V0L 9. VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1913. NO. 224.
M. SULZER
BREACH PROMISE
Philadelphia Girl Asks $100,000
eBcause Governor Jilted
Her In 1903.
Philadelphia, July 2.—Mignon
Hopkins, a beautiful girl working
in one of the department stores
of this city, has commenced a
suit for breach of promise from
Governor Sulzer, of New York,
who, she asserts, jilted her in
1903 and she has been forced
since that time to live alone, lov
ing always the now famed gov
ernor. She asks damages in the
sum of $100,000 for her wound
ed heart.
Albany, N. Y.|, July 2.—Gov
ernor Sulzer, when served with
the papers in the suit brought
against him by Mignon Hopkins
for breach of promise in that he
had agreed to marry her in 1903
and had tlieln changed his affec
tions to others, denied the charge
and claimed it was a put up job
on the part of his 'enemies, who
are determined to down him as
head of the Democratic party of
the stale.
Sulzer has entered into a fight
with his party in the state and
the eDmocratic senate have re
fused to confirm appointees nam
ed bv him. Thus, under the state
law,' continuing in office the
eDmocrats who had been in of
fice under Governor Dix’s ad
ministration.
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MILL STORY
House Meitners Demand Investi
gation of Charge of rBibery
by manufacturers.
Washington, 1). C., July 2.—
Demand was made on the floor
of the Hosue today for appoint
ment of a CQinmittee# to investi
gate Mulhall’s charges that the
■" National Manufacturers’ Asso
ciation has for many years brib
ed members of congress on tariff
legislation and has elected and
defeated members according to
their attitude on tariff matters,
expending large sums of money
for the purpose!, and generally
has controlled tariff laws by cor
rupt methods. Several members
debated the question and joined
in the demand for an immediate
inquiry.
Samuel Gompers confirms Mul
hall’s. pharges and says that the
manufacturers thave made re
pealed attempts to bribe him.
COOL WEATHER
FOR GRIGA60
Weather Prophet Promises Still
Further Drop in Temperature
—Many in Hospitals.
Chicago, July 2.—The weather
here has changed for the better
and is several degrees cooler to
day than yesterday and the
weather prophet has promised a
further drop tonight.
The city authorities have bent
every effort to secure ice for the
poor and have threatened to ar
rest for extortion all ice dealers
who raise prices.
The hospitals are still crowd
ed with people who were pros
trated with the heat.
A. 3. Social Tuosday Night*
Arctic Chief MicNeice announ
ces that thel Arctic Brotherhood
will give their regular monthly
ladies night next Tuesday. The
committee will arrange for a
pleasant evening and all the la
dies of the order are requested
to be present,
Bring your job work to tbe
Prospector office.
FIND BONES OF ’98ER ON GLACIER
DIARY AND LETTERS NEAR THE BODY
Mrs. Rose Johns n, who owns
and is opening up a quartz prop
erty located on the mountains
rising from the Valdez glacier,
last Friday night found the bones
of a prospector who had been
frozen to death years ago, and
upon further search found old
clothes letters and the watch of
the unfortunate man, who evi
dently had died in 1898 or early
in 1899.
The watch, the works of which
had completely rusted, bore the
name William Ellery and was a
common silver case. The diary
was so malted from moisture and
exposure that but little could be
made out, although in places the
print was wonderfully clear.
Letters written in 1898 and
bearing the1, postmark San Fran
cisco, 1898. were found in the
pockets of the old clothes.
The skull and most of the
bones were in one place in a
small crevice of the glacier,
where they had remained since
the death of the pioneer in his
elforts to come to Valdez from
the interior.
Many believe Mrs. Johnson has
found the remains of Dr. Logan, |
MRS. ROSE JOHNSON FINDS REMAINS OF JNKNOWN PROSPEC
TOR ON VALDEZ GLACIER NEAR T vE THIRD BENCH—PA
PERS, CLOTHING OLD WATCH AND CLOCK NEAR BY.
lost in 1899 while coming to Val
dez with a party of six, all of
whom perished, and all of the
party were found but Logan.
In the fall of 1898 and the
winter of 1899 the miners who
had rushed into the Copper river
country via the Valdez glacier,
started on their return to Valdez
en route to the states to take
up anew the work they had aban
doned to make a rush for Alas
ka, 1111 their pockets with gold
and return to the states to cut
a swath like' Coal Oil Johnny.
They quickly realized that gold
was hard to find' and that many
of them were totally unfit for the
work in Alaska.
The stream of men then start
ed back to the coast and among
them were a party of New York
ers, who started for the coast in
charge of Dr. Logan.
The party left timber on the
Klutina side of the glacier, haul
ing Max'imillian Miller, Adolph
Ebehardt, two men sick with the
scurvey. The party were caught
in a snow and wind storm and
all perished. The bodies of Mil
ler, Ebehardt, August Schultz,
Rudolph Ellerkamp, Alfred Elli
mar, were found by a searching
party headed by Dempsey and
Jackson and brought to Valdez
and buried at the little graveyard
in the western part of town.
Dr. Logan, the head of the par
ty, was not found, although a dil
igent search for the body was
made for days, lie was known
to have had several thousand
dollars on his person when he
left the lake.
The bodies of all the other men
were found to have sums rang
ing from $50 to several hundred
dollars on them, and but few
men in those days were broke.
The party had become scatter
ed when the storm broke and the
two sick men were* found tied on
the sled, but frozen stiff, while
the others were found a short
distance away, where they had
tried to seek shelter in a crevice
only to cjie.
The men were all found near
the fourth bench, while! the bones
found by Mrs. Johnson are on the
right hand side of the glacier,
where the old trail used in t»8
was located, but near the third
bench a few miles from the Val
dez end of the ice.
Logan may have reached this
point on his way to Valdez for
help when he perished.
II is expected that the federal
authorities will have the bones
cared for and buried.
Mrs. Johnson made temporary
burial of the bones on the side
hill, near where they were found
and the personal effects have
been turned over to tin; commis
sioner.
Miss Jessie Jepson returned
from eBaver l)am Iasi night.
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FOR MARSHAL
Word Reaches Seattle That For
mer Valdez Resident May
Get Plum.
Seattle July 2.—J. M. Lathrop,
of Valdez, received a dispatch last
night from Washington inform
ing him that Charles Simonstadt,
formerly of Valdez, but now liv
ing in Seattle, was the most like
ly one to receive the appointment
as marshal of the Third division
of Alaska.
Charles Simonstadt was form
erly a bookkeeper for the Val
dez Bank & Mercantile company
and came to Valdez in 1898. He
made an independent fortune
when he sold the Catena bay cop
per property to Senator Millard,
taking a part payment in cash
and a considerable stock of the
company, which he sold when the
market was boomed back in the
Windy City. He has also spent
considerable time the past few
years opening up the Njoli cop
per properties located on McCar
ty creek.
Base Ball Industry.
The Base Ball Industry is well
worth seeing at the Orpheum
change tonight.
The Sheriff’s Daughter is line
and the “adventure of the thumb
print” is a swell and exciting de
tective story. Changes every day
now until Sunday eve, so don’t
miss the show.
WOMEN PARADE
IN CHICAGO
Hot Wave Does Not Stop Women
(Who Want to Vote—Wear
Split Skirts.
—4
Chicago, July Siy-The suffra
gettes of Chicago paraded yester
day 5,000 strong, iriany of the
women walking. the entire dis
tance of three mifSs in spite of
the great heat.
TUoi mosquito netting stock
ings and low cut open net work
shirt waists aided the girls great
ly ahilt a few of the better form
ed wore split skirts, thus aiding
them both in walking and also
allowed the cool air to fan the
legs of the marchers.
A large detail of police were
on hand to prevent any disor
der, but the men were too busy
watching the petticoatiess girls
and had no time to annoy the
marchers.
My house and furniture for
sale. Thos. S. Scott, clerk’s of
fice.
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FORTY MILL!
Margin of Receipts Over Expen
ditures Shows That Sum for
Fiscal Year.
Washington, IX C„ July 2.—
Receipts of the federal treasury
for the fiscal year closed June
3d show a margin of $40,000,000
over expenditures during the
same period, the totals being
$720,000,000 and $080,000,000.
During the fiscal year $40,000,
000 was expended on the Pan
ama canal, bringing the total ex
penditure to date up to $318,
000,000.
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F0R_H0LIDAYS
The merchants of Valdez have
agreed to close their establish
ments all day on the Fourth and
remain open for half a day on
8atuiday the 5t.h. Patrons are
requested to order early so that
the clerks may have an oppor
tunity botti to serve their w'ants
and also to enjoy the pleasures
of leh celebration.
Notice to Odd Fellows.
Valdez Lodge No. 6, I. 0. O. P. has
decided to turn out on theJFourth in
regalia, at the 'request of the presi
dent of the Pioneers, consequently
evers Odd Fellow is requested to be
at the hall at 9:30 a. m., July 4th
sharp. As many of the members are
out of town for the season it is par
ticularly desired that all Odd Fellows
make a special effort to be on hand
so that we can make as good a show
ing as possible, for the town as well
as for the order.
P. S. HUNT, Noble Grand.
Frank eKrnan, Ed. Dickey and
Charles Schlosser will leave to
night on the Mariposa for Cor
dova to make) the trip into me
Nizina, where Mr. Dickey goes to
inspect and probably buy the Ker
nan placer claims in that section.
Tom Aitken, the millionaire
Iditraod placer miner, is inter
ested in buying the property and
has sent Mr. Dickey, who is one
of the best experts on placer
ground in this country, to inves
tigate and report on the claims.
Pontius and Mrs. Magnuson
and Miss Marjorie came in from
Wortmans yesterday to spend the
Fourth in Valdez.
A baby girl weighing 8 pounds
>was born last night to Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Capris.
Cables declare that Albania
insists upon having an American
for king. Why not let (hem have
Haywood?
FOURTEEN NAVAL
OFFICERS RETIRED
Plucking Board Crowds Superan
nuated Seadogs Out of Gov
ernment Service.
Washington, L). C., July 2.—
The “plucking board” designated
for the purpose has decided to
force 14 naval officers upon the
retired list for various disquali
fications for active service.
The members of the board say
it was a most disagreeable duty
but the officers retired were in
capable of active work, though
under the retiring age.
IRMPLOi
LEtllESJElTTLE
Seattle, July 2.—Explorer Stef
fanson left he»-e last night for
Nome, where he will join the
Karluk, now on her way north
to spend five years in the Arc
tic ocean drifting towards the
pole and hunting for a lost con
tinent, which all arctic explorers
claim) to have seen in the dis
tance.
Would Discard “Hell Fire.”
Hot Springs, Ark.,-July 1— At
today’s session of the Interna
tional Bible Students’ Association
a resolution was introduced re
questing all ministers and Bible
teachers to discard the words
“hell” and “hell fire,” saying that
they should not have a literal
translation. They also request
ed that “hades” and “sheol’ be
interpreted to mean “grave” or
“tomb.” There are over 10,000
members attending this conven
tion.
C. G. Driscoll, manager of the
Pastor Russell lecture bureau, on
behalf of the Brooklyn preacher
has accepted the challenge of the
Rev. Percy G. Cross, pastor of
the Christian church, for a pub
lic debate. Pastor Russell will
be here the last of the week to
defend his teachings. Cross de
nounced Russell as a “caricature
of Christianity."
DIm From Cigarette Burn,
Chicago, July 1.—As a result
of a burn on his nose from a
lighted cigarette,' William Brown,
JO years old, died at (Bellevue
(hospital yesterday. He was ad
mitted to the hospital on June
4. He then had erysipelas. He
-told the doctors that four days
previous to that time he had
burned the tip of his nose with
n cigarette and almost imme
diately erysipelas had developed
((here and had spread rapidly.
The physicians at Bellevue had
gotten to a point where they
thought they could check the
disease, when he developed lobar
pneumonia, and from then on he
sank rapidly.
MILLARD’S CLAIMS
SHOW UP WELL
Contractors Follow Lead for 52
Feet and Are in Rich Ore
All the Time.
Senator Millard received word
yesterday that. Larson and John
son, the contractors who are op
ening up the Tatum property
near Golden, have followed tin
lead for 52 feet and that it is
still as rich as when first broken
into. The vein was opened at
a depth of 105 feet and enough
ore is now in sight to pay for tin
claims.
The senator has ordered that
200 feet more of tunnel be driv
en and when the work is com
pleted the vein will be tapped at
a depth of 250 feet.
One thousand feet of tracking
has been sent to the property,
part of which was purchased at
Golden and the balance sent from
Valdez, and the work will be rush
ed, as thei owners are very anx
lious to have the property on a
paying basis as soon as possi
ble.
The senator says a mill will be
erected as soon as enough work
has been done to justify it, which
will be in the near future.
Senator Millard will resume
work on the Millionaire group of
claims on iMneral creek in a few
days and has ordered the sinking
of a shaft 100 feet to tap the
vein at a lower depth.
STATE SENATOR
RECEIVED BRIBE
Received Money for Mis Vote for
West Virginia Candidate for
Senatorship.
Webster, W. Va„ July 2.--State
Senator Smith was convicted
here today of having accepted a
bribe for his vote for Edward,
who was a candidate for the sen
atorship recently won by Senator
Nathan Goflf.
Smith will be sentenced next
week.
Miss Morrison is at the Phoe
nix hotel, room 8, with a complete
line of hair goods and will also
do manicuring, hair dressing,
shampooing and facial massag
ing.
The Valdez team spent several
hours last night practicing under
the watchful eye of Parke Gris
wold.
Dance tonight in Moose hall at
9:30 sharp. Home waltz at 12.
ENGINEER SAVES
MANY MINERS
Four Hundred Men Caught in
Burning Mine Are Taken to
Surface by Engineer.
buquoin, 111* July 2—-The
coal mine at this place caught
lice yesterday after an explosion
of coal damp and the fire rapid
ly gained headway, threatening
the lives of the 400 miners in the
lower workings.
The engineer of the hoist re
maineld at his post, hoisting up
the men, although the heat was
unbearable and (he smoke from
below was sulTocaling, and when
he had brought the last load of
miners from the bowels of the
earth lie fainted and was car
ried by some of the men he had
saved from the building and tak
en care of at (lie local hospital.
The crowds of women and chil
dren who had gathered at the
shaft house when the first ex
plosion occurred. The rescued
miners cheered Engineer Mat as
lie was being taken to the hos
pital.
The company officials an
nounce that Mai will be placed
on a pension and that efforts will
also be made to secure for him
a Carnegie medal for bravery.
Sampson Reach Seattle Today.
Seattle, July 2.—The Admiral
Sampson sent a wireless to Se
attle this morning that she would
be in Seattle this afternoon. The
Sampson is billed to sail north
next Saturday.
REBEL YELL
HI GETTYSBURG
Southern Soldiers Give Battle Cry
of War of Rebellion at Con
clusion of Address
Gettysburg. July —Governor
Teller today addressed Hie 15.000
veterans of I lie confederate army
which fought for l.ee at the bat
tle of Gettysburg. 50 years ago.
The Southern soldiers have come
from-all the states in the Union
land many of them have made
their homes in the North since
the close of the war.
The rebel yell, so famous in
the war days, was given by the
rebels at the close of the address,
which, because of the suffocating
heat, was short.
The reunions of the regiments
of both the Southern and North
ern armies continues as each day
more and more veterans arrive
and the old soldiers renew ac
quaintances of men they have not
seen since the close of the war.
REBELS GAPTUflE
CITY OF GUAYMAS
Huerta Forces Take to the Steam
ers and Put to Sea—Aviator
eHIped the Rebels.
oDuglas, Ariz., July 2.—Word
was received here last night that
the state troops lighting to take
Guaymas from the federals suc
ceeded in making it so warm for
General Ojeda and his army that
they finally took passage on the
steamers in the bay and left for
parts unknown.
The French aviator, Dedier
Masson, did much to cause the
defeat of the Huerta forces, as
he has dropped shells upon their
breastworks and also drove the
two warships far out to sea.
The gunboats Guerrero and
Tampico operated by the feder
als, had for a long time succeed
ed in shelling the breastworks of
the rebels, making an assault on
the city impossible until Aviator
Masson, from an altitude of 5,
000 feet, dropped bombs on the
vessels and they made for the
sea.
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