VOL 9. VALDEZ, ALASKA TUE8DAY, JANUARY 21, 1913. NO. 86.
IHE ROCKEFELLER
BILL PASSES HOUSE
Permission Granted to Big Chari
table Organization to Form
Organization.
Washington, I). C., Jan. 21.—
The House today passed the bill
allowing the incorporation of the
Rockefeller foundation, a chari
table organization, with a capital
stock of §100,000,000.
The purpose of the foundation
is to provide a permanent or
ganization which will do system
atic charitable work in the in
terest of the people. This is the
new manner of perpetuating a
trust fund as il has been worked
nut by the best legal talent in I lie
employ of the oil king.
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SENATE BLOCKS
IMMIGRANT RILL!
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• Provisions Requiring a Certificate j
of Good Character Consider- I
ed Too Stringent.
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Washington, b. 0., .Ian. ~ 1.— I
The Senate today returned the im
migration bill to the conference
committee, as they consider the
provision of the House, (hat all
immigrants must bring with them I
a certificate of good character, too j
stringent.
tt is pointed out by the sena- j
tors that such a provision would i
stop the tide of new. citizen.-..
RELIEVE NATIVES !
AT TATITLEKi
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Ellamar Mine Having CeasedUsing j
Wood as Fuel Left the Na- '
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tives Stranded. !
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Natives living at Tatitlek have!
the last few years been earning
their living by cutting wood for
the Ellamar mine, but upon that I
company changing to fuel oil the j
natives found themselves without i
occupation and consequent iy-j
without food.
Siwash .John, who is Imre as a ’
wPncss, told Mm circumstances
of the Indian “suffering to May
or Ritchie and Marshal Sullivan
today and as a result the matter
was brought up before the Bureau
of Education. Today a telegram
was received from Superintendent
l.opp staling that all the money
for Alaska had been allotted, but !
that lie had telegraphed to C. \V. i
Cook, teacher at Tatitlek, to aid
the natives in obtaining credit
for the necessaries of life. This
is the second time within a few
days when the marshal’s office,
by prompt action, lias obtained re
lief wlmre it was imperatively
needed.
LEAVES LARGE
ESTATE TO WIDOW
New York, Jan. 21.—The estate I
of Whitelaw Ileid. late American j
ambassador to the court of St.!
James, is estimated at #20,000,- j
000, which he left to his widow j
with an expressed wish that his
son Ogdon shoould succeed in
control of the Tribune.
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All New Ones Tonight.
A complete c hange at the Or- j
plmum tonight.
MAIL ON LATOUCHE OR NORTHWESTERN
RAILROAD COMPANY GIVES UP RATTLE
Thirty Days Struggle to Open'Line From Cordova to Chitina
Abandoned—Burning of Bonanza Loading Station One
of the Reasons for the Change.
Interior mail will be sent to Val
dez to be forwarded via the McIn
tosh stages, arriving on Latouche
or Northwestern, was the news
sent to Robert McIntosh today by
the Orr Stage Co., who have en
tered into a contract with him tc
transport the mail from Valdez ta
Willow creek.
This ends a long fight to open
the railroad, which was blocked
on December 21st by a snow slide
and has remained blocked ever
since. It is said that the loss at
the Bonanza mine was the direct
cause of the change of plans by
the officials, as they did not care
to open the line for mail only,
when they could get no tonnage.
The work done by McIntosh un
der the subsidy of the merchants
and members of the Valdez Cham
ber of Commerce to keep the trail
open from Valdez into the inter
ior, in order that the world might
know that the way to the interior
is open all the year round, to the
splendid wagon and sicd road
from Valdez to Fairoanks and to
the many natural advantages that
Valdez possesses, is due to the re
routing of the mail through this
town.
! Postmaster Jefferson said to
the representative of the Prospec
tor today that the office was
equipped to handle all the mail
that may be sent here. Robert
McIntosh says that he is ready to
take the long delayed mail as soon
as it arrives and will show the
people that the trail is open. He
said: ‘‘I have the test bunch of
ipien ever assembled for trail work
and they will make the natives sit
up and take notice.”
The first mail wiil arrive here
on the Latouche or Northwestern,
according to the message receiv
ed by Mr. McIntosh. It is sup
posed that the mail now out the
line at mile 61 will be returned
to Cordova and that as soon as
possible the mail snowed under at
mile 82 will be recovered and sent
back to Cordova.
The mail was taken from Valdez
two years ago last December at !
the time of the completion of the {
railroad, but the service has been j
uncertain and caused many com
plaints from the interior.
Just before going to press;
Postmaster Jefferson received a |
dispatch from Chief Mail Clerk
Eames at Cordova stating that
10,009 pounds of mail would ar
rive in Valdez on the Latouche,
due hero Thursday.
GIVE THE TURKS I
FOURTEEN DAYS
If Ottoman Government Does Not
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Accede to Terms Imposed r
Must Take Consequences.
Loudon, Jan. 1 .--I mlm- pres
sure of tlie Powers the Allies;
have given the Turks .just four- !
teen days in which to accept or■
reject their nltimatum.
Tln> Turks were given In un
derstand that in ease they refus- j
ed to accede to the terms impos- ,
ed upon them they must suffer I he j
consequences.
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Result Recent Naval Battle Causes |
Turkish Women to Charge j
Navy as Being Cowards.
Constantinople, .Jan. it.--Fif
teen naval officers are wounded
as the result of riots succeeding
the recent naval bat lie with the
Creeks as the result <>f ipiarrels
which broke out among the offi
cers of the Meet as tn whether
they should attack the Creeks or
not.
Finally on Saturday the Turk-j
isli fleet, came out from under the
forts on the Dardanelles and gave]
Imtlle to the Grecian flotilla with;
the result that the Turkish ves-j
sets were worsted and again |
sought refuge under the forts. At ;
I lie close of the battle the Turk
ish women issued a circular i
charging the nav\ with being!
made up of cowards, a riot re
sulting.
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To Proseoute Sunset Co.
San Francis:**,. Jan. 21.—The
government is investigating the i
I-'1 one mouopolv of Die Paeftlc ,
coast with5'a ■ mw of heginningj
prosecutions.
Chicago After Crooks. f
Chicago, Jan. ‘.’I.--A crusade I
against the crooks has been;
launetied by the police. II is ex- I
peeled that ten thousand arrests |
.•.ill he made.
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VALDEZ MAIL IS
AT FAIRBANKS
Postmaster Jefferson Sends Local
Mail Via McIntosh Stages—
Reaches Destination.
Postmaster Jefferson, with his
accustomed enterprise, has been
sending the Valdez mail for the
interior via the McIntosh stages
and already one mail has reach
ed Fairbanks, another is due to
ilay and still a third is eu route.
When the blockade on the Cor
dova road stalled the interior
mail Postmaster Jefferson wired
to Chief Clerk Karnes that he
would forward the mail from Val
dez over the government trail, as
he was sure it would reach its
destination that way and there
was some doubts via the Cordova
route and he has, ever since ♦ he
blockade last December, been
sending a pouch to Copper Oen
ler and then it would be forward
ed.
The tiist mail left here on the
1st of December and reached
Fairbanks the l!5lh. A second
mail left at the time when Dep
uty Marshal Charles, of Fair
banks, left here on a McIntosh
stage after waiting at Cordova for
a chance to go over the road, and
a third mail left last week.
CONGRESS WANTS
TREE LEMONS
Washington, I*. (!., Jan. -1.
The tariff committee have agreed
to reduce the tariff on lemons and
may even recommend that I lie
tariff he taken off entirely. II has
linen urged that a trust existed
which was holding up I lie prices
and that the impnctutinn of lem
ons from Italy would he the hesl
way of regulating the trust.
SENATORS FROM TWO
STATES ARE ELECTED
Chicago, Jan. it.--The llepuh
lieans in Michigan elected J. Al
dcu Smith to the f oiled States
Senate and the Democrats in
Montana elected Walsh to succeed
Joseph Dixon, Hoosevell’s cam
paign manager.
Chinese noodles ami chop suey
ai Valdez Cafe afler 7 p. rn.
! SEALEY-DAVIS ORE
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| Local Stamp Mill to Run Through
Twelve Tons of High Grade
Rock for Shoup Bay Claim.
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Tlir local stamp mill will soon
lie grinding on the oi;e brought
from the Sen ley-Davis claims oil
Shouji hay by Sealoy and Davis,
who have been working the prop
erly under a lease. Twelve tons
of high grade ore inis been tak
en out and brought up to the
stamp mill, and it will be run
through the mill by Charles
Crawford in a few days.
The ore is said to be very val
uable, as the lessees have been
sacking only the best and have
hand-sledded it down the moun
tain to the beach.
The property is considered one
of the best on Shoup hay and de
velopment work will be continued
all winter. It is said the mine
will be one of the steady produc
jers in this ramp before next fall.
Fear Loss of Explorer.
j Christiana. Jan. .’I.--It is fear
ed that Sotlo Servedrnp. the Arc
hie explorer, and 111 of his men
i have been lost in the liraoiiland
i waters during a walrus hunt, as
they have been missing since
| .March Iasi.
THE GUILD PART!
TOMORROW MIGHT
[ The card parly to be given by
jthe Women’s Guild will be held
tomorrow night at o’clock at
! the Shepard residence. Mrs. W.
!|. Caswell, .Mrs. AI. While and
'.Mrs. !■'. .VI. Moyle will be the hos
tesses. The proceeds will be used
: for lhe charitable work of the
i Guild and ev ery one should at
tend. The admission will be 50
cents.
PASSENGERS ARE
^COMING FROM CHITINA
Word,was received Ihis morn
ling tlial thirteen passengers had
j arrived at the upper Tonsina
inuthouse from Chilian and would
[catch the McIntosh stages south.
| Kighl douhic-onders left Willow
creek this morning and will bring
them into Valdez.
GARMENT WORKERS
ARE BADLY SPLIT
Number Return to Work While
Others Continue to Riot
Strike Probably Fail.
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Vow York, Jail. 21.-A few thou
sand garment workers have re
turned to work under the advan
ced scale and others have gone to
work in other branches, but the
great majority continue the
strike and are rioting.
Tin* division in the ranks of the
strikers will in all probability re- |
suit in a failure of the strike, j
Kxtra police are being kept in the j
effected districts.
fishIrTloss
IS ADJUSTED
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Check Mailed From New York To
day—Local Agent Makes
Adjustment.
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A telegram was received today j
iiy C. (I. Will ft', the local iiisur- ;
ance agent, stating that a check
had been mailed covering the loss
on the Fish building by tire on the i
.‘fist of December. The building
was only partly covered with in
surance, having two policies for
91,000 each in the Stuyvesant and
Pacific insurance companies.
The loss w as adjusted by I lie
local agent, C. <;. Wullf, although
under the policy the expense of
sending an adjustor fi;om Seattle
could have been deducted by the
company from the face of the pol- j
icy. This is another instance j
showing the advantage of patron- ;
izing home industries.
The proof of loss was mailed to 1
ihe New York office on I he North- |
western, which reached Seattle on !
the I Till inst. and the mail reach- j
ial New York yesterday and a ]
[•heck was mailed within i hours. |
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House and Lot for 8ale.
Six-room house and lot on Ho
bart street below court house.
Phis property can he had for 91,- !
500 on easy terms. For further '
information apply at S. Ilium & 1
Ho., or tin* Valdez Dork company, j
REPUBLICANS
ENGAGE MELEE
8peaker Wyoming Legislature As
sumes Chair by Brute Force
and Rough House Tactics.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 21.
Speaker Pratt, of the state as
sembly, hurled temporary speak
er''Hunter (both Republicans)
from the chair, landing him on
his face. He then kicked another
member in Ine stomach.
The row occurred as the result
of a quarrel over which one of the
two was entitled to occupy the
chair. Pandemonium reigned in
the legislature following the as
sault. Tile Speaker-elect i> liciim
roundl> censured for hi- Imll
dozinu tactics.
ASSAY OFFICE
HANDLEDMILLIONS
Seattle Assay Office Handled Two
Hundred Millions From Alas
ka Since Founded.
Seattle, Jun. 2 i.—!Hiring tin* I i
years the assay office lias been
established in Seattle $200,000,
000 in gold has been received in
that institution as follows:
From Nome, $40,000,000; from
Tatiana valley and adjacent coun
try, 8 43,000,000; from Iditarod,
$3,000,000; the balance of Alas
ka, $10,000,000; Yukon Territory,
887,000,000; Mritisli i'.olumhia,
s18,000,000.
UTES ARE UGLY
TROUBLE FEARED
Still Standing Off Sheriffs ami
Special Officers—Retreat in
Mountains.
Curie/, Colo., Jan. -l.--Tlie Lie
Indians are si ill at large and re
fuse lo surrender. Trouble is
feared unless the> are captured
and all the settlers have armed
themselves, as no one can tell just
when an outbreak will-slarl. The
trouble is of long standing and
every effort at peace lias failed.
The stale demands tlie surrender
of lsig llnbbil and are determined
to capture him.
The Indian department has
beer urged to protect the Indians
from the stale authorities by the
many church societies of the I’u-t
who claim that the Indian has al
ways received the worst of it
from the white man. The settlers
also demand protection for them
selves. their families and their
homes and say that tin1 eastern
ers do not realize the situation.
HOLDS PALACE
AGAINST SUCCESSOR
Mexico City. Jan. “ I .--Itet iring
(Sovernor Hidalgo, of the state of
Tlnxneula. refused to recognize
his successor, Augustin Sanchez,
and barricaded himself in the pal
nee. I'pon the latter attempting
lo gel possession id' the state
building rioting followed.
This i' the kind of weather
that I he tenants of “The Cl iff*’
wear a broad smile and spend
their time in their rooms with
comfort.