Halfaz Satlg Proajwlar
VOL. S.
VALDEZ, ALASKA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, '12.
NO. 2SS
ALASKA STOCK
OVERSUBSCRIBED
Alaska Gold Mine* Stock is Put
Upon the Market and Is More
Than Taken Up
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Boston, Sept. 19.-The offering
of Alaska Gold Mines stock by
Haden, Stone & Co. here resulted
in an oversubscription reported
to be about tenfold. In Boston
alone the stock was four times
oversubscribed. The prestige of
Haden, Stone & Co. with porphyry
coppers and Butte & Superior has
availed the firm tremendously in
bringing out this new Alaska low
grade gold issue.
Charles Haden, in this instance,
for the first time in his success
ful banking-mining career, lends
his name as president to a min
ing company. The stock has been
listed on the New York Curb and
will bo. traded in on the Curb here
preliminary to applying for list
ing on the stock exchange. The
trading in the stock on the Curb
here pending the office subscrip
tion offering has been of consid
erable volume, in anticipation of
tho oversubscription which re
sulted. '*
NO WONDER HE
NEEDED HELP
Man to Westward Raising Family
of Ten Persons on $25
Per Month
II is not often that the govern
ment is called upon to relieve the
financial distress of residents of
Alaska, but there is one case, in
I he north which has so appealed
to tin* sympathies of Secretary
of tin* Treasury MacVeagh that
he has ordered the commander of
a United States revenue cutter to
transport one family of twelve
persons from Afognak lo some
point on Puget sound.
For years James CTeghorn has
resided on the Alaska coast with
in the volcano zone, and has en
deavored to support his wife and
I I children on the insufficient in
come of $25 per p'-uith. He was
;ible to feed and rlnthe l)ie large
family, but not enough of the $25
could be saved lo pay I he faro of
any of the young Cleghorns to
more prosperous regions. The
struggles of the hard-working
fattier were finally brought to the
attention of the secretary of the
treasury, and he has promised to
see that Ihe members of the fam
ily are given the opportunity lo
seek employment in a more thick
ly settled community.
HORSES SUFFER
FROM WORMS
Dodge City, Kas., Sept. 19.-An
autopsy today on one of the
horses which died of the myster
ious disease which is killing thou
sands of horses in western Kan
sas, revealed a bucketful of tiny
worms in (he intestines.
Mrs. C. H. Schiffler and her
son, Elton L. Ingold, will leave on
the Sampson for the states.
FOR SALE CHEAP-Slx-foot glass
ease. See William Wilson. tf
Waffles ana noney 25c at Val
dez Cafe. tf
IS BEATEN BY
HAND OF FATE
Banker and Wife Make Desperate
Effort to Recall Son Who
is Drowned
Chicago, Sept. 19.-Rufus Fear
ing Dawes, only on of Charles G.
Dawes, Chicago banker, and form
er comptroller of the currency,
was drowned while bathing yes
terday at Lake Geneva. As soon
as he heard of the accident Mr.
Dawes hired a special train and,
with his wife, physicians and an
expert in charge of a pulmoler
on board, made (he 90-mile run
lo Lake Geneva in ono hour and
15 minutes, bill loo late lo save
his son.
do noY lTke
AMERICAN WAYS
St. Petersburg, Sept. 19.-The
Novoe Vremya in an editorial re
lates the circumstances of the
passing of the Panama bill, and
adds:
"Such is the value of the word
passed by the great republic of
America. Russia in the present
case is not directly interested, but
we have a right and we regard it
as an obligation to point out how
Americans deal with internation
al treaties."
THE PENALTY
OF LUXURY
San Diego, Sept. 19.-Plunging
in feet over the Banning grade,
70 miles northeast of this city,
in the automobile, Mrs. Frank
(•randier, wife of a local printer,
was instantly killed and Mrs. Har
ry Sale, of Los Angeles, was se
verely hurt. A broken steering
gear is blamed for the accident.
IS BEGINNING
TO TAKE NOTICE
Constantinople, Sept. 19.-Tur
key began a brisk advance of
troops toward the Bulgarian
frontier Saturday. A Bulgarian
invasion of Macedonia is expect
ed. It will be resisted desper
ately.
DOCTOR CATCHES
PATIENTSILLHESS
81. Louis, Sept. 19.-Dr. Clar
ence E. Pierce of O'Fallon, III.,
in in a critical condition from
tetanus contracted when treating
Mis* Emmeline Schoellkopf, who
died from the disease Tuesday.
Dr. Pieroe became unconsoioua
Wednesday and up to this morn
ing 125,000 units of anti-toxine
had been administered to him. He
regained con9oiousnesn today and
it is now thought that he will re
cover.
Valdcz RmIHUU.
If you have a house to rent
list it with the VftUto* Real Re
late Agency. Wall street.
Fresh Morgan oysters fried in
utter and cracker crumbs at I he
aldez Cafe.
PETTICOAT PRANKS
AGAINST XING
Women Enter Sacred Precincts of
Royalty and Mutilate Mem
orial Fountain
Aberdeen, Scotland, Sept. 19—
Scotland Yard was asked tonight
to send detectives from London
to catch the supposed suffraget
tes who left "votes for women"
on the golf links and mutilated
the memorial fountain in the
park surrounding Balmoral pal
ace. The local police confess they
are without a clue and the con
servative press is demanding ac
tion against whoever committed
tlu> sacrilege of trespassing on
his majesty's preserves. It is the
first time King Cieorge has been
the recipient of suffrage! atten
tion.
THIEVES WORKING
ON THE GREEKS
Steal Six Hundred and Fifty
Dollars in Dust on Pedro
Creek
Considerable indignation has
been a^ousfd at 'the number of
petty thieveries reported on Ped
rn and Golds! ream of 1 a I«». The
latest act to he broupht to light
is the theft of $650 in gold dust
from the cabin of I.onis Toby and
partners on 7 below, Podro crcek.
Last Wednesday, when Toby
and tiis partners were at work in
the hole, with one man on the
windlass at the surface, tome
person lifted out the window on
the other side of the cabin from
where the man was working on
the windlas;, entered the cabin
and loft with the poke containing
ihe dust. The gold was the re
sult of a clear.up made the day
be fore.
No trace has been found of the
thief, but it is expected that he
will be spotted before long, when
he attempts to cash in the gold
dusf.-Fairbanks Times.
Extra Speolal.
II will be warm and dry at the
"•Jagle hall. Come and sit on the
hay and eat apples. Dress tho
way you are most comfortable
and dance when you wisli. To
night.
\Y. 1.. McAllister is in from
Slump bay. where lie is working
on Ihe Alice properties.
Joseph I)i<*ringor ha« rriurned
from Drier bay, Knight island,
where he went to place a number
of men ai work on the properly of
the Knight Island Copper Com
pany, driving a cross cut to tap
the vein. He reports experienc
ing gome heavy weather on the
way down and back, having had
to put into port at Nellie Juan
for two days to avoid an unusual
ly heavy blow.
While in Nome ttie members of
the visiting Shriners were invited
out to witness a cleanup on one
of the properties of the Pioneer
Mining company on Little croek.
Something like 100,000 indust was
taken out of the boxes.
Household furnishings for sato
cheap. Inquire at cable office.
Limited Amount of treasury
mock of the Royal Development
Oold Mining company for sale for
6 cents It share. Money to be used
or development work. Inquire of
ohn Fkemo, or phone James Pet
erson, 20?.
BALKAN CLOUD
IS LOWERING
Greece, Bulgaria and Servia
Are Said to be Ready
to Fight
Constantinople, Sept. 19.-Re
ports received here today that
Greece, Bulgaria and Servia are
planning a combined attack on
Turkey have seriously concerned
the officers of the Ottoman gov
ernment.
A member of the cabinel said
unofficially that the government
would not be sorry if the threat
were carried into execution.
Conditions, h<> said, could not
be worse, and a successful war
with the three countries mention
ed might help to clear up the
tangled situation.
OUR JUDGE
IS LONG LOST
Ceased Doing Business in Fourth
Division on August 10th,
Last
In pursuance of an order of the
President of the United Slater,
who has assigned him to the Third
judicial division of Alaska, Judge
Peter I). Overileld will leave on
• he first boat for Yaldez, via
Nome and Sent I le. Judge Over
field's jurisdiction over the Knurlh
division ceases today, August to,
and there will be an hiatus in
the special term of court until tin
arrival of Judge Frederick K. Ful
ler from Nome.
Judge Overileld wired the De
partment of Justice some tinie ago
that he would be unable to finish
I his work here in the time alloted,
and that it would be necessary
lhat the time be extended or an
other judge assigned to complete
the term. In reply. Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham wired that Judge
Fuller would be assigned to the
Fourth division as soon as his ap
pointment had been confirmed by
the senate, and would finish I he J
special term now being held in
Tdilarod.
Judge Overfield's work in the
Third division will commence at
Valdez, where a special term of
court has been called for Septem
ber 0 and another-an equity term
-on September 25. On October I i
court will convene at Cordova for
a short term, and again at Yal
dez November 18.-Tdilarod Pio
neer.
Tlio 31 Ions <>f ore put through
the custom mill from the shaft of
the Alice property, on Rhoup bay,
averaged a little better than $30
a ton, which was somewhat bet
ter than expected, Inasmuch as
everything was put through the
stamps.
Supt. Callaghan has a force of
men working on the Valdez-Van
oouver. They are opening up a
hew ledge whioh Is gradually wid
ening as the workmen run in. An
assay from this ledge shows 942
and some oents to the ton.
ViMm RmI KiUU.
If jou have a house to rent
list It with the Valdes Real Es
tate Agenoy, Wall street.
Closing out tufts, coats and ev.
enlng gown* at half pMce at Har
vey's Toggery.
FOR SALE-Charter oak healing
stove, Itrfs sUe. Apply Dr.
Cockerllle.
Subscribe for the Prospector
IMLETTEWILL
WHITE A BOOK
Senator La Follette Will Add to
the Campaign by Writing Book
Telling of Teddy
Washington, Sept. 19.-Senator
La Follette proposes to increase
the gavety of the campaign by
publishing a book. Among other
things it will cover the pre-con
vention scramble and give de
tails <>n which the Wisconsin sen
ator bases his charge that Col.
Roosevelt had a fund exceeding
$1,000,000. This is only one
third of the sum Senator Penrose
allege.^ was underwritten by Geo.
W. Perkins, but if will prove suf
ficient to arouse perioral inter
est.
GREAT ACTIVITY
IK SHIPYARDS
Washington, D. C., Sept. 1U.
shipyards throughout the Unitea
States during the current fiscal
year will be more busily employed
than fur 10 years, according lo re
ports fib»d here today with the
bureau of navigation, It is esti
mated 120 steel vessels with a
gross tonnage of 25 4,000 are un
der construction or under con
tract to be built, against barely
100.000 tons nt this time a year
ago.
FATAL ACCIDENT
IN A COLLISION
La Orande, Ore.. Sept. 19.-Joe
Allen, of Enterprise. Ore., was in
stantly killed and three others in
jured in a collision here last night
between a freight train and a
stock train. The injured aiv L. L>.
Howilt, Portland, Ore., L. B. Hen
derson, Calgary, Can., and J. II.
'Cooper, Hood River, Ore.
ABE SAVED. BY
PRESENCE MIND
Vancouver, Wash., Sept. 1 !».
Mary Smith and Helen Hurns were
caught on the bridge here and
escaped being run over by plung
ing in a barrel tilled with water
kepi on the bridge for lire pro
feel ion. They were hauled out by
I he car crew.
NO LONGER A
GIDDY YOUTH
Reno, New, Sept. 19.-Frank
BacouH, a negro, claiming to be
the oldest com in the west, cele
brated his one hundred and twen
ty-second birthday. Tiaccus is
still in good health.
Al. White has donated punch
for the big Poverty ball to be
given October 2 by the Ladies'
Auxiliary of the Hospital of the
Good Samaritan.
The Beward Gateway Is on s«le
al the Valdea Drug Co. If
FOR RENT-Small cabin for
enl. Call up phone 41.
The Valder. Cafe Is one good i
place fo eat. tf ]
TRACING HISTORY
OF AN OGRE
Scotland Yard Is Puzzled in Trac~
Ing the Life of a Modern
Bluebeard
London, Sept. 19.-Scotland Yard
detectives are endeavoring today;
to piece together the facts sur
rounding the life of a modern
Bluebeard, whose last act was to
blow out his brains after saturat
ing with petroleum and setting
fire to the "blue room" in which
lay the corpse of one «»f his wives,
and (hose of throe of his children.
His lasl surviving wife escaped,
wounded, through a window, and
is now believed Id bo dying.
Tho real name <»f I ho perpe
trator of these crimes is as yet
unknown, but the war office ad
mits ho was a member ««f one of
Ihe most noble families in the
kingdom.
This modern Bluebeard posed
as "Captain Sterling." an Ameri
can-Spanish war veteran: in
Eastbourne be was known a*
"Robert Charles Mackie"; in
Clapham. as "Captain Robert
Ilicks Murray," of the Royal
Scots, one of I be king's guard*.
TO WORK OOT
ATTORNEYS FEES
Others Interested in Once Rich
Claim Will Get Little or No
thing for Years Litigation
I.air last ••veiling Ihe attorneys
in Ihf lii»n Voyage ease decided
In disregard th«* Dr. Chambers
end of ih«* suit ami sHIIed. in or
der to work the properly.
Jafel l.iiideherg was granted a
lease of lhf (lolilon Mull, con
taining the dump extracted by
Waskev and Crabtrce under a:
lease from Whit Iron and Kadie
and ho will work I ho property for
the benefit of the various litigants.
It is staled I hat |ho claim own
er.* and other people interested
will get little or nothing mil of
I ho properly, that afler the law
yers have been paid 'here will brt
nothing ! u| Ihe iipv. M.-knh|e claim
left.
It is eslimated there is #100.
000 In be- washed tip. from Ihe
claim, and Ibis is believed will
about meet Ihe outstanding ob
ligations. allowing I tie fiolden
Hull leasee* about 81.00ft each,
and those interested in Ihe fiold
en Bull enough to pay for costs,
elc.-Nome Nugget.
THE BUR FROM
THE ARCTIC OCEAN
The Boar, which made I ho
cruiso in the Arctic ocean as a
"floating court" with Captain Bal
linger, a full-fledged commis
sioner, has returned to Nome.
The sum total of the work per
formed was the bringing back of
one poor Eskimo, who will serve
three months in jail at Nome, his
offense being that he loved anoth
er Eskimo's wife too well, and a
white man, who was bound over
to Ihe grand Jury for living in a
state of adultery with a native.
Apparently morals in the Arctic
»ro on the mend.
FOR RENT-Partly furnished
hree-room house cheap. Oppo
ifle road commission barn. Mrs.
*. R. Miller.