Washington, April 24»Late Today the Alaska Home Rule Bill Passed the House
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VOL. 8.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1912.
NO. 161
DIKE BILL PASSES SENATE
ALIENS PLEAD
NOT GUILTY
Members of Virginia Outlaw Gang
Are Granted Change of
Venue
IIillsville. April 2i.—The mem
bers of the Allen gang, on trial
for killing I he court. otllcials, have
entered pleas of "not guilty."
They have been, granted a
change of venue and the eases
will be tried in Wytheville, Wylhe
county. It is predicted the pros
ecution will have dilliculty in se
curing convictions, ;is many <»f
the gang are dead and the shoot
ing in the court house was ;:en
cral.
NO WARNING
WAS GIVEN
Lookout Men on Titanic Had Not
Been Provided With
Glasses
Washington, April 2 1.— It is
claimed the absence <>f binocu
lars for the lookout men on the
Titanic %as the cause of the
wreck.
The testimony of the officers
shows that no warning was giv
en although the ice must have
been discernable at a distance
with glasses.
COMPRESSED AIR WILL
PROVIDE GREATER SAFETY
Portsmouth, April 2i.—The
government is installing a com
pressed air system in the armor
fid cruiser North Carolina, which
will make her unsinkahle.
BERTHA 18 BRINGING
MANY CANNERYMEN
Seattle, April 2i.--The Bertha
mailed at 8 o'clock Saturday night
for Alaska. She carfies many
cannerymen for Southwestern
Alaska points and one steerage
passenger for Valdez.
Judge Murane will hold court
in Fairbanks commencing on July
22nd, relieving Judge Overfleld,
who will hold court, at Iditarod
and Huby City.
Washington, April 24—The Senate Passed the Dike Bill yesterday appropri
ating $55,000 for the construction of a dike to protect the town of Valdez from
glacier stream. The work to be done under the direction of the war department.
Iii the subjoined dispatch lo Dr.
Boyle this morning Delegate
Wiekersham made the hearts «»f
Valde/.ans rejoice. The hill hav
ing passed the senate will now
go before the house, where it has
already received the unanimous
endorsement of the conynitleeon
Rivers and llarhors. It is known
the house is favorable to the pro
ject, and with the aid of Speaker
Clark and Floor Leader Under
wood, who have promised their
good ollices for the measure, we
may, with reasonable certainly,
feel assured of the bill becom
ing a law within a short period
of lime.
Washington, D. (*.. April -4,
I!) 12.— Dr. F. M. Jioyle, Yaldefcr
Alaska.—Dike bill passed Ihe Sen
ale yesterday appropriating IIfly
live thousand dollars. Probably
pass |lie House soon.
.JAMKS WIGKKKSll AM.
Delegate lo Congress.
The following is a copy of Ihe
Senale bill iulrodurcil by .Tories.
nf Washington. ami the llniisc
hill introduced hy Delegate Wick
I'l'shaiu:
Hi* iVImael*mI by lln* Senate ami
IIou.s/ of Representatives of the
J
"T*r*i4£d Slates of America in f'«>n
gre*slt*^embled, That the sum of
lift,y-five tTtupsand dollars, or so
much I hereof as may In- neres
sjjry. he, and il is hereby, appro
priated, out nf any funds iu tin;
Treasury of the United States not
otherwise appropriated, to he ex
piMidt-d under the direction of tli«*
War department in building a
dike to protect Hie United Stales
courthouse, jail, postotriee, I In
offices and land approach of the
United Stales cable and telegraph
lines, other property therein, and
the town of Yaldez, Alaska, from
destruction bv glacial Hoods in
accordance with the plans and
specifications prepared and ap
proved by .James It. Uavauaugh,
major, Corps of Engineers, Unit
ed States Army, dated l>eceiuber
twenty-second, nineteen hundred
and eleven.
HOUSE DEFEATS ALASKAN WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE
MULVEY IN CHARQE
OF ELECTRIC PLANT
]•'. P. Mulvey has gone over I • >
Solomon gulch lo lake charge of
the electric company's generat
ing plant, during the absence of
(ieorge Hoke, who is goin;r into
tIn* interior lo look after his min
ing interests.
INSURANCE CO.
IS NIT HARD
Wrecked Steamer and Cargo Was
Insured for Fifteen Million
Dollars
Xew York, April 2'• The loss
to the insurance companies on
the Titanic and cargo it is es
timated will a 11*011 nt to 915,000,
000.
The loss to various life insur
alice companies on account of the
great number of lives lost will he
enormous when the figures are
compiled.
MR. BRENNAN BU8IE8T
MAN IN VALDEZ
Mr. \V. H. Brennan has receiv
ed the contract for painting tin,1
government military buildings on
the Reservation, including the
postotTice. One coat of paint will
ho given the structures.
MEXICANS TORTURE AND
KILL MANY AMERICANS
REFUGEES ARRIVE IN QALVE8T ON FROM POINT8 ALONG GULF
OOAST AND REPORT ATROOITIE8 WHICH WILL MEAN
WAR IN TIME—DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATING
Galveston, April 24.—Forly
aoven passengers arrived here
ye^tonlay and report horrible
atrocilios practiced upon Amer
icans hy Mexicans at various
towns along the Mexican coast.
The refugees report that many
Americans have hecn seized and
tortured to death. The hatred of
the natives for the "gringoes" if*
intense believing as fhey do lhat
American interests* are to
I heir freedom.'
Washington, April 21.—Tho
news from Texas will hasten the
departure of American warships
lo take off Amoricans along the
Pacific coast of Mexico. The State
department is investigating the
atrocities said to have been per
petrated along tho gnlf coast.
AMENDMENT TO HOME RULE BILL DEFEATED BY TIE VOTE
—SULZER DELIVERS SIX THOUSAND WORD SPEECH
FAVORING HOME RULE FOR ALASKA
Washington. April 2i.—The
Alaska home rule hill is up fur
discussion in I lie house loday.
If tlio measure passes il will not
carry suffrage f«>r I lie women of
Alaska, as tln> suH'raKC atneiul
nionl was defeated by a lie vote.
Ileprcseutaliv« Maun of Illinois
o/Vered an amendment lo tin'
Alaska home rule bill privin^ wo
inen the riprhl lo vole. Tin* vole
ou I lit* amendment was taken by
a risiiiK vole ami showed lo
•Ji>. A vole was I hen lafcen by
tellers ami a^ain showed a tie,
heiiiK i I to il. Th»' amendment
was declared lost.
Congressman Sul/.er madi' a six
thousand word speech demandiuK
home rule for Alaska, lie said
ImiIIi |he Republicans and Dein.
oerals of Alaska were in favor of
(lie measure and thai hoth parly
convent inns held in Alaska re
cently had demanded home rule
as the principle plank of their I
platforms, lie also said that there
was not a newspaper in Alaska
which was opposing the measure.
MAYFIELD COMPANY PLANS
BIG DEVELOPMENT WORK
MACHINERY WILL BE IN8TALL ED ON THE PROPERTY AND
WORKING FORCE GREATLY INCREA8ED—CONSIDERED
ONE OF BE8T PROPER TIE8 IN THE DISTRICT
During I ho last fall and winter
tin* Mayfleld company have ex
pended in tin* neighborhood of
$12,000 in the development, of
their properties in the Columbia
basin, having kept a force of men
running a drift alongside of the
vein.
Tomorrow they will ship IT>
tons of material and supplies to
Columbia • bay, which will In*
freighted to their properlies be
fore the snow disappears. They
have also purchased horses with
which to do the freighting. Five
men are now working on the
property, but as soon as a perm
anent camp can be established
this force will be increased to
twelve. It is the purpose of those
in charge of the development.
\vm*k I«» erect a log warehouse
on the beach at Columbia bay.
Fifteen hundred feet «»f rails and
ore cars have been ordered and
will immediately be installed, as
the present depth of the tunnel,
some OOP feet, makes it slow
work to clear the workings with
wheelbarrows.
M, M/. Reese, the well known
mining man, will take personal
supervision of the development
work, which lie proposes to push
this summer to its utmost ca
pacity. The company is being
financed by Chicago capital, two
of |lie heaviest stockholder* pro
posing to visit this section this
summer. Thus far the showing
made by this company on these
properties is rated among the best
made in the entire camp.
CHAMBER OF OOMMEROE
WILL MEET TONIGHT
The regular weekly meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce will
be held In I ho engine house to
night. It may he that mutter*
pertaining to the fnrlheranoe of
the dike scheme will come up for
rliscussion. A full attendance of
the membership is requested.
This is the season of the po
litical year when many favorite
u>ns nre called, and 1ml few ebon,
pn.
SEE DOWN IN DIXIE
AT EAGLE HALL TONIGHT
Tin* second performance of
"Down in Dixie" wiU he given to
riiKtit in Kagle hall. Those who
have not witnessed I he play an
rendered by the prenent company
will mins a raro treat if they aro
not of the audience. Tonight
popular price* will prevail; fifty
cents admission.
Mrs. McDougal was a pnssen
K«»r 011 the Brighton this morning
for Kiln mar.
JUDGE CU8HMAN WILL
TRY JUNEAU CASES
Judgi* C.ushmaii announced
from bench yesterday, in answer
to an inquiry, that Unless some
ythcr arrangements an* lo In*
made, in; will hold court in Ju
iifan immediately after the Cor
dova term to try eases in which
JudKe Lyons is disqualified.
WONG SAM IS
FOUND GUILTY
Was Jealous of Seid Bing and
Hired Help to Kill
' Rival
Portland, April L* 4— Woiik Sam,
one .ii' the two Chinamen charg
ed with murdering Seid Hing, has
been found guilty of manslauJrii
tor.
Wong'Sam was jcaioiis of the
ollentioiis of the man to
Miss Clie Sam, the Chines,* beau
ly. and hired another man to help
him kill Seid Bing.
WOMAN'8 QUILD WILL
GIVE DIME TEA
The Woman's Guild will give a
Dime Tea in the rectory nil next
Thursday afternoon from 2:.'I0 to
5 o'clock. Mrs. George Nelson
and Mrs. Whitey will serve. All
are invited.
MINIMA IN
LOSING GAME
Suspected Bank Robber Loses
Fight Against Extradition
to Canada
San J-'rniU'ism. April \ John
McXamara, a nnled Kamhler well
known almm the l'arilie roasl,
has Im-I his lifrht auaiiivl iw tra
dition aiitl will In* taken to r.an
ada.
11 «• is .»iisp«'i'|ci| »if hi'intr I In*
leader <»r (he Kanir which rohhed
I he .\i'\v Westminster hank when
more than sji."l<Mi.nnn was stolen.
The (Canadian nllieials" elaini I• •
have e\ ii|i*nee whiell will eon\iet
MeNamara ami Iwn nlher> mm
miller arrest.
HAWKIN'S WILL
IS PROBATED
Leaves a Fortune Estimated at
$300,000—Mostly Real
Estate
Seattle. April 2 'i.--'i'lie will of
Kraslus <*.. Hawkins, tin- Alaskan
railroad builder. was probated in
rourl yesterday. 11 •• lea\e> *I0I>
In ••aril iif Ins rliililrrn ami Iln*
rrmainilrr In hi* widow.
II is estimated hr |ea\e.» ;i I'or
111111' valnrti at s.'inn.nno. ninrli nf
wliirh is in\ested in real estate
in I his rily.
SUFFRAGE BILL KILLED
IN ARIZONA SENATE
Phoenix. Ariz., April 2i.--Th«
senate lias rejected iln* woman's
suffrage inrasurr passed by the
house some linn* ago. '
SURVIVOR OF TITANIC
FIND8 LOVER WAITING
New York, April 2 i.'—Marion
Wright, a survivor of the Titan
ic wreck, was married here today
to Arthur Wolcolt, a rancher of
I'.osgrove, Oregon.
(Hlo Kan it who was taken to
the Hospital of the <5ood Samari
tan JfitTcring from a severe at
tack of pneumonia, is resting*
easier under the care of Dr.
Sleem.
MOVING PICTURES OF
DISASTER ARE BARRED
NEW YORK CONCERN PRE8ENT 8 ALLEGED PIOTURE8 OF THE
GREAT TITANIO WREOK WIT H LIFE BOATS LEAVING THE
STEAMER AND DOOMED M EN AWAITING THE END
New York, April 2 4.--An enter
prising moving picture concorn
whirh endeavored in display al
leged pictures of I he sinking Ti
tanic has heen suppressed. The
pictures will nol he permitted In
the slate.
The fllm was cleverly gotten up
and showed the life boats with
women and children leaving the
partly submerged steamer amid
a field of floating icehrrgx. Scorns
of prominent person*, including
Asfor, Major IInlIh, Hcnjamiii
Guggenheim and others were din
played. Public sentiment, is op
posed lo I ho display of the aal
aniity.
Thn form of court set for Ghit
ina convenes on June 3rd, not tin*
301 h, ax heretofore announced.