NO. 149.
VOL. 9. _
FROST TRIALS.
SOOIUE OVER
* Government Summing Up Evi
dence Against Railroad Pro
moter.
Chicago, April i -In his clos
ing argument to t i jury today,
Assistant Prosecute :• Welch scor
ed Frost and Turner and claimed
that Turner received $25,000 to
lobby through a bill providing for
the government construction of
I he Alaska Central and that then
t tit* promoters would have secured
without cost the valuable coal
lands.
A. C. Frost, before he lelt the
'land, voluntarily turned over to
I he. government all his correspon
dence and directed that it all he
read, and that the policy of the
y government's attorneys of read
f ing disconnected sentences was
unfair to him.
Attorney Fink will commence
i ||js afternoon the summing up
lor I to- defense.
The • xpense of this trial to
l he government has been very
heavy, 132 witnesses having been
called here by the government,
most u.f them from the Pacific
^ 'fates and Alaska and the mileage
alone will ,amounl to many thou
-ands of dollars, besides the ex
pense of special agents, who have
been working on the ease for sev
eral years.
CALL FOB HELP
«I SHAM
Food Shortage in Flooded City—
Water 59 1-2 Feet Deep
Three Feet Over Record.
Shawneelown, ill.. Anil'll i.—A
call for food has been sent out
hv the mayor of Shawneelown,-as
the people are without provisions
and are unable to get, any here.
Most of the people are marooned
mi high islands surrounded by the
overflowing- river.
The river here is 51) I-- feet
deep, and deeper by three feet
V than any record of previous floods
and has destroyed much prop
erly.
CAIRO LEVEE .
STiUSTMDS
Cairo, 111., April 4.—The levet
is still standing in spite of the
heavy pressure of the high \va
i'T in I he river.
The dispatches of a lew days
ngo announced that the Hig Foui
levee had given away and that
the lower sdetion of the town was
under ?0 feet of water. The dis
pateh of this morning would in
dicate that the city is surround
ed by two levees or that the in
formation of the break was er
^ i-onenu .
Reward, Reward.
For the one that finds the Miss
Sent Letter at the Orpheum to
night; a scream comedy. Matinee
and change of pictures tomorrow
About $7,500 of $15,000 need
ed-to finish the development oi
flic Newsboy mine at Fairbanks
has been subscribed by the peo
ple of that section.
Does your watch need repair
ing? Sep Reinkp. (lie watch doc
tor. ‘
Just received the latest, up-to
the-hour Eastern millinery at
*frs. S. E. fjleason’s, Keystone ave.
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PRESIDENT HUERTA
AGREES 10 RESIGN
Agrees to Appointment of Pedro
Lascurain to Succeed Him to
Harmonize Factions.
Mexico City, Mex., April
Provisional President Huerta has
agreed to resign and favors the
appointment of Pedro I,ascurain
as provisional president in order
to harmonize the many factions
in Mexico, most of whom are hos
tile to Huerta, and also because
of the impossibility of securing
recognition of the present gov
ernment of Mexico.
Huerta has never been able to
overcome the handicap to his ad
ministration of the murder of
former President Madero and his
vice-president. The United States
government has so far refused to
recognize! his provisional govern
ment and thus has prevented
his securing enough money to
tight the rebels, while, on the oth
er hand, it has been ascertained
that the constitutionalists of the
northern states are well supplied
with money and arms, supposed
ly by the mining interests of those
stales, controlled by Americans
|and Europeans.
SEIMS BUCK
j M FREE WOOL
j Do Not Want U>wer Rate*on Sug
ar and Tell President Wilson
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So—Split is Feared.
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I Washington. i>. C.. April -
iMany Democratic senators yesler
■ day railed on President Wilson
j and informed him that il would
| he impossible lo pass a tariff Dill
through the Senate which carried
free sugar and a big cut on the
wool schedule of the present tar
iff law.
They informed him liial it
would he impossible lo secure
enough votes for (he measure and
furthermore that many of them
would nol vote for the new an
ministration tariff because il af
fected industries in I heir own
sections, and also because the
government must have money to
I carry on the work of the adniin
I islration.
; Il is feared here that a big si
is imminent in the Democratic
parly and that many of the Dem
ocratic senators will vote with the
Republicans lo defeat the meas
ure.
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i Grant Remington has been ap
! pointed a member of the house
committee again for the coining
three months. The appointment
of Grant will give great satisfac
tion to the attendants of the
Moose dances, as he has worked
hard to see that all the guests of
the order enjoy themselves and
il is an indefatigable worker, al
ways keeping the hall in the very
best condition.
Scrgl. bowman, of the Signal
Corps, who has been in charge of
the telegraph line from Valdez to
Copper Center, left on the Yukon
for the states.
The Eagles have arranged io
hold their semi-monthly dance
Saturday night and the cojnmit
tee are working for the usual suc
cess of the Eagle dances. A lunch
will be served the guests and the
committee assure the guests of
a good time. .Fine music, as usu
al.
"Don’t forget the Eagle dance
Saturday.
Reinke. expert repairer, at the
Valdez Drug company.
TIMES BLAMES
POINDEXTER
Says That He Should Not Have
Talked the Civil Sundry
Bill to Death
Seattle, April 4.—The Seattle
Times blames Senator Poindexter
for talking to death the civil sun
dry bill at the close of the last
session of congress. The bill
carried the Alaska education ap
propriation, the judiciary appro
priation, the purchase of the ca
ble site at Seward, money for the
protection of fish in Alaska and
(tie! prevention of bootlegging and
many other appropriations need
ed in ail parts of the nation.
The Times denounces Poindex
ter in strong language and claims
he had other means of punishing
the police department of Wash
ington for its failure to protect
the suffragettes as they paraded
down Pennsylvania avenue than
by talking In death I he civil sun
dry bill.
NEGROES HAVE
THE SMALL POX
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jl'^ntuaiiy Town V sited by Stotirqc
—Negroes Are Restive and
Disease May Spread.
■Paducah. Ky., April i.—Sn'iall
pu\ has broken out among tlit*
negroes here and it is feared (hat
witli the present conditions pre
vailing it will spread throughout
[the flooded section, as no sani
tary measures can he enforced
nor a quarantine established.
| The local authorities are tak
ing every precaution to prevent
ithe spread of the dread disease,
iJiut the negroes are restive and
| threaten to break away from the
j restraining guards.
Doctors and nurses have been
asked for to administer to the
| quarantined negroes.
RUSH WORK ON
POWER PURI
Soon Commence Cement Work on
New Dam and Foundation for
Power Plant.
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Tlie work' on the new power
plant being erected by Hie Alaska
Water, Light & Power company,
! is last nearing completion. The
; power house is completed, the
| rock w ork for the pipe line is
j three-quarters finished, and thfe
i work of raising tlie dani and also
i the cement work for the foun
dation of the power house will bj
commenced next week,
j As soon as possible the pres
jont force of -’5 men will be great
j ly increased. The cement is now
j on i lie ground.
j With the completion of the new
,dam. and tin1 installation of the
| new iiower plant, Valdez will have
one'of the best, if not I he best,
(lower plant in tlie north. Man
ager Quinn has purchased a plant
that will allow’ for the increased
use of power to the many new
properties now being developed
and which, in a few years, will re
quire much po^Cl’, which will be
sojd to them cheaper than thy.,
ran manufacture it. from steam.
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RECONCILIATION
FOR THE HEINZES
Wife Forgives Him While on Her
Deathbed—Would Annul Di
vorce Proceedings.
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New York, April 4.-—Mrs. F.
Augustus Heinze, who was re
cently divorced from the copper
magnate, died yestefrday, and
while on her deathbed a recon
ciliation was effected between
Heinze and his wife, and proceed
ings were at once commenced to
annul the divorce decree for the
sake of their child.
Mrs. Heinze was granted a di
vorce and a large amount of ali
mony. At (he trial of the case
it was proven that the former
Butte operator had traveled with
a chorus girl for many wdeks,
the twain registering as man and
wife.
j Just received at Harvey s Tog
‘gery. a nice line of spring and
| summer coals.
AUTO ACCIDENT
i LAID TO CITY
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| Failure of Seattle Officials to
Protect CrockeH Cause of
Accident.
Swat tic. April 1,—The coroner’s
jury which has been investigating
Hie cause of the death of Mrs.
William Whittlesey, who was kill
ed when the automobile, in which
she was riding, went over the hill
at (Jrocketl street, returned a ver
dict laying the blame for the ac
eidenl on the city authorities for
failure to properly safeguard the
street.
The jury's report denounces in
no uncertain terms the lack of
care taken by the city to protect
] its highways.
Heavy damage suits will he
brought against the city by the
family of I tie dead woman.
POLAR REAR ON
WAY TO ALASKA
Has Party of Smithsonian Scien
| tists Aboard Who Will Study
Alaskan Matters.
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Seat lie. April i.—The whaler
Polar Bear left Seattle today
hound for the Aleutian islands
and Point Barrow, where they will
spend much lime studying the
funga, lish and water currents.
Scientists from the Smithson
ian Institute at Washington, D.
C.. are aboard the ship.
| J)r. Dalton received from Dis
jlrict Attorney Crossley today, who
j is now on the Mariposa, a wire
j requesting him to reserve two
seats, in the .M'dntnsli stage from
j Valdez to W idow .creek. He has
; replied that tin- stage from Val
dez is no Im.gcr running and that
| if tile railroad was open upon the
| arrival of I he boat at Cordova in
Ishould la.-.e that route.
! Billy Lee returned from Slump
■ liay last night. Mrs. Lee is on
! the Mariposa, due here tomorrow.
, WANTED--A cook: inquire of
j Col.. O'Neil at Fort Liscum.
If you want all the news all the
time, read the Prospector.
ENGLISH JUSTICE
HUS PANKHURST
Militant Suffragette, Who De
stroyed Property, Sent to Pen
for Three Years.
I.. April i.—-Mrs. Pank
hursl was convicted yesterday and
sent to the penitentiary to serve
three years at hard labor for in
citing the militant suffragettes to
dynamite the residence' of Lloyd
George. The jury recommended
the defendant to the mercy of the
court.
The government has been se
verely censured for allowing the
dcslruetion of properly by the
militants and are now determined
to punish those caught destroy
ing mail o rbuildings or inciting
riot and will deal severely with
I hem.
The militants are infuriated at
the action of the court and de
clare they will he revenged up
on all concerned and that more
property will he destroyed until
I lie hallo! is granted lo I he wo
men.
Don ! forge! I he Eagle dance
Saturday.
GERMAN GIANI
IS LAUNCHED
Sister Vessel of the Imperator
Glides From Ways—For the
Hamburg-Arherlcan Line.
Hamburg. Germany. April i.
Tin* Knropa. Iln* sister ship of the
Imperator, now almost ready for
her maiden trip, was launched
I yesterday in the presence of the
| German Kaiser and a large num
!ber of enthusiast ie German naval
i men.
The Knropa is a few feel bulg
ier than Iln* Imperator, hut is
i built along the same lines. The
llmperaior is 919 feel long, while
j I lie Knropa is 950 feet long. The
I Imperator lias 70,000 horse pow
|er and a gross lonnage of 50.
000 tons.
Both vessels will be operated
between Hamburg and New York.
Many improvements have been
made in the two vessels, which
were on Ihe ways at the time of
tin* Titanic disaster, which, it is
I hoped, will prevent a recurrence
| of a similar loss of life. The
lincj-s have been provided with
double bottoms, making two ves
sels in one and also are prevai
led with enough life boats to ac
' commodate all the passengers
: carried.
Launch Union for Juneau.
I The launch Union, formerly
i owned by the Hubbard-Elliot Co.,
and recently sold to Linn Adsit. of
Juneau, left this morning in
charge of Harry Moore and Hugo
Fells for (he capital city. The
boys will wait for a nice day to
cross from'Hinrhinbrook to Spen
jcer and hope to be favored with
! good weather.
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| The steamer Dorigo arrived at
i Seward last night at 7 o’clock and
| will sail westward on the Kith,
i making another trip for the Dora,
|which will leave Seattle the Kith
i insl. with explosives
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| Henry Ober and James Cray left
i Ibis morning for the Florence
■ Teikhell property.
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Mrs. Charles Adler anil family
jwill leave on the Sampson for a
• short visit iif Seattle.
i Base Ball.
i JJase ball and Pathc* Weekly at
the Orpheum tonight. Change to
morrow ami matinee at 2 p. m.
GERMAN AIRSHIP
LANDS IN FRANCE
People Threaten the Officers,
Who Are Protected by the
French Troops.
Juneville, France, April 4.—-A
German Zepplin airship, which
was lost in the clouds, alighted
here and the six German officers
who were on the ship were imme
diately arrested. French troops
rushed to the scene from the
nearest post to protect the Ger
man soldiers, who were being
■threatened by the populace, who
believed that the Germans bad
deliberately entered the country
lo spy upon the French forlifi
cat ions.
The Germans claim I hey were
lost in the clouds and had no
thought of entering France.
Both Germany and France have
strict laws to prevent the spy
ing by either nation from baloons
which pass over the other’s terri
tory and have threatened to shoot
the first aviataors caught violat
ing this law. It. is not, however,
expected that any trouble will
follow the descent of of yester
day, as the weather conditions en
tirely bear out the statements of
jlhe German officers.
STESLIN GOLD
AT SEATTLE
Robert McKee Arrived in Spirit
City WUh $400 Worth—Bed
rock Ninety Feet.
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Seal III1. April i. Unbelt Mc
Kee arrived here today, bringing
with him sion worth of gold,
whir It, lie claims, was taken out
of his claims at 'i’cslin lake, and
that lie found bedrock at a depth
of iio feel.
The gold funs *16.80 to the
ounce. This is the find made by
Skookiun Jim last fall, and many
are now rushing into the new
diggings.
ETHEL ROOSEVELT
MURRIES TOUT
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Oyster May. X. Y., April i.
Miss Ethel Carew Roosevelt, a-’
(laughter of ex-President Roose
velt, will he married Malay to I>r.
Richard Derby, of Xew York. The
bride and groom will spend their
honeymoon traveling in Europe.
The services will be held ill the
Episcopal church and a large re
ception held at the home of Cof.
and Mrs. Roosevell.
Truck Egan, of Valdez, who is
now at Juneau as a page in thi*
lower house, was one of the cmn
] mil tee in charge of the decora
tions of (lie hall when thu mem
bers of the legislature gave a ball'
to raise money for the Alaska
sweepstakes at Nome.
Word was received from Chica
go that a son had been born to
Judge and Mrs. Einnigan. The
little boy will he called “Pat.”
The boys at Seward claim it is
red-haired, but this is doubted.
Sale of Silk Dresses.
The finest and most up-to-date
line of ladies evening gowns, af
ternoon dresses, a complete as
sortment of silk waists -and all
kinds of silk petticoats cheap.
The chance of a life time. I leave
on the next boat for the interior.
Rooms *»(> and 27 at the Seattle
Hotel. ANNIE GIBRALTAR.