VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1914. — NO. 182.
VOL. 10. _
IS DAMN GLAD
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To Got Back to the United State*—
I* Hysterical With Joy—May
Demand Investigation.
NEW ORLEANS, May 6.—Nelson
O'Shaughnessy, formerly charge d’af
faires for the United States at Mex
ico City, reached this city last night
and was almost hysterical with joy
when asked how he felt to be in the
United States again, and he said to
inquiring reporters, “I’m damn glad
to be back.”
O’Shaughnessy refused to *nake
public his intentions regarding a con
gressional investigation of the state
ments made by congressman Flood
of the Foreign Relations committee,
or of the reports regarding friction
between himself and John Lind, the
special representative of President
Wilson in Mexico. He, however, made
it clear that his opinion of Lind as
an agent of peace or as a diplomat
was not exceptionally high.
The former charge will consult
with political friends and will then
demand a congressional investigation,
when he will present many papers,
telegrams and documents relating to
■the long diplomatic conferences be
tween the provisional government and
the American secretary of state.
Mrs O’Shaughnessy and daughter
accompanied the former charge back
home.
USE SOLDIERS
CLOSE SALOONS
Governor West ofOregon Sends Troops
to Milwaukee to Prevent the
Sale of Liquors.
SALEM, Ore., May 6.—Governor
West of this state today ordered out
a company of state militia and in
structed them to proceed at once to
Milwaukee, in Clackamas county, es
tablish martial law, suppress the
Friars Club, which is openly violat
ing the law and selling liquor in spite
of the prohibition law and to confis
cate all stocks of liquors and destroy
them along with the bar fixtures and
furniture in the rooms.
The militia are now en route to
the scene and anticipate no opposi
tion from the local police authorities,
as the many efforts of the police to
block the militia have always result
ed in the worsting of the local au
thorities.
The colonel In command of the
troops has been Instructed by Gov
ernor West to pay no attention to any
injunctions that may be secured by
the liquor dealers, as the establish
ment of martial law prevents court in
terference.
MORE MARINES
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VERA CRUZ, May 6.—two more
American marines wounded during the
fighting when Admiral Fletcher cap
tured the city, died here this morn
ing from the effects of the wounds.
The bodies will be shipped to the
states on the first worship returning
north and will be burled with mili
tary honors.
Lieut. Dougherty, of the Signal
Corps, has started the work of beau
tifying the lawn at the Signal office
and will have three flower beds in full
Moots this summer, whereas but one
bloomed last year.
FOUND—Locket 'and chain, apply
at Prospector1 office, prove property
r and pay for this adv.
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MANY CRUCIFIED
ID ALBANIA
Men and Women Nailed to the Crott
and After Long Suffering the
Church it Burned.
DURRAZZO, Albania, May 6.—Gen
eral Epirotes, who yesterday captur
ed the city of Hormova in the in
terior of Albania, crucified 240 cap
tive men and women, followers of
Mohammed in the church of the or
thodox Greeks and later after the
captives had suffered for many hours
hanging from the crosses,’ the build
ing was set on fire and all of the
captives were cremated.
Conditions in the interior are worse
than at any time since the Balkan
war commenced and murder and ra
pine and the torturing of captives is
the practice of all factions. No un
ity can be secured among the peo
ple of Albania; the Christians fight
Mohammedans whenever they meet,
the mountaineers kill the people of
the plains; no farms are cultivated
and the majority of the resident’s of
the new country live by robbery.
ETHEUOilE
GETS SEPARATION
Court Also Directs Her Husband, Ray
mond Belmont, to Pay Her $100
a Month as Alimony.
NEW YORK, May 6—Ethel Lor
raine. the wife of Raymond Belmont,
was today granted a separation from
her husband, who is the son of Aug
ust Belmont, the multi-millionaire of
this city. The court granted the wife
$100 a month al'mony.
Young Belmont was represented by
ome of the biggest lawyers of this
city in the fight to prevent the grant
ing of the separation to the wife and
they made every effort to secure a di
vorce for the son of the millionaire.
The testimony showed that for many
months prior to the marriage young
Belmont had lived with his wife while
she was an inmate of a house of ill
fame in this city, and that he had
paid her $300 a month to love him
only and later bftd insisted upon mar
riage and had taken the girl to New
Jersey, where they were married.
<<Belmont later lived with his wife
for six months earning a living as a
clerk, receiving only $100 a month
and he claimed that his wife left him
to work the Great White Way as life
was too tame with him when he was
disinherited by his father and forced
to earn a living.
The Belmonts will appeal the case.
Marconi Systems Earnings.
JERSEY CITY, N. J„ May 6.—The
annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Marconi Wireless Company of
America, will be held in this city
today. The annual report shows net
earnings of $179,251.29 for the eleven
months ending Dec. 31, 1913. Many
improvements fo rthe coming year
will be discussed at today’s meet
ing, one of which will probably be
the erection of high powered wire
less stations along the Great Lakes.
Search Hotel for Pillow Cate*.
Mrs. Frank Hoffman, who was in
charge of the Arizona hotel during
the absence from the city of Otto
Kanitz, yesterday swore out a search
warrant to recover sheets and pillow
[Which she alleged were In the
building and which Ranttz refused
to surrender. Deputy Marshal Albert
Sullivan and-Mrs. Hoffman searched
'the hotel' add finally found one
pillow identified by Mrs. Hoff
man as belonging to her and was
delivered to U. S. Commissioner Love
who. then tumed it over to the right
ful owner.
Sobecrlhe for the Prospector.
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ON MAY 18TH
Representative of United States and
Mexico and Foreign Diplomats
to Try to Effect Peace.
WASHINGTON, May 6.—Mediators
representing the United States and
the Republic of Mexico will meet at
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on
May 18, to arrive at a settlement of
the difficulties between the two re
publics. Every .'effort is now being
made by the American and foreign
governments to have General Car
ranza and the constitutionalists to
join in the peace conference and if
possible arrive at a peaceful settle
ment of the revolution now in pro
gress in Mexico and the re-establish
ment of law and order and constitu
tional authority in the republic.
President Wilson has refused to ar
bitrate the question of recognition of
Provisional President Huerta as the
head of the de facto government in
Mexico, but will continue the rela
tions with the Mexican government as
maintained for the past two years if
tlhe peace Conference ^decides that
to be the best method for the es
tablishment of order in Mexico.
Foreign governments have present
ed diplomatic notes to the United
States State department urging the
maintenance of Huerta at the head
of the Mexican government until some
Mexican with the qualities of lead
ership is discovered and he will be
able to maintain order and also en
joy the confidence of the American
government.
All the foreign state departments
are adverse to |the recognition of
either Generals Carranza or Villa,
claiming that foreign fives and prop
erty have been taken by the associa
tion of rebel bandits in northern Mex
ico.
Close friends of the administration
believe that because of the unexpect
ed and hearty support given the
American government, in the recent
trouble and the many acts of. cour
tesy from English, German, French
and Spanish diplomatic officers and
the backing up of the Americans by
the foreign admirals in Mexican wa
ters that President /Wilson cannot
but concede to them the request for
the maintenance of Huerta at the
head of he Mexican republic until
some later date.
NO NOME BOATS
FROM 'FRISCO
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! Transportation Men Say It Won’t Pay
—First Time in Fifteen Years No
Sailing From Golden Gate.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 6.—For the
first time In fifteen years no ships will
leave this port for Nome direct. The
transportation companies that have
heretofore maintained a San Francis
co-Nome service have decided to dis
continue sending ships to the north,
as the business does not warrant it.
The first one or two trips of the
season the steamers have full car
goes, but later in the season the boats
run north with light loads and lose
money. '
The freight Ordered from San Fran
cisco jobbers for merchants at Nome
will be shipped from here to Seat
tle and sent north on the Seattle
Nome boats.
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1 Captain William Damon will launch
the pood ship "G. Flat” dent Sunday
morning. The crew will consist of
Prof. George Helnke, who will be the'
navigator; Jack Surryhne, the vio
linist, will be the entire crew, and
Captain Damon #111 be the owner.
Look out for' the G^. Flat!
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Chris Peterson will go to Port
Wells In the morning.
MORE TROUBLE IN
SANTO DOMINGO
Cruiser Washington Going at Full
Speed to Protect Foreigners
in Little Republic
WASHINGTON, May 6.—Secretary
Daniels of the Navy department to
day sent a wireless to the cruiser
Washington, which is en route to Vera
Cruz, to proceed at once under forced
draft to Puerta Plate, on the north
coast of Santo Domingo and to pre
vent the rebel or federal troops from
harming foreigners. The city is held
by the insurgents and President Bora
has been bombarding the town with
out giving to the foreign residents
an opportunity to seek shelter nor
will he allow the establishment of a
neutral zone where they can remain
protected.
Telegrams have been pouring in
to the State department by Ameri
cans in the city demanding protec
tion and foreign residents of Puerta
Plate have wired their respective gov
ernments, who in turn have request
ed the United States to provide pro
tection at once. Foreign warships are
also hurrying to the scene and will
land marines at once unless the Crui
ser Washington, now heading at full
speed, reaches the scene first, in
which event the American govern
ment will take charge of the protec
tion of foreigners, as we have a pro
tectorate over the republic of Santo
Domingo.
New Type Vessel.
SEATTLE, May 6.-rBuilt on the
Isherwood system of steamship con
struction, the Hamburg-American lin
er Sudmark, wh'ch is due here today
on her first voyage across the Paci
fic from the Orient and Hamburg, is
eagerly awaited by experts. The ves
sel’s bold is absolutely clear of all
stanchions. If tracks were laid in
the bottom, a locomotive could run
from end to end without obstruction.
In place of the light beams used in
constructon of other types, the Sud
mark is built with heavy beams that
give the necessary support to her
decks.
Fred Reese, the Tiekhell mining op
erator, left last night with a crdw
of men to commence the work of
developing his claims near the Tiek
hell roadhouse.
GOVERNOR WANTS
ALASKA HIBIT
Ask* Secretary Lane to Secure Ap
propriation From Congress—Prom
ise* an Excellent Exhibit.
WASHINGTON, May 6.—Governor
J. P. A. Strong, now in this city,
held a long conference today with
Secretary of the Interior Franklin K.
Lane regarding the securing of a
large appropriate for an Alaskan
exhibit at the San Francisco fair
which will be a credit to the terri
tory and which will undoubtedly do
much towards securing large invest
ments of capital and the immigration
to the north of the c\ass of citizens
that .will help to develop the north
land.
Governor Strong Is urging an ap
propriation of from $160,000 to $260,
000‘and promises that If the money
is forthcoming the Alaska exhibit will
be one of the best at the. fair and
will attract more attention than any
other exhibit.
Secretary Hane will take the mat
ter up at a cabinet meeting and it is
expected the request for the appro
priate will be badked by President
Wilson sad the administration and
wUl be carried 'through congress
without trouble.' •'*»** w***- ■
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Subscribe for ta» prospector.
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OLNEY DECLINES
BANK RESERVE JOB
Says He is Too Old—Many Applicants
for the Vacancy—Senators
Work for Friends.
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WASHINGTON, May 6.—Richard
Olney, former secretary of state un
der President C'eveland, today wired
to President Wilson thanking him for
the appointment as governor of the
reserve board of the banking system
recently organized by congress, but
declining to accept the position be
cause of hist- advanced age and poor
health.
No indication has been made by
the president as to who will be the
successor of Mr. Olney, but many
applications have been received at
the White House and by Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo. Senators
have called upon both the president
and McAdoo urging the appointment
of the men they are supporting.
RICHIKSON
IS PARRICIDE
Chester Duyrea Kills His Father at the
Suggestion of George Wash
ington.
NEW YORK, May 6.—Chester Duy
rea today shot and killed his father,
Hiram Duyrea, aged 80, claiming that
he had received a message from
George Washington to kill his father
and that then the secret of how to
discover the new formula for the
manufacture of starch would be re
vealed to him.
Chester Duyrea, who is 41! years old,
carried out the instructions of the
phantom Washington and it Is be
lieved he will be sent to the Matte
wan asylum for the criminal insane.
The parricide fired seven shots into
the aged man and continued tiring af
ter several of the shots were fatal.
Hiram Duyrea was the orginal in
ventor of the Duyrea starch and re
tired many years ago worth many
millions of dollars. All of his sons
were handsomely provided for by the
old man, but they retained an in
terest in the starch manufacturing
plant and helped to direct it.
It is believed that Chester has gone
violently insane trying to discover a
new starch that would put all com
petition in the shade.
Recklew Aeroplane on Precioue Lawns
NEW YORK. May 6—When Mount
ed Patrolman McGuire, stationed in
Central Park, saw an aeroplane de
scend upon one of the “famous”
lawns of that park last week, he
handed the aviator a summons to
appear in court and explain why he
transgressed the law, prohibiting a
vehicle from intruding on a park
green. "What would you have me
do?” asked the airman, John Gil
patric; “1 ran out of oil and had
to come down! Would you rather
have had the machine fall and picked
off my remains?” He offered to get
a supply of oil and fly off the grass,
but McGuire thought the starting of
a flight in the park would also be a
violation of the law/so the machine
was wheeled into the sheepfold for
the night. Gilpatric said he would
risk his neck against a summons any
time rather than in a fuelless aircraft.
Mrs. E. B. Spiers and son, Wal
lace, will reach Valdes tomorrow on
the Northwestern after spending the
winter in the states for the health
of the boy. who has fully recovered
from his attack of illness of last
summer.
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Harold Hanson reached Valdes last
night from the Nelehina, where he
'went to Investigate the mining pos
sibilities' of the new section.
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MAKE SEATTLE
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For Alaska Railroad Commission Un
til Can Make Investigations and
Plan Work of Commission.
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WASHINGTON, May 6.-Commis
sioner William Edes, of the Alaska
railroad commission, stated today
'that) after careful Investigation he
had become convinced that the rail
road commission would find it more
advantageous to establish head
quarters at Seattle for the present
until the plans of the commission had
become more clearly outlined and the
work had been mapped out. and then
the city offering the best advantages
and nearest to the scene of the work
would be made headquarters for the
commission, from where the work of
the preliminary survey would be di
rected and the preparations of ac
tual construction planned.
Commissioners Frederick Meat's and
Thomas Riggs left here this morning
for New York to purchase all the
needed instruments for the survey
parties and they will be shipped at
once to Seattle.
Jack Dalton, the Alaska packer, has
been employed by the commission and
left here this morning for Idaho and
Eastern Washington to purchase 100
head of pack stock for the use of the
survey parties. He will also organ
ize a pack outfit anil employ the nec
essary packers.
SCHOOL TRUSTEES
SENT TO JAIL
Chicago Judge Soon Forces Seven
Stubborn Members to Do as In
structed—Six Hours in Jug.
CHICAGO, May 6. The seven mem
bers of the Chicago school board sen -
fenced to serve 30 days in jail for
contempt of court in that they refus -
ed to reinstate the members of the
city school board, who resigned when
they were unable to force the re-elec -
tion of Mrs. Young as superintendent
of schools and later demanded to bo
reinstated, claiming that the witn -
drawal and resignations were void
all weakened after spending six hours
in jail and they have promised lo
carry out the instructions of the
court and re-instate the old mem -
bers.
The school trustees were released
upon their promise to hold a special
meeting at once and reconsider their
former action. The school trustees
are men of standing in the commun
ity and none of them had ever seen
the inside of a jail before.
It is expected that the cases will
be carried to the highest courts up
on a suit instituted by a taxpayer.
ADMIRALSAMPSON
HEREJOMORROW
The steamer Admiral Sampson left
Kodiak at 1 o’clock this morning for
Seward and as she generally makes
tlje distance between the two points
in 16 hours, should reach Seward at
7 o'clock tonight and probably arrive
at Valdes tomorrow morning.
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Good Business Houm for Sale.
Good business block for sale on
Keystone avenue, Valdes, Alaska.
Apply to owner, Mrs. $. B. Gleason, tf
Robert McIntosh has secured the
contract to move the Smith and Bis
Four outfit* to the mines on Mineral
creek. -
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E. P. Cash man left at midnight last
night for his home at Wortman’s.