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VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, MBMKIT, NOVEMBER 1, 1010 NUMBER 270.
WIFE NOVELIST
JAILEDAS “VUG'’
KLOOTCHMAN OF REX BEACH
Lets Tourists Take Snapshots of Her
In Summer and Languishes in Jail
In Winter—Has Overpowering De
sire for Hootch and Gratifies It.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct. 31.—
She Is the victim of the ways and de
sires of the white people, she says,
when talking about her troubles. She
Is drunkard and knows It; Is guilty
of the crjme for which she is being
punished, according to her statement,
but she lays it all at the white man’s
door, saying that white man’s hootch
has been her downfall.
She is an Indian woman named
Annie Lyons, once buxom and comely,
now blear-eyed and dissolute. She i?
serving a term for vagrancy In the
federal Jail here, having been com
mitted from Tanna. But the most in
teresting part of her story Is that she
claims to have once been the wife
of Rex Beach, the famous novelist,
and her story has been corroborated
by pioneers who knew Rex when he
lived in a little cabin on the Yukou,
and loved this dusky fish-eating abo
rigine.
And that Is this Indian woman's
claim to notoriety. For she has
learned that the man with whom she
lived in the early days of Rampart
has now become famous and she has
also learned that on account of his
fame, she too, is a famous character
to the tourists who now visit Alaska
annually. It has therefore been her
custom during the jjast two years to
pose for snapshots taken by curlosity
seeking summer visitors to interior
Alaska at four bits each. This is, she
charges each tourist 50 cents for the'
privilege of “snapping” her.
In this manner the woman has
eked out a living at Tanana during
the summer months for the past two
years. She depends altogether on
somebody else to take care of her dur
ing the winter, caring not for the
coming of the cold days, as she blows |
her summer’s earnings to gratify her
taste for liquor, undoubtedly iurnish-1
ed by some unscrupulous white men.
Last winter she was convicted of
vagrancy at Tanana and sent here tc
serve her term. In this manner she
was kept throughout the winter, and
was also prevented from getting the
cup which cheers and likewise inebr
ates. This year the sentence impoo
■ed Was 125 days. The former wife ol
Rex Beach is therefore practically cer
tain that she will not want this win
ter, although she hates the thought
of languishing In Jail and in her more
pensive moments blames the white
man for all her troubles.
There is little doubt but that she
was the Alaska wife of Rex Beach,
as It Is corroborated by residents of
various lower river points who have
known her and Rex Beach for years,
and who visited with them when they
shared the same blanket in the little
eabln on the shores of the mighty
Yukon.
WILLGOX SURE
HUGHES VICTORY
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HAS GOT LEAD PIPE CINCH
Republican National Committeeman
Says Ohio, Indiana, Illinois Surely
Republican, Michigan and Minne
sota Safe—New York Conceded.
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NEW YORK. Nov. 1.—Chairman
Wlllcox, of the Republican National
Committee announces this morning
that the election of Hughes is cer
tain. He declaed that the Republican
candidate was assured of not less
than 300 electoral votes. Ohio, In
diana and Illinois he said were surely
Republican, Michigan and Minnesota
safe and New York has been conced
ed by the Democrats to Hughes.
Charles Minor, the well known min
ing man. arrived in town last night
from Betties Bay.
Jack Hughes was an arrival on the
N. & S. from Betties Bay.
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Hunt arrived on
the N. & 8. from Portage Bay.
A. C. Baldwin was a returning pas
■ senger on the N. & 8. from Portage
Bay and Qranite.
H. E. Ellis is a visitor in town to
> day from the Cliff mine.
DEUTSCHLAND AT
DOCK NEW-LONDON
REACHED PORT THIS MORNING
Undersea Freighter Reports an Un
eventful Voyage—Brought Large
Cargo of Dyestuffs and Chemicals—
Return Cargo Waiting.
NEW LONDON, Nov. 1.—The Ger
man super-submersible Deutschland,
with a cargo of dyestuffs and chemi
cals, arrived here this morning. The
freighter entered the harbor about
2:30 this morning, unheralded, and
proceeded to dock. So quiet was her
entry that for several hours few
people knew of her arrival. Quaran
tine regulations were waived in this
instance and the vessel docked with
out delay, and proceeded to discharge
her valuable cargo of chemicals and
dyestuffs. Capt. Koenig, the comman
der, states that the voyage was une
ventful.
He first sailed from Bremen about
October 1, but met with an accident
and was compelled to return to Bre
men for repairs. She sailed again
October 10.
There is a large cargo of rubber
and other materials here awaiting the
return voyage of the Deutschland.
EVANS SAILS FROM
SEATTLE FOR VALDEZ
SEATTLE, Nov. 1.—The steamer
Admiral Evans sailed for Valdez and
way ports yesterday morning with a
general cargo, principally for the
Aaska Engineering Commission at
Anchorage. There were no passen
THIRTEEN LOST
ON THE MARINA
SURVIVORS SAY TORPEDOED
U. S. Consul Frost Wires tlie State De
partment that Transport Was Sunk
Unwarned— Went Down in Ten
Minutes.
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WASHINGTON. D. C„ Nov. 1.—
United States Consul Frost at Queens
town, has wired to the State Depart
ment that ail of the crew of the Brit
ish horse transport Marina have been
accounted for except thirteen. The
survivors state that the steamer was
torpedoed without warning, and that
a heavy sea was running at the time
making the launching of the boats dif
ficult. The steamer went down with
in ten minutes after being hit.
The German embassy here has ad
vised the State Department that if the
story is true and th^ vessel was tor
pedoed without warning the com
mander of the submarine responsible
shall be punished and reparation be
made to all Americans aboard the ves
sel. Secretary Lansing stated this
morning that he could not discuss the
affair as his reports on the matter
were very incomplete.
An official note from the British
Admiralty states that body is unpre
pared to state that the vessel was
torpedoed. In fact, the reports indi
cate that the vessel was sunk by gun
lire rather than by a torpedo.
GEN. VON FALKENHAITSEN.
Commander of a German
Divlaion on Weat Front.
U-53, WHICH FOUND ITS PREY ON THIS SIDE
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Photo by American Frees Association.
The giant German submarine photographed while visiting Newport, R. L, Just before It made Its sensational raid
on shipping off onr coast
GUNS MED
OD GREEK SKIPS
GREEKS MAKE FUTILE PROTEST
Tale of How the Allies Seized the
Greek Meet Given to Public by
Oversea* Agency—Sailor** Remain
ed Loyal to Their King.
LONDON, Nov. 1.—“It was a sad
day for the Qreek tars, who are in
sufficiently acquainted with politics to
understand why they must hand over
their warships to a foreign power,
on account of their neutrality,’’ says
Reuter's Overseas Athens correspon
dent.
“It was an equally depressing sight
for the Greek naval officers to watch
for three hours their beautiful ships
towed away by allied tugs.
“The allies took every precaution
in case of resistance being offered.
Russian battleships trained their
guns on the cruiser Averalf and the
battleships Kilkis and Lemnos, while
French and English torpedo boats
cruised to and fro with guns leveled.
The ceremony in the early morning
of ordering the crews to pack their
personal belongings and quit the ships
of which they were so proud was a
touching Incident. The king sent a'
message releasing every man from al
legiance to Greece who wished to
join the allies, but not a man volun
teered.
“The ships officers were the last
to leave. Taking with them their
flags and the king's portrait which
adorned every wardroom, they pulled
disconsolately for the quays. The aide
de camp of Admiral Ipltls, pointing
to the rows of allied warships and
then to their puny fleet, remarked as
he landed^ ‘What harm could we
have done them?’ "
The correspondents adds that the
populace groaned and jeered the al
lied troops until they were dispersed
by force.
CHEERS GREET
CINDIOITEHUGHES
GETS OVATION ALONG ROUTE
Railroaders Oieer Platform Speech
at Wellvllle—Overflow Meeting
Held at Indianapolis—Much Cheer*
ing—Attacks Wilson's Policies.
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 1.—Candi
date Hughes received an ovation all
along the line on his way to this city.
At Wellvllle, where he made a speech
from the platform of his train he was
enthusiastically cheered by the rail
road men who had gathered to hear
him. Protection was the subject of
his discourse.
The* candidate did not arrive here
until last night at 10 o’clock, and al
though he was expected at 8 o'clock
there was, nevertheless, an audience
ichlcb Allied the hall to overflowing
to greet him.. He referred to Wilson's
8atup£ay speech as a little festival of
self-glorification. While protection
was the keynote of his speech he vig
orously attacked the Underwood tar
iff bill and the Adamson 8-hour law,
and the Democratic record.
T4E. Geraghty returned on the N.
£ 8. from a visit to various Sound
points.
ram says
WILSON LANDSLIDE
NO DOUBT OF HIH EIJSCTION
Chairman of tlie Democratic Commit
tee Tells Chicago Reporters ltepuh
11 cans Concede Ohio, Pacific Coast
States to Wilson.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1.—Chairman Mc
Cormick of the Democratic Nation'll
Committee, who is here for a confer
ence with F. P. Walsh stated in an
Interview today that the election
would be a landslide for Wilson. Ho
declared that the Republicans were
conceding Ohio, the Pacific Coasl
states, Illinois and Indiana for Wil
son.
“The Millie*." '
“The Million" iB a farce comedy
drama played by Edward Abeles and
will be shown at the Empress tonight.
If you want a good laugh don’t fall to
attend. We need your patronage If
you wish us to run all wtnter.
SAYS HUGHES ILL
CM NEW YORK
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NEW YORK SUN PREDICTION
Claims to Have Inside Information on
Tammany Poll and Gives Htate to
Hughes by a Plurality of Nearly
One Hundred Thousand.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.—The New
York Sun, professing to have inside
Information on the Tammany poll,
says the best mat the Democrats can
expect in Greater New York is a Wil
son majority of ..>50. Hughes, it as
serts, will come to the Bronx with a
majority from’ up state of 103,000.
According to Tammany wiseacres
Wilson will get 65 per cent or more
of the city vote, while up-state it is
believed Hughes will get 55 per cent
of the vote to Wilson's 42 per cent.
Tammany politicians calculate that
Hughes will carry the state by about
£2,000.
PARKER BOOSTS
RIB PRESIDENT
SAYS HAS WON PROGRE8SIVKS
Progressive Nominee for the Vice
Presidency Declares Record of
Wilson Administration Has Won
Allegiance.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 1.—Captain
John Parker, the Progressive nomi
nee for the Vice-Presidency, in a
campaign address here last night,
spoke strongly in favor of President
Wilson. Parker declared that the re
cord of the administration during the
past four years is such that it has won
the allegiance of a large majority of
the Progressives, who will do their
utmost to defeat the stand-pat Re
publicanism represented by Hughes.
OWEN REPLIES
10 ROOSEVELT
HAYS STRKTUHKD THE TRUTH
Dec(are* Sixty Americans Were Kill
ed in Mexico During Roosevelt's
Administration With No KlYort to
Stop the Slaughter.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. 1.—Senator
Robert L. Owen, of Oklahoma, in a
campaign speech here last night re
plied to Roosevelt’s charges that five
hundred Americans and three hun
dred Chinese had been killed In Mex
ico during the Democraic administra
tion.
He declared that the statements of
the Colonel to be absolutely false an 1
said that sixty Americans had been
killed in Mexico under the Roosevelt
administration without the slightest
sign of protest from the Colonel; that
(ifty-seven had been killed there un
der the Taft administration and no
howl had been made as to his Mexican
policy.
During President Wilson's admin
istration there had been 119 killed In
Mexico, including the 38 marines kill
ed at Vera Cruz, during four years of
active revolution.
MOTH Kit t'HARLKH FAIRBANKS
Whs Klghty-Keven Years of Age—
Candidate Received Work of Sud
den Illness and Is Rushing for His
Home in Indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS, ’ Nov. 1.—Mrs.
Mary Fairbanks, the mother of Chas.
F. Fairbanks, the Republican nomi
nee for Vice-President, died suddenly
at her home here last evening. Her
death was wholly unexpected, her
health having been good up to with
in a few hours of her death.
Fairbanks Rushing Home.
ROCKFORD, 111., Nov. 1.—Charles
Fairbanks, the Republican candidate
i>T the Vice-Presidency, who was cam
paigning here, received word last eve
ning of the sudden and, serious Ill
ness of his mother, and Immediately
started for his home In Indianapolis.
KAGLE BARN DANCE
WAS A BIG SUCCESS
“The best time I ever had,” was an
expression frequently heard as the
participants wended their way home
ward early this morning after the
Eagle barn dance. The hall was taste
fully decorated and was given a rural
appearance with bales of hay, boxes
of apples and other agrtytoltural prod
ucts. The music was estsellent and so
was the lunch. A'large attendance,
all Inclined to gaiety, added to the
pleasure of the occasion and the ex
pression that it-was the best time ever
undoubtedly reffected the sentiment
of all who attended.
George Wallentine, who has been
here for several weeks serving on the
grand jury, left on the Elvira this
afternoon for Eliamar.
George Pulver returned on the N.
& S. from Hobo Bay.
RUSSIANS AND RUMANIANS
ASSUME THE OFFENSIVE
ATTACK TEUTONS IN DEBRUDJA AND MAKE CONSIDERABLE GAINS
—RUMANIANS MAKE ADVANCES NEAR VULCAN PASS AND CAP
TURK A NUMBER OK PRISONERS—TEUTONS REPULSED PKAHO
VA VALLEY—TEUTONS STORM RUMANIAN POSITIONS AND
TAKE PRISONERS—RUMANIANS RETIRE SOUTHEAST SZURDUK
—BRITISH LOSSES ON SOMME FRONT ARE HEAVY.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 1.—The Rus
sians, Serbs and Rumanians have as
sumed the offensive on the Dobrudja
front and have attacked the Teuton
positions with vigor, driving them
back for a considerable distance.
Rumanians Advance.
BUCHAREST, Nov. 1.—The Ruma
nians attacked the Teutons in the vi
cinity of Vuikan Pass, and captured
several positions and four hundred
prisoners. Teuton attacks in the Pra
hova Valley were repulsed with heavy
losses. A violent battle which was in
progress near Orsova, has been im
peded and in fact practically halted
by severe weather conditions.
Rumanians Retire.
BERLIN, Nov. 1.—An official bul
letin issued today states that General
Von Mackensen has attacked the Uus
so-Rumanlan positions in Dobmdja,
and effected the capture of 700 men
and 18 officers. The Rumanian col
umn retreated southeast of Szurduk.
British liOwm Heavy.
LONDON. Nov. 1.—The British
losses during the month of October
were 102,000 men and 4,300 officers.
On the Somme front along the British
losses have been from 2,000 to 14,000
daily with an average of 3,4 52 for
each day of the month.
II Kl*( lltTEI) DOGGETT
1H BEYOND HOPE
Telegraphic advices received here
last evening from Cordova state that
Jim Doggett, who has been in the hos
pital there for some time past suffer
ing from an attack of pneumonia, and
who was recently reported out of dan
ger, is now very low and no hope is
entertained of his recovery. As near
as can be learned Mr. Doggett is suf
fering from a heart disorder which
does not respond to treatment.
Thanksgiving hast of Month.
Thanksgiving comes on the 30th
of November this year. There are five
Thursdays in the month.
DRIFT CONTINUES
TOWARD WILSON
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IS STKADILY GAINING GROUND
Indications Are that Circumstance*
Favor Flection of Democratic Can*
dklate—Drift May Stop Short of
I landslide for Democrats.
NEW YORK, November 1.—The
drift toward Wilson continues una
bated, while the Republican situation
is improved nowhere. This drift to
ward Wilson defies analysis even.
Knowing the extent of the Wilson
drift in New York, Illinois and Ohio
makes it safer to predict these states
will give the President a majority.
The combined Republican and Pro
gressive majority over the Democrats
in 1912 was too great to predict safe
ly just what the present result will
be, as the percentage of the Progres
sive vote that will go to Wilson is
not known, but the present Indica
tions are that the odds are in favor
of Wilson^ This drift may stop short
of re-election or may result in a land
slide for the Democratic candidate.
WILLIAM M. CALDER.
Win* Republican Nomination For
U. 8. Sonatorahlp In New York.
NOTED PASTOR
PASSES AWAY
DIES ON TRAIN IN TEXAS TOWN
Pastor Russell, Well Known Through
out Entire Country-, Dies While Kn
Route to Los Angeles—Writer of
Many Religious Articles.
CANADIA, Texas, Nov. 1.—Charles
Taxe Russell, better known through
out the whole country at ‘"‘Pastor"
Russell, died here today while on ;>
train en route to Los Angeles.
Pastor Russell was born at Pitts
burgh, l’a., February 16. 1S52, and
was therefore in his 65th year. Hi
entered the independent ministry at
Pittsburgh in 1S7K, but at the time of
his death was pastor of the Brooklyn
Tabernacle and New York City Tem
ple. He disclaimed being the foun
der of a religious sect, but varied
considerably in his teachings from
most of the religious teachers, lie in
terprets the punishment of the hihle
as eternal death and not eternal tor
ment. He was the author of several
religious works and was editor of Tin
Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's
Presence.
B. C. Wiltse made the round trip on
the N. & S. to Wells Bay.
John Wilkinson came up from
Portage Bay on the launch N. & S.
HUGHES HECKLED
BY SPECTATORS
MANY IV FAVOR OF WILSON
Speech of Candidate at Columbus, In
diana, Frequently Interrupted by
(Questions from Followers of the
President.
COLUMBUS, Ind.. Nov. 1.—Hughes
■poke here last night to a crowded
house, a large part of the audience,
however, apparently being unfriendly
to the candidate. He was frequenti>
interrupted during his talk hy ques
tions touching on the issues of the
campaign, and the speaker, while he
paid little attention to these Interrup
tions, was visibly nettled and several
times appeared on the point of losing
his temper. During his speech the
candidate came out strongly in favor
of maintaining the rights of Ameri
can citizens Including the right to
travel on the seas and the right to
ship merchandise, thus specifically
indorsing two of Wilson's policies rel
ative to the shipment of munition-*,
and the rights of Americans to travel
as Wilson made his strongest fight
against the McLeniose resolution
warning Americans against traveling
on vessels of belligerent nations. The
Republicans are expressing confidence
of carrying the state, and are center
ing their activities on the election of
two senators.