V0L VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1913. WO. 320.
GREAT RESCUE
NIAGARA FALLS
Motor Boat Caught in Whirlpool
for Four Hours—Swimmer
Saves Captain.
Niagara Falls, N, Y., Oct. 24.—
Peter I.angeard made the trip
through the Niagara river today
for a moving picture concern.
J.angeard used a powerful mo
tor boat and when he was in the
whirlpool a log hit his propeller,
breaking it off and for four
hours he drifted about in the pool
while hundreds of people on the j
shore helplessly watched his vain
efforts to get the boat out of the
pool and toward' the river bank.
(ieorge I'resfon. a powerful
swimmer, lied a light line to his
body and when the boat was near
I he outer end of the pocd he swam
In the boat and was hauled
aboard by I.angeard and the life
line was lied about the two men
and Ihe\ were hauled to the hank
almost drowned from being
drawn under the water while be
ing hauled ashore.
Ill), millin' onai was miamion
,.<| and was later sucked down ami
disappeared.
The crowd Dll I lie bank num
bered thousands when ]*r*'slnn
ami l.angeard were brought to
laml anil they eheei'eii fur sev
i i'al minutes the daring rescue.
The movie man secured 111 ins
worlh thousands of dollars and
chartered a special car I" return
In Niagara In secure more Him,a*
his supply was exhausted before
1 I lie rescue was made.
min
MIES REPORT
That is What the Dispatches
Say, But Col. Richardson
Thinks Different.
Washington, del. g>i.~The an
imal reporl of l.ieul. Col. \\ . I*.
Richardson, as eliairinan of Hie
Hoard of Alaska Road Commis
sioners, has heeif issued, being
published in pamphlet form.
When shown Hie above dis
patch Col. Richardson. I lie chair
man of Ihe commission, staled
:hal Ihe hoard had finished the
animal reporl of I In* commission
Pul I bat il could li<>1 have reach
ed Washington as ye|, as il was
only mailed on Ihe soiilhhound
Alameda.
The report referred Lo is prob
ably Iasi, year's reporl, for which
(lie War department lias receiv
ed many requests owing to Ihe
great interest in the new camps
discovered the past summer. It
is possible that the department
has published a second edition of
last year’s report to meet the
demand.
STATE RESTS II
MURDER TRIAL
Plymouth. Mass., Oct. -1.
The stale concluded its ease
against Mrs. Joseph 0. Kalon, the
wife nf the former rear admiral
■ •I the American navy, who is
charged with the murder of her
hushaml, who died from the ef
fects of arsenic poisoning. The
defense will now commence and
I In* attorneys for Mrs. . Ka lon
elaim Ihe\ will easily pi-ove the
... their client.
’I Prospector tor .job work.
NEW YORK FINDS
MW INDICTMENT
Charges Crazy Man With Con
spiracy—‘l-awyers Marvel at
Jerome’s Action.
New York, Oct. -'7.--The New
York grand jury today returned
an indictment against Harry
Thaw, the escaped lunatic from
Mattewan asylum, charging him
with conspiracy in making his
escape from the institution.
The indictment was made at
the special request of Attorney
William Travers Jerome, who is
a special allorney representing
the slate in its efforts to secure
the reurn of Ihe prisoner from
New Hampshire, where he is held
awaiting Ihe decision of (tover
imr Kelknor on the request of
(ioYornor (ilynn for Ihe extra
dition of Thaw.
Lawyers in New York laugh a I.
Hie indictment of a man already
adjudged an insane person, be
cause under I lie law of all slates
mi insane person can commit a
crime, and as New York stale
considers Thaw an insane per
son he cannot in this slate com
mit any crime. However, Jerome
thinks i| is necessary to charge
Thaw with a crime, else Gover
nor I'VIker will refuse to turn
Thaw over lo the New Y ork oil i
cers.
On September -Mrd. Jerome in
his argument before Gov. Fciker
staled that an indielmenl had
been found againsl Thaw, hut the
atorneys for Thaw called his
satemenl and demanded that lie
produce the indictment, which he
was unable to do. II is expected
that charges will lie preferred
againsl Jerome for unprofes
sional conduct for making a
positive statement and knowing
il lo lie an unlrnlh.
Thaw anil his attorneys were
so certain llial im indictment hail
been found against him llial In*
oll'ered himself, ami his attorneys
fur him. llial if .lei'iune would
produce I lie iniliel me ill al llial
lime, in- would show williin a
I'easonahle lime that the indicl
nienl had been found, that he
would return voluntarily, waiv
ing all extradition proceedings.
Jerome. however. refused lu
come across will) the indictment
he had staled had been returned
by the Dulchess county grand
jury between September 8th and
22nd.
TORNADO STRIKES
LOUISIANA STATE
New Orleans, Oct. i — A tor
nado passed over the southern
section of Louisiana Iasi night
and as a result two people arc
dead, a score inured and a mil
lion dollars worth of property
has been destroyed. The small
loss of life is unaccountable, as
the storm was one of the most
severe that, has ever visited this
| sect ion. The negroes began
| praying, expecting the arrival of
i the Lord and the end of the world.
Weather Report.
Oct. 23, IS* 13.
Harometric Pressure ....29.828
Temperature al 7 p. m. ..3i
Maximum Temperature ..it
| Minimum Temperature ..30
| Mean Temperature .35.5
I Precipitation .00
Cloudy, calm, wind N. E. three
j miles, rained at night.
J,. JONES.
Stockholders Meeting.
| The regular annual meeting of
j the Hunker Hill Cold Mining
1 company will he held in the of
: lice of Oeorge J. Love on Tues
day, November 5th, at 8 p. in.
E. J. ANDERSON, Sec’y.
i The Three M., left .the Valddez
dock this morning at 7:30 for
. Cordova and way port's. Many
Cordova people, who have been
, in Valdez attending court, left on
tbe boat for their homes.
WILL NOT TALK
ABOUT BO
Army and Navy Is Ready to In
tervene When the Word Is
Given.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 21.—
President Wilson, for the first
time since the Mexican situation
became acute, has refused to
| make any comment, of the out
look for peace or the intentions
of the government with reference
to the continued unsettled con
ditions in the neighboring repub
lic.
II i*s known that the adminis
tiTlion is preparing to lie ready
to handle the situation at the
coming election in Mexico and
the troops along tin* border are
being reenforced, Hie fleet is be
ing coaled and made ready for
action, while a number of trans
ports are kept in condition for
instant use, should il lie deter
mined (o send the* marines, now
at Norfolk, lo Mexico.
The War Department, in con
ned ion with I he Navy Deparl
I. have worked out a plan
of campaign, should intervention
he decided upon, and they are in
readiness lo start when the word
is given.
NO PURLIGITY
GIVEN 10 ROAST
—
I
I Interior Devartm®nt Refused to
Print Warren ffloorehouse’s
Criticism.
I Washington, l>. 0.. Ocl. i’i.—
| Tile Oepartinenl nf the Inlerinr
I lias refuseii In publish the severe
j eril ieism nf I be department made
j by Warren Moorehnuse, who has
called I he attention of the de
partment ofllcials to Ihe terrible
wrongs and injustice done to the
Indians in Oklahoma and the
fright ful suffering of many fam
ilies of the tribes because of the
departmental red tape and graft.
Missionaries working among
(lie natives substantiate the
charges made by Mr. Moorehnuse
and say Mini Oougrcss is respon
sible for Ihe wrongs done the
rednien.
FAKIRS WORK
AMERICANS
i _
! Sell Fifty Million Worth of Use
I
l°ss Medicine to Cure Tu
'erculosis.
Berlin, Oct. 2 4.--The Inter
national Anti-Tuberculosis con
vention delegates, now in this
city, declare that the American
people are the iVirrst gullible and
f.he easiest picking for the swin
dler and seller of patent medi
cines. It is estimated that $50,
000,000 worth of fake medicines,
said to cure the white plague, un
disposed pf yearly in America
alone.
No sure cure has been discov
ered for the disease to dale, ac
cording to the congress of e\
j peris now in session and the on
' ly remedy, they assert, is plenty
j of fresh air.
I Lay aside your cares and rou
j bles and dance at Kagle Hall to
morrow night.
GOVERNMENT
SHOULD CONTROL
Vanderlip Against Politicians and
Wall Street Control of
Central Bank.
Washington, Oct. Ui. — banker
Vanderlip, lormerly with the Un
ited States Treasury, and now
president of the National City
bank of New Yolk, appeared be
fore the Senate currency com
mittee and advocated that the
Class currency bill be so amend
ed that the cential bank propos
ed by the bill shall be operated
and controlled by the govern
ment.
The present plan of part po
litical control and part Wall
street control, he stated, would
not work to advantage, and the
government should take full
charge of lie bank or else allow
the bankers to control and hold
them responsible, hut of the two
plans he favored the control of
the central bank by the govern
ment.
Visitors in the city are espec
ially invited to attend the dance
at Ka'gle Hall tomorrow night]
There will he somebody to lake
care of them.
AMERIGANSHIPS
GO TO EUROPE
Nine Dreadnaughts Will Sail Sat
urday for Mediterranean Sea
to Make Demonstration.
\Vashin-lon. Orl. i_.Nine
Vmericaii ilreatlnailfjiils, the ninsl
powerful lifihfiiiK' hoals of llic
I ailed Stales navy, will leave
! Norfolk on Saturday for I lie Med
iterranean sea for I lie winter
cruise.
Tile niovenieni of I lie ld(i ships
al this lime is also in the nature
of a demoiisl rat ion to show the
powers that the American navy
is prepared for any emergency.
Only one hallleship is now sta
tioned in Mexican waters, the
smaller fiunhoals and cruisers
alone heina used hy the Navy de
partment for that work.
seaikbill
PASSES SENATE
New Measure is LaFollette’s
Substitute for Act Against
Wich Powers Objected.
Washington, Ocl. i.-The Un
ited States Senate today passed
the La Follelle seaman’s Idll,
which is a substitute for the
measure proposed some time
ago,, tint which was objected to
because it would violate I he
treaty rights of foreign powers.
The protest from European
powers, headed by (Serman.v,'
England, France and Spain, was
so great that the administration
requested a change in the bill.
President Furusufh, of the
Seaman's Union, praises the
measure and says that after
years of ell'orl n bill lias been
passed to give greater freedom to
the seamen and will equalize
wages, while providing for t|ie
safety of American seamen.
SUMMERS APPEAL
AI WASHINGTON
Supreme Court Hears Novel Plea
From Albert Fink—History
of the Case.
Washington, Oct. -i.—Albert
Fink and Louis i’. Shackleford,
appeared before the Supreme
Court here today and argued the.
Summers case, now on appeal
from the decision of Judge
Thomas It. Lyons, who commit
ted Banker Summers to Ihe pen
itentiary for live years.
Fink made a most novel plea,
claiming that because his client
would not plead guilt.' or not
guilty, therefore the court could
not sentence him nor caild Sum
mers lie senleneed without a jury
trial.
According to F.nk, Summers
has been deprived of Ins consti
1111 i < > 11 a I rigid of a I rial b,* jury.
The Summers ease grew oul of
the near failure of Ihe First Na
tional Bank of Juneau. 'Iirough
the misappropriation of is funds
by Summers, its president. Sum
mers expected lo lie freed be
cause of his close persona!
friendship for Shackleford and
Judge Lyons, who, prior lo his
elevation In Ihe bench. 11;i■ I been
attorney for Summers. However,
when Summers refused lo plea l
to Ihe indielmenl Juifge Lyons
sentenced him lo the penitentiary
for a period of five years, iiiueb
to the surprise of Summers and
! his attorney. Shackleford,
j The ease was appealed lo l in*
j circuit rourl of appeals al San
■ Francisco. Iml the decision of I lie
| Juneau jurist was sustained and
I an appeal was then taken in Ihe
I Supreme Court of the I idled
j Slates and Ihe argument on Ihe
I appeal was heard delay.
A fter t lie linaneial «•<nut11 ii.it of
j |.|n> .limeaii hank heeam • known
Bradley. of Douglas, look a .t
I lie hank ami placed it upon its
feel, assuming the hail papei of
Summers. The hank is now one
i of I he most prosperous in I lie
i lerrilorv.
I _
i Alameda Reaches Spirit City.
j Seattle. Del. 2 5.--The steam
ier Alameda reached here this
morning from I he norl h with
many passengers.
I CLEAN MONEY
IS VERY SCARCE
; Washington. D. ('... Del. 2 1.
I For the lirst lime in many years
| I he I niled Slates treasury is
Icurctilaling dirty and timeworn
| currency. The treasury's supply
inf paper for the printing of mon
ley is delieicnl hy titl.tlim.ntm
sheets, or enough to make 2 50,
1)0(1.mm notes. The prohahle val
ue is in excess of $1,000,000,000.
Because of this scarcity of paper,
Treasuer Burke gave orders to
day that no paper money, how
ever dirty, should be destroyed.
The failure of the money washing
machine to effect as great a sav
ing as anticipated is said to be
responsible for the dearth of pa
per.
Tilt* ladies of I he Congrega
tional Church wish l.o thank all
the friends, wjio*so ably and well,
prepared tho dinner al the
church, and all those who. by
I heir g ifts and Work and allentl
i ance, made the dinner such a
success*. About *10!) was realiz
ed, and ..we are all more than
satislled with I lie excellent pat
| rojiage of Valdez.
I' *- ’ __
Situation Wanted.
! By man and wonian as cooks
jor man to work in mine or camp.
Atldress Box l‘>5, Valdez Alaska.
j _
Underwear Sale.
i The lug reduction sale on win
I ler underwear, sweaters, konin
! mis now on al 'Harvey's Toggery.
MINERS WORKING
SAVE COMRADES
Gases May Prevent Work—Can
Work Only Fifteen-Min
ute Shifts.
Dawson, N. M., Ocl. _Hun
dreds of men are working in fif
teen-minute shifts to rescue the
men entomoed by the explosion
of lire damp in the Stag Canyon
mine. The men are using wet
cloths over their mouths in order
to light the gases, which threat
en al any momcnl lo stop the
work of rescue.
Forty bodies have been recov
ered and twenty-three miners
have been rescued alive. Hut lit
tle hope is entertained that the
-’17 men slill missing will he
found alive.
The stale mining department is
rushing a special train lo the
scene wit It all the lalesl appli
ances for mine rescue work and
a corps of experts, who will join
the fore.. workmen and aid and
direct them.
The scenes when I he dead and
living miners are brought lo the
surface are heartrending in the
extreme: mothers, wives, sisters,
sweethearts and brothers stand
ing about hoping that those near
and dear to them will be among
he liv ing. Only a few are reunit
ed to their relatives among the
living and most of those gather
ed about I he shaft house are
doomed lo disappointment.
An investigation into the cause
of |lie explosion will be made by
I lie stale mining department.
HUERTA ORDERS
GEN. DiAZ RACK
But Nephew of Former President
Stands Pat--Diaz Followers
Are Arrested.
VI ra Cm/, Oct. .1_(inieral
Felix Diaz lias refused In obey
Hie peremptory demand of Dic
tator Huerta Ilia,! Diaz leave
Mexico al once. The police have
arrcsled all I lie members of Diaz’
parly who ianded yesterday from
Hie Havana steamer, Iml up to
a late hour today no aelioii bad
been taken against Diaz.
Keeling in Ibis rily is very
strong against l.ne aid ion of the
dielalor in refusing lo allow Diaz
lo land and an outbreak is ex
ported al any time. Should Diaz
lead a second revoli and capture
Ibis city it would shut oil1 the
railroad connect ion now held by
Huerta from the coast lo the cap
ital and would make his position
precarious. It is expected that
Huerta lias set<I many trusted
men lo Vera Cruz to aid the reg
ular ploiee and garrison in the
event of an uprising.
FLEET READY TO
GO_TO MEXICO
Norfolk, Orl. 2 4*—The United
Slates Meet of cruisers and gun
boats are ready for the crurse
in Mexican waters when the elec
tion is held to name a successor
to Provisional President lluerta.
The administration is determin
ed to force the dictator and the
rebel chiefs to respect American
and foreign lives and property,
and now that the Americans have
nearly all crossed the border a
tinner position will he taken by
President Wilson.