®hp HaUtez SaUy IJroapwtor
VOL. 8.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 13, 1912.
NO. 177.
OROZCO'S ARMY
MEETS OEFEA1
Suffers Loss of 500 Men Besides
Cannons, Ammunition pnd
Supplies
Escalon, May 13.—<Jeneral
Oro/.co's army mot with severe
defeat and loss near here. The
rebels were forced to retreat un
der the heavy artillery lire of the
federals.
The federals captured many of
the rebel cannons and great
stores of ammunition ami sup
plies. Fully 500 rebels wort'kill
ed and disabled, while I ho feder
al loss is small. The loss of am
munition and supplies will he a
hard blow to the campaign <>f the
rebel leaders.
SHQUP RAY IS
A BUSY SECTION
Mayfleld, Rambler, Bence-McDon
ald, Olson and Cameron
Jotfison All Active
Tlu» Shoup bay region is show
ins more activity than any other
section on Valdez hay, probably
largely due to the fact that at
this season it is more accessible
than properties situated in oth
er localities.
Work of actual mining is in
lull swing on the Maytield prop
erties.
The Rambler people are work
ing three shifts and are making
great and satisfactory progress
on that property.
This morning several tons oi
supplies, camp equipage and
tools were taken by the B. F. M,
to Shoup bay for the Hence & Mc
Donald properties. The officers
of the Rambler Mining company,
who have bonded these proper
ties, say they will push the work
as expeditiously as they have on
the Rambler, intending, as they
do, putting in a ten.stamp mill
by the first of July.
Guy Banty is now in GO feet
on the cross-cut to strike the
vein 011 the Olson property, un
der bond to B. F. Millard, lie cal
culates that 12 feci morn will
bring him to the ledge.
The machinery has.been land
ed at lln» Cameron-Johnson
property and development work
is now in full swing with a view
of shipping 100 on si olhetAT
of shipping ton Ions to I In* smel
ler.
DILLON E8TIMATES THE
OUTPUT AT $6,000,000
On liis return from tin* creeks
reeeii I ly Com/missioner John
Dillon, of Fairbanks, made public
a very oi>l imistic promise of what
(ho ensuing season will bring
forth. Weighing Ihe intensify of
operations at Ihe present time
with the progress at this lime a
year ago, in addition to making
allowances for Ihe amount, of the
winter dumps taken out, Mr. Dil
lon is confident that Ihe output
will pass the $6,000,000 mark.
More prospecting has been done
and heller results have attended
the work this winter than in the
winter of 1911, says the judge,
and consequently, with more new
ground being worked, the total
clean.up will amount higher.
The transport Sheridan has
been substituted for the Buford
to carry the 30th infantry to
Alaska and return Ihe lOlh lo
the stales. The Sheridan will
leave ScalHe for the north on
June 5lh.
CALL AT YAKUTA l*
EVERY OTHER TRIP
The Mariposa will stop at Yak
ulat oil hop trip southward.
Henceforth until further noticc
vessels of the Alaska Steamship
Company leaving Seattle on the
1st and 16th of each month for
Southwestern Alaska, will slop at
that point.
LONDON GIVES ISMAY
BIG WELCOME HOME
London, May 13.—Vice-Presi
dent Ismay, of the While Star
Steamship line, to which the Ti
tanic belonged, was given a big
welcome when he arrived home.
DRUMMERS PUT
BAN ON TIPPING
I
Agree to Let Hotels and Railroad
Companies Pay Employes
Wages
l.os Angeles, May 13—No mope
will Hie waiters and'porters of
'American railroads ami hotels
profit by the liberality of the com
mercial men. In the future the
Knights of the Grip will prefer to
be styled "tightwads" in prefer
ence to giving up easy money to
help pay the salaries of the em
ployes of the hotels and railroad
companies.
The United Commercial Drum
mers' Association in convention
here has voted to place a ban on
tipping and will use their influ
ence to have state and national
laws enacted to make tipping a
'misdemeanor. The drummers
belL.ve the system is un-Ameri
can and a nuisance and should
be abolished.
TD PROSPECT
WITH A DRILL
Placers of Kodlak Island Receiv
ing Attention by Califor
nia Men
A California company have had
mining experts on the west shore
of Kodiak Island for the past six
weeks examining the placer de
posits of that section. They will
return In Berkeley, California,
with a favorable report on the
properties and expect lo hi; sent
back to make a more thorough
examination with a drill. IT the I
gravid will stand the test it is
llir intention of the company be
hind the venture to put in a
*500,000 hydraulic plant, which,
they believe, ran be worked for I
months in the year.
WATER8 ARE FALLING
AND 8ITUATION IMPROVING
New Orleans, May I.'J.—The
flood situation in Hip Mississippi
valley is improving as (he water
is slowly falling. The property
loss is enormous and wil| ho up
in I he millions of dollars.
PRINTERS WONT JOIN
IN PRE88MEN'8 8TRIKE
Chicago, May 13.—The efTorls
of the striking pressmen to get
the International Typographical
Union to join in their strike has
failed.
LOOAL BREVITIES.
The 8. 8. Northwestern left. Ju
neau for the westward Sunday
morning at. 3:30 o'clock.
Judge 8hepard has begun work
on his new building to be occu
pied by the commissioner's of
fice.
COAST APPEALS
TO MINING MAN
Will Finanoe Sampling Mill for
Port Wells District and
Buy Ore
S. J. Marsh, who lias been op
erating on quart/ properties in
the Chandalar country for the
past few years, in connection
with Congressman Kul/.er and
New York capitalists, will, if he
can make arrangements with
claim owners in the Port Wells
section to gel I he ore, put up a
sampling and stamp mill al sonic
convenient point in that sec-lion,
i lie will sample and buy the ore
outright or mill a! a given figure.
Mr. Marsh is a thorough met
alurgisl and understands the
milling business from one end to
the other, 'lie is now on the out
side making arrangements with
those, backing him to finance I he
mill project. Mr. Marsh is an
Alaskan of the vintage of 18'.)'.)
and has heretofore operated ex
clusively north of the Yukon. He
had a complete milling outfit
landed on the Yukon two years
ago but to dale has not succeed
ed in transporting the machin
ery to his properties, 200 miles
north of the river, owing to the
swampy condition of the trails in
summer and the difficulty of
keeping them broke in winter.
PRESSMEN QUIT
ON EXAMINER
1
Claim They Were Being Required
to Print Part of Chica
I
go Paper
j San Francisco, May 13 The
pressmen on (he Kxaminer have
'struck in sympathy with the
pressmen of Chicago. They claim
they were required to ppinl a
portion of Hearst's Chicago pa
per, on which the pressmen are
striking. It is believed the strike
will become general throughout
this city.
PRESIDENT ASKS
FOR SQUARE DEAL
Wires Californians That He Must
Depend Upon His Friends
There
Washinplnn, May J.'I.— Presi
I Taft lias Kiinc lo Ohio to
campaign that stale. Before leav
ing hn wired a plea In Oalifor
nians asking Ih«*m In see that he
was given a squan* deal in I he
primaries.
The California primaries will
In* the most bitterly contested of
any of the western slates awl is
uncertain owing Id the women's
vote.
CARD PARTY AT
MOOSK Hi
The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Oood Hainnritan hospital will give
a card party at Moose hall tomor
row evening at fl o'clock. The
proceeds will ho for the benefit
of the hospital. All are invited.
Admission 50 cents.
Subscribe for tho Prospector.
FINISH CONTRACT
ON BUNKER HILL
Completion of Tunnel Demon
strates Ledge Qoes Down and
Carries Values
sillier Anderson and Chas.
Whalcn, who have been running
a tunnel un the Hunker Hill
property mi Shoup bay, have lln
ishd thnir contract, and arrived in
town Saturday. They drove Ihe
tunnel in inn feel and encoun
tered the rich pay shoot, which
attracted '.so much attention on
the surface. The miners report
thai there is no (lueslion of the
Icdtre Koinjr down and .•arryinfr its
values. While driving Ihe tunnel
I hey followed the ore and report
thai conditions in the tunnel,
which {fives considerable depth,
are identical with those on Ihe
surface. They report that, free
pro Id can now be seen in the face
of Ihe tunnel.
Messrs. Anderson and W'hal
en will make a trip outside to
visit I heir folks before pointf to
Ihe hills affain. Mr. Anderson
will f.ro to (iuthrie, Okla., where
his parents reside. He has not
f.een back there for seven years
Mid feels thai he is entitled to a
vacation. Mr. Whalen will polo
Coeur d'Alene. They will po on
the Sampson and plan to return
in a few weeks.
BELIEVE GOMEZ
CROSSED BORDER
President of Mexican Rebels Fail
to Meet General Orozco
at Juarez
Juarez, May 13.— President
Gomez, of the Mexican rebel kov
ernment has disappears! and it
is believed he has pone across
the border into America. Gener
al Oro7.co*has absolutely refused
to recognize Gomez as president
and arrived here to hold a con
ference with the president and
other leading rebels.
CLAIM OWNERS
TO. BUILD ROAD
Operators of Several Properties
Will Unite to Build From
Shoup Bay
Tin* several mining companies
'operating in th<» vicinity of Slump
glacier, including the Millard
outfit, handling tin* Olson prop
ortion, thn Rambler, May Held and
Cameron-Johnson companies, are
arranging to build a substantial
and permanent wagon road from
Slump bay to their mining prop
erties, thus permitting the haul
ing of supplies and machinery.to
the mines, as wcl| as the ship
ment, of ore to tide water.
ROBBERS SECURE *2,500
FROM POSTOFFIOE SAFE
St. Louis, May 13.—Robbers
cracked the safe in the postofTice
al Clayton and secured $2,500.
Peter Jackson arrived in town
this morning with a boat, load of
fresh fish which include choice
halibut and red snappers.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
MEETING OF Y. M. C. A.
AT 8 O'CLOCK TONIGHT
There will by s* meeting of the
members of I he Y. M. (i. A. at the
office of J. L. Heed in the U. S.
commissioner's building Ibis ev
ening at H o'clock for tin? pur
pose of electing directors for tin*
ensuing year. All persons bavins
subscribed $12 are members.
MADERO'8 GOVERNMENT
CLAIM8 BIG VICTORIES
K| Paso, May 13.-'-Reports re
ceded here from Mexican fed
erai sources indicate that the
rebels are meeting with sweeping
reverses.
WILL SHIP ORE
TO THE SMELTER
Machinery Landed at Cameron
Johnson Property and Work
Under Way
Sidney Drake has reiurned from
Ihe r.aineron-.Jolinson properties]
mi Slump glacier. He reports I bat'
Ihe company's entire out ill is
now on the ground and thai a
force of men are engaged in ac
tual mining. Work was begun
on the upper property, where the
vein has been faced preparatory
to driving a tunnel. The rock
shows high values and well deiin
edwalls, separated from the vein
matter by two inches of soft
gauguc, which was exceedingly
high in values.
II is Ihe intention of Ihe com
pany to ship one hundred or more
Ions to the Tacoma smelter, as
soon as weather conditions will
WILL PATROL
THE WESTWARD
Norman Merchant Appointed Dep
uty Marshal to Travel on
Steamer Dora
Norman Merchant has hern ap
pointed a "floating deputy," that
is he is now deputy United Stales
marshal ami has h»»eu assigned to
I Ihe westward for the summer
months. He will make his head
quarters on Ihe "Dora" and will
piek up prisoners who have hern
senleneed |o jail terms. sending
lliem lo this place In serve out
I heir sentences.
Mr. .Merchant's duties will lake
him from Seward to Xushairak
and In I'nalaska. lie will proh
ahly return here in Seplemher
with the lloaliiiK court. The of
llce to which he has heen assign
ed was recently created hy Ihe
Department of Justice upon the
recommeudalions of Marshal Sul
livan, who found it often a diffi
cult matter to have prisoners
brought here during Ihe open
season when everybody to Ihe
westward was busy in Ihe fisher
ies. Mr. Merchant will make a
splendid man for the position.
MAJOR BUTT MOT ON
PRESIDENT'S MISSION
'
Washington, May 13.—Presi- 1
dent Tnft clonics Ihnl hr sont 1
Major Unit In Homp on nil im
portant mission which resulted in
his being on the Titanic when sho
was wrecked.
PRESIDENT WILL CONTROL j
THE MONTANA CONVENTION '
Ihitte, Mont., Mny 13.—Returns '
show that President Tafl will 1
control the slnle convention of '
this slnle. '
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KLLENS MAY BE
ON PACIFIC COAST
Leader of Qang Who Murdered
Court Officials on Trial
for Crime
Wytheville, May 13.—Floyd Al
len, tho loader of the Allen gang,
who was on Irial for larceny when
the eonrt ofTieials were shot down
a! liilisville, is on the stand tes
tifying in his own behnl!.
'Ilu* defence claims thai noin
of I hose under arresf had any
thing to do with tin' killing of
thi' officials. There are two
members of the gang still at.
large, who are believed to he on
the I'acilie roast, who are held t<»
he responsible f«u* tin- shooting.
WiLLELECT
THE DELEGATES
Progressive Republicans Wilt
Hold Primaries Tonight in
Old City Hall
Tin* insurgent wing of the lo
iaI Republican parly will hold
their primary tonight at the old
city hall to elect delegates to tin1
territorial convention railed to
meet in Yabh'z May *j«>. Tin- pro
grain for tin- primary is thus
staled hy K. K. Hilcliie, wlio is
sued the call as acting secretary
of the territorial committee.
"I don't know of any program
except to elect t'Ml delegates t«»
the territorial convention. I do
not know of any slate. So far as
t know there will he no printed or
typewritten tickets. It will be
strictly a referendum, with a free
ballot and a fair count.
"Kvery Republican who doesn't
wear a Shackle ford tag is invit
ed to he present and help elect a.
delegation to the Yaldez conven
tion. which will he the real Re
publican convention of Alaska. It
will voice the opinions of the
wing of the party which has car
ried the territory by a big margin
in two delegate elections and ex
peels to deliver the goods a third
time."
FULL DRE8S INSPECTION
FOR THE 8IQNAL CORPS
l.ieuf. I>rury.commanding com
pany of the signal corps. held
full dress inspeelion Saturday af
ternoon. Some of the hoys when
:icraved in ful| dr«'ss with their
service slcipes and other do-fun
nies look like Held marshals.
Sergeant Smith could only have
heeil surpassed h> ;i real li\e
Irum major.
NEW ACETYLENE LIGHTS
ARE BEING INSTALLED
Tin* lighthouse lender Armaria,
• '.apt. Will (Jregory, lias sailed for
nape Spencer, where I lie first of
he I i new acetylene lights will
!>e established. The lender has
provisions enough Io last for a
•rnise of two months. She will
nslall 14 beacons and live buoys
n addilion I<» replacing several
lid buoys. The work will be done
inder the supervision of Inspec
or Hay I*. Hankinson.
LOOAL BREVITIES.
The district court is still oe
;uplcd in I he case of the Seattle
Merchants' Association against
P. K. Dougherty. It is hoped to
onclude the case of Sponberg vs.
ieesc before the court leaves for
lordova, which will be on I lie re
urn trip of the S. S. Xorthwesl
rn. The court does not expect
o return lo Valdez until about
une Hlh.