Ehe Halfoz Satlg ^rnapprtor
VOL. 8.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1912.
NO 163
SAYS CHARGE
IS NONSENSE
Colonel Denies He Protected the
Harvester Trust From
Prosecution
Oyster Hay, April 20.—Colonel
Roosevelt was interviewed re
garding the recently unearthed
letters showing he had protected
the Harvester trust while presi
dent and characterized tu'j
charpc as nonsense.
lie said it vas in li:»» Willi the
pt l'cy of the president's !ri«'iids
to tell only half the Ii*n!I*.. If
they go through all the »*orr«»
spondence <»n I he suhject. a «1 if
I'erent light will he thrown on
the question.
MINER'S STRIKE
TO END SOON
Labor Leaders Are Satisfied With
Progress Made in Nego
tiators
Philadelphia, April 20.—A set
tlement is expected this week be
tween the striking anthracite roal
miners and the operators.
Several eonferenres have heen
held between the labor leaders
and a committee representing the
operators and progress lias h«»en
made toward a settlement. Tin*
only question now in dispute is
our of minimum wage. The la
bor leaders express themselves as
well satisfied with the ncgotia
t ions.
convention"
IS GALLED
Progressive Republicans Call a
Convention in Valdez for
June 18th
The anti-Shackleford machine
element of the Republican party
have issued a call for a conven
tion lo b<* held in Valdez on June
18th. The call is issued by El
mer Valentine, of Juneau, as
chairman, and K. K. Ritchie, of
this city, as secretary. It is the
purpose of this convention to not
only nominate a candidate for
delegate to congress, but lo elect
two delegates to the national Re
publican convention.
When Mr. Ritchie was asked
l»y a reporter of the Prospector
what hopes he had of seating the
delegation in the national body
he replied that if Taft controlled
the convention the delegates
would not be seated but that if
the anti-Taft people were in the
majority they would undoubtedly
recognize the representatives of
the convention just called. "Re
sides," continued Mr. Ritchie,
"we,deny that Bhackleford and
hi?followers nre the regular rep
resentatives of the parly. They
obtained control of the organiz
ation four years ago by perjury
and 'rr.ud. We also deny they
have ever been a majority of the
party as the past two elections
eMic'us»vely prove. This conven
tion will be the regular Republi
can convention."
hr. Fellows is refitting his of
fice in the Swan block, where he
will be found during business
hours.
ALAMEDA SENDS STEAMER TELEGRAPH
TO BOTTOM AND WRECKS COLEMAN DOCK
Big Dock Is Cut In Two and Hundreds Injured When Alaskan
Liner Crashes Into It At Full Speed—Engineer Made
Mistake Which Caused Wreck—Capt. John
O'Brien On Bridge At the Time
S«»alll<\ April 2f> Th<? sU'.iin
t I- Alameda crashed into tlio Cole
man «1«»c*k last night, culling the
north end nf Ihi' dock in (wo and
sinking Hit* steamer Telegraph.
Tin* damage will ainounl lo sl)0,_
00(1.
'riii- accident was caused by the
engineer mistaking; tin* signal for
t'llll Speed asllM'll fill' full
ahead. tlapl. Jnhri O'Rrien was
on tin' hridgo at the time. 11 u n—
dreds ol' persons were in I In*
wailing room al tlu» limo and
many sustained injuries. The
accident happened al IO:.'Jn last
night.
The duck, wilh the wailing
roonfs and oll'ices, is a mass of
wreckage. Tin? Telegraph was
badly damaged ami sank in a few
minnles. Sin- was a passenger
steamer of ;J80 gross tonnage and
was built in 11)03 at Evereli. Her
ho'pie porl was Portland. On*.
Tin* news of the accident soon
spread over ihe city like wihllire
ami thousands gathered in sit
Ihc wreck. The was
considerably damaged. The ;><•- '
eident is being investigated.
It is believed no lives wore lusl
although many had narrow es
capes, tli«> erew of the Telegraph
having I«» be picked up from tin*
bay.
PRESIDENT DENOUNCES ROOSEVELT AT DOSTON
Huston, April '2 (>.— President
Taft bit I t»fly denounced Colonel
Roosevelt before an audience «»f
thousands here last night. The
criticism was very severe and
shows Hit1 hitleriii'ss which lias
heen engendered between the
factions of the Republican party.
The president held Roosevelt's
socalled square deal up to scorn
and said that Roosevelt was plan
ning and paving the way to re
»AYS COLONEL HAS BROKEN EVERY PRINCIPAL ADVOCATED
WHILE PRE8IDENT AND PLANS TO REMAIN CHIEF EXECU
TIVE FOR REST OF NATURAL LIFE
main Ihr nation's chip I' rxcculivc
for lln* remainder <>f his natural
life.
Hi' ehai'Keil ll'Misrvi'll wilh
haviiiK broken every principal
which In* advocated when presi
dent and said he liplilly regarded
Ihc riffhls of the people and the
constilnlion of the country.
The hitler attack of President
Tal l upon Roosevelt is I In- sub
ject of editorials in all tin
iiiK morning papers in eastern
oilit-s. Tin* Democratic papers
arc making much capital of the
tlpht as a reason why the people
should turn the party down at 111*1
November elections. Kven the
Hepubliean newspapers profess
to believe the fljrht will destroy
th<' chances <>f both should eith
er of them jjet the nomination.
ST. MARK'S CHURCH
TO HAVE NEW BELLS
Wilier. April 20.--Thousands
attended llit* inaugural ion nf the
new campanile of SI. Mark's
church.
MANY INJURED
BY TORNADO
Coaches Are Upset From Track
and Twenty Persons Are
Hurt
Omaha, April 20.— Reports
have hern received al tin* news
paper offices hero stating that a
passenger train had been wreck
ed hy a tornado and 20 persons
injured.
The tornado upset the passen
ger .roaches while the train was
stopped at Lopp. The extent of
the damage is not known, as wire
communication has been inter
rupted.
WAPPENSTEIN MUST
SERVE HIS SENTENOE
Olympin, April 20.—The su
preme court has denied the ap
plication of Wappenslein for a
rehearing of his case. He will
have lo serve the sentence.
MISSOURI IN8TRUOT8
FOR THE COLONEL
y St. Louis, April 20.—The Re
publican stale convention elected
and instructed delegates lo the
ChirriKo convention lo vole for
Roosevelt.
ANOTHER SHIPMENT
OF QOLD FROM CLIFF
A shipment of gold valued at
$7,000 was brought up from the
Cliff mine yesterday. This is the
second shipment during the pres
ent month and totals about #13,
000.
STAMP MILL IS WORKING
ON ORE FROM PORT WELLS
FIVE TONS OF GOOD LOOKING ROCK BROUGHT UP ON BRIGH
TON FROM KAVANAUGH AND BOONE PROPERTY ON ESTER
PASSAGE—PORT WELLS MINERS HERE
The launch Brighton relnrned
from Purl Wells today, bringing
live l»»ns of rock from the prop
erly of Kavanaugh and Boone on
Kster passage. The rock is now
hemp run through the crusher at
the mill.
The miners helieve I hey have
a good piece of properly and have
done considerable development
work under circumstances which
would have deterred most men.
The rock brought up on the
Brighton was not picked, as
Messrs. Kavanaugh anil Boone
are having Hie lost made with a
view «»f learning Hie general av
erage of I In* ore from Hie ledge.
Alex. Singletary ami Clias. Kl
wood, of fhe Sweepstake company
( n Avery river, also came up on
I he Brighton. They report steady
progress on their development
work with the payslreak continu
ing to show up stronger as depth
is gained.
Messrs. Kavauaugh and Boone
w.lI remain in town until the re
tin n trip of the Brighton.
ASMS BODY
IS RECOVERED
Wireless Message From Oable
ship States Astor's and Strauss'
Bodies Vteoovered
New York, April 20.--A wire
Ich* mrsnnffc from the cablenhip
at the mcciio of the Titanic diHaa
ler, reporth f tint several morn
bodien have come to the .surface
ami been recovereii.
Anion# tlie bodies recovered
today are those of Col. Jacob An
tor and Inadore Slrausn. Several
bodies have been recovered whom
Hie officer* of Ihe cableship have
been unable |o identify.
Kd. Weslbronk is in from Slump
bay.
ARMY MEASURE
PASSES SENATE
Discontinue* Method of Allowing
Double Time to Member*
Signal Corps
Washington, April 20.--Tho
senate today passed the nrmy ap
propriation bill. The bill provid
es for a disconl inuanee of double
limn allowed signal corps men on
(ho frail or at tlio cablc stations.
The measure will affect Iho
members of I In* service in Alas
ka as well as in Hip slates.
Mrs. Wilkes and daughter, «»f
Cordova, who have been visiting
\V. II. nrennan, will leave on the
Northwestern lo join their hus
band and fallow in Ketchikan.
McFARLAND FAVORITE
IN THE BETTINQ
,W\y York. April _'(» MeFar
laud i* Dm- favorite in I!»#* liylil
willi Wells, which lakes place
here loni^hl.
eUFORD WILL
SAIL SOUTH
Transport Will Take Americans
From the West Coast of
Mexico
Washington, April 2ti.--The
transport Buford will he hi»tit
south from San Francisco on
Sunday next to pick up Ameri
cans nloiiK the coast of Mexico
who arc desirous of leaving.
Hundreds are reported to he
living in terror of their lives and
will welcome an opportunity of
leaving the country. A cruiser
will accompany the transport.
ENQINEER'8 MISTAKE
WAS COSTLY ONE
Seattle, April 20.--The inves
tigation into the wrecking of the
Coleman dock and (he sinking of
the steamer Telegraph places the
blame upon the engineer who
mistook the orders.
NORTHWESTERN PUE AT
9 O'CLOCK TONIGHT
The Northwestern left Seward
for Valdez at 7 o'clock this morn
ing and should arrive here ahoul
o'clock this evening, as she is
not going In take on any ore al
Latouche or F, I la inn r this trip.
8AMRSON LEAVES
SEWARD FOR SELDOVIA
The Admiral Sampson sailed
from Seward for the westward
al I I o'clock last night. She goes
as far as Seldovia, where she will
unload cannery supplies.
ARREST STOKERS
FOR MUTINY
Trip of Olympic is Abandoned as
Passengers Cancel Their
Tickets
Southampton, April Tin?
Olympic has ahamloneil the trip
to New York on account of t!»•*
strike of stokers. Nearly all of
tin* passengers lia<i cancelled
their tickets.
The company has ha<i 5 i of tin*
strikers arrested ami they will he
trieil on I he charjrv of mutiny.
The strikers profess to welcome
proseeution, as the trial will
hrinK out lite truth coiieerninj;
the ship's equipment.
TEDDY GRILLED
IN THE SENATE
Democratic Senator From Massa
chusetts Says Colonel is
Modern Caesar
Washington. April >»».--Si*iia
I«• i* Williams. I>rninrral it* sma
lm* from Massachusetts. jrrilh'il
(iolomi Hdnsrvi'lt in a «I<■ I»aI«■ in
I In* At'iiali* > I'slerihiy.
Ili> sail I Hnusi'Vi'll lia<l I»• ••• 11
likt'inwl iinln Pontius l»il«l hut li«*
! was iiiui't> like a nit><I<*i*ii Caesar.
I who would ii«»t lu'silal'1 to ih'sln»y
his frii'iiils in»r rountry t•» ad
vaiin* lii> own personal ••ml-.
BIDS ASKED
FOR CONTRACT
Department Asks Bids for Semi
Monthly Mail Service to
Port Wells
Sealed proposal* li <f \ •* been
received by |In' Jural post office
from ||ii> second assistant post
master Keneral calling for trad
ers l<» carry (he mail from Yaldez
by <IIiIT Mine, Slump Hay. Port
Wells, Wells May, I.onfC Hay. <;ia
eier Island, Catena Hay, Kllamar.
I.andlock Hay, Kidal^o Hay and
(Cordova, a distance of 215 milt's
••arli way. Two round I rips each
month are railed for from tin
ts! day of May to tin* 301 h day
of September, rach year, for four
years, the runniiiK lime each way
not to exceed Iwo days. The mail
must br rarrird in a safe steamer
or powrr boa I, the contractor to
deliver and take up the mail.
Launch owners can obtain full
particulars of (he proposals from
the VahJez or Cordova postmast
ers. A $2,000 bond is required
for the faithful performance of
the contract.
Oh, Bobl
Hubert Mctoltosh sent his
freight mil tit l<\ Yifldez by the
trail and left hiinX'lf on the last
train. He sold |iis\>arn to J. I,.
Hrown. Mr. tyfrlntnVh was de
liKhted with ('hitina and expects
to return snun unless Valde/.
proves more at tractive.--Chit inn
Leader.
Whilney \V. (Hark has resign
ed his position as municipal
magistrate and city clerk of
Fairbanks, and will devoir his en
lire lime to the Tolovana quartz
mine, of which lie is secretary
I rcasurer.