VOL 9. VALDEZ, ALA9KA MONDAY* 'JANUARY 13, 1913. NO. 79.
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STEEL TRUST
CONTROL HELD
Can Crush Foreign Manufactur
ers and Independents Within
Week's Time if so Willed
Washington, D. C., Jan. 13—
President Crawford, of the Mc
Keesport Tin Plate Mills, testified
hefore the committee inquiring
into the metal schedules to as
certain whether the metals tariff
can be reduced, said that if a
reduction is made allowing com
petition the steel trust can crush
foreign manufacturers and inde
pendents within a week’s lime.
PRESIDENT-ELECT
TELLS FEW THINGS
Conservation, Not Resorvatlon, of j
Earth’s Products Open to All
I
on Equal Torms.
Chicago, Jan. 13—President
elect Wilson, in speaking to the
Commercial club here, said that
he likes big business, provided
that its growth is accomplished
in keen competition. That the
success of American enterprise
depends largely upon ^business
credit. He scored the inner cir
cle for granting privileges to the
few at the cost of the many. He
said lie believed in the conserva
tion and not the reservation of
the products of the earth and the
accessibility to the country of all
raw materials, open to everyone
■ in equal terms. His speech was
received with enthusiasm.
WOMEN'S PAY
AFFECTS THE MEN
New York, Jail. 13.—Equal pay
for New York school teachers that
is no discrimination so far as sex
is concerned, has resulted in such
a falling off in the enrollment of
male teachers that President Ed
g»rlon I,. Winthrnp, Jr., of the
board uf education, seriously de
plores I lie loss, in bis annual re
purl made public recently.
The new equal-pay law wenl
into effect Ibis year, ami while
President Winllirnp considers it
Inn early In forecast1 the result,
lie finds that already there is a
regrettable loss of men applicants
for teaching positions, lie regrets
this, because the influence of
men. .especially upon boys in the
upper grades, is regarded as most
advantageous. In other respects
he believes the equal-pay law has
benefit'd the school system.
An interesting action taken by
the board of education was the
discharge of a woman teacher who
bad taken an examination under
her maiden name, with the idea
of keeping secret her marriage.
The next trip of the Hrightou
down sound will lake in Naked is
land, where the launch carries a
passenger to the fox farm.
This is the kind of weather
Unit the tenants of “The Cliff”
wear a broad smile and spend
their time jn their rooms with j
comfort.
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vieolle nurse ana comfortable I
cutter for lent by day or hour, j
Rale reasonable. Apply Fred, j
Fish, phon# 47.
PEOPLE OPPOSE ’
WOPPTS PARDON
Monster Protest Being Circulated
Against Renewed Effort Have
Former Chief Pardoned.
Seattle, Jan. 13.—Renewed ef
forts to secure the pardon of
former chief of Police VVappen
stein, has causbd the Municipal
League to step in in opposition.
A monster petition against the
granting of a pardon or a miti
gation of the sentence is receiv
ing thousands of signatures.
It is not thought the executive
will dare to pardon the convict in
opposition to the set public sen
timent. Those who have work
ed for Wappenstein’s pardon were
either directly or indirectly ben
eficiaries of his administration.
I
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OF DEMOCRATS
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Administration ‘readers Coming |
to Undorf^anding a* to Exact
Policy of the Party.
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Washington, I). U., Jan. 13.— 1
The recent visit of Oscar W. Un
derwood, Democratic leader of the
'House, to Presiednt-elect Wilson
at Princeton, resulted in a gener
al understanding between the in
coming Democratic executive and
the Democratic organization of
the house as to the early plans
for tariff hearings and tariff re
vision.
Mr. Underwood has conferred
at length with'his colleagues on
tlie ways and means committee, of
iwhich, he is chairman and with a
| majority of the Democratic mem
bers of the House. He outlined
to Gov. Wilson the general
scheme of revision as it will be
offered to the new congress when
the extra session convenes next
spring.
It is understood that no effort
will he made to reach an agree
ment for a specific basis of new
tariff rates or to outline exact
ly what will be done with each
schedule and item of the big rev
enue producing law. The Demo
cratic leaders intend to give pro
ducers and consumers the oppor
tunity In present their views dur
ing January and to prepare the
tariff’ revision bills after these:
views have been presented and
eollsiilercil.
SOO ROAD TO WEST
EARLY IN 1913
Minneapolis, Jan. I3.—The Son
line will lay rails info Montana
early in the year 1913, accord
ing to I lie staleinent today of Ed
mund Pennington, {president of i
the road. The Ambrose line is
to b'e extended about 50 miles in
to Valley county, Montana, and
another extension from Pla/.a, N.
I>., to a point near Goodall, Mont.,
has been approved.
Human Leg In Satchel.
Chicago, Jan. 13.—The police
found a satchel in an old barn
containing a human leg cut in
three pieces and still warm. The
nff.iir is a deep mystery.
Nine McIntosh stages arrived
shortly after noon today with 12
interior passengers, having made
the trip in from Willow creek in
schedule time. Two of the pas
sengers have been on the road 24
days, having waited for a train at
Ehilina for 12 days. The trip
across the summit was made
without incident.
WHS TOO'FREE
WITH PENCIL
Nocturnal Visitor Falls a Victim
to His Own Joke While At
tempting to Rob Safe.
Oakland, Cal., Jan. 13.—The
difficulty of Nick Dabcnich, who,
weighing 185 pounds, in explain
ing just how two footpads had
managed to toss him onto the
roof of a saloon, 20 feet high, led
today to a tale of nocturnal ad
ventures which ended with Dab
enich’s admission to the police
that it was he who made an un
successful attempt Saturday to
rob the safe of a wine company,
and who left a courteous note,
explaining that “Nuthin” was tak
en. The note proved the adven
turer’s undoing for it was after
comparing it with a sample of
Dabenich’s handwriting that Chief
of Police Peterson wrung from i
him the confession of his attempt
to crack the safe. i
WHITE SLAVERS
LANDED IN JAIL
Detective Got Tip From Converse*
tion on Train—Two Men and
Two Women Arrested
San Francisco, Jail. IJ.—Ar
rested in an exciting tussle with
the police, two men and two
women, recenlly from Portland,
Ore., are in the city prison sus
pected of being violators of the
white slave law. They are I.i/.elte
Miller, A. C. Bock, Frank Miller
and Queenie Stanford.
The four were, taken in a raid
on a house in the residence dis
trict. The women and Miller were
found locked in a room when the
police entered, but Bock, at the
approach of the officers, jumped
from a window and led the detect
ives a chase. Detective William
Callaghan, who led the posse in
making the arrests, met the wo
men and their escorts several
days ago on a train coming from
Portland, where he had been as a
wiln-ss in a white slaver trial in
that city. In a brief conversation
with the men on baseball topics
lie learned their identity and lost
little time in locating Iheir slop
ping place here.
The officers intend to prosecute
Hie prisoners under the Mann act,
which prohibits taking women
from one state In another lor im
moral purposes.
AN OFFICIAL SPANKER
IS TO BE PROVIDED
Appleton, Wis., Jan. 13.—An
official city spanker soon, will be
chosen for this city. Three
clergymen and all the city’s edu
cators have pleaded that a stal
wart man is needed to assist par
ents in curbing truants who re
fuse to obey fathers and mothers.
The new officer will be obtained
under the truancy ordinance. He
will have authority to use the rod
as well as moral suasion in mak
ing children go In school and be
have while out of school. He will
be expected first to investigate
the home environment of truants.
If parents are unable to correct a
youngster he will administer cor
poral punishment when moral
suasion fails.
Fred Martin, of Fairbanks, ar
rived in town today from the in
terior town, coming on a McIn
tosh stage.
Subscribe for the PToapector.
WAS RIGHT
Whan He Said the Tariff Was a
Local Issue—Orange Growers
Prove Assertion.
Los Angeles, Jan. 13.—Walnut
raisers are today considering
means to prevent a reduction in
tiie tariff on their product by the
nett Democratic congress. Action
has already neon taken by inde
pendent olive growers, who have
sent Dr. A. C. Huff to Washington
to lead their tight.
Hundreds of protests against
tariff reduction have been tele
graphed to Washington by citrus
growers’ organizations and indi
vidual orange and lemon ranch
ers. Practically the entire agri
cull oral region of Southern Cali
fornia is ui> in arms against the
proposed congressional action
and scores of protestanls will be
sent, to present the claims of the
Californians before the house
committee meetings in January.
THE RAILROAD IS
From Mile (5 to 91 the Line Has
Not Been Open—Rotary Stalled
Near Tiekel Makes Oh itlna.
Tile Copper River railroad is
blocked from mile 55 to mile 91.
Between these two stations the
road runs through what is prac
tically a canyon, and snowslides
are continuous.
The third rotary left Cordova
last night with mail and will try
to clear the track to mile lot,
from which place to Chitina the
line is open.
One rotary is still stalled at
mile 91, without fuel, but the ro
tary which was first stalled near
Teikel will work from Teikel to
wards Cordova. The officials of
the line expect to have the road
open soon.
A suit has been tiled by Bau
Davis against. C. A. Ramsay and
11. J. Rutherford asking to he de
clared a one-third owner in the
Ramsay-Rulherford properties on
the glacier by virtue of discov
ery and location with the defend
ants. Brown A l,\ons and C.
Bunnell are nMoruoys for llie
pla iill iff.
Tin* steamer Mariposa passed
Jiiurnu. westward liound. at two
o'eloek this morning.
THREATENS TO CALL
. IN 5,000 TONGUES
Denver, Jan. 13.—Frank, Jaeoh
and Arthur Rice, brothers, who
took part, in the Industrial Work
ers of the World disturbances in
Los Angeles, San Diego and Port
land, were arrested here recently
for directing offensive language
at-the police in the course of
street speeches. In lln* munici
pal court they made abusive re
marks to Judge H. F. Stapleton
and were sent to jail. Charles
Murray, secretary of tin* I. W. \V\,
said today he would call in an
army of 5,000 members of the
order to make street speeches
Unless the Rice brothers were re
leased.
I.oren F. Washburn, of the
Cameron-Johnson company, is
in town from Slioup bay.
FOR SALE—Horse, harness
and sled. Can haul or pack, also
fine saddle horse. Outfit complete |
$10. . Apply Mrs. Ghos. Kraemer..
RELEASED EDITORS
RECEIVE OVATION
Townspeople Form Parade and
Maroh Around Court House>
Oirls Klas Scribes.
Boise, Jan. 13.—The editors
imprisoned for ten days for con
tempt of the Supreme Court were
released Saturday and were giv
en an ovation by the people.
Large crowds assembled in the
neighborhood of the court house
and began a parade, circling the
house of justice'. Enthusiastic
girls showered kisses on the re
leased men, who warned the
hrowd to be careful or perhaps
they, too, and mayne the whole
town, would be incarcerated in
jail for contempt of court unless
they ceased their demonstrations.
THE GOST OF WAR
IS TREMENDOUS
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Millions of Dollars and Thou
sands if Lives Lost in the
Balkan War.
; London, fJan. 13.—The cost, in
money to all the nations of the
1 Balkan war has been millions up
on millions, and the expenses are
| all going upward day by day. The
I reports as to the killed and
j wounded include only the period
i up to the proclamation of the
armist ice.
England, of the great European
powers not actually engaged in
it he war, has escaped with the
least expenditure. Almost all the
extra expenditure incurred by the
British government was for naval
movements, and this outlay lias
been officially estimated at $300,
000. There was no mobilization
of the troops by England.
Exact, figures from Belgrade are
very hard to get, but the follow
ing are partially official. The
[Servians contributed 300,000
men. Of these 50,000 stayed' at
home for service there. They lost
j 22,000 killed and wounded. Of
these they claim only 5,000 were
killed and the rest wounded.
The Bulgarians sent to the
Held 300,000, with 50.000 on the
northern frontier. They Inst in
killed ami wound'd <X().mill men,
and at Kirk-Kilisseh alone they
■lost 20.000.
' Tile Montenegrins sent 75,IH>0
men to the front, of whom they
lost between 0,500 and 7,000.
Jlle Creeks rout rilmleil 120.
000 men, ami they have lust up
In the lime of writing about 15,
000 men.
Servia was spending $100,000
a day from October 18 until De
cember 20. making $0,000,000.
She mobilized her army 18 days
previous to the outbreak of the!
war, which cost her $1,800,000.
She has a reserve fund enough
for her to tight four months long
er without borrowing.
Bulgaria for 00 days has been
spending $12,000 a day, making!
7,920,000. Her ntohilizal ion cost
her another $2,150,000.
(irecce has paid out $3,000,000
up to the time of writing—that is.
about $00,000 a day.
Sure a Democrat.
“The New Constable" at the
Orpheum tonight. Change tomor
row evening.
Charles Crawford is taking
supplies from Shoup bay to the
Cold King properties on the di
vide between Shoup and Columbia
glaciers.
Subscribe for the Prospector i
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FEWER LYNCHINGS
IE US! YEAR
Probably on Account Lesson Be
ing Heeded by Negroes in
the South.
Chicago, Jan. 12.--Only 52
lynchings, known to be such be
yond doubl, occurred in the Unit
ed States in the year 1912. In
previous years the number has
been much larger, 190 having
been recorded in 1891 and 170 in
the year following.
The last ten years the. number
has been steadily decreasing.
Only one year, however, produc
ed fewer lynchings than 1912. In
1907 the record was 51 lynchings,
one loss than this year.
BAD CONDITIONS
IN CANNERIES
Effort to Have Congress Investi
gate Into Conditions of Can
neries in Ro.-ntry.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 13.
Man Hoyle OT.ielly, a social
worker, supporting the Allen res
olution for the inspection of the
canning conditions of the can
[tieries in the slate of New York,
said:
In the fruit canneries girls four
years of age live for leu hours
daily in these filthy establish
ments, for which they receive 25
cents pay. Hoys and girls of fif
teen years of age work for 115
hours weekly for which they are
paid three dollars. Some of I lie
women working in these canner
ies see their homes once a week.
EXPRESS COMPANIES
COTTING RATES
Washington, I). (1, Jan. 13_
The first, round in t lie long drawn
Out bailie which is expected be
tween the Poslotfice department
and the express companies
through I lie operation of the new
parcels post, has been fouglil
here as a result of Hie plan of a.
San Diego. Hal., mail to start
shipping to .Yew York two car
loads of prunes~b> Hie govern
ment service.
Tile <l«'i>;irl iiumiI iti-imvI word
r 11 a I tin- San Diego shipper in
ternls lo start his shipments in
January under tin* /.one system,
which would make I he postal rate
96 rents for an right-pound
package. Hearing this, the ex
press companies at oner cut their
prune rate for the same distance
to 35 cents on eight-pound park
ages.
It is expected that operation of
me new postal system will .force
cuts in many varieties of mer
cnamlise throughout the coun
try just as they did in (lie prune
war.
The engine of the ill-fated
Lena, which ran aground at the
entrance of Galena hay, has been
salved and taken to Kllatnar by
Fred Lellegren. Tin* engine will
be brought-to Valdez for repairs.
The hull of the boat was past re
pair and has been abandoned.
Gertiflcate of (he increase in
the capital stock of the Skeen
Lochner Mining company from
125,000 to 250,000 shares, was
filed with the clerk of the district
court.