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V0L 9. VALDEZ, ALASKA WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22,1913 NO. 87,
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WAN! PEACE
Clamoring at Doors of National
Assembly Demanding That
Peace be Concluded.
Constantinople, Jan. 22.
Thousands of Turkish people are
clamoring at the doors of the na
lional assembly for that body to
conclude terms of peace with the
Allies on (tie best terms obtain
able.
The havoc war lias wrought up
on them with its succession of
defeats and subsequent suffer
ings has brought them to a full
realization of what I lie continua
tion of hostilities will result in.
The war spirit of the populace is
completely broken.
SERVIANS KILL
NON-COMBATANTS
Thousands of Men, Women and
Children Massacred in March
to the Sea.
Loiuhni. Jan. —The wimi
spoudont of the Daily Telegraph
wives details, of the atrocities
practiced in Albania by the Ser
vian tfrnty In Its march fiTtht. .“Tea.
II is asserted that the. tfrtny
slaughtered old and young, men
and women, children at. the
breasts of their mothers and fee
ble and disabled at the least prov
ocation. and for the greater part
with no provocation at all.
“The Servian officers, intoxi
cated with their victory, declared
lbat the most effectual pacifica
tion of Albania would be the to
tal extermination of tin; Moham
medan Albanians," says the cor
respondent in his story.
PAROLE EIFERS
After Fifteen Years of Sentence
Has Been Served be Eligible
to Parole.
Washmpou. I). -11111.
The House has passed the lull
allowing I lie. parole of men serv
ing life sentences afler they have
served li I teen vears. No opposi
tion is expected in I lie Senaleand
the hill mav heroine a law within
I lie mold h.
The parole system of the p»v
ernmenl has liecn tested fully and
has; been a pvat ptin in reclaim
ing' citizens vvlm have pmc wronp
ruder the law now in foree any
prisoner, except I hose serving for
life, is cliphlc to parole after he
lias served a third of his term,
Imh the prisoner nitisl receive Ihc
rerommemlnl inn of I lie warden,
have a position reads for him on
his release ami report monthly
thereafter. Society is thus pro
tected in every possible way
npiinsl danp'rous criminals,
while men who have erred may lie
jriveii a chance to become respec
table members of society and live
lives of honor and usefulness
instead of draxpujz out their days
in a prison cell.
This is Hie kind of went he i
Hull the I.•minis of “The ('HIT"'
wear a broad smile and spepil
their lime in their room’s with
comfort.
VALDEZ DYKE BILL
IS RE-INTRODUCED
Senator From Washington Asks
for $55,000 to be Spent by
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War Department.
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Washington, U. Jan. 21.—
Senator Jones, of Washington
!stale, has introduced a hill call
ing for the appropriation of 855,
000 for the construction hy the
War department of a dike around
! Valdez.
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Immediately upon receipt of the
I above dispatch the Prospector
wired In Washington for infor
mation regarding Hie lijll. As all
appropriation hills must originate
in the house, Senator Jones' bill
must he in llie nature of an
j amendment . No pepl> lias yet
1 been received.
The Senate Iasi \enr passed tin*
; 8|5,000 appropriation by tack
ling' it on Hi I he Rivers and Har
l hors hill, but it failed in ronfer
jenre in till' House. Senator Nel
son strongly urged its passage,
but opposition from enemies in
the'House caused its failure.
iSHAMEFUL BLOI
i ON THE NATION
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Roosevelt Declares Condition of
~ GarmenrWorkers Is Crushing
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Future idotherhood.
j .New York, Jan. •■ii.’.--Theodore
! Iloosevelt visited I lie garment
strikers and declared that th«
factory conditions were as had as
they well could he, and that the
sweat shop conditions were horri
ble in the extreme, lie said that
present conditions surrounding
the garment workers were, a
'shame and a blot upon the na
11.ion and that the privations under
iwhich these people were compel
j led to work and live was crushing
tout the future motherhood of the
count ry.
haveIehearsal
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Tarrxluwn. i\. Y.. Jan.
Miss Helen (iould and her all'i
ianceil husband rehearsed the
j wedding parts lhe\ are to enact
under the direction of.the walcli
I fill eye of the pastor who is to
.marry them soon. Miss (iould is
:atlianced to Finley J. Shepard, the
railroad president, who is worth
'many millions, while Miss (iould
'is also well provided with this
I world’s goods.
FIREMEN FREEZE AS
THEY FIGHT FIRE
| Ogden, Utah, Jan. 22.—Twu
| firemen had their feel frozen ln
jilay during' the light In extinguish
Hie Haines in the Parr.' hlnck. nne
mf the largest business buildings
jin Ogden. Water froze nil I he
w alls nf I he building as sunn as il
fell from I he hose and a third lire
j lighter was slightly frost billen.
;Chief Canfield was injured when
a llnnr gave way beneath him.
I The block was destroyed with a
■ loss nf 8 | 00.iKH).
The last nf the ten tons nf sup
plies fur Ulix’s rnadhnuse al Cop
per (Renter was taken nut over the
trail by Wilson’s niiltlHIHs morn-,
iiig. '
I)oifI forget the Huild card
[.any al Illy Shepard residence
tonight al 8 :20 o'clock.
AUTO THIEVES
MAKE ESCAPE
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Gang of Auto Thieves Have Thus
Far Managed to Elude the Of
ficers When Cornered.
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Chicago, Jan. 22.—Wchh, chau
ffeur of the auto gang of robbers,
shot Detective Hart while making
his escape from I lie officers, who
hail come to arrest him. This is
I lie fourth time Webb has made
good his escape within the last ten
days when officers have at templ
ed to arrest him.
Media, the owner of I lie garage,
where the gang made their head
quarters. surrendered himself and
is now behind the bars.
One of the Iasi tricks turned bv
the gang was the looting of a
down town jewelry store and the
I robbing of a trnv of diamonds j
valued at several thousand did-j
|lars. They succeeded in making!
their escape, although hotly pur
Mti'd by a posse of police, who
emptied their revolvers on the
; tleeing thieves. The officers are
: using every effort In capture the
Thieves, who are the most daring
and desperate they have come in
contact with for a number of
years.
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BELCHES ASHES!
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Mexioa Volcano Turns Loose and |
Covers Country for Miles
Around With Ashes.
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i luadalajara, Mexico, Jan. j
--The Volcano of -finlima is in
violent eruption, causing thou
sands to lice for their lives from
I t he mass of ashes, rocks and
pumice falling. The high winds j
prevailing ill the time saved the!
lives of thousands of those near
the mountain, as it carried Ihe'
ashes a great distance from Ihej
base of the mountain.
t’.iirs arriving here arc crowd- !
ied willi refugees who escaped j
1 from Ihe neighborhood of the |
! mountain. They were compelled j
| lo shovel iishes from the tracks in !
I order that the train ruighl pro
|gross. The country for miles
j around is covered with a coaling
of ashes several feet thick which
'may, for years, ruin Ihe munlry.
Several thousand people have ;
Most their homes and possessions, i
i having had lo flee for their lives j
vvlien Ihe volcano broke loose, j
Slock for it hundred miles around •;
ilic niouulitin will perish for lack
[of ..I and vvaler. The damage |
done is estimated into Ihe mil-j
; lions.
WANTS ro GO
8¥ PARCELS POST,
Flain, III,. .Ian. 22.—Mary T'liil
lips, of' fail1 |ii,ii|)ni,l inn ami
weiplil, ami an urilenl sulVra
, fjele. has requested the postmas
ter here In stamp ami ship her In
WasliinpTnn, I). '7.. hy parrels
; post. The postmaster is slump.
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I.ad\ ami gentlemen dancers
are requested In rail al .Moose:
i.hall this evening between 7:30
i'ainl 8 o'clock.In praelire Ihe ohl- ,
: fashioned liremen s quadrille for1
| Ihe ilanre to he driven hy Ihe l-’ire !
i department on Ihe 251 h. Have
you hoip.di.1 your liekei for Ihe
ilanre? If mil. now is Ihe lime
I 11 till so.
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BLAKNEY’S MINE
WILL SHIP SOON
One Hundred and Fifty Tons of
High Grade Copper Ore
in Bunkers.
Thomas Blakney, manager of
Ilia Fidalgo Mining Co., arrived
in town yesterday from the prop
erty anti reports that the mine
will make its first shipment of ore
within the next ten days. One
hundred and fifty tons of ore has
been taken to the bunkers on the
beach and will lie shipped to Ta
coma.
,\ine hundred fi-»>|. of a surface
tram is operated from the tunnel
to a small hunker with a capacity
of toil Ions, and from there an
aerial Irani of 2,000 feel connects
the upper hunkers with the low
er, which has a capacity of 500
tons. It is estimated that the ore
will run *20 to the ton.
Ten men are employed at pres
ent and more will he added as
work progresses. The company
have a wharf 150 feel long, at
which any vessel running in nor
thern waters can dock, as ^hey
have 20 feel of water at low tide.
The properly will soon become
one of the regular shippers on
Hie sound.
Frost Case Soon be Heard in the
Windy City—Marshal to Ad
vance Witnesses Fare.
Through Marshal Sullivan sub
poeuacs have been served nil nine
residents nl' ttiis division calling
them In Chicago to testify in the
cases broughl by the governincut
against Frost and others, charg
ing them with attempting In de
fraud (lie government.
Judge Finnegan, J. II. Jeter, II.
II .Hildreth, (ieorge Sexton, J. T.
Hamilton. C. M. Huff, W. It. Whit
tlesey, J. Wallace and Sid Ander
son will be used by the govern
ment in an effort In make its ease.
Under instructions from Altor
ne\ General Wiekershani Mar
shal Sullivan will advance the fare
and expense money, amounting to
slab, to such of the witnesses as
l eipiire it.
The timber depredation ease
against lloheu will be given lo the
jury Ibis afternoon. Tin* next
case mi I lie docket lor trial is
ilial of tile |,j|t|c, charged with
illegal cohabilal ion. which will
prohabl> lie called in the morn
ing.
PICKING JURY FOR
THEDARROWTRIAL
I .us Anurias, .Ian. )m* >i
tin* tlrparl mrnls of Hit* Super .ir
t’.ourl is orrupicil in rnipann!!:i>«
a jury in I In* Harrow rnst*. Owiiib
to Hu* slalr of lln* jinltlic fi*>• 111•
ami I In* wiili‘spri*ail nnluriely -i>
t*n tin* cast* il may lake weeks to
m*l a jury.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
A meeting of the Chamber of
Upmmerce will be held in the Fire
hall on Friday evening, when bus
iness of importance will come be
fore that body. Members are re
quested to be present. By order
C. E. BUNNELL, President.
! i'liiui.*si* m*oi||i*s ami rliop sm*>
il Valilty Cii.fi*..aftw. 7 P-.m.
WOMAN’S ARMY
GET ORDERS
Told How and Where to March on
Their Pilgrimage to Washing
ton to 8ee Inauguration.
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New York, Jan. 22.—“(tenoral"
Hosalie Jones, commanding the
SuU'ragele "army," has issued
general order No. t describing (ho
route to he taken by the New York
army on its march to Washing
ton to attend the inauguration of
Woodrow Wilson, Tht^mareh will
llake twenty-one days including
;the stop in Washington. If the
'army turns out as strong in nmn
ihcis as anticipated some trouble
jin sheltering and feeding lhes.il
j dim s will lie experienced.
"<ii’iicral" Jones led tin- val
jiant thirteen sulVragetes who
j started from New York to Albany
I to at limd t lie inaugural ion of
\ < iovernor Sul/er on the 1st of
January. The army emisisled of
I four when the long hike was ov
jer and the “gmieral" was at the
! head.
BUILD HOUSE
| FOB COURTING
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Isettlemet Worker to Ereot Build
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! ing for- Courting Under
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Proper Regulations.
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New York. Jan. l”.’.—(tordcuiu
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j Winthrop, a wenlthy settlement
1 worker, lias donated si5,00(1 to
wards the erection of a building
i to be creeled in one of the poor
er quarters of the city, where
those in tenements can do their
| court ing under proper chaperon,
j age. having come to the eonelu
jsion that the popular meeting
| places of the poorer classes has
|a strong tendency to lead many
'girls into wrong.
IfightTbeI
: NINETY HOURS
; Seattle, Jail. Tile Weil
! liner l'oleric arrived in port, yes
llerday. hei* crew having buttled
fur i>0 hours,with a coal tire in
her hnhl. By <linl id' hard and
continuous work they not only
saved the vessel. Ind also I lie car
go of sulphur vvilli which she was
laden.
i Don't forget the Build card
! parly al the Shepard residence
: tonight al 8:30 o'clock.
EXAMINERS SAY SCHOOL
DIRECTORS CARELESS
<llvmpiu. Wash., Jan. i-.--Kc
j porting alleged irregularities of
laboul 840,000 in the linancial af
; fairs of Aberdeen school district,
(examiners of the stale bureau of
inspection and supervision of
public offices have submitted
i findings to the attorney general
'which say that the school direc
tors. who include some of the
most prominent men of Ilia.l city,
•are subject to strong criticism.
House and Lot for Sale.
Six-room house and fnl. on llo
jharl street below court house,
jTnis properly can lie had for 81,
i .100 on easy terms, l-’or further
informal ion apply al S. Blum A
'Co., or I he Valdez Dock company.
. Don't forget the Build card
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BANKER MORSE
IS A BANKRUPT
An Examination Into His Affairs
Shows He Did Not Save Any
thing From Wreck.
New York, Jan. ^.--Following:
the examination into Banker
Morse’s affairs Morse admitted
his irresponsbility financially and
suggested that his creditors pro
ceed to have him declared a
| bankrupt.
Evidence showed I hat Morse
turned over all bis available as
sets to (lie creditors, as well as
whatever tie earned when his trial
was pending. Whatever he was
doing now was upon his credit and
lability as a manager of largo en
! I crprises.
PRESIDENT TO
BE RE INDICTED
Head of the New York, New Ha
ven & Hartford is Still in
Trouble.
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New York. Jan. -'.’.--The l'eder
jal grand jury is investigating the
| charges against the head of the
j New Yurk_Ne.w Haven & 'Hartford
j railroad of having made a con
I tract with I he olfirials of the
■Grand Trunk railroad whereby the
: Canadian road i|iiii roast ruction
jon a competing line in the New
j Kiigland stall's, and President
j Mullen's road eonlinued its mu
j nopolx of I cuusporl at ion in t hat
1 locality.
. President Mullen was indicted
some time ago on the same
! charge, Iml it is know n that the
j indictment is fault> and the gov
Jerumeul will have him re-iudiet
|ed if they come to I lie decision
jllitil the former grand juiw was
j disipuilitied to act.
THE UTILE GIANT
! SHOWS UP WELL
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I Cross-cut Catches Vein at Dis
tance of 45 Feet—Will Now
Drift Along Fissure.
Mr. . I; i > 11«•.- i' in I own I'riuii I tie
i l.il 11 * - (- in 111 lode. wlii'ir lie lias
!liei'ii working driving a cross-cut
Jail winlcr. having si ruck the lead
ja lew days ago. The properly is
j situated ahoul I,non feel below
j I lie f.lnigaeli and Mountain King
j properties on Mineral creek and
j was located by Mr. .lav lies last
summer. II is owned by Arthur
; bang, Roberl l''i"'guson ami Mr.
[Jaynes ami is under homl lo Ai.
| Sullivan.
The vein was shuck Ihrough
illie eross-cul in »r> feel, and al
idle point where die vein was cut
it is live feel hclwccii walls vvilli
ill -’U-ineli pav streak. Mr. Jaynes
will now continue to drill along
die vein, where depth is rapidly
gained, as the mountains in that
neighborhood are verv precipi
tous.
The owners of Ibe properly are
sanguine dial lliev have si ruck
the "making's of a mine." Mr.
Jaynes reports the walls to ho
well defined and giving every in
dication of being a I rue fissure.
1.11ST—small sack contain
ing trunk keys and small change,
f'imler please return lo convent;