RUSH SUPPLIES
TO PACIFIC FORTS
Charter of 12 Foreign Ships by
the Duponts Said to be for
That Purpose.
Philadelphia, May I3-The mys
terious charier by the Dupont
Powder Company of 12 foreign
vessels to convey powder is re
ported here, and il is believed they
will he used to convey powder to
the forts on- the Pacific coast in
the event of war with Japan.
The forts on the coast are said
to bo short of powder and every
effort is being made by the War
Department lo strengthen the
coast defenses in order to tie pre
pared for a suddoi) attack by the
Japanese, who might do as they
dill in the Russian war. sink a
few ships and declare war after
wards.
BRTIR ASKS FOR
, Says Diplomats Witt Settle Ques
tion of Land Ownership—jJ.aps
'Are Insistent.
Washington. I). C., May 13—
Secretary of Slate Hryau lias wir
ed In (lovernor Johnson inform
ing him that Ihe Japanese gov
ernment has made a protest,
against, the Webb alien land. law
amt the secretarv re'nuesled lhal
governor lie vetoed so lhal tin*
two governments might amicably
set l ie Hie ipieslion of land own
ership/
The Japanese ambassador has
made1 several visits |o the Stale
department and it is believed he
lias impassed upon the depart
ment the fad lhat the Nipponese
insist on an even break with oili
er mil ionalilies.
It is believed here, however,
lhal (lovernor Johnson will sign
Ihe bill, as be has indicated that
be believes the state should exer
cise control over Ihe land of the j
slate.
TYPHOCN STRIKES
MANILA Bit
Manila, I*. (.. May 13.—The
woVst typhoon of recent years
struck this hay yesterday, wreck
ing many ships anchored in the
bay and killing many. The list
of dead now number Ob while the
death list is continually growing
as reports come in from sur
rounding ports.
Superintendent Lighlhail of the
Hidalgo* Copper company is in
I own for a few days. The com
pany made a shipme’nl of high
grade copper ore on the Edit h to
the Tacoma smelter.
S' T. Clark is in from Valdez
glacier.
Elephant Butte Dam.
interesting change of program
at the Orpheum tonight.. Pro
gram : '
■ Elephant Bullc Dam in Arizona,
the greatest project of its kind
in America,
The Father, excellent story and
scenery.
Very Much Engaged, a side
split I ing comedy.
The Family Bugle, a dramatic
siory of two wars.
*55,000 feature thrale-reel sub
ject, the Orleans Coach, on
Thursday.
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Cummings, Borah, Hadley and
Others Would Mold Nation
al Convention Soon.
Chicago, May 13.—A I, a confer
ence .today between Senators
Cummings and Borah, former
Governor Hadley, of Missouri, and
many other prominent Republi
cans, it was agreed to ask the Na
tional Republican Committee
which meets the 2ilh of this
month to call a national conven
tion shortly to change the basis
of representation and make the
parly more progressive.
The conference lias demon
strated that the Republican ele
phant is still a good working ani
mal, at least so declares Governor
Hadley, and with a little doctor
ing will soon be on its feet again
and as aggressive as at any lime
in liie past.
MAY CELEBRATE
100 YEARS PEACE
English Peace Advocate Calls on
President Wilson for As
sistance.
Washington, l>. U., May 13.—
The British committee who are
visiting the United Stales for the
purpose of arranging for I lie cel-,
cbration in 1914 of the one hun
dred years' of peace between tlu>
Knglish speaking nations, yester
day called up on President Wil
son and asked for his co-opera
tion to arrange for a celebration
in both countries.
The centenniaj of the signing
of the treaty of Ghent, which was
signed in 1814. at the conclusion J
of the war of 1812, since which j
time the Knglish speaking coun
tries have lived in peace.
Lord Weardale, Sir Arthur
l.awley, Sir George Keid, Karl
Stanhope and fifteen other noted
English advocates of internation
al peace were among the callers.
SCHOOL BOARD
HOLDS MEETING
No Kicks Made by Patrons of the
Schools—Treasurer Absent— j
j
Judge Lyons Presides.
The members <>f the Valdez anil
Reservation school board met last
night at the. office of C. E. .Bun
nell to listen to complaints, if j
any, which the mothers and fath- j
ei> or guardians of school ehil- j
drcn might care to make. They j
also invited suggestions. " -J
All the members were .preset!I"j
except Treasurer Wilcox, now in i
llordova. Judge Lyons presidetd'l
but as no criticisms or sugges
tions were forthcoming the meet
ing adjourned after the transac
tion of routine business.
At the next meeting teachers
for the coming year will be elect
ed.
Blakney Ships to Taooma.
The S. S. Yukon called at the
Blakney property on her south
bound trip and loaded 250 toils
of copper ore for the Tacoma
smelter. The properly will be a
continuous shipper as much ore
has been blocked cut.
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OPEN GOAL LAND
SAYS JEMMETT
Secretary of Seward Hoad Would
Have Government Reserve Coal
for Use of the Navy.
Washington, l>. C„ May 13.—
Secretary Jemmett of Hie Alaska
I Northern railroad, appeared be
fore the Senate committee and
advocated the government opera
tion of eoal mines in Alaska for
I lie use of the navy. He sad that
the Seward road would be built if
I he government would open I lie
eoal lands, thus giving the road
tonnage enough to justify I tie
construction and operation of the
line. Hul until such action is
taken he said no work would be
done.
Many Alaskans have been
heai'd by Hie committee lind nu
merous conflicting suggestions
made lo Ihe committee. The ad
vocates of the Cordova road are
urging government construction
of a line from Cbilina and the
purchase and operation by the
government of Ihe Cordova road.
FRIEDMAN SUED
BY ISSI5TMII
Dr. Strumm Wants a Commission
of $100,000 for Sale of
Remedy.
New York, May' l.'l.—Hr.
Slruinm, a former assistant of
Dr. F. A. Friedmann., lias emn
ineueed a suit lo recover 8I00,
oim from I lir (ierman doetor for j
commission on the sale of his i
turtle serum lo ttir Kisner-Men- i
delson syndicate for 82,000,000.
Strumm alleges in tiis emu
plaint that lie made the deal fori
the sale on an agreement that !
he would receive a commission of I
$100,000 and that Friedmann now i
refuses to recognize his claim or j
keep his promise.
Friedmann received a lirsl pay- !
ment of $125,000 and is to receive
$1,800,000 more in slock in the
thirty-six Friedrich A. Friedmann
institutes to he organized in
thirty-six selected state's, witli a
total capitalization of $5,100,000.
The American concern which
will undertake the marketing of
the Friedmann cure is the Risner
Mendelson Company. Under the
terms of ttic agreement, this con
cern is to organize the thirty-six
Friedrich A. Friedmann institutes |
with a capitalization of $150,000
each, each institute to retain
$100,000 n treasury stock and
I urn over l,o Hr. Friedmann 850,
000 in stuck as his share.
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Notice.
Eyr the purpose of Jnaintaining
good sanitary conditions, the citi
zens .id' A'aldez arc. hereby re
que'sted, accordipg. to sectinn one.
ordinance No. 27, to reifidve from 1
Iheir ji'reinisOsv frOin the streets,
alleys, grounds and gutters,
sj,reams anil creeks adjacejit, to j
their premises, nil dirt! ruhhtsfti’, !
garbage, ashes, empties of cans j
and bottles and all filth of any j
kind deposited by them. All per- ;
sons who have or caused to have
manure piles on their premises or
adjacent thereto are requested to
remove'and haul aw#y the same.
Anyone failing to comply with the
aboye ordinance will be subject to
its provisions.
IV If. SLEEM,
Health Officer.
Dancing, Danoing.
Dancing in Moose hall Wednes
day evening as usual at 0:30
sharp. Beginners at 8 p. in.
Home waltz at 12.
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STRIKERS BURN ~
STREET CARS
Poor Oil Over Cars and Set Them
Afire—Passengers Flee and
Troops Asked for.
Cincinnati, <>.. May la.—l’ho
striking street ear men poured
oil over the ears which were be
ing operated and set them on lire,
forcing the passengers In flee.
The rioting strikers and their
sympathizers soon brought traf
fic lo a si midst ill.
The police were unable lo pro
tect tiie company's properly and a
demand was made upon the gov
ernor by the company for military
protection. II. is expected the
troops will soon he ordered to
patrol I lie si reels and prevent
further disorders.
The street car motorinen and
conductors have established a
new union and demanded ils re
cognition. which the company re
fused lo do and fin1 men I hen
st nick.
Fine program al the Orpheum
tonight.
THE CITT is
• HOLD MEETING
Secure Taxpayers’ Money for Last
Year’s Work—Will Re
(
pair Dock.
The city dads metl asl night
for the lirsl lime since Mayor
llitchie left lor Cordova ami i
They til ls paid the outgoing conn- i
ci| t he fat salary of $1.00 for a j
year's work.
Tile dock committee id' the |
they transacted much business. !
council were, empowered lo repair
the city thick and drive fender idl
ing lo replace those now in very
iiad shape, making it dangerous
for tiie launch Lieut. Donaldson
and others of the mosquito Heel,
In tie up at the dock.
The question of abandoning tlit*
co-partnership existing between
Hie city and the women of the
restricted district, who are lined
each month, was taken Up but was
tabled. Several of the council- j
men opposed taxing tin* women
and will lake the question up at
the next meeting of the council.
A revenue of from $750 to #1,500
a year is secured from the women
and it was stated I hat I lie police
officer is employed mostly in
keeping order in that section and
preventing grafting from men
wliii are about “three sheets in
the wind" and the abuse of the
woman bv drunks. !
Several protests were made to j
I he council against the large j
number of masterless dogs which
are running about/.town endang
ering the- lives of: children,' dnd
tin* marshal was requested'lo in
vestigate. He was also .ordered to.
find out who i>i;itjke' f HeJlocU.n'ii'
llie *e'ft> ’dock warehouse, wl/ich
had'’been .broken inly- (tint then,
left';open.
* Councilman frjifj^al; suggesieit'
the building' of. a' sewer, from.' I he
fire hall to the bay that the pres
ent unsanitary eonfffliohdf sewi
crage on MciKuley street might hij
improved. He feared that an epti
jemic hiight break out at any time
which ..would cost, many times the *.
priqe'of the sewer, which he esti
mated ooUjd he constructed frir
^1,200/aml al the same time a hie
main could be built to protect, all
of the business section of the city.
He was requested to draw an or
dinance covering the work which
will be introduced at the next
meeting.
At the Orpheum Tonight.
TRAIN WRECKED
NEAR IlCOMA
Was Making 65 Miles an Hour on
Level Stretoh, Four Killed
and Seven Injured.
Tacoma, May 13.—The Oregon
Washington local was ditched
hear hdi;e today and four passen
gers killed and seven injured in
the wreck. The train was mak
ing 05 miles an hour when the
engine left the track.
The accident happened on a
level slrelch of track and tin1 en
gineer yas “letting her out,”
when for some unaccountable
reason the train Jefl the rails
and ploughed through the ditch.
A special I rain with doctors and
nurses aboard was immediately
dispatched to the scene of the
wreck.
The interstate commission will
make an investigation.
willTurnall
DEAD MEXICANS
Both State and Federal Troops
Execute All Captured Offi
cers at Guaymas.
Nogales, May I if.— five hun
dred bodies of soldiers slain in
yesl'-ifday’s engagement lie all
around the city of (luaymas and
il is feared I hat an epidemic w ill
sureh be started in the cily and
among I h >• stale troops unless I he
bodies are immediately disposed
of as the weather is extremely Ind
and the stench is frightful.
A train load of nil is being
rushed south with which lo burn
tile bodies.
Both the federal' and tile rep
els have executed all captured of
ficers and the men are immediate
ly impressed into the victorious
army or executed. The wounded
are immediately killed and il is
purely a war of extermination.
The stale troops have prevent
ed supplies being sent lo I lie be
sieged city and eixped to starve
out the federal troops in Buay
ntas.
METUliOP
10 VISIT ILM
Will Call at Valdez and Seward
and May Hold Services
Here.
Hishop It. J. Cooke, D. D.,
I).,, formerly Book Editor of Ihp
Methodisl; Episcopal church, will .
S.uon ■ make a tour of the coast
towns of* Alaska, going as fiir
west a.s fcevyard. He desires di
1‘i'et jn.ftijrmaU.aft-> and personal
Contact with (Miiircli work in Alas
ka- "gn<t tidaid 1 he bishop in Ibis
effort, R$y. ped,ersen, 'of. Seward,
is spending a few days in town.
'* ■ Bi.kjiop Cooke is an unusually
well informed-mail and a pleas
ing speaker and an effort will he
made to have liiin address;: the
people of Valdez.
The \Voiiien of Douglas organ
izifd in order to haver the town
•leaned iip and secured the co
yp^ralimi of the merchants, who
• loscd their places of business
while all the men and women in
he city worked to make the “oily j
iienutiful.”
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MORE UWS FOR
NATIVE SONS
Only 1,300 New Bills Passed at
Recent Session—Appropriate
Forty Millions.
Sacramento, Cal., Mav 13.—The
state legislature adjourned sine
die yesterday with a credit (or
discredit) of 1,3011 tiills passed at
this session and total appropria
tions of 8 50,000,000.
The W'ehh alien land hill pass
ed at this se'ssion and the legis
lators claim it is the most con
structive legislation of recent
years in the stale.
Jim Itoggell, who has hern suf
fering with a severe cold, is up
ami about again, lie will leave for
Slat)1 creek in a few days.
RUSHCiPLEliON
MACHINERY HALL
Must Put 283,000 Feet of Lumber
in Place Each Week to Have
Building Finished.
San Francisco. May 13—-In or
der lo complete the palace of ma
chinery al Ihe Panama-Pacific In
ternational Kxpnsilion within the
time called for by Ihe contract,
283,011(1 feel of lumber will have
lo be put in place in the build
ing each week. I luring I he week
ending April Ihtli. Ihe amount of
limber added lo Ihe si rindure was
28(1.Olid feel. The probably max
imum speed a| which Ihe build
ing will be erected before ils rum.
plelion will reach alionl 35(1.01X1
feel a week.
Al Ibis stage of Ihe conslruc
I ion of machinerv hall, ion tons
of sleel have been used in the
form of bolls, bars and slruclur
al shapes. The heavies! column
in the building will weigh 28
tons, Ihe heaviesj Truss 10 tons.
The total lenglli id' Ihe building
will be about one Ihousand feet,
the width about four hundred
feet. Three.' north and south
peaks will he 135 feel high and
120 feel in the clear.
At present there are 518 men
employed on machinery hall. Thi»
number is composed of 203 car
penters, 1(55 laborers. 38 steel and
iron workers, eight piledrivers
and four locomotive drivers.
TARIFF IS OP
IHII MATE
Washington. I>. f!., May 1 ;i_
II is expected that the Senate will
commence :llie discussion of the
Underwood tariff measure tomor
row, as the Finance committee
will report the liifl today. ••
MARIPOSA REACHES
* CITY OF SEATTLE
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Seattle. May 13—The S. S. I
Mariposa reached Seattle yester
day afternoon and will, sail nprlli
next Su nday, May I HI li, .
Sam Kilim chartered the launch
It. F. M. last Sunday and took a
[)avty of guests down life, hay,
catling in at Slump bay. Mrs. Tom
lio'nohoc a.hd children, Rahdalt
Ashby and children. Limit, and
Mrs. Weeks and son Robert, Glias.
Kraemer, John and Alldn Blum
and Mr. and. Mrs. Blum enjoyed
he trip.
Igipo N'o.7 of the Order of Pio
neers will meet Tuesday, May 20.
All members are requested to be
iresent. K. (i. Arnes, Sec’y.