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VOL. 8.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1912.
NO. 115.
SHERMAN MAY
BE MS MATE
Old Campaign
Again Be
to
Buttons Could
Brought In
Use
Washington, March 1.—It is
probable that Sherman will again
4jc chosen as a running mate for
President Taft.
He will soon start on a cam
paign tour of the middle slates
and will go as far north as St.
Paul.
FIRsf TRAIN
IN FOUR DAYS
Blockade Broken at Denver, But
Many Trains Are Stalled
in Mountains
Denver, March I.—The railroad
;olockade caused by the terrific
blizzard which has been sweep
ing over the west, was broken to
day when a train arrived from the
east. This is the first to reach
here for four days.
There are numerous trains
stalled on the mountain division*
and it will be several days before
traffic is again resumed. Busi
ness throughout the west is at
i standstill and hundreds of pas
sengers are stalled in small
towns where accommodation is
meagre. No fatalities have been
reported up In the present.
LOCAL ITEMS.
Short lenten service at Church
«»f the Kpiphany tonight at 7 :.'P).
The launch B. F. M.. Capt Swan
:«on, came over from Mineral
4-reek this morning.
Peler Jackson brought a boat
load of red snappers and halibut
from Fidalgo bay today.
Adolpli Larson and Nels I'nd
lamler is in town from Fidalgo
bay. They have been working for
3 he Fidalgo (Copper company.
Dirk Walker has accepted the
position of messenger with the
vable office and will relieve Mr.
Wilkinson, who will ko into the
interior, possibly to Hopper f!en
ler.
LIFE OF CAPTAIN BARNETTfS ATTORNEY
IS THREATENED UNLESS HE LEAVES COUNTRY
Anonymous Letter Believed to Have Been Written By Friends
of Barnette to Influence Court to Grant Change of
Venue—Hawkins Case Will Cost Govern
ment Twenty Thousand Dollars.
Fairbanks, March i.—The Fair
banks Bank scandal still contin
ues t<» occupy the attention of cit
izens here and took on a new
phase last night when an anony
mous letter was received by a
citizen threatening his life and
the destruction of his property.
N. A. Shaw, proprietor of the
Shaw House, where T. C. West,
Captain Harnctte's attorney, re
sides, received an anonymous let
ter saying West would be killed
unless he left the country im
mediately. The writer says West
uiUde a fortune defending the
bank thieves and that the rascal
ity must stop as the ras»» is des
perate.
It is believed here that the let
ter was sent by some of Captain
Harriet te's supporters |o influence
the court to grant a change of
'.enlie in the Barnclte cases.
West came here from S.an
Francisco to defend Harnette. He
was a member of the law firm of
Miller. West and Dojmirnel.
.Judge Overlield has allowed ail
additional foe to Albert Fink, the
Nome attorney who conducted the
case for the Washington-Alaska
bank carried up by the Dexter
llorton people on the appeal from
fbe decision of the Fairbanks
court as regards the shipment of
§101,000 seized while in transit.
The additional fee is for the sum
of §1,750 to cover the expenses
of Attorney Fink in arguing the
case before the circuit court at
San Francisco.
As a result of the change of
venue .secured by the defense in
the ease of the United States vs.
Frank \\\ Hawkins, former cash
ier of the defunct Washington
Alaska hank, it will h<^ necessary
for a good number of the resi
dents of Fairbanks to make trips
to the coast as witnesses. It is
claimed that the government's
witnesses will number at least 'i0.
Because of the change of venue
in the one case, therefore, the
government will have an addition
al expense approximating §20,000.
(Continued on page 3)
TAFT TO MAKE WHIRLWIND CAMPAIGN TOUR
Washington, March I—Presi
dent Tafl will iuaKc a whirlwind
campaign tour of the Atlantic ami
eastern states jroin£ as far west
as (Miicaf-'o. The Tafl followers
believe that if he maintains an
active campaign for I he next
month ItoiisevcH's boom will fall
flat.
Washington, March I .--The
Repnhlican leaders of hoth the
regulars ami progressives believe
REPUBLICAN LEADERS BELIEVE FATE OF CANDIDATES WILL j
Bf£ DECIDED IN NEXT FEW WEEKS—GOVERNOR OF VER
MONT AND SENATOR BAILEY PROMISE SUPPORT
t!««• I'al*' of (lit* candidates will ' •
evidenced during I In* nexl few
weeks. If I lie country does nut
liiri) lo Koosevelt duriiiK that
period he will bo considered
dead issue and Tafl will have a
clear I i i * I < 1. Senator La J-'ollelle
lias refused to ffive any inkliiiK
of his position !>«>>*«>ii<1 his first
statement that Roosevelt would
he defeated in the convention.
Washington. March l.--(iover
nor John A. Mead, of Vermont,
has wired Pi-esirioiiI Tafl lhat In*
will support him. Mead is a
si roup man in his stale and poll
ed a plurality equal to all tlx'
oilier candidates eombined.
Washington, March I.—Senator
ttailey, of Texas, roasts Roosevelt,
for alleinplinfr to run for office
for a third term. He.praises Taft
and believes he will he the choice
of the romcnliou al Chicago.
BILL TO PROVIDE SURVEY OF RAILROAD ROUTE
(Copies <»f 111«• bill introduced in
conpress by Congressman Flood
lo create an Alaska railroad com
mission to determine the route of
the proposed government rail
road to interior Alaska \ver« re
ceived in the last mail. Section
one is as follows:
He il enacted by I In* Senate and
House of Representatives of the
t'nit-d Stales of America in Con
gress assembleil, That the Alas
ka railroad commission is hereby
created, lo be composed of three
persons to be appointed by the
President of the United Stales, b
and with the advice ami consent
ROOSEVELT TAKES CHARGE
OF HIS OWN CAMPAIGN
PLANNING A CAMPAIGN WHICH WILL OFF8ET THAT OF THE
PRE8IDENT--J0HN80N NOT A RUNNING MATE BUT BE
LIEVES THE COLONEL WILL BE ELEOTED
Now York, March I,--It is an
nounced lhal Theodora Roosevelt
will manage his own campaign
and he has taken full charge of
I he headquarters in thin city. He
in planning lo meet President
TafPn eastern campaign hy one
>i»f equal Hperlarular nature.
r.olurn|iU8, Ohio, March 1.
<lovernor Johnson, of California,
is here in I he interests of Colonel
FlooseveU. lie HlatcH ho t* not"
a candidate for I ho office pf vice
president a* a running male for
HoomovoII. Me heliovoH a man
renin I In* inj<J«ll»* ulnlcH will- bo
elioMen in In HlrciiKthen I ho
lickfl. He Ih very *»pliitiislic nf
I he outcome ami Ijwlieven Pre»i
«l«*i»t Tfift will become convinced
during hi« proponed lour llml ho
will nnl h»» Ihe choice o.f lhr> peo
ple.
m r ■'Ih *■. •'
FORT LrtOUM WILL ;> • ;
■OWL VALDtt TOWJGlRHOW
The Knrf f.ttcum and' Valdoz
ImwItTH will fry conclusions on
Ih«» alley* nl Ihn Bif* Place tomor
row afternoon.
CONGRESSMAN FLOOD'S WIEAS URE WILL REPLACE BILL IN
TRODUCED BY SULZER AND PROVIDES FOR 8ECURINQ
INFORMATION REQARDING ROUTES
of tin' Senate, anil to have the fol
lowing qualifications, respective
ly: One shall be an officer of the
Engineer Corps of the United
Stales Army, on Ibe active list;
oim> shall he a railroad engineer
of well-known ability and prar
tical experience in local ilig, build
ing, and operating railroads; and
the third shall lie a person of
well-known ability and practical
experience in mining and trans
porting coal; said three persons
when so appointed and confirm
ed shall he and constitute I he
Alaska Hailroad Commission, and
shall have the powers, perforin
the duties, and he entitled to re
ceive the pay and salary herein
afler provided; Provided, That
the president may appoint a sim
ilarly qualified person in his place
if any member of said commis
sion shall fail or refuse lo act or
shall resign or die.
8alary of Members.
Sections t! and If provides for
the salary of the members of the
proposed commission and for
clerk hire. Kncli member of the
commission is to receive #1,000
per month together with living
and Irnveljng expenses, and the
clerk *300 per month nnd ex
penses. *l
.
To Examine All Routes.
Sec. V.\ Thai it shall be the
duly said commission, inu
mediately afler Its organization,
In go to Ihe^JTcrrltory of Alaska
FWtd I here nomiucl an examination
Inlo transportation questions! lo
examine railroad routes from the
senboard lo Ihe conl fields, and
In I lie interior navigable waler
ways; lo examine and r«»i»<»i*l up
on I In* available routes for a
railroad from Seward and Valde/
and Cordova In Hip Matamidka
coal llelds and into I lie Tanana
and Ynknn valleys, wilh an es
liinale of Ilii> value of Ihe exist
ing pariiall> constructed \ rail
mads from eaeh of said point.*,
and of the eosl of continuing each
of (lie said railroads lo lhe prop-J
er points in I lie valleys named:!
lo examine and report upon an;
available route for a railroad from
Haines, via the Porcupine river,
across I lie intervening Canadian
territory lo llic headwaters of I be
Tanana river, am! Ilience to Fair
banks or some other available
terminal point in Ihe Tanana or
Yukon valleys; lo examine and re
port upon I be available route for
a rail mad from Cordova and from
Controller bay, on the Okalee
Channel, lo Hie Bering river coal
llelds; lo examine and report up
on Ihe available roule or routes
from any other available harbor
on Ihe southern shores of Alaska
lo the said coal llelds, or either
of Ihein, and lo the navigable \va- |
lers of Ihe Tanana and Yukon
rivers. i
Data Made Available.
Sec. 5. Thai nil surveys here
tofore made by or under Ihe di
rection of the government upon
any of the said routes, or any
Other route in Alaska, for rail
roads, wagon roads, or for any
oilier purpose, shall be immedi
ately placed at Ihe disposal of Ihe
paid Alaska Railroad Commission
for its examination, and copics
thereof, or of estimates, plats,
profiles, nod other information,
printed or otherwise, may he sub
mitted by the commission with
ils report; (hi' said commission
may request any private person
or corporation which has made a
survey or surveys of any of said
routes, or any other route in Alas
ka. lo allow I he inspection and
use hy the said commission of
any and all such purveys and all
mailers connected with said
routes, and the commission is
hereby authorized to examine all
such surveys and any estimates,
(Continued on pape M;
I.ondon, Ma rob I —The Idiik nn
tieipatod roal strike has boon <!«•
dared iiih] nearly 1,ooo,ooo min
er# (in'I work I hi# morning. Re
port# reroived al noon today Jo
ints more than 700,000 men anil
ii i* believed more fhnn one mil- '
lion person# will he rendered Idle
through the strike.
The strike ha# long been ex
ported as Mnreh I was the dale sot
for the tlnal termination of nego
tiation# hot ween the mine oper
ator# and the union lenders. The
#lrike nfTorl# every portion of the
GABLE IS OUT
OF COMMISSION
Testa Are Being Made to Deter
mine the Extent of the
Damage
Seattle, March I .—The Alaska
cable is out of commission and is
believed to be broken. Tests arc
being made to determine where
the break occurred.
If the break is near Juneau, as
anticipated, it will be several days
bnforo communication can again
be restored.
SECRETARY KNOX
TALKS OF PEACE
Assures Latin Americans United
States is Friendly To
ward Them
Pauainli. March I .--Secretary
Knox, of lIn* Stall' departnient.
assured ilit> Latin Americans that
the United Slates desired peace
among the republics of Out rat
America.
He said America was vitally in
terested in promoting the peace
and*p««4£perily "f 'he countries.
The Panama canal was of untold
value to the world in general, hut.
especially mi to the I'nited States
and it was necessary to have the
countries contiguous to it on a
friendly fooling.
LOCAL ITEMS.
W • II. Horden is m town from
Solomon gulch.
\\ ilson s out lit passed Copper
Cenler this inorni.ug.
Foreman Van Camp, of the Fi
dalgo Copper company, is in town
today.
C. S. Yose, of the Signal Corps,
will be a passenger on the Ala
meda lo Seattle.
John Francisco, who has been
working on the Mavfield property,
will take a trip to Italy |o visit,
relat ives.
The launch Brighton, Capt.
Stamey, is in from Kllamar. The
Brighton makes regular trips and
is a great convenience to travel
MILLION COAL MINERS
IN BRITAIN QUIT WORK
VISIBLE FUEL 8UPPLY WILL BE EXHAUSTED IN A FEW WEEKS
AND THE GOVERNMENT MA Y BE FOROED TO INTER
FERE—NAVY ALSO SHORT OF OOAL
Hritish empire as I lie supply of
roaI milled wilt In- exhausted in a
few weeks. Mnnv manufacturers
linve taken I he precaution to
slock up on fuel in anticipation
r»f I lie shortage. hul hundreds of
factories will he forced to close
down. The navy department Ik
vitally concerned, as there is a
shortage of coal at nearly all sta
tions owing to the rerenl strike.
It is expected the government will
immediately lake action t<> force
mi agreement whereby the mines
will remain open pending a set
Ilenient of the strike.