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VOL. 8.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1912
No. 156
TITANIC IMPROPERLY EQUIPPED
f "
MAKES ALASKA
NATIONAL ISSUE
Senator La Follette Wants Coal
Land Opened and Govern
ment Railroad
Albany. Ore.. April IT — S<*n
;i!or La l-'«»ll«*lI•• in his speech
here lasl night says he will
make I In* opening of the Alaska
coal lands an issue in his nation
al campaign.
He believes the government
should have aeled years ago hv
wiving bona fide claimants lille
lo their ground Imt maintaining
restrict ions which would prevent
monopoly. He also favors the
Koverntnenl building and operat
ing a trunk line through Alaska
but is opposed to any scheme for
leasing the road to private par- |
lies when completed.
COURT DENIES
MOTION TO QUASH
Arguments on Demurrers Now
Being Made on Twelve In
dictments
Tlir motion l<> quash I In* in
• i id infills in Ihe cases against
(laplain Harnelle. was decided
adversely (o I In* defendants by
Judge Cushman shortly be fori'
noon today, after an exhaustive
argument and (lie reading of nu
merous citations by the attorneys
on holli sides.
The points raised by the de
fendant, in his motion was that
tiie names of I he witnesses tes
tifying before the grand jury by
which he was indicted were not
endorsed on the indictment, and
(hat a member of the grand jury
was by a vote of I hat body ex
cluded from deliberating in Ihe
ease.
This afternoon arguments will
be begun on Ihe. demurrers of the
defendant to the twelve indict
ments returned against him by
the Fairbanks grand jury. It is
expected these arguments will
consume considerable time as
m.any questions have been raised.
MOOSE WILL DANCE
ON 8ATURDAY EVENING
The Moose will give another of
llH'ir regular dances next Satur
day •'veiling. The floor lins been
scraped. varnished ami waxed and
is i 11 I In* best possible shape. The
services of I In* leading music
ians have been secured for III*'
occasion.
LOCAL ITEMS.
Ucutenanc Prnnser will he an
oiilgoiiiK passenger on Iho North
western, having been granted a
leave of absence for one mnnlb.
Lieutenant Drury will bave com
mand of the signal corps com
pany during I lie absence of Lieu
tenant Prosser.
M. (). Dennett, a former em
ploye of the Controller Bay A
Bering (liver Coal <& Railway
Company yesterday petitioned
the superior court for the ap
pointment of a receiver for the
company, which, ho says, is in
solvent.
Subscribe for tho Prospector.
New York, April 18—A wireless has been received from the Carpathia which
will arrive this afternoon conveys the news that only 710 survivors of the wreck
are on board. The saved are all women and children very few men being saved.
The loss of life will total fully 1500 persons. The steamer was not properly equip
ped or the loss of life would not have been large as the sea was quiet when the
wreck occurred—Federal Government Begins Investigation of the Disaster.
Chicago, April IN--A 1 •• 11 «»i-1
was recei\«*ii here. l>y a friend of
Captain Fdward Smith, who was i
in command «.f Ib«* Titanic when
she was wrecked, slating the
steamer would leave in a few days
and thai sin* was not prop<»rl.v
equipped in east* of an accident.
Captain Sinilh said he had re
monstrated with the. company of
ficials ImiI it had heen useless as
linn' would not permil of secur
ing lifehoals. lie regretted hav
ing to pro to sea improperly
equipped, hut slated he hoped to
gel the company to add lliene
ALASKAN CABLE IS
IN COMMISSION AGAIN
('able service was restored to
day llepairs to ihe hreak.
which occurred in the straights
of Fuca, were made from barges
towed to I he scene of operations
It is thought Ihe calde was broken
hv suhmarine slides, as the cahle
has heen parted in (hat vicinity
several times.
SEARCH FOR
FATHER'S BODY
Col. Astor's Son Charters Steam
er to go to The scene of
The Wreck ♦
New York, April 18--\Villiam
Astor, son of Col. Aslor, has
chartered Ihe fastest steamer to
go in search of his father's
body.
Mr. Astor believes ihe bodies
of many of those who were drawn
down by Ihe wreck will come lo
the surface if they had life pre
servers.
RUBY MAY
MAKE GOOD
Old Timer In Dawson and Fair
banks Writes From New
Camp.
Mr. <>. Huberts has received a
letter from Jerome 'Chute at llu
by giving the news of that camp.
Mr. Chute has been very ill for
a long time hut hopes to recov
er his health with Ihe return of
summer.
Ifn writes that there is a pos
sibility of Ruby making good. The
miners have not met with great
success, but have found suffic
ient to keep them digging. 8ev
oral new finds have been report
ed but sufficient work has- not
boen done on the now creeks to
show up a definite paystreak.
m ■ »
cessary safely appliances for tli<> •
next voyage.
Washington, April IS—"I'ln* I
.survivors «»f (he Titanic wreck
will In? summoned t«> Washington j
in order to probe I In* cause of I lie |
groat loss of life. Federal in
spectors claim the great loss of
life was due lo the steamer being j
improperly equipped with life
boats. They assert that the fact j
that I In* Titanic floated for three
hours after tin* collision with Ihci
berg shows mismanagement on
the part of the olTicers as well.
Washington. April I.X__|»resi
• lent Tall feels keenl\ the loss o|
Major Archibald Hull, his mili
tary aid ami personal l'ri«*n«l. Ho
was returning from a mission
upon which he had Iiitii srnl hy
President Tafl. 11 «• had writ
ten that his mission of trying to
arrant*' peace terms between
Italy and Turkey had been par
tially sueeessfuI and was roininfJ
holm* to eonsult further with 11 n*
president.
New York. April IS—Tin* llaus
of the city are living at half mast
and tin1 city is in mourning. The
arrival of the ('arpalhia today
hriiiKiu^ the sur\ivors is anx
HOME RULE MEASURE
DISCUSSED IN CONGRESS
♦
NO VOTE WAS TAKEN AS TOO MANY MEMBERS WANTED TO
8PEAK ON MEA8URE—FIT OOD IS URQENT IN FAVOR.
OF THE BILL PASSING
Washington. April IH—Con
gress spoilt tIk* entire afternoon
yesterday diseiissing I In* Alas
kan Ik>tiii* rule measure. Kvery
member apparently wan led In ex
press himself oil I Iie bill ami air
Mis knowledge of the l.eri'ilory.
No vole was taken as many mem
bers wished to speak on I he bill
Chairman Flood of I In* eom
111 il toe on territories favored I he
SUICIDES FROM
THE CLOUDS
Aviator Has Trouble With His
Fiance and Drops From His
machine
Versuiles, April IH—Avialor
Verreft met instant death today
when In' fell from his machine
when at an altitude of 800 feel.
II is believed he deliberately
committed suicjde as lie had had
trouble with his fiance. Ilis
sweet heart was in the crowd
which witnessed his plunge to
death.
SNOW STORM GREETS
TEDDY IN NEBRA8KA
Hastings, April 18—A blinding
snowstorm greeted Itoosevelt up
on.his arrival here. His meeting
was well attended and he was Riv
en an ovation.
There was horn this afternoon
to the wife of Edward B. Spier*,
at the hospital of the Good Sa
maritan, a daughter. Mother
and child are doing nicely.
John Paulson has purchased
the old Chestochina telegraph
station from the government for
$46. He will slart a store and
trading station at that point.
measure and said llial Alaskans
with one voice were asking for
home rule. The committee of
which he is chairman had invited
discussion before reporting on
the lull and opposition to the
measure was coiillncd l«> the k«>v
ernor, Clark, whose appaintincut
was hy President Tafl.
Ilepresenlat ive Sulzer ur^ed
the hill as also did Representative
Wcdeineyer of Michigan.
ROBELING WAS
KNOWN HERE
Mr. S. A. Hemple Regrets the
Death of the Famous Bridge
Builder
Tin" loss of hlV on tIn* Titanic
was so great l.hal I lion* is scarce
ly a eoiniminily in America which
will o| Im> iiioiv or li'ss effected
Tlie death of Col. Washington
Hoheling, I Ik* bir'lder of the fa
mous Brooklyn bridge, is keenly
regretted- by Mr. S. A. Ilcinple,
wlm has known him for years.
Thoy heenme acquainted years
aKo, and three years past the New
York millionaire became interes
ted in the possibilities of Alaska
copper. He had arranged to fi
nance the Knight's Island Copper
Mining Company, in which Mr.
Hemple is interested, but the drop
in copper caused the negotiations
to fall through. They, howev
er, continued to keep up a cor
respondence.
TAFT QKTS TWKLVK
FROM OONNKOTICUT
New Haven, April t8--Twelve
of the fourteen delegatos to the
Chioago convention from this
stato have been instructed to vote
for President Taft.
imisly awaited Tups carrying
newspaper reporters ha\e k*»ii«* to
meet I h«» steamer.
Home, April I8--The pope has
expressed the greatest sytnpatliy
for tin' victims wlm lost Ili«-ii*
lives mi I In* Titanic.
I.<)iuli>ii. April I s__ C.rowds
throng llir vicinity «»f tin* White
Star Steamship otlices I«» train in —
formalion nf those who were
saved from the wreck.. The re
port that the Titanic was sent to
sea improperly equipped has
caused intense indignation.
ESTERLY WILL INSTALL
BIG HYDRAULIC PLANT
(•eorye Max Ksterly. who has
heen operating in the .\i/ina
country for a number of years
past, arrived at Cordova on the
Northwestern, lie is sending in
tons of pipe and other supplies
from McCarthy's to Hex and
Chittilu creeks, where he is in
stalling a bifr hydraulic plant.
RAILROAD MEN
WILL STRIKE
Mexican National Railroad Will
Be Tied up and Traffic Par
alyzed
Laredo, April 18—Owing to the
order of the slate department dis
criminating against the rebels
in receiving shipments the Ira fie
on the Mexican National railway
has be-n paralyzed.
The American engineers and
Conductors on the road have puit
as the rebel sympathizers have
retaliated against the road and
its employes.
court™
FOR CHITINA
Qrand Jury Will Do Business
At Interior Railroad
Town.
A special term of the dis
trict court has been called to
nil at Chilina on June. 30 and a
venire will lie drawn for a grand
jury. This looks as if the court
were of the iW)inic»o/'l.lial there
are matters in Plia/railroad town
requiring tho JrHfiitinn of the
judicial brau^fi or the govern
ment. /
It is possible the grand jury
jury will pay attention to the
charges brought against Com
missioner Healey as woll as make
an inquiry into the old road tax
scandals.
SEVEN INSANE
FROM FRIGHT
Mrs. Astor Expects Heir and is
Reported to be Dangerously
III
N«-\v York. April 1N--A \vin-_
lcs.- fr«»ni I lie C.arpnl liia statin:;'
will arrivt- i*arly today has
bron n'l'i'jvtl. Tin; npi'ralor re
ports llial srvi'ii III'* survivors
<»f Ihf Titanic wn-rk arc insam-.
On«» liumlrrd of the women p.as
scn'r'i'rs are >ick. many of I hem
seriously. Mrs. Aslor. who ex
perts an In*ir. is «I;it11:•'r<>ij~l> ill
ami may md survive.
N. HI.* I<m> r«i v« »i*«i I»I «• report <
have lii'i'ii rrrejved from lluhy
ererk. Tlirr ramp lias hrm pro
nounced a low jrrade pr«»p«•-iI i«n».
COMRADESHONOR
SERGEANTTOONEY
| Banquet and Smoker Given to
i Mark His Retirement From
The Service
<>n 111 •» I i c«*i i i**n I of Kirs I Ser
jeant Thomas Tooiney of Com
pany mill Inr.inlry. April 17.
11M2, afler llnrly years •»I" service
a hampiei ami smoker was M'li
iltTi'il in his honor I»> llii' iiK'iii —
hers of his company.
Tin' hall in which I In* hampiet.
was held was elaborately «!«>«•«»_
rated with !•••«I. while ami blue
paper, ami with I In* addition •> f
numerous larjie ami small Amer
ican Haps presented a spectacle
which was m»| only pleasing I«»
the eye hill which will live fur a
hmpr lime in the mnmory nf those
presenl.
(Risers were laid f«»r eighty ami
all I he culinary lalenl in Ihc posl
called upon t• > conlrihule treir
hesl elTorls lo produce a tasty
and bountiful repast. The menu
cards, daintily colored red. white
and blue on one side of the cover
and with I lie company flajr on
the oilier, were appropriately in
scribed and furnished a pleasinu
and lasting menienlo nf the oc
casion.
After the eolation Serjeant
Tommy was presented w ith a
beautiful solid fro Id walch ami
iiiikkcI chain, a present from his
comrades, and a i«»ast was drunk
by all to his health and future
welfare. Serjeant Tooiney was
so overcome by his feelings that
he was .only aide to say a few
words in reply, hut these, one
could see. came from his heart.
SoiiKs. recital ions, \iolin so
los. etc., enlivened the c\cninK
and the lime for closing was re
Krclled by all.
GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE
CHARGE OP SURVIVORS
Washington, April I8--H«",re
lary Meyers has gone In Ni-w York
to take eharge of lh«» survivors
of the Tilnnir. Many of Cli<*m
will Iii» brought here lo give «'\i
denee in I lie probe ordered by
eongress regarding I hp improper
equipment of I ho sleanier.
Work on the property owned by
Lieutenant Drury and other*, sit
uated on the east side of the bay,
had to bo abandoned for the pres
ent owing to the danger of snow
slides. '