SEhg Halfoz latlp flroapwlnr
VOL. 8.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 28, 1912.
NO. 11».
IRVFFIC BLOCKED
IN THE EAST
Storm Belt Extends From At
lantic to the Middle
States
Portland, Me., Feb. 28.—The
i)liz/.ard continues to rape as far
west as the middle states and
\tralTic is blocked. Many railroads
fliave been foreed to suspend op
erations and arc confining them
selves to attempts to keep.J^lieir
bracks deaf.
It is reported the blockade will
vause an enormous loss to the
railroad companies through the
-'Instruction of perishables.
HAS ORDERED
AN INQUIRY
Governor Foss Will Investigate
the Killing of Strikers
by Soldiers
lioslon, Feb. U8.--(iovernor
Foss has ordered an investiga
tion of the fight between the mil
ilia and the striking textile work
ers al Lawrence some weeks ago
when three persons were killed
n(1 scores wounded by bayonets.
The invest igal ion is I he out
come of charges that the men
•who were the most active in op
posing the militia were in the em
ploy of the mill operators, (inv
entor Foss has been waiting for
miction on the pari of congress and
immediately ordered an investi
gation when Hie house refused to
■appoint, a committee lo enquire
into the case.
HQFIUS DIES
VERY SUDDENLY
1A/ealthy Property Owner of Se
attle Drops Dead From
Heart Failure
Seal 1le, l-Vk I). Ilof
aus. a %v«*a 11 hy steel man ami real
«'slal<' owner of (hi* eily, died
suddenly of hearl failure lasl
^liKlil. He was one of llie leading
SECRETARY OF NAVY WANTS
ALASKA COAL FIELDS OPENED
APPEARS BEFORE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON NAVY AFFAIRS AND
URGES QUIOK ACTION ON THE PART OF OONGRES8—DE
PARTMENT HANDIOA PPED AT PRE8ENT
Waxhinglon, Feb. 28—Secre
lar.v Meyer, of the Navy depart
ment, appeared before the hoime
<Mimtniltee on navy afTairH and
tirged lh«» cjniek opening of the
Alaska eoal Acids.
He prenented a mn«s of statin
1 ie* to prove that the eoal con
sumed by the department on the
Pacific wn« of inferior grade to
that of Alaska. The coal had all
lo be brought from the Atlantic
«»r purchased from foreign coun
trie*. He emphasized Ih«* great
necessity of speedy action, declar
iiiR I ho Panama canal would per
mit of the fleet being in Pacific
waters for a much greater period
of time than at prose/it. lie said
the department wan-handicapped
in the event of war on the pacific,
as there wan no available stipply
of coal in night to prolong a
struggle for an indefinite period.
8ub»cribe for the Prospector.
PORT WELLS MINING DISTRICT IS
COMING TO THE FRONT RAPIDLY
New Section of Country For Which Valdez Will Be Headquar
ters Is Responding to Development Work In Remark
able Manner—Small Lots of Ore Will Soon
Be Coming In to Local Test Mill,
A party returned from Port
Wells yesterday afternoon, bring
ing: with them glowing reports
of the prospecting being done in
that section. Alex. Singletary,
who is interested with ReufTe and
KM wood on Avery river, was one
of the party and says his part
ners are making a line showing
on the property.
lie reports (hat the snowfall lias
been heavy where the property is
located ami the miners have dug
a snow tunnel for a considerable
distance but are now busy op.*n
cutting the ledge under the snow.
They have drifted 15 feet on the
ledge and have a face 13. feet
deep. The ledge varies from 18
inches to three feet but is steadily
gaining strength with depth. All
of the ledge matter carries good
values hnt they have a paystreak
varying from four to 18 inches
along the hanging wall which is
very rich. They have about one
ton of ore sacked which they be
lieve will average fully 81 per
pound, as no samples were put in
the lot which did not have a plen
liful showing of free gold. In
addition to this they have several
tons of good ore on the dump.
The Cordova Consolidated Gold
Mining company have five men
working on their property on Av
erv river. They sunk a shaft 51
feet and then drifted both ways
on the ledge. They drifted in one
direction for 12 feet and 10 in
I he. other before breaking into a
paystreak. Little information has
boon given out concerning the
strike beyond the fact that it is
good ore. They have, however,
started work on a 350 foot tunnel
to tap the ore at a depth of sev
eral hundred feet below No. 1 tun
nel at the bottom of the shaft.
Leon Giroux is superintending the
work.
Mr. Singletary brings word that
the men working on the Little
property have two tons of ore on
the beach. They wanted Louie
Rothkranx to bring it to town in
his launch but he was afraid to
risk it at this season of the year,
owing to sudden storms spring
continued on page 3}
EIGHT STATES PROMISE SUPPORT TO TAFT
New York, Fob. "JK.— II is ;»I - ;
mosl certain thai Chairman
Harm's, of I he New York Repub
lican committee, will manage
President Tafl's campaign in (his
stale, lie is in consultation with
several of the leaders and il is
hclievcd the announcement of his
taking control of the campaign
will lie made al an early date.
Washington. Feb. I'rcsi
I
BELIEVE CHAIRMAN BARNES WILL MANAGE CAMPAIQN FOR
PRESIDENT TAFT IN NEW YORK STATE—QOVERNORS OF
STATES HASTEN TO PROMISE THEIR SUPPORT
drill Tall is receiving? assurances
of support .in his candidacy from
all srclions «»f I In* country. Mr.
Ilillcs, I lie president's secretary!
and campaign manager, reports I
Hint Tafl is more than pleased
with I lit; line-up of the different
slates as expressed through mes
sages promising support by Hie
governors.
Washington, J-Vh. U8.--The fol
lowing governors of stales have
sent messages to President Taft
promising their support: Gov
ernor lCherhart, Minnesota; Gov
ernor Hay. Washington: Governor
Carroll, Iowa: Governor Spry,
I'lah: Governor Tener. Pennsyl
vania: Governor Pennewill, I>«»la
w'arc; Governor Polhier. Ilhode
Island, and the governor of Mary
land.
FAIRBANKS AND SEWARD ELECT DELEGATES
Fairbanks, Feb. 2H Lively iu
tere. t was taken in the I>«*m<>
eratic primaries here yesterday
afternoon, during which 175 votes
were east. There are three fac
tions and each had a ticket in the
field, making 32 candidates for
20 places. Nineteen of the dele
gates on the ticket headed by Fred
Heilig, editor of the Fairbanks
'Firm's, were elected.
The tickets incfuded Dan ('al
husiness men of the city and was
identified with many enterprises.
Me amassed a torinne through
his connection with lire steel
trade «»f the west and owns some
r»f the best blocks in Seattle.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
, TICKET HEADED BY FRED HEILIQ ELECT8 NINETEEN OF THE
DELEQATE8—TWO WILL COME TO VALDEZ CONVENTION
ROBERT JENNINGS 18 FAVORED
lahnn, (J. K. Davidson and It. F.
Hoth, all old-timer leaders and
won easily. Itotli is territorial
committeeman. The ticket head
ed by J. Harmon Gaskey, of the
Alaska Citizen, was badly beaten.
Thr contest was keen but no i11 -
feeling was manifest. lieiliKaud
Davidson will pro to Valdrz un
inslructed, but both arc in favor
BELIEVE GENERAL MASSACRE
WOULD FOLLOW INTERVENTION
STATE DEPARTMENT 18 NOT ALARMED OVER IN0REA8E OF
ANTI-AMERICAN 8ENTIMENT IN MEXICO—WILL BE PRE
PARED TO AFFORD PROTECTION IF NECE8SARY
.
Washington, Feb. 2H.--The
stain department has received a
request from President Madero
thai Ih«» United Slates close the
rebel port of Juarez. Tin* inat
I hi* has been taken up with Secre
tary Knox, who arrived in Colon
thin morning.
Mexico (lily, Feb. 2H.--U is pre
dicted that if the United States at
tempts to intervene in Mexico the
art ion will he followed by a gen
eral massacre of American eili
zena throughout Mexico. II is re
ported the 'rebels have declared
they will not be interfered with
by America and have been advis
ing friends among thein' to leave
the country.
Washington, Feb. 28.--The
Slate department is not alarmed
over the report from Mexico re
garding (he danger of a massa
cre of AmerieaiiH in Mexico. No
move lo intervene will he made
until the department is in a po
sition In nfl'iird protection to its
citizens. It is admitted that the
anti-American sentiment is on
the increase ImiI 110 indignities
have been offered citizens as yet
which calls for action on behalf
of the department.
SWEET SIXTEEN OL.UB
DANOE IS POSTPONED
The Sweet Sixteen club dance
for tonight has been postponed
until Saturday evening on account
of the Eagles requiring the use
of the hall lo arrange for the
funeral of Charles Shelley, who
wns a member of the order.
of Robert .Jennings for candidate.
Seward, Feb. -'8.—Tin* Seward
l»emocrats elected the following
delegates to attend the conven
tion at Valdez: T. W. Hawkins,
•Joil 11 Noon, S. I,, C.olwell, W. II.
Whittlesey and (1. T. Daggett.
They are in favor of Robert Jen
nings. After the primaries wer«
held a cluh was organized to work
and hoosl for Jennings.
LAUNCH MIN MAKES
TRIP TO PORT WELL8
The launch Mill left yesterday
to make a trip to Port Wells with
a number of passengers, (ieorm*
Herman was one of those who are
making the trip.
FOREIGN SHIPPING COMBINE
HAS MONOPOLY OFDOCKAGE
8EORETARY NAQEL FINDS AMERICAN 8HIPPINQ 18 UP AGAINST
FOREIGN COMBINE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERI
CAN TRADE FROM CALIFORNIA TO CAPE
Washington, Feb. 28.--Secre
tary Nagcl, of tlio Commerce and
Labor department, has submitted
a report showing that American
shipping has linen practically
eliminated from Central and South
American ports.
The report shows that a com
bine of foreign shipping inter
ests have secured a virtual mo
nopoly of the docking facilities at
all the large ports from San Die
go southward to tho cape and
dial American .shipper* are com
piled to pay excessive I oils and
suffer other handicaps. The de
partment has been investigaling
i)ie conditions to secure data to
enable the government to fix the
lolls of tonnage through the Pan
ama ranal. The. American whip
pet-* have long been complaining
of their treatment at South Amer
ican ports hut their protests were
regare as pleas for government
subsidies.
BARROW WINS
LEGAL POINT
Judge Hutton Decides He Is En
titled to Transoript of the
Evidence
I.o.h Angela, Feb. 28.--Clarence
Harrow has won his point and
Judge 'Hutton has decided he is
entitled to receive a full trans
cript of the evident^ presented
before the grand jury which in
dicted him.
Harrow announces lie will be
ready to defend his ease when it
is called for trial. ll»? will hav»;
the assistance of two prominent
lawyers in lighting the case.
SENATOR 00P0NT
ASKS INVESTIGATION
Says He is Ready to Meet Charges
of Bribery in Securing
Seat
\Va>liiiml"ti. -K.--Senator
I >111*• int, of Delaware. against,
whom eliarfres •»I* bribery have,
been mia<Ii* in eonneetion with his
elerlion I<• thi* senate. denies
there was any eorruptiou or il
legal measures employed in se
curing liii- oil'.re.
He is pressing for an investi
gation ami has asked thai the
I'harp's In* made in I In* senate.
ll«* says hi* wishes |o have lh*t
opportunity to prove tin- false
ness oft ht» ri'porl.
BRIBER HAS
IDE CONFESSION
Franklin Admits Ho Bribed Wit
nesses and Make# Flea
of Guilty
I.ms Angeles. Feb. -H.--Bert.
Franklin. I 1m* foriiu»r I'. S. deputy
marshal, luis confessed to bribing
witnesses to jrive false testimony
in tin* Me.Namara ilyuamite ease
ami pleads guilty.
lie will Im> sentenced by the
court next Friday. The prose
euliim nllorney has asked for
lenieney in his ease.