The Election Bet—
MAKE IT A KNOX
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On the Farragut was received a very nifty line
of neckwear—Priced at Seventy-five cent*.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
CHAS. R. CRAWFORD
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Dealer in Agent for
Building Material. Machinery, Gas Engines
ALASKAN KILLS ~
PRISON GUARD
PLUNGED KNIFE INTO HEART
Crime Was Witnessed by Twelve
Hundred Persons—Stroud Serving
Sentence for Murder Committed in
Southeastern Alaska.
Robert F. Stroud, who was sen
tenced to twelve years’ imprisonment
at McNeil’s Island for murder com
mitted in Southeastern Alaska, killed
a guard in the Leavenworth peniten
tiary a few days ago.
Stroud had been transferred from
McNeil’s Island to the federal prison
at Leavenworth, Kansas, and last
Wednesday, while the prisoners were
at dinner, Stroud plunged a knife
into the heart of Andrew F. Turner,
one of the guards at the institution.
Twelve hundred prisoners assembled
in the big dining room witnessed the
crime.
Stroud had a bad reputation. At
McNeil’s he assaulted a guard and
would have received an additional
sentence for this after his present
term expired. The crime of last week
will undoubtedly mean life imprison
ment or he will be hanged.
FOR SALE: Seven-room house,
electric pump, bath, hot and cold wa
ter, piano.’Terms. Mrs. Korth. eodtf
Long Words.
What is the longest English word?
Some time ago the London Academy
published a list of words of Gargan
tuan dimensions, with their authori
ties and instances of actual usage.
Among other words which figure ir.
the list are veloeipedistrianisticalisti
r.arianologist, ultradistestablishmen
tariasts, antidisestablishmentarian,
ultrantidisestablismentarianists, anti
transsubstantioationistically, flocipau
cinihilipilificatiou (used by Sir Wal
ter Scott in his journal), and honori
ficabilitudinitatibus fused by Shakes
peare and several others). Certain
trifles such as incircumscribtiblenes3
do not count and the big word of Ra
belais, antipericamentanarbeugedam
phicribrationis is apparently ruled
out, for the Academy says: “The
Englishman’s real jaw-breaker is a
Welsh word over which Mr. Justice
Lawrence once, at the Anglesey As
sizes, asked an explanation from Mr.
Bryn Roberts, M. P. What is the
meaning of the letters ‘p. g.’ after
the name Llanfair?’’
The answer was: “It is an abbre
viation for the village of Llanfair
pwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllan
dyssilogogoch." How is this pro
nounced? It will take some beating.
This word of fifty-four letters, if re
peated often enough, is said to be a
cure for the toothache.—Linotype
Bulletin.
SUGAR REACHES TOP
PRICE IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, April 4.—Granulat
ed sugar has reached seven cents a
pound, the highest price since the
outbreak of the European war.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
Alaska Investment Co.
Real Estate, Insurance, Mining Stocks
Public Stenography Reed B,d Phone. 196
Accounting
TE TONY’S PLACE™
EVERYTHING
F1RS1 CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
Imported and Domestic
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Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Phone 69,
CITIZENS TICKET
PROVESA WINNER
VIVE COUNCILMEN CONCEDED
Ticket for Good Government and a
Greater Valdez Meeting witii Uni
versal Approval at tiie Hands of
Voters—Ladies Vote in Numbe’rs.
It is "generally conceded this even
ing that the Citizens ticket is elected
by a large majority. ' It is admitted
by local politicians that with the pos
sible exceptions of Charles Day and
Charles McCallum, whose names were
brought out on the opposition ticket,
that the ticket for Better Government
and a Square Deal has met with favor
at the hands of our citizens, and that
the agitators, who have wrecked our
city the past year have been dealt a
severe reprimand.
The weather has been perfect and
a large vote was polled, the ladies be
ing out in force and casting their
votes nearly unanimously for the Cit
izens’ Ticket.
A report was circulated by the An
nexationists last evening that if thej
Citizens’ Ticket went through that
the Valdez Dock Company would gain
control of the City Dock, but the at
tempt to influence voters was so pat
ent and the proposition so absurd
that its effect was reactionary, and
threw votes to the Citizens’ Ticket.
The people of Valdez are to be con
gratulated upon taking the reins of
city government out of the hands of
the Frame-Hubbard-Boyle gang and
placing them again in the hands of
taxpayers and men of known ability.
ED. WOOD LOSES i
VUE HORSE
I
DROPS IN A DEEP CREVASSE i
- i
Valuable Draught Animal Drop* Out
of -Sigbt in Deep Crevasse In the
Shoup Glacier—Was on Trail Overi
,
Which Much Freight Was Moved. |
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Ed Wood lost Diamond, a valuable
horse yesterday at Shoup Ray, the
animal dropping into a crevasse so
deep that he could not be seen, and
from which there was not the slight
est possibility of rescuing him.
Mr. Wood was taking the freight
up on the glacier preparatory to mov
ing a large quantity of freight to the
mines of the Valdez Gold Company.
There was a well-beaten trail on the
glacier and the animals were being
taken up the face of the glacier at
this point. Diamond was the first to
get up, and he was picketed in the
trail. The men were engaged in
bringing up another horse when sud
denly it was discovered that Diamond
was missing.
An investigation revealed that the
snow bridge covering the crevasse
had given way, precipitating the ani
mal into the depth below. So deep
was the crevasse that Diamond could
not be seen, and it is presumed that
he was instantly killed.
The horse was a handsome animal,
and was worth not less than $500,
and would be extremely difficult to
replace at that price.
Mr. Wood has a contract to move
160 tons of machinery and supplies
for the Valdez Gold' Company, and
is making excellent progress with the
work.
A number of Slavonians who arriv
ed on the Admiral Farragut yester
day, started out over the trail this
morning for Fairbanks. Each man
carried a small pack on his back,
consisting of extra clothing, their in
tent being to make their night stops
at the roadhouses.
HEAVY TRAVEL TO
THE NORTHLAND
Reports fjom Seattle state that the
boats scheduled to depart for Alaska
points are sold out for three months
in advance, and the demands for pas
sage are still coming in.
When the Farragut'sailed from Se
attle, on March 26, three hundred
passengers for Anchorage had already
been booked for her next voyage,
when she will go through to the rail
road town. This same state of af
fairs applies to the steamers of the
other lines, and steamship men state
that the travel to Alaska this year
will surpass that of any other year
in the history of the Territory.
One ton of tungsten metal will
make Ailments for 18,000,000 elec
trical incandescent globes.
WEAVING A NET
ABOUT_KRAUSE
H5X INDICTMENTS RETURNED
Federal Officials are Confident of Se
curing Convictions on Every Count
Against Man Alleged to Have Mur
dered a Number of Men.
The government Is weaving a net
about Edward Krause, the man who
is alleged to have committed a num
ber of murders in Southeastern Alas
ka. While no indictment haB been
returned against him charging mur
der, two indictments charging imper
sonating an officer and four charging
forgery have been returned against
him.
Sensational deevelopments in the
case can be expected. While the fed
eral officials are taciturn as to the ex
act progress of the case and their fu
ture plans, they have expressed them
selves as confident that the mass of
testimony gleaned from several
months of systematic investigation is
ample to convict Krause on every
charge contained in the series of in
dictments that are under considera
tion.
The cases for forgery will be tried
separately. In these cases the law
provides a sentence of from two to
twenty years. After the first convic
tion the trial judge is compelled to
give the maximum of twenty years on
each other count.
At the reconvening of the grand I
jury tomorrow when some out of
town witnesses will be present, an
other batch of seven or eight indict
ments will be brought, and the jury
given another recess until the trial
of some of the pending cases, bring
ing witnesses from the States and
from British Columbia, who will tes
tify before the grand jury in the mur
der cases which the government is
prepared to "try along with 25 or 30
more cases at the earliest oppor
tunity.
The sentence in the aggregate may
mean 200 or 300 years with no
chance under the board of pardons to
get a parole until one of the sentences
has been served.
Relative to the general impression
that seems to prevail anent the find
ing of a body in a murder cases, fed
eral attorneys claim a body is not
necessary as shown by numerous
precedents in connection with crimes
of similar character. Especially is
this true of sea murders where bodies
are seldom recovered.
It is further intimated that advices
have been received from the war de
partment that Krause is subject to
court martial charges, of a nature so
serious that they may mean death or
life imprisonment before the mili
tary authorities, if taken up.
In British Columbia the provincial
department of justice is ready to ex
tradite Krause, who under the name
of George Hartman, is said to have
forged a mortgage and filed the same
in the public recorder’s office at Van
couver. The punishment for each of
fense in this case is life imprisonment
at hard labor.
CORDOVA RED LIGHT
DISTRICT IS CLOSED
Under a telegraphic date line, “Cor
dova, March 29,” the Juneau Empire
prints the following regarding muni
cipal doings in our neighboring city:
“Like a bolt from a clear sky, the
red light district was closed as tight
as possible at 4 o’clock yesterday aft
ernoon. The denizens of the district
were ordered to leave the city, ac
cording to information today. Last
night not a resort was opened. What
caused the sudden determination to
blot out the district was not divulged
today. It is believed, however, that
politics have played a great part.”
Kodak Supplies at the Owl Drug
Co. tf
Obedient
Big Boy—My father is a policeman.
What does yours do?
Small Boy—Whatever mother tells
him.—Philadelphia lodger.
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Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
RESOURCES #250,000.
THE PINZON
Making a Specialty of Haas & Sons’ Candy
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Varied Sweets Nut Chocolates
Glace Fruit French Mixed
Old Fashioned Chocolate Supreme
Home Made Specials
The Largest Stock of Candies in the North
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street
We Are Agents For The
Dayton Electric House Pips
Which have fewer parts, run more
easily and quietly, require less
attention and cost less per year of
service than any other pump on
the market.
And the
“Thor 5” Vacuum Gleaner
This is one of the finest household
cleaners ever made for the low
. price at which it sells.
We stand back of both the above machines.
. Alaska Water Light & Tel. Co.
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DONALDSON SCHEDULE *
Lts. Fort Llscum Lvs. Valdes
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 6:00p.m.
SATURDAYS
1:15 p.m. 4:0tfcm.
7:00 p.m. 10:3tM-'m.
There will be no trip of the^ launch
on the second ana fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used, to
clean boilers.
Interior Warming Up.
The Interior is gradually warming,
up, the mercury standing at 31 at
Fairbanks this morning. The trail is
getting quite soft, and in many spots
the snow is quite gone. Heavy travel
Is reported to have commenced, and
the roadhouses are doing a good
business.
ELECTION RETURNS
AT THE EMPRESS
The election returns will be flashed
on the curtain at the Empress to
night during the show.
“The Wrong Woman." a l^ohert
Edeson feature will he shown; also
comedies and instrumental music.