Seattle, Jan. 14 ? Marking a new
er? In Alaska transportation comes
the announcement that the Northern
Navigation Company, one of the
largest steamboat operators on the
Yukon River, this year will accept
freight at Seattle and handle it all
the way through to Dawson, Fair
banks, Circle, Eagle, Tanana, Ruby,
Iditarod, and other Interior points
via Skagway, the White Pass Rail
road, Lake Laberge and the Upper
Yukon River.
To Alaska shippers, direct trans
portation from Seattle means much.
The new service will do away with
double handling, personal responsi
bility for loss In the sledding of
freight across the frozen Lake La
berge to the waiting Yukon River
boat and the clearance proceedings
with the Canadian government of
ficials.
The Northern Navigation Company
proposes to assume all responsibility
for the safety of the goods from
Seattle to the final destination in
the interior and already has arrang
ed for the new river boat Pros
pector, recently built by the White
Pass Railway, to take shipments
from lower Lake Laberge to Daw
son.
There are three main routea to
the interior of Alaska, the route
via Lake Laberge being most used
In the early spring months. Later
in the summer, traffic moves heav
iest over the route from St. Michael
up the Yukon River, and in the
winter over the trail from Chitlna to
Fairbanks. By way of St. Michael
it takes about a month for freight
to reach Fairbanks from Seattle.
Via the Chitlna route an 18-hour
day delivery from Chitina to Fair
banks is guaranteed, and via Lake
Laberge it takes from two to three
weeks to make delivery.
The Northern Navigation company
plans to start shipments from Seat
tle for Dawson via the Lake La
berge route about March 1 and not
later than April 1.
Heretofore, the Northern Naviga
tion Company has wintered one of
the river boats, usually the Delta
at Lower Lake Laberge and accept
ed shipments at that point after
they had been sledded across the
frozen lake by the shippers. The
new service will greatly simplify
matters for the shipper.
El Paso, Jan. 14 ? A startling bit
o* news has arrived in the city,
telling of the capture of Federal
General Blanco and his secretary.
The account has It that the noted
general was taken by an assault on
his garrison by the rebel troops and
both he and his secretary were
hanged. The battle occurred at
Bablacora, situated in the province
of Sonora, a couple hundred miles
southwest o? this city.
STATESMEN GATHER
IX MANY STATES
Salem, Jan. 14 ? Yesterday the
legislatures of Oregon convened, at i
the same time the legislatures of i
Washington, Iowa and Utah met in
legislative session.
WILSON HAS NOW
REALLY BEEN ELECTED
Washington, Jan. 14 ? The presi-J
dentlal electors In all States of the
Union cast their vote# yesterday for
president.
WAITING FOR LINK ON
COURT OP APPEALS
Lob Angeles, Jan. 14 ? The John
son dynamite case has been post
poned until the July term of court,
to await the action of the federal
court of appeals.
33 *=3 per cent
discount
Our Annual Inventory Sale starts at Nina o'clock on tho 1 Oth
inst, and will continue (or the next ten days.
REMEMBER
we buy our goods from the manufacturer, not from another mer
chant, consequently we have NO OLD GOODS to dispose of.
EVERY ARTICLE IN OUR STORE ON SALE (with the
exceptions of Rubber Goods, E. W. Collars, Knox Hats, Thread*
and One Piece House Dresses.
Strictly for Cash
H. J. Lynch \
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GUILTY
JUDGE ARCHBALD CI NEVER AGAIN
HOLD PLACE OF LRUS! UNDER
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
Washington, Jan. 14 ? Judge Rob
ert Wodrow Archbald is guilty.
Sitting as a body of one, a com
mittee on I he whole, to study the
evidence and determine his guilt or
innocence, the United Statos senate,
yesterday afternoon, decided that
Kobert Archbald was guilty on the
first article of thirteen charges, of
having wilfully taken advantage of
his position as Judge of the Com
merce Court to further his own
ends at the expense of Justice.
Archbald was In the ante room .
of the Senate chamber awaiting the
decision of the court in inquiry. At
four o'clock the senate had decided
and declared him guilty on the first
count, shortly afterward a vote was
taken on the other counts, and with
the exception of two or three he
was found guilty of all charges.
Then Senator Bacon of Georgia
was chosen to pronounce judgment
which had been agreed upon, and
which Is made and provided in
rases of impeachment. At 4:30 in
the afternoon of the thirteenth day
of the month in 1913, Judge Robert
Archbald was sentenced under thir
teen counts, to be forever remorad
from office of judge of the com
merce court and to be forever dis
qualified from holding public office
or a position of trust under the
jurisdiction of the United States of
America.
Senator Bacon walked to the
ante room and briefly pronounced
the decision of the senate, In the
presence of but a few friends of
the disgraced judge and two sen
ators. When he had given th? ver
dict, the judge left the building
and going to the apartments where
his wtfe was waiting him, he re
mained for a few hours and then
reappeared with her and they took
ihe train for their home In Scran
ton.
Replying to a newspaper report
er ex-Judge Archbald said: "No
matter what the verdict is, I have
done no wrong and had Intended no
wrong."
Robert Archbald was bom in
Carbondale, Penn., Sept. 10, 1848,
studied law in New York and else-j
where and practiced law in Scran
ton. He was appointed to a judg
shlp in the 4 nth judicial district of
Pennsylvania and was later made
circuit judge by President Taft and
tcsigned to accept a place as mem
ber of the U. Si. Commerce Court
for four years from Feb. 1, 1911.
He Is a republican.
A. B'S SUSTAIN
THE RECORDER
Fairbanks, Jan. 14 ? Fairbanks |
and Cleary camps Arctic Brother- 1
hood at meeting last night passed j
strong resolutions approving the de
termination of Grand Arctic Re
corder Keller in withholding his
signature from charters of sub
ordinate camps south of 54?20'.
The Brothers here and In interior
Alaska are up in arms against the
attempted assault upon the honored
geographical boundaries of the or
der of Arctic Brotherhood and they
determinedly repudiate as unconsti
tutional the recent action of the
Orand Camp.
A special committee has been ap
pointed and are now in communica
tion with the Orand Camp Officers
and with other subordinate camps,
to prevent action in the formation
of the proposed camps below the
established line. If the necessity
require such action, it is proposed
to take the matter into the courts
and ask for an Injunction to pre
vent the issuance of charters for
such camps.
The present agitation will as
suredly result in eventually holding
Grand Camps entirely within the
borders of the order with only bona
fide residents as officers.
HEAVY SNOWS AND 8TOHMS
DEMORALIZES BUSINESS
Seattle, Jan. 14 ? Owing to the
heavy fall of snow in the moun
tains of eastern Washington, which
not only prevents railroad transpor
tation but likewise has disorganized
telegraphic communication, an order
has gone forth from the head
quarters of all transcontinental lines
In this city to route all business for
the east via Portland and the south
ern lines. For several days there
has been no trains from the east
and it is impossible to tell in what
condition the tracks are in until
the wires are again in working or
der.
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Preferred Stock
Canned Goods
At tfci* tl?t *f T*** fro"h
nnd vegetables a re hard to
We have an excellent remedy for
this condition in our line of Pr*
f erred Stock OaB?*d goodB. Ifr?ry
utu goorantMd.
I P. H. GANTY, Grocer I
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MA COPPER OUIPUJ
GUM IN HlSfd
Washington, Jan 14? The gov
ernment report on copper allows
that the past year has been the
record breaker in the production of
copper in the United States and
Alaska. The output In Alaska is
higher thnn ever before especially '
Southeastern Alaska, which In
cludes the Copper River and the
Prince of Wales Island districts.
It is estimated that the total val
ue of the mineral output of Alaska
In 1912 is f 2I.8SO.OOO, compared
with $20,6.->0,000 for 1 ? 1 1. The val
ue of the gold output of 1912 Is es
timated at $16,650,000; that of
1911 was S16.8o3.256. It is estl
mated that the Alaska mines pro
duced 28,940,000 pounds of cop j
per in 1912, valued at about (4,
630,000. In 1911 the output was
27,267,871 pounds valued at (3,364,
584. The silver production In 1912
Is estimated to have a value of
(300,000, as compared with (243,*
023 for lull. The value of all oth
er mineral products In 1912, Includ
ing tin. marble, gypsum, coal, pe
troleum, etc., was al>out (260,000,
compared with (176,942 In 1911.
The total value of Alaska's mineral
production since 1880, when min
ing first l>?^an, Is, In round numbers
(229,000,000, of which (202,000,000
is represented by the value of the
gold output The total output of
copper in Alaska since 1801 is
about 90,000,000 pounds, valued at
about (13,145,000.
The most notable mining advan
ces In the Territory during the
year were those in the Juneau dis
trict. The Tread well mine Increas
ed Its gold output. Work *u con
tinued on the S. 000-foot tunnel of
the Alaaka-Qastineau, which will
be about 2 mile* In length This
tunnel Is to undercut the Perserv?r
a nee mine, which, with adjacent
properties on Sheep Creek, baa
passed under one management The
are la to bt> carried to a mill of
000-ton daily capacity, which Is to
be erected at tidewater These en
terprises, together with the con
tinuation of work on the Kensing
ton mine and the reopening of the
Jualln mine. In the Berners Bay
district, constitute an assurance
that the production of gold In Al
aska will not fall off, even aside
from the promise of a larger out
put from other parts of the Terri
tory. It Is reported that discover
ies of rich gold-bearing quarts
reins hare been made on Funter
Bay, Admiralty Island The mln*?
were operated In the Sitka district,
as In the previous year, and the dis
covery of a new gold-bearing quarts
vein in the district Is reported
There was considerable advance
of auriferous lode mining In the
Ketchikan district during the year
The Goldslrcam mine waa again op
erated. supplying a 5-stamp mill
A 10-etamp mill was installed at
the Valparaiso mine. Two adit
tunnels were started to Intersect an
auriferous quart* vein on the Bug
f .y property, near Smugglers rove
It Is reported that the l<on de Van
Co., Intersected an auriferous ga
lena-bearing vein, at a depth of 1,
100 feet, on its property located on
lieorgee Inlet.
CHRIS. SHEA DEAD IK KETCHIKAN;
FORMERLY MAYOR Of SKAGWAY
Chris C. Shea, former council
man, business man and Mayor of
Skagway, died in Ketchikan today.
But a brief account of his death
has been received at the time of
going to press, details of which will
be published tomorrow.
Chris Shea came to Skagway
from San Francisco in 1897 with
the early pioneers and located in
the saloon business here, soon b?
romlnu very popular with h'.s pa
trons and readily making lota of
friends. In 190? h* ??? elected
to the city count!! and In 1908 he
became mayor of 8k?&way. Receiv
ing the appointment of name war
den In 1909 from Governor Clark.
Mr. Shea took up his residence to
the westward where he has since
lived.
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