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No. 352 FOURTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1912
PRICK 10 CENTO
TRANSPORTATION
CASES OPEN
ATTORNEYS ARGUE FOR
DISMISSAL OF INDICTMENTS
Array cf Legal Talent Gather in Ju
neau to Present Cases of Corpora
tors And Officials Indi.ted For
Vic :ation cf Sherman Anti-Trust
Law.
Tlii ;.rst rsiiiio w ere filed t,aituiday
uioxumg iu luo le^ai battkrS wnulij
w'.il v>e tuugni iu Juuge K. Ly*>u s j
court oetwetu i~e ilioLi ict a.t~riuy o
office a-ia tae attorneys for ..
poruiliou Companies ana Lien cff.
cialts who were lately iadk led by the
Grand Jury on the charge of v.oiat
1...; i.u :>aorman Anti-Trust law by
forming a monopoly of tra.isporta.t.m
facii^ies in restraint of trade.
Arguments for the dismissal of tut I
inuictiueuts against the transportat.o
officials ar.d tor po rations were made
by counsel and were taken under a i
viaemeat by Judge Lyons.
The Juneau Dispatch says:
"Arguments attacking the legal suf
ficiency of the indictments charging I
several corporation* and inJiviaua.s!
with conspiring to m nopo.:/.e freight,
i-oal and traasportati n business at i
Skagway, wait. h charts were prefe r
i ed by tie federal grand jury recent
ly. w re commenced in tha I'. S. tli.^
trict court a' 10 o'clock this moraiiu
before Judge Thomas K. Lyons.
Appearing tor the Pa ;fic Coast j
Co.. the Pacific Coast Steatuship Co.,'
i;d the Pacific Coast Ccal Co., are,
V. it. Stmtton, of the Seatt'e law ,
'?X of Parrell, Kane i: Stra ion,
-? .d Shavkli'iord & '.\iylc.-s. of th's ?
y. Mr Stratton was formerly a'
~ .or oral for the state of Wsi fc
ir.jtot,.
Re' "- sent in? the North Pa i!'ic|
V"ha- s & Tra!inc co:i ? any. whi h
- ihe Moor, whar:' at Slcaswnv,
? ? .t pro.i: ? t S?-a: tie
. ami ,Tudi;e K. A. Gunni-son
- r ? ? Mr. I'ro:i- n is one of
he dieted men.
J e W. H. BogJe of Sta't'e a tl
'u-lg R. A. Gunnison of this city
ha- be. ?> en :a:red to represent the
!*a> : ? & Vri tic Railway & Xavi
'ic: Col. of which the White Pass &
Vukc r >nij :< a sul sMiary holding.
Jui! :e rtocle and the lc-al firm cf i
IVi ?r <C F- irton. this i itv. aopear frrl
(Continued on Pace 4.)
BANKER MORSE DYING
IN FOREIGN LAND
Aged Banker, Recently Pardoned by
President Taft, Said to be Sinking
in Florence, Italy. Physicians De
spair of Saving His Life.
IBy Alaska News Bureau.)
FLORENCE. Ita.v, March 27? Phy
sicians under whose care Robert W.
i .Morse, the pardoned New York bank
wrecker has placed himself, declare
i that the aged American has lia.e
chance to live. They report that
he is slowly dying.
.Morse after his release from the
Georgia federal penitentiary gave in
dications of recovering his health,
which was in a precarious condition
at the Ume of his release. Accom
panied by his wife who w^s respon
sible fcr his release from prison he
came to Italy in the hopes of recov-J
ering his shattered health.
NEW YORK, March 27? Harry P
Morse, son of Banker -Morse, receiv
ed a message today telling him of
the dangerous condition of his father.
The report stated that there was lit
tle hope for the recovery of the
a ceil banker.
ROOSEVELTITES SPENDING
BARRELS OF MONEY.
(By Alaska News Bureau. i ' j
NEW YORK. March 27 ? It its s'at- 1
i 1 here by those conversant with the !
situation that no expense is b'ei?w !
S-ared by the Roosevelt backers to
St cure the election of the latter.
Sir. and Mrs. E. J. Shaw were pas- 1
wagers on the Georgia from Juneau.
Tlie Georgia arrived in pert 'ast :
night at 9 o'clock with a number ofj
passengers.
Amongst the passengers to arrive
on the Georgia last ni^ht were Geo. I
Watson. J. Z. Kimberline, Will \Yi k
man. .lohn Erickson. E. Errcksoai :in 1 j
'erser Carstens.
Pansy Ikuta. the local jeweler, wa
a passenger north on the Georgia
last night from Juneau where h>
-topped off on his way north from
southern California, where he ha
been visiting for the last few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. D. Magee. wh 1
have been occupying the Fickhart j
residence ^during the latter's absence;
fr m the city, have taken the B. M. j
Hehrends house on Seventh Avenue, I
which was formerly occupied by Geo '
Blanchard and family.
UBUiflSiaifc 8IIIIIIII8IIF
our :
SPRING GOODS
Have commenced to arrive
We Will Have
Shipments on Every Boat
Mew Spring Millinery
Will be Displayed
Tuesday Morning
March Twelve
Come Early and Ma&e Your
Selections
H. J. LYNCH
Th? Up-To-Date Haberdasher and LacMee Furnisher.
KALISH ASKS $50,000
DAMAGES TO BUSINESS
Indicted Traot. porta ion Cornea ? es
And Officials Are Sued in Se-'itt e
Courts by Humboldt Steamship Co.,
Who Charge Disci iminc<tlori.
i SEATTLE, .March l'j? Daiua^es ag
i gregatins Jjo.ooo are sought by Uie i
j Humboldt Steeinsi:ip Company in, a
I civil action brought yesterday in the
i superior court against the Alaska [
Steamship Company, the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company, the North
Pacific Wharves & Trading Company,
the Pacific & Arctic Railway & Navi-j
gation Company, Charles K. Pen-,
body, G. H. Higliea aid C. E. Wynn-j
Johnson.
It is alleged that the defendants]
named in the action have unlawfully \
combined and conspired for Hie pur- ,
pose of injt ring the busir.c-s of the
Humboldt Steamship Company and
that their actions have re-ulted in
a loss in re en ue in the s-utn of |f>0,
000.
The Humboldt company's' suit fol
lows the indictment by the federal
grand jury at Juneau Alaska, of the
same defendants en a charge of vio
lation of Ihe Sherman anti-trust law
in connection with the control of
the wharf facilities at Skagway.
Charles E. Pea' o !y, at the time
of the alleged conspiracy in restraint
of trade, was president and manager
of the Alaska Steamship Company;
G. H. Higbeo is mana or of the Pa
eific Coast Steamship Company a:d
C. E. WynnJohr.scn s the former
manager of the N* >rth Pacffi ?
Wharves & TraJLn? Company, whi h
owns and orerates M ore'- wharf at
Skagway.
The petition recites that the Pa
t'ic <?- Arctic Railway & Navi aticn
Company, which operates a railroad
line into the interior cf Alaska, on
April 1, 1909. without cause, refused
to continue with the Humboldt Steam
ship the joint through traffic ar
rangement or t;> allow the Humboldt
Steamship Company to bill freight
or ticket passengers over the railroad
to any point on its line on the Yukon
river or its tributary's, although, of
ten requested to do so by the plain
tiff.
It is also alleged that fr.-Uht and
passengers landed by the steamship
Humboldt at Skagway were harslled
to the interior at rat*s from 3 to 30
per cent more than those received
I from the defendant steamship com
panies by the raProad company as
its proportion of the said joint thru*
rates from Seattle to the interior Al
aska points. '
Tt is also charted In the petition
that the North Pacific Wharves fi:
Trading Company, art'.nrr under an nr.
lawful acrcKMnent and eor>?pira"v, a!d
i ed and abetted by the Alaska Steam- 1
j ship Company and the Pacific Coist
Steamship Co. charted a'l freight
shipne^l on the steamshin Humboldt i
and landed at Skarway .<2 Tier ton I
(Continued on page four.)
. SUMDUM FARMER
'drinks carbolic acid
Jchrt Berg Commits Suicide in Jure^u
Drinks Three Ounces of Fiery Liq
uid. Leaves Wife And Two Small,
Babes. No Reason Known For Rash
While about to embark from Ju
JH-&U for his home early Monday
morning in company with H. Arehn-;
stedt, on the latter's launch, John j
Berg, a rancher of Sumdum, (jsnk a
vial of carbolic add. Despite t-he !
efforts of Dr. J. \V. Johnston, Berg J
died a few minutes later suffering ten
rible agony. Xo reason is known foe
his rash act. Speaking of the trag
edy the Juneau Dispatch says :
"John Berg, a;ed 38 years, a ranh
er of Sumdum. committed suicide at
j 1'0 o'clock Monday inorninj by drink
ing three ounces of eartoJic a id from
a phial containing four ounces of the j
poisonous fluid, while sea ed in a j
launch that was to convey him to!
Sumdum, back to his wife and infant!
babes. Berg died in the hnspi'al at :
10: 4."> a. m., after everything to sa\e
his life had been done by Dr. J. W.
Johnston,' who was hastily mmmcwl.
Berg is survived by a si tor who lives
here, and a wife and two babies, who 1
live at Sumdum. One of the Infants,,
a girl, is but two years old. A tiny,
boy, the other ?ch'Td, is two months of
age.
"The motive whi h prompted Pergi
to take his life is .unknown. Several
are of the opinion that the man ha 1 ,
become mentally unbalanced by ex- !
ressive drinking frr the ta t ten >
daw.
"Berg, accompanied by H. Arehn
ste.lt, the Sumdum farmer a~>d min
ing man, came to this city on th>
latter'8 launch a week ago last Fri
day, He came here on bu-in-ss. but
immediately startc! drinking hea.iiy,
ace rdong to a paterae:* mide by M .
Arehnstedt. The latter ye'orday-ojd
Berg that he was returning to Sum
dum on his b::at thi-- morning. At
!?:;!<?? o'clock both rron showed up a' j
the city dock feat, where the ,a -
boat was moored. -
"Berg sat down in the !au:tch whl e
Mr. Arehnstedt bus ed himself with |
casting off the lines. When the beat
\va<s free of the flcat Mr. Arehnstedt
went into tlie cabin and there found )
Berg writhing on the floor tn agony,
clutching the bottle in his hand.
The dying man was hastily rPmov-;
cd to St. Ann hcspital and there IV J
Johnston workel over him for several1
minutes. Berg's threat, nwuth and i
stomach were terribly burned. He w??
unconscious wrHl death enled Ms
suffering.
"Berg gave two wanting of his sui
cidal intent. Mr. Arehnstedt savs
that he acted all right this morning,
with the exception that he showed
the effect of heavy drinking.
"The dead man former'y worked at
Trend well. He has been in Alaska for
several years. He has been working
hfe small Sumdum farm ofr the past
year.
"The news of Berg's violent death
will be taken to Sumdum late this
afternoon or tomorrow morning. It
i- probable that some woman will'
make thie trip and take care oT Mrs I
| Berg for several days."
Send the Alaskan home for three
months ? $2.25 ? better than 90 letters.
? '
* CANNED FRUIT 1
I (PREFERRED STOCK) I
4
"*? Thin it? the sea sou for mind fruit. "Preferred Stock1' .
m ??
brand means tlie choicest goods and best methods of ^
"** canning. Purity and Quality absolutely guaranteed ^
+ STRAWBERRIES RASPBERRIES 4
* PINEAPPLES BLACKBERRIES *
I G00SBERRIES PEACHES +
* LOGANBERRIES APRICOTS 4
* PEARS PLUMS i
+ CHERRIES ?*
* We also carry a full line of extra fancy 4
+ dried fruits ?!
* P. H. GANTY, Grocer <
4? + + + + ,p + 4"t + 4, + + 4,4, + ,i,'H, + + + 4+ ,l
TEDDY'S FORCES
CLAIM FRAUD
PRES. TAFT CARRIES
NEW YORK PRIMARY
Eighty-Three Out of Ninety Oe?
gates, Are Taft Mer. Rccseveit
Pr?&'s Enenve?. May Contest
Election.
( By Alaska News Bureau.)
NEW YORK. March 27? The re
publican presidential prefwen e pr '
mary election held he*e yeatert^y.
was a land slide tor the Taft faro*,
they managing in e> <!?? e4;iity
three of the nli.ety del .????!? k tb the ;
Chicago convention
Chairman Utie 1 of thf R-xwwveltj
committee, when the result of the|
voting was nia le known declared that ,
there had -been a complete break
down of the election machinery
Roosevelt when notified of the re
sult of the vote declared t.hat there
had been fraud In the e'ect'nn Me
roasted his enemi.--> and s'a'ed t'tat
he may c?>nfest the rew.ilt of the '
election.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 27
1 ?resident Taft today wired cot?;ratn
latians to state < hairman Warr.es of
New York on the reunite o< the pri
man,- eVcti^n held there ye-terday
WM. BATSON DECLINES
NOMINATION BY TAX PAYERf.
The following communi* ation
received by t e Alaskan from Mr
Wm. Latson de.-Hnfrig the nom -naU ,n
for councilman on the Tax Fayer'*
party which was gi > en h m despite
h!a pretest to the contrary:
Skagway. Alaska March 27
Skagwnv Daily Alaskan.
Gentlemen: ?
Last night my name ?a-- placed
on the Tax layers ticket as a can
dloa'e f'r the city or>i?nr*i| w't".m.t my
consent. I hereby request that ytri
make it known through the cofarni's
of the Alaskan that for personal rea
sons 1 decline to become a camlidAte
at the coming munifinaj ele<f n
Thanking yon for thU ftivc-r, I re
main, Sincerely yonrs.
W R Rat<?on.
The Petcmon ri.ale the r >in,l trip
from FV.Tt Seward today.
STAND PAT PRIMARIES
MELD LAST NICMT
Mectirg Meld in Brit '# O 5t?"e.
Cor way *nd Athley Elected u D?<
?j?t?s to Cordova Consent! n.
Pro* ie* to be Wired to Sha;?tleffrd.
(/?niteri State* Marshal H. L. Faulk
npr of Jineau arrived here on the
Georgia lan niftfat on h*a rejiiar
rotmale of the dwfcrW He> l^fl thV?
mnrmnjc for Haines.
I firing the riait of Mar-thai Failik
ner a r<?p<ib'.i<?n primary castas* was
< alk-rf by t'nrfted State* ComrohwW
er Martin Conway m J:? p. ?. tn
the Britt Dni* Stnre
TV?e preeerrt w*r?? r?V-'*ed SUU?*
Marshal H. L. Faulkner. IfepvCy L'n*
tvi state* Marshal Fted FVwiii. f*nit
ed State* Jail Goard J. R Ro-k.
United 8f ates Co mmhwiotHw Mar' In
Conway. John MeBT'en. Howard Ash
ley and Wm Brftr
John Mcnrlen explained Unit he
nan a rVmorrat but would rrnr*nTK to
help oat the meeting to ?'''?ramrtti'?
Mr Ruilkrer
\Vn? Rritt gave free permi'sion to
Mr Faulkner to transact tho rwsOne
In his sfwe. b??f arerrtnn that b? tn
a dotnorrat. refused to t*r'W"+v*'e
AfW <tecM1ne that Uflfted Srate*
Commtesfr.ner Ma: tin Conway a- d
Howard Ashley should rof*tl*u> the
delegation the totter raifcM the mee'
Inx to oriW and I'rri'erf Sta t?* Mar
*ha| H. L Faulkner. Deputy fiv ted
Stato* Marshal Fred Fonro T'rtftrd
State* Jail Guard J R Ro^k and
I'nlted P'.ve* ComtntwaUwier Martin
Conway with the aass'ance of John
Mrflfen and Howard A?h!ey pro
ceeded to ratify the election of the
delegate*. sign and dale the Mark
minutes of the meet in*, the r?w>|n
tfon* instructing the delegation frr
Taft. the rr<?deTJtfaV? and th? p-rrx1**
LABORER FIGHTS WITM
RAVING MANIAC.
(By Alaska Newa Bureau. I
YOUNGSTOWJf. O. March 27? At
tacked by Vaail# M?*!e4n. who had
escaped naked from the C'ty Hos
pital at 4 o'clock thi* mornin/. Roy
Clark, who n? on hi* way to work,
had to battle wKh the In ane nvan u>
k'ep from Mug pitched ov?r th?
Market street viaduct to 'he Mahon
in? River, a distance cf l'"iO fe??
Meloin was fonnd later alrwKt deal
from exposure
The Curacao reached Iwiaku thin
mornin* at 10 o'clock, end left at 1
p m. She will arrive here early In
the momtne.
You'll
Need
Togs
To make yourself pre
sentable on Easter.
Stroll into this store
and rig out in one of
the latest
H.S. & M. SUITS
One is absolutely as
sored of current fash
ians in deppndable
merchandises
Watch our windows
Four-Button NoveftySaek
No. 7M
SUHitt Lmnr Pnrkrlt
For New Spring Goods
WILL CLAYSON-aSL
TTie Home of The
HART, SCHAFFNER AND MARX
CLOTHING