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//' • ’ VALDEZ, ALASKA MONDAY, MAY 2®, l»lfl NUMBER 127
VOLUME XIV _ _ . . _ . ——————— —— ——
WAITE CONFESSES CAUSING
DEATH OF WIFE’S PARENTS
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SAYS HE ADMINISTERED DISEASE GERMS TO MRS. PECK, WHICH
KILLED HER, BUT GERMS WERE NOT SUFFICIENTLY VIRU
LENT TO KILL PECK—USED ARSENIC TO ACCOMPLISH HIS
PURPOSE—PRISONER STATES THAT HE HAS BEEN MONEYMAD
SINCE CHILDHOOD AND WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACT.
NEW YORK. May 29.—In his
testimony today Dr. Waite admitted
the murder of millionaire Peck and
his wife. He stated that he gave Mrs.
Peck a million germs, which he
sprinkled in the food h^ gave her to
eat. From the effect of these germs
she dt^d. He said he also fed disease
germs to Peck. He tried the germs
of Typhoid, diphtheria and pneumon
ia, but they were not sufficiently vir
ulent to cause death so he resorted
to arsenic to accomplish his purpose.
Friendship Platonic
NEW YORK May 29.—Mrs. Hor
, f fton, who shared a studio with Dr.
f Waite, when testifying against the
dentist charged with the murder of
, his father-in-law, showed a decided
sympathy for the prisoner. Commonly
known as Waite’s affinity, she denies
that her relations were anything but
' platonic. She said she knew Waite
was studying poisons, but the de
fendant claims that he was doing re
search work.
Dr. Muller, with whom Waite work
ed, stated that Waite secured a
quantity of arsenic, and stated that
he, Waite, had told him it was for a
cat. ' <
Waite Money Mad
NEW YORK. May 29.—Dr. Waite,
testifying in his own behalf, stated
that the money craze, which had pos
sessed him from boyhood, has caused
him to take the lives of his father atod'’
mother-in-law. The obsession for’
great wealth so possessed him that
no means was too evil to gain this
end, and his better nature gave way
before the temptation offered by the
wealth of his father-in-law.
The defense will set up that the
prisoner is insane on this point, and
was not accountable far his actions.
Believe Waite Sane
NEW YORK, May 29.—Waite took
the stand again this afternoon in his
own behalf. His testimony was prin
cipally confined to admissions of boy
hood waywardness.
He was followed by Dr. Morris
Karpas. a noted alienist. The latter
testified that Waite had admitted to
him that he had planned to -kill his
wife, whom he had married for mon
ey. He also stated that he believed
Waite to be of sound mind. .
ROBBINS FOR CHAIRMAN
PROGRESSIV E‘ CONVENTION
CHICAGO, May 29.— It was an
nounced today that Raymond Rob
bins. will be chosen temporary chair
man of the Progressive National con
vention. .«*
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STRONG NOTE ON
MAILSEIZURE
EQUAL TO NOTE SENT GERMANY
United State.s Denies the Right of Al
lies to Seize Mail on Neutarl Ships
and Declares Practice must Cease
Immediately.
^WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 29.—
it is said that the note dispatched to
the Allies regarding the seizure and
search of mails on neutral vessels,
by allied warships, will be as strong
in tone as that sent to Germany re
garding the submarine program. The
note does not concede the right of
England and other allied nations to
seize mails on neutral vessels, and
demands that mails from the United
States shall not be interefered with.
MINORITY WANTS
A BIGGER NAVY
SAYS APPROPRIATION IS SMALL
Minority Report of House Naval Com
jpittee Denounces Appropriation
Made by Bill Reported as Inade
quate.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 29.—
The minority report of the House
J committee on naval affairs denounces
*Whe appropriation as reported by the
*et»mmlttee as too small for the re
quirements of a greater navy.
The report demands the Construc
tion of naval vessels shall be greatly
increased and that it be brought up
to second place within the shortest
possible time.
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Captain add Mrs. Nolan, apd E. G.
Ames, of Valdes, and Dr. Duekwall
apd Mrs. Duekwall of Fort Llacum
spent yesterday down the bay ,on a
fishing trip. They brought home a
fine string of black bass.
FI DESTROYS
BIG HM WORKS
LOSS ESTIMATED AT $350,000
Plant of the Puget Sound Steel and
Iron Works at Tacoma is Entirely
Destroyed by Flames.
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TACOMA, May 29.—Fire yester
day destroyed the plant of the Puget
sound steel and Iron Works, with a
loss of $250,000.
The big plant of the company was
located on the tideflats, and was one
of the largest manufacturing plants
in the city. The flames had made con
siderable headway when discovered,
and despite the efforts of the entire
Are department of the city, the entire
structure was consumed. The loss was
partially covered by insurance.
MEXICANS KILL
ARMYEN6INEERS
ONE OF THE PARTY IS KILLEI*
While Repairing Bridge Near Nam
lquipa are Fired upon by Party of
Outlaws—Fire returned and Mex
icans Flee.
COLUMBUS, N. M., May 29.—A
small band of Mexican outlaws sur
prised several members o fthe Unit
ed States army engineering corps kill
ing one and wounding two, according
to a report received here this morn
ing.
The army men were engaged In re
pairing a bridge near Ngmtqulpa,
Mexico, when they were surprised by
the bandits, who fired upon them
from short range, killing one and
wounding tfco others. The engineers
immediately returned the fire wound
ing several o! the outlaws, who took
to their heels.
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Just received a new line of PyraUn
ivory at the Owl-Drug. tf
MONUMENT TO LIEUT. WEDDIGEN
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Photo by American Pres*
Lieutenant Weddigen, the German submarine commander who
was recently killed in actMn, swmument erected in bis memory. It
is a miniature submarine <me of the British mines which was
swept up in the North sea by ' t
DONOHOE IS SCTED AS
iOMMITTEEMAH
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CHARLES SULZER NOMINATED 4® DELEGATE TO CONGRESS, AND
GEORGE GRIGSBY &OR ATTO«KEY GENERAL—WM. WHITTLE
SEY IS CHOSEN AS DELEGA^H TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION
WITH ROBERT FERGUSON A8 SALTERN ATE—TODD MEMBER OF
THE TERRITORIAL COMMlftitE FOR THIRD DIVISION.
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Juneawr May 27 (Delayed)—Chas.
Sulzer, of the First Division, was the
unanimous choice of the Democrat
ic territorial convention for Delegate
to Congress from Alaska. The unan
imous vote of the convention was al
so given to George Grigsby, of Nome,
for the nomination as Attorney-Gen
eral of the territory, as was also the
case when T. J. Donohoe, of Valdez,
was chosen as national committeeman.
C. J. Todd, of Valdez, was chosen a
member of the Territorial Committee,
and Wm. H. Whittlesey, of Vaidez,
was elected a delegate to the National
convention, with Robert P. Ferguson
as alternate.
The convention adjourned Satur
day. after having been In session for
a little more than two days.
JUNEAU, May 29—Charles Sul
zer, of Sulzer, was the choice of the
Democratic convention for delegate
to Congress from Alaska.
The nominations of George Grigs
by, of Nome, for Attorney General of
the Territory and of T. J. Donohoe.
of Valdez, for National Committee
man, were made by acclamation, both
unanimously.
■" *Tlie following delegates to the Na
tional Convention were chosen: A. S.
Zeigler, of Juneau, Prank Aldrich,
of Nome: W. H. Whittlesy, of Sew
ard; and T. H. Deal, of Fairbanks.
The alternates are W. W. Casey, of
Juneau; James Daley, of Nome; R.
P. Ferguson, of Valdez and J. A.
Clark, cf Fairbanks. Delegates at
large to the convention are John
Winn, of Juneau, and John Ronau,
of Seward with F. J. Wardor of
Ketchikan and Falcon Joslin of Fair
banks its alternates.
Following the nominations former
National Committeeman Cheeney ad
dressed the convention and stated
that he would do all in his power to
assist his successor whenever the op
portunity arose.
By a vote of 206 to 85 W. T.
Burns, of Fairbanks, was elected
chairman of the territorial committee
over Tom McGowan, also of Fair
banks.
me convention unanimously car
ried a motion made by Marshal Lewis
Erwin that the next convention be
held at.Falrbanks.
The convention completed the par
ty organization on Saturday afternoon
and adjourned.
PRISONER SHOOTS
VETERANOFFICER
KILLED WHILE MAKING ARREST
Sergeant John Morlarity, of the San
Francisco Police Force is Killed by
an Alleged Counterfeiter whom he
arrested.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 29.—Ser
geant John Morlarity, a veteran of
the police force in this city, was shot
and instantly killed by a prisoner
whom he had just arrested.
Morlarity had just arrested the
man on suspicion of being one of a
gang of counterfeiters for whom the
police were looking, when the pris
oner suddenly drew a gun and shot
the officer dead, .
An alarm was immediately, given
and a posse Is4n pursuit of the mur
derer. ...
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Several pieces of desirable proper
ty for sala, Oscar Fish. tf
Pictures developed And printed at
the Owl Drug. tf
Subscribe for the Prospector.
OPEN HEADQUARTERS
AT CONGRESS HOTEL
CHICAGO, May 29.—Root, Weeks,
Burton and Fairbanks have estab
lished campaign headquarters here,
and their lieutenants are busily en
gaged in making preparations for the
coming convention. All the parties
have their headquarters at the Con
gress Hotel.
Dr. Cockerllle, John Hughs and
Arthur Lang constituted a fishing
party that brought home a nice string
of fish last evening.
Edward Rucker has accepted a po
sition In the office of U. S. Commis
sioner Geo. J. Love.
STEAMER MARIPOSA
SAILS FOR THE NORTH
SEATTLE, Hay 29.—The steamer
Mariposa sailed tor the north on .the
morning of the 2Sth. Her passengers
tor Valdes Were A. W. Denlnger, F.
A. Roll, Charles MeCarthy, Otto Wts
en end three steerage.
A new line of base ball'goods at
the Owl Drug. v"; tl
The baseball boys win meet at the
ball grounds tor practice this even
ing. '
Prospector ads bring results.
BLOODIEST STRUGGLE HISTORY
STILL CONTINUES AT VERDUN
GERMAN'S CAPTURE DE ADMAN'S HILL WHILE HONORS ARE EVEN
AT HILL 31)4—MEN FIGHT LIKE MADMEN, AND THE SLAUGHTER
ALL ALONG THE LINE IS HORRIBLE—WHOLE ARMV CORPS ARK
WIPED OUT—FRENCH REPORT ARE HOLDING DOUAMON'T—GEk
MANS MAKE GAINS EAST OF THE MEUSE.
LONDON. May 29.—Reports re- |
ceiveil here state that the fighting in
the Verdun regions is with the Ger
mans. After the bloodiest battle in
history the Germans finally succeed
ed in capturing LeMorte Homme
(Deadman’s Hill), but at a terrible
cost. Whole army corps were wiped
out in the terrific attacks launched
against the French. So terrific was the
artillery fire directed against the hill
by the Germans that the whole top
of the hill has been practically blown
away.
At Hill 304, where a struggle sec
ond only to that at Deadman'3 Hill,
has been waged, the honors are even
ly divided, both the French and the
Germans holding positions on its
slopes.
A French captain, brought in from
the front wounded, states that the
fighting was terrible beyond descrip
tion. Both sides fought like madmen,
and by the light of the searchlight
bombs men battled hand to hand
with knives during the night, hack
ing and hewing to the death. He states
that there were fully seven thousand
dead men heaped up along the seven
hundred yards of trenches where he
was stationed.
French Hold Douumont
PARIS, May 29.—The "fighting
about Verdun still continues with in
tense ferocity, day and night the bat
tle rages without cessation, and the
carnage is frightful, whole army corps
are being wiped out. Both sides are
pouring in fresh troops to fill out
the gaps as the thousands fall in the
terrible conflict on the front
An official communique states that
the Germans have brought up large
bodies of cavalry to retake Douamont
and are attacking with vigor. The
French are holding four approaches
to the defenses, and have repulsed
every attack of the Germans.
Horrible Slaughter
BERLIN, May 29.—The slaughter
in the vicinity of Douamont is the
most horrible of the entire war.
Thousands of the French are reported
to have been buried alive by the cav
ing in of the subterranean works
about the defenses by the terrific ex
plosion of the Germans heavy shells.
Reports from the front state that
every Frenchman penetrating Doua
mont has been killed, and the number
is estimated at many thousands.
Germans Successful *
LONDON, May 29.—It is reported
here that the German drive at Ver
dun has been successful east of the
Meuse, while the French are holding
the Germans in check in the vicinity
of Verdun.
At LeMort Homme the Germans
are maintaink a continuous cannon
ading of the French positions, and
from, time to time are launching tre
mendous infantry attacks, but with
out success, the French having re
pulsed every attack.
CYCLONE SWEEPS
TEN PERSONS ARE KILLED
Town of Rogers Is Practically Des
troyed by Wind Storm—Property
Damage is Reported to have been
Very Great.
ROGERS, N. D„ May 29.—A cy
clone swept through this section yes
terday, and as a result ten persons
were killed in the wreckage.
A heavy property loss was occas
ioned practically every building in the
town being either destroyed or more
or less damaged.
BAKER THREATENS
TEXAS TROOPERS
SAYS WILL BE COURTMARTIALED
Secretary of War Declares Member*
of Texas State Troops will be
Tried Unless they Report Immed
iately.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 29.—
Secretary of War Baker baa made the
announcement that he will cause the
members of the Texas Militia, who
have refused to report tor duty on
the call of the president, to be court
martialed, under the terms of the
Dick law, unless they report at once.
BALL GAMB TOMORROW
VALDES VS. HIGH SCHOOL
Tomorrow afternoon at 1:M the
Valdes team and the High School
nine will play a came of baseball.
The High School team has some good
material In Its make-up and a good
game may be expected.
FUNSTON DENIED
GOASTARTiLLERY
BAKER SAYS ENOUGH TROOPS
Request of American Commander for
Additional Troops is Turned Down
By the Secretary of War.
SAN ANTONIO. May 29.—The re
quest of General Funston for a de
tachment of the coast artillery for
service along the Mexican border, was
refused by the war department today.
Secretary Baker stated that he be
lieved that there were sufficient troops
along the border at this time, and
that the calling out of the coast de
fense troops was unnecessary.
KENTUCKY SOLID
FORJRESIDENT
TURNED ON THE CONFIRMATION
Seating of Louis Brandels on the Sup
reme Bench Brings Delegation to
National Convention to the Presi
dent.
LEXINGTON, Ma 28.—The con
firmation of Louis Brandels to the
Supreme Bench, to which he was ap
pointed hr President Wilson, has won
the Democratic delegation to the Na
tional Convention from this state for
President Wilson.
Daring the controversy in the com
mittee on thee onfirmation of Brand
eis the Kentucky delegation hung in
the balance, «as It was believed that
the President was not «|teg influence
to secure thec. enflrmatien of the ap
pointee. but thft belief has been over
turned, and tli| delegation will go to
the oonventldr pledged to President
Wilson.