VALDEZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1914. NO. 89.
VOL. 10. _
One Hundred Lives Are Lost in
Wreck of Steamer Acilia Off
Chilian Coast.
PUNTAARENAS, Chili, Jan. 19 —
The German steamer Acilia sank off
this city yesterday and one hundred
people were drowned. The entire
crew and all the passengers were lost
as the storm was so severe that no
steamer could go to the rescue of the
sinking ship, which had wired for aid
and stated that they were sinking.
The calls became fainter and fainter
and finally the operator informed
those in 'ommunication that the ves
sel was foundering and that they
could not take to the life boats, as
lhey were smashed as quickly as
launched.
Sevcial government vessels have
left for the scene to make an inves
tigation and if possible pick up any
who were tortunate enough to leave
lue doomed vessel, but no hope is
held out for the lives of any of the
crew or passengers.
COMMENCE WORK
DEMOBILIZATION
The Troops of South African Union
Are Being Sent to Their Homes,
as the Crisis is Over.
CAPETOWN. South Africa, Jan. 19.
- The strikers have all returned to
work and the government has given
orders for the, demobilization of the
militia, which had been called to
arms when military rule was estab
lished.
The outlook lor permanent peace,
however, is not good, although the
present cl is is has been bridged and
the off icials of the South African un
ion will endeavor to adjust labor con
ditions in lilt- union to prevent the
dissatisfaction among the laborers,
not only o ngwernment work and the
government owned railroads, but al
so in the diamond mines and in pri
Viite industries.
One hundred and twenty thousand
of the stale militia were under arms
during the recent trouble.
HIMSELF UP
Frank Berlisks Surrende's to Raven
dale Police—Ccr.imitted Scranton
Murder Sixteen Years Ago
SEATTLE, Jan. 19.--Frank Berlis
ke yesterday surrendered to the po
lice of Ravendale and claimed (hat
16 years ago he had murdered a man
at Scranton, Pa., and had fled from
the east and had never been appre
hended.
Berlisjte says that he lias suffered
with, remorse ever since ho commit
ted the deed and ban never Known a
minute's peace until lie surrendered
today to the police apd copfepseu h 3
crime. , ,
The police re holding Uerliske and
have roiiinlunloated with the police
of Scranton as to what they wi3h
donc-vwith the self-confessed murder
er.
Have High Tide in Seattle.
SEATTLE, Jan. 19.—The highest
ilrie recorded here in the past ten
years reached well up on the tide flats
of this city today.
ALASKA RAILROAD BILL WILL SURELY
PASS CONGRESS SOME TIME THIS WEEK
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Opposition to the Measure Is Overcome—Vote In Senate On Thursday ^--Resume
Debate On Measure In House On Wednesday—Outlook Never Looked
Better--Associated Press Predicts Passage.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19—The j
Alaska railroad bill for Alaska, pro- j
viding for the appropriation of $40,- j
000,000 to build 700 miles of railroad j
in the territory is certain to pass ac- j
cording to the information given out
today by Senator Pittman, of Neva
da, Senator Chamberlain, the father
of the bill, and Senator Jones, of j
Washington, who is urging his own :
bill, but who has stated that he will
support the Chamberlain bill in or- :
der that some action way be taken :
to give tr4n*PPrtat|on to the people |
of the interior of Alaska and assure
the development of the coal fields
of the north. ;
ALASKA SEAL
CAUSE SCANDAL
High Government Officials of Form
er Administration and Business
Men Are Involved.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1!) The com
mitte on expenditures of the House
of IRepresentatives today reported
that former Secretary Nagel, of the
Department of Commerce and Labor
in the Taft cabinet, had winked at
the terrible destruction of the seals
on the Islands of St. Paul and St.
Peter, Alaska, and that many high
government officials of the former ad
ministration, and the officers of the
North American Commercial Com
I pany had grafted thousands of dol
lars from the government by taking
more seal than they reported and by
slaughtering the herds, male and fe
male, young and old, in order to clean
up as much as possible on the con
tract held by the company with the
government for the taking of the
seal.
The charges are so sensational and
| the men involved holding high posi
j lions in social, business and political
life, that they have caused much
comment.
It is expected that criminal pros
ecutions will follow the report and
that, the Department of Justice will
secure the evidence upon which the
charges tire made and secure indicl
, ments and prosecute tlie men involv
ed.
! CALIFORNIA SWEPT
BY BAD STORMS
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j SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19. -The
I storms which have swept over this
I state the past few days have cora
| pletely tied up traffic on the railroads
in southern California. The railroads
j are not equipped to free themselves
j from the grip of the storm and it will'
i DC several days before regular traf
fic will be resumed.
8amp«pn Passed Juneau City.
The steamer Sampson, of the Alas
| lea Coast Company, passed Juneau
I at 5 o’clock this morning for Valdez,
j The Sampson will stop at Katalla
| with malland-' passengers. The boat
i is expected to reach Valdez parly
Wednesday morning with five days’
m-.il.
Sam Lynch left on the Mariposa
Jills morning. He has sold his inter
est in the City Express Store to Joe
Spenard, who now owns the City Ex
press and the City Express Second
hand Store and real estate business,
ar.d will conduct them ."11.
Senator Pittman ha* spent many
hours taking different senators, who
were luke warm to the exhibit main
tained hy the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce in Washington, and ha*
shown them the-wonderful collection
of products of the north, which have
been gathered from all sections of
the territory, and are now on exhibit
here in charge of J. L. McPherson,
chairman of the Alaska bureau.
Senator Pittman made a public
statement today in which he said:
“tinder ordinary conditions I am op
posed to the gpvernmont ownership
of railroads, but there is no possibil
ity of securing the construction of
railroads in Alaska by private indi
viduals and the enhanced value of the
lands of the territory will more than
pay the government for the expendi
ture of the $40,0<HJ,Q0p provided in the
bill now pnder consideration.”
The debate on the Alasha railroad
bill will be resumed in the House on
Wednesday and it is not expected
that the bill will have any opposition
from among the congressmen that
will endanger its passage. The pass
age of the bill in the Senate has al
ways been in doubt until today,.when
more than enough senators have sig
nified their Intention of voting for its
passage.
SEATTLE, Jan. 19.—A dispatch to
day from the Associated Press cor
respondent at Washington states pos
itively that the Alaska railroad bill
will be passed by the 8enate and
House some time this week and that
the opposition to the measure has
disappeared.
The government ownership of rail
road believers in the 8enate are be
ing reinforced by those opposed to
government constructed roads, be
cause they beljeve that tye Alaska
railroad will be a failure and will thus
prevent the'extension of the scherpe
in the states.
Great satisfaction is felt here at
the near possibility of the passage
of the bill as it will mean much for
this city.
Chilberg for the Senate.
SEATTLE, Jan. 19 —J. E. Chilberg,
the Seattle banker, will be a candi
date tor senator of this state at the
coining primary election. Mr. Chil-j
berg was loth to enter the field, but
has been prevailed upon by the peo
ple of this city and has thrown his
hat into the ring.
CHICAGO WANTS
REGIONAL BANK
Selection Committee Visits Windy
City and Hears Arguments
From the Bankers.
CHICAGO, Jan. 19. -Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo and Secretary
of Agriculture Houston are here to
day to hear the arguments of the lo
cal bankers on “Why Chicago should
be made a reserve bank center.” The
bankers claim that Chicago deserves
ii more than any . other city in the
states and they do not fear that the
committe will not make this city a
reserve city by establishing a region
al bank here.
The national banks of this city are
falling all over each other to enter
the new currency system and the
fears of many that the banks would
take out state charters have been dis
pelled.
WIFE KILLER
IS CONVICTED
German Doctor Inoculated His Wife
With Typhoid Germs and
Caused Her Death.
FRANKFORT-ON-THE -MAIN.
Germany, Jan. 19.—Dr. Hopf, a phy
sician and surgeon of this city, was
convicted today of the charge of mur
dering his wife by inoculating her
with the gerjns of typhoid and thus
enuring h,er illness and death.
The attorpeys' f6r Dr. Hopf en
deavored to prove the doctor Insane
and he'aided them by faking insanity,
bpt the government experts declared
he was shamming and his ple:f was
of no avail.
Hopf will be sentenced in a few
days.
Go to Jane’s Place for sourdough
! uckwhsat cakes. tf
Miner Asphyxiated.
FAIRBANKS, Jan. 19—Albert Carl
son, a miner working on the claims
on the flats of Chatanika was asphyx
iated in the shaft of the mine last
week, he having en'ered the shaft
while the heavy coal gas w’as still in
the shaft. The miners buried Carl
son on Friday last.
PORTLANOUlT
BY BAD STORM
Gale Blows 50 Miles An Hour—Small
Towns in Darkness and Trans
mission Lines Go Down.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 19.- The
worst storm in thirty years swept this
town yesterday, causing the death of
a number of people and destroying
thousands of dollars worth of prop
erty.
Tho electric transmission lines
were out of commission for many
hours and the small towns surround
ing the city were in darkness all of
last night.
Many expensive plate glass win
dows were broken and signs and ad -
vertisements were blown from tne
buildings. The w ind registered » ve
locity of 90 miles an hour during the
worst pari of the storm.
THE JOHNNY REBS
STILL LOVE LEE
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Was a Great Man, a Good General and
Deserved the Confidence and Ad
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miration of Southerners.
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' RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 19. -In this
city and in every city and hamlet ol
the South the southern people are to
day celebrating the birthday anni
versary of General Robert E. Lee, the
great southern general who for four
years kept the overwhelming forces
of the north at bay.
The eexrcises here were attended by
thousands of people ahd in this and
every other southern state the day is
a holiday and all stores and places
; t r business are clos. ■ .
J. L. Steel, the mining man. lef.
; last night on the Maviprra (< ' ■•'•at
tie.
IN THE EAST
Five Thousand Men Employed by the
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Go on Strike.
ALBANY. Jan. 1W. The employe
of the Delaware A- Hudson railroad
commenced a strike today for high
er wages and tit erailroad company
is tied up: thirty mines operated by
the company have been forced to
close down, while the 5,dd0 railroad
men are out of work and 30,000 men
employed at the mines are compelled
to lake it temporary lay oft.
The men claim that they are be
ing underpaid and that they are
worked twelve hours a day.
Company officials assert that the
railroad will be in operation again in
a few days and that the coal from
the mines will be shipped to the con
necting lines. They state that the la
bor agencies of New York, Boston and
Chicago have telegraphed that enough
men have applied for positions as
strike breakers to more than man the
cars twice over.
The company operates a coal car
rying road in connection with the
mines owned in Pennsylvania.
Fifty-Hour Ocean Ship,
SYDNEY, N. S„ Jan. 19, Charles
Bethune, of this place, announces that
he has completed a model of a sh'j
without propellers or any kind of mu
ehinery under the water line, li
says his invention is practical for
ocean liners and that one so equipped
j could make the passage from St.
Paul's Island to Lundy Island, Eng
; land, in fifty hours.
Did Not Steal Yellow Dog.
FAIRBANKS, Jun. 19— Leonard
! and Halloran. two steamboat men op
erating on the Tanana and Yukon
| rivers, were acquitted today of the
charge of stealing a yellor cur dog
j which belonged to Joe Epos.
English Statesman Dying.
L.QNDQN, Jan. 19.—Baron Stratb
I cona, one of the leading statesmen of
England for many years, is reported
as in a dying condition, suffering with
catarrh. His death is expected nt any
moment.
P. R. McGuire, the government sec
i ret service agent who has ben as
■ signed to hunt down the piurderers
; of the two mar , t Willow creek, who
i were killed Ins' mmust. passed
■ ihtpugh Ynh'ez ; s» right en route
| to Juneau.
i The Sampson wi> t f tit Haim
j !, tv- tri;. ui*
MANY WOULD BE
MAYOR OF SEATTLE
Ten Candidates for Position Have
Filed in Primary Contest
—Gill Still Stays.
SEATTLE, Jan. 19—Ten candidate*
nave filed the necessary papers as
candidates for the mayoralty of this
city to succeed Mayor Cotterill, who
Will not be a candidate for re-elec
tion.
Former Mayor Gill is among the
list of candidates and has a strong
following. Gill is determined to wipe
out the stain of his recall and has
announced that if elected he will give
the city a clean administration and
that the forces of the underworld and
the gamblers will not receive special
privileges.
Interior Miner is Arrested.
FAIRBANKS, Jan. 19 —T. P. Sher
man, of Totatlanika, has been arrest
ed by the marshal charged with
shooting with intent to kill John
Murphy. He was placed under $3,000
bail to await the action of the grand
jury.
MOYERHASFLED
FROM ARREST
Must Return Voluntarily or Wilt
be Arrested as a Fugitive
From Justice.
ilniUHTON. Mich., Jan l'J. All
hui even of the ,!!) officers of the
Western Federation of Labor today
gave bail for their appearance at
(lie irial of their cases. Six of the
men indicted, including President
Moyer, have fled from Hie state and
the district attorney iris announced
tiiat unless they appear at once and
voluntarily surrender to the authori
ties they will be considered as fug
itives from justice and will be ar
rested and brought back on extradi
tlon warrants.
The labor leaders denounce the ac
lion of the grand jury in bringing the
indictments, while they refused to in
dict the members of the Citizens Al -
liance, which "beat up, clubbed, shot
and expelled” President Charles Moy
er from the strike zone.
ON JEANIE'S MATE
Captain Redfern, Who Was First
Mate, is Blamed for Wreck for
Not Calling Captain Hittman.
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SEATTLE. Jan. 19.—The board of
marine Inspectors today suspended
the license of Captain Redfern, who
was first, mate of the steamer Jeanie
when she .struck in Quen Charlotte
sound last month and was wrecked.
Redfern was suspended because he
had failed to obey orders, Captain
Hittman having directed that if the
weather became foggy that the mate
| was to call him, but instead of do~
I ing so Redfern. who is also familiar
| with the inside passage, decided to
j navigate the ship through the fog
| and sppn plied her up on the rocks,
j It ig for this that he will be forced
* to take an ipvpluntary vacat'on for
i four months with no pay and no
j chance to earn it at his regular trade.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Spenard will
move into the former Adler residence
behind the City Express real estate
i' .'iep as soon as the necessary re
• *t.• i • n are oomnleted.
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