VOL 1Q VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1914. NO. 106.
EXPOSE SCAHDAL
IH JAPS HAW
Contractors Have Been Held Up by
Navy Officers and in Turn Have
Held Up the People.
TOKIO, Japan, Feb. 7.—The peo
ple of this city are aroused at the
terrible scandal relative to the build
ing of battleships and the purchase
of war munitions for the navy, in
which are involved many of the high
est naval officers and many civilians
of prominence.
The populace have become thor
oughly aroused and demand the in
vestigation shall be most thorough
and that the guilty shall be punish
ed. The charge that inferior armor
plate has been used in the big bat
tleships: that they are practically
worthless: that the naval officers and
civilians have forced the contractors
to pay large commissions to receive
government work and then had wink
ed at inferior workmanship. That
bribery of inspectors had been found
profitable to the contractors has
caused many to fear the value of the
Japanese navy in case of war with
any foreign power.
Agent Helman of the General Elec
tric Co., of the United States, has
been arrested by the police along with
many Japanese charged with de
frauding the government. Helman is
charged with having aided the navy
officers to extort large sums of money
from the contractors and to have been
the go-between for both sides. He
is believed to have secured a rake
off from both.
DIGGS ONLY ONE
ASSAULTED IDA
Young Girl Testifies Against Three
Men Who Doped Her and Held
Her in Room of Hotel.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7.—Ida
Pearring testified today at the hear
ing of the three men charged with
having criminally assaulted her on
New Year’s eve and declared under
oath that Maury Diggs was the on
ly one of the three who had assault
ed her, but that the other two had
aided in holding her so that she could
not escape when she had. recovered
from the effects of the drug.
The girl also testified . that Paul
Spott was the man who had pulled
her out of the bed after the assault,
as she lay weak and exhausted, and
It ad forced her to leave the hotel and
wander through the streets to her
home to confess the outrage to her
lather.
The hearing is still being contin
ued and it is expected that all three
01 the men will be held for the grand
jury and that they will be indicted
for criminal assault, for kidnapping
and for conspiracy.
$30,000,000 Heir Runs Car.
SOUTH BEND, Ind—Otto Buck
Churchill, who came here to seek a
wife, and who says he is heir to an
estate of $30,000,000, provided he mar
ries before July 25, decided today to
combine business with pleasure while
looking for a mate by taking a job
as a street car conductor on the
Northern Indiana Railway Company.
He announces he will hold it until
lie finds his bride if the company lets
him. Churchill is receiving many of
fers of marriage through a letter he
sent to an Indianapolis newspaper,
one coming from an Indianapolis girl,
who wrote:
“I can’t qualify myself, you dear
man, as I am only 16; but I have a
charming mother, who is just 38.
She’s good looking and would cut
some splash In the fancy clothes your
money would be able to buy her.”
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E. P. Brightbridge will leave for
San Francisco on the Mariposa.
DEMOCRATS KICK
REPEALING TOLLS
Say That Free Tolls Were
Promised by the Baltimore
Convention.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Consider
able opposition has suddenly loomed
up against the proposed plan of Pres
ident Wilson to repeal the section of
the canal bill which provided for free
tolls for American coasting vessels.
The Democrats contend that the Bal
timore convention of the Democratic
party promised that the tolls would
stay and that it would be breaking
faith with the people now to repeal
the act.
President Wilson is known to have
summoned some of the leaders of the
opposition to consult with him on the
matter before he delivers his special
message to congress dealing with the
subject.
it is intimated that the diplomatic j
i pressure from European countries I
has become so great that the admin
istration must yield or have opposi
tion to its Mexican and South Amer
ican policies.
PANAMA CANAL
. IS WORTHLESS
t
Says German Engineer—Not Enough
Water During Dry Season to Float
Second-class Ships
BERLIN, Feb. 7. -Engineer Ewakl,
an eminent engineer of this country
lias published in a local magazine an
article dealing with the Panama ca
nal and the engineer slates that the
canal can never he used for large
vessels excepting during the rainy
season, as the amount of water to
keep the canal tilled to its banks can
not be secured from the watershed
about the canal or from the storage
of water as provided by the pres
ent plans.
“First-class ships will hardly ever
be able to use the canal and second
class ships only part of the year,”
says Ewald, “and during the dry sea
son the canal may be useless.”
WON’T ABOLISH TITLES
DOMINION OF CANADA
OTTAWA, Canada, Feb. 7.—The
House of Parliament, of the Domin
ion of Canada in session here today,
defeated the bill to abolish all titles
in the Dominion. The majority of
the members considered, |hat the
granting of titles in recognition of
services rendered the public was
good policy and should be contin
ued.
Steamer Cordova Reaches Valdez.
The steamer Cordova, the big
freighter of the Alaska Steamship
company, reached Valdez shortly af
ter noon today with 250 tons of coal
for the Valdez Dock Company.
Episcopal Church.
Services at the Church of the Epi
phany, Sunday, are:
Holy Communion 8r30.
Morning Prayer 11:00.
Sunday School 12:00 m.
Evening Prayer and Sermon 7:30.
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Pioneers Meeting Tonight.
A special meeting of the Pioneers
of Alaska will be held tonight at the
hall of the order. Business of im
portance will be considered and all
members are requested to be pres
ent. E. G. AMES, Secretary.
Masonic Meeting.
A special communication of the
Vqldez Lodge F. and A. M. No. 168,
will he held tonight at Masonic Hall.
Wor in the third degree. All mem
bers are especially invited. By or
der of the Worthy Master.
C. C. REYNOLDS. Secy.
SWEDES FEAR
THE RUSSIANS
Big Parade of Farmers Numbering
60,000, Demand That King In
crease the Army and Navy.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb. 7.—A
monster proceession of farmers from
every section of the country reached
this cily today and paraded before the
palace of King Gustave and demand
ed the immediate increase of the army
and tlie building of more ships of
war in order that the nation could
better protect itself from the ag
gression of the Russians, who are
massing a large force of troops in
Finland, which at one time was a
province of Sweden but was annexed
by Russia. The paradors numbered
60,000 men.
Thousands of men are flocking to
tlie colors and it is expected that the
demand of the farmers for a better
army and navy will be granted and
that the Swedish nation will start
preparations for resistance should
the Russians invade the country.
cmciir
BY BAD BL D
—
Storm is General Throughout the
Middle West—Many Seek Mu
nicipal Shelter.
CHICAGO. Feb. 7. The worst bliz
zard of the winter has swept over
Ihis city last night and is still raging.
The storm is general throughout the
middle west and all the railroads are
hard put to keep the lines open and
trains running. In several instances
the lines have been tied up. Not a
railroad is moving freight and thou
sands of dollars of perishables are
spoiling along the sidings and in the
freight yards.
The municipal authorities have
again been forced to provide for too
many thousands of people who have
asked for shelter from the storm and
the buildings provided are packed.
More women and children than usual
have been cared for during the night.
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FORT LUPTON, Colo.. Feb. 7.—It I
is Intensely cold in this city today, i
the thermometer registering 28 be
low zero with a strong gale from the
north and drifting snow has almost
cut the city off from the world. On
ly one train has reached here during
the past 24 hours. The wind Is a
howling gale and It is expected that
the storm will continue for some time.
WINNIPEG, Can., Feb. 6.—The
thermometer at this place shows the
lowest record of the winter, register
ing 30 below zero and the people
are suffering from the cold because
of the heavy gale which has accom
panied the storm from the north.
HELENA, Mont., Feb. 7.—It is 26
degrees below zero in this city and all
railroad traffic has ceased and the
city <s cut off from outside commun
ication, as most of the wires are
down.
Special Saturday Change.
Special Saturday change ofr pic- \
tur s »t the Orpheum tonight, also
another fine change tomorrow \^ith
sp cial music. '
Hydraulic Pressure, a scientific
picture*
The Road to Ruin, a beautiful
story.
Idol Worshipers, interesting.
Midnlgh' Encounters, good com
edy.
Tony Wendler will leave on the
Mariposa for Canyon City, Ore., to
settle up the estate of an uncle who
died a few days ago in the Oregon
city.
HUERTA TROOPS
ON HOUSE TOPS
Fears an Uprising Among the Peo
ple of Mexico City and
is Prepared.
MEXICO CITY. Feb. 7.—Provision
al President Huerta has ordered the
placing of detachments of troops on
all the buildings about the city com
manding the streets to prevent any
attempt at an uprising. It is expect
ed that a revolt has been hatched
and that as usual some one of the
conspirators has warned President
Huerta, who is preparing to prevent
any disorders.
The army is completely under the
control of President Huerta and so far
hardly a case of sedition has been
found among the officers of the feder
al army, these exceptions being
among those who have entered the
army since General Huerta became
president.
Foreigners are remaining indoorss
or have left the city, while the lega
tion guards are in readiness to pro
tect the consulates.
DENIES BLETHEN
GOT GOAL STOCK
For Running an Editorial in His Pa
per Boosting the Claims of the
Alaska Coal Company.
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SEATTLE. Feb. 7- Charles Man
day, the head of the Alaska Coal j
Com any, now on trial for fraud in
connection with the location of coal j
lands in the Bering river district,
Alaska, denied today that Colonel
Blethen, of the .Seattle Times, had
been presented with fifty shares of
the stock of tfhe company in con
sideration of his printing an editor
ial boost in the Seattle Times, which
he owns, favoring the Alaska Coal
Company, and telling of its great val
ue as an investment.
The editorial was shown to Mun
day, who admitted that he had read
it when ;t was published and was ex
ceedingly glad that Col. Blethen felt
so kindly towards the company, but
that no shares of stock or other con
sideration had been paid for the
printing of the boos».
When questioned further he admit
ted that Col. Blethen did own shareB
of the company, but had purchased
them and paid cash because he con
sidered it a good investment.
The government’s attorneys cross
examined Munday for considerable j
time in relation to the missing* pages ]
of the cash book of the company, and
he denied that that section of the
book had contained incriminating evi
dence. The pages were torn out be
cause they related to the work of
another company, he said—a mining
company in which he was interest
ed and later he had torn the pages
out and transferred them to a sep
arate book.
Munday is still on the stand being
grilled by the attorneys for the De
partment of Justice, but they are un
able to shake his testimony.
First Woman Diplomat.
LONDON.—A Christiania telegram
to The Daily Mirror says:
“The first woman to take up the
diplomatic service as a profession, has
just been appointed here. Miss Hen
rietta Hoegh, a pretty woman of 27,
is to be First Secretary at the Nor
wegian legation in Mexico. She pass
ed'examinations in international law
and political economy two years ago.
As First Secretary she will have the
privilege of wearing the usual diplo
matic uniform with the exception of
the ornamental sword and gold-brald
$d breeches.”
James Mahern is a guest of the
Copper Block.
GANGMAN KILLS
NEW YORK GOP
Crowd Would Have Lynched Him but
for Interference of Police—
Gangmen Active.
NEW YORK. Feb. 7.—Frank Arinio,
one of the gangmen who have been
making human life unsafe on the East
side, in a battle with a policeman
last night killed the member of the
police force and was in turn pursued
by a mob of angry citizens, who
would have lynched him but for the
interference of the police reserves,
who had been called out, and suc
ceeded in aiding the patrolman, who
had captured Arinio and was holding
the crowd at bay to prevent the
lynching.
The gangmen do not appear to fear
the police as more than a score of
patrolmen have been killed or wound
ed in this city by gangmen in the
past six months and they are becom
ing bolder as the days pass.
Arinio was roughly handled by the
police and by the mob before he was
taken to the police station.
SENATORS DEMAND
NEW HAVEN PROBE
Senator Norris Wants to Know Who
Stole the $12,000,000 From
Stockholders.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. Senate!
George W. Norris, of Nebraska, to
day urged on the Senate an investi
gation of the financial condition and
past operations of the board of di
lectors and officials of the New York.
New Haven and Hanford railroad,
and, if possible, 10 locate who among
the number secured the $12,0h0,0bi>
ol' stockholders' moneey. which was
lost in one transaction.
Senator Norris claimed that many
trust funds had been invested in the
stock of the railroad company and
that many widows and children had
lost their source of income through
the dishonesty of the men who ma
nipulated the stock and destroyed j
the credit of the road and that the
government should make it impossi
ble for a repetition of the crime and
guarantee to the investing public pro
tection from such wholesale frauds.
Senator Borah followed Senator
Norris and denounced the board of
directors of the railroad as criminals
and deserving of the severest pun
ishment. It is expected that the mo
tion for a government investigation
into the causes for the wrecking of
the railroad system will be passed
early next week, although some of
the senators are claiming that the
authority invested in the interstate
commerce commission is ample.
Congregational Church.
Services will be preached at the
Congregational church tomorrow at
11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. by the Rev.
Chas. S. Price. The subjeect in the
morning will be “Love,” and in the
evening the pastor will take for his
subject, “The Man and His Stand
ing.” Mr. Lewis Rudolph, the vio
linist, will play at the evening serv
ice. The Sunday school meets at
noon and you are invited to attend.
The records for attendance were
broken last Sunday1 at the Bible class
taught by the pastor in the lecture
room of the church from 12 to 1 p.
ni. The Young People’s service will
be conducted in the lecture room of
the church by the pastor at 6:30 p.
m. An interesting time is assured.
You are cordially invited to attend
these services.
Miss Hattie Myers is a passenger
north on the Admiral Sampson and
wilt take a position at the Arcade
Cafe upon her arrival here.
RAISING HADES
More American Marines Arrive at
Scene and Are Immediately
Landed to Prevent Outrages
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—More
American marines have been landed
at Port au Prince, Haiti, and also at
several smaller towns along the coam
to protect the foreign residents of the
cities, who are in constant fear of an
uprising of the blacks that will re
suit in the threatened assaults upon
the foreign residents and especially
upon the women.
General Theodore has lost all con
trol over the rebels under his com
mand and they have left a trail of
robbery and rapine wherever they
have gone, but as far as is known
white women have not been mole-,
ed because of the heavy guard o'
marines held in the foreign quane.
and at the consulates. Several at
tempts to enter the foreign quane:
on the part of the blacks resided
in the tiring of volleys of shot into
the mob. They quickly dispersed.
He-enforcements which j arrived
here today on three naval vessels are
considered enough to protect the for
eigners of this city. The Germans,
French and English all have strong
■legation guards and are aiding in po
licing the foreign quarter.
The homes of all foreigners in oth
er parts of the city, not policed by
the foreign guards, have been pillaged
and many have been set on fire by
the looters and have been desetroyeu.
WILSON WORKING
REPEAL TOLLS
Consults With Many Democr.'ti;
Leaders—Will Send Special Mes
sage to Congress.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—President
Wilson today started the move to re
peal the recent canal bill whic i
granted to American shipping the
right to pass through the Panama c:
nal without the payment of any (oli t
or duty.
President Wilson has been in con
sultatlon with a number of Dome
era tic leaders of the House and Sen
ate and has discussed with them th-*
advisability of repealing that section
of the canal bill giving free toils to
American ships.
It is expected that the president
will deliver a special message to con
gress dealing with the matter.
Prisms Reach San Francisco.
More than 14,000 prisms to tie a
I part of the illuminating scheme of the
Panama-Pacific International Expo
sition. have reached San Francisi o
from the Austrian manufacturers ai 1
more shipments are expected soo t.
A total of 125,000 prisms will be used.
These will be suspended from the
domes and facades of buildings and
when the colored rays of powerful
searchlights pass through them, they
will scintillate like precious stones.
Dora Sails for Seattle.
The little steamer Dora, of the
Alaska Steamship Co.’s lint, which
plied from Seward to Unalaska, left
the westward city yesterday after
noon, sailing direct to Seattle, where
she will undergo her annual over
hauling and inspection.
Jack Moulton, t' e traveling r lie
man. is stopping at the Copper blc <
and will leave in a few days with ! is
dog team for the interior. Mr. Mor -
ton will make Fairbanks and the lov
er Yukon territory ana may conth! -
ue on to Nome.
S. Stockwell. the Portland tr.av d
ing salesman, is in Valdes a gu »st of
tile Copper block.