V0L 10 VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1914. NO. 85.
GENERAL STRIKE
SOUTH AFRICA
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Martial Law Immediately Declared—
Authorities Will Take No Chanc
es With Blacks.
CAPE TOWN, Africa, Jan. 14.—
The general strike which has been
expected in ‘he south African states
was inaugurated today and as soon
as it was declared the government
announced martial law and militia
rule will govern until the conditions
" are bettered.
Besides the regular army station
ed in the south African states, a
large number of British cruisers
have been sent there to strengthen
the forces and the full militia has
been summoned under arms with 60,
ooo additional men who have enlist
ed since the trouble between the gov
ernment and the dissatisfied railroad
employees commenced.
The greatest danger is from the
blacks, who are practically held its
slaves at the diamond mines and
they are expected to break out into
the country and burn and destroy the
small farming communities. For the
past week, inouuntul troops nave
been escorting into cities large num
bers of women and children, who will
remain in protected towns until the
, disturbances are over, but many of
( the Boer families have arranged to
give the blacks a hot reception should
they break away from the stockades
in which they are now held by the
military authorities.
A careful search has been made
by the authorities in all parts of the
affected districts for such firearms
as may be stored by the malcontents.
HAVE NEW CURE
Philadelphia Patient Suffering With
Paresis is Given Injection of
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Serum in Brain.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. .14. -For the
first time on recur' an injection of
serum was made into a human being
in the hope of saving a patient suf
fering with paresis. More than a
dozen surgeons and medical investi
gators of the east are in attendance
. nd are watching i very turn of the
patient. The new cure has been
: uccessfully used upon animals and
:t is now to be used on humans and
.Avert a i borough trial.
The discoverer of the new method
i <■ curing paresis by injecting a ser
am directly in Hie brain is confident
of success.
( WANT INFORMATION
ABOUT THE TRAIL
Ross Padden, of Valdez, has reciev
<■d a telegram from George Parke, the
agent of the land department, request
ing information regarding tile condi
tion of the government road from
Valdez to the interior and in reply
^ Mr. Padden stated that the road was
, in excellent condition and that, in his
opinion, this was the best, surest and
• safest route to take.
Tonight! Tonight!
Psychology of Fear, interesting
drama. N
Chariot Races in Los Angeles.
An Honest Man, « pleasing -tory.
Cabby and Demon, 3.000 feet of
comedy.
Change of program tomorrow even
ing.
No. news has been received from
•Seattle telling of- the condition of
Druest Wheat, vice-president of S.
[ Blum & Co., and as no news iB good
news, it is generally believed here
^ that the operation he underwent was
* a success.
ATTENDANT STOPS
ENGLAND’S QUEEN
Refused Her Entrance to Museum
When She Would Not Check Um
brella, "Don't You Know.”
LONDON, Jan. 14.—The doorkeep
er of the Norwich Castle Museum re
fused to admit Queen Mary to the
galleries today to view the pictures
because of the refusal of the lirst
lady of England to give up her um
brella to the attendant, as the rules
prescribed.
The queen stormed and threatened
but the aged keeper stated l hat ne
had received his insrucions, which
required that he allow no person to
♦ liter the room with canes, umbrel
! las or pointed instruments and he
j proposed to carry ihem out. lie of
fered (o send for . e director bin the
lady was so greatly incensed that she
refused to remain.
Public sentiment is with the at
| tendanl and the people are enjoying
I the incident. Later the queen sent
her regrets to the attendant and com
j piimented him upon his stand.
QUAKE KILLED
5,000 JAPANESE
City of Kagoshima is Wiped Out by
I the Many Severe Shocks—The
Loss is Terrible.
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; TOKIO, Japan, Jan. 14.—The many
earthquakes at Kagoshima, Island of
Kyushu, caused the death of at least
5,000 people, according lo the reports
brought here by refugees. The city
has been totally destroyed by the
quakes, which followed each other in
quick succession. The instruments
here recorded three hundred distinct
i shocks and the vibrations were sharp
i and constant.
ine ntgnt was one or terror, tlte
entire lighting system being put out
of commission and the only light for
tliose who abandoned the city was
that of the burning buildings in sev
eral sections.
The sl'de of rocks blocked the en
trance to the harbor and prevented
small bouts from leaving with refu
goes and the same conditions existed
on the shore so that they remained
all night huddled up in open places
waiting for lawn when they made
their way to the shores and as many
as could left, while ttie government
vessels summoned by the tirsi refu
gees started for the scene and are
now aiding the stricken inhabitants
to leave the city, which in all prob
lability will not be rebuilt.
| Mount Sakurajima, near Kagoshima,
is belching forth lava and rocks anti
the island is constantly trembling,
while every other volcano on Kyushu
is sending forth tire and smoke and
the people in the small villages along
the coast fear a tidaf wave will sweep
them and those in the’ mountginou -
interior are as badly scared and are
flocking to the coast.
At Kagoshima th entire population
have left the city under the orders
from the department of war and on
ly a small detail of soldiers now re
main to protect property from the
looters.
The inhabitants of the island of
Shikoku are also fearful that a tidal
wave will reach them from the erup
tions on Kyushu.
Something Grows in Alfonso’s Nose.
MADTtID, Spain, Jan. 14.—Kins Al
fonso, the gay king of Spain, is suf
fering with a tubercular growth irihis
no. v and his condition is very serious.
Several medical experts from Pari?
and Vienna have arrived and are in
consultation as to the best course to
pursue to cure the king.
A large'number of the people of
Valdez are suffering from colds.
STILL DEBATING
ALASKA MEASURE
Cummings Wants a Government
Steamship Line—Chamberlain
Still Talking.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14— Senator
Chamberlain, of Oregon, continued to -
day his spech on the Alaska railroad
bill, which he introduced in the Sen
ate, and stated that the amount of
coal needed for the large fleet now
gathered on the North Pacific and the
big fleet of warships to be kept in
the Pacific when the Panama canal is
completed, more than justified the
construction by the government of the
railroads w'hich the Chamberlain bill
calls for,
Senator Cummins, of Iowa, (hen
interrupted the Oregon senator by
demanding that the government also
buy and operate a line of steamers
irotu the coal port on the Alaska
■ oast to the cities of the Pacific states
aril to the navy coaling stations in
the Pacific ocean.
Senator Chamberlain then replied
that a bill for that purpose was now
being drafted and would soon be in
troduced in botli houses of congress,
as the necessity for a government
owned line of steamers was apparent.
Considerable interest is being tak
en in the debate in the Senate on
the Alaska railroad bill and many
Alaskans are constantly in the gal
lery of fthe upper House.
TARIFFCAUSES
Wholesalers of the East Announce
Big Cut—Tariff Causes the
Drop in Price.
NKW YORK, Jan, 14. -The price
of woolens in this city has been
greatly cut by the wholesale houses
because of the reduction of the tariff
and hereafter suits will' be cheaper
than they have been in many years.
The wholesalers announce that no
further cut will be made. The pres
ent cut is made because the cheap
er English woolens and worsteds from
England can now be brought here
without paying the heavy duty charg
ed under the former tariff.
NORTHERN JAPAN
Ten Million Are Starving and Hun
cteds Have Died—Mothers Still
Selling Their Daughters.
TOKIO, Japan, Jan. 14.—The fam
ine in the northern pan of Japan is
growing worse In spite of the efforts
of the government to aid the strick
en people.
It is now estimated that 10,000,000
people are suffering from hunger and
that many have died from starvation.
The mothers are selling their daugh
ters to the agents of the Tokio tea
houses in order to receive enough
money to tide themselves and the
rest of the family over the present
hard times. The girls are reaching
here on every train and are taken at
once into the brothels or shipped to j
Chinese ports, where large Japanese j
houses of ill fame are maintained. |
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The Valdez Electric Co. sells Mazda
lamps. Telephone 57.
SENATOR TALKS TO
EMPTY BENCHES
Vice-president Only One to Hear
Free Silver Speech He Could
Not Escape.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IX.—Senator
Thomas yesterday delivered a long
speech on the merits of free silver
and the terrible crime of ’73, when
the Republicans dentonitized silver.
All the senators fled front the Sen
ate chamber and Thomas spoke to
empty benches. Vice-president Mar
shall tried to call upon one or the
other of the senators to take his
place and wield the gavel, which is
sometimes done by the presiding of
ficer. but they all refused to hear
him and left the chamber.
No one being present to move to
adjourn the vice-president was forced
to remain and preside until Thomas
had completed his speech telling all
about the crime of demonitization and
the great benefits to come if silver is
accepted at the treasury at the same
value as prior to the crime of '73.
When he completed his speech the
Senate adjourned.
Journalist Dies in Cleveland.
CLKVKLANI), O., Jan. 14.—Jacob
Waldeck, the famous writer connect
ed with the I’nited Press Associa
tion, the rival of the American Press
Association and a syndicate writer of
note, died here today.
I WRY
CITY OF BOSTON
Congressman James M. Curley is
Elected to Succeed Mayor
Fitzgerald.
BOSTON, Jail 14. James M. Cur
ley, congressman from the 'twelfth
district of Massachusetts to the Six
ly-seconci and Sixty-third congresses,
was yesterday elected mayor of Bos
ton 10 succeed Mayor Fitzgerald.
Curley is a Democrat and was elected
on that ticket.
The mayor-elect is a native of
Boston and was born in 1874. He
served in the city council in 1900 and
1901 and later went to the slate leg
islature for two years and followed
that by election to the Boston hoard
of aldermen from 1904 to 1911.
DANCE TONIGHT
AT EAGLE HALL
Many Tickets Have Been Sold and
a Large Crowd is Expected—Mu
sic by Reinke Orchestra.
The big benefit dance given by the
Eagles and the Valdez Orchestra to
raise funds to purchase for Jack
Surryhne u .new set of musical in
struments in place of those winch iie
lOvSt when his cabin was destroyed-by
fire.
The committee ot tingles aim mo
members of the orchestra assure' tile
people of Valdez a good time. The
music will be render* d by the lieinke
orchestra. The floor has been pol
ished and placed in the best of con
dition.
A large crowd tire expected as the
advance sale of tickets about town
indicate that almost the entire danc
ing population of Valdez will attend
Coffee and cake will be served at j
midnight'.
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HELP THE TRUSTS
Treat Them With “Friendly Con
ciliation” He Says—Only After
the Bad Trusts.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 14— President
Wilson today stated that he believed
that the Department of Justice and
the other government -’departments
should treat the trusts with friend
ly conciliation, and that all trusts are
not bad, but that the people must
he protected from those trusts which
are now and have for many years
been oppressing the people of the
states.
'The president will deliver a special
message to congress dealing with the
trust legislation some day next week.
The message will be delivered in per
son as he has done the previous three
messages.
Already congressmen have been ov
erwhelmed with applications from
constituents for tickets to the galler
ies to hear the president deliver his
message lo the joint houses of con
gress.
NEW COAL BILL
Would Lease Alternate Strips of Coal
Lands and Government to Op
erate Balance."
WASHINGTON, Jail. 11 Sena• or
Pit)man today introduced a Mil in
the Senate to allow the leasing of
every alternate strip of coal land and
the retention by the government of
the other. No individual is to be
allowed to locate any mure coal in
are to he withdrawn from entry.
Alaska. The entire coal bearing lands
It. is not proposed "o allow the al
ternate strips of land not leased to
remain unworked, on the contrary the
bill provides for government opera
tion of the strips of coal land in ol
der to prevent those who may lease
the lands from having a monopoly
of the output.
This is the idea proposed last sum
wer by the Nevada senator, who has
spent considerable time in Alaska and
who is working to solve the prob
lems of the northland to prevent mo !
nopoly and at the same time to as
sure the people of the territory the
Use of the minerals in the ground.
Alameda Due At Seattle Tonight.
SKATTLK, .Ian. 1-1. The steamer
Alameda, of the Alaska Steamship J
company, which left Valdez on the
eighth of the month, is expected here
early this evening, according to wire
less reports received from Captain
Warner
Jury Acquits Jess Willard.
LOS AXCIKLKS, Jan. 14.—The
jury yesterday acquitted Jess Willard
of the charge of killing Hull Voting
when the two men fought here sev
eral months ago. The verdict is tak
en as an indication that the people
sanction boxing in this city and sev
eral tights will be arranged for to be
pulled off in this city in the next few
weeks.
Cardinal Delval Succeeds Ranipolla.
ROME. Jnn. 14.—Cardinal Delval
lias been appointed by the Pope as
the successor of Cardinal Ranipolla.
who died recently in this city.
Lieutenants Dougherty and Kunzig
left Tiekliell this morning and are ex
pected to reach Wortm.tns tonight
and Valdez tomorrow.
The speakers arrested for violating
the city ordinance regarding speak
ing on the streets of Juneau, will test
the Validity of the law and will ap
peal to the district court.
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WITH HARD TIMES
Underwood Replies That Tariff is All
Right and Will Soon Silence
Panic Preachers.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—The Re
publican leaders today made an at
tack upon the Wilson-Underwood
tariff law, claiming that it has ruined
the prosperity of the United States,
which had been built up by the op
eration of the high tariff that pro
tected the American laborer from tha
competition of the cheap workers of
Europe and (hat today the imports of
European manufactured goods was
driving out of business the American
laborers and businessmen, and that
ilie present hard times, the large
number of unemployed in all sec
tions of the country could he direct
ly traced to the new Democratic tar
iff,
one of the Republican senators
stated that "the usual Democratic
good times had followed the placing
of that party in power," and that a
million workmen were out of em
ployment.
Congressman Underwood in reply
stated that the present tariff was all
right and that it would soon reduce
tlie cost of living that the operation
of the Democratic principles of no
favors for any and equal rights for
all would soon put the calamity howl
ers down and out and that the panic
preachers would be shamed into si
lence.
He blamed the present reports of
idle men and hard times upon the
Republican trust owners and the Re
publican newspapers.
Receiver of Seaboard Cement Com
pany Says They Used Poor
Business Judgment.
i'illLADKI.f’llIA. Jail. 14. The re
ceiver of the Seaboard Cement com
pany, a bankrupt concern, today tiled
suits in tlie federal courts by permis
sion of the judge to recover from ltoy
D. House and H. Thomas $2J>00,000
each because as directors in the com
pany they had failed to conduct the
big business along good business lines
and it had therefore failed.
The case is novel and will be
watched with keen interest by busi
ness men because of tlie new points
involved. Heretofore directors have
been sued when they have acted in
violation of law blit never because
of failure to conduct "lie business
properly when they acted in good in
tent and did not profit by the wreck
ing of tlie company.
Raymond .Meyer, the Slate creek
mining man, who made a hurried trip
into die Nelehina *o do the location
work on his claims in the new dig
gings, reached Valdez this afternoon.
He reports the outlook for a big camp
as ircreasing each day with the work
being done on the claims.
Seward Coming, Left Ketchikan.
Tlte steam freighter Seward, with
5U0 tons of merchandise for Senator
Millard and the Granite Gold Min
ing company, passed Ketchikan last
night, but lyd not reached Juneau
>ti 11 o'clock (his morning.
Mariposa Passed City of Juneau.
The steamer Mariposa passed Ju
neau this morning at 11 o'clock for
Valdez, calling at Cordova en route.
The Juneau people have been urged
lo discourage any more laboring men
from coming to that city, as many
now there are unemployed.
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