Ualfoz Satlg Jproapprtor
VOL. I. VALDKZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1S12.
COL. ROOSEVELT
IS VEHEMENT
Denies That He Had Any
Knowledge of Campaign
Contributions
Washington, D. C., Oct. 5—
Col. Roosevelt was on I he .stand
for three and a half hours before
the Senate committee probing in
to campaign expenditures. He
made a sweeping denial of having
solicited campaign funds for
)eitlicr the elections of 1894 or
'98 or of having promised favors
lo John I>. Arehbold or anyone
••Ise. "If they expected favors."
*aid Col. ltoosevell. "they were
••it her fools or crooks." lie said
the fund <»f $iift.000 raided by E.
II. llarriiiian was f<»r Ihe New
Vork campaign ami no| the na
lional campaign.
When asked by one of Ihe mem
bers of the commilh-e if the
money spent in New York did not
aid the national lickel. he said he
supposed il nrflurally did. Tie
further said that he had never
denied that corporations had con
tributed to funds raised for his
election. Shaking his fist, he ex
claimed in an angry lone:
"Senator Penrose should be
thrown out of the Senate for ad
vising John D. Arehbold to sub
mit to the alleged Bliss extor
tion." He also denied that he had
known Mlorgan had contributed
to his campaign fund.
Will Sail North.
Si-allli', Ocl. 5.—Mrs. Genrpfo C.
TiVal will probably sail north on
I ho noxl Sampson.
NEW DIPLOMAT
Wealthy Diplomat to Suoceed
Von Hengervar at Wash
ington
Vienna, Oct. S3.—Konslantin
Theodor Duinba. at present min
ister t«» Sweden, was nominated
today to succeed Baron llengel
muller von liengervar as ambas
sador of Aust ri:'Jllunpary at
Washington.
IIerr Mum).a i> a wealthy and
popular diplomat. JI •• inherited
ihe property of his nnele. a Vienna
hanker and philanthropist, who
was a great art patron.
Ftaron Hengelmuller has rep
resented Austria-Hungary at
Washington for eighteen years
and was dean of I lie diplomat ie
corps there.
• (ieorge 'Herman, who is work
ing on his properties on Bettlcls
I ay, will come to town during the
course of the coming week, a§ he
is expecting the arrival of a hoist
engine and pump for the Evernian
property, which he recently bond
ed.
MANY STARVING
BELEO RED TOWN
Panama. Oct. 5.—New« has
reached here that federal troop*
have captured Masaya in Nica
ragua, a rebel Mtronghold. For
eigners were reduced to eating
horses. Many women were dead
from starvation.
Household furnishing* for nale
cheap. Inquire at cable office.
TEDDY'S BACKERS
TO BE CINCHED
The Harvester Trust Magnates
Will ot be Treated as Oth
ers Have Been
Washington, Oct. 5.—To avoid
giving "immunity baths," the de
partment of justice admitted this
afternoon that it would not call
any of the magnates of the Har
vester Trust to testify at the hear
ings now being held in Chicago.
This means that Cloorge \V. Per
kins, Judge Elbert H. Gary. ('.has.
Dccring and Cyrus and Harold
McCormick probably would m>l bo
perm i I ted to testify.
If was also admitted thai crim
inal prosecutions arc possible for
alleged viola I ions of I lie anl i-lrust
law.
DIVE VERY DEEP
TO GET GOLD
Russian Miners in Fairbanks Go
Deep to Find Precious
l
Metal
Oih* of the de.t'pesl in the
country is being sunk «mi (iold
stream, says \V. F. Whitely, 1 li«>
n*al estate man *>f Fairbanks, lb*
talked with Ibo thre«» ltus«ians
sinking flu's shaft.
They are down i-'OO feet ami mv
still penetrating gravel, with no
sign of bedrock. This shaft is
on I lie right limit of 27 b'elow
fioldslreain, where 110 one imag
ined any such depth of ground
existed. Ileeause I hoy are in such
ueep k' ouiki i iic laymen an* 111111*11
encouraged, feeling certain they
are on a channel never before in
vestigated in all of the wide fiold
stream valley. All of the ground
they have penetrated is frozen.
The deepest hole ever sunk in
the placer workings of the ramp
was on the Chatanika flats, near
the mouth of Sargent cre'ek, where
a depth of 810 feet in frozen
ground was reached. In that work
the prospectors used a shield to
protect the man in the hole from
falling pebbles.
FflEIGHTERSEWARD
IS CHARTERED
Seattle, Oct. 5.—The freighter
Seward has been chartered from
the Alaska Steamship company to
the Pacific Mail company, to run
out of San Francisco.
WANT FUNDS
FOR CAMPAIGN
London, Oct. 5.—Democrats are
appealing to manufacturers for
funds representing that the elec
tion of Wllflon will help them and
Knglish trade.
StMnMr NUv*m«nU.
I
Alameda, aouth bound for Seattle.
Mariposa, north bound.
8amp4on sailed from Seattle fol
1 north.
McCuilough, hence to Seattle.
Cordova, in port.
Dofa, left Unalaska for Sewnrd
September 26.
COUPLE ARRESTED
BANK ROBBERY
Released for Want of Evidence,
Are Immediately Re-arrested
for Another Crime
New Westminster, B. C., Oct.
5.—"You can go now, as far as
I am concerned."
In this matter-of-fact manner
Magistrate Edmonds dismissed
Walter Davis, alias Walsh, and
his wife in police court today on
I ho charge t>f complicity in the
famous robhery of the Bank of
i Montreal in this city last Sep
tember, when over $271,000 was
stolen, and for one brief moment
the two suspects were free, only
to be arrested by an officer who
will lako the prisoners back to
Toronto to answer to Hie charge
jot* having in their possession
j money stolen from Iho Bank of
| Montreal.
volunteers"
HELPING SERVIA
i
Russians Are Pouring Into Servia
to Fight Against
Turkey
l.oudoii. Oct. 5.--II u< si si 11 vol
ju liters an- pouring into Scr\ in
| Tor service against Turkey. I'm;
entire country is under arm*, a
martial spirit having swept ap
parently over the mountain peo
ples. The telegraph is ominous
ly silent, no doubt being uniler
military censorship.
Household furniture for sale.
Inquire of Miss Siudler.
SMALL PRECINCT
HAS A BIG BILL
North Yakima, Oct. 5.—Every
vie cast in Hie Priosl river pre
cinct of |his «*«tiint> al I lie recent
i]>rimary «•!«■«• I i« mi cms I the comity
$25. It was necessary lo trans
port the ballot boxes and ballots
00 miles by automobile ami horse
back, ami I bo election judges re
turned vouchers f«»r I wo full days
i for counting I be vole. Tlie three
election officials and I he one oth
er voter cast I he only ballots in
! I he precinct. j
SOCIALISTS KICK
TO PARLIAMENT
The Hague, Oct. 5.—Socialists
today made a great demonstration
In front of the houses of parlia
ment a* a proles! against the gov
ernment's legislative program.
>Vhen the crowd became boister
ous it was -dispersed by gen
darmes.
Wbom Danoa
The Ordsr'of Alaskan Moose
will give their regular weekly
danoe Saturday night at their hall
to wfciotl all friend! of the organ -
ixation gre Invited. Dancing wilt
begin it 0:89 iharp. Tlokets can
be had Of members. Good music.
The "DuteM lunch" al N.
Schmidt's, ne^ to Blum's. Try It.
FAMOUS STEAMER
BE DISMANTLED
IVIaohlnery From the Tyrrell Will
be Used In New Vessel for the
White Pass Line
The famous Yukon river steam
er Tyrrell is being dismantled at
the Dawson shipyards and the
machinery, it is understood, will
be used by the White Pass in
equipping its new steamer now
under construction at White
horse for the Upper Yukon. The
new boat is to be light draft, and
designed to handle freight over
the shallows of the Thirly-mile
river in the early spring and late
in I lie season when the larger
boats cannot carry heavy car
goes there to advantage. II is re
ported the While Pass may build
two new boals at Whilehorse Ibis
fall, and in that evenl will use
machinery from I lie old Yielor
iau for one of them.
MANY MEN COMING
TO REPAIR ROAD
Copper River Railroad Bringing
Many Men to Repair the
Road
Srallb», Oct. r»—-Fifly men havi*
been engaged here l<> it-pair the
damage dune •«> I Is#* ('.oppn- llivrr
road during I Ik* 1st!«* slornis. The
men an* on |he way up north on
the Mai'iposa. They have been
lulii the work will ooeupy litem a
monlh. No freight is being lak
••i) her}* to go over the road with
out a statement that it will be
ill least a month before regular
lraftir is resumed.
HUSBAND SELLS
HIS WIFE CHEAP
London, Oct. 5.—Thai *h»* was
sold by her husband 10 years ago
to another man for 25 cents was
I lie remarkable allegation made
in Bedford police court by Mrs.
Kebecca Millard in applying for
divorce. Mrs. Millard declared
that after living with tin* oilier!
man for l\vo years and a half. .-die
returned In her husband. Sinerj
then he had been persi«*lenUyi
cruel t«» her, she charged, hut tin'
court declined In grant her appii
ci.il inn.
mexicaTrebel
MAKES ASSAULT
Juarez, (}ptt 5.—A Mexican reb
el attempted an assault on an
American woman, when her
daughter, aged 10 years, leaped
from a window and summoned
aid.
•pMlal PUU U toward and Vteturn
The Alaska Coast company will
make a rate of 97 to Seward and
return on thig trip of the Admiral
8ampson, leaving here about the
third of Ootober. This rate is
tnade for the benefit of any of the
Djibllo who can take part in the
"Game Hunt" of the Seward Out
ing Club..
Home cooked ^ieatg and ham
alwayg on hand/at N. Schmidt's.
A Y0UN6 GIRL
ENDS HER LIFE
A Child of Seventeen Ends Her
Career by Strangu
lation
Los Gatos, Cal., Oct. 5.—While
her sister, Mrs. Robert Tibbitts,
wife of a millionaire San Fran
cisco contractor, entertained
guests in the magnificent country
home of the Tibbitts near here,
Miss Zanoni Raiford, aged 17, left
the House, and, going to a barn,
ended her life. She knotted one
end of a rope about her neck, the
other around a rafter, and step
ped «»IV a feed bin. She died of
strangulat ion.
. The girl's friends and family
today are at a lo>s in account for
the tragedy, li was said that
Miss Raiford had no love affair.
LOVE'TdM
CHARITY'S GAIN
Eccentric Member of the Astor
Family Leaves $200,000
to Charity
I'ou^hkeopsie, X. V.. OH.
Tin.' Will of iii'iiry Itrekman Arm
strong. an eccentric member of
I In* Aslor family, who died at H«*«I
llook a short Iimi* ayo, disposes
I«»r an estate valued at a quarter
of a million ilollar'.i. A!l'of 1 li••
properly will jjto in charily. There
an* a few spccitic hcipiosls lo lo
cal pliilanl liropic instil lit ions ami
tin* residuary estate, valued at
is left to his In-other.
James S. Armslrotijr, with inslruc
lions thai "Ihe wliole sum i< lo
he used for philanthropic pur
poses."
Armstrong lived us a recluse
fi»r many years. A blasted ro
mance in his early youth caused
his retirement from society and
he spent the remainder of his lif"
alone on his little farm.
It is reported that James Milch
ell has made a rich strike in the
"Port Wells country. The number
dr prospectors in thai section are
hi'^'nninp to thin out, owing to
the inclemency of I lie weather.
hfiiM-r, Oct. 5.—Thirty .well
known women are in a precarious
condition owing to ptomaine poi
soning from eating at a church
dinner.
BRYAN HUMES
TWO PATRIOTS
Wichita, Kan., Oct. 5.--In a
xpeech here Bryan sarcastically
referred to Perkins as patriot
number one and Morgan as pa
triot number two.
The launch Brighton arrived
Trom Port Wells last evening.
Captain £tamey reports that quite
a number of miners will remain
in the district developing • I heir
properties during I he winter
months.
Subeorlbe for ttii Prospector.
THE RECALL OF
MAYOR COTTERILL
Extreme Methods Employed by the
Administration Has Exasper
ated the People
Seattle, Oct. 5.—Names to tho
recall petition against Mayor
George F. Collerill are continu
ing t<» bo added to the petitions.
It is now thought that before th»5
time set for the (Ming of the pe
titions then1 will be fully 25,00<l
names signed. Great care has
been exercised in gelling the
names, but few appearing upon
I In- list- who do ii«it comply witli
the law. It requires but a few
over 10,mill names In force a re
call election, but these names
must all be «| u a I i li • * < I. i -1 «•!•••■ I
\o|e|>.
Tin 1«•• • liyure <>n Mirplus
of i!) per 111 in number of Min
ers to the petitions. Six weeks
ago, Mayr r.otlcrill > i• • 1 «.i<• < 1 to tin:
demands of a clerical combina
tion, which has since performed
some curious political feats, thr
recall movement was practically
dead.
At lliul lime it>xiuiul«*!> 8.
500 signers were all lhat two or
three months work showed ami
I here was serious doubt whether
any more could he obtained.
When the Ministerial Associa
tion had the purity squad in the
Held, followed by many hi^h hand
ed ami wholly unwarranted ar
rests of respectable people. pub
lie sentiment at once changed ami
where there had previously been
difficulty in obtaining signatures,
j the association was deluded with
'applicant- clamoring for the op
J port unity to si-n.
ARE BLOCKING
OUT MORE ORE
Number 17 Has Already Produced
$1,000,000—Laymen Hamper
ed by Lack of Water
Having worknl mil tin* ground
opened f«»r I In- summer work on
No. 17 (toUlslri'um. Fred. .Forgen
snn & C<». are preparing •<» sink
another working shaft llial will
{bo used this coming' winter in
'opening up a now block of pay.
At present no work is being done
by (his force of laymen except lo
wash up a dump consisting •»f
tunnel dirt and the remains <>f an
'old dump.
I As Peterson A Craig, on the
jsanM' claim, are sluicing night
| and day, Jorgensen Sc Co. can get
woter only about three hours a
day, when the other laymen are
nat busy using it, hence the task
of washing up the old dump does
not progress very rapidly.
No. 17 (ioldstream has already
produced more than a million in
gold ami is good for many addi
tional thousands.
THOUSANDS LEAVE
FOR OLD COUNTRY
• a. .
San Francisco, Oct. 5.--Twenty
thousand (ireekn will probably
leave. California to fight f«»r the
mother country. Cupilanis, head
of a ilreek aviation corps, is hur
rying home. Many of the (ireeks
are taking money back with them
to help out the government.
Hub*crfbe for tne Projector.