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The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
MRS. SWEET ID
 SUCCEED HUSBAND
School Board Compromises When It Comes to Se-
 Iecting New Principal.

Harmony with regard to the choice of principal for the Valdez schools, prevailed at the meeting of the school board Tuesday and the job stays in the Sweet family, for Mrs. Anna E. Sweet, wife of the recently deposed principal, was elected by unanimous vote. Contrary to expectations the name of Prof. Bunnell, who at one time held the principalship and who, if current report is to be believed wants the place again, was never mentioned at the meeting and to this fact is due the apparent harmony that prevailed.
 To the experienced there was a certain phase of the meeting that gave the indiction that the claim was saltcd and that the peace lying about in such obvious chunks had been lug gcd onto the ground after the pros posting done by those of the board who wanted to place Prof. Bunnell in charge of the scools had proved fruit less. This peace program did not maintain with regard to the selection of teachers for the other grades of tEc school, however, and these latter appointments will not be made until the next meeting of the board.
 There are two positions requiring teachers, one in charge of the third, fourth and fifth grades and one in charge of the grades next higher. Three attemps were made to elect a teacher for the first named place but there was dead lock each time. Three of the board wanted Mrs. B. B. Lockhart and the other three scatter cd their votes among the various ap- phcants whose claims for recognition had been read by clerk Miller.
 On the two first ballots Mrs. Lock- hart received three votes, Miss Eliza beth Finch, two and Miss Chrystal B. Snow, of Juneau, one. The second ballot resulted the same but on the third Miss Finch lost one vote to Miss Daisy Stromstcdt, of Juneau. This ended the voting and it was decided to let the selection for the other vacant grade go over until the next meeting. It requires four votes to elect.
 Miss May Finch was retained in the primary grade at the previous meet ing.
 The formal consolidation of the reservation and the Valdez boards was effected last night. Chairman Fish appointed directors Rudolph and Crawford to act as auditing committee and Miller and Leslie as purchasing committee.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
ALASKA GAME LAW

The presence of the Japanese seal ing schooner in Alaskan waters now brings to the government the neccssi- ty of maintaining q thorough patrol of the waters of the North Pacific ocean from Mt. St. Elias to the Preb- ilof islands. This fleet should follow up the Japanese sealing fleet consist ing of thirty or forty sealing schoon- CTS and see that no deprcdations are committed. Last year d Jap scaling crew raided village at Alitak bay, despoilcd and desecratcd a Russian church, pillaged the village of all movable articles, yet our government still slumbers along and pays no at tcntion to the national insult and for gets that Alaska ever existed, except for corporate legislation.
 Recently congress passed q game law, ostensibly for Alaska, but really for the mighty nimrods from the states. In other words, congress considers Alaska game reservation for the rest of the United States. On one 'aii' "' lldN' SbiDSl'ilLtd GdllEOdtS and the most expensive government ever saddlcd upon the taxpayers of any nation for the benefit of the Japanese cousins now located on what is aptly termed "the White Elephant off the Coast of China;n on the other hand, lack of aids to navi- gatiOn, lack of court facilities, denial of rights secured to American citizens by the constitution, corporation leg islatiOn. discnfranchiscment of Alas kans; but wait a moment, we forget the game law. This great and bcne- ficicnt piece of legislation will ccr- tainly rebound to the credit of the nation in years to come.
 Let every American citizen immcd- lately write to congress expressing his great appreciation of the state manship displayed in the enactment of the Alaska game law, law which will do the whole country more good than any law past since the Sherman Act. Possibly when congress by it's act protected wild animals it had some vague idea that the residents of Alaska come within this class. How ever, we hope not.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
Sea Robbed of Prey

New York, May 9-After facing for hours what seemed certain death in q terrible sea, all except four of the crew of the stranded ship Peter Rick mer were rescued by the coast guard early this morning. Since night be- fore last. when the vessel went ashore on Fire island tho men had been clinging to the rigging watching the futile efforts of the coast guardsmen to get a life line aboard the doomed vessel.
 The surf was so heavy that it was impossible to launch life boat and for many hours the wind foiled every attempt to shoot the line aboard Hour after hour passed without any moderation of the storm and it seem- ed to those on shore that every min ute would be the last of the vessel which was being subjected to terri flc pounding by breakers, that often dashed clear over the rigging. Last night, however, the wind moderated and at last the nearly exhausted coast guardsmen got line aboard the Rickner and took the crew off in a bretches buoy.
 The four drowned were swept from the rigging.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
DR. DALTON NOW
 HEALTH OFFICER

Dr. F. c. Dalton was appointed health officer at a special meeting of the city council held last night. It was the intention to delay the ap- pointmcnt of health officer until the return of Dr. F. R. Clancy, the pre- sent incumbent, who was expected to arrive from Juneau on the Bertha. He did not come, and the council took the position that the necessities of the city demanded the services of a physician and the application of Dr. Dalton was acted upon.
 The real purpose of the extra ses- sion was to create an ordinance giv- ing the permanent improvement com mittee the authority to draw on the city treasury to the extent of 5000 to be expended in the construction of the glacier dyke. This was done.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
SCHAGE BLAMES LACK
 OF NAVIGATION AIDS

Seattle, May S--Capt. Schage of the wrecked steamship Saratoga places the blame of the accident on the federal government, alleging that had sufficient and proper aids to nav igation been maintained along the Alaska coast the vessel would never gone on the rocks. This declaration was made today at the hearing held before the United States marine in- spoctors.
 According to the testimony of Capt. Schage the vessel was proceeding in n storm so heavy nothing of the coast could be seen. The storm came on suddenly, but had there been bell bouys or fog horn in the vicinity the accident, according to Capt. Schage, would never have occurred.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
VALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE O., |NC.
 sioi66o ijj'iij PIONEER OUTF|TTERS si66'66o ijii
SHIP AND CREW
 PREY OF STORM

New York, May 8-Poundcd by mammoth breakers, her crew of 100 men in momentary danger of death, the ship Peter Rickmer is stranded on Fire island and so far every effort of the life savers to effect a rescue has been in vain. The ship went ashore last night and with surf boats and life line guns the coast guards were soon at the scene.
 It was at once realized that it would be impossible to launch a boat in the terrible sea and efforts were confined to cndcavoring to shoot line aboard the doomed ship. Every attempt has met with failure and al- though the nearly exhausted coast gnardsmcn are still trying to accom- plish something, there is little hope of success unless the wind modifies.
 It seems impossible that the ship can live much longer under the ham mering of the breakers.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
HElNZE SAYS LAWYER
 TRIED TO BLACkMAIL

New York May 8--Edward Brennan q Butte lawyer was arrested here to- day on q charge of blackmail pre- ferred by F. Augustus Heinze, the copper magnate. Heinze alleges that Brennan came to him and demanded payment of Sio,O0o accompanied by the threat that unless the money was Forthcoming Brennan would institute proceedings involving Heinze in liti- gation for alleged breaking of Mon. tana laws concerning the transfer of copper property.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
ONE WITH A MORAL,

Great is the government, and great therefore are those who execute it's bchcsts, but if those, who in Wash ington so carefully spend hours of their time invcnting methods for the benefit of the red tape market, would adopt few business methods the government would benefit thereby. Y ApropOs of which is the fact q few iays ago the government sold in Val ...S}xsss. n I'"it buildings for which il re cci7THswiss~ery small per cent of the actual value. The government did not advertise the auction at which the buildings were sold and onlya few persons were aware that the sale was to be held. This benefited those who were informed for they bought the buildings much cheaper than would otherwise have been the case.
 Others, however, who did not know about the sale until it was thing of the past are bcmoaning the fact they had no chance to keep the hammer of the auctioncer poised a little longer by bidding more. By the same token the government is loser.
 The moral is: It pays to advertise.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14

the veins over such great areas and the fact that practically in every case where the properties have been tap ped in depth, there has been no de- torioration in the values of the ore, and that comparatively speaking there has been very little develop mcnt work done throughout, it would seem to make the district an attrac tive one to both the mining profession and to capital
 J. T. Halfesty.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
TORNADO CAUSES
 DEATH AND RUIN

Omaha, May 13-Twclvc persons were killed, scores injured and three towns wrecked by a tornado which swept across Sarpy county yesterday afternoon. The devastated towns arc Louisville, Bellevue and Richfield.
 The property loos has not as yet been determined but it. will be trc- mendous as there is scarcely q build ing left standing in the three towns named
 Charles Friend went to Cordova on the Yucatan for the purpose of acting temporarily as n deputy customs col lector. The appointment was made by Deputy Collector Spier because of the fact that the steamship North western desires to land q cargo of Nanimo coal at Cordova before com ing here, and is in conformation with the customs regulation providing that representative of tho department inspect foreign cargo when it. is dis charged.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14

Deputy United States District Clerk Bceks has just completed making the record in appeal in the Chittitu De. velopment Company case. The re. cord makes 920 typewrittcn pages and totals nearly 28O,0O0 words. The transcript foos will amount to nearly $500. The case is Chat in which Geo. Esterly and Steven Birch arc inter. ested and has to do with the title to valuable mining property.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
The Alaska PrOSpeCtOr

Published at NahicZ, Alaska, every Thursday by the PRoSrECToR rCBIIsHINo Co
 PHONE MAIS l. Entered at the Valdez PoStoiicc as second
 class matter. subscription $3 per year. $2 for six month single copies 10 cents
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-18
GOVERNOR DAWSON
CAUSED POLITICAL
STIR
WHEN HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE
WAS FOR SECRETARY SWISH
Err FOR GUBERNATORIAL
NOMINATION.

Charleston, w. Va, Jan. 1S-Gov.
Dawson caused a little stir in polit-
ical circles Wednesday when he an
nounced in an interview that he was
for Secretary OF state Chas. w.
Swlsher for the gubernatoriai nom
nation. 10 has been the impression
for months that the governor favored
the secretary in preference to Au-
ditor Scherr. the other acknowledged
strong candidate for the nomination
Such an announcement was looked
for early In the fall or late last sum
mer. but for some reason no author
iative announcement was made
Coming on the Neve OF the session Of
the legislature has some significance.
~ will be understood that what Sec
rotary OF State Swisher may advo-
cate in a legislative way will have
the support and approval OF the gov
ernor, and what the governor has
asked the legislature to accomplish
has the approval Of Secretary OF
state Swisher. BY the governors
announcement 10 IS inferred that
Swisher will stand on the same
measures The Dawson administra-
ton has stood for The secretary
has heretofore labored for the sue
cess Of what the governor advocated
which is an indication that he was
heartily in sympathy with the adj
ministration's plans As might be
expected. both candidates have many
friends in the capital city. but there
can be no longer any doubt where
the governor stands and who will r.-
ceive his support.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-18
GILES COUNTY NOTES.

Pearisburg. Va, Jan 1S.-Mrs. r.
G. Johnston was called 10 BlueReld
Tuesday on account OF the Illness Of
her daughter. Mrs. VIII Collins. who
has the fever.
r ID. Parsell, who was once a resi-
dent Of this community, but now Of
McComas, w Va. has purchased the
lands Of Mr.. r. G. Smith. in Rye
Hollow.
Mrs. r. J.. Poindcxter Of Graham.
spent Friday and Saturday with her
mother, Mrs. ~ y. Woolwine. sun
day with her brother, j. Hank wool
wine, while her husband, Mr. Poin.
dexter and TWO sons. are visiting I'm
Lynchburg.
Judge Martin Williams ana Hon.
a. p. Strothcr are both now ct Rich
mond attending 20 their duties Mrs.
STROLLER accompanied her husband
Mrs. g. = Painter has sold her
millinery store To- Shelton. PhIcqar
e Stradcr Mr. and Mrs VIII
5,radcr will take charge February !.
They will retain Miss Learn of Bal
timorc. as millIncr
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-18
PRITCHARD
SAYS ROADS MAY
DISCRIMINATE

Roanoke, Va, Jan. 1S.-That a
railroad corporation may handle Its
cars as It sees fit, is virtually what
Is meant by the decision handed
down yesterday I'm rhe United States
circuit court OF appeals, Judge
Prltchard sitting. In rendering his
decision Judge Pritchard Teverses
Judge Morris, OF the district court
Of Maryland whose decision was that
the railroad company must handle
the private or individual cars on tho
percentage plan, and that while the
owners OF such We're entitled to their
use, they must be charged against
the allotment of the mines receiving
them
Following this decision by Judge
Morris the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road, against whom the charge OF
discrimination was brought. appeal
ed to the higher tribunal and fur
nished the bond pending the deci-
sion, $4,000. The vast importance
II the reversal OF the opinion is due
to the fact that the welfare of coal
operators in West Virginia, Mary
land and in all states whore bltumIn-
Gus coal is mined, is dependent
thereon.
The out grOwth Of the original pro-
ceedings In the famous Pitcairn case
in which The independent coal op-
orators Of West Virginia brought
charges against the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad alleging discrimination
IN the handling OF freight cars. In
me decision Of yesterday Judge
Prltchard holds that the institution
Of proceedings does not exclude any
other remedy provided for by the in
terstate commerce act.
In their original bill the inde-
pendentg made the general accusa-
tlon that the Baltimore and ohio
railroad company Disseminated in
favor Of the Fairmont Coal compa-
ny, The Somerset Coal company and
the Consolidated Coal company, the
latter being the parent Of the COM
bine and which has been for some
years. owned by the railroad corpo-
ration
The alleged discrimination was
said 20 be OF Immense profit TO the
combine and it was claimed that 81
was the source Of great loss 90 inje
pendent operators The court was
asked TO direct the Baltimore and
Ohio TO stop this discrimination
This the lower cour aid and it was
this decision that Judge Pritcharl
reversed
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-18
BODIES
WILL BE
BURNED
DEsITTE PLEAS OF THOSE WHO
LOST RELATIVES IN MONDAY
NIGHTS FIRE-2O BODIES RE
MAIN UNIDENTIFIED.

Boyertown, Pa. Jan. 1S.-Desplte
the pleas OF those who lost relrtives
and have not yet identified them
among the victims of Mondays fire.
Coroner Strausser insists that all
bodies must be buried before night.
Twenty bodies still remain unidenti-
fed at the improvised morgue, and
they will probably be consigned to a
huge trench in the Fairview Gene
terry. Funerals are being held at the
rate of five an hour today.
Men today began removing the de-
brls of the ruined opera house to
Fairview cemetery. After the valu-
ables are removed from the charred
bodies the bones will be removed.
and will be buried
The coroner already has jewelry
worth about $4,000 which was re-
covered from the ruins. commit
tee OF citizens will take charge of
the valuables.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-18
IRON COMPANY
IN BANKRUPTCY
PRESIDENT or THE BANKRUPT
FIRM Is EDWARD l.. HARPER,
WHO HAS A CHECKERED CA
REER TO HIS HONOR, HAVING
SERVED \ TERM IN PRISON.

Bristol va Jan 1S.-Tha Union
Iron and steel company, Of which
Edward l. Harper was president
and which owned blast furnaces at
Big stone Cap, va; Ironron. d.. and
Chatham ~ y. has been declared
q bankrupt I'm the United states dis
trict court Of Delaware The fur
noc's have been tied up I'm litigation
since last ScpteNler.
The assets amount to about s225.-
900. while the liabilities are osti-
mated at $t25.OOO. Of which siOO.-
600 is q preferred lien.
Edward H. Harper, "a promoter OF
'he properties Of This company has
"a chcckercd career. only about
three years ago hc himself filed
petition in bankruptcy when ho was
though to boz a millionaire. Hauus
in Tho petition that his only aea fs
were The clothes that ne wore. Many
years ago Harper by series OF
spcoulating Investments wrecked ono
Of the big national banks OF CIu.ln-
natl. for which he served "a Germ I'm
Che federal prison 10 was after bee
ing released from prison that no
took charge OF the Union IRON nd
siol company.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-18
PREPARING FOR ANOTHER
LAP OF THE LONG CRUISE
ADMIRAL EVANS FLEET WILL FAREWELL CIVILIZATION
ON LEAVING RIO JANErRo UNTIL CALIAo PERU,
WHERE GIVEN ANOTHER RousING
WELCOME

the famous remark: "If the paint
of my cruiser is scratched. hell Will
smell of garlic"
During the coming two weeks. de-
spite the fact that the fleet will ia
travelling south all the time. the
Yankee tars will pass from qhe tor
rid heat of midsummer to the frlgld
winter OF the arctics. On shore
leave at Punta Arenas the sailors
will see some OF the most ignorant
types OF humanity in the world. The
natives of Patagonia and Terra 6el
Fuego. despite the severity OF the
climate. wear little or no clothing,
and smear their bodies with fou!.
odored paint and grease They
spend most of their days ON horse
back and their nights in little tents
made of hides. Horse meat and
ostrich flesh are the staples of their
diet. They are natural traders, and
many sailors will likely part with
some of their belongings in exchange
for otter-skin or ostrich-breast
wraps.
The Straits of Magellan, through
which the fleet must pass. are only
about as wide in some parts as the
Hudson River, and are lined by
towering. snow-clad precipices. This
will be the really dangerous part of
the journey. After leaving Punta
Arenas day and a night will be o.
cupied in reaching the comparative
ly safety of the Pacific. Then, with
the trim little Chilean cruiser. Es-
meralda. in the lead, the long Hue
of battleships will steer north. back
TO the land of sunshine and laughter.
until, on February 1S, the guns of
the Peruvian forts will boom well
come that will be as music to the
ears OF the Yankee tars. For they
will be back In civilizations Span
ish-Amerlcan civilization, which is
different from the Yankee brand. II
Is true-but still civilization.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-18
DRUG-CRAzED
DOCTOR KILLS
HIS PATIENT
DRUNK AND DAZED BY LIQUOR
AND OPIATEs PHYSICIAN DE-
LIBERATELY SEWERS INTEs-
TINES IN TWO PLACES.

Fort Dodge. Iowa. Jan. 1S.-Dr.
P. X. Dahl. one OF the wealthIest and
most prominent physicians of North
western Iowa. has been arrested here
charged with manslaughter. The
case Is one OF the strangest on rec
ord.
DIR. Dahl. dazed with drugs and
liquor. was operating on Mrs. Floyd
Bowen. An incision had been made
In the abdomen. To the horror oil
watchers. DIR. Dahl severed the in
testines in two places with scissors
The operation called for no interior
ence with the digestive tract. Nurses
and physicians dragged the crazed
surgeon from his patient and tried
to remedy the mistake. They failed
and Mrs. Bowen died.
DIR. Dahl barricaded himself in his
-heuse. and when the doors were
broken down he was found In bed
daZed with narcotics.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-18

Rio de Janeiro. Jan. 1s.-With
the bunkers filled with coal and all
preparations made for beginning the
next stretch OF the long voyage to
the Pacific, the battlsship feet IF
Admiral Evans will steam out OF Rio
harbor early next week and head
southwark for Punta Arenas. the
most southerly town on this side OF
the world. When officers and men
bid farewell to their friends in the
Brazilian capital Monday. they win
also say goodbye TO civilization for
many weary days TO come. IL viii
be dull routine, with only one stop
at a greasy little collection OF huts
and shanties, until Callao. Peru. Is
reached on February 18.
The distance from Rio to Punta
Arenas is over 1900 miles. and this
expanse of tossing pillows will be
traversed in 10 days. so that the lit
tie village between the barren coasts
of Patagonia and Terra del Fuego
will be reached about the last day OF
this month. Nothing but coaliug
will be done there. At this Cod
forsaken place which was formerly
a convict station for Chile until the
Chilean government became too civ
ilized to send even convicts there
the fleet will enter the waters of that
republic. and VIII be mot by the
Chilean cruiser Esneralda. This
vessel will serve as an escort TO the
feet through the crooked straits OF
Magellan.
The announcement that Chile
will honor the United States by send
ing a naval vessel to attend the feet
while It remains in Chilean waters
recalls the fact that Admiral Evans,
during the trouble between the
United States and Chile several years
ago, was the commander OF a Yam
kee cruiser I'm the harbor of Valpai~
raiso. 1t was then that he made
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-18
SANCTIFIED;
GOES CRAZY

Miss Lillian Garrett, thirty-fiye
years old and daughter OF Alexan-
der Garrett, four or Ave miles east
OF Lebanon, was adjudged insane
Monday. and on Wednesday she was
taken to the asylum at Marion. va.
Miss Garrett got sanctihed at a
meeting held In her neighborhood
not long ago which caused her to
lose her mind
In the last three or -FOUR years
sanctifed preachers have held forth
in different parts OF the country and
during that time many people have
professed sanctlfcatlon and some six
or seven have gone crazy Lebanon
News.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-18
INTERNATIONAL CONTEST
OF AERONAUTIQUE CLUBS

Chicago, Jan. 1S.-Five trophies
and medals and $4,000 in cash
prizes have been offered by the Chi
cago Aeronautique Club for interna-
tional contests in the air, to be held
by the club July End to 4. Seven
events are on the program, chief
among them being the international
ballooning contest, open to the
world. A trophi costing $4,000 will
go to the contestant who makes the
longest distance fight. The man
making the greatest length of time
in continuous flight will get trophy
valued at $500. The number of
sarters is limited TO thirty.