V0L 1Q VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1913. . NO. 40.
RAILROAD SURE
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Nevada Senator Predicts Passage of
Alaska Railroad Bill at Next
Session.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—Senator
Pittman, of Nevada, in an address de- j
livered last night before the Mississip
pi Society, predicted that the next ses
sion of congress would pass the Alas
ka railroad bill. The senator stated
that on general principles he was op
posed to the government ownership
of railroads, as it would build up a
great government vote which would
become dangerous to the welfare of
the country, but that conditions in
Alaska differed greatly from those in
the states, and a government built and
operated road in Alaska would solve
the transportation question .of the 1
territory, he stated, and would bring
thousands of dollars worth of miner- ,
als to the states and the population
of the northland would soon run into
the millions, with a consequent in
crease of imports from thee Pnited
States of American built machinery,
American raised farm products, Amer
ican made clothing carried in Amer
ican ships, with American officers and
crews given more employment.
The senator said that if the people
of the states once became aware of
the great undeveloped wealth in min
erals of Alaska they would leave no
stone unturned to provide for the ex
ploitation of the mines, the opening up
of the coal claims and the settling of
the agricultural lands of the inter
ior.
VOTE TODAY FOR
FEDERATION READ
President Gompers Is Still In the
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Ring But His Defeat Is Predicted
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By Opponents.
SEATTLE, Nov. 22.—The American t
federation of Labor, now in session j
in th's city, will vote upon the elec- j
tion of officers late today and it is j
freely predicted that President Sam- ■
<iel Gompers will be defeated for re- 1
election as the head of the organiza
tion.
frank Morrisey, the present secre
tary of ilie federation, is believed to
have a larger following among the
•delegates and he will give the pres
ent head of the organization a hard
tussle for the presidency.
The plan to retire President Gom
pers and place him in charge of the
"federalionist.” the official organ of
the labor organization, at the same
salary as he now receives, was block
ed by President Gompers, who refus
ed to be retired and started a fight
to be renominated and elected to his
present position. Mis friends assert
that his leadership of the federation
hits done more good and has shown
greater results than any prior ad
ministration and that the delegates
should show their appreciation of
his work by reelecting him.
Saved by Airship.
One of the bravest deeds of mod
ern times is the great act of Aviator
B. B. Boldness in jumping from his
machine while in ilight to save Miss
Fortune from drowning, and other
swell new pictures at the Orpheum
tonight.
Swell Sunday change tomorrow.
Alameda Passes Skagway.
The steamer Alameda passed Skag
way at 3:40 this morning for Valdez,
and should reach here some time Mon
day morning.
Judge F. M. Brown loft yesterday ,
for Ellamar to spend a few days with
Mr. and Mrs. Middlecamp.
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BLUEJACKETS ARE LANDED IN MEXICO
MADEROS FREED BY THE AMERICAN CONSUL
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MEXICO CITY, Nov. 22.—It devel
oped here today that the sudden dis
patch of English warships to Mexi
can ports by the British government
was made at the earnest request of
Sir Lionel Carden, the British am
bassador at Mexico City.
Sir Lionel had wired to his gov
ernment that the presence of the Brit
ish boats- were needed to protect Eng
lish people and English property. The
United States government immediate
ly requested an explanation of the
British foreign office and informed
them that the American government
now had sufficient warships in Mexi
can waters to protect the lives of all
foreigners and that they were detect
mined to do so and assured the British
government of their intentions to keep
enough war vessels and marines in
Mexican ports to adequately protect
both American and foreign residents.
LONDON, Nov. 22.—The secretary
of foreign affairs has rescinded the
order to British warships en route
from Bridgetown, Barbados, to Mex
ican ports to proceed to the ports of
the republic and report to Ambassa
dor Carden, and the vessels have been
ordered not to call at any Mexican
port. The instructions were sent by
wireless.
It has been officially stated today
that no great friction exists between
the British government and the Amer
ican Department of State regarding
the Mexican trouble and that the two
governments have the same object in
view, viz: the establishment of peace
in Mexico.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22—Secretary
REBELS RECRUIT
General Christmas, Soldier of For
tune, Trying to Enlist Adven
turers of Windy City.
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CHICAGO, Nov. 22.—General
Christmas, a soldier of fortune, who
fought in the Cuban wars and in ma
ny South American revolutions, is
in this city recruiting troops for the
constitutionalists of Mexico, who are
anxious to secure a larger army to
light the federal forces.
Gen. Christmas stated today that
American mining companies operat
ing in the northern Mexican states
had already contributed a milion dol
lars to the war chest of the Carran
ifites and that more is promised. The
present plan is to force the Mexican
government to recognize the northern
states of Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Coaku
ila. Nuevo, Leon, Tamaulipas, Sonora.
Southern California and Durango, as
a separate country, and, failing in
that, then the light is to be contin
ued until the constitutionalists secure
control of the federal government.
Many boys, not out of their teens,
have enlisted and the police have
kept a strict watch to prevent kid
naping. Parents or adventurous boys
have also asked the police for pro
tection, claiming that inducements
have been held out to the lads in
the way of rapid promotion, plenty of
excitement and lots of fighting and
that tne youngsters are likely to run
away to Join the rebels.
Eagle Dance New Year’s Eve.
A grand masquerade ball will be
given by the Eagles at their hall on
New Year’s eve. The floor of the hall
will be in splendid condition, as Jas.
hogget t bus undertaken to have it as
slippery as glass. Harry E. F. King,
Herbert Davis, J. M. Doggett, C. M.
Day, F. M. Royle and It. M. McIntosh
have the arrangements in charge and
promise that the evening will be most
enjoyable. Music by the celebrated
five-piece orchestra.
MADERO BROTHERS, ARRESTED BY HUERTA, FREED THROUGH
PROTEST OF THE UNITED STATES—FLED TO AMERICAN CONSU
LATE—MADEROS TAKEN ON BOARD OF OUR BATTLESHIP.
of State \V. J. Bryan has refused to
be interviewed regarding the Mexic n
situation, especially in reference
to the dispatch o^English warships to
Mexican ports. The Department of
State, however, does not dispute the
fact that much irritation exists be
tween the two governments regard
ing Mexico, declaring that up to this
time the exchanges between the two
governments have taken the form ■
merely of interviews between Sir Ed
ward Grey, his Majesty’s. minister of
foreign affairs, and Walter 1-1. Page,
the American ambassador at the Court
of St. James. Outwardly these inter
views have been marked by extreme
cordiality, but it is believed that there
is irritation on the part of both gov
ernments. The Wilson administra
tion has been hopeful that Great Brit
ain would give hearty support to
whatever was undertaken by the Un
ited States in the effort to bring or
der out of the chaos existing in Mex
ico, and the contrary action of the
British government is all the more
disappointing.
The countermanding of the orders
to the cruisers en route to Mexico has
raised the hopes of the administration
that the two nations will continue to
work in harmony regarding the attain
ment of peace in Mexico.
VERA CRUZ, Mexico, Nov. 22.—
The Madero brothers, uncles of the
former president of the republic, who
were imprisoned by Huerta and whose
lives have been in constant danger,
were freed yesterday upon the de
mand of Consul General Canada of the
United States. They were taken to
the consulate later, upon instructions
from Huerta, who was furious when
informed that the prisoners had been
liberated. A file of federal troops then
proceeded to the American consulate
and demanded the return of the pris
oners, but the consul general refused
to grant the request and signaled to
the battleship Rhode Island, which
MILITANTS BURN
LUMBER YARD
Mob Becomes Enraged and In Turn
Destroy the Suffragette Head
quarters.
OXFORD. Eng., Nov. 22.—suffra
gettes last night burned a local lum
ber yard at this place because the
owner had expressed himself as
against the granting of the right to
vote to women. The loss is estimat
ed at 1100,000, only partially covered
by insurance. The owner of the
yard and his family barely escaped
from their sleeping rooms over the
office building in their clothes.
Revenge came quick when the
crowd, which followed the engines to
the scene, found the notices about the
burning yard telling that the same
fate would follow in every case to
property owners if they did not fav
or equal suffrage. The men became
so enraged that they set out for the
headquarters of the suffragettes and
wrecked the place, throwing the fur
niture into the street, where a bon
tire was made and the papers and
office fixtures were completely de
stroyed before the police arrived and
drove the crowd away.
HE WRITES BACKWARDS,
READS UPSIDE DOWN
The ease of a boy who writes up
side down and backwards, who reads
with his book upside down and even
sings topsy-turvey, singing high where
he ought to sing low, so puzzled the
brain and eye specialists of Hunting
ton, W. Vr., that they have decided
to appeal to the experts for help.
The patient is Russell Baker, eight
years old. and a pupil in the public
school. The teacher first noticed
when the boy entered her grade at
the beginning of the year, that he
made his letters upside down. He
also began at the lower right hand
corner of the page, writing upward
and backward toward the top. When
turned around the writing was clear
as the average child's of that age.
In studying the boy is said to hold
his books upside down and yet to
learn his lessons well.
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A number of subpoe'naes have been I
issued by the district court in Seat
tle for the appearance of Alaskans
■vii- /-•re familiar with the Munday ;
coal claims i:i the utulla section. The
cases will :.e tried January 14th.
NO HE LIQUOR
IN CtLIFORNIII
If the Plans of the Drys Are Car
ried Out Would Maks State
Prohibition.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22. - The
Prohibitionists of this state will start
immediately to campaign for a dry
state from one end to the other. Al
ready many counties are dry under
the local option plan, especially in
the southern sections. The plan of
the blue ribbonites is to force the
closing of the saloons in San Francis
co, San Diego, Sacramento and the
other large cities in which the sale
of liquor is still allowed.
The saloonmen and the breweries
will spend thousands of dollars to
prevent the drys winning and upon
the personal liberty plea. will cam
paign the state.
They also point out that the ex
port trade of the state in fermented
wines will be destrowed if the pres
ent agitation continues and that the
best revenue producer will be wiped
out, forcing high taxes upon all prop
erty owners.
NO RECESS FOR
THE SENATORS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—The
Senate Steering committee, which
represents the minority party in the
upper House, today decided that the
present special session should con
tinue until the regular session jto
convene December first. It is believ
ed now that the currency bill will
not pass at the special session in
spite of the efforts of the adminis
tration to have the measure acted
upon immediately.
Weather Report.
Nov. 21, 1913. j
Barometric Pressure .28.S t |
Temperature at 7 p. m.30 j
Maximum Temperature .34
Minimum Temperature .17 |
Mean Temperature .25.5 j
Precipitation ., -21 i
Cloudy, calm, wind N. E. six miles, :
light snow from 7 p. m. 2oth to 7 p. i
m. date.
» L. JONES, j
The Catholic bazar and dance to
night at Moose hall, admission $1.0(1-.
The proceeds are to be used for
church work.
was lying in a position so as to watcl
the American consulate, an officer of
the ship being on duty for that pur
pose both day and night, and blue
jackets were landed to back up the
demand of the consul that the two
Maderos be allowed to remain free.
The Mexican authorities were very
angry at the action of the consul, but
were powerless, in the face of the
threatening guns of the warships,
which were trained upon the fortifi
cations and the landing of the ma
rines with loaded guns and instruc
tions to obey the orders of the consul, j
For a few moments the tension was
terrible and a single shot meant war
between the two republics.
The Mexican commander of the de
tachment of troops pleaded with the
consul for the return of the prison
ers, declaring that his own life would
be forfeited unless he secured them.
Consul Canada, however, was obsti
nate and refused to give them up.
Walking between two files of blue
jackets, the Maderos were escorted to
the American battleship Rhode Island,
at:d will later be sent to some neu
tral port.
No doubt remains in the minds of
the Mexicans of Vera Cruz that the
American administration means busi
ness and that any attack upon Amer
icans living in the republic will mean
the immediate landing of marines at
all the coast towns and the blockad
ing of the ports with a consequent
shortage of provisions.
Much bitterness is shown towards
Americans by the Huerta followers of
this city, but no overt act has as yet
been reported against subjects of the
United States.
FEDERATION IS !
AGAINST WAR1
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Asks President Not to Pay Any At- ;
tention to Agitators, Jingoes and
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Mining Magnates. j
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SEATTLE, Nov. 22.---The American
Federation of Labor at its yesterday's
session passed resolutions condemn
ing the mining corporations operating j
in Mexican republic and the jingo i
newspapers which are trying to force j
the American government into inter- ;
vening in the affairs of the neighbor- I
ing republic.
The resolutions call upon President j
Wilson to refuse to allow the jingoes !
and the mining magnates to force i
him in'o taking any action looking !
towards intervention. ,
The speakers denouncing the jin- j
goes stated that when war comes the I
laboring men of the country and the i
boys not out of their teens are cal
led upon to bear the brunt of the
fighting while the slick, rich magnate
sits in his office and makes big mon
ey out of government contracts and
the selling of "canned horse and em
balmed beef" to the soldier boys. |
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Plenty of Oranges In California.
LOS ANGELES. Nov. 22.—A bump
er crop has been grown the past year
and it is predicted that oranges will
be cheaper this year than ever be
fore. The largest crop in the history
of the state is the report of the gov
ernment, who have just complpeted
a survey of the orchards.
Father Shepherd Detained at Cordova.
The Prospector received a mes age
from Father Willia ■ A. Shepherd, of
the Catholic church, stating that he
would be delayed at Cordova and could
not return to Valdez in time to hold i
services Sunday. j
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Charles Bloomquist, a brother of
Mrs. Harry E. F.' King, arrived on the i
last boat and has taken the position j
with the Independent laundry former- !
ly held by Ed. Meese. Mr. Meese will 1
leave on the next boat for the states. |
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BOSS MURPHY
Damaging Testimony Before the Grand
Jury—Hennessy and Whitman Af
ter Tammany Politicians.
NEW YOllK, Nov. 22.—George Mc
Guire, of Syracuse, yesterday appear
ed before the grand jury investigat
ing the charges made by John A. Hen
nessy of graft forced from state con
tractors by Tammany politicians dur
ing the first Sulzer campaign when
he was elected governor of New Y’ork.
McGuire admitted, when examined
by District Attorney Whitman, that
contractors holding contracts for de
livery of asphalt for street paving,
were forced to give up $5,000 each
for the Tammany war chest; that he
knew of $25,000 being collected from
James Stewart, a contractor on the
state barge canal, the collection be
ing made by William J. Conners, the
Tammany lieutenant at Buffalo. The
list of contributors t the Tammany
campaign fund :s said to include all
the state contractors and many of
the contractors on city work in New
Y'ork City.
Ex-Governor Sulzer is also charged
with sharing in the efforts of the po
liticals to graft upon contractors, and
was one of those present when the
Tammany leaders levied the assess
ment.
Much of the money secured front
contractors, it is claimed, has been
traced by Hennessy and Whitman di
rect to Boss Murphy.
It is expected that indictments will
be returned against Murphy and many
district leaders of Tammany Hall be
fore the investigations of the present
grand jury are finished.
ARMY INCREASED
Denies That Older Is Given As Re
sult of Mexican Situation—Dou
bles Stan ,ing Army.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. -Orders
were issued last night to recruit the
regular army of the I'nited States to
its full war strength and recruiting
officers all over the states were noti
fied to advertise in the papers for
more men.
When tlte news of the orders for
more men became known in diplo
matic circles it caused a flurry and
was stated that the administration
intended to intervene in Mexico and
force the establishment of a staple
government in the neighboring re
public and the guaranteeing of the
lives of Americans and Europeans
who were located in that country.
President Wilst^, however, denied
that the order for more troops was
made because of the Mexican situa
tion.
The Ordnance department, in charge
of the equipping of the new troops,
claim th«t 51)0,000 additional troops
can be equipped in less than thirty
days, as the department has worked
out through Colonel J. T. Thomp
son a plan of operation for placing
In the field the additional soldiers
needed in c" ;e of war with a first
class power.
Col. Thompson pointed out that
bis “war plan” is based upon condi
tions as they would exist in the event
of hostilities. The line of the regu
lar, army would be increased to its
naxlmum enlisted strength as provid
ed by law; the entire organization
of militia would be mustered into
service of the United States at full
war strength; and the rema'nder
would he raised by the enlistment of
,-olunteers.
The “war plan” as now completed
orovidcs that this force shall be
equipped at concentration camps be
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