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V0L 10 VALDEZ, ALA8KA, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1914. NO 135.
.. SIEGEL STORES
ARE ALL CLOSED
District Judge Refuses to Allow Them
^ •' to Remain Open When Indict
ments Are Returned.
NEW YORK, March 13.—Judge
Learned Hand, of the United States
district court, today ordered the two
New York stores of the Siegel Stores
corporation closed following the find
ing of 50 indictments against Henry
Siegel and Frank Vogel, the owners
of the stores.
The closing of the Simpson-Craw
ford store and the Siegel Company
store on 14th street has put 3,000 ;
people out of work.
The creditors of the company had
hoped to continue the business, as
the good will of both stores was reck
oned as worth hundreds of thousands
of dollars and because pf the clpsing
^ down of the establishments theit j
value has dropped to just the sale
value of the stock and fixtures at a :
forced sale.
The business houses who have sold
/ to the Siegel department stores of- j
fered to pay all the bank depositors
30 per cent and give them notes with
a mortgage security for the balance,
but before the deal could be put
through the court ordered the stores
w. closed and it is not expected that any
’ plan can now be arranged to save the
depositors or the mercantile creditors.
REBELS ADVANCE
UPON TORREON
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Will Attack Federal Stronghold at
Once—Foreigners Warned to
Leave City.
MEXICO CITY. March 13--General
Villa, commander of the rebel troops,
<Pt" is approaching Tcgreon with his army
and the authorities here expect the
greatest battle of the year will soon
te fought. Heavy reenforcements have
been dispatched from here to the
r a i.e of the expected battle and Gen.
f H • i ta expects to defeat the poorly
Uaiiud and ill-disciplined rebel army
Gen. Villa has announced that he
will attack the city with a large nuiu- i
Iyer of aeroplanes and the army avia
tors will drop bombs down upon the
city. * i
Acting under instructions from ,
President Huerta, the federal com
mander of Torreon has warned all
foreigners 10 leave the city immedi- :
ately.
- THE SPIRIT CITY
CELEBRATE SOON
f
Chamber of Commerce Will Have
Charge of Affair—Decide to Hold
It on March 21.
SEATTLE, March 13.—The celebra
tion Rjanped in This city Ijecause ot
the passage 9/ t£e Chaptbeflnin rail
road bill wi|l tajte place here on the
evening of March 21. It will be the
greatest affair in the history of the
town. The merchants are preparing
large floats and a pig parade will be
arranged.
Special committees of the Chamber
pY cotnmfi,ce are wprking' put the
y details and the Finance Committee
lars to defray the cost of the wptk.
"4 Music! Mpplcl Mp-sjc!
Ail the latest popular must: at the
Valdez Drug Start.
Senate Will InvejMiatf tfcf gpepeh
of Ambassador Pao? at b-ppdpn
About Monrpf Pppfrifl*
WASHINGTON, Afgrcij 13.—The
United States Senate today ordered
an investigation into the speech made
by Ambassador Page at Lpp(l°n re
cently in which the American repre
sentative stated that the Monroe doc
trine merely meant that the United
Slates would prevent ally power from
securing more land in North or South
America.
This version of the doctrine given
by the accredited representative of
tlie United States caused the foreign
governments to ask of the State de
partment an explanation, as they de
sired to know if this was meant as a
threat.
FAMOUS BANDIT
SAYS BE GOVERNOR
Served Ten years in Penitentiary and
Was Famous Outlaw—Promises
Good Government.
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 13.—An
nouncing his platform in a statement
that takes up barely ten lines of sin
gle-column printed matter, Al. Jen
nings who served ten years in the
Ohio penitentiary, and former leader
of the famous Jennings gang of In
dian Territory outlaws, is taking lirsl
place among the seven men who have
already formally entered the race for
the Democratic nomination for gover
nor of Oklahoma. Jennings is being
bitterly fought by the socalled Dem
ocratic machine. ll:s race, barely be
gun, promises to be one ot the most
spectacular ever seen even in the pol
itics-ridden state of Oklahoma.
The other candidates include a
judge of the supreme court, Robert L.
Williams, of Durant; a supreme court
commissioner, Judge J. B. A. Robert
son, of Chandler; m attorney gener
al, Charles West, of Enid; a_secretary
of state, Ben F. Harrison, of Ca|vin;
a stale treasurer, R. L. Dunlap, of New
Kirk: and a ranchman-banker, F. E.
Herring, of Elk City. Rumor has it
that a. former governor and a United
States commissioner may also decide
to enter the race.
Jennings says he is certain to win.
He believes as (irmly as it is possible
for any man to believe anything that
he will be the next overnor of the
state, where thirty years ago there
was a price on his body, dead or alive.
In the last ejection of Oklahoma coun
ty he ran for prosecuting attorney.
He secured the nomination on the
Democratic ticket and lost the elec
tion by only 500 votes with 14,000
cast. Jennings says the “high up”
criminals and the elections judge
stole the office from him. However
that may be. it is evident that the 9*1*
er candidates fear hint above any oth
er one man. On returning front the
penitentiary, he reviewed his studies
in lew, was given back his citizen
ship by President Roosevelt and he
has made good in the profession in a
big way. His enemies have been un
able to produce evitjence that he has
not lived a straight, life since be was
pardoned from the penitentiary.
A year ago he had a suite of rooms
in the State National Bank building
at Oklahoma City, fie b«d an incpflie
of 95,000 a year. He was one at the
leading criminal lawyers of the state
with all the business he could attend
to.- Clients eg me to him from all
parts of Oklahoma. Today he has two
little dark rpoms in the back of an
obscure old brick building on North
Broadway. His neighbors are second
rate dentists snd dressmakers. A
creaky old stairway leads the way
(Continued on page 2.)
President Glad to Sign Bill.
WASHINGGTQN, March 13.—When Preeident Woodrow Wilaon
signed the Chamberlain Alaska railroad bill yesterday he first used
a beautiful ivory pen mppnted with gold and then, remarking that
he "guessed he would change engines,” the president changed to an
ivory pen mounted with silver. The President then smilingly ad
dressed Secretary of the Interior franklin K. Lane,’and Paid:
“It give* pie great pleasure to sign this bill. We are linking
Alaska with the United States by more than one friendly fie. I had
hoped to sign it some time during my term and it if a great grat
ification tp mp tp be gble to do so at so early a date. Alaska de
serves much from our hands and we have finally reached out a
hgnd of real helpfulness and brotherhood and have linked Alaska to
us with many bonds. The building of the railroad in Alaska will not
only benefit Alaska but will help the United Statef.”
Many Alaskans were present when the president signed the bill
and assured him that his prophecy would come true. They al*°
thanked him for his efforts in behalf of Alaska.
Nebraska Warden Says It is One of
Best Means of Securing Discipline
and Helping Prisoners.
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LINCOLN, Neb., March 13.—Under
i he supervision of State Supt. Del
zell, the night school at the Nebraska
penitentiary has just been reorganiz
ed, and for the first time in the his
tory of the institution the classes to
day are on a basis similar to those
in the graded schools, and the convict
pupils are striving to gain admission
to the grades above them.
There are six. grades or divisions,
the last one including those men
whose former training has fitted'them
for high school or college work. The
lowest grade corresponds to the first
grade in the public schools, and those
in it are learning the alphabet, with
the dream of learning to read and
write spuring them on to hard study.
Most of the prisoners are in the divis
ion corresponding to the second and
third grades in the public schools.
The work is not compulsory and is
done after work hours on three days
of the week. About a third < r the
I risoners requested permission to take
(lie work. Their deportment in the
school room has been good and their
eagerness to learn gratiffying to their
instructors. Warden Fenton favors
the night school on the ground that
it makes for better discipline and de
portlnent at the institution, as well as
fitting the men better to care for
themselves after tljey regain their
liberty. _^
NEiSrever
Cleveland Man Claims to Have Solved
Perpetual Motion Y/ith a
Spring Motor.
C^KVEI'AND, March 13.—Inven
tion of spring motor generating
power, in abundant quantities for any
purpose was announced here today by
A. O. IUitzen. He promises it will
revolutionize the industrial and me
chanical world.
A miniature one-horse power lnod
el of the raotpr has befit working here
lor wonUiB, generating electricity fo<
Lb bulb-. Rutzen worked 15 years
perfecting his machine and then
'1'iietJy ohtpjppd natppts protecting
his inve; fiqn in 32 countries. H> an
•lomiced his intention of going to X- a
V ork tomorrow and disposing of his
American" rights for seven figures.
The motor approaches perpetual
motion. It is made of 16 high-power
ed springs, lfteen of the springs au
tomatically generate power while the
sixteenth is being perpetually re
wound.
A working modei was exhibited
here today. It stands M Inches high
and 22 inches wide.
MANY MEN VISIT
THIS MAN'S WIFE
So He Asks Court for a Restraining
Order to Keep Them Away—
Names 12 Co-respondents.
NEW YORK, March 13.—One of the
strangest and most sensational of the
| many strange and sensational divorce
cases that New Y’ork has known, was
] brought into court today when attor
; neys for Joseph It. Stonebreaker,
I prominent merchant, formerly of Bal
I timore, argued for an injunction to
! restrain 12 men, named as co-respon
dents in his petition for divorce, from
visiting his wife pending settlement
of his divorce suit.
The hearing today attracted not on-j
ly a big crowd of curious spectators,
but lawyers also took great interest
in the legal side. They declared that
| action by a petitioner in asking that
visitors of the opposite sex from the
defendant be restrained from paying
attention to the latter, is without pre
cedent in New Y’ork courts, if not in
any American court.
Among some of the men named in
Stonebreaker's petition against. Con
stance Stilwell Stonebreaker, and who
probably will be witnesses are "Big
Bill" Edwards, ex -street cleaning
commissioner of New Y'ork, who cap
tured the assassin Gallagher when the
latter attacked the late Mayor Gay
nor; Alexander It. Peacock, Pitts
burgh millionaire, and B. Clifford
Kline, brother of Mayor Ardolph
Kline, who, as president of the Board
of Aldermen, succeeded to the un
expired term of Mayor Gaynor when
the latter died last fall.
COXEY'S ARMY
LOOT ARMORY
Secure Arms and Ammunition—Force
Citizens to Feed Them and Raid
Chicken Coops.
I
WOODLAND, Cal., March 13.—The
aripy of unemployed which has been
causing considerable trouble in this
state for the past few weeks yester
day entered this city, eaplured the
armory building and looted the build
ing of arms and ammunition belong
ing to i he mihtiu and then left the
tpwn after forcing tpe people to pro
vide plenty of fppd. AU the ch'cken
coops in the city were raided as th'e
hungry anny seemed to take a fancy
to chink#?.
The few police and citizens were
unable to stop the CJoxeyites, who
brushed aside all efforts to prevent
their entrance Jpto the city.
Orpheum Picture* Tonight.
A fine program of pictures tonight
af tfcp Prpftetim. Another fine
change on Saturday.
The Promts, interesting drama.
damn on t Weekly, world events of ■
interest. i
The Kpmona Tragedy, one thousand j
feet of comedy
GREAT INVENTOR
PASSES AWAY
George Wpstinghouse Dies at Age of
68—Invented Many Useful Elec
trical Appliances.
NEW YORK, March 13.—George
Westfpghouse, the great inventor and
manufacturer, died here, today at the
age of 68.
Westinghouse started at the age of
15 to show his ability as an inventor i
when he invented a rotary engine.
Later he invented the famous airbrake
and .followed that by the use of al
ternating currents in electricity. He
invented the first motor using alter
nating current; built the first ten
great dynamos used at Niagara Falls;
later built the big dynamos used by
the big traction companies in New
Y’ork. He also adapted the steam tur
bine to electric driving.
fightTyears
ABOUT TWO BITS
French Court of Fifty Judges Finally
Decides the Case Involving
Stamp Duty.
PARIS, March 111—After eight years
of litigation the highest court of
France today decided that a co oper
ative association had paid 25 cents
too much in stamp duties.
The entire court of 50 judges were
in session to render the decision re
garding the twenty five cents. Ail of
them were dressed in the robe* of
their high office.
For eigiit years the case has drag
ged through the courts and thousands
of dollars have been spent in light
ing tlie case. The government in
sisted upon the association paying the
stamp duty and fought more to up
hold the law than for the amount in
volved.
TANNER WOULD DO
IT OVER AGAIN
“I would sign the letter that seven
members of the Territorial Senate
sent to Secretary of the Interior
Franklin K. Lane again j)f conditions
were the same as they were last
spring,” said Senator J. M. Tanner,
of Skagway, who is in Juneau, “It
is simply absurd to say that the idea
of opposing a government railroad in
Alaska ever entered our minds. We
already had gone on record in favor
of it, and the letter was sent so that
it would he made clear that we were
not trying to put over something in
favor of the principle of government 1
ownership on those who were opposed I
to that principle, but that we had act- |
ed simply and solely in behalf of a j
railroad for Alaska.
"We also wanted the Secretary ot;
the Interior to know that we would
favor almost any plan that he and the |
administration might work out that
would give Alaska the railroads that j
the situation demands that we should
have.”—Juneau Empire.
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One Cent Lunch Opens.
WASHINGTON, March 13—Dent- I
zens of the Bowery used to marvel at i
“Beefsteak John’s” 16-cent dinners,
but here in Washington there is to
day a real penny lunchroom. For one
cent the Weary Willies may have
their choice of bean soup, hominy,
baked potato or fresh rolls. One cent
also buys a cup of coffee; milk and
sugar cost another penny. Three cents
will buy bedf or lamb stew, or frank
furters. The Fenny Lunch Is an ad
junct to the Washington Mission.
About 300 meals are served there dal
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H»rv#y*» Toggery
Have just received a splendid line of
afternoon gowns, dainty waists and
new sporting coats, so popular jtist
now. tf
University of California Starts New
Course of Domestic Science—
Teach Value of Foods.
BERKELEY, Cal., March 13 —
"What shall we have for dinner?”
Housewives of California will have
this question answered by the Uni
versity of California. Miss Marguer
ite Cooley, trained professionally at
Columbia, is to take full charge of «
correspondence course in domestic
science which will deal with the se
lection and use of the food In the
home.
Among other things the classifica
tion, composition and nutritive vul
ue of food materials will be taught,
with consideration of the cost of v u
ious foods, so that menus may be pre
pared in which the different nutritive
elements needed may be represen e>i
and yet economy be observed. Th e
kitchen and the cook stove will be the
laboratory equipment required for the
correspondence course in the "prin
ciples of rooking.” In this case wil
be taught the relation of different
methods of cooking to the appetizing
ness and the digestibil'ty of foods
"Feeding the Family" will be the sub
,ject of a third correspondence course .
In this students will be taught hov
children should be fed.
GIFFORD PINGHQT
Says He Allowed the Santa Fe t?
Steal Millions But Protested Wh n
Alaskans Got Fish Poles.
WASHINGTON. March 1.1- l o;
greissman Humphrey of Wash.u
ton today attacked I’inchot and i'u.
cholism in the House, claiming ill
the conservation crank while chief
forester of the United States, had
permitted the Santa Fe railroad to
steal 1,200,000 acres of tine limb. :
lands worth millions of dollars, te..t
at the same time was protesting wh. a
an Alaskan would cut a small willo.tr
for use as a fishing pole.
The western congressman frayed
the eastern conservation faddist anti
charged that he had been the tool
of the big corporations during his
incumbency as head of the Forest
Bureau.
SHIPBUILDERS
HAVE A LOBBY
Paid Deknight $1,000 to Work for Free
Toll* for American Ships $4,000
More If Successful.
WASHINGTON, March 13 —Charles
Deknight testified today before the
Senate lobby investigating commit
tee that he had been paid $1,000 by
the Ford Shipbuilding Co., of Quincy,
III., to lobby for the retention of the
canal tolls bill exempting American
vessels from the payment of tolls. He
claimed that he Was to receive $4,000
more if successful.
Deknight claimed that the ship
builders expected- large orders for
American vesesls if the canal wero
free to American ships and that it
would result in greater business for
shipyards in America.
FOR SALE—Fine filly, well broken
and suitable for light outfit. Price
reasonable. Apply telephone 155. kl5