fEDERAL OFFICIAL
IS UNDER BAN
Story That President Is About to
Ask Murray's Resignation
Surprises Friends
Washington, D. C., Sept. 30.
Published reports that President
Taft was about to ask Lawrence
O. Murray comptroller of "the
cunency, to resign, because of
leanings to the Progressive party,
were a great surprise today lo the
eeri;>troller's friends.
More than a year ago, when it
was reported that. Comptroller
Murray was aboul lo resign lo
become I lie head of a bank in
Pillsburg, a statement, given out
wilh (he approval of Secretary
MacVeagh. declared it was I ho
wish of (lie administration that
Murray serve out his term. II
now has another year lo run.
THE GOMMISSiON
HAS STARTED
Now on Their Way to Fairbanks
Examining the Possibilities
of the Route
Tin* Alaska railway commis
sion left for I lie interior in three
huckhoards at 7 o'clock this
'morning. The first I♦ • a111 was
• li\en hy Marry Easlon anil con
ii m (| 11 I'll ry Deyo, Maj. Jay Mor
i.»w ami (I. McCrea Ingersoll. The
nil huckboard was driven hv
Hi»yiI I.eedy ami was occupied hy
I>i*. Brooks and I.. M. Cox. of the
expedition, and the third convey
ance was driven hy Ambrose Bell,
having .lark Ingram as an occu
pant and the haggage of I hi' com
mission.
They will make Wort mans to
night, and the following day will
examine Thompson's and Mar
shall's passes, after which they
will proceed on their journey to
the northward. Messrs. Mills and
Williams, employes of the com
mission, will remain here until
the return of the members.
The following telegram was re
ceivt'd from the railway commis
sion this aflernoo'i, showing thai
they are making good progress in
their first day's travel northward:
"Arrived at Wort mans at noon
and will go on to Ptarmigan Drop.
Commission extends congratula
tions. as road so far is in much
heller shape than expected. Trip
was except ionally comfort aide.
Morrow."
TA8NUNA OLAIlM
SHOWS UP WfcLL
Ren Silverman, who returned
from the Tasnuna, brought with
him some very fine free milling
quartz, taken from the face of the
vein. During the past month a
fotce of men have been working
oq^ the property and had run- in
3l)r* feet on the vein, gaining a
det>th of 40 feet. The vein matter
averages fronj two to three feet
in- width, a cross section of which
'to the tp.n. Tile
bltie ribbon quartz, which clings
to tflte tfallft, returned ati aa«f£
of 9t,096 to the "ton. The vein
has irfijpMved steadily with depth'
and promise* to develop Itfto ope
of the most Itnportant of tnfc
many prospect? In this large min
eral bell.
wt0 'mmrr*af uttim
House}, and cablna, filial abed
and unfUtnishedi' ffchts fW>nrt |S
per month up. Ajfbfy to
FisH, ne*t door to Twlllmm Club.]
First ptarmightf nf the sea'Sftfi"
nt the Valdez Cafe.
LARGER STEAMERS
FOR THE ORIENT
Liners Will be Two and One-Half
Times the 8ize of Present
C. P. R. Steamers
Victoria, B. C., Sept. 30.-The
Empress of Russia, the turbine
steamship just launched in Scot
land, and the Empress of Asia,
her lister ship under construc
tion for the trans-Pacific trade
of the Canadian-Pacific railway
from this port, are 590 feet in
length, 08 feet broad and 'iG feet
deep, of about 15,000 tons gross,
or two and a half limes the size
of the present Empresses. They,
have each four propellers.
The vessels have double bot
toms and seven decks. The pas
senger accommodations provide
for 200 saloon, 100 serond-elass
and 800 steerage, and for a com
plement of 175 otTieers and crew.
Special rooms are provided for
silk freights.
Mr. and Mrs. TIa.ry Miller will
leave for Fidalgo in the morning
to remain for the winter.
ATTEMPT LYNCH
AN OLD MAN
l»Utle, Ml >|)|., Sept. :{0.- I'i fl ri'll j
hoys ranging from 12 l<» I r> years'
(.of age, have confessed in I lie ju-J
venile court iliiit they had al-j
tempted I<> lynch Joseph Meyers.I
a chicken farmer. aTler having sell
lire lo Ihe Mryi-rs home. Mrs.
Meyers testified that sin* ami her
husband had heen rendered desli-'
luli> hy llii' depredations of Ihe
hoys. She said she and her hus
hand. as they were returning
lir-nie, had come upon the boys as
• key were firing Ihe house. As
her husband attempted to elimh
lo the roof In extinguish the
llam«'s he wax overpowered by the
youngsters. wlio put a rope around
his neck and al templed lo lynch
him. Mrs. Meyers' screams
I)roufrhl assistance and Ihe boys
ran away. The house was de
sI roved.
FOUiOliSELF
WITHOUT COUNTRY:
Tncuma. Sept. Wt.-Jud^e Kast
erday annulled the proceedings
whereby I>nnza Nakahira, Japan
ese, was adopted by Mr. and Mr>.|
John \V. Jones in 1007. Nakahi-j
ra asked I hat Ihe action be res
cinded because on a recent visit
to Japan he found that through
the adoption he had lost the rig!1',
of citizenship in his native coun
try and had not gained citizcnshrn
here. He alleged that ho did not
understand the meaning of the
adoption proceedings. He is 30
year* old.
tffrift'jrfr sKittrrbfc
NT UNERMTH1D
Tacbma, Sept. 30.-The ekeleton
of a man who hacl beon dead near
ly a year was found near thie Lake
Tap?* power plant and brought
to Tatfdma tonight tfjr the corftrt
!*r. Ttw initials "C. "t." In the fyt
band'ftfip tWe only 4tetfR to the
phaV- identity.
\■> / ■ •itiinii
MaripoAai due in Sfcstlio.
diie hero
tmSfai. in attuift.
Hurniride, due here.
McQitJIeugh, in port.
Dora, left uhalaskn for flip ward
September 2fl.
SPOKANE MURDER I
IS NOW SOLVED
Find Wife of Plumber Who DiS'
appeared After Changing r
Clothe* and Burning Them
Spokane, Sept. 30.-The mys
,tery surrounding the identity of
the man who shot and killed J. DJ
Pollock, a public chauffeur last
week and left his body beside his
car on a lonely .road north of
Spokane, was partly cleared up
today, I he police say, when they
found the wife of Preston Thay
er, a plumber, who was sough^
following I he arrest of Willarrf
Smit li and Jesse Anders, stcainfit^
ters. who acknowledged I hat IheV
were with Thayer Saturday night.
The police assert I hat Mrs.
Thayer told them thai she inot
her husband in the north part
of the city before 1 I o'clock Sat
urday nighl, and they went home;
where Thayer changed hi* cloth
ing, and after cutting his trous
ers to pieces told her to burn
them, which she did. lie said, so
say the police, that he had some
trouble with a chauffeur and
would have to leave town for a
fi-w days. He disappeared and she
has not seen him since.
II TEST VOTE
WILSON LEADS
New York, Sept. 30.— (ii a test
\o|i> oiade by the Herald, Wood
row Wilson leads in nine stall's,
including Ohio, out of I I stales,
in which the poll was taken.
Iloiisi'vi'll leads in Pennsylvania
and C.oiineclicul.
y
GETS LIFE FOB
KILLING PARTNER
Fairbanks, Sopi.
Cooper, colored, was <»n last Wed
nesday sentenced to life impris
onment by Judge Murane, for the
murder' of William Wimblsh, al
so colored, in 1910. Cooper mur
dered his partner*in cold blood,
a norwards burning I bo body to
Iti«all I races of lbr» crime. The
IragodN was hroughl I•» light by
J lie merest accident by I lit* find
ing of unconstimcd portions of tho
body.
NO ILL FEELING
IN THIS FAMILY
Krie, Kas., Sept. 30.-An ex
tremely unusual reunion was held
at tlii! home «»f Jbnn Storms, >f
Ibis city. Among tbose present
were Stroma' rtrst \*ife, her sec
ond husband, and the children of
both marriages'. Storms wa* di
vorced from his wife several years
ago. Shortly afterward he mar
ked again. His first wife soon
decerned Mta. J. H. McCaffrey.
I.ast month Mrs. Storms No. 2
left him-»nd he eent for his un
mntrle^ Atmler, to come
and k-eAt»l|ftfu«w f«r him. As soon
&s Iti'lf discov
ered* jfy'w#tffaihiffoy, she de
s
Mr. WHl MbCaffHyy tffctheT
pQ Ufe g vmglbti Ibid-of furniture
tfrtftykm It oije/r U* Stopps, th
fUfaUll jjlft djtliimUsr'H room. Thoy
house for the ooming daughter.
A' feilnulof) *f»V held of tbo two
familio* upon her arrival.
lists WOMEN
WEAR
Patriarch of Vanloo Oall* Down
Woman Arrayed Principally
In Nck-a-boo.
Venice, Sept. 30.-Cardinal Cav
allari, the patriarch of Venice,
who recently fulminated against
what he termed as the "immod
est female fashions," has threat
ened to expel from his church
hobble-skirted and peek-a-booed
women. He interrupted the ser
vice at St. Mark's cathedral re
cently and sent a prelate to warn
a woman who was dressed con
spicuously in a peek-a-boo crea
tion, that ho would not resume
the service unlil she had left the
church.
The woman immediately expos
tulated and pointed out to the
prelate that the paintings adorn
ing the church represented nude
angels and martyrs. These argu
ments did not convince the pre
lale and he'insisted I hat the lady
leave the church.
However, she donned a shawl
which was near her in a pew, and
this compromise permit ted the
resumption of the service.
TUFT ADDRESSES
HIS NEIGHBORS
Heverlly. S<*pt. 30.-President
Tafl, in addressing I he Sussex
County Republican Club, said that
lie was pleased In know thai Re
publicans were not deserting 111 «>
parly, luit would vole the ticket
and defeat f'ol. Roosevelt.
ONE MEAL TOO
MUCH FOR HIM
Vancouver, H. Sept. :Iu._ 1»js
charged from (hi.* hospital al I'ow
vll river as cured, after a mild
attack of fever, Moses Mossadara,
a Russian laborer, started in to
celebrate his convalescence by a
hearty meal of eggs. He was hun
gry after the long diet and ale 21
eggs. This morning his body was
brought down from Powell river,
where the doctor "aid the man had
-aten himself to death in hi*
weakened condition.
STOVE WARMERS
OFF THE TRAIL
It may be the men who have
composed the road crew* on ,he
government trail, and who ha.e
just arrived in the city, do :wt
fully appreciate the soft snap they
Have been indulged in by tho road
commission, during this sum
mer's "work" on the trail. Speak
ihg of these men our delegate to
congress said^
"Lieut.-Col. Richardson has
spent his winters in Washington
lobbying for iftftreasftd appropri
ations arid for 'th*'big interests
centered arodnd (lie terminals of
the Valde**Cordovt<*Fairbanks
road, whlld the etnpMy'o* of the
commission btiild wagon roads by
sitting around hot slove* In VaU
jrtez."
of tiSfc.
Fairbanks, ffepl'- last
steamer of tffor season iHIr leave
Here on 'niesday. fflnetj.' left here
on the Tanana laM Thursday,
many dflftllnfd' fbc Rtihj^ creek,
tfhlch' ffc now W&ftfhnINg lo |/>ok
like the makings of a good camp.
10 MEET SO N
HIS CORPSE
Old Man Who Mortgaged Home
to Make Trip Has Rude
•hook
San Francisco, Sept. 30.-When
William 'H. Greer, of Nashville,
Tenn., met the transport Logan
from the Orient yesterday, hav
ing mortgaged his home in order
to come to San Francisco to join
his son, lie was shown a casket
containing the young man's re
mains. The son, J. W. fireor, who
was an examiner in the customs
service at Manila, had died of fe
ver on Ihe voyntre across fho Pa
(ifie.
fSivi'i* recent lv wr«»fi« his fath
er. ;iii • 1111 man, I lint lie was ill
and would leave nn the T.ogan for
Ihe continent. Funds were low
and Ihe father found il necessary
lo morlgage Ihe family home in
make |he journey here, lie eager
ly awailed I lie eoming r»f I ho ship.
Iii response lo his anxious in
quiry. a deck officer I'ft him
astern and silently pointed to Ihe
casket.
IRON DEPOSITS
ARE REPORTED
Vancouver. It. Sept. .'<o._l>.
J>. C.airiifs, of (he Dominion geo
logical survey. who. with J. Mad
dern, of Washington, I). ha*
fi>,. |wn years hern delimiting I In*
international boundary between
Dawson eily and I In* Arrtir ocean,
reached here loihiy. returning
from llii- summer'- work in Ih••
norf h.
Ifreport.- I he discovery of
ureal deposit s of iron ore, which,
though of great scientific inter
est. will no| he developed com
niereiallv during the life of the
present general ion.
The ground is co\ered hv a
fro/en Inndra which I haws only
on the lop during the holiest days
of summer. Hold discoveries have
ihecn made in the Porcupine val
ley. but the few prospectors in
that country keep very quiet ahouf
j them. .
FORESTALL ACTION
: OF INVESTIGATORS
San Francisco,. Sept. itu.-After
'eight years of battling for beliefs
not acceptable lo I lie Preshylerian
synod of California, l)r. Thomas
, K. I>ay professor of Old Testa
ment history and Hebrew al the
San Francisco theological semi
nary, has resigned. His resigna
tion has been accepted, and Dr.
Day is today on hi* way to Eu
rope for a year's rest. Dr. Day
never has receded from his posi
tion, and his resignation was of
fered to forestall removal, annoy
ance to his friends and embar
rassment to the seminary.
ticwVMImo Up
tur
Fairbanks, Bept. 30.-The city
council has passed an ordinance
prohibiting habitues of the re
stricted district having liquor on
their premises.
Valdcx RmI jrfrfitk
If you have a house to rent
list it With the Yaldez R*a! Es
tate Affeficy; Wall street.
Hugs! Ungs! All kinds of
t C. C. Rudolph's. %
, WrtftTr»i aha nonoy 23c at Va!
<Jc* Cafe. tf
STRICTER WATCH
OVER THE BANKS
To Determine Whether or Not
Nationals Have Funds Concen
trated in Allied Institutions
Washington, D. C., Sept. 30.
S^irred by failures of national
banks during the past few month?,
Lawrence O. Murray, comptroller
of the currency, today announced
that he would take vigorous steps
to make banking safer. Federal
examiners will be instructed to
make diligent inquiry, beginning
October 1, into the concentration
of the funds of a bank in (Jo*
companies controlled by its oci
cers and directors. The comp
troller said he would insisl thaf.
I lie bonks of such concerns b»»
open t«» Ili<> examiners Ihey
tni^lif determine whelher ihey ri?•«»
money-mnking venture*.
INTERVENTION
j DENIED BY SECY.
No Extra Session of Congress
to Consider the Mexican
Situation
) Washington, l>. I'.., sir pi. 30—
jThr S«M*ri*iar> l<» the Prr.-idrnt <!••
I nits ilii- .-Iiif\ published in ihr
y 11< i\v 11 n* — — |i> llit* i-lVi'i*! I ha I
Tal't would rail an rxlra - • • - - j. n 1
ami i ii I rr\rii»- hi Mi-\iri». K\«-ry
! elforl will 111a11• * In a 1 •••-:uaI
jllir 11\i• — <111*1 property ill Auirt-i
;rails ainl I•» protrrl Ihr trraly
riahl <>r fi»ri*T-ii power- hut in
Irr\riiljiin. il is said, i- iml
iliMiiuhl of al I his l inir.
"II is an excrllenl Ihina."-a> •«
Ihr pl'rsidenl. "hnl llirrr is no
thing |n il."
Qeorge Krau Will Leave.
T«»ni^rtit Ihr Kaples will pi\r a
farewell parly in honor of (trocar
Krau, who is lo Iravr for his old
home in Ihr rast. Mr. Krau has
hrrn the moving spirit in |hr lo
cal Kaples lodge. and lo him. more
than lo anyone else, is due the
hiphly prosperous condition of
I hal order in I his eilv. The depar
ture of Mr. Krau from our inid-f
is lo he reprcilud. a .- he has hern
one of our foremost and most en
terprising citizens. e\er ready Id
help in anything which went for
Ihe communily'fl advancement,
lie will leave behind him many
friends who wish him success in
any undertaking in which ho may
enpnpe.
DECREA8E IN COPPER
8TOOK ON HAND
New York, Sept. HO.-The state
ment of the Copper Producers*
Association Sept. 151 h shows a
decrease in slocks on hand of
3.579.017 pounds, compared with
the previous month. Total pro
duction was I 15.628.521. apain^l
137,161,120 in July, wilh domestic
deliveries of 78,722,'»18, a pain
of 7,628.037,-while foreign deliv
eries of 70,485,150 represented a
pain of 10,363,81 fl pounds. To
tal deliveries of 140,207,568
pounds were 17,901.856 pounds In
excess of July.
Oat Your Piano Tuned and Ad*
Justod.
Ernest Uynlanova. expert piano
and organ timer and repairer, lalo
of Johnson's, and now foreman of
ftalnes Music House, Seattle, will
be in Valdez in a few days on his
return from Seward Please leave
'orders wilh A. If, Plnkus, Seal lie
IloM, All work guaranteed first
class.
*uh«rr|he for Ihe Prospector, j