VOL 10 v VALDEZ, ALA8KA, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1914. N0 202.
GOT KILLED Bf
. . COLLEGE GAZERS
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Student* U*e Gun In Ceremony; Lad
Die*—Two Arrested; Three Stu
dents Missing.
ANNAPOLIS, Ind., May 29 —Wil
liam Bowlus, a student of St. John’s
Military College, die dhere today from
a gun wound inflicted by his class
mates who were hazing him in the
glee room of the academy.
Just how the accident happened and
why a gun was used is not known.
Two students have been arrested
while three have disappeared and are
being sought by the police.
The two students arrested are in
a state of collapse and cannot give
any account of the hazing.
DANIELS WOULD
SELL WARSHIPS
Asks Congress for Permission to Dis
pose of the Idaho and Missis
sippi to Greece.
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Secretary
Daniels, of the Navy department, cre
ated a sensation here yesterday when
he requested congress to grant him
the right to sell the battleships Idaho
and Mississippi to Greece for $12,000,
000 and to purchase a new dread
naught with the money received for
the ships.
The request was referred to the
committee on Naval Affairs and a bit
ter fight is expected before congress
will authorize the sale of American
ships to Greece.
The battleship Idaho, of the Ameri
can navy, was built in 1904 at a cost
of $5,558,731, w'hile the Mississippi,
built in the same year, cost $5,629,
183. Both are in excellent condition,
excepting that they lack many im
provements of the newer war vessels
and have only about half the displace
ment. The government will receive,
more than the original cost of the
ships.
ATHENS, May 29.—The minister of
naval affairs of Greece admitted to
day that the government was endeav
oring to purchase two battleships
from the United States for the navy,
which Is now inferior to that of Tur
key, which succeeded In purchasing
the two big dreadnaughts built In
Kngiand for Argentina and sold to
Turkey. With this addition to the'
Turkish navy Greece fears the com
ing conflict and is determined to off
set the advantage secured to her riv
als when they outbid them for the
ships of the South .American country,
and are now negotiating for the Idaho
and Mississippi of the American navy.
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PARIS, May 29.—The gift of a Rus
sian nobleman, a mammoth 40,000
years old today is being prepared her?
for the French Museum of Natural
History by the taxidermists of the
institution. The beast was found
frozen solid in loo in Siberia. Too
big for transportation, it was'cut into
quarters, each filling the .largest sized
freight ear. frogen for 400
centuries, was discovered in the mam
moth’s veins. '
No Issue Prospector Tomorrow.
‘‘Thor© will be no Issue of the D»Uy
Prospector tomorrow. The stores will
all observe Memorial Day. Govern-,
meat offices are all to be closed. The
cable and post offices will observe
Sunday htiurs.
STEAMER EMPRESS OF IRELAND SINKS
MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE LOSE LIVES
I Rammed By the Steamer Storstadt, the Ireland Goes Down In 19 Minutes—Four
Hundred Saved; 1,000 Drowned—Storstadt Is Reported Sinking; Asks
For Aid; Bulkheads Giving Way—Accident 2:30 In Morning.
RIMOUSIKI, Quebec. May 29.—Four
hundred survivors of the wreck of the
steamer Empress of Ireland were
brought here today by the government
steamer Eureka. Most of those res
cued were members of the crew and
only 12 women were saved of sever
al hundred who are known to have
been aboard the ship.
Fourteen Hundred Souls on Ship.
The Empress of Ireland was en
route to Liverpool with more than
1,000 people aboard and when well
out in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in
a thick fog the captain heard the
siren whistle of the steamer Storstadt,
which, heavily laden, was coming up
the gulf headed for Quebec.
Unable Locate .Storstadt.
Being unable to locate the position
of the Storstadt, Captain Kendall or
dered his boat hove to and while ly
ing in waiting to locate the position
fo the other steamer his own ves
sel was rammed by the Storstadt,
which struck the doomed liner amid
ships and tore into the hull, reaching
almost back to the screws.
Sank In 19 Minutes.
Helplessly the big ship remained
afloat for 19 minutes and then she
sank in 19 fathoms of water, taking
1,000 people to their death.
Crew Save Themselves.
The crew immediately ran for the
boats, launched them and the major
ity of them escaped while the pas
sengers were left aboard ,to drown.
The few passengers saved were res
cued by the boats from the Swedish
steamer, which picked up a number
from the water.
PEACE ENVOYS
Work of Conference Now Be Submit
ted to President* Wilson and Hu
erta for Approval.
NIAGARA PALLS, Ont., May 29.—
With the exception of the question
of the selection of a provisional gov
ernment to take the reins in Mexico
during the election. Which is to be;
held as Boon as it is considered safe
to hold one, the peace savoys have1
completed their work will now be
submitted to President Wilson for his
aproval and likewise to Provisional
President Huegfa. Both are expected
to immediately approve the work of
the envoys, as the details of the peace
plans have been telegraphed to Wash
ington and Mexico City as the nego
tiations progressed.
It is expected here that the com
bined forces of the. United States and
Mexico will be forced to deal with
the rebels under Villa and Carranza,
and that If the constitutionalists an
not recognized and given the reins of
govMWnent that they wttt continue
the fight and will destroy all the prop-1
erty in the northern states and at
Tampico, .owned by foreigners. _
Miller* At Convention.
MANHATTAN, Kas., May 29.—Mill
ers, bakers, ufheat buyers, mill, su
perintendent* and ,ft»ur .salesmen
gathered at tbs. Kansas State College
here today for a two gay’s week*’
short course In wheat and flour test
ing. Conservation of the state's sretf
wheat orop- after It is harvested is
the reason back of the establishment
of the course study,
Charles Sealer has bought the Al.
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Captain on the Bridge.
Captain Kendall, of the Empress of
Ireland, was on the bridge when his
ship went down and up to the end
made every effort to provide for the
safety of his passengers, but with
only 19 minutes to launch boats and
save his passengers, who were sleep
ing at the time, he was unable to
help many. The liner was hit at 2:30
in the morning.
Report Accident By Wireless.
Remaining afloat long enough to
report the accident by wireless to
the station at Father Point, and the
steamers Eureka and Lady Evelyn,
of the Dominion service, were sent to
the scene, arriving too late, however,
to do much but pick up those in the
life boats.
Eureka Picks Up Survivors.
The Eureka immediately returned
here with the rescued and the Evelyn
is searching for possible survivors.
The Storstadt proceeded to Quebec.
QUEBEC, May 29f.—The steamer
Storstadt, which rammed the Empress
of Ireland, and which is trying to
reach this city, has reported tfcat she
is sinking and that help must be sent
at once, as the pumps are unable to
keep the water out of the hold.
Aid Is Sent.
The government has ordered sev
eral fast boats to aid the Storstadt
and they are rushing to reach the
boa,t and t^ke off the passengers.
The captain has wirelessed that in
the event of the water gaining he
would place his passengers in life
boats and for the rescue ships io
watch for them.
Government Roasted.
Much adverse comment is express
ed here that the government boats
should have left the Storstadt to pro
ceed alone and thus endanger 750
people on the Swedish ship.
Salvation Army Aboard
A large number of Salvation Army
men and women are on the Storstadt
coming here, besides many immi
PRESIDENT WANTS
MERCHANT MARINE
Tells Committee From National For
eign Trade Convention We Need
It at Once
WASHINGTON, May 29.—President
Wilson today told the members of
the committee from the National For
eign Trade Convention now in ses
sion in this city that the United
States needed a merchant marine be
fore we could hape o compete with
foreign powers .in the world’s markets.
“The upbuilding of a merchant ma
rine is necessary for our commer
cial supremacy. It should be under
taken at once and carried on until
the United States again takes its
place as a maritime power,” said the
president.
The convention will discuss the up
building of our shipping and are al
so expected to pass resolutions urging
congress to open the Panama eanal
toll free to American coasting ships
as the best method of building up
American shipping. The repeal of the
canal tolls is opposed by a great
majority of the ship owners and mer
chants now in this city attending the
Convention.
MANUFACTURERS
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NEW YORK, May 29.—With prac
tically all prominent manufacturers of
the United States present or rep
resented by delegates, the nineteenth
annual convention of the National As
sociation ef Manufacturers convened
here yesterday nt the Waldorf-Astoria
hotel tor a two-day session. The pro
gram called for a speech of welcome
to the city by Mayor Mltchel and
the attendance of other city officials
as guests of honor of the association.
Tonight at the Orphoum.
A fine Bronco two-rod drama. Afb»
WWfKTHatthaugor.
£er, Slgtstfs flecjret. at the ptpbepm
tonight.
W. H. prennen has commenced the
nrork of painting the government
tnrUdtags in Valdes. 5i
Glenn Curtis Demonstrates First Fly
ing Machine Built Is All Right—
Makes Several Flights.
ELMIRA, N. Y„ May 29.—Glenn
Curtis, the aviator, today vindicated
the methods of Dr. Langley, the first
aviator to fly in a heavier than air
machine, when he successfully flew
in the machine which had been built
by Dr. Langley years ago and which
had been known as “Langley’s fol
ly.”
The machine which fell into the
Potomac river during one of the ex
periments of the first aviator was
fished out and placed' in the Smith
sonian Institute as an exhibit. It
was brought here several weeks ago
and with only slight repairs was used
today in several experimental flights
by Curtis wbi soon ' demonstrated
that the methods of Langley were
correct and his theories sustained.
Several hundred scientists watched
the aviator in his work and left with
a higher regard for the dead aviator
who died without realizing that he
had solved the problem of flying with
heavie rtban air machines.
NEW JERSEY HAS
ORANGE. May 29.—'The Brat teat
of the new preferential minning law
passed by the last legislature of New
Jersey for commission government
elections is being made here today.
Orange recently adopted the commis
sion form of government The Good
Government League has maintained
.absolute neutrality am^ng all can
didates, merely printing biographies
; of ail and devoting Its efforts toward
! educating the'voters in how to take
advantage of the preferential ays.tem
| of voting.
'Announcement
1 bare opened a drst-dass, up-to
date dreaamalrllWr establishment" at the
Albemarle Hotel, wfcero I will be glad
to serve die ladies of Valdes. Wdtk
guaranteed. A. L. BAXTER.
grants from England and Sweden.
Twenty From Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, B. C„ May 29.—
Twenty victims of the lost of the
Empress of Ireland are from this city,
several being prominent business
men.
QUEBEC, Canada, May 29.—The big
ocean liner, Empress of Ireland, of the
Canadian Pacific Steamship line, with
1,200 passengers and crew aboard
sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence last
night and all are believed to have
drowned. No details of the wreck
have been received in spite of the
efforts of the government, which
compelled all wireless stations to re
main silent excepting the Cape Race
station, so that if possible details
of the wreck and the location of the
accident may be ascertained.
Four fast British cruisers have been
sent to the scene, while a dozen mer
chant vessels are rushing in the di
rection in which it is known the
steamer should have been at the
time, but so far none have reported
sighting the wreckage.
The company here have published
the passenger list of the steamer and
many prominent Canadian and British
businessmen and government offi
cials are numbered among those on
board the the vessel.
The S. O. S. call of the big steam
er was held for only a short time
and the Interference of many wire
leess stations and steamers replying
made it impossible to get the story.
The fact that no news is reeeiveed
of the wreck i» taken as a bad sign.
TRUST BILL UP
IN THE HOUSE
House Votes Down Scores of Amend
ments to Administration Bill—
Business Men Opposing Bill.
,WASHINGTON, . May 29.—The
House has voted down'every amend
ment to the administration anti-trust
bill. The opponents of the bill have
proposed a score of amendments in
the past week and but one has been
adopted by the administration lead
ers and allowed to be added to the
original bill. It provides that no ex
clusive agencies shall be granted by
manufacturers in any section no mat
ter how small or large, nor shall
price discriminations be tolerated in
any form whatsoever.
The flght on the anti-trust legis
lation continues and many commer
cial organizations of eastern cities
predict that if the law is passed as at
present drafted the American business
world will witness the hardest times
In the history of the country.
A determined effort is being made
by business men to have congress
postpon the trust legislation until
the next session and allow business
to adapt itself to tlje many changes
Inaugurated by the present congress.
Deputy Marshal Albert Sullivan
passed through Valdes last night on
the Sampson with an Insane patient
from Kodiak. At this place C. A.
Bbywas also turned over to Mr. Sul
livan, who will take the convicted
hank cashier to .McNeil's to serve a
sentence of 18. months. By good be
havior Shy may fie released on parol
»t the. end of sjx months.
Colquel. Richardson returned from
the west on the Sampson.
FIND A LEPER
SOLDIERS’ ROME
Will Be Sent to Leper Colony In
Hawaii—Will Use a Special Car
For Him.
MILWAUKEE, May 29.—Bernard
Bennett, a veteran of the war In the
Philippine Islands who is an Inmate
of the soldiers’ home here, has devel
oped leprosy and will be sent to the
leper colony in the Hawaiin Islands.
The discovery was made a few days
ago and several experts and special
ists who were sent to the soldiers'
home by the governmeent have con
firmed the local doctor’^ diagnosis.
Bennett will be sent in a "special car
to San Francisco and then taken to
the Hawaiin Islands.
DEYO APPOINTED
MAKE SURVEY
Will Organize Party Here—Have 16
Men and Twenty Horse*—Other
Engineers In Seattle.
SEATTLE, May 29.—The Alaska
Railroad Commission have wired to
Colonel Henry Deyo, of Valdez, to
make a survey of a proposed railroad
from Chitina to Matanuska.
A majority of the engineers who
are to make surveys for the com -
mission are now in this city, they in
clude K. Gray, T. Bacon, K. Kuney,
\V. Milliken and D. Rearburn. all of
them will leave on the boat sailing
the sixth for the sections in which
they are to operate.
Captain Rotch, a well known Alas
kan and a half brother of Thomas
Riggs of the commission, left today
for Dawson to take charge of the Mid
night Sun, formerly owned by the
Boundary Survey and which will be
jused in the Nenana section by the
commission.
When interviewed by a represen
tative of the Prospector Mr. Deyo
stated that he had accepted a posi
tion as locating engineer for the rail
road commission and would have
charge of the surveying of a propos
ed line from Chitina to Matanuska.
•He stated that his party would con
sist of sixteen men and that he would
immediately purchase twenty head
of stock for use'of the party which
will be organized in this city and tak
en to Chitina at the earliest possible
moment. The party will go via Cor
dova but the horses will be sent over
the government road.
Police Dogs On Mail Vans.
PARIS, May 29.—Police dogs today
were introduced here to guard the
mail vans while the clerks are at
tending to other duties, following ex
periments which proved highly suc
cessful. Many private business houses
already make use of dogs to pro
tect delivery wagons.
11K AT ^
SYDNEY. Auatralia. May 29.—The
seismograph at this place has record
ed a number of quakes, which con
tinued for three hours. The earth
tremors are believed to be In the
Prieqdly Islands.
Chamber Qommeixs (Neste Tonight.
tfhe' Valdes Chamlier of Cpiqdutrce
win meet.this evening at ft' o’clock.
All members are requested to attend
as business of importance will be
considered. , . . . . >
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