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VALDEZ, ALA8KA, WEDNE8DAY, JUNE 24, 1914. ...... NO. 224
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WOMAN'S TORSO
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Mead, Arm* and Leg* Had Been Cut
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Off and Have Not Been Found
Police Are Dragging River.
SCHNECTXDY, N. Y., June 24.—
The police today found the torso of a
young woman of about 20 years of
age in the river. The arms and legs
> and head had been severed from the
body and were not discovered. No
thing to indicate who the unfortun
ate woman was could be found on the
body and the police fear that they
* will not be able to unravel the mys
W tery. The river is being dragged in
the hope of recovering the head, es
pecially so that identification may be
made.
The police surgeons who examin
ed the body report that the woman
was about to become a mother when
she was killed and her body dismem
bered.
The list of missing from this city
give no clue to the girl, and it is
believed that she was enticed here
Hr Jrom some of the larger cities and
killed and the body cut up in an ef
fort to hide the crime.
GERMAN ItS
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* Panic Among Excursionists is Calmed
Very Promptly By Master of the
Rammed Steamer.
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CUXHAVEN, Germany, June 24.—,
The steamship Queen Louise crashe4
into the S. S. Cobra off this port to
day and 'ore a terrible gash into
the side of the obra, which was load
ed with a large party of sightseers.
Panic immediately seized the pas
sengers on the Cobra but the prompt
action of the master of the boat in
telling them that they were in no]
danger and that if they would remain
quiet he would assure them of safety,
calmned them.
t Neither boat sank but both are
badly damaged. The Louise has her
bow crushed and two compartments
flooded, while the Cobra had a big'
hole torn in her side, but only one
compartment was effected.
Faulty steering gear is said to have
been the cause of the collision.
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Southern Jurist Sailed Close to the
^ Line, Say's Report, But Impeach
ment Is Too Severe.
WASHINGTON, June 24—TheSen
"Tt ate committee ifrlilch has been In-.
^ vestigatihg the charges igaihiji'iu&ge
’ * Speer with a view to recommending
impeachment proceedings' against the
Jurist should thh investigation dls
, close the necessity for so severe a
punishment, .today ropoftad. to Gw.
* Senate stating that while the chargiA
did not warrant lmpeactUntAV yet
the comdotli)^ .Ahs^ib ^nspil^is to
clear thejudg# <4r iatl Mhme and the
report charged-that the jurist had
sailed close to the limit of,
* Judge Speer had been charged with
appointing his relatives to receiver
ships and allowing them eitraordi
hary fees.
He wsa^tfs^.^egspd of Jacking in
^ Subscribe for the Prospector.
SEATTLt GIRL
TffijiR Lift.
SEATTJJ2, June 24.—Helen Hers
berg, an entertainer known tp all tbe
tniislc-ioying patrons of tbls city, and
for the past three years with the
Hofbrau, committed suicide today .in
her rooms by taking potash tablets.
No reason for the rash act is known,
as the young woman left ho note.
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BUTTE HIIS
Rival Unions Have a Warm Time—
Union Hall Is Blown Up By
Dynamite and One Dead.
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BUTTE, Mont., June 24.—One man
is dead, one is dying and a score are
injured as a result of an attack on
Union Hall by the new union which
seceded from the Western Federation
I of Miners and organized a union of
[ their own. President Moyer, of the
i Western Federation, had called the
; meeting of the miners In an effort
to effect a reconciliation of the dif
ferences between the men. The se
ceders made an attack upon Moyer
and the other union officials and all
of them were driven from the hall,
barely escaping with their lives by
going out the back door.
Sheriff Driscoll and Chief of Police
Murphy had 80 deputies on the job
at the hall and In order to drive the
seceders away the deputies fired sev
eral rounds of shots into the air ov
er the heads of the mob led by lead
ers of the I. W. W.
The seceding miners then returned
to the mines, where they secured dy
namite, and returning to the attack
blew the union hall to smithereens,
setting off two dozen charges of dyna
mite, and forcing the sheriff and his
deputies to abandon the hall and seek
shelter in the city hall.
Twenty-three blasts were set off by
the miners in the hall and the struc
ture is a complete wreck. It was
owned by the local union.
The fighting continued on the
streets, but the officers of the execu
tive cohoniittee of the Western Fed
eration of Miners have all gathered
at the office of the sheriff for protec
t tion.
The county commissioners have in
structed Sheriff Driscoll to swear in
as many deputies hs he believes are
necessary and many miners formerly
I affiliated with the union are now on
(the copnty payroll to aid in preserv
| ing Order in the city.
k Alderman. Charles Lane has made
a ..detnand, upon, the mayor for state,
troops and if necessary federal troops
'.to preserve order la Butte.
Ears for Ships.
NEW Y.pRK.—A pair of ears for
every ship .would absolutely prevent
fetich disasters as befell the Titanic
and the Empress of . Ireland, clalmp
the Inventor of a remarkable mar
chine, which is an adaptation of the
human oath on an enormously ln^
1 creased And augmented scale. Men
of war fitted with tfatB Machine would
be able to communicate with each
other by means of low pitched lnrj
audible atmospheric waves, totally,
different from the Hertzian waves of
■the regular wireless, and safe from
confusion with them. The Machine
would be useful at night for determ
ining the location and distance of an
•Army’s vessels. The Inventor, Ellas
j&Ries, an electrical engineer, tried,
itist after the sinking of the Titanic,
to Interest the Navy Department in
{hip ,sphere, but, In .refSy to his re
^rd th®r#
was no appropriation available for
sugfe purposes. He hopes now the
loss 8r the Empress of Ireland, un
der more or less the same conditions,
,attended the sinking of the ill
fated JKhtte Star liner, win serye to
awaken the government to the ad
vantages of his plan, and that a test
<tr tils remarkable machine will be
granted.
Marine at Vera Crux lx Misting and
May Have Been Killed By
Greasers.
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VERA CRUZ, June 24.—Henrich
Thobe, an American marine, is miss
ing and the authorities are unable
i to locate him. Gen. Funston is mak
| ing every effort to find the missing
man, and the sentries who have in
quired of the Mexican sentries have
only received jeers and insults for
their answer.
It is almost certain that the Mexi
cans here are striving in every way
to bring on a war with the United
States and are determined on mak
ing life so unbearable for the troops
1 that they will commit some overt act
, that iwll break off all peace negotia
tions between the Huerta provisional
government and the Wilson adminis
tration.
The Thobe case is similar to that
of Private Parks, except that Parks
was known to have wandered into
the lines of the Mexicans when he
disappeared, while Thobe may have
been killed in the city by some thug.
MAZATLAN, Mex., June 24—The
rebels have captured the city of Za
. pot lan on the railroad line from here
to Mexico City, according to infor
matio nreceived by Admiral Howard,
in command of the American fleet of
ships here. The rebels have made
unsuccessful attempts to take the
towns for many months, but have
been driven back upon each previous
occasion.
MINIMUM WAGE
LAUNDRY WORK
OLYMPIA, Wash., June 24—The
minimum wage for laundry women
was fixed today at $9.00 a week by
the Industrial Commission, which is
establishing minimum wages for all
the women workers .in the state.
Members of the Laundry Owners As
sociation and representatives of the
girl laundry, workers, With several
: commissioners appointed by the state,
,! Constituted the board to establish the
: minimum wage.
WASHINGTON, June 24—Btdswill
shortly be opened by the Department
of Agriculture for the billion feet of
atanding timber from the Kaibab na-r
tlonal forest in northern Arizona.
The sale carries with it authority for
the construction by the purchasers of
200 miles of railroad through lobe of
the richest, sections of the Westi for
the building of which throe years is
allowed. The timber is to be cut
gradually over a period of 25 years.
This project is the . most gigantic
launched by the forest service since
Its creation. Henry S. Graves, chief
forester, ihade a personal examina
tion of .the reservation recently, and
has announced that the marketing pf
the matured timber Will not be. al
lowed to mar $h"e shuttle beauty bit
the forest, considered one of the most
beautiful In America.
D^VjER, Ji^efii-W. R,.Ho*ett,,
Of Seattle, jW*» arrested here today
at the request of fltft Shuttle police.
He Is charged With fbrgefy.
Subscribe tor the Prospector.
Buildings Are Wrecked and Several
Liv|| Are Lost—Storm Cen
ter at Quincy, Ohio.
CLEVELAND, June 24.—A tornado
swept over the central part of Ohio
today and did great damage. The
town of Quincy, in this state, was
the center of the storm and suffered
the greatest damage and several
people were killed when the build
ings were wrecked and timbers pick
ed up and driven through windows.
Hundreds of plate glass fronts were
smashed, trees that have stood for
several score of years were uprooted;
buildings that were believed to be
storm proof were wrecked by the high
winds.
It is also believed that the loss of
life in the country sections was very
heavy. All wires are down and but
meager reports can be received here.
•'Slayer to Die.
NEW YORK, June 24—For the
murder of Policeman Thomas G.
Wynne, William Bressen will be ex
ecuted next Friday, unless the ap
peal from the conviction, made by
his lawyer, is successful. Bressen,
who is 26 years old, was one of a trio
of burglars who were surprised by a
policeman while they were breaking
into a store. Fleeing, Bressen was
headed off by Patrolman Wynne, and
running into a doorway, he fired at
Wynne, killing him. During the' re
volver battle one of Bressen’s com
panions was killed by another police
man; the‘third was captured.
MS POLICE
SEATTLE, June 24.—The coroner’s
jury which investigated the death of
the men killed in the receiving room
of the local jail, when Nicholas Mar
cot t kicked Arthur Johnson and Per
ley Gllnes in the head and killed
' both of them, today reported, blam
1 ing the death upon the authorities.
It is expected that the relaives of
the mep that were killed will start
suits for damages' against the city.
The two injured men are still in a
! precarious condition.
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REDDING, Pa., June 24.--A bomb
was discovered today in the Chur.ch
of the Hply Cross .and it is believed
it tvas left in the building by suf
fragettes. The police are making an
investigation and hope to locate the
maker of the bomh.
Upton Su''* He Will Win. ,
SOUTHAMPTON, Eng., Jane 24 —
“I never, felt more confident of win
ning the cap” said Sir.Thomas Lip
ton. yestardhy, when ,asked his .(min
ion regarding hia new challenger lot
the America's cup. "What 1 have
seen of Shamrock TV. under sail," he
continued, “hae convinced me ithat
she is a certain cup lifter. ,WheU she
sails her race, for the cup off Sandy
rtook. I am absolutely sure she 'drill
prove able to do what she was built
to do.”
sfeAtTLE, .jibe 2i—pelegates
from afl b>bk b tlb, coaet
drill meet.he^e In a few weeks to talk
about betterments of harbor facili
ties.
SEATTLE BOAT
GOESTOBOTTOM
SEATTLE,. June 24.—The schooner
Nokomis, which sailed from here for
Peru with a cargo of lumber, was
wrecked on the Clipperton Islands
off Central Amer'ca last February.
The cr$w of 28 men succeeded in
reaching shore where they have re
mained since that time, as no boat
called at the islands for three months.
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Two Years In Prison or $10,000 Fine
for Cabinet Members Who Ac
cept Pay for Speeches.
WASHINGTON, June 12.—Lectur
ing on the Chautauqua circuit by
cabinet or other high officials of the
government would become-an offense
punishable by a fine of 110,000 or im
prisonment for two years should con
gress accept a bill introduced today
by Representative Fred A. Britten,
of Illinois, a Republican. Pay for
lectures other than actual traveling
expenses during their terms of office
whould be forbidden. The bill also
would apply to senators and repre
sentatives exceF* that the delivery of
lectures would be prohibited only
while congress was in session.
Mr. Britten said tonight that the
bill was prepared for introduction last
September. It was designed, he said,
as a congressional protest against the
continued absence from Washington
of Secretary Bryan, who delivered a
series of lectures in various parts of
the country. Mr. Britten reconsid
ered his decision not to present the
bill when it wa announced recent
ly from Philadelphia that a lecture
bureau had arranged tours for the
Secretary of State and several con
gressmen, to begin on July 1.
“If cabinet officers and members of
congress cannot live upon the pay
provided for their positions,” said Mr.
Britten, "they should either demand
an increase of salary or resign from
the service in favor of others who
would give their entire time to of
! ftclal duties.
i ' “I am at a loss to understand how
i th Secretary of State can consistent
ly leave his office when a state of
war practically exists between this
cddntry and Mexico and the foreign
policy of our government is being
laughed at by every civilized nation
on earth.
“It Is my Arm belief that had Mr.
Bryan remained in Washington dur
ing the past year wben the Mexican
situation was broiling, instead of lec
turing for pay, the government would
still be in bossession of the valued
services of John Bassett Moore, whose
general knowledge In dealing with
foreign relations 1b now so Sadly
needed in the Department of State.
Mr. Bryan’s continued absence from
his office made it necessary for Mr.
Moore to assume responsibilities
which were not satisfactory to him
and whtch ultimately caused his res
ignation.”
hhy'al Betrothal Expected.
VIENNA, June S<—It Is expected
the betrothal of the Gear’s eldest
daughter the. Drahd Duchess. .Olga,
Will he officially announced very
shortly. .The Rusaian .sovereigns pnd
their daughter arxlyp. At Constanta
today, and elaborate preparations
have beep mad# tor thp*v reception.
King Ghgriee and the Roumanian roy
al family will meet the. visitor*.
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Consecration of Bishop.
ST. AUDUSTfNB. na., June 24.—
BishOp-eleCt Cdrlpy trill be -conse
crated toddy at head of thp dioodse
A St. Angus tide, dccordihg to 'H
nou^ppmp(ji WMMV tM*Prf 4 «»
alstofg ,hejd iOi Rome during the lat
ter part ot May, ? „
1 s4Hhwdter Bill has Which It H«i
again.
Few More Months and the Present
World Wide Financial Depres
sion Will Be Over.
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WASSHINGTON, June 24.—Secre
tary Redfield, of the Department of
Commerce, s'ated today that the
present depression in the finances of
the country was world-wide and that
it was about at an end, that pros
perity was near and would be felt by
all within a few months. The tre
mendous crops will make the calam
ity howlers take to the wilds and all
the stories of hard times will be dis
proved when the harvest time comes,
is t’ e way the cabinet officer has it
sized up.
Secretary Redfield predicts that
within six months the business of the
country would have adopted the new
regulations made necessary by the
recent laws of congress and those
that will be passed in a few weeks
regulating trusts and that a pros
perity that would help the laborer
and the manufacturer, the farmer and
the capitalist, would sweep over the
United States from the Atlantic to
the,. Pacific.
Drives Away Three Yeggs After They
Had Blown Door of Safe Contain
ing $20,000 in Currency.
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VANCOUVER, B. C.. June 24.—
Policeman Clarkson, of Mission, drove
off three yeggmen, who had blown
off the safe door of the Mission bank,
and were about to reap the reward
of successfully cracking the safe, but
the policeman was attracted by the
noise of the explosion and for 20
minutes fought with the three ban
dits, until the approach of citizens
aroused by the shots forced the rob
bers to flee. The safe contained $20,
! 000 in currency and the yeggs were
ijust about to make the haul.
I The ■ police of this city were noti
fied of the attempt at safe cracking
and they are on the lookout for the
men. All other cities have been
warned, hut it is doubtful if they can
be captured as the Mission policeman
can give but an indefinite description '
of the trio.
MSBTEffl TOWN
Nina Killad and Forty Injured—Re
lief Sent to Watertown, S. D.,
From Sioujc Falla.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., June 24.—
Nine were kHled and forty injured
at Watertown, a small .town near
here, wheh a tornado swept over the