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VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1914. NO. 111.
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IS INDICTED
Raine Refuses All Aid From Former
Friends and Says He Wants to
Take His Medicine.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 13.—Banker
Raine, who wrecked the Mercantile
bank of this city, was indicted today
for violation of the banking law' and
for embezzlement.
Many former friends of the banker
have called upon him in his cell at
the local jail and have offered assist
ance, but he has refused all aid and
says he will take his punishment, as
he lost the money in speculating on
Wall street against a brace game.
The cards were stacked by the
Wall street crooks and I went up
against the game with the usual re
sult. I am out a cold million of the
bank’s money and have lost my own
savings of a life time, which before
these speculations amounted to a half
million dollars. I am sorry that I j
cannot return to the depositors the |
money lost, but it is gone and 1 will
take my medicine."
The district attorney will make a
careful investigation to ascertain the
truth of the statements regarding the
loss of the money, as some think the
banker has gone south with a big
share of the stealings and that he
wan’s to receive a quick sentence,
serve his term and then leave prison
a rich man.
Ill UNITED STATES
Shipment of 10,000 l atest Model Ri
fles Shipped From Mobile on
Chartered Ship.
MOBILE, Ala.. Feb. 111. -Provis
ional President Huerta recently pur
chased ten thousand rides from
American manufacturers and the
shipment left here today on a char
tered steamer from Vera Cruz. The
shipment also contains several mil
lion pounds of ammunition for the
guns, which are of ihe latest model,
and will be used to increase the fed
eral standing army.
Huerta is believed to be preparing
to take the offensive against Gen.
Villa and Gen. Carranza and the oth
er bandit chiefs of the north, who
are preparing for an invasion into the
central states of Mexico.
WHORF GULLED
10 WASHINGTON
May be Given a Chance to Bid on the
Contract to Supply Coal for the
Government Railroad.
SEATTLE, Feb. 13.—Captain W. A.
Whorf, owner of the coal mines at
Port Graham, Alaska, now in this
city, today received a message from
Washington summoning him to that
city. It is believed that Whorf will
receive an opportunity to bid on the
contract to deliver to the War de
partment the coal needed by the gov
ernment during the construction of
the railroad which is to be built this
summer.
Captain Whorf will leave here in the
morning for Washington.
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FOR RENT or lease, one pool and
one billiard table complete. Inquire at
the Big Place. Also a moving picture
machine in first-class condition, til
GOOD NEWS RECEIVED FROM NELCHINA;
PAY DIRT IS FOUND ON FLAT CREEK
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Pay dirt running $1.50 a foot on IS
above on Plat creek, in the Nelchina
country, has been uncovered by G. A.
White, the Valdez prospector, accord
ing to a letter sent by him to this
paper.
White succeeded in freezing a hole
to bedrock, allowing the side
walls of his shaft to freeze
as he sunk, and he was thus
able to get down where others have
failed. He is now sinking another
hole to demonstrate the extent of the
pay and is greatly encouraged at the
result of his labors. He states that
300 men are in the camp and that ;
they are all satisfied that the Nelchi- !
na will become a producer this com- j
ing summer and most of them are !
preparing to remain in the camp and j
continue the work.
White reports that a new gulch has j
been found 18 miles from Plat creek !
and that pay 18 inches deep had been |
located and uncovered, and the men j
NEW GULCH IS FOUND 18 MILES FROM FLAT CREEK AND PAY
RUNS AS HIGH AS $1.00 A PAN—PAY ON McDOUGALL CREEK
AND ALSO ON ALBERT CREEK—MINERS ARE SATISFIED.
were at work taking out a dump. It
is stated that the gravel will run as
high as $1.00 a pan on bedrock.
The letter follows:
SIXTEEN ABOVE, Flat Creek, Nel
china, Feb. 2.—Editor Prospector,
Valdez: I suppose I should give you
some news about the camp. I have
been up here on No. 16 above discov
ery, Flat creek, and have succeeded
in freezing a hole to bedrock, which
is fourteen feet deep and 1 have
struck pay dirt which will go $1.50 to
the square foot of bedrock. There is
four feet of gravel which will go till
the way from one to forty cents to
the pan.
I am now starting to sink 150 feet
from first hole across the creek, and
I am down to gravel which pans
coarse gold, so I guess I have the
pay located on Flat creek all right.
It is the first hole to be sunk on the
creek and if the pay will continue
down the creek Flat will be a big
producer.
A colored man by the name of Irvin,
who is located on Shovel creek, has '
struck good pay in a hole recently t
put down, and has a splendid pros
peet in another hole he sunk a month '
ago. I
On discovery on McDougall creek
they uncovered good pay last fall, and j
on Albert creek they have ground
which will go close to $2.00 to the
square foot of bedrock.
I was told the other day by a man
that 18 miles from here a gulch (I
hare forgotten the name of the gulch
now) they have been working on and
they have 18 inches of pay that will
go 15c to $1.00 to the pan. The man
says they can get $1.00 pans on bed
rock.
On Crooked creek a party of min
ing men from Fairbanks have bonded
some claims for $90,000. They are
now outside after a Keystone drill and
supplies to carry on operations next
summer.
Over on Tyone I hear they have
some very promising looking creeks.
On the whole it now looks as if it
will make a good camp.
There are about 300 men and four
women in the camp and more arriving
every day. It has been a fine winter
in here. The coldest day was only
42 degrees below zero and very little
wind, and only two and a half feet
of snow.
EAST IN GRIP
OF FROST KING
Thermometer Registers 33 Below Zero
in Utica—Cold in Boston—Storm
General on Atlantic Seaboard.
UTICA, N. Y., Feb. 13.—The entire
section along the lakes is in the grip
of the storm king and the thermom
eter at this place registers 33 below j
zero. The people are suffering very |
much from the extreme cold, and the
police have been called upon to pro
vide shelter for thousands of the poor, j
who have no place to go. The schools j
j have been closed because of the lack j
I of fuel, as the railroads are blockaded j
land Inn little coal is reaching this!
j city.
NKW YORK. Feb. IK. This city
I is suffering from one of the worst
cold snaps of the winter and a stiff
wind is blowing, causing people to
shiver and remain indoors as much
as possible. The city police last night
sheltered over 3,000 men, women and
children in the municipal shelter at
the city dock.
Reports received here from all
along the coast indicate that the
storm is general and that it extends
as far south as the Chesapeake.
BOSTON, Feb. 13.—The sudden
drop of thirteen degrees in the tem
perature has caused much woe and
suffering in this city. The charitable
societies are doing all in their power
to relieve the situation and are fur
nishing food and shelter for the poor
and homeless.
All vessels coming into port are
ice-covered and It is feared some of
the fishing vessels will go down in the
storm which is raging on the sea, as
they are sure to become covered with
ice and become unmanageable.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC BANDIT
GETS A LONG SENTENCE
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13.—Bonta,
the Southern Pacific bandit and mur
derer, w-Js sentenced today to serve
twenty-five years in the penitentiary
for his crime. The extreme youth of
the bandit alone saved him from the
death penalty.
Start Suit Against Railroad.
SALT LAKE, Feb. 13—The feder
al district attorney stationed here to
day started suit againBt the Southern
Pacific railroad to compel the- road to
dissolve the Central Pacific‘raiiroau
from the Southern. The complaint
alleges that the two roads, anting in
conjunction, are violating the terms
lot the Sherman anti-trust law.
{ Bring the children to the matinee
j at the Orpheum next Saturday.
STUDENTS CHEER
SWEDISH KING
Because He is Preparing Country to
Fight Russian Aggression—
Many Join Army.
STOCKHOLM. Sweden, Feb. 13.
Thousands of cheering students par
tided the streets of the city last night,
cheering the king for his promise to
make the Swedish army and navy a
fighting organization ready to defend
tiie country from Russian aggression.
The mobs were orderly and did no
damage but paraded before the royal
palace and cheered for homr. The
enlistments in ihe army have grown
so fast i hat the authorities are unable
to care for the recruits.
The action of the cabinet in resign |
ing was condemned by the students, (
who carried placards denouncing them i
as enemies of the country.
A strong detachment of troops is
maintained about the castle to pre
vent any attempt upon the part of
Russian sympathizers to take the life
of King Gustaf.
Committee on River* and Harbors Im
provements Present Bill Calling
for Expenditure $43,000,000.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—The riv
ers and harbors bill, appropriating
$43,000,000, has been completed by
the committee on Rivers and Harbors
and will be introduced today. The bill
provides for expending $7,000,000 in
deepening the channel of the Missis
sippi river and $13,000,000 is to be
spent in deepening the harbor of New
York. Other smaller appropriations
are made for work on rivers and har
bors in other sections of the coun
try. The appropriations are divided
so that no section is overlookea.
The total of $43,000,000 is $5,000,000
less than the total of last year’s ap
propriations for the same purpose, and
it is expected that some of the sen
ators and representat ives, whose con
stituents are not cared for by the bill,
will endeavor to have more appropri
ations added to it when it is up for
debate.
The committee and administration
leaders are hopeful, however, of keep
ing *t down to the present figure.
Who sent me that horrid Valentine?
CANAL READY FDR
SILL WARSHIPS
Colonel Goethals Says That Ships Can
Now Pass Through If It is
Necessary.
PANAMA, Feb. 13. -Colonel Goe
thals, chairman ol' the canal commis
sion, announced today tha tthe canal
is now ready for the passage of small
warships from one ocean to ihe oth
er and that in a few weeks the larg
est of them will be able to cross the
Isthmus of Panama.
The work of clearing the big slide
is being rapidly pushed and every
available dredge is working day and
night and the sediment is carried
away.
No date has been set for the use of
the canal by merchant vessels, but it
is expected that in March the canal
will be in use for such ships as want
to go through and "re willing to take
the chances incident to the opening
of a new canal.
JAP NAVAL BILL
In Spite of Protest of the People
Government Forces Big Increase
From Parliament.
TOKIO, Japan. Feb. 13 —The Ja
panese parliament today passed the
naval appropriation bill providing for
the expenditure of $62,000,000 on the
navy for the next year. This is an
increase of $16,000,000 over the ex
penditure of lest year, as only $46,
000,000 was granted. The appropri
ation was allowed in spite of the pro
test of the people of the country, and
in spite of the fact that for the past
tew days ttyp citizens of this city have
been rioting and destroying property
in an effpji£ to prevent the passage
of *' e hill; because of the scandal
whi h was unearthed regarding the
grhft between the contractors and the
naval officers.
Troops are endeavoring to prevent
any further rioting and the govern
ment officials say that there is abso
lutely no danger of civil war in Japan.
They also assert that the naval in
crease was necessary as the unrest
in the world at th's time is likely to
embroil Japan with countries having
large navies and that the empire must
be in readiness.
Threats Are Made That They Will
Be Prepared For Any Emer
gencies.
LONDON, Feb. 13. The king bits
got to see us, or we shall know lire
reason why," Mrs. Dacre-Fox said al
a meeting of militant suffragettes in
London this evening. She added:
"The next deputation will go to
Buckingham Palace prepared for ail
emergencies.”
The speech was made at a gather
ing called to reopen the campaign for
ettual suffrage after the recent lull,
and the women were full of light.
Mrs. Dacre-Fox said the suffra
gettes had not anticipated that his
Majesty would refuse to see a depu
tat ion of women on January 7. but'
if he had been advised by his minis
Lers not to see the women he would
not shield himself that way.
Suffragettes made a determined ef
fort tonight to break up the meeting
at which the Right Honorable John
Burns, president of the Local Govern
ment Board, spoke on home rule.
Three male champions of the en
franchisement of women [aided by
suffragettes tried to howl him down.
After a lively scrimmage the men
were pitched into the street, still
strapped to the seats. Many of the
women disturbers w re also ejected,
but with less violence.
EDINBURGH, Feb. 13.—An irate
suffragette today made Thomtis Mc
Kinnon Wood, the Secretary for
Scotland, look like a miller by throw
ing a bag of flour at him while he
was addressing a meeting connected
with the inauguration of Edinburgh
High School.
England Won’t Exhibit.
LONDON, F'eb. 13.—It was finally
decided today that under no circum
stances will the English nation have
an offic!al exhibit at the San Fran
cisco fair. Some had hoped that in
view of the attitude of President Wil
son for ». revision of the canal bill
and urging that the objectionable sec
tion be taken out, that the English
government would relent.
Prince of Wale* to Tour World.
LONDON, Feb. 13.—The Prince of
W’ales will make a tour of the world
! next year, according to an announce
ment made toddy by the foreign sec
retary. The tour will include the
United States and Canada.
Senator L. V. Ray passed through
Valdeg on the Sampron for his home
in Seward. Mr. Ray has been Sn
Washington aiding the friends of
Alaska to secure the passage of the
Chamberlain railroad bill.
DEMAND WOO
Mrs. Bond Accuses Blind Senator of
Attacking Her in the Senator’s
Room in Washington.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Feb. 13.—The
jury that is try the suit of Mrs. Bond
against Senator Gore, of this state,
for $50,000 damages because the sen
ator, she alleges, attempted to force
her to surrender to advances made
by the blind senator in return for a
government position for her husband,
was secured today.
The evidence will be submitted to
morrow. Mrs. Bond claims that she
was requested to call at the senator’s
room in the New Willard hotel in
Washington by Senator Gore, and that.
sh^> had hardly stepped in the room
when ite made an indecent proposal
as the price of securing for her hus -
band the position Mrs. Bond had urg
ed should be given him, and that,
when she refused, he made an attack
on her, tearing her clothes , and
bruising her face in his efforts to ov
ercome her resistance, and that when
she screamed for help she was re
leased by attendants of the hotel.
The senator, however, claims that if
was a put up job and that he neve:
made any request of the lady when
he refused to grant her demand for a
position for her spouse.
General Jones Will Lead the Wo
man's Fight of the Western Statr
in Effort to Secure Ballot.
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NKW YORK. IVb. l:i. Gemrio
Jones, the site general of the . ill
fragettes, and the veteran of man.
long tramps at the head of her army
of live or six other females, left her i
today to take command of the cam
paign of the women which is to h •
started in Montana to force the vot
ers of the western state to giv ti
women the right of equal suffragi
An effort was made to secure .1
large attendance at the station to hi 1
farewell to the "general" as si:
started on her western trip, but be
ing very cold most of the militant.
remained near their firesides and 011
ly a mere handful cheered her on her
way.
FEDERAL! READ?
10 FARE JUAREZ
Smuggle a Large Number of Troops
From American Side and Hope to
Take Military Supply Base.
EL PASO, Feb. 13— Agents of
President Huerta have succeeded in
rushing a big bunch of recruits aero .s
Che border near here and are prep;1:
ing to attack t}ie city of juarea at..l
recapture it from the forces of Or;.
1 Villa.
The Huerta agents succeeded a
avoiding the cavalry details of Aim
lean troops patrollng the border and
are now across the line.
Now that' Villa is apprised of tv
plan to capture the border tow;,
which is the base of his supplies, t
is expected that he will immediate y
talte steps to rush troops to the cl y.
Mrs. Fred Butterworth left on ! u»
Sampson for Latouche.