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“ ” VALDEZ, ALASKA, SAYUMdAY, SlAY 17, 1913. NO. 18G.
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If Congress Adjourns Before
August 1—Pittman An Old
Sourdough.
Seattle, May 17.—Governor
Strong '-ays that. Senator Pittman
and many other nen of promi
nence in the present administra
tion will visit the territory this
summer if this session of con
gress adjourns hy August I. They
will not come if the session is
prolonged after that date, as it
would give Imt little lime to trav
el ahoiit the territory.
Senator Pittman is an old
sourdough, coming to Dawson in
IMPS and later going to Nome.
HOLMES ARRIVES
III SPIRIT GIR
Sends Engineer Evans North To
morrow to Investigate Con
ditions—Party in July.
Seattle, May 17 1 >r. Hnlm.s,
the director of the fieological
Survey, who is in charge of the
work of mining (lie 800 tons of
coal al Matanuska lor the use of
I lie navy, arrived here today from
the Kast and is arranging an ex
pedition for the Cook's Inlet sec
I ion.
engineer Kvans, who lias been
employed by l)r. Holmes, will
leave tomorrow for the north and
will make an investigation of the
conditions about Knik and Cliirk
aloon and if bis report is favor
able the parly will leave-here in
-I illy.
An appropriation of 875,000
was allowed last session of con
' gross to provide for the mining
and I ransporlal ion In title wa
ter of the coal.
New Face for McManigal.
I,os Angeles, May 17.—Ortie E.
McManigal, confessed dynamiter,
plans lo have' his appearance al
tered by surgery when he is re
leased. Il is reported his release
from the county jail may he
granted at any time. McManigal
hopes so lo change himself that
no one shall know him as the man
whose testimony sent the McNa
mara brothers and more than a
score of other labor union, offi
cials to prison. .Pebectives’say his
release will be kept,-secret to aid
him. . . '
McManigal, when a -child/fell
from a moving wagon. A wheel
inflicted an injury cm his head anil
left a long scar across his fore
head. The mark aided detectives
who (raced him after the dWtruc
I ion of the Los Angeles Times
building by d.vriainjte. / Doctors
have (old McManigal that die scar
can be removed, and he.int%ids to
have it done as soon as he gains
his freedom. ■
Hubert L. Patton and wife came
fu Valdez on the boat last night
and will remain here for a week.
Mr. Patton will re-cnlist while
here, lie is in charge of the
cable office al Cordova ami was
at one lime with the Valdez cable
olf ice-staff.
Mrs. A. L. Florence passed
through last, night on Ise Samp
son bound for Seattle.
V *
Th(> school Annual will he is
sued next week.
Fine program al the Orpheum
tonight.
Igloo No.7 of the Order of Pio
neers will meet Tuesday, May 20.
All members are requested to be
presold. F.. O. Ames. Sec’y.
SENATE DEFEATS
PUBLIC HEARING
Finance Committee Will Not Al
low Public to Attend Its
' Meetings.
Washington. I>. May 17.
The effort of tin? Republican sen
ators to force the Democrats to
hold public meetings of the
Finance committee, to which is
referred the Underwood I arid
bill, was defeated yesterday by a
vole of It to .'id. being strictly
a party vote.
The Republicans have accused
I lie Uourboiis of biding behind
closed doors the lads about the
tariff, which the people should
know, and the Democrats say that,
the Republicans are playing for
dda> by having lohg drawn out
public meetings.
m ACQUITS
BUT MURDERER
Foreman Weeps When Rendering
i/e edict—Lad Protected His
Mother From Assault.
-
| I,ns Angeles, May I 7.--No illus
ion nr reformatory doors are op
j en loday f r I i-year-old Martin
IHickert, who shot and killed li is
! fattier, Daniel Kicked. because
j Hiekerl bad beaten I lie boy’s
| mill her and knocked her down.
! Tlie jury that tried Ibe ease was
11 ■ ii l bill li minutes and great
! (ears were coursing down the
j fatherly fare of lie foreman when
la "mil guilt>" verdict was read,
j The boy, sill ing close beside bis
black-gowned mol her. ap|iarenlly
|did not realize the portent of wlial
11 tie foreman bad said when he
i found himself clasped in the sob
bing woman's arms, while attor
neys and jurors patted him on the
I shoulder and spoke reassuring
words.
During Ibe deimmsl ration
young Martin, who bad remained
stoical throughout the trial, final
ly burst into a frenzy of sobbing
and threw bis arms about bis
mol her's neck, weeping and lalk
ins:- incoherently.
“Hush, baby; 1 know, I know,”
MrS. Kickerl soothed the boy.
Judge. Willis, who presided a I
the trial, meanwhile was'try nig:.in'
a husky . voice to say-something
from, .the bench, and B.gHjff Al
len was mumbling ‘something
that sounded like “order in the
court.” Attorney Aliesler, who
defended the boy, and Prosecutor
Keyes, after cordially shaking
bauds arid tluiiiipiHg each other
jon the back, dually lefi the ryud
room together. •
i Martin Riokerl killed his fatt
ier three months ago. shooting
him with fl 22 caliber rifle. Ac
cording' to his nwn/story, oorrob
r m illed by >viinessek, lie had been
crazed by I bis father's brutal
trehl merit, (if bis molher. The
morning of the shooting Hickerl.
■ hail knock'd his wife down and
when shl arose there was blood
on her arm. The boy’s defense
pleaded transitory insanity.
Two Cutters for Alaska.
j Rut two Cutters will he used in
j western Alaska this summer. The
iTahoiiia will remain to' the west
I of Unalaska all summer and the
-Unalga will work froig.J'ISewttfrf to
Unalaska, until relieved bv the
Manning, which is coming north
later in the season.
j Rereived on Hie Mariposa a
jnew line of pretty dres es at Har
vey's Toggery.
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■ The Pioneers .of Alaska will
| meet next Tuesday' a I Moose hall
I at-8 o’clock.
I
A
DEMOCRATS LOOK
LONG WAY AHEAD
Will Start Publioity Work for i
1916—Executive Committee
Meets.
Washington, I). <;., May I7.
The Defuiocratic National execu
tive committee meets here today *
to atari the campaign of I Dili to
elect r. president lo succeed
Woodrow Wilson.
Letters will be sent lo 2,000 *
dailies all over I he country and
10,000 weeklies scattered from
the Has I coast lo the Pacific* with
III purpose of inlluenring Un
popular Seiilim.enl in favor of a
retention of the hemocrals iu
power.
The news letters will be sent I
to all papers that will print them,
especially those not having a
"Washington correspondent.
PRISONERS HERE
FROM CORDOVA
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(ins Wilson, was brought to
Valdez on the Alameda to await
the action of the grand jury. He
is charged with robbery from the
person of Paddy Shaw. Paul Che
villie was- also brought here to
await the action of the grand
jury. He is charged with assault,
with a deadly weapon.
.Ml I'oo. a Chinaman employed
at the Orca cannery, was lined for
selling liquor without a license.
He sold a brand of booze known |
as Sanslio and Chinese gin. Judge |
Adams touched the chink for ion
bucks, and the Oriental came
across.
STANDARD OIL TO
INCREASE CAPITAL
\ .
New York, May 17.--The Stand
ard Oil Co., of New Ywrk; will
meet June 71 h and the officers
announce that an increase of
$00,000,000 of stock will be add
ed to the present capital.
The new stock will be. divided
among the present, holders and is
made as an extra dividend.
TEXAS 9»US fto* •
GOES ON U. -S. NIAMEY
New York,. Ma>v 'iT/gi-Miss Kve
lina James,' of Sail- AnMiijii, Tex.;
an art student h£re, _;is |he jcl'rJ.
whose portrail is-likely-'to-become
more-popular than any other. R
is safe to say hm1 picture will lie
in every .jilnericau lipiiie, as jl.
will appear exclusively on -hliiele 1
Sain’s,paper money* It ,was‘, re
cently selecleit by. a committee of
congress yslhe central feminine
ligure of a decorative group on
the reverse side Of'fhe new eur'
reney. Miss James is the (laugh- ;
ter of Mr. and Mrs. S.-A. James, j
of San Antonio. .-.
Speaking‘of judges; reminds us j
that the Valdez district has not1
yet recovereri'from tile Si Reid re- j
gimi). The Reid grafters.are. scat- j
terrtd' and Reid is dead, 1ml the]
Clerk of the -court at Valdez is I
slill using official envelopes I
which declare Silas H. Reid to lie ;
judge of the Valdez district. liith- !
er Valdez is behind the times—;
,fir, it is hell.—Fairbanks News- j
Miner. • - _
W. II. Whittlesey, Demoeraiic
territorial committeeman, passed
through yesterday on the Alame
da for his home in Seward.' j
The sensational product 10$, {
The Orleans Coach, in three reels. ]
at the Qrphenm tonight. Hois't j
nijss it.
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Reinke, expert repairer, at the
(Valdez Drug rompany.
I I
DHUGACH RESERVE
TIMBERLESS LAND
Jhief F roster Graves Makes Ad
mission .Regarding the Forest
Reservation.
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Washington, 1). May 17.—
Llhief Forestin' (iraves, who suc
ceeded Pinchot, has admitted
.hat several million acres of land
n the Chugach forest reserve
s limbcrloss and was merely iu
•luded to straighten the boundary
ines of the rolserve.
The light to have the tJhugach
•eserve opened to entry is being
nade by Alaskans in the city, who
leiiounce tile policy of the gov
■rn men I in lining up the timber
amis in the mining sections when
ill Ihe limber used can not touch
n amount I lie annual waste by
iver ripe limber unused and rid
ing mi I he ground.
LONG SEPARATED;
JOIN ASSEMBLY
Atlanta, (la.. May 17.—for the
lirst lime since the war of the re
bellion the four branches of the
Presbyterian assembly have met
together.
The work to bring the faction
ill brandies together in a com
mon convention for the work of
I he church has been going on for
many years but with little success
unljL today.
Mr. and Mrs. Herb !>avis re
lumed Iasi nigltl from Hordovn
mi the Alameda and Tiave rented
Hie Weeks residence on Sherman
slreel.
ANUUT GUILT!
SAYS RUSSELL
.New York. May I 7.--In I lie trial
of Attorney Anhui, who is charg
ed with having-offered a bribe for
the release of Harry Thaw, form
c Slip!. Russell of Hit; Matlewan
asylum, lestilied- I hat Anliut ..had
offered to. him the bribe of .$:>(),
(lon, but that il -was against his
conscience to lake the money ami
he had refused. ' The trial will not
he completed '.or several clays.
RE&fcVE* \ ^ '
FOR THE NATIVES
..'Washington, J). C... May 1-7.->
President Wilson has" se'U.aside
Slid1 acres, of. land about thfldhil
cat..River fm; (the exclusive lists of
\!iie. KluHan -vrllage natives.
— ■. iO-——— • •--:
(ieorgoHaklwiu. who is in
Charge ,n.f-lhq.Mother.,l7oile cnm
on McCarty creek,, arrived
this morning on a specially char
tered launch, the Pansy. The
Copper River rhilroad, (ieorge
says, is running one train a week.
The train lie was on reached Cor
dova 15 minutes after I tie Alame
da left the dork, and he was forc
ed to remain in. the railroad town
or secure a launch, which he did.
(■ieorge is rather caustic about his
treatment and the failure of the
officials to hold ttie boat for the
passengers on the train who
might wish to go to Valdez.
(ieorge Sexton and daughter,
Miss Silhia, passed through Val
dez. last night for their home in
Sewrtrd. Mr. Sexton was called
East, as a witness in the Mala
nuska coal eases and later spent
mych time in Washington.
"Come on. let’s go and buy
some bargains at Adler’s."
j -k
Con. Reinke, the watch repairer
anil jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug
(company.
Eagle dance tonight.
NEW EDITOR !
fou mum
Hapgood, Former Editor of Col
lier's, Purchases George
Haryey’s Magazine.
New York, May 17.— Harper’s
Weekly, formerly owned and edit
ed by Gnl. George Harvey, has
been sold io Norman .Hapgood
and others, who will publish I lie
paper.
Hapgood was the editor of Col
lier's who refused to allow the use
of bis name as editor while I lie
policy of the paper, as he claim
ed. was dictated by the adver
tisers and space purchasers, lie
was also strongly against the Hull
Moose craze which carried Col
lier's into the ranks of the fren
zied populace.
SAMPSON GOMES
FROM THE WEST
Unloaded Much Freight at Knik
Anchorage—Fair List South
bound Passengers.
Tin- Sampson arrived last night
from the westward, bringing a
j few passengers for this " tnwii.
The boat was delayed at Knik an
j charoge unloading 55(1 Ions of
| freight.
'l’ln- following passengers were
| nlniard:
Valdez — Lieut. It. <L Shanard
land wife, I. M. Cores, B. C. Dal
| zelle, Mrs. A. M. Long and child.
I Mahcl (iooilwin. Mrs. A. L. l-'lor
l cncc. 1). M. Lynch, \V. At. Ziegler,
j I-'. II. Andrews, AX'. I. MclMieon.
jaml Iw11 secoml-class.
! Cordova--!.. <L W'ln-lper. B. I'.
W'alson. Bishop I*. T. Howe.
! ./nnean--II. It. Corser.
I Seattle — NX'. C. McCall, Mrs. A?
j L. Florence, Mrs. L. M. Kolsen,
Adam Block, Ira B. Kcgli'r, and
|six second-class,
j Following arc I In- passengers
| from X'ahlez soulhhoml on I lie
! Sampson :
j Cordova—<i. David, A. Bran
j non, Mrs. XX'ilcox and children, C.
jK. F.Ilworth, It. XX . Davenport. L.
, XX'. Lpitle'n, j. A. McDowell,
i Seattle— llalph XX'illinms. C. J.
j.XX'atiers, John Stevens,
i Juneau—C. J. Cameron.
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Bri(|e by. Prdxy Arrives. (
'New York.--Arriving on Ire
Holland-Airioriean liner U<»tl
[ilain yesterday was Miss Eli/.a-.
Ibeth Yan Haela, -’3 years old, who
i was married by proxy before lea'’
jrigi home, on April i. She inel
Samuel Silverstein five years ago
arid became engaged before be
came out to New York a year ago
to get work as a compositor. Hav
ing got,, a good job and sa'ed
money and made a home for his
future' bride at t-,037 Hoe avenue,
[ the Bronx, ho sent for her to
coine out. According to Dutch
[custom, no girl is allowed to leave
I her home to go abroad to be mar
j ried. and so Miss Van Haela was
wedded with a glove on to Joseph
Silverstein, brother of her fiance,
and then sailed for New York.
Last Time Tonight.
j Tonight at the Orpheum is the
last chance to see the three-reel
feature Him entitled. The Orleans
Coach. Superb change of pic
tures Sunday.. First show starts
at 8 p. m., second at 0:15.
Adler i> selling out. Bargains
in anything and everything.
WANTED—A cook; inquire of
del. O’Neil at Fort I iscum.
Talk about your bargains at
Adler’s. ~f
MOTHER JOKES
kSKS FOR PH
Condition of Miners in West
Virginia Is Virtually
Slavery.
Washington, I>. May 17.._
Mother Jones, who has lead the
striking miners of West Virginia
I tie past year, is now here and has
appealed |o the Senate to inves
tigate the conditions of the min
ers in tile coal mining districts in
that state.
She asks itiat I lie Senate prolie
I lie conditions, which, according
to her. are' nnlielievahle. as the
men are held in virtual slavery.
BISftlOANE
PASSES AWAY
| Benevolent Founder of Churches,
Hospitals and Schools is
No More.
Tile first bishop of I he episco
pal Diocese of Albany, the RL Rev.
William Croswe'll Doane, D.D., e.
I..I)., D.C.I... has just passed away
in his See city. Albany, N. Y.
Bishop Doane was graduated al
Columbia University in 1850, be
came professor al Burlington
College ami was ordained to the
priesthood in 1850. After rector
ships al. St. Mary's Church. Bur
lington. SI. John's Church. 11 art —
j ford, and al SI. Peter's Church,
jAlliaml. lie was Heeled and con
jsdcraled Bishop of Albany.
Bishop Doane was inst rumen
lal in building the splendid Ca
thedral of All Sainls, Albany, and
i lie'establisbed in I lie same city SI.
Agues' School for Cirls. Hie
jCiiilds' llospiliii. Si. Margaret’s
'Mouse for Bullies. SI. Christiana
House al Saratoga,, the Hoosac
School for Boys ami several oth
er schools, hospitals and orphan
agaes. He founded I he Sister
hood of the Holy Child Jesus of
the American Church. Bishop
Doane is the author of ■ many
hooks and a preacher of great „
power.
The presiding hisho|> of the
Ahierican Kpiscopal Church is the'
bishop’ oldest in order of-conse
cration! The present presiding
bishop is Bishop TulHe of Mis
souri, consecrated in 1807. Bish
op Doane was-next in order, hav
ing' been consecrated in 1809. so
he just failed of being the tire
siding bishop of the Hi bishops
inf Die American Church,
i There are five dioceses in the
stale of New York, of which the
Diocese of Albany is one. lit the
forty-four., years, of .Bishop
Duane's Kpiscopale the number
of priests in his diocese has in
creased from 'J'J in 1809, to 180
in 1913.
Bishop Duane's coadjutor bish
op was the III. Rev. R. H. Nelson,
D.D., who now becomes bishop of
the diocese.
Mrs. Hilaries \\ licox anu two
children went to Cordova on the
Sampson to join Mr. Wilcox, who
is now operating the linotype
machine at the Alaskan plant.
Deputy Marshal Hoshaw left
last night for Bristol bay. where
lie will remain until the arrival of
the floating court.
The Viking last night brought
up M. J. Callaghan, of the Alice
Mines company, and Charles Sea
ley, of the Sealey-Davis,
j (teneral Agent Tracy, of the
| Alaska Steamship Co., is making
ithe round trip on the Alameda.
Eagle dance tonight.
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