vo|_ 9 VALDEZ, ALASKA FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1913. NO. 89.^«
HE STRINGS 1
OH THE OGEMI
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The Great International Shipping
Trust Absolutely Controls j
Ocean Trade.
Washington, I >. U., Jan. -L
Eurther te.sl innmy about I lie so
ealled shipping trust between the
United States and South America
was given today to the House•
merchant marine committee.
William Lowery, South Ameri
can agent for the Pan-American
Mail, which it is declared was
driven out of business by I he
N “trust,” testified how large ship
T|iers declined to use the new line
for fear of losing their rebates
from the European lines. He sug- i
gested a statute excluding from j
American ports European ships j
giving such rebates as a remedy j
for the situation.
"We have built the Panama j
canal for the benefit of the British j
shift owners unless this govern- I
yni'enl aids an American marine,” I
said he.
The idea Inal the ocean is nee i
is about as big a fallacy as exists i
in America,” testified William li. j
Douglass, a large New York ex
porter to South America a'nd F.u- !
rope. ‘ The steanisliip lines of i
iterinaiiy and (treat Ftrilain in]
romnion have the ocean under
stricter control than any combi- j
nation ev r had any trade he- '
I ween I lie slates,” he said.
"Tile men who sit in London
i oid rolling lliese lines can throw
i-onlinels for goods to any rouu
t r\ (iiey please simply by raising
or owering rales." Mr. Douglass
L-i ifil’d.
tellsTnsioe"
• STEEL TRUST
Steel Trust Probe Unearthing Im
portant Testimony Methods
of Maintaining Prices.
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New York. Jan. 24.— He fore the j
Steel Trust probe Corey testified !
that the steel manufacturers of
llie country fixed the prices due- !
mg the series of dinners given by j
Judge Gary, and admitted the ex- ■
istence of the international armor '
plate ami slruelural steel pools, j
Hi* said that lie ordered I he fur-I
mires closed down in order I"
maintain pig iron prices.
Mr. Corey also admitted that !
the Vailed States Steel rompauv ;
sold steel rails cheaper abroad
than al home and admitted (hat
the Tennessee Coal iV Iron com- j
pany was a rival steel trust and
was absorbed by I lie United States
company lo get them out of the
way.
liuring tile congressional in— j
iiuiry Judge Gary denied I lie facts
testified to by Corey.
DARROW JURY
IS m_ CHOSEN
Los Angeles, Jan. 21.— Progress
in drawing the Harrow jury is
much more rapid than anticipated
six jurors being already obtained.
Al (his rate a jury will be se
cured in two or three days and
the case will be proceeded with.
* Another Function Off.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 24.—
The inaugural reception has been
declared off. the Senate objecting
to too great a strain;, being ini
posed upon the president-elect.
MERMAID WRECKED NEAR THE NARROWS
CHAS. RUA DROWNED, LINDQUIST SAVED
Albert Strung. Joe Donmnzil
ami Marlin Anderson arrived in
town this morning, bringing the
news of the linding of Alai I Lind
quist on the beach near the Nar
rows. close by Sawmill bay spit,
by natives who were on their way
from Valdez to Kllamar in a
bidarka. They succeeded in gel
ling him across two hidarkas and
removed him to a part of the
beach where he could be placed
in the hatch of a boat and then
taken to Kllamar. They remained
out one night after they found
him. it being Monday before they
readied Kllamar.
lens uinereni ownoa.
Lindquist’s condition is such
that he tells several tales of how
the trouble occurred. At one time
he says he was asleep and did not
know anything until the boat
struck on the beach and that lie
knows nothing of Charley Kua,
who owned the boat and who was
with him when he left the doek
at Valdez last Friday. At anoth
er time he says that Kua was on
Ihe boat when she si ruck; that
he .said he as going to stay with
the boat; that lie was still on the
boat when he Lindquist left
her, Iml that lie has not been
seen since.
The boat went ashore some time
Iasi Friday evening. The natives
were requested to run near the
shore on their way to Ellamar by
Captain Swanson, who feared that
something had happened to the
Mermaid and Ilia) lhe> might need
assistance. Lindquist remained
on Ihe heneli from Friday evening
mil il picked up Sunday.
Struck Near Narrows.
The place where the .Mermaid
struck is near where Ihe Elsie
lies iii the small hay jusl Ibis
side III' ihe .Narrows. She lies in
an exposed place and il was im
possible lo gel mil of Ihe hole ill
which she iiil as al both ends of
Ihe .‘(00 feel of beach the Null's
rise straight up for several hun
dred feel.
SI rung and his partners went
APARTMENT FIRE
ROUTES TENANTS
Over Three Hundred Tenants Have
Narrow Escape From Burn
ing Apartment
J»i11slmrg, Jnn. 2 4--More Ilian
'.'(ill persons, residents of Hie I.i
hrary apartments, a large resi
dence building in the heart of the
North Side, were driven into the
streets this morning liy a spec
tacular lire which destroyed the
structure. A dozen or more per
sons were injured, some of them
firemen, who were caught under
falling wall, but it is not believed
Ibercj were any fatalities. -
A report spread through the
crowd that eight women had been
trapped in a rear room, and a
policeman 'made his wn> to the
fourth story and rescued four
teen women, dragging and car
rying them lo the fronl of the
building where they were taken
down ladders.
SCIENCE WAS PROFITABLE
FOR PROF. AOASIZ
New York.-Jan. 2 4.--The per
sonal estate of the '.ate Scientist
Agasiz is estimated at two and a
third million dollars, most of it
invested in copper properties,
notahly Calumet andHecla.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
THREE MEN MISSING WHO WERE ON THE HELEN COMING
FROM ELLAMAR—STORMY WEATHER ON SOUND—DON
ALDSON SENT TO RESCUE BY COL. O’NEIL.
aboard the Mermaid and .oade
some search of the beach, hut
could find no trace of Rua. It is
I bought that when the engine
stopped he tried to set the sail,
as they found it partly set, but
lliul. lie did not awaken Lindquist,
who was asleep in the cabin, and
that later when I he Mariposa
slopped and blew her whistle, be
ing asleep did not hear her and
so made no response. It is be
lieved by many that Rua had been
drowned before the Mariposa
sighted the boat. The officers
could see mat the launch was
adrift and that she was in a bad
way and for that reason stopped
the Mariposa and would have
readily taken Lindquist and Rua
aboard had they so desired.
Hslen May be Lost.
Strong and his partners also
fear that the Helen has been
wrecked and I hat ceorge Hayes,
Charley Anderson and Spike Mr
Loughlin and two others may be
drowned. They are long overdue
in Valdez, having left Kllamar last
Sunday. When they were near
Catena bay a piece of rope which
was ly ing' loose on I be deck. I'etl
overboard and was caught in the
! propeller, disabling' Hie launch.
SAYS FREE TOLLS
ONLY COASTWISE
Secretary Knox Replies to Earl
Gray’s Note of Protest-Re
lieved Incident is Closed.
Washington, it. K.. Jan.
Secretary Knox has replied to Karl
<iiay’s note protesting at the tree
lolls given American shipping
through the Panama canal, by
saying that free tolls were only
given lo the coastwise trade,
which would not be permitted to
extend its operations to the for
eign competitive tield. lie did not
believe that arbitral ion was at all
necessary,. as the entire matter
al issue was due to a misunder
standing of Hie scope of the act
passed by congress. II is believed
this will close the incident.
PEOPLE PiTEST
AGAINST COUNCIL
Cause Resignation of Cabinet Sur
rendering Adrianople—HI.>st
Save Honor of Turkey.
(bmslaul inople, Jan. 24.--Tile
people have raised up en masse
lo protest against the surrender
of Adrianople as derided upon by
the (iramf Council. The cabinet
lias resigned as a consequence
and a new ministerial body ap
pointed to take direction of af
fairs of. state. « -
The new cabinet has announced
its intention of “saving the-hon
or of Turkey," which, by many,
is thought to mean a renewal of
hostilities. The ..action of the
Powers is’’looked forward to with
intense interest.
when she was driven on llu- beach J
by the high winds.
The Anderson boys were puss-*;
ing by at the time and remained
with the Helen as long as they
could endeavoring to get them oft"
the beach, hut finally they were
compelled to leave because of the
high wind and the danger of be
ing blown on the beach them
selves. They tried t< get in tacks
hay, hut the wind was too strong
and they were forced to run for
Ellamar. They tried several limes
since to get hack but could nol
make it until yesterday. The
Helen, however, had succeeded in
getting off the beach, because
when they finally were able to
round Rocky Point and arrived at
the place where the Helen had
been ashore the boat was not
there.
The natives had informed them
that tin* Helen had nol readied
Valdez and as a consequence they
watched the shore line carefully.;
toil saw nothing of them.
Col. O’Neil Sends Donaldson.
Immediately up arriving at Val
dez the marshal was notified and
h>' mjiicslj.nl the pnsjLdtpnM'iaiuUi
or. ’’t'iil. (('.Veil, to dispatch the
Donaldson in search of the men.
GENERAL SLAIN
RY A RIVAL
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i Nazim Pasha, Turkey's Greatest
General, Slain on Streets
of Constantinople.
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('.mislaid iuoplc, Jan. 2 i.--dur
ing a demonstration against the
i surrender of Adrianople. Nazim
! Pasha. I lie greatest general of the
.Turkish forces, was shot and kill
led hy a former aid who tired at
the noted commander, who, before
succumbing to the shot, returned
the tire.
Excitement in the city is in
j tense and it is feared the gov
I ernmenl w ill lie forced to con
tinue the war. Mahmoud Shef
I kel Pasha is the new (trand Viz
ier. The Young Turks control the
l new cabinet.
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| Leap From Burning Three 8tory
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Building Into River and Calm
ly Swim Ashore.
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;• Oolumlius, <)., Jan. - 4.--Three
girls imulr a sensational leap i
I from the I hir<I floor of a sweat pad
factory, where they were working,
when the structure caught on tire.
• Out off from all escape they
unhesitatingly lept into the river
and swam ashore amid the en
thusiastic plaudits of the crowd,
who were watching the progress
of- I lie (lames.
The Steamship Northwestern
passed Juneau at lour o’clock
this morning which will make her
duo here Sunday morning.
Tin- Donaldson was undergoing
repairs at the lime, hut the Col
onel immediately ordered that she
he got in readiness for the trip.
The Donaldson left here at 3
p. m. and Lieut. Kunzlg, the post
quartermaster. Dr. von Schrader,
the post surgeon, and several of
the men of the hospital corps are
aboard. They will try and locate
the live men on the Helen, and if
they are found those aboard the
government launch are equipped
to render every assistance. One
of the hoys who came to Valdez
and reported the loss will go with
Ilii'iii to point out the location
when- the Helen went ashore and
to give <tll information possible
Ihiit I tie men may he located with
out further delay.
The Donaldson will remain out
all night and all or tomorrow if
necessary, Col. O'Neil having is
sued orders not to abandon the
search if a single hope of rescue
remains.
B. F. HI. Joins in searcn.
Tin.* launch H. !•'. M., Captain
Swanson, left this afternoon to
search for the missing parties
and to keep a lookout for the body
of Hua.
Charles Hua is an old-timer in
this section, and was at one lime
a pari owner in Ihe Kllamar mine,
winning his interest after a suit
with Ihe t.iladhough (‘stale. Hi*
was the owner uf some very prom
ising'properties down file sound,
lie leaves a wife and I it I lo daugh
ter. wlio reside at Kllamar.
Lindquist Has Feet Frozen.
Matt Lindquist arrived in town
this afternoon on Ihe Klirl with
his feel frozen. Iml not badly. To
a reporter of Ihe Prospector he
slated llial as far as lie could re
member bidh he and Hua were
asleep in the cabin when Hie Mer
maid struck the beach, lie went
ashore, il being dark at Ihe time.
Hua staling that lie would lake
care of Ihe boat, hid when he
relumed Ihe next morning the
limit was there hut Hua was no
where in sight. Lindquist's mem
ory appears lo he prclty much of
a blank as to Ihe occurrences
when they ran ashore.
STAMP BROKERS
ARE INDICTED
Deal in Stolen Stamps to Extent
Two Million Dollars Annuat
ly--Number Confess.
I'.hirugn, .Inn. - i.--Slump brok
ers here, in New York ami else
where, have hoeii indicted by Fed
eral grand juries for defrauding
(he government in dealing in sl<>
len stamps, doing an annual bus
iness iu excess of two million dol
lars.
Several have confessed to the
authorities, implicating others,
’and wholesale arrests will follow.
New York, Jan. 2 4.—(Sovern
nient officials have unearthed
stamp frauds in 10 cities, includ
ing Seattle, where brokerage offi
ces were maintained to receive
stolen stamps from postoffice
burglars, which they purchased
at a nominal sum and afterward
sold lo business houses al a dis
count .
SINGS HER WAY
IRTO WORKHOUSE
Minneapolis, Jan. ii.-Heeausc
she frequently sang a song for
30 consecutive hours, Mrs. Flor
ence Oueen, whose home is said
to be in North Dakota, was- sens
fenced to 90 days 'tit I hi1 Work-'
house here todaj
TO ELECTRIFY
TOE BIG BOADS
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Montana Power Companies Con~
solidate With Gigantic
Capital.
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Trenton. N. .Ian. -''•.--Arti
cles of incorporation were, filed
with the secretary of slate today
by the Untie Kleetric & Power
company, I he Montana Power
company. Madison Hiver Power
company, Hillings it Kastern
Montana Power eomiiany and the
Missouri Hiver Kleetric & Power
eomiiany. These companies had
a combined capital of approxi
mately £ l-5,000,000. The new
company, under the name of the
Montana Power company, has an
authorized capital of £100,000,
000, div ided into £ I on shares. .
Tin* slock of the new. company
consists of 250,000 shares of pre
ferred stock, bearing 7 per cent
cumulative dividends, and 750,000
shares of common stock. Officers
for the new company will be elect
ed in Newark next April. A fee
of £17,000 was paid when the ar
ticles were tiled.
The company has recently been
granted the right to use waters on
the public domain under certain
restrictions and propose to elec
trify a number of transcontinen
tal railway lines commencing with
the Chicago & Milwaukee.
TWO HOTELS
ARE DESTROYED
SI. Ilcgis, Mold., .(all. 5 — All
1111k11<111 man was burned to death
today when two hotels were de
stroyed by lire. A score of men
were forced to dee from their
beds and escaped in scanty all ire.
Tin' loss is estimated al sja.mm.
BUILDINGS FULL
PINION ns
Eight Are Killed and Fifteen In
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jured, Who Are Saved From
Flames by Rescuers.
.McKinney, Tex.. Jan. '-'1.--Eight
people were killed and 15 others
more or less injured, and many
are missing, caused by the col
lapsing of the walls of ti machin
ery house falling on a department
store, which in turn collapsed
and caught lire with its victims
pinioned down in I lie debris.
\ great crowd worked frantic
ally to release I hi' unfortunates,
I w ho begged pieoiisly to he killed
las the llames crept closer to them.
The oiled ive ork of I he rescuers
saved 15 lives.’ Moth buildings
are complete ruins.
Match Company Violates Law.
Milwaukee, Jan. 2i.—The Dia
mond Match company has been
lined $2,000 for violating the
child labor law in employing small
children in their factories.
SOeCESMCILL
SECRETARY FISHER
Itnise. Ida.. Jan. 2 1_Senator
Moral), in addressing the legisla
ture here, which had recently re
elected him, said that the people
of this country should recall Sec
retary of Interior Fisher for his
malignant attitude towards the
settlers of the West.
Four McIntosh stages left for
Willow creek This morning with
freight and feed for out the line.
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