VOL 9 VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1913. NO. 242.
FACTORY BURNS.
GIRLS CREMATED
Sudden Spread of Flames Pre
vents Escape—40 Cremated,
Many In Hospital.
Binghamton, N. Y., July ~J.—
Fifty-girls were burned to death,
scoies are so badly injured that
they will die and the local hos
pitals are caring for forty injur
ed girls who jumped from win
dows as tin* result of the lire
here today in the Binghamton
Clothing Co’s, four story factory.
The lire started from a cigar
ette butts thrown in some waste
and spread with remjarkable
speed, shutting off all the up
per Hours, and forcing the gilds
to jump.from the windows. The
heads of departments remained
at their posts and the large num
ber of girls who escaped owe to
them the fact that they are alive
today.
me mummg was i»uau™
with many modern lire escapes
and was equipped with an auto
matic fire alarm, hut the llames
with increditable speed, spread
from floor to floor and preven
ted the. firemen, who responded
immediately, from reaching the
building The flames held the
nten back 200 feet from the
structure and the intense heat
prevented rescues by the use of
the (life nets or thei 'extension
ladders.
The girls cremated were all on
the-upper floor.
The scenes when relal ives of
the girls reached the burning
building were most pathetic,
mothers and fathers, sisters and
brothers looking for relatives al
ways hoping I hat those Ihey
sought would he found among
the living.
SHERIFF™
BANDIT ESCAPED
No Trace Has Been Seen of Him
For Several Days—May Have
Reached Mainland.
Bellingham, uJly 23.—The
sheriff of this county has ad
mitted that the Nanaimo bandit
who was known to have located
on Shaw Island might have
made his escape from the island
and have disappeared in the in
terior of Washington.
The sheriff has asked for more
deputies and desires to make a
thorough search of the . island
for his man.
No one has seen the nandit
for several days.
Two-Reel Feature Tonight.
At the Orpheum tonight there
will be a fine program of feature
film—don’t miss the treat.
Kings In Exile—2-reel fea
ture film that is interesting and
entertaining.
Circumstatial Evidence—A
swell drama.
Moving Picture Man—Educa
tional comedy picture and a
roar from start to finish.
Fine watch and jewelry repair
ing, all work guaranteed. H. V.
Herndon, with Owl Drug Co.
FOR SALE—A new boy’s bicy
cle. Never been used. Inquire of
Owen E. Meals.
A fresh supply of Chinese
goods just received on the Samp
son—Chop Suey and Chinese
Noodles at the Valdez Cafe.
One-half off on trimmed milli
nery and 25 per cent discount on
suits at Harvey’s Toggery.
CONVICTS BURN
IH MISSISSIPPI
Guards Unable to Rescue Thirty
Three Negroes Confined in
Wooden Cage.
Jackson. Miss., July 23.—
Thirty-three negro convicts, con
fined in a wooden cage on the
second floor of the convict farm
were burned to death laslirght
while the guards helplessly
watched the blazing building.
No one knows how the fire or
iginated and when it was no
ticed the building was so far
gone as to make it impossible
for the men in charge to effect
their rescue.
The prisoners were out under
lease from the penitentiary and
a temporary prison had been
constructed of wood in the from
of a large rage jn which the
men were locked and during the
day they worked in the fields,
fields.
Tile stale prison board will
make a thorough investigation of
the tire.
CONGRESSDEBATES
MEXICAN TROUBLE
Representative Murray and Sena
tor Falls Want Uncle Sam
to Intervene.
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Washington. 1>. (!., July 33.—
Congressman Murray introduced
a resolution in the House today
diced ing the president lo use I lie
army and navy of llie United
Stales to maintain order in Mex
ico and protect American citi
zens and I lie citizens of other
powers from the many attacks
to which they are subjected.
The resolution directs the in
tervention at the end of 30 days
unless conditions in the republic
are much improved in that fine.
Murray called Provisioal Pres
ident Huerta a usurping marau
der and a mlurderer and denoun
ced the head of Mexico in no un
certain terms.
Senator Falls of New Mexico
introduced a resolution in the
upper House calling for inter
vention unless peace is immed
iately established in Mexico.
Falls roasted the Mexican gov
ernment and its present officials
calling them njurderers and
thieves, crooks and bandits and
urged the Senate lo pass the res
'oiution as the only means to
'protect citizens who are . in the
country and are being subjected
to all manner of indignities.
Other senators in reply to Sen
ator Fails intimated that the
New Mexican (Senator wanted to
start a war and the debate be
came heated.
BRYANj TREATS
IMPORTERS
Chicago 111., July 23.—Secre
tary of State Bryan who is in
this city and is billed to lecture
in a number of smaller towns in
the state treated the reporters
who called upon him at hisf ho
tel to a nice ripe cantaloupe and
a drink of fresh buttermilk,
LOST—A Delta Sigma fraterni
ty pin set with pearls. Reward
if left at Prospector olllce.
Just arrived, a line of latest
style waists at Harvey’s Toggery.
US SASS THE
MIGHTY POWERS
Have Reoccupied Adrianople and
Refuse to Vacate—European
Crisis Reached.
London, July i'U,—The "Turk
ish government has refused to
obey the order of the powers to
vacate Adrianople which she has
taken from the Bulgurs while
they were busy entertaining the
Servians, Greeks and Rouman
ians.
The defy to the powers has
caused a crisis and if is feared
I hal the peace of Europe is at
stake, Austria refuses to trust
Russia to expell the Turks and
Russia and the slav countries re
fuse to consent to Austria en
tering Turkey.
Troops have been mobilized by
both Russia and Austria, ready
for instant service and unless a
peaceful settlement can be se
cured or a naval demonstration
forces the Turks to come to lime
all hope for the peace of Europe
is gone.
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OUR WARSHIPS
ARE IN MEXICO
Wheeling Reaches Forntera and
the Louisiana is at Tuxpan
Ready For Action.
Washington. I). C„ July 2d.—
The navy dcparln^cnt has order
ed the gunboat Wheeling to
t’ornlera, Mexico, to protect
American citizens who are be
ing I hreateneil Jiy the Mexicans
and tin1 battleship Louisiana
reached Tuxpan, in northern Ve
ra Cruz and is prepared to pro
tect American citizens and for
eigners from the aggression of
the Mexicans who have made sev
eral demonstrations against cit
izens of America and of foreign
count rii's and the authorities are
unable to protect the consulates.
The battleship is ready for in
stant action and on the first
sign of trouble, troops will be
landed and order will be main
tained.
The state department has re
ceived information from many
consuls that the conditions in
the Mexican republic are becom
ing worse and that life and
property is no longer safe, the
government being unable to
maintain order.
GOVERNOR SMS
FOR FMRGANKS
Mrs. Strong Accompanies Chief
' a • '•* ■’ 1
Executive—Will Select Site
■ ■ <• - ,.V T :
For Retention Hospital.
Juneau, July 23 j—Governor
Strong and wife left here this
morning for Fairbanks going via
Skagway and while in the interior
city the governor will decide on
the location of the Fairbanks de
tention hospital for insane per
sons and will later go to Nome
for the same.purpose.
The goveror is expected to re
turn lo Juneau in eight weeks,
going from Nome to Seattle and
•then up to Juoau.
Change of program tomorrow
evening.
TARIFF NO GOOD
SAYS SMOOT
Will Ruin Prosperity of Country
—Place American and Euro
pean Labor on Par.
Washington, L). C., July 23.—
Senator Smoot spent several
hours today predicting the fail
ure of tiie Underwood-Wilson
tar ill' bill as* a revenue measure
and as a protection to Amierican'
labor from competition with the
cheap foreign labor.
The prosperity of the past
ten years will he wiped old says
the Utah senator and I lie coun
try will see the hard I lines of
1893 unless a tariff based on
the difference between wages in
America and in Kurope.
Democratic senators from
Montana, Louisiana and Colora
do. replied lo Smoot and promis
ed that cost of living under the
new) bill would he considerable
less than under the present re
publican act. •
watsoFstops
MULHALL LIBELS
Brings Self Confessed Lobbyist
to Sudden Halt—May Have
Him Indicted.
Washinglon.’l). (I., July 23.—
.Marlin .Mulliall wlm has been ac
cusing- in,any puhlje men of the
pasl fen years with all manner
uf frauds and allempfs at brib
ery was brought to a sudden slop
today when former represeitla
live Watson who was defeated
for governor in Illinois and whose
name has been mentioned many
times by Mulliall forced the con
fessed lobbyist to retract his
statement that Wason was in
he employ of private interests
while congressman.
Watson threatens to have
Mulliall indicted for criminal li
bel and is determined to punish
the sensation hunter who has
spared no public official in his
disclosures and in most every in
stance senators and representa
tives have denied having had
anything to do with the lobby
ist of the manufacturing.
MARYLAND LEAVES
SEWARDTOMORROW
Will Remain at Westward City
Until 5 Tomorrow Morning
—Here Three Days.
Seward, July 23.—The Cruiser
Maryland will lelave Seward at 5
tomorrow mjorning, sailing direct
to Valdez, remaining there for
three days, then going to Cordo
va to remain for five days, con
tinuing to Katalla and from there
to Sulzer in southeastern Alas
ka.
The people of Seward have giv
en the officers and men of the
battleship a most hearty wel
come and have enjoyed the visits
of the cruiser.
The band has given several
open air concerts and athletic
events have bee pulled off. The
Seward baseball team defeating
the sailors.
LANE TELLS OF
ALASKA’S FUTURE
Build Railroads and the Country
Will Be Settled He Asserts In
Chicago Speech.
Chicago, III., duly 23.—Secre
tary of the interior Lane in an
address last night, predicted that
two years after the Alaska rail
road is built immigration to Al
aska will overshadow the coloni
zation of government lands in
the states. He asserted that the
territory had nfiles and miles of
lands ready for he farmer when
the road is built.
It will recpiire 900 miles of
railroad, according to the secre
tary, to properly open the terri
tory.
“Alaska could supply the na
tion with reindeer meal and thus
cut the cost of living; to the peo
ple of the slates and could pro
vide cheap fuel for the Ameri
can nation,” said Lane.
He urged the building of coal
ing stations along the coast.
UGH! PLANT FOR
Alfred B. lies Offers to Supply
Electrical Current to City at
Low Rate.
Alfred 14. llefc made |,he prop
osition lo the town emmeil Iasi
niglil lo supply eleelric eiirreul
al a graduated rale varying from
3 11/ i rents a kilowall hour ac
cording lo «111n111iIy consumed.
Air. lies proposes lo bring I be
currenl inside of (lie eily and
let the municipal goverimicnl
have charge of I lie ilisl ribut ion.
This would require a regulor
ly organized municipal light de_
liarlmolnt. The city would have
Lo build the pole and wire lines
through the town and furnish
the Iransforn^ers and also lake
care of the service. The council
agreed to obtain estimates and
find out whal the probable ex
pense to the town would 'be.
The council is favorable to the
plan if it appears lo be good
business ami is favored by tne
great majority of the people, it
would require the city to run
further in debt at the start, but
the advocates of the project say
the city could make its cost back
in a year or two, besides having
a far better system of street
lighting and supplying light and
power to residents at a lower
figure. At the present time the
city pays 7 cents a kilowatt for
municipal lights. Private con
suliters pay more.
NEED WHIPS
SOUTH CHIN!
Washington, D. C., July 23.—
Americans in southern China
have asked the state department
for, protection as the southern
provinces have rebelled against
the present government and life
is unsafe in any of the provin
ces in which the Chinks are fight
ing.
When in need of bicycle pumps,
bells, grips and other supplies
and parts call on Owen E. Meals.
Geo. Reinke. tne watch repairer
and jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug
company._
Independent Messenger Servioe,
Phone 153. Day or Night.
GENERATOR SOON
BE IN VALDEZ
Machine Cost $5,000 and Is On
the Northwestern—Plant In
Operation August 1st.
■The Seattle ollice of the Alas
ka Steamship Co., yesterday no
tified the Alaska Water, Light &
Telephone Company that the new
$5,000 General Electric co., gen
erator had left Seattle on the
Northwestern last Friday.
With the arrival and installa
tion of the. generator, the new
power house in Solomon basin
will be complefed and ready to
serve power to Valdez.
The 500 horse power, single
discharge, sprial Ivllon-Franeis
turbine wheel arrived in Valdez
on flit' last boat and is now' be
Ill,- I I I ~ lit! I M. I I M1 | H I 111 l. t I I 1.11 I I I
•juimi who lias a large force of
men employed for that purpose.
The switchboards and other
electrical equipment is now ready
and I he two large I rail’s formers
by which the power will be step
ped up lo 0,000 volts when it
leaves the plant and reduced to
2,300 volts again when it reach
es Valdez, have been installed.
The voltage is increased to pre
vent loss in transmission. The
small transformers about town
are then used lo lower the volt
age to 10 i volts which is the us
ual voltage for house consump
tion.
The pultun wheel has been
equipped with a governor and the
company have also installed a
Terrill voltage regulator and by
this mipaiis the power will al
ways remain al one voltage.
Herelofor the power users by
turning on Hie heavy motors
'rout iniied on page 2).'
EASTERN STAR
PLAN PICNIC
Will Go To Hills Next Sunday—
Three Members Taken Into
the Order.
At the special meeting of the
Eastern Slur held last night at
Masonic Hall, it was decided by
the members to have a picnic
next Sunday and those' who care
to go are to be at the home of
Mrs. Sam Orchard at 7 in the
morning.
The picnic grounds have not
been selected as yet.
Three new members, Mrs.
Blanche Suskey, Mrs. Lockhart
and Jack Cook, were initiated in
to the orddr, after which re
freshments were served.
Bids Wanted.
Bids are invited for a pole
line from the town-limits to the
Solomon Falls power station.
Specifications can bo obtained by
applying to Alfred B. lies. 3t
Bids Wanted.
For concrete sidewalk from
Broadway \o Reservation Ave.,
on the S. \V. side of McKinley st.
Flans and specifications can be
seen at Copper River Lumber Co.,
office, bids must be in by Mon
day, July 28 at 8 p. m.
T- - - U.
Cook Wanted.
Cook wanted by Col. O’Neil, call
or ’phone commanding officer,
Fort Liscum.
Fop Sale Cheap.
Twenty-eight foot Racine mo
tor boat . hull. Inquire ef E. P.
Cashmau.
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All standard makes of wheels,
at Owen Meals, the Valdez bicy
cle agent for the Columbia, Ram
bler. Pope “Daily Service,” Cleve
land and other standard makes.