VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1017 NIMItKK 25
MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF
INDICTED BY GRAND JURY
BENCH WARRANTS ISSUED FOR SEATTLE’S MAYOR AND CHIEF
HECK INGHAM, AND OTHER CITY AND COUNTY HIGH OFFI
CIALS_ARRESTED ON BENCH WrARRANT BUT SECURE LIBER
TY ON BAIL—MAYOR GILL DECLARES INDICTMENT AN OUT
RAGE-WILL CONTINUE DUTIES AND WILL AGAIN BE A CANDI
DATE FOR RE-ELECTION—OTHER OFFICERS AND LIQUOR COM
PANY INDICTED. \
SEATTLE. Jan. 29.—Alleging gi
gantic graft among the county «»r.<i
city officials and police corruption,
the federal grand jury Saturday eve
ning returned indictments against
Mayor Hi Gill, Chief of Police Beek
ingham, former Sheriff Hodge, four
city detectives and others for com
plicity in a conspiracy to violate the
interstate Commerce Laws and the
Federal liquor laws.
The penalty provided for the of
fense is imprisonment for two years
and a fine of $10,000. Bench vir
i ants were immediately issued for the
persons indicted. Former Patrol
man Margot, Patrolman Gallen, the
three Billingsleys, the Jesse Moore
Hunt Company, a San Francirco li
quor house, were also indicted.
Officials Secure Bail.''
SEATTLE, Jan. 29.—Mayor Hi
Gill and Chief of Police Beckingham
were arrested Saturday night on
bench warrants, following their in
dictment by the federal grand iurv on
the charge of conspiracy to violate
the federal liquor laws. Their bail
was fixed at $3,500 each, which was
forthcoming within ten minutes alter
the arrest, and they were given their
liberty.
Mayor Gill was vehement in nis
declaration that his indictment and
arrest was an outrage. He stated
that he would continue his duties as
Mayor and that he would be a candi
date at the coming election for the
mayoralty, and confidently expected’
the people would vindicate him. Chief
of Police Beckingham declared his in
dictment and arrest was a rank in
justice and declared that he had not*
the slightest doubt as to the outcome
of the trial. Former Sheriff Hodges
declared that he would swea.* his in
nocence of the charge upo** a stack
of Bibles as high as the Tower of
Babel.
In their testimony before the jury!
the Billingsleys stated that Mavorj
Gill had received a bribe of $4,000 |
from the whiskey ring and i.nst 3eeit-j
inghara had called at his apartments!
and received a bribe of $500. Special |
Prosecutor Reames savs that he lias
evidence of the most convincing kind
against the accused.
WARNED BUILDINGS j
WERE FIRE TRAPS
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Board States Pittsburgh Officials Hatl j
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Reen Warned of Conditions In the |
Burned District—Four Thousand I
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Girls Out of Kmploynient.
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PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan. 29.—'The j
National board of lire underwriters
asserts that it warned the city author
ities that the Fifth Avenue' shopping
district, destroyed by fire on Satur
day, was a veritable fire trap, and
had advocated radical changes to pre
vent the very catastrophe which oc
curred. They state that had the fire
broken out during business hours the
loss of life would have been tremen
dous, as several, thousand people were
employed in the buildings destr >yed
Fully four thousand girls have been
thrown out of employment by the
fire.
PHYSICIAN** EXEMPTED
FROM THE SPEED LAWS
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 29.—Senator
Smith, of Josephine county introduc
ed a bill recently which will exempt
physicians from speed laws and tra
ffic regulations, when on emergency
calls. Senator Smith, who is himself u
physician, contends that in many in
stances it is necessary to ignore the
speed laws and traffic violations
when going on emergency calls. Sen
ator Smith stated that he had the
support of the majority of the obv
riicians in the state in securing the
passage of the measure.
('older Along Road
During the past 48 hours the tem
perature along the government road,
particularly between Paxson and
Beaver Dam, took a decided drop,
being 10 to 14 degrees at Fairbanks.
Salcha, Richardson and McCarty, Sal
• ha being the coldest point with 50
below zero. At Donnelly the drop wtu
29 degrees to 44 below. The great
est drop was recorded at Tonsina
where the thermometer fell 34 de
grees to 44 below zero. Gukana and
Copper Center report 45 below this
morning, Teikhell 30 below and Beav
er Dam 18 below. Thompson Pass
reports only 6 below, while Wort
man reports 12 below. High Wind is
5epcrt°d from Teikhell this way.
COMMERCE RAIDER SIGHTED
(ton MILES OFF S.YXDY HOOK,
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.—In contra-|
diction to the report that a British!
cruiser had sunk the German coni-!
merce raider St. Theodore in the'
South Atlantic, a report was received !
here this morning that the raider was
sighted this morning six hundred
miles off Sandy Hook.
WAR SECRETARY
WILL QUIT JOB
SAYS THAT M’AD(X) IS DICTATOR
jwill Resign to Save Self-Respect—
McAdpo Says Requested Resigna
tion Because the Pacific Coast Is
Entitled to Place In Cabinet.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2S.
It is announced here today that Sec
tetary of War Baker will resign hi3
position to save his respect. He as
serts that Secretary of the Treasury
McAddo has assumed the dictatorship
of the cabinet, and that the relations
between them are not friendly. Mc
Addo states that he requested Baker
to resign because the Pacific coast
was entitled to a place in the cabi
net and that he made the request
with the approval of the President
SKATS CORPSE IN AUTO
AND DRIVES PAST OFFICERS
EL PASO. Jan. 29.—While sigh'
seeing on the math" street of Juarez
with her daughter, Miss Ruth Haupt,
Mrs. Carrie Haupt, wife of an El
Paso engineer, dropped dead last
night.
A Mexican guide placed the body in
an automobile in a position to indi
cate life and drove past the Mexican
customs and immigration guards un
j challenged. Usually it requires sever
!al days and much negotiating to get
! a body out of Mexico.
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I LAWSON GOING TO OREGON
TO RECUPERATE HEALTH j
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| BOSTON, Jan. 29.—Thomas Law
json, whose sensational charges in-1
[cited the congressional probe into the
[alleged leak of the German peace
[note has returned from Washington,!
land announces that he will go to his!
iranch in Oregon to recuperate.
HOLD CAMPBELL
CARRIED STATE
DECISION BY SUPREME COURT
Republican Candidate for Governor
of Arizona Is Declared Elected—
Hunt Will Accept Decision and
Give Up the Office.
PHOENIX. Ariz., Jan. 28 —Tht
State Supreme Court today handed
down a decision in the election con
test between Governor Hunt, the last
incumbent, and a candidate for re
election in the last election, and
Campbell, the Republican candidate
for the governorship. The decision
of the court is to the effect that the
republican candidate was legally
elected to the office, and Hunt an
nounces that he will abide by the de
cision and give up the office to his
successor. For several weeks past
the State has had two governors, both
Hunt and Campbell having taken the
oath of office.
ADVANCE GUARD
AT COLUMBUS
REMAINDER EXPECTED 8. «ON
Eirst of Pershing's Troops Crosses
the Bordet—Withdrawal of Ameri
••an Troops Is Made Without Mo
lestation by Mexicans.
EL PASO. Jan. 29.—Advices re
reived here this morning state that
the advance guard ot Pershing's Vex
ican expedition has arrived at C •
bus and that the remainder o? the
force is expected to arrive there with
in the next day or two. The with
drawal was made without the slight
est trouble, the Mexicans making no
attempt to attack the American
forces on the march.
Some twenty-seven people ieft Val
daz on the boat for the States yester
day morning. But, with very few ex
ceptions, they will all be back by the
middle part of March.
MEXICANS AGAIN RAID
AMERICAN TERRITORY
FIERCE RATTLE ENSUES RETWEEN COWBOYS AND RAIDERS IN
SOUTHERN ARIZONA—UTAH CAVALRY SENT TO AID OF COW
BOYS AND COMBINED FORCE COMPLETELY ROUTS MEXICANS.
BATTLE LASTED MORE THAN THIRTY-SIX HOURS—TROOPS IN
HOT PURSUIT OF RAIDERS—MEXICAN CONSUL ADVISES CAR
RANZA TO WITHDRAW GARRISON FROM BORDER TO AVOID
TROUBLE WITH AMERICAN FORCES.
TUCSON, Arizona. Jan. 2P —A*.l
vices received here yesterday morn
ing stated that a battle had been rag
ing for the past thirty-six hours at
Arivaca. about fifty miles southwest
of here, between a party of Mexican
raiders and a bunch of cowboys. The
Utah cavalry has been sent to rein
force the cowboys and are expected to
i roach the scene within a few uours.
lit is also reported that the Carranza
commander, 80 miles south, is rush
ing troops north to aid in the capture
I of the raiders.
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Mexicans Routed.
ARIVACA, Ariz., Jan. 29 —The
troopers and cowboys have complete
ly routed the Mexican raiders, who
have tied to the hills to escape pur
suit. The raiders lost heavily in the
light, and the troops are in hot pur
suit and hope to capture the entire
band.
h'ear Trouble.
TUCSON*, Jan. 29.- The Mexican
consul here has asked President Car
lanza to withdraw the Mexican gar
rison from the border south of Ruby
in this state, fearing their presence
may incite trouble. The raid of the
Mexican bandits in the vicinity of
Arivaca has stirred up intense ex
citement among the people of the
state, and the consul believes the
presence of the Mexican troops just
across the line may lead to acts o"
violence.
FEARS EXPRESSED FOR
SAFETY OF DEUTSCHLAND
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.—The Ger
man super-submersible Deutschland,
which was reported to have arrived
at New London several days ago, has
not yet shown up there or at any port
along the coast, and fears are enter
tained for her safety. She is now
seven days overdue.
BOSTON IS VISITED'
BY HALF MILLION BLAKE
BOSTON, Jan. 29.—A fire broke
out this morning in the wholesale dis
trict below Washington street, and
before the flames were extinguished
property to the value of more than
half a million dollars had been de
stroyed. The origin of the fire is un
known.
Band Meeting Tomorrow "Night.
A band meeting will be held at the
Moose Hall tomorrow evening at 8
o’clock, at which time the committee
appointed by the meeting Wednesday
night will report. The committee
has found two clarinet players in the
city who will join the band, furnish
ing their own instruments. Much
encouragement has been extended the
promoters of the enterprise, and it is
now believed that a band of twenty
five instruments can easily be formed
in the city.
Snow Bio w ed Off.
The recent heavy wind has blown
'about three feet of snow off the flats
linto the bay. Where the trail was
!two and three feet below the sur
face of the snow, It now stands from
la foot to two feet above it.
LINDEBEKG IN HOSPITAL
WITH ATTACK PNEUMONIA
SEATTLE, Jan. 29.—Jafet Linde
berg, the well-known Alaska mining
man, is a patient at one of the local
hospitals suffering from a severe at
tack of pneumonia; He is a veiy
sick man, but the physicians express
confidence that he will recover.
WATSON SEVERS CONNECTION
WITH ADMIRAL LINE
SEATTLE, Jan. 29.—B. F. Watsou.
for several years past general agent
for the Admiral Line of steamers i»>
Alaska, who was recently appointed
to the agency of the company at Cor
dova, has resigned his position and;
severed his connection with the com
pany.
JAPAN KNOWS NOTHING
OF ARMS FOR MKXU O
TOKYO, Jan. 29.—The report that
the steamer Kotohira Maru was sup
posed to have cleared from Yokohama
on January 2, for Salina Cruz, Mexi
co, with a cargo of 2,500 rifles pur
chased by three representatives of
General Carranza has been denied by
the Mexican legation.
The foreign office announces that
it has no knowledge of any consign-!
meat of rifles being shipped to Mexico j
by the Kotohira Maru as reported in a!
dispatch from Tokyo recently
A. C .Baldwin, the popular mining j
engineer, writes that he will return !
to Valdez from the States about April j
1. Mr. Balwin has been taking a post j
graduate course In the School of^
Mines.
BRITISH TAKE COMMANDING
POSmONS AT IE TRANSLOY
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IN VIGOROUS ASSAULT THE BRITISH CAPTURE IMPORTANT GER
MAN POSITIONS SOUTH OF BAPAl’ME ANI) HOLD DESPITE VIG
OROUS COUNTERS—ALSO TAKE POSITIONS EAST OF LOOS—
-SEIZE TURKISH TRENCHES A’.ONG THE TIGRIS—FRENCH AT
TACKS AT HILL 304 ARE BROKEN—COLD AND SNOW STOPS
FIGHTING IN RUMANIA—GERMAN CROWN PRINCE BECOMES A
GENERAL OF INFANTRY.
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LONDON, Jan. 29.—By a vigorous
assault the British have captured a
commanding position at Les Transloy,
six miles southeast of Bapaume. and
ere holding the same despite several
vigorous counters by the Germans in
an endeavor to recapture the posi
tions. The British took 300 prison
ers and several machine guns.
British Make Kaitl.
LONDON, Jan. 29. -The British
troops raided the German trenches
cast of Loos, inflicting heavy losses
upon the Germans and capturing lc'
prisoners. An intense bombardment
preceded the British assault.
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Gain Along Tigris.
LONDON, Jan. 29.—Advices from
i Mesopotamia state that the British
| troops have seized and consolidated
i 11 00 yards of the Trukish trenches,
i the capture having been effected with |
i tut slight losses. The Turks niadej
four furious counter attacks, which
were momentarily successful.
French Attacks Broken.
BERLIN, Jan. 29.—French at
tacks this morning at Hill 304 were
broken the attackers suffering heavy
losses.
Crown Prince Promoted.
BERLIN, Jan. 29.—The German
Crown Prince has been promoted to
the office of general of infantry.
Snow Stops Fighting.
LONDON. Jan. 29.—Advices from
the Rumanian front are to the effect
tiiat intense cold and deep snow has
greatly impeded the fighting in that
country.
Woman to .loiif Flyers.
LONDON, Jan. 29.-Ruth Law,
file noted American aviatress, is re
ported to be en route to France to
join the French aviation corps.
I MOTOR SHIP yi'KVKLY
('OI.UI)KI) WITH SAMPSON
NEW YORK. Jan. 29 — It has been
ascertained that the vessel which col
lided Saturday with the IT. S. de
stroyer Sampson, in which collision
the Sampson lost her mast, damaged
!her wireless apparatus and torpedo
i tubes, was the motor ship Quevely.
jThe latter ship was practically unin
j iured.
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SENT TO BOnOM
BROWN I P BY KROATINO .MINK
l.aui-entic Strikes a Mine Off tin
Coast of Ireland and Sent to ltot>
torn—Twelve Officers und KM) of
Crew Are Rescued.
LONDON. Jan. 29.—The Admiral
ty today announced that the British
cruiser Laurentic struck a floating
mine off the coast of Ireland1 last
Thursday and was so badly damaged
by the explosion that she went down
within a few minutes. Of the crew
of several hundred men only twelve
officers and one hundred and nine of
the men were rescued.
WORKMEN’S TREASURY IS
SHORT BY «! <MHH>
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Jan. 29.—
It was given out today that after an
all day session Saturday of the finei.ce
committee of the Grand Lodge, An
cient Order of United Workman, dur-i
ing which the accounts of Treasurer
E. L. Dodded of Omaha, who commit-1
ted, suicide two weeks ago, were in
vestigated, that a shortage of $16,000
was indicated, and that a complete
statement would be made as scon as
the two experts put on the books had
completed their audit. The order is
protected from any loss that may re
sult by, a surety company bond of
$50,000.
TRAVELERS ARB SAVE
IN TOURING CANADA
MONTREAL, Jan. 20.—Travelers
going into Canada need fear no longer
of being forced into tbe army accord
ing to information baaed on the au
thority of immigration department;
of Canada. There is no conscription
and no likelihood of there ever being
as the matter must go to a vote of
the people and they are against it.
RUSSIA ENDORSES
i WILSON’S SPEECH
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IN SYMPATHY WITH VIEWS
Russian Foreign Office Issues State
ment Endorsing President’s Senti
ments—Allies Never Sought to
t'rusli Germany.
PETROGRAD. Jan. 29.—The Rus
sian Foreign Office has issued a state
ment to the effect that Russia is fully
in accord with the sympathy and
broad hiimanitarianism expressed in
the speech of President Wilson be
fore the United States senate and
gladly indorses his sentiments. The
statement declares for the freedom
of the seas for all nations, and de
clares that the Entente Allies have
never and are not now seeking to
crush Germany, their only object be
ing to bring about permanent peace
in Europe.
MARIPOSA ARRIVES SUNDAY
MORNING AND SAILS SOUTH
The steamer Mariposa arrived in
port from the westward about 8
j o’clock yesterday morning and sailed
south about 9:45. Her passengers
booked from here were H. P. King,
jr.. Mrs. King, John King, F. M.
Kempfer, George J. Love, J. McLaren,
H. H. Jones, Owen E. Meals, F. T.
Hope, Mrs. Hope, A. Marjuson. Mrs.
S. Curtiss Wheeler, P. Krivokpicii,
J. P. Holman, Rudolph Schmidt, Mrs.
Schmidt and Malcolm Brock for Se
attle; and Nels Jensen, Henry Ober,
|L. F. Washburn, John Paulson, Paul
j Paulson, George Brown, Nels John
son, J. A. Olson, Hans Christensen,
Lars Holland, Sam Taylor, Andrew
Carlson and G. W. Scott for Cordoba.
BROKERS WIliliING TO
AII> IN LEAK PROBE
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NEW YORK. Jan. 29.—The mem
| hers of the New York Stock Exchange
jure coming forward freely with their
'books in response to the request of
[the committee. The brokers are evinc
ing every willingness to assist tho
committee in gathering Information
which may prove or disprove, as the
case may be, that there was a leak of
the German peace note before it was
J given out to the public.
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LOST—Small gold beauty pin at
Odd Fellows or Moose hall. Finder
please leave at Prospector office or
call 214. 3t