VALDEZ
Valdez, Alaska,
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February 11, 1909. Nn.
KILLING IS END
OF SUSITNA FIGHT
Frank Dunn, Roadhouse Pro
prietor, Is Shot To Death
By Seattle Man
WOMAN IS CAUSE OF TKOUBI.lv
Ralph Williams, Nephew Of John
Corson, Is In Seward Jail On
Murder Charge
Seward, Fob. (>—Frank Dunn, pro
prietor of a roadhouse at Susitna
station, was shot and instantly killed
last month by R. E. Williams as the
result of a quarrel growing out of
William's attempt to protect Mrs.
Dunn from her husband. Williams
was brough to Seward last ovoning,
being in the custody of special
marshals. Ho is a nephew of John
Corson, candidate for delegate from
Alaska at tho last election, and ar
rived at tho station the night before
tho shooting.
The story of tho trouble is to the
effect that early on tho morning of
January 21 Dunn and his wife became
involved in a quarrel, and tho woman
was being subjected to abusive treat
ment. Williams interferred and was
badly beaten for his pains. When he
found that he was no match for Dunn
Williams drow a revolver and shot
his assailant through the body.
Frank Dunn was wollknown to tho
westward, and also in Valdez Ho
was ono of the defendants in tho
Lake crook hanging case and was in
this town during the last term of
court, but tho easo against him was
continued to the noxt term of court.
Ralph Williams is a graduate of t he
Univorsity of Washington, and an
old football player. Ho is a mining
onginoor and went through Valdez
with tho Merritt party last April.
OREGON LEGISLATURE
TO BOOST FOR ALASKA
Soattle, Fob. 8—Dan 8. Kain, who
i9 responsible for tho movement in
behalf of Alaska roads, returned to
day from Portland. While in Oregon,
Mr. Kain obtainod tho promise of as
sistance from the Oregon legislature
in any movement to aid Alaska. Tho
business men of Portland tendered
Mr. Kain a banquot, and on overy
sido ho found a livoly interest, in t he
wolfaro of Alaska.
Within a short timo Mr. Kain will
depart for Valdoz, from whoro he
will toko an outfit into his mining
claims in tho Valdoz oreok district.
EARTHQUAKE VICTIM
LIVES WEEKS ON WATER
MoBBina, Fob. 8—Alivo aftor more
than thirty dayn during which Mb
only BitBtonanco wa» wator, a native
was takon from the minx today by
mon who woro clearing away debriB.
The unfortunate had been uninjured
by the falling walls,' but ho was bo
lmprisionod that It wan Impoftfllblo
for him to attraot the attention of tho
rolief partloa operating Immediately
after the earthquake.
While tho man Ih nothing but a
Bkoleton thoro Ib a good ehanoe that
he will recover.
Crowd* Greet Heroea
Liverpool, Feb. 9—Oapt. Hoalaby
and WlrolcBB Operator Hinnfl of t he
wrecked Htoamnhlp Republic arrlvod
here today and were grooted by a
t-romondouH crowd which cheered the
horoe«. While tho big Btonmnhip wa«
ninking the captain and tho wItoIchb
operator Htood by tholr respective
posta and prevenl-od what prom i Bed
.to be another Hon tragedy.
W.1 R. CHlkey has ftold a t>wo*third«
interest In twelve elftlms on the mid
die fork of tho Uhontochina to Mrs.
R. 8tovon«.
ROOSEVELT SAYS
CEOS IS GRAFT
President Vetoes Bill to De
fray Expenses of Enum
erating Population.
DECLARES RESULT VALUELESS
Recommendation Is Made That
Bureau Force Be Selected by
Non-political Means.
Washington, Fob. 8—That tho
national census bureau at present is
of no other utility than a prolific,
source of political graft is tho asser
tion made by President Roosovolt in
a special message to congress. Tho
message is sent to congress for tho
purpose of explaining tho reasons
prompting the president to voto tho
national census appropriation bill.
Tho president declares that tho
census taken every ton years has
never been eorrcct and that while it
should bo absolutely dependable and
unbiased in order to make it of value,
it lias in reality boon prostituted to
unscruprulous booming of certain
localities and cities.
Tho president recommends that
tho machinery < i the census taking
be so changed that instead of being
pol itieal appointees all oillcers shall
bo selected as the result of competi
tive examination, and that party
affiliation shall have nothing to do
with' the personnel of tho census
force.
HOGGATT VISION
IS IN ECLIPSE
Senate Committee Refuses
To Put Alaska Commis
sioners In Jackpot
Washington, Fob. 6—Governor Hog
gatt's hopes of creating a political
machine out. of tho commissioners of
Alaska vanished today when tho son
ato judiciary eommittoc cut from tho
bill that clauso providing that all
commissioners in Alaska bo appointed
by tho governor.
It is oxpeoto l that tho Fourth
division bill will bocomo a law dur
ing this session of congrcBH.
ROOSEVELT OUTLINES
IDEAS TO AID FARMERS
Washington, Fob. 9—In a spooial
messago to congross today Prosidont
Itoosovolt transmitted tho roport of
tho commission appointor! to make
suggestions for adding ploasuro to
tho life of tho farmor. Tho mossago
also asks for an appropriation ot $2T»,
000 to onablo tho commission to con
tinno it« work.
Among othor featurob montionod
in tho report of tho commission aro
rooommondatioiiH for hett-or rural
schools and for bottor roads in tho
ooimtry districts.
I/ighthotisc Bill Will Pass
Washington, Fob. 0~Henator Piles
has had attaohod to tho sundry civil
bill a elauso calling for an appropria
tion of $140,000 to Im> usod in tho con
struction of lighthouses and othor
aids to navigation along tho coast of
southeastern Alaska. Most of tho
money will be spent In what is known
as tho inside passage. Tho bill Is
certain to pasH this nosslon of con
gress.
Bryan Denies Auto Story
Jacksonvillo, Feb. 9-William Jen
nlngn Hryan is busy denying a sonsa
tional story sent out Hunday to tho
offoct that ho was soriously Injured
in an automobile accident, late ftatr
urd;i.y night. -
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VALDEZ BAKER GAINS FAME BY REASON
OF HIS JOKING AND OTHER PROCLIVITIES
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WALTER'S LOAF OF UK HAD
John Waltors, who bakes the most of tho bread and otlier hucIi food oaten
in Valdez has sprung into tho limelight of Bakcrdom. If you do not believe
it, first gaze upon the picture and then read the following from Bakers'
Helper, a prominent trade journal published in Chicago:
"Some bakers are so unfortunately made up that thoy cannot take a joke,
or hardly ever see one, much less make olio, lint fortunately others are
otherwise, and the world is better and happier for them. One of the lattor
sort lives and moves and lias his bakery at Valdez, in far-away Alaska.
There is to be a great Alaska-Yukon anil something else Exposition in Se
attle, Wash., in June next, and everybody in Alaska is on his mottle to make
the best possible showing of his products to the thousands of visitors ex
pected fron the Eastern States and Europe. An nllicial collector of exhibits
for tho Exposition was in Vaklez a short time ago, getting photographs of
all sorts of things raised in the Territory. John Walters, of the Valdez Bak
ery, told tho collector there was nothing vaised in Alaska better than one of
his loaves of Vienna bread. Tho collector tumbled immediately, Ilxed up a
show card, and took a photograph of tho loaf Mr. Walters gave him. This
grave and serious baker, who calls himsolf "only a dough head," suggests
on the postcard on which the photo is printed, that if anyone "fails to soe
the point ho may look at either end of the loaf."
FULTON TALKS III
ALASKA'S BEHALF
Senator From Oregon Urges
Congress to Pass $1,000
000 Road Measure.
Washington, Fob. 9—Senator Ful
ton of Oregon made a strong )>lt>a
tlria morning in behalf of the Piles
bill appropriating §1,000,000 to ho
used in road construction in Alaska.
The sonator was well fortified with
data concerning the needs of Alaska,
particularly when it conies to bet ter
transportation facilities, and he was
listened to with much attention.
While it is bolievcd impossible to
obtain favorable action on the bill
during this session of congress, the
agitation in its bohalf is having a
good effect, for never in its history
has Alaska received the attention
from congress that it is receiving at
presonfj. The campaign started on
tho Pacific coast has resulted in the
members of congress being deluged
with letters of appeal in behalf of
Alaska. Those letters come from
all parts of tho country, and scarcely
a national lawmaker who has not
boon urged to favorablo action by at
least ono of bis constituents.
TEACHERS IN ALASKA
WILL PROBABLY BE COPS
Washington, Fob. 0—Oh an com aro
good for tho toachors in tho Alaska
native schools to roalizo thoir tloslro
to bocomo poaco olllcors and to havo
tho powor to make arrests. Tho bill
to this purpose introduced at the re
quest of the bureau of edacatian will
bo favorably reported by tho house
committee on public landn, and will
probably pass this sossion of congross.
It it tho beliof of those having
charge of tho native schools that tho
morals of the natives will bo greatly
improvod if tho toaehers are given
tho authority toonforco the laws gov
erning oduoationai affairs in Alaska,
and also those laws dealing with tho
conduct of tho nativos in tho minor
affairs of life.
Fleet la Making Good Time
Hampton Roads, Fob. 9—A wireless
mossago received from one of tho
vossols of tho Atlantic floet, now
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homeward bound from Gibraltar, says
that tho battleships are making fine
time. It is bolioved that a speed rec
ord will bo established for battloships
an tho result of the time made 011 this
last leg of the long crulso.
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Greek WJtil Marathon
The Greek won tjie Marathon race
held reoontly In Fairbanks, Wanda,
J^efamons Japmn^ior was second,
tfi'dTHY IKES
BIS Hi DEAL
Eastern Business Men Pur
t
chase Copper Properties
on Nugget Creek.
James McCarthy linn tiled with the
rncordor of t lto fodornl court a deed
completing the transaction whoroby
an undivided one third interest in
the McCarthy copper properties on
! Nugget creek passes into the posses
si*, n of a syndicate composed of bus
iness and professional men of Phila
delphia, and of Salem, New Jersey.
The terms of the purchase nro cash,
§7"),000 having been paid outright for
the property known ns the One Qirl,
Wilkesbarro, York, Valdoz and Buf
falo claims.
Mr. McCarthy completed the deal
wli'le ea.st this winter. When he dis
posed of some of the property dis
covered hy himself he retained an un
divided third interest, transferring
the remainder to the Alaska Consoli
dated people, and it is this third in
tercut that was sold. The Alaska
Consolidated'* interest is bonded un
der the terms of the Hirsch deal, but
if work on the property is not begun
in duo time by the Hirsch interests
the men buying out the McCarthy in
terest will begin actual mining opera
tions.
Those to whom Mr. MoCarthy sold
nro Kohort Clwynn, Salom, N. J.;
Brown, Bailey & Co., box mannfac
tnrers, Philadelphia; Walter Hmod
loy, proprietor of the Dennis Hotel,
Atlantic City, N. J.; Attornoy Dan
IoIh, and Robert Boatty, Philadel
phia.
Mr. MoCarthy will shortly go In
side for (ho season. His outfit is now
ont on the trail. He says that tho
purchasers of his interest in the undi
vided one third have ample funds to
carry out any projocfc thoy may in
stitute, and t hat if nothing is done by
tho • Uracil people wit hin a reasonable
lapse of time that operations will bo
begun by the men to whom ho sold
Alaska Knilroads Gel More Time
Washington, Feb. 0—Tho commit
too on terrltorllos agroecl this
morning to extend for one yoar tho
time in which tho Alaska Central
Kailroad may be completed. Tho
time sot for t he completion of tho
road projented on tho Illamna penin
sula was also extended for a year.
Oetobor to, Ift0«, was an anniver
sary in the history of Alaska. On
that date forty-one years ago the
/Vmorlean flag was raised at Sitka to
indicate that. Russlft bad withdrawn
and tho vast territory which will bo
exploited at Hostile this year wa« a
"/til, United Ht-ai-es. j
JOHN CORSON IS
SUED FOR $14,000
Drafts Issued In Alaska By
Delegate Candidate Come
Back Dishonored
T K U ST IN G BOOST E US M 0 A \
Supposed Friends Decline To Make
Good On Campaign Expenses Of
Hoggatt Choice For Job
Seattle, Fob, 0—John Corson, can
didate for delegate from Alaska to
congress at the last election, was this
morning made defendant in a suit to
recover $11,200 represented by dis
honored drafts given out in Alaska
during hiH campaign. Among those
on whom drafts woro drawn is Capt.
E. W. Johnson, Frank Q. Mauley and
Albert McDonald.
Tho suit against Corson is brought
by Bert Northrup, who represents a
local collection agency. Corson's
friends have boon aware for some
time that the suit was likely to result,
as ho has been making efforts to satis
fy his creditors.
Asido from a few of his intimate
friends John Corson has boen consid
erod wealthy by those who .know
him. Ho was vory anxious to be
olectcd as the Alaska delegate and to
this offcct spont considerable money.
The dishonored drafts wore issued
during July and August of last year,
lie has been a mining partner of Capt.
Johnson.
CORSON FAILS 10
RESIST JUDGMENT
Delegate Candidate Lets Suit
for $14,000 Go Against
Him by Default.
Seattle, Fob. 0—John Corson, erst
while candidate for election as dele
gate from Alaska to congress, failed
to put in an appoarance in court this
morning and judgement for $14,200
was given against him by default.
The suit was instituted to colloct on
drafts givon during his campaign and
dishonored by those on whom they
were drawn.
Those who suffer by the Cor
son method of raising money
for campaign expenses aro for the
most part residents of Alaska. The
dishonored drafts wero assigned to a
collection agency in Hoattle.
EARTHQUAKE AGAIN
CAUSE OF TERROR
Hiolly, Italy, Fob. 9—'The worst
oarthquako Hhock wince that of Dcc
ombor was folt throughout tho prov
ince of Syraouflo thl« morning. Much
damago was Inflicted on property and
whilo dotails aro not at hand it Is
foared that a oonaidorablo Iohh of Hfo
will result.
Tho inhabitantH of the dlntrlet aro
In a panic, and oven thoHo outnldo of
tho zone of tho Hhock aro preparing
to depart tho country.
Election In Formally Ratified
Washington, Feb. 10—At 1 o'clock
this afternoon tho election of Tuft
and Hhorman wa« formally ratified
by a Joint iMfion of congress Tho
ceremony waH hold In the hotiflo and
wan very imprtMlVd, prolonged
ohoorn greeting tho formal count of
the providential elector vote. Vlec
Prealdont Fairbanks occupio<l tho
speakor'n chair.
King And Queen Vlait Kniner
London, Fob. 9—Tho king and tho
queon thin morning departed ff>r
(lermany where they will be^^ko
COPPER RIVER IS
OLSON'S DOWNFALL
Contractors Outfit Bids Fair
to Remain Where Rail
road Dumped It.
MICH TOUTED ROl'TK FIERCE
Roy Merrill and Wife Are In Dis
gusted Party Mushing Eighty
Miles to Tonsina.
Any person who possesses tho Idea
that the Copper river route to tho ip^
terior is tho real thin?? tor freighting
had best look up Archie Brown, who
is back in Valdoz after 11 little ex
perience with the Vie Olson party.
Brown says that Olson is now in Cor
dova with a badly frozen foot, and
that the greater part of tho Olson
outfit is yet at Camp hi where it was
cached last fall after being hauled
that far on tho railroad.
Olsen went in by the way of Ton
sina with a small outfit and then
started down tho river for the material
and supplies in the Camp 1(5 cache,
lie has made only one trip into his
wood-chopping cam]), a distance of
sixty miles, and it. took him twenty
days to get 1,500 pounds of freight
that far. It has been nearly two
months since Olson started from Val
dez and so far he has not seen an axo
swung on his contract.
Brown says thai the thermomctor
has registered from nine to twelve
below all t he t ime and that the wind
has sailed along at tho rate of from
sixty-five to eighty miles an hour.
One horse fell into the rapids, hut
was rescued after a considerable per
iod in the water, during which he was
swept several miles.
Hrown says that Olson bought most
of his supplies from the railroad com
pany and that this is the reason he
tried to freight it tip the river. Tho
horses are about useless as they have
worked under severe conditions, and
it is probable that Olson will havo to
get new live stock if he ever gets his
outfit where it will do him any good.
Brown says that Itoy Merrill and
his wife, and three others who went
in to work for Olson have loft the
camp, and six days ago started for
Tonsina. lb* says that the party has
only three dogs and that it is poorly
outfitted for the journey. Hlim, Wil
son is the only one of the party who
knows anything about mushing, and
for a great part of the eighty milos it
is necessary to break trail through
five feet of loose snow. Brown fears
that the party is in danger of hocom
lost.
FIERCE BLIZZARD RAGES
THROUGH MIDDLE WEST
Chicago, Fob. —Tho worst bliz
zard in youth is raging throughout
tho middle west. Trainh aro »tailcd
and in many canes tho pa^ucngers aro
Htifforing from cold and from lnmgor.
Tho Rtorm nhows no iignH of abating
and the nit nation in crit ical,
Report# of unsoally Hovore woathor
oomo from Denver, St. Paid, Ht.
I/OUIh, KanHHH 01 ty and Dnluth. Tho
Htorm Ih accompanicd by cxtrcmo
oold.
Iwiraon Judgement Ie Affirmed
Han Francisco, Fob. 10—1Tho oironlt
court, this morning alllrmod tho de
cision of the district court in Valdoz
in the easo of Tom Larwon against
tho A. I/. Levy Company, hankers.
Tho ease wa« brought to rooovor |2,
000 paid by the bank to J. I). Mo
Covern, upon hip allegation** that ho
wan a partner of Larson, f/prson
doniod tho existence of any partner
ship, and afilrmod that ho nent to his
own order tho monoy paid M^flovorn.
Tho Btato of Washington will mako
a complete pnblic school exhibit at,
thn allhUh Yukon Pacific SAkaIMw.