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V0L 1Q ' VALDEZ, ALA8KA, MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1914. NO. 204.
FIND RICH PAY NELCHINA
PROBING STEAMER WRECK;
KENDALL OWES
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RESCUE 22 WOMEN AND 309 MEN, OF WHOM 200 ARE MEMBERS OF
CREW-DEAD INCLUDE 753 PARSSENqERS AND 211 MfMftERS OF
CREW—CREW BEHAVED WITH BRAVERY.
RIMOUSKI, June 1.—At the inquest
into the death of the passengers on
the Empress of Ireland Captain Ken
dall testified that Captain Anderpon,
of the Storstadt* was to blame for
tbe accident and thgt he failed to
slow down wtyen tbe fog settled, al
though he knew the Ireland was near.
The Storstadt had been sighted two
miles distant before the fog settled.
‘When the Storstadt loomed up out
of the fog,” said Captain Kendall, “as
we were waiting to get her location,
it was too late to avoid an acqident.
We had been sounding the regulation
fog alarm, but heard nothing from
the other boat. The Danish vessel
caught us amidships and ploughed al
most to the stern. Realizing that if
he withdrew the inrush of water
would iqean the certain <}eath of
hundreds of my passengers, I mega
phoned to Captain Anderson and beg
ged him to keep his propeller going
so that the hole might be plugged by
his ship and thus we might have
an opportunity to arouse the pas
sengers, many of whom were sleep
ing and many more would have been
saved.
“Anderson refused to do so, and not
only backed away but continued back
ing to such a distance that his life
boats, of which he launched only four,
reached the scene- after the Ireland
had gone down.
Tried Run Ship Ashore.
“When the Storstadt backed I tried
to run my ship ashore, but the steam
failed ahd we made no headway. I
personally loosened the grips on four
life boats on the Empress and they
were the only ones that floated. The
boats were lowered by the crew and
loaded with passengers, not the crew.
The boats were lightly }oa<tad, as few
passengers responded and the crew
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Refuse to Receive the Agents Sent
«Hira-FalU..pnt. ,
NIAGARA FAMAOnt., June l.-f
The peace envoys, npw In session
here have - dpohlpd, to: ignore. Gener«|l
Qarranza and his rebel following for
the present; pad will , not. dealwflt^
him at all. but will proceed, to. es^
tabllsb a. strong,gpvejwwmt. in,, ]S&#xT
tco which will .be .recpgoUed by, .all
the powers. < It is aapacted that the
rebels wlll.ftppilouo^olr o4|j»cp.lo*
w«RiaaUMAeAaAHr,HhHt 4toe.!
can administration has been pledged
to- pottoefthe, ooastandkprAveat.arms
and ammunitionfrom reaching the
rebels. ■% V
i The. envoys are bitter towards Car
ranza for ignoring them at the start
-of the conference and his refusal to
.agree to an arjai»<l«e eoithatnanaltetil
might be settled. It is jmJpied out
that the lor
(loot and pro <|pi|cwo«d re
garding the upbttiMng of -the pros
perity of Mexico than the Huert*
followers. ^ '• Sfifig T*
(■RECOMMENDS A GREAT .
- ''••LIBRARY F0ft,4tMUU,
. WASHWG1W,;, Jtu»« 1—Formal
recommendation of*Ol50,OOoirtM*r7
remained with the ship under the or
ders of the mates.”
Captain Goes Down With Hi* Ship.
When questioned how he had been
saved while many of his passengers
drowned, Captain Kendall said that
he wgs on the bridge when his boat
sank and went down with the ship,
but floated near wreckage and was
picked up. by one of the four boats
he had helped to launch, and lit which
he found 30 of his crew and passen
gers, to which he added 20 more,
whom he found in the water. When
his boat had all it could carry they
started for the Storstadt, which was
half a mile atvay, where the boat was
unloaded and then returned to the
Wreck, but found all the passengers
were gone.
One boat launched by the Storstadt
picked up only three survivors, ac
cording to Kendall. According to the
captain the majority of the dead *re
imprisoned in the hull of the Empress
of Ireland. Three hundred bodies,
however, have been recovered.
No explosion followed the accident
and the noise of the breaking decks
and bulkheads caused the story of
boiler explosions.
MONTREAL, June 1.—The officials
of the Canadian Pacific Steamship
line, the owners of the ill-fated Em
press of Ireland, announced today that
two children, 22 women and 309 men
had been saved from the ship and
that of the 309 men 200 were mem
bers of the crew. Of the passengers.
753 lost theit lives and 211 of the
crew died at their p^pts.
The government steamers have re
covered 300 bodies, which are now
being taken to Quebec for identifica
tion.
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in’ China was made here today by
the American Library Association.
jThe ' president emeritus of Harvard
declared that such a building should
. be erected in .Shanhal as a model for
other libraries in the flowery King
dom.
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. New Rule* for Food Manufacturer*.
* .WAtttjHNOTON, June l.—1He De
partment of Agriculture today an
nounced that after May li 1916, the
use of the' words ‘rguarantAed under
J**0*»* not be tolj
orated uppn package .gopds. ,Thf
..ntyMiufaetiifer myit |y.ara^tee ‘ th#
goods as labeled and not try to se
cure^ patropage by stating that the
government hap established a stand
ard for each article.
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SEATTLE, June 1.—Mother Joned,
the leader of the ooal strikers In the
'Sin
.deported ffom Colorado fey Genera)1
Chase, «h the principal speaker at
the’ two gatherings *of labor men af*
l ter the parade here in honor of the
j^d in toil,etty.. he aged leader ojf
the BtrUfeers urged' all laborers to Join
the unions and by concerted actio|
f*The Soul of a Thief. j
The Soul of a Thief, or the Benton
Jowel Mystery, an-esoelleat two-rem
OH** W^th£0^hehih'change tonight
The.Ou^^jCi)i.AOlrw,oh#9«e .eye#:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, wiia
a special. one night change on Sun*
MjrSJeuM|. A! ■ s* r*i#**' i:
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COPPER CENTER, June 1.—Arriv
als from Nelchina today report that
the camp is a sure winner; that pay
has been found on two claims on
Willow creek at a depth of 150 feet.
The pay is deep but exceptionally rich.
Pay has also been found on Crooked
creek and on Poor-man creek. The
miners are greatly encouraged at the
result of the work done with the Em
.V
pire drills, which have located the
pay and the hole sunk 150 feet on
Willow creek has proven the value
of yie ground.
On Noon gulch the prospectors have
also found pay and they are pushing
the work, expecting to take out a
large amount of money this season.
The above news comes to the
Prospector from Ringwald Blix, form
er U. S. commissioner at Capper Cen
ter. '
Encouraging reports have been re
ceived from the Nelchina the past
winter. All the miners and pros
pectors who' left this city for the
strike have remained in the district,
sending out for provisions, showing
the confidence they felt in the ulti
mate outcome of the district. Holes
have been put down on every creek
and more than 300 ihen are now work
ing in the new camp'
Expels a Dozen Catholic Priests of the
Jesuit Order From Torreon and
Confiscates Property
TORREON, Mex., June 1.—General
Villa, commander of the rebel troops,
today ordered a dozen Spanish Jesuit
priests to be deported and that all
Catholic schools be closed at once.
The property of the church, consist
ing of valuable real estate and build
ings, Is to be confiscated by the rebel
chieftain.
Villa has announced that he will
drive out all- the priests front Mex
ico, as they have been the cause of
the peonage in Mexico, bolding the
people down through fear and forcing
them to pay heavy tribute to the
church.
WASHINGTON, June 1.—Secretary
of State W. J. Bryan has been asked
by Spain to protect the Spanish
priests now in the rebel territory and
to prevent the confiscation of the
property. The Spanish minister has
called upon the State Department for
aid and has strongly suggested that
in as much as the rebels' are being
aided by the American admlnistra
l tion, it should take steps to protect
foreign residents and especially 4he
church from acts of aggression.
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Says Requires Moral Courage To Go
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To War and Phiyeieal Courage
To Remain at the Front.
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WASHINGTON, June l.—At the
memorial exercises held at Arlington
cemetery President Wilson 'spoke of
|the great moral courage it required for
men to go to, aw,"and of the great
physical courage ifrfequired to remain
at the front after the war had start
ed. He. spoke in glowing terms of
the patriots who have died to make
this's land'of freSaofcrgaihedonly
through the sheddhtkof the best blood
of the pionearp b»?J,77«. PttdthOse *hi
had since then .aided in retaining for
poetbHiy ^ jUlltoeal^^Irte
dom' rocdifedjrhen ftkh 'cphmles her
cameaunitedhatlon.
SpeakerCb&Jhp Clark alBO deliver
ed. ap„_ address' aWds’aid that univer
sal jMep«ama. stiu. in the dim . apd
ma I
Mr tfkinihllir *A>bi *
!navp’ and vtf itfong -fhMr °W >insurt
lus.^td^iyi.
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George Derrick is up from lAtoucb*.
IS NEAR NOME
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Revenue Cutter Bear 1$ 50 Miles Be
hind and Both Are Having Much
Trouble With Ice Floes.
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NOME, June 1.—The steamer Cor
win is 90 miles from this city buck
ing the ice floes and trying to reach
here with her cargo of perishables.
The ice is exceptionally heavy. Fifty
miles behind the Corwin is the rev
enue cutter Bear with 20 tons of
mail and both boats are making every
effort to reach Nome first. The Cor
win, in order to retain her record of
being the first boat to Nome, which
record she has held the past 12 years,
excepting 1912, while the Bear would
snatch the honors from the Corwin
and be the first steamer to appear off
this city for 1914.
Thousands of dollars have been wa
gered here on the little Corwin against
the government ship and odds of three
and four to one are offered.
Supreme Court* Reconvenes.
WASHINGTON, June 1.—The Su
preme Court of the United States re
convened here at noon today after
a two weeks’ recess. The famous
railroad rate cases' were still pend
ing.
Exploring Ship Has Demonstrated
'That flee Drifts West*-Instead'1 of*
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• North Across Pols.
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NOME, June 1.—It is believed here
from the lhfOnnatlon received regard*
ing the Wrecking of the steamer Kar
luk on Wrangell island that the rec
ords and Instruments of the expedi
tion-have been saved and were tak
en ashore. The crew of the boat are
to-be brought here as aoonc as it is
possible to de so, which will be a
matter of a couple of Weeks.
The drift of tb« Karluk from Flax
man ielfcndJ hear tfoe pthitth of. the
tlackenxie river to the coast of,£|J7
berla has demonstrated tfcefact that
the general* thiftlOf the icevis west
ward and not*earthincmas the pale.
As hds heen bCW to bettecaseby
scientists and'-Arctlc explorers, t v
Thd accident W1U prevent the
survey of the mouth Jtj
olo river, as gufansspn is&ow.eflth
a potty in thet aeglion and wUl.*w»
ty*.^e«iplelwi»he''»»rortt»'?n> «.o,ii*t ,h
■ ■»a .*„-**i • .,«■
Nans* OeuNHoth Paassa Away.
<► «i.*Uursen,
aVdhrdhugh #.thia diction, died here
yerfWwjr heart failure., ’
RENE THOMAS. IN FRENCH MADE CAP, SMASHES ALL RECORDS—
OLDFIELD IS FIFTH IN RACE—SECOND PLACE ALSO WON BY
A FROGEATER—MANY BAD SPILLS. ' •
INDIANAPOLIS, June 1.—The 500
mile automobile race here on Memor
ial day was the most exciting ever
seen on the local motordrome. All
records for speed were broken and
dozens of narrow escapes with three
spills kept the crowd of 100,000 spec
tators on edge all the time.
Rene Thomas, driving a French
car, smashed all records and made
the . 500 miles at an average speed
of 82 miles an hour. A close second
was Duray, also a Frenchman and in
a French car, while Barney Oldfield
was fifth in the race, never having
been able to lead the racers.
The intense heat added greatly to
the danger of a spill and the manage
ment took every precaution to pre
vent loss of life and Issued a warn
ing to every driver that they must
observe the rules of the track to the
letter and take no chances in order
to make a little gain under penally
of being disqualified from the race.
Gilhooley and his mechanician went
over the turn in the 90th lap and both
men were slightly injured. Dawson,
who tried to avoid the wreck, just
caught it a glancing blow and his
machine was Upset, although he and
his helper were thrown clear of the
track and escaped with but slight in
juries. The attendants soon dragged
the two cars olf the track.
Chase Gage was upset towards the
end of the race and while he escaped
his mechanician was picked up un
conscious and taken to the tempor
ary hospital that had been prepared
on the field. It is believed he will
die, as he suffered a concussion of the
brain and internal injuries.
The crowd gave the winner a rous
ing welcome cheering for 20 minutes.
Oldfield, the general favorite, also
came in for plenty of applause.
Commissioner Thomas Riggs Requests
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Valdez Chamber of Commerce
to Give Him Data.
President White, of the Valdez
Chamber of Commerce has received
a letter from Commissioner Riggs, of
the Alaska engineering commission,
for information regarding the re
sources along the proposed Valdez
Fairbanks route and the amount of
tonnage such a road would likely re
ceive.
The letter was written in response
to a telegram .of .congratulations sent
Mr. Riggs at the time of his appoint
ment by Mr. White, acting for the
Valdez h&mber of Commerce and be
cause of personal friendship:
The letter is as follows:
•“I waa .extremely pleased with your
kind telegram congratulating me ,un
ion. my appointment and .to know .that
Aloakans are satisfied, with my cholee',
\ "ft is the intention of the commie j
slop to .go into the matter a*, .thorl
owghly aa possible of the resource*
along the various proposed railroad
routes, and I should esteem It a great
favor if (be Valdez Chamber of Com
merce would,, prepare for the .com'-,
mission a complete list of all the. jef'
sources in the neighborhood of Val*-1
dax and along the proposed railroad
route from Valdez to the Copper Hlvv
er. This compilation should include
all actual developmeats of mineral
and agricultural^ resources, designat
ing. each prospect by either name or
number with the possible output and
potential tonnage of freight both
way*. ■
I “I would rather suggest that you
mark oiia map the actual, logationof
all possibilities and place before us
all, favorable "arguments tojJm, Val<J*s
route, making slLyour figures os con
•ervatlva iga .possible. . 7
< >'l am writing the various other
chambers of; commerce of neighbor
few cities and bed to assure yq§irgfe^i
mush and *rerr .rep^n wjiirb«#w
the fullest consldlcation.. Trusttae te
SSe yon In [the near future i retnafi^
“^bffllniiy„ynttrB,:
4,«« V5WMAS RIG08. JR.
“P. s.—*tt'Pmm||*e O0|||d you furv,
irish-ve a dupUoate at any report that
you may make for my pereooalWeet*’,
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THE SPIRIT CUT
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Guerin for Portage Bay, W. Reaburn
for Fairbanks via Skagway—
Clapp Coming to Cordova
SEATTLE, June 1.—W. lleabum, of
the Alaska engineering commission,
left here Saturday for Fairbanks,
where he will commence the work
of surveying a railroad route from
the Interior to connect with the sur
veys from the coast. The surveyor
will go in vja Skagway as the quick
est route to the Tanana.
VV. Guerin and his party of men
for the Portage Bay survey, also left
on the Alameda and will start the
work from the coast, while still oth
ers are on the boat for Ship creek,
where the main camp will be located.
S., Clapp, of. the Geological Survey,
and a party of nine men left on the
Alameda for Cordova to go to the in
terior of Alaska via the Cordova rail
road to Chitlna. They have a num
ber of horses with them for use dur
ing the summer.
The Alameda will also go to Ship
I creek.
HOME STEAMERS
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Senator Billed to. Leave Thi* Evening
r -i-Vietorfa Salta'Tomorrow—Many
Northbound Passengers..
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SEATTLE, June 1.—Tbe steamer
Senator trIU leave here early this
evening for Nome, the flrat passenger
beat-to follow the " cutter'Boar'and
the Corwin. ' Tbe Viotorii Willfoi
low tha Senator, Moving on' Tuesday
and'the taro boats will have a tom
Mned passenger Ust of more than
ooo thousand.' ^ "*•.
The steamship agents predict a
‘larger passenger travel to Nome this
coming season thg£ at any tithe since
Shot earty rtmh and aMo 'very heavy
freight shipments. f • " '