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vol g VALDEZ, ALA8KA, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1913. NO. 130.
REPORT CHEKEY
SUCCEED DULY
Has Been Made Member of Na
tional Committee and in Con
sultation With Wilson
The Prospector yesterday wired
its correspondent at Seattle to
ascertain if possible if Z. R.
Cheney had been elected a mem
ber of the Democratic national
committed, and a reply received
this morning reads as follows:
“Cheney apparently chosen na
tional Democratic committeeman
for Alaska; dispatches from
Washington speak of him as
such and he has conferred with
President Wilson, but Alaskans
in Seattle are as yet unnotified of
the selection.”
Judge Winn, of Juneau, is now
in Washington with a strong
protest against the selection of
Cheney, charging him with affili
ation with the Shackleford ring
in Republican politics in the ter
ritory.
BALLAINE TELLS
WHAT HE KNOWS
Seward Promoter Testifies in Coal
Fraud Cases That Morgan
Was Interested.
Chicago. March 1.1.—John R.
Ballaine, Ihc Scaltic promoter of
Alaska projects, lestilieil in I he
Malamiska coal fraud proseeu
I ions today. He told ol selling
Ihc Alaska Cculcal railroad. now
the Alaska Northern, to lhe syn
dicate headed hy A. C. Frosl in
December, I WO 4.
This syndicate was liuauced by
the Sovereign Bank of Canada, in
which J. Picrpont Morgan owned
a one-third interest. Duncan M.
Stewart was manager of the bank
and closely allied with Frost.
After Frost failed in 1908 I lie
Sovereign Blank of Canada went
into liquidation. It had 76
branches, and when it suspended
payment it was understood that
Morgan field the best of its se
curities.
Morgan may be subpoenaed to
testify in the case.
INSURANCE CO’S.
GET THE BUNK
Arson King Confesses He Collect
ed $500,000 With the Aid
of Forty Merchants.
Chicago, March 13.—John Dan
iels, the arson king, today con
fessed that he had, with the as
sistance of id Chicago merch
ants, defrauded the insurance
companies out of $500,000.
Daniels was the ringleader of
a gang who, aided hy the merch
ants, would insure for thousands
of dollars slock they never own
ed and when the insurance ad
juster would investigate the
merchants would show on their
hooks a sale of goods to Daniels
or his associates, thus convinc
ing (tie companies it was a hona
tide loss.
The merchants implicated hy
Daniels will he indicted and also
brought to account.
NEWSPAPER LAW
BE ENFORCED
Senator Burleson Determined on
Vigorously Enforcing the
Publicity Law.
Washington, 1>. G., March 13.—
Senator Burleson, the author of
the newspaper publicity law
passed at the March session of
congress, is determined to en
force the act and has called upon
the new Democratic attorney gen
eral and postmaster general ask
ing for vigorous enforcement of
the act.
Postmaster General Hitchcock
opposed the law and the New
York papers have appealed from
the enforcement of the act. The
matter is now up to the supreme
court and a decsion is expected in
a few weeks as to the constitu
tionality of the law. If upheld
the Postoft'ice department will re
fuse the mails to any newspaper
refusing to publish a list of its
owners and its indebtedness.
ADRIADOPIE IS
EXPECTED FALL
Lack of Food and Shortage of
Ammunition Expected to
Force Surrender.
London, Man'll Id. Tin- war
depart menl is In receipt of in -
format ion from Oonstanl inople
tlicit tin* city of Adriaimple is ex
| perlcil In fall in a ilay or two.
The fooil supplies have dually
given out. the ammunilion is cx
hausleil ami the Turkish army in
the city are negotiating for lernrs
of peace.
The Turks have exhausted ev
ery effort to save Adrianople, as
it is considered by them a holy
city, hut the Bulgars have invest
ed the city from the beginning of
the present war and are determ
ined lo capture if and hold il.
SAND IN THE SUGAR
AND 8ALT IN THE BEDS
Chicago,' * March 13.—Hotel
managers are on the alert for any
manifestations on the part of
dissatisfied employes. This was
a refsult of the tactics which Wal
ter M. Eggemian,' and apostle of
(he Industrial Workers of the
World, admits he has in mind in
his agitation to precipitate a
"strike.”
“The easiest way to affect ho
tel magnates is to cut down their
profits. The easiest way to do
this is to dissatisfy their guests,”
Eggeman said.
“And these ways of dissatisfy
ing guests are simple and numer
ous. We'll slip sand in the sug
ar. our waiters and cooks will.
We’ll put salt in their beds, drop
dishes on their beads: we’ll put
sugar and tobacco in the salt,
ammonia in the water.”
Uncle Sam’s Gigantic Canal.
The Panama Canal at the Or
pheuni tonight, Friday eve and at
Saturday's matinee for those who
cannot attend the evening shows.
This picture is beyond description
and there is not a resident in
Valdez hul should see it.
Attention, Moose.
Special business tonight and
nomination of officers. All mem
bers requested to be present.
Mrs. I,. L. Middlocamp is the
guest of Mrs. Robert Weeks and
will remain in Valdez for a few
days. -
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FRESH FISH just in from down
the. sound--black bass, herring,
red snapper, tnoul Qnd halibut at
the Valdez Cafe.
NEW DEFENSE
FOH MURDER
Mother Jones Claims She Has
Right to Kill in War With
Capital.
Paint Creek, Va., March 13.—
Mother Jones and 50 others of
the striking m,ine laborers, who
are on trial here before the mili
tary court in Virginia, charged
with the murder of many otTicers
and strikebreakers and the de
struction of property, pleaded to
day that it was not murder, but
that the killing was done in war
fare.
Every effort has been made to
take the cases from the military
court and bring it into the civil
courts of the state, but without
success. The right to kill is now
claimed because it is a war be
tween labor and the hirelings of
the capitalists.
fills Peysner will leave for the
interior in the morning.
NO DOUBT ABOUT
THE VALDEZ DIKE
Senator Jones, of Washington,
Wires That Appropriation
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Went Through.
•Inneau. TVfarrh I—TIi.* fol
lowing corroborating- cable was
received loday by Delegate \\ ick
ersliani:
“Kifly-live lliousand secured in
army lull for Valdez." Signed W .
I.. Jones.
This conlirms previous advices
and shows (lovernor dark's in
formation lo I he ronlrarj is in
error.
HOYLK and INGHAM.
This message to K. K. Hitcliie,
received this afternoon, indicates
that Gov. Clark has been dissem
inating the notion that the Val
dez dike item failed. No rumor
of that kind had disturbed Val
dez. but it helps some to have
the assurance of Senator Jones
that the appropriation was made.
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A. B. CONVENTION
MET INJOUGLAS
Douglas, March 13.^—The Arc
tic Brotherhood convention call
ed to rescind the order of the
(irand Lodge at Vancouver B. C„
last fall, allowing charters to
lodges in Seattle and Vancouver,
niet herd yesterday and perfect
ed a preliminary organization.
The sentiment for an amend
ment to the constitution prohib
iting the granting of a charter to
any lodge below 51 is unanimous.
Jury Says That Elk is Sane. -
Ed. Elk, of Eliamar, was given
a trial litis afternoon before
Judge Shepard its to his sanity
and was declared sane. E. Y.
Ta.'lor, Neil O’Connor, Charles
Millard, Joe Bell. (Seorge While
and W. A. Soule const iluled the
jury. C. E. Bunnell successfully
defended I he defendant.
Many attended the dance at
Moose haW last night and re
mained until an early hour this
morning.
Abe Bell left this morning for
Mold creek to.assist in taking.the
supplies of the Bud.Mining com
pany up into fluid creek basin.
The Panama jOaual at the Or-,
pheum tonight.
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MORE OF STATES !
WILL PROBE VICE!
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Intersting Doings at Chicago j
Will Start Other States to
• Study “Sports.”
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Spring field, HI., March 13—The
O’Hara vice committee reconven
ed here today after its study of
conditions among the women
wage earners of Chicago, in whose
interest a bill bad been introduc
ed providing a minimum wage of
$12 a week. Lieut. Gov. O’Hara
has received letters from the gov
ernors of 1 i states who congrat
ulate him upon the success of his
investigalions, and who promise
to start a probe in their own
states to discover the reasons for
the many women “turning out."
Legislation will be enacted in
many states providing for a min
imum wage.
Sail Lake City, March 13.—
The house today passed a bill
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FERGUSON OAS
STRONG SUPPORT
Champ Clark and the Entire Con
gressional Delegation From
Missouri Will Aid.
— —
Friends hI' Itohcrl Ferguson,
now in Washington, received in
I he Iasi mail in formal ion I hat I tie
entire Missouri congressional
delegal ion. Speaker Champ Clark,
and .lames T. I.loyd, the Demo
Icralic national committeeman for
Missouri, had all endorsed iris ap
plication* for I lie position of Un
ited Stales Marshal in this di
vision.
The information is also con
tained that the support he is re
ceiving from influential Alaskans
on the outside is very gratifying.
Delegate Wickorsham and Fal
con Joslin, it is claimed hy Fer
guson’s friends, will give their
aid. Mr. Ferguson is now in
Washington pressing his appli
cation.
ANOTHER PARADE
BY SUFFRAGETTES
New York, March 13.—The wo
men suffragettes have announc
ed that they will hold the largest
parade ever given by them in this
city on the third of May, and that
women from every state in the
Union will be represented. If the
plans now under way carry the
parade will be' a monster affair
with 20,000 women in line.
After Cannery Hands.
Seattle, March 13.—Scarcity of
cannery hands for Alaskan plants
to be operated this season is said
to be responsible for the steam
ship Yucatan, of the North Pa
cific Meet, being outlined at San
Francisco for a voyage to Hono
lulu to gal tier up natives of the
islands and Filipinos. These have
been engaged on sugar, banana
and pineapple plantations, audit
is thought that planters will op
pose the move as they del two
years ago.
Ed. Elk. Fred f.illigren, (ins
Hoghloom ami l„ L. Middlecamp
left this afternoon for Ellamar.
James Fielder, of Ellamar, is
in town mi a short business I rip.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
NEW YORK MAYOR
MAY BE PINGRED
Gaynor Says Joseph Pulitzer
Made Fortune by Blackmail
and Son Wants Arrest.
New York, March l.'t.—A war
rant was asked today for the ar
rest of Mayor Gaynor, the Tam
many mayor of this city, by the
owner of the New York World,
because Ga>4nor had said in a
public speech that Joseph t'u
litzer, the former owner and
father of the present owners of
the World, had made' his money
by blackmailing.
Suit will also be brought in the
civil courts for damages for libel.
The World and many other New
York papers are fighting Gaynor,
claiming that the mayor’s office
and Tammany are in alliance and
that Gaynor is trying to shield
the police in their grafting on
the underworld.
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State Abolishes Capital Punish- |
ment After Long Fight—Is
the Sixth State to Do So.
Olympia. Wash.. .March Id.—
The stale legislature Imlay pass
ed lie hill providing that no more
hangings shall lake place in
I Washington and il was iinmedi-J
lately signed b\ Governor 1.ester.
The light to prevent legal killings
jin this stale has heen going on
lor many years and was finally
areomplished today.
I Washington is the sixth stale
in the Union lo abolish hanging
j for murder.
Poisoned by Blue Pencil.
New York.*—When O-yejtri-oKI i
Mildred Schwartz arrived at her
home from the Kindergarten her
lips and tongue were discolored.
Questioned by her mother, the
child said she had put a blue pen
cil in her mouth. The discolor
ation was washed from her lips
and tongue and Mildred apparent
ly was as well as ever. She went
lo school two days. Then the
mother noticed the child seemed
to be stupid, but Mildred insisted
on going to school. In the after
noon she became violently ill in
her class-room. She was taken
to her home and Dr. Cleisler. the
family physician, called. The j
doctor saw at once that Mildred
was suffering from some sort of
poison, tint the nature of tin* poi
smi be did not determine until
•ale ’ -sierday, when Mildied told
of the lead pencil she had pm m
tier mouth.
“Did you swallow any of 'ne
lead?" she was asked.
She said she had swallowed a i
small piece and Dr. (ileisle- .!•>- I
cided she was suffering Irom |
acute lead poisoning. Every an
tidote known to science was ap
plied. but the little girl grew
weaker as the day wore on and
in the afternoon she died.
.1. Y. Ostrander, of Cordova, is
now on his way lo Washington |
to further his application for the j
judgeship of the Third division. |
I'Olt RENT—Six room house on ]
'Hobart street. Apply to Lieut. |
Weeks at Hie Road Commission i
office.
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Easter Millinery
Arrived on the Sampson. A fine j
new and up-to-date line of East^
eff millinery at Harvey’s Toggerv®
Keinke. expert repairer, at the i
Valdez Drug company.
SANALIO SECEDES
FROM MEXICO
Conditions in Mexico Worse Than
at Any iTme Since Diaz
Was Exiled.
Mexico City, March 13.—The
state of Sanalio has seceded from
the Mexican federation of stales
and Governor Teames has been
appointed provisional governor.
The federal troops in the state
ha^e all ^surrendered or 'jbcon
driven out of Sanalio into Duau
go.
Sonora. Chihuhua and Sinalio
constitute the three northwest
erly states of Mexico and all three
are now in the hands of the se
cessionists. Sonora borders on
Arizona, Chihuhua on New Mex
ico, and Sanalio is a Pacific coast,
state bordering on Sonora. The
three states have an estimated
population of a million people
and are rich in mjineral wealth,
which is largely owned by for
eigners.
DOINGS OF THE
LEGISLATURE
Senator Millard Wants Light
houses—Ingersoll Replies
to Wickersham.
-Imictm. .Man'll !•>. A* Ilia
iiii'H ing' of Ihc legislai iii' >
lerda> Seiialor Millanl ini "ml iI
a memorial lo ennures> a-king
I'm' the establishment <>!' a new
light house ilist riel for Alaska ami
the construction of lighthouses
a| ('.ape Spencer, the entrance to
the inside passage of ley Straits,
also a light id I lie enlra ice to
Resurrection hay and for other
aids to navigation along the coast
o t Alaska.
The resolution was referred to
the committee for consideration
and will he taken up as soon ns
reported.
Representative Ingersoll replied
to the bitter personal attack made
upon him by the delegate be
cause of his criticism of the or
ganic act and defended his posi
tion. Wickersham’s uncalled for
action lias post him many friends
in this city, who deplore his at
tack.
ILLINOIS DEADLOCK
STILL UNBROKEN
James Hamilton Lewis Makes a
Formal Protest Against Eight
Ballots No Quorum.
Springfield, III.. Mail'll III —The
n in I li ballot of the joint houses
of the Illinois legislature was
taken today without a successor
being chosen to Shclh> Moore
C.ullom. .lames H. Lewis, the
Democratic nominee, formally
protested against the eighth bal
lot being taken, as tic asserted no
tpiorum was present. The bal
lot, however, was taken
Kvrry effort has been mad" to
break the deadlock, but x'ithoul
success. A deal was on between
the Republicans and Hull Moose
to elect L. Y. Sherman, Repub
lican, for the long term, and
£rank H. Funk, late Progressive
candidate for governor, for the
short term, but it seems to have
fallen through.