VOL 9. VALDEZ, ALASKA WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, ’13. N0. 99.
HOUSE COMMITTEE
KILLS OUR BILL
No Money for Road Commission,
Says Military Committee
Wickersham a: Member
Washington, D. C-, Feb. 5.—
The House Committee on Military
affairs has stricken from the army
bill the appropriation of 8100,000
asked for by Col. Richardson for
the construction of more trails
and roads in Alaska and for the
repair of the roads now in opera
I ion.
Col. Richardson is now in
Washigton conferring with the
heads of the War department, to
whom he has explained the urg
ency of the work, calling their
attention to the vast resources of
the territory, which will be open.,
ed up if the roads are built. He
was especially anxious that the
roads now in operation should be
kepi in repair.
The secretary of war included
the item of $100,000 in the gen
eral army bill, but it was strick
en from the bill by the House com
mittee on military affairs, which
consists of Messrs. Hay, Slayden,
Dent, Watkins, Conry, Hughes of
Georgia, Fields, Lewis, Sweet.
Patten of New York, Pepper, Ev
ans, Hamilton of West Virginia,
McKellar, Prince, Kahn, Burke of
Pennsylvania, Bradley, Anthony.
Tilson, Ames andAVickersham.
ASKS CONGRESS
FORME MONEY
Washington. I>. C.. Feb. 5.
Secrelary Fisher lias asked Hie
Elinise railroad eoininillee lor an
a|i|iro[iriation lo enable the Alas
ka railroad roniinission lo further
investigate Hie railroad possibil
ities of Alaska, telling them ■
Hie magnitude of the task before
the commission, last year permit -
ling them to follow only the beat
en pal bs of I ravel.
BAD Ml*
SURROUND NATIVES
London, Feb. 5.—During the
course of the inquiry being made
into Putumayo rubber scandal, it
is admitted that 30,00(1 natives
have been murdered during the
Iasi I - years by officials of one
company.
Chairman dubbins, of the Pe
rnvian-Amaznn Rubber company,
limited, in the course of his evi
dence said that the company had
spent $8,500 in the purchase of
rifles for its employes. He said
these rifles had been required for
Ihe protection of the company’s
officials and did not know that an
expedition against the natives
had been contemplated.
PLEADS INABILITY TO
PAY JUDGMENT
New York, Feb. 5.—Declaring
himself unable to pay a judgment
of $10,000 damages for breach of
promise and $100,000 damages
for libel to his former stenog
rapher, Ethel Quinn, obtained two |
years ago, Harry Thurston Peck,
a professor at Columbia univer
sity, has filed here a petition in
voluntary bankruptcy. Peck gave
his liabilities as $161,000 ,and de
clared his only assets were con
Iracts for royalties on puhlica
l ions he had written.
Geo. Reinke, the watch repairer
and jeweler, is at'the Valdez Drug
company.
FOR RENT—Two or three
rooms for rent next to cable of
fice. Inquire of F. M. Brown.
i POURING STEEL
INTOADRIANOPLE
Forty New Servian Seven-inch
Ouns Tweief Steady Stream
Steel hits Adrian op to.
London, Feb. 5.--Forty new
Servian seven-inch guns are
pouring a steady stream of steel
into Adrianople, doing great dam
age. The return fire from the
forts is weak.
A Bulgarian aeroplane sailed
over the city, noting the effects
of the bombardment and dropped
a proclamation demanding the
surrender of the city. The aero
plane service is proving a great
help in directing the artillery lire.
URGING WILSON
TO HELP ALASKA
Chas. Heffner and John Ballaine
Urging Wilson Recommend
Alaska Legislation.
Trenton, N. J., Feb. 5.—(’.has.
Heifncr and John E. Ballaine, of
the stale of Washington, are here
conferring with Wilson to urge
Alaska legislation.
ft is understood that the pres
ident-elect will recommend the
governmcTit building a railroad
from tide water to the interior.
TURNEDTHEHOSE
OK GOVERNMENT
London. Feb. 5.--Kitty Marion,
an actress, was sentenced in the
Bow street court to a month’s im
prisonment with llm option —
which she indignantly refused—
el paying 25 pound.- ($125) fine
for giving a false alarm of lire.
The magistrate made the sentence
exceptionally seven because of
the large number of such out
rages recently perpetrated l.y sul
fragets.
Miss Marion made a statement
in court throwing a curious light
upon the working of the sulTraget
mind. Three years ago. slit* said,
she appeared in the Row street
court on a charge of breaking a
window. She did that, she said,
in order to attract public atten
tion to the conditions of the
stage, which made it almost ini
pyssible for a woman to earn an
honest living. It was the unwrit
ten law that a woman who wanted
to go straight could not make her
way on the stage. She challeng
ed the Actors’ association to de
ny the truth of her statements.
Since then she lias been practi
cally boycotted out of the profes
sion, and iiad been obliged to turn
to other employment. She got
work as a domestic servant.
“All went well,” she continued,
“till my employer asked for my
insurance card. I told her I re
fused to pay any insurance tax,
and had to leave. Then if hap
pened that Irish women were be
trayed in Hie home rule bill. I
intended to make a much strong
er protest, but my friends of the
Women’s Social and Political Un
ion begged me not to do so, and
therefore I contented myself with
metaphorically turning the hose
bn the government."
Stammer Movements.
Mariposa, due here at midnight.
Alameda, sails from Seattle Sat
urday.
Yukon, passed Juneau this after-,
noon.
SPENDS NIGHT
IN CREVASSE
Fred Berg Goes Into Crevasse of
Valdez Glacier, Where He Re
mains Until Rcxt Day.
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Fred Berg reached town last
night about 6 o’clock after a most
thrilling all night’s experience,
caught in a crevasse of the Valdez
glacier . Fred left town Monday
morning at 6 o’clock for the Ram-’
say-Rutherford property to take
charge for the owners.
■After having been on the gJa
cier for a time until he was with
in a mile of the property, the,
wind came up so strong that ev
ery time he raised a foot the wind
caught his snowshoe, tripping
him. Finding himself unable to
make headway he decided to re
trace his footsteps to town.
Darkness came upon him, when
he slipped into a crevasse, land
ing on a small ledge within 12
feel of the surface, where he re
mained perched all night, suffer
ing considerably from the cold. In
the morning he managed to make
steps in the side of the crevasse
with his snow shoes, finally work
ing his way out of his perilous po
isition, managing to make his way
back io town by 0 o’clock in the
evening, having had nothing to
cal since the morning previous.!
His hands and feet were badly
swollen, but had resumed prac
tically their normal size this af
ternoon, although Mr. Berg is still
resting up from his long and try
ing vigil, which he is not at all
anxious to repeat, although lie*!
will renew bis journey to the
llamsay-llulherford as soon as he
feels himself able.
W. .1. Callaghan, superintend
ent id' the Alice properties, came
up from Slump bay this morn- j
ing and reports that he is mak
ing eight and niny feel a day in
the drift.
armyTorgeiTTs !
BEING SOUGHT
Tacoma, Felt. 5_Willi a
charge of forging several thou
sand dollars' worth of government
checks against him, it is alleged,
Edward H. Smith, a former United
Stales soldier stationed at Fort
SI. Michael, Alaska, and secretly
indicted in Tacoma, is being
sought by police departments
throughout, the United Stales.
Marshal J. H. H; Jacoby has is
sued instructions to apprehendj
the accused, if possible, and hold |
him until he can he returned to
Tacoma to stand trial. Smith's
residence is supposed lo he in To
ledo, O. However, he has disap
peared from that section ami is
though! lo he somewhere in I lie
West.
Tlie accused is charged with
forging and passing checks while
he was stationed in Alaska. Just
what his system was in issuing
those checks which he is accused
of abstracting will not he revealed
by government officials.
The launch Flirt will sail
Thursday noon for T.andlnck, Kl
lamar and way ports.
Tells Prohi’a se Human.
Indianapolis, Fell. 5.—George C.
Pennell, of Pennsylvania, in ad
dressing the prohibition national
conference here urged that “we
be just like other people,” and
said that the goody-goody atti
tude, hurt the party’s cause. “We
have conducted our campaign,”
Mr. Pennell declared, so that a
man had to be a saint before he
could vote the prohibition ticket.
1 am sick anil tired of hearing
I rohihit ionists tell each other how
good they are.”
FAGERBERG OUTFIT
ARRIVES VALDEZ
Blackburn Storekeeper Tolls of
Wbrk in Konnicott Section—
Much Development Planned.
Harry Fagerberg, I,be Blackburn
storekeeper, arrived in Valdez last
night with four head of stock to
purchase feed for his roadhouse.
He said:
“The tieup of the railroad has
caused considerable trouble in the
‘interior, as none of us were pre
pared for such a long shut-down
and we have run out of food for
our stock. We were able to pur
chase one ton at Chitina, but ten
head will soon get to the bottom
of that ton so we decided to come
to Valdez and replenish our
si nek.
“The future for I hat seel ion has
never been brighter than it it is
at this time. The Bonanza have
eight feet of copper glance in the
400-fool level and the Jumbo
property, owned by the same cor
poration, is also showing up well,
and i( is intended to construct a
tram to the Jumbo this summer.
The tram, which was partially de
stroyed when the loading lower
was burned, has been repaired, so
lhal timbers can he sent up for
the construction of the new load
ing station, which is now being
erected. The cable was not dam
aged al I lie lime of the tire, and
has been rest retched and will an
swer all purposes until the line is
reopened and more permanent re
pairs are made.
"F. F. Bray will install a Irani
to the Regal property, owned by
( real Northern Development com
pany. this summer and will com
mence shipping. The Regal is to
rated on I he island in the Ken
nicott glacier, and it is said that
it will show up as well as the Bon
anza.”
Mr. Fagerberg will leave in I lie
morning on his return to Black
burn.
PANIC AVtRTED
MEANS OF MUSIC
New York. Fall. 5.—Singing
“Onward, Christian Soldiers,’’ 200
children, members of a Sunday
school class, marched out of t heir
class room here Iasi Sunday
through smoke from a lire’ that
destroyed the l.orimer Memorial
Baptist church. Mrs. lilmcr An
derson, organist.. and Miss Mar
Ilia Marquardl, teacher of a pri
mary class, played Hie music and
led I lie singing until all the chil
dren were in safely. By that lime
Hie (lames were so close lo I he
I wo women t hat I hey were forced
I i lice, abandoning I heir coats and
furs.
The lire was discovered by a po
liceman while the Sunday school
was in session. Investigating
smoke coming from a window he
found that the entire basement
of the church was on tire. He ran
upstairs and asked the teachers of
the Sunday school to play some
thing the children could march to.
The entire structure was in flames
by the time -ne last child was nut
and the two teachers had escap
ed. ;
The members of the Arctic
iVotherhood decided Iasi evening
to make their annual Faster ball
this year one that you will be leii
ing your grandchildren about >0
years hence, and, as one of the
brothers said, “It will make the j
inaugural bail at Washington. I).
n., look like a barn dance.’’ S i I he
ladies can now star) getting I heir
Boslumes ready for the season's
event, which we are sure will he
worth while.
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Says I |o myself, says I: The
Prospector is t.he paper to buy, 1
says I.
LARGE PROFIT
Supt. Lopp Claims Government
Made Profit $900,000 Dur
ing Twenty Years.
Washington, D. C„ Feb. 5.—
Alaska Superintendent of Educa
tion Lopp has submitted figures
to the government showing the
profit in raising reindeer.
By this report he shows that
the government’s profit in the
reindeer industry during the past
20 years to be 8900,000. The na
tives own 2 4,000 reindeer, while
the government lias I 4.000 head,
valued at 825 each.
FISHEROPPOSES
THE GOAL COURT
Admits Department Acted Dog in
Manger> But Says Court
Would Prove Worse.
Washington, I>. K* n. r>.—
While before the committee op
posing the bill providing for a
court to settle Alaska coal titles,
in answer to pointed finest ions
the Interior department bad act
ed the dog in the manger towards
Alaska coal claimants since I(iii'i,
but says a court would not prove
as liberal towards the coal claim
ants as the department lias been.
FORTUNE SPENT
ON BULL CALF
•)•>'more, Kas., Fell. 5.--The fa
mous “calf case" is ended. Four i
years ago Probate Judge Bars tow
bought a calf. E. Netigate claim
ed ownership and brought a re
plevin suit. Both were prominent
men, and Hodgeman county, a
cattle region, where men would
fight willingly for the “principle"
involved, divided. Four years of
litigation followed. The slate's
best legal talent was employed.
Ranchers waxed hot. and while
$2,500 was being spent for its
possession the little $12 calf died.
But this did not stay the con
flict. By general agreement tile
calf was skinned and the fight
continued over the possession of
the bide. Expert veterinarians and
cattle dealers were called to tes
tify regarding markings on the
bide. One side contended they
were brands: the other barbed
wire cuts. The climax came when
the hide was introduced in evi
dence in the last trial and the
bide showed no markings what
ever. The skin of the disputed
calf had been stolen. In disgust
the jury has returned a verdict for
the defendants, Barstow and Sch
ultz.
Alameda to Sail.
Seattle, Feb. 5.—The Alameda
will sail for the north oil Satur
day.
Early Run of Salmon.
Ketchikan, Feb. 5.—The spring
run of salmon has begun, it be
ing the earliest in many years.
The local fishermen are reaping a
harvest.
An Expansive Strike.
New York, Feb. 5.—One month’s
strike of the garment workers
cost both sides thirty million dol
lars. Work in this branch of
trade has resumed almost its nor
mal condition. .
Chinese noooies auu chop sue>
cl Valdez Cafe after 7 p. m.
801 THROWER
CONFESSES
Admits Murder of His Own
Daughter and Sought Life of
Judge Rolasky.
New York, Feb. 5.--John Far
rell, a janitor, has confessed to
having killed Mrs. Herrerra on
Sunday Iasi by leaving a home
made bond) at her door. He bomb'
ed his own daughter a year ago
and attempted to bomb Judge Rol
asky last March for imaginary
grievances. This attempt failed,
as I lie policeman on guard took
the bomb and instead of sending
it to the proper authorities he at
tempted to open the package with
the result that his own hand was
blown off.
It was Judge Rolasky who .sen
tenced Brandt to thirty years im
prisonment for robbing the Sell iff
mansion and subsequently at
tempted to blacken the names of
women of the household.
Big Haul by Thieves.
Chicago, Feb. 5.--W. 1). Wade,
50 years old, president of the Aus
tralian Marine Fibres, limited; a
foreign corporation, who arrived
here recently on his way to Lon
don. reported to the police that,
a satchel containing stock in the
company of the par value of
s 500,000, had been stolen from a
Chicago railway station.
SOCIETY SCANDAL
AIFEDJN COURT
Aitkin. Feb. 5.--Wit nesses in
the prosecution of "Meanly”
JTeach. charged with having slash
ed his wife with a knife. Instilled
that after The assault they heard
a rapping at the door.and a voice
say: "This is Mcach: let me in.”
.None saw the assault.
mariposaIue
LATE TONIGHT
The S. S. Mariposa was report
ed due at Cordova at 2 o’clock this
afternoon and il was said would
remain in the railroad town for
two hours. Stic should arrive in
Valdez not later than midnight.
The Mariposa has 50 laborers on
board for Ihe railroad, who will be
rushed out Ihe line lo aid Ihe men
who have been working' for the
last six weeks to clear Ihe line of
snow and ice.
The Valdez creek hydraulic <ml -
til. in charge of Win. Soule, is al
so on Ihe Mariposa, wilh ten head
of slock billed lo Valdez. The out
lit will be taken from here to Val
dez creek immediately. The com
missaries are now ready also,
having been ordered by telegraph
from S. Itlnin & Co., who have the
supplies all packed and ready for
tin* trail.
EVELYN NOW SAYS
SHE IS BUSTED
New York, Feb. 5.—Through an
attorney, Mrs. Evelyn Thaw, wife
of Harry K. Thaw, slayer of Stan
ford White, admitted today that
she is penniless and unable to
stand the expense of a second
trial of the suit of Corham & Co.,
jewelers, to recover $2,000 worth
of jewels. It is alleged Mrs.
Thaw purchased the gems while
ter husband was awaiting his sec
ond trial and that no settlement
lias been made.
Peppery Missives.
London, Feb. 5.--The sulfraget
les sent letters to merribers of the
cabinet containing capsicum,
causing Ihe officials to sneeze.
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