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VQL 9 VALDEZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1»,3. NO. *M.
Police and Politicians Seek to
Re-establish the Red Light
District.
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Chicago, Aug. 18.--The shock
ing mistreatment of 10-yearold
France's Kasper by 25 men who
kidnapped her (and kept her
prisoner in a building for 2<»
hours, which was revealed last
night, vividly illustrated the
claim of the police that the sup
pression of the red light district
lias made it unsafe for women
and girls to walk the streets
alone at nigh!.
UUZtMLW Ul Mill liar wi
enormity have occurred within
the last fortnight. The assaults
are increasing with such rapidity
that interests which would bene
tli conpnerciaMy by the re-es
tablishment of a segregated vice
district are pointing out that the
safety of the women of the city
depends on restoring an “open
town.”
Miss Kasper, an orphan, with
out protectors, became acquaint
Vd, she says, with an alderman’s
nephew. She met him by ap
pointment1 Thursday night. She
disappeared and Saturday after
noon staggered into police sta
tion, all but dead and told a
1 story that resulted in. warrants
for 25 young men, ranging in
ages from 19 to 25 years. She
was seized and abducted by three
men, who met her with foer es
cort. Two men .guarded her
constantly and about 30 visited
her prison, subjecting her to hor
rible ti eat moT;i. She eseaoevl
while her- captors slept.
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IN MAGAZINES
Ambassador Wilson is Writing
Story of IHexico for East
ern Magazines.
Washington, U. C., Aug. 18.—
Ambassador Henry l.ane Wilson,
who for many years was the Un
ited States ambassador to Mex
ico, and before that held like po
sitions to other nations, is now
writing Llie history of Hie Mex
ican revolution and the story of
the Madero overthrow for east
ern magazines.
President Wilson has not as
yet dismissed him from Hie dip
lomalie service, because it would
make a vacancy, the tilling of
which would mean the recogni
tion of the provisional govern
ment, hut he has clearly 'shown
his disapproval of the ambassa
dor’s course while ambassador
and also since his return to the
United States.
NEW LAW GOVERNING
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. ,18—
Gov. Tener today signed:, bill
requiring all applicants foij.inar-;
riage licenses to set forttf lnTihei
applications that theyarei jnojTsfH
flicled with transniisislbld Jdis-j
eases. The nevw-lajJ! jprphlbifcS
the issuance of a marrlagf HcBhu
■se to any person who is ftlX |mj
hecile, an epileptic, of unsound
mind, or to any person who has
been an inmate of any county
asylum or home for indigent per
sons unless it appears that the
cause has been removed and that
the applicant is able to support a
family. \
Fine program at the Orpheum
tonight.
SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA STEAMER SINKS;
HITS UNCHARTED ROCK, MANY LOST
Accident Happened Yesterday Morning at 8:30—Steamer Sank
in Three Minutes—Boilers Exploded—Water Pressure
From Below Tears Upper Works From Hull
—Survivors Reach Juneau.
Juneau, Aug. 18—The steam
er Stale of California, owned by
the Pacific Coast Steamship com
pany, and operating in, South
eastern Alaska, ran on an un
charted rock at Cambier bay at
8:30 yesterday morning and sank
in three minutes, causing the loss
of at least 30 people, mostly
tourists and possibly the death
list may be greater. f
The vessel was leaving the
cannery owned by Charles Cold
stein, of Juneau, and had about
cleared the harbor when the ship
struck the rock and the water
flooded the engine room in a few |
minutes, causing the boilers to
explode and the entire bottom of
the ship was torn out and the
passengers in the staterooms be
low decks never had a chance to
escape.
Sinks in Th*M Wnuf».
Thei pressure of water from
below tore the entire upper
works front the hull and three
minutes after the wreck not a
sign of the ship could be seen,
only the few boats which had
been hurriedly launched by the
crew and the floating wreckage
of the ship.
The work of rescue started im
mediately, the few boat's and the
help from the cannery soon had
all the people who were floating
about on wreckage ashore safe. •
Help From Cannerp.
Many of the passengers and
crew who were saved owe their
lives to the prompt response of
the cannery tender Admiralty,
which heard the alarm signal
sent by Captain Cann.
The wireless operator never
had a chance to send out a S.
o. S. call, as the power was shut
off immediately. One of the wire
less operators is missing and is
believed to have crowned.
The records of the shit* and
th(> t assenger list went down with
the • cssel ami a complete list of
the lost cannot be secured until
the list of the rescued passen
gers and crew are telegraphed to
Seattle and to the different ports
of call since the ship left Seat
tle and are compared with the
total ) number of passengers
known to have purchased tick- i
els. j
Pilot Goes For Aid.
Pilot Crockett of the Stale of j
California started from the scene j
of the wreck oil the cannery ten
der Admiralty with nine bodies
of I he dead which had been re
covered and met the steamer Jef
ferson going south, notified the
captain of the Jefferson of the
wreck, who immediately put into
Gambier bay, reaching the scene
al 2 in the afternoon and re
turning reached Juneau at 11:30,
bringing 1(1 of the passengers and
65 member's of the crew, and the
Admiralty brought one passen
ger and three members of the
crew. j
The total number of persons
known to have been saved is 115.
The following are the known
dead: John Vanderlass, Mrs. F,.
C. Ward, Miss Lila Ward, Mrs.
Reardon; nine bodies recovered
are women and five of the dead
have not been identified.
Dead and Missing.
’The missing are Miss M. Cas
sidy, JMiss B. Fridd, Miss Bor
land, Miss Reardon, Miss Lillian
Norman, Leslie Hobro, J. C. Byer,
Miss A. J. Wilson, Miss Dixon,
Mrs. Spusheli and her 4-pear-old
daughter, N. Result as, J. H. Hoi
man, and Mrs. Al. Birnbaum, of
Ruby City, Alaska. \
Tin* members of the crew who
are missing are C. Anderson,
fourth officer; 1). C. Perkins,
wireless operator; N. I.aeson,
quartermaster; L. Mezzone, able
seaman; P. Smith, waiter; J.
Clark, waiter, and B. Madigau. }
The State of California is one
of the Pacific Const Steamship
company's fleet and was built at
•the Cramp yard in Philadelphia
in -177 !♦. ,Sho has been re
built twice each time, having al
most a new hull installed and
new boilers. She was one of the
fastest boats running north and
Was good for 1C knots an hour.
For 20 years she plied between
Portland and San Francisco and
holds the record for speed be
tween these two cities.
Captain Flynn, of the Latouche,;
now at Valdez, served nine years1
pn I he ship. ^
Location of Wreck.
The wreck occurred/at Gam
bler bay, located at the lower end
of Admirality Island, on the Stev
en’s Passage side of the island.
The vessel sank iu 30 fathoms of
water.
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HARRY THAW ESCAPES FROM INSANE ASYLUM
Mai Lewan, N. V., Aug. IS.—
Harry Thaw, the slayer of Stan
ford White, escaped from, it he
stale prison for the criminal in
sane ln-Ve today. He ran through
an open gate, jumped into a wait
ing automobile, in which were
live men, and the machine, a
high power automobile that no
thing but a racing machine could
have overtaken, started away on
the jump and was out of sight
in a moment, and it is believed
he is now safe in Connecticut.
All the wires leading from the
asylum were cut before the es
cape or immediately after and it
was some time before an alarm
could be raised.
HIGH POWER MACHINE SOON MAKES PURSUIT HOPELESS
WIRES ARE CUT—BELIEVED HE MADE FOR CONNECTS
CUT—CANNOT 13 E EXTRACTED.
The gatekeeper who allowed
the gale to remain open has been
arrested and will be charged with
having accepted a bribe, for
which he left the gate open, but
al present no proof of the offence
can he had, bill it is pointed out
that the man would never have
allowed the gale to remain open
if he had not been paid for it.
None, of the states of the Un
ion extradite insane persons and
tin* only method by which Thaw
can he arrested by the New York
authorities would be for him to
again enter the state. I
The Connecticut authorities,
however, might try him on the
charge of insanity and if found
guilty „he could be returned to
New York, but this would lake
years as Thaw would appeal to
the higher courts and to the su
preme court.
New York. Aug. 18.—Evelyn
Thaw is greatly frightened at the
escape of her husband and is in
fear of her life. She claims that
Thaw would rather kill her than
to make good his get-a-way. The
has roundly detuouncpd the au
thorities for allowing; her hus
band to escape and claims it was
criminal carlessness. She inti
mates that the officials of Mat
tewan prisrTh have been bribed.
The New York police have
placed a very heavy guard about
the hotel in whjcjj .Evelyn Thaw
is stopping amt a close watch is
maintained for the escaped pris
oner. -t
Some of the papers, however,
claim that tlie actress is working
the* game for all the publicity she
can gel and that she well knows
that Thaw will remain out of the
CAPTAIN m
IS SUSPENDED
License it Suspended for Tmp
Months—Ran Full Speed in
Fog, Causing Wr®ck.
Seattle, Aug. 18.—The board of
marine inspectors today announ
ced their decision as to the re
sponsibility for the wreck of the
steamer Yukon, lost near Unimak
pass, and Captain McKay was or
dered suspended lor.-two months.
The reason given for the sus
pension is the fact that Cap
tain McKay ran the Yukon at full
speed during the fog, thus caus
ing the wreck.
VY\ A. Dickey, .the Landfock
bay copper operator, left this
morning for his home after a vis
it in Valdez of several days.
Exported That %000 Coal Minor#
Mill! ttrlko—>1CC> Virginia j
© nmen Imported. ,
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Trinidad, Colo., Aug. I8.--A
trainload of West Virginia gun
men, who were employed by the
coal operators in the Charleston
coal fields during the strike just
settled, arrived here toduy to be
used by the .local coal compan
ies to protect their property, as
the 9,000 men employed are al
most certain to strike.
The gunmen were taken to the
company property and are now
in procession, although the em
ployees have not as yet gone on
strike, but are almost certain lo
do so now that the company has
imported the guards.
Gin OF OMAHA
HAS A BAD FIRE
Business Section of the City Is
Threatened—Water Pres
sure is Very Low.
OmahSk Aug. 18—The busi
ness section of the city was vis
ited by a lire last night which
caused a $200,000 loss and three
firemen were so seriously injur
ed when the walls of one of the
buildings fell that thqy will die.
Every apparatus of Jthe city
was at work on the blaze^and for
a short time it looked as if the
department could not. prevent the
loss of the entire business sec
tion. The water pressure was
the lowest it has been for many
years.
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NEWSPAPER BUYS
PAGE'S TESTIMONY
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Hows* Pass is to Rsoeivo $75.00
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a Week for Writing Story—
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Washington, 1). C... Aug. 18.
McMichael, the House page, who
was recently dismissed because
he w*as in the employ of Marlin
Mulhall, the lobbyist, admitted
this morning before the com
mittee that he is under pay |o
the New York World, and is to
receive $75.00 a week to write
the story of his 2Tf$g>ars exper
ience in the House.*
The attorney for McDermott,
against whom Mulhall lias made
some damaging accusations,
forced McMiehael to admit that
he was not to ^ret any of the
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DEVELOP ALASKA
SAYS SECY. LANE
Administration Still Favors Rail
roads and Roads and Opening
of the Coal Lands.
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Washington, D. C., Aug. 18.—
Secretary of the Interior Lane,
who returned to the capital Sat
urday, has reitterated his Alaska
policy and says that the present
administration will do all it can
to secure the opening up of the
coal lands, the construction of a
trunk railroad from the coast to
the interior, the building of wag
on roads and in every way pos
sible aid the pioneers of the ter
ritory to develop its resources.
i.une su\s i ix u l u mu uniiuu
Stales government can afford to
spend 8100,000,000 to build the
Panama canal for I he benefit, of
other nut ions as much as for
American hem-lit; if they can af
ford to spend §80,000,000 to pro
vide irrigation to 20,000 people,
as they have done in the west,
they surely can afford 8 40,000,
000 for the opening up of Alas
ka. j
The secretary points out tlie
great future for the territory
and predicted that his son would
live to see from six to ten mil
lion people iii Alaska and that the
territory would produce reindeer
meat enough for the people of
the stales and would also pro
duce millions of bushels of grain.
“Transportation, however,
must he cheap," said Secretary
Lane, “or 'the great future of
the nnrthlaiul would be delayed
and retarded. “We can afford,”
lie said, “lo spend 40 millions to
lie to ourselves pari of our
selves.” (
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SAYS GOV. 5IILZER
Hired Matthew H. Organ, Who
Lived in Sulzer Home, to In
duce Wifv to Speculate.
Albany, X. V., Aug .18.—(Iov.
Sulzer will charge Tammany
Hall anil Boss Murlipy with hav
ing hired Mallliew 'H. Organ,
who has been a resident of the
Sulzer home for many years, to
induce Mrs. Sulzer to speculate
with stocks and that Organ as
sured the governor's wife, (hat
she could liol- lose.
Mrs. Sulzer, say the governor,
believing it impossible to lose,
bad speculated on the street and
had lost considerable . sums of
money—his own and the cam
paign funds in his charge.
Tammany has been working
since his iiomjuation last fall to
discredit him-and his adminis- •
tration, says the governor, hut he
will light to the end and refuses
to give up his office lo the Lieut,
governor.
(iov. Sulzer claims that he is
in debt more than $50,000 and
is a poor man.
BO WELCOME FOR
GOVERNOR STRONG
Nome, Aug. 18.—A thousand
people welcomed (iov. Strong
upon his arrival here today and
cheered the chief Executive of
the territory. A big parade- is
planned for this evening in hon
or of the governor and lii-s wife.
money until after lie had cor
roborated I lie testimony of Mut
hnll as to McDermott's counec
lobby.
Change of program tomorrow
evening.