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VOLUME XIV. VALDKZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER, 84, 1010 NUMBER 2«H
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SULZER REFUTES
TVS STORIES
NO TROUBI.K WITH KMPLOYE8
la Paying Own Campaign Kxponnes
While Canneries and Big Corpora
tions Are Coming Out iu Favor of
W'ickersham.
JUNEAU, Oct. 24.—Charles A. Sul
zer closed his campaign in Southeast
ern Alaska and left for the Third Di
vision Sunday morning. Sulzer is as
sured of a large majority in the First
Division and It is expected that he will
carry the entire territory by a sub
stantial vote.
Sulzer’s meeting in Juneau was the
largest political meeting ever he'd
here, and during his address Mr. Sul
zer covered all the issues of the cam
paign completely. He proved conclu
sively that he was not in any way con
nected with the corporations, except
as the lessee of a mine, which he was
operating as an individual. He said
that if he was elected he would con
sider all propositions for the develop
ment of the territory submitted to
him on their actual merit, and irre
spective of their origin. He deplored
the contentions, bickering and quar
reling among the various factions it,
the Territory, and expressed the hope
that these would cease and he prom
ised to work In harmony with anyone
who sought to work for the actual
welfare of all Alaska.
He denied most emphatically the
stories circulated by Wlckersham and
Emery Valentine that he had had
trouble with his men and that the
fisheries trust was paying his cam
paign expenses. He said that the pay
roll of the eighty men at h<s mine
was being promptly met and the mint
was showing a satisfactory profit. Ev
Very man employed at the mine was a
Union man, working eight hours and
receiving Union wages. Hie declared
that he was paying his campaign ex
penses out of his own pocket, and
warned the people against the elev
enth hour lies that would be circu
lated to influence the voters, and ask
ed them to pay no attention to stories
used in such a manner that there was
no time permitted to deny them.
Sulzer stated that if elected he
would bring the government to the
people of the Territory so tnat all
Alaska issues, Including the fisheries,
might be settled here. He declai ;rt
that a letter from Washington to
John W. Troy from Assistant Secre
tary Of the Interior Sweeney, state
that both President Wilson and Sec
retary of the Interior Lane were i
favor of a full territorial form of gov
ernment for Alaska, but in spite cf
this Wlckersham, after he had intro
duced his bill for a full territor al go"
ernment, had let it sleep, and had nev
er sought the aid or opinion of the
President or Secretary Lane.
The vole on ine junesu scnoui d»d«
issue Is regarded as Indicating the
weakness of the Wlckersham support
ers in Juneau. Wlckersham said that
he had been flooded with a p.bbs of
petitions against bonding the city fo •
that purpose and gave this as a reasr.n
for not pressing the bill. King went
to Washington to lobby for the bill,
got it through congress notwithstand
ing Wlckersham declared It would be
impossible In a letter to Mayor Stuart
ten days before. At the bond election
last Friday Emery Valentine, Wicker
sham’s manager, endeavored to get
the vote out to defeat the bonding of
the city, but the result was 646 in
favor of bonding to 72 against.
A telegram from Delegate Wicker
sham to E. C. Russell, read at the
Republican rally Friday night, en
dorsed W. R. Heckman, of Ketchikan,
one of the leading cannerymen of
Southeastern Alaska. Practically all
the canneries have contributed to the
' campaign fund for the Republican
legislative ticket in this division. The
Empire charges that Wlckersham,
thru letters and telegrams tried lo
get the support of the big corpora
lions in this division.
F. W. Bradley, president of the
Treadwell company, the only mining
operator here who is deadly opposed
to the Western Federation of Miners
Is opposing Sulzer because he employs
only Union miners, and is supporting
Wtckersham.
TWO MORE NEGROES ARE
LYNCHED AND BURNED
PADUCAH, Ky., Oct. 24.—Mrs. Et
ta Rose who was attacked last Friday
Identified the two negroes responsible
and today’s crowd of two thousand
persons stormed the jail and lynched
them. The bodies were burned.
FARRAGUT DUE HERE
TOMORROW MORNING
The steamship Admiral Farragut is
scheduled to sail from Cordova at 10
o'clock tonight and will arrive here
early tomorrow morning.
WILSON MAKING
DECISIVE GAINS
SHOWN NEW YORK HERALD POLL
Hughes Weaker Than the Party and
Steadily Losing While Wilson Is
Making Big Gains Throughout the
Country.
NEW YORK. Oct. 24.—The New
York Herald poll of the country yes
terday shows that Wilson is gaining
and Hughes is steadily losing ground.
Hughes is making slight gains in New
York. Idaho, Montana, Massachusetts,
and South Dakota, and Wilson Is lead
ing in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ne
braska, Ohio, Washington, Wisconsin,
West Virginia.
The poll of September 24th showed
the candidates running practically
neck and neck with Hughes gaining.
The present poll shows Hughes is now
weaker than his party and losing
ground while Wilson is making over
whelming gains and Is now even with
the Republican candidate. Out of a
total of 146,067 straw votes Hughes
has a majority of 3,727 while last
week his majority was better than
5.000. Indications point to Califor
nia probably giving the Republican
candidate a majority. The Republi
cans assert that the Democratic labor
wave is swinging downward, and at
the election will be much smaller
than anticipated. The first tabulation
gave Wilson but 45 per cent of the
vote and Hughes 62 per cert, but
present figures split the vote 60-60.
Hughes got 60 per cent of the straw
votes from the Progressives in Cali
fornia, Delaware, Indiaua, Maine.
Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire.
New Jersey, New Mexico, New York.
North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island.
South Dakota, Vermont, Wvomlng,
with 179 electorial votes, Pennsylva
nia with 38 and Utah with 4.
Michigan shows the labor drift i
Detroit which is normally 40,000 Re
publican, and is now swinging Into
the Democratic column. The Repuh
licans consider Indiana, Ohio, and Ill
inois off color, and the Illinois women
very uncertain. Ohio Is unquestion
ably Wilsonian because of the 8-hour
law. The labor question is the chief
issue on which both Republican and
Democratic orators are centering
Republicans are claiming Indiana for
Hughes by 30,000 and Illinois hy
50.000. In Wisconsin LaPollette, the
republican candidate for U. S. Sena
tor. is hammering the Republicans
and championing Wilson, injuring the
Republican cause in that state. The
Northeast is apparently strongly Re
publican. New York states is doubt
ful, but Hughes is running behind the
Republican candidate for governor,
presenting an unprecedented situa
tion. The 8-hour issue upstate is not
as strong as expected and Wilson's
strength there below what was an
ticipated. In New York city Tam
many is solidly for Wilson and is plan
ning to do the utmost to secure his
election but may not offset united Re
publicanism. Maryland is Demo
cratic, Delaware Republican and Ten
nessee, despite Republican congress
men, is solidly Democratic. It is in
dicated that congress will follow the
presidential trend.
GRAND JURY MAKES
ITS FINAL REPORT
About 3:30 o’clock this afternoon
the grand jury made Its final report
to the court and was discharged from
further service. It Is expected the
trial ju: y will be held for a few day.)
for the trial of two cases already set
for hearing, after which the trial
jury also will be discharged.
GENERAL DUBAIL.
Second In Command of French
Forces, Right Arm of Joffre.
Photo by Aincrlcuii Press Association.
ARCHERY EXPERTS PREDICT REVIVAL QF SPORT
Photo bj American Preaa Association
Archery enthusiasts think that the ancient sport will again b>S revived t<> its former pomilanty. At the Na*
tlonal Archery association tournament In New Jersey there were many competitors. Women archers played a big
part in the meet. Miss Cynthia Wesson winning the woman’* championship. Nine of the competitors are seen aim
ing their bows and arrows.
CHARGE HUGHES
SECRET PACT
yrOTEH 8PEECH8 TO PROVE IT
Democratic Committee Hays Agree
ment Been Made Between Huglies
and Jeremiah O’I ear y—Latter De
nies Need of Secrecy.
NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—The Demo
cratic National Committee insists that
a scret agreement has been made be
tween Hughes and Jeremiah O’Leary,
head of the American Truth Society,
and quotes excerpts from Hughes’
speeches to prove that the Republican
candidate has accepted the terms dic
tated by O’Leary.
O’Leary denies that there is any
secret pact between himself and
Hughes, stating that there is no rea
sop! Mr secrecy. He admits having
a conference with Hughes in regard
to his stand upon pro-British ques
tions, but states that he reduced his
demands to writing when they were
submitted to the candidate so as to
prevent any misunderstanding in case
the Republican nominee is elected.
BALL PLAYER
IS HONORED
WILL GET MILITARY CROSS
Bill O’Hara, Star Fielder of tlie To
ronto Team In Recommended In
Orders for tlie British Military
Cross for F'fticiency in Throwing.
BOSTON, Oct. 24.—Bill O’Hara,
formerly star fielder for the Toronto
Team of the International Baseball
League, and now a lieutenant in tlie
Canadian contingent serving In the
British army on the Somme front, has
been recommended in orders for the
military cross.
O'Hara has gained renown for his
skill in grenade throwing on the
Somme front, his training as a ball
player having made him an expert in
this method of warfare.
15S BILLIONS PASS THROUGH
CLEARING HOUSE IN NEW TORE
NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—Total trans
actions of the New York clearing
house for the year ending September
30 exceeded 1166,000,000,000, break
ing all previous records, according to
the annual report made public today.
Total transactions since the organiza
tions of the clearing house sixty-three
years ago aggregated nearly three
thrilllons of dollars.
Aged Men Become Citizens
ALBANY, Ore., Oct. 24.—Two men
now four score years of age were
granted citizenship papers here to
day. Henry Lelfler, 84 of Scno, had
been! voting fifty-nine years on hia
first papers, and Joseph Misner, 82,
of Waterloo, also had voted many
years, believing his service in the civil
war entitled him to full citizenship
as a prerequisite to voting. Misner
discovered that under the rigid re
quirements of the new permanent
registration law his war service enti
tled him to first papers only.
White Man Hung.
MUSKOGEE, Oct. 24.—Thomas It
Jones, a white man, arrested for as
sault upon a little girl, was hung by
a mob here yesterday.
Hl'LZER WILL SPEAK
EAGLE HALL TOMOKKOW
Advices received this afternoon
from Cordova state that Charles A.
Sulzer, the Democratic nominee for
Delegate to Congress, will leave there
on the Admiral Farragut at 10 o'clock
tonight for Valdez, and will speak
here tomorrow night in Eage Hall.
Mr. Sulzer will talk on the Issues
of the campaign and Is said to be a
remarkably interesting and convinc
ing speaker. Everybody, regardless
of political affiliations, 18/ invited to
attend, and a special Invitation is ex
tended to the ladies. Ushers will be
In attendance to see that all arc com
fortably seated.
TONIGHT AND TOMOKKOW
NIGHT AT EMPRESS
Pathe Nows Shown First.
"The Straight Hoad," with Gladys
Hanson as the star, will be shown
tonight and tomorrow night at the
Empress theatre.
This is one of the greatest dramas
of modern times, from the talented
author Clyde Fitch, and depicts lift
in the slums and the reformation of
a drink crafe^.Kirl by the good offices
of a settlement worker. It is a pow
erful story, and should be seen bj
all.
SUPPLIES BE SENT
OVER WINTER TRAIL
FAIRBANKS, Oct 24.—From pres
ent indications miners will haul con
siderable supplies over the winter
trail to the new Tolovana section and
merchants here, whose stocks may be
depltcd by the demand, are figuring
on getting additional goods from the
outside over the trail.
CHOLERA SCARE IS
MINIMIZED BY PHYSICIANS
MANILA, Oct. 24.- Dr. J. D. Long,
insular director of health declares
emphatically that there is no dangei
of the city facing an epidemic of ]
cholera. For a month cases ot chol
era have been reported daily but they
are sporadic.
Want Time Set Hack.
The movement to gain an hour 01
daylight over in Seward by setting
the clocks ahead, is already causing a
terrible roar, after a short trial, a
number of parents of school children
are getting out a petition to have tht
school board return to Standard time,
as under the new system it means get
ting up in the dark to get the chil
dren ready for school.
Goethals in New York.
NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—Major Gen
eral George W. Goethals, governor of
the Panama zone, arrived here last
night from Colon on the steamship
Pastores of the United Fruit Line.
General Goehtals said he -did not ex
pect to return to the canal zone, as
he plans to retire from the army in
December.
Peace or War, Hays Marshall.
EAST ST. LOUIS. III., Oct. 24.—
Vice President Marshall in speaking
here yesterday said that the issue in
the present political campaign was
peace or war.
The Nightingale Quartet.
Come and hear the Nightingale
quartet. Moose Hall, Friday n<ght. It
Nationalists Win Senate.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 24 -
All but three of the 22 seats in the
Philippine Senate were won by Na
tionalist candidates in the recent
elections. Governor General Harrison
reported to the war department. The
message said the elections were quiet
and a large vote was polled.
Mountains Smoking.
The mountains on all sides of the
town were smoking heavily this aft
ernoon, indicating that a strong wind
was blowing from the north, but only
a very moderate and intermittent
breeze reached the town.
WILL DEVELOP
• MINING CLAIMS
ADJOINING TDK GRANITIC MINK
K. I). Keller W ill Start Crew of Men
ill Work on Kxtension of Hie Gran
ite Vein in Port Wells District—
Snrfuce I ml leal Ions Very Rich.
K. 1). Ueiter of the Alaska Mines
Corporation left today for the Port
Wells district where he will make ar
rangements to develop a group of
mining claims recently taken over
from Hamilton, Irving and Tatom.
and which the surface showing indi
cate a rich property. The claims cov
or what is believed to he an extension
of Hie rich Granite vein, and in char
acter of ore and value of contents are
apparently identical with the vein in
that mine. Mr. lteitcr is planning o
putting a crew of meu at work inline
diately to develop the ground.
TEDDY DECLARES
BAKER IS UNFIT
COI.ONKI. AGAIN ON KAMPAGK
In Speech at Albuquerque Roosevelt
Denounces Secretary of War and
the President for Retaining Him—
Places Itlaine for Mexico on Wilson
ALBUQUERQUE, {I. M.. Oct. 24
Col. Roosevelt delivered a campaign
speech here lust night. His address
was filled with denunciation of the
Democratic administration and lauda
tion of Hughes. He declared Secre
tary of War Baker wholly unfit for the
position he occupied in the cabinet
and said Wilson demonstrated his
own unfitness by keeping him there.
The Colonel also discussed the Mex
ican situation, placing all the blame
for the border troubles upon Presi
dent Wilson.
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Irish Reinforcements Needed.
DUBLIN, Oct. 22.—The Irish divi
sion at the front will need reinforce
ments of 30,000 men before Christ
inas, according to a statement made
last night by Lord Wimborne, the lord
lieutenant said in an address. The
lord lleuteuunt said that before the
war there were 34,822 Irish Protes
tants with the colors and in the re
serves. Since mobilization 94,401
Catholics and 62,391 Protestants had
joined the army from the various
parts of Ireland.
'MARINER OFFICERS WIIX
CARRY PHILIPPINE KNIFE
NEW YORK, Oct. 24.— Officers of
the marine corps soon will discard the
highly ornamental hut serviceably
useless sword and carry instead a long
knife similar in appearance to the
Philippine bolo. Samples are being
made In the Government factory at
Philadelphia. The knife is to be
worn In Held service and used for all
word In the juugle or close flghtiug
if necessary.
Derrick Lane, who has been here
on jury duty will leave on the Farra
gut for his home in Seward.
The launch Shamrock, Capt. Tim
Marcum, will leave in the morning
for various Sound points.
JelT Devinuey is suffering from s
severe spell of lumbago.
RUMANIANS ESCAPE FROM
TEUTONS IN D08RUDJA
LOSE CITY OK CONHTANZA WITH LARGE STORES OK PETROLEUM
AND GRAIN, BUT WITH NO GREAT M)SS OE MEN—TEUTONS
GAIN CONTROL OE COAST END OE RAILROAD CUTTING OEE
RUSSIAN REINFORCEMENTS—TEUTONS MAKE NEW ATTACK
STRIKING NORTH FROM BRODY NEAR GALICIAN BORDER —
RUSSIANS REPULSE HEAVY OFFENSIVE NEAR DORNA VATRE.
LONDON, Oct. 24.—Bucharest con
llrms the report that the Teutons
have forced the Russians and Ru
manians to evacuate Constanza, but
the Rumanians evidently made good
their escape from the city as the Teu
tons made no great captures of men.
The Times military expert states that
Dobrudja is a separate and not a
vital theatre of the war, and while
the loss of Constanza Is disagreeable
and some what limits the access of
Russian reinforcements Into Ruma
nlt, Constanza contained large stores
of grain and petroleum, which fell
into the hands of the Teutons.
Teutons Make New Attack
PETltOGRAD. Oct. 24.—The war
office this morning reports that the
Teutons have commenced a new at
tack, striking north from Brody, near
the Qaiicia-Volhynla border. There
port also states that the Russians
have completely broken, by a power
ful counter attack, the strong Teu
ton offensive launched last week near
Dorna Vetre on the border between
Bukowina and Hungary. The Teuton:!
under General Von Hindenberg are
making a desperate effort to estab
lish positions in’the two most im
portant sectors of the western front
at Vladimir Volynsk in the southwest
ern Volhynia and at Brzezany, in
Galicia, southeast of Lemberg. T1 e
Teutons are apparently convinced of
the futility of the campaign to drive
the Russians out of Galicia, and are
preparing for a winter tenure.
WORKKItH IN KELP
Hl’FKKR "KKLPITIS”
SAN FRANCISCO Oct. 24.—"Kelp
Itis" is the name given by doctors for
a mysterious irritation which has ap
peared recently on the bodies of work
ers in the kelp-potash industry off
the coast of San Diego, Cal., accord
ing to O. L. Lund, a kelp reaper hand,
who returned from San Francisco to
day.
"After two weeks on the reapers,”
said Lund, we found our legs and
arms swelling painfully. We were
forced to quit and go ashore. The
doctors did not seem to know what it
was, but after a week ashore the
swelling disappeared. The doctors
have coined a scienttc name for the
disease that sdtinds like ‘kelpltis,.’’
REPCBLCAN PARTY
CALLED WAR PARTY
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo., Oct 24.—
United States Senator Reed, of Mis
souri, in a speech here last night, said
that the republican party is becom
ing the war party of the country.
“Roosevelt Is in supreme control
of the republican party,” he said.
“Roosevelt’s speech delivered last
Saturday at Battle Creek, Mich., is
a battle cry. It is a demand for war
against Germany, which no rational
human being can mistake. His words
either are the demand of a sincere
man who believes our national hon
or was sacrificed when we failed to
go to war, and who proposes to wipe
out the stain of blood, or his words
are the mere vaprlngs of a demagogue
who hopes to gain political advantage
by arousing a war spirit with no pur
pose of actually bringing on a con
flict with Germany.”
GENERAL OROZCO AND
MANY OTHERS SHOT
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 24.—General
Orozco and 12 of his followers were
executed last week as a part of the
rigorous enforcement of the campaigr
against the bandits. Orozco was a
general under the Zapatas. Three
spies were also shot this week when
they were caught buying ammunition
at Oxachimilco.
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LORD GEORGE HAMILTON.
Commissioner Inquiring Into
Mesopotamia Mistakes.
1/ti ls IIIU, DENIES
PLAN FOR EXTENSION
WENATCHEE, Oct. 24.—"Tho
Great Northern will not build any
more lines in the State of Washing
ton as long as the taxes are as high
us they are now,” was the laconic re
ply of Louis W. Hill, president, when
asked if the Great Northern was con
nected with or backing the Methow
Valley & Eastern railway, which it
is said, proposes to build a railway
from IJateros up the Methow valley.
“No one connected with the Great
Northern has ever said or intimated
that it is behind the new company.”
Mr. Hill stopped off at Pateros and
motored to his ranch in the Methow
near Hwisp, where he made a brief
visit.
HI AM MINISTER HAS
RESIGNED PORTFOLIO
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct 18.—
William H. Ilornebrook. II. S. mini. -
ter to Siam, has tendered his resig
nation and will return to his home
in Albany, Oregon. The continue))
ill health of his children is assigned
as the cause of his resigning
DYE EXPORTS HAVE
INCREASED IN AUGUST
NEW YORK. Oct. 24. -During Au
gust $389,436 of American dyes were
shipped from this port to 32 foreign
countries or possessions. Shipments
to England exceeded those to any oth
er country and were valued at $68.
181. There was considerable distri
bution of American' dyes in South
America. The total dye exports were
an advance over those of July.
PROPOSAL TO NAME
NEW SHIPS FOR OLD
NEW YORK. Oct. 24.—It is pro
posed that the United States battle
cruisers—an entirely new class of
ships for the United States navy—be
named for the fighting ships of Amer
ican history, in a letter sent by the
American Defense Society to Secre
tary Daniels. The society says that
in so doing the Secretary of the Navy
“can do much to preserve the noble
traditions of our earlier navy and to
foster a revival of true patriotism."
H1NDENUURO AT 00 IS
HAILED AS GREAT GERMAN
BERLIN. Oct. 24.-7—Field Marshall
Von Hindeuburg. chief of the gener
al staff, yesterday celebrated his six
ty-ninth birthday at headquarters on
the Eastern front. The Berlin news
papers all published articles exalting
him as the greatest German of the axe
and expressing the fullest confidence
in his ability to lead the German arm
ies to victory.
Attention.
Don't forget the real, original barn
dance to be given by the Fraternal
Order of Eagles Hallowe'en. October
31. A rousing good time tor all. Uet
your tickets early and avoid the rush
Benjamin Kidd Dead.
LONDON, Oct. 24—Benjamin Kid.i,
author of works on socialist evolu
tion, which were translated into many
languages, died yesterday at South
Croydon. He was born ill 18GS.
The members of the Grand Jury
were guests of the management of the
Empress at a theatre party last night.
J. C. Tollman and Wrn. Kingsley,
members of the grand Jury from Sew
ard. will leave on the Admiral Farra
gut for home.