V0L 1Q VALDEZ, ALA8KA, FRIDAY, JUN* 26, 1914. NO. 226
HIE RECEIVER
* SEATTLE HOUSE
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ftTcDoUfefctl * Southwick In Trouble
—Are Connected Wl*h H. B.
Clafin Failure.
SEATTLE, June 26—The federal
court today appointed a receiver for
the McDougall & Southwick Dry
Goods Company, of this city, follow
ing the announcement of the failure
of (he H. B. Clafin & Co. store of
Mew York. The Seattle concern is
closely affiliated with the big whole
sale dry goods house in the East and
a receiver was named in order that
the store might continue business.
Business men and banks of this
city who have loaned money or sold
goods to the Seattle house say that
the concern is solvent and will not
fall with the parent house.
The White Store, of Tacoma, own
ed by Chafin & Co., is also effected
and a receiver was named for It also,
while the federal court of eastern
Washington named a receiver for the
Spokane house.
The failure will be felt heavily in
the west as the western banks loan
ed large sums of money to the New
York house and is subsidiaries.
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Timbers Now 6eing Hauled Over the
Hill On First Section—Tram Be j
Over Five Miles Long.
The aerial tramway, being built by
the Granby Consolidated Mining <fci
Smelting Company front the beach to;
the mine in Solomon basin, has been*
completed far enough to allow of its
use over the hill and the big tim
bers for the stations are being hoist
ed from the beach on the tramway.
The work of building the tram to.
the mine is being rushed as fast as;
possible and when completed it' will
be five and a half miles long and
will bring the ore from the mine to
the bunkers on the beach. i
The big wharf has been completed;
and the barge America is tied up
<o the dock. A small town has been
constructed at the beach, including
office buildings and residences for the;
men, also bunkhouses and mess
buildings. • I
About 75 men are employed.
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Lot* Is Estimated at $90000,V00 and
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Ten Thousand -People Homeless
—Factories Destroyed.
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^^""‘saEem, Mass., June 26.-*One-baifj
of this city was destroyed today by
fire In spite of every effort of the
fire department of the city and the
special crews and engines sent here
from outlying towns and from Boston.-;
Tons of dynamite was used by the'
firemen to blow down buildings in
tbe path pf the tones in order that,
their progress be stayed, but*
the efforts to stop the con migration
■were in vain until the fire swept one
thousand buildings away, bKtaitbg.
fecojpes of large factories. _
The historic witch building and gal-,
lows on Gallows Hill, which hits Stood
%ince the early colony Says, were de^
stroyed. Ten thousand people are
homeless, thirty thousand are out of
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JAPANESE PhOBLEM
IS IIP AGAIN
Correspondence Between the United
States and Japanese State Depart
ments is Published.
WASHINGTON, June 26—The cor
respondence between the American
State department and the foreign of
fice of Japan today simultaneously
was made public between the two
governments regarding the California
alien land law, against which the
Japanese have made strenuous ob
jections.
No settlement of the difficulty is
in sight because of the right of the
state to pass laws regarding the own
ership of land. The people of Cali
fornia are determined that the num
ber of Japanese shall not increase
and will fight every effort to allow
them to become land owners.
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FAIRBANKS, June 26—A steel
.point fell 35 feet down the shaft of
a mine on Cleary creek today and
hit Nels Larson, who was at the bot
tom of the shaft, on the head. Al
though the blow was a severe one
Larson will recover as his skull was
not cracked. The man was stunned
and had to be hauled to the surface,
where he was attended by a physician
and later brought to the hospital here
for treatment.
WESTERI
IEHBSBTTLE
SEATTLE, June 26.—The steamer
Northwestern, of the Alaska steam
ship line, sailed from here last night
a day late. The steamer has a good
cargo for northern ports. The fol
lowing Valdez passengers are on the
boat: A. Lawrence, Miss Motzkers
and two second-class.
UKT1E
■ LUMBER
WASHINGTON, June 26—The for
estry service report that 45,000,000
000 feet of lumber is produced in the
United States annually and .that the
forests of the.cOUntry would soon be
ftepeptflated but for the replanting
that is going on every year under!
the direction of the forestry service.
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/HILLCREST, Alberta, June 26.— !
The mine rescue workers have re-!
covered 191 bodies of miners caught,
4h *he explosion Dm Saturday. At
number -of -men are still missing, but!
•tto bfffpe dt totting theta Is en
tertained by the mine superintendent.
The women and children' of those!
who were killed remain about the,
shaft1 waiting for the dead to be
brought to the surface.
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CELEBRATION COMMITTEE
WILLMEET TONGHt
'We members Of the different com-;
mittees having charge of the arrange*.
PNG for the celebration to he hell:
here on July 4th, 5th and 6th, are!
reottfsted to meet this evening at thfc’
city ball to make final arrangements
Tor The Celebration on Independence
day. Business of importance aoi;
all members are requested to tft;
present. {
H. B. GLAFIN FAIL
BISfflESS IS MO
4igge«t Dry 4tood* House Com Under
Because of Hard Times—Liabili
ties Are $35,000,000.
NEW YORK, June 26—The H. B.
Clafin Company, the largest whole
sale dry goods house in the world,
failed today because of inability to
raise ready cash. The assets are
announced to be $40,000,000, mostly
in merchandise, buildings and* ac
counts receivable, whild the liabil
ities are $35,000,000.
The company own a string of 30
retail stores in different cities which'
are all effected by the failure of
today. Three thousand banks hold
the paper of the company.
The federal court today named two
receivers for the company, one of
whom is friendly to the present man
agement and control of the corpora
tion and one bitterly opposed to it,
and claiming that the conduct of the
concern has been very unbusiness
like. Each of the receivers were call
ed upon to give surety bonds amount
ing to $500000 each.
Just to what extent the failure will
effect other dry goods houses is un
known, but the banks are becoming
frightened and refuse any further
loans until the present business de
pression is over.
The announcement of the applica
tion for a receiver came without
warning, as the company has al
ways been considered solvent. H. B.
Clafin, head of the concern, stated
today that the present hard times had
hit his concern hard and that the
large stock held before the reduced
tariff schedules went into effect could
not be moved even at a loss and that
its valuation was decreasing each day,
as foreign manufactured goods, cheap
ly made, came in competition with
the American made goods manufac
tured by high-priced American help,
and of which he had a large stock,
and still more to be delivered upon
contracts of several years standing.
It is expected that the company
will be placed Upon a substantial
footing by the banks, who will be
forced to keep the business going if
they desire the return of the money
they have loaned.
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Representative of Alaska and North
west Mining Journal -Here to In
vestigate 'Our Wllnek.
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D. M. Ruggles, one of the owners
of the Alaska and Northwest Mining
Journal, published In Seattle, arriv
ed on the Alameda yesterday to In
vestigate the resources of this sec
tion with a view to publishing a spe
cial Valdez number of the Journal.
The owners of the paper have fol
lowed the policy Of making first-hand j
investigations of the conditions in
Alaska and then in the fall devote a!
special Issue to each of the sections.!
ter. Ruggles bar spent considerable,
time at Juneau, Ketchikan -and Cor
dova, and will also go to Reward.
Fairbanks and possibly to Nome. ,
The Alaska and Northwest Mining:
Journal has h large circulation among,
mining men all over the United, states
and lately has sectored ab tokmior
dinary subscription ROt from English
and French miking investors. ,
Mr. Ruggles arm spend three or
four {rifts in thin kecttob bird do-:
«&bs to ibset as of Rib min
ing Inen of fbU seOtfon a« We ban.
He can be found at the Panama ho
tel. • ,
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Engineer Ridding*, of the Alaska
road comsalsMoa, will leave in a few
days to construct a road at the Gul
kana bridge.
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Take* the City of Zacatecas—Federal
Loss 2,000 Killed, 4,000 Wounded
—Rebel Loss is Slight.
JUAREZ, June 26.—Word has been
received here that Gen. Villa and his
army captured the city of Zacatecas
on Tuesday night after a desperate
assault in which 600 rebels were kill
ed and 300 wounded, while the fed
eral loss is placed at 2,000 with 4,000
wounded.
Few of the details of the battle
have been received but it is knowrf
that many federal officers have been
captured and are held prisoners. The
wounded are being cared for and all
looting has been stopped, Gen. Villa
taking personal charge of all the
stores owned by Spaniards and oth
er foreigners and has confiscated the
goods for the use of his army.
MEXICO CITY, June 26.—The news
of the prospective appointment of a
provisional junta de gobierno as a
result of the Niagara conferences,
has been received here.
It is pointed out that such an in
stitution as a junta de gobierno is
not provided for by the Mexican con
stitution, but it is recognized that the
substance Of the proposal can be at
tained without the violation of con
stitutional forms.
Gen. Huerta can appoint a new
minister of foreign relations and a
certain number of cabinet ministers, 1
according to a prearranged plan,
leaving the other cabinet posts va
cant or in the hands of sub-secretar
ies, as is the cast at present in the
departments of foreign affairs, com
munications and agriculture. Then if
Gen. Huerta were to retire the minister
of foreign affairs would become pro
visional president, and could carry on
the government With the assistance
of the cabinet ministers, previously
appointed, it being tacitly understood
that the vote of a majority would be
decisive on all debatable uestions.
Gen. Huerta declined today to
snake any statement regarding the
reported organization of a junta de
gobierno.
MILES WALK
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Councilman White Figure* We Have
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Five Mile* of Walk* and Cross
walks Worth *17,000
Valdez has 24,700 feet of sidewalks
and) crossings according' to the
measurements made hy Councilman
Albert White, of the street commit
tee. Seventy blocks have sidewalks
and 35 crossings have been built, and
at a valuation of 60 cents a-foot the
citizens of the city have 616,440 in
vested In good walks.
It is safe to hay that Vaddez has
more sidewalk than any Alaskan town
and a great part of them were con
structed this spring, extending in
an directions along Keystone kvoibhe
bn both bides btit Alaska avenue to
the dike oh Sherman. street front -
Alaska avehue to the -end !of town, i
The «ty have cohetructed large!
crosswalks from ’block tb block 'Add'!
have 4tted in the bad Stoles bn the!
streets until the town now has ah
excellent system Of Streets.
CIVIC 1.CA4UC TO .MCjtT
♦AiXIHAOV sr^EKNOON,
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The VaMea CMc League wHl meek
at the cSty hall heat Saturday after-j
hoofc at * O’clock and ad' members
of the lehgfee are requested to' at
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Subscribe tor Uio Prospector.
AVIATOR CLEARS
MOUNT WHITNEY
Christoff orson Flies Over California
Mountain, Which Is 16,000
Feet High.
INDEPENDENCE, Cal., June 26
Aviator Chrlstofferson last evening
flew over Mount Whitney, which is
16,000 feet high. Thousands of
spectators watched the flight and saw
the airman climb over the peak, dis
appearing on the other side, and soon
after it was announced that he had
made a safe descent.
The. flying machine appeared only
as a fly speck to the spectators as it
passed over the summit.
SAMPS] LEAVES
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SEATTLE, June 26—The steamer
Sampson, of the Admiral Line, left
here last night for Valdez with a
big list of round trippers and also a
number of Valdez passengers. The
Sampson will go to Ship creek with
freight and passengers.
The following passengers are on
the boat for Valdez: E. D. Austin,
C. Mossman, Mrs. Squires and child,
J. Agrosky, Pete Black, John Byers,
Viola lByers, J. Shotwell, C. Ander
son, Frank Simsick.
RAD PRISM
JS IASANE
Paul Rasyiaka, of Cordova, who is
serving a term in the local jail for
indecent exposure, was found insane
yesterday by a jury before Judge
Love and will be taken to Portland on
the first steamer by Deputy Marshal
Sam Brightwell, who is now to the
westward.
m miles
SEATTLE, June 26.—The steamer:
Victoria returned from Nome list
night, bringing ¥260,060 worth of gold
from the spring cleanup. The Vic
toria reports that much of the dam
age of last spring has been'repaired
and that the businessmen of Nome
look forward to a prosperous season.
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FAIRBANKS, June 26—The News
boy mine has again shut down, as the;
Jqassee cannot make it pay expenses..
The ore. is uncertain and the values j
do not hoi dup. Manager Drury, whoi
operated the Newsboy, has leased the
Rainbow quartz mine on Skoogy
gulch, wbich he will operate.
Robinson Crusoe*
R jbinson CrusOe in three reels at
the Orpheum tonight. De Foe found-,
od this story Of adventure and ex
citement from the experiences of a.
Scottish saNor named Alexander Sel
kirk, who Was wrecked and liVed on,
the tropical desert lsNtad of Juan
Fernandes, with cMy his parfot and
dog for companions, until he meet*
* young cannibal, Whom he refccue*
from death and names Friday. After
Your years Mid four Months of kA4
Venture Selkirk was found and reach
ed cirllfsatlon.
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The glacier water 1s running hank
high at the low bridge and threatens
to wash out several bents.
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Say* Big Business Is Fault of Present
Depression—Crops Be Excep
tionally Heavy.
WASHINGTON, June 26.—In a
speech to the editors of Virginia
President Wilson today stated that
everything pointed to a business boom
in the United States and that the
crops this year will be exceptional
ly heavy from present indications,
the winter wheat exceeding the larg
est yield of previous banner years;
that com and other crops would be
good and that In spite of the ef
forts of the southern planters to keep
down the crop of cotton it also would
be heavy. t
The president also stated that the
trust legislation recently passed by
the House and now in the Senate
Srould place business upon a safe and
Sahe footing and would relieve the *
uncertainty. The president also
charged that big business was mak
ing the present hard times to discred -
it the administration with the peo
ple so that the Democratic party
might be defeated at the fall election.
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o« cm DOCK
Annual Overhauling Completed—New
Float Built—Councilman King
In Charge.
The annual overhauling of the city
dock has been finished and chair
man Harry King, of the Wharf com
mittee, has made a good job of it.
New fender piling have been driven
and are sunk 35 and 40 feet into
the mud. New piling on the outer
edge have been driven and placed
tii'* ;r the decking, because the tore
does each year destroy the piles. A
new float has been constructed at
which the small boats may land and
the (Id float is being placed on the
side of the dock for the use. of row
boats.
The repairs to the dock have cost
between $600 and $700. The work
was done under the direction of Al
derman King, who takes a keen in
terest in maintaining the dock in
good condition, especially now that
tbe fishing fleet have started to make
foeir headquarters here and will op
erate from Valdez.
uBfitfuin
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'Dr. Council, of RUilretd Town, Wire*
That He Can Secure a Good
Teaih and Will Come.
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The following message wfca teceiv- |
ed this morning from CO'rSbVa:
to, kf. Wilson, Valdes:
CqFdovk tieiun will go to Valdes for
'g&Hfo ^uiy Sth if gusirfch'tee stfli holds.
Wire. W. W. COUNCIL.
Manager WUson, of the Valdes t
team, immediately wired to Cordova
that the Offer , was open and to “come <
oO. hoys," and a game wifi be played
between the hoys from the railroad
town and Valdes on July Sth. It Is
also expected that a series of games
can be played between Valdes, Fort
Llscum and Cordova.
J. Shotwell is returning on the
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