V0L 1Q VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1914 N0. 232.
Tell* Representative* of Carranza In
Washington That He Must Yield
to Our Desires.
WASHINGTON, July 3.—The rebel
junta here representing Gen. arranza,
the provisional president of northern
Mexico, today Wlfed their chief that
unless he yielded to the commands
■of the American State department
the United States government would
intervene in Mexico and establish
peace at the point of the bayonet.
The telegram- were sent after a
conference between the State depart
ment and agents of Gen. Villa, who
now maintains his own junta here
•separate from the Carranza junta,
which was in turn followed by a con
ference between the Secretary of
State and the agents of Carranza, in
which Secretary Bryan laid down the
ultimatum that Carranza must yield.
Upon the action of Carranza de
pends the course to be persued by
the United States government, but
many here familiar with the Mexican
situation in Northern Mexico believe
that Carranza will bring on the war
with the United States, because he
is now overshadowed by Villa, who
has won many victories, but who by
his action in joining the United States
in the present controversy stands to
lose the support of the Mexicans,
who as a nation hate the gringoes,
and who would rally to Carranza’s
.support immediately in a conflict in
which Villa and the United States
joined hands against Carranza and
the Mexican people.
It is also rumored here that the
government will lift the embargo on
arms and ammunition destined to the
Villa forces unless Carranza imme
diately consents to demands made by
the State department.
WASHINGTON, July 3--John Silli
man, the former American consul
stationed at Saltillo, who was im
prisoned by the federal Mexican army
and released upon the demand of the
State department, was allowed to
come here to recuperate his health,
will return tonight to Saltillo, where
Gen. Carranza has established his
headquarters, as the special agent of
i he president to deal with Carranza
in the present trouble between the
provisional president and his chief
military officer. Gen. Villa.
BANDITSHQLB IIP
ODESOH EXPRESS
Deputy Sheriff McDuffiy, On the
Train, Kills One and It Himself
Wounded By the Others^.
KAMELA, Ore., July 3.—Three
masked men held up and looted the
fast express train on the Oregon
Short Line last night, compelling the
crew to precede them through' the
passenger coaches, as they^orcetf the
passengers tb give up all Valuable un
til they came to Deputy Sheriff Mc
DUffey, who was , a passenger, and re
fused to be robbed and instead of
giving up his monjey drew his gun
and shot one of the bandits dead and
was himself Wounded' by the other
two, who fled at one© from the car.
The traitt was immediately run to
this city and a posse organized to
take up the pursuit of the robbers,
who had escaped to the hills. Dep
uty McDuffey was taken to the h<m
pital and is in a dangerous condi
tion.
ISMS
SEATTLE, July 3.—The steamer
Admiral Evans, of the Admiral Line,
reached here last evening and after
discharging the passengers and * car
t'd of salmon from ¥<*41** left imme
diately for Bremerton to Unload the
350 tons of Mttafluwa cod for the
u|e of the navy. The Evans will
sail north on schedule, leaving the
evening of the 5th.
Get Your Bottle.
The Big Place for bottled goods.
Get your bomb tomorrow, as we are
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A. Anderson is in from the glacier.
EVERYTHING READY FOR CELERRATION;
VALDEZ TAKES ON ITS GALA DRESS
—
Never before in the history of Val
dez has there been such a celebration
as that promised by the Comm'ttee
on Arrangements for tomorrow, Sun
day and Monday. The town is fitted
to overflowing with visitors from all
parts of Prince William Sound, who
are here to take part in the jollifi
cation.
In addition to the large crowd from
the town of Cordova, which will be
greatly augmented upon arrival of
the Steamer Northwestern tonight,
there are fifty people here from El
lamar, the Granby mine will be rep
resented by their entire force of near
ly two hundred, the launches from
Port Wells are arriving every few
hours with men from the properties
in that section, Seward will send ov
er a representative crowd on the
Northwestern and bring several from
the mine at Latouche.
Arrangements aii oompiec.
The committee has perfected all
arrangements and it will be one con
tinuous performance from ID o’clock
tomorrow morning until the wee sma’
hours of next Tuesday1, when the
last numbr of the program will be
dapced in Eagle hall. The town has
been beautifully decorated, triumph
al arches having been erected at sev
eral down town corners and covered
with evergreens and bunting. The
stores and other business houses have
spared no expense to decorate their
places, and the residences are all dis
playing national flags.
Goddess of Liberty.
The principal feature of the grand
.parade will be the float carrying Miss
Rose Johnson, who has been elected
to take the part of the "Goddess of
Liberty.” She will be attended by
two ladies in waiting and will make
a very pretty picture. The bicycle
decoration will be another attraction
of the parade, and the best float will
be awarded a prize of fifty dollars.
Fourth of July Oration.
The Hon. E. E. Ritchie, mayor of
Valdez, will deliver an oration from
the platform that has been erected at
the corner of McKinley street and
BUNTING ON ALL BUSINESS HOU 8ES—MINERS ARE HERE FOR BIG
THREE DAYS CELEBRATION—BIGGEST CROWD EVER GATH
ERED IN VALDEZ FOR A FOU RTH OF JULY CELEBRATION.
Broadway. This will take place im
mediately after the parade.
Field Sport*.
Commencing at 1 o'clock in the af
ternoon and continuing until 6 o’clock
all kinds of races will be run. There
will be races for fat then and lean
men for long distances and short
distances. There will be obstacle and
hurdle races, back back races, pota
to races, three-legged races, sack
races, egg races, wheelbarrow races.
Boys races, girls races, pole jump
ing, high jumping and broad jump
ing.
Automobile Racing
One of the big events will be the
automobile race from the five mile
post on the government wagon road
finishing on Keystone avenue. There
are two Fords, two Whites, a Win
I ton and a Kelly car that will be elig
[ ible for this race. The race will be
i against time as the road is not wide
[ enough to safely permit of the six
machines running together. The mo
torcycle race will have several con
testants, and will run over the same
course as the automobiles.
Bicycle Races.
There are so many bicycle riders
in town that it was necessary to di
vide up the prizes for these races so
as to make a race for the little tots
under five years, a race for the boys
under ten, another for the boys under
fifteen, a girls race, a ladies race and
a men’s race.
Grand Dance
No program of entertainment for
the people of Valdez would be com
plete without dancing and as there
will be no chance to accommodate
everyone in Eagle hall, the commit
tee has arranged for a dance in Moose
hall in addition. It is intended that
the dancers shall consider it one big
dance and move from one hall to the
other at their pleasure. Arthur H.
Pinkus will provide the music at the
Moose hall and Professor George
Reinke will have his orchestra in
Eagle hall.
Pigeon Shoot.
On Sunday morning the second
day’s festivities will commence at
10:30 by a contest Of the Cordova
Gun Club against a picked team of
local shots. The grounds are locat
ed between the Good Samaritan hos
pital and the dike, and this event
will settle for some time to come
which town has the best marksmen.
Celebrate Completion of Dike.
At 2 o’clock in the afternoon the
crowd will assemble in mass meet
ing at the ball grouods and dedicate
th Valdez dike. Hon. F. M. Brown
will adifress |he meeting with a
short history of this great work, and
Col. Richardson, who was directly re
sponsible for the legislation that
made the work possible, has been
asked to respond.
Championship Ball Game.
Following the dedication exercises
the first of the championship series
of ball games will be played be
tween Cordova and Valdez. Cordova
has sent a picked team and they are
fully confident that they will win the
first game and draw down the $75
purse that will go to the winners
of this game. The winning team will
meet the Fort Liscum club on Mon
day afternoon and In addition to the
championship pennant, the winners
of this event will get $125, Al. White
A Co. having added $50 to the purse
of $75 provided for by the commit
tee.
Horse Racing.
Sunday evening will be given over
to horse racing on Keystone avenue
and there will be'many entries. The
one mile foot race for men will also
take place at this time.
Launch and Boat Races.
Commencing at 10 o’clock Monday
the regatta will be held on Valdez
bay, most of the events to be pulled
off between the City and the Valdez
docks. The launch race will be to
the Granby wharf and return. A bi~
darki race has been added to the pro
gram, as there are many Aleuts in
town and they will put 'up a good
contest. The log rolling con’est is a
feature that will be watched with the
greatest interest and there will be
some fun before the winner gets the
money.
Rock Drilling Contest.
The biggest event of the program
will be the rock drilling contest.
Three hundrd and fifty dollars have
been appropriated for this event and
there will be several entries who will
go after the first prize of two hundred
and fifty dollars. Miners from all
ever the Valdez district are practic
ing for this event and in addition to
the cash the winning team will take
the championship honors of the Third
judicial division of Alaska.
Great Tug of War.
The event that tests the endurance
of the contestants is the tug of war
that proved such a great success last
year. The committee has offered a
purse of one hundred dollars for the
winners and Fort Liscuni will send
over a team to compete with the
Valdez team that won the money
last year. This number of the pro
gram will be pulled off on the side
walk in front of the cable office.
Program, Rain or Shine
All in all this will be the greatest,
grandest and best celebration ever
undertaken, and if the weather will
remain fine it will add to the pleas
ure of the celebration, but the com
mittee will carry out the program,
rain or shine.
,Ioe Domenzie and wife and Miss
Nelson returned today from a trip
to Port Wells.
LOCAL BREVITIES. >
Abe Bell is in town.
Bert Cooper is up from Hobo bay.
—
I James Cusick is up from Kllamar.
Jack Riley is in from the Ramsay
Rutherford mine.
C. P. Topliff came up yesterday
from Port Wells.
Smith Higgins came in from the
trail this morning.
Bert Ford is in town to help cele^
brate the Fourth.
Fred Burg has his tug of war team
ready for the big pull.
C. M, Nicholson returned from
Mineral creek today.
Jake Blake came in from the Ram
say-Rutherford mine today.
Change of program at the Orpheum
tonight. Two-reel feature.
. Emil Davis and Ed, Westbrook, Jr.,
are up from the Ivanhoe claims.
Sergt. Slinmo**, of tuc signal corps
construction crew, cam<3 In this morn
ing from Wortman’s
F. L. Wagner returned today from
Port Wells, where he went to ex
amine some property.
W. L. Smith is in town from his
mine on Mineral creek and will help
to celebrate the glorious Fourth.
Chief George and his tribe of na
tives are in town from Tutltlek to
participate in the celebration.
Mrs. Sheldon, who has just arrived
from Cordova, will sing at the Or*b
eum tonight. Fine change of films.
Charles Crawford and the entire
crew of miners from the Gold King
cpipe up today from the mine to cel
ebrate.
Judge Brown yesterday granted 11
quot licenses to all Valdez applicants
•and ordered the protest stricken from
the records.
Hb&rf aroTn
town Tram the road commission camp
at Wortman’s.
Mrs. Jepson and her daughter. Miss
Jessie, arrived last night from Beav
•er, Dam t© Join in the celebration of
• independence day.
Eli Larson and Miss Larson and
«r. and Mrs. Louie Larson came up
st Mia Knlghtv' Islmnd te'
spend the Fourth In Valdez.
FAIRBANKS MUST
REMAIN CLOSED
Efforts of City Authorises and Com
mericial Club to Have Sunday
Closing Order Overlooked.
FAIRBANKS, July 3.—The Fair
banks Times, the city magistrate, the
Fairbanks Commercial Club and the
mayor all Joined in a telegram to
Attorney General McReynolds asking
that the saloons of this city be al
lowed to keep opn on July 5th be
cause of the large number of miners
from the creeks who will be in the
city on that day to celebrate Inde
pendence Day, and who have but few
opportunities to enjoy themselves and
therefore should be allowed to have
plenty to drink for this one Sunday.
The reply of the attorney general
was prompt and to the point and he
refused to sanction the sale of liquor
upon that day and directed the dis
trict attorney and marshal to see that
the Sunday closing law waa enforced.
The decision of the attorney gen
eral has cast a gloom over the min
ers, who had hoped for a wide-open
town and they win be compelled to
go dry or else purchase their supply
of refreshments on Saturday.
BIG GELEBMTM
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FAIRBANKS, July 3—This city will
hold one of the largest celebrations
ever held In this city tomorrow. The
usual program of sports and dances
will be pulled, off.
Catholic Church.
Sendhy, July 5th.
Two. maflpffa. Flint mass at 8:30.
> «B>aglXs«M.a a. •
; Blessed Se^nohent after the mass at ;
18:30. . . iv!.-,
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NORTMWESTtltir W*Wf
tAfftV It# MORNING
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The ateainier NorWwestern1 Is due
to reach Valdez at F WittbrrOw morn
ing.
MORGAN GALLS
Promises to Co-operate With Gov
ernment In Carrying Out Anti
, Trust Laws
WASHINGTON, July 3.—J. P. Mor
gan yesterday called at the White
House upon President Wilson and
told the chief executive that big bus
iness and especially the banking in
terests were prepared to takfe their
medicine in the new administration
trust bills and would co-operate with
the government in every, respect to
carry out the desires of the president
and congress.
The New York banker was in con
ference with the president for three
quarters of an hour.
ROOM
ISJJOKS
Hose Johnson .3670
Eva Lockhart .1729
Agnes brum .. 498
Tessle Johnson. 457
When the ballots were closed at 10
o’clock last night In the voting con
test for the selection of a Goddess of
Liberty for the celebration tomorrow
Rose Johnson was far in the lead with
3,670 votes, with Eva Lockhaft sec
ond with a vote of 1,729.
Friends of Rose Johnson began to
put in five dollar gold pieces one af
ter the other towards the end of the
contest until their choice was far in
the lead. The Mends of Miss Lock
hart threw bushels of silver in the
fight, but the small mint raised for
her competitor was too much for
them.
The proceeds of the contest
amounting to 3251, have bean turned
oyer to Mr* Albert White, who. bed
charge;
goddess aad alao like other necessary
eicpensd besides which tbe balance
Will be used by Mns. White to gay
fpr decorations' Wttrtbe arches she
has been WwsMmfMg frdM Keystone
avenue to the TWikltm Cleb,,
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Jack Stanley is up from Ellamar.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
G. M. Berry is in town from Ella
mar.
Charles Simonsted is up from Ga
lena bay.
Ike Westberg came up from I’ort
Wells today.
H. W. Wilcox is in town from up
Mineral creek.
Ed. Spearsied came up to enter th“
rock dr'ding contest on Monday.
Judge Robbins of Ellamar is in
town, having arrived this morning.
Two shows at the Orpheum tonight
with good pictures and tine music.
George and Fred Elkins are in from
their property near Ptarmigan Drop.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Middlecamp will
help celebrate the Fourth in Valdez.
William Gelineau returned this
morning from the Pinochle group of
claims.
Launch Three M will sail for Port
age feay and way ports July 7th,
carrying passengers, freight and mail.
Fare $6.00, round trip $10.00, for this
trip only. Permanent rates will be
m&de after business is estimated' on
this trip. tf
Hearings On Labor Law.
NEW YORK, July 3.—The State
Factory Investigating Commission,
which was the outgrowth of the Tri
angle factory fire, has arranged a
series of public hearings on the pro
posed recodification of the labor law,
the first of which is taking place to
dayy. A committee, representing the
unions in the building trades, ,1s pres
ent and making strong opposition to
the proposed alterations. When the
sessions lit this city are concluded,
♦’ e commission will go up-state for
hearings in the principal cities.
Pelr*s Trial.
GENEVA, 111., July 3.—Anton Pe
tras, 23 years old,, charged with the
murder of Miss Theresa Hollander,
26 years old; who was slain in St.
Nicholas cemetery on the night of
Feb. 16, has been placed on trial here
today. When Petra* was arraigned
he refused to plead, add has beba
held without bail. Judge Clinton F.
IrWtn ordered that a p'ea of hot guilty
be entered'.
% Al. White A Company
Will give a prise of ISO'to the ball
taam winning th* championship of
ranee William Sound fy defeating
the winner of the Suhday game. This
lain addition to the 175 prise oCgreg
bp the committee for the* second game.
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Krau building. _ tf
START AUTO ROAD
TO THE INTERIOR
8tanley Auto Manufacturing Company
Wire to Chamber of Commerce
for Information.
■ i
Seattle, July 2, 1913.
Valdez Chamber of Commerce:
We want to start a stage line from
Valdez to Fairbanks; will the roads
from coast to interior permit of it.
Also give fare we could charge. An
swer.
STANLEY AUTOMOBILE CO.
The above message was received
by President White of the Valdez
Chamber of Commerce this morning
from the Stanley Automobile Manu
facturing Company, one of the largest
concerns in the business in the Un
ited States, manufacturing a powerful
steamer which would be the kind of
machine for the run from the coast
to the interior.
President White immediately con
sulted with the other business men
of the town and with Col. Richard
son, president of the Alaska road
commission, under whose supervision
and plans the present system of roads
in Alaska have been built and im
proved until they are tit for auto
mobile traffic.
When seen by a representative of
the Prospector Col. Richardson stated
that the government road from Val
dez to Fairbanks is open for auto
mobile traffic under favorable weath
er conditions, but that the road was
not built with that purpose in view,
but merely as a wagon road into the
interior and that while auto trucks
could be operated upon it yet the time
was not ripe for the establishment
of a regular service from the coast
to the interior as much work had yet
to be done before a service could
be maintained upon schedule. The
colonel pointed out that the funds of
the commission were limited, that the
loss of a bridge at any time would
tie up the automobiles, as no funds
were available for quick repairs.
"While an automobile can make the
run at any time over the government
wagon road, we do not feel that, the
condition of the road justifies the es
tablishment of such an auto service
at this time,” said the trail builder.
ORANGEMEN READY
FIGRT ROME RULE
Parade the STreet» of Blfast 30,000
Strong—Are Believed to Be
Well Armed
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BELFAST, July 3—The Orangemen
of Ulster, 30,000 strong, paraded the
s'reels here yesterday as a protest
against the Irish Home Rule bill re
cently passed by parliament for the
establishing of an Irish parliament
to enact the laws for the people of
Ireland. The Orangemen, or Ulster
: ites, are determined to prevent the
carrying out of the law even at the
expense of open hostilities, and yes
’ terday’s parade is in the nature of
a protest and is an indication of the
strength of the Ulster Irish, who claim
they' will fight rather than yield.
It is known to the authorities that
100,000 stand of arms and millions of
rounds of cartridges have been smug
gled Into the northern counties and
that the Orangemen will be able to
make a determined resistance to the
government should it endeavor to en
force the laws.
SIMS TO CLOSE
fl tlHIll
The merchants of Valdez will close
their places of business all day July
4th apd 8th. and will remain open
ifor the' morning of the 6th to give
those who wish to an opportunity to
secure supplies. Tonight the stores'
will remain Open until 8 o’clock.
JutiMu to Celebrate
JUNEAU, July 3.—A lkrgb celebra
tion will he held here tomorrow in
honor Of Independence bay. A big
celebra'tton Is also to be held at
Douglas, across the channel.
Seventeen thousand worth of gold
fauam-m animv tnMw. aMpyeur
a elf.
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