5Eht Haibtz Sutlp
VOL. 8.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1912.
NO. 199
KATMAI BREAKS LOOSE
MUCH ACTIVITY
IN PORT WELLSl
Capt. Stamey, of Launch Brighton,
Reports That Camp as Liv
ening Up
T.'iu l»avi.-. at (iolden, lias
<• nn'k tln» ledge from his eross
c il. which In* has been driving
f.'n inglho pa>l winter. The lodge
lias been struck iO feet nearer
ihan expected. The ledge mat
1er looks belter than on tIn* sur
face.
Al. Siiijjlelary lias his arastra
ready for grinding and expects
to turn I he power on during the
roming week. He is selecting the
rie,best ore for milling on the
around, and will ship the remain
der of the mine's output to the
Crawford mill for crushing, hop
ing by I hat means 1o lake out
enough money to pay the expen
ses of development.
A great many prospectors are
beginning (o arrive in the district
and it is expected that by fall tbe
eounlry immediately surround
ing will have been fairly well
prospected. .
NATIVES FORGOT
USE OF SPEAR
Another Example Furnished of
Making Laws at Long
Range
For Ibe llrsl limn in the his-j
lory of the Alaska Indians, no
.seal skins are being secured byi
natives this spring, and Ihe In- [
dians of Sitka are ihe losers by;
several thousand dollars.
From lime immemorial, until
this year. the Sitka Indians have
hunted Ihe s»«al in the nnen sea'
near HaranolT island. The treaty'
which was madi» last winter he- j
I ween (ianada. Japan ami Ihe
1'niled Slides was inlended |<> re
serve lo Ihe native Irihes of all,
thesr eounlries Ihe rijrhl lo 1111111
Long Time Silent Volcano Throws Fire, Stones and Ashes
Heavenward—The Terrific Blasts Heard at Port Gra
ham and Seldovia—Eighteen Inches of Ash
es Cover Deck of Steamer Dora
Kalmai volcano, which has longl
hern in ri'posi', so far ah oul-j
ward manifestations are concern-'!
|
•'U, lias awakened, ami is pouring!
forth dense volumes of Smoke,
I
accompanied by volcanic ash, or
obsidian.
At II o'clock in llie forenoon
of Thursday, residents «>f Seldov
ia and Port <lrahain, on Hook in
h'l distinctly heard repeated
blasts, similar to a bombardment
at a distance, and this hour
marked the beginning of tin* vol-H
cano's activity. These blasts and
rumblings have eontinued al in-|!
tervals since. At 5 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon specially heavy!
blasts, following in qnick surces- !
sion, wiM'o hoard, and at 11 o'clock ;
thai ni^hl an earthquake occur
red. i
The strainer I)ora, passing hyj
Katmai en route from Nushaprakj
lo Seward, was eovered with ,
18 inches of the volcanic matter, j
according: to information con
veyed by wireless lo the steamer
Sampson. So thick was the fall
of ashes and so heavy and dense \
was the ssrnoke that the Dora j
passed up Kodiak, a port of call,
<wid headed directly for Sehlovia. |
L
FCodiak is located diagonally
across Shelikof straif from Kat
inai. j»nd a favoring wind blew the
ashes and smoke in that direc
Liou.
C.ominpr out of Cook inlet Fri
lay morninir officers of the
Sampson could discern tin* smoke
I'liH.'iialiiiK from the volcano. It
appeared to aseend in a straight
column about 2.000 feet, then to
!)c disseminated hy the wind.
Thursday nipht and Friday
blasts, rumblings and inlerinit
Lenl tremors were fell at Seward
and all along the Alaska Xorlh
i'iii railway line as far as Kern
creek. Iloadhoiise keepers, dur
inp1 I lie day, ealb*d up Seward by
telephone, telling of Ihe disturb
ances which so manifest.
(The theor> was advanced thai one
of tliu wi-tward volcanoes bad
' become active. It was no sur
i prise, therefore, t<» learn, upon
'the arrival of tln» Sampson, Ihal
(iM Katinai bad broke loose.
Residents of I.alcMiebe inform.
J imI the Sampson's oiTicers I bat
'blasts from tbe volcano wciv dis.
J t inct ly beard there.
j Katinai volcano is situated
! back of a bay of tbe same name
ami is northwest of Kodiak on
Shcilikof straits. An important
juative village is built on the bay.
Lin* seal and sppiiiv IIim skins, bul
niifort unalt'ly for I li«* Indian, it
undershot the mark. It. provided
thai nothing in Iho treaty, which
prohibited Ihe killing of seals by
tli«» whiles, should prevent the
hunting of Ihe seal will) Ihe
spear.
A| a meeting recently al Sitka,
in whieh the Indians were in
formed by Superintendent Heal-'
lie, of the educational bureau.!
that I hey could si ill use Ihe spear, i
just as I hey used lo do before the;
coming' of the whiles, Peter Simp- j
son. an Indian who has made from!
41,500 |o $2,000 every year, said j
that Ibis would not help the na
I ives.
"We have forgotten how," ho
said. "Not for thirty years has
one of my people hunled the seal
with the spear. Those who know
how are dead, and you have
laught our young men lo put off
Ihe old ways and take up Ihe ways
of the white man. All the seal
hunters now living have hunted
the seal all their lives with the
ri He.*"
Superintendent Heat lie found
I lie argument unanswerable.
WILL NOMINATE
PRESIDENT TAFT
Marion. ()hn^ Jmte War
ren Harding Inf.s been decided up
on as I he'''one lo place Tafl in
nominal ion.
('ol. and Mrs. Millard returned
on Ihe Mariposa Ibis morning.
ROOSEVELT ROUGH RIDERS
BUCK ON THE COMMITTEE
«
V
* > f
POLICE CALLED IN TO PROTECT THAT BODY--ROOSEVELT
HAS HIS PLATFORM WRITTEN —BOLT IS A CERTAINTY
.-ARKANSAS VOTE GIVEN TO TAFT
Clijcnvro. Jump H VrMli'l'day's
••s | ••• i*l«* mIhuiI Ihr pfiMiriH
wImm'p I In* pomIpmI* an* being
11 * * ft I'll I »> I In* c« > 1111 s I it I i'm nf I lir* lt"
I • 11111 j«* m i parly ha* ronvinrpil
iIio«m liMiiriiiK IIim ri'nli'Hls IIkiI
|||M ItlMMPVMll flU'CM* pI'fipOSM If)
nuiki.' a rmitfli Iiommm aid bulldoze
tIk* romipil!«*«•. YpmImi'iI»i>''h pro
I'MMiliiitfM \v mi'm nuil intially inter
i'ii 1*1 Mil l>v a itnnu <>f xiipponnrJIy
hii'Mil ruH'ian*. A il«*lnil of police
Imim* I»mmii a-<l»Mi| fur |<» prolMrl Him
«•< iiii in i 11 in lliMir do I it's,
I'll i- inurniiiK I he mm i u 111 j 11 mm
jM-ali'il 111m Arl.aii«n» Tafl ilelppn
lion, li11<Iiiillial Ili«* llnoxi'vell
cmili"* l*< pMxscxst'il no merits
whatsoever.
|i js mImIi'iI here positively licit
('.olouel ll #»«»•<•• vi* 11 has his pint -
form already written. Thin Is
claimed 1»y lii.s rinses! polilicnI
'friend*. his ilrelarntion is tak
en l»» mean I ha I lie will lie ii can
didate, regardless of tin- action
taken by lIn* national Hepnhliean
conv i'ii I i« >11.
II is K'MH'rullv conceded Ii«>r»*
llial there will lie a boll, a»
Iti/Msrvell does liol have a kIiosI
of a elianee of heinjx nominated
by I lie regular eonvenl inn.
FRENCH ENGINEER j
. 10 BE HONORED
t
i
Ono of Forts Guarding Entrance
to Panama Canal Called Ft.
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Sail Francisco, June 8.—Briga
dier (ieneral Erasmus X. Weaver,
Chief «»f Artillery of the General
Siaft' of th«» United States Army,
lias authorized President Moore
to cable members of the "Com
mission Extraordinary lo Eu
rope" that they may announce to
the French government on their
visit to France that Fort de Les
seps will be ceremoniously dedi
cated in 1015. This fort is lp
eated <>n the Atlantic end of the
Panama canal and was named in
honor of Ferdinand de Le«seys,
the eminent French engineer, who
was the originator «• f the greatest
engineejung Jfeat of modern limes.
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80MEHINQ WRONG
WITH MOTHER EARTH
C.nrdnvH, June H.—Vessels at
sea report having hearil runfb
Iiit^^ shortly after the earth
quake of Friday iiM»rninj-r. which
was followed Iiy l;i 11111k ashes. Al
!he lime of I he disturbances the
operators experienced consider
able difficulty in working I lie
wireless.
DEVELOPMENT CONGRESS
ELECTS IT8 OFFICERS
SisiIIIp, .Jtiii«* H.—Tin* Norlh
wi-sl I tt'M'lupilKMll ('.MIIKI'I'** afU'l*
a 1111• hI snriN'.s.sfnI ni-ssinn, clccl
I.i'wi.s iN'iiWi'll, of llclriia, .Mun
tuiia, prt!»id«»nl. l-aleon Jnslyn
wax rh'C'h'd vicr prcHiileiil for
Alaska. \V. T. Parkin*, fonnorly
of .Nome, was oh'ch'il a iiiciiiImm'
of i lit* i'XimmiI iv»« ('MnimilIce.
PLEADS QUILTY
WHEN PRESSED
l,im AiikcIom, .luin* I Ik*
Marrow rasr loday, Franklin, mi
i r<i*«-iv\uminal ion, Irxlfiled flial
If «li<l no| plead pruilly- itnlil In'
was put timlor prc#siiri\
ARE STILL AFTER
ILLINOIS 8ENATOR
Wa-diiiifJlon, .1 iiik* M.-lS<'iiali»r
Krarn lin* i*«*miiiikmI Iiu sprrrli
apain^l I.<*i*inn*r ami mill innr* In
May 111ai individual.
BODY FOUND OF
AN OLO TIMER
Body of Red McCarty Found on
Birch Creek—Liquor Cause
of Death
A telegram rneeivud l»y District
Attorne\ J.'J. Crossley of Fair
banks, from Commissioner John
A. Cameron at Circle, announces
Ihi* finding of tl)i' body of Jaine*
("Hed") McCarty, who disappear
ed lasf. October. John It. Parkin,
who is carrying on hydraulic op
erations on Birch creek, made I he
discovery May I I, near the mouth
of Harrison fork.
McCarty, w-ho was interested
with several local people in some
Hirch creek dredging ground, was
drinking heavily the last time he
was in Fairbanks, and still show
ed the effects «»f lh|tior when h«
left the Twelvemile roadbouse on I
the Circle trail f<>r his own camp,
October •Jfi. ||»» is supposed to
have lost bis way while derang
ed, and perished
^ That something was wrong was
not discovered until some weeks
biter, when it was learned that
the rreight delivered at the end
oi" MeaCily's trail had not been
ri'iiin\ei|, Invest igal iou made
-In>wimI tbiit the miner bad never
reached his i»wn cabin. allliMitghi
the remains of the missing man's!
lunch and his dog harness were
foultd at :in obi cabin on his
route. His dog, .bearing a fresh
bullet mack, later., appeared at
Chatanika. while Neds' fur cap
was also found by some of the
searchers. These were only traces
ilisCo\ercd until last week.
During one of the several
searches for McCarty, made la*t
winter. F. C. Sut lilTc. who is as-j
socialed with John It. Parkin, dis- I
covered the following note in Mc_ '
Carly's cabin at the mouth of the
(treat I'nknown:
"Sparkling Ibpior. hell-born
with your siren song, you aro a
inosl powerful master. What a
cra\en fool >011 make of me. You
iin'rmcri/ed me with your;
streilglh. Wlj.nl a deceit t'ul coin- i
pauion >ini are--, and yet I am
your slave. I nui;bo,und in your
chains: you are a curse to life;
vim bring grief and strife; treach
ery and shame, you paralyze the
brain, yon give false strength,
\»»u give false courage, you give
illm-ions; \mii are the creator of
demoniac institutions, poor
houses, lunatic asylums, orphan
asylums, ami penitentiaries. You
an* I lif headstone ami Mm yravr
of \our victims."
SEISMIC SHOCKS
ARE FEL OUTSIDE
Seattle, .luiic K.—Ill,, seismo
graph af Ili<* Iniversity of the
Slat,* of Washington, has record
•••I four strong shocks, apparent
ly within a radius of tMinn miles.
t'.h-vHaml. O., Juno K.-_Fi\e
quakes ha\e been registered here.
SUBWAY TRAFFIC
IS PARALYZED
Boston. June 8.--All IratTiciu
Ih" subway is paralyzed owing to
a strike of the employes for liigh
rr waKi's. W lie n I In- company at
tempted to run the cars with
strike breakers they wen- slom'd
and compelled to quit.
FIRST BLOOD FOR
WM. HOWARD TAFT
Chicago. June H.—President
TaTI drew the llrst blond in the
lir-l round with Roosevelt before
the contest committee of the na
tional committee, which pave to
the president the entire Alabama
• leh'pat ion.
The S. S. Mariposa arrived in
port shortly after 7 o'clock Ibis
morning' with a large passenger
ami freighll isl.
THE CANADIANS
FAVOR ROSENE
Will Survey a Railroad Route
From Haines to Fairbanks
and Dawson 1
JJ11iii> s.—Word has
bren received hero Dial, the (Ca
nadian jroverninent looks with fa
vor upon the railroad scheme of
John Rosimm*. who has work
ing with different officials for
months past. The jrovernment.
has ordered a survey inatlo this
season of |lio proposed route. It
runs from Haines, near Skayvvay,
to lhe head of White river, and
then on to Fairbanks.
Mr. Kosene ha* associated with
him in his hitf enterprise capital
ists from Seattle and Ottawa.
They rlaim to have the necessary
funds for I lie roust met ion pro
vided foe. I>111 want the Canadian
yovernmenl to yi\e lliem a sub
sidy. vvhieli i* the regular encour
agement for ruHroad eon*truc
tion in this country. If the sur
\ ey look'; feasible j| i» expected
t hat- favorable action will he tak
k'ii by the government.
JUDGE MHO
BEING SCORED
The Eastern Press Unites in
Opposition to His De
cision
\\'a>liinyl"ii. .hiii)' 8.--In a
speech in flie* 11«»nyewlerdav
Congressman Harper of Wiscon
sin urged Mm' impeachment of
Jndtre f'nriirliu-. Ilanford. I In- fed
eral judge who recently revoked
Hie eili/enship papers • • f Leon
ard Oleson. •Ml I lie ground Dial lie
was ;i Sorialisl.
His derision has aroused more
erilieisin anions Hie newspaper.;
•»f Hie Ma si I ti a 11 few derisions
ha\e ••\nked *»inre Hie Dred Scoll.
rase was pa.-sed upon |»y I In- sn
C.onliniM-d on page i
SEND FIVE THOUSAND TROOPS
TO PRESERVE ISLAND PEACE
FOUR TRANSPORTS ORDERED INTO COMMISSION AND FIVE
THOUSAND SOLDIER8 PREPARING TO INVADE THE
ISLAND OF CUBA
.111 M*> H.—Tllf ,
ueneral -*I;i IV of I In* ;irni\ lias •> i-<_ •
-11•**I preparatory iH'ilcr* fiii* I he.
ilispnlrh of ll\e I In »i i <4(i nr| .sulilici- •
In C.iihu. Imhic nrmy Irnnsporls
have heen Mrdi'j'ril In m» iiil<M'inii
mission itiiini'iliiili'ly.> Tin* nuidi
111illh in I he island appear In lie I
hopeless so fur a- M<iM*rnnirnI
cnnlfi'l of llw sihialjuii m roil-:
(MM'IW'll.
Tin' in-«ti-rw«*nI«* nri* iimti iiii. j
niiiK III*' rail<ni cm I of Hit* j*.
Intnl. man> irre*pun>ihle haml*
ilnjiiK ureal damage In pr«i|ieriy.!
Fixe lilitxlreil marine* have heen 1
I
Iniiil«*«l iilt«lf*i* ' "I. I .urn> ill I'.nli
111:tiMTii :nnl hit pi'i'lcrliim 11r»*
nml I y nl llial |»< *in t. ;i I -
lliotiuli lint n11•• im|• 1111ur In follow
lip tin' 111 -* 11 I'M «* 111 x. riii'sc | roups
w»*it Hoi lii'nli'il nutjI Pri*.»i«l»*iil
(ioiiir/, run frssnl llml In* was un
iilih* lo pro I it I I In* I i\ii ml
proprrl> i-f pin it I «M m in lli<' iii
I«•«I i|jf| ri«• I s.
Tlii' v|.*jiiiim|iip Siinhi \!>ii llii*
111<• 111 It hroiiuhl hiH linul of i*hI
l !• • I.. "!%iiu«miv. TIi«- «■;«If It* in '• I_
I ii v Inlo'M ic I »;t\\ -ii : 11: ■ I I'nir
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