She Ualiipz Satly ^rospprtor
VOL. 9.
VALDEZ, ALASKA. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1912.
NO. 284.
THIRD PARTY IS
IN THIRD PUCE
Poll of Indiana 8hows Wilson Will
Carry the State by a Large
Majority
Indianapolis, Sept. 17.-If the
polls now being taken can be re
lied on for accuracy Gov. Wood
row Wilson will carry Indiana by
a large majority, with President
Taft second and Col. Roosevelt
a fairly strong third.
Both of the old party organiz
ations are taking the first poll of
ihe voters since the formation of
the third party at Chicago. The
Hull Moose managers and the
few papers supporting them have
claiming that the Repub
lican parly is completely annihi
lated and that (he president won't
run much belter than Eugene V.
Debs, Ihe Socialils nominee.
BETTING ODDS .
GETTING GREATER
London, Sept. 17.-Numerous
orders from the United States
were again received by brokers at
Lloyd's in connection with the
forthcoming presidential election,
the Times reports, and a pood
deal of business was placed. To
pay the total loss should Wilson
be elected, as much as 75 per
cenl. was quoted. A week ago the
sate was per cent.
PUNIC IS RESULT
OF A TORNADO
Syracuse, Scpl. I ;.-Oiiondcga
counly was swepl by a tornado,
causing a panic in a summer re
s«»rl, resulting in llirce being kill
ed and fiflv injured. The loss is
i-sliinaled al a quarter of a mil
lion dollars.
SAILOR LADS
ARE DROWNED
Chicago, Sepl. 17.-A culler
from I he training ship was cap
sized during a slnrm, drowning
('•n naval apprentices. 'J'lu' lads
were seasick and unahle |o swim.
An investigalion has been order
ed In lis 111• • responsibility for Hie
accidenl.
Bob is Flirting.
Robert Mcintosh, of Valdez, is in
Chilino attain. llo says Ghilinn
looks Rood in him and as soon
as lie can settle up in Valdez he
is coming here to stay.-Chitina
Leader.
Louis Gorman, the second of
the men tried for robbing Oeorge
0. Friend of 829,000 in gold dust
in the Iditarod in Heptember last,
was recently found guilty of the
charge by a petit jury after a
four days' trial. On the first trial
the jury hung, the stale's
most important witnesses being
absent. Angus Bronson, his com
panion in crime, wan found guilty
and both have been sontenced to
long terms in the penitentiary.
A poke of $10,000 in virgin gold
\va* received in Dawson from the
claim of Lindquist A Hasmussen,
on Highet creek, on the last trip
of the steamer Videtto from Mayo,
Many other large pokes are bo
in* laken out in the district this
season.
SAYS ALASKA IS
BEING STIFLED
W. C. Brown Declares the Gov
ernment Policy Is Unrea
sonable
Vancouver, B. C.," Sept. 17.-"I
do not see much possibility for
railroad construction in Alaska
at the present time owing to the
conservation policy of the United
Slate- government there. The
mining industry has a big future,
however, and with better admin
istration will (urn out. to be ex
ceptionally profitable." This
statement was made by \\\ G.
"Brown, president of the New York
Central railroad, who has jusl re
turned from Alaska.
"I was greatly impressed willi
the mines and fisheries and their
possibilities, but until some
change is made in the form of
administration, there is little
prospect of much activity any
where," continued Mr. Brown.
"The government's policy does
not allow the development of
mines and forests or utilization
of water power except on terms
so unreasonable that capital can
not undertake it.
"l saw valuable limber there
lying four layers deep, and more
i* 'ailing every year and going lo
>vasle. The government v,on't
save il, nor will it allow anyone
else lo save il. They are dedi
ealing I he place to eternal soli
tude and stifling all industry."
The Copper River Lumber com
pany's mill started up this morn
ing on a couple of weeks run.
OUR JACKIES ARE
ORDERED RESCUE
Washington. 1). Sept. 17.
Hlue Jackets have been. ordered
to the rescue of starving girls in
a French seminary in Nicaragua.
The inmates of I he school are
said to be in a pitiable condition.
GRAFT PROBE
IN NEWARK
Seagirt, N. «L, Sept. l?.-(!«»vei
nor Wilson lias ordered a probe
inlu the affairs of Newark, where
the evidences «»f shoeking im
moralily and graft are everywhen*
evident.
I
L. C. MILLARD
PASSES AWAY
Frank Millard lias received the
sad intelligence of the death of
his father, l«. <S. Millard, which
occurred in Chippewa Falls, Wis.,
his home, in his sixty-seventh
year. Besides hi • sons, Frank and
Charles, who live here, three
children were with him at home
during hi* last moments. The de
ceased, who lias been sick for the
past year, has heen gradually fail
ing and his demise was not un
expected. He i« an older brother
of Col. B. F. Millard, of this city.
A petition for ft non-partizan
primary in bolng circulated this
afternoon among the voj^rs,
Mrs. Mary M«Orath, 2*8(Y2 Van
Buren 81., Chicago, is inquiring
/or her lost boy, William Mc
Grath, who in supposed to have
come to Alaska last April with a
show company.
HIGHER COURT
SUSTAINS LAW
Olyinpia, Wash., Sept. 17.-The
constitutionality of the law pro
viding for the sterilization of
habitual criminals and those
guilty of unnatural crimes was
upheld by the supreme court to
'day. It sustained the life sen
tence imposed on Peter Ficlcn, of
Seattle. The court found that
medical authorities agreed that
the operation was neither dan
gerous nor painful and held that
punishment was not cruel or in
liuman. The ease wag the first
of its kind to come before the su
preme court of the slate.
CHARGER WIRE
I KILLS PAINTER
I.os Angeles, Sept. 17.-Touch
ing a high tension cable carrying
35,000 yoIIs of electricity, John
Rjorn, 33 a painter, met instant
death here today. Bjorn's cloth
ing, saturated with paint and oil,
flared like a torch when he loin-b
ed lbe cable. The body wa< hor
ribly burned.
MEX. BEBS VS.
BANK DEPOSITORS
| No Chance for Washington-Alas
| ka Depositors so Long as Mex
ican Revolution Continues
I
!
"Depositors of the Washing
ton-Alaska hank have no chance
In realize anything from (he Bar
neile ranch while the present
Mexican war continues," reports
Leroy Tozier. Barnell."»'s attorney,
who has just returned from the
outside.
Because of I he guerilla war
fare carried on by the rebels, the
ranch has been overrun, crops
and cattle destroyed, on* of the
owners shot, and everything is at
a standstill.
The Barnette ranch is situated
a| Las Bias, on the west coast,
below the Gulf of California, in a
region early overrun by the reb
els when the war broke out.
j Ward, one of the partners of
Barnette, was notified by I he reb
els early in the war that he would
be shot if he visiled the ranch,
so he stayed away for some
| months until the trouble seemed
to have quieted down. Then lie
\i.ited the holdings and with two
other Americans was shot by the
Mexicans. Although hit live times,
Ward survived his wounds. One
of the other American.• died.
A hundred head of horses on
the Barnette ranch were driven
ofT by (he rebels, who merely left
a note saying that they would pay
for them after the war was end
ed. Now everything is at a
standstill.
air. lozier believes tTiat Uncic
8am will havo to intervene yet in
the Mexican affair, although Taft
if* afraid that war will hurt hi*
campaign. To dale Ihe Fairbanks
attorney says that the estimate
of Americans killed during the
'present war hy the Mexicans 1*
10ft, of which fully one-third had
no connection wtih either side.
It i* expected that Judge Peter
D. Overfleld and Mrs. Overfleld
will he passengers on Ihe stenm
er sailing north last night.
Winter work on Ihe Ramsay
Rutherford has been let by con
tract. Work will be continued
on steadily, development so far
proving the property to be very
valuable.
BIG POWERS
CHECK ROYALTY
Madrid, Sept. 17.-In accord
ance with its promise extorted un
der pressure by stronger powers
to stop Portuguese royalist, fili
bustering from Spanish territory.
Spain arrested several of King
Manuel's sympathizers near the
frontier today and will expel them
from the country. If the new
Spanish policy is continued, it is
believed, there will be no more
royalist uprisings in Portugal.
The Thetis took her departure
for Honolulu, having taken aboard
coal for her long voyage.
ALASKA MINING
CENSUS RETURNS
Washington, Sept. 17—The
nineteen hundred census shows
the Alaska mining investments to
total $17,000,000, with an annual
expense of $13,000,000 and (an
out|iut of #17,000,000. There
were. six hundred and seventy op
erator- and eight thousand em
ployes.
SKA6WAY BOY
MEETS DEATH
Son of Well Known Northern
Woman Supposed Victim of
Foul Play
r.hi'.-hT 1' 1111 • • 11 was found dead
nn ilii> beach al Ketchikan lasl
w»*ek. The young man was a pas
sen,rer mi I hp Oily of Seattle,
bound for Seal He, where lu* was
to have I'll I III*' Washington
University. The vessel left Keleh
ikan al i a. in., prior lo tin* find
ing of ||)<> pody. The cause of I In;
eala.slrophe is unknown. His
waleli had stopped al 12:55 and
il is supposed thai lie iiiusI have
fallen inlo Ihe water al about lhaf
I ime.
Chester Pullon was about L'O
years old and was the youngest
of the three sons of Mrs. Pullen.
of Skagway. I>an Pullen, Ihe old
est, is a 'rraduale of West Poinl
tnd an oft'ieer in Ihe United Slates
army. Hoyal Pullen graduated
from Ihe University of the Stale
of Washington last year.
According to the Juneau Dis
patch il si-eiiu Ilia! f'.liesler Pul
len. of Skagway, was Ihe victim
of mysterious circumstances
which led up to his death lasl
Sunday night at Kclchikau. Young
Pulleti's body was found on the
Ketchikan ball grounds, which are!
covered by Ave feel of water when
the tide is in. In one hand Ihe
boy held tightly his gold walch.
The other flsl gripped a handful of
money. The body showed no siprns
of marks which would indicate
thai Ihe had been struck, but his
expression and Ihe fact lhat he
•held his valuables in his hands if
believed to he indication that he
had been held up, that the one
who had held him up had become
frightened, and that the victim
had been shoved into the bay to
drown. The drowning Is a catas
trophe that should be rigidly in
vestigated. There Is enough sug
gestion of foul play in the ap
pearance of the body and Ihe gen
eral circumstances involved.
WANTED-Thren active miner*,
npply loniffhf 8 lo ft o'clork nl
oflTIrp of Dr. Dafffrell.
Mr. anil Mrs. J. M. Lalhrop loft (
for Ihe outgide mi yesterday'*
ateamer, whore they will spend
the winter.
BARNEY HETTEL
FROM KOYIUK
Says There Are Rioh Spots But
Pay is Narrow and Deep,
Making Expensive Work
Barney lleltel returned to Val
ue/. from the Koyukuk 011 the Ala
meda^ coining via Seattle. He
says the Koyukuk is not a poor
man's country, as it requires ma
chinery to work the ground, the
pay being deep, from 80 to 100
feet down, and the pay streak very
narrow. In some places it nar
rows lo three feel, and there are
heavy houlders on bedrock, mak
ing il expensive to work.
Tin* Olson brothers, working
on Nolan, have taken otii $700,
ono from iheir ground and have
il worked out. There is si ill
some bench ground left on No
lan. bul I lie creek is cleaned up.
About 250 men are working in
I he Koyukuk, bul as large cap
ital will be needed to develop llie
ground, if will be many years be
fore I be other creeks will be work
ed ou I.
Mr. Hell l«> lias localcil Ibreo
claims on filacior, parallel to No
lan creek. anil last spring lie look
'in a plan). Inil was unable to
work lo advantapc Ibis year, so
be so|i| hiw plant ami only did I bo
assessment work on I be prnund.
Mr. Hellel will spend some lime
[in Ibis seel ion. believinp with
many oilier mininp men of abilily,
I bat Ibis pari will develop inlo
• mii* of tin* best mininp seel Ions
or Alaska.
MOOD ARRESTED
FOR CONSPIRACY
Itostoii, Sept. I ?.-i-'irteen (lion
sand people beard Haywood speak
al a labor demonslralion held lasl
nipbl. I.aler be wa> arrested
rharped wit li conspiracy in con
neelion willi I be Lawrence strikes.
|A LONG WALK
TO 00 MURDER
• Ilax. Wasb.. Sept. 17.-\Vcs
itrownell ami bis wife walked
one bundred miles lo murder bis
wifi''s slcpfalber. wlio had mal
irealeil lier.
INCREASED YIELD
YUKON GOLD CO
July proline!i<*n of the Yukon
Hold company and I lie yield for
I lie season (o July 31, hot h show
iiuportnnl increases when emu
pnred with the same periods of
1011. Tlu* gold yield In July was
valued at $0 4 4,000, which com
pares with $470,8 4 4 in July Inst
year; for I he Reason to July 31
the yield of $1,760,700 (his year
compares with $1,131,512 in I lie
same period of 1011. In July the
rompany dredged 1,020,700 cubic
yards, bringing the season's to
tal to 2.481,100 yards, averaging
71 cents a cubic yard. These fig
ures compare with 703,58 4 cubic
yards in July, 1011, and 1.007.
501 cubic yards averaging 57
cents in the tOI I season to July
31.
Jame* Fish left for the inter
ior with the mail this morning.
Owing to the soft condition of
the roads he look two tennis with
him.
AN OIL BARGE
GOES ASTRAY
Barge With Thirty-five Tanks of
Gasoline Found Ashore on
Qravina Bay
Late yesterday it was reported
that a stray barge had been sight
ed cm flu1 shore of Gravina bay,
and as a result gasoline should be
cheap about Cordova for a few
days. A number of launches went
over to Gravina Ibis morning and
found thai there were 35 tanks of
gasoline each holding about 100
gallons, on I he barge. The launch
owners al once proceeded lo light
en the barge and return lo lowti
willi so much of the gasoline as
Ihe.v could carry. All lold il is
worth ahoul $1,50(1. while I In?
barge is worth nearly *500. The
discovery was first reported bv
Tom Monohan, but no tin?
original ownership could be found.
-Cordova Alaskan.
GREAT NORTHERN
READER SOUTH
Angeles. Sepl. I 7 .-Aliol her
I ransronl int'iil nl railroad. pre
sumably a Hill line, is >rekin£
terminal f;i<*iIiI i«*- in l.<«- Anuele*
Willi an mil lei lo San Pedro har
bor. a«*«*«»i*«IiI«• a slalrinriii bv
Ma >'••!• AI **x«i it < 1** i* liulay.
DAWSONOUTPUT
WILL BE HIGH
hawxiii. V. 'J'.. S«*|• 1. 1 7Na\ i —
Kaliini mi Ilir Yukon ri\•• i* will
lasl only r«• i* another four weeks,
or slightly less. Iireduin;; will
continue ami il i- claimed
Ilia) aflcr Hie river close., tin- oul
I >i 11 of I Ik* Klondike this year will
reach live millions, which is a
million more I hail lasl year.
PLENTY MONEY
TO m PAPER
New York. Sept. li.-.Mniisev
has bought I In* l're«>. the Pro
uressiviv- le-edintr a paper in Hie
city.
TaTt's Birthday.
Ilt'M'ii). Sept. 17.-1 all eele.
l»i'iiI«'«l his tifty-flfIli hirlInlay <>u
Sunday «111j<>11>- willi his family.
Tlii1 city was fortunate on Sun
ilny in not bring left in dark
ness. The continued rainfall hart
so swollen I hp stream on Solomon
gulch (is to rarr.v a boulder weigh
ing about two Ions, down into flu*
/lumr, it.4 weight crushing the
bottom out of thai struelure, but
owing to its slight elevation
above the ground the big rock did
not permit all the water escaping.
It was found necessary to blast
the rock out of the wny before
the Hume could be repaired, in the
meantime the lights burning dim
owing to the lack of power.
The regular weekly meeting of
the Arctic Brotherhood will take
place this evening in Eagle* hall.
Some matters of great importance
will come up for discussion and
a general attendance of |he mem
bers is requested.
The Valdez Light and Power
company have cut down their old
pole line extending arrows the bay
on the 1 .owe river tide flats.