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VOL. 8.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, THUR8DAY, APRIL 25, 1912.
MO. 162
OLYMPIC FAILS
TO GET CREW
Passengers Cancel Tickets Be
cause Boat Reported Poor
ly Equipped
Southampton, April 25.—The
Olympic did not sail as was ex
pected yesterday afternoon. She
was unahle to secure enough
stokers to take the places of the
strikers who refuse to return to
work, claiming the Olympic is im
properly equipped in case of ac
cident. Many intending passen
gers have also cancelled their
lickets and will sail by another
line.
Southampton is the home of
I he crew of the ill-fated Titanic
and there was very few of the
stokers given an opportunity to
man the life boats. It is possible
the trip of the Olympic may be
cancelled.
TAFT'S FRIENDS
AFTER TEDOY
Dig Up Letters Showing the Col
onel Favored the Harvester
Trust
Washington, April 25—Friends
of President Tafl in the depart
ment have dug up special corres
pondence which passed between
Roosevelt while president and
Bonaparte while attorney gener
al.
The correspondence shows that
Bonaparte wanted In institute
suit against the Harvester trust
for violation of the anti-trust law
but was. prevented from doing so
by Roosevelt.
UR8ULINE CONVENT WILL
OPEN MONDAY NEXT
On Monday next the musical
and kindergarten departments of
the convent school will open. The
kindergarten will be undenomina
tional. School hours will be from
'.1:30 to 11:30 a. in. and from 1
to 3 p. hi.
DR. FELLOW8 WILL
RE8UME HIS PRACTICE
Dr. \V. B. Fellows returned to
Valdez on the Sampson yesterday
after spending the winter on the
outside. Dr. Fellows will resume
his practice in his old office and
at the same time devota attention
to the Cameron-Johnson prop
erties, in which he is interested.
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SECOND AMENDMENT GIVES WOMEN
OF ALASKA BIGHT TO USE BALLOT
Alaska Home Rule Bill Passed the House By Unanimous Vote
and Amendment By Mondell Giving Women Suffrage
Passed By Vote of 81 To 35—Democrats
Will Make Alaska An Issue. j
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Washington. April 25 The
Alaska home rule bill passed the
house with a unanimous vote and
goes to the senate.
Delegate Wickersham of Alas
ka made a long talk on a second
amendment for woman's suffrage
which was offered by llepresen
I alive Mondell of Wyoming. The
delegate eulogized the women of
Alaska as sharing the pioneer life
of the territory.
The second amendment whirh
modi lies I he qualifications of
electors by extending tin* electivcy
franchise to women, carried ))y
a vole oT 81 to 35.
The hill will jro lo the senate,
where it is believed it will meet
with some opposition on the part
of the slamlpat Republicans, who
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willxjppose the measure on ac
count of President Taft's attitude.
The Democrats, however, declare
they will make Alaska a national
issue in the campaign against
Taft if the measure fails to pass
the senate or is vetoed by tin'
president.
NO CHANGE IN THE
ROAD COMMISSION
A rumor lias been in cireula
I Mm about I own to tin* effort I hat
Supl. Ingram would sever his
connection with the road commis
sion. This is strenuously denied
by those in authority.
ASTOR'5 WEALTH
WAS $125,000,000
Will of Colonel Astor Shows He
Left an Immense For
tune
New York, April -l.—The will
of (Colonel John Jaeoh Astor, who
lost his life when the Titanic was
wrecked, has been filed for pro
bation this week.
It is estimated his personal be
quests will amount to $125,000,
000. ft will also necessitate a
readjustment of the family for
tunes which he controlled.
COULD NOT RESIST
CALL OF THE NORTH
Captain Harry Ceortfe, I!. S.
retired, was an arrival on the
Sampson. Captain (ieorge spent
last summer prospecting in ihe
country tributary to Valdcz ami
last fall secured interests in Ihe
Port Wells section, I<» which he
will devote his attention the pres
ent season. Captain Ceorg" is
making his home with Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Merchant.
Doc Madden, of Fairbanks,
passed through to Seward, to look
after his quart/, properly in that
section.
TWO HUNDRED DODIES
RECOVERED FROM SEA
CABLESHIP REPORTS BY WIRELESS THAT 206 BODIES HAVE
BEER PIOKED UP—BELIEVED BODY OF MAJOR BUTTS
IS AMONO THE NUMBER
N»'w York, April 25.--A wireless
message has been received from
the cahlcflhip which is searching
I he «ea for bodies of those
drowned when the Titanic was
wrecked, states fhal 205 bodies
have been recovered.
The message states that what J
is believed to be lh»» body of Ma
jor Arichibald Butts is one of
them, hul no person on I ho cable
hhip wns acquainted wilh tho of
ficer. The doctors on the cable
ship .express the opinion that
death was instantaneous owing to
I tie bodies being drawn into tho
vortex of the Titanic. It is also
the opinion of many that the
bodies which were drawn to great
depth by the wreck will never rise
to the surface.
CONGRESS WILL FAVOR
THE DIKE APPROPRIATION
BELIEVED IN WASHINGTON MEASURE WILL MEET WITH NO
OPPOSITION WHEN IT COMES UP IN THE HOU8E—ALAS
KANS ARE BEING CONGRATULATED
Washington, April :.\r>--The ac
tion nT tin1 senate in passing tin'
bill appropriating $55.0(10 fur tin*
protection «»f Yaldey. practically
assures the passage of the meas
ure. The house committee has
recommended that the appropria
linn )m> made ami il is not believ
ed any opposition to the hill will
develop at this late The
friends of Valdez here arc r"
ceivinK coiifrcatu hat ions in K«'llinir
the measure through tin* senate.
Speedy action in the house is ex
pected upon the measure.
CAPITAL TURKS
FROM MEXICO
Milo Kelly Says Many Moneyed
Men Are Interested in
Alaska
Milo Kelly and Mrs. Kelly pass
ed IIii'mukIi t < > I lie westward on
the Sampson. Mr. Kelly is put
ting in Nisson stamps and two
aerial trams lo his mining prop
er! i s on Willow creek, which he
will work to capacity this season.
The machinery was landed on (lie
properties during the winter.
He reports that there will he
quite an in flux of mining men
and investors to hoth Valdez and
the westward this summer, good
reports having reached the out
side during the winter of I he pro
gress made in development of
mining properties. The revolu
tion in Mexico has greatly dis
couraged investors in that coun
try and they are now turning their
attention to the north, where
more peaceful conditions exist
and no dangers of revolution dis
turb the development of the coun
try.
The Knfck and Willow creek
sections, he says, will receive a
great impetus owing to the de
velppnient work done there and
the good results obtained. "Alas
ka," says Mr. Kelly, "is in the
eyes of the people. It is one of
the subjects always apropos when
a number of men congregate. The
dawn of a better day is upon us
after all these years of waiting.
Yes, you can look forward to a
busy year*, not boom stuff, but a
year in which solid investments
will he made which will in turn
ensure the rapid development of
the country."
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TRAGEDY MAY
NAVE HAPPENED
IVIere Boy Loses Trail and
Search Party Fails to
Find Him
The story of a possible tragedy
i.s told in a letter to Charles
Kraemer from his brother Fred,
who is now in the interior, lie
tells of a young man, a mere boy
of- 15) years, who may have met
death from exposure
The young fellow was from Ev
erett, ami was en route to Fair
banks from Ghitina. lie was
poorly equipped, having but one
dog and an old pair of discarded
snowshoes. He was a checliaco,
and iinprP*«ted the Jhcn as being
ill able to canyfor rfimself on the
trail, lie turneH^/ofT the gov
ernment trail abyStr (inlkana and
went up the Capped river. He
would not tunyoack when he dis
covered his mistake, believing it
possible to reach Paxson's from
Chisna.
He left nine days before the let
ter was written, and a week later
his dog relumed to Hazelet's
camp nearly dead from starva
tion. A rescue parly compos
ed of Messrs. Hazelct, Lind
gren and Pollard, left, at once
to search for the boy. Five miles
out they found the dog harness
frozen in the snow, but lost the
trail altogether after having gone
two miles further. The trail
had been very soft and the sled
had cut through making going
very hard. The boy had no
snowglasses and was headed for
(Jakona glacier. The party do
« ided, after making a search,
Hint he must have played out and
died as there was scarcely a
chance of his reaching Paxso.» s
a* Il.e weather had been stormy
ALAMEDA DELAYED
IN LEAVINQ SEATTLE
Seattle, April 25.—The Alamo
da arrived Wednesday morning at
7 :•'}() and reports a pleasant tr ip.
Her sailing dale lias been post
poned until 10 o'clock Friday
morning.
PROSPECTS ARE
VERY BRIGHT
Captain Qeorge Says Alaska Will
Get Lighthouses and Oth
er Appropriations
(laplain Marry (ieorge reports
thai Alaska legislation in Wash
ington is receiving more serious
eonsidoral ion I ban heretofore.
Prospects are \ery bright for tin*
approprialion with which to build
the Capo St. Klias light house and
thai reasonable appropriations
will be made for oilier aids lo
navigation on I lie coast.
Appropriations for wagon
roads other than the trunk lines
now in process of eonsl rucl ion
are also very likely lo pass.
PA8SENQER LI8T OF
THE ADMIRAL 8AMPSON
The following is the passenger
li>| of the Sampson:
Dan Oemley, J. H. Shotwell.
Axel Orine, Chas. Johnson, Mrs.
! . Meenach, J. M. Iloss. Mch.
Hamilton, M. Hiberly, \V. It.
Fellows, (loo. Baldwin, J. Kron
er, J. Hunieli, M. ('. Stewart, Jo:-,
/•nchin, J. Coleman, (luy Hru
baker, R. I.ynch, I.Ouis Moore and
2(» steerage.
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ISMAY FORGED
INTO LIFE OOAT
Surviving Passengers Contradict
Testimony of Officer Lowe
Regarding Actions
Washington. April 23.—Wit
nesses before the senate commit
tee investigating tin* Titanic
wri-ck contradicted Fifth Onicrr
[.<»\ve regarding the actions of
Vice-President Ismay of I In
White Star line, to which the Ti
tanic belonged.
Many of the witnesses testifled
that Ismay did n<>t want to v>
and had In he forced into ttie
boat. William C.arter. a million
aire banker of Philadelphia, tes
tified that he was in the same boat
as Ismay and that the latter wa>
forced into the life boat, lie de
clares Isma> i-; unjustly criticis
ed.
INSANE MAN
KILLS TWO
Crazy Russian Shoots Editor and
City Editor of Spokano
Chronicle
S|H» kam\ April > i.--lln lianl
Aleck, an insane Itussian. enter
••• I (lie <m I i I < > i-i a I rooms of the Spo
kane f.hronirle Ihis afternoon
ami shot ami ki 11«»• I Kdilor Rolh
rock and I'.ity Kdilor llolhrork.
Tlif Itussiau is insane ami say.
li«* kill.*.I litnrs iHwatiM' of
Ilit*ii* piisilinii in helping I" sup
press slri'i'l mi'i'lin^s by tin* So
cial i sis.
ENGINEER MAY COME
TO VALDEZ 800N
Ail\iri'> from Fori l-'lagler,
Washington stall', that Mr. Ma
son. a civilian engineer in tin*
employ of the river ami harbor
work under the War department,
has received no|ideation to be
prepared to proceed to Yaldez to
take charge of the construction
of the dike.
CUMMIN8 REJECTED
BY HOME STATE
Odar Kapids, April 25.—The
Iowa Republican state convention
rejected Senator ('.ummitis as a
presidential possibility ami in
structed for President Taft.
A fair sized audience greel»d
the second production of "Down
in Dixie." If anything the plnv
ran smoother than on the first
night.
POWERFUL WIRELESS PLANT
PLANNED FOR BREMERTON
ENGINEERS REPORT THAT PACIFIC COULD BE COVERED BY
WIRELESS AT NOMINAL COST—OAN EASILY OOMMUNI
CATE TO STATIONS ON ALA8KA COAST
Hremerlon, April 25.—Tho gov
ernment will build tho most pow
erful wireless stftiion in the world
here. It will easily roach nil I he
stations on the Alaska-Papille
coast.
Engineers have been invent i
pnlirm conditions for more than
a year and report that a wireless
system onn he installed at n cost
not to exceed $1,500,000 which
will practically cover I ho Pacitle
ocean and would he invaluable in
case of war. II is planned to
make the stations so powerful
t tin t I hoy will not In* interrupted
by ordinary wirelea* plants.
The average congressional de
bale would be no particular cred
it to the general run of high
school "wrangles."