yoL 9 VALDEZ, ALASKA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1913. NO. 83.
HOME HOLE :
FOR IRELAND
Irish Bill Passes House of Com
mons and One Reading in the
Lords Amid Exoitement.
London, Jan. 17.—The Irish
home rule bill passed the House
of Commons yesterday by a ma
jority of a hundred and ten and
formally passed its first reading
in the House of Lords amid scenes
of the utmost excitement. Pre
mier Asquith and John Redmond
were given ovations by the Irish
Parliamentary party. Opposition
Leader Law said that the people
of Ulster would rebel, to which
the government replied that the
force of the empire would see that
peace was preserved.
Belfast, Jan. 17.—Thousands oT
Orangemen and Unionists, upon
receipt of the news of the pass
age of the Irish home rule bill,
paraded and burned a copy of the
bill. Trouble is feared here, as
I he ultra radicals are ready to
precipitate stormy times in the
hope of staying the government’s
action.
Katalla, Jan. 17.—Upon receipt
of the news of the passage of the
Irish home rule bill Dick Ryan
and others at Controller bay, ca
bled their congratulations to John
Redmond. . ;•
TO DRIVE MEL
OR GOLDEN EAGLE
Ben Silverman Lets Contract for
200 Foot Tunnel on Claim
Bonded From Wm. Little.
Some time ago Ben Silverman
bonded the Golden Eagle claim,
situated at Golden, Port Wells,
from Wm. Little for the sum of
$30,000. This morning Mr. Sil
verman sent James O’Brien, M.
B. Vaughn and James H. Wilds to
Golden with supplies, provisions
and camp equipage under a con
tract to drive 200 feet of tunnel
on the ledge.
Mr. Silverman has taken this
venture by himself, feeling that
should he prove the property to
he of value lie will be under no
difficulty in getting the required
capital to develop the property
into a paying mine. The property
is situated adjoining the store at
Golden and is on the water’s edge,
being surrounded by ample lim
ber for all purposes and with a
water power w 11 inn a snori ois
tanee.
The ledge is 12 feel in width,
sample assays returning from $5
lo $200 to the ton. A mill test
nf the “mine run” made at the
local mill gave erturns of $10 to
the ton. Mr. Silverman estimates
that by running in on the vein
for a distance of 200 feet lie will
gain a depth of 100 feet. Previous
t.o bonding the properly Little had
stripped the vein for a distance of
100. feet; the vcing being tracahle
on the outcrop for 300 feel.
Those who have seen the claim
pronounce to b. one of the most
promising showings in that sec
tion. The supplies were shipped
mi the Brighton this morning,
thus adding another active work
ing property to the Port Wells
district.
If you warn ail,the news all the
time, read ti}e Prospector.
This is the kind of weather
that the tenants of “The Cliff”
wear a broad smile and spend
their time in their rooms with
comfort.
i ANXIETY TO
MOVE WES
Government of Russia Will Not
Take Initiative in Formation
of New Treaty.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 17.--It is
said here that the purpose of the
Russian government to maintain
the present tariffs and procedure
regarding the admission of Amer
icans, including Hebrews, after
the termination at midnight to
night of the formal commercial
Russo-American treaty is in vir
tue of an informal modus viven
di arranged at Washington.
The treaty, which was abrogat
ed by I he congress of the United
States because of this country’s
attitude upon the passport ques
tion, thus will continue practical
ly unchanged so-far as the inter
ests of tin; two parlies are con
cerned.
Apparently there is no dispo
sition in Russian government cir
cles to take the initiative in the
negotiation of a new treaty. The
government will await proposals
from the Wilson cabinet, mean
time “standing pat” on present
passport regulations.
SENDSln
SPITE SELIM
Court Denies Right of Zionists to
Deny Boy Services of a
Physician.
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Zion City, 111., Jan. 17.—For Hie
first time the question whether
members of the Zionites' colony
have the right to deny their chil
dren medical attention was
brought into court today. The de
cision was against the tenets of
the sect which relies on pray
er to cure all ills.
Judge P. L. Persons, sitting at
Waukegan, 111., delivered the rul
ing in the case of a boy suffering
from a throat disease. An older
brother applied to the court to or
der a physician sent to the boy.
The sick boy said that he wanted
a doctor and Judge Persons
granted him the right to seek
medical aid.
MONOPOLY FULL
OWN WEIGHT
Washington, Jan. 17.--IHiring
| ill.* money prohc before the l’ujo
|eommilloe Jaeoh Sc*hiIV, the New
York hanker, said thal he favored
individual concentration of wealth
as ultimately monopoly will fall
of its own weight.
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j EMPEROR FRANZ JOSEF
OF AUSTRIA HIYU SICK
—
I Paris, Jan. 17.—Thai Emperor
j Franz Josef of Austria is very
| near death is the assertion here
i today of the Pal is Midi. The pa
iper prints a dispatch from Home
| stating that the aged ruler is very
j feeble, despite the denials of the
Vienna press,- and that his death
! cannot long he deferred. Tin4 dis
patch says that the Home corres
pondent got his information on
good authority from the Vatican.
Slaps Army Officers.
Washington, I). C., Jan. 17.
II luring a discussion of the arm>
I bill Representative Holm, of Ken
tucky, said that army officers
arc, as a rule, inefficient, jealous
jand touchy.
SAYS GAMBLING
EXISTS IN NOME
Court Instructs Marshal Make In
vestigation and District At
torney to Prosecute.
Nome, Jan. 17.—Monday in op
en court in the presence of Acting
Marshal Thompson and District
Atorney Castle, Judge Murane de
nounced the existence of gamb
ing in the city and instructed the
marshal to investigate as to
whether gambling was being car
ried on and to report his findings
to the prosecuting attorney with
a view of taking away the licen-i
ses of those places which permit
ted gambling to he carried on in
their premises.
He roasted I he laxity of city of
ficials regarding gambling and
warned the municipality that if
they did not suppress the viola
tions of law the court would take
a hand in the matter.
SIX SOLDIERS
AEE BOUND OVER
Marshal at St. Michael to Take
Bound Over Soldiers to Nome
for Safe Keeping.
SI. Michael, Jan. 17.—Marshal
[Powell, with five dog teams and
[four deputies, is
Nome six soldiers of the 30th'in
fantry, hound over to the grand
jury, charged with having com
mitted a fiendish outrage on a
native woman.
Tli ■ heavy condition of the
trails, owing to the soft weather
prevailing, may delay his depar
ture with the prisoners.
Laugh, Laugh, Laugh.
At the Orpheum tonight, all big
laughs. Change pictures Satur
day for the matinee at 2 p. m.
and evening, when Niagara Falls
in all its glory will be shown.
GET IeFoF
CONFIRMATIONS
Washington. D. (1., Jan. 17.—
Democratic leaders in t he Senate
planned today to take up the fight
|against President Tati’s appoint
ments in Hie hope that the special
leommitlee appointed hy the Dem
ocrat ie caucus could agree on a
| plan of action today or lomor
j row. Tin* Demorratie members of
Ibe Senate will be called together
in caucus in a few days to consid
er the mailer further. Senator
Bradley of Kentucky, and several
!other Republicans are threatening
!openly that if the Democrats per
jsist in opposing President Taft's
i appointments, the Republicans
| will start a hit lei contest against
!appointees in the special session
that rneels after March 4th.
BILL AIMED AT
POWDER TRUST
Washington. 1). 0.. Jan. 17.—
A bill has been reported In tile
l House providing that 53 cents a
| pound be I he maximum price to
be paid by tile government for
powder. The measure is aimed at
the powder trust.
The jury in the Hoben wood
cutting case will be sent out to
I deliberate on their decision shine
time this afternoon.
FOR SALE.—Singer sewing
machine. Kmc condition. Apply
Henry Snosslorf. ’Phone 7.
NO MORE RUSHING
OF THE GROWLER
Washington Excise Board Has
Placed Ban on Traveling
Lard Pails.
Washington, D. G., Jan. 17.
It will be against the law to car
ry home a bucket of beer in this
city beginning today. In other
words, Washington will have to
slop “rushing the growler.'
The excise board of the District
of Columbia has promulgated a
drastic law which forbids any sa
loon keeper to sell anything not
to be drank on the premises “ex
cept in original packages.” The
latter classification is interpreted
by fhe board lo mean bottles and
the human stomach. The new
order specifically slates it is aim
ed at the “growler trade." Any
saloon keeper who violates the
new order will risk losing his li
cense.
WOULDN'T*
FOR BIG GRAFT
Railroad Properties Declared by
Judge Landis as Sacrificed
at Receiver’s Sale.
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Chicago, Jan. 17.—The sale of
the Illinois properties of the Chi
cago & Milwaukee Electric Rail
road company by the receivers
was set aside as illegal by Judge
Landis in the United States dis
trict court today. Judge Landis
held that the sale bidding was
suppressed and that the purchase
price was more than $3,000,000
below the true valu.e.
; The decision came at the close
!of a hearing to confirm the re
ceiver’s sale held at Waukeegan,
111., September 25, 1912, when a
reorganization committee repre
senting 95 per cent of the bond
holders purchased the Illinois
propertiess for $1,050,000.
NAVAlTcOURfTs
PROBING FRAUDS
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.Norfolk, Na., Jan. 17.—Wide
spread iuvesligal 'on by llu* naval
enurl of iiuiuiry. now in session
jliere, of collusion between con
! tractors for supplies for ships of
'iho navy anil the stewards of the
I ships is likely to be undertaken,
according to Capt. A. T. Marix,
judge advocate general of the
navy, who returned today to at
tend the sessions of the court.
Capl. Marix is said to have
I gathered much testimony that
may entail the sitting of the court
at several northern ports at which
the fleet has gathered in times
past. The investigation now is
expected to continue for several
weeks.
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TOWNS ISOLATED
BY THE FLOODS
Evansville, Ind., Jan. 17.--Four
!Kentucky towns have been iso
I lated by the floods and are cut off
from all communication with the
result that the inhabitants are
suffering from a food shortage..
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| A telegram received from Geo.
jtioshaw at Seward states that he
I would leave today for mile 29 and
'that Sehaleben, of the uoard of
j education, would accompany him
[and that at Knik they would pick
I up Cooper and proceed to the In
jdian village of Tyn,onok, hoping
| to arrive there on ^he^ 25th.
CHARGES MADE
AGAINST POLICE
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San Francisco Grand Jury Will
Investigate Charges of Police
Protection.
San Francisco, Jan. 17.—The
grand jury will investigate the
charges made by John Mooney,
captain of detectives, that “influ
ence is used from the outside to
such an extent that many officers
of the force are afraid to do their
duly.
The hoard of police commis
sioners decided today to lay the
case before the grand jury after
a further examination of Mooney,
and the examination of Henry
Burrows, a lodging house keeper,
who said he had been unable to
prosecute “Jimmie” La Strange,
a tenderloin divekeeper, after
having been attacked with a knife.
Arson Gang Keep Busy.
New York, Jan. 17—Iz/.v, the
painter, leader of the arson trust,
has contesed to the burning of
200 houses. He said that the gang
had started a thousand fires with
in the past few months.
ARE ROT 600ND
FORSARFRANCn
Denial That Hill Lines Are Seek
ing an Entrance Into San
Francisco.
Portland, Ore., Jan. 17.-“There
■is absolutely nothing in the re
port that the Hill lines are seek
ing an entry into San Francisco
through a junction of the Oregon
Trunk line and the Western Pa
cific,” declared J. H. Young, chair
man of the Hill interests in Ore
gon today. The statement fol
lows reports that Young went to
San Francisco to effect, if possi
ble, a land route from Northwest
ern points to the Pacific coast
metropolis through the plan men
tioned.
Young states he went to Cal-!
ifornia with his family mefely to
spend the holidays and did- not
endeavor to effect and further im
provement of the Hill system
while away.
NAMES ALASKAN
FOR AN OFFICE
Washington, i‘. <Jan. 17.
President Taft has sent to the
Senate Hie name of John Willis,
for Collector .of Customs for the
District of Alaska. A determined
stand will he made against the I
confirmation by Democrats.
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THE POWDER TRUST
DISSOLVES ITSELF
San Francisco, Jan. 17.--What
is said to be the first step in the
dissolution of the so-called pow
der trust, was taken here when
the Dupont Powder company ter
minated its existence in Califor
nia and the Atlas and Hercules
companies took over its territory.
The dissolution is in accord
ance with a decision given in
June, 1912, by the United States
district court sitting at Wilming
ton, Del., the home of the E. 1.
du Pont de Nemours company, j
and was effected here under the i
supervision of the United Stales j
district attorney, John I„ Me-j
Nab, acting in conjunction with
agents of the federal department
of justice. j
SIMPLER METHODS
TREASURY DEPT.
Revolutionary Change in Business
Methods of Treasury Depart
ment Made by MacVeagh.
Washington, I). G., Jan. 17.—
Secretary MaceVagh today order
ed a revolutionary change in the
business methods of the treasury
department in handling (lie in
come and expenditures of the gov
ernment which is expected to les
sen interference liy the treasury
with the fiscal operations of the
country, making the government
deposits in United States deposi
taries more active and benefit the
public by obviating the payment
of exchange <oi government
checks.
Effective February I, Hie ac
counts of federal disbursing offi
cers will be placed with the treas
urer of the United Stales and alt
checks drawn on that official may
he cashed by any national hank
designated as a United States de
positary. Banks making such pay
ments may replenish Hie specified
account from federal customs or
internal revenue receipts daily
deposited. The hanks thus will
forward to the sub-treasuries on
ly Hie excess of receipts over ex
penditures. Under Hie plan, pen
sioners no longer will he required
to pay exchange on their cheeks.
MENDS LEGS
First Big Scientific Discovery of
New Year is Announced by
New York Physician.
New York, Jan. 17_H«?i»aii* of
a broken leg within four days and
(he healing of a cutaneous wound
in less than one day is the first
great scieiitilic discovery of 1913,
as announced today in the cur
rent issue of ttafc Journal of Ex
perimental Medicine by Dr. Alex
is Carrel, who received the Nobel
prize for medicine in 1912.
Although I)r. Carrel does not
go into details, he,says the dis
covery is the result of a series
of experiments begun in 1907, and
wonderful results have been ac
complished.
“Thyroid extract'and maeerat
(I portions i>; other organs of II
body, appli -d in leg fractures an f
cutaneous w- imds .accomplishes
Hie ahnve i'siiIIs," says ])r. C li
re I.
THE WORM TURNS
AFTER MANY YEARS
Seal He, Ian. I /.--Charging that
for “ii years she has supported
her family, which has now in
creased until there are 1 i chil
dren, by washing, millinery and
dress-making work, and that her
husband deserted her several
months ago, Mrs. Antonio .Mans
field is seeking a divorce. She
charges that during the 33 years
of married life, her husband gave
her just SiO for clothing.
John Zug, the assistant engi
neer of the road commission, was
an outgoing passenger on the
Yukon on a short leave of absence.
Nick Carter will leave Seattle
for Valdez on the Northwestern
leaving on the 19th.
Fresh Morgan oysters fried in
butter and cracker crumbs at the
Valdez Cafe.
The steain heat at “The Cliff"
is mighty fine these frosty days.
Notice the contented expression
of our tenants.