VOL 10 VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1914. NO. 37.
BORAH FAVORS
USING OUR GOAL
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Says There is Plenty and to Spare
and That the People Need the
Alaska Coal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16— Senator
Walsh, of Montana, spoke all of yes
terday upon tne Alaska railroad bill
and concluded his remarks last ev
ening, when the Senate adjourned.
Senator Borah, of Idaho, stated to
day that "government ownership is
not the issue in this legislation, but
rather an emergency measure which
should he pushed through lo allow
for the opening of the coal lands,
which would surely result in the use
of the coal in the territory.”
The Idaho senator stated that in ,
a single mine enough coal has been
blocked out lo assure the production
of 1,200 tons of coal a day for the
next 100 years and that the coal of \
Alaska does not need to be consent- ;
ed for future generations, but should j
be utilized at once so as to conserve i
the money of the people of the Paci- j
fir coast, which is now being wasted !
by bringing coal from the east and
also from Canada, Australia and Ja
pan.
Ten Foot of Water Sweeps Down the
Valley, But People Are Warned
and Leave Danger Points.
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STONY CREEK, \V. Va„ Jan. 16.. |
The big dam of the paper mill at j
this place gave w y yesterday and a
wall of ten foot ' of water swept j
through the valley until it reached ,
the Potomac river.
'riie town of Scheff was inundated. 1
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.while the' residents of the other towns :
" along the river were forced to take j
to the high ground. The damage w'll j
ie many thousands of dollars but so 1
ittr as is known no loss of life is re- i
ported. The people of this place were j
warned in time to leave the danger j
points, while nil the towns along the j
river were notified by telephone as i
'oon as lhe dam began to show signs
of weakening and they also (led from
its path.
A number of cattle, however, were
drowned anil many buildings wreck
■ cl.
NEAR SETTLEMENT
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Directors of the Company Accept the
Plans Worked Out by Attorneys
and McReynolo's
NEW HAVEN, Jamjti.-The board |
41 of directors of the New Haven rail- :
toad have ratified the action of the j
ill torn* y.-> for'the (o:.i;;.;ny, who, with i
the representative.! of ftho Pep..:t
nient of Justice, iiavu worked ou, a :
dissolution plan to ocvor the Uu..n- j
cial ‘Control "of the coui'pe.fug i-o.:ey i
lines and steamship cont;t:.alcj frcm I
the railroad.
The ratillcalion is lh;- last 'U;> but
one to he taken under the new plans
The : Uorileys will now appear before
she United States court and the
ssfu'eeinent will be 'passed upon by *
;hr, ’court and it found satisfactory
the now order will immediately be
.ruiupitrst'a!. . ,
(" The Valdez'fifebtrie <’<> "sells Mazda
1..,ups. Telephon. t>7
SPRECKLESWANTS^
Named for Governor on the Repub
lican Ticket in California or He
Will HelV Mooser*.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16.---Ru
dolph Spreckles, the reformer, has
announced that unless the Republican
party nominates a progressive candi
date for governor, one of the party
inclined to progressive legislation,
that he will support Governor John
son for re-election in spite of the
fact that he would prelt r 10 vote the
Republican ticket, as he believes that
so long as the party is split and two
candidates are nominated the Demo
cratic candid i:* will d, elected.
The Progressive party has finally
decided to abandon the Republican
organization, which they captured
last year and will nominate a can
didate as a progressive. The organ
izalion men claim that the showing
of the Bull Moose)s will be worse
than that made by the party in New
Jersey when they are forced to stand
up and have noses counted.
GRANITE FULLS
Five Unmasked Men Force Clerks to
Give Up $2,000 and Make Es
cape in an Automobile.
GKA.MTK FALLS, Wash., Jan. 1«.
Five unmasked men held up ihe
State bank at tit's place yesierd;ty
afternoon and see’.red $2,00n from
the cashier and llie n made their es
cape into the hills, A running light
between the citizens and the bank
robbers followed ai d in spile of tile
fill*I that the street was filled with
school children just returning from
school many shots were fired. The
citizens were fearful of causing the
death of fthe child! en, so they were
forced to take the worst of it and
the entire band escaped. Fortunately
none of the children were hit.
The live men entered the bank, two
of them remaining at the door to
prevent a surprise front the outside,
while the others covered the clerks in
the bank and forced the cashier to
give up a tray with $2,000 in cur
rency on 't.
Fearing to remain too long ihe rob
hers immediately left the building an.!
lie alarm w"’s at once raised, result
i:ig In the battle on the streets, end
ing when the five men stepped into
» waiting automobile several blocks"
.-.way. in which they disappeared
The sheriff has been notified am
he ha; r. posse searching ihe hills,
while the Bankers Proteolive Asso
rial-ion, of which .he bank was a
member, has sent several oi their
best defectives on the Pacific coast
to the scene in ihe hopes of landing
the crooks.
MEW PLAM EVOLVED
FOR SNOW AUTOMOBILES
Kvory possible kind of a scheme
has been tried with a view of mak
ing the automobile practical lor snow
transportation in the interior of
Alaska. William James, of Pair
banks, thinks he has ui last solved
the problem. He has had specially
made runners of light steel, Tour and
six inches w de, to be fastened on
the front wheels.
The driving power is to be fur
nished by the rear’Wheels,'the only
change being heavy chains fastened
io them. The fort ard runners are
tUs'.ly fastened on or taken' off, ae
fit'-ding »o snow conditions. Should
Mr. Jamas’ plan prove successful jt
vHII revolutionize transportation along
the n].< in .’-traveled routes’of the in
terior.
Suln-cribe for the Prospector.
ALASKA BILL
1ETRACKED
Reclamation Act Given First Place,
According to a Dispatch Re
ceived Today.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16—The big
reclamation projects now before con-1;
gress were today placed ahead of the
Alaska ra’lroa^ bill for considera
tion in the Senate, the Alaska bill
being sidetracked for the present.
The above short message was re
ceived this morning from Washing
ton and indicates that for the present'
the Alaska railroad bill has been
dropped from its place as the order
of business until disposed of and the
' reclamation bill has been placed
ahead of our bill.
It is hard to believe that the dis
patch can be true, because it re
quires the unanimous consent of the
Senate to place any other bill ahead
of the one under consideration and
it is sure that the friends of -the
Alaska bill, such as Senators Cham
berlain and Pittman would have ob
jected unless they felt sure that to
allow the other bill the right of way
would strengthen the chances of the
passage of the Alaska measure. It is
also possible that the opposition to
the bill has become dangerous and
j to push it at this time might mean
| its defeat.
j The Prospector has wired to its
i Seattle correspondent for full infor
| mation regarding the present eondi
j'ion of the bill.
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! FOR CONSPIRACY
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! Thirty-eight Labor Leaders of Copper
Strike District Are Charged
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With Conspiracy.
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HOUGHTON, Mich., Jan. lt>—Pres
j ident Moyer and thirty-seven other
| officers and members of the West
ern Federation of Labor were Indict
ed today for conspiracy to prevent
non-union men from working for the
copper mine operators.
The indictments came as a sur
prise to Moyer, who had expected '
that the jury would indict the mine
operators and the Citizens' Alliance
for the assault committed upon him
at Calumet, and which he claimed
was unprovoked ami unjustifiable and
had been made by the hired gunmen
| of the alliance, who wounded him se~
i verely and ordered him to leave the
I country.
j The labor leaders will make a hard
j light against convie.ion, claiming that
! they have not violated the law.
WILSON ASM
Who Lost Everything in Recent Voi
canic Eruption—Red Cross Wilt
Handle the Funds.
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WASHINGTON,' Jan. 16—President
Wilson has issued an appeal to the 1
ptorJe of the' United States to con- I
tribute lands'to Wd Vhe sufferers o
the city of-IvitRoiditnia,' who lost 'all ;
in the recent vdlcihic, ettuition of i
Mount Sakur.tjima. hh.tr that city. !
Th« president urtses that "donations
U> made lo th Ited Cross society,
which will supervise the expenn'ture :
'! the. money thiotlKh its agents.
Subscribe tor the Prospector.
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NEW SCHEDULE
Will Have the Admirals Sampson
and Evans on the Run to Vat- j
dez Next Month.
SEATTLE, Jan. 16--The officials
of the Alaska Coast Cb. have an
nounced that the steamer Admiral
Sampson will leave Seattle on Feb
;ruary 5tb and that the Admiral Ev
ans, of the same line, will leave the
Spirit City on February 15th and that
after that date a ten-day schedule!
will be maintained by the company
from Seattle to Alaska.
11 is expected by the officers of
the company that the government will
take some action this session which
will settle (lie manner in which the
Alaska coal lands are to be worked
and no matter if it is done by the
government or by the work of indi— j
virduals or corporations the travel !
to Alaska will be exceptionally !
heavy.
The advertising Alaska is receiving
in the papers of the states will al
so cause a large number of tourists ;
to visit the territory next summer, I
making the beautiful voyage by way J
of the inside passage.
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Caught 65 Sperms -During Year, j
Sixty-five sperm whales represent j
the catch of the United States Whal- j
ing company, operating at Fort Arm '
strong, the past year. The yield was:
phenomenal. Whalers claim the av ■ !
erage annual catch is usually about .
35 sperms.
Al. THE RADIUM
Ores Bearing Radium May be Held by
Government to Prevent Monop
oly—Bill Before Congress.
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W ASHINGTON, Jail. 16. The bill ;
now before congress to reserve all :
deposits of pilch blend in the l 'nil |
i'.) States so thsi the government
may secure nil the radium in the j
country and prevent its control by a !
monopoly is causing widespread dis I
< ussion.
While many admit that the radium j
would be of more service if in the :
hands of the government, yet it is I
pointed out that unless private in 1
dtistry is allowed to hunt for the pre j
cions metal and ni’iic and refine it i
dien little will be produced each year
Radium is worth $100,000 a gram
at present, and but very little is in
the hands of the scientists, in spite
of the high value of the metal.
Men Entrenched in Trades Hall at
Johannesburg Give Up to Police |
and Military Authorities.
JOHAMMBSBimU. Jan. 1C.—The !
oOO strikers and labor leaders .'c ut :
by Secretary Bain, who had burr;- ,
CHdod themselves in the headquar
ters ol' the Union at Trades Hall, ill 1
this city; and who surrendered them- :
selves to the officers of the law, as
they had successfully repulsejl the po
lite at lack for h day.
1 The police 'called’ upon the mili -
tary authorities- fot -aid ahd several ‘
machine suns were trained upon the j
(Continued on pase 4.)
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MINISTER LAMA
Refuses to Serve Country Which Re
pudiates Its Just Debts—Ex
pect Trouble
PARIS, Jan. jltt.—The announce
ment 'made by President Huerta that
he would not allow the payment of
interest upon the bonds of the re
public during the present unsettled
conditions, caused Senor Lama, min
ister of finance, now in this city, to
telegraph his resignation to Presi
dent Huerta, as he would not en
deavor to raise money for a default
ing country.
It is believed here that Huerta’s
attempt to bring the Mexican situ -
ation to an acute condition by refus
ing to recognize the indebtedness of
the republic held by foreign bankers
will be successful and that the pow
ers will be forced to press the Ainer
lean administration to enforce peace
in Mexico or allow for the interven
tion on the part of the powers in
Mexican matters and t heestablish
ment of peace.
City is Covered With Lava and Pure
Sulphur From the Volcano—
Death List a Heavy One.
KAGOSHIMA, Japan. Jan. 16. The
houses in the greater part of this city
have been covered with lava and now
resemble a nest of wasp houses, while
in tile western part of the town melt
ed sulphur covered the entire sec
tion many feet deep, the sulphur
running down from the mountain
side and covering the streets, build
ings and everything in its path.
It was the showers of hot sulphur
and lava which caused the death of
many of the people, being unable in
the darkness to make an escape from
the city and they were forced to re
main for hours until daylight came to
get across the bay and board 'the ves -
sels waiting to reseue them.
The loss of life is now estimated
at front 5'OtHi to 20,000 people, while
thousands are injured and all are
homeless and destitute. Help is be
ing received by the lted Cross asso
ciations of all foreign countries. On
ly a detachment of troops now re
main in the city to render aid its best j
they can and to recover the bodies !
of as many as possible of the dead.
A few slight shocks have been ex j
perienced today and yesterday, hut ]
the fury of the volcano has to v.
great extent subsided.
SITKA CHILDREN TO
APPEAL TO JENNINGS|
Jl'NKAU. II. I.. Faulkner, Hie I n |
ireil S'aies marshal for this division
today received the following telegram
from (’. I)e Arnold, the United States
commissioner at Sitka:
"Have three dependent children who !
must be taken care of. fan you tec
ommend where they may be sent ?"
The jnarshnl wired the following
reply:
"Attorney .general has informed
governor all laws passed by legis
lature imposing duties federal offcials
mill and void. Holds commiss’oners
no jurisdiction to act as judges ju
venlie court or perform other terri
torial duties. Governor suggests you
wire Judge Jenn'ngs at Arctic Club
Seattle, replies ting him to nuke cp '
propriation for dependent children
ftotn indigent fund."
The feder-'l ofTielals tind that the
decision of 'lie ’attorney general is.
far reaching and their hands are tied
in a hundred djfferem ways. . The
money at present in the indigent fun t
will revert to the United State
treasury unless used.
ARE CONDEMNED
Favor Government Ownership Alt
Coal Lands in Country—No Con
tract Labor West Virginia.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 16.—The re
port of the Senate committee ap
pointed to investigate the conditions
of the coal miners in the West Vir
ginia coal mines, who had been on
strike for many months, yesterday
reported to the Senate the result of
their investigation-.
The committee severely < ondemnr.
the presence on American soil of
armed private guards, claiming that
it is a provocation to the miners to
indulge in violence.
As to the charge that the mine op -
erators have been importing ccn
trac-t laborers from Kurope in vio
lation of tin* federal laws the com
mittee reported that they were tin
able to secure any evidence to jus -
tify the charge.
The greatest sensation was caused
when the report of the committee fa
vored the government ownership ct
all tile coal mines in the country so
as to insure the miners good wages
and the people cheap fuel.
«15,000,000
Great Northern Will Develop Iron
Deposits of Northern Minne
sota at Once
ST I’M'i. .1.1!. J.;. Tlie officials
< ■'' (!'•■ <;iv"i Non hern railroad have
irnouiu •"! ail they will spend $5,
non,nna to tit velop the big deposits
of iron ore in the iron range of Min
nesota. It is expected lliat tile b:g
mines will produce a vast tonnage for
the railroad and that the industry
will mean a large additional popu
lation for the state.
The excessive taxation of these
properties the past few years by the
state authorities lias prevented the
opening up of the mines, but this has
been finally adjusted by the company
and the state controller and the de
velopment will commence at once.
The expenditure of $5,000,000 will
place the properties on a big ship
ping basis, as the wotk is largely done
by steam shovels.
SUNMY OLD ITALY
People of Leghorn Are Badly Scared
by the Shocks and Flee Into
the Streets.
I.ICtlHOHN, Italy. Jan. 16.—Six
earthquakes occurred here last night
causing the people of this city to rush
to the streets in their night gowns
find out into the cold snow without
shoes or footwear.
The shocks were very severe and
the buildings rocked considerably.
Many of the. people fell upon their
knees and commenced to offer pray
ers for their salvation, fearing that
the end of the wo-ld had come.
But little -harm .was done, a few
people being'hit by fulling bricks and
l|iey were cared for>by the local hos
pitals.
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A matinee will be given tomorrow
•u the Orph'um. Admission 10c.
’tidy tor the children.