' vertebrae. The third
bullet passed to the right of the
spine and came out about one and
one-half inches to the right of
the middle linjg just below the
border of the ribs in front, hav
ing passed through the liver. The
fourth bullet, struck over the hip
bone and deflected,- lodging on
the (side of the thigh about a
third of the way down the leg on
the outside. The abdomen was
opened up by the attending phy
sicians and upon an examination
of the stomach and other organs
they found no perforations, al
though there was a slight heor
rhage into the cavity.
MANY PARADES
MEMORIAL DAY
Seattle, May ;tl.— Parades were
held in all of Ihe cities nf the
Union, yesterday in honor of the
dead heroes of Ihe nation, whose
graves were decorated hy the few
remaining veterans of the war
of Ihe rehellion. The soldiers
graves in Ihe cemeteries were
decorated with Hags and Mowers.
In this city one of Ihe largest
Decoration Day parades ever held
paraded lip Second avenue.
FEDERALS SHELL
MASSON IN VAIN
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Nogales, May 31.—The Feder
al gunboat Guerrero, fired shot
after shot and volleyed from gai
ning guns and rifles in a vain
effort to kilt aviator Masson, the
American, who is dropping
bombs into the town of Guaymas.
Masson has remained at an alti
tude of 5,000 feet and the shots
iuAer feized him, but he con
tinued to drop his bombs until
he had exhausted the supply car
ried by the machine and then lie
descended into the lines of the
rebel beseiging army.
11. F. Suessdorf returned this j
morning after an extended trip
through the states to the eastern
coast, through the Panama canal
section, up the western shore of
America stopping for short side
trips and visiting the many sights
along the route. Henry says,
however, that there is no place
like Valdez and that he is glad to
get back.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Schmidt, a
brother and sister-in-law of Wil
liam Schmidt, of the Buffet, came
north on the Northwestern to vis
it in Valdez and they may de
cide to make this their future
home.
One-half off on trim millinery,
land 25 per cent discount on suits
•at Harvey's Toggery.
If you want all the news all the
r<m4 the Prospector.
SAMPSON ARRIVES
FROM IRE SOUTH
Has Large Number of Passengers
and Much Freight for the
Westward.
The Sampson arrived in port >
early this morning and after dis
charging- 100 tons of freight for
local merchants left for the west
ward at 11 today and will go as
far west as Kodiak and also to
Ship Creek, where a large outfit
for the coal outfit fop the Mata
nuska will lie unloaded. The boat
will also make calls at Illiamna,
Seldovia and Port Craham.
Ahoul .3(1 passengers are on Ihe
boat for Ivnik.
The passengers for Valdez were
Mrs. P. M. Mills. II. M. Saling,
K. (■. (irilfin. Mrs. If. J. Harvey,
If. J. Harvey, (ieo. Hobart, \V. If.
Palmer, K. J. McLean, Emma
LueII. \V. i\. Heed, II. HrhenhePg,
II. E. Surjsdorf. Thus. J. Tallent.
QUICK TRIP FOR
NORTHWESTERN
Reached Valdez Last Night From
Seattle—Has Had Overhaul
ing and Repairing.
Tin* S. S. Northwestern of the
Alaska Steamship Co. reached
Valdez Iasi night al'ler a ciuick
trip north. This is the lirst time
I he boat has heen here since she
was pulled oil' the run Iasi fail,
and the company have spent many
thousands of dollars to repair and
overhaul the ship. The under
writers' examiner reported that
tile boat was in heller shape to
day lhan I he day she was launch
ed. A new wheel was also placed
in I he steamer and her speed lias
heen increased more than half a
kiml by the change.
I lie boat brought 50 tons of
freight Mr Valdez merchants.
Captain Hunter is in charge. A
large number of passengers came
north to Southeastern Alaska
ports and a few for Valdez and
Seward. The Valdez, passengers
were A. I’. Cummings and Miss
Cummings, C. Patz. C. Berger, H.
F. Hemda, 11. Schmidt and Mrs.
Schmidt, John Borud. H. Martin,
K. Stevens and wife. Joe Foy, T.
J. Johnstone and nine steerage.
Deorgc W. Kyans, in charge of
the government parly, which wilt
tiring' out 800 tons of Matanuska
coal for naval testing purposes,
was a passenger through to Set
dovia on the Sampson. Accom
panying him is J. W. Swift, dis
persing officer, wlio will make all
payments of the 875,000 appro
priated by congress for the work.
Members of the Masonic, Moose
and other lodges yesterday spent
much time cleaning up and beau
tifying the old cemetery at the
westward end of the town and
later when the snow has disap
peared it is expected to do con
siderable work on .Hie cometary
A milti esal of Valdez.
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Deputy Marshal DeLiue did not
return from Cordova because of
Dan Reteder, who attempted to
71111 W. T. Rowe, not having had
a preliminary hearing yet.
Special Change of Program at.the
Orpheum Tonight.
The New Physician, an inter
esting drama.
A Mexican (romance, exciting
and entertaining story.
The Fickle Soldier, a farce
comedy that will make a hit.
A complete change of program
tomorrow. Two shows at 8 and
9:15 sharp