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®hp Halites Sailg proapprtor
VOL 9.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOV. 530, 1912.
NO. 44.
EASTERN WAR IS
YET UNCHANGED
Servia Determined to Secure Sea
port on Adriatic-Facing Star
vation at Adrlanople.
i;
London, Nov. 30.— Ignoring the
Albanian declaration of indepen
dence, Servian troops have en
tered Purazzo unresisted, show
ing that Servi.. is irreconcilable
in her determination to secure a
setaport on the Adriatic.
Peace envoys are slill negoti
ating, representatives of the co
alition being insistent on the
terms first announced by them.
The people in Adrianople are fac
ing starvation while the lines of
the allies about the city are being
constantly lightened'. The invest
ment of Constantinople continues
as close'as whe the s»*ig(» was at
it- height.
RUSSIAN OOOMA
IS PROGRESSIVE
SI. .I.'elcrsbiu-fi, -Nov. 30.—Tin*
fourth houma, which has just
t* oiive lift I hei'iV'lfas declared itself
progrevive; but is, thowcyer,
against' giving American .Jews-or
good* preferential treatment,
aiming (o make Russia indepensl
«'111 *>f American af4i ioultural ma
rt! ine.ry.
WANT WOMAN
FOR MAYOR
San liernariliiio, (ail., Nov.
WiiMicn nf San liernariliiio are
discussing the advisability of
putting up a candidate for the
mayoralty. Althougti no definite
plans have yet been made, 1.1 le
I hree-rornered lights for the
mayor's oflice hero are usually
-o elose that it is thought a wo
man, if supported by her sex and
a few men, would have a good
chance «»f election.
WOMEN NEED i
GOOO SPANKING
I .milfoil, Nov. :{(».—Sutlra^el les
have been pouring a sticky fltiiil
arid in the mail boxes in order
Id obliterate tin? addresses mi
IfMler*. The government is be
coming unite exasperated at the
iirtions of tin* women ami is coii
li'ini'laliiiM faking drastic meas
nres fop the suppression of their
misdemeanors.
Harrx .F. Wenke is down from
(lie Mine llihhon claim mi Mineral
• reek, wliere he has been per
forming annual labor, lie reports
the properly as showing up well.
< leorpe t ,o\ e has been under
t.lie weal her for I he past fe\V
days, bul is gradually eoiniuu
armind lo his wonted health.
Mariposa in Seattle.
Seattle, No\, JJO The Maripo
sa arrived herl» yesterday after
a fair trip.
l»on'l forKul I ho (irand Hull on
heeeinher li at Moose hall for
. 'he benefit, of t tie Catholic church.
As a mailer of fact '"tho IditT"
lis the most comfortable place to
-fop in Valdez. Why not go
there firs! and save the embar
rassment of changing? . s
TEN ARE HURT IN
CAR COLLISION
San Francisco, Nov. 30.—As a
result of a stre I car collision 10
persons are suffering from in
juries here. Two are in « se'r
ious condition. A Union street
car was standing on the Kinbar
cadero when a Broadway car
rounded the curve and crashed
into it, hurling the conductor of
the/ former to the pavement and
fracturing his skull. O. Tawara,
a Japanese merchant, received
internal injuries. Both cars were
wreckde.
SON OF POET IS
CHARGED FRAUD
I
New York. Nov. ;ju Julian
| 11 awl borne, a dirocl descendent
i.r the poet and a well known
: newspaper writer, will i»#• tried
: litis week charged wilh fraud in
; Ili• sidling of Cobalt. an(| I'orcu
ipine stocks. 11 is alleged that
Hawthorne and others defrauded
many investors by selling worth
less properties upon which false
reports had b'cen made.
NUMBER HURT
IN TRAIN WflECK
!
i ('.tirpus Christi. Tex., Xnv. ."iU.
iTwely-eight persons were injur
!od. one falally, in a wreek on the
('Frisco railroad near Sinton.
|Te\.t toilay win ii an engine, Img
' sraj.'c ear, smoker and day coarlt
i jumped the track from some im
j known cause. All (lie injured aiv
, in the 'Frisco hospital here.
iGOOD EXAMPLE
! IS FOLLOWED
I
<«nry, Ind.. Nov. :in.— MissKth
el Smith, the (lary nirl for whom
Hilly RukIi, newsboy, gave his
life, today was certain of recov
ery following a second skin graft
ing operation in which she was
supplied with 11 fly additional
square inches of cuticle. The
girl's father, brother and her
fiance. Hoy Roberts, supplied the
skin. The large amount of cu
ticle taken from Ihe amputated
Icji of Itupli was sufYicienl lo
j save Miss Smith's life and to
'make possible the second opera
> lion.
; COLD IN THE SOUTH
AND WARM IN NORTH
Memphis, Tenn.. Nov. :tn.--||
| is cold Ihroughouf the south,
I while in I lie north a warm wave
• i* passing over the country.
It is Large But Not Rare.
«FohatinesburK. Nov. 30 Tin*
! ureal diamond. I In1 largest in the
world, wliirh has just been dis
nn ereii in I he Premier mine, may
ml prove to he so valuable as al
flrsl thought. II is now" official
ly staled ihal> I he diamond, wliirh
I weighs KliK karats. is of infer
1 ior duality.
• .
Moose, Attentlon.
All niemhers of I ho Moose are
j urgently rc<|uesled lo he a I. Moose
'hull tonight, as Ihere will he u
rehearsal of I lie memorial exer
cises.
Clarence (iolden, II is whis
pered aboul, will not attend the
danre given by bis brother barh
olors, ami there are reasons.
Household furnishings for sa:o
cheap, inquire at cable offlcc.
. w • : — .
SuhsvribQ fbr Ida Proapaatof*
AN EARTH SLIDE
KILLS LABORER
Louis Divine, Laborer on North
ern Pacific, Victim of
Landslide.
Tacoma, Nov. 30.—Joseph Di
vine, an Italian laborer, saw h'is
brother, Louis Divine, buried
alive beneath tons of soft earth
in a railroad cut on the North
ern Pacific railroad yesterday.
Joseph Divine, with several other
Italian workmen and Austrians,
were working at the top of a deep
out three miles west of Dupont,
Louis Divine and another labor
er were working on the track
| some hundred feet below. The
j men on top saw the land sliding
land yelled lo the two men below
to run.
| The other laborer heard and
; under>too(j the shout, but l.ouis
! stood ami asked the men what
j they said. He fore they con hi warn
him of his danger the landslide
I was upon him. burying him sev
jeral feet. The men dug for ten
i minutes before they could reeov
[ ei* the body, which was found
| d .ad. Th<J man vvas killed by
j bruises and smothcri lg
SHIPPING TRUST
! TO BE PROBED
!
I
j Winsliiniititii. Nov. :tn.--Almost
[coincident will) the house nun
j mil Iec\-» invest imit ion of tli«*
""money Irnsl" jl was learned |o_
| da\ tin- house merchant marine
i commit li't* will hop in probing the
j "shipping I rust.** Chairman Alex
I amlcr sent word today from his
.Missouri home I hat In* e"xpected
| to arrive here about December l^>
In begin the inquiry. Whether
vessels, docks ami shipbuilding
yards are in the hands of a gi
gant'c marine combination is the
object of (lit'congressional probe.
Five hundred shipping ami rail
road companies are involved. De
tailed information has been ask
ed from the shipping concerns.
Two-1 birds have responded.
PROBING REPORT
OF JAP PURCHASE
Washington, l>. f... Nov. .'10.
Tlie State Department is proh
itur 111»• report ttial the Japanese
Kovi.-rnmenl hns purchased land
in I In- •Hawaiian islands for I h••
I lie purpose nf 11 n i I • I i 11K «l <"«»«»1 -
I iup station wilh ;i rapaeil> of
j Ioo.ono Ions.
ENGINEER HELD
FOR MANSLAUGHTER
lloniHI. V.. Nov. 30.—Tin*
ease of William Sehroeder. who
was indicted for mauslauKhtcr as
a result of fhi* train wreck near
I'lorrinjf on .Inly I lasl. was call
ed for (rial in I ho enniily ronrl
here Imlay. Srhroeiler was I he
enuiueer of I lie Delaware, l.arka
wanna \ WeslHrn passenger
I rain whieh telescoped another
train ami rauseil the loss of many
live*.
Mr. ami Mrs. Solomon arrived
overland from the Circle • 1iI>
trail, where they have heen en
frawd in running a madhouse.
They are on their way to Oregon,
where thye will make their fu
ture home.
••The CHIT" I* hented with
steam, real wteam. and you ran
fcH It. In faot, you ran let In
the fra*h *lr and »l it I have all
the warmth you waul. .
SEES MOTHER
FOR FIRST TIME
Through Slip of Qrandmother's
Tongue Miss Howell Procures
Clue to Identity of Mother.
St. Louis, Nov. 30 On her
twenty-third birthday MissKnowl
ton Howell, who was kidnaped
when three years old, saw her
mother for the first time that
she can remember. The mother
is Mrs. George Trone. The fath
er, who after a separation from
his first wife, has remarried, al
so is living ill St. Louis, and dur
ing (he long period of the girl's
separation from her mother, vis
ited her frequently.
Since tin* time she was al>
dueled lr<>in her parents, who at
the time resided in Mount Ver
non, III.. Miss. Iluwnll lias been
living with her grandmother,
Mrs. Caroline Howell. Mrs. How
ell. who had been opposed to the
marriage of Imm* favorite son ami
Miss Caroline Knowlton. , wonl'd
never tell the pill anything of
her mother.
Although tin* Howell's former
1\ w re weal I by owners of real
t Continued on pa«?c \ '■
I
'WHERE SEATTLE
i TAKES A HAND
.*r
i
j ijt»al 11»*. Nov. 30.— Mrnil»ur> <• I
j Alaska's lirst li'irislalurf who art1
Ion Iht* oiilsiile plan lo in• I h•'(-<
in January for I In* purpose ol
fo r 111111 it | injr a riMpiesI lo Pn'^i
<I«*111-ch't'l Wilson to retain Alas
ka .judges on llit* I»fin-11 mil iI lli.'ii
terms expire.
Milo Kell\. a uienilier from Hit'
'I'll i rtI j11<I it*ia I division, in an in
terview endorses I lit* plan. Stunt1
rrilirisin is heintr made inasmneii
as tin* memhers-eleel of I In* leg
islature now mi the outside, ar
wil li I lie tweeption of one, Re
publicans. and I lie l>einnerals ff«• I
themselves quilt? capable ol
handling llifir own atVairs.
Hay Millard eaine. up from Hit
I Hi IV mint' this afternoon.
LICENSEDRINKERS
IN LOS ANGELES
I .us Auj^'des N.IV. ^<».-'riu' Mu
nicipal I'oliee ('.himmission arc
eon.-iderin" a plan b> which
Jdriukeis an- lo h»* licensed. wilh
I In* hope of more «• lV«;c 111 a 11 > roii
Irollinu tin* I radii' ami making it
more ililVicnll |'«»r minors lo nh
lain liipior.
'CATHOLIC STUDENT8
IN CONFERENCE
Ann's, la., Nov. MP.--Several
hundred delegates from leading
co||»'K«'s ami universities throuKh
onf I In- ronnlry have arrived here
lo attend Ilu» annual conference
of l In* National Catholic Students'
association. Tile sessions will he
hehl at Iowa Slate College, begin
uiuK tomorrow ami eonlinuiiiM
until llm end of nexl week.
Dr. Cook 81111 Lying.
Seattle, Nov. HO--Dr. Conk. <>f
Arelie fame, delivered a terture
here, lie *lill adheres to his pole
slory, Iml is not drawing large
houses.
The regular nmulhly business
moolinK of the members of the
Tillikum Club will he held this
(veninwr. A full attendance is de
sired.
FOR RENT-»Thr.ee .fun\lAh«M»
rooms Inquire of f!. K. Bunnell.
' 'irtfrjMc.siriMliMMMNMMMIIIIMi
WILL SAVE MONEY
FOB UNCLE SIM
WashTIiplon, D. C., Nov. 30—
Postmaster CSencral Hitchcock
plans to save the government
niitfc million dollars a year by
having the railroads paid by ac
tual weight for carrying the
mails instead of the present
method of weighing the mails oc
casionally to strike a general av
erage of the weight. The pres
ent cost of carrying the mails is
liftv million dollars a year.
HONOR SHOWN
! OUR TEACHERS
j ,
! Ii«*rliii. Nov. 3o._.\ brilliant au
idieiiep. including th«' oinpiM'iir
and empress, warmly received
I lie Ameriean professor's open
ing lectures at. Hcrlin uniM'rsilv.
Tin* speaker* included Professor
C.harb's S. .Miimt, or • Harvard, on
"Tlii' I >i»\I'lopnifiit of Modern
Hesearch in Analomy and I * i«• I -
• •gy." an«| Professor William M.
Sloan, of (lolumhia nniversily. <»ii
"American political Parlies."
ASKING RECOUNT
i
! l.ii- An^i'les, Nov. ail.—Till- Sll
: |i<*i*i<«i* cniirl lias ordered a re
eolllll of the precinct* contested
t
i hy Ilif democrats. democrats arc
jahoir I•» start another suit asking
| tin* recount *»f a number of olh
j !■ r |i!-*•«*incl > in which irre^ulari
; lio> are J»11 ••;_:••• I In have I ;i k •* 11
j plan*.
GIVES HER BLOOD
10 SAVE ft LIFE
I
I
Flint. Mirli.. Nov. .'in.-_.Miss
Christine Keyes. a nnrse in a
hospital here. \ est onlay p:a\e
st«v<>ral ounces of her blood lo
save lho life of Orville Browning,
of I.yon. Kas. Browning harl un
dergone an operation for appen
dicitis. When it became eviitent
that trasnfusion of hlooil was
necessary to save tin* young
man's life. Miss Koxes volun
I leered to make the sacriticc. An
artery in her arm was connected
with a vein of the patient, the
operation lasting :tr» ininntes.
Moth patient ami nni>e are on
the wax to recovery.
THREE NEGROES
ARE LYNCHED
S|iri'\ cpurf. 1.11.. N«»\. JIO
Til»■••«• ncjii'm's \\li<» >linl Slirrill
Allen, wt'i'f t:ik•• 11 from their
■sard < I»\ ;i «)<• I•• rmiiiI nn'h .ni
ls nelied.
Annual Meeting.
The minimi meclinft of tin;
l.one Slur Milling eunipan\ will
Ih» held on Dertmihcr 28. ;il I ho
ufTiee of I ln> xcrrelary (Kind's
Slure Jil K p. 111. fur Iht* purpose
of elerlinK nlTiivr* nn,| Iht* Irans
acliun r»T such oilier business iim
may conn* before Hit* meeting.
.1. \V. KRAMK, SeorHary.
Oh. ymi kills. save ymic tlim«*<4
fur llu* llsh ptiikI,
!l rusts you loss lo slup ul
"Tin* C.lilT" than it does lo rent
and Ileal a cabin, and you linve
a nice warm, clean room lo (Irons
In. No H»•(*.•* or carps al all lo
attend lo.
! . JumI received a new line of
millinery on the Mariposa at"
l?#rvey'* Tovgery.
.1
'.jwatu
USUAL MEW
THAT GLASS
Wholesale Forgery Prfaoticed In
Attempt to Legalize Race
Track Gambling.
Sacramento, Cal., Nov. 30
Forgery, fraud and perjury have
been revealed as important ele
ments in the securing of an ini
tiative petition on behalf of race
track gambling in California, and
Ih« district attorney of Sacra
mento, the grand jury and state
i attorney general are to be call
ed into action in the case. The
; measure now appears killed be
yond all hope of tin* rare track
I ami allied interests, who are es
timated t«» have spent more than
I srtiiu.noo in proinoliuir il.
t
DOES NOT BUCK
j San llafacl, <«»!., Xnv.
• I.Mil liv i-year-nld lt«»\ Sniilli. l.*5
1 * *
; children wen* found playing 'Tid
! nip- horse" in a vacant l«»t
! each astride «• I' a slick • • I* dyna
■ mile, 'l'lie children say tli«*y
foil III I I lie e \ 111 • • s i \ i • miller the city
|eps.
JEWELRY THIEVES
1 GETAWAY
1 I'ari-, .'so.--\ ii>hher> o|"
'.ie\\elr> worth s'i'.o.ooo I'r• >111 a
--In»p Mil I lie I'laee i|e I.'Opera, ill
'Hie ceiiI•*i* • • I I'ari-. in broad da>
11u111. ha> caiiscil a >ensation.
j'l'lie t h if I' crept through a N'lii
I |iMiar> partition connecting the
!-hop with an adjoinm^ huihlin^
j in prucess of recount rnct ion, and
made oil with the jewels without
heinf: noijeed. although several
salesmen were on dol> hehind the
counters.
ALASKAN AFFAIRS
S|tii|»;iiic, Ni»\. .*{<• Tin.' Anier
i«-;tit Mining I'oiiyre-s cho>»« a
Im>rni;i11•• 111 Alaska «*• »i11ini11to
ui\e |>11111ii• it> unlit imis in
I lie in>rI li. Th»'\ iiI«m passed rc^
Mhiiinii'. urKinp ihal assu>
i rliarj:«*> mudi* tin* same mi Ilio
j I'acitie emi-t a> in New V"»rk.
Notao'e Actress Goes Beyond.
Toronto. Nov, i(n Mahle Har
rison. a well known artress. who
hail lieen sUlVerin^ from tubercu
losis, is ilea,) here today. Miss
Harrison was the wife «»f Joe
Howard, a musical comedy actor
and producer. 'I'ln* two often ap
peared I• »fxH her in prodnrl ions.
Tlii' public Menerally are i.i
\ilcd l" \isil I In* sleamer Yukon
i>n her arrival al 1 o'clock this
evening. Tin* vessel will rmain
here alioul I wo hours. It beinpr
the steamer's tlrst trip to this
port, our people niiKlit wish to
visit the trim liltle vessel.
Special Notice.
There will he n special moel
infx of tire slorkholders of Ihe
Slump Hay Mining company at
the fire hall in Vnhhv. on Satur
day a I 7 :30 p. m.
21 I.. rsHAHAM. Pecrclary.
Don't fortfel the flrnnd Hall on
December I i al Moose hall for
the benefit of the ('alhollc church.