VOL 9 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, '13. NO. 118.
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COMMUTE HEARS
FROM ns
Who Are Urging That the Courts
be Given Jurisdiction Over
Land Cases.
Washington, 1>. C., Feb. 27.—
T. P. McDonald ami other prom
inent Alaskans have appeared be
fore the Senate committee urging
that the bill which provides the.I
ealrymen r ay appeal from (he
decisions of I lie land department
•‘o the courts of the land, be
passed.
They point out tlint the actions
of Hie department have retarded
the development of the country
and that the department has in
no manner Ween fair to the
claimants, who have spent time
and money and suffered many
hardships to prospect, locate and
develop lhe coal lands, and that
the department, without giving
a fair hearing, have set entries
aside..
They ask that .every dog be
given his day in court and that
the star chamber proceedings of
Hie land department be revised in
open court.
HUMBOLDT CASE IN
SUPREME COURT
Appeal Taken by the Government
Against Judge Lyons’ Rul
ing Now Up.
Washington, I*. C.. L'eli.
The l.'niled Slates Supreme Court
is now hearing the'Humboldl ease
upon an appeal from the decision
rendered hy .fudge Lyons that the
tiller-slate Commerce Commis
sion must first rule on the rea
sonableness of the rales before
a prosecution can lie.
The government appealed from
this decision, which is a new
point, as in the states all the
roads and public carriers have
been investigated by the Inter
state Commerce Commission and
they have made rulings, but in
Alaska the commission .refused
for many years to take any ac
tion, claiming that they had no
jurisdiction until they were man
damus'ed hy the court and the
commission must now take action
on complaints against Alaska
carriers.
Judge Overlleld lias also rilled
l.lie same way in cases against
the Southeastern Alaska steam
ship companies and the govern
ment has also appealed from his
decisions.
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SERVE lU CABINET
Washington, I>. C., Feb. 27.—
Milchuil Palmer, representative
for the Twenty-sixth district of
Pennsylvania, has refused the
position of Secretary of W ar un
der President Wilson, giving as
his reason that he is a Quaker.
Mr. Palmer has been a member
of the House for four years and
defeated his Republican opponent
by a two to.one vote. .
FOR SALE—Paxsons roadhouse,
store and postoffice business,
probably as good and complete
a plant, in as good location, as
there is in Alaska. Undoubtedly
the best roadhouse stand on the
Fairbanks trail. Reason for offer
ing for sale want to go outside.
For particulars address A. J. Pax
sori, Paxson, Alaska.
If von wan! all the news all the
lime, read the Prospector.
PRETTY FIGHT
OH THE FLOOR
Sergeant-at-Arms EJeots Con
gressman Murray for Fighting
With Alexander.
Washington, I). C., Feb. 27.
| Congressman Joseph J. Russell,
of Missouri, was ejected from
the House of Representatives to
day by the sergeant-at-arms for
fighting with Congressman Josh
ua W. Alexander, of the same
state.
The House was in an uproar
during the scrap and the men
tumbled around, knocking desks
and papers about until the mace
was brought, but when they re
fused to stop at the order of the
speaker and also refused to re
cognize the mace, the sergeant
at-arms was directed to eject
Russell, who continued the light
ing after being separated from
Alexander. Both members are
Democrats.
NO NIL H
(t
English Suffragette Refuses to be
Orderly-if Released and
is Held.
I,imilihi. Fell. -7.—Mrs. Pank
hurst was committed to jail today
after refusing to promise In be
orderly If released, and upon her
refusal to promise In lie good
she was held with bail.
Immediately the followers of
the suffrage! I e leader began
burning the grand stand in the
Epson race course, where the
great English horse races are
conducted; The English Derby
also takes place on this course.
The women declare that the men
shall have no pleasure unlil wom
an gets her rights.
Cirouit Court Holds That Money
Damage Cannot lie Recover
ed by Government.
San Francisco, Feb. -'7.—The
Circuit Court of Appeals today
handed down a decision revers
ing Judge Muraner who held that
the government could enter suit
for the recovery of taxes due the
government from the Seward rail
road.
The Circuit Court of Appeals,
which reviewed the case, holds
that the government’s only rem
edy is by a criminal action.
Taxes upon the railroad have
not been paid for many years.
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About the Dike Bill.
The dike bill has three times
passed the Senate through the ef
forts of Senator Nelson, who was
asked to aid the bill by Col. Rich- j
ardson, but it has failed of pass
age in the House because of op
position. Up to the present time
it has failed of passage in the
lower House, but is now in con
ference and if the committee
agree it will be referred to the
House and passed.
FOR RENT—Five room tiouse
on Sherman St. Inquire of Mrs.
H. I.eavel. \
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WILSON RESIGNS
IS GOVERNOR
Will Cease to be at'Head of New
Jersey Government on Next
Saturday.
Trenton, N. J., Feb. 27.—Gov
ernor Woodrow Wilson today
sent his resignation to the Sec
retary of State to take efl'ect Sat
urday, March 1st.
The lower house immediately
defeated the passage of the Wil
son jury reform bill. The gov
ernor has been at outs with the
lower house for some time, the
Smith Democrats and the Repub
licans combining against him, de
feating the measures he advocat
ed.
PARIS BANDITS
ARE CONVICTED
Three Women and One Man Ac
quitted, While Eighteen Men
Are Convicted.
Paris. Feb. ^7.--Tin* trial of
the gang of bandits who for many
months terrorized Paris and the
surrounding provinces, was com
pleted today, when a verdict was
rendered finding 18 men .guilty,
xmd freeing three women and one
.man, -who had also been chaff
ed with being members of the
gang.
Tile "aulo bandits." as they
were railed, robbed and murdered
right and left and when finally
brought to a stand in an old barn
they fought the police for many
hours until many of the crooks
were killed ami the building was
set on lire by I he besieging
fi lives.
MORE TROUBLE
FOR BIG MERGER
Southern and Union Pacific Can
not Use One Another's Tracks,
Says State Commission.
San Francisco, Feb. 27—The
state railroad commission today
decided that the Union and
Southern Pacific could not use
one another’s tracks to the ex
clusion of any other road.
This decision blocks any chance
of the dissolution of the merg
er made by the two. roads, as
provided by Attorney General
Wickersham some time ago. This
plan is knocked sky-high by the
decision of the state board to al
low the use of the tracks inter
changeable with one another. A
new plan will now have to be
worked out in conformity with
the decision of the supreme court
and the state board.
The White family, who arriv
ed in Valdez on the last boat, left
this morning with two horses,
along with several others, for
Fairbanks.
Jack Hanson is sick at Beaver
pain and Mrs. Jepson will leave
jas soon as Miss Jessie recovers.
She hopes to get away Saturday.
The McIntosh stage left this
morning with mail and passen
gers for (he interidf.
.Arthur Hill is over from I he
Midas property.
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LONE HIGHWAYMAN
KILLS TWO MEN
Sticks Up Dozen Men on Streets
of Kansas City, Kills Two
and is Captured.
Kansas City, Feb. 27.—A lone
highwayman held up a i dozen
men on the streets of this city
last night and finally killed two,
who refused to hold up their
hands.
The robber then ran, but was
pursued by the police and a mob,
was captured and nearly lynched
by the angry crowd. The police,
however, succeeded in taking him
to the station. The robber re
fuses to give his name and noth
ing is known of him here.
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WICKERSHAM ON
WIT TO JUNEAU
Delegate Wants to Help Territor
’ ial Legislature Get Ready
for Business.
Seattle, Kelt. 21.— Delegate
Wickersham of Alaska is hereon
his way to Juneau, where he ex
pects to take a hand in organiz
ing the first territorial, legisla
ture and outlining proposed lulls
for enactment info law.
Wickersham predicts defeat of
the (lending hill in congress pro
viding for disposal of I he sus
pended coal land applications hy
a specially crealcd court. He says
the opposition of Secretary Kish
er will defeat I he hill.
The delegate also expressed the
belief that the Valdez dike hill
will pass the house, it having
passed the Senate some time ago.
JAP BILL KILLED
IN WASHINGTON
Effort to Prevent Aliens From
Owning Land in Die State
is Defeated.
Olympia, Feb. :J7.—The bill to
prevent the ownership of land in
this state by aliens has been de
feated in the senate.
The anti-Japanese crusade was
the cause of the introduction of
the bill and race feeling in this
state is growing stronger every
year against the oriental race.
The Department of State at
Washington requested Gov. Les
ter to hold up the bill, as the Ja
panese ambassador has entered a
protest against lhe measure as
aimed at his countrymen, and a
violation of the treaty rights of
this,country with Japan.
Dog Race at 8eward.
Al. Taylor's dog team won first
money at Ihe Seward dog race
held on Washington’s birthday.
Al. Chamberlain received the sec
ond cash and Phil Hickey gather
ed in the last money. The race
was over an 18-mile course—nine
miles out the railroad and back
to town.
From the Fairbanks papers we |
receive the information that!
Supt. Geiger bad promised them j
that Ihe road would be open ami
running three trains a week after
the,20th of February. “Look out
for the Cars.”
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EXPLOSION KILLS
TWO HUNDRED
Premature Ignition of Four Tons
of Powder Wipes Out Bunch
of Spectators.
I
Gijon, Spain, Feb. 27.—A pre
mature explosion here today kill
ed two hundred spectators, who
were watching government engi
neers send off a big charge of
four tons of powder to blast a
road around a hill.
Many women and children were
in the crowd and were killed,
while more than a hundred are
wounded and are being cared for
at the hospital and at the church,
whieih has ,been I turned into a
temporary hospital.
The government immediately
dispatched a special train with
doctors and nurses and will care
for the wounded. No reason can
be assigned for the explosion, as
all those near it and in any man
ner accountable were among the
killed.
HUNDREDS^
FRIEDMAN’S AID
Waiting at His Hotel to See Ger
man Doctor—Says He Will
Give Cure to the World.
New York. Feb. 2 7.—I *r. Fred
erick Friedman has been besieg
ed by hundreds of consumptives
to cure i hem. Men. women and
children are crowding around the
hotel asking to see the German
physician, and In beg his aid in,
curing them of I he dread disease.
The scenes about the lobb\ and
near the building are very pa
t hel ir.
Dr. Friedman has announced
Iliat lie will give the cure free to
the world and that the govern
ment will make a lest of the mer
its of his serum.
C°SKS
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The Sam* Old Story in the
8ame Old Way—Believe
It if You Can.
The Cordova road will be open
in three days—this is the story
now told by Cordova people. It
is the same story they have been
telling to the world since last De
cember and have never yet made
their word good.
The rotary has reached mile
92 according to I he last reports,
and was having much trouble
with the ice on the tracks, which
has to be picked from the road
by muckers.
Supt. Hockafellow says that
he expects the road will be open
before the arrival of the North
west ecu, which is to leave Seattle
a day late, thus giving the road
an extra day to accomplish its 80
day I ask of clearing the line. He
says that his company can make
the change from Tiekhell to OhiI —
ina at live minutes’ notice.
Jake Heplinger left fur Juneau
nn Ihe Mariposa. Jake wants the
job as sergeant-at-arms of the
lower house ami claims to have
the promise of enough members
to laitil Ihe plum.
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NUT FACTORY SUPT.
DEMANDED MONEY
Attorney Auhut, When Examined,
So Tells the investigat
ing Committee.
Albany, X. V., Feb. 27.--Attor
ney John Anhut, of White Plains,
who was accused of offering a
bribe of $20,000 to Supt. Rus
sell, of the Mattewan insane asy
lum, provided the superintendent
would aid in the escape of Harry
Thaw, murderer of Stanford
White, today testitled that lie did
not offer a bribe to Russell, but
on the contrary that Russell de
manded money from him and
agreed to aid in Thaw’s escape if
it was forthcoming.
The charges will be sifted to
the bottom and Supt. Russell will
be called upon to explain how it
was that he did not make charges
directly against Auhut when he
offered the money, and why he
refused to tell the name of the
bribe-giver when first asked to
do SO.
TRAIL EXCELLENT
SAYS PROSSER
Lieutenant Returns From Trip of
Inspection—Outfits Mak
ing Good Time.
I.ieul. Prm.MT. I lie rliiel' signal
• •Hirer in charge of I lie military
and cable telegraph lines in Ibis
seel inn. re I nrncil ye >|e rdny from
a trip of inspection which look
him in as far as Paxsons.
I.ieul. Prosser is loud in his
praise of the Valdez trail, which,
he says, was never in better shape
Ilian il is al the present time.
The outfits are all making good
time, the mild weather has made
sledding a pleasure and the teams
are all hauling big loads.
The roadhouses from Valdez to
Paxsons are all doing a good uus
iness and are making every effort,
to deserve the patronage of the
nuishers. Meals have been uni
formly good and Blix’s roadhouse,
at the Center, is doing a well de
served business.
The Submarine and the Whale.
A squadron of submarines an
chored in an Atlantic port found
itself surrounded by ten whales.
To the astonishment of the men,
these mammals escorted the ves
sels as they moved. It is believ
ed, from observation of whales,
• they never descend lower
descended with the submarines
• an forty meters, and this school
I<> that depth.
hoosIdefem
NAVAL PLANS
Washington, 1*. C.. Feb. -’7.—
The House today defeated the
plan to huild two liattleships a
year for the American navy. The
debate was a warm one, hut the
Democrats were determined to
retrench, and the saving of 820.
000,000 a year is declared by
them to he of more use than the
battleships.
Thomas Mctiill left for the cap
ital last night and hopes to re
ceive an appointment from the
new territorial legislature.
Mrs. J. T. Hanson left for Se
attle on last night's steamer.
Reinke, expert repairer, at the
Valdez Drug company.
Chinese noodles and chop suey
at Valdez Cafe after 7 p. m.