VOL 10 VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUE8DAY, DECEMBER 16, 1913. NO. 59.
LONDON POLICE
PINCH AMERICAN
Miss Emerson, Jackson, Mich., Girl,
Smashes Policeman’s Helmet
With Hammer.
LONDON, Dec. 16.—Zelie Emerson,
an American girl of Jackson, Mich.,
was arrested here yesterday in the
riots of the militant suffragettes,
which they had renewed in order to
force the government to grant equal
suffrage.
Besides smashing a few' expensive
windows, the Emerson girl smashed
a policeman's helmet, using a ham
mer. The bobbie was not seriously
hurt, but his helmet was a total
. wreck.
The American miss only recently
completed a sentence of seven months
for window smashing, and her moth
er and friends in this country had re
quested the State department at
Washington, D. C., to assist in her re
lease. Charges were also made that
she was ill-treated while confined in
prison.
An investigation made by the
American ambassador, however, did
not substantiate the charges. The
girl was offered the best food ob
tainable but refused to eat for some
lime, but finally called her hunger
strike off and ate heartily of the pris
on fare served her.
HAD NO RIGHT
Oregon Elections Should Not Have
Been Held on Liquor Question,
Says the Court.
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SALEM. Ore., Dec. 16.—The super
ior court today decided that the elec
tions held in this city in November
were illegal, as the statute provid
ed they could not be held except dur
ing state elections, and that therefore
the cities had no legal right to vote
wet or dry and that the conditions
existing prior to the election must re
main until the state election is held
'next year. If confirmed by the court
of appeals the decision will allow
many of the cities in the state to re
main wet for anot er year.
The Prohibition party carried all
the small towns and cities of the state
last November and will fight the de
cision of the court and carry the case
to the highest tribunal in the state,
and if defeated will make another light
next year that will force the wets
out of all the cities with the exception
of Portland, and they will wage a light
in that city that will give the saloon
owners some concern, say the lead
ers of the blue riboonites.
MAKE GOOD MONEY
FIGHTING TRUST
CLEVELAND. O., Dec. 16— The Na
tional Refining Company, an opposi
tion oil company t the Standard Oil,
today decided to cm a Christinas mel
on by dividing two millions of dol
lars, surplus earnings, r.a an extra
dividend among the stockholders. The
National is an ’nde'pcndcnt concern
which has been fighting tli? trust, and
has been able at the same time to give
to its stockholders a constant return
for their investments and also Las
laid aside the two millions to bo di
vided by Christmas.
Soldier Boys Lose Chocolate.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Secretary
of War Garrison has issued an order
taking from 'he regular rations of
the- army the regular issue of choco
late because it is believed to injurious
to the digestion of the enlisted men.
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ARE AFTER KAI
San Francisco Chinese Will Finance
Revolution Against Present Pres
ident of the Orientals.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 16.—The
Chinese colony of this city have de
termined to finance a revolution
against President Yuan Shih-kai be
cause of his arrest and imprisonment
of 300 members of the legislature and
the assumption of the powers of an
absolute monarch.
Several millions of dollars will be
spent by the Chinese of this and oth
er coast cities in sending arms and
ammunition to the rebels of southern
China, who are in open revolt against
the present government. The revolu
i ion of last August was a farce be
cause of the lack of organization and
the inability to provide the army with
the necessary equipment. It is ex
pected that with money from Amer
ica this difficulty can be overcome.
Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the first pres dent
of the republic, will lead the rebel
lion as soon as he can reach China
from Japan, where he fled for safety
after the failure of the August re
volt.
SENATOR LEWIS
; Inquirytlnto Correspondence Between
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Him and Pindell Regarding Rus
sian Ambassadorship.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—The sub
committee of the Committee on For
eign Relations, to which has been
referred the investigation into the
charges made against. Henry M. Pin
dell, of Peoria, 111., who has been
named by President Wilson as Ameri
can ambassador to Russia, yesterday
examined Senator Lewis, of Illinois,
regarding the letters said to have
passed between himself and the newly
appointed diplomatic representative,
in which Lewis demanded and re
ceived assurance from Pindell that he
would resign his post after holding it
for one year.
The senator was given a grilling ex
amination and denied the charge,
claiming that a former clerk, now un
der arrest on a charge of stealing
1200 from him, bad forged his name to
the letler which has been produced
and introduced before the committee
by enemies of both Pindell and Lew
is.
Other charges have also been made
against Pindell besides the supposed
bargain with Lewis.
No sooner had the nomination
reached the Senate than it was learn
ed that Senator Burton, of Ohio,
would insist on a close investigation
of facts incident to Mr. Pindell’s ap
pointment before he would assent to
a favorable report on the nomination
from the Committee on Foreign Re
lations, and had asked Chairman Ba
con to take no action in his absence.
Mr. Burton had heard that Mr. Pin
dell had written to Representative
Stone, of the Peoris district, suggest
ing that Mr. Stone, before recom
mending appointees to local postmas
terships, submit the names for Mr.
Pindell’s approval. The report that
Mr. Burton beard was that Mr. Pin
dell wnnted to make sure in advance
that the new postmasters-would act
as agents for his newscasters.
It was said this afternoon that both
Mr. Stone and Mr Pindell might be
Invited before the cdMftllttee.
Dave Spencer broke his arm in j
three places last Saturday night when
he fell down the stairs of the Cliff
House. It is expected that It will bo ,
necessary to amputate the arm lo save •
his life, as the hone was badly crush- ;
ed and driven through the flesh.
JOHN GRENOUGH DIES ON
TRIP TO TAZLINA LAKE
MAX UCHTENBERG FORCED TO LIVE ON DOG FOR FOURTEEN DAYS
—CR03SED THREE GLACIERS TO REACH COA8T—L08T DOGS
ON TRIP IN—GRENOUGH ' HAD STOMACH TROUBLE.
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Max Licl)tenberg reached Valdet
last night to report to the federal au
thorities the death of hie partner,'
Fred Grenough, who died November
26th five miles south of the Tazlina
lake, where the tws men were camp
ed while on a hunting and prospect
ing trip.
Grenough was sick for 21 days prior
to his death and for 14 days was un
able to keep any food on his stomach,
and during the last seven days could
not be induced to eat. Lichtenberg
I hoped when the vomiting ceased that
I Grenough would get better, but in
■ spite of every effort the man died.
Unable to bury his partner because
| of the frozen ground, Lichtenberg*
j wrapped him in his blanket, placed
I the body in a teepe to protect it from
animals and started upon his return
to the coast, deciding to come out ov
er the Tazlina glacier, then dropdown
on the Columbia and Shoup glaciers to
reach the mining camps, which he
knew were established in the Shoup
bay section.
Lichtenburg had a terrible exper
ience on the trip out. Caught in a
storm while on the glacier, he was
forced to lay in camp for many days;
caught in other storms, he finally ran
out of food and finally found it nec
essary to kill his dogs, of which he
had two, and to eat them in order to
keep life in his body. For 14 days his
only food was fried dog, boiled dog
and plain dog.
j Breaking trail all the way, climb
! ing to an altitude of 10,000 feet, cross
I ing deep crevasses, bucking heavy
| gales which threatened to blow him
'from the mountain tops, pitching
' camp in the lea of large rocks in the
most sheltered places, but continu
ally working towards the coast and
safety, the prospector kept on his
weary way day after day, until final
ly, when his supply of dog meat was
almost exhausted, he saw the camps
of the miners in the Shoup glacier
district and knew he was safe.
Lichtenberg and Grenough left Val
dez October 6th with a dog team be
longing to Dan Wiltsey, they crossed
the Shoup, Columbia and Tazlina
glaciers and thus reached the Tazlina
watershed and established a camp five
! miles south of the lake and later es
tablished a camp on the lake for the
purpose of catching salmon, white
fish and greyling to use for dog feed.
In the fall the lakes of the interior
being filled with salmon, and at all
| times of the year white fish and grey
ling are plentiful. .The men then in
tended to trap and prospect but with
Grenough’s illness nothing was done.
While on the trip into the Tazlina
the men lost three of their dogs, when
they broke through the snow crust
and fell hundreds of feet into a crev
asse.
Before his death Grenough realized
that he could not live and asked his
partner to take his watch to his
daughter, who lives in Green River
City, Wyoming, but the watch was
dropped in the spruce boughs used for
the floor of the tent and was left be
hind.
Grenough also leaves a father, who
lives at Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
The dead man was interested with T.
E. Dougherty, the Valdez merchant,
and Eddie Held, the prospector, in
the Minnie group of claims near
Shoup bay.
OJEDA READY 10
DEFEND GUAYMAS
Soldiers Throwing Up Intrenchments
to Protect City From the
Constitutionalists.
GUAYMAS, Mexico, Dec. 16.—Gen
eral Ojeda, federal commander of this
city, is making every preparation to
defend the city against the attack of
the large force of rebels who are ex
pected here any day. He ha^s thrown
up intrenchments about the city and
is otherwise preparing to resist at
tack and hold the city.
The report that the federal troops
are demoralized because of the re
peated defeats of federal forces by
the rebels is denied.
General Ojeda has received large
shipments of arms and ammunition,
which have been smuggled from the
United States, some consignments first
being shipped to South American
ports ai d then reshlpped to this city.
Crooks Blow Open the Safe and Clean
It of Everything of Value—
Leave No Trace.
WALLACE, I.-'aho, Dec. 16.—The
postoffice at thL> place was robbed
last night of $17,000 and the robbers
made good their getaway. The safe
was dynamited, the door of the big
iron box being completely blown off.
The robbers were undisturbed at their
work and made a thorough investi
gation into the contents of the safe,
leaving nothing of value.
Postoffice inspectors are already on
the trail of llie crooks and will leave
no stone unturned in order to bring
them to justice. The local police are
co-operating. In order not to leave
any linger prints all the robbers wore
gloves, which is taken as an indication
by the police that the men were old
timers at the business.
CONGRESS WOULD BAR
ASIATIC IMMIGRANTS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—The Im
migration bill now before the House,
if passed, will bar all Asiatics from
entrance into the United States. It;
is expected that the Japanese and !
Chinese ambassadors will make a
formal protest to the State depart
ment in ?. few days against the enact
ment of the measure as it is now
drafted.
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CHICAGA 6t>YS KILLED
PLAYING FOOTBALL
i, Ctf ICAGO,. Dec. le.r-^ifteen foot
ball players were killed here during
the past football season. Most of the
boys killed were from sixteen to
twenty years of age. The majority
died from fractures of the skull.
Mold for Cup Defender’s Keel.
BRISTOL. R. I., Dec. 16.—Work on
the mold for the lead keel of the
Vanderbilt syndicate cup defense can
didate hnd advanced far enough to
day to show that the keel will have
n sharper outline than is usual in
boats of her class* The mold is 22
feet on top and 13 feet on the bot
tom. ' It is four feet high forward.
The greatest weight of the keel will
be forward of the center line.'
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BOSTON. D*. 16.- The keel of the
America’s Cup defender candidate to
be built for Alexander S. Cochran, !
of ■ New York, at the yards of the j
George Lawley & Son corporation,,
will be laid on New Year's, day. Work j
of assembling material for construc
tion of the host is going on in ac
cordance with the plans of William
Gardner, of New York, the designer.
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TRAIN IN TUNNEL
Rocks Crush Train and Four Are Kill
ed and Many Injured—Accident
Happens in Germany.
CHEMNITZ, Germany. Dec. 10—An
earthquake which happened while a
I train was passing through a tunnel
near here caused the tunnel to col
lapse and crushed the train, killing
four passengers and injuring forty
others.
The sudden shock of the quake
and the vibration of the rock broke
the roof of the tunnel and caused it
to cave in. Many were caught and
imprisoned for hours, but were res
cued unhurt, the frame work of the
cars proteci ing them from the debris
which fell.
Of the forty injured several are ex
pected to die. A relief train left here
shortly after the accident with doc
tors and a detachment of soldiers, who
| aided in rescuing those imprisoned.
The quake did no other damage but
caused many of the people of this city
to run into the streets, shivering with
excitement and fear. The shock was
severe but lasted for only a few mo
ments.
GREEKS FARMALLY
TAKE OVER CRETE
Island They Have Longed to Possess
for Many Years Finally Becomes
Grecian Territory.
CAMERON. Crete, Dec. lii. The Is
land of Crete was formally annexed to
Greece today, the Turkish flag being
lowered and the Greek flag hoisted
from the fort at this city, where the
official ceremony took place. High
Greek officers from the navy and the
army were in attendance. Only a
few Turkish soldiers, commanded by
a lieutenant, were on hand to repre
sent the vanquished nation.
The formal turning over of Crete
to Greece completes a century of act
ive intrigue upon the part of the
Greeks to secure the island, which
they highly prize because it was at
one time a part of the kingdom, and
also because of its great value in
fisheries, mines and farms. They
fought an unsuccessful war with Tur
key in 1897- in the hopes of securing
the island.
BIG MAIL REACHES
NEW YORK CITY
NEW YORK, Dec. ltj. -The steam
er Majestic, of the White Star line,
reached this port today with one hun
died and fifty-five tons of mail, the
largest of the season. It is expected
that the Cunard line will run one of
its crack steamers, making the round
trip between England and the United
States, with notlrng but mail, passen
gers and express. This was done last
year under a contract with the Eng
lishg overnment and its success is
likely to force the repetition this year
of the Christmas Express steamer, as
it was then dubbed.
HOUSE DEFEATS ALASKA
AEROPLANE MAIL SERVICE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16—The House
of Representatives today defeated the
bill providing for the delivery of mail
to remote portions of the United
States and Alaska by the use of aero
planes.
Dr. Mary Walker Goes oh Stape.
NEW YORK. Dec. 16—Dr. Mary
Walker, the civil war nurse, who has ;
worn male attire since 1861, and who '
enjoys that privilege through a spe
cial act of congress, has signed a con - !
tract to appear upon the vaudeville j
stage after January first, and will re ,
cetve a big stipend each week.
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CURRENCY BILL
IN THE SENAIE
Senator Owen Says Senator Hitch
cock, of Nebraska, is Disloyal
to His Party.
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 16.—Senator
Gilbert M. Hitchcock, of Nebraska,
yesterday made every effort to amend
the currency bill, now up in the Sen
ate for consideration, but the pro
posed amendments were downed each
time. The amendment to provide for
only four regional banks, fathered by
Hitchcock, was defeated by a strictly
party vote, all of the Democratic
| members, excepting Hitchcock, voting
| against it, and the Republicans vot
I ing with the Nebraska senator.
\ In tlie tests of strength the admin -
istration followers have been able to
defeat the Republicans and bolters
each time. Senator Owen, the author
of the hill, denounced Senator Hitch ■
cock for his treachery to the Demo
cratic party, which had honored him
by electing him a member of the Sen
ate.
Senator Hitchcock, in reply, declar
ed that he owed a duty to the peo
ple of his state and his country to
fight any effort to destroy the pros
perity of the United States, as he
assured the senators the passage of
the currency bill was sure to do.
STEAD GOMES BACK
FROM THE DEAD
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Cecil Husk, a Spiritualist, Succeeds in
Materializing the Dead Author—
Hir-'sclf'a Spiritualist.
EONDON. Dec Id. Cecil Musk,
seventy years old and blind, last
night materialized William Stead be
fore an audience of seventeen people,
all of whom vouch for the appearance
of the dead English author, who was
a firm believer in spirits, and prom
ised to return to earth after his death
if it was possible for him to do so.
St^ad, who went down with the
Titanic less than two years ago, told
the seventeen persons gathered to
witness the appeannee of the spirit
of the dead, the details of the sink
ing of the Titanic. He desorbed in
detail the first warnings, the general
belief that the ship would not sink,
the dec;sion of many that they would
remain with the vessel, the general
belief that a rescue ship would soon
arrive, as lights had been sighted,
and th n the frightful plunge of the
big vessel into the deep and the sud
den death of more than 1,500 people.
SAN FRANCISCO
CRIMEJARNIVAL
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 16.—In
spite of every effort of the police
the carnival of crime which started
here several weeks ago still contin
ues and every night citizens are held
up on the streets and robbed, houses
are entered and burglarized. The cit
izens are advocating the revival of the
V’igilantees committee to aid the po
lice. The number of crooks now in
the city, drawn here by the expec
tation of robbing tourists who come
to visit the fair grounds, is startling.
The closing down of New York and
other eastern cities, where the police
have clamped the lid on tight, has
also materially added to the number
of undesirables.
Texas Kelley at Bay. a K. B. sen
sational film at the Orpheum. Don’t
n’.iss it, as it is a dandy.