vol 9 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THUMDAY, JUNE 19, 1913. NO. 213.
JOKER IllE
• TARIFF BILL
Duty of Two Cents a Pound
Placed on Sugar After Three
Years by Rider.
Washington, 1). C., June 19—
A joker was discovered in the
tariff bill by which the sugar in
dustry would have been well pro
tected and a duty of two cents a
pound would have been levied on
all imports after tlire'e years. It
was immediately stricken from
the bill, as it would have nulli
lied fr.ee sugar.
The caucus yesterday of the
Democratic members of the Sen
ate lihance committee eliminated
the live stock and meat, and meat
products countervailing duties.
The Underwood-Wilson tariff
hill as amended by the Senate
finance committee will be ready
for the1 Democratic caucus Friday
and should be ready for report
ing to the upper House early next
week. '
SUFFRAGETTES
PLANL
Would Walk From New York
to Washington, Starting
August 1st.
New York. June 19.—The suf
fragettes of New York plan to
march to Washington, leaving
here on August 1st. and stopping
at all the towns along the' route
distributing' Eifierature in favor
of the right to vole and urging
the passage of laws giving to
women the same rights as men
in the government of the coun
try.
“General" Jones, who lead the
1 as| march into the capital to al
lend the inauguration of Presi
dent Wilson, will not be allowed
to take charge of the contem
plated journey, but the leader
who will take her place has not
yet been decided upon.
WILSON’S REPRESENTATIVE
IS COMING TO ALASKA
Seattle, June 19.—Seth Mann,
of San Francisco, has been ap
pointed by President Wilson to
represent the government on the
excursion soon to leave this city
with newspaper men from all
parts of the states to travel down
the Yukon and along the coast
of Alaska, calling at, all ports of
interest. Mann is a practicing
attorney of San Francisco.
CIVIL SUNDRY VETO
EFFECTS PRIBILOFF IS.
Washington, I). C., June 19.—
The failure of the president to
sign the civil sundry bill has
caused much anxiety to the na
tives and guards on the Pribilolf
islands, as a shortage of food
supplies has been caused b>' the
lack of money to replenish the
stock carried on the islands by
the Treasury department for I he
use1 of employes.
Harry King, proprietor of (lie
Independent laundry, has been
expecting a visit from his son and
daughter, jwlyj .have been living
with their grandparents in Con
necticut and has hoped to see
their names on the passenger
lists of the north bound boats, but
to date he has heard nothing
from them. He has telegraphed
to the steamship office in Seat
tle and as soon as the youngsters
arrive in the Spirit City they will
be asked to telegraph “Daddy,”
who is worried because of their
non-appearance.
CHEAP FREIGHT
TO FAIRBANKS
N. C. Company Makes Rate of
$20 a Ton From Seattle to
Interior Town.
Seattle, June 19—The North
ern Navigation Co., who are in a
death struggle with the White
Pass & Yukon railroad for the
business of the interior, have an
nounced a further cut in rates
on freight to Fairbanks and
freight is being contracted for
from Seattle to Fairbanks for 820
a ton.
Moth companies have runners
on the street to secure all pos
sible freight and passenger busi
ness and the battle of the giants
continues.
The N. C. (To. have invaded the
Dawson Held and have built a
large warehouse and general
store and are competing with the
White Pass.
The White Pass have built
warehouses on the banks of the
Tanana in Fairbanks and are now
doing business in that city.
Charles Bunnell has moved
back into Valdez from his rhoms
over his office to his residence on
Reservation avenue, so that he
may remain a member of the
school board.
MILITANTS FIRE
DIMMRCH
London. June 19.—The mili
tants today burned I lie church at
Dudley, causing a loss of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars
and the destruction of an art col
lection and old relics of almost
priceless value. The building
was plastered with signs of
“Voles for Women” before the
lire was started. No arrests have
been made ag the women all made
good their escape.
STRIKE PROBE
IEMJTS ERR
Charleston, . W. Va., June ii>.—
The Senate lobby probe has end
ed as far as any evidence to bo
had at this place is concerned,
but it is expected that a few ses
sions may be held in Washington
on the return of the committee
to the capital.
coiriliis
LEAVES FRISCO
»
San Francisco, June 19—The
revenue cutter Thetis, which has
been assigned to take the “float
ing' court” to the westward, left
here yeslefWay for the north and
will call at Port Townsend oil the
way to Valdez.
Arthur Lang, who is to succeed
Angus McBride as clerk of the
court, will take his office on July
1st, which will be the beginning
of a new fiscal year. No change
will be made immediately in the
personnel of the office, but sev
eral Democrats are slated for
berths under Clerk Lang in the
course of the next few months.
A Three-reel Feature Film.
Martin Chuzzlewit, by Charles
Dickens, the.^great English nov
elist, a thyee-reel feature at the
Orpheum tonight. Don’t forget
to patronize the local theater.
Adler is selling, out. Bargains
in anything and everything.
RAILROAD HEAD
III LOBBY PROBE
President Lovett Called Before
Committee to Explain State
ment He Made.
Washington, U. C., June 19—
The Senate lobby investigating
committee will call President
Lovell, of (he1'Harriman lines,’ to
appear before the committee and
explain his statement that lob
byists were seeking employment
from the Union Pacitic, declaring
that they had influence with the
department of justice by which a
settlement of |ho difficulties be
tween the railroad and I he gov -
ernment regarding I he unmerg
ing plans made necessary by thej
recent decision of I he Supreme
Court, and over which much hag
gling had been going on, and
which they wPre in a position |o
settle advantageously to the com
pany.
The dispute over the unmerg
ing plans lias been of long .stand
ing and the company have made
several offers not satisfactory to
the attorney general.
Letters written during the
Roosevelt and Taft administra
tions between Oxnard, head of the
’beet sugar industry, and Palmer
were read to the committee. The
leters showed that members on
the committees were selected by
the lobby working for protection
and that great care was taken to
have on all important committees
men who believed in high protec
t ion.
CARNEKGiFT
FOB I PURPOSE
Bishop Candler Says Carnegie
Wanted Control of Vander
bilt University.
Atlanta, <ia., June 11).— Bishop
Candler made the statement here
today that Andrew Carnegie’s gift
to the Vanderbilt University at
Nashville, Ky., was merely to get
control of thet property.
The bishop, however, failed (o
give any reason why the former
iron master should desire the
control of the college, or I he gain
or profit i| would be-to him if he
did secure control.
May Lose His Eye.
Mike Mihailovich, a miner
working at the Ellamar mine,
was brought to Valdez last night
and taken to the Hospital of the
Good Samaritan for treatment.
He will probably lose the sight
o/ his right eye, which'was hit by
falling rock and badly crushed.
He is suffering from other injur
ies, but they are not severe.
SENATOR SMITH VOTES
AGA1N8T HIMSELF
Washington, D. C., June 19.—
Senator Smith.of Michigan, who
appeared before the Senate lobby
committee today, testified that he
had voted against free pulp, al
though he purchased $75,900
worth of paper each year and
would have to pay more for it
under a JJariff which placed a
duty on pulp than if it were ad
mitted free* but that* he believed
in protecting the manufacturers
tit the United States.
A game between the married
and single men is scheduled for
next Sunday at the baseball
grounds.
Rook Oentract to Let.
Contract to let for sinking
shaft. Inquire of B. F. Millard |
at the Copper Block. j
JUDGE TAKES OATH
BEFQRETHEGLERK
Simple Ceremony Held at Clerk’s
Office—McBride Administers
the Oath.
Fate yesterday afternoon Fred.
M. Brown stepped into the office
of Angus McBride, clerk of the
court, and in a few moments had
taken the oath of office before
that official and was the presid
ing Judge of the Third division.
Under orders from the attor
ney general Judge Brown will
hold court in Juneau July 8th.
Following is I he oath adminis
tered lo judges:
“I, Fred. M. Brown, do sol
emnly swear that I will admin
ister justice without respect to
persons, and do equal right to
the poor and to the rich, and that
1 wit! faithfully and impartially
discharge and perform all the
duties incumbent on me as Dis
trict Judge for the Territory ol
Alaska, according to the best of
my abilities and understanding,
agreeably to the Constitution and
laws of the United Stales; and
that I will support and defend
the Constitution of the United
'Slates against all enemies, for
eign and domestic; that I will
bear true faith and'allegiance lo
the same; that f take this obliga
tion freely, without any mental
reservation or purpose of eva
sion; and that, f will well and
faithfully discharge the duties of
I lie office on which I am about to
(Miter. So help me find."
All Boats Have Sold Out Passen
ger Accommodations to the
North.
Seattle June 1 !>_The Alameda
left last night with a capacity list
of passengers, most of whom are
.for Skagway and are going down
the Yukon to Dawson and Fair
banks and other river points.
All the steamers on the north
ern run have been sold out weeks
ahead and in many instances
passengers have been unable to
secu re reservatinns.
The Valdez passengers on the
Alameda are Sergeant Zwink and
wife, John Yoder, S. Bowes and
wife, J. Walker and wife, Nels
Jensen, J. Wiswald, J. Tauben
•eck, Mrs. Martins, Tom Geraghty,
T. Dunbar, Mrs. Harrill, R. Red
path R. Hart, W. Hobson and six
steerage. For Eltamar H. Davis
and At. Hansen.
NORTHWESTERN DUE
EARLY TONIGHT
The Northwestern left Cordova
at 1:15 this afternoon and
should reach Valdez about 7 this
evening, unless delayed at Ella
mar. The following passengers
left Seattle on her for Valdez:
Master flurtis Carlins, Mrs. W. C.
Thompson, Mrs. Jesse Martin,
M. Gercheck, Charles Sanders,
Joe Laferris, F. Whelpley, Mrs.
W. Millard, O. Potter, G. Mullen,
A. Gustafson and two steerage.
A. F. Joudon is aboard for Ella
mar.
Sampson Wm**s Juneau.
The S. S. Sampson left Juneau
at 1:30 this morning for Valdez.
Tom Geraghty, who has been
in ‘he. states the past two
months] is a passenger north on
the Alameda. Mrs. Geraghty is
remaining in the states to visit
with relatives. .
SEATTLE JURY“
AFTER EDITORS
_ \
Indict Four for Criminal Uiel—
Had Accused Public Officials
With Grafting.
Seattle, June 19.—The l'gand
jury yesterday returned indict
ments for criminal libel against
Colonel Blethen and Clarence
Blethen, the* publishers of the Se
atl/te Times, because they bad
accused Socialist Wells with hav
ing disappeared with all the funds
of the Socialist association.
The same jury brought in in
dictments for the same offense
against Editor Sanders, of the Se
attle Star, because he had charg
ed the county commissioners with
grafting, and against Editor Ed
ward Clayson, of The Patriarch,
because be had accused Judge J.
T. Ronald and Prosecutor Mur
phy with having grafted funds of
the city.
All the indicted newspaper Die'll
were arrested and released under
bail and one of the hardest legal
tights will be made to keep the
penmen out of the penitentiary.
Editor Edward Clayson, of The
Patriarch, is the father of Will
Clayson, who owns clothing
stores in Cordova and Skagwav.
LOST”pHDPEHTY;
COMMtnUICI
Zurich, Switzerland, June 19—
I.etters found since the. death of
Millionaire Maggi and his wife,
who committed suicide a few
days ago, show that he look bis
life not because lie bad lost all
interest in living, but because he
bad lost all bis property and was
a poor man, while but a few
years ago he was the wealthiest
man in the country.
HUMS HEW
FOR NIGHT RIDERS
Henderson, Ky., June 19.—A
Vigilante coininillee ilO strong
was organized here Iasi night to
light the night riders and prevent,
tile' destruction of property and
Hie burning of tobacco ware
houses because of the refusal of
the planters to stop the growing
t.f tobacco, and thus limiting the
output.
» SUFFRAGE
S*Y_MOOSERS
Springfield, III., June 19.—The
Bull Moose members of the state
legislature have demanded of
Governor Dunne that he sign the
recent bill passed by the legis
lature giving to women the right
to vote.
The governor has given no in
dication of his intentions.
Walter Stuart, of the Alaska
Water, Light & Telephone Co.,
was working on the transmission
line near Lowe river and wanted
to cross the river, thinking he
could do as the old sourdoughs
do when they come to a river, so
built a raft to cross over. He
got aboard and started but was
carried out into the bay and was
many hours making the shore, a
wiser man for his experience.
Bob McIntosh made a quick
trip to Galena bay on the B. F.
M. to secure some heavy cable for
use on the dike construction
work.
ILLINOIS ROBBERS
MAKE GET-AWAY
Posses on Trail Prevent Looting
of Safe Sut Fail to Cap
ture Bandits.
Spring-held. III., June 19—The
posse which had been organized
for lhe purpose of retaking the
express car from the bandits,
who yesterday held up the Illin
ois Central, surprised the rob
bers, but before they could take
the car the bandits made good
their escape, running the engine
and car some miles away, where
they again stopped the car and
tried to open tin* messenger’s
safe with dynamite. Before they
were able to get into the safe a
second posse arrived in a num
ber of automobile^ and the rob
bers and made a second get-away.
The safe contained Sg’5,000.
A large reward has been of
fered by the express company for
the arrest and conviction of the
robebrs.
|
JAMES TRAVERS
Bones Scattered for 200 Feet
Along the Beach—$600.00
Has Disappeared.
I»r. T. A. Ilaxliy. wlm came to
Valdez mi I In- liisl Imal from La
(oiii'he. n*porl> I Ik* finding liy
.Mie searching parly headed by
himself id' llie bmies nf James
.Travers, wlm lel'l nmre I ban two
months ago from I lie "Madhouse”
lo go Ip Montague Island, hut was
never seen afterward.
After |ln* missing man had not
been heard of nor seen for six
weeks a searching part' went to
look for him, as In* had left with
onjy ten <la> s provisions. They
found his boat on Mie rocks at
Dangerous point on tin* east side
of 1.a,louche Island, where the
beach is exposed to the heavy
ocean swells. After a diligent
search they found a sack of food
and later found hones of the un
fortunate man scattered along the
|beach for 200 feel. Many bones
were not recovered, as the sea
weed is more than a foot thiek
and the men were unable to tind
them. The skull was found but
the entire front part of it had
been broken away and was gone.
When Travers left the "Mad
house” he had soon on his per
son, but not a cent was found in
his clothing, which tin* searchers
found mi the beach.
It is supposed that when he
reached the outside of the island
on his way to Montague he an
chored the boat and went to
sleep, as he had made a bed in
the small dory he had borrowed
from John Wilds. During the
Might the wind may have fresh
ened and have blown him oil the
shore, wfaich at high title is a
fine gravel beach and at low tide
js covered with big jagged rocks,
upon which the boat must have
been wrecked and he drowned,
washed ashore and pounded to
pieces, or else devoured by the
ravens and gulls. The bones
were picked clean according to
Dr. ‘Huxby.
No inquest had been held as no
reason exists for believing foul
play had anything to do with his
death.
Judge F. M. Brown today re
appointed Ike Hamburger as his
private secretary and court sten
ographer. Mr. Hamburger has
served in the same capacity un
fler Judge Cushman and Judge
Overfi dd.