®hp Ualtoz Saily flrosjiprtor
VOL 9.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1912.
NO. 28.
DEMOCRATS WANT
ILLINOIS SENATORS
Will Try to Prevent the Election
cf a Republican for Lori
mer's Seat.
(*.h ieago. Nov, 1 Illinois
Democrats will try lo capture
both senatorships from I his state.
To that end they are planning lo
prevent I he election of a Re
publican for Loriiner's seal at the
special session of the present
legislature called by <«ov. Deneen.
They will adopt filibustering tac
tics and hope to head olT an elec
i ion until the legislature expires
by I iinilat ion.
There are numerous aspirants
lor the short term, and there may
J'c a ti^lil on Lewis for I lie long
term, although lie was nominal
<*d at l lie primary last spring.
AUSTRALIANS LIKE
mm APPLE
* .•; : " *
Antipodean Residents Import
Fruit in Large Quantities
From Washington.
Spokane, J»'o\. 12.-.-The W'va.
nalchce valh*> .shipped more
(han half of I lie apples sent lo
Australia this .season, according
i'i figures just compiled al \Ve
ualchee.
Australia v\ 111 u.-e approxi
'n.1,1 r|\ JO.IMMl 1111\«• s 111 WashilifT
t• nt apples, and of this annum!
Wenalrliee will |'iii*iii.-ili nvcr
onu boxes. Yakima niini's see
• •ml with a total of "jo.noo boxes.
!•*i ft •••• 11 thousand Imxcs were
•••ml rihi11<><I iiy various smaller
apple ilislriels «»I the stale. The
principal \arie|je« shipped from
.Wenalrhee are Winesaps and
«»ravensl.ein>.
'J'he ino\emenl •»f apples 1'roin
up-river points from Wcnatchec
started this week, the Columbia
iV Okanopan Steamboat company
handling I-,700 hoxes, or 1 car
loads Monday. Most of this ship
ment came from I lie orchards
near Kutiat.
TREV1N0 STARTS
NEW REVOLUTION
Another Mexican Querrilla Cuts I
Loose and Devastates Za
patista.
Oily o/ Mexico, Nov. 12.—Gen
eral Trevino i* at I hp' head of
a nQtJier revolution and ha* seiz
ed the city of Zapatista, where
his follower* are committing hor
ribl*» outrages, killing unarmed
men and ahuHiug women and
children. It In reported that Tre
vino has said that he intends to
bring about a revolution in Mex
ico like thai of France and will
set tip a guillotine for publio
•MiemicH. . . C ;f
— ' y.v,K ;
LAUNCH KftlQMTON OOill
POUT WKLLft &1*TR10T
The launch Brighton came in
today from Port Welln,. W. C. L.
Meyers, the merchant of Golden,
was a paHRenger.
The Oordova term of the dis
trict court will open Thursday. 1
EUROPE TO GET
BLOODED STALLION
Famous R6ck Sand, Sold by Bel- :
mont, Shipped to France
Last Saturday.
•Jersey llily, Nov I 'J.— \\ hen the
Minnewaska sailed rerenlly she
had nil hoard the highest. priced
stallion in the world. The slal
lion, Hock Sand, was recently
purchased from August Belmont
for S 150,000 h'y a syndicate nf
Paris turfmen.
A -special car was chartered
for the animal In make the trip
frnin l,exin«r|oii tn Jersey Cilv.
Mr. Hill, the trainer, will deliver
Ihe valuable animal In the syn.
dicate'iii Paris, ami will then re
turn In I his couitr.v.
BUTTE BANDIT
ROBS BUTCHER
Gun Man Locks Mea>t 8eller in
the ice Box and Qets Away
. With $1,000.
Miilli', .Monl.. Ni.v. I—\ han
• Iit «*111crcil James' biilrlnwshup
yesterday. evening when m> ens
I.c»iihts wen* annnid and in*l«J u|>
the proprietor al I In- point «• f a
wun. forcing hiin to K«» into Hit:
ice ln»\ ami |i>rkin-r liiin in. Tin*
j'mIiIh't made \va> willi si.nito
which was in I hi* rash register.
James remained all ni^hl in
lln* ire box until In* was released
lliis morning hy employes wIhmi
they eiime lo work. II** was si *
badly frozen thai Id* was taken
to a hospital.
DELAWARE TOWNS
BAR SWEET CIDER
Too Mony Citizens Get Full on
Apple Juice to Suit Tem
perance F Iks.
\\'i1111i11^II Nov. I"J
S««vrra| hplawan* ln\vn> have!
pi*f>hihil«mI lhi> sal»' of swrH ri_ |
iliT. This iM'vi'i'aKf is ii \<t> pop
ular «Ji*ink in dr> towns. hut so I
many mm ha\i' been K<'lliiiK
drunk >mi il thai general suspic
ion ha* horn aroused llial llir va
riety rmuiniiulv drank has a slirk
in il.
iiwis
HE IS PERSECUTED
Chicago, Nov. 12.--Jock John
son told the reporters today that
he is a much persecutor joiiltoii.
He ways lie Is t* great feft^nd,
like 'Napoleon, Jacob and King
)>avid, ho is in trouble over a
woman he loves. He predicted
that he would soon lie free and
asserted that he intends to marry
the white girl, whose intimacy
with him put him behind the
bars.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
BRITISH ENVOY
TO RESIGN POST;
Ambassador Brice Will Return to
England and Stick to Lit
erature.
Washington, I). C., Nov.
Amhassador James Bryco <>f
<Sri»al Britain. announces (hat he
has sen I. his resignation In the
British government and will re
turn soon to England and pontine
himself to literature. His health
is impaired and it is said a break
down is threatened. He is 7i
years old.
MONTENEGRENS
10 FIGHT TURKS
Score Now in Town Watting fop
■oat—Several Valdez Men
Will Qo.
Twenty Motilenegrcns an* now
in I own wlm li.avc conic from the
interior In go back |o tli«* land
of (licit* liirlh l<> fight I In- haled
Turk ami lo help Ihcir country
lake from the Moslems I ho land
formerly owned hy Christian ua
'I inns.
.MmsI of lliose m\\v in town have
(•nine over I ho trail from Fair
banks, helping one aimlher lopay
the freight of the I rip hack to
I lie old country, willing lo sac
jriiice all Hie accumulations of
years in order to help -defeat the
I oppressors of their race.
I The parly will he joined hy
sevi-ra' of Iheir countrynien who
have lieen working down I lie hay
and around al the different min
ing camps. Charles Mcrcvh. well
known around t|ic I own. will he
one of the members of the parly,
j They will lake I he firs I lioal
I out and after arriving al Seat
tle will be taken care of by the
consul. The several governments
now at war with Turkey have es
tablish.>d recruiting stations all
lover I he 1'iiited Stales.
WILSON TAKES j
j 8LIX SUPPLIES
I Loaves Town With 5 Tons, Part
j Horse Feed and tfrie Balance
Itoadhouse Supplies.
Jim Wilson, the freighter, l»*fI
town this morning with Ave
tons of supplies for the Blix
madhouse at Copper Center. Af
ter the goods are delivered Ike
Outfit will go on into Paxsons,
where Wilson lias n cache of
Hinds and I hey will bring the
flleds to Voldez. Joe Bush is in
charge of the out 111.
Ohuroh tooJety Organized.
At a meeting held lapt night
in church rff faie epiphany a so
ciety wan organized having for
Uw object the fpfmatioh of a re
ligiou„ find social club. Profes
sor l>avlH waa elected president,
Walter Stuarl. vice-president,
Waller Elliot treasurer and Miss
Rttiarl secretary. The llrsl meet
ing will be held ft! Ihe church
noxt Sunday <Tveninjr. The club
has seventeen members.
KANSAS CONTEST i
FOR GOVERNORSHIP!
Republican Candidate's Margin so 1
Small Democrat Will Try
to Oust Him. * 1
Topeku, .Nov. 12 A rnnlt'sl
over I ln» novrnforship of Kansas
is assured. Arthur Clapper, He
pnbliean, was elected by a very
small margin which may be near
ly wiped out by returns not yet
In. llodges, Democratic candi
date, will conlesl the elect ion on
llnj ground of alleged frauds and
irregularities in many plaecs.
LUMBER MILLS !
TO SHUT DOWN!
mcoi mulation of 8tock Might!
. Cause Slashing of
Prices.
Tacoina. Wfasli., Nov. 12.—To
prevent an accumulation of a
surplus slock of lumber under
tin* improving- prices wliich have
ruled for a few month , it is
prohabb* a conceded move will
| he made for a general shuldowi
•of all I lie sawmills in western
Washington and Oregon for at
least :»»"» days, beginning with
I Christ mas. This is said to have
j been the prevailing sciilimcul of
several lumber maun faclurers
wIim met for an informal confer
ence' al the Taeoma hotel \v>ler
I day aflernooii.
Al I In* present I inie Ininber <
priees of all kinds are linn, with
the exception uf two-inch dimen
sion. which dropped 5n cents a 1
llionsaiiii in the pas I. two weeks.
(Sencrall> tin* demand is good and j
llie mills are loaded with orders.
There are said lo be numerous
inquiries, partieiilarlx for rail
road material for ear-building
purposes.
Shingles are still in a bad way.
not yet haxiiig recovered from
(lie reaelion which followed the
rapid rise in prices the nasi
summer.
TAFT TO FINISH I
TRUST CASES;
. j
President Will Try to Wind Up |
With Prosecutions Now
In Progress.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 12.—
President TaJTt announces that
hi* will try lo finish (he trust
prosecutions which are now un
der way before the close of his
term. The Department of Jus
tice will urge early hearingH of
all these canes. The most im
portant iH Ihe •Harvester Trust
case.
„ It cost (leorgc Kirk a new hil
7i|»r(| clolh for running his cue
through (lie one "l>ad" Ingram
hps on the billiard table, (leorge
Is some, champion and was show
ing lh<> "boys" Ihe fancy shots.
Jt cosl him $10. Now, he says,
they can learn Ihe fancy work
walehiug "Holdie." It's too high
priced for him.
■ .
High (4«l«s ibis week are near
ly up lo the extreme high mark.
Dozen Milanese Merchants Die
and Seven Suspects Arrested
on Charge.
(•iMit'va. Non. I—Vnarrliisls* |
at Milan haw been sending |><>i—
soiled drugs in various disguises
to-prominent residents and a doz
e wealthy merchants have died
wil'iin the last few days, the
cause of death in each case be
in,? pronounced poi<on hy phy
sicians.
The editor of I lie amcrchisl
newspaper a I Milan and six «»l 11 —
er known anarchist.. ha\e been
arrested a- >uspecl«.
TEST SHIPMENTS
SENT TO TACOMA
Two Mining Companies Send
Out Test Ship
ments.
Tin* iiKtiiiipit'liii'i11 <it tin- i'.uiii
(•i'iip-.I<iIiiimiii iniii*.* have x-mI a
shipment <»f Ion l«»ns <>r mv |«•
I In* Tar<iiiia in • »nl#»i- !•>
haw a mill losl math*. The «uv
was hr«»njfhl In Ihwii hy Wilsmi.
tin* frcijfhler. ami In- al><> lirmiuhl
l«-ii l«m< fruin I In- .Inhnsoii-Ki'it'k
snii •*I:iii• imii .Mineral rn-i-k,
Tlii' work on t In* JmIiiishii
l\rieks«Mi j• n»|••• rl> h**in^r i|nm>
lor ih,> niv taken i»nl ami il i?
<•>1 imal i'il IhnI I Ii •• iihmi will ue|
immense return.^ fur tin* work
I hey ha\e ihnie. The* ha\e taken
• ml leu lull.*. i»r rich mi'.
;SEAGQAST MINE
GETS SUPPLIES
.Six T°ns Freighted From Beach
to Claims a Mile and a Half
From Shore.
I
i
j Til.. Si-iiniii-I miiue«. I••«*;)I«•«I • • ■ i I
! Sin • up I»; i >. 11 si \ e received llifir
winter's >upplie> i'itimiI ly. which
!were luki'ii In llie mine |»y \Yil_'
J son. The property is located
. ;i I m ii 11 ;> mile and a hair from I lie
heach «»n Shotip hnv. The sup
plies w i-re laken in a lioal to I lie
heach .just* helow I he mine and
then I he slock, which had heen
lead <«' Slioup hay nloiiK the
heach, were used to pack the out
fit np to the working**.
PROTEST AGAINST
GEfflii OIL PLAN
i ?
\MiihIiiliKton, 1). ii., Nov. 12.
The United Slates government
will uiaku a formal protest
attains! the Oernian project for
government ownership of nil the
entire oil industry in that coun
try, a1 the request of Americans
who have large investments in
the nil business In the empire.
The man Hint trusts to cun
ning for bit* success is next door
to a thief.
INSANE LOVER
KILLS A GIRL
Laborer Shoots on Crowded
Street and Makes His
Escape.
(Intidon, Mit„ X..ov,
Virfiii* Hurl, prdty yuiin^ j^irl of
lliis plan*. Ii«'s? a corpse in tin;
local morgue today as tlie* re
sult of an insane attack made on
her <>n a crowded street l>v lt«»b
Morgan, a laborer, wbosc attfii
lions s11*1 bad repulsed.
Knra^i-il because bis al 1 «-nI ion
covering sexeral nionlli> linn* bad
j !••••• n repeatedly sliubled by lb'*
I girl. Morgan armed biiu>e|I" wilb
i ;i |• i — I«• I. and. >eein — I In* jiirl
| walking down (be si !••••• I w 111»
' friend.-. lir«»«I 1'inic bnlb-l. into
11«• i* |n>dy. II.* «—rap«,d.
I
HAVE FINANCED
j THE GOLD KING
I
.
jTuttle Qets Mon°y to Deve'op a
' Rich Property Near Colum
bia Bay.
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i
. Wi.nl \vh** rrri'ivrtl |at».» >v>
j in ;i Iram fr<»ni V.
j *l*ii f I I •» Uliai'li's Krai'iiHM* I •» ll i ••
I »• IT• I 111;11 lit* 11si• I 111a<I'* a r ran.
[ iiii*iil> willi S«»alllt' i*a |nl a I l<»
; linaiM'f 111•• • 11• \ i'I<■ |>im<*111 w«»rk • »f
tlii' | Kiuii rlaim>. Il«' al-i»
: slal*'il 111 a I In* urniM I m • in Yal
j i|»*z l#y I In* lir-l <>f I ifi'i'inlii'i* ami
thai lli»- \\<"!v wmiM -1 a ri 11111 • i • * —
: < I ia 11* 1 > .
Tlii' lioM Kiny i> I In* i>i""|'«'rl>
j furiiii'rly known si" I In- 'IViias
i ! '• mi I lis. ami \\:i> I •<>!!• I li\ Tul
ll«*. r.raw I'nnl ami I.«iI lin• |• frmii
llii" original |nral<>r>. "1*11• • rm'k
I ak• • 11 I'r« • 11i I In- Miriam* ,*ln»w
inps ami i'\liihilnl in lnwn wa
prulialih I In- rirhi'sl «|iiarl/ i*\»»r
lll'iltiplll !<• I •»w It.
ARIZONA MINE
MAKES MONEY
Produces 50,009,000 Pounds of
Copper to Earn Five Mil
%
lion Dollars.
Doiiiclas. An/.., .\o\. I ".'.-Some
of I In* tlnaueial publieal ions have
figured Unit on a proilucli«>n of
50,000,000 pounds «»f copper per
annum, C.alumel \ Arizona is to
day earning nt tin* rat#* of #5,
000,000.
Tin* fiM'ls, il is asserted, are
that for sonii' time the no! cost
of Calumet Si Arizona copper lias
been under five cents a pound,
making that company the low
est cost copper producer in the
world and nl the present rate of
production of sliKhtlv over 50.
000,000 pounds per annum, C.al
ujmet A Arizona is earning at the
rale of $0,50(^,000 per annum.
Oencral ' Manager (ireenwav i*
yery opfomistic as to the com
pany's possessions fit thr AJo
district, in Pima county, which
they are drilling extensively by
churn drills, with the idea of de
veloping a bifr steam shovel prop
osition.
N«w Plotur®» Tonight.
A flue change of new pictures
toniffht at the Orphcum. llooal
and attend the loeal thealer.