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VOL. 8.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1912.
NO. 120
Candidate for Governor in Ohio
is Selected—Endorse Taft's
Administration
Columbus, July 3.—E. J. Dillon
common pleas judge, was nomi
nated as a candidate for gover
nor on the fifth ballot after a
spirited fight.
The platform adopted praises
the administration of President
Taft.
. A FIGHTING DAY
FOR THE PUGS
Many Fistic Bouts Scheduled for
the Fourth Throughout
the Country
Seattle, July 3.—Tomorrow's i
services will he largely of the
ring variety throughout the
country, there being eleven ring
event* scheduled for the day lime
and seven at night.
TEDDY KICKERS
ARE TO MEET
Followers of Roosevelt Announce
Third Party Convention to
be Held at Chicago
New \ork, .Inly .'I.--SenatorI
l>i\<>n. «.f Montana. announces
'■V. thai the lliird parly convention
will meet in Chicago about the!
Ilrsl of August.
Oyster May. July '-i Hoosevelt i
says: "Of course I will si and for'
the progressive nominal ion."
KODIAK BEAR ARE VICTIMS
OF VOLCANOE'S RAVAGES
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A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF THE 8ITUATION TO THE
WESTWARD SENT IN *Y GAME WARDEN SHEA TO
THE EXECUTIVE
-JJy far (he best account of the
faster in western Alaska is the
repbrt of Gamp Warden Shea,
which reached the executive nf
llce by mail yesterday:
"On the sixth of June," writes
Mr. Hhea, "roporls similar to
heavy blast in# were distinctly
heard nil over this peninsula,
reaching ns far north as Hope
City, which is situated on the ex
treme north end of the penin
sula. The residents of the pen
insula could not explain these
explosion*. On the evening of
the Hlh the sky In the southwest
Inok on a kind nf copper hue, as
if the heavens were lit up by an
immense glare In the southwest."
It was on the nth that the
steamer Dora, nf the Alaska
Steamship Company's fleet, ply
ing from Seward to Nushaeak,
arrived at Kodiak island and
found it so dark fhat Capt. Mul
len could nee nothing, owing to
(In1 smoke ami ashen. Me put out
to sea for 2t hourH, hoping it
would clear, bul it did not do ao,
and he then steered his course
for Seldovia and I hen for Sew
ard. Shea estimated the depth of
ashes on the Dora's deck at eight
inches. Summarizing the situa
tion, Mr. Shea says:
"Between eight and M inches
of a«h fell during the night of
the ftth, all day of the 7th and
part of the Hlh on Kodiak island,
the atmosphere clearing some
what during the night of the 8th.
No fatalities have been reported
on the island, and with the ex
ception of a few of the natives
who were hadly scared ap'1 pnr
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DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION NOMINATES
THOS. H MARSHALL AS RONNING MATE
Baltimore, July 2.— Iinjnedi
ately upon the convening of the
convention for the evening ses
sion nominations for the vice
presidency yere declared in order.
Governor Marshall, of Indiana,
Governor Burke, of South Dako
ta, and Senator Chamberlain, of
Oregon, were nominated. Other
names were proposel but declin
ed.
On Mi<5 lirst ballot Marshall
received G15 voles; Jiurke, 387;
Chamberlain, I-' 1-2. .Just as
the second roll rail started Gov
ernor Burke withdrew and asked
thai the nomination of Governor
Marshall be made unanimous,
which carried with a whoop.
The platform was I hen report
ed to Ihe convent ion and read an
carried by a unanimous viva voce
vole amid loud cheers. It de
mands for the people of Alaska
the full enjoyments of the rights
and privileges of a territorial
form of government ami that Ihe
official** to administer Ihe frnv
e. nmeut of Ihe territory should
THE INDIANIAN QET8 THE 8EOOND PLACE ON THE TICKET
ON THE SECOND BALLOT BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE,
CONVENTION AFTERMATH
pe qualified bona fide residents of
the territory.
Convention Aftermath.
Baltimore, July 3.—Clark re
turned to the convention hall
during the final ballot, returning
to Washington on this morning's
early train. 'lie blames Hryan for
his defeat.
Baltimore, July 3 Hryan is
jubilant fiver the outcome of the
convention and says that victory
this fall is a certainly. He will
slump the country for Wil<on.
Washington, July 3.—When an
attempt was made to interview
President Tafl on the work of I lie
I ►I'inocral ic convention, he refus
ed to talk.
The Democratic senators here
to Wood row Wilson, congratulat
have wired their congratulations
to Woodrow Wilson, congratu
lating him on his nomination.
Underwood says he will certainly
«ii|»pnrl I he ticket.
Seagirt, July 3.—Hundreds «'f
friends and neighbors of Wilson
are llockiny to I In- home lo coii
-•ralul.uc tin* nominee.
Sa«ainmi'iilo, July 3.—Tin* Un
ion. the oldest Ilepuhlican paper
in I In- slal«», has deserted Ihe Re
publican parly and will support
Wilson.
I.onjsvilli*. Ky., July H.--Wal
lersou announces tliaf he will
throw his support lo Tafl. He
says he cannot support Roosevelt,
as he is a devil.
Indianapolis, July 3.— Marshall
has wired his congratulations to
Wilson.
Washington, July 3.—Speaker
Clark and Leader Underwood
were lustily cheered when they
stepped into the House this
morning.
Saerainento. Cal., July 3—Gov
ernor Johnson says thai (lie nom
ination of Wilson will not af
fecl tin' formation of (he third
parly.
Seajiirl, July 3.--Many delega
linns, mostly of delegates from
the eonvenlion. have heynn eall
ing on the 1 >enn»eralic presiden
tial nominee.
Johnson Favorite.
I.as Vegas, July 3.—Johnson i»
|a two Id one favorite among the
light fans hen*.
OFFICEHOLDERS
HOLD MEETING
Republican Supporters of Gilnr.sre
at Nome Hold a Mass
Meeting
Nome, July \ Kepubliean
mas* meeting was held here lasl
evening at which there was a io
lal attendance of i:i, mostly f«•«I —
oral officials.
(lommittccmnn S«*h« was
I In* principal speaker ami con
demned Shackleford. saying thai
(In* national committeeman was
Ilif biggest load (iilinorc had to
carry, lie also paid his compli
ments to Territorial Committee
man Hereon liccausc In* had nol
conic through with any ol' the
"pot" gathered in .from the big
interests, which he is spending in
traveling over the territory as ad
Nance agent for fiil.more when lie
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THE GLORIOUS FOURTH WILL
RE A DAY OF CELERRATION
PROGRAM OF THE DAY'8 ENTERTAINMENT-THE LAUNCH CON
TESTS, ROCK DRILLING, BASE BALL AND DANCES
FEATURES OF THE DAY
The celebralion of tin.- glor
ious Fourth of July will begin
promptly at 1> o'clock willi an ad
dress hv Hon. E. E. Ritchie. to be
delivered on McKinley street from
Itn- grand stand erected for the
day's sports.
Athletic sports will begin at
and will In* lnald on McKin
ley street, save the Imrse races,
which will lake place on Key
stone avenue and Ili«* hall game
nl the grounds. Tlie following
is the day's program:
Launch Haces at I t o'clock
from (lily hock to buoy of Swan
it/ dork and return.
Ilock brilling Contest al I
o'clock, Mckinley St., £100.
Horse Haces at 2:.'lo o'clock.
Keystone Ave., $530 and 825.
Ball Game at 3:00 o'clock.
Hall Hark.
100 yard dash, $20 at Ilium's.
75 yard da*di. Hoys. $5 a!
Snyder's.
50 yard da*h, (Jirls, $5 al V.
B. & M. C«».
50 yanl dash, l.adies*, 85 al
IManl (lit.
75 yard ;t-h>gg,'<l race, 810
at Ingram & Bush.
75 yard wheelbarrow race,
810 at Ingram <& Bush.
dunning high jump, 810 at
Owl Drug Co.
Running broad jump. 810 at
Alaska Drug Co.
50 yard Fat Men's raee, 85
at Ben Silverman's.
Shoe Race, Boys, 82.50 at V.
B. A M. Co.
Fgg Raee, (Jirls, 82.50 at V.
B. & M. Co.
Launch Race, open, 820 at
Blum's.
Men's Dory race, single, tft
foet fland over, 810 at V. B. A
M. Co.
Mori's Boat race, open, 12
feet and over, 810; 85 at In
gram & Bush, 85 at S. Blum &
Co.
Ladies' Boat race, op »n, 810
nl V, B. & M. Co. •
Tin* line-up of the ball trams
ar<* given as follows, subject, to
a change should members, of tho
Valder, team return to town for
the game:
Company H. 30th Infantry.
Martin, 1st base; Howard 2nd
base; Speck, catcher; O'Kief,
short slop and captain; Connors,
3rd base; Brandedf, right, field;
McOivney, left field; Knlerl, con
fer field; Miller, pitcher; Oiler,
sub.; Kelly, sub.; Seargent Brown
manager.
Valdez.
Bush, left field; Sullivan. 3rd
base; King. 1*1 base; Amundson,
ealcher; (iosliaw, 2nd base; Han
son, short slop; CiriswoM, right
ti»*hi: Harretl. center Held. Mr
f'lair«>, pitcher; Sonic, pitcher.
Iloberl Mcintosh will have
charge of the horse racing.
The grand stand erected on
McKinley street lias a sealing ca
pacity for Ho ^irls. it js n«>l in
teilded for the use of adults.
Two large cocks have been ob
tained for I lie drilling contest
and it is the intention to keep
two sets drilling at I lie same
I inro.
All horsemen desiring to mitke
entries for I lie horse rare the
Fourth i»f July can do so at I lie
store of Ingram & Hush. F.n
Iries close at 9 o'clock on I lie
morning of I he Fourth.
Tin* following have donated lo
lli,» celebration ftitirl:
S. Blum & Co., $50; Valdez
Hank & More. Co., by S. A. llem
ple, president, $25, Alaska Water
Light A* Tel. Co. $25, Vahhy. Dock
Company $50, Seattle Hotel $20,
Tony's Place $20, Buffet. 920,
W. H. Blackwell $10, Northern
$20, Exchange $20, T. E. Dough
erty $5, Love-Whitley Co. $5,
I). It. 8leem $5, Plant <fc Co. $5,
Valdez Drug Co. $10, Lindig's
Grill $10, Ingrain <fc Bush $25,
K. M. Boyle $10, Ben Silverman
$5, Valdez Cafe $10, M. O. Leach
$5, J. H. Callin, $5, Wood &
Henrich $10, Win. Hopper $5,
O. A. Borgen $5, Copper River
Lumber Co. $10, Frank Nelson
$5, DP Chad. Daggett $5, Al.
While $5, L. Archibald $5. Ouy
P« Cameron $2.50, j. c. Martin
$5, (ieo. c. Treat $r,, p. w. tinni
$1), C. R. Crawford $5, Cash
$25, John O. Snyder $5, one
pair shoes; A. von Ounther $5,
lodgings, R. Heckey $1, C. P. Top_
lifT $5, Eagle* Lodge $20, Moose
Lodge $20.
The com in if Ieo on the Goddess
of Liberty contest have declared
Miss' Mae Crittenden as the win
ner.
Bring your Job work to the
Prospector office.
JAS. ft HAYDEN
CLOSES A DEAL
Takes Over Holdings of Brown &
Hawkins in Kenai-Alaska
Properties
Une of I in* longest deals in a
ini 11 iUK way that has been pull
ed oil" «>n Hie Kenai peninsula for
Isoiiii' time, was consummated by
win- when .lames |{. Ilayden pur
chased oiilrif-'hl from Brown &
Hawkins their lwo_liflhs interest
in 1111* K.'iiai-A!a>ka (told com
pany properly at Kalis creek.
lii-foiT Mr. Ilayden 1 • fl for I In*
■ >ulsi<|e lit* look an option from
.Messrs. Itrown Hawkins for
llieir interest in tiie property and
recently notified lliein liy wire
that the purchase price had heen
d"posit«»d to Ihe'ir credit.
Mr. Ilayden also wired William
Hawkins to put on a crcw and
rnsh the work that remains to be
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CRITICIZES
'HIS SUPERIOR
Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury Resigns in a
Huff
Washington, July 3.— Piatt
Andrew, assistant secretary of
Hie Treasury, has resigned in a
letter containing a stinging crit
icism of Secretary MacVeagh.
President Taft says that he
will acecpt the resignation at
once, as Andrew refused !•> obey
order*.
GOV. OSBORNE
WILL NOT BOLI
Michigan Executive Says He Will
Not Join Roosevelt in
His Bolt
i.an.oiiig. Mirli.. .1111> Gov
ernor Q^boriu1, of Miilii^an, says
In* will no| join ltoii*rvr|| in liis
Lull ami liopi's til** lalltM* will
abandon lln> itb*a of building a
new parly.
EMPIRE DRILL
. ON KENAI
I
A Large Body of Qravel to be
Thoroufhly Tested by
the Drill
An ini(•• <1*1 ;ii!I iifsiI in a mining
i \va> \v«i> britiifiiic i<« a ^urri'ssful
i'Iom' la>l work wlh'ii I In* TitWlc
l»i*«i|ln»r>. l-'rank ami T«»in. snM
Ili*• ii* ilrt'dpjii'pf m'oiiiul <>ii Ki-nai
river I" a (•••rninn syiuliral*'. \vln»
liaw «*|><■ 11• •• I li.-ail'|iiarl«t- hi Sr
altlf.
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TOO MUCH TANGLEGOOT
MAY HAVE COST LIFE
IT 18 FEARED THAT CHARLES HUFF, AN OLD-TIME SEWARD
ITE, HAS LOST HIS LIFE WHILE INEBRIATED—ARE
SEARCHING FOR HIS BODY
Charles llu IT, a wo 11 known old
timer on I In? ftuuai peninsula, lias
disappeared and his friends are
very inneh worried. llnfT has been
in this country for Ihe lasl ten
[years and was associated with H.
II. Hildreth in some Malanuska
coal claims in the early days, hut
'disposed of his interests to Frank
Watson and since that time linn
been prospecting in the vicinity
of Lower Kenai river.
On lasl Monday he l«* ft Rew
ard for Russian river. On Mon
day evening he stopped at Ihe
ficnai Dredging (Jo., and Ihe fo|_
lowing morning stalled down Ihe
riVer, intending to eall at Ab
bot's camp at Ihe mouth of Rus
sian river. He has never been
seen since, and although a
searching party has been looking
for I hrec days, I hoy liaxe found
110 I rare of Iho missing man.
llufT had been drinking pr tty
hard, and before he left Seward
look some whiskey wi(h him. Ho
still had a quantity with him
when he arrived at the Kenai
Dredging ground and when he
b»f| in I lie morning w as under th.»
influence.... It is thought (hat ho
has fallen into Kenai river, as
al a poinl ,ius| below.• Schooner
bend, I he I rail works over some
elifTs and an intoxicated man
would llnd it dangerous. pnsxj_
bly if he passed Ibis place in
safety he fell «»IV the fool loir
crossing Itussni river and was
drowned there.
Hoth llnssai and Kenai rivers
are high at present and the cur
rent is swift, and a man falling
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