VOL 10 VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1914. NO. 7S.
WILL REMOVE
SIR GARDEN
England's Representative at Mexico
Has Been Indiscreet, So He
Will Lose Hts Job.
WASHINGTON, Jun. 6.—The Brit
ish ambassador to Mexico, Sir Car
den, is to be removed by the English
government because he has been very
indiscreet.
The announcement will be favor
ably received at trie State depart
ment, as much friction has been
caused by the English ambassador’s
position at Mexico,, where he has op
enlv shown his admiration for I he
Huerta administration and has fre
quently dined with the provisional
president and has in turn entertain
ed him.
li is well known here that the sym
pathies of the British Mexican am
bassador is strongly with Huerta,
whom he has frequently stated was
ihe only man in the republic capable
of establishing peace and insuring the
foreign citizens in Mexico safety.
This has been distasteful, as the ef
forts of the American State depart
ment have been bent on removing
Huerta and the encouragement of the
English ambassador has greatly de
layed the desired end.
RIDES STREETS
Citizens of Oldhorton, New Mexico,
Then Horsewhip Mrs. Collins—Is
Believed to be Insane.
OLDHOUTON, r\. M„ Jan. li. The
■ itizens ol' this town yesterday horse
whipped Mrs. Collins because she had
ridden through the streets of the eitv
without a stitch of clothing on Iter
body.
The woman rode through the main
streets galloping and all the men
stared at the fast moving figure as
long as it was in sighl. Later the
women and some of the men captur
ed the half-demented rider and in
dicted a terrible beating on Iter with
horsewhips.
Mrs. Collins is now in the hospital
recovering from the effects of the
severe beating and is also under close
observation as to her sanity.
NAIIT SELECTS
NEW TOBACCO
Seamen Tested Forty Different
Brands—Navy Plug Wins
Decision.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The blue
jackets of the United States navy
have been sampling forty brands of
chewing lobacco and after the most
exhaustive tests Secretary Daniels,
of the Navy department, has ordered
50,000 pounds of Navy Plug from
southern manufacturers.
The forty seamen who have been
working for *’’e past three months
testing the tobaccos will not bo re
turned to sea duty.
H. Bratnober and 11. C. Sargent, the
Nebesnn operators, came up as far
as Cordova o:i the Alameda and will
start an outfit into the While R'ver
country immediately.
Kd. Petri came in lust evening from
cruams roadhouse.
FRISCO FUEL UO.
USED HUSK MOHEF
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Paid Members of Crews of Pacific
Mail Steamship Line Money or
Gave Them Coal to Keep Quiet
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. Testi
mony yesterday in the Western Fuel
company cases tended to prove that
the defendants made presents of tons
of coal and considerable money to
the employes of the Pacific Mail j
Steamship line to have them keep j
quiet about the importation of coal,
which was underweighted at the cus
tom house.
The bills of lading always called
for considerable less coal than was
on the ships and to keep the offi
cers of the ships quiet they were
made presents of coal or money by the
officials of the Western Fuel com
pany, who are now on trial for de
frauding the government.
j AT SEA BRIGHT
j Does More Damage to Atlantic Coast
! City—Storm General and Damage
Estimated at $30,000,000.
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SKABRIGHT, N. J., Jan. ii.--Anoth
er storm, the third in two weeks,
swept this city last, night and was
general all along the coast. The storm
here completed the wrecking of the
town by the mountainous waves
which swept over the city from the
ocean, breaking the big frame build
ings used during the summer into
fragments The damage along the
coast is reported at $30,000,01)0.
Not a sign of the big bulkhead
which was driven to protect the town
can now be seen. The three storms
have succeeded in wiping it entirely
a Wiiy.
SOMETHING IS DOING
IN FAIRBANKS TOWN
From the tenor of the following- ar
ticle, taken from the Fairbanks Citi
zen, there must have been something
doing in ihe interior town and a few
scandal mongers were evidently busy:
"The 'Knockers and Liars’ Club’ has
been so busy lately that one does not
actually know what or what not to
believe. Certain revelations brought
an enormous amount of grist to their
'lie-factories’ that they had to put
c-n some extra hands and keep on
working overtime. The old saying,
cum grano .salis, is no guide or pro
tection in forming a judgment as to
what one is to believe here at pres
ent of the rumors of the scandals and
crimes cropping up. Strange to say
the busiest and most efficient hands
in the ‘lie-factories’ are the very
ones who should hold their tongues
and hang their heads in shame. Ver
ily, there must be some truth in the
saying that a 'fallen woman would
jump into hell 'f she had a virtuous
woman on her back’--though 1 never
| could believe it.”
Pleads for Black Bread,
i PARIS.—Prof. Letulle published re
! cently an energetic protest against
i the eating of white bread, which
• nearly 50 years ago supplanted brown
‘and black. He says that ihe oniy real
: bread Is the natural bread without
| apy addition
I “This cannot be white,” ! e add•.
|' The childish y unfortunate idea that
tbe peasant’s black bread is less fin
and desirable tl rn white Is a nation
al peril. Fran . I at changed an es
sential of her nourishment. White
broM is made more and more starchy
and less and less nourishing. The
rich products which are extracted go ,
to feed the pigs. The baker now ex
tracts only 50 per cent of the wheat 1
elements, whereas fifty years ago ho j
extracted 85 per cent.”
STEAMER SB
NEAR NEW TORN
Was Loaded With Oil, Caught in
Storm and Goes Down With
Entire Crew
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NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—The big tank
er, Oklahoma, loaded with oil from
the Texas oil fields, sank off Sandy
Hook last night in the terrific storm
which swept the eastern coast. The
entire crew of 20 were drowned in
spite of the heroic efforts of the
Sandy Hook life saving crew, who
made repeated efforts to reach the
sinking vessel, but were driven back
each time and thrown upon the
beach.
The crew had almost reached the
ship on the fifth effort, when the big
tanker suddenly plunged beneath the
waves, taking all the crew with her.
Reports received here indicate that
many vessels are plied up on the
beach along the Jersey const and al
so on the New England shores and
that the loss to shipping interests
will run into many millions of dol
lars.
PLAN 816 STRIKE
AID CALUMET MEN
Western Federation Miners Officials
Will Confer in Chicago This
Week to That End.
DENVER, Jan. t>. -Secretary Ms
honey and the other officials of the
Western Federation of Labor depart
ed todpy for Chicago to confer vv ith
President Moyer regarding the call
ing of a country-wide strike to aid
the copper mine workers in the Cal
umet district. It is hoped by this
means to force the financial interests
to bring pressure to bear on the cop
per operators to give the miners the
wages demanded by the union.
An announcement will be made fol
lowing the conference with Moyer and
other labor leaders, who will meet
in Chicago this week.
The announcement of special in
vestigator Dinsmore, of the Depart
ment of Labor, who has failed to ef
fect a settlement of the strike, that
the operators were in the wrong, is
expected to greatly strengthen the
union officials to continue the strike
and contributions of money and cloth -
inging are being sent to the strik
ers and their families by 'the "friends
of organized labor. »
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Enemies of Government Ownership
Will Tack on Many Amendments,
Says Congressman Humphries
W ASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—Congress
man Humphries tod >y made a state
ment to the effect that the enemies
of the Alaska railroad bill will urge
the most radical go /eminent owner
ship amendments which are likely' to
defeat the entire bill.
The anti-government forces are de
termined to pass the bill with amend
ments which will make the operation
of the road so expensive that it will '
forever quiet the government owner- j
.‘•hip of railroads agitation, as they !
‘■•Xpert. to have the Alaska operation
oCairo tda Jiy the government prove ;
it failure.
The amendments offered may be ■
the means of killing the bill, says the ,
Washington congressman
N. V. BANKERS
WANT THE EARTH
Would Have Gotham Regional Bank
Include All the Territory North of
Patomac East Alleghenies.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—The first
hearing to decide upon the location
of the regional banks was held here
yesterday and many bankers of this
city appeared before the committee
•
and urged that the regional bank es
tablished in New York should control
the territory north of the Patomac
river, including all the district east
of the Alleghenies and north of the
Potomac.
Much opposition is expected from
Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburg and
Baltimore against any effort to force
them to do their banking through a
New York bank
it is not expected that the com
mittee will give the New York region
al batik the teriitory desired, but will
however allow a large section of the
east to become part of the New York
system.
SUNDAY CLOSING
NOME SALOONS
Federal Authorities Stop the Selling
of Booze on Sabbath—Will
Stop Carnival.
Xll.MH, Jan G. Tlie federal author
ities of this division closed all the
saloons of Nome on last Sunday and
promise that all will be kept closed
from now on. An old Oregon statute
Wits dug up and under the authority
of this ancient statute the booze par
Iors were closed.
The crowds of people gathered
a both the saloons expected that the
saloonkeepers would resort to vio
lence and resist the federal officers,
but they were disappointed, as every
thing was peaceful.
The lT. S. marshal has forbidden
the Carnival to he held January 20,
at which it has always heretofore
been the custom to have miniature
horse races and to run a free -for-all
beer garden. It will not be allowed
this winter, at least that portion of it
which resembles gambling.
II. I’. Sullivan came up on the Ala
meda and reports that Al. Sullivan
had greatly improved since leaving
Valdez.
NO ONE TO BUILD
CHICAGO SUBWAYS
Not a Bid Receiver for $30,000,000
Contract—Condition* Are Too
StrinBent.
CHICAGO, Jan. ti.—Not a bid was
received by the municipal authori
ties of this city today when bids were
to have been opened for the con
struction of subways estimated to
cost $30,000,000. The failure to re
ceive bids has cr.u ed much com -
mem and it is generallj believed that
a more liberal policy will be follow
ed by the authorities If the subways
are to be built by private contract
ors.
New bids whl be called for with ‘
less stringent restrictions, according
to the vt'iemeni issued today by the
mayor
Chinese Chop i?uey and Noodles at j
Hie V tide;: Cafe, after 7 p. m. tf ;
FRISCO BANDIT
WAS BAD ACTOR
Killed 17-Year-Old Boy December 20
Before Being Apprehended
for Other Crime.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. <i. A wo
man today identified Bandii Farias,
uow under sentence of death here ror
murdering the passenger agent of llio
Southern Pacific raiPoad on Ihnv.in
ter 1, and stated to the police that
1 he is the man who murdered Ed
ward Driscoll, the 17-year-old boy
who was killed here on Dec. 20.
The identification clears up the
: mystery of the shooting of the boy,
, but having only one life Fariss can
pay the penalty for but one of his i
! crimes and will hang some tim ■ in
the next ftp days unless he is grant -
| eti a stay of execution by the nig'i
or courts.
FORD AUTO GO.
CUT DIO MELON
j '
Will Give 20,000 Employes $10,000,
000 Annually as a Bonus for
*r
Good Work.
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DETROIT, Jan. 6. The Ford Au
: tomobile company, of this city, have
; announced their intention of distrib
uting $10,000,000 each year among the
j 20,000 employes of the company, and
[also that the hours of labor of all the
; company employes are to he only
i eight hours per day.
The company bus made immense
profits tlie past year, having sold
thousands of machines and will share
with their employes the profits of the
business.
Took Potato to France.
PARIS.—The 100th anniversary of .
i the death of Antoine Augustin Pay
ment ier, who introduced potatoes in ■
i to France, will be largely observed !
by French farmers. He was the ap- |
othecary at the Invalides, when, fob j
lowing thq famine of 1709, the Acad- j
| emie De Hesnncon announced a prize j
for discovering a vegetable which j
could be used in time of famine. Par [
mentier won the prize with the indi
ration of the nutritive starch of cer
\ tain plants. The potato was then tin
known in France. It had been brought 1
from Peru but was the object of |
I warnings ty doctors, who attribut'd!
to its use’ various fevvs ..n.i even j
leprous affections
Parmentier persuaded the govern- I
, ment in 177X to give him a farm for
experiments. From tlie first flower
ing of the plants he sent a boquel [
to Louis XVI., who gave the veg- !
etable its first popularity,
nor’s office at Juneau. i
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Court Upholds “Blacklist.”
BOSTOK, Jan. 6. A person who
joined in a strike is noi entitled to |
damages if he. is not re-employed. I
according to an opinion handed down j
by Judge Loring of the supreme court |
today. The case tvas that of the !
Haverhill Shoe Manufacturers' Asso
ciation, which appealed from the de- j
eision that John Cornellier, who had j
participated in a strike, was entitled j
to damages because a socalled "black
list” had prevented him from ob |
taining employment. Judge Boring !
held that the manufacturers had a !
right to combine to resist the strike •
and that Jhe "black list" was not in !
the nature »f ,a, boycotl.
Deputy Marshal Sam Brightwell, of i
Cordova, came over on the Alameda !
with two prisoners held by Conuhls
sioner d’Heirry, of (Zhilina, for rob
bery. i
Colonel O’Neil, who is now in the
states, has been ordered to Beaven - i
worth to attend school and is not ex- .
pected back to Valdez before next '
April. I
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WOMEN’S SMS
Sill 100118
Middleborough Women Cause Chief of
Police to Issue Order Stopping
Indecent Exposure.
MIDDLE BOROUGH, Mass., Jan. 6.
—The chief of police of this city
yesterday issued orders to all his
patroimen to arrest any woman who
is found on the streets with a slit
in her skirt of more than 15 inches.
They are to he charged with Indecent
exposure.
The action of the police authori
ties will force a number of society
ladies to do some sewing, as many of
them have slits of 20 inches reach
ing well up above the knees and the
hoys and young men and even a few
bald heads are standing on the street
corners gazing open mouthed at them
' as they pass.
SOON REPAIR THE
LAUNCH BRIGHTON
! Captain Stanley will ship the ma
! terial needed to make the repairs to
| the launch Brighton to Golden as soon
I as possible and will have the big
; launch on the run between Valdez
| and Port Weils shortly. The dam
| age to the lioat is not as extensive
I at at first reported and will soon be
! repaired.
PUBLIC BUT MUCH
WORTHLESS STOCK
Promoters Sold $130,000,000 Worth
of Worthless Stock by Un
scrupulous Promoters.
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WASHINGTON. .Ian. II During the
[last two years the people ol' the
I'nited States have lost $130,000,000
in frauds by "get rich quick" ton
cents, is the statement just issued
by the postal department of the gov
ernment. Most of t’ e stock has been
soltl to widows and orphans who
have ha.tl no business experience, but
itlso many alert business men have
been caught by the smooth mining
promoters.
The postal inspectors will rontihue
the active light against the schemes
of promoters to fleece the people and
mere drastic laws will he advanced
by (lie administration.
DIES IN SEATTLE
Thomas Nowell Was First Delegate
From Alaska to Political Conven
tion—Was 82 Years Old.
SEATTLE, Jan. 6..—Thomas Now
ell, of Juneau, died here today at the
age of S2. He had been in Alaska
since 1885, settling at Juneau, avhere
he remained. He owned considerable
mining property in that section.
In 1892 Thomas Nowell was the
delegate to the Republican National
convention at Indianapolis, and was
tlh- first delegate to represent the ter
ritory at any political convention.
The McIntosh outfit came in last
night from out the government road
and the teamsters report a tine trail
to the interior. The outfit consists
of 15 teams.
George Heinke hus moved his place
ogf business into the Valdez Drug
Co. store.