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VOLUME 13 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1915. NUMBER 155
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GRUESOME MURDER
IN SAN FRANCISCO
Young Woman Severs Mmbs of Mur
dered Victim and Hides His
Body in Her Own Home.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21.—The
people of this state were shocked last
night by the gruesome statement of
Mrs. Mary Tamiass.a young married
woman of 22 years, when she confess
ed to the police that she had killed
m erlpple who had been annoying her
for some time, and had concealed
the body in her home.
Mrs. Tamiass confessed to tne po
Bee that the murdered man had fol
lowed her for years and had attack
ed her In her home during the ab
sence of her husband and she had
hilled him in the struggle. Fright
ened by her action she had severed
the victim’s head, legs and arms arid
had j£>ncealed the body under a
«ocqin her home.
The woman has signed a sworn
statement that she knew the cripple
before she met her husband and that
the man had been persuading her to
elope with him, and that when she
refused he declared that he would
rather see her dead than alive with
another.
She has been subjected to a rigor
ous Inquisition but her statement of
self-defense cannot be shaken.
MANY ARE GULLED
AND GATHERED ID
Toni Dozen Arrested at Anchorage on
Charge of Selling Liquor
Without Licenses.
It is reported from Anchorage that
nearly two dozen people have been
arrested at the new railroad town on
the charge of selling liquor without
a license, and those who have been
unable to secure bonds to the extent
of $760 are held in jail awaiting trial
at the term of court to convene at
Seward on November 1.
ThiHEZid on the blind porkers was
very Orderly and no undue excitement
attended the arrests and apparently
had close connection with the recent
cession of the Valdez grand jury.
The announcement from the Ju
aean land office that Anchorage peo
-ple convicted of selling liquors with
out a license, or permitting it to be
uold on their premises, will forfeit
their lots purchased at the govern
ment sale, has added Interest to the
coming trials. It Is also believed that
the early announcement of the land
office will malce it difficult for the dis
trict attorney’s office to secure con
victions.
District Attorney Spence paid a
visit to Anchorage shortly before the
raids and It is believed that the U. S.
marshal’s office has secured conclu
sive evidence against the dispensers
cf the oil of joy.
It Is reported that In their anxiety
to get the money that several of the
heepers of the joints had become reck
less and conceived roTre original ways
of advertising to men where they
could get their thirsts slaked.
CONSERVATION MOVEMENT
STARTED IN CHINA.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21.—A
number of Chinese students have ar
rived in the United States to study
the trees of America and will be
given every opportunity of witness
ing the experimental tree-planting as
eyrled on in the United States by
the gmsrrnment for conservation pur
poses
China has established a school in
Shanghai where methods are being
taught tending to the development of
the forest resources of the empire and
It is believed that there are species
•f trees in America* which will thrive
In the arid and mountainous parts of
China.
“Pure, fresh Milk, Cream, Butter
and Cheese. Phone 32.” tf
thanksgiving will be
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 21.—
President Wilson today Issued the an
nual Thanksgiving proclamation mak
ing Thursday, November 26th, a na
tional holiday. The proclamation
states that the citizens of the United
States have reason to be thankful this
country is not engaged in a destruc
tive war such as is devastating the
countries of Europe, but is enjoying
peace and prosperity.
JAPANESE FIGHTING
WITH THE RUSSIANS
Vienna Reports that a Number of
Dead were Found on the Gali
cian Battlefield.
VIENNA, Oct. 21.—Advices from
Galicia state that a number of dead
Japanese soldiers were fount' among
the Russian dead on the battlefield in
eastern Galicia when the Russians
were forced to retreat yesterday after
having suffered heavy losses in men
and munition^.
Rumors have been reaching Vienna
for some time that a strong Japanese
force was being brought across Sibe
ria from Vladivostok but the report
was regarded by the American war
office as an idle rumor until 'he dis
covery of the dead Japanese on the
battlefield yesterday.
Many guns of Japanese manufac
ture have been captured in previous
battles but no Japanese soldle. s were
ever captured. It is now bell sved a
Japanese army has been sent, at the
request of the Allies to engage in the
Balkan, wars and that Russia has
agreed to part with a portion of her
territory as an inducement for the
Mikado’s government for active par
ticipation in the war.
THREE METALS IN
NIZINA CLEANUPS
Operators on Chittitn and Rex Creeks
in Interior Surprise Geologists
and Mining Experts.
George Max Esterley and H. P. An
drus, among the biggest mining oper
ators in interior Alaska, who have ex
tensive holdings in the Nizina district,
on Chittitu and Rex creeks, have
closed operations tor the season and
gone outside via Cordova. They re
ported a very prosperous season’s
work, and state that an extensive
block of ground has been prepared
for next season’s operations.
Although generally known as plac
er gold diggings the Nizina is differ
ent from any other camp In Alaska,
as three different metals are handled
in large quantities in the cleanups.
Besides the gold there is placer sil
ver and native copper nuggets and
dust. Several mining experts and ge
ologists who visited the property dur
ing the summer marveled at the yield
of the ground.
There was three tons of copper in
one cleanup, the nuggets ranging in
size from a buckshot to several
nounds. Some pieces of native cop
per weigh as much as 160 pounds.
Arrow heads, which had undoubted
ly been used by Indians before the
advent of the whites, were found in
the sluice boxes, and were kept as
curios. All of &e metals are high
grade and run .903 fine, the gold be
ing worth $19 per ounce.
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT IS
COMING NORTHWARD.
SEATTLE, Oct. 21.—The steamer
Admiral Farragnt, of the Admiral
line, sailed for Southwestern Alaskan
ports last night with a heavy cargo
of freight. She carries a number of
passengers for Anchorage and other'
points to the westward.
G. E. DeRosler will be a passenger
on the Admiral Evans tonight for Be
attie.
ALLIES ARE BIDDING FOR
SUPPORT OF GREEK ARMY
PROMISE KING CONSTANTINE CONCESSIONS IN ASIA MINOR AND
I8LAND OF CYPRESS FOR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE WAR
AGAINST TEUTONS—RUSSIANS PREPARING TO EVACUATE
RIGA AND GENERAL HINDENBURG HAS CAPTURED FORTIFIED
CITY OF DVINSK—VIENNA REPORTS VICTORY OVER SLAVS IN
GALICIA WHEN MANY PRISO NER8 WERE CAPTURED.
LONDON, Oct. 21.—King Con
stantine, of Greece, is taking full ad
vantage of the diplomatic struggle
being waged between the Allies and
the Teutons to secur*e the active par
ticipation of Greece in the war. It is
reported that Greece has increased
her demands and now wants territo
rial concessions in Asia Minor, pro
tection from Bulgaria, the Island of
Cyprus, as well as several smaller isl
ands near the Dardanelles. The
British foreign office, it is understood,
have agreed to almost any terms
which will prevent Greece from join
ing the Teutons as the active partic
ipation of Greece against the Allies
would mean the loss of the Darda
nelles campaign and a complete unifi
cation of the central European coun
tries from the Baltic to the Mediter
ranean, as it is realized that Serbia
would soon be crushed when sur
rounded by hostile nations and una
ble to reach the sea.
Russians Will Evacuate Riga.
LONDON, Oct. 21.—Latest advices
from Petrograd report desperate
fighting south of Riga where a bat
tie has been raging tor several days.
The Germans have penetrated the
Russian lines and have reached the
west banks of the river Dunu, where
they have been checked. It is also
reported that the Russians are pre
paring to evacuate Riga as the Teu
tons being in command on the Dunu
river southeast of the fortress threat
en to cut the Russian line of commu
nication with Petrograd.
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Dvinsk Hus Fallen.
LONDON, Oct. 21.—General Hin
idenburg has captured the Russian
fortified city of Dvinsk on the River
Dunu and is preparing to begin a
j final struggle to secure Riga, which
it is believed the Germans plan to
use as headquarters for their wii:t r
campaign in the north.
Austrians Gaining in Galiriu.
VIENNA, Oct. 21.—The Austrian
troops in eastern Galicia have gained
a decisive victory over the Slavs in
Bukowina. The Russians are report
ed in retreat northward and are be
ing pursued by the Austrians. Many
prisoners are arriving at iuterior
Austrian prison camps.
BUYING POWDER
FOR 1916 CRMPM6N
Allies Place Order with Dupont Com
pany tor $100,000,000 and
Stocks Go Skyward.
WILMINGTON, Oct. 21.—The com
mon stock of the Dupont Powder
stock took a phenomenal jump yes
terday as a result of an enormous or
der placed with the company for pow
der to be delivered next year. The
stocks advanced 410 points per share
in less than one week and many
brokers have become wealthy through
transactions in stocks.
It is announced by the officers of
the company that contracts aggregat
ing $100,000,000 have been signed by
agents of the British, French and
Russian governments for powder to
be delivered during 1916 for use in
the British armies in their 1917'cam
paigns.
The evident planning of the Allies
for a long campaign and the prospect
of heavy future orders has caused all
stocks in munition factories to rap
idly advance and is proving a harv
est for stock brokers. ■■
GOLD SWAMPS
•SIT OFFICE
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Eighty Tons of European Gold Coins
Have Been Melted at New New
York Assay Office.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21.—The gov
ernment assay office here ha^ been
swamped with European gold as a re
sult of the heavy European war or
ders placed in the United States and
the bills for which were liquidated
by tons of gold received from En
gland, France, Italy and Russia.
During the past three months more
than eighty tons of gold have been
melted In the assay office and turned
into bricks of gold to be sent to the
mints. ' 'Most of the European gold
has bqfm received via Canada, even
the RuBfllan gold having come across
the Pacific to Victoria.
CONSCRIPTION FOR
GREAT BRITAIN
Compromise Has Been Reached in
British Cabinet by Exemption of
Certain Industries.
LONDON, Oct. 21.—Physicians in
attendance on Premier Asquith have
posted a bulletin stating that the
statesman is improving and that his
condition is not considered critical.
It is believed in well-informed cir
cles that Premier Asquith will remain
in the British cabinet but ^ill lose
influence and that conscription will
be forced upon the empire in order
that Kitchener's demands for more
men may be satisfied.
Lord Kitchener is reported to have
declared that he had asked the men
of Great Britain to enlist and that
they had refused but that he would
get them through conscription.
It is reported that the 'advocates
of conscription have reached a com
promise with the opposition and have
agreed to exempt all men of the serv
ice age who are employed in the mu
nition factories, as well as those en
gaged in exporting, mining, railroad
ing and kindred industries.
Should conscription be enforced
under the exemptions agreed upon it
will fall heaviest upon the young men
of the cities and in the agricultural
districts whose places could be filled
by women.
Advices from Ireland state that I
hundreds of young men, fearing con- :
scription, have left for America, to
escape being 6ent to the battlefield, j
and every ship carries an Increasing
number as the threatened danger of
conscription increases.
The attitude of the British labor
leaders toward the compromise be
lieved to have bee® made by the op
position to conscription has not been
announced but it is believed that an '
understanding has been reached and |
that no organized opposition will be {
offered from that quarter as conscrip
tion will mainly affect the young men
of the cities and rural districts.
It is believed that many of the Bru
tish colonies will also adopt similar
measures in order to raise the vast
army demanded by Lord Kitchener.
The steamer Admiral Evans will
call at the'Granite mine. Hobo bay,
this afternoon to take on a shipment
of concentrates for the Tacoma smel
ter.
STEAMER ALLIANCE NOT
COMING TO VALDEZ.
The steamer Alliance of the Inde
pendent Steamship company of Sew
ard, which passed Juneau last Sun
day afternoon is reported as going to
Seward direct and will not call at
Cordova or Valdez. She is reported
to be carrying a capacity cargo for
Seward and Anchorage as the freight
offerings are very heavy owing to the
Mariposa mishap.
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Sensational Disclosures Made in
British Columbia Involving the
Provincial Cabinet.
VICTORIA, B. C., Oct. 21.—A sen
sation was sprung in court here to
day during the case in which Charles
Midener is trying to prevent pooling
of the stocks of the Pacific Coast
Mines company, in which he is a big
stockholder, when testimony wa» dis
closed showing from the books of the
company that $100,000 had been ap
propriated from the treasury and
presumably paid to Premier McBride
and other members of his cabinet
It is believed that the company
feared prosecution as a trust and had
subscribed to the election fund for
the McBride party, but the prosecu
tion made it appear as though the
money was given in anticipation for
expected favors from the provincial
government.
Following as it does the trial of the
government officials connected with
the alleged grafting of $5(>n.000 in
connection with the purchase of the
submarines from the Chilian govern
ment, the disclosures created a sen
sation and it is believed that Premier
McBride and his cabinet will be forc
ed to resign as was the case of Pre
mier Robltn and cabinet in Manitoba.
STIK1NE PROSPECT
BEING DEVELOPED
Paddy O'Neill Running Five Hundred
Feet of Tunnel on Galena De
posit for Capitalists.
A crew of men, under Paddy
O’Neill, who drove the Alaska-Gasti
neau tunnel, at Juneau, have gone
up the Stikine river to extensively de
velop the mining property at Devil’s
Elbow, under bond to J. E. Chilberg
and Jaffet Lindeberg, the Seattle
bankers and Alaskan capitalists.
The property will be developed
with a view of making it a big ship
per. A tunnel, 500 feet in length will
be run from the lower level this win
ter and is expected to put a concen
trator on the ground early next
spring. It is planned to put a con- j
centrator on the ground early next
spring and begin crushing ore, and
the company will probably put a river
steamer into service to bring the ore
down the river.
The values are in galena and it Is
believed that a camp of merit will re
sult from the development as the con
tact has been picked up across the
Stikine river where the ore body was
found to maintain its uniform width i
and values.
Devil's Elbow is about 100 milks
up the Stikine river from Wrangell. I
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BIG FERRY COLLIDES
WITH PIER IN FOG. j
NEW YORK, Oct. 21—The Lack a- j
wanna ferry, while attempting to land
last night in a fog collided with a
pifir and for a time it was feared she
would sink with her hundreds of pas
sengers. No fatalities are reported I
but fifty persons received injuries,
many of whom were taken to hospi
tals.
MrB. John Lyons and children will
be outgoing passengers on the Admi
-al Evans tonight en route to Seattle,
where they will spend the winter.
SUFFRAGE DEFEAT
DUE TO WOMEN
Counter Association Opposed to Suf
frage Proved Strongest in New
Jersey Election.
JERSEY CITY, Oct. 21.—The
leaders of the woman’s suffrage move
ment in this state have been meeting
with little success in securing prom
ises from legislative candidates to
support the movement and have an
nounced that they will abandon the
campaign in the state and concentrate
their efforts in securing a national
measure
The State associations and clubs
will unite with the National Woman’s
Suffrage association in the move
ments to force congress to recognise
the rights of the women of America.
Mrs. Nathan, president of the New
Jersey association, was strongly op
posed to suffragettes harassing the
President for his support, and when
the President went to Princeton last
Tuesday to cast his vote, he was not
made the target of the women work
ers for suffrage.
The leaders of the National Ameri
can Woman Suffrage association ad
mit that their defeat in New Jersey
was largely due to the concentrated
fight made by the National Associa
tion of Women who are opposed to
suffrage.
OFFERING EVIDENCE
—
President) Meilen Declares he was
Merely Figure in Management
of the Railroad.
NEW YORK, Oct 21.—Chas. 3.
Meilen, former president of the New
York. New Haven & Hartford rail
road, is giving testimony today on
behalf of the government in the pros
ecution of the former directors of the
railroad for misappropriation of the
funds of the company.
The former president testified that
he was a mere figure in the manage
ment of the company’s affairs and was
not even considered by the directors
in their raids upon the New Haven’s
treasury. He asserted that he had
protested that the roadbed and equip
ment should be kept up to the stan
dard as he had become frightened at
the enormous loss of life in the many
accidents on the road, and feared fed
eral investigation.
The directors had informed him
that he had nothing to do with the
financial affairs of the system and had
canceled an order for steel coaches
which he had placed on his own ini
tiative.
There are several hundred wit
nesses in the case and it is believed
the trial will be long-drawn out. The
government has entered protestB
against a number of the directors
promised immunitjL4M>m prosecution
for testimony offerj^^hen President
Mellen was on trj^ last year for
manslaughter in iction with a.
fatal wreck which occurred on
the road.
ADMIRAL EVANS \4giL
SAIL SOOTH TONIGHT.
The steamer Admiral Evans is
reported to have left Seward this
morning for Valdez and will sail for
Seattle at 12 o'clock tonight. The
Evans carried a big cargo of freight
for westward points and has been de
layed several days. She will carry
a number of passengers who havo
been waiting in town for several days
having come over the road from the
interior or from down Sound points.
The steamer will call at the Granite
mine, Hobo bay, this afternoon to
load concentrates.
Capt. Austin E. Lathrop will go to
Cordova on the Admiral Evans and
will return on' the next steamer to be
present at the opening of his local
Empress theatre.