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The Washington herald., 1913-04-01

of the worlds greatest financial institu-
ton, at the corner of Broad and Wall
Streets, thus announced the death of J..
p. Morgan. 1t was put there about 10
O'Clock this morning. Not a shred Of
crepe or other of the conventional SYM
bols OF death were displayed with the
brief notice:
1T is as Mr.. Morgan would have had
it," said one of his partners when at
tention was called to the simplicity and,
withal, the business-like character of the
great banks notice to the world that its
master mind had ceased to- guide .te
worldwide activities.
It was at the hour when the corner Of
Broad and Wall, the very seething CEN
ter of Americas financial maelstrom, was
most crowded. Bankers, brokers, clerks,
stenographers and a motley crowd Of
other frequenters of the district were
hurrying to their duties. few minutes
later 1t was necessary to call small de-
tachment of police to discipline the
crowds, which grew thicker every mo-
ment, and every, member of which seemed
determined to read with its own eyes the
brief announcement.
Turns All Away.
big Jim" McDermott, who for dec
ade has guarded the portals of the bank
and one of whose chief duties it has been
to prevent intruders from breaking in on
Mr.. Morgan at his plain, fiat-top desk
unless especially invited, bulked his huge
frame in the double doors at the head OF
! the stairway leading from the streets and
turned back nearly everybody who 'tried
to gain access to the bank. Only those
faces which were well, known to him
were permitted to enter.
From the stock exchange building
and N
banks and brokerage houses in the vi
cinity flags were dropped to half-mast
as token of "the king is dead
J.. p Morgan. jr., did not appear at
the bank during the day. Henry +.
Davidson volunteered this statement
about noon, beyond which the firm
would say nothing:
In answer to the many inquiries re-
ceiyed, j. p Morgan & Co, state that
Mr.. Morgans death will occasion no
change in the firm; that is, his interests
will remain and the business be conduct
ed as heretofore"
Bank to Close for Three Days.
In little while Mr.. Dawson hurried
back to the Morgan residence, leaving
to Messrs. Steele, Lamont, and Porter
the direction of whatever necessary
business should come up for attention
during the day 1t was later announced
by Mr. Lamont that the bank would
probably remain closed for two or three
days except for the transaction of such
routine business as may demand imme-
date attention.
From an hour before noon until after
) o'clock in the afternoon there was
steady procession of telegraph and
cable messenger boys passing in and
out of the bank. They bore messages
from all parts of the world-messages
of regret and of tribute.
Among the first to appear soon after
the news of the death became known
was Judge +. III. Gary, head of the United
States Steel Corporation, which the dead
banker had conceived and financed
Judge Gary was accompanied by Nor
man B. Ream, a director of the corpora
ton. Neither of them would make
statement
The Washington herald., 1913-04-01
FINANCIER FREQUENT
/, VISITOR TO CAPITAL

Mr.. Morgan's last visit to Washing
ton was for the purpose of testifyine
before the Pujo committee in the money
power investigation.
He arrived with a coterie of lawyers
bookkeepers, and stenographers, and was
an excellent, cool, and collected Witness
holding his own despite the cross-exami'
nation of Samuel UntermSer. Suisse
ouently he had published pamphlet
giving his views on the entire question.
Some of the newspapers are inclined
to lay the death of the banker at the
door of the Pujo committee, but those
who heard Mr. Morgan's testimony I'M
The Washington herald., 1913-04-01
MORGAN'S DEATH NOT
TO AFFECT LEGISLATION

The death Of J. Pierpont Morgan will
have no effect upon any legislative ac-
ton looking to a breaking up of the
centralized group of money kings which
Mr.. Morgan dominated, in the opinion
of Senator Owen of Oklahoma, chairman
of the new Senate Committee on Banking
and Currency
Senator Owen was asked if HI had any
comment to make on Mr. Morgan's
death. Yes" he replied. Peace to his
ashes
do you believe his death will make
more simple any action looking to the
disintegration of the group of financiers
which Mr.. Morgan dominated?" he was
asked
Not in the least. 1t will neither make
it easier nor harder. Mr.. Morgan left
behind him large corps of trained lieu
tenants, who represented his ideas dug
ing his life, and who, through their long
training and association with him, will
represent his ideas and methods of
thought now that he Is dead"
Senator Owen did not believe any finan-
cial disturbance would result from the
death of the financial leader.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-01
FINANCIAL king
OF WORLD dies

day holly denying that Morgan's grill
ing by that committee was the cause Of
his death, directly or Indirectly.
Il don't believe there is any truth
whatever in the report that Mr.. Morgan's
health was in anyway affected by his
appearance before the money trust COM
mittee," said Representative Neelcy.
The committee was engaged in most
important public duty. and some of the
disclosures of the financial methods pur-
sued by Mr.. Morgan and his friends were
decidedly startling to the country. This
doubtless resulted in much public crit
icism. and the end is not yet.
Our committee showed him every pos
sible courtesy, and for a man Of his age
he appeared to be in splendid condition,
both physically and mentally.
AT the conclusion of the examination
he came up to the committees bench,
shook hands with each member of the
committee, and rather profusely thanked
us for the courtesies we had shown him.
The Morgan interests have published
and sent broadcast throughout the United
States a letter containing many state
ments substantiated by no witness who
appeared before the committee, and the
irsinuation that the committees cour-
teous examination of Mr.. Morgan con-
tributed in any manner whatever to his
demise appears to be a studied attempt
to make capital of his DEATH
The Washington herald., 1913-04-01


The house above referred to ID the
Willard. and particularly that part of
the caravansary that answers to the
name peacock alley"
Every afternoon as the hour draws
near 4:30-when o'clock tea is always
served-"peacock alley is the gathering
place for myriad fair danes and damsels,
who come from the four points Of the
compass. but principally from the North
east section. to sip tea and eat diminu-
tive cakes.
rule. In fact, the crowd had started to
gather rather early. and at o'clock the
ALLEY the rotunda, and the reception
room at the F Street entrance SHIN
mered with bevy Of gayly dressed So
ciety women.
There were a few men, but they do
not figure in this story-till the very end,
at least.
Suddenly the perfumed air of the ro-
tunda was rent with woman's scream
as the society novelists would say-and
various beautiful damsels and portly
dowagers were seen to mount the nearest
available furniture. There was a great
display of excitement, not to speak of
the display of pretty ankles and silken
hose.
There was another scream in the re
ception room and another display of ex-
citement and things, and then the scene
of activities was shifted to the thickly
crowded peacock alley where the
scenes recounted above were rehearsed.
The cause of the disturbance was, as
you have already guessed. gentle reader,
merely little gray mouse of the va
riety that since time immemoral has
frightened the life out of the fair sex
in the pages of the comic papers.
The escorts of the several women made
a vain dash after the creature. Two en-
ployes of the hotel were traversing pea
cock alley" armed with brooms. They
took up the pursuit. Amid the historical
screams of the women and the cheers of
the men they finally ran the creature
down between two big chairs and-cur-
tain.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-01

Nichold. Fl. Crockin, ]. Saks. David
Louis, Jacob Harris, Joseph HerzoS.
Sig. Kaufman, Abe Eiseman, Louis Fell
heimer, Leonard Feldstein, Max Needle,
Max Goodman, B. Widauer, E. Rothold-
]. Cohen, Sam Hirsh, Max Cohen A.
Hirsh, /. Joseph Mazo, Miss Lena Hirsh-
man, Joseph A. Bloom, Mrs. Joseph A.
Bloom.
NJ. Goldenberg, Mrs. NJ. Goldenberg,
Max Fischer, Mrs Max Fischer, L. Gros-
ner. Mrs. I. Grosner, Max Rich, Mrs.
Max Rich.
L. S. Kann, Mrs. l. S. Kann, BenJa-
min Held, Mrs. Banjamin Held, jacob
Kohner. Mrs Jacob Kohner, Henry
Sternberger, Samuel Bear, jr.
Joseph Hirsch, Aaron Silver. isaac
Heidenheimer, Elias Heidenheimer,
Louis Lapinsky, Mr.. Aaronheim.
NJ n Mazo. Jack Bernstein, Mrs.
Louis Stern, H. Jaffe, Miss Foer. Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Baumgarten, Mrs. Frank
Simon.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-01
ADEE PAYS TRIBUTE
TO'J. P. MORGAN

Assistant Secretary Of State Alvah
Adee, when he heard Of ]. p. Morgans
death, said:
II regard Mr.. Morgan as one of the
greatest benefactors this country has
ever known. He did much to keep up the
good name and credit of the United
States abroad, and was condemned for
many good things which he did. The
entire world has been benefited by his
organization of economical working con-
ditions, and in his death we have lost
one of our most able International CAPT.
talists."
Secretary Of State Bryan's only COM
ment was that he regretted that great
man had died" Mr.. Bryan said that he
had notified the diplomatic representative
of this country at Rome to do anything
that he could to assist the Morgan
family.
This is a great country, because the
death Of Mar. Morgan has not caused even
The Washington herald., 1913-04-01
Cor. 9th and F SITS. NV.

Dayton Relief Committee, is bitterly op-
posed to the efforts his friends are
making to secure his pardon through
President Wilson.
Il am guilty of no crime" Patterson
wired President Wilson today. II want
no pardon; L want only justice and some
Federal action that VIII make Dayton
safe from recurrence of such catast-
rophe as We have just had
An indirect appeal for clemency for
John III. Patterson, of the National Cash
Register Company. convicted of viola
ton of the criminal section OF the Sher-
man antitrust law. was received by
President Wilson yesterday. from his
friend, Judge William III. Speer, who
went to Dayton. Ohio. to seek his FAM
lily. Judge Speer wired, 81 have never
seen or heard of any relief work whose
magnitude and utter unselfshness can
approach that of John III. Patterson in
Dayton. His whole plant is a public
refuge"
The Department of Justice, to which
the case of Patterson was referred has
not yet made its report to the President.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-01
BATTLESHIP IS TAKEN
FROM MEXICAN PATROL

The first indication from the Nav,
Department that conditions in Mexico
are slowly righting themselves in so fan
as the Gulf coast is concerned appears
in an order issued yesterday to Rear
Admiral Usher, requiring him to send
north as soon as possible the United
States battleship Nebraska.
The Navy Department states that the
Nebraska is being withdrawn from the
Mexicon coast patrol service in order to
reach the Boston Navy Yard as soon as
practicable for its annual overhauling
No other waship, however. is ordered
to Mexico to replace the Nebraska
The Washington herald., 1913-04-01
SIMPLE ANNOUNCEMENT
MADE AT MORGAN BANK

New York. March 31.-"Closed on ac-
count of the death of MIR. ]. Pierpont
Morgan, which occurred in Rome at noon
today, March 81, 1913"
A plain white sheet of note paper
pasted or the glass door of the entrance
The Washington herald., 1913-04-01
MORGAN HAD HISTORIC WILL.
Testament of Martha Washington
I'm Late Financfer's Collection.

Joseph /. keefer. a local historian, has
for years been seeking to locate the will
Of Martha Washington. The will has
turned up, on the death of ]. p. Morgan.
in the collection of the great financier
and art collector.
This document was taken from Fair
fax Courthouse on the outbreak Of the
civil war and was purchased by Mr..
Morgan from a soldier who was present
at the footing of the courthouse.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-01
senator Rurton Goes to Ohio.

Senator Burt0n Goes to Ohio.
Senator Burton of Ohio. who came to
Washington yesterday for brief stop.
announced that he will go tomorrow to
the flooded section Of Ohio to study the
causes for the recent disaster there.
THE flood problem is much more inn
portant than the tariff" said he, land
the first business of Congress should be
to devise legislation looking toward the
prevention of floods"
The Washington herald., 1913-04-01
Burke Take. ONCE Today.

Former Gov. John Burke, of North
Dakota, will assume the duties of United
States Treasurer this morning, reliev-
ing Carmi A. Thompson, a personal ap-
pointee of President Taft from Ohio.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-01

a nutter." said Secretary Of the Navy
Daniels, referring to the manner in
which the financial centers Of the coun-
try had received the news.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-01
SAYS HE DOESN'T WANT PARDON
John II. Patterson Wires President
Urging Flood Precautions.

Dayton. Ohio. March 31.-John Patter-
son, president OF the National Cash
Register Company, and chairman of the
The Washington herald., 1913-04-01

Prof. W. c. Bagley, of Chicago, urges
the restoration of whipping in public
schools.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-01
ShriH ShriekS
Resound Through
"Peacock AHey''
Unweleome Guest Simply Spois
O'clock Tea and Almost Causes
Panic ut Gathering.

1t was the day before Tuesday,
And all through the house
Society WAS stirring
And also a mouse!
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-01
EoREElTURE NoTICE.

Valdez, Alaska, April 23, 1913. To H. Muir, your heirs and ad- ministratorst and to all whom it may concern: You arc hereby notified and will take notice that l, the sub- scriber, T. B. Dougherty,' have
 expended during the year A. D.,
 1912, one hundred dollars ($10O) in labor and improvements upon the Minnie" lode mining claim. Said claim is situated and lies in the Valdez Recording Precinct, Territory of Alaska, about six miles from Shoup bay. The mo- tice of location thereof is of rec ord in Book 8 of Records, at page 37O, in the office of the United States Commissioner for the Val deg Recording Precinct at Val- deg, Alaska, to which book and page reference is hereby made for a more particular description Of said claim. Said expenditure was
 made for the purpose of holding mining claim under the provis- ions of Section twenty-three hun dred and twenty-four of the Re- vised Statutes of the United States and the amendments there to, providing for the annual la Dor upon mining claims, said amount being the sum required to hold said mining claim during the period ending the thirty-first day of December, 1912.
 If you fail or refuse within ninety days from the personal service of this notice, if person. al service be had. OF within ninety days after the publication of this notice to contribute your propor-
 owner, your proportion, being in the sum of eighteen dollars and
 seventy-five cents (s18:75), your interest in said claim will become
 the property of the subscriber, who is vour co-owner, and who has made the expenditure and
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-01
This is Your Town and it is What
 You Make it.

What makes a town People and business. You are one of the people. What you buy helps make the business. The more you buy the better the business; the more business the better the town.
 You want the town to grow and improve, don't you? Then you should help it to grow by increasing it's business as much as you can. Every time you send elsewhere for goods you give your town blow. Enough of these blows will ultimately kill the town.
 The mail order houses do mo- thing for your town except try to kill it. Are you helping them? You are if you send your money to them for goods that you could buy at home. If you are more interested in the growth of Chi cago or New York than you are in the prosperity or your own town, your own neighbors, then continue to send to mail order houses for goods. If you want your own town to thrive spend your money where you make 1t.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-01
TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1913.
FAILURES NEED NOT APPLY.

If there were more land dealers like the fellow who put out a circular headed "Failures Need Not Apply there would be less dissatis faction among the. peo- pie who come West to begin the
 farm life. Under the heading he continues, Are you real farmer? Can you work an acre for all it is worth with your own hand at the blow? Can you take the weather as it comes? Can you accept the advice of the suc- cessful and follow good examp- les If you cannot say yes in your heart to all these questions, then chuck this circular in the waste basket"
 Successful farming is hard fight and workers battle, and if more people realized this there would be less failures and con- seuuently greater satisfaction with farming. The people who begin farming with the idea that they have a gold mine that works s itself are almost sure to fail. It has been the golden promises that have made many people give up 'Iiying" East to reap an unearned harvest" West. Har- vests worthy of the name must be earned.--EX.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-01
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To George Benson, your heirs, personal representatives and as- signs:
 You are hereby notified that the undersigned, H. M. Carter, ex- pended during the year 1912, one hundred dollars in labor and inn provements on the following min ing claims, to-wit: The O. K. No. 1 quartz claim, filed for rec ord in Val. 10 of Book of Rec ords, page No. 235 of the records of the U. s. Commissioner at Val- deg, the said claim being locat- ed in the Port Wells mining dis trict, Territory of Alaska, for the purpose of holding said claims under the provisions of Section |2324, Revised Statutes of the Uni ted States, during the year of 1913.
 And if you fail or refuse to said expenditure as a co-owner, within ninety days after comple- tion of publication of this notice, to-wit, the sum of twenty five dollars ls25.00l your interest m said claim will become the property of the undersigned CO., owner, who has made the expen- said, pursuant to statute.
 Dated Valdez, Alaska, April |, H. M. CARTER. Date first pub. April 1, 1913. Date last pub. July 1, 1913.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-01
ELASTIC FINANCIAL SYSTEM.

After the tariff has had it's swing, the next question needing careful attention is the currency. What this country needs badly is an elastic financial system for business purposes that expands when it is needed and contracts when the need is over. This sort of system will invariably check an incipient panic, whatever it's source may be. It seems to be generally agreed that our Amer ican system fails at the moment of greatest need. When the c"un-- try is enjoying a period of great prosperity such as we had under the Taft administration, there Is little evidence of the need of a different system, but when ad- versity strikes business, the gov ernment ought to be prepared to relieve the situation with plenty of money. The inevitable food ing of this country with foreign made goods. following the reduc- tionS in tariffs. will be the cause for need such as will demand the most flexible financial sNS- tem
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-01
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To William Hogan.
 You are hereby notified that have expended during the year 1912, one hundred and thirty three dollars and thirty-three cents, lawful money of the Unit ed States, in labor and improve .nents, upon your tWo-ninths in lerest in those certain lode claims lying and being on Knights Is land, in the recording precinct of Valdez. Alaska, which are known as and called the "Shamrock" claim; the Tramp" claim; the Hiii' claim; a the Beach" claim, and the Last Chance, claim the location notices of said claims be- ing of record in the office of the Commissioner and Recorder, at Valdez, Alaska, in order to. hold said claims under the. provisions of Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United State concerning annual labor on min. ing claims, being the amount re- quired to hold said lode claims for the period ending on the 31st day of December. 1912.
 Ana unleSS 'VlLnln nl1eLy udyS after the completion of the pub!i- cation of this notice, to-wit: with. in ninety days after the 9th day of July, 1913, you contribute your proportion of such expenditure incurred n performing said an- nual labor and improvements, which is the sum of one hundred and thirty-three dollars and thir- ty-three cents, your interest in the claims will become the prop erty of the subscriber of this mo- tice, your cO-Owner, who has made the required expenditure, by the terms of said section.
 Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 5th day of April, 1913.
 S. A. TEMPLE.
 Date of first pub. April 6, 1913
 Date of last pub. July 6, 1913.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-01
Stockholders Meeting

The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Valdez Mercantile Company will be held at their offices in Valdez, Alaska. on Monday, July 14th, 1913, at o'clock D. m., for the purpose of electing board of direc- tors for the ensuing year and other important business.
 ARTHUR LANG, Secretary.
 Date of first publication June 30th 1913.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-01

improvements as above mention ed pursuant to the provisions of the said statute.
 Dated Valdez, Alaska, April 23, 1913.
 T. E. DOUGHERTY. Date first pub. April 24, 1918. Date last pub. July 2G, 1913.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-01
To Our Patrons.

We wish to announce that dur ing the week of 4th of July no laundry will be accepted after Wednesday noon to be delivered that week. No rough dry will be collected. Very respectfully,
 INDEPENDENT LAUNDRY.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-01

Geo. Reinhe. the watch repalrer
 and jeweler. is at the Valdez Drug
 company.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-01

A fresh supply of Chinese goods just received on the Samp- son--Chop Suey and Chinese Noodles at the Valdez Cafe.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-01
Rock Contract to Let.

Contract to let for sinking shaft. Inquire of B. F. Willard at the Copper Block.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-01

Get a bicycle from Owen Meals and enjoy your evenings riding
 out the government trail.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-01

FOR SALE EAp--FOur-rO
 house, furnished; part cash and the balance as rent. Mrs. Guthrie.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-01

One-haif off on trimmed milli- nery and 25 per cent discount on suits at Harveys Ioggery.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-01

FOR SALE--A new boys bicy- cle. Never been used. Inquire o1 Owen E. Meals.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-01
For a Delicious Salad ofue Sea
 Tuna

A delightful fish for salads packed in olive oil, caught in Cal lfornia. Try it, at Love- Whitley Company.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-01
FOR Sale Cheap.

Twenty-e}g ght foot Racine mo- tor boat hull. Inquire of E. P. Cashman.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-01

FURNISHED ROOMS with or without board. Keystone Bath house. Mrs. H. Sharts.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-01

For bicycle repair work, call on Owen Meals.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-01
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 E. WINTER The Ladies Furnisher.