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VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1M2.
DUMBER 7.
HOLDING HEARING
FISHERY QUESTION
The Packers' Association Are
Squeezing the Small Canners
in Every Way.
SEATTLE, Oct. 18.—Chief Ev
erman, of the Federal Bureau of
Fisheries, is holding a hearing
here on the petition of the Al
aska Packers' association to have
streams flowing into Cook's In
let, Eyak river and other well
known fish streams in south
western Alaska closed to fishing.
Thf smallers earners are con
tending that I he big fish (rust is
trying («> close them mil.
DECLARES WAR
AGAINST COALITION
Ttirkty Takes the Initiative and
Will Prosecute a War of
Extermination.
ATHENS, Oreece, Ocl. 18.—
The Turkish government has de
clared war against Oreece, Ser
via. Bulgaria and Montonogro.
The Turks arc pouring fanatic
tribes into Bulgaria, who are
killing women and children and
destroying defenseless Ullages.
Ji i> expected thai the Turks will
light Bulgaria, Servia and Mon
t-negro on land and will attack
fireecp hy sea. Indications point
In a Holy war without mercy.
Turkey in Asia has a popula
tion of 17,000,000, with a light
ing strength hard o determine.
Turkey in Europe has a popu
lation of 0,100,000, and an army
of 920,000. fireerc to the south
of European {Turkey has a popu
lation of three and a half mil
lion, and a trained army of 23,—
ooo. Of the Balkan states which
are on Turkey's northern border,
Roumania is the largest with a
population of 0,000,000, and an
army *»f 170.000. Bulgaria comes
A- next with a population of four
"lillion and nearly 800,000 train-'
• 1 men. Servia ha's 2,700,000
^ i ihahilanls and Kt',000 trained
men. Bosnia ami Eastern Hou
mania are small states of about
n million population, while the
most warlike, Montenegro, is the
smallest, having a population of
JI NEAI . Ocl. 18.—A hundred
JUEAl*, Ocl. 18.— A hundred
Hreeks have left here for Eu
rope to join the army and light
against Turkey.
* Mr. and Mrs. Erskine, Clias.
Fletcher, Ben Swift, Miss Blod
gett of Kodiak are in the city
as witnesses before the next,
term of court.
LIEUT BECKER
WINS POINT
NEW YORK, Oct. 18.-*-AUor
neys for Lieut. Becker won a
victory this jTiorning when they
had testimony showing that
Lieut. Berker had made himself
rich by graft, excluded by Jus
firo flofT. The defense will open
bin morning. ✓
Home cooked rpreatt and ham
always on hand/fct/ff. 8ohmldt'».
— i »« y. ■■ n ■ ■ ii i
Schmidt's Lynch Room open'
for business ^morrow. Try that
WHITE SLAVER
IS CONVICTED
Noted Juneau Woman of Under
World Is Convicted of
White Slavery.
SEATTLE, Oct. 18. — Leah
Richards, the keeper of a bawdy
house in Juneau, and well
known throughout Alaska, ar
rested three months ago by
agents of the federal govern- j
inert, charged with white slav
ery in having imported >011113
p.11$ from the Stales to her
l.n-'sos in Alaska, was tried be
fy»re Ihe United Slates courts'
here. She wiH be sentenced 1 at —
GOLD PRODUCT
WILLOW CREEK
The New Camp Making a Splen
did Showing Jn |t& Year's
Production.
The gold product from quart/,
mining in the Willow Creek dis
trict, a rich camp whose future
is assured by the splendid re
sults achieved, is approximate}'
as follows, for the season just
closed:
The (Sold Bullion Mining com
pany, the piwveer operators of
111 region, milled two thousand
tons of ore, which pave a return
of $80,0(10.
The Alaska (iold Quartz Min
ing company, the second produc
er in the camp, milled 700 toils
of ore, which yielded close to
$30,000. Aside from the oper
ation of the stamp mill, the com
pany did a vasl amount of de
velopment work, blocking out ore
reserves for future use. A live
stamp mill was added to the
equipment of the mine.
William Martin, lesse of the
Alaska Free (iold company's
properly, milled 700 ions of ore,
f^oin which he .obtained about
$30,000. Mr. Marl in installed
Ill's mill las| spring, overcoming
great difTicullics and entailing
great expense in transporting
his mill from Knik to his mill
sile. •
Byron Bart hoi f and Thomas
Cavaney have sacked ajid con
veyed to Knik, for shipment to
the Slates for treatment, nine
Ions uf ore which will yield any
where from $500 to $1,000 per
ton, according to estimates
mate.—Gateway.
FOUL WRITERS
AHE INDICTED
PORTLAND, Oct. 18.—Thomaa
Burns, a writer, and seven other
Socialists have been Indicted for
uttering a scurrilous circular at
tacking Col. Roosevelt and his
son-in-law, Niohola* Lone worth
at the time of Roosevellt's visit
to Portland, several weeks ago.
The matter published was un -
printable.
Ladles', miprfes and children'^
foil hats Juaf arrived at Harvey's
Toggery.
Lo~t—An Eastern 8tar pin,
Arider please p^turn to Mss Fall
nl Loue's Ca^e.
MUNSEY MONEY
TO PROGRESSIVES
Frank Munsey Gave Liberally to
Col. Roosevelt's Causes. Wall
Street Interested.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. in.
—Frank Munsey, the magazine
publisher ami owner of a string
of newspapers and chief bull
moose provider, admitted having
contributed onte hundred 'And
eighteen thousand dollars In lh«
Progressive parly Tom I.awsou,
author of "Kn iizi-'d rinanee "
(testified thai h«* knew Wall
street had raised n fund «»f one
million dollars to compass U»e
nouiination <»f a dark hnrs«* :il
llif Hallimor<> convention
WILL LEASE
GOAL LAND
Interior Department Yields to.
Demands of Conserv
atives.
WASHINGTON. IX C., October 18.
—Yielding to the demands of conser
vationists that coal lands hereafter b
leased by the government to private
concerns instead of allotted or sold,
the interior department has announce
that the plan would be tried.
As a result Van H. Manning, assist,
ant director of the bureau of mines,
left for Wyoming, where he_ will com
plete the details of leasing 2,480
acres of government coal lands in
the state to a local corporation.
The corporation desirous of mining
the coal is to pay $1 for each acre of
the tract and a royalty of 6V& cents a
ton for each ton mined during the
first five years and 8 cents for the
following five years. After that
the royalty will be fixed by the sec
retary of the Interior, the leasing
corporation having the right to re
new the lease up to 30 years in all.
The government proposes to main
tain a rigid supervision of the man
ner in which the coal is taken from
the ground. It will also prohibit sub
leasing, traffic in intoxicants on the
premises and destruction or mutila-,
tion of the property and will reserve
the right to revoke the lease at any
time for violation of the rules.
ht-puly Marshal Karl Arm- |
sIi'ihik cnniP over from the west- i
ward in eliarRe «>r a nuinluv »>fi
witnesses for lie district conri.j
HIGH FINANCIER
III BELGIUM
BRUSSELS, Oct. 18.—Manag
er NVilmart, of the Oandtcrneu
inien railroad, has disappeared,
.any an a consequence twenty
four banks have been swindled
out of five and a half million
dollars fthrough the use qf
worthless securities.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark, Capl.
Bruce McKay, Capt. Hardy of
the U. 8. survey boat-Yukon were
arrivals from the westward on
tits Hampton,
■
Room and^Jrffard at the Grand
nolsf #l."£0rper day, Home cook
ad meals and food beds. Mrs. H.
Bharta.
Rugst WuvyrKW kinds of ruga
a| C. G. FVmlolph'ft.
SENATOR HEYBURN
DIES SUDDENLY
Able Senator from Idaho Passes
Away—ftepublioang Lose' ,j
One Seat.
WASHINGTON, L>. C., Oct. 18.
—Senator. Heyburn died here
suddenly from a complication of
diseases. He collapsed in the
senate last March, and has been
failing ever since, although his
death was unexpected. Senator
Weldon Brinton Heyburn was
born in Pennsylvania in 1852,
and has resided in Idaho, the
stale hi* represented in the up
per branch of congress, since
IHK.'f. Il«' was Heeled lit Ihe
sen ale in IJHKI, his second lerin
expiring in March, 1915. He
was a Republican of fhe tillra
reaclbinary lype.
WILL RUN
INDEPENDENT
Senator Accepts Nomination by
PeHtion With 16,000
Signatures.
PORTLAND, Ore.. October IS.—
Responding to petitions voluntarily clr
culated and in five days signed by
16,000 voters of the state, Senator
Johnathan Bourne, jr., today accepted
an independent nomination for the
Oregon senatorshlp and will go on
the official ballot in the November
election as a "popular government
candidate," a mass meeting of cit
izens being held for the purpose of
starting the movement. Resolutions
were adopted declaring that Bourne's
defeat in the primaries wbb accom
plished by the alleged excessive use
of money, and by alleged misrepre
sentation and deception.
Senator Bourne will run against
Bell Selling, republican, of Portland,
nominated to make the senatorial
fight in this state at the recent state
wide primary.
Ben Dalzell, Mr. Hamilton, S.
Guyot and Geo. Baldwin came n
from thu westward on the sfeair
.•.hip Sampson.
TELLS STORY
AND WINS OUT
HKNO, Oct. 17.—By Idling a
genuine hard-luck matrimonial
story in Judge Orr's courl, Roy
Neil, formerly of San Feancisco,
today 19 divorced from Mrs Neil.
Neil said that on one occ»*iou
iiiH wife threw her arm-, about
him in what Jie thought to be a
lov.'ng embrace. But, he de
clared, she held a pair of scis
sors in her hands and stabbed
him in the back.
lAMNON'l rMNNOMi.
The following were outgoing
pansengerH on the Hampton: I*
McCloud, B. H. Chadwie.k, V.
Smith, (J. C. t'.larkson, Mn. \v.
C. Thompson, P. Krau, t«. Arch
ibald, J. W. McMMIen, J. Meln
Icsh, E. OilbpCMth, W. V. Iloel
cher, H. R. Ma-j't, Oe-i. Beddow,
Chas. N. Jones, f has. Henry, and
'A steeraqre.
Dr. David of Hffnik arrived on
the Samppopr
Waffles ana none? 25c at Val
de* Cafe. If
GUNBOAT SENT
SAVE AMERICANS
The Mexioan Revolution Is Be
• .. cominng More General—A
Crisis at Hand.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 18.
—The gunboal Des Moines has
been ordered lo Vera Cruz, Mex
ico, to protect American inter
ests there. The city is now in
the hands of I lie rebels under
Diaz, nephew of Ihe lale presi
dent, and is thought to he pav
ing tho way for the old general's
re I urn.
MKXICO CITY, Oel. IS. — A
crisis in the revolution is im
uiinenl. More uprisings are oc
curring in different parls of the
eounlry. <Jen. Diaz. u| Vera
C.ru/.. has proclaimed himself
provisional governor and is ap
pointing his cabinet. All sup
plies from llial seaport have
been cut olV fprni the capital.
FOUR
STEAMERS
FOR GREEKS
Six Thousand Four Hundred
Greek- Relurn Home on
Chartered Vessel.
NKNV YOKK, October IS.—The loin
steamers of the National Steam Nav
igation company of Greece have hen
chartered by the Greek governnien
to transi>ort from this city about 0
4(i0 American Greeks, volunteer!
and reservists of the Greek army
to fight the Turks.
The first of the steamers, th<
Macedonia, heavily laden with ammu
nition and stores was anchored of;
the Brooklyn waterfront this mornir
ready to sail at a moment's notice
It carries 1,600 fighting men as pas
sengers.
The other three ships will sail 01
Oct. 17, Oct. 28 and Nov. 10. respec
tlvely, each carrying about the sam<
number of men.
ish:? building
ON INCREASE
WASHINGTON. I). G\. October IS.
—American shipbuilding made a sub
stantial increase for the three months
which ended Sept. 30, last, compared
with the same period of last year, ac
cording to figures made public by the
bureau of navigation, department of
commerce and labor. During three
month's period fciat ended there were
built in the Unite*! States 485 •ail
ing, steam snd unrigged vessels of
80,221 gross tons. For the like per
iod In 1911, 462 vessels of 'he same
classes were built with a gross ton
nage of 76,041.
Captain Hoolahcr and Captain
ta^uit, of the Yukon T:
ction company, walked out from
lairbanks, arriving hero last
night in! time to catch tiiv
koii south. Captain MuuH i-ay*
fhat the traffic on the Yukon lian
been a» heavy this year as Inst
year, but (hat the .-thipnionta
were late in arriving it lower
river points. In apeakin© of the
tr ail, ho .»ay8 it is in .»elt: r shape
/!•«• r« he has t l»nf. r-> i xpor'
eUff.d it at I hi* lime »f
F. 11. Tlarthofj^of the Ood lloI -
lion Mining trffmpany, is in ho
city
WILL INCREASE
NUMBER STAMPS
Has Run Through Season on $40
Rock, and Has Plenty
In Sight.
The mini* of tin* Alaska (jold
Quartz company, in the Willow
Creek gold camp, has been open
ed on five different levels, th*»
lower one of which is at a ver
tical depth of 3,500 feet from
surface oulcrop of the vein. This
season five hundred feel of drift
ing on the vein has been accom
plished, and six hundred feel, of
surface work. In addition. I lie
si.'imp mill was supplied willi ore
and seven hundred l«»n< were
i I realed.
NexI season it i< the plan of
i.Milo Kelly, llir general manager
I of ihis tine properly, I<» increase
j I lie eapaeil > of the mill so lhal at
: leasl forlv lons of ore may |m>
i erushed daily. TliU will largely
increase the gold produeliou.
j The ore is high grade, yielding
jaltoul *i0 per Ion in jro|»| value.
: The ore from Hie (Sold Bullion
t and Alaska Free f»old company's
mines, the other I wo producing?
properties, runs ahoul I lie same
in value.—CSaleway.
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SHOOK UP
| FINANCIAL END
i
Man Thought to Have Died in
San Francisco Was in
Alaska.
,i
| PET ALU.MA, Cal.. October 18 —
.Robert Deacon of this city who
, jwent to San Francisco two days be
- fore the earthquake and fire, six
, years ago, and has since been mourn
ed as dead, is here today, a wealthy
man.
Deacon left Sun Francisco for Alas
ka one day before the disaster, en
gaged in mining and amassed a for
tune.
WILL BUILD
IN TACOMA
Heath & Grove, architects, have let
the contract for a 14-room house for
j Federal Judge B. E. Cushman, to be
, built on the Cushman property at the
end of I'roetor stretft. The house
will be colonial In resign, and will be
in keeplnng with the surrourfdlngs. A
feature of the house will be a colon
ial staircase, all of oak, extending
from tiie first to the third story.—
News.
IQERt.
The following were roltiruiiip
passengers on the Aiumodu:
Frank Hedderly, Mrs. E. Onrlson,
O. Miller, V. O. Fr.»st O. A.
tucker, II. C. DeLiniio, 0, y
Mathews, Fred and Mrs. Brown,
f. Hamburger, Jas. F;«h, II. F.
Millard, A. J. Meals, If. H. In
gram, Mr. and Mrs. 1. I l)on
ohne, Miss K. Monahan, K»l. M.
.I,nkin, Oen. H. Walker 1£ Mulir,
II .f>nvis. O. Frrrel.
iooM Dane*
The Order of Alaskan Moose
will give their regular weekly
dance Saturday night at their hall
(o which all friends of the organ,
iralion are invited. Dancing will
hrgin at 9.':30 sharp. Tickets can
He had of members. Good music.