_ VALDEZ, ALASKA, W EDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1913. NO. 153.
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WILSON HUS 1
10 CONGRESS
Urges That lhe Tariff be Revised
So as to Lift the Burden
From the People.
Washington, I>. April it.—
An immense crowd gathered in.
I he hall of congress yesterday
when President Wilson revived
the old custom of reading his
message In congress. By a joint
motion both houses had agreed
lo meet together to receive the
first message of I he new Demo
cratic president.
President Wilson said Hull I be
special session of congress was
called lo lighten the burden llie
people now suffer from oppres
sive lariif regulations. Industrial
conditions have changed, said h*\
bill (lie lariif has remained un
changed, manufactures have been
niven monopolies and I be people
have suffered.
This congress uiusl abolish
nrfilicial advantages to the Amer
ican industries, bill he caution
ed Dial care must he exercised
so as not jo tear down. Iml rath
er lo build iii> these industries.
He also urged that congress so
construct I lie new tariff wall as
lo upbuild the foreign business of
I lie country.
II is conceded here Hull Ihe
president made one of the best i
11111• 1 ie addresses of his career.
.1. Hit chic arrived in town yes
terday by tile dog team route al
ter a line trip and reports I lie trail
io tine eolidit ion.
irciicIll
S1ILL GROWS
Members German Expedition Lost
Others Starve, Four Survivors
Reach Spitzenbergen.
Christiana, Norway, April th—
Lieut. Slranz, who left last Aug
ust with a party of men from the
Herman Arctic expedition to make
a trip of exploration, has never
returned, according to the report
of four sailors -who reached
Spitzenbergen. and of the party
which started on its way to civ
ilization two starved to death
during the .journey.'
It is expected that a relief .ex
pedition will be organized to re
lieve the balance of the parly it
still living.
discussing the tariff bill. If was
hoped iii this way to expose any
effort of the manufacturers to
intluence Hie voting. The leaders
of the parly in the Senate insist
that they will not consider the
bill as now proposed by the ways
and means committee, but that
i! will have to he considered In
sections, each schedule standing
on its own feet.
Underwood is determined to
push the bill through in its en
t irely.
Kin,, ilnncr lonighl al Moose
Intll.
Big show a| the Orpheum.
Very best Seattle ranch eggs,
three dozen for 80 cents, at King's
grocery. Telephone 188.
Ileinke, expert repair#*-, at the
Valdez Drug company.
Tip Top registered brand se
lected Petaluma eggs three dozer,
for s | at King’s. Phone 188.
If you waft all the news nil the
time, read Ihe Prospector.
I)..ns your watch .need repair
ing? See Ileinke.. the watch doc
tor.
ELECT SENATORS
BY DIRECT VOTE
Required Number of Stales Ratify
the Amendment to Constitu
tion—Last Connecticut.
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.Washington, I>. C., April t>.—
The Connecticut state legislature1
today ratified the amendment to
the constitution which provides
for the election of senators by a
direct, vote of the people, instead
of by the state legislatures.
(Connecticut is the thirty-sixth
slate to ratify the amendment.
The amendment required I he
j endorsement of HO id llu* IS
stale's of the I nion to become a
law and lip In the present only
mu* 'slate, Georgia, had reject-|
t*d |In* amendment, of llms- j
I which mel and acted upon it.
Many stale legislatures have
adjourned for two years without
providing a method of balloting
for senators and much confusion
is looked for unless the governors
of |hose states fall extra sessions
|o pass a law governing the elec
tion of senators, as the sit.ua
||\ii as existing at present is very
! confusing.
iNEW THRIFT ACT
IS INTRODUCED
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! Underwood Predicts Its Passage
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’ Free List.
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Washington. April Si -The new j
I icmoerat ie measure introduced!
by congressman Underwood has
a long Tree list, including all j
meals. Hour, shoes, lumber, coal j
and iron, and all ores. milk,
cream, potatoes, sail, swine, corn, j
all farm implements, all printing ;
paper and typewriters, sewing
! machines, cash registers, steel
rails, all lumber products, and
many luxuries which have here
tofore been heavily taxed are to |
be admitted free.
The new bill will meet with i
much opposition from both He- !
publicans and Democrats, who
will combine to defeat the meas
ure, but Chairman Underwood
■predicts the measure will pass
with but few changes. 11 was j
found necessary, in order to pro- j
vide’ for the expenses of the gov- j
eminent In add to the bill the in- ;
come tax. which will tax all in
comes of over 84.000, instead of
85,000, as at first contemplated,
I per cent: all over 820.000 are
[to pay a 2 per cent lax, and the
man or woman who has an in
come of over 850,000 will pay the
government 3 per cenl of ’the
income. II is expected, in this
way, to provide all the funds
necessary to carry on ITie work of
the government.
i The Democrats have defeated
a motion lo make the caucuses of
the parties public while they are
Alex. Nasman. of the Thomp
son-Ford company, left I his
morning on the Viking for Slump
hay to resume operations on the
claims. It is hoped to place a
mill on this properlv in a tew
j months, hill the officers ot the
|coinpain wish to more fully de
velop the claims before going to
the expense of purchasing a mill.
Excellent Program at the Orph
eum Tonight. '
The Vagabonds, dramatic story
of a wanderer and his dog.
The Dank President's Son. a
strong and exciting story.
. Widow CaseV Returns, a com
edy that will cure the'bides.
Change of program tomorrow
night. v'
Subscribe for thy Prospector
TURKS ARE DYING !
AT ADRIANOPLE
Sickness and Disease Among the j
Former Defenders of the
City Causes Death.
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London, April 9.—The reports,
from Adrianople, captured by the
allies a short time ago, tell of
the suffering' and death which
followed the fall of the holy city.
The garrison was literally starv
ed lo death, and but few of the
defenders were found without
wounds and tlisease when I he
final assault upon I lie cily was
successful.
Hundreds are dying each .day
from exhaustion, cholera, widen
has broken out among the Turk
ish soldiers, and dysentery has
also carried away many. Every ;
precaution is being taken to pre
vent an epidemic of wlndsale de- i
struction.
IMMIGRANT BILL :
IS INTRODUCED
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Is the Same Measure Vetoed by I
President Taft at Last Ses
sion of Congress.
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.- \Vastii.UKlmi,ib i'-■, April
Tlia immifiranl bill, which was
vetoed by President Taft at tin*
last session of confiress. ’ has
been reintroduced in the House
and it is expected that il will he
repassed at this session ol con- ^
- cess.
The new act would pro\ ide a J
literacy lest for all immifiranls j
who wish to come to I he country j
and those who can nol -read or i
write are to he barred.
President Taft vetoed the bill j
because he claimed lhal the lest
would not prevent the entrance
into America of undesirables, as
many who could not. read and
write made flood citizens, while
others well educated were crooks
and bad citizens.
AMERIcTnS SHUT
BY STRAYBULLETS
Naro. Mex., April P.—Several ;
Amerieans were shot today by !
stray bullets which crossed Ihe |
border during the lighting l'*“— ;
tween the. federate and the ("ou
st it ut ionulist s.
The commaiiilei- of Ihe. Amer
ican troops ordered the Mexicans
In arrange their tines so as to
prevent endangering the lives of
Americans;
NOME DOG * RACES
ARE ON TOMORROW
Nome. April —Every I bins is
in readiness for the big all Alas
ka sweepstake tomorrow and the
betting is the heaviest for several
years.
Through 1 he courtesy of Ihe
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
company, the Prospector lias re
ceived a copy of Hie new Seattle
telephone directory, and il will be
kept with the files of this office,
where those who may rare, to re
fer to it rah. do so.
Have your pleasure taken for a
Lamm spring suit at Guy. F. Cam
eron's. -- ' ^ ' "'"
■- 'Dougherty &. Ferguson receiv
ed on the steamer Sampson a
supply of fresh1 groceries, fruit
and vegetables^
MOVE FACTORY
TO GERMANY
Because of Strike the Harvester
Trust Will Move to the
“Fatherland.”
Auburn, N. V., April !>.—The
oll'ieials of the Harvester Trust,
which operates the local twine
factory, announce that they will
close the factory here and will
manufacture twine in Germany.
The machinery is to he packed
and shipped to the “fatherland,”
I hey announce, in a few weeks.
: The stiikers claim it is a hlulf
on the part of the Harvester
Trust to bring local public- opin
ion to hear pressure upon t lie
strikers and force them to accept
the terms offered by the trust.
The oll'ieials. however, say that it
is no hlulf. but a determination
after most careful consideration
tnf tile conditions here and in tier
many.
USE,IS;
BUI UO OMMGE
Militants Would Blow Up Dudley
Castle, But Fail—Build
ing Guarded.
Dudley, Knp.. April d.—Tlie
'sutfrapeUcs ywstmhty tl.ynannted
Die historic Dudley raslle, locat
ed here, hill they did lull little
dainape. The fear of the dainape
the militants miphl do. however, j
has caused the larpe properly
owners to employ extra puards J
and hardly a private residence in
Copland of any ,value lull has
special officers on duty, and all
public huildinps are slroiiply
puarded.
It is expected that torcihle ]
measures |o suppress I lie women
will he’taken unless conditions
materially chanpe for the better.
|.()H SAI.K—A Miiith-Prcmier j
typewriter, in lirsl-elass shape,
liall at the Valdez Transfer Co.
chesTST
FIRST CONGRESS
Pekin. China. April d,—The
licst conpress of I he new Chinese
republic met today amid preal
re.joieinp- by the populace, who
crowded the street and paraded
the city to allow their joy. The
new conpress is expected to work
out a solution of I he vexinp Mon
golian situation and also to es
tablish a slrmip povrrnmenl foi
l'll ina.
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD TO
Give five hundred party
Till' Arctic Brotherhood "ill
give a "500" party to the mem
bers and their wives ami lad>
friends a| the next meeting night
of tile order, which is next Tues
day.
LOST—An A. B. button with j
diamond setting. Finder please:
return to Ai. White and receive ,
reward. 4
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FURXISHEI* ROOMS with or
without board. Ibex House. Key
stone Ave. Mrs. H. Sharts.
Just received at Harvey's Tog
gery.'a nice line of spring and
summer coals.
LOST—A pair of gold eve !
glasses last Sunday. Finder will
please return to Mrs. (teorgej
Walker. |
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SULZER ORDERS
THE MILITIA OUT
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To Protect Property of Buffalo
Street Car Co., Whose Men
Are on a Strike.
Mulfalo, X. Y., April !).—(iov
erimr Kulzer lias ordered out I lie
militia and 3,000 of Hie New
York slate guards are now on
duty in this city In prevent riot
ing by the street car motornien
and conductors, who are asking
for an increase in pay.
Traffic is demoralized in Hie
eily and nol a ear has run for
-5 hours. The tieup is complete
Imt il is said by company offi
cials that they will have cars
running as soon as the militia are
dislriliuied so as to protect Hie
si t ike breakers, who arrived from
Philadelphia in charge of Flynn,
the official strike breaker for Hie
I street car lines. 'He lias also
j telegraphed (o Chicago and o(h
jer wesiern cities for more men,
i who are expected to arrive in a
| few days.
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ENGLISH FREE
AMERICAN GIRL
Zelie Etaerson’s Mother Rushes
Girl to the Hospital—Con
dition is Precarious.
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l.nmlnii. April 9. Mr.-. In11n• r—
son. mother of Zelie Kmerson. of
Jackson, Mich.. rushed her
daughter In a local hospital in an I
|elforl In save her life as soon as
Ihe girl was released today up
on an order of Ihe home secre- j
I ary. Her life, however, is d is- ;
paired of. i
Zelie Kmerson had. upon enter- i
ing an Knglish prison, inaugurat
ed a hunger strike, hut the pris- i
on officials resorted lo forcible
feeding and liAr condition yvas
serious when she was released. i
Mrs. Kmerson, the mother, had
endeavored in every way to se
cure Ihe- intervention of -Un
American government, but with
out avail, as it was held hy Un
State department that Americans
I must obey the Knglish laws when
in that country or pay tin- pen
ally.
Zejie Kmerson was convicted
for the destruction of public
properly and along with other
militants was sent In prison for
several moldhs.
The Weather in New Hands.
W illis K. Moore, who has been
chief of tin- weather bureau since
1895. turned in his resignation
the oilier day. There has been ,
much dissatisfaction with I In- j
weather lately, especially in j
some of Ihe middle states, hid it .
was md known that there was an |
open breach in ihe departim-nl.
Word was received Iasi even- j
ing that District Attorney Cross- j
ley and parly had reached Wort- j
mans without mishap and Ilia! i
the trail through the canyon was i
in good shape. They will proceed I
across Ihe summit today and j
should arrive at Beaver Dam ear- j
ly this afternoon.
FOR RENT—Camp Coin fori |
roadhouse. Terms very reason- ;
able. Appiv Mrs. Chas. Kraemer. j
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WANTED TO RENT—A piano, j
Call al the Prospector.
WANTED—A cook: inquire of
Col. O'Neil al Fort Eiscuni.
FOR RENT—Furnished house
on Millionaire Row: tine location.
Inquire of C. O. Wiilll'.
REPORTED TIT
POPE IS GVING
Head of Calholic Church is Near
ing End—He Ruled the
Church Well.
Home, April 9.—Pope Pius is
reported dying from the effects
of the la grippe, with which he
has suffered for some time.
Alarming rumors were abroad on
I he streets of the city and in the
press of Europe for I be past sev
eral months, lull today brings the
first authentic report from the
Vatican in which the life of the
Pope is despaired of.
Pope Pius X. was born in US,'>5
in a small Venecian town of
humble parentage, lie was one
of a family of nine, one brother
and seven sisters. His brothel' is
a shopkeeper and postman, and
two sisters live near the Vatican,
lie was ordained as priest in )8a8
and in 188i was consecrated as
bishop, and in I89;t was made a
cardinal, lie was elected Pope in
August, 190,'t, after a live-day
session of the College of Cardi
nals. Pope Pius is a striking ex
ample of the bestowal of the
highest dignity within, the gift of
the church upon one of lowly or
igin, in marked contrast to Pope
Hen. whom be succeeded, as Pope
l.eo was an aristocrat by birth,
of great learning, a scholar and
a diplomat.
Pius X. was elected because of
his great ability, which was re
cognized by the College of Cardi
nals when they made tlie selec
f ion.
NEWSY LETTER
Correspondent of Seward Gate
way Tells of Doings at
the Frost Trial.
Chicago. .March It!.—Special
Correspondence.—The first week
of the Frost et ill. trial did not
show much strength for the gov
ernment's ease, but the prosecu
tion is now beginning to exhibit
ils hand. The three important
witnesses so far examined—La
haree. Davison and Finlay, tin
two latter being former employ
ees of Frost—-were utterly crush
ed by the masterful cross-ex
amination ill the bauds of Albert
l ink, the Alaskan law>er. His ex
amination of l.abaree was a
I real.
Fi'iiim present indications I do
mil limk for a convict ion of any
of the defendants. If any are
I'omiil guilty it will lie Frost, hut
I look for a hung jury.
Tin* notorious Jim Trek, one of
I he original locators of the Mal
ariuska coal fields, was on the
witness stand a couple of days
ago. and he* kept the court, at
torneys. jury and spectators in a
gale of laughter throughout.
Dignity and decorum lied the
room, when, at the close of the
examination, the attorney said:
“.Now. I understand the entire
coal situation." Terk. in a rag
ing Missouri accent, responded:
"Mister man. you think so. hut l
doubt, it."
I.audis thereupon adjourned
court and Teck raised a laugh
at the judge's expense by rising
and saying: “Thank you,judge;
you’re all right.”
On the eleventh all the Alas
kans were luncheon guests of
William OrifTith, of Scranton,
l‘a., who is a coal expert welt
known in Sdwaj'd. He has not,
testified as yet.
Frank Watson, who was the
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