51 hp Halilpz ®a% Proapwtar
VOL ft VALDEZ, ALASKA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1912
SHAPIRO TURNS
STATE'S EVIDENCE
Driver of Gray Automobile Identi
fies Four Alleged 8layers of
Rosenthal.
New York. Nov. I i Driver
Shapiro of the gray automobile
that carried away the four men
who shot and killed Herman Ros
enthal in front of the Metropole
last July, turned state's evidence,
as was announced several days
ago and went on the witness
stand today and lold all he knew
"f I he shooting. He identified the
four men on trial. <"»yp I he Blond,
Lel'ly Louie, NVhiley Lewis and
iJauo l-*rank, as Ihe men he look
awav in his ear.
ANARCHIST KILLS
SPANISH MINISTER
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Assassin Shoots Minister in the
Street and Vainly Tries to
Commit Suicide.
Madrid, Nov. I i.--Prime Min
ister Canalejas was sliot in the
street hy an anarchist today, dy
ing almost instantly. The assas
sin then tried to shoot himself,
I'll I was sei/.i;d lie fore lie could
»!!•«• I III* shot.
Il is reported I hat iJen. We\
!> r. notorious a> "Bntrher" W'ey
l"r of Culm .just prior to tin*
Spanish-American war, will >ue_
ce«i| I'anah'jas as premier.
DISTRICT COURT
OPENS AT CORDOVA
Judge Oveefleld
ness so as to
neau on
Will Rush Busi
Leave foeJJu
Mariposa.
Tim I'ltii'iiitxn Iim'iii • • I tin* <lis~
iriet riHiri opened this inorninM.
X.» iii'Ws lins been j\«»«| from
there I• iii ii is known that tli«>
ease nf William 1'. Park, for al
leged en i lie//. |en leu I of poslofTiee
funds ill Omliivn. was set. for I lie
lirst Way. Fred M. Hrown was
Park's counsel, luil was unalilo
id pet in (loiiliiva tIn; first day of
I In* lerm, so it is nol kuuwn yi;f.
wlml was done about the cas •
Tin* similar ease of .lonepn
liiffK* was set, tn r«i||(iw I Ii a I of
Park.
II is announced lliat Judge Ov
erliel,] will rush business, work
ing at nighty if necessary, in or
der to get awny on the Mariposa
about November 2 4 for Juneau,
when- hi' is In open court De
cember 2.
C. C. Page, who is expected to
bocome clerk of the district court
in the Third division, will leave
l-'airbanks next Monday for Val
»l «• F.
New arrivals on Northwestern
--coals, one-piece dresses and
evening gowns at Harvey's Tog
gery. t f
•t**m«r Movement*.
Northwestern, westward, sails
from Valde/. for Seattle Thurs
day night.
Mariposa sails from Seattle Iflth.
Yukon sails from Rpsltle 20lh.
WILL HOT TRY
DARHOW AGAIN
Prcsecution Believes It Impossi
ble to Convict Lawyer of
Jury Bribing.
Los Angeles, Nov. I I.— It is
intimated from the prosecuting
attorney's office that Clarence
Harrow will not be tried on any
of I he crmaining indictments
against him, charging jury brib
ing. He was acquitcd on what was
regarded as one of tin* strong
est cases against him and an
other trial is considered a use
less expense.
TWO-BIT PANS
! ON ANVIL GREEK
Richest Strike Made in Nome Dis
trict Since 1905 With Eight
Feet of Pay.
.\i>nie. Nov. I I.--Might feet of
pay with two-bit pans is a strike
just made by the Pioneer Mining
company on Anvil creek. This is
the greatest strike on Seward
peninsula since ltmr».
SCHRANKENTERS
i PLEA OF GUILTY
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jCra"k Who 8hot Roosevelt to be
| Examiried by Alienists as to
Present Sanity.
Milwaukee. Nov. I William
Schrank, assailant of Colonel
Koosevell, pleaded guilty this
morning to the charge of shoot
ing with intent to kill, lie staled
thai he sho| Roosevelt in tile be
lief thai I lie former president
was a public menace and that lie
fell no antagonism toward liitn
as a cil izen.
Five aliunisls were appointed
hy I he courl In examine Schrank
and determine the <picsl ion of
his present mental condiliou. If
they find that lie i« now insane
lie will be committed to an asy
lum an,| if he recovers menial
balance later he will then be giv
en a sentence for his crime.
P08TAL CLERK FINED
$100 FOR NEGLIGENCE
.N'niiii1 Max <«. Jones, form
erly a clerk in the postofTice at
St. Michael, pleaded guilty today
to the charge of delaying mails
and was fined fctoo by Judge
Muraric. Jones put aside some
ma'il which lie know to he elec
tion matter and which arrived
when the election was over. Not
believing that thin mail was of
importance he had it, laid oxide,
tt wan afterwards thrown in the
hay, where it was discovered. The
parties who claimed the mail
pushed I he matter and had Jones
brought to trial. This mail was
sent as first-class and, while Mr.
Jones was innocent of any at
tempt at wrong doing, he made
a mistake which the authorities
could not overlook.
Charles Rohan, of Fairbanks,
arrived over the trail from Fair
banks today bound for the out
side.
MANY KILLED BY
POWOER EXPLOSION
Six Dead, Twelve DYing and Eight
H-urt by Blowing Up of
Plant at Gary.
<iary, Ind., Nov. 1 i.—Six men
[are dead, twelve dying and eight
others were badly injured by an
explosion in <the Aetna powder
plant this morning. Buildings
and railroad tracks are wreck
ed for several miles around. The
explosion is believed to have
accidental.
RENTON REPORTS
DYNAMITE PLANT;
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I Ten More Sheriff's Deputies Ask
ed for Mining Town Because
of St.'ike Troubles.
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Seattle, Nov. 1 \ Kenton ask
I I inlay f«»r ten more sheriff's
deputies In preserve order in tin*
roal mining town. the occasion
being I lie claim lhal a dynamite
plant lias been madv I►> strikers
In I • I * »\v up I lie mine.
TURKEY BEATEN BY
i BAD ORGANIZATION
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| Experts Say Ottoman Army is the
Vicitim of False Economy
and Poor System.
Washington. I>. C.. .Nov. li
t'niti'd States army experts agree
that tin' easy defeat of the Turk
ish forces is due to the false
economy ami poor administration
which has pervaded the military
department of the empire for
many years.
NORTHWESTERN !
DUE AT 2 A, It
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Left Seward at 10:30 This IVIorn
i"fl and Will Take Ore at
Latouche.
Steamer Northwestern sailed
from Seward "''for Valdez this
morning at 10:30. She will spend
several hours at Latouche and is
scheduled to reach Valdez at 2
o'clock tomorrow morning, and
will sail for Cordova and Seat
tle soon thereafter.
WMjthir Report
November 13, 1012.
Barometric pressure 20.232
Temperature at 7 p. m....20
Maximum 'temperature... .31
Minimum temperature 13
Mean temperature 22
Precipitation 02
Cloudy, light breeze N. K.. Snow
from 2:30 p. in. to 4:30 p. in.
Many prospectors are scratch
ing new creeks in the Iditnrod.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
GABY JEM
; APPEARS BOGUS
Big Haul of Qaudy Gems Qrabbed
at Custom House Found to
be Phony Junk.
New York, Nov. I i (lahy de
I.is returned from Europe today
and saw the customs house offi
cers about her jewelry, which was
seized as smuggled goods re
cently. Investigation shows that
the alleged jew Iry is all bogus
instead of worth $5,000,000, as
supposed when it was seized.
6IG MONEY FROM
CALIFORNIA OIL
Divided Declared by Branch of
Sta"dard Oil Company of
$2.50 Per Share.
San Francisco, Nov. I i.--The
sixteenth dividend declared by
the Standard Oil Company of Cal
ifornia was announced today. II
was for s-\r>n pur share. The
stock of this liraueb of I In* eom
pany is \alu<M| al $ i."».nnn.nnn.
INCREASE CRIME
Detective Pinkerton Says Popular
Shows incite Weak Minds
to Michief.
I *« • i" I la in I. iiiv., .\<»\. I i Wil
liam A. Pinkertnn. eliii'f of tin
Pinkerlon Detective Agenc>. says
that moving pieturi* shows are
responsible for an increase in
crime. lit* says thai many of I he
pictures shown an* demoralizing
|o weak minds.
TRANSVAAL GOLD
YIELD INCREASES
F~r Eight Months of Year $14,
000,000 Greater Than Same
In 1911.
(Jape Town, Hon 111 Africa, Nov.
I f..Smith Africa produced $125,
560,000 in gold the flrst eight
months this year, compared with
$111,600,000 in the same period
lam! year.
Chris Robert son, who is at the
flood Hi?maritan hospital suffer
ing from an injury to his right
eye, caused by a piece of rock
striking the pupil, may lose the
sight of the eye. The doctors
are uncertain whether it can he
saved. Robertson was working at
Dickey's mine in Landlock bay
and in breaking a rock with a
sledge a small piece flew up and
did the damage staled.
Paul Rickcrl, of Fairbanks, in
tends to import a threshing ma
Ihine next year to thresh Tanana
grain.
COTTERILl RECALL
i NAMES REJECTED
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Half of 20,000 Alleged Signatures
Cut Out and 16,000 Are
Necessary.
Seattle, Nov. I i Half of I lie
20,000 names on the recall peti
tion filed against Mayor Cotterill
have been rejected as bogus or
disqualified. As 10,000 names
are necessary on a recall peti
tion, a fresh start will have to
be made by the mayor's enemies
or the recall movement abandon
ed. Supporters of the reeall are
somewhat discouraged.
iTAFfoFFERSlo
! ENTERTAIN W1LS0K
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! President Willing to Show Suc
cessor Touch of High Life
before March 4.
\Vu»hiugloii. 1 >. II.. Nov. I i
President Tall will extend <iov.
Wilson an invitation lo visil the
While House so111<■ lime during
the winter before the change I»f
admiuistrai ion.
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\ Two Swear That They Voted Guil
ty Because Misunderstood
Evidence.
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TurolilSI. N.iV. I i.-Twn nf I In*
.jumrs wli• • mnxicled .John II.
Itlilliick nf ennspiraey to defraud
I ho trnverumeul in Alaska enal
contracts. ha\e made affidavits
llial I hey Cnllsenleil in I lit* ver
• Ii«*I of guilty because they iiii_
ilrrslonil 111at 111111• k h'sl ilicil
llial in* -ulniiil Ifil I > i< I - in I'.mx
instead nl I«.m;. n j* ilinii^hi
a iii'\\ llial 111 ;i > In- granted.
111• • 11irh I hi; pm.-ecul inn claims a
.jumr raniinl i lit | li lii< \er
diel in I li.-il way.
'riii* prnsi-ciil imi i* scruring
alViilaxils in I t'lnli'tl in prn\e llial
lllii' Iwn jurors have been lirilii'il
In swear llial I hey agreed In a
verdict nf yuilly under a misenn
ceplinii nf lhi' evidence. Tin;
prnsecutinn ahn claims thai de
tectives employed hy Hullnck ami
'llnustmi tried In bribe oilier .jur
ors In make similar affidavits.
SPITS FALSE TEETH
INTO DEEP WATER
New London, Conn., Nov. 1
When Kllias Hray, a caulker al
lliverside navy yard. expoctoraU
cd from I he wha'rf I his mfler
noon, his false teeth plunged in
to the Thames river and settled
snugly in the mud 20 feet below.
Mr. Bray engaged submarine div
er Hichard Davidson, who ex
plored the river bottom for an
hour without locating the teeth.
Mr. Hray has engaged Davidson
In continue the search until his
teeth are located.
A Big Laugh Tonight.
A complete change of program
al the Orpheum tonight. "John
Brown's Heirs" is I.Oftd feet of
convulsions, etc. At 8 p. in.
sharp.
LABOR MEETING
ATTACKS BURNS
American Federation Denounces
Detective but is Otherwise
Pacific.
' litN. V., Nov. I L--TI10
American Federation of Labor in
convention today adopted resolu
tions strongly denouncing Wil
liam J. Hums, the detective, as
an enemy of labor.
A 1* solution denouneinu lint
nalional organization of buy
senilis fop militarism was turned
down, as many delegates thought
ils adoption would awaken an
tagonism lo 1 be Federal ion
'anions peojJ'e imw friendly lo llnr
i onli-r. -<
YEARN FOR OFFICE
Democratic Public Men Swamped
With Applications for Places
on the Pay Roll.
j \\'a>bin^loii. .\o\. li.--l>eiuo_
■ era I ie member*- of eonvres.* ami
{;• 11 ol ln«r> >up|»o.-",d l«« liiiN.- in
i tlueiiee in I be eoiiliril- of llie
'parly are >wamped willi appli
• eations for oll"ie«» under tin- eoni
| mu I »einoeral ie admini-l l al ion.
ill l~ >aid I lull i lie is
I alreadv appalling ami tlie outl<>o|{
! seelll> III lie Hull Uf.'il'lv e\ i-|-> -
{ body w bo ela iin^ I • • 11; 1 \ <• v • • I • •• I for
j Wil-on w ill I r> lo -_fi ..|| llie |ta>
; roll.
STILL
AHEAD OF RAY
Corrected Returns for Senator
Leave Both Farther Behind
Millard.
Senator.
i Millar,I ;; •:
! ft;i li|\\ 111 7
! Hii.v 7:u>
Representative.
Kelly x;i7
(Jra> • 781
Ingrain 75H
Uoylf •»<'.»
Youngs (iI
('orreelious mi iiii* senatorial
vole of iIn* Third division ami
added returns from Nepal and
(iulkana put Rnldwin !» voles
ahead of Kay, and Millard
ahead of Haldwin. The errors
wore against Haldwin and in fa
vor of llay, so Baldwin Rains by
t li«> correct ions.
Regal east 0 voles for Millard
rind Tansy, (itilkana 7 for Hald
win, i for Tansy and none for
nay or Millard. Ilegal also east
ft straight on representative foe
Ingram, Youngs, Barrel! and Mil
man.
The representative race is
practically unchanged. Youngs
trained ft on Boyle at llepal. Im!—
Boyle "is still ftft points to the
good.
The corrected table of returns,
with Regal and ftulkana added,
is published elsewhere In this
issue.
Circle C'ity reports a clean.up
larger than usual this year.