VQL 9 VALDEZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 21,1913. NO. 163.
WOULD DEFEAT
THE DEW TARIFF
Telegrams Pour in on Senators
Asking Them to Beat Admin
istration Measure.
Washington, D. C., April 21 —
From all parts of the country
messages are pouring in on the
Republican senators asking them
to defeat the present adminis
tration tariff bill, which, it is as
serted, will ruin Ihe prosperity of
Ihe country.
Hundreds of messages have
been received by members of the
House, but it is expected that any
effort to defeat the measure must
be made in the Senate if it is to
be successful. The Democratic
margin in Ihe upper House is so
slight lhal with the aid of the
dissatisfied senators from Louis
iana and the representatives from
the lumber slates they may be
able lo defeat the bill unless
amended.
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NO REBATE FOB
AMERICAN SHIPS
Underwood Opposes Proposition
to Lower Tariff 5 Per Cent on
Imports American Bottoms.
Washington, l>. C„ April -I —
The Democratic caucus defeated
I he^illetnpl of some of the mem
bers to reduce the tariff rues 5
per cen| on all goods iniporled
into the country' in American bot
toms.
Underwood refused lo allow
I lie amendment to pass, claiming
that a ship subsidy was the prop
er course lo pursue and not a
rebate system. Those in favor
of tlie rebate claimed it was the
surest and ipiirkest way lo build
up a great merehanl marine and
not lax the people.
. The caucuses of tile Democrat
ic members have left much bad
blood and it is expected that an
open rupture between ihe Con
gressional delegation from Lou
isiana and the Underwood admin
istration machine will follow the
tight against free sugar.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Win. Harrington will leave for
Landlock tomorrow.
Charles Fowlkes, of Ihe Cliff
mine, is in town for a short visit.
Ted Noon is sick at the Cliff
mine. He is suffering from an
attack of la grippe.
Ceorge Hobart is seriously sick
al Seattle, where lie went lo un
dergo an operation.
The June arrived from Kllamar
this afternoon and will prepare
for the fishing season.
Jim Beatles, who has spent the
winter at Kllamar. arrived to town
today.
JetT Devinney. foreman of the
Kllamar mine, was injured when
he fell down the shaft. The ex
tent of his injury is not known.
Ed. Suski, who has been work
f mg for the road commission, re
turned to town last Saturday af
ternoon.
John Feinbloom cuntemplaf.es a
visit to Jerusalem as soon as the
fJuggenheims come through for
the Midas mine. .
Talk about your bargains a!
Adler’s.
Change of program at the Or
pheum tomorrow night.
PEACE IN SIGHT
FOR THE MS
Excepting Montenegro All the Al
lies Sign Armistice—Pow
ers Hopeful.
Constantinople, April 21.—All
the allies fighting the Turks have
signed an armistice with the ex
ception of the Montenegrins and
they refuse to do so unless the
present plans for peace are re
vised so as to allow the city of
Scutari lo remain in the posses
sion of the Montenegrins.
The powers are hopeful of forc
ing the acceptance of the teems
of peace, making an independent
stale of Albania In I lie Monteneg
rins.
HEAVY COST OF
BRUSSELS STRIKE
Estimated 400,000 Men Involved
and Loss of $2,000,000
Daily.
Brussels, Belgium, April 21.—
The strike for the right, to vote
now involves more than 400,000
men and it is costing $2,000,000
daily in lost wages and expense
In the government of'protecting
property.
The “reds” claim I hey have
plenty of money to continue the
strike until the governmeVit con
cedes them the right lo vole.
BIG CELEBRATION
FOR 4TH OF JULY
May Have Contests With Other |
Towns—Big Prize to be Of
fered for Rook Drillers.
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The merchants of Valdez are
already discussing plans for a
Fourth of July celebration, which
will eclipse anything ever held in
this section. It is expected to
have a three-day celebration and
have the miners from the many
properties around the bay and at
Port Wells, and Ellamar come to
town.
The largest prize will he giv
en in the rock drilling contest,
and the first prize will be $250,
and a second of $100 or $150, ac
cording to present arrangements.
A ball game will be arranged
with one of the neighboring
towns and possibly a team from
Seward, Cordova and Fort Li'scum
may compete in I he Hirer days'
contest.
The Fire department is expect
ed lo arrange the details of the
celebration.
alamedTleaves
CITYJF_SEATTLE
Seattle, April 21.—The Alame
da, of the Alaska Steamship Co.,
sailed north last Saturday with a
large passenger list and much
freight. The following passen
gers ijre headed for Valdez:
It. C. Bennett, A. B. Bennett, D.
Phillips, E. W. Brown, H. Water
man, Marie Smith. M. Kensinger,
J. Whitaker, S. Emerson, Sam
uel Cregg. W. Morton.
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ENORMOUS GRAFT
INAUGURAL BALL
So Says President Wilson’s
Sister, Mrs. Howe, Who Is
Now in Paris.
Paris, April 2^1.—Mrs. Howe, a
sister of President Wilson, made
the statement here that the rea
son her brother would not have
an inaugural ball was because of
the great graft which has always
taen place in arranging the func
tion. ^
The slalemenl has caused a
sensation as it is the first reason
given by any one near the presi
dent fi*r the reason why no ball
was held.
MORGANS WILL
IS PRORATE
Son Receives Most of $200,000,000
Estate—Widow and Daugh
ters $3,000,000 Each.
New York, April 21—The will
of J. Pierpont Morgan, who died
recently at Home, was tiled to
day with the surrogate and it is
estimated that the llnancier was
worth $200,000,000, which is
mostly left to his son, J. Pier
pont, Jr.
In his will Mr. Morgan says that
he beljeves “Ilia, .s^uL- --ipae*
purged of’ali sin through the liv
ing blood of Christ, who died up
on I he cross for the atonement of
man.”
I'mir children survive Ihe dead
linancier, and to the son Ihe bulk
of Ihe estate is left. Tin* daugh
ters and Ihe widow each receive
three million in trust. The pri
vate secretary received a bequest
of $100,000; the valet who has
attended him for many years, was
remembered to Ihe tune of $25.
000, and live servants received
$5,000 each.
Only $750,000 was left |o char
ily and many organizations were
disappointed when the terms of
the will were announced, as they
had hoped to be remembered.
It is said that millions was
given the son while the1 father was
still alive and that the firm has
made more than half a billion
dollars in the past decade.
INGRAN RETURNS
FROM INTERIOR
Has Distributed 400 Tons of
Freight the Past Winter
Stock Left Inside.
Jack Ingram, the superintend
ent of the Road Commission, who
lias pent the winter in the in
terior arranging the distribution
of the freight and planning the
work for the summer, returned
last Saturday, bringing Hi head of
stork, tie reports the trail as
near its end of usefulness for the
season except on frosty morn
ings.
Four bundled tons of freight,
including the bridge supplies,
were handled the past winter.
The commission had id horses
working and most of them are
still in.the interior for use of the
construction crews.
Bring your ioti work to the
Prospector nlTire
IF CHILD BORN
IT IS MARRIAGE
New Law Contemplated in Illinois
to Make Illegitimates
Legitimate.
Chicago, April 21.—A hill has
been introduced in the state leg
islature which would legitimatize
children, and the birth of the
child would under the present
law constitute a common law
marriage ceremony, requiring di
vorce to dissolve.
It is hoped by this means to
slop the birth of bastard chil
dren, which the legislative inves
tigating committee have found
number thousands each year.
ASK FOR TRAILS
Predict Great Future for Cook
Inlet Section—Have Large
Plant.
It. C. Dawson and D. II. Nut
ter, mining operators in the Crow
creek country, back of Seward,
were through passengers on the
Sampson. They are officers of
the Alaska Crow Creek Mining
company, which has a large hy
draulic plant installed and they
expect to resume work about June
• twh- They have 17 men with them
for the summer’s operations.
“We have already taken out
seven million yards of dead work
and have our plant in shape to
make a showing the coming sea
son.” says Mr. Dawson. "We.
have a large plant, using four fl
inch giants and we expect to make
the dirt fly.
“The development work of our
section has been retarded very
much by th'e lack of trails and
the first outlay of all properties
is several thousand dollars for a
passable trail. We are in hopes
of securing government aid for
this work and when more roads
are built I he development of the
outlying section will astound the
people of other sections of the
territory." *
Louis I,arson, who spent the
winter in the states, returned to
Valdez on the Sampson.
WEDDING BELLS
BING TONIGHT
Miss Nina Gifford, a Seattle Girl,
and Jack Callin, be Mar
ried at 7 Tonight.
A romance of 10 years will be
happily ended tonight when Judge
Shepard ties the knot that will
make Miss Nina Gifford, of Seat
tle, and Jack Callin, the propri
etor of the Arcade Cafe, one.
Miss Gifford is a Seattle girl
and arrived on the Sampson this
morning accompanied by tier
|mother, Mrs. Gifford. The cere
mony will take place at 7 tonight
at the future home of the eou
jple in the Ivrau building.
MtvCallin is one of the leading
[business men of the town and has
a host of friends who will wish
him godspeed in his new under
taking.
Mrs. Gifford will make her
home in Valdez, with her daughter
and new son-in-law.
BREWERS MAY
START ON STRIKE
Demand “Rest Hours" and Right
to Tap the Brew When
Wanted.
Seattle, April 21.--All the brew
eries operating in the Northwest
may be closed because of the
threatened strike of the 7,000
brewers and their helpers, who
demand “rest hours” hours dur
ing the day and the right to tap
the brew as often as they desire.
The brewers assert that the
men are getting more now than
is good for them and refuse to
allow them “rest hours with the
right t" tap I lie brew eonlinu
ously.”
STRONGiNAME
SENT TO SENATE
Juneau Editor Lands the Plum
After Stiff Fight—Davidson
Also Oats Job.
Washington, I). C., April 21.—
President Wilson today sent to
the Senate the name of Major
J. F. A Strong to succeed Gov
ernor Clark of Alaska. Charles
Davidson, of Fairbanks, was
named as surveyor general.
A. stilj JighL.was. made "against.
Tfie appointment of Strong.
Chas Davidson is a surveyor of
Fairbanks, and was spoken of for
national committeeman to suc
ceed Daly.
CORDOKITED
BY HEAVY STORM
Telephone and Telegraph Wires
Down and Town in Darkness
—Railroad Open.
Word was received on I lie
Sampson that the storm of the
past week had done much dam
age to the telephone wires about
the railroad town, and had also
put the wires from the electric
light plant out of business anti
left the town in darkness.
The storm was the worst ex
perienced at the railroad termi
nus the past year, and blew ev
erything not nailed down into the
bay.
The telephone line out the rail
road was also put out of com
mission but the road remained
open. Tin1 new superintendent
has his men working together and
the long delays on the road are
now only a memory.
railrITbC
UP NEXT FRIDAY
Washington, It. C,., April 21.
The House Committee on Terri
tories will give a public hearing
on the Alaska railroad bill next
Friday.
Considerable opposition has
shown itself to the purchase of j
the Cordova road and the Cana
dian bank are hopeful that the
road from Seward will be pur
chased.
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SICK ELEPHANT
TO BE DOCTORED
Republican Convention Next June
Have Representation Based on
the Congressional Vote.
New York, April 21—The Re
publicans plan a four years’ cam
paign beginning with the meeting
at Boston on Grant’s birthday to
rejuvinate the g. o. p.
The leaders announce it will be
a campaign of education.
A convention will be held next
June and it. is announced that a
reform in tin; present methods of
electing delegates to I lie nomi
nating convention will be passed.
Under I lie new rules the repre
sentation will be based upon the
vote cast at I he previous congres
sional elect ion. This plan w ill do
away with the control of the parly
by llir soul hern vide.
II. I>. Sullivan returned from
Cordova on the Sampson.
MEXICAN REBELS
DYNAMITE TRAIN
Seventy-five Soldiers Are Killed
and Many Injured—Condi
tions Worse.
' Et l*aso April -’I.—Tlie rebels
dynamited a train containing
troops being sent into Chihuahua
and 75 soldiers are dead and many
more injured.
The dynamiting parly consisted
of a few men. who immediately
retreated to the hills and disap
peared.
The mobilizal ion of federal
troops for Ihe invasion of the
northern slates, which have se
ceded. has started, hut the men
are poorly equipped, the best reg
iment being retained at tlie cap
ital, where it is feared that an
outbreak may commence at any
lime.
me resmenis 01 me nipmu are
nervous because of I lie continued
rumors of friction between Pres
ident Huerta and lien. Felix Diaz
and of plots and intrigues, even
to the lixing of dates when a new
battle may be expected in the
streets, or the assassination of
one or the other of the principals
may be perpetrated. On Satur
day so keen was the excitement
that the president called ttic
newspaper men to the palace af
ter midnight and issued a format
statement that he and Felix Diaz
still were friends, and were work
ing in harmony. Huerta’s state
ment was duplicated by Diaz.
The followers of Carranza, of
Chihuahua, appear to tie less or
ganized than those of Maytorena
in Sonora, but many bands are
harrassing a wide area through
out Coahuila and in part of Nuevo
l.e.on, and the new organization
of rebels in the states of Durango
and San I.tiis Potosi are greatly
hampering the progress of (he
federals.
The government seems to re
gard the situation in the North
west as more delicate than that
in Coahuila. (ten. Jose Mier is
on his way to lake command of
the campaign in that territory.
The slow mobilization of forces
along (lie Chihuahua-Sonora line
continues. These are to be sup
erintended by troops sent in
transports to the west coast ports
of (tuaymas and Mazatlan. The
government asserts that it soon
will have 10,1100 men in that reg
ion, including many of Orozco’s
army, commanded by old officers.
Thus far few of Hie former reb
els are engaged in the campaign.
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