VALDEZ DAILY PROSPECTOR
VOL. 8. VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1912. NO, 73
MINING MAN
IS RETURNING
London Expert Who Was Here
Last Summer Will Return
in February
A private cablegram has been
received from London, England,
slating that Mr. C. E. Campbell,
a mining expert, would leave that
place about the lirsl. of Febru
ary for Valdez.
Mr. Campbell spent several
weeks here last summer as (he
representative of English stock
holders in a local company. He
was greatly impressed with the
possibilities of the Valdez district
as a gold quartz camp. After re
turning to Loudon Mr. Campbell
was sent to the Porcupine dis
trict. in Ontario, to report on
some properties in that country.
His early return may be taken
as an indication of the interest,
which this camp holds among
mining men. lit? has been a con
sistent booster for this district,
as was evidenced by several in
terviews given in outside papers.
FORMER VALDEZ
MAN IS1 DEAD
Havre Received That A. O. Lalng
Died at •eitingtiam on De
cember 15.
A letter was received by Ed
mund Smith today announcing the
death of A. C. Laign at Belling
ham on December 15. The let
ter was written by Mr. Laing's
father giving an account of his
son's last illness.
Mr. Laing, while in Valdez was
stenographer in the law offices
of Smith & Bunnell.- He was pop
ular with his many friends, who
will regret to learn of his un
timely demise.
WANTS TO DISCOVER
THE SOUTH POLE
San Kranriseo, Jan. 13.--Capt.
Uobl. Barllette in soliciting funds
to equip a south pole expedition.
If tin* necessary funds are secur
ed i tis ('.apt. Barllelte's intention
to l-Mive this city early next spring.
Masonic Meeting.
Special communication, Valdez
Lodge No. 108, K. <St A. M. Monday
evening at H o'clock in Masonic
hall. Work in I he second degree.
Visiting brethren welcome.
0. C. REYNOLDS, Secretary.
EIGHTEEN PERSONS PERISH FROM
COLD IN CHICAGO IN ONE DAY
Physicians Report Conditions Among the Residents In Tene
ment Districts As Beyond Description—New York
and Washington Also In Grip of
the Cold Wave
Chicago. .Jan. 13.—Kifrhtcen |
persons arc dead in I his city as
the rcsull of the cold wave which
holds this state in its Ki'ip. Thou
sands are suffering hardships and
I he hospitals are crowded willi
famished patients.
The city authorities are exert-"
injr every effort in distributing
fuel to the poor. The doors of the
Hum*hcs have been thrown open
in order that I lie homeless may
escape suffering. Physicians and
charily workers fear many deaths
will result from freezing among
the poor in tenement houses.
The weather bureau forecasts
colder weather tonight than at any
time in the history of the stale
for 30 years.
! Washington, .Jan. 13.—The
| weather is tin* coldest experienced
(here for years. The weather bu
jreau promises a break in coiuli
; I inns in I lie near future.
; New York, Jan. l.'J.—Thousands
jare sulfcrinpr from the cold in this
|cily. The newspapers are urging
business men to aid the city and
charily organizations lo afford
relief to tin* poor. The municipal
authorities an? furnishing fuel to
residents in ttic districts whore
I hi' poor reside. The cold is so
intense that, tlx* ill-clad dare not
venture out even to ko for fuel
and private autoinoliiles have he?n
brought into use to convey it lo
them.
ZERO WEATHER
IN EAR SOUTH
I
All Records of Low Temperature
Broken in Texas by the
Gold Wave
Chicago, Jan. 13.--The cold
wave has reached the southeast
ern states. The mercury has
reached the zero mark in Okla
homa and Louisiana.
Austin, Tex., Jan. 13.—All pre
vious records for cold weather
has been broken by the cold wave
which is now sweeping southward
to the gulf.
ALAMEDA ARRIVES
AND 8AIL8 WE8T I
Steamer Alameda arrived in port
about noon and left for (lie west
ward shortly after 2. She bad a
light freight cargo, and the fol
lowing passengers for Valdcz.:
Miss J. Aulberg, Miss K. Aulherg,
Al. \Vhi4e, Mrs. Al. White, Lieut. J
<»|enn K. Kdgerlon, Mrs. France,!
and Lieut. It. \V. Drury fnnn Se
atlle, and T. J. Donohoe and Al
vah Hunt from Cordova.
Catholic Church. . j
Sunday, January I i. second
Sunday after Kpiphany; feast ofi
f tic holy name of Jesus. Holy i
communion al H:30 a. m. Mass j
and sermon at 10:30 a. in.
R. J. ('III MONT, S. J. i
Advertising in the Prospector j
brings results. Try it. .
VALDEZ PEOPLE PLEASED
TO BE HOME AGAIN
• •
AL. WHITE REPORT8 BU8INES8CONDITIONS VERY QUIET IN
8TATE8—*BELIEVE8 DYKE APPROPRIATION WILL BE MADE
— INTERESTING BUDGET OF NEW8 ABOUT ALA8KAN8
Mr, and Mrs. Ai. White arrived
Jiome on the Alameda looi&mg
pleased to be baok in Valdez. They
report a splendid trip up from
Seattle, the boat making the run
to Cordova in three days, 17 hours.
When seen at his home by a re
porter for the Prospector AI.
proved to be a veritable mine of
news relating to Alaskans and
conditions generally on the out
side.
He says business is very quiet
all over the states and seems es
pecially so on the Pacific coast
when compared to the prosperous
limes of a few years ago. Seattle
is duller than it has been at any
lime since the Yukon rush in
1897. San Francisco is not so
strongly affected by tin* business
depression, as a great deal of
money is .being placed in circula
tion through preparations for tlx.'
Panama fair. Forty-five hundred
men will be put to work on the
fair grounds early in March.
Mr. While met several promot
ers who were attempting to raise
money for Valde/ exploitation.
This camp lias received some hard
knocks and money was hard to
get in Seattle, lie believes San
Francisco is the place to secure
money for development at the
present time. If the proposition
is legitimate and properly pre
sented no trouble in raising funds
will be experienced.
Mr. (jlulhrie, of the (luthrie
Belloi properly, lias interested the
owners of the Com slock mine of
.Nevada. They have agreed to put.
up all tIk* money necessary for
development ami will leave San
Francisco for Valde/ in March to
examine the properly.
Mr. White met Ed. 8. Orr in
Seattle-. He intends coming north
aKain in the near future to re- ;
sume the active management of
the stage line.
Mr. S. Blum, wife and family
are in California, as are also Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Lathrop.
John Lyons expected to leave
for Valdez on the next trip of the
Northwestern. The boat may be
delayed until the 18 inst.
James Hayden had gone to New
York to raise money for the de
velopment of mining property in
the Kenai peninsula.
Sam Silverman and Win. Barnes
of Seward, are working ban! in
San Francisco with the chamber
• if commerce to secure the build
ing of the proposed coal railroad
from -Seward.
Mr. While stales thai the
steamer Mariposa will make her
lirsl trip north in April after a
general overhauling. The Alame
Ula will also he overhauled in pre
jparalion for next summer's ser
Ivice. The officer's (juart'M's will
be moved to the upper deck and
an observation room will also be
huill there.
I Mr. While believes the appro
priation for the construetion of
jibe dyke will be granted by con
gress. He says that Major flnv
janaugh, who surveyed the con
ditions here, strongly rccommend
!ed the appropriation of $75,(too
for that purpose. Mr. White hi^
no doubt the money will be ma»^
available al once and I hat work
will he started early in I lie spring.
He says il will mean much to Val
'dey„ as the money will be expend
j ed among wage earners here.
BANKER TRANSFERRED TO
ARIZONA HOT SPRINGS
BECAUSE CONVICTED BANKER TRIED TO 8EOURE 8PEOIAL
PRIVILEQE8 BY BRIBINQ WARDENS, 8AID TO BE THE REA
SON OF PRE8IDENT'8 REFU8AL OF PARDON
Washington, Jan. 13 Ilnnk<*r
Charles \V. Morse, who is in tti<3
p. nitentiary at Atlanta, has been
ordered to bo transferred to tho
ariny general hospital at Hot
Springs, Arkansas, for special
t r«*alrin*nt.
Tho friends and relative^ of tho
convicted hanker have mado nu
merous fruitless efforts to securo
a pardon from President Taft.
Medical exports wore sent to tho
prison and after an examination
reported that while his health was
impaired bin condition was not
HorioUN.
The reason for President Taft's
repeated refusal to grant a par
don has just become public. Morse
in said lo hrtVo attempted to se
cure special liberties by bribing
lh« wardens at tho penitentiary.
The ca«o was roported to Attor
ney General NVickersham and then
made known to the president.
Warden W. M. Meyer mkde a
sworn statement of the attempt to
bribe him.
A Simple Caso.
j A law ca^«' was proceediiiK in
Old Mexico, ami a mining expert
i was on I In* si ami as a witness.
; "NVhern were yon horn, sir?"
j inquired I In* lawyer.
"In Enpland, sir."
."How many limes have yon
Ri'OKRfld I he Allanlle?"
"Twenty linicn."
The lawyer Jumped up and ad
dressed Ihe Jury: "Your honor,
I Jmpeaoh the 'veracity of this
witness. Ho'says he was born
In England and has crossed the
Atlantic twenty times. *11. would
bo impossible for him to have
crossed the Atlantic thai num
ber of times and be on this side
now. There is perjury here, your
honor. His visits to this side
would makf* rxld numhors, and his
vixils to Iho <>lli«*i* side even num
bers mid yd In* is horo nnd has
Iho audacity In swoar ho lias
orosfji'd I he Allnnlir Iwonly limos.
I impoach him, '«tiir honor.M
"Mow do you explain Ibis, sir?"
askod Iho judge stonily.
"Why," said Iho wilnoas, "Iho
las! linio I canm In this counlry
I on mo hy I In* Pacific ocean."
Oongragational Ohuroh.
Ilov. J. Binding Johnson pas
It)!^. Nornmn at 11 a. m„ "A Help
ful Mesaage. Sunday school and
pastor's Bible class 12 lo I. At
7 :'I0 p. in., a plain lalk hy a plain
man lo plain pooplo.
Orchestra and social Friday
night at 8 p. m.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
PETITIONS FOR DYKE
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY COVIMERICAL BODY URGING UP
ON OONGRE8S THE NEOE88I TY OF MAKING APPROPRIA
TIONS TO PROTEOT TOWN FROM GLACIER STREAM
1'urxuant to tin* en 11 of I lu*
president lh»> Valdcz chamber of
eoinmorco met in special session
al the city hall last night.
Mr. Frame, president of the
chamber, called the meeting to
order at 8 o'clock sharp. lie stat
ed that congress was now in sen
sibn and a measure had heen in
troduced asking for an approprP
ation for the purpose of con
Htructing a dyke to protect the
city from the ravages of water
from the glacier. Mr. Frame b -
licvcd no flToii should lie spared
on Ili«* pail of the citizens of
Yaldcz lo secure Il»r» appropria
tion.
Mr. Edmund Smith Hinted thai
conditions were favorable for llw»
appropriation being made. lie be
lieved the government recognitor
the nocesslly of AfTordinK relief
hy tho constrnrtion of a perm
anent dyke. The situation had
heen carefully considered hy com
petent engineers in tho govent
(Continued on page 3).
STRIKERS FIGHT
- WITR POLICE
Necessary to Appoint Many 8peo
lals to Suppress Riot or Mill
Operatives
Lawrence, Mass., Jan. 13.—The
striking cotton mill operatives
started a riot yesterday which
threatened destruction of some of
the mills.
The police force was unable to
cope with I he mob and suffered
rough handling. Police reserves
and specials were hurried to the
scene and dispersed the mob.
Further trouble is feared.
M008E AND FRIEND8
WILL DANCE TONIGHT
The llrsl of a series of enler
lainments inaugurated by the
members, of,Moose lodge to help
pass the evenings pleasantly will
he given tonight in the form of
a homelike dance.
The committee in charge of ar
rangements have secured the best
music obtainable for the occasion
and promise a good lime to those
who attend. Plans for other
forms of entertainment are un
der consideration by the members.
Weather Report.
ItaromM ic pressure I
Maximum temperature....
Minimum temperature.... I
Mean temperature r»
Temperature at 0 p. in -
Partly cloudy, storm N. K.
E. M. BLADK, Observer.
TWO BOWLING
GAMES SUNDAY
Second Game of Tournament to
be Played—Married Men
T\v«i bowling mulches of inter
est, will lake place on (hit Ingram
«S: Hush alleys tomorrow. Tbr
second game in the tournament
heiween teams renrcscnting the
Dig Place and the Ingram & Hush
aggregation will begin promptly
at h o'clock tomorrow evening.
The married men will try con
clusions with a team composed of
those who have not as yet pmcon
record as promising lo cherish
and protect. The game will be
gin at o'clock. The single men
consider they are allowing it slight
handicap hy playing so early in
I he day. a> they are not at their
hesl before evening. The play
ers who compost* the teams arc:
Married Mcn--Hay I.arson,
iChas. Kraeiner. Joe Hell, C. (J.
Canty. Win. Finical and Norman
^Merchant.
Singh* Men--AI. Sullivan, J.
\V. Cilson. llerh Davis, Hay Day,
Hob Kelsey and Chas. Hush.
COL RICHARDSON
CABLES FRIENDS
IUtM Acoldent to Ankf# l| MM
8«rious But Regrets Lose
When news of the accident suf
fered by Col. W. P. Hichardson is
Washington was made public here
many of his intimate friends,
among \Vhoni were Lieut. Week#
and Dr. Dallon, cabled their sym
pathy ami wishes for his speedy
recovery.
Col. Hichardson replied thank
ing his friends for well wished.
The message stales thai the frac
ture to his ankle, while painful, in
not serious. lie expects to be
permilled lo go around on crutch
es in two weeks and is confident
of complete recover). The col
onel's principle regret is the Ins*
of time caused by the accident.
Episcopal Church.
Service.; at the church of the
Kpiphany tomorrow are at 11 a.
in. Sunday school at I in. Ke
ening prnyei* at 7 :Hti. Cood choir
singing. Anthem. "Cod. Thai
Maketh Karlh and Sea." X. H.
Allen.
Head the Daily Prospector.
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