V0L 9 VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1913. NO. 119.
ARE ARRESTED
Six of Whom Are Charged With
Attempting to Free the Form
er President.
Mexico City. Feb. 28.-Six funn
er friends of Madero's have been
arrested, charged with being ac
complices in the attempt to res
cue Madero from the Huerta
forces the night he was being
conveyed from the arsenal to the
* penitentiary.. and when, it is
claimed, lie was murdered by the
guard.
President Huerta says he is
suret that the government did not
have anything to do with the kill
ing of Madero, and will prove it
by arresting and punishing the
guilty ones.
GENERAL HUERTA
ASKS FOR MONEY
Wants Congress to Issue $200,
000,000 in Bonds to Pacify
Mexico.
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Mexico C.ily. Fell. 28.--Presi
dent Huerla, llic presold head nf
Mexico, lias asked congress lo
issue liomls lor $200,000,000 for
the purpose of providing money
with which to pacify the country
and for rohahilial ion purposes.
Kmilio Haliasea has been ap
lioini.cd aiiiiiassador I" the I"niI —
ed Stales and the gnvcrnmenl will
In* asked to recognize him as the
accredited agent of Mexico.
Washiiiglon, I). C... Fell. 28.
II, is announced here laid a
strong light will be made against
^ the recognition of President Hu
erta's ambassador, as it is said
that lie represents the murderer
nf Madero and that this gov
ernment should refuse to receive
as tlie accredited agent of Mexico
a. representative of Huerta.
HI Paso, Feb. 28.—Madero's
troops at Sonora have taken the
oath of allegiance to Huerta,
fearing that they would be ex
ecuted if they held ouL any long
er. The new government will
rule by the sword and executions
will follow one another until the
present government, has wiped out
all opposition.
Schoolmasters Win Law Suit.
Judge Overileld recently decid
ed the two cases of 0. S. Blake
and T. K. Latimer vs. the City
of Juneau, ami the school board,
found for the plaintiffs. The suit
was for hack pay for the time in
tervening between the date of
their discharge hy the hoard and
the date at which their term
would have expired.
The defense set no hy the city
and I he school hoard is that they
were incompetent and engaged in
politics by carrying on a cam
paign for the institution of a
gymnasium and that they were
discharged and paid up in full for
nil the services rendered.
The court held that the fact
that tile schoolmasters and chil
dren look active part in trying to
gel a gymnasium established
could not be charged as engaging
in politics. In fact, the court held
(hat trying to establish a gym
nasium was a very laudihle ob
ject. This was especially true
of Juneau on account of the cli
matic conditions prevailing there,
which made outdoor exercise for
(lie children uncomfortable.
< leo. Reinke, the watch repairer
and jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug
company.
If you want all the news all the
lime, read I lie Prospector.
RQUMANIAAGGEPTS
THEPOWERSTERMS
Mediation, at First Refused, Now
Accepted in Boundary Dis
pute With Bulgaria.
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Bukharest, Feb. 28.--Rouinania
lias agreed to accept the propo
sition of the powers to mediate
the boundary dispute between
that country and Bulgaria, thus
settling the possibility of war be
tween the two countries.
The troops of the Bulgarians
will again be sent to Adrianople
to assist in conquering that city
land also to reinforce the attack
ing forces at Constantinople.
Rouinania ,look the opportun
ity of settling a long standing
dispute, while her neighbor was
busy with a war with Turkey, but
the pressure from Russia was so
great that she was forced to
forego any attempt to take by
force of arms the ground claim
ed. Austria wait actively backing
Rouinania.
GUILLOTINE FOR
PARIS BANDITS
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Sentence of Death Passed on
Four—One Commits Suicide
When Sentenced to Life.
Paris. Fell. -W_Seulenceed In
ileal h hy I lie guillotine was pass
ed today on the four leaders of
the “auto bandits." who were
found guilty after a trial lasting
several months.
(Jarnuul. who was selileiired to
life imprisonment, committed
suicide when sentence was pass
ed upon him. He swallowed poi
son which he had concealed up
on his person. The balance of
the men convicted were senten
ced to ten years’ imprisonment.
One was given ten years’ exile
from France.
INCREASE FORGE
IT'SEHMti
Mill Test Recently Made Demon
strates Value of Property
Development be Pushed.
The Sealey-Davis management
have increased the force of men
at the mine and now have four
men working. The property,
which is considered one of the
h si in this section, is under
lease to. Charles Sealey and Jim
Davis, who are pushing the work
rapidly.
Dick Corwill, Pete Layton,
Charles Sealey and J. Davis are
now on the ground and more will
he added in a few weeks. The
mill test made tiy Charles Craw
ford, of the local stamp mill,
showed that the ore is very rich
and the money received from the
12-ton run will he put back into
the i roperty and more rock will
be, taken out and brought to Val
dez for treatment al the local
mill.
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A crate of live ducks was ship
ped in to Fairbanks on the last
McIntosh stage.
FOR RENT—Five room house
on Sherman St. Inquire of Mrs.
H. Leavel.
BEFORE FIREO
Superintendent of Mattewan Asy
lum May be Indicted—Thaw
Refused a Nearing.
Albany, N. Y„ Feb. 28.—Gov.
Sulzer today removed Supt. Rus
sell. of the state asylum for the
criminal insane at Mattewan, be
cause of the unsatisfactory out
come of the alleged attempt at
bribing. Itefore Russell had been
notified, however, he sent in his
resignation.
The Sulzer investigating com
mittee refused to grant Harry
Thaw a hearing and he will not
appear as a witness. The probe
into conditions in the state in
stitutions will continue.
The grand jury may investigate
the charges against Russell and
Auhut. and it is expected that in
dictments may follow.
STATE GANT HOLD
SICKLES PROPERTY
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Wife’s Mortgage Has a Prior
Claim Over the State Says
the Trial Jury.
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Xew Yuri;. I-Vli. -,8.--i’lii‘ jury
luilay derided that tin* mqrt'ignge
mi (le+i. Sickles' property to his
| wife, wlm advanced him money in
I meel his delils. is a prior claim
|aml dial die slate cannot lake
j die properly lo pay die shortage
jnf stale funds enlrusled lo the
General while he was in charge
I of die slate monuim'nt funds,
j Gen. Sickles is under arrest,
Iml II is not expected Ihal lie will
ever in* forced lo remain in jail
a day. as bonds are being raised
for his release. Gen. Sickles
saved the day for the L'nion
forces at Gettysburg.
The stale was trying to sell die
property, but the action of the
jury now prevents any further
aclion, as all the property is
heavily mortgaged. Mrs. Sickles
has offered to pay the shortage if
he will dismiss a young house
keeper in his employ, but he re
fuses.
IS "MAKING GLA0IER3” FOR
CONSERVATION OF WATER
tieorge Adams, an Atlin miner,
with a gang of seven men, is en
gaged in the manufacture of
glaciers, which he does by dam
ming the streams, thus produc
ing immense quantities of ice,
the n dting of which will add to
the water supply for hydraulic
operations the coming season. It
is believed that this form of wa
ter conservation will result in
adding much to the output of
gold, as heretofore work had to
be shut down early on account of
the lack of water.
He Should Have Taken More Time.
The hotel was on fire, but the
husband insisted that his wife
should not leave their room until
she was fully dressed.
“We have plenty of lime.’ lie
told her. “and 1 won’t allow you
to make such a spectacle1 of your
self as I’ve seen other women
do in ease of fire.”
He proceeded with his own
dressing, urging his wife to neg
lect nothing. When she was fully
dressed they left, and outside the
burning' building found the usual
crowd in all stages of undress.
Looking complacently at his wife,
Mr. Jones remarked: “Now aren’t
you glad we took lime to get
dressed?"
“Yes, dear,” gently answered
Mrs, Jones “But I wish we’d
wailed just a minute longer so
that you would have had time to
pul on your trousers.”
Reinke. expert repairer, at the
Valdez Drug company.
RULE or REASON
IS DENOUNCED
Senate Committee Recommends
Change of Law to Destroy
“Rule of Reason” Decision.
Washington, I>. C., Feb. 28.
The Senate committee today rec
ommended that the Sherman an
ti-trust law be amended to do
away with the decision of the Su
preme Court, which, it is claimed,
read into the law the word un
reasonable.
The committee denounces the
action of the Supreme Court and
suggests that the amendment he
passed immediately.
Much discussion was caused in
the East at the time of the de
cision, as it was claimed that the
court had exceeded its rights of
interpreting the law and had leg
islated into the law something not
intended by congress.
WILSON TO SMASH
MANY PRECEDENTS
Vice-president Marshall to Sit in
Cabinet—President Will be at
the Capitol Often.
Washington. D. I'eb. J8.
II is' expected Dial President
Wilson will smash man> prccc
dents during his administration,
prohaldy the most, mdalde of
which will lie liial the vice-presi
dent will become a member of tin'
cabinet and will sit in all confer
ences with the president.
It is also staled that President
Wilson will follow the custom
adopted al Trenton and will lie
much al I lie eapitol and use his
utmost efforts to secure I tie pass
age of needed legislation.
Douglas City was visited by two
tires in one week. One was quick
ly pul oul by a few small chem
ical extinguishers, while the oth
er gutted the Orpheum theater
building. Two streams of water
from the high pressure system
were required for over half an
hour before the tire was extin
guished.
EARTHQUAKES IN THE
TAI.KEETNA RANGE
Earthquakes thrive and have
their being in the Talkeetna range
mountains, according To a re
port brought out by Paul Heath,
who has been on Clear creeks in
that region, since last sffnter.
Early in July, Heath says, earth
quake followed earthquake in
such quick succession that ail
count of the disturbances was
lost. He says it threw a scare
into the few inhabitants, who be
gan to think that the end was at
hand. They gained knowledge of
the Katmai eruption through a
fall of ashes which the wind
drove in that direction.—Seward
Gateway.
The magnificent distances oft
en spoken of in reference to in
terior Alaska now have no such
terrors as in years gon<* by. for
settlements are springing up ev
erywhere, and Hu* most intrepid
adventurer seldom wanders over
.00 miles from a large settle
ment. or a small one, where can
lie found all the necessities and
many o.f the comforts and lux
uries of life.
William Conley and Alex. Sin
gletary will leave on lh(‘ Brigh
ton for the Sweepstake mine at
Port Wells.
FURNISHED HOOMS with or
without board. Ibex House, Key
stone Avc. Mrs. H. Sharts.
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SAYS GAYNOR
New York’s Mayor Says Graft is
Infinitesimal Now to What It
Was Four Years Ago.
New York, Feb. 28.—Mayor
Gayuor, who appeared before the
aldennanic committee in the graft
probe into the police department,
made the statement that the graft
in the New York police depart
ment is infinitesimal now, but
that when his predecessor, Mayor
McClellan, left the office it was
three millions a year. He also
claimed that the New York pa
pers that now are fighting him
had shared in the graft by the
department from the underworld
for the last twenty-five years.
Dstrict Attorney Whitman has
secured indictments against
three more police captains, two
inspectors and a deputy commis
sioner for sharing in the graft
and two patrolmen, a police cap
j lain and an inspector have con
I f'esse'd.
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'Thousands Offer Themselves as
| Willing Subjects for Trial of
the New Remedy.
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| Washington. i). f... Keli. _’x.—
The Krietlinan serum lias been
received b\ I lie gnvcrnmenl 1'rnm
the Herman doctor, who is imw
in New York, and enough of the
reined' for a lesl on many sub
jects is now in the hands of gov
ernment officials.
The number of people willing
lo allow I be lesl to be made up
on them is running into the
thousands and the number is dai
ly increasing. It is not known yet
whether the government will ex
periment with the serum upon
humans or if they will firsl use
animals.
SNOW STORM
IS GENERAL
From Valdaz to Paxsons the
Beautiful is Falling and is
Blowing on Summit.
The snowfall of Iasi night in
Valdez is general throughout the
interior, and all the way from
this city to Paxsons the beau
tiful is falling. The wind is
blowing on the summit, but the
stages are moving in spite of the
heavy trail. The large number
i>f out tits working from the foot
of the summit to Tonsina will
make it easy keeping the trail op
en and McIntosh will, if neces
sary, send out more teams and
men.
At Tonsina it was raining this
morning, but. later in the day it
turned colder and was snowing.
FOR SALE--Paxsons roadhouse,
store and postoffice business,
probably as good and complete
a plant, in as good location, as
there is in Alaska. Undoubtedly
the best roadhouse stand On the
' Fairbanks trail. Reason for offer
| ing for sale want to go outside.
| For particulars address A. J. Pax
son, Paxson, Alaska.
I Does your watch need repair
ling? See Reinke, the watch doc
tor.
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OIL MAGNATE
PASSES AWAY
James Moffett, Head of the New
Jersey Standard Oil Com
pany, is Dead.
Palm iteach, Fla., Feb. 28.—
James Moffett, president of the
New Jersey Standard Oil com
pany. died here today after a
short illness. When he started
to fail he was brought here im
mediately in the hope that the air
might do him pood, but he con
tinued failing.
The Standard Oil company was
the parent oil company, but after
the decision of the Supreme Court
it was dissolved into thirty-four
distinct companies. Moffett was
a heavy holder of stock and is
reputed to be worth 850.000.000.
LEWIS SECURES
RUMP ELECTION
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| J. Ham. Given Majority Vote With
Less Than Quorum Present in
Illinois Legislature.
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Janies II a mi i 11 mi Lewis received
wind Ills supporters claim to lie
an election to tin- I nited Stales
Senate foe the long lorm from Il
linois lmlay. gelling a majority
Iwilh less Ilian a ipmrum preseiil.
| A ■ 1111 'i'll m on ,p ii nl I>;111o| is I ().'!.
[l.ewis received (ill mil of 7 1 Miles
j recorded. The Mile was ialien al
ilee a majority of llie legislalors
[ had left the hall.
j The foregoing message does not.
explain how a legislative rump
managed In set up I lie claim of
being a legal body. The law re
quires at least one joint ballot to
be taken each day uni iI an elec
tion is ctV4cfed. Alter one or
more ballots are taken tile joint
legislative body adjourns for the
day.
If the Lewis rump called itself
a joint legislative body after a
formal adjournmenf by a major
ity of the real joint body the pre
tension ;is infantiju. By con
gressional law a majority of the
whole legislature is necessary for
a quorum.
Sahara as Factory Contor.
Utilization of the Sahara des
ert as a renter of industrial pro
duel ion was the suggestion made
liv J. Astloy Cooper in a paper
on Northern Nigeria, read before
rthe Royal Colony Institute in
London recently.
It had almost been accepted as
a truism, he said, that our coal
supplies we're giving out, but the
Sahara desert received an amount
of solar heat every day equiva
lent to that produced by 0,000,
000,000 tons of coal.
In this arid region, with the
great supplies <>f products avail
able from the wonderful forest
lands nearer to the coast, and the
country traversed by a network
of railways, thoughtful scienti
fic men say that if some econom
ical method could be found to
use Ibis Inst solar energy, such,
for instance, as the scheme which
! was on trial near Cairo, there
was no reason why ihe dreams
should not he realized of those
who saw great districts of the
world, now arid and useless on
account of Ihe intense heat, giv
en up to the factories of the fu
ture. These would be of enor
mous extent with glass cham
bers instead of chimneys and re
(lectors instead of furnaces, all
designed to receive and transmit
the daily gift of the sun’s heat.
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