GANGSTERS TRY
MURDER WITNESS
Take a Shot at Wm. Lustig, a
Brother of Assistant Dis
trict Attorney.
New York, Aug. ,0—William
Lustig, a brother of Assistant
District Attorney Lustig, and who
was a material witness against
the gangsters, was shot last
night by members of the gang,
the assailant escaping fti an au
tomobile.
Lustig was taken to a hospital
and will recover. Up to date so
.arrests have been made. The at
tempted murder is similar to the
killing of Gambler llosenthal two
years ago, and for which crime
a police lieutenajnt and four
gangsters are in the, death cell
at Sing Sing awaiting the decis
ion of I he higher courts on the
legality of their conviction.
District Attorney Whitman has
ordered the special delecti\e
force of his office to work on
the case independent of the reg
ular force and he lias announced
that he will get thfi gang it it i>
possible.
mR WE
Salmon Fishermen of British Co
lumbia Are to Receive Only
16 Cents a Fish.
New Westminster, Aug. 6.—
The fishermen have returned to
work, agreeing to accept the cut
of 10 cents on each salmon over
the price formerly paid by the
eannerymei|. ^Salmon are flow
to be paid for at the rate of 15
cents each, but formerly the men
received 25 cents apiece.
The fishermen were disorgan
ized and most of the men re
turned to work, as the heavy run
of fish now on will enable them
to make a good stake for the
summer’s work.
HELLO GIRLS
WIN A STRIKE
Force Telephone Company in St.
Louis to Come to Time—Un
ion Recognized.
St. Louis, Aug. 6.—The tele
phone operators of this city won
the long fought battle with the
telephone company and returned
to work this morning.
Wages have been increased,
the girls are allowed may privi
leges demanded by them and the
f^i union has been recognized.
The strike started last May and
the girls were greatly assisted
by the linemen, who, at the re
■ quest of the "hello girls,” would
cut the wires and crippie the ser
vice, all efforts of the pblice to
•top the men, vvere of ,if$y#vail
and many telhpttorte cables were
.cut, disconnecting whole sec
tions at a time • ' ’ I
Captain Thomas P,yle, who
brought the ship Abner Coburn1
from Seattle to Kenai this spring,
passed through on the Sampson
en route to his home in the Spir
it City.
NEW POWER PLANT STARTED LAST NIGHT
SPLENDID EQUIPMENT IS NOW INSTALLED
At 0:30 last night power for
Valdez was generated at the new
power station in Solomon hawin,
just, completed by the Alaska Wa
ter, Light & Telephone Go., un
the supervision of Supt. Tom
Quinn. One of the finest and
most complete hydro-electrical
plants has been installed, cap
able of giving to Valdez and the
surrounding country more than
twice the power developed by the
former station.
The big Francis Pellon turbine
water wheel is guaranteed by its
manufacturers to develop 500
horsepower, while the greatest
load, early in the evening on
winter nights, has never gone
above 137 horsepower.
My direct connection, oji tne
same shaft as the water wheel,
lias heen installed a 187 K. \. A.
(Jeneral Electric two-phase gen
erator, which will generate the
“juice.” The machinery oar the
small cement foundation weighs
18 tons. The lly wheel alone
weighs two tons.
Oil Governor.
A Pelton oil governor has al
so been installed to prevent the
machinery speeding up in the
event of the sudden,; unloading of
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FIVE HUNDRED HORSE POWER PELTON WHEEL—187 K. V. A.
GENERATOR—PLANT CAN SUPPLY TOWN TWICE THE
SIZE OF VALDEZ—REGULATORS STOP FLICKERING.
Hie power by reason of a break
in the lijne ami also to govern
the flow, of water, giving a steady,
uniform flow of water, which in
sures the same voltage and pow
er, stopping the constant flicker
ing of the lights when heavy us
ers of lights or power in Valdez
turn on their switches. To fur
ther prevent the flickering of
lights a volt meter, the latest and
most improved manufactured by
I lie (fcncral Electric Co., will he
installed. Every effort is to be
made by the company to give a
good steady light.
The Switchboard.
A five-panel, blue Belmont
marble switchboard has been in
sfailed with switches to govern
the lights furnished the town, Ft.
Liscum, the exciter, etc. The
hoard is equipped with automatic
oil switches, which will automat
ical ly .disconnect the power
should anything go wrong on the
line or a “blowout” occur.
The voltage is stepped up from
2300 volts, when it leaves the
generator, to 6600, when it leaves
I he power house by the use of
large step-up transformers and
when it reaches Valdez, the voft
age is reduced to 2300, at which
voltage it is delivered to the
small transformers about town,
where it is again reduced to 1 10
or 220 volts, as needed.
Dam to be 22 Feet.
The present dam will bo. com
pleted to a height of 22 feel. Part
of il i.-, now at that height, but
the remaining work cannot he
finished until low water this fall.
The lake impounded by the dam
will he half a mile square and
will have an estimated average
depth of live feet, assuring plenty
of water during the winter when
the stream is low. Over 1,600
feet of continuous stave pipe,
starling with .'fO-nch pipe and
ending with 30-inch, brings the
water from the dam to the pow
er house with a fall of 100 feet.
Tom Quinn, superintendent of
the company, who has been con
nected with the enterprise since
its organization ten years ago,
superintended the installation of
the entire plant and the work as
completed is a credit to his abil
ity. He ordered the machinery
early last fall, making a trip to
the states for that purpose;
planned its installation, super
vised its transportation from the
beach to the' power plant, in il
welf a Herculean task, and has
finally completed and tested the
equipment and found it to be per
fect. Mr. Quinn has installed
electrical power plants in Alaska
and in the states, bringing the
tirst hydro-electrical pla|;U to
Douglas for the Treadwell peo
ple, also erecting one at Skag
way and prior to that he installed
many small electric plants in
California.
The plant was given a testing
out from 0:30 to 7:15 and then
the city plant resumed opera
tions. A few minor changes will
he made, after which, Valdez
juice will he generated across
the hay and the local plant used
only in case' of a necessity.
GOLDEN WEDDNG INVITES
ON SHEETS OF GOLD
St. Petersburg, Aug. G.--M.
Spiridnoff, a very wealthy resi
dent of Moscow, has just issued
200 invitations to his golden
wedding anniversary. The invi
tations are on small sheets of
almost pure gold, and weigh more
lha|i three-quarters of an ounce,
the actual value of each being
more than $15. The wording on
the invitations is wrought in a
rich enamel.
CURRENCY BILL
REROUTED 0. K.
House Committee, After a Hard
Fight, Votes to Report t
Favorably.
Washington, D. C., Aug. C—
After a very stormy session the
House Currency committee, by a
Mi'll* of 11 to 3, voted in favor of
the Wilson currency bill. The
committee will make its report to
the House tomorrow and the big
light to prevent the passage of
the bill will then be on in earn
est.
Democratic senators have as^
sorted that if any effort is made
to pass the currencey bill at this
sessioin the tariff bill will be held
up for months by the upper
branch of congress.
A New Paper.
.Martin S. Perkins, a former
editor of the Ketchikan Miner,
will shortly start the publication
of the Daily Mail at Ketchikan.
This will give Ketchikan the sec
ond daily paper, the Daily Miner
being published by Richard Hush
ell.
Robert VVeber is working at
the lies power house Installing
days with her husbairtd, camp
ing at^jje power heuiag.
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D. W. JBranch, manager of
Libby, McNeil & \ Libby, was
; aboard the Sampson, making a
tour of their various canneries
in Alaska and was on his Way
to TakUtat.
COURTHOUSE FOR
MS GUT
interior City May btf Given $100,
000 Federal Building—Es
timates Asked.
The following is taken from
the Fairbanks Times of July ith,
amt indicates that friends of the
interior metropolis are working
for a new federal building for
that place:
Washington, D. C„ July 3,
1913.--U. S. Marshal Erwfn,
Fairbanks, Alaska: Bill intro
duced congress to provide court
house and jail Fairbanks. Sub
mit by mail estimate showing
needed court purposes and ap
proximate size. Also space and
accommodations needed jail.
J. C. MCREYNOLDS,
• Attorney General.
The above telegram, self-ex
planatory, was received yester
day by United Stales Marshal L.
T. Erwin from Attorney General
J. C. McReynolds. It indicates
that Fairbanks stands well to get
some consideration from the fed
eral government, and perhaps be
fore* the present summer is ov
er, worklmen may be busy build
ing a new court house for interior
Alaska’s biggest mining camp.
The present building which
the new buildin'g will undoubted
ly replace, was built during
the early days of the camp, it
was Visited by one fire, and since
that time, but Jittle work has
been done towards repairing the
structure. The foundations are
said to be very poor and in need
of repair:
Marshal Erwin says that the
necessary iuforrnatiufi will be
forwarded 10 U'ashirigion at the
earliest possible thoment.
i(M it Om Orphan**,
Falls of Watertown, great
scdnic waterfalls. ,
kf i^il gypsy
story that will please.
A Life for a Kiss, a thrilling
fcOwWpy story depicting the pen
alty cd a moment's folly.
Wnk Garters, a comedy full of
spice.
‘ Change of program tomorrow
evening *
The Proipeclor for Job work.
A. Sievers, Fort Seward Soldier,
is Granted Executive
Clemency.
Juneau, July 25—Andrew Siev
ers walked from the United States
jail yesterday a free man. He
was pardoned by President Wil
son. Sievers is the first prison
er in Alaska to receive an execu
tive pardon under the Wilson ad
ministration. The pardon reach
ed here yesterday and Sievers
was given his liberty immediate
ly. It was secured at the request
of United States itfarsnal 11. L.
Faulkner, Judge Thomas R. Ly
ons and United Slates Attorney
John Rustgard.
Sievers' case is one of the few
on record where the ramifications
of law worked a hardship. He
was arrested on July 4, 1912, at
Haines by the United States mar
shal, when caught selling a case
of beer to a half dozen Indians
gathered in a cabin to celebrate
independence Day. The prisoner
was a private in the 16th infant
ry, U. S. A., stationed at Fort
■Seward. He submitted to arrest
without protest and said he
wanted to plead guilty imrnedi •
airly and commence paying the
penalty for his crime.
As the crime was felonious
Sievers had to go through thej
formality of the commissioner s
c. net bind over, Chen the indict
ment by the grand jury, with the
added wait of six mofiths* in jail
before the district court wen; in
to session.
When brought before* Judge
Overbold December 21, 1012,
S'levies pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to a year. Deducting
prison credits for deportment his
■sentence would have expired Oc
tober 21,1913. He proved 0 mod
el prisoner in every respect and
sevi|4l months ago ifie officials
started working for a pardon ih
his one.
Under the pardon Sievers is
restored to his full citizenship
rights.
Qwk Wanted.
Cook, wanted by Col. O'Neil, cat!
or 'phone commanding offloer,
Fort Liscum.
RETURNING TO JUNEAU
AFTER INSPECTION TOUR
Capl. Geo. II. Wliilney and
Thos. Kelly, the local United
States inspectors of hulls and
boilers, with headquarters at Ju
neau, are returning to their head
quarters after a two months in
spection tour. They made all the
ports of any size from Juneau to
Unalaska, a'nd then went up in
the Bristol bay region. They are
accompanied by Mr. G. W. Forda,
the official clerk. They passed
through on last night’s steamer.
SENATE HURRIES
WITH THE TARIFF
Now Through With Nletal Sched
ules—Expect Trouble With
Sugar and Wool.
Washington, I). C., Aug. G.~
The Senate today finished the
metal schedule# of the Wilson
Underwood tarilf and are hasten
ing to the end of the list, which
is being taken up item by item at
a time.
The test of strength will come
when the sugar schedule is
reached, and again when wool is
up for discussion.
The administration leaders are
uncertain as to the outcome and
are bringing all manner of pres
sure on the Democratic senators
to stand by the party.
NOT MAKE FAST RUN
VALDEZ TO FAlRiANK#
The owners of the Ford ma
chine, recently purchased from
Robert Sheidon, have refuser, to
allow the 'machine to make the
special fast run from Valdez the
Golden Gate of the Northland^
to Fairbanks, the Heart of the
Golden North, and the rntnpy
collected byjpopular subscription!
wifi be returned.
The impromptu Aarice last
night at Moose Hall was largely
attended. The dance was gotten
up for the enjoyment of the. tour
ists on the Sampson. Pinkus
and Cameron played without
compensation. The dance last
ed until the boat sailed.
COMMITTEE FINOS
PROOF OF lOROY
Old Files of Manufacturers As
sociation Grabbed by House
Committee.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 6._
The House lobby committee
started the work of examining
the letter tiles of the manufac
turers association and also the
old vouchers and they find that
the association has had an ac
tive lobby working against meas
ures that would injure the manu
facturers as a whole.
The legislative activities cover
a wide range from aiding in the
defeat of congressmen and 'Sen
ators who opposed the associa
tion, In |ln< entertaining of men
powerful in the parly councils
and active in determining the
policies of both parties.
The association knew no party
but ils own gain, democrat and
republican were the same to the
officials .who asked but for re
sults ad were willing to pay.
The investigation will be con
tinued.
ARE DESK
CANADIAN CI1Y
Sweeps the Business Section of
Athabasca—Loss Estimated
at $500,000.*
Athabasca, Can., Aug* C.T-Xhe
business section of this town was
destroyed by fire last night with
a total loss estimated at $500,
000. Nothing could stop the
flames, as the local tire depart
ment was helpless and dynamite
was also used without avail.
The fire swept across the bus
iness section and was stopped in
the outlying residence portion of
the city, where a number of
houses were blown up.
Canadian cities have sent of
fers of assistance to the people
who lost their property.
MO ill
S1VS HUERTA
Will Not Consider Offer to Make
Peace Between the Mexican
Factions.
I -
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Mexico City, Aug. 6.—Provis
ional President Huerta has reit
erated the statement made by
him several days ago that he will
not accept or tolerate meditation
in any for.m from America or
any foreign country to settle
tfee internal disorders in Mexi
co. ,
Huerta claims that he will be
able to put 41 stop to the revolt,
if the American government will
prevent the sale of arms and am
munition to the rebels ar.d pre
vent the financial aid being gath
ered?, by thg junta in American
.cities.
Ha Mope* for More Burglars.
Los ^rigeies, 4ug% 6_E.
Carter is hoping more burglars
will visit him. Carter found his
room ransacked and jewelry val
ued at 830 missing. A 850 bill,
apparently dropped by the thief,
was lying beside his trunk.