v VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL S, 19U. NO. tS7„
STILL AFTER THE
„ M LOCATORS
Special Agent Christensen Issues
Statement Government Will Con
tinue to Fight in Spite Defeats
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SEATTLE, April 7.—Special Agent
fSkristensen of the Land Department
stated today that the government will
prosecute all of the remaining indict
ments against locators of coal lands
in Alaska. The special agent states
that all the locations, with but very
few exceptions, are fraudulent and
that the government will not only
f tight to send the locators over the
road but will also make every effort
to prevent them from securing title
10 the lands.
The criminal actions will be called
early in May and the witnesses needed
will be subpoenaed in a few days.
The department expect better re
sults in, the pending cases than in
the FJrost Watson Munday?Shils
prosecutions, as the men now to be
prosecuted are not as well known nor
^ have tiliey the big money necessary
' jo put, iip for defense that the others
did. j
It / is estimated that the govern
uenil has spent more than a half mil
] on (dollars in prosecuting the Alaska
• on I j cases.
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MOTHER BUNK
/ IS ROBBED
Six Bandits Hold Up Union Bank at
Hazelton, B. C„ and Two Are
Killed by Cowboys.
NEW HAZELTON, B. t’., April 8.—
A gang of bandits today held up the
Union Bank of this city and after
securing $1,000 started for the wilds,
hut several cowboys who were in the
city at the time gave the bandits a
run for their money and in the pitch
ed battle which followed the cowboys
killed two of the gang, and are still
pursuing the other four, whom they
have on the run.
Word has been wired to several
towns ahead of the bandits and
mounted police are starting to head
off the outlaws.
The attack on the bank was so sud
den that the cashier was taken by
surprise and was covered before he
had an opportunity to draw his gun.
i He was forced to push out $1,000 on
»be tray on the counter, which the
bandits accepted and started for the
country.
CHICAGO GALLED
IMPATIENT CITY
Ha* World’* Highest Percentage for
Abandoning Telephone* Before
Connection* Are Made.
LONDON, April 8.—Chicago is the
most impatient city in the world, ac
cording to Postmaster General Sam
uel. la an official statement issued
today comparing the efficiency ot
the telephone services in a number
of the larger cities, he says that care
fully compiled statistics show that the
proportion of calls on which no re
plies are received or which are aban
doned by the callers before connec
tion can be established are three in
New York, to four in London, to nine
in Chicago.
For flowers or fruit see the Jap
%■' baskets at Vaidec Drug Co. tf
HEAVY VOTE CAST IN MUNICIPAL ELECTION;
SCRATCHING OF BALLOTS WAS A FEATURE
THE COUNCILMEN.
James H. Patterson.
William A. Thomas.
John Lyons.
H. E. F. King.
J. C. Martin.
Al. White.
E. E. Ritchie.
SCHOOL DIRECTOR.
C. E. Bunnell.
The municipal election yesterday
was the most exciting contest in the
history of the town and resulted in a
representative body of men being
chosen to guide the destinies of Val
dez for the coming year. It was the
first election since the incorporation
of Greater Valdez and served to
bring out the full voting strength of
the town. It was also the first, elec
tion in which the women were en
titled to equal suffrage and several
of the councilmen elected owe their
success to the support of the fair sex.
This was especially noticeable in the
case of Thomas and Patterson.
Six hundred and two votes were
cast in the school board election and
f>66 votes in the election for council
men.
There were nearly a dozen tickets
in the field which served to confuse
HERE IS WHERE GRANDPA
CAN LEARN SOMETHING
Grandfather’s lighting bill would
have made him a poor man had he
used as much light in his home as
does his grandson. According to data
from the department of physics in
the University of Washinton, to light
an average home for one year with
candles would cost $328.80 and with
kerosene oil $24.90. His grandson,
using carbon lamps, will pay $25.32,
while $11.35, including the cost of
lamps, will pay the bill if tungsten
lamps are used.
The data brings out clearly the
saving in using tungsten lamps in
the home.
noteFairmen
ARE COMPETING
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Aeroplane Race* Will Converge at
Noted Gambling Re«ort* From
Many European Capital*.
PARIS, April 8.—The Monte Carlo
Aerial Rally, when aeroplanes from
most of the capitals of Europe will
converge by aerial routes with the
gambling resort as their goal, com
mences next Wednesday, the new
style meet lasting to April 15.
Competitors will start from Paris,
London, St. Petersburg, Vienna, Brus
sels, Rome, Madrid, etc., and officially
timed, each will try to make the
swiftest trip to Monte Carlo. Birdmen
starting from Paris will have to make
certain detours so that the total
flight will be as long as that by a
St. Petersburg airman, for instance.
Distances from all the cities thus to
be equalized. There are numerous
handsome prizes.
MILWHE ELECTS
MILWAUKEE, April 8.—Mayor
Badlng was re-elected yesterday, de
feating the Socialist candidate. There
were only two tickets in the held* the
Republicans and Democrats having
formed a fusion ticket to defeat the
Socialists. The election was close
and the Socialists claim that they
wiH be ahle to carry the city next
election despite the fusion Of the oth
er political parties.
ENTRANCE OF RESERVATION PRECINCT INTO GREATER VALDEZ
FAILED TO DEVELOP, LOOKED FQR CHANGES—FOUR MEMBERS
OF OLD COUNCIL MERE RETURNED.
many voters and caused an unusual
amount of scratching of ballots. Al.
White also owes his election to the
women’s vote. The Non-partizan
ticket, which did not include White’s
name, was voted straight to the num
ber of 108.
The streets were crowded all day
and the election was the sole topic
of conversation. Shortly after the
polls were opened the supporters of
the candidates began rallying their
forces in order to make a showing
early in the game. The best of or
der was maintained at the polls and
women who were timid about exercis
ing their rights will no longer hesi
tate in doing so. Many voters were
challenged for various causes.
While the contest for the election
of the councilmen was the hottest ev
er held in Valdez it was overshadowed
by the fight for the election of the
school director. Many voters who had
not the required residence qualifica
tion to participate in the election of
the councilmen exercised their rights
to vote for school director. The sup
porters of Thomas Donohoe were very
active and claimed his election until
the count of ballots had beeii| nearly
completed and the election of C. E.
Bunnell was assured.
Seven ballots, which carried the
name of Al. White for councilman,
were deposited in the ballot box in
tended for school director, while an
equal number of school ballots were
deposited with the names of the can
didates for the council. The ballots
were thrown out. Had they been
counted White would have had a to
tal of two more votes than Martin.
The Socialists failed to vote their
ticket straight, the highest receiving
65 and the lowest 34. Jacobson, their
candidate for school director, receiv
ed 41 votes.
Antone Duhlstrom had announced
DEMOCRATS CARRY
CHICAGO ELECTION
Prohibitionists Gain Large Strip of
Territory—Bathhouse John De
feats the Women.
CHICAGO, April 8.—Twenty-one
Democratic and. nine Republican al
dermen were elected yesterday. The
women were badly defeated in their
effort to oust Bathhouse John, as he
was re-elected by a majority of more
than 4,000. The vote was the largest
ever cast in the city.
The election was marked with more
than the usual amount of rowdyism
and several hundred special police
were sworn in to guard the polls in
the foreign districts.
The hardest fight in the election
was between the wet and dry ele
ments resulting in the latter gaining
a large strip of territory. Before the
election 30 counties in the state were
dry and twelve more were added to
the list yesterday. The prohibition
element are jubilant, believing that
they will carry the entire state next
election.
The fight which developed in the
city council over the removal of Mrs.
Young from the superintendency of
the schools and her reappointment to
the position again through the res
ignation of seven councilmen, was a
big factor in the fight and served to
bring out a heavy woman vote.
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AMERICANS WILL
ATTENDCONGRESS
PARIS, April 8.—Hundreds of
American business men are expected |
to attend the International Chambers
of Commerce to be held here during
June. B. J. Shoninger, ex-president of
the American Chamber of Commerce
in Paris, returned here today after a
trip through the United States, where
he was told that several Americans
would attend the congress.
A beautiful sample of rock was
brought from his property in Port
Wells by U. J. Callahan and will be
presented to the Valdez Bureau of
Mines. The rock is on exhibition at
the Seattle Hotel and is attracting
much attention from the miners.
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Subscribe *or roe Prospector
WOMEN'S ATTIRE
SHOCKS QUEEN
Queen Elizabeth is Not a Lover of the
Extreme Fashions for Women
and Enters Protest.
BRUSSELS, April S.--So shocked
was Queen Elizabeth at the scanti
ness of attire worn by a number of
women at the last Court ball that she
has persuaded King Albert to appoint
an official dress censor. This func
tionary, one of the court chamber
lains, appointed today, has been in
structed to stand at the door at all
future Court entertainments and re
fuse admission to any woman whose
decollette is too deep or the split of
whose skirt is too high. Several of
the gowns complained of by her ma
jesty were slit to the knee, while the
corsages were extravagantly scant as
well as flimsy.
Hard Fight on Against License.
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 8.—Dele
gates from a dozen counties met here
today to wage a state wide fight on
liquor licenses through the State Fed
eration of the No-LicenBe campaign.
Dance TonighL
Remember the regular Wednesday
night dance in Eagle hall. Reinke’s
orchestra. Everybody welcome.
SUGAR TRUST
TRIALS ARE ON
NEW YORK, April 8.--Taking of
testimony in the suit of the govern
ment against the American Sugar Re
fining company was resumed here to
day. The prosecution completed its
case several days before the last ad
journment. and the sugar company is
now presenting its case. Former
tarings have been conducted in the
West and South.
A. H. Pinkus, G. F. Cameron and
George Cristo have let a lay on tbelr
ground on Cristo gu|fh In the Nel
china to Decker and party who will
put machinery on the ground and
prospect' it at once.
Bert Gautier is in town from Fldal
go bay. ■.
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that he was not a candidate, but as
his name had been placed on several
tickets many of his friends refused to
scratch his name from their ballots.
Following is the result of the elec
tion as announced by the judges:
For Councilmen.
James H. Patterson.402
William A. Thomas.393
John Lyons .326
H. E. F. King.319
J. C. Martin .311
Al. White .306
E. E. Ritchie .282
John H. Biggs .204
Chas. M. Day .198
C. C. Rudolph .135
John Crawford . 71
Antone Dahlstrom . 68
For School Director.
C. E. Bunnell .306
Thos. Donohoe .220
Following is the standing of the
.Socialist candidates:
E. F. German .65
H. M. Carter .51
Fred Berg .47
A. S. McDowell .42
Hugo Fels .40
Hans Steinfeldt .39
J. M. Paule .34
S. A. Jacobson, school director... .41
Leave for Nelchina Tomorrow.
Frank White, the well known min
er, will leave for Nelchina tomorrow
morning and offers to carry any mail
for the boys in the camp which is
left at the Southern. As the break
up will soon take place this is prob
ably the last opportunity to send
mail to the camp for several weeks.
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Moving Old Trees to Fair Grounds.
SAN JOSE, Cal., April 8.—Mag
nolias and shrubbery and Italian cy
press trees, 50 years old, have been
given by the Oak Hill cemetery here
to he exhibited in the grand court
at the Panama-Pacific exposition.
The work of removing the trees to
the fair grounds started today
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BILLY SUNDAY
STIRS UNIVERSITY
Former Baseball Player, But Now
Evangelist, Will Preach to Penn
sylvania University Students.
PHILADELPHIA, April 8 —Wheth
er such a novel sight as a whole uni
versity "hitting the sawdust trail” for
Billy Sunday will be witnessed here is
the question running broadcast in the
anticipation of the visit of the state's
most famous evangelist to the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania today.
Clerks, miners, farmers and men of
all other walks of life have hit the
trail through the rest of the state dur
ing the meteoric career of the pic
turesque former baseball player, but!
never before has he thrown himself
on the tender mercies of a college or
ganization. People are wondering if
he will meet the same fate as a fa
mous preacher at Princeton who
about a month ago saw his worship
pers get up and walk out the door
because his sermon went a little over
time.
INCREASED RATES
BEING PROTESTED
WASHINGTON, April 8—Railroad
and lake steamship officials and rep
resentatives of scores of shippers
gathered here today when the Inter
state Commerce Commission opened a
three-day hearing on the much moot
ed subject of increased rates for lake
and-rail traffic.
STOCK JOBBERS
ARE INDICTED
Sold Stock in a Fake Company That
Was to Revolutionize the
Yarn Business.
NEW YORK, April 8.—The federal
grand jury today returned indictments
against seven officials of the Sterling
Debenture Company. Eleven indict
ments against each of the officers
were returned and they were given
until tomorrow to plead. Several of
the officials are already under sen
tence for using the mails to defraud
and have sentences of from three to
six years.
A Six-year sentence was passed up
on the officer of the company, who
wrote the alluring prospectuses which
brought many millions of dollars into
the company treasury, which has all
been used by the "insiders.”
All of the manipulators now claim
to be penniless and assert that the
company has spent all the money and
that they have nothing.
The Sterling Debenture Company
flooded the country with circulars
telling of a wonderful new process by
which they could make yarn from
flax straw and how they would revolu
tionize the yarn market and make
millions for those who purchased the
stock.
BEEN SELECTED
But Will Not be Announced Until
Secretary Lane Visits Alaska and
Looks Situation Over.
WASHINGTON, April 8. It is mi
derstooil that President Wilson has
practically decided the route to be
followed by the government railroad
trunk line from the coast .to interior
Alaska. No announcement will be
made, however, until Secretary I.aue
of the Interior Department has re
turned from his contemplated trip
to the northland. Secretary Lane
plans to leave for Alaska immediate
ly after ihe close of the session.
The president has been very act
ive in gathering data covering the
possible routes from the coast to in
terior Alaska and shows a wonder
ful grasp of the situation. He has
conferred with nearly every govern
ment official who is familiar with the
country and is well posted on the re
sources of the different sections which
would be opened by the railroads.
CHEAPER FUEL FOR
ATLANTIC CITIES
Railroads Have Been Charging Many
Times the Price of What the
Service Was Worth.
PHILADELPHIA, April 8—Cities
along the Atlantic seaboard receiving
Pennsylvania anthracite coal by wa
ter may be benefited by a proposed
reduction in price as a result of the
hearing resumed here today by the
Public Utilities Commission into the
cost of transportation of the coal to
this sea port. An exhaustive expert
accountant’s report showed that the
railroads charged about three times
what the service cost them. Nearly
2,000,000 tons leave this port annual
ly for New England and other points.
Of English Invention is a vest with
lapels which turn up and button to
form a chest and throat muffler.