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VOL. 8.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1912.
NO. 181
WILL APPOINT
ADMINISTRATOR
Commissioner Rules No Need of
Special Administrator for
Camicia Estate
Yesterday tin? preliminary
steps were taken in the matter ol
who is to handle Hie estate of the
late Dr. Camicia. The matter
eame up on tin* application ol
Dr. Krnest I'. Dalton, who al
l.cnded the deceased, and asked I <
lie appointed special admiuistra
lor as one of the principal crcd
itors of I lie estate. The city,
represented hy Mayor Hit i<-hi<* am
other eredilors, joined in sin ap
plication t<> have John (Siles ap
pointed. Mr. Hi I chic staling that
the mnnieipalily would attempt
to prove a non-eupative will
leaving I In* estate t<» the school
children of Valdez for library
purposes. lie stated that thecit>
could establish a non-eupat iv«
will hy a number of repulahh
witnesses and that possibly t
will had been drawn, hut that
would not he known until sueli
time as the deceased's papers ha<
been examined.
.j nugc snepard bad a nunibei
of witnesses examined and es
tablishd the fact that there \va?
no immediate need f a specia
administrator and that the mat
ter could rest until such time a>
a general administrator could In
legally appointed. Judge Shepan
appeared to lie. particular in nol
wishing to impose any unneces
sary costs against the estate
staling that as far as his otTic*
was eoucerned, tie would ehargi
no fees, if the city was to he thf
beneficiary, and he hoped thai
ol tiers would lake I tie same view
Mr. llitchi<> staled thai in cas«
the cily became the legatee In
would give the administ rator I to
beuelil of his services without
cost. The court, after hearing
testimony, decided to appoint nc
special administrator and gavt
Mr (liles, who was Dr. Cainicia^
closest friend, permission, undei
certain restrictions, to examine
the deceased's papers and to as
certain if possible whether a wil
had been executed or whether anj
uptes had been made by the de
ceased, in his diary, touching or
the subject, which it was known
lie scruptously kept for years
The court urged that the cily 01
the creditors appear promptly at
the statutory time to make ap
plication for the appointment ol
an administrator, strongly inti
mating that should the cily es
tablish I tie iion-cupativc will
made by I In* deceased he would
appoint such adminislrator as
i lie cily might suggest.
DENSE SMOKE
DELAYS MARIPOSA
Reached 8oatt1e This Morning and
Will tall Hi 10 O'clook
TQmorr°w
Boatllo, Alay 17.—The Maripo
sa arrived from Alaska nt 3:30
ibis morning. Tim officers re
port forest flres along tho coast
and denso clouds of smoke hang
ing low over the water, which
combined with iho dark nighl«,
delayed navigation. The Maripo
sa will sai| again for the north
nt in o'clock Saturday morning.
There was born last night to
(lie wife of Thos. lllaknoy, a son.
Mother and child are doing well.
Tom is around confidentially
telling his friends'" that he now
ha* n scrapper worthy of his
sire.
SAYS DELEGATES
WERE STOLEN
Rooaoyett Says Aberdeen Conven
tion Split in Order to Con
test Delegation
Defiance, "<May 17 Roose
velt in his speech here last night
claimed lhat the Washington
delegates had been stolen from
him at the convention held at
Aberdeen.
The TaTI followers being in
the minority had held a conven
tion for the express purpose of
contesting the delegation from
lhat slate, which would have been
! pledged to his support.
I
WHEAT GAMBLERS
GUESS WRONG
I Reported Corn King Patten Lost
Several Millions When
Prices Dropped
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i Chicago, May 17 The pit was
• the scene, of I he wildest excite
I inent yesterday afternoon when
, wheal prices dropped several
. rents. It. is reported that James
, Patten lost several millions in an
> attempt to hul| Iho prices.
i Tin* break in I he market was
( caused by favorable reports from
. the western slates, combined
. willi the revised estimate of the
s government showing that prev
ious estimates had been placed
i 15,000,000 bushels loo low.
The line weather has caused
i greater activity among those
. cleaning up yards, streets and
i alleys. MeKinley avenue has al
■ ready begun to look much neat
t er.
SEATTLE PASTOR
IS HONORED
I Rev. Dr. Mathews is Elected Mod
erator of Presbyterian
Church in America
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I
I
j l.ouisville, May I 7.—I>i*. Mal
I I hews, pastor <>r Mm Firs I Pris-i
; bylerian ehureb of Seallle, was!
ielected moderator r>f (Ik* Presby-!
ioiian churches of Amcrica by
I In* synod now in session here.
Dr. Matthews enjoys the dis
tinction of being pastor of the
church which has Hie largest
membership of liolli church and
Sunday schoo| in the world.
DEAD KINQ'8 BODY
AVUIIVE9 AT COPENHAGEN
('opcnhagi'n, May 17.--Tin*
body of the dead kifik. Frederick
VIII., arrived al noon today. Ilcp.
resentalives of foreign countries
will attend the funeral. Messages
of condolence have born receiv
ed by the royal family, includ
ing one from President Tafl «>f
America. .
legal a#rn-f p«9*i»*d
IN TNI DAHHOW GA9E
l.os Anfreles, May 17.—It is
believed I ho' Harrow Jury will be
completed lonighl. The Irinl of
the allorney is of widespread in
leresl and a hifr legal bailie is
promised.
MILL TEST ON
JACK BAY ORE
Properly, la Advantageously Lo
cated and Will be Develop
ed This 8ummer
Mr. Kinil Hubert. came iti to
day from Jacks bay, where he has
been engaged in opening up a
property which, ho says, looks
good to him. The lead is two
feet in width and has been strip
ped for some distance and a L'O
foot open cut made close to tin*
water's edge. Mr. Robert brought,
in willi him a ton and a half of
ore which is being run through
the mill lliis afternoon. Assays
heretofore made from samples
have, run from 820 to 870 per
ton. There is deep water close
|i» I lie lead and within 300 feci
of the opening there is a water
power site with a sheer fall of SO
feel capable of developing all the
power necessary for a mill. Mr.
Hubert slates that in April last
there was enough water running
over the I>1 iiIV to operate a 100 j
stamp mill.
i It is Ihe intention of the own - |
j ers to immediately renew devol- J
fopmenl work and continue as j
long as imlieations hold out as
they are now. They hope by fall
to put in a small two-stamp mill
willi which to run through enough,
selected ore to carry the expen-i
$es of development. The own
ers of Ihe property are Mr. Frank
Heed. Amb. Cooper and Messrs. j
Holier! and Ciautcir.
TrouI are said to lie liiling in
Ihe Lake stream.
FLOYD ALLEN i
FOUND GUILTY!
Will Qo to Electric Chair for
Murder of the Court Of
ficials
Wytheville, May 17.— Floyd
Allen, tho first of tin* murderers
.of llie court officials at Hillsvillc
to be tried has been found guilty
and must pay I lie extreme pen
ally. lie will g<» l«> Ihe electric
chair.
The jury was oul :? I hours be
fore reaching a conclusion. The
trials of Ihe oilier members of the
Allen family will be resumed on j
Monday.
REPUBLICANS REJECT
INCOME TAX MEASURE
j
Washington, "May 17.—The;
scmtlc committee on llnance has'
rejected the I>emocralie inenmej
tax measure.
REOPENING OF HUMBOLDT
CASE 18 ORDERED
Washington, May 17.—An or
der has been issued providing for
a reopening of the •Humboldt
steamship case against the White
Pass railroad. The time and place
for the rehearing have not hern
HOl.. - ; \ j .t ,f .- tj i i»-•/
CORDOVA TCIIfll QQ#VENM
ON MONDAY NEXT
Court will convene in Cordova
on Monday, Sessions will be
held in Ihe Kmpress theater, it
being larger and more conven
ient than the council chamber,
heretofore used.
Work on the Rambler com
pany's property near the Val
dez glacier, will not begin nntil |
the trail is in a condition to
freight over, when work will be j
pushed with vigor. 1
INVITE EUROPE
TO PARTICIPATE
Panama Fair Commission Are
Meeting With Success in
Old Countries
San Francisco, May 17.—The
"Commission Extraordinary Ho
Europe," which is composed of
lion. John Hayes Hammond, rep
resentative. of the President of
the United States: Brigadier
General Clarence II. Edwards,
representing the army; Hear Ad
miral Sidney A. Staunton, repre
senting the Navy; Messrs. 11. H.
Hale, vice-president of the ex
position, and William T. Ses
non, vice-preSflfeiit of 1 lie San
Francisco chamber of coineinrce,
were presented to King George by
Ambassador Reed, in Buckingham
palace. His majesty was most
gracious to the envoys, and af
ter tht> formality of presentation,
the king mingled freely with the
party, studying the plans of the
exposition with evident interest,
showing a surprising knowledge
<>f what had been accomplished
in San Francisco since the great
lire. Hi* said that a city, rebuilt
after such a catastrophe as befell
San Francisco, would certainly
make a success of a universal ex
position. lie promised his hearty
support to the enterprise.
The itinerary of the commis
sion has been arranged by the
Slate department, and calls for a
visit to the capitols of twenty
four countries in Europe. Theo
dore Hardee is Ihe executive of
ficer of the commission and Ar
chibald ('.. Emery, secretary.
WILL EMPLOY
NO CHINAMEN
New Canrtery at Kodiak Will be
Real Help to Loeal
People
Tin? Kodiak Fisheries company
at I he head or which i* Captain
P. 1). lilodgett, has completed the
oreetion of one of the finest sal
mon packing plants in Alaska al
Kodiak. The cannery building if*
52 x KIO foe I, and is equipped
with the latest appliances in the
canning industry and has all
modern conveniences. II isi
lighted throughout by electricily,!
and water is conveyed to the
structure by a «',00(i foot pipe'
line. The capacity of Ih•• plant |
will be 1,000 cases, or 18,000'
cans of salmon per day. No Chi-'
nese will he employed, and willij
1 ho exception of a boat crew and
three head men, all the help will |
be secured from the town.
Other buildings of the plant
include a sawmill, 30 x 70 feet,
an oil house, 30 x 75, containing
three tanks with a capacity forj
holding 25,500 gallons of fuel oili
each, two houses for employes!
and an office 20 x 15 feet. Twoj
other buildings are in course of
construction, one to lie a boiler
house and the other a blacksmith
shop.
Two cannery tugs have arrived
from Seattle. One is the Rodon
(jo, IttO feet in length, an oil
burner, and the other tho Nor
man, a gasoline tender f»o feet in
length,.
JUNEAU WANTS TQ
*MT VALDKZ TEAM 1
Juneau base ball fans are quite!
Piixiou* to have Hie Valdez team
meet the capital aggregation. The
Valdez team, like llarkis, is will
In' piovided they are not burden
ed v Hh all the expense of the
TAFT CONTROLS
THE CONVENTION
Announces He Has Majority of
Delegates to Chicago Pledg
ed to Him
(Cleveland, May 17.—President
Tafl. in his speech here last
night announced thai he has 513
delegates to the Chicago conven
tion pledged to support him. This
gives him a majority of the dele
gates to |he national convention,
of which there is a lolal of 1078.
The president slated thai, those
counted did not include I he
doubtful ones hut those actually
pledged to his support.
I
I REBELS SHORT
! OF SUPPLIES
I
Government Troops Marching
North to Meot Orozco's
Starving Army
I
j Yenim, May 17 Tim federal
j troops are making forced march
es northward towards Ihe poi.it
\vh«*rc ()rozro's rehej army ar"
camped. The rehel army is re_
purled In he suffering »i* food
and <•> lie living on short rations.
| The government army nnmhers
| 5,000 men 11 <I are well equipped
willi supplies. Orozro has ex
i pressed I lie intention i»f wailing
| the arrival of |he federal troops
and is preparing for the hat lie.
The new commissioner's office
is going up rapidly. In I lie new
office trials and hearings will no
longer interrupt recording as a
separate room is being built for
the recorder's office.
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IDAHO DELEGATES
60 INSTRUCTED
Would Rather Have Teddy Than
Taft But Are Not Enthu
siastic
l.ewiston. |i|;tIn>. May 17.
ltoose\ rll runlruls I lit' n»n\•• n I imi
here. riii' eight ib'b'gales, how
ever. will pn l<» C.hirago 1111i11
The delegate*. il is understood,
will support MmisevelI in prefer
ence |u 'I'nft, l»u| will Im» I«• ft free
In support any other nominee of
the convention.
MISSISSIPPI FLOOD
SITUATION 18 UNCHANGED
Ualon Ilottge, I.a., May IT.—
The Hood silualion here remains
unchanmnl, Ihe water continuing
stationary at the same height.
From points in the upper coun
try come reports that warmer
weather prevails anil the river is
beginning to subside.
ROBERT WEBER AND
MIES FIE8ER MARRIED
Telegraphic announcement was
was received thai Miss Vera Fie-'
§er was married lo Robert Weber
in Cordova last evening al 7j
o'clock. Mr and Mrs. Weber will!
make their home in Cordova.'
Their many friends here wish i
them a long and happy future.
BACHELOR CLUB
MAKE MERRY
Members Under Suspicion Forced
to Part With Money for
Own Protection
The Bachelors Club met last
night in MeKinley hall to the
number, including guests of
thirty. The organization was
formed last fall ami is restrict
ed lo bachelors—confirmed ones
—that is until some young lady
causes a change of mind, and
meets oiiec a month with I In* ob
I jeet oT bracing \i|» an> •»f the
| weaker members, who have been
| not ieed lo include llie Opposite
i sex on llieir visiting list. Last
! IIit:III was given over to fun and
; lliey bad plenty of il from 4 * I lie
(rise Ik the f;i 11 •»f the curtain."
as i lie dramatic critic would say.
j Songs, recitations, stories and an
j oratimi from Senator .lames Mr.
; llie. together with a luncheon and
! tin- holding of a kangaroo court
; kept everyone busy and in {rood
i humor until » o"cb»ck in the
■ -morning'.
!• The kangaroo court was pre
sided over by Parke. (Jriswold,
! who, while no( displaying the
■ wisdom of a Solomon, showed
; ureal pcrspecacity in si/.ing up
j the si/.es of his victims* wad.
('.barley Bu>h aided and abetted
the court in separating the vic
tims from their hard earned
money. Herb I)a\is and Al. Sul
I livan were heavily iimlcled on
i suspicion of soon engaging in
i matrimoniai ventures. Amb. Hell
land Cleo. lleinkf were lined on
j suspicion, while Sain Mondel. M.
j Pauley ami K. Amundsen each
•Were compelled to provide their
• quota for having been brought
before the court. The evening
was voted a most pleasant one by
all present and it was decided to
jgiv»> a dance in the near future,
jibe less favored members heliev
j ing that any entertainment hav
ing for its object the throwing to
Igether of the bachelors and the
j ladies would have a tendency of
directing them on the route over
which Herb Davis and Al. Sulli
van are so peacefully and hap
pily gliding. The officers of the
Bachelors' Club are: President,
Parke <Jriswold: vice-president,
f'has. Bush: secretary-treasurer.
Herb I>avis. chief prosecutor, <iuv
Bruhaker: inside and outside
guard, Frank Hayes.
i
GAME BREAKS
! UP IN A ROW
Cobb Suspended for Attacking
Spectator and Club Loaves
the Field
Detroit, May 17.—N row took
place today which may result in
disrupting the American base hall
league through the suspension of
Ty Cobb for assaulting a spec
tator. The umpire suspended the
.player indefinitely and the other
members of the eluh left the dia
mond.
The umpire refused to reverso
I his decision ami declared the
' gau,ie forfeited.,
EDITOR WILEY IS
Washington. May I 7.-The wife
of i>r. Wiley, formerly pure footl
e.xperl. and now editor of (food
Housekeeping magazine. gave
hii*lh lo a hoy.
During I ho cleaning up per
iod properly owners might devnla
a little lime lo repairing Iheir
sidewalks.