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VOL 9.
VALDEZ, ALASKA. THUR8DAY, DECEMBER 26, '12.
NO. 65.
MOOSE HOLD
ANNUAL DINNER
Large Crowd Gather at Moose
Hall in 8pite of Heavy Storm
—Children Have Tree.
In spile «»f the worst st«nmi of
the season and the heavy drift
ing snow, the Moose dinner was
largely attended and many chil
dren accompanied their parents
to the hall.
The dinner started promptly at
i o'clock and it was one of the
best dinners served by the order
since the starting of this annu
al dinner custom I 'i years ago.
The main dancing hall was neat
ly decorated and (he dinner serv
ed 011 three long tables, after
which the hail was cleared and
dancing started early and contin
ued until late in the morning.
The Church of the. Epiphany
held their Christ mas tree at 7:30
and many children attended, al
though it was blowing a gale.
Santa (.tans also came and paid
a short visit to (lie children and
distributed the Christmas toys.
THAWS SISTER
MARRY DANKER
Former Countess Yarmouth to
Become Bride of Banker
Whitney, of Boston.
I'hiladcjphia. Dec. Jii—The an- i
itouiicemcnl is made of the en
gagement of the former Countess i
of Yarmouth, a sister of Thaw's,
l.o Hanker Whitney, of Boston.
Whitney is a descendant of the j
pioneers who came to this court- j
try on the Mayflower, and is
worth many millions. The coun
tess is a sister of Harry Thaw,
who killed Stanford White in a
roof garden theater in New York
about five years ago. Thaw is
now confined in the Mattawan
asylum for the criminal insane.
He has made many efforts to have j
the courts of New York release!
him but without avail.
BARQE RECOVERED
BY COLONEL O'NEIL
\ linr^i* iilmui twfiily f• • #• I
-•«Iii;i>'«• was sri'ii «lririinpr past l-'l.f
Msrum ami C.nl. n'Wil. iln> pn>| j
minimiihIi'I*. si-nl llir I.mmiI. l»nn-|
aldson out I •» Jirinn I In* Imrpr i
ashnro, which was ilnm\ ami il |
i«. iii»\v anrliMi vil off I In* furl.
52 Wins "Valdez Blum."
Til" hnlili'i* ..r t i«• k<• I iiuiiiImm'
52 is I he winner «»f ,,Vahh,y.
Blum,*' ami may hav«* same by
prcHOiilinK Hi'1 lirkfl al I In* si ore J
nf S. Blum & C.n.
CONGRESS WILL CONVENE
ON 13TH DAY OF MARCH
Washington, D. C., Dec. 28.
Fresidont-eieot Wilson and
Speaker of the House Ohamp
Olark have decided to oall a spec
ial session of oongress to con
vene on the 13th of Maroh to
revise the tariff. It Is ths In
tention of the leaders to oarry out
the polloy of the party for a
downward tariff revision, al
though a rebellion la expected In
the party against the attempt to
lower tariff rates on many oom
modities whioh are manufactured
In dlstrlot strongly Democratic*
It Is held by some Demooratlo
senators and representatives that
the revision should not be made
where It will hurt the party; that
the ohanges should effect only
Republican dlstrlots and manu
facturers.
It waa announoed today that
Qsneral Leonard Wood, the ohlef
of staff, would have oharge of the !
Inaugural parade. '
ATTEMPT ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT TAFT
DURING PARADE IN THE CITY OF PANAMA
Dynamite Placed In Reviewing Kiosk, Exploding Fifteen Min
utes After the President Had Left—One Person Was
Wounded—Wholesale Arrests Were Made
President Being Closely Guarded
•
Panama, Dec. 26.--An attempt was made to assassinate President Taft here
while he was reviewing the parade in his honor. Fifteen minutes after the pres
ident and the guests had left the Kiosk, which had been constructed for a re
viewing stand, it was blown to atoms and wounded one policeman.
Wholesale arrests have been made by the military authorities and the streets
are lined with police and an extra guard has been placed over all the buildings
and property of the United States in the canal zone. A military guard has been
placed around the quarters occupied by the president to prevent any further at
tempt to take his life.
Panama, Dec. 26.—The police refuse to give out any information in regard to the plot to assassinate the president
further than to say that the clock was. timed fifteen minutes too slow, otherwise it would have succeeded in setting off
the dynamite at a time when the president was in the stand, and many army and navy officers and also civil officers
of the government were on the stand as the guests of Colonel Goethals.
PODTER KILLS
TRAIN ROBBER
Whist Broom Artist Follows
4
Holdup Man and Bests Crook
in a Pistol Duel.
Tuslu, Okla.. Dec. 20—Waller
Daniels, a roloivd Pullman port
er, followed I lie negro holdup
man. who robbed (lie SI. Louis
Frisco train and after a battle
between I lie two in which each
emptied their six shooters, the
robber came off second best. The
porter succeeded in killing his
man with tin; last shot.
All I lie lout, amounting lo many
thousands •»r dollars, was recov
ered. The holdup look place in
a lonely part of the stale and the
chances were Rood for a k<'I
awiiv bill for the hrH\.M\v of I lie
porter. Tin* express car had been
robbed and a heavj money con
signment taken by the robber. All
III" stolen properly was recover
ed fl'oni I lie dead Imm|v m|' III*'
I liief.
I.osI. a brown lial and a black
mustache, the tinder will please
return to Men Silverman, the
I nilor.
HAWKINS CASES
- ARE ON TRIAL
Prosecution Moves Dismissal on
One Indlotment—-Defense Asks
for Instructed Verdlot
Tin* Hawkins misdemeanor
eases were brought on for trial
(his morning, 13 eases being
consolidated, the following jur
ors having been selected: W. M.
Holland, H. S. Coleman, A. Bell,
(I, Hubbard, C. II. Sharp, James
Kennedy, Jerry Callaghan, M. J.
Hluck, James Rrennen, <». W.
Smalley, Klliol Stewart. The pan
el being exhausted, both sides
stipulated to try the ease with
eleven jurors.
I'pon Iht* prw^i-eut ion slating
' ilie rase tin- defense asked for an
j in>t rueled verdiel iis In eleven of
; I In- iud'iet meals.
J Tlii' eourt look tin* nuflter 11• i
! 11»-r advisement until tomorrow
i . i»ii*ii i n
(hi llii* Iliirl«*«*iilh iu'.lietiiii'iil,
'chirking defendiiut with havinp
j ii.ii. *.• a fa I.<41* entry. I In* proseeu
. • i• • 11 loiiml itsfil unable to pro
1111m*«■ a witness willing to swear
; I luil I hi> entry was false and were
! forced tit move for a dismissal,
jwhieli the eourt granted. The
! «l fense I hen urged proeeediug
against the oilier imlietmeuls or
! in the ease against Parsons, but
{at I be suggestion «»f the eourt an
adjournment was taken until lo
niorrow morning.
Hor Worn is Fulfilled.
I |#os Anpeles, |)ee. J?i.--Sisler
[Xovier. one of the brave women
I who. a »|uarler of a eeuluryago.
jwhen the smallpox ephlemie was
raniiiK in I his eily, volunteered
to nurse in n pes! house, died of
heart disease. She was also a
famous leaeher of Spanish and
Knglish. She was ?i years old.
Masked Men Rob Station.
Winnipeg, Man., Dec. 21.
Four masked men today entered
the freight office of the Canadian
Northern railroad at Edmonton,
tied up two rlerks, blew open the
safo and escaped with several
thousand dollars.
UN UNDERWORLD
STORY BY ROSE
Becker's Parnor, Writing for
Pres9 8yndioate, Tells of Life
of the Underworld.
New York, lire. 20.--Jack llosc,
the partner of Lieut. Decker, the
convicted murderer of Gambler
Rosenthal, has sold to a press
syndicate the story he. has writ
ten of the doings of the under
world, and it will be published in
a few days. He will lay bare the
social sores of the great city,
telling Ibe police connection
with the lower strata of the city's
inhabitants.
After the puhlicalion of the
letters Hose will spend some lime
on llie \aude\ill.- stage at a high
salary.
i THE STEAMER YUKON
PASSED JUNEAU TODAY
1 The Alaska tloast eompauy
JiojiI Yukon passed Juneau at
Jo'eloek lliis afternoon. She will
• slop ai Yakutat and Katalla ami
jit is not known just when she
will arri\e at Valdez.
Word has been received to the
elTcd that the C.opper Itiver rail
road has been blockaded by snow
slides and that it is hoped to
have the line elearud for traffic
within ten days.
EXPLANATION.
Owing to the break down on
the main line of the eleotrloal
power oompany, the Prospector
has been unable to issue Its usu
al newsy number today, being
oompelled to appear in abrevlat
od form.
"Mow frightfully you snored
last night."
"Yes, it is inherited."
"From your parents?"
".No. from my grandfather, who
ran a steam sawmill."
Perhaps if every pise didn't
have its thorn il would not
half so alluring.
SKEPARD DENIES ,
HUMBOLDT THEFT
Says He Allowed Wiseman to
Ride With Him Because of
Twenty Years' Friendship.
Seattle, Doc. lit) Glen Shep
ard, the former purser of the S.
S. Jefferson, who was arrested
last Tuesday because he was
supposed to have knowledge of
the illumhuldt robbery, denies any
knowledge of the affair, and says
he allowed Wiseman, who is al
so under arrest, to ride on the
honl for a half fare because of a
friendship extending over twenty
years.
Two hundred thousand dollars
in gold was stolen from the S. s.
II11111 ho 1111 in I Pin and although i
pari of the iin>i»•'>" was recovered j
and sewral I.r I hose concerned '■
in I lie rohbrry ha\e been given
jail scnlenecs. \el I he inyslery
has nc\er been cleared up.
TIm' police claim thai Shepard
and Wiseman can. if lhe> will, i
lell how Ih•• job was i|oih< and J
where I In* balance of (lie money j
Tin' grand jury submitted their
Dual report to the courl Ibis af
ternoon. The full report will be
published in the Sunday Miner.
JUDGE THOMAS LYONS
DENIES BARNETTE NEW TRIAL
Tuesday evening Judge Lyons
rendered an adverse deoislon In
the application of the attorneys
for Oaptaln Barnette for a new
trial beoause of the prejudice of
the Jury, whloh returned a ver
dict of guilty in the misdemean
or oase tried last week.
Oaptaln Barnatte waa found
guilty of making a false state
ment with intent to defraud, and
the Jury returned a verdict of
guilty. The attorneys claimed
that he had no Intention of de
frauding and that he signed the
statement as a matter of routlna
business.
The Judge set Saturday at 10
a. m. as the time for passing of
sentence.
OEM'S PAL
PLEADS GUILTY
Surprises Counsel for the Gov
ernment and His Own Attor
neys by His Plea.
Seattle,, I>ec. 26.—H. II. Mac
wvsdraiT, the pai l ner of Delarm,
who was accused by the govern
ment of using the mails to de
fraud, plead guilty to the ofTencc.
His pleading came as a surprise
hoth to the attorneys who were
retained to defend him and also
to the government.
Delarm disappeared lust Feb
ruary and has nut been seen
since, altlnniirli every elTorl has
been made to apprehend him. II
was reported thai lie was dead
and his body buried by his peo
• pie. but till- secret serviw? of the
i puslidTice claim it was a fake au<l
a rrame-up. and 1 hat Delarm is
| still alive.
I Delarm and Macwes<iraer were
accused of floating a fraudulent,
land and irrigation company
through the mails, and were ar
rested almost •fifteen months ago.
THOMPSON SUES
! COL. BLETHEN
I Former Seattle Engineer Wants
| $80,000 for Malicious Libel
From Times Owner.
I Seattle. I >ec. former City
Knginecr Thompson has com
menced an act inn to tvcovei
damages to the amount of £H0._
000 from C.olonel Itlcthen for ma
licious libel.
Dlethen is owner of the Seat
tlo Times and made a vigorous
attack on Thompson while the
latter was in office under a form
er administration.
MARIPOSA DUE
TOMORROW MORNINQ
Tin* Mariposa passed Juneau
at i a. in. Christmas morning an<!
shoulI n-arli r. .nlova lliis a'"',
noon at i «»*«• 1 »ek ami is
arrive in Vahle/ ; m» itow morn •
inu
Owen .Meal*" I•• fl Vahlez lo K'»
In I In* i'miwcr 111111>i•, Imt before
In- lia«l Konr mtv far I he wiml
slaih'il up ami hi* lo>| on. oar.
Mini In- ilrifli'il ai'niiml fur tin*
I • a I < 111«■ i • iif i In* ilnv, linally land
ing ill I In* nnnilli nl Mineral
rri'i'k. from wliirli |»<• inI In* was
nhle li> make I own.
Four poles wfnl mil al l.nwi'
river yi'>|i«rtln> a I'ln nun ami I lie
linlils were «*111 oil' from town nil
of last nij-'hl ami also all day.
A foree of melt have heen en
Kaned in making leniporarv re
pairs.