TJalfoz Hatlq Prnapwtor
VOL, t.
VALDEZ, ALASKA. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2S. '12.
NO. 2M.
WILL ARREST
TEDDY'S LIBELERS
Authors of Scandalous Circulars
Against Colonel Roosevelt
Are Wanted
Portland, Ore., Sept. 28.-Inves
tigation by the grand jury of the
alleged libelouus circulars issued
against Colonel Roosevelt during
his visit here last week is under
.way here today. The circulars are
said to be couched in the vilest
terms and are vituperative in the
highest degree.
It was thought today the grand
jury would return indictments
against those responsible for the
circulars, either on a charge of
criminal libel or under the law
prohibiting the printing of inde
and obscene articles.
Reference is made in I bp cir
culars to all the acts of Colonel
Roosevelt that have been exten
sively criticised and In many al
leged acts never before beard of.
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STATES PLATFORM
Chicago, Sept. 28.-Mrs. Ray
Copley Raum, candidate for may
or of San Diego, Cal., told here
last night how she would treat
her people if elected to the office
to which she aspiretf.
"If I am elected," she said, "I
will treat all the people as my
<-hi hired and I will have no fa
vorite child. A city is like a
household and should be govern
ed as such. San Diego is jirl j
developing from a border town
i111«> a metropolis and while it is!
in a period of transition, we
thought it best to have a woman
mayor, because then all the men
will <|o their level best to help her
out."
Mr.s. Ramn is on a transconti
nental automobile tour with her
sister and some friends and
reached Chicago last night.
William Johnson, who has been
working on the Silverman-Plant
Feinblooni property in the Tas
nuna country, returned to town
• •n Friday.
MINERS WILLING
TO ARBITRATE
fiharloston. \V. Yn., Srpl. 28.
4llhough llir inim-rs arc willing,
the coal op««rnlors fn |bo Kanawha
Hold today refused In participate
in I In* arbitration plan suggest -
erI by (iovernor Olasscock.
II is predicted hero today llial
a general strike of 75,000 Wesl
Virginia minor."*, union and non
union. will lake place shortly.
NEW METHOD OF
SETTLING 8TRIKE8
Dululh, Minn., Sopt. 2B.-A
drenching rain added to the dif
ficulties of ciliezn.s forced by the
street car strike to walk today.
Mayor McCuen is preparing to
rail a meeting of the city council
to give authority to start suit and
the city attorney is ready for
prompt action. The methods used
by Judge Lawrence DegrafT to set
tle the Dos Moines difficulty will
bo. invoked here. There was no
violence last night.
Poverty ball to be given for the
' building of the isolated ward of
J the Hospital of the Oood Hamari
tan Wednesday eve, Oct. 2, at
Moose hall. Tickets for Male by
the commitleo and at the door.
Admission one dollar. Somebody
wins a big turkey. All partake at
tbo punch bowl. Kveryone wins a
prize*. Novelty dances.
If in need, or if you know of
anyone destitute, mail a-card or I
Mlor to P. O. bo* 201. i
A NEW FORM
OF SLAVERY
Alleged Smugglers, Headed by
Woman, Said to Have
Amassed Wealth
Los Angeles, Sept. 28.—When
Lhe federal grand jury convened
Loday the district attorney brought
before it the alleged smuggling
plot headed by Mrs. Ethel Hall,
now in the county jail, and which,
it was said, involved several of
the most prominent Chinese mer
chants in San Francisco, four of
whom are now at liberty on bonds.
According lo Charles T. Cou
ncil, of the immigration service,
the smugglers headed by Mrs.
Hall have waxed rich by bringing
in Chinese from F.nsenada, Lower
California.
Under the lerins of the smug
glers, it wa< said, the Chinese
were compelled To spend all of
their money at Fiiscuada before
being shipped to lhe United
States. A charge of $500 was im
posed for bringing in each Chi
nese, this sum to be worked out
under contract at the rale of $1.50
a day. A dollar a day was al
lowed the Chinese by their mas
ters, immigration authorities re
ported, for living expenses and
the debt paid off at the rate of 50
cents a day, meaning practically
life servitude.
OLD LANCASTER
MUSTERED OUT
Philadelphia. Sept. 28.-The old
wooden frigate Lancaster ha<
been mustered out of the United
Slates navy and will be used as
a detention ship op the public
health service at the quarantine
station in tin* Delaware river.
The old frigate was the llair
ship of Hear Admiral George I*.
Pearson, commanding the Pacific
licet during lhe civil war. When
the French were installing Max
imillian as emperor of Mexico she
was sent to Acapulco to protect
American interests. She perform
ed a similar service at Callao dur
ing the Peruvian revolution of
1805.
THIEF IS FOILED
BY NEW INVENTION
Sjiii Francisco. Sept. L'8.-"Gee,
ttii> invention stuIT is pullin' i!n
kibosh on the game of burglinV'
was the explanation of (icorge
Lewis, caught tooling n store
here. It is entering through a sky
light started a red light in front
flashing warnings.
Two Burned In Hotel Fire.
Raymond, Wash., Sept. 28.-In
a lire which destroyed I ho Ger
mania hotel in this city early to
day, Mrs. W. A. Davis, wife of the
proprietor, and her father, C. D.
Osborne, age 72, were burned to
death. The husband of the wo
man ha.s been placed in .jail pond
ing an investigation by the au
thorities.
The total rainfall from Sep
tember 1 to noon, September 28,
was 18 and 1-* inches. These
figures are from the returns as
kept by the official observer.
Col. Millard has returned from
Port Wells, bringing back with
him many rich specimens of
quartz.
All the miners and operators
from Slate creek are now on their
way to Valdez. Last year many
of them took the Ghitina route
duI, but almost all are befitted this
way via the government trail.
Randall Ashby is confined to his
lome, having stepped on a nail
ind causing a painful wound.
TAKES A LIFE '
WITHOUT CAUSE
Ellensburg, Wash., Sept. 28.
After a quarrel because enough
water had not been heated for his
bath, A. C. Barnsteade'r, a cook
in a railroad construction camp
near south Cle Elum, Wash.,
Wash., stabbed A. B. Miller to the
heart with a pocket knife last
night, killing him instantly. Mil
ler was in charge of a railroad
bunkhouse. Barnsteader gave
him-clf up to the police.
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MONKEY'S CAPACITY
Hallimore, Mil., S«'pl. -H.-lH*.
John B. Walson, director of the
psychological laboratory al Johns
Hopkins university, in test the
Darwinian theory, will bring up a
bright little monkey now seven
weeks old, born at the institution
of very intelligent and carefully
trained parents, as nearly like a
human being as can be raised.
When ready for schooling every
effort will be put forth to develop
his mind along lines that will
fairly tax his mental capacity
to assimilate human knowledge.
GIRL IS GOUTY
OF MANSLAUGHTER
Portland. Ore., Sept. 28.-llazei
Irwin, pretty 20-year-old girl, |*»_
day stands convicted of man
slaughter for her part iirthe mur
der of Hay Wallace here two
months af<o. Wallace was struck
• >ii 'lie head with an iron bolt i.
the rooms or the Irwin girl and
William Ta»«uer, where he had
been lured bv the girl. She asserts
Tanner killed Wallace. 11c is in
custody ami will be brought la
trial shortly.
18 DEP08ED AS
HEAD OF FAMILY
l.«»s Angeles, Sept. 28.-As pun
ishment for having beaten his 5
year-old son with a length of gar
den hose, Charles Hoffman, H sign
painter, stands today by court or
der deposed from his position as
head of his household. The order
was filtered by Judge Willis, of
I lit* juvenile court, who coiihMIiiI
ed Mrs. llolTimiu legally head of
the house. The boy was "Exhibit,
A" in the case and after exam-l
ining the welts upon his body the
court told Hotrman he was not HI
in he bend »»f the family.
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Hen Silverman has relurned
rrom the Tasnuua country, where|
lie went to look over some min
ing property in which he is in
terested. Ren had a hard lime
coming back, finding it difficult
to always retain his equilibrium
on his horse's back. The trip has
taught him that the road commis
sion's teams are more comfortable
to ride than swimming horses.
Oall for Division Pplmtriii of the]
Horn* Rula Party of Alaska.
The members of the Home Rule
nartv in the Third division of the
Territory of Alaska, by authority
vested at the Territorial Conven
tion held at Valdez on the 29lh
day of May, 1912, are hereby not
ified:
That the primaries to nomi
na4e one senator and one repre
sentative for the Alaska legisla
ture are hereby called to be held
at Iho City Hall Saturday, Sep
tember 28, at 8 o'clock p. m„
1912, T. E. WIKIDEIj,
Chairman of Territorial Commit
tee of (he Third Division.
Nice housekeeping suites and
sin£ti! rooms for rent cheap at the
Reynold# House on Keystone ave
nue. Mrs. H. B. Wynn, Prop.
.Hotisehpld furnishings for sale
'heap.4"Inquire at cable office.1 i
CUR DITCHED :
ODE KILLED
Los Angeles, Sept. 28.-J. N.
Lloyd, of Venice, lost his life and
16 others were more or less ser
iously injured today when a sub
urban electric car turned over at
Venice while rounding a sharp
curve at high speed. The car was
outbound from Los Angeles. Ac
cording to the passengers the
brake of the car would not work
and, owing to the high speed, it
could not keep the rails when it
struck the curve.
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IN SAN FRANCISCO
Washington, I >. C... Sept. 28.
The report Ihal < treat Britain's
"provisional" acceptance to par
ticipate in tin* Pj.nama-Pacillc ex
position al San Krancisro depend
ed upon lliis govern men I's future
attitude on lln> Panama canal lolls
question, was refuted today when
it. became known lliat the Lon
don foreign office had made its
acceptance "provisional" to pet
assurances from the exposition
managers of th«» character of ac
commodations for British exhib
its.
HUMAN ANCHOR I
for a balloon;
j
Chicago, Sept. 28.-Grasping a;
dangling rope nailing from a dis-j
aided dirigible balloon, Mrs. Wal-i
lace H. Smith, of Woodlawn. near!
here, today held on with her 185
pounds of strength and saved'
Horace n. Wild and John l>ef'.our- [
sey, his mechanician, from pos
sible death; Mrs. Smith was drag-;
geij some distance, but the bal-j
loon landed in safely.
ENTHUSIASTIC OVER THE
PORT WELLS SECTION
tunitii u, ^ iiu na> ri'i ii riu*fI :
fnun Port Wells. is very cnthii-J
siastic over |Ih' prospects of lhat
section. Ho says I ho shaft being
driven on Ihe Herman properly on
Bellies bay i* now 48 feel in
depth and is-continuing in good
ore, promising to develop info a
line properly. The Tatum prop
erly near by is also making a
splendid showing. Prospectors in
lhat region, say.j Col. Millard, are;
much enthused over the outlook
and they have good reason to be.
While at Port Wells Col. Millard
bonded a piece of properly, which
he intends lo develop as an in - j
dividual enterprise.
Arthur H. Pinkus has taken ov
er Ihe Majestic theater and will
re-name it Ihe Orphcum, open
ing up Sunday evening with a
show, which he announces a.« one
of the best he has ever seen. One
of Ihe numbers depicts an aero
plane dropping bombs on Ihe Tur
kish !roopH in Tripoli. Mr. Pink
us promises to maintain a first
class show throughout the win
ter, wilh good music accompani
ment. The patronage given Ihi*
house of amusement will limit
the quality of ihe entertainment
given the people, so it is up to
our citizens to see lhat the Or
phcum i* second lo no other house
in Alaska.
The Eagles will give a gift ball
on Thanksgiving eve in fheir hall.
The order proposes lo make this
one of Ihe affairs of the season.
Fuller particulars will be an
nounced later.
FOR RRNT-Bmall cabin for
rent. Call up phone 41. i
; Closing out suits, coals and ev
ening gowns it half price at Har- i
.ey's Tofrfery. 1
STAGE LINE TO
THE INTERIOR
An Effort Being Made to Estab
lish a Stage Line to Wil
low Creek
A definite movement is on foot
to subsidize Robert Mcintosh to
run a regular stage line from
this place to Willow creek dur
ing the winter months. It is be
lieved by many here that such a
line would do considerable busi
ness owing to the uncertainty of
the running of trains on the Cop.
per River- line.
Should tin; line be inaugurated
it i* desirable (hat a force of men
be kepi on the summit from the
lime snow firsl begins to fall in
order to make certain of keeping]
I lie I mil over the summit in first-j
class condition. Ily making reg-l
ular I rips |o Willow creek the
I rail will be kepi in a condition:
so as lo induce people (raveling
in their own conveyances Income
by the way of Valdez. instead ofi
going by I lie uncerlain Copper!
River route.
The Alaska railway commission|
will no| leave for the interior un-j
til Sunday forenoon, as they had:
many things to do here before un
dertaking (be long trip inlo Fair-J
banks.
SETS FIRE TO !
THE FACTORIES
i
Yonkors, N. Y., Sept. 28.-The
po|j<v here today are looking for'
a woman "llrebug" whom lhe>
accuse of starting several recent
lire.-* in I lie manufacturing dis-l
I rid. One cost I lie Federal Coop
erage eompauy nearly $125,000.
The others were e\linguished with
small Io,»s. A walchnian at one
of tin- factories where incendiary
blazes were discovered reported to
I lie poliee that he >a\v a woman J
enler the grounds of I he company
jusi befoiv the fire started, and
shortly after she left he discover
ed a lively'blaze in a pile of oil
soaked papers.
FIVE ARE INJURED
IN AUTO MISHAP'
Vancouver. Wash.. Sept. 2H—i
l ive persons arc suffering here
from serious injuries sustained
when the auto in which they were
rifling-, collided with an express
wagon near Vancouver. The in
jured are Mr. and Mrs. Romeo
Thompson, Ftoberf Sharp, Robert
Kirns and Clay Sparks, all re*i-j
denls of Vancouver.
Old Story, Two in Boat. |
Portland, Ore.. Sept. 28.-Miss.
Orpha Meyers, li years old. and
Miss Leona hrummond, 22 years
edd, both resident* of SI. John,
were drowned last night • while
boating on the Willamette river.
The young women attempted to
change seats in the boat and both
fell into the water.
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Family Rtluied From Jail.
tbu Claire, Wis., 8ept. 2R.-The
wife and three children of John
Deitz, now in prison for the kill
ing of m deputy during a raid on
the home of the defender of the
Cameron dam, were freed today
from Ihe charge of assault with
attempt to kill John Rogich. in
July. 1906.
Rugsl Rugs! All kinds of rugs '
t C.. C. Rudolph's.
Waffles ana noney 25c at Val
ier. Cafe. tf
First ptarmigan of the ?»enson
it the Valdez Cafe.
FOR SALE-Charter oak heating |
love, large sire. Apply Dr. i
3oekerille. . I
FIANCEE'S SKULL
DRINKING GUP
3erman Student Keeps Memory of
Sweetheart Qreen by Using
Her Skull
Paris, Sept. 28.-Drinking from
a cup made from Ihe skull of hi.s
llancee is the way which a Ger
man student at Strassburg has
adopted to keep the memory of
tier fresh. The fact is vouched for
by the Abbe Walterle, a famous
l-'rench-Alsacian priest, whoso
propaganda against Germany ha.*
won him several terms <»f impris
onment. lie bouplit Ihe grim rel
ic from tin' student In add I• • his
"museum «>f Cei-inan «• i\ iI i/aI i«»n**
;il Colmar.
The gii-1 died a \enr ay«» in I lot
hospital where f11«• stiulent work
ed, so that Ihi' latter* had* little
difficulty in reuinvinu- ihe head
in th<> dissecting room. The abbo
was put on his track hy a .jeweb-r
who studded the skull, which was
brought him. with rubie.;.
WITH CANDIDATES
FOR LEGISLATURE
It ha$ been rumored on the
streets t It sit <.Seorge C.. Ilazeb-t, of
Cordova, has notified hi- friends
that h<' won hi ni»t he a eainl idate
f«»i* th»' territorial senate. A Ii*l»»—
grain of imiuirv was scut to <'•»r
d'»\a, bringing the lollowinu r»■ -
ply:
"No authority for 1;iI•• i■ ••• 111
lla/i'h't wont run. lli> friends In*
lieve thai ho will. although they
won I know «li>fin it«*ly until his :i r—
rival on Sunday. on the Alameda,
although it is known lie is not
anxious I«» run."
A l«degram from tin* Seward
(Jali.'way aniiounci's thai Frank 1'.
Youngs, of that plan*, has an
noiineed him-<-lt' as a candidate
for tin* lower house of the terri
torial legislature, standing on the
Non-part izati ticket. Seward now
has one candidate for the Senate
and two for the 11 cmanil 11
lianma l«» hoar from.
RICH SPECIFIES FROM
THE MILLIONAIRE
C.ol. Millard has received some
specimens of quartz from I ho
Millionaire claim on Mineral
creek which are the richest yet,
exhibited in the place. • I'll a or®
is taken from the lower fnnnoT.
where the crosscut broke into the
ledge below* (ho upper workings
proving that the vein matter ex
tend* down and is wider and rich
er than shown at the apex.
Saw Out of Jail.
Chillicothe. 0., Sept. 28.-Seven
prisoners sawed the bars of Ross
roulily jail last night and escap
•d. Mrs. Annie Wolf, wife of one
nf the escaped prisoners, who vis
ited the .jail yesterday, is believed
lo have aided the men in getting
nwny. She was arrested today.
Steamer Movement*.
Mariposa, hence to Seattle.
Alameda, due in Cordova Sunday.
Sampson en route south.
Latouche, en route north.
Seward, en route south.
McCullough, in port.
fturnside, Cape Hinchinbrook.
WANTED— Positron as stenog
rapher. Thoroughly experienced
n court work. Address box 198.
•ostofTlce. tf
Valdez Real Ketate.
Tf you have a house to rent
1st it with the Yaldez Real Es
ate Agency, Wall street.
Anyone having an old mat
ress to spare will make a needy
person comfortable. Please phone
it once to the Rectory and the al
lele will be ««ent for.