VALDEZ DAILY PROSPECTOR
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VOL. 8. # VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1912. . j NO, 93.
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FUSION TO BEAT
THE SOCIALISTS
Milwaukee Democrats and Repub
licans to Support Non-par
tisan Ticket
Milwaukee, Feb. G There lias
been a fusion of the Democratic
and Republican parlies in. munic
ipal affairs of this cilv. They
have combined and will support a
non-partisan ticket in order to
<l« feat the Socialists.
During tin? last election the So
cialists won by a clear margin ov
*;r the votes cast by either of the
two parties, but it is believed the
fusion will result in the defeat, of
J he present Socialist administra
tion of I he city.
chargTreduged
TO MISDEMEANOR
Fairbanks Bank Officials Will
Not be Tried for Em
bezzlement
Fairbanks, Fob. 0 The indict
ed Seattle men charpod witli liav
jnp embezzled I ho funds of the
Fairbanks Hankinp company will
lie tried on a loss serious charge
when the ease comes lo trial.
They will nol be tried for em
bezzlement, the charge havinp
boon changed to making a false
report of the condition of the bank
in ord.r lo -deceive tho creditors
jind depositors, which is only a
misdemeanor. The prosecution
was doubtful of securing a con
viction on I lie embezzlement
• liarpe.
(BANKER MORSE WILL
GO TO NEW YORK
Atlanta. Feb. <».— Hanker Mnrse
is slowly recovering from heart
disease and will leave fur New
York some lime (his week.
GOVERNMENT CONTROLS
CHIHUAHUA STAT-i
F.I Paso. Feb. ('» The Mexican
povernmenl ollieials claim thai
I lie povernmont Iroops are in
command of the situation in llie
slale of Chihuahua.
Spoon and fork piven lo every
purchaser of poods to the value
• if -SI or more al the Ha r pa in Sale.
CHINESE TONG WAR IS
THREATENED ON PACIFIC COAST
LEADING TONQS ISSUE ULTIMATUM TO WARRINQ ONES THAT
THEY MU8T DEOLARE TRUC E BEFORE FEBRUARY 17 OR ' I
BE EXTERMINATED—POLICE ARE AOTIVE
Snn KrnncitM'o, I'Yb. (».—Annlh
i'i' (lliiiM'Hi1 Iojik war Hiirh as mad<*
life iuif*«*rlnin in Ili«• ChincHO
scrlion »>f I his Pity a few yearn
nK<> is imminent. There has
heen warfare between certain mi
nor longs for Homo time, despite
the effort h of the police to get at
I he bottom oT the trouble.
Seven of the leading tongs have
laken the matter up and have ln
Hiied an ultimatum to the flv£
warring tongs that they muat 8*1
together ahd settle their differ
-onca|»VThe ultimatum states that
onlesn the tonga declare a Irupe
February 17-the greatest war ever
participated in on the Paoiflo
<coaat will oocur.
Tho polioo- who linvo had ox
porionoo in «Iimi I i 11 k Willi I In: C.liU
mtnion in panl wars believe I ho
nil illinium moan* thnl I In* pow
erful long* will join in n war of
extermination of tin* smaller ho.
cloties if I hoy do not heed the
warning. The ehief of police hnn
consulted with tho leading Chi
namen regarding tho threatened
w.ar but all have professed ig
•H6ranoo- of the pending trouble.
Ho has notified them that if the
war In resumed action w|l» betak
en to provide for a wholesale de
poriat!6n Of th6 leaders, who are
among tho most prominent Chi
namen of the oily.
CORDOVA CITY COUNCIL SENDS
NOT MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT TAET
Tells Him Alaskans Are Bankrupt Waiting For Legislation and
Must Migrate If Relief Is Not Given—Location of
Coal Deposits On the Canadian Side Causes
Increased Agitation.
Cordova, Feb. 0.—Owiiik lo re
conI location of large coal depos
its at the licail of While river by
H. E. Morgan, manager of the
Skolai Mining company, near I he
Alaskan border, the agitation for
the opening of the coal lands has
heeij increased.
The city council last flight
adopted resolutions which were
today telegraphed to President
Tafl and I ho members of his cab
in I. The resolution reads, in
part, as follows:
Whereas, The laws of I he. Ca
nadian government permit of the
development, of ils coal lands
without harmful restrictions such
as have been placed on Alaska,
and because of such laws, which
encourage the development of the
Canadian coal lands by its pio
neers, while the opposite policy
is applied to Alaska, and fearing
Canadian ma I lands will In' deVel
• »p»'< 1 al unci' at tin; expense of
Alaska, we earnestly ui'Ke you In
jrive immediate attention in ihe
coal and Iransportation needs as
otherwise the efforts of our years
of Ioi| will come lo naught. We
are already bankrupt waiting l«*jr_
islalion. Must we migrate?"
LAWION TROOPS
IN READINESS
May be Ordered to Move to Mex
ican Border at Any
Time
Seal 1lo, Feb. (» Colonel Jack
son, in command at Fori I.aw 1011,
has received orders from I ho
Stale department lo hold his
troops in readiness to move to
Ilu» Mexican border.
The order is believed lo be a
forerunner of another mobiliza
tion of tronps on the Mexican
border. The Mexican situation is
serious as I lie, rebels are train
ing strength ami have set up their
own jro\eminent with Juan*/ as
the provisional capital.
NORTHWESTERN IS
DUE ABOUT MIDNIGHT
The Norl hweslern arrived al
Cordova nl in o'clock this fore
noon and is expeel"d lo reach
Yaldez al an early hour tomor
row morn in jr. She brought a
11n111b*• i* of passengers lo Cordova
who will j-'o into the interior via
('.hit inn.
GOVERNOR CLARK BEFORE
TERRITORIAL COMMITTEE
Washington. Feb. li.—(iovernur
Walter K. (Mark is appearing be
fore the house commit Ice on ler
rjlories this afternoon lo ffivo his
views on territorial Koverniuent.
FAIRBANKS WILL HOLD
MASS MEETING TOMORROW
THREE HUNDRED CITIZENS HAVE PROMISED TO ATTEND THE
MEETING AND TAKE ACTION TO WORK FOR GOVERN
MENT RAILROAD TO INTERIOR ALASKA
Fairbanks, |«YI>. C».—A mass
iikm*t iiik of citizens has been call
ed for tomorrow evening la-ven
dors*' I In* project of a railway
from tidewater to the interior.
The meeting is called by tIie Fair
banks Times after the. commer
cial clnb tiad failed to take ac
tion. Three hundred signatures
of prominent citizens won* secur
ed in a short |inn*"promisiiiK to
attend the meeting.
Tin* object of the meet in? is Ir>
create enthusiasm and to enlist
the services of those who have
friends in I fie senate or congress
to ask them to favor tin* meas
ure providing for a povernmenl
railroad to the interior.
ILLINOIS PROGRESSIVES ASK
FOR DEFECT IN LA FOLLETTE
ANNOUNCEMENT OF REFUSAL OF LA FOLLETTE TO WITH
DRAW FROM RACE BRINQSCALL TO PROGRESSIVES TO
DEFEAT HIM AND SUPPORT ROOSEVELT
Washinglon. Keh. (I.—Senator i
I.a Follette has announced thai j
In* will not withdraw from the
candidacy for the nomination for
I In* presidency al prest»nl. Ilchas
little t<> sny heyond the statement
that he entered I lie race nt the
solicitation of his friends and
does not intend to desert them.
Washington, Fob. 0—Simultan
eously with llu» announcement of
Senator La Follette that he will
not withdraw from the race Mcdill
McOirinack, chairman of the Il
linois Progressive league, has is
suimI a rail for !h«' <l«*r«*n( of I.a
FollHIr.
Mi'C.iii'inark asks I lie league In
work fnr I lie «l«*ft*aI nf Ili«• squ
alor and In kj\«• I licit* solid sup
port In C.olnmd HoosrvHI. lit*
says il is rcali/cd llial I.a Foil Hit*
is an impossible candidal** and
his nomination would hriiiK sure
dnf<*nl al I li<* polls ni'xT. Novem
ber.
'rin1 annnunct'iui'iil nf I ho lead
er nf flit* Illinois proKrossivrs is
taken as an indication that a
complete underxlandinK lias been
rcaehed willi Roosevelt in regard
lo llii> coming campaign.
MANY NEW INDICTMENTS
Indianapolis, Feb. (•--The prand
Jury lias returned 32 indictment *
an a result *»f ltic information fur
nished by Ortie MrMnnipral when
he appeared before lh»» jury here.
Forty prominent labor loaders
nrr Mfiiil In have bean icnl«•«!
in the ilynnmih* outrage* ami wnr
ranlx ar»» Ih'Iiik inmu'H for their
nrroxl. II is *ahl llir iliwlnsnro*
will prow xlarllhiK when ninth
public, as moil hijrh in I In* rank*
of lahnr arc anions those ifidirloil.
TEDDY IS NON-COMMITTAL
Oyster Bay,' Fob. Colonel
Roosevelt was naked today about
bin candldaoy for', the nomination
and turned the question by flay
ing ho hoped Senator La Follette
would speedily reeover from hit
illness. die was very sorry that
V-' '•
ine dcnalor'x health wax impair
od. Not a word on the political
filiation.
"lThe Sweet SIXMfl Club dnnro
in Engl* hall lant evening wan well
attended.
DIVINE SARAH
IN VAUDEVILLE
Signs for Forty Week Engage
ment With the Orpheum
Circuit
Ni'w York, I'Vb. f».--Sarah Hern
harl will he queen «»f the van.le
villi' slap*. She lias signed a
iO-wceks contract to appear in
va i h t • • \i 11«• on the Orpheiim fie
ri i i I.
P. is reported tin* rontract rails
for krenter reniuneralion than
was ever paid t«• any artist who
has iroite into \au<l<>\ ill«*.
DEPARTMENT IS READY
FOR ANY EMERGENCY
Washington. Keh. i».--The Slate
• h'partmenl aiinounres that .'tn.
nnn troops are ready to In- sent to
tin- Mexican border. Tin* (invi'in
iiM*nI is prepared to rope with an>
emergency which may arise.
PAPKE AND MANTELL
SIQN FOR 20 ROUNDS
Sacramento. Keh. (».--Papke has
signed for a -M-roiiml lii-rhI with
I* rank Maul«'lI before a cluh in
this city. The li^rhl will lake
place on tin* -2nd of Kehrnary.
Ii«*lIiitfr lias already started and is
in favor of I'apke.
l-'reil Peck is sulTeriiiK from ;i
very sore neck.
FAIRBANKS EXPEDITION
off to mt. Mckinley
TWO QOVERNMENT LAND SURVEYORS IN PARTY AND OLDTIME
PR08PECT0R AND DOO DRIVER—FINAL DA8H TO THE
8UMMIT WILL BE MADE IN MARCH
I'uirbanks. l*Vb. (».--Thr Fair
banks TIiiich <*xp«*iliI ion to I In1
hii in in i I of Ml. McKinlry started
al \ o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The parly leaving here consisted
of four members ami will probah
ly ho joined by others Inter.
(icorge 8. Lewis, for many years
a government-ongincor ami Hiir
vcynr, and who has followed bin
profession In Alaska for Ihrce
years, in the head of the party.
Tho others are Martin Nash, an
old-time prospector and miner of
Dawson and JKorty-mile; Anson
McCabo, a member of the govern
ment land survey in Alaska, and
Jack Phillips, a noted dog mush
er.
Tin' eon»i*t* m| foilr
.**I• • 11•<. 'J'J ling* 11 till I .WMI piiiiiiiIm
of grub nml mushing paraphrr
nnlia ronsMing of rope, iili'oliot
stoves, niieroiil, haromHi'rs, i»tr.
The party experts lo reaeh M111 —
drow glacier, a distance of 150
miles, in tiMi days, They wilt
make permanent ramp there ami
break trail n.i far up the moun
tain as possible to provide relay
cainpH for the final dash to tho
summit of the mountain about
the latter part of March.
The article* which will he raf
fled at Iho Eaglo dance on Feb
ruary H are attracting much at
tention at Ilium A. Co.'s store.
THE RESOLUTION
WAS SIDETRACKED
The Republicans Work Shrewd
Trick With Third Term
Resolution
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j Washington. Feb. <5.--My a
j shrewd parliamentary move C.oii
jrifssnian Slayden's resolution
against lhe election of the chief
executive of the nation fur more
than two terms has been relegat
ed to lln.' background for a time.
Tin* move was aimed at Colonel
IliHiscvelt and it is felt tliat be
fore action ran be taken on the
resolution I be political situation
will have chrystallized. The
Texas congressman is dazed by
the manner in which his resolu
tion was sidetracked.
ROOSEVELT FOR
SECOND CHOICE
If La Follette Withdraws From
Race Progressives Will
Favor Roosevelt
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Columbus. ().. Feh. (i Jiilm
Fackler. chairman of Ili<* Progres
sive llepuhliran league, slates that,
if Senator I.a Folhdlc withdrawn
from the president ial rare Col
onel Himiscvclt will hi' I In* lea
gue's candidate.
Il is «*oiili114• 111 |v predicted Ili<«
colonel will win the nominal ion
over President Tafl. The candi—
daey of Senaloi' Cumui'iis of Iowa,
is looked upon as 11*> i11v: to save
his slate from endorsing Presi
dent Tafl and lu swinif (lie coiii
milh'eiuen to I lie projrr •ysi\«* ran
didale. lliiinniin.o' announcement
[is uo| taken seriously.
PLEAD NOT GUILTY
TO THE CHARGES
I.os Angeles. Keh. (».--Tvirl
uiore and others were fiiven a
hearing today and entered pleas of
not tfiiilly lo the charts upon
which I hey were indicted. The
court sel the dale fur the If»w
I rial for Couu.m - to he^iu on Feh
Iruary I,'I.
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