V0L 3 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1913. NO. 100.
SEATTLE TIMES !
THROUGH RUE
Fire Communicates to Times
Building, Doing Damage to
Extent of Half a IVSillion.
Seal lie, Feb. 1.1.--A lire caught
in the Denny building mi Second
avenue above Union and spread
with great rapidity. Notwith
standing that Ihe entire depart
ment had hern called to light the
flames, the lire spread to the
building occupied by Ihe Daily
Times and was only extinguished
after a stubborn fight on the part
of the lire department. Much of
Hie magnificent Times plant was
destroyed or damaged. The loss
is estimated at half a million,
in i is I ly insured. The Times will j
issue as usual through Ihe aid of
the other newspaper offices. The
big Times press was not injured.
HOLOlioil
TO SCOTT PARTY
English People Start Subscription
For Relief Widows of the
South Pole Party.
I.midon, Fell. Ki.—England is
thrilled with the story of Captain
Senll's daring dash. IA I he Soul h
pole and ils tragic ending when]
reluming In Iheir base of sup-j
[dies.
A giganlie memorial service
will he held on Friday, when sub
scriptions will he slarled for the
widows of I he lilell who were Insl.
The survivors of the parly and
Hie bodies of I he four dead are
mi hoard the Terra Nova.
Bill Hopper is looking myster
ious Ihese days. Says he has gol
I he prize already won ill the lies!
roslunie al I he masquerade.
INAUGURALPARADE
WILL BE CRUSH
W ashinglnn. I». B.. Fell*. 13
The House Judiciary Bommil'e'
Ins ki.led the six-year term bid.
’•he Inaugural Boii.'i lice fear
the parade will he too large. F . •
llmusaml have alrcadv applieu I'oi
i.laces i line and many mo
rave signified Iheir inl nlion of
oarl icinal ing in Ihe exercises
file lieii'ocrals are allemplinu lo
i econciliale Ihe opposing facli ms
on Ihe navai hill with Ihe hope of
passing Ihe hill as a parly meas
ure.
MEN’S DORMITORY
IS BURNED DOWN
Syracuse. N. Y., Kelt. 13—Cal
Ia11a11 hall, the men’s dormitory
in Cazenovia seminary in Cazen
ovia. practically 'was destroyed
by tire shortly after midnight.
One hundred and seventy-live
students occupied the building.
All are believed In have escaped.
One hundred young women liv
ing in Kddy hall, adjoining the
burning building, all of whom
were asleep when I he lire broke
out, were ordered into tin* street.
They were not given time to
dress.
Oeo. Reinke, the watch repairer
and jeweler, is at I he Valdez Drug
company.
Kebruary I i is the dale of the
big masquerade. Less than one
week In gel your costume ready.
“The Cliff” is the place, not a
huiikhouse; nol cheap, but rea
sonable and moderate in price,
and you gel what you pay for—
comfort.
FIGHTING IN THE STREETS OF CITY OF MEXICO
Mexico City, Feb. 13.—The city ]
has been turned into a mimic
battlefield with fighting going on
in every street, the brunt of the ;
warfare centering on the Plaza
'e Armas, where the National Pal- !
ace faces with its imposing front- |
age of 675 feet, now battered by
cannon and rapid fire guns.
The rebels yesterday began us
ing heavy artillery on the sky
scrapers which had been taken
possession of by Maderoists and j
mounted with machine guns with
which to sweep the streets. Many
magnificent buildings have been
wrecked by cannon shots and the
streets are torn up as if they had
BUILDINGS RAZED BY CANNON SHOT AND STREETS TORN UP
HUNDREDS KILLED AND THOUSANDS WOUNDED—ALL FOR
EIGNERS FLEE TO OUTSKIRTS—INTERVENTION FAVORED
passed through some cataclysm of
nature.. Hundreds of combatants
on both sides have been killed
during the fighting and thousands
wounded. The dead and wound
ed can be found everywhere.
Foreigners residing in the city
have fled to the outskirts for
safety. Foreign ambassadors
have entered a vigorous protest
against the barbarous style of
warfare conducted with the result
that Wladero and Diaz blame each
other, throwing all responsibility
for the conditions prevailing on
the other. So far INadero has sig
nally failed to dislodge Diaz, who
appeals to have the upper hand.
The damage done to property by
the contestants will reach into
the millions of dollars.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 13.—
Ambassador Henry Wilson re
ports to the State department
that hundreds of American refu
gees have fled to the outskirts
from Mexico City and that condi
tions are in a deplorable state.
The War department has issued
orders for 35,000 soldiers from
the various forts to be held in
readiness for immediate service.
Six dreadnoughts are steaming
south as fast as their machinery
will propel them.
London, Feb. 13.—England fa
vors American intervention in
Mexico to put a stop to the mur
der and rapine from which the
country has suffered during the
pas two years.
HEATED PROTEST
MIXED MARRIAGE
Georgia Representative Makes
Protest Against White Girl
Marrying Negro.
•
Washington. I>. Kelt. 13.—
Representative Roddenbery of
Georgia, on the tlyor of the House
yesterday made another hot attack
upon intermarriages of negroes
and whiles. He discussed the
marriage of George !•'. Thompson
of Chicago, a (ii-year-old negro,
and Helen K. Hansen, a IB-year
old whileg irl, an epileptic, at
Niles. Mich., several months ago.
Mr: Roddenbery declared-that -the
marriage was performed by Geo.
Ager. ‘a minister of the gospel
a while minister at Hull, who
ought to he tarred and leathered
and pul into exile.”
“My God." shouted Mr. Rod
denbery, “that the laws of any
civilized stale will permit a bes
tial brute to have sanctioned b\
law his wedlock Io such a child.”
Thompson is being held in the
county jail pending the outcome
of the child's injuries. He is
formally charged with abduclion.
“As abhorrent as mob law is
men who are human can be
templed beyond endurance. I ap
peal for tile law of stales to pre
vent these dangers and outrages.”
Win. H. Caswell was today in
receipt of radiogram announcing
that I lie body of Lawrence, son
of Ef S. Hinkle'. C. S. fish agent at
Afognak, was being shipped here
for preparation in order to be
■shipped to Hie slates. The de
ceased is the younger son of Mr.
Hinkle, and was aged 15 years.
Those here from Afognak were
completely surprised to hear of
the young man's death. Mr. Hin
kle but recently assumed his gov
ernment position in Alaska.
Representative Dan Kennedy
says that he had In make about
50 miles a day with his dog team
in coming from Nome in order to
pay for the moccasins used by his
dogs. It costing him about a dol
lar a day for each dog to protect
their feet.
When I he complainant rested
in the case of George Treat el at.
vs. Huhhard-Klliol Copper com
pany. a motion was made to dis
miss the case, which motion oc
cupied the day in argument.
Pressure is being brought to
hear on Bill Scott to induce him to
wear his new chief of police uni
form at the hall tomorrow even
ing. ft has been said that Bill
would no! need to mask his face.
I.. Graham is going to dress like
a fireman and go to the ball,
where he promises to give a cor
rect imitation of a chief engineer
of a tire department.
Just received at Harvey's Tog
gery. a new line of dry goods in
staples and novelties, also first -
class dressmaking; masquerade
suits designed arid made to o"der.
ELECTORAL WE
CODNTEDYESTERDAY
Washington, 1). (1., Keb. 13.—
The electoral vole was officially
canvassed yesterday in the hall
of the House of Representatives,
the result announced being Wil
son. 435; Roosevelt, 88; Taft, 8.
Nothing now remains but for Wil
son to be sworn in.
CANDLE LAWGIVER
ARRIVES IN VALDEZ
Made Trip of 1,300 Miles by Dog
Team to Represent Most Nor
therly District in Alaska.
Charles Kennedy, I lie ropresen
lalive uf llir Candle district, the
most nnrllierly elected represen
tative mi the American emit inenf,
arrived in .Valdez last night,
completing the overland section
of a e.OtMt'mile trip to the capital
of the territory.
Hepresenlative Kennedy left his
home in Candle, which is within
.ill miles id' the Arctic Circle, on
January Pill, crossing the Sew
ard peninsula to Bald Head, on
Norton hay, at which place he
joined the other- representatives
of the Second division, who had
left Nome two.days before he left
Candle.
Mr. Kennedy is a Republican,
as arc also the other,three rep
resentatives of the Second divis
ion. but. he says, dial this is the
time to forget parly lines and rc
' member only that we are .all Alas
kans and must work together for
the good of the territory, which
has been held back by bad laws,
and I be lack of progressjveness.
which will lend to open up the
resources of the territory.
Representative Kennedy is a
miner and operator on Candle
creek and has been a resident of
Alaska since 1807. The dog team
which he used on the trip wilt
be taaken to Juneau and at the
opening of navigation will be sent
to Nome on one of the first boats.
The distance from Candle to Val
dez is 1,300 miles.
The other members of the
Nome delegation are due in Val
dez tomorrow. Thomas Gaffney,
Conrad Freeding and Frank Ald
ridge were at Copper Center Iasi
night. They are coining on a dog
express. Dan Sutherland and Red
McConnell are coining in a cutter
and Mayor Driscoll, Henry Roden
and Representative Collins are on
the stage.
Red Hoffman says he will pos
itively appear at the ball in a cos
tume representing Old Sleuth do
ing the gum shoe aot.
No one without wearing some
semblance of a masquerade cos
tume. will be permitted to dance
at the Eagles' masquerade until
after the unmasking.
WATCHING CASTRO
FOR FEARIROOBLE
■
New York. fell. 13.--The gov-j
eminent is closely looking into I
the charges to the effect that Clip- j
riano Castro is plotting for a Ven
ezulean revolution and is mak
ing tentative efforts to purchase
arms in this country. The form
er president is being closely
watched by secret service men.
DELIBERATIONS
OFFOLSTADTJURY
Jury Agrees to Keep Secret the
Doings in Jury Room—Dier
inger the Last to Yield.
Tile members nl I lie talsladl
jury, which yesterday reliirneil a
verdirl id' guilty against Knlsladl
and Krednlin, agreed that the de
tails nl' the hallnting and the dis
cussion that look place in the jur>
room should remain secret.
The Prospector, however, re
ceived a true account of the do
ings in the jury room and lakes
pleasure in giving them to the]
public:
Tile lirsl ballot showed llialj
eight believed that Folstadl and;
Fredolin were innocent •nnd that
Jour voted for convit ion. The
'second ballot showed a gain for
the aciniillers of one. Willi Ihe
loss of 25 per cent of his forces
tleneral Fish, who led Ihe conviel
ors, and Lieut, (tenoral Mossman,
his aide and support, with an
army of one, determined that Ihe
eunviclors should lose no more.
F.olnnel Feinldoom and Sergt.
Dieringer led Hie forces against
the government, hut slowly and
surely Ihe inroads of the Fish
army of one, which was sent
against Ihe larger army by (ten
eral Fish, while he and Mossy re
mained behind Ihe breastworks,
brought added strength In Ihe
convict ors.
The Feinbloom army, mil of
ammunition, deserted one by one
afid joined the ranks of the army
which was lighting Judge Walk
er’s battle. The entire Socialist
division went over to Fish early
Wednesday morning and then
it was Foinbloom quit and limp- |
ed. wounded, to the enemy, with
a white (lag and asked for peace.
Dieringer was the last to weak
en and he finally gave in. saying:
“Folstadt was guMty for not com
paring the iMMiies on the regis
ter.” and Mpjn t'oreman Fish led
the vanquished into the court
room and returned the verdict of
guilty.
(iood horse, harness, double
lender, coonskin coat, etc., etc., for
sale at a bargain. See <>eo. M. Hill
at the Copper Block this evening.
FOR RENT—Three furnished
houses. Apply to C. K. Bunnell.
THE ANNUAL BALL
TOMORROW NIGHT
Second Great Social Event of the
Valdez Aerie of Eagles to be
a Great Success.
Preparat ions for I lie second
annual Eagles’ masquerade ball
are practically completed and the
affair promises to be a grand suc
cess from start to finish. The
floor of tin' hall has been given
an extra smoothing over in antic
ipation of the big event, and the
various committees are ready to
assume their respective parts.
The music committee were for
tunate in securing the serv ices of
the Xoremac sisters, who have
kindly consented to introduce
some of I lie latest Eastern dances.
Arthur Pinkus and (lu.v ('.ameroii.
who had previously been engag
ed to play, very generously con
sented to loan their musical in
struments and surrender their
places to the sisters so the public
could secure this musical treat.
The committee have decided
thill no additional charge will lie
made, the price of the tickets re
maining at $1 for gentlemen and
all ladies free. Spectators, how
ever. will not be allowed on I he
dance floor until after I tie un
masking.
The decoral ion of (he hall is
typical of the time, numerous
valentines and hearts being hung
on the walls while, streamers of
fancy colored paper are suspend
ed from the electroliers, making
a very pretty and pleasing effect.
The prizes for the various cos
tumes have been secured also the
prizes to be put in the dough
nut's, and those who are fortun
ate enough to secure a prize will
not lie disappointed.
Those who have enjoyed the
hospitality of the Magics in the
past will look forward to a good
lime at this affair. The commit
lee are taking special precautions
|o see that everything runs along
smoothly. Maskers will he re
ipiested to raise their masks to
the doorkeeper and the right of
admission is reserved by the com
mittee.
There is no doubt but that a
great number of new and novel
costumes will be worn and from
the interest already shown there
will be a variety of ideas repre
senting Valdez.
There was horn this morning
lo the wife of Daniel ft renig, a j
daughter. Mo^ier and child are j
doing well, and Dan—he wants a j
hunting case.
The sl'umer Yukon is expected
lo arrive from the westward at 2
o’clock in t.he morning.
Steamer Movements.
Mariposa, in Seattle.
Northwestern, passed Juneau
westward hound.
Yukon, due from we'st at 2 a. in.
Cordova, due Prince William
Sound.
Dirigo, hound north.
WILL CONSERVE
NEW ENGLAND
- -.. —— i
Progressives Attempting to Apply
Alaska Supervisory Methods
to New England.
Washingl mi, l-'eli. I :i.--Oppo
nents to federal control of water
power grants attack the Connect
icut dam lull, ('pun the reading
of a statement signed by Pincli
ol, Barfield. Jane Addams, Henry
and other progressive leaders fa
voring the passage of the bill and
the government control oT water
powers, brought from SensWor
Bankhead the remark that the
signers of the statement were try
ing to poke heir noses into ev
erything. Alaskans here were
rather pleased to see .New England
gelling a taste of government su
pervision as applied to Alaska.
RECEPTION FOR
REPRESENTATIVES
Arrangements Being Made to
Tender Them a Reception at
the Court House.
.Mayor Itilchie. al Ilia ivt|iu*s!
n|' many of llir husiness men of
Ynlile/.. will arrange for a rerep
lion In lie given liy I lie citizens nt
Valdez In the mcnihurs of Ilia I• ■
rilnrial Icgislal lire who will in
here in a lew days mi I heir vay
In l lie ca|iilal of I lie lerritnry-.
II is e \ 11 e c I e 11 (lull llle mem -
hers of Ihe Second and Fourth di
\isimis will all lie hen-hy Ihe end
nl' llle week, with Ihe exception
Ilf line meudier. will! refused In
< I u a 1 i I'y.
The del a I Is id I lie I'ecepl li II
have ind lieen arranged. Iml it is
expected I lull Ihe a (fair will lie
lie Id at llle cniirl house on Satur
day nigld.
WOMEN START
ON JIG HIKE
New Vmk. T'eh. 13. — "<ien."
Itnsalic .Tunes, ..niiatidinp an
army- nf lifteen sutTrapetles, have
started nn their march In W'ash
iliulnn. Ahnnl all nlliers will hike
a pari nf the wav. The campaign
which (lie wninen hail started
with such a tlniirish is falling Hal.
in the face nf the limp march at
this seasnn nf the year.
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
JAMMED BY RUSH
Xew York, Fell. 13—The
Hrooklyn bridge was the scene
ecently of one of the largest jams
of humanity which the structure
probably I as held since its open
ing 30 years ago, at which time a
dozen persons were crushed to
death. For 50 minutes during the
rush hour all traffic by rail was
at a standstill because of a small
lire in a shed under the bridge,
which cut off the electric feed
wires temporarily.
From 100,000 to 200,000 per
sons were massed around the New
York terminal before the jam was
relieved. Many persons in some
of the crowded trains which pull
ed into the terminals just as the
flames became threatening were
forced to climb out of the win
dows and many women were in a
stale of panic. The subway was
so choked with crowds at the
time that probably 20,000 persons
walked the mile-long bridge in Ihe
rain.