vQL 1Q • VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1914. NO. 126.
JUDGE
PASSES AWAY
Died of Heart Failure at Chitina—
_Well Known All Over Alaska
_Was 63 Years Old.
CHITINA, March 3.—Judge "Paul
d’Hierry, United States commission
er for this precinct, died here this
morning after an Illness of a week
from the effects of rheumatism of the
neart. He was 63 years old. The
Immediate cause of his death was the
clogging of blood in the heart.
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Paul d’Hierry was one of the best
known men in political life in Alaska.
Prior to coming to Valdez, where he
served as editor of the Valdez Daily
Miner and later the Valdez Daily
Prospector, he was editor of the Nome
Nugget. During the days of the ter
ritorial form of government in Wash- j
ington he served as attorney general j
of Washington territory.
Appointed United States commis
sioner at Chitina, he soon demonstrat- !
ed his ability as a lawyer and judge, i
secured the confidence and respect of
the community, which he retained up
to the time of his death.
While in Valdez Mr. d’Hierry made
many friends who will be shocked
at the news of his sudden taking
away. He leaves a daughter in the
states.
TO GUI MIES
So Recommends Congressional Ma
rine Committee, Otherwise Foreign
Ships Get All the Freight.
WASHINGTON, March 3—The
House marine committee today re
ported that after a careful investi
gation of the charges of violation of
the trust laws by the steamship lines,
the committee had found that the
American boats were so tied up by
the many pools existing among the
steamers of the European countries
and had to make certain rates with
American shippers to retain the busi
ness that they \$ruld net advise that
any drastic action be taken or it
would result to the injury of Amer
ican shipping and the gain of the for
. eign shipping trusts.
The committee recommended that j
the Interstate Commerce Commission
be empowered to regulate the rates
and they should be governed by the
necessity of the American boat own
ers to meet foreign price.
Regarding Best Methods for Con
struction of the Alaska Govern
ment Railroad.
WASHINGTON, March 3.—Secre
tary of the Interior Lane and Colonel
Goethals, the canal builder, have held
;t long conference regarding the best
method for the construction of the
Alaska railroad. The secretary, how
ever, refused to make any statement
at this time or to outline the plans'
of the administration regarding the
eonstruotlon' Work.
rt is expected, however, that' the
work of surveying the routes from
the coast to the interior will com
mence.this summer and will be rush
ed to cdihplel Ion ’J 1
Ten Thousand of Them Send Petition
to President Wilson Against Na
tional Prohibition.
WASHINGTON, March 3.—A pe~
til ion signed by ten thousand Ken
tuckians was presented to President
Wilson today requesting the president
not lo favor any amendment for na
tional prohibition, as they believe in
the exercise of personal liberty and
do not want a prohibition law pre
venting the manufacture and sale of
intoxicants.
The petition will be considered by
the executive, but he refused the del
egation any inkling of his position on
the liquor question which is now ag
itating the country and which has
become the issue in many of the state
campaigns
ENOlIoillSISTS
ON INVESTIGATION
Will Not Allow the Payment of In
demnity and Allow Murderers Go
Free, Says Sir Lionel Carden.
NEW ORLEANS, March 3.—Sir
Lionel Carden, former British ambas
sador to Mexico, who has been re
lieved and will take another post for
his government, reached this city en
route to Washington for a conference
with the British ambassador to the
United Stales.
In an interview given out today Sir
Lionel stated that Ihe refusal of Gen.
Carranza to allow the United Stales
government to investigate the death
of William S. Benton, the Enlishman
murdered by Gen. Villa, was brazen
effrontery to the people of the United
Slates and that the English govern
ment was determined that they would
investigate the death of an English
citizen and demand redress if the
killing was not justifiable.
"England will never allow the pay
ment of an indemnity for the purpose
of hushing the matter and will con
tinue to insist that the murderers of
Benton shall pay the price of their
crime,” said the former ambassador.
DIPLOMATIC SERVICE
OF AUSTRIA SCORED
VIENNA, March 3.—The Austrian
diplomatic service is practically mo
nopolized by the aristocracy, accord
ing to official data published here
today. The ambassadors to foreign
governments include one prince, sev
en counts, one baron, one “von” and
only one commoner—the representa
tive of Washington Of the twenty
ministers, one is a prince, seven are
counts, seven barons, four “vons” and
one commoner. Among the secretar
ies and attaches there are four
princes, thirty-one counts, twenty
three barons, five knights, eight
“vons” and one commoner. In the
Vienna foreign office there are thir
teen counts, twenty-three barons, ten
knights, twenty-two “vons” and only
eight commoners.
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SEATTLE, March 3.—The Postof
fice department has transferred Post
al Clerk Thwaites, who has been on
the steamer Dora for nine years, and
have assigned him to the steamer
Mariposa on the Alaska run.
Mr.- Thwaites will-be succeeded by,
Mail Clerk .'A, Casey, wit© -will . have
the westward run from Seward tot
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HUS NEW YORK
Does More Than the Ordinary Amount
of Damage—Traffic Blocked and
Boats Wrecked.
NEW YORK, March 3.—The terri
fic storm which swept this city yes
terday caused considerable loss of
life in this city, and reports coming
in from along the New England coast
and from the Jersey shores indicate
that this storm has taken more than
the usual loss of life and the wreck
ing of many boats.
Railroad traffic is slow, as hun
dreds of trees and poles have been
blown across the tracks and crews
are busy making the repairs. The
heavy rains and snow which fell dur
ing the storm have filled the streets
and thousands of teams are working
to clear them for traffic.
Several revenue cutters have been
dispatched to vessels stranded on the
Jersey coast and wrecking tugs are
also speeding to them to get in on
the salvage money. Life savers have
made many thrilling rescues, using
beech buoys and the big surf boats.
Many eastern towns are in dark
ness, as transmission wires were
blown down lines crossed and great
damage done. The storm is general
throughout I he East.
PHILADELPHIA, March 3.—The
storm which struck this city yester
day is the worst since the memor
able storm of 1888. The known death
toll so far is 13, that number having
been found by the police in the
streets, where they had fallen ex
hausted and overcome in the vain
effort to find shelter. It is expected
that the death list will be much
greater than this.
Drifting snow has put the street
cars out of commission and the rail- j
roads running to and front this city j
are tied up as completely as if a strike
were in force.
The storm is general throughout the
East and extends as far west as
Cleveland, Ohio.
CODR! AGAINST
Decide That Manufacturer of Watches
Cannot Fix the Selling Price
for the Retailer.
WASHINGTON, March 3—The Su
preme Court of the United States to
day handed down a decision in the
case of the jobbers and retailers
against the Waltham Watch company.
The case went against the Waltham
company.
The retailers claimed to have the
right to retail the watches manufac
tured by the Waltham company at any
price they might see fit and the man
ufacturers claimed that they would
refuse to sell to any who refused to
maintain the schedule of prices, ^nd
cut off jobbers and retailers as fast
as they caught them cutting prices.
The result was a suit to compel the
trust to sell to the jobbers.
The court decided that after the
watch leaves the hands of the man
ufacturer they cannot control the
price and that price agreements are
void.
$300 Reward 1
The above amount will be paid by
the undersigned to any person or per
sons furnishing information leading
to the arrest, and conviction of the
party or parties who on the first of
March, 1914, tampered with and in
terrupted the service of the trans
mission line supplying the. undersign
ed company with electric current at
Valtjpz, Alaska.. .
•VtALllEZ^ELECTRIC COMANY,
By.,.E. A. .Erickaen. Supt.
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CONFEREES HAVE
MADE REPORT
Agree to Take Money for Alaska Road
From the Treasury—Provides
$3,000,000 at Once.
WASHINGTON, March 3—The
railroad bill, as passed upon by the
ccnference committee, compels the
government to own the complete line
from the coast to the interior and
eliminates any possibility of connect
ing with the Copper River and Nor
thwestern line at Chitina. The con
ferees say that they did this for the
purpose of showing their disapprov
al of the report of the railroad com
mission, which recommended that the
line connect with the Guggerfheim line
at, Chitina.
The testimony of John Iiellaine
given before the House and Senate
investigating committees, caused the
members of the committee to incor
porate the provision for a govern
ment owned line.
WASHINGTON, March 3—The con- j
ference committee report on the |
Alaska railroad bill vill be made to ;
both houses today and will, beyond
all doubt, be accepted today or to
morrow. The bill as it comes out
of conference is satisfactory to most
of the Alaskans here, who claim the
bill is all that could be desired.
The bond issue has been dropped
and in its place direct appropriations
will be made by congress to finance
the work. The bill provides that $3,
000,000 shall be appropriated imrne
diately for the work to be carried on
this summer.
Ship Copper to Europe.
TACOMA, March 3.—A big freight
steamer is loading with a cargo of
general merchandise at this city and
part of the cargo is 500 tons of pure
copper, which is being seni to Europe
via Hong Kong. This is the first ship
ment of copper sent from Tacoma to
Europe. Most of the shipments are
made from the Eastern smelters of
the Guggenheim trust.
OFFER BIS SIX
A LARGE SALARY
Chri.tty Mathewson Offered $65,000 as
Three Years’ Salary to Sifln
With Giants.
MARLIN, Tex., March 3.—The own
ers of the New York Giants, of the
National League, today offered Christy
Mathewson, the Big Six, a salary of
$65,000 to pitch for three years for
the Giants and not to jump to the
Federal League. The Federals made
the first offer and Christy has been
threatening to jump. McGraw was in
clined at first to refuse the advance
in salary demanded by the Big Six,
but when the Federal League became
a factor in baseballdom, he had or
ders to secure the famous pitcher at
any price, but Mathewson has refused
to sign as yet.
The National League magnates do
not intend that the leading slab artist
of that league shall become a draw
ing card for the new Federal League,
and they have ordered McGraw to stop
at nothing to secure the signature of
Mathewson to a Giant contract.
President Gilmore claims that he
has the promise of Christy not to sign
a contract with McGraw until the fed
eral league can piake a counter offer,
which, he says, means we will get
him because we have a war chest big
enouugh to back the Giant owners off
the map.
■Charles Crawford, the superintend
ent of the Gold King property, left to
day -for!the property of the company
and will pYepaire fOr’they frelghting of
suppl^es'.to the taint,
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WILL RECOGNIZE
RATIAN REBELS
Secretary of State Bryan Says It Will
be Done limmediately—General
Zamora be President.
WASHINGTON, March 3.- Secre
tary of State W. J. Bryan yesterday
announced that the United States
government would immediately recog
nize Provisional President Oreste Za
mora of Hayti.
Gen. Zamora was the leader of the
successful bunch of rebels who de
feated Gen. Theodore after the lat
ter had whipped the government
troops and sent Michel Oreste, the
former president of -the republic,
aboard a German cruiser to seek safe -
ty.
NERVY DRIVER
WINS NOME RAGE
Solomon Derby Goes to Fred Ayers,
Who Drags His Team Across Line
Two Minutes Ahead Johnson.
NO Ml-;, March 3.—The Solomon
derby dos race was run here yester
day and won by Fred Ayers with an
exhibition of wonderful nerve. Ayers
made the distance of 72 miles in six
hours and 30 minutes. Johnson was a
close second and only two minutes
behind the leader.
Tile team Ayers was driving became
frightened at the large crowd gather
ed at tlte finish and they lay down in
terror within a few hundred feet of
tlie goal, while1 Johnson's team could
be heard a short distance behind, he
yelling, shouting and lashing his whip
to drive the dogs in ahead of Ayers,
who, in desperation, jumped from his
sled and dragged team and sled across
tlie line and then dropped exhausted
on the ground, while the crowds
cheered and Johnson came thundering
behind, crossing tlie goal two min
utes later.
Johnson, almost exhausted, tugged
and pulled with superhuman strength,
the sweat pouring front his head and
the dogs dragging behind, pulling
back. When the .driver dropped, will
ing hands picked him up and carried
him into a nearby store, where he
was revived and taken to his home.
UNITED STATES GAVE MOST
MONEY TO THE VATICAN
ROME, March 3.—The United
States led the entire world in its do
nations to the Vatican in 1913 for the
carrying on of missionary work. The
total American contribution was near
ly $400,000. England contributed on
ly $20,000 and Austria, which is the
most loyal Catholic country in the
world, gave $12,000. An appeal has
been made by Pope Pius for increas -
ed donations during the year as a
result of the Vatican’s celebration of
Constantine year. The results show
that the United States was the only
country which actually responded by
giving more than in previous years.
J •
IS COMHiG WORTH
SEATTLE, March 3.—-The • teamer |
Dora, of the Alaska Steamship Co., j
left here today 'or Seward after hav
ing- undergone her annual repairs.
The boat has been placed in excellent
condition, boilers overhauled and nec- .
essary repairs made'and will resume
the run from. Seward to’T'nalaska *»d
Dillingham.
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HEARST WOULD BE
ARIZONA SENATOR
Buys Land in That State and Wil!
Establish Citizenship—Would
Succeed Senator Smith
PHOENIX, Ariz., March 3—Accord
ing to reports here, William Randolph
Hearst aims to be the next United
States senator from Arizona. Mr.
Hearst, it is said, will establish a res
idence in Arizona w'thin the next
few months and in due time seek the
senatorial nomination to succeed
Senator Mark Smith.
Real estate men say that Mr. Hearst
lias purchased a large tract of land on
the Grand Canyon and is planning to
erect a modern hotel that will be one
of the most palatial and commodious
in the entire West. Work on the
structure, it is said, will be started
soon.
Mr. Hearst has made no statement
on l he subject, but has not denied
the report that he will establish a
residence in Arizona.
Because Senator Smith has made
no definite announcement of his plans,
the attitude of Mr. Hearst is being
watc ed with interest by Democratic
politicians.
Tt is stated that Eugene W. Chafm
who ran for president on the Prohi
bition ticket, will be a candidate on
an independent ticket for senator.
LOIS OF MINERAL
Head of Department of Mines Who
Visited Territory Last Year Says
Half Has Never Been Told
WASHINGTON. March X. I)i
Holmes, who spent considerable time
in Alaska last summer investigating
the resources of the territory, espec
ially in connection with the openin., .
of the coal lands, declared yesterday
that the resources of Alaska were tin
ending and that new deposits of co?l,
copper and gold, tremendous ledges
of iron, millions of dollars worth of
fish and timber and agricultural poss
bilities untold lay undeveloped in the
virgin north, but now' are on the eve
of being utilized by the people of the
Pacific coast.
The head of the Department of
Mines declared that a few years after
the opening of the territory by the
government railroads the number of
mines would surprise the world and
that the output would add materially
to the wealth of the United States.
Of the State Democratic Committee
—William Osborne Is Elected
as Chairman.
NEW YORK, March 3.—Tamma.'.y
Hall yesterday started the work o'
reorganizing the state Democratic
committee and the Urst step was the
election of William Osborne as chair
man of the state central committee
Osborne is the choice of Governor
Glynn and the reorganization will re
sult in the throwing ofT of the Mur
phy control of the state organization
and the substituting of control by the
Glynn forces.
Murphy has been slowly losing his
grip on the organization and at a
recent meeting of. the state central
committee his leadership vras denoun
ced ailed his resignation demanded.