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VOL. 8.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1912.
NO. 120.
OAKLAND FIGHT
IS GALLED OFF
Men Have Personal Qrudge and
Club Fears Police Inter
ference
Oakland, March 7.—The fight
which was scheduled for March
20 between Frankie Burns and
-Johnny Frayne has been declared
-off.
The men have a personal grudge
-against each other and the club
officials refused to permit the
light, fearing the police would in
terfere.
LAUNCH MAKES
A SPECIAL TRIP
People of Fort Lisoum Will See
Famous Passion Play To
night
The Post launch will make a
special trip tonight to afford the
■officers and men of Fort Liscum
an opportunity of witnessing the
Passion Play being shown at the
Orpheum. The house has been
crowded both nights when the fa
mous pictures were shown. They
will be on the program again to
night and those who have not seen
them should not miss the oppor
tunity.
FREIGHTING TO
SLATE GREEK
Sob Molntoeh is Delivering Sup
plies and Fuel to Slate
Creek Miners
Bob Mcintosh, the freighter, is
busy delivering supplies from
Chitina to interior points. He
has contracts from John llazlett
•on Ghisna creek, and .Tack Miller
on Slate. Mr. Hazlett is taking
in a Keystone drill with which to
prospect his ground next sum
mer.
Mcintosh has also gone into
the wood contracting business to
supply miners on Slate and other
creeks in that section with next
summer's fuel. He has two good
contracts and is employing a
number of men in thy wood camps
TAFT STRUNG
IN NEW YORK
-Straw Votes Show Taft is Over
whelmingly Oholce of the
State
New York, March 7.--President
Taft is overwhelmingly in favor
in this stale according to several
straw votes now boing taken. The
manager of his campaign says he
telieves the result will show two
)"k>nc In favor of Taft. '
.. k ■ «
^Ticket No. 067 won the military
brushes at the Big Place. # The
fiottfer f>f the lucky ticket has not
.yet claimed his prize.
COTTERILL DEFEATED DILI FOR MAYOR
DY THE SMALL MARGIN OF CCS VOTES
Socialist Vote Went Solid Against Gill and Parish Support Was
About Evenly Divided—Result Proves Big Surprise As
Gill Lead In Primaries On February 20
Seattle, March 7.—George Cot
terill has been elected mayor of
Seattle by the small majority of
665 out of a vote of nearly sixty
three thousand.
The vote cast at Tuesday's elec
tion was only a few hundred
greater than at the primaries on
February 20. The defeat of Gill
is attributed to the Socialist vote
going solid for Cotterill. The
support accorded Parish in the
primaries was about evenly divid
ed. The result of the election is
a surprise as Gill's friends be- i
lieved he had a walkaway. <
The total vote cast at the Seat
tle primaries on February 20 was
62,557, divided as follows: Gill,
24,522; Gotterill, 14,420; Parish,
12,700; Wells, Socialist, 10,822
md 93 scattering. Gill ran on an
jpen-town policy and as 40 per
:ent of the voters at the pri
maries were women they evident
ly did not favor his policy at the
jlection on Tuesday.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
TO GIVE SOCIAL
Special Easter Services Will be
Held in the Congregation
al Church
At the close of prayer meeting
last night the olllcials of the Con
gregational church assembled
for their monthly meeting. Rev.
Johnson presided, Mr. J. (i. Sny
der secretary, and Mr. Hcmplc
treasurer. The pastor gave a very
satisfactory report of the spir
itual progress of the work, and
Ihe deeper interest awakened.
The secretary reported certain
correspondence and the sending
out of Ihe regular ' statements.
The treasurer reported an encour
aging improvement in the- in
come, though it was not equal to
the requirements by any means.
The social committee was in
structed to arrange for a social
of the adult members next week.
The superintendent of the Sun
day school also stated the school
would hold a social a little later.
The pastor expected to be able to
continue his lectures shortly and
would conduct special Easter ser
vices Good Friday and Easter
Sunda>. The Good Friday night
would be an exhibition of great
artists1 pictures of the passion of
our Lord.
SNOW MELTING
. IN THE IMTERIOR
Only 8ix Inches Reported at Gul
kana and Forty Inches at
Wortman's
Cloudy and calm weather pre
vails all along the telegraph line
from th«; coast to Delta divide.
At Wort man's there is 40 inches
of snow, lull only six inches at
Gulkana.
The mercury ranges frnni 10 to
17 dpgrers above zero as follows:
Heaver Darn 17. Tonsina 15, Cop
per Center 10, Gulkana 10, llogan
10, and Paxson 12.
TO BEGIN FITTING
UP THE OLUB ROOMS
A meeting of the members of
the Alaska Club was held at Ihe
Phoenix hotol last evening and it
was decided to atari tho work of
fitting up-fche club rooms at once.
The work will be pushed to com
pletion as sufficient membership
has been secured to guarantee the
club's success.
TEXAS BANKER'S AGED FATHER
IS KILLED FOR REVENGE
FOURTH DEATH 18 CHRONICLEDA8 RE8ULT OF ELOPEMENT OF
MRS SMEAD TO CANADA WITH WILLIAM BRYCE, JR.—
MURDERER COMMITS 8UICIDE
Austin, March 7.—Two more
violent deaths have been recorded
as a result of the love affair be
tween William Doyce, Jr., and
Mrs. Smead, wife of the million
aire banker.
The latest victims are the bank
er's aged father and a tenant who
lives on adjoining property. The
banker's father was Rev. James
Smead, an aged and retired min
ister. He was shot and killed to
day and his assailant committed
suicide, dying a few hours after
his victim. On his deathbed he
made the statement that ho had
no grievance against the bank
er's father, but killed him out of
revenge because Smead had killed
Royce's father.
The banker was recently tried
for the murder of Colonel Boyce,
but the jury failed to agree.
MORE TROOPS TO
GUARD LEGATION
State Department Orders Transfer
of 600 Men From Manil
la to Pekin
Washington, March 7.--The
Slate department has ordered the
transfer of 700 more troops from
Manilla to Pekin to guard the for
eign legations there.
OfTicial advices slate Hint the
disorders still conlinucin Pekin
ami I tie number of government,
troops which are in revolt is in
creasing.
BURNSIDE FINDS
SECOND BREAK
/
Oableship Finds More Than One
Bresk in Oable Has Oc
curred
i
Heal tie, March 7.—The cable
ship Murnside has succeeded in
picking up Ihe ends of the broken
cable but has found that it is
broken in another place.
TOM L.AWSON GOING
TO SOUTH AMERICA
Tom Lawson, who left on tho
Rortha for Iho slates, intends go
ing to South America. Ho will in
vestigate) tho truth of tho placer
striken which arc reported to havo
been made in Rolivia.
BELIEVES PEOPLE
WILL FAVOR HIM
Colonel Rooaevelt Asserts He is In
' Race Because of People's
Demand
Mineola, March 7.—Colonel
Roosevelt delivered an address
here last night. He again made
the statement he was seeking the
nomination because ho had been
convinced the people want him.
Hoosevelt is planning a tour of
the west when relieved of his jury
duty.
brightoiTgoes
10 PORT WELLS
Will Bring Ore From Avery Riv
er Property to the Local
Test Mill
The launch Brighton, Captain
Slamey, left for Port Wells today
with a number of passengers.
The launch will wait for a day or
two at Avery river to permit of
Alex SinglHary shipping two or
three tons of ore to the test mill.
It is also probablo that Kav
anaugh and Boone, on Ester is
land passage, may mnke a ship
ment as they havo several tons of
ore on the beach. Herb Simpson,
James Hogan, Chris Peterson and
"400" (lus went down to work on
Singlelary's property.
WILSON'S OUTFIT
1 IS AT GHITINA
Wired to Agent Here to Learn How
Local Business Conditions
Were
Jim Wilson has prone lo Chitina
lo pick up another freighting eon
tract if there is anything doin„r in
that line. He wired to his agent
here to learn if any of the sup
plies which he has contracted to
deliver to several properties had
been received and was informed
they had nol.
There is still considerable
freight going over the trail to the
interior and it is prohahle Wil
son may secure a contract for
delivering a big shiqnient of sup
plies which will be sent in to Yal
dez creek, it is expected that a
number of the men who left with
Wilson will return to Valdez on
the next bont from Cordova.
WILL DRIVE TUNNEL
TO TAP THE LEDGE
Ray Forsythe is in town from
the wood camp and will leave to
morrow for property in which he
is interested near Fort Liscum.
There is a promising ledge on the
property and they will run a tun
nel to tap the ore at a consid
erable depth.
fielder~1king
GOOD PROGRESS
Injured Miner Is Aole to Sit U
a Few Hours Eaeh
Day
James Fielder, the well known
miner who suffered the loss of
bis right hand as the result of a
premature explosion at Jiouldcr
bay, is getting along nicely and
is now able lo sil up for a few
hours each day. lie is under the
rare of l)r, Sleeni and the phy
sician reports that Mr. Fielder
will have rke full use of his righl
leg which w)b^/lerribly lacerated
by the explosfoiN. For #a time it
was feared that luhod poisoning
might set in as a result of for- ,
eign matter being carried into the ,
Mesh but Dr. Nleeml reports that
practically all danger from that
source is past, as the wounds are .
healing nicely. . ,
Lew Dillman, who suffered a ,
stroke of paralysis some weeks
ago, irt another patient at the
flood Samaritan hospital and is ;
reported to be making progress i
toward recovery. i
PRECAUTIONS FOR
KNOX'S SAFETY
Government Has Caused Arrest of
Leaders of Anti-Ameri
can Party
Mangua, Gal., March 7—The
government of Colombia has tak
en precaution to ensure the safe
ty of Secretary Knox while in the
country.
Fifty of the most violent anti
American leaders have been ar
rested and jailed and will not bo
released until Secretary Knox's
departure.
TROOPS REING
SENT TO BORDER
The State Department Deprecates
War Talk as Being Very
Harmful
Washington, March 7.--More
troops are being sent I<» fin* Mex
ican bonier In be available at once
if required. The movement of
troops southward has caused re
ports to be circulated that Amer
ica would intervene in Mexico and
that war would result.
The Slate department depre
ciates the war rumors and asserts
the movement of the troops is
merely a precautionary measure.
COURT SCARES
THESUFFRAGETTES
Judge Serves Warning and Im
prisonment Will be Senten
ces In Future
London, March 7.—Tin- women
who were arrested for inciting to
riot (luring the suffragette dem
onstrations were dismissed when
[heir cases wore called today.
The court served warning on
I he women that hereafter those
found guilty of destroying prop
erty or oilier illegal acts would
be subject lo imprisonment for
seven years.
The trial was attended hv hun
dreds of women and it is predict
ed the warning of the court will
result in another outbreak.
SOUTiTPOLT
IS DISCOVERED
London Reports Wlreloss Has
Been Received From the
Antarotlo Explorer
London, March 7.—It is report
ed here that Captain Scott, the
explorer, has succeeded in readi
ng the soiNh^ftole. II is claimed
lie newsJnfe been received by
vi^eless/fhnlXlhn expedition had
uicceoWed in accomplishing ils
nirpose.
The. Northwestern left Juneau
.eslerday afternoon and should
'each Valdez some time Satur
lay.