MEXICAN REBELS
ME THE MINES
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Owned By American and French Cit
izen* and Will Operate Them
for the Rebel*.
EAGLE PASS, Tex., May 28 —The'
rebel forces have seized five mines
owned and operated by American and
French capitalists and have announ
ced that hereafter the mines, which
are situated near Sabinas, and are
hie largest in Mexico, will be oper
ated by the constitutionalists in the
interest of the people, the money to
be turned over to the government as
earned.
All the working force of foreigners
at the properties have been expelled
and the rebels are endeavoring to
operate the mines with Mexicans and
such foreigners as can be secured,
but who were not associated with the
former owners.
WASHINGTON, May 28.—The own
ers of the Mexican and French mines
at Sabinas, in northern Mexico, have
appealed to the State department for
" aid to prevent the confiscation of the
properties by the bands of outlaws
who are endeavoring to steal the
mines and operate them in the in
terest of robber bands known as reb
els or constitutionalists. The State
department has promised an investi
gation and has telegraphed to its
• onsular agents to look int othe mat
ter.
HEIiMS
If HIS VOICE
Refuses to Testify Before the Inter
state Commerce Commission Re
garding New Haven Road.
NEW YORK, May 28.—William
Rockefeller, who is wanted by the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
testify regarding the inside manipu
lations of the New Haven railroad
while he acted as a director of the
corporation, has refused to appear,
claiming that his voice is in such
condition that he cannot speak and
that his health would be seriously en
dangered if he is forced to appear in
a crowded court room.
Several doctors have testified that*
the voice of the capitalist is failing
and that he is not in condition to
talk. Six months ago the Senate lobby
investigAtorawptWialao: balked' by»Mr,»
Rockefeller on the same, grounds and
they sent a doctor to the bedside of
the capitalist, hut .his report alsasus-i
twined that Of the physicians- in at
tendance. Y t ■■ r„ .,
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The merchants of Valdez have
a greed t», close tbek places of b»nl-;
' ness on Saturday at noon In order
that the olerks .may atd tn the mem.-,
orial services to -be held In honor..of
the dea£ by the lodges -of Valdez.
The Prospector will not Issue on Sat
urday, as the cable office will ob
serve Sunday hours. In order that
the stores may be able >t». cloaej
promptly at noon all who have or
ders to be filled shpujd telephone
them In oq Friday gwjistve *&£ *oys
a: chance to «et> through earlyt .<
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Tom Quinn, superintendent of the'
Alaska Water, Light and Telephone
d^faphtty, has sold hla residence on
McKinley strwt to Jack McLean, of
tjie Northern. .
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V, Patsy Hogan is In town from Port
t Wells.
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Party On Way to Circus Lose Lives
at Snohomish Bridge, Near "Ever
ett—Bodies Crushed.
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EVERETT, Was’ ., May 28.—Four
men in an automobile, while riding
to a circus, were killed here last
night when the machine in which they
were riding went over the bridge that
spans the Snohomish river and drop
ped 40 feet, hitting on the rocks be
low, smashing the machine and
crushing the bodies of the men until
they were unrecognizable.
The accident was witnessed by a
number of autoists who were near
the bridge, but when, they reached,
the scene found that nothing could
be done as all four men were dead.
The accident was due to reckless'
driving, all of the party being under
the influence of liquor.
EASTERN PEOPLE
ARE SWELTERING
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Hottest May Day In History of New
York Reported—Washington City
Hot as Hades.
WASHINGTON, May 28.—The peo
ple of this city are sweltering, the
hospitals are filled with citizens who
have been overcome by the intense
heat and the weather forecasters re
fuse to predict cooler weather for
some time, in fact they assert that
the present hot weather will be even
worse before it becomes better.
The death ^loll today and yester
day is placed at 11 and the hospitals
are unable to care for all the pati
ents brought from the streets.
NEW YORK, May 28.—The hot
wave now' general throughout the
East has taken its usual number of
deaths in this city. The ice merch
ants are reaping a tremendous har
vest and have raised the price of ice
to almost double what it was last
week, claiming that a shortage exists.
The police have been ordered to al
low the people to sleep in the parks,
which are nightly crowded with for
eigners from the East side ten^pients,
while it is estimated that 360,000
people went to Coney Island yester
day and last night to seek relief from
the heat along the ocean beach.
The death toll here has been placed
at 27 persons. The thermometer reg
istered 102 in the shade and is the1
hottest May 4ay on; record..
INDIANAPOLIS, May 28.—With the
thermometer at 102 business in this
city is almost pptlrely suspended, tbe
people refusing, to,make any efTort to
work.- The streets are deserted and
many have sought, refuge in the coun
try In hopes of enjoying a few life
giving zephyrs. ;■
Jack Ryder and C. M. Johns arriv
ed from Montague Island yesterday,
where they have been , prospecting.
They report that the Japanese cur
rant lauds, hay* valuable,,prood and,
wreckage-tram all parts'of the. Pacific
ocran nh tha. bflac^.wltene tjiey were
camped. —** • -.
PORTSMOUTH. Sng* May 28.—The,
entire-fleet In this port, one hundred
warships, fired a slmultaneouus sa
lute today in honor of the birthday
at-, the:, queen i«f, England.
Dance Tonight.
Special dance tonight at Eagle hall
in honor of visitors off the Sampson ?
ROOSEVELT WOULD
HIVE THEN MINES
Testifies That In 1902 He Was Pre
'' pared to Operate Mines in
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Pennsylvania.
NEW YORK, May 28—Colonel
Roosevelt, former president of the
United States, was a witness today
in the suit of Attorney Wales against
President White and the United Mine
Workers. Wales is suing for his fees
eafned during the strike of the an
thracite coal miners in Pennsylvania
in 1902. The former president tes
tified that he had planned to have
troops seize the coal mines and work
them in order to settle the strike and
that, he would have done so had the
operators remained obstinate.
Wales represented the mine work
ers during the strike and has never
received his fees, for which he is now
suing. Ex-president Roosevelt was
called to prove that Wales had con
sulted with him regarding a settle
ment and had appeared for the min
ers at their suggestion, making the
preliminary arrangements for the
workers.
UNDSEYHOPES TO
SEE HELLER
Would Settle Strike in Colorado By
Telling Owners True Condi
tions, He Says
NEW YORK, May 28.—Judge Ben
Lindsey, of Denver, who is still in
this city trying to interview J. D.
Rockefeller, Jr„ in the hopes of set
tling the strike in the Colorado coal
fields, which has already cost one
hundred lives, besides the great dam
age to property, estimated at $5,000,
000; the loss of wages to the work
ers of the state, and the cost to the
taxpayers for the maintenance of the
state guards in the strike zone.
The Denver judge is now hopeful
that he can reach Rockefeller and lay
before him the results, of the investi
gation by the women of Denver and
by the independent investigators who
have gone into the strike zone to se
cure first hand information. He is
hopeful that should the real facts be
presented to the owners of the mines
they would make an investigation of
their own and not depend upon the
reports of the managers of the mines,
who have interests to serve and who
<are biased. -
: i Judge Lindsey will remain a few
days longer. He says he does not
ifear a recall by the people, of his
>home city.
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Party Will Leave Seattle Early Next
Month for Pribllof lalanda to
Take befieut.
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SEATTLE, May 28.—The revenue
cutter McCulloch will leave here ear-3
Jy In July with the party of men
pent to take a census of the seal
herd on the Pribllof islands in or-'
dpr that the government asay.knew
If . the dosed season hap agcpmalisfer)
pd spy tpud--’ »'■ v..'v <»' r
; Th§ cuitpr will sail direct to the!
Islands and wlil remain as long ad
paces sary to jfcpilhWstlapMon*
desired.by th« Secretary of Com
merce, who .haa chpjrgp p* the.Js
lands and the care of the sepl.
PEACE Envoys ~
Provisional President to Be Elected
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By Present Congress From List
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Submitted.
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont., May 28.—
The mediators-representing' the Un
ited States and Mexico have practi
cally agreed upo” all matters in dis
pute. The envtvs are now prepar
ing a list of Mexicans who are elig
ible to be elected provisional presi
dent of Mexico by the Mexican con
gress now In session. Huerta is im
mediately to turn over his authority
to the newly elected provisional pres
ident.
General Carranza, the leader of the
constitutionalists, has not been con
sulted by the peace envoys and it. is
doubtful if he. will agree to the elec
tion of a provisional president by the
congress now in session, and in that
event the United States is pledged
to aid the provisional government and
may be forced to intervene in Mexico.
The troops at Vera Cruz are tore
main until the final election and the
establishment of peaceful conditions.
USED TUE MONEY
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Needed It to Develop Solona Section
’to Secure Traffic for the
Traction Line.
MEW YORK, May 28.—Ex -presi
dent Patrick Calhoun, of the United
Railway System of San Francisco, in
a signed statement issued here yes
terday, admits that while acting as a
director of the company $2,000,000 of
company money was used by hint to
open up and develop the Solona ir
rigated farms district, because, as he
points out, the company’s influence in
San Francisco had been hampered and
Us income was threatened and there
fore the district if developed would
bring increased income to the United
Traction company.
Calhoun predicts ruin of the trac
tion company because of municipal
competition, as the taxpayers are pay
ing for,.the deficit of the roads now
operated in opposition to private lineB.
The privately owned road pays the
City millions of dollars ia taxes, pays
part of the upkeep of the city streets
between the tracts, pays for thepriv
ilege of opening streets and extend
their lines to distant and sparsely set
tled sections for .busines#, while the
municipal lines pax nothing to the
cjijy but are a drain on the taxpay
ers a«d operate only in the sections;
In, which the business is plentiful.
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Says Alaska is the Promised Land for
YdunfMeri and Will Have Mil
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SEATTLE. May 28.—Governor J. F.
A. Strong, of- Alaska, wae> the guest
last evening of the Sourdough Club
of Washington University. The Club*
i» emsmA f* (1*9 have Uwg
In ^laska.a niupber of years and aj
few members of the chib were bornj
I* th* aprtf r a ii * « »>i !
n-Ths governor told the members of|
tije^luh a»A,their *uwtg, that Alaska
was the land of promise for th«
young man who was willing to work
(Continued on »Kge <.)
W. Guerin and Four Other Surveyors.
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t? Be Landed—Many Seek Post
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tions on Railroad Survey.
SEATTLE, May 28.—The steamer
Alameda, which leaves here on May
30, will call at Portage Bay after
leaving Valdez to land W. Guerin and
a party of four surveyors with a camp
outfit and supplies. These men will
spend the summer in the Portage bay
section.
i The office of the Alaska railway
commission is besieged by thousands
of men who want jobs and who will
not believe that the commission have
filled all places. A detail of police
had to be sent to the Alaska build
ing to keep back the crowds and also
several have been stationed in the
office itself to prevent disorders as
the men are notified that they are
not needed.
may Indict
George Baker and William Skinner,
Bankers, Corroborate Mellen and
Say Road Was Looted.
NEW YORK, May 28.—Former
Governor Joseph W. Folk of Missouri,
chief counsel of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, today examined
George Baker, president of the Na
tional City Bank of this city, and a
close personal friend of the late J.
P. Morgan, who corroborated in ev
ery respect the testimony given by
Charles S. Mellen, the former presi
dent of the New Haven, who had
told of the stock deals of the Wall
street bankers, who manipulated the
stock up and down and sold the rail
road company many side lines, trol
ely roads and steamship lines at ex
orbitant prices and which they had
purchased at low figures.
The testimony of Baker came as a j
suprise after the statement made by
J. P. Morgan,; who said his father’s
books and . those of the banking house
would disprove all the statements of
Mellen.
William Skinner, one Of the larg
est bankers In the city, was also ex
amined and he likewise corroborated
Mellen and Baker. It is j»,ow cer
tain, that, Indictments will be found
against many of the bankers and di
rectors and It la possible that Morgan
himself may be indicted, besides be
ing sued by the company and forced
;to reimburse the stockholders for the
amounts looted,.from the New Haven
.treasury. ..
Jacob Riis Dead.
BARRE, Mass., May 28.—Jacob
Riis, the newspaper writer and lec
turer, died here yesterday after an:
illness of two months.
Tonight at the Orpheum.
A fine Bronco tyo-reel drama, The
Way of a Mother, also g Tfeaahauser,
Her Sister’s Secret, at the Orpheum
.tonight. •>, • •'•••
Chas. Kraemer left this morning for1
the,,iGold KJng. . ... . ' |
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PORTSMOUTH, Eng.. May 28 —
Tfw» mm t&wm* ?Yb o»«.chi4i*M«r,
f9f tfce
tyre.yeartfdijr.fwni^ appropriate b«i
jbr » law* <>wm*
and hig^ gftrerwgant .oficjai*, b*al4**
a number of society women.
IN THE COURTS
'Frisco Court Sends Back to Nome.for
Retrial—Claimed Gold Stolen
from' Sluice 'Boxes.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 28.—The
circuit court for the Ninth division,
today upset the demurrers to the
complaiqt of the Pioneer Gold Mining
Company in its efforts to secure the
$14,000 alleged to have been stolen
from the sluice boxes by John Tiberg,
a miner who was in the campany’s
employ.
Judge Murane, at Nome, had sus
tained the demurrers to the com
plaint, but the company had appeal
ed to the circuit court with the re
sult that the miner lost and the cast
must now go back to Nome for a re
trial upon the merits of the com -
plaint.
The gold was deposited by Tiberg
in the assay office at Seattle, but was
attached by the company and is now
held by the United States marshal
pending the decision of the suit.
Tiberg was indicted for robbing the
sluice boxes, but was acquitted and
the gold was turned over to him up
on the orders of the circuit court,
which reversed Murane, who would
have given the dust to the Pioneer
Gold Mining Company, claiming that
the evidence showed the guilt of the
miner. Then the company sued for
it, and It is this suit which is now
being tried.
HELPMES
10 HELP VALDEZ
Buy the Trees and Plants They Will
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Offer for Sale at Cost to Make
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Valdez Beautiful.
The Valdez Civic League, compos
ed of public-spirited women of this
city, will hold a public sale of trees,
plants anfi shrubs at the city hall
Saturday afternoon at 2:30. The trees
will be sold at cost and if desired
the league will have them planted
where wanted at a very small addi
tional cost. Potted plants for the
home and the garden will also. be
Offered.
The league plan to make Valdez a
beautiful city and are looking ahead
to jthp time when the streets will be
lined, with trees and gardens filled
witl» flowers.! i.
For the busy man or woman the
league will take all the responsibil
ity and will superintend the plant
ing of the trees. The sale takes place
Saturday at, 2:30. Don’t fail to do
your share and help the ladies to
make Valdez a beautiful city.
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miral Line, will reach Valdez at 9:110
tonight from the westward. The boat
:^cst called at Cordova to give the
(oitgr business men of Puget Sound an
opportunity. to see Miles and Childs
glaciers, which they, were unable to
yislt.on the trip up, as.the railroad
line was out of commission. The boat
yrill not remain here over an hour.
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Attention, Moose.
* Regular- meeting of the Moose to
night- ,>U lWWNra. m to
preset Jfc.jfljMiatge tpijnmwprhil
perricgy., , r .,<i
D. F. MILLARD, Secretary.
torn Quinn, has JV»ving his
flyer ^vgshx^edrhMayiMh 4Ppedy for
jsumiher cruises. **
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