®br Hal&pz Satlg Proapprtnr
Vol. 9
VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1912
No. 18
MYSTERIOUS DEATH
BEING PROBED
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A Baltimore Woman Elopes With " a,
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Street Car Conductor and comes *
to Mysterious End. ".J
CHICAGO, October 31.—'The in
quest over the remains of, Sophia
Singer, of Baltimore, who died under
strange circumstances, has been con
tinued, as the testimony of a man
named Conway, a vaudeville actor,
who together with bis wife, are
thought to know something of the
woman's death. Sophia Singer, elop
ed froi> Baltimore, with William
Wort ham, a street car conductor.
t I LAUNCHED
PRESENCE TUFT
Large Crowd S^las new Dread'
naught as She Glides Into
; * East River
Brooklyn, Oct. Ul-v-fThe balj
li«*feslii|» New York was launched
today in tlie presence of a dis"
liiiguishcd assembly. including
IM-CsidiipU Tafl
The ki.M'1 of I In* Nuw Voi k was
laid in 101 I. She of »'7,0(>n .Ioiih
displacement, and is In develop
:ii\Oon horse power. She will
. itrry leu I i inch rifles ami
•.• 111> _«.111• r» inch rapid lire kiiiis.
v»^fllicr willi a si rona* >«*eond
ary l»;i 11 <•<->
OWNER'S GREED
GOSIS LIVES
Twenty Human Live~ Pay foi
Greed of Shipowners Says
Court
London., Ocl. I "The (fives
of these l\vini> wien were sac
rificed lo 130 Ions addiional
freight." This was I he decla
ration oT Magjslraje \N" T. Lewi.
of ('ardill' in pronouncing judg
nient "ft I In- in<|uiry iulo llie re
cunt lnss rf the sleanier Norlli
Britain, which foundered with all
her crew. lie held dial, the dis
aster was entirely due lo "in
sufficient freeboard," which had
been made permissable under the
revised regulations of the hoard
of trade, whfereby the height ol
I he plimsol mark on numerous
vessels had heen raised.
WANfPAY
FOR BOtHD
Portland. Oct. 31 —OlHiiaiiiiK
lliat their step farther, Charles
Zcllor, made Ihem a vi«iI (if 15
yearn, ale thrre« big "squares"
every f|ay and let it go at, thai*
Ella V. fleyna/rd Amos 11.
Front are suipg> film fo'r' a
000 hoard bill.'
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Parke (WswMq left ihij#
morning for the interior, "having
accepted a position with I he
Robl. Mcintosh *lnige 11 he.
TO COMPROMISE
BY SELLING
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Long Legal Battle may End by
v • "-y ... ;
Siandird Oil 8el'ing out the
W«*^r8-Plerce Co.
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Xe York, Oct. 31—«Tlie Stand
ard .Oil Company lias signified its
willingness lo sell lie Waters
Pierce Oil Company to Pierce for
S3.000.000 (n t*nd llie litigation.
MRS. CLEVELAND
TO MARRY
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Wife of the Former President, An
nounces that She Will Wed Pro
fessor Preston.
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j PRINCETON, October 31—Mrs.
Frances Cleveland, widow of the for
mer president, announces her coruiug
marriage to Thomas Preston, aged
fifty- years, Professor of Archeology,
at Wells College. Francefe" (Fol*om
Cleveland, was born in 'feSffcUo,' N
Y., d<n-18M. She*is a graduate of .the
college in which her future hu band
is engaged.
MORE TESTtMBMY *
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[Threw Dynamite From a Fast Movin<
Train to Destroy the Harbor
Improvements.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oirtober 31.—/
night watchman, on the Indiana Har
' bor Works, Illinois, testified in th<
trial of the members of the Struct
ural Iron Workers Union, that h<
extinguished dynamite thrown from j
fast train into the steel constructon
There was enough dynamite thrown t<
demolish the entire works.
EARLY SHOW
IN SPOKANE
SPOKANE, October 31.—The ear
llest snow in years has fallen here
Residents owning cutters took advan
tage of the light snowfall to have a
good time.
COMMISSn
IS EXHOHORATED
WASHINGTON, October 31.—An
veatlgatlon has exhonoroted excom
nlaaloMr of Indian Affair#, Valen
tine, of brining liquor Into an Indian
Reaer ration.
Robert Mclntoah, aenit out two mor«
team a loaded with auppllea for the
road houaea between <Mh place and
Willow Creek. . The team* left aft an
early hour 5thla mofnlpg. He *tao
Cook with him a' nurriWr-of "double
endera.
FORjtf^-Ctttrler o*K lioAlfng
love, lirr tla*. Apply .Dc.
looker! No. ' '•'*
VICE PRESIDENT SHERMAN
DIES OF URAENIC POISONING
REPUBLICAN ATIONAL COMMITTEE WILL MEET IN CHICAGO i
ON THE TWELFTH TO NAME S0CCE880R-i^HIS
END CAME PEACEFULLY AT HIS HOME
Ulica, N.. Y., Oct. 31—James|
ifyhoo^crajfl Sherman, ^vice"
president of the United States,
died last night at his home here
after a .Inn? illness <>f uraenio
poisoning, the result of Hriyhl's
disease of the kidneys The
hilt' vice-president was Imrn in
(lie city of his death in ISf>5.
was a lawyer hy profession. II.'
was ?'l one lime mayor •»f I'liou.
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Hr was a member of eoujjivss
from from 1887 to 1909. He
I was president of the l.'liea
Trust and Deposit Company.
Ni'W York, Oct. HO—The re>
pulilican national roinniitlee
lias hern railed In meet in flhi
eajro on lie 12lh day of November
Io name a snrressor to llo* late
ly dceeasi'd viee-presidcnl iaj
rainli'lali'.
10 GUI WINNINGS |
OF THE PLAYERS
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Nati°nal Commission Plans Cut
Players' Share °f Champ ion
ship Games
Xi'\v York, ()cI. JI—The Na
tional ('commission is in session
In-1<.' and plans I" limit Hit* win
nings *f the champion* to £-1,000
a
earli. Tin* sight «»f the players
Yn'TTng iimt #2.000 cacli r<n* s<*v
<•11 flii,ys work is hwakinir the
■In-art* of IIk* magnates.
TRAIN HOLDUP
! LITTLE SWAG
Three Youths Burn Trestle and Hold
Up Train, Dynamiting Safe and
Getting Away.
j MUSKOGEE, October 31.—Three
' youths set fire to a railroad trestle,
stopping a train, which they bonrded
and overpowered, at the point of pis
tols. They dynamited the safe in
the express car and secured several
thousand dollars and made their es
eap»\ I'osBes are now in pursuit.
The cily ronnnril will nirH
| in adjourned session on Mom.lay
'■ I'voninpr.
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ASHES FULL
III ECUADOR
<fuayai|uil, Kcuador, on. 31
A Kreat quantity of hunting
ftHh«»„ fell last niglil on Alurft,
Chimhoi'azo province, "and *ilso
on other towns. II is supposed
Ih«> nxlieM ran)«> from Pangay,
an active volcano in the Andes.
"Husky" King in hark from
Port Well*, where he ha* heen
prospecting all Rummer with no
little success, helng pair! owner
of a number of promising prop
erties'. The hoys from that
section all agree that '"Husky"
Carrie honestly hy his'nickname.
Household furnistynffs for sate
choap. mouire-nt'oKble office.
ARE TO BUILD
NEW COURTHOUSE
New York is to Build Thirty Million
Dollar Court House Near the
Tombs.
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NEW YORK. October 31.—New
York City and County are contempla
ting building a court house, near the
old Tombs prison, to cost in the
neighborhood of $30,000,00(5. The
building is to be the finest inthe
l7*ultecT*'8,lateB, if not, in the world.
Tentative plans for the structure are
n'.w being designed.
ESCHEW BARBERS
OWING DEATH
Annapolis Cadets Forbiddbn to Shave
in Barber Shops, owing to Death
of a Middie.
ANNAPOLIS, October 31--Cad«t8 ir
tho Naval Academy h/ave been forbid
den to shave in the barber shops, a?
a result of the death of a midship
m&n from blood poisoning from n
sl.are.
The (fraud innrHi til the danw
given hy the Aivlic lirotImtIhm><1
will hegin promptly al 1> :II0,
j when il is hoped all. lhw.se 211 —
lending will he on (lie Hour.
HE ADMITS
WAS BRIBED
C» iiinlms, Oct. 31--Edgar
H. Xy«\ of Wnvi'rly, a represen
teifivi* in the Ohio legislature
from I'ikn 4'ounly, leaded
guilty to bribery in th»« last
legislature thiM afternoon in the
Common Pleas court. Wentence
was deferred.
Till' launrli ftrighton rn"
turned from I'orl WVIIh this
forenoon, after n somewhat
aforiny I rip. I»r. |Fellow*>, C.
P. ToplifTfT, nnd Captain Oeorge
wee returning pnsaengera from
Port Well* tbi* morning.
Steamer Alameda passed Ju-j
mtau nl 12:30 thin morning
Waffle* ann noney 2t5r at. Val
dez- Caf§. If
BANK MERGER
GREAT CAPITAL
Four New York Banks Will Merge
With Combined Capital of Thir
teen Million Dollars.
NEW YORK, October 31.—Four of
the large banks here, are to merge;
they have a combined capital of $13.
000,000 and deposits aggregating $100,
000,000.
alaskTbird!
RE CONSERVED
Audubon Society to Spend Money,
Projecting Birds in Alaska. Feir
ing Exterminartion.
NEW YORK, October 31 .—The Au
dubon Societies will spend seven
thousand five hundred dollars during
the coming year protecting Alaska
birds. Owing <to the feeding grounds
for geese in tho states passing away
it is the intention of the society to
protec^ their breeding grounds In the
northern territory. Their work will
also extend to the protection of oth
er birds.
CHEWING TEST
DETERMINE BEST
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I One Hundred and Twenty Sailors are
Chewing Forty Brands of Tobac
co to Determine Best.
WASHINGTON, October 31.—Chew
ing experts of Uncle Sam's Navy art
having a good time testing out branC
of tobacco for the use of the sailoi
boys. One hundred and twenty en
listed men have been told off tc
chew on forty brands of tobacco t(
determine which the governmen
should buy for the use of the navy.
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BASEBALL STARS
IN VAUDEVILLE
NEW YORK, October 31.—John Mc
Qraw, manager of the Giants, and
Rube Marquard, are to go on the
vaudeville stage, for the winter sea
son, taking a circuit, extending fr<
coast to coast.
NEW COUNTERFEIT
IS DANGEBOUS
SVutdi 'gton. Ocl. ill-Chief
Wilkie of Hie .11 ere I service mi
11011 need today lire discover* of
ik new counterfeit J'Jft nnlionnl
bank note. It is nil imitation
of the Mesa Coifflfly Nnlionnl
hank of Orank Junction, Colo.,
and ben pm the portrait »»f Wn It -
ington. The series nnniher is
inlffsin?. Tlie connlcrfeil is said
to he n >cry crude production
printed 'from poor wood cuts nml
should not deceive the ordinnr>
handler of mone\.
WANT CITY TO
SUPPORT LINES
Alaska Steamship Company Asks Se
attle to Support Its Alaska
Lines.
SEATTLE, October 31.—The New
Chamber of Commerce has issur-d a.
Circular urging business houses to
patronize the Alaska Steamship Com
pany, In shipping freight to northern
points, as the company annually buys
•in the neighborhood of two million
dollars' worth of supplies in th<» city
and the company threatens to with
draw its ships from th»» Alaska trade
if not supported.
TO FIGHT
: STEEL TRUST
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j Government to erect Steel Works to
Escape Rapacity of the Interna
tional Steel Trusf.
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SIDNEY, N. IS. \V.t October -1.—
The government are considering plans
to build steel works hen-, as the in
t-'national steH pool ar«* continually
forcing prices. ExiK?rts have re
ported that tiio i«t\v materials can b<;
ha.I lien* and that a first quality of
steel can be manufactured a, figures
far below that, asked by the trust,
:besides furnishing labor for a lnrg«*
' numbt r of men and k<***piiig th«* ino
! u« y f xpemb-d for th" steel pur« liased.
j at home. instead of sending i; a
• broad.
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IAN RESISTS
BIG VOLTAGE
i Shock Which Fuses the Works
of a Painter's Watch Fails
j to Kill Him
Ad«dpli ileiidrickjmii, a painter
who wa$ at- work on an iron
pier carrying llic feed wire for
1 lie pIpcIrir system of Ihe N. V.,
X. II. A II. Ilailroad al Mont
Vi'i'iU'ii, N. V. suffered a shock
jof ;i;>jM>n \m|I«» wlien hi* hrnsli
raiiiv in roniacl Willi the feed
Svirp. and. I hough In* suffered
severe burns ahout the head,
iHM'k and shouhh'rs. physicians
al tin* Mount Vi'rnnn hosuilal
lo which ho was lakpn. said he
1 would recover.
TIip forcp of Ihe curmil which
ptkssod Hi rou sh I h«» painter's
lM»dy \vn« so nival lhal il fuspd
IIip works of his watch.
CHEWED OFF
PLAINTIFF'S EUR
Purl land. Ore., ^>fl. .11
Altorneys for Tout C.onroy,
walking dHpsralp, Introduced in
j lo courl as "Exhihil A." n
lar»p portion of ftonroy'j, right
par in a holllp in Irs casp against
i'.harlc* Poltagp. contractor.
Pollagp is alloged !•> have hit
|pn lho pippp nfT in a ftghl with
Hnuroj.