vol 9 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1913. NO. 124.
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State Congress Meets and Passes
Act of Secession—Troops
Sent to the Scene.
Ilermosillo, Sonora. Mexico,
March (t.—The slate congress, in
session last night, passed an act
of secession, declaring llial the
state was no longer a pari of
Mexico and calling on the people
H, arm and throw off the yoke
of Ihe murderer, llnc'e, who bc
Irayed Madoro and later niur h r
ed him, and by whose orders
man'- murders are cornu died dai
ly.
Tim re. ponsc from the people
was ini.ne.;'ale and thousands
have an.ad themselves, pfepar
ing to icsl'f the federal troons.
which have been sent against
them. Many Americans are lo
ealed in this slate, which borders
on Arizona. Us population is
abouI 300,000. II is one of the
l’9 slates of which Mexico is com- j
posed.
ALIKS OEM
Also the Surrender of Adriancple,
Scutari, Jania and the Ae
gean Islands.
Home. .Mail'll I ll'' Allies
,j,■ 111a1111 .s.'imi.omi.iMMi in enin ami
l In' surrender nl' Adrianople,
Si-111 a i' i. Jania ami I lie Aegean is
lamls I'rimi Turkey as I lie price
uf peace.
The lernis of peace were ofl'er
ei| alter a eonI'ereiice of I lie Al
lies ami they ileelare lhal no
peace will lie made on any other
basis. II is hoped here lhal the
demands will lie modilied and lhal
I he Allies will he satisfied with
the concession of lerril.ory and
no money indemnity.
veissiK
At PATTERSON
NaW Jersey Town is Again the
Scene of tabor Troubles—
13,500'Are Out.
Pal I arson. X. March
l*'our Ihousaiul additional silk
weavers have joined those already
out, on strike, demanding an
eight-hour day and -Sli a week,
and more are expected to go out
today.
Extra deputies and special
watchmen have linen placed in
charge of the mills to prevent
any attempt to destroy the prop
erly. No disorders have occur
red and the strike leaders de
clare they will eondnel the strike
without resorting to force.
Hen Silverman will leave on
line of the lirsl lioals for the out
side In purchase machinery In
install on his Port Wells prop
el ly.
Easter Millinery
To arriv.. I he Northwestern.
A line new and up-to-date line of
Easier millinery al Harvey's Tog
gery.
K. Met Hair has taken a position
al the Northern.
Don't forget the hig Eagle
dance Saturday night.
WILSON IKES
APPOINTMENTS
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MeCoombs Goes to France as Am
bassador—Thomas Nelson
x Page to Germany.
Washington, l>. C., March
President Wilson sent the name
of William 1'. MeCoombs to the
Senate today as ambassador lo
France. George W . Klkins, ot
Philadelphia, is expected lo get
the appointment to Japan, and
Thomas Nelson Page, the author,
a resident of Virginia, may go to
Germany. Charles Crane, of Chi
cago, who was one of the larg
est contributors lo I he Wilson
campaign fund, will gel the am
bassadorship at St. Petersburg,
ftmiiftm ¥. MeCoombs.
William F. MeCoombs, of New
York, is at present chairman of
the National Democratic commit
tee, and was campaign manager
of the successful campaign which
resulted in Wilson’s election.
George W. Elkins.
(Seorg.e.W. Elkins is a wealthy
manufacturer and capitalist of
Philadelphia and is worth many
millions. He is president of
many coal and coke companies in
Pennsylvania, and is also presi
dent of I he traction company op
erating' in the Quaker city, lie
is 5.5 years old.
Thomas Nelson Page.
Thomas Nelson Page, who is
In represent the United Stales at
(rormany, is (id years old and is
an author of considerable mile,
lie. is a southerner, having been .
born in Virgin fa, in which stale!
he lias always lived.
Charles Crane.
Charles Crane, is a wealthy:
nianiifaeliirer and hank president ;
nf Chicago and has traveled!
much, lie was appointed aml.ias- '
sailor io China by President Tal'l.j
hill was recalled lie fore lie left j
San l''runcisen. He was a heavy i
font rihnlor to I hr Wilson cam-j
paig'H funds, lie will lie sent lo
llussia. He i> a great traveler]
and has spent much time in Chi
na.
President Wilson Announces
Change in Usual Method of
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Making kppointments.
Washington, I), (k, March <>.—
President Wilson today announ
ced that all appointments would
be made by the heads of depart
ments and not by the president,
as heretofore has been the' cus
tom. lie will hold the heads of
departments responsible for I in
actions of the appointees.
Tim number of nfficescekers
here runs into I tie thousands and
they are importuning their
friends to assist I hem in getting
lo the government trough. Many .
Alaskans are among the number.
ARREST WlST
WARRANT GOES
Seal lie, March d.—The Grif
fiths hill, providing,for the issu
ance of a warrant prior lo the
arrest and forbidding an arrest
without such warrant was de
feated today.
The bill was drawn in the in
terest of an open town.
The Mineral King Mining com
pany has tiled articles of incor
poration.
Democrats Deorde That He Shall
Wield the Gavel in the
Next Congress.
Washington, l». C., March
The Democratic members of the
House held a caucus yesterday
and elected Champ Clark as the
Democratic nominee foe speaker:
of the House, and as they have
control of the lower house it is:
equivalent lo an election.
The Democratic members of
the Ways and Means committee,i
which committee makes the a'p-i
pointm'ents of members to all'
other committtJes, have, all been!
renominated. The speaker forni-j
erly made committee appoint
ments, but under the new rules]
(he Ways and Means committee
makes the appoinUmmts.
Just before the adjournment of;
of the old congress Speaker Clark
announced that he could have
been president, but refused to.
make any explanation, of how.-on
Die manner in which he lost the
nomination.
BRANDEIS TO BE
INTERSTATE COM.
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To Follow Franklin Lane, Who
Goes in Cabinet—Name
Sent to Senate.
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I’rcsiili'iii Wilson lias senl llm"
nanif of I.mis Itrn1111<• is lo I lie
Srnali' as Inferslale ('.oin
merre I'.mu m issimmr. simcei'ding
I'laiiklin K. I.ane, of San I'Tnii
cjsi'o. who is |o lii'cimu' Scci'i'lai y
of I Im Interim' in llm new eahinel.
Tim new nminlH'r of llm com-!
mission is a lawyer ami lias tig
ureif in many notable eases. He
is considered as one of the ablesl
attorneys in the states. He rep
resented (Mavis in the Hallinger
Pinchot controversy anil defend
ed the law passed by Oregon and
Illinois restricting a day’s labor
for women to ten hours in those
slates, which was contested on j
the ground of class legislation'
and which was upheld nol on the
law, but on the broader policy
of public good.
•Mr. m-aiuieis appeuruu roc i ii»*:
shippers before the Interstate j
dommeree Commission anti won
the suit instituted t>\ them fol
lower freight rates. II was in
this suit that, he made Hie mem
orable statement that the rail
roads were losing millions every j
day by poor methods.
He is £7 years .old and re
sides ill Hoslon, where lie is a
member of I he firm of Hramleis,
Imnhur it Nutter.
The Senate is doing a good
business since it re-opened mi
ller I lie management of Angus
Chisholm.
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TO NEW STMT
Seattle. March (1.—Many min
ers and prospectors have left here
to go in the new strike 12.1 miles
from At tin and they will investi
gate the country. The reports
have been so conflicting that no
one knows what to believe.
i
Just received the latest, up-lo
the-honr Eastern millinery al
Mrs S. E. i Henson's, Keystone ave.
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CLOSING ADDRESS
BY AIR BARROW
Police Called to Prevent Jamming
in the Court Room—Women
Are Trampled Upon.
I,os Angeles, March 0.—Clar
ence Harrow, the attorney for tin*
McNamaras, who is on trial ac
cused of attempting to bribe jur
ors in the defense of the dyna
miters, made the closing address
in his own deffense here yester
day.
The court room was crowded
to the doors and many were hurt
attempting to enter the court
room. Hundreds of women were
in the crowd of those who at
tempted to gain entrance and
were trampled upon until the call
for police reserves brought help
to the court guard.
Many women fainted iu tin*
room as a result of the crowding
to get brand the lack of fresh air.
Harrow's address was a mas
terpiece of eloquence. He riddled
(In* efforts of the* district attor
ney to prove lie had been guilty
and ended by saying it was a case
of persecution, not prosecution.
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Sends Challenge New York Yacht
Club for Race for Interna
tional Trophy.
I,i>iii|iiii. .\laivli li. — Sir Thomas
I.iI>ti>11 ii11111>i111i*i*<I |inlay through
1 In- Hiiyal Yacht (Huh lie hail sent
a challenge I" the New York
Yacht (Hull In race for the Amer
ican eup. which he has here
tofore made three unsuccessful
alleinpls In lift.
His new hunt will he called Ihe
Shamrock l\’. and will cost a
quarter of a million. Every ef
fort was made to have the New
York Yacht Cluh allow the en
trance in Ihe race of a boat to he
built in America on plans fur
nished by English designers, hut
the New York club held that it
was the intention of Ihe dorter
of Ihe international cup that the
boat should hi* built by each
country fn its own land aiitl they
refused to allow any change in
Ihe rules.
s»r Cipton s nrsi. aucmpi m
lift lire cup was in 1899, his sec
ond in 1901, and his Iasi clVorl
was in 1903, and at no time did
lie win a race. During the last
race liis yacht was lost in a fog.
The defending Imat is gener
ally built by a syndicate of Amer
ican yachtsmen, who spend a
(piarlec of a million to get the
best boat possible. In the pre
liminary races in 1903 the Reli
ance was defeated by I lie Const i
Iulion. Im.1 Hie taller Iwas not
selected as il was claimed il was
tlie seamanship of Captain Barr
which gave her Hie victory and
lint I lie speed of tile yacht.
SEIliFsMS
PARADE PROBE
Washington, D. C., March
The Senate committee has start
ed a probe into the disgraceful
scenes cnacl“d at I lie sulTrugellc
parade on March 3, I tje lack of
police protection afforded the
marchers and their failure to
maintain order at Continental
hall, where the sutTragetles met
in I lie evening.
Read the Daily Prospector.
CABINET OFFICERS
ARE CONFIRMED
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Senate Meets in Executive Session
to Ratify President's Choice
of Cabinet.
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Washington, I>. C., March
The appointments of President
Wilson of members of his cabinet
were confirmed yesterday with
out delay. %
The Senate meets in executive
session to receive the appoint
ments of the1 incoming president,
although t-hc'House docs not meet
unless especially called by the
president.
j The cabinet as now confirmed
[and in the order in which they
| would succeed to the presidency
| in case of the death of both the
j president and vice-president, are
I as follows:
i Secretary of. State, William J.
! Bryan, of Nebraska,
j Secretary of the Treasflry, Wil
jliam G. MeAdoo, of New York,
j Secretary of War, Lindley Gar
I rison, of New Jersey,
j. Attorney General, James Mr
j Reynolds, of Tennessee.
| Postmaster General. Alherl S.
I Burleson, of Texas.
Secretary of the Navy, Josephus
j Daniels, of North Carolina.
Secretary of l lie Interior,
j franklin K. Lane, of California.
I Secretary of Agriculture, Dav id
j Houston, of Missouri,
i Secretary of Commerce, Wil
liam Redtield. of New York.
Serrelary of l.ahor. Win. \N i 1 —
■ sun, of Pennsylvania,
i Kacli cahinel officers receives
mi salary of s|e.onu. Hie same a
I lie vice-president. while I he
president receives .sTo.mlO. and is
I allowed a fund of sj , 111 m a year.
; for which lie makes no returns
and also all his traveling expen
! ses are paid hv especial ads of
; congress, rife While House and
j I lie allendanls reipiied lo keep il
| In eoudil ii m and all end I e I he
j wauls nf | hr president and his
j family are all furnished by I lie
I guveriimenl.
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Says Will Only b« Secretary of
State for Short Time—Caus
ing Much Speculation.
Washington. D. H„ March
Secretary of State William .1.
Bryan today announced to hi
secretaries that his tenure of of
fice would he brief.
The announcement has caused
(much speculation annum lie
Democrats as to what his future
plans are and how Iona’ he will
hold the office, and why he wpi
not continue to remain a mender
of President Wilson’s cabinet.
II is the belief of many that nr
| will receive’ the ‘appointment as
j ambassador at the court ol si.
James.
Inlira
! SMB rat
! Berlin, March (i.—The Herman
I cruiser Yorck rammed a torpedo
boat of the Herman navy, costing
111,,, lives of*ti(> members of the
I crew. The accident liappened in
Hu' North sett durinp manouvers
of the Kiel Heel, and was due to
a misundcrslnmliim ol signals.
■An investitcation of the accident
has been ordered by the naval
. aid Imril ies.
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Tells Reporter For Juneau Pa
per of the Needs of This Sec
tion—Good Advertiser.
Tin* following article appeared
in the Juneau Empire, and is an
interview with the Valdez Sena
tor who is always on the job gel
ling' some advertising for Ijhis
little berg. The Empire passes
some deserving Compliments to
our Colonel:
“The paramount issue al thi^
lime," said Senator Millard, “is
transportation. Next in impor
tance is the opening up of our
coal fields along legitimate lines.
The laws that were in force al
the time these locations were
made should he lived up to in ev
ery respect. Those who made
bona tide locations and complied
with the law should he given ti
tle and those who have not done
so should have tliijir loeatlions
annulled. I consider I hat a law
(coniimted on page 3).
MW IS LEAVING
THE CAPITAL CITE
Bre"k Down the Gates at Rail
road Station—Many Wo
men Injured.
Wn 'll i n pi uii. I1. It.. March <i.
j j 11 ■ ex II IV..Ill I li i ' ril > * > I‘ people
win. mine In willle-s I lie cere
monies inriilrnl In 111<• inatipurn
I mu -darted immediately al'lei
I lie exercise- litt.l lierii conclud
ed. ami in I lie jam al I lie union
slalion broke down I lie pales and
rushed madly for I lie trains.
Many women and children were
injured in tile Stampede |o pel
i seals in I lie I rains.
The station guards were tol
lable to handle the crowd and a
hurry rail was senl for police re
| serves, who assisted in queliinK
the riot.
«WM
THE DUDL06KS
'Democrats Want Legislatures of
New Hampshire and Illinois
to Come ‘Through.
Washington. D. March
The meeting of Hie Demoeralie
national committee yesterday was
taken up with the plans of I lie
eonnnittee to force I lie deadlocked
legislatures of Illinois and New
! Hampshire to come across with
an election of Democratic sena
tors. Pressure and patronage
will lie usi>d unsparingly in order
(it accomplish I lie desired result.
l-'roni tile above dispatch it
I would appear Ilia! the Democrats
.. faith in the election of
James Ham Lewis when only 71
I members of the Illinois legisla
| i ure were present.
Deputy Marshal Ceorge (losliaw
was at Tonsina last night eu
route to Valdez, lie is bringing
out two prisoners, one to remain
lit'Ve to await ttie action of tin'
grand jury and I lie other to he
taken to Cordova for a prelimi
nary hearing.
II is worth while taking a
chance on the ¥800 diamond ring
being raffled at Plant & Com
pany's, jewelers.