VOL. 9. VALDEZ, ALA8KA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1913.' HO. 302.
MIDAS MINE SOLD FOR SPOT CASH
HERMAN OELRICHS
GIRL'S MURDERER
Another of the Young Idle Rich
of New York in the Toils
of the Law.
.New York. Oct. —Herman
Oelrichs, son 'of the millionaire
shipping' merchant, who died sev
eral years ago, and whose moth
er is one of I he society leaders
of the city, has been arrested for
stabbing l.ucille Supleton, while
I hey were out riding in an auto
mobile. Olerirhs had been go
ing under the alias of William
Craighorn. claiming to be a stu
dent at Columbia college.
Oelrichs attempted to see the
wounded girl at the hospital and
concealed himself where he could
hear her confession Lo the police
when told by the physicians that
she could not recover from her
wounds. After the girl’s confes
sion the attempted murderer gave
himself up to the police and ad
mitted that he had been going
under the alias of Craighorn and
that the companion who was with
him in the auto when lie stabbed
the girl, and who was responsi
ble for the wrecking of the ma
chine, was his driver. He will be
(Continued on page 3).
HOMAN FALLS
INTO FAIR CROWD
Two of the Spectators Upon
Whom He Landed Suffer
Fatal Injuries.
Klkins, Oct. -’.--An aviator who
was giving an exhibition at the
annual fair here yesterday lost
control of his machine when fifty
feel in the air and fell into the
crowd. Two of the spectators
upon whom he fell were fatally
injured and i| is believed that
I he birdman lias suffered a brok
en back.
Tin* machine landed some dis
lance from the crowd or I he fa
talities would ha\je been jgreat
as I lie motor continued to work
and I lie propellor would have
claimed the lives of many who
would not have been able to get
out of the way.
Mil
P^outlon Rost* Hi -Case on tho
Bvldtncl'ir
#oirat*.
Albany, Oct. —The prosecu
tion in the Sulzcr inipeachdient
case surprised the atto^fieys’ lor
the governor when they rtisttrt
their case and did not present
any argument. li was;believed
that the arguments of ihe at
torneys would occupy several
days, Iml il was abruptly termi
nated w! oi Ihe prosecution an
nounced Unit they would rest
their case on the evidence.
Big Company With Headquarters in British Columbia Takes Over Local Prop
erty, the Development of Which on a Large Scale Will Mean the Cre
ation of New Industrial Conditions in Valdez District.
Negotiations for the transfer
Hf the Midas Copper mine on
Solomon Gulch were completed
yesterday afternoon and the
properly is now in the possession
of Hit; Granby Consolidated Min
ing, Smelting & Power company.
The purchase price was a. cash
deal representing an investment
nf $125,000 by the* company.
The first, payment amounting to
$25,000 was made yesterday
through the Valdez Hank & Trust
Co., and the balance will he paid
in, thirty days.
The purchase of the* Midas by
the new company which has re
cently entered Alaska as a Held
for its operations will be good
news for the people of this dis
trict. They have shown their
faith in this camp by paying
cash for one of the biggest prop
erties in the district. After hav
ing (men 'on the ground for
weeks making a thorough exam
ination of the properly they
have taken advantage of the dis
count .which would necessarily
tie made in a deal of such mag
nitude when the buyers are pay
ing cash.
The men. who were interested
in the Midas before the transfer
are all local business men and
have shown their faith in it hy
putting up their own money to
develop it, to the point where big
companies could be interested
and deserve credit for their en
terprise.
The opening of the Midas, lo
cated as if is, within a few miles
of Valdez, will result in increased
business for the local merchants
and will give an impetus to the
entire district by serving to at
tract the attention of capital to
other, properties. •
While the representatives of
the new company are reticent in
giving out any information as to
their plans for the future of the
mine they have shown in other
places in which they have become
interested that they lose no time
in developing their properties to
the fullest extent. Their en
trance into the Ketchikan dis
trict, where they recently ac
quired. the Hadley property, was
welcomed hy the people there as
marking a new era in the mining
and business life of the commun
ity.
Now that the Midas has been
transferred to the big Company
which, is in a position to open
and develop it to its fullest ca
pacity a brief history of ’the
propery is in order. The Midas,
like every other big property, has
liad its ups and' downs during I he
.past few years but may now In
said to have “arrived.”
The Midas Copper property
was lies| discovered by Hed El
lis in the year of about 1900
while hunting. It was afterwards
slaked by C. (1. Debney. John
Caution and Edmund Smith, who
represented il for several years.
In 1910 J. A. Carson took bond
from I>ebn< y-Smilli-Cnnllon and
did considerable development
work. In the fall of 1911 A. E.
firigsby and’ T. J. Devinney look
a bond from Carson, at the same
time forming a .partnership of
six people, namely, T. J. Devin
ney, Ceorge C. Treat, fleorge
Baldwin, A. E. firigsby, \V. M.
Wilson, John Keinbloom and Joe
Plant. This co-partnership
worked the properly from Octo
ber 1, 1911, to September 23,
1912, when it was bonded to the
Alaska Mineral and Development
Co., represented by Stephen Birch,
•__
on June 34, 1913, Mr, Birch
moved idf from the property for
reasons best khowh to himself
after spending about ¥50,000.00.
On October 1, 1913, the property
was turn -d over to ttie CSra'nby
Consolidated Mining. Smelling &
Power Co., I.Id., through their
engineer, Mr. F.. F.. Campbell,
paying cash for it. This makes
the | bird property Mr. Campbell
has hough! for his people this
year.
This properly was bonded in
I he year 1903 by the Hadley
Smeller people, paying some
cash down, and when the second
payment came due, there was a
suit pending against Debney foil
ownership of Ihc properly, Deb
ney winning bis case, bul loo late
for the Hadley people, as they
did not want a properly with a
lawsuit tailed onto it.
Mr. Finical is one of Ihc local
| men who had acquired an inter
lesl in the properly and will bcne
I'Jit by the transfer. There are
! several others and they are re
ceiving congratulations from
their friends in realizing on Iheir
efforts to advance the interests
of the district by helping to de
velop its resources.
SUm FLOODED
III NEW YORK
More Than One Million Persons
Were Una le to Reach Their
Homes.
.New York, Oct. —A terrilh
rainfall, which kept up steadily
for several hours yesterday
caused the worst lieup of traffic
which has ever occurred in the
history of I lie city. Tile sewers
were unable In carry off the wa
ter and rivers were flowing in
I he streets.
The subway was flooded anel
was closed to traffic, rendering
more than tine million persons
unable to reach their homes. The
homeless crowd wandered the
streets all night and the police
reserves hud to be called out to
maintain order. The flood is the
worst in the history of the city
and the damage to merchandise
in the lower parts of the city and
in basements will amount to ibi'
lions- of dollars.
property owners
IlfeTALt. UOftTS
residents of Hobart street
l>ave c tabbed tbgefher and order
ed a row of street1 lights frtffn
McKinley half to th'e end of; the
street near the dike on the flles
ervqtion side of the town. Trafey
harve all contributed their sh'afe
!dh' paly'' fid*1 «fe'- month's .in ad
yartce. it is expected that1 the
properly owners on McKinley
and Sherman 'streets will also
pool interests prid have light#* in
stalled, making the Reservation
as well lighted as I he town prop
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The PorMf' Rose.
The Forest Rose, a' two-reel
TaTjhjuicer. sensational picture al
(lie Orpheum tonight. Also ope
thousand feel of laughable com
edy.
Smith Higgins will be in from
Teikhell tomorrow.
THEY APPEAL TO
THE PRESIDENT
Seattle Socialists Want Govern
ment to Pay for Furniture
Destroyed By Sailors.
Seal lie. Del. 2.—The Socialists
of this city have appealed In
' President Wilson for compensa
tion for Hie properly of tile So
cialists which was destroyed by
the soldiers and sailors in the
riots of the Potlatch week here.
The Socialists have tried to
brinp action for the recovery of
damages, hnl have been turned
down. Hoiifiressiiian Bryan, of
this stale, also hrouphl I lie mai
ler ;of restitution up in con
gress hut the resolution was ig
nored. He churned that Ihe in
vestipatiun by the nfl'icer of Ihe
army was biased and asked for a
conpressinnal investigation,
which was refused.
RELEASED1 TOOftY
Miner Imprisoned by CstWri'Lait
Friday Vym be «®leMed This
iltiwriclitti.
Centralia, Wash., Oct. -.--The
rescuers who are working to re
lease the miner W'ho was eli
te mhed in a coal mine here last
Friday have reached a point in
lRe tinffW! they can com
muiiicafe with him.
The work of clearing the tun
nel .*is progressing fast and the
miners expect to reach the im
prisoned man this afternoon. He
has been receiving nourishmeiil
through a pipeline and has not
suffered greatly trom his im
prisonment.
IE CANAL ZONE
| Shock Caused Panic Among Na
tives But No Damage to
Canal is Reported.
Onion. oh. l'_V severe earth..
quake was fell In-re IjisI night,
which lasted for more than one
minute. II is not known if I lie
earlliquakc has caused any dam -
age to tile Panama canal, lmi
wild rumors are about to the ef
fect that tin- shock was great
enough to damage the locks. The
natives were thrown Into a pan
ic, as the shock was the heaviest
experienced here for years.
Washington, Oct. l’.—Olt'iria!
advices have hern received from
Panama Ihiil a severe earthquake
was experienced there last night
hut no damage has been reported
from the canal /one.
!
•Hfttsh VakMt'Wtftft oh Rooks
Dhrihg Fog Rtft Orsw Rss
oued' in Ssfoty.
Astoria, < »et. U.—The British
steamer (ileuesslin was wrecked
pear here last night afrit a to
tal loss, but the crew reached
shore in safety.
‘The steamer wandered from
her course during 'a^-Klifrise'’fitjT
and went on the rocks. There
was little sea running or tin* crew
Would have perished, as'the ves
sel broke up almost immediately
after grounding and had entire
ly disappeared within an hour af
ter hilting tin* rocks.
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>3ody of Young Girl Found in
Wreckage of Auto Covered
With Knife Wounds.
.New York, Oct. ^.--I.llrille Sup
lelon, a sludenl al a mu
sical school. iiinclccn years old,
was slabbed Ien limes liy Wil
liam Oaifi'linrn. a sludenl al Co
lumliia Collepe and will die of tier
wounds.
The yomiff woman went auto
ridinp willi ('.raifilioru and a male
eoinpanion and her body was
taken from the wreck after the
machine had crashed into I In
cruli. ('.raipliorn and his com
lianion disappeared after the
wreck of the auto and the police
were surprised to find the body
of the fiirl, which had been liter
ally cul In pieces, lyinp in the
wreckage.
Tile mnlive for the crime is
pu//liiiK the police, who believe
that the men intended In mur
der the jrirl and leave her body
at some isolated place, but their
plans were frustrated when the
auto was wrecked.
ooftooy# www flap
Of ooMPt this fall
Cordova has .requested Judge*
Brown to caB a term of court
there this fall claiming that there
art a number of cases on the
docket and thal the expense of
bringing witnesses to Valdez will
he unnecessarily heavy if the
cases' art* tried here. Judge
BroWn has staled that he would,
lake the matter 'under advise
ment and if warranted' after I he
close of the term here he would]
call a term at the railroad town?
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.,Sp®oial Saturday Matinee.
Mr. and Mrs. \V. Whalen in
vite all the children of Valdez to
a matinee at the Orpheum thealer
hi Saturday afternoon al - p. m.
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New Goods.
New goods on ever> lioat al '
Mrs. Winter’s.
I
FIEND TAKES A
HORRIBLE REVENGE
0oy of Fourteen Murders Eight
People BeCause His Employer
SColded Him.
Xantes. France, Oct. 2.—
Through the insane rage of a
young hoy who was chastised by
his employer eight persons, all
I lie members of his employer's
family, are in the morgue and a
child of four years has been left
without parents.
The boy is only fourteen years
old and brooded over his scolding
and last night while the family
slept he entered their rooms and
murdered them with an axe. Af
ter having killed his employer he
struck down the mother of the
children who had been awakened
when her husband was dealt his
death blow. The young fiend
then visited the rooms of the six
children one after another and
killed them all but spared a lit
tle child of four years of whom
he was very fond. After the
slaughter lie concealed himself
and the child in the basement
and the crime was not discovered
until this morning through the
failure of the proprietor to open
his place of business.
Are Getting Even With Seryia for
Having Allied Herselff With
Greece.
Vienna. Mel. -_Tin* war be
Iween Servia and Albania lias af
forded the Bulgarians an oppor
tunity of getting revenge on the
former for having allied herself
with Greece in defeating the
plans of Bulgaria and causing
her the loss of territory which
she claimed by righl of capture
from Turkey.
Forty thousand veterans of
(lie Bulgarian army have enlisted
with the Albanians and the latter
now has an army of sixty thou
sand men to oppose the Servians.
The hatred of the Bulgars against
I lie Servians is intense and they
demand that they be permitted to
lead the van in the engagements.
•ult Af alnst *fra. Clarenoe irfac
kfcjr'ffai Been Dropped Whin
•lakes Are Reconciled.
.New York, Oct. —It is an
nounced that the suit for $50,000
whicff was tiled against iifrs.
(Harc'nee Maekay by Mrs. Blake,
I In* wife of a celebrated surgeon,
for alienation of her husband's
affections, will be dropped, as the
I Hakes have made up.
The doctor and Mrs. Blake
have been living apart for many
months but have now been recon
ciled.