VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA. SATUUDAV. MAIM'D iJ4. H»I7 M MItED
SULZER TO LEAVE FOR CAPITA!
JUNEAU, March 24—The Territorial Canvassing Board issued a Certificate of election to Charles A. Sulzer, as
Delegate to Congress from Alaska, at 10 o’clock this morning, in accordance with the mandate of the court
issued yesterday afternoon by Judge Jennings. Sulzer will leave at once for Washington to take up his duties
when the extra session of congress convenes April 2.
CONGRESS SURE
DECLARE WAR
l‘l..\\ AGGKKSSIVK MOVKMKNT
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Congressman Flood Certain Declaim
turn Will He tine of first Arts—
I mlreided Whether to Semi a Korre
of Troops to Kurope.
WASHINGTON, H. At a it It _»•!
tadit'aliotiK poitn to the belief tliat the
loven.aH at is preparing for an at live
ggressive art ion when Congress de
litres war ,a‘> it is fully expected to
!o immediately after assembling. It
•s olid that iio decision lias yet been
•cached on tin question of sending a
invo to Kurope. ('ongressman Flood,
liairm.'in of the House Committee on
oreign Affairs, in an interview last
veiling stated that there wits no
iontit that one of the tirst actions by
, -'(ingress would he a declaration of
\ var against Germany.
I 'ASTOK'S SON CON I-'ESSES
Itl lK.I.AUN AND KOItliEKY
UKHKK1.Y, Cal . March 24. Les
io Hrunk. 111. son ol It»*v. Alfred
trunk, former pastor of a lterkelev
church, was arrested yesterday and
'-onfessed, according to the police, to
having broken into his employer's
■lace of business, stolen blank checks
loin the cash register, signed two
!'t' the checks with his employers
mine and cashed them.
He intended to go to Los Angeles,
re told the police, but his nerve fail
'd him. he said, when it came to
lorging checks for an amount larg.7
nough to give him the necesarv
Hinds.
New Disease Discovered
GALESVILLE, Wis. March 24.
four persons have died here and
-cores are ill, some critically, from
disease which has baffled physicians.
Today city officials appealed to phy
sicians in other cities for assistance.
Little difficulty is experienced in de
fecting the symptoms, swollen glands:
nnd high temperature, but the proper
treatment has not been developed.
Dr. C. S. Rosnow. of the Rochester
foundation, will arrive here tomor
row to assist in checking the spread
of the disease.
Jack Stanley left this morning on
■he Pathfinder for Port Wells.
KDITOIt ItKITSKS < ITIZKNSIIII*
IS (iOlNG TO SPAIN
SAN JI'AN, March J4. Vincent
Halims, editor of the Herald <le la An
tilles, a native Porto Kican and a con
sistent anti-American has declined to
accept American citizenship under the
new organic act. In it declaration
matte before the district court Baibas
says lie will go to Spain and renew
his Spanish citizenship there. Thus
far he is the only person in Porto
Rico who hits infused American citi
zenship.
HOUSE HILLS
M W mi ls \lt»: IVIKOIIIt 'I'll
.Mi'iistiris 1'iniiling that Witne.-es
Mat In-t <ilii|.«*lle<l In Appear I(• • i«
Minis** aii‘1 Sena!** With Ilnoks if
lti*i|ii«‘s|**il In ihi so.
.irXKAI’. .March 1M The House
this morning killed lulls No. 7 and
No. S relating to court procedure.
Hills wre introduced providing that
witnesses shall he compelled to ap
pear before the House or Senate or
committees thereof with hooks, if re
quested to do so. and to give cer
tain testimony. An adjournment was
taken until two o'clock this after
noon. when memorial services for the
late John (J. Held will lie held.
Judge Jennings will deliver the prin
cipal eulogistic address.
JIN'EAC, March 24. Yesterday
afternoon's sessions of the House and
Senate were devoted to routine mat
ters. while the committees were work
ing on the several bills introduced.
GERMAN AIRMAN IS
WINGER BY DI TCH
AMSTERDAM, March 24.—A Ger
man airplane which flew over Sluis
yesterday afternoon was shot and hit
by Dutch troops who were maneuv
ering in the neighborhood, according
to the Handelsblad. The aviator was
wounded and compelled to descend
in Dutch territory, but before he
could be overtaken by the Dutch sol
diers he re-started his machine and
flew 200 meters over the border into
Belgium. German troops hurried to
his rescue and he was carried away
by Red Cross attendants.
Roosevelt Will Raise
An Army of 200,000
NKW YORK, March 24.—Col. Theodore
Roosevelt, confident war will he declared im
mediately upon the convening of Congress, is
busily engaged in organizing an army of one
hundred thousand men, to he used as an expe
ditionary force against Oermany. Roose\elt
wants supreme command of this organization,
subject to no interference from other officers
of the army. An invitation has been extended
to members of tin* New York State militia,
two hundred officers and men from each unit
having been requested to join the Colonel's
force. lit insists that la* will have no diffi
culty in enrolling the required number of men
in his army.
| EDISON'S BRAINS AT NATIONS CAI.L
I-Mioto b> Anu-rn itii 1’l'i‘ss As ociot ion.
Tin.mas A I'.ilison as ihalrrnaii of flip naval oinisnltiiin hoard will play
prominent part in organization of , ivilian foives for war if this heroines ueo
PSgart Hi- i- on loft, shaking hands with Secretary of Navy Daniels
METZDORFF SMS
STORY UNTRUE
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j \OT OUHIiHI> MONKV TO UK j
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| Witness Which Defense in Gill fa.se j
Stated Would Testify to Having I
Been Offered Money for Kalse Tes
timony, Appeai-s for Prosecution.
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I SEATTLE, March 24. -Eddie Metz-1
idorff, the witness for the defense in
! the Gill-Becklngham case, who was
expected to testify that Billingsley
had offered him money to testify
falsely against Gill, and who was re
ported missing yesterday morning, ap- j
j peared yesterday afternoon and held \
a conference with the government
counsel. He was placed on the stand
and testified that the story that Bil
lingsley had offered him $100 to tes-1
tify falsely against Gill was untrue. I
The defense on cross examination
fired a number of questions at the wit
ness, which he refused to answer and j
a heated argument ensued between 1
counsel for the prosecution and the
defense as to the right of the witness i
to refuse answers.
Should Be Belgian Children.
LIVINGSTON, Mont., March 23.- !
1 ('able to get sustenance in the inoun- 1
tains adjacent to this city, one thou
sand head of elk are overrunning the
lowlands jus! outside the city limits
in quest of food. The fund for pro
viding hay for them is exhausted.
i«raiorrutlr Meeting.
A special meeting of the Valdez
Democratic Club will be held tomor
row afternoon at 3 o'clock in the of
fice of Donohoe £ Dimond All Deni
ocruts are requested to be present
BRITISH SEIZE
The John I). Archbold took out ot'
Bergan thirty-nine sacks of mail from
Norway. Denmark and Sweden. The
vessel was compelled to put in to Hal
ifax and turn her mails over to the
Canadian customs notwithstanding
the fact that she had sailed from a
neutral port to the United States.
Norway and Sweden have entered a
vigorous protest over the matter.
A True Sport.
William Conley attended the has-,
ketball game in Moose Hall last night.
He appreciates a good game when he J
sees one. and he certainly witnessed j
a cracker-jack last night, at least he j
says he did and everyone there agrees i
with him. Feeling that the players
should be encouraged and to show his
appreciation of their efforts, he drop
ped into the Prospector office this
morning and made a donation ot $a
toward keeping up the sport
[champ CI.AKK lOMillKNT
kk-i:i,hotion as sim:\ki:i:
WASHINGTON. I). ('.. .March IN
Champ Clark, speaker of the House
in the Iasi Congress, in an interview
this morning, stated that he was con
fident of re-election to that position
in the coining Congress. He stated
that the organization of the House
would he expeditiously completed and
that within seventy minutes after the
House is called to order he will have
been re-elected.
MAY CALL TROOPS
(,n\ i kmii; U'lMtoviis or l*l.\\
Met'all \ i-its S«*crelar> of War Itaker
ami .\|i|iro\<‘» of I’lau to ( all (till
Two Keffimont•» Militia to Guard
Sl)i|>lttiildiiit> I*lniit.
WASHINGTON. M Marc h 2 I
Governor McCall of Massachusetts, to
day called upon Secretary of War
Milker, and approved of the plan to
call out two regiments of the Massa
chusetts militia to guard the* plant of
the- More- River Ship & Kngine Co.,
where several naval vessels are un
der const ruction for tne government.
It is expected the call for the troops
will he made within it few hours
KSCAPKIl PRISON KK RKTIRNS;
COUCHS WAV RACK TO JAIL
SKATTKK, March 24. K. J. Mus
ky. convicted of robbing the Stale
Rank of Renton. Wash., and who es
caped from the* King county jail last
week, together with four other prls
cners. appeared at the jail after day
light yesterday and pointing a pistol
at Jailer Stark demanded that he he
returned to his old cell. The request
was granted. Dusky's pistol had been
taken from Jailer Stark. The
other prisoners. John Soudas, con
victed of the murder of a woman;
Percy Allen, accused of the murder
of Anna Danielson; Robert Ford,
awaiting trial on a charge of man
slaughter and W. A. Coatz, sentenced
to life imprisonment as a habitual
criminal, are still free.
J Uyron Wilson left this morning
for the Alaska Mines Corporation
property at Fidalgo bay.
KILLED HEALTDO
\ TOTAL UI-' \L\KTKK\ \I!K 1.0*
A111«-ii<iiii Consul Itepmts Stauilai
Oil Tanker Was I uarmeil anil .
Torpeiloeil Without Wainiiii*
Ca|itaiu Annum Survivors.
\AISTKUIlA.M. Wal l'll _l Ti.
Atni'i'ii an Consul h• ■ r«• reports thut t!i
\lnerir.Hi steamship HeaMtoii. t• »r|»>
ih» ii aiiW sunk nW this l east W.-ill:.'
11.• > by a (Serbian suhinariU'' was a:
a I tiled anil Mas terp. 'h,i t Wit he'.
Martlii . At leas! alia teen of til
I li'M Vet. <| I'll M'net I III' Mill'll |.y ti.
i Xplosion el tie lerpetle. et when
M'M II were Allll'l'il .11'. I'itl/elis. Cap;
t h ristopiier was a mens; those I'eseu. i
I! VsM I'lt \ 1,1. (. \ M I l> 151- S I
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The basketball game at Moose Hal.
last night was one of the Inst evei
seen in the city. The contest was a
triple one. tit*- Moose team playing
the I’in/.ons. tin- Whites playing th*
15!ne>. ami the t'ottin Dodgers play
lag the Irish-Americans. The Pin
/on hunch defeated the Moose team
by a score of lit! to T'r. in a whirl
wind game, the teams playing the last
half with every ounce of speed and
vim they possessed, tlie work at times
resembling more the acts of a troup
of high and lolly tumbling artists in
: tead of ballplayers.
The Blues defeated the Whites by
a score of 10 to 4 in some very pretty
team work, and the Irish Americans
defeated the I’otfin Dodgers S to 51
The crowd was a large one ana ai
times their enthusiastic rooting t'or
the teams could be heard over at l'op
per Center. This is the last game of
the season as the Moose have turned
the hall over to the paperhnngers and
painters to be renovated for the com
ing tourist season.
All Comedy Program
Laughable all comedy program at
the Empress tonight in Eagle Hall.
Blanche Sweet, in "Stolen Goods" on
Sunday night.
Capt. Nolan at Hogan.
Capt. Robert M. Nolan, wh* is mak
ing a trip of Inspection along the gov
emment line, left Hogan this morning
northbound.
Election Day is Near
Few Have Registered
One week from next Tuesday the muni
eipal election for the purpose of choosing a
< ’ it \ ('ouncil will take place. A It hough hut ten
davs remain before the election there is appar
ently not the slightest interest being manifest
ed in it, and no candidates for office have as yet
appeared. Kven tlu* registration hooks show
a decided lack of interest, tor less than one
hundred names have been entered therein. No
person can vote at the coming election unless
registered, and as Iss than one-half of the vot
ers, here have so far complied with tlu* neces
sary formality, the vote will In* very small tin
less there is a rush during the closing hours.
Tin* hooks remain open until the night More
election.