VQL 9 VALDEZ, ALASKA MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1913. NO. 97.
SIX-YEAR TERM
PASSES SENATE
If Two-thirds Legislatures and
Mouse Should Ratify Wilson
May Serve Six Years.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 3.—The
Senate has passed the six-year
presidential term bill by a vote of
47 for to 23 against.
Under the terms of the bill
President-elect Woodrow Wilson
may serve six years if the House
passes the bill and three-fourths
of the legislatures ratify the
amendment.
The vice-president serves six
years and is eligible to re-elec
tion.
REDUCED RATES
PARCELS POST
Recommends Reduction Rates and
Increase in Weight—Receipts
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Exceed Expenditures.
Washington, 1>. C.. Fell. 3.
IMstinaster General Ililehcock, in
his annual report recommends a
reduction in the rales of the par
cel post ami an increase in the
weight limit and an increase, in
the second-class rates.
Tile receipts of Hie posloll’ice
department for I lie year, lb I - have
exceeded I tie expenditures in spite
of tin' wholesale abuse of the
franking privilege. The sugges
tions of the postmaster general
contemplate a very material re
duction of the rales of the par
cel post.
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AFTER MONTHS
Loudon, Feb. 3.—Long sciences
were passed today cm two of the
militant sulfragets, many of whom
in recent months have engaged in
campaigns of destruction of the
mails. May Billiughursl and Lou
isa Gay, two of (lie lirsl lo lie ar
rested. were condemned lo eight
months' imprisonment each.
May Billinghurst, who is a crip
ple and is unable to gel about ex
cept on a tricycle, has been im
prisoned on several occasions in
connect ion with the suffrage cam
paign. Kvidcnce given showed
that letter boxes throughout I lie
illrum tin' wrrti nm |
ilmi hail been damaged, together
with their contents by means of
acids, sticky fluids of various
kinds, varnish and ink«
In some cases inflammable ma
terials, such as rags soaked in
lamp oil, had been inserted
through the slits in the boxes for
the admission of the mail. Many
valuable documents had been de
stroyed in this way. These in
cluded money orders, contracts,
checks and bank notes.
It was a matter of difficulty lo
capture the perpetrators of the
outrages in the act, as in most
instances the destructive fluids
were passed ito the boxes in .un
corked bottles contained in ordi
nary envelopes.
The Odd Fellows will hold their
first meeting in their new home
tonight. For several days car
penters have been busy remodel
ing the upstairs of the McKinley
hall, where the order will meet
hereafter.
fieo. Heinke, the watch repairer
and jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug
company.
k CIVIL WkR
AND STARVATION
Faces the Turks—They Are Illy
Prepared for the Renewal of ,
Hostilities.
London, Feb. 3.—All is in pre
paredness for a renewal of hos
tilities in the Balkans. Corres
pondents place the position of the
Turks as worse than heretofore
reported. Dissatisfaction in the,
Ottoman army is widespread and
may break out in open mutiny
against the constituted authori
ties at any moment.
The soldiers are illy clad to face
the rigors of a winter campaign
and are poorly fed, many being
on the verge of starvation. The
commissary and quartermaster
departments of the army appear
to be wholly incapacitated or too
busy playing politics to shove
supplies to the lighting forces at
the front. Higher politics being
played by the general officers has
let its influence be felt down in
the ranks, dividing the soldiers
into lighting factions, bearing a
hatred to each other greater than
that shown (tie enemy.
Tile followers of Maxim Pasha,
who was recently murdered in
Constantinople, have broken out
in open rioting at Tchatalja,
where they defy the officers op
posed to the Young Turks’ party.
Adrianople, on the very eve of the
reopening of hostilities, is facing
actual starvation, with the only
hope of reviclualixipg the place
being the defeat of the Allies, who
are calmly and determinedly
aVailing the moment when the
dogs of war are to Again slip
from tlieif leash. Altogether.the
posit .. t he Turks is pit iahle
and it is generally conceded by
those familiar with Hie situation,
that they will pay dearly for hav
ing refused to accept Ihe terms
offered them at Ihe peace con
ference held here.
It will be no surprise to the
military authorities if Ihe Turkish
defense should collapse al any
moment and civil war follow Ihe
resistance to invasion.
SIBERIAN EXPEDITION
TO REACH NOME
London. Feb. 3.—Kerens Nor
wegian exploring expedition, cov
ering the wilds of Siberia, is due
to reach Nome in July, having
been in Ihe heretofore inaccessi
ble portions of Siberia sice ItHlI.
From Nome they will return di
rest ly to their country.
illlER
HISjp LIFE
Seattle, Feb. 3.—A. Stoner, who
committed suicide in Marshfield-,
Ore., was a barber who had op
erated in Seattle, Tacoma, Bel
lingham and Nome, Alaska. He
was one of the first in the Klon
dike rush and ran a shop in Nome
for years, and is reputed to have
made a good stake.
He arrived in Seattle from Alas
ka with his wife and six-year-old
daughter September 36.
Two months ago ne left Seat
tle, telling his wife he was going
hack to Alaska to look for an
other location and that when he
found one he would wire. No word
came until a dispatch told of his
suicide in Oregon. When he left
he had #100 and his barber equip
ment. valued at #100.
It's surprising to see how
many people make for “The
Cliff’’ to get warm rooms these
snappy days.
Apartment House Burns, Cremat
ing Two and Severely Burn
ing Ten Others.
Sacramento, Feb. 3.—A most
disastrous tire occurred here last
night, resulting in the complete
destruction of the St. Nicholas
apartments and tire loss of two
lives, as well as the severe burn
ing of ten others.
The fire gained very rapid head
way, many of the guests of the
house being either hemmed in by
the flames op overcome by the
smoke.
Two waitresses who worked in
the house were the heroines of the
occasion, repeatedly re-entering
the burning structure and drag
ging out people who had become
asphixiated. Eighty guests man
aged to escape with their lives,
hut little of the contents of the
building being saved.
TO MODIFY THE
COMPLEXION COURT
Gore Bill Would Make Member
ship Eleven Instead of Wine—
Two Extra Democrats.
Washington, D. ('.., FVb.
prnpnsilion In enlarge the Su
preme llourt of I he United Stales.
I hereby increasing the Democrat
ic membership ami making the
tribunal more “progressive," was
submitted by Mr. (tore, the blind
senator from Oklahoma. He in
Iendured a hill lixiug the member
ship of the court at eleven, in
stead of nine, as at present.
The bill caused a sensation.
Senator (lore’s friendly relations
with President-elect Wilson gave
the bill special standing. Mr; (lore
is among I lie most radical of pro
gressive Democrats.
The bill is supposedly intended
merely In form the basis of pos
sible committee discussion. II
would hardly he passed by the
Senate as at present constituted.
The chances for such an enact
ment in a congress Democratic
throughout would be good. II is
not expected that even a report
can be secured on the (.lore bill
before adjournment.. of I h is ses
sion. Tlie Time 8^'ton’*brief for
debale if a ^report fSTmuhl be sub
milled. ’
I no opinion prevails among
senators. that Mr. (lore lias taken
into consideration the.fact that
hut three members of the Su
preme Court are Democrats.
These are Chief Justice While and
Justices Lurton and Lamar. An
enlargement of (lie court to elev
en members would give the Dem
ocrats live and the Republicans
six. On that basis there would
be a fair chance that the court
would be Democratic before the
termination of President Wilson’s
term.
The judiciary eommillee will
have the custody of Mr. Core’s
bill. That committee is reaction
ary, but contains three Repub
ican progressive menibers--Cuni
mins, Borah and Broyvn. These
by co-operating with,the Demo
crats could establish a working
majority and favorably report the
Pleasure rf desirjgd.
It is assumed that Mr. Core
does not care to have action on
his bill at this session, because
President Taft would have the ap
pointing power up to March 4.
FOR RENT—Two or three
rooms for rent next to cable of
fice. Inquire of F M. Brown.
FIRE BREAKS OUT
Four Thousand People Stampede,
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Killing Two yVorrren and In?
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Jyrlng a Dozen Others.
New York, Feb. 3—An explo
sion in an East Side moving pic
ture show last night resulted dis
astrously. Upon the occurrence
of the explosion the 4,000 people
composing the audience, stamped
ed for the exit and began tramp
ling upon one another like a band
of wild cattle.
There was but one exit leading
to the street by steps, upon which
the frantic people stumbled. All
•efforts to stay the crowd failed.
Two women were trampled to
death and a dozen were more or
less seriously injured.
The fire commissioner states
that there are 800 moving pic
ture houses in the city equally as
dangerous. A determined effort
will be made to compel owners of
these places to make them safe
in case of accident.
HART’SllTO
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! Wreojker VVhltelaw Takes Hart's
Auto From Bottom of Bay,
Where Thrown.
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i San Francisco, Feb. .'{.--Howard
| 11 si ii i i It < in Hurl, Hie Alaskan who
trail his atilu inln 'Frisco liny. hop
ing In get, riil nf il. may see il
| again Imlay.
i Vi hi may buy an aul nmnl.iile fur
$ 1.500 an<l may nil il ami hit it
will) lialrliels In I ry In make il gu.
Ami. finally, when the Mamed
tiling runs up a bill nf thousands
of dollars, ynu may push il inln
the bay.
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That’s whal II. II. Ilarl, Oakland
millionaire, did several weeks ago
--or, rather, he gave tits rhaulfeur
orders In do il. And Janies Fit/.,
the rhaulfeur, took his master at
his word and dropped the ma
chine from the stern of a ferry
boat.
Conies now into I lie story one
Captain Thomas Patrick Henry
White-law, veteran wrecker of San
j Francisco. He went In Karl and
sought “keeps" if lie could-Unit
the machine and bring il back In
I life.
I “Finder’s keeper," answered
I Ilarl. “And if you have the slighl
jesl desire In Inp'l I rouble, go to
• if. The thing will limn be yours
|with my sympathy," and Ilarl
j proceeded to ruminate over cala
* logs of next year’s models in au
itos.
Saturday a couple of little boats
.with red flags flying at the helms
ijnctiored in the hay over what
was presumed to b'e the watery
grave of Hart’s bucking auto.
.They were Whitelaw’s boats
sounding I l fathoms for that
bane to a millionaire’s existence.
\nd they sounded all right. Two
divers came up with a piece of
ttie auto as evidence of its discov
ery.
Powerful grappling hooks were
let .down and up came that pester
ing auto like a cal coming hack
•after the drowning.
“The machine is in good con
dition except for a bit of mud,’’
AVhitelaw said. “That will clean
btf nicely ami then I will he ready
to sell the thing.”
Jjupl. Fowles and wife, of the
Northern Commercial company’s
transportation lines, left for Fair
banks tti{s morning at an early
four on the McIntosh stage, which
also carried the usual consign-,
men! of mail.
Congressional Committee Finds
Government Lost $30,000,000
In forty Years.
Washington, L>. C., Feb. 3.
The special committee appointed
to study and report on the seal
herds of Bering sea since the gov
ernment took over Alaska from
Russia, has filed its report, which
is a bitter arraignment of the
government and its lax, if not
dishonest, methods.
The report covers the past iO
years since 1870, ad shows that
the government has actually lost
thirty million dollars In money
paid out for guarding the herds
with the revenue service, main
taining a horde of special agents
and scientific experts.
In 1870 .the report says, I In;
herd numbered four and three
quarter million seal and in the
year 1010 this magnificent herd
had dwindled down to 133,000 ani
mals. During 20 years of this
period the Alaska Commercial
company had made a net profit of
*18,000,000 out of the sealing in
dustry.
This condition of all'airs only
refers to the seal rooking on the
Pribiloff islands.
To Change Labor Law.
Washington, 1). G., Feb. 3.-- |
Knlry into the United Slates of
liimsicians, actors, artists, let-fur- t
ers, singers, ministers of any re
ligious denomination, professors
for colleges or seminaries, per
sons belonging to any recognized
learned profession or person’s em
ployed strictly as personal' or do
mestic servants, would not lie
prevented by (he contract labor
provisions of I lie act of ItmT, reg
ii In I i u g the immigral ions of aliens
into this country, under the terms
of a bill introduced in the House
by Kepresenlative. Hayes of Cal
ifornia. The bill is proposed as an
amendment to the act of 11(07. es
pecially to that portion applicable
to contract labor.
FiRE~ANGEL
FROM HANKS
New ((ideas, Feb. 3—The Ho
lmes Convention threw out Mil
lionaire Howe from membership
on account, of a wrangle over So
cialism. Howe has been here
tofore the angel for the holmes
and is the real founder of their
organization.
PRODIGAL SON j
BRINGS THE CALF!
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Norl humberland, Pa., Keb.
Paul K. Dork, now 20 years old.
ran away from home 10 years ago
because his father whipped him
for playing truant. He never
wrote, and his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Derk, of (his place,
mourned him as dead. Now he
returns with bride, an automobile
and a certified check for $ 10,000,
half of which he deposited to his
father’s credit in a bank.
When the boy ran away he had
no money. He got to Pittsburg
on a freight train and obtained
work. Later he drifted to Rose
bud, Mont. There at a govern
ment land drawing he drew 210
acres, which he worked up to a
high state of productiveness and
made a farm out of it. This he
sold Dec. I, last, for $10,000. Last
week he married Miss Luqije Le
man. a daughter of a wealthy
lumberman. He brought his bride
east on the surprise visit to his
parents.
THE INCOME TAX
IS NOW A FACT
Vote of New Mexico Legislature
Gives Amendment Necessary
Two-thirds Vote.
Santa Fe, N. M., Feb. 3—New
Mexico has the honor of having
incorporated the income tax
amendment as a part of the con
stitution of the United States, as
the legislature ratified the amend
ment, which givos the necessary
two-thirds of the legislatures
which have ratified the amend
ment .
This is considered a most im
portant victory by the Democrats
who will not now have to con
sider the question of revenue in
disposing of the tariff question.
THREATEN INJURY
10 THROW AGIO
All Hope of English Women Gain
ing Franchise Now Gone
Parliament Guarded.
I.(union. L-Vb. .3.--The Militant
strfVragelles threaten to throw ae
nl on the members of parliament,
who are strongly guarded by po
lice.
Severe repressive measures
against the women are being more
seriously considered now than al
an.' lime.
If I lie women id Fugland al any
lime had an opportunity I" gain
I lie franchise llir> have lost it
and public sentiment backs up
parliament in its refusal I" listen
lo the women.
ALL AMERICAS
T0J0IN IN
.New York. Feb. 3.--Joint aid ion
with Argentina and Brazil would
he th“ proper course to he pur
sued by the United States in the
event of intervention in Mexico,
is the opinion of Charles II. Sher
rill. formerly American minister
to Argentina. In an address here
Mr. Sherrill said that lie strongly
approved the altitude of lion-in
I e r fere lire maintained at Wash
ington. and if intervention ever
became unavoidable, the two great
republics of Soiilli America should
lie invited lo part ieipale.
"T1 is policy." In* said," “would
remove any idea among our South
American neighbors thal our pur
pose was land grabbing and it.
would relieve I he Monroe doctrine
of ils unilateral character—its
one great defect."
Mr. Sherrill recommended thal
all countries concerned in the
benefits and responsibilities of
the MWnroc doctrine should he
asked to participate when ever
this government found thal its
obligations required armed inter
vention in the affairs of any re
public on this hemisphere.
ALAMEDA COMES
NEXT VOYAGE
Seattle. Feb. 3.—The steamship
Alameda will replace the North
western on the next trip, having
been thoroughly overhauled and
repainted.
This is the kind of weather
that the tenants of “The Cliff”
wear a broad smile and spend
their time in their rooms with
comfort.
If you want all the news all the
tfhie, read the'Prospector. , ,
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