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VOL. 8.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1912.
NO. 154
1500 DROWN WHEN TITANIA SANK
1
DALZELL FAILS
IN PRIMARIES
Was Opposed by Candidate in
Active Support of Col.
Roosevelt
Pittsburg, April 10.—John Dal
zcll, who has represented the
Thirtieth district in congress for
25 years, was defeated for re
notnination in the primaries on
Saturday.
He is a standpatter and was
opposed by a progressive candi
- date, who was active in securing
the endorsement of Roosevelt in
his district.
During the election of 19J0
Dalzcll received 13,21 votes out
of a total of 17,-iG9 votes easl.l
SEATTLE REGRETS
ALASKAN'S DEATH
8eattle Chamber of Commerce
Passes Resolutions Deplor
ing His Demise
Seattle, April l(i.—The Seattle
chamber of commerce passed
resolutions regretting the death
of E. C. Hawkins, I ho Alaskan
railroad builder.
Mr. Hawkins has made his
home in Seattle since the White
Pass days and had a wide circle
of friends anion*? the business
men of the city.
FOUR TEACHERS HAVE
RE8IQNED FROM STAFF
At. a meeting of the school
board held last, evening the full
board being present, Prof. Davis
was re-engaged for the ensuing
term. Mrs. Kelsey was also re
tained to teach the. primary de
partment. The resignations of
the Misses Allen, McCaskoy,
Wold and McCaskey were accept
ed.
Appointments to Oil the vacan
cies made by the resignations of
the four teachers will be filled at
the next meeting (if the board,
two weeks hence.
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White Star Ocean Liner Struck Iceberg and Sank Before Help
Summoned By Wireless Could Arrive—625 Persons,
Mostly Women, Rescued From Rafts By the
Olympic—Hundreds of Prominent
People Were On Board
ENTIRE WORLD IS SHOCKED BY IMMENSITY OF THE DISASTER
Halifax, April 1 G.--\Yireless
messages wore received from the
White Star liner Titania which
caused the most intense excite
ment over the entire world. The
message was from the wireless
operator of the Titania calling
for help as the liner hail struck
a submerged iceberg while trav
eling at full speed and was fast
sinking. She carries more than
2,5ft0 passengers and this is her
maiden voyage. The news has
been Hashed round the. world and
all steamers within a radius of
200 miles of the scene are rush
ing to the rescue of the endan
gered passengers.
London, April 15.—The news
Hint tin; Titnnin of the While
Slar line had struck nn iceberg
mul wns sinking has caused the
greatest excitement, here. There
are more than 2,200 souls on
hoard including the crew. Thou
sands of anxious people line the
streets where bulletins are dis
i played who have friends and rel
atives on board. This is the first
trip of (In; liner and hundreds of
prominent people were making
the trip. The passenger list
shows that Major Archibald
Hulls, Benjnmin (iuggenheim,
Col. John Jacob Aslor nnd wife,
\V. T. Stead and scores of prom
inent persons nre on board.
New York, April 10.—A wire
less message was received from
the' steamer Olympic stating it.
had arrived on the scone but had
mine too late. The Titania had
sunk carrying with her more
than 1,500 people. Six hundred
and twenty-live persons, mostly
women and children, were pick
ed up from life boats and rafts.
The Olympic is searching the sea
in hopes of being' able to pick up
survivors.
New York, April 10.—The
wreck of the Titania has caused
such an appalling loss of life
that the entire world is shocked.
The passenger list contained the
names of many of the most prom
inent people of America and Eng
land. Scores of Americans who
have been on the continent
awaited the sailing: of the Titania
as this was hop maiden trip and
she was the largest steamship
afloat.
New York, April 1(1.--The cable
and telegraph offices of America
are swamped by messages lo
learn the names of the passen
gers who were saved.
London. April 16.—The officers
of the White Star line stale thai
the passenger list of the Titania
show that 2,200 persons sailed
for New York on the wrecked
liner.
ROOSEVELT 66
TUFT GETS 10
Roosevelt Carried Pennsylvania
by Majority of 174,000
in Primaries
Pliiluili'lphiii. April Hi.-Com
plete returns of Saturday's Re
publican primaries show that thr
result was a landslide for Roose
velt. lit* will control 00 out of
a total of 70 delegates to the
convent inn.
Roosevelt's majority over Pres
ident Taft is 17 i.OOO. The pro
gressive leaders assert that tbe
result in this stale will have an
effect upon the convention that
will result in Roosevelt being
nominated.
WILL REPAIR
UN GABLE
Scows Carrying Repair Apparatus
Leave Seattle This Af
ternoon
Seattle, April 16.—Tlie appar
atus for making repairs oil the
Alaskan cable is being loaded on
scows and will rave for the scrne
of lhr break this afternoon.
The Hurnside is stil out of
commission anil the services of
lhr Canadian cableship Restorer
•vrr" not available.
FEDERATION OF LABOR
WONT HELP DARROW
Washington. April l(>.—The
American Federation of Labor
will not assist in helping to
finance the defense of Clarence
Harrow. The olTlcials .say they
have no interest in the outcome
of the attorney's trial, as he was
not acting for them if he went
outside the law and bribed wit
nrsses as charged.
Strange to say there are people
in Valdez who do not know that
meetings of thr city council are
open to lhr public. While at
times the show is a good one. No
admittance fre has yrt hern
charged.
LOCAL ITEMS.
Charles (Santy, referee in bank
ruptcy, appointed T. P. Geraghty
trustee of the Valde/. Publishing
company, a bankrupt, and Chas.
W'ulIT, trustee of the Alaska Drug
company, a bankrupt at the re
quest of a majority of the credit
ors.
Mr. Parker Smith, who last
year purchased the Mountain
King and Mammoth properties
from Daley, Drake & Co., has re
turned to the city and will, as
soon as the snow permits, estab
lish a camp on the Mountain
King, which he proposes to cross
cut with a view of tapping the
vein at a low level. It is also
his purpose to cross cut the
Mammoth. Mr. Smith thinks it
will be a month yet before he
can get supplies to his properties,
which lie above the Chugach at
the head of Mineral creek.
The Alameda reached Cordova
shortly after 1 o'clock today and
will undoubtedly reach here some'
tjme in the morning. It is not
expected the Sampson will be able
to b*ave Seattle on schedule time
owing to the lateness of her ar
rival.
STORMY CONVENTION
THREATENS REPUBLICANS
CAU8E OF 8PLIT IN PARTY WILL BE AIRED IN CONVENTION
AND R008EVELT WILL PIQHT DELEQATION8 PROM THE
80UTH--LA POLLETTE PROVINQ A THORN
Washington, April 10.—II i»
becoming apparont fhat tho Chi
rapro convention will not bo very
harmnnions. Colonol Rooaevelt'H
friondn horn nsHort ho will mnko
a flKhl on I ho floor of ( ho conven
tion on Iho Southorn delegation*
whioh ho regards as not being
n»proHonlal Ivn of the actnal Ro
pnhliran voto in those states. '
Tho mptnro which lod to Iho
breaking away of tho progressive
clement from Iho old party will
also bo airod in Iho convention.
Senator I.n Follette's assertion
that ho will form a third part^
in the event President Taft 1b
nominated ta causing uneasiness
among the latter's friends, as
they ean see no way to conciliate
him.
The returns from the Keystone
slate are anything but c panacea
to the Taft mon. They will now
redouble their adjectives whon
alluding to the Strenuous Ono.
FLOOD DISTRICTS MUST
HAVE FEDERAL HELP
PRE8IDENT TAFT ASKS CONOR ESS TO GRANT $750,000 FOR
RELIEF OF STRICKEN POPU LACE OF MI88I88IPPI VAL
LEY—DEPLORABLE CO NDITION8 ALONG RIVER
Washington, April 16.— Presi
dent Taft has sent a message to
congress urging appropriations
amounting to $750,000 to care for
the flood sufferers in the Mis
sissippi river valley. The mes
sage states that more than 10,
000 persons arc now subsisting
on private and state charities.
Official reports from the strick
en districts show a deplorable
condition. Large soctions of the
country have been laid in waste
and will he unproductive for the
coining season. The people must
be cared for to a certain extent.
The states afTected are doing all
in I heir power to relievo the sit
uation and are receiving help
from outsido sources. Hundreds
of bread winners have been
thrown out of employment by the
destruction of the factories where
they were employed.
d. a. Mckenzie wires
CHAMP CLARK WILL WIN
HA8 ALWAY8 BEEN REPUBLIOAN STANDPATTER BUT BE
LIEVES CHAMP CLARK'8 ELECTION WOULD RESULT IN
QREAT BENEFITS FOR A LA 8K A—-FRIENDS SURPRISED
tteattle, April 10.— l)nnal«l Mc
Ken/.ie, known in every pnrt of
Alaska, has telegraphed friends
in (tiin city h« is convinced that
(Im Democrats will win in (he
national campaign.
McKenzie says he is convinced
that Champ Clark will get the
Baltimore nomination and will ho
elected in November. He Bays if
Moose Will Qlve Smoker.
The floor of the Mooso hall is
being scraped and put in order for
Saturday night's dance. On next
Thursday evening the Moose will
givo a smoker for its members,
when all the boys aro expected
to take the trail leading to the
I Clark is elected it will bo the host
possible thing for Alaska, ns tlie
speaker hag always stood for
home rule and progress.
McKonzie's wire is a surprise
to Alaskans here as it was not
bolievcd he would come out open
ly in opposition to President
Taft. lie has always been a
standpatter of the most pronoun
ced Republican type.
old hall.
It will he a business and so
cial mooting combined and will
bo confined to members only. The
committee plan to mako it one of
those good old-fashioned affairs
which have always mode Moose
hall so attractive to its members.
LOCAL ITEM8.
Tin* loss of the. Titanic, with
ils fift«*on hundred passengers, is
u reminder I hat all safely in
ocean travel does nol lie in the
modern levitians of I he Allan
lie. The prehistoric Herlha,
I raveling an uncharted coast for
years, has landed ils hundreds of
passengers without I he loss of a
life.
Corporal Leinan. in charge of
I he construction crew of I he A.
M. T. I,., is in from the line and
says that Dickey and Wallers are
working on their Falls creek
claim between Tonsina and Er
nestine They were in iO feet and
found encouraging prospects.
Dan Ross and his parly are wliip
sawing lumber on their property
located last summer, proposing
to put the entire season in de
veloping their tlnd. The show
ing made on the Ross properly
is the best ever seen in the dis
trict north of the pass. He al
so reports thai the boys killed on
the Rlaek claim on Slate creek
had struck rich pay before the
accident and were doing well.
They found the pay at a greater
depth than the miners of that
creek had yet mined.
STATE DEPARTMENT SENDS
SHARP WARNING TO MEXICO
MADERO GOVERNMENT A8 WELL AS QENERAL OROZCO ARE
WARNED THEY WILL BE HE LD RESPONSIBLE FOR LIVE8
OF AMERIOAN8--OUTLAWS OAU8INQ DEPREDATIONS
Washington, April 10.—Tin*
Slnfft department has sent n
sharp warning to Iho government
of Mexico thfU it must protect the
lives t>f American citizens, as
Mexico will bo held responsible.
A warning wan also sent (Ion
oral Orozco that Iho rcbola must
rospcct I he lives and property of
foreigners In Mexico. Orozco
was wamod that raiding parlies
crossing tho line end committing
depredations would be troalod as
prisoners of war.
I
Kl Paso, April 10 Americana
arriving hero from Mexico aro
firm in Iho belief that Iho timo
is no! far distant when Iho Unil
od slate* will hp compelled to
interfere in Mexico. The rights
of foreigner* and non-combat
ants are not being rospected but
I hey are subjected to indignities
by roving hands of outlaws claim
ing to be acting for the federals
• »r robot* as occasion demands.
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