Ualfoz Uatig Prnaptrtor
VOL. 8.
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VALDEZ, ALA8KA, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1912.
NO. 138.
MIKADO SINKING
NEAR TO DEATH
Condition of Emperor is Very
S°rious and Little Hope is
Entertained
Tokio. July 25.-Tlie condition
of the Emperor has taken on a
more serious phase since last
night and he is gradually sink
ing, the attending physician hold
ing out hul. little hope of his re
covery.
Sincere grief is shown by the
people, who are praying for the
recovery of the monarch. Prom
inent men of the Empire arc con
gregating here.
Dockmen Starve.
London, July 25.-London dock
iiii'ii who are on a strike are
starving.
HOME RULE BILL
TO BE TIED UP
House Will Not Agree to Senate
Amendments for Purchase of
Alaska Northern
Washington, July The Alas
ka civil government bill, estab
lishing a legislature of one house
with authority to enact local lawn
and containing a rider establish
ing a railway commission to re
port upon the building or pur
chase of a railroad, to be ap
pointed by the president, passed
the Senate today with practically
no opposition.
The House had already passed
the bill, but it has been so amend
ed in the Senate that a confer
ence will be necessary to adjust
the differences between the Sen
ate and House bills.
It is not thought the House
will agree to the railway com
mission rider or the one house
legislature.
Washington. July 25-The Alas
ka home rule bill as passed by
the Senate, provides that the life
of a legislative session shall be
limited to 00 days once in two
years, giving the governor power
to call an extra session limited to
15 days' duration. The enabling
act also carries a rider providing
for tin- creation of a commission
REVERIDGE RENOUNCES ALLEGIANCE TO
TAFT AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
Says the G. O. P. Has Departed From Its Original Land Marks
and Is Driving Right Thinking People From Its Fold
Roosevelt to Make Keynote Speech At the
Chicago Convention on August 3rd
Washington, July 25.-Repre
sentative Momlell, I lit*, standpat
member of tin? House from Wy
oming, made the first speech in
defense of the nomination of Taft
made in that body. During the!
course of his remarks, Mundell
took occasion to roast Roosevelt,
railing the ex-president a pirate,
who deliberately misleads the peo-|
pie. He asserted that the con
! tests presented by Roosevelt at.
the (Chicago convention, were for
the most part faked and trumped
up to gain himself sympathy.
Indianapolis, July 5.-Ex-Sen
ator Bevjridge came out today
renouncing his allegiance to I he j
Republican party and announcing
that he will join the National Pro-j
gressives. In absolving his con
iH'diui) willi I In* old party of
which he was a member, Mr. H.w
eridge says I hat the step taken
ha? been made with no little ef
fort on his pari, but that the Re
publican party as now constitut
ed has departed so far from the
principles upon which it was
founded, nurtured and grew that
lie can no longer consistently,
with his view of pood citizenship,
remain with that organization,
lie says that lie, with thousands
of others, are compelled to seek
a new party representing the
great body of the people, rath
er than the select few who have
debauched Republicanism for per
sonal gain.
Chicago, July 25.-II has been
arranged by the committee in
chargf that Colonel Roosevelt will
make the keynote speech of the
National Progressive party on the
first clay of the convention, thus
laying a foundation for the work
to In- done. Leaders of the parly
an' now working on a platform
to be submitted to Col. Roosevelt
upon big arrival here. It will
possibly contain a plank favoring
a workingman's old age pension
law. Adv're* received by the
committer in charge of conven
tion arrangements indicate that
there will be a representative
gathering of delegates from all
the states showing a thorough or
ganization of the new party.
Lincoln, July 25.-Bryan editor
ially says in his Commoner that
Theodore Roosevelt is in reality
a reactionary with his hook bait
ed to caleh Progressive Ash.
Portland. July 25.-Virgil llind
*hu\v, an attorney here, goes to
Chicago lo lake charge of the Pro
hibit ion campaign.
Seagirt, July 25.-Bryan will
lour tIn* states for Wilson.
Chicago, July 25—Beveridge will
j he temporary hull moose at the
j convention.
New York. July 25.-It is repopl
ied that Collector I.oeh will re
sign to join Hie National Progres
i sives.
Washington, July 25.—The in
vestigation commit lee have drawn
out the information that J. Picr
Pont Morgan and Henry Frick
Jave large sums of money for the
election of Roosevelt eight y»>ars
| ago.
to report on a feasible route for
a railroad and authorizes tlie
compilation of the laws relating
to Alaska, by a Senate committee.
It is currently whispered about
in official circles here that the
home rule bill would not have re
ceived the snppor? of the admin
istration forces bad it not con
tained the railroad rider, a piece
of legislation they were very anx
ious to have go through. They
were willing to give home rule to
the territory at the price of this
choice bil of legislation. Promi
nent members of the House com
mittee are not slow in denounc
ing the Senate's "legislative trick"
as they term it. and avow the
House will never concur in the
amendment.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Mr. John Lyons and wife start
ed over the government 'road in
a buckhoard this morning.
Fred Butterworth has gone in
as a jail guard, vice Chas. fJ.
NVuUT, resigned.
There was born in Seattle, to
the wife of Fred Phillips, on July
| 12th, an I 1-pound boy. Both
[ mother and child are doing well.
FOREST FIRES THREATEN
SKAGWAY WITH DESTRUCTION
% -
TOWN TURNS OUT AND FIQHT FIRE FOR THREE DAYS, SAVING
THE OITY FROM DESTRUOTION-WHITE PASS ROAD EM
PLOYES QO ON THE FIRING LINE
Hkagway, July SJB.-Forest fires,
fanned by high winds, came near
proving I hp desf ruction of the
<*ity.. When it became apparent
Itlnl the town wan being threat
ened all of the able-bodied citi
zens, including President Dicke
son. and all of fhe employes of
Ihe While J'ass road, went to the
fire line and began a long and
bard fight to rheck Ihe flames,
which lasled for fhree days, when
if was considered (hat fhe flames
were well in rheck and the great
er part of fhe fighting forces
withdrew fo (own for a well earn
ed rent. Two hundred men wero
ft on the fire lino to check any
threatened advance of I he flames.
It was a narrow escape for the
town, which was only saved from
boing wiped out by the hcroic
work of the fighting forcos.
Tho Democrats have strung a
Jennings banner from thrir hcad
quarlors on Wall stroot. It j.s lh »
only pnlitical banner in the city
showing tho candidate's parly af
filiations. The othors evidently
are ashamed to M thrir political
faith ho known.
WASTE ALASKA'S RESOURCES
WILL COME TO AN END
SUMMER EXGUR8IONISTS FIND WOEFUL WASTE OF DRY MAR
TINI AND QIN RICKEY MATERIAL AND TAKE 8TEPS TO
CON8ERVE A GOOD THING
Captivated by tTie beauties of
Alaska scenery, and convinced
that GifTord Pinchot, T. Roose
velt and other short-sighted
apostles of conservation are al
lowing the most important natur
al resources of the great north
ern territory to waste itself slow
ly but surely on an unapprecia
tive age, when it should be pre
served for the enjoyment of fu
ture generations, the passengers
on lh«' Alaska Steamship com
pany's liner Dolphin, arriving in
Seattle from a ten days' cruise
in the northern waters, organized
| the Alaska Society for the Cnn
I servation of Glaciers.
The society is composed of
earnest and enthusiastic patriots
who hope to make their slogan
"Save I ln> Glaciers," ring
throughout the American conti
nent.
X, S. Yates, n passenger agent
for the l.ehigh Valley linos, who
made the round trip on I In.' Dol
phin wan (In; leading spirit in I hi*
now organization.
"Alaska's glaciers are her very
greatest asset in drawing tourist*
and they contain billions of tons
of porfeclly good ice which would
be worth a fortune tf it only grew
in a warm climate/' declared
Yates in addressing his fellow
members at the organization
mooting of tho society. "Hut
here we behold tho sad, yes, pos
itively criminal, sight, of 'these
vonderful glaciers going to waste
year by year, as mammoth ico
h'Tf.:? drop away from them into
tho sea to melt gradually into
common, homely, wot, dismal and
usoloss sea water.
"I t» II you gentlemen, that the
ten which annually drop* from
• lie face of Malaspina ulacior
alone would make enough mint
juleps, (!ry martinis nnd succu
lent gin ".okeys to supply the en
tire state of Mississippi, nnd yd
we sil calmly by ami do nothing
{•• check llii.^ frightful national
extravagance. I believe I hat our
organization should lay this mat
ter before Congress. If we must
ia\e Alaska's coal, how much
more necessary that we save
Alaska's ice.
"By this great movement, now
inaugurated. we can not only save
Alaska's ice. field to posterity, but
eliminates the icebergs as a men
ace to navigation. I.el us all now
sign the sacred roll and pledge
ourselves to I he conservation of
Alaska's glaciers."
The tourists then proceeded lo
publish a newspaper selling forth
some of their views on ice con
servation arid other Alaskan top
ics. Yates, who is an amalcur
artist, contributed a sketch of
hitherto undiscovered totem pole
found by him near Yakulal, and
bear among its symboys a husky
Indian chief, carrying a big stick
and wearing the prominent front
teeth and I he eye glasses peculiar
lo his race, surmounted by a silk
hat and the intermingled forms
of an elephant and an army mule,
the whole hearing the mystic in
scription "T. R." "This totem,"
declared the accompanying leg
end, "is said to ho that of a pre
historic chief who sought in vain
to unite two ancient warrifig
tribes under his own leadership.'
MEW GOLD STRIKE
IN THE KU8KULANA
Thorp in considerable oxeitf
?M»nt at Knskulana over I ho rc
'•Mil di*eo* i-riPH of gold in lhal
Uelnity. Pome promising ledge*
have heen found and it is said lhal
an B9*h> fr»»m one «»f IIiohc quartz
proposition* rung *300 to the Ion.
There arc 35 men in lhal section,
mnul all «»f whom have slakod all
Ihe likely looking rock within
reach. Joe ,Taney and partner, a<*
well as most of I he strain shovel
outfit, have staked claims near
the bridge. Those who have seen
the quartz are enthusiastic over
it, ami as soon as if i* determined
that there is body to the lodge
there will be a rush to that part
of I he Ci/ppei River valley.
Alameda Sails.
Seattle, July 25.-The steamer
Alameda sailed last night with
the following passenger list for
Valdez: Miss I). Miller, A. L. Ny
son. Miss Eva Lockhart, Ha*rry
Schullz, Albert Sullivaij, H. B.
Ingram and i I round trip excur
sionists. •» .
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
C. E. Campbell and Dan Ross
left for Teikhell this morning.
The warm weather of the past
few days has swollen the glacial
stream to a considerable extent,
but up to the present, there are
no indications of the stream
tl .-owing itself against the dike.
A little seepage water is coming
through at the upper end. but no
thing serious is apprehended from
that source.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
MISTRIAL IS
THREATENED
Charged That Juror Leavitt is
Feigning Illness in Order to
Gain Time
I.os Angelas. July 25.-The de
fense charges that th«; feigned
illuevs of Juror Lcavitl is but a
ruse of I he prosecution to gain
more liino, and demands the court
lo make a thorough' investiga
tion under threat that a mistrial
will he moved.
I.ms Angeles, July 25.—Ear!
lingers, chief counsel for the de
fense in the Harrow case, charges
Juror I.eavitt with having ex
pressed an opinion of the guilt of
the defendant and asked for his
dismissal. Judge 'IIuIImii over
ruled the motion and ordered the
ease 11» proceed.
SOUTH AMERICA
HAS EARTHQUAKE
IVIany Villages Are Destroyed
and Hundreds of People
Killed
l.ima. Peru, July 25. A sown?
series yf earthquakes i.i northern**'
lVru destroyed many village*,
killing hundreds <>f i«enph*.
has been dispatched Id IIii> scene
of the disaster in fhe hope of res
cuing wounded caught in the de
bris and burying Ihe dead.
MISTKIAI.
BIQ APPROPRIATIONS
PASS THE SENATE
Washington, July 25.-The sun
dry civil appropriations bill car
rying with il one hundred and six
teen million dollars, passed the
i Senate.
DARROW CA8E IS
AQAIN POSTPONED
I.os Angeles. July 25.-The Har
row case has again been post
poned owing to the illites* <.»f i»ne
of (he jurors.
' The Heat Wave.
Chicago. July 25.—Two dead and
25 prostrations have been report
ed as the result of the heat wave.
RESIDENTS-FLOODED VALLEY
ARE SAVED DY HORSEMAN
BREAKING OF A DAM IN THE HILLS FLOODS A POPULOUS
VALLEY, CARRYING AWAY HOUSES AND DROWNING MANY
-HORSEMAN SAVES MANY LIVES BY HEROIC ACT
Brownsville, Penn., Jute* 25.
Owing to heavy rain* a large res
ervoir situated at the head of the
valley was fllled beyond its car
rying capacity and gradually
canned a large dam to give way,
releasing a maddening torrent of
water down the valley, where
hundreds of people were goiiiK
about their vocations unconscious
of the impending catastrophe,
when suddenly a horseman rush
ed down what was in a few min
utes to he a valley of death and
ilesolalion. warning the people to
fl»-e tn higher ground f«»r their
lives. This brave man's heroic
act saved hundreds of lives, al
though many who had not heard
tlie warning were earned away in
I he torrent and drowned. Ilelief
for the sufferers linn been sent
from adjoining towns.
Pittsburg, July 2,r>. -Heavy rains
have been falling in Ibis seel inn
for several days swelling the
streams and eausing Hoods. Al
most lbt» entire lower portion of
the district H flooded, many peo
ple being compelled to leave.