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VOL 9 VALDEZ, ALASKA. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1912.
LURID STORIES IN
DYNAMITE TRIAL
Californfans Testify to Dramatic
Occurrences Affecting Con
4 spiracy Charges.
Indianapolis, Nov. 18.—Sever
al Californians were on the wit
ness stand today for the prose
cution in the dynamite conspir
acy trial, and they gave dramat
ic details showing (he systematic
work of the McNamaras and their
associates prior to their dyna
mitings in San Francisco and Los
Angeles in 1910. The prosecu
lion is tracing th?» movements of
tin* dynamiters by witnesses who
••orrohorate McNanigal.
The owner of a cottag- which
.lames McNamara rented in Los
Angeles testified that he was in
the house and with a lighted ci
jiar in his moulh handled sever
al homhs without knowing what
l hey were. McXamara gave ail
im11• •(*«>111 name In I In; homhs
which avoided suspicion.
Frank Kckhoff, of Cincinnali. was
• •it the stand again and testified
that he concealed Jame • MeXa
mara when the detectives were
looking for the dynamiter. lie
admitted that he afterward de
manded $500 for his services and
tailed to, ge| it.
BRITISH LINE
FROM SEATTLE
$5*000,000 Company to Operate
Steamships From Puget
Sound Ports. u
Seattle. No\. 18.--Tin* lii'ili.^li
India Navigation company will
••nler Hit* sound trade in dirt-el
opposition to Hit' Japanese lines,
which have entered the Calcutta
and Hoiik Koiik trade, formerly
eonl rolled exclusively hv the Knpr
lish company. -The aunnunee
menl is made hy the officials of
the company that four new 10,
nuo ton vessels will he huill as
.-•m.iii ;i> possible to handle the
I rade.
VINCENT ASTOR
GETS $65,000,000
Son of John Jacob One of Rich
est Men In World, Though
Barely of Age.
.Ww York, Nov. IK.--Vim-nil
A si or, '22 yearn of age, son of
.lolni Jacob Aslor. who wns
drowned in IIim Tildllic disaster,
v«*ls 8rtr>,lMio,»Oo from hi* fath
er's eslale.
Park Trial Nearly Ended.
Tin* I rial of William IJ. Park
in the district roiirl at (lordova,
upon lIn* charge of embezzling
po.sloffice funds, is nearly enrictl.
The defense began ilh testimony
i his morning and Park is on (ho
witness stand Ibis afternoon.
"Tlii* I'lilT" i* braird with
«* I ••mil, real Hiram, ami you ran
f<-H il. In farl. you can lei in
ilie fresh air and Mill have all
ilie warmlh you want.
Subscribe for the Prospector.'
WILL TRY FROST
FOR COAL FRAUD
Judge Landis Overrules Demur
ers to Indictments in the
Matanuska Cases.
Chicago, Nov. 18.—Judge Lan
dis, in the United States district
court, today ovverulcd demurrers
to the indictments against A. G.
Frost and others in the alleged
Matanuska coal land fraud cases.
Trial of these east's will be set
down soon.
Many business men of Chica
go are involved with Frost in
these Matanuska eases. Krosi was
president of Ihe Alaska Cenlral
railway ai I In* time tin* coal
lan Is wen* located and had ag
ents on the ground who located
mori' than (>o claims in the
names of business men in Chi
cago and neighboring cities in
Illinois and Indiana. The claim
of the government is I hat there
was a combination from tin*
>laj*l lo organize a jrreal cor
poral ion to control tin' .Matanus
ka coal lichls.
Tin* indict nii'iils specifically
charge a conspiracy lo obtain
10,00(1 acres of coal land, worth
J?10,000,000, contrary to law.
OUTFIT GOES UP
MINERAL GREEK
! Wilson Sends Fourteen Head of
Stock to Pack Supplies
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for Mine.
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Tli»' supplies for llic 'lanes ami
Sullivan I'roperlx mi Mineral
creek were1 si-nl In lh»- . claim*
III is morning hy Wilson. I In*
freighter.
Tin* supplies were taken In the
lower end of Mineral creek in two
wapuis ami from there will he
packet! lo I lie properly, seven
miles from the beach. Fourteen
head of slock will he used I•» pack
to the workings.
WILSON FUNDS
GIVEN RY 91,000
Largest Number of Subscribers
Ever Known Contributed To
tal of $1,000,000.
,\i'\v Y">rk. Nov. IH Till' t• »—
(al number «»f subscribers I • • I In*
Wilson campaign fund \viir» 01,
000, lln> largest number of per
sons thai ever contributed h» a
campaign fuml. Tlio lohtl sum
iais< ii was *1.100,000.
ELIA KAQIN PULLED
BY DEPUTY MARSHAL
Klia Kuagin, who iis here as a
w it ties* before the grand Jury,
was arrested today by Deputy
Marshal Ooshaw for selling whis
key fo Nicolai Agin, a native, who
is also in Valdcz to appear be
fore the December grand Jury.
II is a felorty charge and as a
consequence he will bo tried in
(ho diislriet court if bound over
by Commissioner Shepard.
Paul d'Heirry has been suffer
ing with an affection of the eyes
for a week and Is getting over
it very slowly.
ED WOOD HAOLS
MIDAS SUPPLIES
Twenty Tons Will be Taken Up
for Wtnter Operations on
Copper Property.
Twenty tons of camp supplies
fop the Alaska Development comr
pany, which is opening up thp
property in Solomon gulch, form
erly owned by the Midas com
pa y, left town today.
The out lit, which consists of
camp equipment, groceries,
hardware, mining supplies and
lumber, was sent over on a
light**!' to the laiidinig just be
low the fori.
Five head of stork wen; sent
aroun,| tin- beach to h;nil the
outfit up to the camp.
The following fr«*ighter> sire
working on sleils: "lied" Mr
houabl. (Seorge Franeis. "Fatty**
Hamilton. Martin (ib-ason ami
Iliram Walker.
Three hundred Ions of ore will
! he shipped out a> a smelting lest
I as soon as it can be mined, and
jibe teams will be loaded both
| ways, taking supplies up and
I bringing ore down.
MARIPOSASAILS
FROM SEATTLE
! Captain Barnette, T. C. West and
Albert Fink Included in Pas
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senger List.
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j Krai I If. Nov. 18.—Slt'Uiusit i|>
1 Mariposa sailed Saturday imkIiI
fur southern Alaska jmrls. 11 •• r
l»iis«.i'iiK«'r lisl includes Captain
I*'.. T. Harnclle. Albert Kink, Mrs.
II. I.. Weeks. II. M. (iibson ami
Al. Sullivan for Yahli'7.; 'I'. <1.
\W>I, I*. II. Stewart- and Mrs.
Stewart for Seward. I>r. T. A.
Maxwell an,| Mrs. Maxwell for
l.al incite.
STAGE 10 LEAVE
EARLY TOMORROW
J I'arke (iriswold ami I *i» dd>
Marshall will slsirl with tin- Mr.
111!•>.->11 -laff«.' f««r Willow creek I• •—
iimrniw morning. They will also
11;>k<• freight for the madhouses
at Krnesline ami I leaver Maui.
I The\ will have Iwo Ion of freight.
[ I'oiir niushers arrived in I own
i I«• -1 nielli. Tliey followed I lie
jslaye in so as lo J^el tile helieHI
j of | Iiji; new ly broken I rail.
! OUTFIT LEAVES
FOR BLUFF MINE
\Viiirhp*lrr and drover, who
have I Ik* roiitrarl for hiniiH
work on | lie HliifV Mining cum
pany properly. !«• fI for iherlaiiim
this morning lo nlarl I lie work.
Jake KeflfnliM' chiih1 up from
I.mullock last night, lie linn been
Knifing his hands cnlh»un«»d a<
l)ickoy'« mini' since I lie Knurl h
of July.
Why frpeteo in your room and
havo to read Iho sign in order
to toll that your room is hcatod
with Htoivni, wlion you cnn gel (ill
fh<* sfcam that you waul al "The
C.I iff?" ...
TUFT LAUGHS AT
ELECTION RESULT
8 ays Wilson's Plans Are Imprac
tical and Mentions Bryan
as Warwick.
Now York, Nov. 18.— President
Taft. made a remaarkable speech
at the Lotus Club Saturday night.
He spoke cheerfully of the result
of tlie eleetioin and said it must
be accepted as Pai't for
tunes of politics.
The i>resident spoke skeptical
ly of Wilson's administrative
plans and said his tariff program
was a proposal for this country
to keep open house industrially,
a policy sure l<» prow disastrous.
He referred tn Itryan as I lie
I Warwick of the I »»>mocral ic
parly.
I The president spoke <>f some
i of I he achievement s of his own
I a«1111i11isIralion and said it had
I accomplished much that will he
>of permanent \aluc In llieeoun
I iy.
WILL FARMQUT
! PARCELS POST
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i Government Will Operate
j Through Private Companies
Until Fully Organized.
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\Va>liuinli>n. I), Xnv. I s
Tin* iwli'iisimi •»i' tin* ^hmtmiihmiI
pai'Cfls pn>l. which lak»;s i■ 11''<• I
l>y arl of .famiar\ I.
will have In !»•• opiM'ali'il !•> ar
raiiKi'iiii'iil willi private rnnipan
i ii's unlh Hit- pn\••rii 1111*111 ran
€*• iiiipl**l•• I ln> vast nrjian izal inn
iwrcssaiy. Tin* linn* is Inn >lmrl
In make iniicli ln*ailwny at this
nrpani/.al iin.
BREAKING TRAIL
TOTASNUNAPASS
ll<>lii*)'l M. lnlnsh riTfivi'il \\nri|
yi*sI•• rilay from Sam Silvi*riuan.
Iin* Si*wai'il mining man. \\ 11«• i^
nn hi-> way Id in>|• i*i-1 |h•• prnp_
i*i*l> "| I In* Tiioiinna Mining mni
panx. |m*aIinI nn i lie Tn>nnna
ili\ iili*. in r.• *11• I mil iliri'i' nmri*
ini'ii In In-lp hn*nk trail I'mni
Wnrl mans In I In* prnpi'rly. "I'll !••.••*
I ini'ii \M*n* >i*nl mil yi*«.li*nla> ami
i Ih«*> n<»\\ IniM* si*\i*n iiiimi wni'k
j i11k aln-ail nf (!a<*hl>"> 11«li*am
| Invaking trail.
LARGEST DIAMOND
INFERIOR QUALITY
.IcIimmiu'mImiik, Noity. IN...Tilt*
trrvnl diamond, I In* Ini'KosI in llio
wurhl. which has .jnsl hoou dis
cnvorod in Ihr Promlor mine,
may n«*1 provo In ho so valuable
as al fir'sl Ihnnimhl. II is now
officially sialyl llial Ilt«* diamond,
which w<JikIis, l.rtiH ranys, is
of inferior quality.
Flirt Brf'gs Five Passengers.
I.alinrh Klirl eamo in from I ho
Sound lasl niKht willi flvn pas
nengrrs from l.andloek ami l*'i
dalgo.
Pole Hanson ranio vip.ffnm (he
Hlakney properly on I ho Klirl last
niprht.
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BULL MOOSE LEAD
72 IN CALIFORNIA
Almost Complete Returns 8how
Electoral Vote of State Prob
ably Divided.
San Francisco, Nov. 18.—With
only a few remote precincts
missing the Bull Moose leads
Wilson by 72 in California. This
is on the highest elector on each
ticket. Politicians agree that the
electoral vote of the state is al
most certain to be divided be
tween the two candidates. Part of
lho returns are unofficial and the
official vote may show sli«lit
changes.
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I'olii ician> of holli parlies an*
studying I In* returns carefully,
with a suspicious ••>»» on I In* op
| posing camp, ami fi-eling over
I I In- connl i- nearly a> slronir a*
I in I In- campaign.
JOHNSON WILLING
i TO PAY BIG FINE
Dusky Pug Just Hates to Think
of Going to Penitentiary for
White Slav°ry.
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I'.lifi'a^n, ik Jark .f• >liit—
! sun j> williuu I • > |>l«»a<l ti i 11 > l"
1 ili.< charm- of wliilr slavery if
! In- rail lir II ..ir Willi payment <•!'
J a lit'avy liiif without iinprixxi
Jili'lil. lit1 I" Unlll'J I«»
JI In- priiilrnl iary.
Tin- liijf sinokr will flrmaml
a jury trial in Mm- rase ajrain.-l
11i111 for a-saull nip a nrw>pap<,r
pli<>l<iuraph)-r. \\ln» wa> lakini: ;i
snap slml «.r 11iin.
WILSON WANTS
LABOR DEPT.
Will Ask Congress for a Depart
ment of Labor, Which Would
Add Another Officer
\Vn»liiim!<'U. I». r... Is.__
I'rrsi«|riiI -r|t-rI \S jI»f111 lia- an
11<*1111«*«•«I liiiiiM-ir a- hi fax or •»!'
a 11 r w ilrparl lin-nl I" In- <*;i 11 •*<(
Ili«' I>rparluirnl <«l l.ahor. xxilh
a rahnn-l olTirrr. Ilr ^ays rx»*r>
ImhI.v rxprrlf* I In* I iriiUMTill * l<»
pi*<i\ iil<* mim'Ii a iiirnihrr of I In*
cahiurl ami llial a jrmil ma.j«»r
iI \ uf I In* nirnilirrs i»f ruimrrss
an* in favor <»f tlx* <**lahlMinimi
of surli an ii IT in', si»pnrali* from
I In* I>rpnrlmrnl ofOuniiirrrr ami
I.ahi»r.
"Tin* Cliff" is tin* plncr. not
a iMinkluuiMi*; not cheap. Imi rea
sonable ami nnwlerali* in price,
ami yon fz«*l wlial v«»n pay for
coinforl.
II cosls vimi loss to j«|«»p al
"Tin* CHIT" than il does I•» mil
ami Ileal a cabin, and ymi liavr
a nin* warm, clean room in dress
ill. No Ores or cares al nil In
allcml In.
Steamer Movements.
Mariposa, sailed from Senllle Ml.
Yukon pails from Seattle 20th.
Norlliweslern. sailed for Hcnllle
16th.
0, l.iKlilhall came' In from Fi
dnlgo bay ln*l. niglil.
MRS. EDDY'S SON
WANTS THE COIN
8**8 Christian Science Church
Wtos Business Enterprise,
Not Religious.
Concord, N. H., Nov. 18.—Glov
er Eddy, son of Mrs. Mary Baker
Eddy, will undertake to recover,
through the courts, the $3,000,
00ft bequeathed by the Christian
Science leader to the church, lie
insists that il was her personal
property. "■
Young Kddy makes affidavit,
thai I he Christian Sejence or
ganization was imt religious, but.
was a business organization to
make money. 11<• says it> teaeh
ings wi-re harmful and its- prae
tircs dama^iii'p: to 111• • health of
\ictim* who relied up<»n it* e|'_
fort- at healing.
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Report From Athens States That
Greeks and Other Allies Are
Dis3atisfied.
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W'ii — 11 inul mii. I». |S.
''I'lii- Aliii'i'iv'tili ; * 11»I»; i«1 •»r Jit
Al lii'io. II. .Musi's, rahh'S
| that T.fHiii Htili-'arian* an* iv
{ |ti»rh'i| I • i In* ;ii|\anr jliu <>ii Oiil
| slantinn|iii* Mini licit tiring in th<»
I • I j i-i •« -11 • • 11 <il lln> Turkish capital
■ i- iv|h11*1 i*i| 1'rinii variolic |il:i(*o>.
j Tin* < • jiiv •!i—at
I with tin* 111• l<"|• 1111• • 111 arlimi of
i I hi* Itiiluarians ainl aiv assnml
that llii* tiiln'i' allif- an* ;i I - •» «li>
1 |i|i-aM'il.
PAGE COMING AS
I CLERK OF COURT
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Left Fairbanks This Morning
j for Valdez to be Witness in
Bank Cases.
w.,i,j w pTi'iMii r-.-i t .'iijiiui*
11 \ i • r I i • ■ 1 •! I! i i - morning (In*
<■ I •' l'I\ « • I; • J • • I • I 11 I filial I i II u licit •!.
• Paup. wli.< 11;i- Jifi-ii i*li*rl\ 111
I lit* hi mi-Ill i|i\i>inn 111 ■ • t* .1 nil-••
OM-rlirhl. will I ;i k • * I It** j~ 111«»»»
mailt* xncaiil l»v I lie i-oiirnnl i>iii
• »f Mr. I.al,in in I lie Tliii il 111\ i_
lull.
\\ hib* U i« iml • |«*liii11«• I> ;i11 —
IIiHIIH'imI > ♦•!. lin nl||PI# rmi.-l nir
li«»n ran bp p I ;i I mi I In* I
Ki'iihi m| lln* ,jtnlv»\ ll«* \vir»*il.
"I'ri'.Hs ilispalrli n'KiiriliK Pnup
unlriHj." Ilipppfnpp ii wmibl *ppiii
l Iml I In* .iuiIk«' Iium bnil wm-il frmn
Papp In I In* pfTrrl Hint lii» wmibl
ari'ppl I In* posilimi iis rb*rk <»f
I In* rmirl in Vabb'z.
Wonderful 8olentlflo.
Till* bip rrnwil* al (In* OrpliPiiin
I In* a I i*i* la*l pvpninjr ilprlarnl I ho
fll III I III' llPSl >1*1 !«||M\VII, "How
Planl* Art' Hm'ii, f.ivo mnl l>ir."
ami inn-l In* mppii In In* appri*
rialcil. Haiiio program Imiifrlil,
C.liangp Infnnrrnw.
William .1. Sill* is in frmn
Hrnvrr ham, wIiptp In* liiir* Iippii
pru.xpi'rliim anil mining, lb* in
pmlng in iln* lioafl of i)i«* Tnnliifa
noun I" Ir.v llial fnr a *prll.
Tin* Flirl will Iprvp fnr Hminil
point* iipxI Thursday.