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VOL. 8.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1912.
NO. 114,
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HARRY THAW
• DEFIES JEROME
Placed on Stand to Testify Ho
Answers All Questions
Promptly
Witite Plains, N. Y., June 20—
Harry Thaw was placed on the
stand to testify in his own behalf
*»n his petition for release from
the asylum, in which he has been
confined since his acquittal of the
murder of Stanford While on I he
ground of insanity.
Jerome subjected Thaw lo a
p fuelling cross-examination,
wherein the prisoner appeared lo
defy I ho prosecutor, answering
his every question promptly and
In the point.
INVESTIGATION
BEGINS TODAY
Seattle, June 20 The linn
uressional investigation into
•fudge Hanford's conduct* with a
view of impeachment proceedings
begins today by the faking of tes
l imony.
The Fire Boys.
At a meeting of the members
of the Fire Depart merit held last
evening, the laddies were busy ar
ranging for the celebration of the
Fourth of July. The several com
mittees in charge <>f the work re
ported progress. II was decided
to have, horse races and a cash
prize of $100 will be given for a
rock drilling contest, at which it
ris promised I here will be many
entries.
Campaign Matter Arrives.
Hundreds of circular letters
mailed from Nome advocating the
candidacy of William fSilmore,
arrived on Ihe lasl mail for dis
tribution in I his section. Some
surprise is expressed that llu» en
dorsement of President Taft, by
the Cordova convention, is omit
led from the platform printed in
Ihe circular.—Juneau Dispalch.
Subscribe for ihe Prospcctor.
Calm and Peace Follows the Stormy—It Is Said the New York
Delegation Has Lined Up With Champ Clark—Commit
tees Are All At Work Preceding the
Permanent Organization
Parker's Speech.
Baltimore, June 26.—The key
note of Judge Parker's speech was
an arraignment of the Republi
can party and its record during
the past seven years on all quesT
lions in which the people were
vitally interested. He scored
Roosevelt for seeking a third term
in the face of his oft-repeated as
sertions that in no cast* would he
again be a candidate.'lie ridiculed
I In' idea of I here being a popular
demand for the ex-president's
candidacy and pointed out the
strenuous etVorts made by the
insurgent leader to fan this de
mand iii111 an ever so light breeze.
At the conclusion of his speech
th<> chairman urged upon the lb-l
egates the placing of Bryan as
permanent chairman of the con
vention, saying that as virtual
leader of the parry he should
preside over the body, who are to
name the next president of the
United States. This is looked up
on as the olive branch of peace
and promises to go far towards
harmony and united effort.
Clark a Factor.
Baltimore, June 26.—That
Speaker Clark is a strong factor
is noticeable in that, no prognos
tications as to the nomination are
being made without considering
OFFICIAL LEAVES
SINKING SHIP
Washington, June 2(1.— Fred
erick Lehmanu. solicitor general
of ihe Department of Justice, has
resigned suddenly. No reasons
.are assigner for his severance of
official relations with the admiu
isl ral ion.
Noted Man Dead.
Wilmington, i>el., June 2fi
.Former United Stales Senator
Billings died here yesterday of a
complication of diseases.
the .speaker first in all calcula
tions. The wiseacres see Clark
nominated, but tied up by Tam
many in return for their support.
The New York delegation, which
came here uninstructed, are un
doubtedly in the Clark column
since arriving here, although
they have not openly committed
themselves. Clark slock is soar
ing upwards and his workers are
leaving no slum; unturned to make
his nomination an assured fad.
The Alaska delegation an* wilh
Clark ami are taking an aelive
hand in I lie speaker's campaign.
Committees at Work.
BaIIiniore, June 20 Tin* com
mittees appointed last evening
aiv hard a! work. •The eommil
tee i>n plalfiirni and resolutions
met at noon today. II is gen
erally conceded the credentials
commit lee will render I he same
list «>f delegates turned into the
temporary organization by the
national committee.
Wont Make a Pair.
Baltimore, June 2G.i—Fr&ncta
Honey and Charles Cranie secretly
visited Bryan lasl night, hut; none
of the participants will discuss
the incidents of the conference,
although everyone scouts the idea
of Bryan becoming a running
male with Roosevelt on a third
party ticket.
Chicago, June 26.--Progres
sives here claim that Roosevelt
and Bryan will head the now
parly ticket.
Ollia James Ohairman.
Baltimore, June 26.—Ollie
James, of Kentucky, was unani
mously named by the national
committee to be recommended
for permanent chairman to the
convention, after Senators Cul
berson, of Texas, Kern, of Indi
ana. (invci'nor Burk, of South Da
kota. and Theodore Bell had been
suggested and had withdrawn in
favor dt' I In* senalor-elerl from
thi' Mlin* <trass stale;
Bryan scored I wo points wlien
In* sidestepped Ihc chairmanship,
by having Senator Kern elected|
chairman of the commit lee mi
resolulions and platform adopted:
a motion made by Bryan, by a
vole of i I to II lo nominate the
president ial candidates before
the plat Torn) has been adopted.
Moving Slowly.
Baltimore, June 20.—There is
little chance of the convention
| doing much £)Vi>U£-ess today, as
ihe-er<M©fit?&!? co#in^i|tee will
not be ready lo Submit' their re
port until tonight's session. The
convention was called to order to
day at 12:30 and after stirring
p^ogressjyii- speeches during
\vhicfi""There was much enthusi
asm, the convention adjourned
.until 8 o'clock tonight.
La Fol lotto's Platform.
Baltimore, June 20—The plat
form drawn up by Senator La
Follette, which was rejected in
Chicago by the Taft supporters,
has been given to the resolutions
committee to make such use of
it as they may see fit. The plat
form to be adopted by the con
vention will be a progressive one
and it is hoped will sharply de
fine the lines between the Repub
licans and Democrats.
On Mischief Bent.
Oyster May, June -0.—Colonel
Roosevelt is receiving- many
rherks in hflp tin1 new party
torm. lie promises shortly Jo
start I rouble brewing in the old
Another Conference.
Maltimore. June 2t» The heal
is intense here. A reported con
ference between La Follette and
ftryan has caused much specula
tion. The conference betyaen
leaders of opposing parties just
at convention time is so unusual
an''oevoriTflftfcras~fo~at tract much
attention, specially in these days
when politics are so uncertain.
Washington, June 20.—Senator
La Follette has returned here, but
will not discuss his reported con
ference Ail li Bryan.
places. They are bothered wilh
spring water along I lie upper pari
r» f I ho creek."
CLO8E8 DOWN FOR
LACK OF MONEY
Washington, June 20.—Thirty
thousand navy yard employes will
he dismissed on Monday unless
Congress appropriates money for
111.* maintenance of thy yards and
docks.
Johnnie, what is a hard time
ball? Why, son, 'it is where ev
erybody goes to enjoy themselves
in their plain clothes.
MUCH BHD BLOOD
IN DAM CASE
Bystanders Intervene When Dis
trict Attorney Fredericks *
Gets Rll®d
Los Angeles, June 20 Much
bad feeling has been engendered
in the Darrow case.
During an altercation yester
day between Ih«* prosecution and
the defence, District Attorney
Fredericks was only restrained
from throwing an ink bottle at
Darrow by iln> interference of by
standers. who prahhed Fredericks
when appealed to for protection
by Darrow. Fredericks I hen apol
ogized In tin* roiirl and tin.' inci
«|i*llI was closed.
LINCOLN BEACHY
IS A HIGHFLYER
Ni'\v Y«>rU. June L'C.--Lincoln
llt'acliy, lIn* famous aviator, has
been sued for a divorce by his
wife for paying attention tci too
many wom»n.
Wolgast Favorite.
I,o.< Anteles. June 20—W'ol
gast is a in to 7 favorite in his
tight against Rivers.
JAPANE8E QET
SIX MONTHS SENTENCE
Advices were received by the
Empress of Japan I ha I the Japan
ese sealing schooner Kofu.ji Maru
ami Kaiho Maru. which w*re
seized hy thi> Russian fisheries
protection cruisers oft' Ih*> Coop
er island seal rookeries when at
tempting lo raid the hauling
grounds las| season. have heen
confiscated as a result of a jndg
menl recently delivered at Vladi
vostok. The captains of holh
vessels were sentenced to six
months imprisonment. The mas
ters have heen held for that length
of lime awaiting the trial and
were released after the judgment
was given. The owners of the
two sealing vessels have appeal
ed against the judgment.
THE MUD RIVER REGION
SHOWS SOME GOOD PAY
THE DECADENCE OF THE OLDER CAIVIP8 18 CAU8INQ MUCH
PROSPECTING IN HERETOFORE UNKNOWN PARTS—
PRO8PEOT8 FOUND ON YUKON CREEK
A parly «»f Finnish prospectors
arrived from I>01110 crook, Mud
rivor, Wednesday morning, and
Kav*1 tho Pioneer a very compre
hensive and intelligent account of
conditions in that region. They
»are Mik»- Orn, (leorge Wiki, Char
Ioh Maki and Kinar Makeln. Mr.
Orn is a widely known proHpeotor
who wax « pioneer of I he Klon
dike.
l)omo er<»ek is the creek of the
Mud Rjvor region where most
work has hoen done. Prospects
have hoen found on Yukon creek,
jhut not enough has hoen done
iliere io demonstrate the proba
hilily of jiay. On I>omp the pros
pects are Very encouraging. The
men showed a quantity of coarse,
rough gold taken ofT the rims of
that creek. Their method was to
sink on the rim and then drift
toward IIm* channel miliI Ihe \vn
ter would come in. The channel
was universally wet, ami they had
no meant* of controlling Ihe wa
I«•(•. The deepen! hole pill down
wan 40 feet lo hedrork, or, more
properly spenking, rimrork. The
prospects always seemed lo gel
heller as Ihe channel was ap
proached. The gold was some
lime found wedged In pieces of
slale. The formation is variable,
schisl, slale and porphyry being
noticeable, and heavy iron
abounds.
Mr. Orn says I hey have been in
the country over eight month*,
and have not yet found pay, but
some of the ground they have
been into would yield a grubstake
If they were prepared to work it
properly. It is the intention of
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JAPANESE COOK
KILLS HIS MATE
Too Much Hootch Results in
Quarrel and Fatal
Blow
V. Mayeda, a .lap employed by
one of I lie conl raclors al Orca,
died in the Cordova hospital re
ccnlly as lIn; rcsiil| of an injury
inflicted al Ihe mess house of trie
Orca cannery.
An inquest was held al the of
fice of Judge Tucker, who is ex
ofTicio coroner. There was but
Utile testimony. A helper to the
cook slated I tint Ihe head cook.
Fred liayasbi. struck Jhe deceas
ed on Ihe Imad with a poker in
self-defense.
According to his story Mayeda
was drunk and wenl to the mess
house. He upsel things gener
ally and threw a po| with hot
soup at Ihe head of Hayashi, who
finally picked up a poker and us.vl
II in Ihe effort to make the in
truder desist. The wound inflict
ed turned out to he serious, nnd
Ihe unfortunate .lap died from
its effects. The jury found that
Ihe act was committed in self
defense, and, accordingly, return
ed a verdict of justifiable homi
cide.
REX BEAOH IS
RECOVERING EYESIGHT
New York, June 2fl.--According
to advices received from the oc
ulists attending Rex Reach, the
author of "The Spoilers" is re
covering his eyesight.
GRANT CREEK
IKING SHOWING
Returning Miner Says That Good
Prospects Found But Bother
ed by Water
K. B. Ciilmore arrived in Tan
ana "ii Tuesday from (Irani creek
ami reports Mint everylhing I hero
looks vi'ry. satisfactory*
9 * •
I ','l'ink creek is< all)right fop ma
chinery," said Mr. Gilmoro, "but
so far il has been ton we I In bo
worked by I lie common methods,
hnl so far as prospected very
good pans have been the result,
though I he prospectors would
JiihI about get to bedrock and then
the water would run in and drive
I hem out.
"The wash is not, heavy in
boulders and the ground could be
easily handled by machinery.
"The main creek and ils
branches already prosper,ted have
live or six miles of ground all
ready shown up thai will pay well
fo work by machinery in my «",s
limation.
"On Windy creek I prospected
from I he moulh to very near the
head and nearly all of the holes
will show from 18 inches to live
feet of dirt carrying values from
one cent up to 30 renls to th*
pan, and only 12 feet to bedrock
in Ihe deepest hole. Part of the
ground is thawed and part of it
ia frozen. In places I was both
ered by spring water.
"Good money has *;een found
on Orant creek in a number of j
COURT RENDERS DECISION
,,, IN THE IBEX MINING CASE
8aVs THAT IT 18 A MATTER OF ACCOUNTING—DECI8ION IS
. SOMEWHAT OF A DRAWN BATTLE—DIFFICULT TO
LOCATE MONEY AS IT 18 ORIGINAL PROSPEOT
The court holds dial this case
was primarily a suit for an ac
counting. The suit brought \va«
Jo compel a return of fhe amount
of Ili«* expenses incurred in the
nelliug, of tIk* stock.
"The burden thai the defend
ant was («• meet these costs is
upon the plaintiffs, and the court
finds that the plaintiffs have not
sustained fhis burden. The court
is inclined to believe thai in
financing and developing pros
pects it is often as important, if
not more important, to locate the
money to develop the prospect
than it is lo make the original lo
cation."
' The ofTice expenses of Mr. Mac
Millan, the secretary, were cut
down one-half, the court con
cluding that ns Mr. MncMillan was
using I lie premise* lie should
share in lho expense.
After allowing ami disallowing
a number of personal elainis Ihe
court look t li»' view lhal I lie Web
er slock, amounting |o $150.00
was a mailer for a civil action
when Ihe nole became due. The
court held lhal Ihere was no evi
dence of Ihe Kngkly slock having
been sold and consequently Mr.
Reese was not responsible I«• the
eoinp/iny, lho stock having boon
return.-d to Ihe company.
Thirty day's time at *0.00 per
day charged by Mr. Reese while
hi» was surveying other properly,
is deducted from Ihe time he was
working for the company, allow
ing him $25.00 a month for ex
penses all this lime save those 30
days.
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