^STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA j'
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR men only
THE BEST DRESSED MEN
have their clothes made to
measure. It is not a fallacy to
say that their clothes reveal
their origin even to the casu
al observer. And there’s an
air of distinction to our
clothes that can come only
from years of experience in
tailoring garments We havr
satisfied your friends, why
not you?
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAIEOR
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdes Dock. Oppodte Proepector Office. Telephone 24
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
fc»hone 08 OPEN ALL NIGHT Chas. Fischer, Propi.
CHAS. R. CRAWFORD
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Dealer in Agent for
Building Material. Machinery, Gas Engines
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
Foot Keytaone Ave
Rough Dry ICc lb
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
ALASKA MINERS SET UP
OWN ELECTION PRECINCT
NOME, Alaska: Upon the action
of the territorial election canvass
ing board next month will depend
whether Judge T. M. Reed, republi
can, or Philip Corrigan, democrat,
•will be one of the four representa
tives from the Second judicial divi
sion to the third session of the Alas
ka legislature. Corrigan is ten votes
in the lead on the face of the returns
but if the vote of the Utica precinct
is thrown out Judge Reed will win
by one vote.
The point raised against the legal
ity of the Utica vote is that the Uni
ted States Commissioner in Candle,
the district in which the Utica mine
is located, did not create a Utica pre
cinct and sent no election supplies
/there. The miners, when election
Tday came around, decided that it was
out of the question for them to make
the 26 mile trip to the nerest polling
place, so they organized an election
board of their own, cast their votes
in the prescribed form, and sent in
the returns to the commissioner, who
has left it up to the canvassing board
composed of the governor, surveyor
general and collector of customs to
decide upon the legality of the vote.
Should the 11 votes for Corrigan be
thrown out Reed will be a winner by
one vote.
Indicted Mail Surrenders
SEATTLE: W. H. Gielow, indict
ed with Billingsley in connection
with bootlegging operations in Seat
tle, and who has been in hiding to es
cape arrest for the past week, sur
rendered to the authorities last night.
He is in the transfer business.
Location notices, both quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
dee.
Anything in nugget and ivory jew
elry at Valdez Drug Co.
For the most efficient service and
satisfaction go to the St. Elias. i'
We sell marshmallows in bulk at
the Candy Kitchen. tf
Fresh eandy at the Emporium, tf
All kinds of cocktails. At the
Candy Kitokea. tf
KANITZ HELD
TO GUANO M
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Postoffice heating plant. Spoke very
Lirongly against postmaster; very an
gry; said it would not be long before
she would see the whole town go up
in flames.
C. B. Smith was next called. He
testified was in real estate and in
surance business; last June Kan'lz
spoke to him about insurance and
later Mrs. Kanitz came to his offic-*
r-nd wanted to insure Postoffice build
ing and adjoining buildings for $11,
000 or $12,000; did not give her any
direct answer; later she came down
to $8,000; he told her this was more
than the buildings were worth; said
Mrs. Kanitz insisted that if insurance
was written and buildings burned
sfie would get the full amount of the
policies; he did not yrite, as he did
not care to^ recommend the moral
risk.
H. H. Jones was next called for the
government. He was engaged in a
general brokerage and insurance bus
iness. Wrote insurance on Postoffice
building and contents within sixty
days; could not remember exact
date; issued policy for $5,000 on
building and $1,000 on contents; and
$500 on Kanitz’s interest in Postof
fice fixtures; also wrote policy for
$500 on Kanitz’s one-third interest in
the Kanitz and Cotick adjoining Buf
fet policy on Postofflce building is
sued early in December and during
latter part of month on other build
ing; negotiations commenced June of
last year. On cross examination he
stated Mrs. Kanitz had spoken to him
about insurance last June, was not
prepared to write insurance then;
was in July; talked with her ofT and
on until December when policies were
written; value of t^uilding was
placed at $7,000 and contents $1500.
On redirect examination said Mrs.
Kanitz was insistent that policies be
come in force at once. On cross
examination said inquiries ' as to
when policies became effective were
common.
Jennie Raymond, the next witness
for the government, testified had been
a resident of Valdez for 16 years;
knew Kanitz well; had frequently
patronized bath house and was fa
miliar with furnishings of bath
house and also with the rest room
connected with it. Since the fire she
had been shown an electric light fix
ture that was a part of the rest-room
fixtures, a number of pictures that
had been in rest room and the car
pet of the room, and also a clock.
Part of these things had been shown
to her at Marshal's office and the car
pet was on the floor of the house
where Mrs. Kanitz was now living.
Mrs. Joseph Braxton testified she
lived on Keystone wharf; knew Otto
Kanitz well; saw him at her house
about half hour after fire started;
had brought two birdcages there and
said town was afire; about half hour
later brought his family there and
then went away; Mrs. Kanitz asked
for green house across the roadway.
Kanitz did not return to her house
until after Postoffice burned. She
did not go up town until after the
Postoflice had been burned. Mr. Long
had come in and informed them of
the fire in Postoffice block. Kanitz
came back to her house about a half
hour after that and remained until
Marshal came and took him away,
cross examination if Kanitz appeared
all worn out, said she could not say.
G. W. Long, the next witness for
the government testified that he had
Mrs. Kanitz staid all day. Asked on
the morning of the fire he was not
aroused until nearly 5 o’clock; went
up town; found fire burning in four
places; went home to warn children
to remain at home; on return up
town met Kanitz at corner of Key
stone avenue and Front street; Kan
itz showed him a number of bun
dles and stated that he had saved
that much; had a conversation with
Kanitz two weeks before the fire re
garding Postoffice contract; had ask
ed Kanitz if the people who had sub
scribed to the amounts to be paid in
addition to the government rental
had come through; Kanitz stated
some of them had; said he would get
out of contract as they did not have
him cinched; used violent language,
such as witness would have used if
he had been ill-used. Said he would
get even, and would get out of con
tract. On cross examination said had
installed the steam heating plant m
the postoffice; could not remember
contract price.
Deputy Marshal Mossman was re
called. He said that since the arrest
of Kanitz he had taken possession of
three trunks at the present Kanitz
residence and three at the bunkhouse
on Keystone wharf where they had
been stored; said rolls of bedding had
been claimed by others. Immedi
ately after his arrest Kanitz had stat
ed to him “that he had saved nothing
of his own but that everything be
longed to others and bad been left
In hta charge; on 8th day of Janu
ary had changed hie statement; a
young man had called to see Kanltz
claiming he had left a suit of clothes
and some money with the prisoner;
Kanltz at this time stated three of
the trunks belonged to him; prisoner
w as informed that If the other trunks
belonged to other persons the Mar
shal would take charge of them and
owners could find them at court
house. Went to residence of Mrs.
Kanltz after trunks; she claimed
three in house; said he would take
the other three in bunkhouse; she
then claimed them all; said had been,
ill last August, and expected to go to
states; trunks had been packed then
and never been unpacked; took all|
six trunks to Courthouse; three were
opened in presence of Janitor Flor
ence of courthouse. Guard W'm. Do
lan and two attorneys E. E. Ritchie,
John Lyons and District Attorney
Spence... He took out articles and,
called them off while the list was
kept by Mr. Florence. Trunks were
all neatly and closely packed, show
ing no signs of haste; would take ex
pert to get things taken out back in
trunks.
A. L. Florence was called and
testified as to his presence when
trunks were unpacked; took list of
articles therein; Mossman called out
the articles and he wrote them down;
read list of articles; showed con
tained store bills and receipts dated
November and December; Receipt
jfor Frank Hudson for rent December
!i4.
I At this point prosecution rested
and the defendant was informed of
his right to make a statement. His
attorneys asked until 10 o’clock this
morning to consider whether or not
prisoner would make statement.
Court then adjourned until 10 o’clock
this morning.
On the opening of court this morn
ing the first witness for the Govern
ment was Frank Cavanaugh. He said
he came to Alaska in 1910, going
first to Nome, then to Fairbanks and
then to Valdez; arrived here 1914,
remained here for several months
and then went to Ellamar in 1915.
While in Valdez worked for P. S.
Hunt, the photographer. Was well
acquainted with Kanitz and was
around his place a great deal. He
was asked if Kanitz ever made a
criminal proposition to him. Object
ed to by counsel for defense. Objec
tion overruled. Witness said that in
the spring of 1915, in the barber
shop, Kanitz had asked him to go
into fire racket. Said Kanitz wanted
to get building insured and then des
troy, but would not start fire in his
own place; fire would be started in
Exchange building and buildings
across the street. Did not want wit
ness to start fire, but if he (Kanitz)
was suspected and taken into cus
tody Cavanaugh was to disable fire
apparatus and then start another
fire to divert suspicion from Kanitz;
refused to have anything to do with
the scheme; said Kanitz promised
him a good piece of money to go in
with him. On his return from Ella
mar in February, 1916, Kanitz had
twice renewed attempts to interest
witness in proposition; witness cut
him short and told Kanitz if he did
not let up on that stuff he would
have to give it away. On cross ex
amination denied that he had been
put out of Kanitz hotel for non-pay
ment of rent.
H. B. Cooper was called by the
government; said he knew where
H. E. Ellis slept in the Ellis block
when his brother was here, but was
not certain which room he occu
pied when in town at present.
Government closed its case and
stated that as the testimony in the
other cases had already been put in
it would offer no more evidence.
Counsel for defense stated that if the
government aid not put in evidence
in the other cases it would give them
no opportunity to determine whether
or not to offer evidence in rebuttal.
The court held that in one case at
least no direct evidence had been in
troduced to show the building had i
been destroyed.
The defendant waived statement in
case No. 410, in which arson was
charged in respect to burning of the
Postoiflce building and had no evi
dence to submit.
The charge in Case No. 411, alleg
ing arson in connection with the
burning of the Golden North Hotel,
was read to the accused. The gov
ernment called Mrs. Wm. Conley as
a witness. She testified she had re
sided in Valdez a number of years;
that her residence was the Golden
North hotel; that she conducted the
same as a rooming house; that on the
night of January 1 there were be
tween 18 and 20 people in the build
ing. Believed the fire started from
the rear of the Arcade Cafe. Gov
ernment rested. Defense waived
statement and offered no testimony.
The charge In Case No. 412, alleg
ing arson of the dwelling house of
H. E. Ellis was read to the accused.
Government introduced evidence of
J. Surrhyne. The witness Baid he
knew H. E. Ellis; that the latter
when in town roomed in the burned
dwelling; that hlB room was at the
(Continued on page four)
OPEN FIRES AND
CHRISTMAS CANDLES
have been the cause of much
loss both of life and property.
Protect yourself against the
latter by having us issue you
a Are insurance policy on your
home and its contents. Then
if Are does come you will have
the ready means to replace
your home. Foresight is bet
ter than regrets.
Valdes Real Estate Agency
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ANTON CARLSON,
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For fine Candies see our stock.
Valdez Drug Co. tf
K new line of fleaters priced right,
at Mead'8. tf
The Owl Drug Store can furnish
you with a 1917 Dairy. tf
Just received, a new line of Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co.
FOR SALE—A No. 16 I. X. L.
heater in good condition. Inquire of
Mrs. Arthur Lang. 3t
Skookum Apples, Jonathans and
Spitzenberg at Keystone Produce Co.
3t
A new assortment of silk waists in
Crepe de Chine and Taffeta, just re
ceived at B. Winter’s. tf
Why not a VICTROLA? We have
them from )1S up. Valdez Drag
•e. tf
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
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Telephone No. 60
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