V0L 9 VALDEZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1813. NO. 151.
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FOR FROST
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Says He is Regarded as a Benefac
tor in Alaska—Guggs Would
Control Alaska.
Chicago, April 7.—Albert Fink,
attorney for A. C. 'Frost, in his
argument to the jury claimed that
Alaskans looked upon A. C. Frost
and his associates as benefactors.
If the defendents are acquitted,
he claimed, the work of construct
ing the railroad would continue
and he completed to the coal
fields, while the conviction of the
defendents meant that tins road
must fall into the hands of the
<iuggenheims, who wish lo gain
Control of the rich mineral re
sources' of Alaska.
Fink claimed that I lie jury
might as well send Frost to the
gallows as to send him to prison.
The conviction means disgrace.
Ex-senator Turner, whose
name was drawn into tlie trial for
alleged advice to the defendents
telling them lo remain in Can
ada, that they might nol he com
pelled to testify, arrived here to
late lo testify.
BRIGHT FUTURE
FOR VALDEZ
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Mining Man Returning From the
States Prediots Good Times
for This Section.
r Sidney Dii^ke. who relurned oil
H i lie I\Jaripusu yesterday after
spending Hit; winter in Ihe stales,
where lie financed the Canicrun
.lolinsun Cold Mining company, is
most optimistic of’the future of,
the Valdez mining district.
"The mining men of the west
are greatly interested in this sec
tion," lie says, “and are follow
ing carefully the development of
Ihe camp. The camp will he vis
ited this sturimer by many ex
perts whnidHlI be sent here to
make inveSWrienfs. Every expert
\-ho visited this section last year
has reported favorably and all
predict a great gold producing
section around Shoup hay and the
wise investors will have men here
to secure options on ground which
they will develop.
“The Pacific Northwest is very
prosperous and its surplus money
is seeking investment.
"The Camcrnn-Jnhnsun com
pany have secured $30,000 with
which to open Ihe claims and we
extiecl to have the five stamps
dropping in June. M. E. Olson,
the company's superintendent, is
an expert miner and will soon
have Ihe properly in lirsl-class
shape. He is also a business man
of long experience and will con
,dnd Ihe affairs of the company
on a conservative business basis.
"Valdez is receiving much de
served boosting irorn tin* mining
men whn visited this section last
summer, and I do not hesitate In
predict one of the most prosper
ous seasons that I his section has
ever experienced."
RAILROAD BLOCKED
AT WILE TWENTY-NINE
The Copper River railroad was
blocked ai mile 29 tile past, few
days because the large rotary had
left the track and taken to the
lall limber. It is expected, how
ever. to have the road cleared in
a few days, even if the rotary is j
not captured and again placed I
in captivity on the rails.
LOST—A pair of gold eye
glasses last Sunday. Finder will
please 'return to Mrs. George
Walker. j
BLAME WILSON
HS DEATH
American Ambassador to Mexico
is Again Accused by High
Mexican Official.
Washington, L>. 0., April 7.—
Luis Rajas, vice-president of the
Mexican congress, accuses Am
bassador Wilson of being morally
guilty of the death of Madero and
his vice-president. The threat of
intervention made by Wilson, he
declares, caused the killing.
The refugees here arc loud in
their complaints of the conduct of
the American representative and
many Americans have also tiled
charges against. Wilson, claim
ing that he refused to protect
them when he was asked to do
so and allowed the arrest of many
Americans, some of whom have
never been heard of since.
Congress may cause an inves
tigation of the charges.
JOBS MAY GO TO
IBWIN--JEMGS
State Chairman Todd, of Wash
ington 8ays So, and He
Knows.
Seattle, April 1.—Stale Chair
man Todd arrived here today from
Washington and predicts the ap
pointment of “Stub” Irwin, of
Fairbanks, as marshal to succeed
Love and Robert Jennings In fol
low Judge Lyons.
Irwin and Jennings are still in
Washington wail ing for I he light
ning lo strike, he says, but lhe\
are sure of the appointments.
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District Attorney James J.
|Crossley, of Fairbanks, returned
to Valdez on yesterday’s boat. He
is accompanied by Mrs. Crossley
and Miss Helen. Mr. Crossley was
granted a three months leave of
absence after the Barnette bank
wrecking cases and is now re
turning to Fairbanks. He will, if
possible, go from Valdez to Wil
low creek, and thence by Orr stage
to the interior city.
ADAMS, WEBER
GO TO THE PEN
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Seal.llc. April 7.—Assayin' Ad
ams and his partner. Weber, who
were arrested some months ago
near Seattle with a complete
counterfeiting plant ready to
commence the issuing of spurious
ruin, were both found guilty Sat
urday and will he sentenced this
week.
Adams was out on parole when
arrested, while Weber was at one
time an inmate of McNeils island
and has served several sentences
for a similar offense.
Cal. Brosius, who formerly was
a resident of Valdez, but who now
owns a large planing mill at Sew
ard and is largely interested in
mines.near the westward city, was
a returning passenger on the
Mjiripoosa yesterday.
Sidney Drake, who financed the
Cameron-Johnson property the
past winter, when he interested
Seattle and Yakima capitalists,
returned to Valdez on the Mari
posa. Mrs. Drake and the chil
dren are expected in June.
Cliff Johnson was a passenger
for Seward on the Mariposa.
Subscript for the . Ppospectoj; _
NATIVE SONS
Tell Him That Orientals Have No
Right to Hold Land in
California.
Washington, L>. C., April 7.—
The Californians have answered
Secretary of Slate Bryan in the
mailer of the proposed law to
prevent ownership of land in the
state by orientals and that they
have the right to pass such laws
and intend to do so.
Bryan insists I hat the foreign
treaties are the supreme law of
the land and that he will insist
on the protection of treaty rights
to the Japanese.
DEMOCRATS WILL
HAVE A ROW
Louisiana Congressional Delega
tion Say Will Not Stand
for Free Sugar.
Washington, April 7.—The
congressional delegation repre
senting the sugar state of Louis
iana, have served notice upon the
Democratic ways and means com
mittee that they will not stand
for a cut Iff the1 tafIff on sugar,
which they claim will put out of
commissiVm the great industry of
the state.
They predict a light and claim
that with the aid of Republicans
and those opposed In Hit' other
nils in, tile tariff Dial it will he
a merry light in which the coup,
mil tec will he badly worsted.
Road Crew Leave Town.
foreman Oscar Olson, of the
road commission, lefl this morn
ing- for the Klulina to commence
the work of rebuilding the bridge.
He is accompanied by Hans Chris
tianson, Charles Olson, Con Nor
denberg, Dan Sutherland, C. II.
Erid, Nets Nelson and Harry Nel
son. The crew will be gone six
months and after the work on the
bridge is finished will start I he
repair work along the trail.
LYONS ns
MILD Bill
Judge Thomas Lyons refused |o
allow bail for Joseph McDonald,
who was recently indicted for the
murder of N. C. Jones. The .judge
held Dial where lln* presumption
of guilt is strong hail can not
he allowed.
“Ordinarily,” said the court,
in making his decision, “the
question would be simply, what
will produce the defendant in
court on the day of the trial? The
statute, however, in this case
provided something else.”
Tiu* court then read from the
statute which provides that the
accused shall he admitted to hail
except in murder cases where the
evidence is clear or the presump
tion strong.
“If the court held anything
else.T haid Judge Ijynns, “it
would he making legislation. Con
gress has taken the prisoner in
this case.”
Dancing Wednesday.
On Wednesday eve, in Moose
hall, the usual dance at 9:30
sharp. Beginners al 8. Home
'waltz at 12 p. ni.
n' -H -
Dougherty & Ferguson receiv
ed on the steamer Sampson a j
supply pf fees’!}1 groceries, fruit i
and vegetables.. * j
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RAILROAD WRECK
TWO DEAD
Baltimore ft Ohio Train Crashes
Into Station and Kills Four
and Injures* Two.
North Baltimore, April 7.—A
train on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad crashed through the sta
tion at this place today, killing
two people and injuring four.
The train was rushing through
the station without a stop, and an
open switch sent the train crash
ing into the station.
The police and firemen were
immediately called and the dead
and injured taken from the de
molished huildihg.
RAILROAD BILL
IS INTRODUCED
Provides for Building 1,000 Miles
of Road In the Territory—
John Ballaine Talks.
Washington, L>. C„ April 7.—
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon
today introduced an Alaskan rail
road bill which provides for the
construction of 1,000 miles of
sroAd ijxstead ixf X60, as suggested
liy the Vaihoad commission, and
this additional mileage will, says
John Ballaine in an interview, al
low for the extension of the Alas
ka Northern to the Kuskokwiin
river.
The bill also provides for the
purchase of all existing lines in
Alaska..needed In carry out the
Ideas of th!f*railroad commission,
and the price for ftp; mads is to
lived l y the railroad commission.
The fiuggenheims have objected
to a commission of Alaskans, as
they |he anti-corpor
ation cryr-oWhe territory would
prevent them getting a fair price
for the road, which cost they *20.
000,000.
The Copper River & Northwest
ern Railway company is very ac
tive in working for the purchase
by the government of the road
from Cordova to Chilian.
TOURIST TRAVEL
mm SALES
'I'lu* local curio business will
[certainly pick up with the new
schedule of the Alaska Steamship [
Co. The excursion lo this sec
tion is being made the fealure and
at each port a long slop will Ik* j
[made, allowing ample time for j
travelers lo come up town and i
visit among the stores. If any
local merchant lias a friend hack
east to whom a descriptive fold
er should he sent, just hand the
name to the agent of the Alaska
Steamship company or to General
Agent Tracy, who will see to it
that (lie name is supplied.
Lei us all gel logoi her and
boost this summer’s travel, as the
steamship people have given us
(he service. Five boats a month
is belter than three or four.
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Everybody Amused.
Everybody who attended the!
Orpheum Iasi evening had 2,500 !
feel of laughler. Same program
tonight, so don’t miss it. Change
tomorrow evening. We need your
patronage. j
Jusl received at Harvey’s Tog-,
gery, a uiee line of spring and *
summer ooais.
If you want all the news all the j
I itne.. l egd I Ire Prospector.
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COURT ADJOURNS
UNTIL MAY 5TH
Officials Leave on Poat Tomorrow
Morning—Court in Cor
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dova Thursday.
Judge Peter D. Overfield today
adjourned the present term of
court until May 5th, when it. will
reconvene at Valdez and in the
meantime a session of the court
will be held at Cordova, com
mencing April 10th.
Besides Judge Overfield, Dis
trict Attorney Walker and his as
sistant, Ouy Brubaker, U. S. Mar
shal Sullivan and John Bouse,
Rev. Ziegler will be the court
.crier, Thomas Scott and Miss
Monohan will represent the
clerk’s office, and Ike Hamburger
will report the proceedings.
The court will convene in I he
Empress theatre building.
MPUHES
AND SAILS WEST
Due to Sail South Tomorrow
Morning—Brings Many
Passengers.
- The Mariposa arrived nt.'Ynt
!dc7.„ yesterday at noon; Bringing
a good passenger list and consid
erable freight. This is the first
trip mining north under the new
[schedule, which provides for a
(•all al , Skagway. where 75 pas
sengers were landed, belated
1 lawsonii.es and others headed for
I lie new strike.
'Hie Mariposa will sail south
j 1250 Inns of ore from l.atouche
I for Tacoma, and 15 cars of Hoii
lanza ore Irom Cordova.
The following passengers ar
rived from lhe south:
Miss Miller. Mrs. II. It. Miller,
Mrs. \Y. K. Lee, F. M. Symcs, Sid.
Drake, It. J. McChesney, J. J.
Crosslev. wife and child. Frank
Coes.
l.atouche—,1. Wallace.
Seward— ClilT Johnson, Cal.
Brosius. J. ITockman, Mrs. S. O.
Morfonl, Miss B. Clark. <>. P.
Payne.
FOUR CREMATED
BY EXPLOSION
Pit I sbui'g. I’a., April 7. An ex
plosion in one of the furnaces in
the slag plant here occurred totiay
and four men, who were working
near the' furnace at the lime, were
caught in the molten (petal and
cremated.
Absolutely no trace of the hod- j
ies remained. |
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Volney Richmond, who directs j
the operations of N. C. Co. and)
the Orr stage line, will return to ,
Cordova on the Mariposa and will
spend some time at Chitina in
vestigating the possibility of us
ing air ships when the railroad
is blocked.
Mike Barrett and Mike Sherry,
who have had the contract to do
the rock work in Solomon basin
for the A. L., \V. & T. Co., re
turned |.o town yesterday with
their contract finished. ✓
WANTED—A cook: inquire «»f
Col. O’Neil at Fort Liscum. !
FOR RENT—Furnished house
on Millionaire Row; fine location.
Inquire of C:. O. Wulff.
Don't forget thc Eaglevdan.ee
Saturday.
GALL ON WILSON
ABOUT THE JOBS
Want All Men in Alaska Feed
ing at Pie Counter to be
Alaskans.
Washington, 1). C., April 7.—
Robert Jennings, who would suc
ceed Judge Lyons in the First
division; W. HI. Whittlesey, who
would like to push George Walk
fer off the map and grab the dis
trict attorneyship for this divis
ion; George Drcibelbis, who would
succeed II. P. Sullivan, and J. J.
Finnigan, who is commissioner at
Seward, called upon President
Wilson today and requested that
he appoint only bona tide Alas
kans to federal positions in the
territory.
President Wilson assured Ho
committee that he would give Ho
matter his consideration.
Jack Cook returned from Min
eral creek Saturday, whore he
has been working for Wilson,
freighting in the supplies for the
Mountain King claims.
ICHFREIGHT
FROM THE WHARF
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Many Lighters With Mining Out—
fits Leave Valdez Wharf
This
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'1'lle Valdez dock was a busy
place this morning when the
lighters were being loaded with
supplies for the many properties
down the hay . The balance of the
Cameron-Jolinson outfit arrived
on I lie Mariposa and was imme
diately placed on a lighter by
Supt. Olson and will lie sent to
Slump hay at once.
Kd. Wood loaded Id head of
slock upon a lighter to lake them
to Slump hay, where they will be
used to take the supplies to the
Gold King and lo the Canieron
Johnson. Charles Crawford has a
gasoline donkey engine working
taking (he supplies up the steep
grade and says the engine is a
wonderful success.
The Brighton also loaded her
capacity of freight and left with
eight passengers for Port Wells
today.
The Midas also had a lighter
loaded with machinery and sup
plies, which lefl the wharf today
for the mine across the hay.
Will A. Steel, the pencil push
er on the Cordova Alaskan, de
cided al I lie Iasi moment to of
fer himself on Hie altar of good
government, fearing that the
schools of the railroad town could
not be successfully conducted in
the hands of Judge Adams. The
people relinked the editorial writ
er by giving his opponent 99 more
voles than he received. The count
was 135 for Adams and 3(5 foi
sted.
Pete Monohan returned to the
north on the Mariposa, leaving
the boat at Cordova and going to
(he Valdez creek district viaChit
ina. He hopes to overtake the
out lit before its arrival at the dig
gings.
A. H. Paxson arrived in town
from Paxsons today. He has sold
his roadhouse to Nicolls, who has
been running the :>elta summit
roadhouse. Mr. Paxson is now
on his way to the states.
Very best Seattle ranch eggs,
three dozen for 80 cents, at King’s
grocery. Telephone 188.
Tip Top registered brand se
lected Petaluma eggs three dozen
for Si at King’s. Phone 188.