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I VALDEZ, ALA8KA, FRIDAY, MARCH 21,1913. MO. 137.
VOL. 9*
WILSON GIVES
MORE PLUMS
Dr. EHiot to Go to the Court of
St. James—Pittsburg Mian
for Mexico.
Washington, 1>. C., March -'I.—
President Wilson has sent the
name of Dr. Elliot, of Harvard, for
ihe posts at the court of St. James
and George W. Guthrie, of Pitts
burg, to succeed Ambassador
Wilson in Mexico.
Dr. Charles William Elliot, the
professor emeritus of Harvard,
where he was for many years the
president of Ihe college, is 79
years old and has been a college
professor and educator all his
life. He is considered one of the
ablest men in his party. He has
delivered many noteworthy ad
dresses and is a student of polit
ical economy. He has been dec
,.raled by ' foreign governments
lor bis many scientific works.
George W. Guthrie.
George W. Guthrie, of Pitts
burg’, is a lawyer and hanker. He
lias served ns mayor of Ihe smoky,
city. He has on many occasions
been a candidate for office on the
Democratic ticket, but always
suffered defeat. He was associate
counsel to the. Tildeti, Florida,
eleclors when they made the effort
lo have the slate board issue a
I- 11 ideate of elec'ion l< I hem
\\ I■.*(• h would have d •rte,! Tib! e
: ,stead of Hayes, lie i < • i sidei
i d as very weallby.
CHINESE POLICY
GAUSES TROUBLE
Acting Secretary of Slate Resigns
—Out of Harmony With
Administration.
Washington, D. March - I.—
Acting Secretary of State Hunt
ington Wilson tendered his res
ignation yesterday afternoon to
take effect immediately.
The cause for the resignation
is not officially given, but there
seems no doubt that Huntington
Wilson disapproved of the policy
of the department in the Chinese
loan matter and refused to.serve
longer.
The resignation was accepted
immediately by Secretary of State
Bryan, who is now at his home
in Lincoln and a successor will
tie appointed in a few days.
nn FORBIDS
DM2 VISIT POPE
Holy Pontiff Too Weak to See the
Former Head of Mexico, Who
Wished Aid of Church.
Koine. March 21.—'The physi
cian to (lie Pope refused to allow
Pori tiro Diaz, former president of
Mexico, to visit the Pope, who is
not in the best of health.
The Holy See lias been in had
lie-illh for some time and (lie ef
fort to secure tho aid of the
church for the new regime in
Mexico would only tend to worry
the Pi hi I i IT, and therefore the phy
sician decided to refuse to allow
Iijaz to sc- tiis holiness.
Keiuke. expert, repairer, at Lite
Valdez Drug company.
y
EVERYBODY WANTS
CROOK'S MONEY
I
Bankers Association, Public Ad
i ministrator and the IWusicas
in Legal Battle.
New Orleans, March 21.—One
juf the biggest, legal battles ever
fought, in this state will result
from the arrest of Antonio Musi
ea and his children and the seiz
jing of the money which he had
[on his person when arrested. It
! is said now that he only had
j *200,000, and not *500.000, as at
lirsl. reported. He has. it is esti
mated, secured over a million by
manipulating foreign invoices up
on which he would borrow money
from the banks.
The children claim the money
belongs to them and that they
hud nothing to do with any crim
inal action. The Bankers Asso
ciation intend to secure what they
can for the members of the asso
ciation, who claim they have been
defrauded, and the public admin
istrator wants to handle the mon
ey, as provided by the laws of the
state of Louisiana.
INDIMlis
GOLD BAY TRADER
Murderer Held by Deputy Cavana
—Eleven Witnesses Detained
—Broudy Well Fixed.
1 >c| 1111 \ Marshal Armslrong, al
Kodiak, wired Ibis morning !u
.Marshal Sullivan thal Charles
llroudy. a trader al Cold Hay. was
shot and killed hy an Indian on
February 12th Iasi. The nali\e
was arrested hy Deputy Havana,
of Neknek, and eleven other In
dians are held as witnesses. They
were all taken lo Neknek for I lie
hearing.
Hruudy owned a large trading
post at Hold Hay and is reputed
as being worth $25,000, as he lias
a large stock. He has been doing
business for many years with the
jiatives near Cold Bay.
' No details of the killing wore
received.
AN OLD 8OURD<0UGH
DIES IN SEATTLE
iMittllit1. mtiit-ii wi.—vivmhv
Hastings, an old sourdough of
Alaska who was well known on
the Yukon and who for many
• years resided at Rampart, died
there yesterday.
The Cameron-Johuson com
pany have loaded machinery and
j supplies upon the lighter and the
! Elirt left this morning for the
iclaims with the lighter. The
igoods will he lauded on the beach
at Slump bay and hauled to the
mine, using a donkey engine to
{place the supplies upon the gla
jcier, and Ed. Wood will freight
• the outfit to the mines, a distance
tof seven miles.
Nels Jepson, the well known and
i popular roadhouse man, has tak
en the Ernestine roadhouse, which
the will open and operate with the
i Beaver Dam roadhouse. The num
|ber of prospectors and operators
'who are working in that section
iliave determined Mr. Jepson to
| keep tinth places in operation.
Mrs. Edward Eckern and son,
| wife and child of the Valdez bank
jer, are coming north on the Nor
thwestern. Mr. Eckern has leased
I the Jack Ingram house and will
| live there this summer.
—
fieo. Reinke, the watch repairer
i and jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug
j company.
AUSTRIA MAY PRECIPITATE
! A GENERAL EUROPEAN WAR
SEND FLEET OF WAR VESSELS TO PREVENT THE MONTENEG
RINS AND SERVIANS FROM CAPTURING SCUTARI—WOULD
ESTABLISH AUTO MONOUS STATE.
! !
i London, March - I .- -The Aus
trian government have dispatched
j their fleet to the coast of Turkey
j and will endeavor to compel the
j Montenegrins and Servians to
|stop bombarding the city of Scu
jtari. The Austrians are determ
ined at any cost to prevent the
annexation of territory h.v the
j Servians and Montenegrins and
are. desirous of making an au
tonomous state of Albania, which
iJjias been taken from Turkey by
I tin* Allies.
j The Allies are determined to
prevent any interference with
their plans by Austria and have
the hacking of Russia. A million
Russian troops are mobilized on
| the border to aid the Slavs if in
jt'orefered with by I he Austrians.
j Paris. March .1. -Tin* action
I
|of Austria iri sending warships
to the coast of Turkey to prevent
the capture of Scutari is looked
upon here as sure to result in war
j between Russia and Austria and,
j every effort is being made to have j
file army and navy in readiness i
should the conflict come. France
will remain loyal to her ally, Rus
sia. j
Merlin, March 21.—Rush orders J
! for war munitions were given by;
(he War department as Germany
may he involved in the general
war which would follow should
Russia and Austria come to blows. !
Austria and Germany are work- j
ing in harmony and the Kaiser I
will assist Austria in the event 1
of war.
i LEAVES SEATTLE
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I Has Largest Passenger List for
Values of the Season—Travel"
This Way Has Started.
|
Seattle, Mini'll .1. Tin' Xni'lli
j wi'sl i'1'ii left here lust, night mi
.lime with I lie largest passenger
Gist, fur Vahley. nf the season. She
jalso has many passengers for
| Soul lieiislern ' Alaska ports ami
; Hindi freight. Following is I lie
j passenger lisl :
i ('.has. Seagreen. Bob Coles, Billy
j Hogan, l''reil Wilson. Gen. Bald
win. .John Latlerinan, K. Hirsch
j burger, Mrs. John Baird. I*. Ilar
! rigan, K. Moyer. J. L. Gray, John
I Mat lieson, Clias/ Hardin, George
Keyes, John McKinnon, T. Ham
mond, B. Chappelle, Geo. Weber,
A. Christopher, R. Fleckiger, Har
ry Badger, Geo. Madden, J. Hear
ing, J. Matthews, G. Stubblefield,
C. Page, Ed. Richards, Dan Ken
nedy, Mrs. Eckern and son, G. L>e
rosior, Joe Copella, Louis Ander
son, Andrew Nerland, J. Dayton
and wife, and eighteen steerage.
W. Taylor and wife are aboard
for Latnuche.
MUCH INTEREST
ROME DOG RAGE
Plenty Qf Money Bet—Scotty Al
len, Johnson and Blatchford
Will Drive.
Nome. Mart'll - 1.—"Tin- great
Alaska dug rare will he pulled tdV
April third and the ...
have received entries from Scotty
Allen, who will drive Mrs. Darl
ing’s team of racers, John John
son, who won the Solomon race,
Percy Blotch ford, who is one of
the best of them, but succeeds in
gelling lost in almost every race
he has taken part in. and Fay
Iielzene, who has been draining
his team all winter and hopes to
pull down the prize.
Thousands have been bet on
the outcome of the race ami more
interest is being taken this year
than at any time since tin- start
<T the races.
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WHALERS WRECKED I
IN ARCTIC OCEAN
i
Two Members Crew Reach Nome,
^ . .Ws* •• -
Balance Lost—Lived Three
Months on Walrus. i
No.. .Mart'll ■’ I. Aleck llol
scii ami Sam (inllclialk. Iwn ^ a i I -
or>, arrived here yesterday Idling
uf I lie wrecking nf 1 In* Iwn wlial
ers. Kiltiwark and Moras, in llici
Arctic ncean. They were I In- on
ly members of I lie crew w ho were I
saved.
Tile bnfils were wrecked m III**!
>lorm before the freeze up. Hoi-j
sen and liottohalk tried In make;
it across Bering Sea in a life boat, j
but were driven ashore on the Big j
Diomedes island. Their provis
ions were soon exhausted and for
three months they lived upon wal_
ius meat, suffered terrible hard
ships on the island and fearing
starvation finally made across the
ice to Nome.
They are being cared for by the
marine service and the custom of
ficials and will be returned to San
1 raneisco at government expense
m tin* spring.
POSTMASTERS” j
RAVE REINED
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!
Refuse to Take Civil Service Ex- j
aminaiions and Quit the
Service.
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W ashington. J>. March 21.
Two thousand fourth-class posl
1 masters tendered their resigna
tion to the Post master <ieneral|
yesterday to lake elfecl as soon j
as successors can he appointed.)
The reason given is the -placing)
of the offices upon a civil service |
basis. . ,
The Democrats say they will
•have no trouble tilling the varan- j
ries and welcome the opportun-j
itv of providing for the faithful, j
—
Sampson Arrives in 8eattle.
Seattle. March ‘21— The S. S.
Sampson arrived here last night
after a pleasant trip spulh. She
will -ail m "'b March 27th.
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ADMIRAL’S WIDOW
ACCUSED MURDER
Arrested by Police and Held With
out Bail to Await the Action
of the Grand Jury.
Fiingham, Mass., March —
Mrs. Raton, the young wife of
Admiral Raton, who died a short
time ago from Hie effect of poi
son, has been arrested and held
without bail, charged with the
murder of her husband.
The arrest has been expected
for several days, as she had told
conllicting stories in regard to
the death of her husband. First
that he died from over-eating,
then from the effects of a drug
to which he was adicted. The po
lice became suspicious ami watch
ed, cross-examining her more
carefully and getting a different
story each time. When it was
found she had purchased a sim
ilar poison to that which was
found in Raton’s stomach the ar
rest was made. It is also claim
ed that they have other evidence
against the prisoner.
livelTrdT
AT JUNEAU
Skagway Senator Fights Tax Ex
emption for White Pass Road
and Wins the Scrap.
.1 tnii'ini. .March - I. The light
. esterday in the Senate over t he
nissing of the ,joint resolution'
d congress rei|iiesl ing- Ilia! the
'nilrunils he exempted from pay-:
ng the lax of 100 per mile was,
utter. The resolution introduc
'd hy Senator Bruner to exeiirpl
In- Seward Peninsula road was
•arried hut the (iuggciiheims and
lie Canadian and White Pass
iveiv not included.
Tanner opposed the rebating to
die White Pass road because of
I>>e. extortion and monopoly ex
ercised by that road, which, lie
said, was bleeding the life out of
hat. section.
Senators Millard and Hay fought
for the resolution and wished to
include all roads, but were worst
ed. Bruner and Freeding agree
ing to the substitute moved by
Tanner.
The Aldrich memorial to con
gress to provide a harbor at Snake
river, Nome, was passed by the
House and Senate and is now in
tile hands of a conference com
mit tee.
Yukon Leaves for Valdez.
Seattle, March 21.—The steam
er Yukon left last night with live
steerage passengers for Valdez,
but had a large cargo of freight
for the hay and westward canner
ies.
Dan Kennedy, who went through
Valdez hound for the states about
two months ago, is a passenger
mi the Northwestern. He wants
to return to Idilarod before the
breakup.
Kd. Wood lias received a con
tract from the Gold King Mining
company to take the supplies
needed for the summer's opera
tions from the beach to the
claims.
Hubert, Weber. George Moore,
Al. Moore, H. Hider and M. Ol
son left this morning for the
i bi me ro n-.lob a so ii claims.
KOlt HKNT Six room house on
Hobart street. Apply to Lieut.
Weeks at the Road Gommission
ifTice.
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WILSON KILLS
CHINESE LOAN
I State Department Action Causes
the Olfher Five Powers to
Withdraw From Syndicate
Washinplon, I). March Jl.—
i The six power syndicate
which was to have loaned 8200,
1000,000 to the new Chinese re
! public for public works, have an
. nounced that they will refuse to
l take any part in the loan because
I of the attitude taken by Hie Unif
ied States government. The hank
ers today announced that all ne
gotiations were rdl' and that Chi
I ii;i would have In look elsewhere
| for the money.
It is believed here that Japan
ese and Herman hankers will \sei
1 come the opportunity to loan the
; money and thus secure a lialf
iNelson on China by which they
:\vill by aide to force the povern
i menl to pivc them many valuable
I franchises.
The six-power primp was form
ed to prevent the shutting of the
I open door in China by the aequi
jsiliou of special privileges to any
;one nation.
Alex Pasim. who has been
■ workinp for the Thompsoii-Furd
company, crushed up six pounds
, of rock taken from the mine amt
I secured a button of polil wortli
' 82.0.T Assays iiy Heorpe White,
| the assayer. pi\c pood returns
land the ore is rarryinp all I In
values I lie owners expected.
CONSUME 12
TAKES OATH TODAY
Travels From Salonika to Athens
—Receives Ovations En Roule
to the Capital.
Alliens. March '-’I. I'.nnslan
tino I well! h arrived here last,
night and will lake I he oath as
king today, lie. had also tak
en an oath at Salonika upon his
arrival there, but it was thought
best lo take the oath as prescrib
ed in the constitution at Athens.
The new king received an ova
tion al every station, crowds
gathering to shout “(Soil stive the
King."
The cities of t!recce are all in
mourning. hardly a building
which is not covered with black
and Hags Hying til half mast.
T«n Are Discharged, Having
Proved Innocence—Molher
Jones and Rest Held.
tlharlcslnu. S. March 21.
h'iV military court which has
been Irving Molher Jones and 50
other strikers, who are charged
with murder, yesterday discharg
ed ten of the defendants and held
Mother Jones and the rest.
The trouble grew out of the
coal strike and several lives were
lost in a coutliet between the dep
uties and the strikers.
Orpheum Matinee.
Orpheum matinee at 2 p. m.
Saturday. Bring the children and
enjoy the line pictures.