V0L 9 „ VALDEZ, ALASKA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1913. NO. 100.
FRENCH OFFICIAL
FOUND MURDERED
Supposed Crime Committed by Ac
complice Auto Bandits Now on
Trial for Numerous Crimes.
Paris, Feb. 6.--Eduard Peltier,
au official of the Department of
Justice, was mjurder'ed at his
home together with a nurse.
It is supposed the act was com
mitted by an accomplice of the au
to bandits, now on trial, which is
attracting a great deal of atten
tion by reason of the widespread
ramifications of the gang which
has been committing depredation
after depredation.
JAPANESE PEOPLE
v Attempt Duck Members Parlia
ment Who Override Constitu
tion in Effort Carry Point.
Tokio, Feb. 6.-The Diet cen
sured Katsura, the new prime
minister for overriding the con
stitution and infringing on the
people’s rights. Following ad
journment. of the Diet when the
members were departing for their
homes the people cheered the
1 constitutionalists and began to
drag the liberalisls from their
'rickshas.
It. look the reserve police to
prevent the infuriated populace
from ducking the liberalist. mem
bers in near by ponds.
MORpTROUBLE
FOR THE TURKS
Bulgarians Closing in Rear of
' ports Gallipoli Peninsula
With Greek Navy in Front
Cuustantinoplc, Fell. <>.—Bul
garian I roups are invading Galli
poli peninsula in order to attack
Ilia Curls from the rear, while the
< in.uk navy is in the Gulf of So
i os assisting the battle.
W ar is now in full swing’along
Hi., unlire fronl and is being push
» uil wiih vigor, apparently unwell
lurinulated |)lans.
The anti-war party here are
making demonstrations denounc
ing the Young Turks party as
murderers and thieves.
AN ELECTRIC LINE
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE
Purl land, Ore., Feb. 6—It is re
ported that the Northwestern
* Ivleetrie company, backed by the
Fleishackers of San Francisco, is
undertaking to finance an electric
line between Portland, Olympia,
Tacoma and Seattle. It is also
negotiating with the Washington
Oregon company, organized re
cently lo run an electric line be
tween Portland and Tacoma by
way of Olympia, to obtain control
nf its lighting projects and right
of-way in western Washington.
II is said Lhat the Northwestern
RleeLric company has obtained a
right-of-way through Vancouver,
Wash.
^ The GlifT” Is the place, not
a bunkhouse; not cheap, but rea
*• suitable and moderate in price,
. and you gel what you pay for—
comfort.
RAILROAD COMMISSION FAVORS
ROAD FROM CORDOVA AND SEWARD
President Submits Report of Commission to Congress-Valdez
to Get Road if Satisfactory Traffic Arrangements Can
Can Not Be Made With the Copper River Road
From Chitina To the Coast.
Washington, D. C., Feb. G.—
President Taft today sent a spec
ai message to congress recom
mending that two roads be built
by the government in Alaska, one
from Seward to the Iditarod, tap
ing the Matanuska coal fields and
the other from Chitina to Fair
banks with a branch to the Bering
coal fields.
The message contains the re
port of the commission which in
vestigated the railroad situation
in Alaska last summer. They es
timate that the cost of the two
roads will be $36,000,000 and that
they will have a total mileage of
733 miles.
The report says that the harbor
at Controller bay is useless, but
recommends the harbor at Cor
dova. The estimated oost of the
road from Chitina to Fairbanks
is $14*000,000 and the construc
tion of a road from Valdez to Chit
ina is estimated to cost $0,000,
000 more.
The members of the commis
sion report that if satisfactory ar
rangements cannot be made by
the government than the govern
ment should construct the line
from Valdez to Fairbanks.
The president strongly urges
that the road be built by the gov
ernment, but not operated by
them. He outlines a plan of gov
ernment guarantee of the princi
pal and interest on the bonds of
a private corporation which may
build the roads.
The commission which investi
gated the situation last summer
consists of Maj. Morrow, Cox and
Ingersoll.
Bill Introduced on Floor of the
Mouse and Passed is Now
Up to the Senate.
Thu Army and Navy Journal of
the 25th of January, tells of the
passage by the House of the
$100,000 appropriation asked for
by Col. Richardson for the re
pair and construction of trails and
roads in Alaska.
The House committee on mili
tary affairs, containing some en
emies of Alaska, had the item
stricken from tlie bill, but it was
introduced on the Hour by a
friendly member of the House;
when the bill came up for discus
sion, and in open debate the men
who have been trying to defeat
the appropriation would not come
out in the open and take a stand.
The bill is now up to the Sen
ate and will surely pass. Senator
Nelson and several other strong
members are working with Col.
Richardson.
miimiliiGE
FURS REGULATION
Albany, N. Y„ Feb. 0—Seven
hills have been introduced in the
legislature aimed -to prohibit
stock exchanges from manipulat
ing securities and fixing the max
imum interest on call loans at 15
per cent. Apparently in answer
to these repressive measures the
New York Stock Exchange has
passed a resolution prohibiting
wash sales in the future.
WILL REPAIR THE
DORA IN 8EATTLE
The Dora, which was wrecked
at Seward, will be repaired by the
Seattle Construction and Dry Dock
company, who have received the
contract. The contract price is
said to be $12,000. As soon as
repaired the little boat will again
ply the northern waters.
Situation wanted by an exper
ienced woman. General work or
cooking. Call at Alameda hotel.
FOR RfeNT—Two m three
rooms for rent next.to eSbla, of
fice. Inquire of F. M. Brown. A-V;
.Chinese ncoaies ana chop suey
nt Valdez Cafe after 7 p. m.
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FALCON JOSLIN
SUMS FISHER
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Says It Is An Honor to be Indict
I
ed in Alaska Coal Matter
Instead of a Disgrace.
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Washington. I). C., Fell. (i.—
Falcon Joslyn, in the course of
his testimony before (he House
Committee on Territories, con
sidering the bill to. transfer I he j
adjudication of Alaska coal cases
to a court of law instead of the
Interior department, said that an
indictment in an Alaska coal case
in tlie northern territory was con
sidered a presumption of honor
instead of a disgrace, so arbitrary j
lias tlie land office been in those
{matters.
Strike is Failure.
Pittsburg, Feb. 6.—The strike
of the foreign laborers in the
steel works has come to an end
Ihe men losing out.
mlmsesIe
NEARING TRIAL
Chicago, Felt. li.—Tile staff of
government prosecutors in the
Alaska coal cases in which Frost
is the principal defendant, have
arrived from Washington, while
the Alaska witnesses are expected
here daily.
FIND OLD RECORD
THAT MEANS MUCH
New York, Feb. 6.--The lost
link in a chain of evidence on
which to base a suit for a $10,
000,000 tract of land, now occu
pied by. a part of the city of New
Orleans, is said to have been
found in the discovery of the bap
tismal Pecord of Joseph Vallierc,
an arly French adventurer. Per
sons claiming to be his heirs are
scattered throughout the United
States and for years attorneys in
their behalf have been seeking to
establish title to the Louisiana
property, a strip 120 miles long
and 80 miles wide, along the
banks of the White river.
The baptismal record of Val
liere was found in Queheo, Cana
da. By mean»o£|gpwijhg his bap
tism in May* 1 is said that
hie des .feed in so
direct^ Jiwi be
their
claims. . ,
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LEGISLATORS ON
WAY TO VALOEZ
Four Representatives From Nome
and Same Number From Tan
ana Coming to Coast
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Mayor Dan Driscoll, of Fair
banks wired today from Delta tel
egraph station that, four repre
sentatives, members of I lie legis
lature from the Tanana, and four
from Nome, started yesterday
morning from Fairbanks to come
to Valdez.
Tile message came to Mayor K.
E. Hltchie and is understood to
be a response to a letter sent in
the name of (lie city over the trail
a few weeks ago when the railroad
blockade became notorious, invit
ing all Fairbanks travelers to
come to tide water at Valdez over
the old reliable Fairbanks trail,
and promising them a cordial wel
come.
ALASKA NATIVES
AREJOOMED
Washington, i>. Kelt.
I)r. Krulish, of tin* Marine Hos
pital corps, on duly among Alaska
natives, in his report predicts the
extermination of the Alaska na
tive within fifty years from tuber
culosis unless the government
takes steps for their protection.
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SEND BABY “PACKAGE"
BY PARCEL POST
Batavia, N. Y„ Feb. (>.'-- Bcrnau
O. Lyttle, mail carrier on a rural
route out of this place, is the first
man to accept and deliver under
parcel post conditions a live baby.
The baby, a boy weighing 10 3-4
pounds, just within the tl-pound
linY.it, is the child of Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Beagle, of Near Glen estate.
The “package" was well wrap
ped and ready for “mailing" when
the carrier got it today. Us meas
urements reached 7 I .inches, also
just within the law, which makes
72 inches the limit. Mr. Lyttle
delivered the parcel safely to the
address on the card attached, that
of its grandmother, Mrs. Louise
Beagle, who lives about a mile
from its home. The postage was
15 cents and the “parcel” was in
sured for $50.
Geo. Heinke, the watch repairer
and jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug
company.
MARIPOSA ENJOYS
FINE WEATHER
l.iiinr Brings Large Number of
Passengers—Many for the
Interior.
Tlie Mariposa arrived in port
last night a little after midnight,
bringing the largest number of
passengers for this port arriving
on any steamer this winter. Many
were through passengers for
Fairbanks. |
The passengers report one of
the tiiiesl trips north ever exper
ieneed at this season of the year.
Over 50 tons of freight was land
ed here, (55 Ions at Ft. I.iscum and
2(5 Ions for Cordova.
Liu* following is |lu> passenger
list : J. G. Dull-, G. J. Thadd, J. P.
Fay, .J. T. Evans, J. G. Black, H.
J. Aswell, J. Garrigan. N. J. Dwy
er, Ida Peterson, I.udwig Johnson,
Miss Ida A. Gove, Miss Lereux, T.
S. Wickersham, Miss B. GrotT,
Mrs. Geo. Wheeler, Dave Dunbar,
J. Tuya, J. J. Ross. M. Hyland,
Miss Amid Esson, J. P. Muck. Miss
Dora Fowlkes, A. J. Youngren, M.
H. Johnson, 11. Anderson, Gus
Nyman, A. McAllister. Gapt. W.
A. Garleton. For Lalouche—F. A.
Schumacher, ami five for Seward.
There were also steerage.
UNMANie BARK
FOUND AND LOST
Newport News, Feb. 6.—The
British ship Roumanian, just ar
rived, reports overhauling the
Norwegian bark, Remit tant, after
a chase from the Azores. The bark
was fully rigged and had sails set,
was fully provisioned but unman
ned. There were no signs of pi
racy found on the vessel, which
was afterwards lost during a
storm.
REPAIRING TRAIL
KEYSTONE CANYON
Robert McIntosh sent eight men
out to repair the trail in Keystone
canyon. The men left this morn
ing and will remain several days.
A new trail will be broken on the
government road, the former trail
on the river being in bad shape,
it was thought advisable to make
a new trail where the overflows
could be avoided. The chock
holes between town and the can
yon tfill be repaired.
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DARROW ACTS AS
OWN ATTORNEY
Compels Detective Franklin Admit
Was Promised Immunity for
Testifying for the State.
Los Angeles, Feb. C.--Clarence
Darrow, acting as his own coun
sel, cross-examined Franklin, the
detective who was arrested for
subornation of perjury and af
terward turned state’s evidence.
After a grueling on the stand
Darrow compelled Franklin to ad
mit that he was promised immun
ity from punishment for testify
ing in behalf of the slab-.
the ini
IS HARD FOUGHT
Enough Attorneys for Defense to
Form a Jury Panel—Society
Agog Over Outcome.
Aitkin, S. C., Feb. C.--A number
iof experts have testilieil at hav
ing found blood on Frederick O.
Beach’s knife after the assault on
‘Mrs. Beach, while others deny that
there were blood stains on the
knife.
The case is one >f the hardest
fought ever witnessed in the state,
the defense having eleven law
yers, including Congressman Jas.
F. Byrn s. one of the ablest law
yers in the stale. The prosecu
tion is al>o reinf iced by addi
tonal counsel.
NEW HEAD ¥r
CORDOVA ROAD
Caleb Corser Follows Supt. Geiger
Who Has Resigned—Huge
Task for Mew Officer.
Caleb Corser has been appoint
ed superintendent of the Cordova
railroad, succeeding Supt. Geiger,
who has resigned.
The new officer has been w *fli
Ilie road since construct ion work
started, and at the time of bis ap
pointment was divisional engi
neer. Mr. Corser had been grant
ed a leave of absence last Decet i~
her and was at bis home in Mm
neapolis when he received the ap
pointment.
Supt. Geiger has held the posi
tion for seventeen months.
SSTEAMSMHIP CORDOVA
PASSES JUNEAU
The freighter Cordova was due
at Juneau early this morning, ac
cording to wireless received by
the operator of the Mariposa.
Fred Brjant, the engineer who
Will have charge of the Valdez
creek mining operations, arrived
on the Mariposa, but made the
trip to the westward. He was
formerly in charge of the Hy
draulic plant on Cooper creek, in
the Cooks Inlet district.
Wm. Soule, in charge of the
transportation end for the Valdez
Creek Mining company, did not
arrive in Seattle in time to catch
the Mariposa, hut will arrive on
the Yukon or Alanieda. The outfit
brought up for the company con
sisted of ti 00 ton outfit which will
be taken to the mines as soon as
possible v ia the government trail.