VOL. 8.
<3br Ualfoez Satly firoapMtar
VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATUrJaY, JULY 27, 1912.
NO. 140.
LEADERS MAKE
UGLY CHARGES
Assert That McNamaras Are In
humanly Treated to Force
Further Confessions
Sau Francisco, July 27.-Upon
informal ion received by them la
bor leaders here charge that the
McNamaras are kept in the San
Quentin black hole in order to
force from them a confession of
further details of the Times ex
plosion conspiracy, hoping to get
the names of others implicated in
the job.
AN IMPORTANT
MODIFICATION
Made in Rules of Catholic Church
That Issue Shall be Brought
Up in the Faith
St. Louis, July 27.-According lo
advices received the Pope has re
pealed that part of the Ne temere
decree compelling Protestants
when marrying Catholics to sign
an agreement that the issue of the
marriage shall be brought up in
the Catholic faith.
KNOCKOUT BROWN
8EEKINQ FIGHTS
New York, July 27.-Knuckout
Brown leaves on a tour of the Pa
cific coast seeking fights.
PORFIRO DIAZ 18
8feRIOU8LY ILL
Paris, July 27.—Former Presi
dent Diaz, of Mexico, is lying here
seriously ill of pneumonia. Owing
to his age his condition is consid
ered to be very precarious.
Kid McCoy in Toils.
London, July 27.-Kid McCoy,
the American boxer, has been ar
rested as a suspect in a big hotel
jewel robbery.
TAFT MAY NOT ACCEPTRESICNATION
WILL VETO THE NEW WOOL SCHEDULE
r
National Committeeman Daly Says the Democrats Are Sure to
Elect Wilson—Clark and Underwood Have a Split—
Progressive Seeking Southerner Running Mate
Dawson, July 27-Alberl J. Daly,
Democratic national committee
man, left here on the last boat
for Fairbanks, from which place
he will go to Iditarod and thence
to Nome. As the first man to
reach the Yukon from the Haiti
more convention, he predicts a|
Democratic national victory, made
doubly certain since the Republi
can split, lie says Bryan, the
greatest man in America, domi
nated the convention and left his
impress on its work, lie thinks
I he nomination of Wood row Wil
son was the best possible choice
to harmonize all factions and
says every wing of the Democ
racy is united while its great op
ponent is in a state of hopeless!
demoralization. 'He says that
from what he has learned in
Southeastern Alaska the Demo
cratic parly will win in Alaska
this year.
Washington, July 27.-Speake^
Clark and Floor Leader Under
wood have split over I he battle
ship program of the Democratic
party and it is feared their dif
ferences may lead to an open rup
ture.
Washington, July 27.-President
Taft will veto the La Follelte wool
tariff bill, which is the same
measure passed by the Democrats
and Progressives a year ago,
which the President then vetoed.
He will base his veto message on
the same grounds as his last,
holding that Congress should
await the report of the tariff com
mission. The Democrats and
Progressives will also unite in
the passage of an excise tax bill,
also an amendment for the re
peal of the Canadian reciprocity
treaty.
Lewislon, Idaho, July27.-Sena
TEIKHELL'S REINCARNATION
SECOND CITY ON THE SITE
THIRTEEN YEAR8 AGO A MINING CAMP WAS 8ITUATED WHERE
NO WHA8 SPRUNG UP A TENTED CITY OWING TO THE RE -
OENT RIOH STRIKE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD
Thirteen years ago, when Val
dez was in its infancy and our
present sourdoughs were chee
chaCoes of the rawest type, a
stampede was started for (he
Teikhell upon reports that plac r
digging* had been discovered on
the barn i > lhe river bearing t at
name. In those days there wujj
nr. government trail and it meunt
some u(T«»>t to pack supplies nv-r
the glacier and down the Klu'ina
into the interior.
After much effort and hard work
a gang of hardy mnshers finally
established a camp, near Boulder
creek, on a small plateau, soon
forming what was then called
Teikhell City, composed of some
15 »ir 20 tents. When the placer
digging* on the Teikhell failed to
materialize the boys began pros
pecting the surrounding country
until one day the Williamson
brothers, who were burning the
moss off a gravel bar by the side
t)f Houlder creek, allowed the fire
to pass from th«'ir control, when
the (lames got into the spruco
I roe* and noon communicated to
the tented city, wiping out tho
entire settlement There were
hut one or two at the camp at the
tiino and heing above the water,
there was no means of saving any
of the property. A cache belong
ing t Clarenee Oolden and a sack
of dried fruits belonging to C. 0.
Reynolds was all the supplies left,
and with the rationing out of
these the entire outfit hegan their
weary niareh back to Valdez. Of
those who constituted the citi
zenry of the embryo mining camp
yet remaining with us are Clar
ence Oolden, C. C. Reynolds, Dan
Oreenlg and Nell O'Connor.
Just below tho site of this old
camp there has grown up anoth
or tented settlement since the rich
strike in qnarlz has become
bruilcd aroi/nd, promising to be
come more Important and more
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lor Borah,, who is here repair
ing his political fences, declares
lhal a third party is unnecessary.
He says that all the Progressives
want to accomplish can he done
within the Republican party.
Chicago, July 27.-The Progres
sive leaders here want a South
tI'll man for Iheir candidate as
vice-president.
Seagirt, July 27—Wnodrow Wil
son is home, having completed
hi* speech «»f acceptance.
Washington, July 27.-Judge
JIanford's resignation ha^ boon
IMPORTANT SUIT STARTED
WELL KNOWN PROPERTY
THE MOTHER LODE MINES COMPANY 8UE8 JOHN MILLER FOR
THIRD INTERE8T IN THE MOTHER LODE COPPER
PROPERTY NEAR KETIECOTT
Messrs. Dotiohue & Ostrander,
attorneys for John Miller, the well
known Slate creek operator, have
received the complaint, in an. ac
tion started in the Superior Court
of King county, slate of Washing
ton. by the Mother Lode Mines
company against their client. Mr.
Miller having established his resi
dence in Seattle, service was made
upon him by leaving a copy of the
complaint at his residence. Mr.
Miller, who spent the entire win
ter in Seattle, has 110 inkling of
the suit, the complainants having
waited unlil his departure for the
north full well knowing that he'
would be in Slate creek, where'
mail communication is slow and
uncertain.
The complaint alleges that John J
H. Smith, Oscar Haglund and Os
car Sail were the original owners
of the property in question, and
that they signed a contract to sell
said properties to one James J.
Godfrey. That the company be
ing in debt to the said parties for
deferred payments, ft was agived
that Defendant Miller should pur
chase the interest of said John H.
Smith in trust for the plaintiff
paying the sum of $20,000 in cash
therefor, the said Miller to receive,
a bonus therefor of $10,000 and a J
certain share of stock in said
plaintiff corporation.
That when the plaintiff de
manded from the defendant tlu
execution of a deed for the third
interest in said property held by
defendant in trust, said defendant
demanded the payment of the pur
chase price of said property with
interest aiul to be reimbursed for
sums of money alleged to havo
been expended to maintain title to
^aid properties, amounting to
937,000, together with 800,000
shares of the capital stock of said
plaintifT corporation and that said
demands were excessive, illegal
and fraudulent.
That the plaint iff corporation is
not indebted to said Defendant
Miller in any sum paid Smith and
that the defendant is indebted to
the plaintifT in the sum of $225,
032.80. PlaintifT asks damages in
the sum of 81,000 for each day
the plaintifT is deprived of said
deed. That by reason of defend
ant's fraudulent demands the
plaintifTs have been damaged in
the sum of $250,000, together
with such other relief as the court
may adjudge proper.
Mr. Donohoe, attorney for Mil
ler, states that the plajntifTs never
made a demand upon Miller for
Ihe execution of his deed of trust
nor did they ever make a tender
to him 11• reimburse him for the
actual cs-.sh outlay made by him
to secure Ihe Smith third interest,
interest accrued or for Ihe money
expended in paying for assess
ment work done in order to hold
title to Ihe properties, but that
they did oflVr o give Miller their
individual promissory notes to
cover said payments due Miller,
which he refused.
The case will be a hard fought
one if the plaintifTs permit it to
go to trial, as Miller feel* that he
is being made the bull of a very
serious joke.
HOUSE AGREE TO AMENDMENTS
IN HOME RULE BILL BY SENATE
WILL UftQE THE RETENTION OF DUAL LBPItLAToSS^AND
MAYBE ELIMINATION OF RAILWAY OOMUfHMlON
OLAtitE IN ENABLING AOT
Washington, July 27.-In order
lo mrtko possible tho early estab
lishment of home rule In Alaska,
Ihe House Committee on Terri
lorlefl have agreed to aeeopt alt
Ihe Senate's principal amend
ment* to the lfon.se home rnle
bill, but will urge Ihe restoration
of Ihe provision f»>r bolli a house
and senate.
Considerable opposition, how
ever, is developing against the
railroad commission clause being
n pnrt of the enabling act.
received by President Tuft. The
executive says ho may reject tho
resignation if the judiciary com
mit lee says impeachment pro
ceedings will follow I lie invest i
| gal ion.
j Los Angeles, July 27.-Tin? Cen
tral Labor Council has asked
President Taft not to accept the
resignation of Judge Ilanford, but
I to compel the jurist to face the!
! charges preferred against him. I
TALK OF MOVING PORT
WELLS TOWNSITE
Then* is some talk of moving
the Porl Weils tO\Viir»ii«* io tin*
.neighborhood of Esther Passage,
owing to the present location be
ing whore it would take a very
long wharf to serve the large
steamers and the rocky nature of
the bottom. Mr. Byers, who runs
the store there, Is doing a good
business and is very highly spok
en of by the miners, who say they
can buy just as cheaply at the
Port Wells store as they can in
any of the towns on Ine south
eastern coast.
Alex. Singletary is running a
crosscut on hi^ Port Wells prop
erty and finds that he has to go
50 feet further than he expected
in order to strike the vein, owing
to the pitch dipping away from
his workings. Late reports from
Avery river stale that the properly
jis very promising.
Residents of Carcross think it
strange thai a munificent govern
ment should expend nearly *50,
000 there on a school for Indians
when no provision is made for the
education of the white children
of that place. Lack of education
al facilities is Ihe greatest draw
hack of that otherwise desirable
town.
ALDERMEN ARE
CAUGHT IN AGI
Detroit Aldermen Caught in Act of
Selling Their Votes by De
tectives
Detroit, July 27.-Marked money
used )»y detectives has resulted in
thi* arrest of eight aldermen and
tin' secretary of tin* council on
charges «»f having accepted bribe*
for their voles. Oiu* of Ihe al
derman has made a full confes
sion.
MINERS STRIKE
BRINGS TROOPS
Strikers About to Rush Detectives
When State Troops Arrive
on the Scene
Charleston, \V. Ya., July 27.
The striking miners gave batlle to
the detectives guarding property.
The governor hurried in compan
ies of militia, who now have con
trol of the situation. At the time
the troops arrived it looked bad
for the detectives, who were in
ferior in numbers and in a weak
position to hold. The strikers are
it) an ugly mood.
Tin* caterpillar Iraetion engine
hitched onto ih»* larjre truck, con
stiiietfd during the past winter
by William Pearson, and started
on it* trip to the flume ramp with
a load of staves for Ifle 81-inch
siphon. The wagon alone weighs
about six or seven tons, then it
was loaded with six tons of staves
ami behind were two trailers with
two ton1? each making a load of
ten tons in addition to the weight
of the truck and two wagons or
trailers. That caterpillar is sure
some creeper, and can snake along
quite a load.-Nome Fx.
NUMBER OF RICH STRIKES
ON WEST SIDE PORT WELLS
WEALTHY FAIRBANKS OPERATOR BINDS HIMSELF TO OPEN
AND DEVELOP HERMAN A EATON PROPERTIES ON
SETTLES BAY FOR HALF INTEREST J J
Mining progress in the Port
Wells District < going ahead by
leaps and bounds, judging by the
activity being displayed. Since
the opening of the season, the
mineralized area has been greatly
extended, until now Homer bay,
Bet lies bay and even llarriman's
fiord arc included in the district
showing up good pay. Those who
have visited the section, and those
who have been prospecting in
that portion of Prince William
sound are enthusiastic over the
prospects of that region.
(leorge Herman and Olenn II.
Katon, well known in this city,
made a location on Hetties bay
this last June which gives every
promise of becoming a property
of great value. Situated nhoul
one mile from tide water, at an
elevation of 700 feet, and easily
reached by a natural wagon road
over gravel bars, with an unlimit
ed water power available eleven
months in the year, and limber
enough on the property it sol f and
in the immediate vicinity to do for
mining purposes for years to
come.
The ledge, which was covered
with moss, lias been stripped for
a distance (if 200 feet, disclosing
a vein running from ! I inches to
five feel and carrying values from
*1 '» to $5,500 to the ton. Thn
entire ledge matter pans well.
Geologically speaking, (lie ledge
is very favorably situated, lies be
Iween a slate formation and gray
whack, paralleling a strong gran
itic dike, distance about mo feel,
dipping rapidly towards the in
trusion anil cutting the country
format ion squarely.
Messrs. Merman & F.aton have
entered into an agreement with
Mr. A. A. , Kvernian, a wealthy
mine owner of Fairbanks, by
which I hat gentleman lakes ov
er a half interest in the properly,
binding himself to develop Iho
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