V0L 10 VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1913. NO. 72.
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REBELS CAPTURE
CITY OF MIGA
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"Federals Receive Another Defeat in
Chihuahua and U. S. Troops
Turn Fugitives Back.
EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 30.—The reb
el troops surrounding Ojinaga cap
tured the city yesterday, defeating the
garrison and capturing all the troops
in the city. Foufc hundred federal sol
diers tried to cross the border into the
United States, but the detail of
American soldiers at Presidio, in Tex
as, forced them to return to Mexico
and surrender to the victorious reb
els.
It is believed here that many of the
officers will be shot and the men
forced to enlist with the Villa forces
and join in the fight upon their form
er comrades.
The Fifteenth cavalry is at Presidio
and turned the fleeing Mexicans back.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—No ex
planation will be made by the Sec
retary of War as to the reason for
forcing the Mexican federal fugitives
at Presidio to return to almost cer
tain death.
The officials declare that no de
tails of the fight have been received
by them, but that a report is expect
ed from the headquarters of the bor
der troops at any moment.
WOULD GUI IE
ALASKA FARMS
Commissioner Tallman, of Land Of
fice, Would Have Alaska Farms
Only 160 Acres.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—Commis
sioner Tallman, of the Land Office de
partment, has made his annual report
and in it the commissioner advises
that the size of homesteads in Alas
ka be cut from 320 acres, as at pres
ent, to 160 acres, and that a period
of six months of non-residence on
the homestead be allowed by the de
partment.
Commissioner Tallman also recom
mends that even though citizens have
located homesteads in the states and
proved up on them, that they be al
lowed to locate in Alaska regard
less of the same, as the question is
one of securing the greatest number
of homesteaders and residents in the
north and therefore ' less obstacles
should be offered to the locators of
land in Alaska than elsewhere.
3,000 milesTy
AEROPLANE ROUTE
Vedrienes, the Frenchman, Reached
Cairo, Egypt, From Paris—Will
Fly to Australia.
CAIItO, Egypt, Dec. 30.—Aviator
Veilrienes reached this city today on
His trip front Parts' to Australia. He
has covered 3,000 miles of Ms pro os -
ed 10,000 mile journey by airsh'p.
Prom here the aviator w!U travel
to Calcutta, India, cross-tag Ar!
then on across India to Singapore, and
irorn island to island until he reach
es Australia.
Vedrienes was giver, a reception
hero today upon landing and the Dr:,
lilt officers will assist him in eve;
" ay possible to continue his journej
William Cook left for the Cliff tc -
lift DIVER
IN TIGHT HOLE
Working 40 Feet Under Water When
Suit it Torn and Arm Injured
—Has a Narrow Escape.
TACOMA, Dec. 30.—Nearly 40 feet
below the surface of the Sound, with
a badly gashed arm and threatened
with drowning inside his leaking div
ing suit, Walter McCrary, profession
al diver, this morning suddenly
found himself menaced by a still
greater danger when he cast his eye
upward. As he looked up, a huge log
piling struck the water end on. He
dodged to one side barely in time to
escape being crushed to death by
the end of the log as it struck the
bottom.
McCrary instantly signaled for help
and was lifted from the Sound. The
water in his diving suit was up to
his chin and in a few moments more
would have reached his eyes. His
right arm was bleeding.
McCrary has the contract of sawing
off piling at the be. t.tom of a coffer
dam at the mouth of Chamber’s creek,
this work being necessary for the
construction of the Northern Pacific
Railroad company’s Point Defiance
tunnel. He was sawing off one of
the huge piles at its base when it
suddenly snapped at the point where
he was sawing, the end striking and
gashing his arm and ripping a hole in
his diving suit as the log shot to the
surface with terrible force.
The huge pile shot clear out of the
water to a height of 20 feel and came
down straight as an arrow, plunging
into the Sound almost at the exact
spot where it had left the water. The
diver clapped his hand over the rent
in his diving suit, looking up, fear
ful that the log might come down end
on, and tvss barely in time to see it
strike. As he dodged the pile flashed
past him and hit the bottom and then
shot again to the surface.
When hauled from the water Mc
Crary was in a state of exhaustion
from his exertions tint! from the
shock. He announced he would re
sume his work as soon as he had his
injuries attended to and his diving ap
paratus repaired. I’he gash in his
arm is not serious.
Mothers Selling Daughters to Live in
Brothels to Secure Food for
Families.
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TOKIO, Japan, Dec. 3.0.—The fam
ine in the northern part of Japan is
the worst in the his ory of the coun
try since 1869, and thousands of peo
ple are starving to death. Mothers
are selling young girls to live lives
of shame in order that they may se
cure enough to keep themselves alive
and provide for younger children.
The procurers for the brothels are
sending thousands of girls to this
city, until the maiket has become
glutted and many are being sent to
China and Russian ports.
The government is taking measures
to relieve the situation and has dis
patched troops to the scene to estab
lish stations to distribute rice to those
among the hungry populace.
Preacher Guilty of Fraud.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Dec. 30.
—The Rev. Charles Lawrence, of
Pcradena, W"s found guilty yesterday
r- obtaining money under false pre
tenses. Ue was alleged to have swin
dled A. E. Welch, of Ontario, ou*. of
I ¥8,000 in r.n orange grove deal.
! Lenn Meenaeh is reported as much
! Improved after the operation perform
] cd last Sunday by Dr. Council, of Cot
j ’ova.
YEGGS UNABLE TO
CROCK BOOK SAFE
Tunnel 150 Feet, Enter Vault and Se
cure $4,000 Loose Change, But
Can’t Open the Big Safe.
OROVILLK, Cal., Dec. 30.—A num
ber of cracksmen tunneled a hundred
and fifty feet to reach the vault of
the First National tank of this place.
After driving the tunnel they easily
made an entrance into the vault and
stole $4,000 in bills and silver, which
had been locked up in the safe.
The “yeggmen” were forced to quit
work without opening the big safe, in
which was locked money and bonds
worth millions of dollars. They had
made several unsuccessful attempts
at opening the safe, setting off sev
eral heavy charges of nitroglycerine,
but all were failures as the safe was
still intact this morning when the
clerks arrived.
The police were immediately noti
fied and began an earnest investi
gation of the case. No arrests have
been made, but several suspects have
been taken into custody, but all or
these declare their innocence in con -
nection with the robbery.
SHE BLACKMAILER.
CAUGHT AT LAST
Oakland Police Find Mary Christian
After a Five-year Search—Made
Ugly Charges.
OAKLAND, Cal., Dec. 30.—The po
lice today arrested Mary Christian,
for whom they have been searching
for the past five years but never
could locate. The woman is charged
with having sent blackinailng letters
to more than 500 society demanding
money under the penalty of revealing
th > relations of the women with cer
tain men, which relations were sup
posed to be unknown to the husbands
of the society people.
In many instances the charges were
without foundation, in fact, in others
information secured from discharged
maids and also by the use of fake
photographs made the women believe
all was known and they would come
through with the money demanded.
. The prisoner has confessed to send
ing 500 letters to different women, but
refused to say who her accomplices
are or to give any information to the
police regarding her methods.
LAWYEfiSSEOUhE
616 FAT FEE
Court Gives Lawyers $52,000 Fee for
Settling Estate of Bankrupt
Brokers.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—The judge
of the district court today allowed the
law firm of Hays, Hershfield & Wolf
an attorneys fee of $52,000 for the
legal work done by them for the re
ceivership in the settling up of the
bankrupt estate of a firm of stock
brokers on Wall street.
The creditors will also receive a
small amount of their investments
back after the cost of paying the re
ceiver, the attorneys for the credit
ors and the charges for the handling
of the assets.
1'he fee allowed today is the larg
est ever given by the district court
in a bankruptcy case.
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FOR UNEMPLOYED
Frisco Quits Hiring Unemployed, Be
cause Thousands Were Flocking
to City to Secure Positions.
SAN FKANCISCO, Dec. 30.—The
city authorities have decided to stop
hiring (he unemployed men of this
city, who have been working for the
city at $3.00 a day. The city auth
orities claim that all the unemployed
for many miles front the poast cities
are working their way to San Fran
cisco to secure the positions, and that
many have quit jobs paying less
money to secure the better pay and
less work offered by the city.
The number of men demanding jobs
has increased until the department of
public works is swamped with appli
cants. It is expected to relieve the
suffering through the department of
charities.'
Hundreds are walking the streets
demanding work, while many are ac
tually starving. The possibility of se
curing work at the fair grounds has
brought people here from all over the
states.
CALUMET FIRE
Two Witnesses Testify That Man Who
Caused Panic Wore Citizens’
Alliance Button.
CALI'MKT, Mich., Dec. 30.—At the
inquest held here today two men tes
tified that the man who yelled "Fire'”
at the Christinas entertainment to the
strikers families, wore the button of
the Citizens’ Alliance, while a score
of witnesses swore that the man was
sitting in the audience, suddenly be
came excited and jumped up crying
“Fire! Fire!” and that the panic fol
lowed instantly.
The charges made by Moyer and
other labor leaders that the alliance
framed up to start the panic will be
investigated by the coroner’s jury and
if the facts can be proven the officers
of the alliance will be severely dealt
with by the state authorities.
The general 'belief now is that some
one became panic stricken and lost
their presence of mind and caused the
panic, hut without malice.
The steamer Burnside reached
Ketchikan today en route to Seattle.
Receiver for Great Western Cereal
Company Wants Ten Million
Dollars Damage.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—The receivers
of the Great Western Cereal company
have entered suit against the Quaker
Oats Co. and the former directors of
the Great Western Cereal company
for $10,()00,000 damage because the
directors sold their stock to the Quak
er Oats company, thus turning the
control of the Western Cereal to the
[trust, who promptly placed the com
pany in' such a position that it failed.
The favored stockholders made mil
lions while the other investors lost
all, and therefore under the terms of
the Sherman anti-trust law the re
ceiver has commenced suit.
The Moose lodge will hold open
house on New Year’s day.
FOREIGN NATIONS
READY FOR FAIR
.
Many Have Signified Their Intention
of Having Exhibits—Five States
Also Exhibitors.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30.—'The
thirty-one foreign nations who have
announced their intention to partici
pate officially in the exposition are:
Argentine, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada,
Chili, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, JDen
mark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
France, Guatemala, Nicaragua^ Pana
ma, Persia, Italy, Spain, Peru/ Porttt -
gal, Salvador, Cruguayy*'Tenezuela,
and 35 states and territories of the
American union, namely: Arizona,
Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, In
diana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louis
iana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Min
nesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico,
New York, North Dakota. Ohio, Okla
homa, Oregon! Pennsylvania, the
Philippines, Porto Rico, South Caro
lina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah,
Washington, West Virginia, Wiscon
sin, Wyoming.
It has been estimated that $80,
000,000 will be expended at the Pan
I ama-Pacific International Exposition
exclusive of the vast wealth repre
sented in the exhibits of the world.
As the vision of many of America’s
greatest architects, sculptors and art
ists become realities; as the magni
tude of the exposition design is to
day revealed by prodigious progress
in construction, the world sees come
i true every great ideal which was
| cherished for this vast and complex
> undertaking.
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
IS PLANNED IN CHINA
i PEKIN, China, Dec. 30.—Minister
• of Education Wang Ta-Hsieh today
i called on district officials throughout
i the country for statistics concerning
j the number of children of school age
I in their various jurisdictions. He said
j it was the first step in the direction
I of compulsory education in China.
Mrs. W. J. Bryan Loses Dog.
i WASHINGTON, Dec. 30—Mrs. W.
J. Bryan yesterday notified the police
of the loss of her pet dog.
LEGiSLATORS GET
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Throw the Furniture at One Another
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in the Session of the Crotla
Diet and Many Hurt
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i AGRAM, Crotia, Austria, Dec. 30.—
The opening of the Diet here yes
terday resulted in a free-for-all fight.
The ministry, under the leadership of
Mileusenic. refused to vacate their
positions and the newly elected mem
bers started in to throw them out.
Ink wells, chairs and broken pieces
of furniture were used as missiles by
the members and a number of the
high dignitaries were somewhat the
: worse lor the encounter.
The police were finally called in to
■stop the rioting and the injured were
taken to the hospitals. No session will
be held for a number of days, as
a majority of the members of the Diet
will need the attention of the doc
tor- .
Storei Close on New Year's.
The merchants of V Idea will close
their establishments on New Year's
day so that the clerks may enjoy the
day risitifig their friends and wishing
them n happy new year. Don’t forget
to make your purchases early tomor
row.
Teddy To Hunt Soar.
CORUMBA. Brasil, Dec. 30.—Col
Rdosevel-t late yesterday accept ' nr
invitation to go jaguar and boar t
ing in- the Jungle.
ANOTHER TRIP
TO SOUTH POLE
Sir Ernest Shackleton Will Make Ef
fort to Reach Pole in 1914—
j Starts Preparations.
LONDON. Dec. 30.—Sir Ernest
Shackleton has announced his de
termination to start for the South
Pole in 1914, taking a large expedition
and spending several years in the
south to study the conditions, report
the climatic observation and to reach
the South Pole for further investiga
tions.
I The expedition will be financed in
I part by the British Geographic Asso
ciation and by public contributions.
! It is not known yet if the remains
of Captain Scott and his four com
panions will be brought back to Eng
land or not.
The work of assembling the outfit
necessary has already started and
dogs from the Siberian country will
be use. As ponies were a failure in
the Scott expedition none will be tak
en by Shackleton.
Robs Tubercular Patients.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 30—Charles
Brown, tuberculosis hospital attend
ant, was arrested yesterday in con
nection with the charge that food for
patients was finding its way to the
free lunch counters of neighboring
saloons.
MONTREAL HAS
VERT ERR FIRE
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! Firemen Forced to Pump Water Mile
From River—Water Supply is Shut
Off—Damage $500,000.
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i MONTUKAL, el><\ 30.—Several
I blocks of houses were destroyed by
j lire here last night. The conflagration
would have amounted to little had the
lire department not been hampered
by the lack of water.
All water mains are out of com
mission and a water famine threatens
the city. Strings of engines pump
ed water to the fire from the river,
a distance of more than a mile, and
finally the flames were placed under
control.
A change in the direction of the
wind also aided the fire fighters, turn
ing the flames back over the district
just burned.
The loss is placed at more than
$500,000, which is partly covered by
insurance.
Four Thousand Crowd Into New York
Hippodrome to Listen to Speak
ers Praise the Measure.
NEW YOHK, eDc. 30.—More than
4,000 people attended the b*g celebra
tion held last night at the Hippo
drome because of the passage of the
(llafcs-Owen currency bill, which is to
take away from Wall street its pow
er to control the money of the Unit
ed States.
A number of Democratic congress
men and state officials spoke of the
bill in high praise, claiming that the
bankers had fought its passage be
cause it took trorn them the power to
manipulate the money, thus forcing
stocks tip and down as desired.
No hankers were among the speak
ers.