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VALDEZ, ALASKA,'FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1912 No 151
YELLOW FEVER
IN THE SOUTH
Dread Disease Has Made Appear
ance Among the Flood Suf
ferers.
Memphis, Tenn., April 12.
Yellow fever is reported to have
broken out aimong the Hood suf
ferers. ThousandsaregatheredET
ferers. Thousands are gathered
together in rescue camps where
they are being fed hy I he gov
crninent and organized soeieties.
The government will investi
gate Hie fever rumor ami if (lie
dread disease has made ils ap
pearance a slrici quaraul ine will
he en forced.
roosevelt¥
PONTIUS PILOT
Senator Jones Says He is Seeking
Popularity Without
Scruple
Washington, April 12.—Sena
tor Wesley L. Jones, of Wash
ington stale, in a speech here last
night compared Colonel Roose
velt to Pontius Pilate.
lie said Roosevelt was a seek
er after popularity and had no
scruples in winning the favorit
ism of I he crowd. He denounced
the judicial recall and said Mr.
Roosevelt was not dealing square
with Hie people, as he had oppor
tunities in Hie past to hringahoul
the measures he was now advo
cating, hut failed to do so.
IRISH HOME RULE
BILL BEFORE HOUSE
f.oitdor: April 12.—Premier
Asquith has introduced the hill
giving home rule lo Ireland in
the House of Commons. It is be
lieved the measure will pass.
BASEBALL FANS ARE
HAPPY ONCE MORE
Seattle, April 12.—The opening
games of the big eastern baseball
leagues art; being played today.
WILL BE UNLUCKY
THIRTEEN FOR 80ME
The election for delegate in
Alaska this year will occur 'on
AuMst 13, which is (he second
Tuesday in the month.
ROOSEVELT AND CLARK
FAVORITES IN ILLINOIS
Colonel Beats Taft By 110,000 Majority and Champ Clark
Snows Wilson Under By 140,000—Speaker Is
Given Ovation In House Today.
Chicago, April 12.—Returns aro
in from the state-wide preferen
tial primary elections and show
that Theodore Roosevelt defeated
Taft hy one hundred and ten
thousand majority. At the. same
elections Champ Gl^k defeated
VVoodtow >yilson by orfb ^utyareft
and forty thousand.
The ^psf.velt follower* POUit
to tK« primaries as a proot'thut
Taf^dptegatc? ttfrpu^oUt Ifo
slates are being chosen by toe
machines, aided by m&rai em
ployes, backed by the power of tho
ndmitiiHf ration, qk well .oh by re
sorting to crooked practices.
| Washington, April 12.—Speak
er Clark was acc.prded an ovation
When bo ascen,dcd tfyo rostrum of (
the house this morning aft the re
sult of bis slknt|f Y^tory in Illi
nois. It is the opinion ol tho
np\pre astute jtolitfoUiirr that Clark
now stfends the be.df cuance re
ceiving the* Democratic non>iria- <
t(ori from the band ft of the Bal
timore convention. i
ALASKA HOME RULE MEASURE
PASSED BY HOUSE COMMITTEE
Washington, April 12.~The Wickersham Alaska Home Rule bill, slightly
modified by Senator Jones, was reported upon favorably by the House Commit
tee on Territories yesterday. The bill as amended does not give as much auton
omy as the Sulzer measure. It provides that measures passed by the local legis
lature, and signed by the governor, shall become effective until disapproved by
Congress. The measure will be taken up by the House on Wednesday, having
been made the order of the day. The measure is sure to pass the House by an
overwhelming majority. It will then be up to the Senate and President Taft.
R. W. JENNINGS RAKES THE SHACK PLATFORM
A large and enlliusiuslir audi
ence coin fort ably filled Kagle hal!
last evening to hear Robert \V.
Jennings disruss tin* political is
sues of the day. Mr. Jennins's
speech was a masterpiece of iogic
and at times reached far up in
the realm of eloquence. HnL
few left the hall not feeling- that
the democratic candidate was a
sincere man, thoroughly jn har
mony with thf platform upon
which he stood, ami none th-'ie
were who did not admit Mr. Jen
nings to he well ipialitled for the
position which he seeks. Mis
excoriation of Shack and the in
sincerity of the republican parly
met with hearty applause. II is
only lo be regretted thai every
lOollette I
RACE TO STAY
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If Republican Machine Beats Him |
Now He Will Keep on
Trying
North Platte, April 12.—Sena
tor La Follette passed through
here today en route to Portland,
Ore. He said he was in I he race
to stay.
If he. fails lo gel the nomina
tion this year he will again be
a candidate hi 1010 and if the
machine again heats him he will
still seek the nomination in 1020.
SHOWS THE INSINCERITY OF THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
AND INCONSISTENCY OF ENDORSINQ TAFT AND DEMAND
ING SUCH DEGREE HOME RULE AS TO KILL MEASURE
voter in Valdez was not present lo
hefir tilt.' views of llif brilliant
orator.
Mr. Bunnell, as chairman, made
a few appropriate introductory
remarks and was followed by Hon.
Kdmuml Smith, who, in a short
speech, said that as a Democrat,
lie had for the past four years
voted for Judge Wickersham, he
cause he believed it to he for the
hcsl interests and hoped the vot
ers in I his campaign would lay
parly prejudice aside and voir
for Ihe man they believed could
do Ihe most for Alaska. As for
himself he believed Jennings lo
tie that man.
Mr. Jennings spoke in sub
stance as follows:
In this democratic campaign '
am KoinK to tell you why I am a
democrat. I am a democrat be
cause since I have been a man 1
have found my earlier inclina
tion has taught me tin; phil
osophy of democracy to be true
to time. I found the great un
derlying difference between the
parties were the differences ex
isting between Alexander Hamil
ton and Thomas Jefferson, fun
dimeulaJ differences which exist
to this very day. The one dis
trusting the people and ueliev
iriK in a strong centralized gov
ernment and the other taking the
opposite view of equality to all
and special favor to none. When
I read of the republics of Greece
and Rome and of how the rights
of the people were stolen from
thom.-down lo Ihe days of the
French revolution, 1 saw Ihe
hosts of special privilege gather
together and the oppressed peo
ple compelled lo wrench from
tlirin I In* rights inherent in man.
From tIn* dawn of history to
tin- present lime tin* same irre
picssible conflict has been going
on. I saw that tin* teachings of
Thomas JefTerson were I he fun
dimental principals of the demo
cratic parly whose motto is:
"Klernal vigilance is I In* prior of
liberty ". I saw I lit* republican
parly grudingly conceding as
I i III «• as possible lo I ho people,
ami reserving all for I In* special j
few . I am a Deniorral because it |
is a parly of the people. I am a
democrat because I am a strict
const rod ionist of the constitu
tion. I am a democrat because I
am opposed to the imperialism of
Theodore Itooscvclt. I ani a dem
ocrat because I am opposed t<>
the theory «>f protection which
has made, one millionaire and ten
thousand paupers. I will he a
democrat until the last vestige
of special privilege is wiped a
way.
I am well prepared to believe,
I lie republican terr.torial conven
• ion was regularly called and
constituted. To casually read
the two platforms we can
see but little difference in them.
To those who read between the
lines we can see a great gulf,
and that it means what it does
not say. The republican con
vent'on at Cordova demands that
coal claimants be granted patents
without delay wh(»n a republican
administration caused the delay,
and the same convention heaps
fulsome praise on the parly of
Tafl. OuI of the goodness of
their hearts they are condemning
themselves. All they condemn
the republican party was the an
FINOS POWER
ADMINISTRATION
Teddy 8aya Offloials Are Work- ,
Ing for Taft's Nomi
nation
Pittaburg, April 12.--Colonel
Floosevolt in hi? speech hore last i
ni^ht denouti^eil ^ie gander in -
which federal patronage was be
ing used to fore? officials lo sup
port Present T«n. i
Ho thai' trom evory p»rt
>f tho country reppr.ls re
ceived of ^ottvi^y Among govern
ment omplals in securing dele
rates pledged to support Taft. |
IS NOMINATED
FOR JUD6ESWP
fudge Ouahman Is Named to 8uo
ceed Judge Donworth,
Resigned
Washington, April 12.—Kward
1u«hnmn, judKo of the Thlfd dl- *
/iaion in Alaska, baa beer) nomi- *
ifited by I*r6sfdent* Taf( to be 1
federal Jydgo of the Western din- iJ
rlct of slat* of \VWityfogton. *
will aucceed Judge Donworth, c
'^ignetf. <
Mrs. Barrett in an incoming f
)anaengor on the Alameda. (
Iiop <»f. Shackleford's convention
van Is Hit' tax on salmon
'raised" lint it does not say how
iniich, hut he was careful not to
isk for a change of the system
wherein the canneries can pay
Iheir taxes in atlidavits. It was
themselves who created this
special privilege, while tin- dein
>erats demand that the special
salmon interests pay in coin of
i»f the r«'alin. Shack is not go
ing to do anything in his plat
form that will hurt I he saltnon
manners. Oh, no, he is working
in harmony with them.
The crowning joke in Shack's
platform is the home rule plank.
Ill' lias heen lighting home rule
(Continued on page 3)
TREASURER OF
EAGLES DEAD
He Submitted to Operation and
Failed to Regain Con
sciousness
Helena, Mont., April I2,--Fin
ley McRae, the national treasur
er. of the Fraternal Order of
Raffles, is dead. He recently sub
mitted to an operation and did
jo| recover consciousness.
He was one of the best known
rraturnai men of America and is
<nown from coast to coast.
MEXICAN REBELS ARE
DRIVEN FROM TEXAS
\ttempt Is Made to Distroy Railroad Bridge In Texas—Be
leive Rebel General Is Trying to Involve Unit
ed States In War With Mexico.
Washington, April 12.--It is
he general opinion of govern
ment officials here that Oen. Oro
:co in trying to involve the gov
irnment of Mexico and the Unit
td 8tateR in war, and in keeping
ip tho turmoil with his troops on
he border In' ttie hope bit bring
ing on a' clrfah between the poW
r*. He hope's that intervention
f the United Htatea will help to
ia»len the dowriffil) oi ttie M*
ero gov^hrh^nt and the'ftucCes*
if th6 reb«l cause!' 1
Delrio, Tex., April ^.--Mexi
can rebels crossed the river hero
and attempted to blow up tho
Southern Paeifle railway bridge,
but were driven back without ac
complishing their "purpose.
RIINDIIR mukt It
W 6tU+9 AT NOME
___________ %! "It*
Beef by the Hide is being of
fered for Bale at 23 1-2 cents prtr
pound, ftelndeer tneat commands
ari'average price <Sf 25 cenU per
pound ih' the same market*.
GOAL MINERS
WILL ACCEPT
Ninety Per Cent of Them Are
Ready to Return to
Work
Indianapolis. April I:.'.—A vole
of Hip unions lias been taken on
Hit' olTer of I In.' in in«r (iwin'rs
pranliiitf an increase of 10 per
conl. Tin* demands of (lit; min
ors was for 20 per ronl increase.
Ninety pi'r ronl <>f t!»•• sofl roal
minors liavo voted In rail nil' 1 li
strike an«l aro willimr lo *ro f<>
work. A contract will In* signed
for two yi'ars. during which liiuo
tin- miners a;ri m>l In demand
a further inoroa>e.
PANAMA VOLCANO
ACTIVE AGAIN
Reported That 1,000 Persons Lost
Their Lives in Erup
tion
Mnhilo. April I -Advices liavi'
boon rooi'ivi'il here from Panama
slating dial inoro than l.uni) per
sons aro holii'vi'il to have lost,
thoir lives when the - <'.hirn|iiil.
volcano in I'anama hooaine aol
ivo.
The details of the disaster are
nioajrer and im confirmation of
Iho news has heon reoei\oi| from
the American consul.
DEATH OF POPE
HAS BEEN REPORTED
Chicago. April I'.'.--All the hip:
daily iicwspapors throughout
America printed c\lra> yester
day announciiifr the death id' the
Pope. The report is untrue and
was corrected in later editions.
UNCLE JOE CANNON
STILL IN THE RING
Chicago. April 12 .Joe (Ian
lion, ox-speaker of the house, has
heon ro-nominalod for Iho rom
iiiR congressional elections.
CRUDE OIL FUEL. .
CHEAPE8T AT NOME
Tho short apro of roal at Nome
during the pasl winter has re
sulted in the more general use
of crude oil, which is offered for
sale hero at 50 per barrel of
12 gallons.