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USING STANDARD Oily
Standard Oil seems to bo in de
mand in the present political cam
paign to grease the skids for
both parties. Bjth party plat
forms have dropped out of sight and
both candidates have settled into the
backgroun I oxc ept as debaters con
cerning tii»» demerits of Standard Oil.
Both partiot aro sprinkled with Stan
dard Oil squirted on the opposition.
This situation is unique in American
politics and offers tiie narrowest
ground for controversy ever known.
It is something like a lawsuit, where
the pleadings are finally reduced to
a single i.ut ic. It is the most humor
ous vaudeville sketch ever offered in
a presidential campaign. The Amer
ican people have been electrified by
campaigns in which the issue was
whether tho tariff should be more or
less by two of three percent, and one
was fought on th • i-sue whether the
country nh« uid g<> on coining silver
dollars or try t.> nerub along on what
it had, but never before were they
asked to civet a president upon deter
mination t f the question which party
has fewer politicians whose clothes
are scented wLh Standard oil.
A few yej,:*9 a^o i!iey uuvl to talk
about frying tho I at out of manufac
turers to got gi\ aao for campaign pur
poses but now tiie struggle seems to
be to get the grease spots off the fam
ily chattels.
E«..i.V.T vnt* trnniiiO ' hh reached the
stage where those two eminent po
lemics, Theodore Roosevelt and Wil
liam J. Bryan, each the possessor of
a large and growing Liars' Club, has
posted the other for membership in
his list of prevaricators. The climax
is bound to come soon when the row
gets into that fix.
Since everybody knows how strong
is the taint of Standard Oil on both
parties why not eall it a draw right
now? As an amicable arrangement
the vice presidential nominees ol bot h
parties might bo dropped by agree
ment and Foraker put on the repub
^ Hern ticket with Taft, and Haskell
efTipV)yt*(T as a tail for the Bryan
ticket.
HORRORS ABOVE 53
Ever since a Action w riter laid down
the dictum that never a law of (Sod
or man ran north of />:{, obseure per
sons seeking notoriety have from
time to time broken out with (.ties of
horror alleged to originate above* the
dead line. In nearly every instance
these yarns have been pure invention
devised and put together bv the nar
rator after mixing a day or two with
the real estate boomers of Seattle.
A few years ago the returned mis
sionary told of the slavery of natives
on the Alaska peninsula, as near a
reality as Jack London's Alaska dog
stories.
Now comes Miss Benedict , a school
teacher who recently escaped with
her life and without a husband from
tho barbarous steppes of Unalaska
island and in her disappointment
over something she failed to achieve
tells the religious gullions and yellow
newspapers of Seattle that white
women in Unalaska have to defend
their lives and their sacred honor
with guns, It is not worth while to
answer Miss Benedict further than to
suggest that sho can't make her case
on glittering generalities. Suppose
she should offer the following specifi
cations:
The dates when revenue cutter
crews stormed the citadel of virgin
missionaries In Unalaska, the names
of tho cutters to which said crews
wore attached, the circumstances of
tho forays and if possible the names
of a fow reputable witnesses.
Then It will be up to tho treasury
department of the United States gov
ernment to call tho officers and crows
of tho ofTonding revenue cutters to
account.
After a oareful canvass nil Eptaco
pal mlniftter reporta thai ho flnda a
largor church attendance and a
deeper and more fervent religions*
aplrit in Valdez than in Cordova,
Now If Cordova can't be good let Jt
bo aa good aa It can. Just hoc what
happonod to Hodom when they
couldn't And five righteous men In
the town.
Prealdent Ilooaovolt Haj h Mr.
Bryan l» a dreamer. Wonder if
Dry an ever dreamed of ncolog a man
of fierce Mpeot, wearing glanwcH and
ahowlnghia teeth.
Gov. Haakcll nayH Mm prealdent in a
four-fluaher. Toddy may bo moat of
the time but It looked like a bunch of
flvea that he lauded on llaHkoll.
A bunoh of representative* of Pa
olflo eooat commercial bod ion la on
the way to Japan, probably to pre
aerve the balance while the Japaneno
delegation of aealara la in Valdejs.
NIBS. J. B. WOOD
ILL FBOIfl SHOCK
Seattle, Out. '2—Mrs. James Wood,
who was «hot at by a person whoso
demand for $5,000 she had refusod, is
in a serious condition from the shock.
During the month that elapsed be
tween the time of receiving the first
letter demanding the money and
j threatening Mrs. Wood's life in ease
; she refused to comply, Mrs. Wood has
I to ail outward appearances been ut
terly unmoved by the threats. Now,
j however, she is in a state of almost
1 mental collapse and her reason may
j be permanently affected. It is be
' lieved that she has been worrying
all the time but has concealed the
\ fact even from her mother.
James Wood, lite husband, arrived
j yesterday from Nome. lie declares
| that he will on sight shoot the first
I person he finds in the vicinity of his
' Kagle Harbor home unless that per
| son can give a quick and good account
j of himself. Mr. Wood says that he is
unable to account for the demand
made upon bis wife for the $5,000.
FORMER PLEADS
THAT HE RE TRIED
Cincinnati, Oct. 2—In an impas
' sioned speech delivered here last night
Senator Foraker pleaded that lie be
given, before a proper tribunal, the
right to defend himself against the
charges that have recently been made
against Ins integrity. He challenged
his accusers to invoke the law and
declared his willingness to he punish
i eil it he has done anything wrong.
Senator Foraker did not deny that
he has had business relations with the
Standard Oil Company, hut he did
I deny that there was ever anything
criminal or even culpable in this re
lation. lie defined his connection
with the Standard people and pointed
out that it was simply that of attor
ney and client, a relationship which
ceased so soon as the government be
j gan proceedings against the Standard
<)i 1 ('ompany.
DEFEATED PUGILIST
BEATS HIS SECONDS
Los Angeles, Oct. fi—Bleeding pro
fusely, his face like a piece of raw
beef and all but unconcious from the
beating lie had received at the hands
of,lint Hurry, Battling Johnson Sat
urday night turned upon his seconds
and puminclcd theni severely after
they had thrown up the sponge to
save him from further punishment.
Johnson appealed to the referee to be
: allowed to continue his light with
lhirry, but the referee pointed to Bar
I ry as the winner, and Johnson's sec
onds led him, still lighting, from the
ring.
At no stage of the battle was John
won n match for Barry who landed
upon the battling one at will. It was
only a question of another round or
I two before Johnson would have sue
cumhcd to the terrible punishment
and the act of his seconds met with
the approval of the crowd.
CHILD IS BORN INTO
CAMP OF CASTAWAYS
Melbourne, Oct. fi—With their num
jher increased l»y t he presence of an
i infant. girl, the passengers from tho
I British ship Aeon, wrecked two
1 month;* ago on (Miristmns island, ar
rived here today, passengers on the
steamship Manuka. The infant watt
I born to tho wife of Army Chaplain
Patrick about a month after the
Hhipwveek.
The victim* of the shlpwreok aro in
good piiyHieai condition despite their
long period of oxiBteneo on the lonely
coral reef known as Christmas island.
! They were able to construct a make
Hhift boat in widt h Hevoral of the men
i made their way to Suva, whore thoy
, awaited for the arrival of the Manuka,
which went to (Jhriatmas inland after
I the castaways.
i I'ive hundred thousand dollarH la
j being spent, on now construction work,
extensions and improvement# for the
street ear linen of Heattlo to aooom
1 modate t he crowds at tho Alaska-Yu
kon-Pacilic Exposition next summer'
Noticc of Dissolution of Co-Part
tiership.
P.tMIr not If*1 It. heruhy given thnl the fopnrt
iirr«Jil|t liooxIamiK between <Jf-or«»» J.
|/OVf Mini II. T. WttlllOy doing r gmernl mar
ket limine** In Vnl'lrx, nn<lor the firm
n«m» iiml MylO of t<oVO <fc Whitley nn<l thO
VnGohl HioniKo Co, Imn thl* <lny l>cen
<1Imo1vrfl by Mintiml ronwot.
That *«l«l irncl nil properties owned
by *nl«1 0rm lie* been told. transferred ami »!#
Iirorert to the l,ove Wliltlojr Co,, a corpora
fir n.
Tlmt ««l<l I,*>v« Whitley Co. will rolled nil
debtr <1 ti»* i lie (Irro of l/ovo A WnltUjr or Iho
Vahlex »"ohl mof«K<- Co., aikI will i«H.jr tttnl rtl«
rhnrge nil Itiflebtednc*** Of «*lll««-r of *al<1
firm*.
Mated *i Valde«, Al(»«Vft Oil* Mb day of Oc
tober, l<wa.
(iMIft 1. l<ove.
II T. Whltlry.
BABIES OF VALDEZ
TO STAR AT THE FAIR
All tho babies, residents of Valdez,
are to be a star feature at the Valdez
exhibit to be made at the Alaska
Yukon-Paciflc Exposition. The babies
may not be at the fair in person but
they will be represented by photo
graphs, the idea being decided upon
at the last meeting of tho Valdez
Ladies' Auxilary. It is also purposed
to have groupe photographs taken o
all the children in Valdez just to con
vince uninformed visitors to the fair
that Alaska is a good place in which
to raise a family.
It is the plan of the auxilary to as
semble the children some afternoon
and if possible have the photographs
taken in tho open air, but if this is
not feasible because of tho weather
they will be photographed in some
hall. The day for the picture taking
has not yet been decided upon but
will be before long.
With regard to thebabieB, however,
the auxiliary is to make tho attempt
tomorrow afternoon, and desires that
all mothers bring their infant joys to
the vacant lot on the corner of Res
ervation and Sherman streets, assem
bling at 2:30o'elock. Babies in arms
or in carriages only are desired for
this picture, which is to include the
mothers.
HALIBUT SCHOONER IS
WRECKED IN COLLISION
Seattle, Oct. 1—The Steamship
Princess Victoria, plying between
hero and Vietoria, H. O., collided
with the halibut nchooner Ida May
off Norwegian point early this morn
ing. Leaking badly the schooner
was pushed ashore where she now
lies full of water and her cargo of
HO,000 bounds of halibut a total loss.
The thirteen men on the Ida May
I were saved, as luckily the collision
occured so near the land that the
steamship was able to shove the
schooner into shallow water before it
i sunk. The schooner will probably
! be a total loss.
The Ida May is owned by Capt.
i Earnest Miller, formerly of Val
! dez. The schooner sailed south last
I spring, the voyage being the honey
j moon trip of Capt. Miller and his
I bride of a few hours. Mrs. Miller
j wan formerly Mrs.Russell, proprie
I tor of the Antlers.
EARTH TREMBLOR HAS
RACE WITH ELECTRICITY
Earth tremblor and electricity raced
across Alaska last evening, the elec
tricity winning by a minute margin,
i The shock here was quite heavy and
j of several seconds duration.
It was just about 5 o'clock last eve
i ning that one of the operators in the
• local cable ofllee had just finished re
ceiving from the operator in St. Mi
chael an account of an earthquake,
that a minute previously had nearly
thrown the St. Michael operator from
his chair. It was less than a minute
; later that the local operator felt his
own chair shaking from the effects
of the earth's movement.
That the shock was general through
out the central, northern and western
part of Alaska is evidenced by the
fact that the operators all along the
line sent, to the local office word of
having felt the shake.
JUDGE GUNNISON IS
AFTER REAPPOINTMENT
Washington, Oct. 2—Jud^c I loyal
Gunnison, judge of the First. division
of Alaska is in Washington socking
reappointment. TliiH morning ho
called on the president and on tlio
attorney general, sponding Homo time
with each.
Judge (lunnison declined to dlsouss
tho details of his calls but exj>ressed
the belief that he will he retained in
oftlco for another term at least.
TO HEAR TAFT CROWD
RREAKS WINDOWS
Kansas Oity, Oot. 0—Dosiro to
hear tho address delivered here last
night hy Candidate Taft nearly
causod a riot on the part of the big
crowd that failed to get inside the
hall. Windows were brokon and
some of the more bold mounted to
the roof and attempted to make
holes that would enable them to seo
and hear.
Tho commotion otitsido can sod a
panic among those inside and sorl
ous consequoncos threatened for a
few moments. I'oaoo was finally re
stored by tho promise of Mr. Taft to
address tho overflowing mooting.
Fifty natives for tho Hsklmo vil
lage at tho Alaska-Yukon-Paclfle Ex
position arrived In Heattlo recently
The natives brought with them their
huts, sleds, reindeer, Ivory csrvlng
tools and everything that, goes to
make up a comploto reproduction of
their native habits.
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GRAND PRIZE WILL BE
THE HIGHEST AWARD
Seattle, Sept. 23—Special Corres
pondence—The management of the
Alaska - Yukon - Pacific Exposition
which will open Juno 1, 1009, has ad
ded to its list of awards for the best
displays a "grand prize," or "grande
prix," at itjs generally called on ac
count of originating at the Paris ex
positions. This will be the highest
award made to exhibitors. In ad
dition there will be diplomas gold,
silver and bronze medals and honor
able mention.
The exhibitors have expressed them
selves as much pleased with the de
cision to award a grand prize, especi
ally tho foreign exhibitors, who care
more for the honor of winning a
"Grande Prix" than they do for win
ning a basketful of gold medals. This
was very pronounced at the St. Louis
exposition. Atall foreign expositions
it lias been tho custom to award a
"Grande Prix," and the manufactu
rers in tho United States who cater
to a foreign trade desire to compote
for such a psize. Director of Exhib
its Henry It. Dosch, who was instru
mehtal in having the Grande Prize
added to the list, states that it will
result in much hotter, larger and
more artistic exhibits for tho expo
sition.
Every diploma will be accompanicd
by a medal of bronze, except that of
honorable mention. Awards will be
made on the reports of the internati
onal juries to exhibitors whose con
tributions are pro nounced to be su
perior. The jury work is planned to
be completed two months bofore the
exposition closes, so as to give the
successful exhibitors a chance to ad
vertise their awards.
DILLOW LETTER CAUSES
REMOVAL OF PERRY
Wauhington, Oct. 2—Refusal to dis
charge bis chief clerk, Joseph Pillow,
is the catiso of the removal from office
ofOeorgo G. Perry, until a short time
ago marshal of tho Third division of
Alaska. It is assorted that Pillow
wrote to tho department a most im
pertinent letter and that Perry was
ordered to immediately discharge
Pillow.
For some time following tho re
moval of Porry the department main
tained silence concerning tho reason.
While not so admitted it is believed
that frionds of Perry aro rosponsiblo
for tho just made announcement.
AFFINITY HUSBAND IS
CHARGED WITH MURDER
Pacific Grove, Oftl., Oct. 3-—J. H.
Kocker is under arrest hero ehargod
with tho murder of Mrs. Grace White,
whoso legal husband is In tho In
terior of Alaska. Kocker and Mrs.
White had boon living together as
hushand and wlfo, hut to intimate
friends here Mrs. White had oonfldod
that Kocker was her affinity hut not
her lawful hushand.
Three days a#o Mrs. White was
found dead a short distance from
ho^ home. At first It was bellovod
that death was from natural oausoa,
but. Koekor's actions caused sua
pioions on tho part, of friends of the
nouple and the result-ant investiga
tion has convinced tho officers that
Kocker took the woman's life.
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Bar and General Merchandise
Accomodations for Travelers
Pontius Magnuson Prop.
The Teikhell Roadhouse
48 Miles From Valdez
On Government Trail.
Beat of accommodations for man and beast. Fresh Meat
always on band. Horse and Don Feed All tbe latest
improvements. PRIVATE ROOMS.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
DRY CREEK ROADHOUSE
I/. G. and G. B. ROKKR, Proprietors.
118 MILES
FROM VALDEZ
ON FAIRBANKS
AND EAGLE TRAILS
Alaska Coast Co.
[S. S. BERTHA, 8th °f cach month
S. S. PORTLAND ^ 25th of each month.
From Vnldcz for
Junenu and nil I'uget Bound Ports
Rights Reserved to Change Steamer# or Sailing Dates Without Notice.
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VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Reservation Ave. nenr Court House
Private Rooms for Patients Graduate Nurses
Hospital Tickets, $1.50 per Month.
Phone 77
HERST CONTINUES
TO ATTACK FORAKER
Denver, Oct. 2—In n speech de
livered here laat night Willinni It.
Hearst renewed bin attack on Hona
tor Poraker, reaffaertiitg that tlio aen
ator Is a willing too) of tho Standard
Oil Company both In and out of the
hallH of congress. Mr. llearHt sup*
ported his own abortions hy rending
a(Tftdlvlt« going to prove tho ehftrge*
against Honator Korakor.
Mr. Hearst declared that he pur
poses driving Honator Forakcr from
public life and that he will eatise bin
political repudiation.
The one-hundroth anniversary of
the discovery of the Fraser river will
come next year. It is proposed to
celebrate the event by proper observ
ances at the Alnska-Yukon-Paclflc
Exposition.
TRAIN RUNS AWAY AND
FIVE LOSE THEIR LIVES ,
i
Portland, Ore, Oct. 8-Plve porsons
wero killed and eight, woro injured
thlH morning In nn accident to a
work train operated by tho Chapman
Logging Company. The victims are
all employocfl of the logging com
pany.
Tho accident who caused by tho
train getting beyond control and daub
ing down a steep grade, Jumping tho
track on n enrve. Tho men, Instead
of jumping whon tho train flrst startr
ed to run nway, tried to bri:ig it to n
stop and then were afraid to Jump.
Oold Production la $18,489,400 i
Washington Oct. ft—The United
Htates mint has Issuod a report in
which the total gold prod notion of
Alaska during 1007 Is given as $!#,-•
480,400.