?he Jtlaskcm
No. li?6 FIFTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY ALASKA. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1?, 1912 PRICE 10 CENTH
mm lillS HIT;
tSKS POWERS TO HP
I on don, Nov 1) ? Th? 9nlt*n of
Turkey hu Again asked the powers
to insist on an ariuirtic*. to pre
vent the further shedding of blood
With th% ospture of the vilayet of
Monastir. the thole of the Macedon
ian country haa fallen into the
hands of the Bulgarians.
Graduallv the Bulgarians, asaist
cd by the Servian#, are approaching
Constantinople. making tt ??ro it
the poowert do not interfere, that
city will be taken A report receiv
ed here last night says that the
bombardment of the city will begin
again this morning from a point th;(
is not accessible to the shells from
the Turkish gunboats in the har
bor.
(iKl)UM;H'\L SI KVKY KK
11.KTS ON %VAIK\B1.K KOI TKS
The full industrial development
of inland Alaska is possible only
by constructing railways that will
furnish transportation to open ports
on the Pacific. Though Alaskans
have long been clamoring for ade
quate transportation facilities, the
general public outside of the Terri
tory has only recently begun to un
i1?*rst*nd that the opening of the
mineral wealth and arable lands of
this great empire Is a matter of na
tional importance Many plans have
been proposed for building railways
in Alaska either by public or by
private enterprise, and various meaf
ures are now before Congress deal
ing with this subject.
Because of the general interest in
this situation, a report issued by
the United States Geological Survey
?Hititled " Railway Routes in Alas
ka." by Alfred H Brooks (Bulletin
520-A>. has just been reprinted
This report briefly summarises all
the data available bearing on the
location of a railway which shall
connect Fairbanks, on the Tanana.
with one of the several possible
coastal terminals on the Pacific sea
board The distance to tidewater
by the several routes varies from
350 to over 600 miles. Experienced
engineers have estimated the aver
age cost per mile of constructing
this line at $40,000.
Any one of the several proposed
railways described in this repoort
would render accessible the great
resources of what has been termed
central Alaska. a quadrangular area
of about 200,000 square miles ex
tending from the Pacific seaboard
to the Arctic Circle. Central Al
aska has produced from its placers
gold to the value of $75,000,000. its
output m 1911 being over $9,000,
1 000. It Includes several auriferous
lode districts and two important cop
per belts One of these copper belts
has been rendered accessible by a
railway some 20? miles long ex
tending inland from Cordova. Cen
tral Alaska also includes the high
grade coals of the Bering River and
Matanuska fields, as well as veiy
extensive deposits of lignitlc coal.
In addition to its mineral wealth,
which will justify railways, this
part of Alaska contains much valu
able agricultural and grazing land.
This publication not only sum
marixes data on topography and min
eral resources but also touches on
climatic conditions, distribution of
population, and arable lands, etc
It is illustrated by a carefully pre
pared map showing the distribution
of mineral resources of Alaska. A
list of government publications re
lating to railway routes in Alaska
is appended.
The same bulletin (520-A? con
tains a summary statement of the
mining industry of Alaska in 1911,
together with statistics of pro
duction. The total mineral product
ion for tha year ?as $20,<50,#0S,
an increase over the figures for
1910 of nearly $4,000,000.
A copy of the report may be ob
tained on application to the Direct
or of the Geological Survey, Wash
j ington, D. C.
SK.MKU VVO: SOK.HT
IN FA1XT1MJ SPKLL
I' Indianapolis, Nov. 19 ? The ?vi
dence introduced today showed that
Kugene Clancy fainted and remain
ed unconscious in Los An steles for
several minutes, when he admitted
in December 1911, that MeNamara
had been selected to Mow up a
number of non-union jobs along the
Pacific coast.
Overcoat
Season
is now at hand
IF YOT ARK PARTIOTLARLY
HARD TO PLKASK WK U1U RK
PARTICULARLY PLKASKD THK
BAT vor TRY ON ORB OK OIR
NKW FALL AND WIVTKR OYKR
<X>ATS WITH THK COJIVI11UU
?>I.LARS.
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PI.KASKS YOl*. YOl WILL FINO
VS ALWAYS GLAI> TO SHOW
OI R <;OOI>s WHKTHKK YOl" Rl'Y
OR NOT.
Our Holiday
Goods will
soon be here
H. J. LYNCH
HI V FIE tie
?ST! I! BULLOCK
Tacoma, Nov. 19 ? Judge Cuali
nun thla morning sentenced John
H. Bullock and Charles K. Houston
to serve one ywr In the Kinn
county jail and to pay a fine cf
two thousand dollars They have
served notice that they will appeal
I The men were charged with con
spiracy to defraud the government,
the jury bringing in a verdict of
guilty after being out eighteen
hours. Former United States Sen
ator S. H. Piles, one of the at
torneys for the defendants, wsk
given until December 7 to file a
bill of exceptions. November 9
was set by United States Judge
Cushman as the late for passing of
sentence, which was extended to
the 18th
The trial of Bullock and Houston
occupied three weeks and followed j
an exhaustive Investigation by the
department of Justice that resulted
in Indictments last spring. Bullock,
us secretary' of the John J Sesnon
company; Houston, as manager of
the Pacific Coast company, and
Capt. D. H Jarvls, who committedl
suicide two years aeo, were ac- 1
cused of having conspired to boost
the price of coal furnished Alaskan
forts, while ostensibly competing,
It wns shown in the trial that
coa' was sold the government at
$27 a ton at a time when It wan
being aold to private corporations
at $12 nnd $14. The deTense sought
to show this was due to the added
risks contractors bore In dealing
with the government. Other evi
dence was introduced which B. D
Townsend, special prosecutor, con
tended that the defendants made
thousands of dollars in personal
"rake-off" on these contracts About
$.%0.000 in all. It was alleged, was
thus fraudulent);- obtained.
It Is said the Jurors when they
first went out stood 8 to 4 for con
\iction. They took two ballots
*ith this result. Before they retir
ed for the nUht it stood 11 to 1
? or conviction. It Is said the four
were agreed as to the fact*, but
were In doubt as to whether the two
defendants realix^d they were con
spiring agnins* t ie government and
knowingly entered Into an agree
ment to do so.
F
FOUND GUILTY
New York. Nov. 1!? The ?V.
men caw* will no to the jury this j
afternoon.
New Yor*. ? p. m.? Row. Web-I
l?er, Schepps and Vallon, the four
men charged with murdering Her
man Rosenthal, were found guilty
this afternoon after the jury was
out but a short time. They will be(
sentenced to the electric chair ia
the belief of the prosecution
ICK STOIM'KD IU NMNT.
AT DAWSON OV KTK
Dawson, Nov 9 ? The Yukon l<e
stopped in front of Dawson at 9: <'3
o'clock the morning of the 8th
With scarcely a tremor the silent,
sliding moss halted, and the father
of Yukon waters was wrapped in his
quilted white robe for the winter.
A number of citizens were along j
the front and got the exact time. !
Alairie Sequin and Frank Allen were
at the foot of King s?reet, and
watched the Ice move to the last
second. They give the hour as 9:0.',
and state their watches were with
the official time.
No high piling or jamming of
which to speak occurred, and the
river is in fair condition for mush
ers. The river Is open below the
bluff for a long distance
MURDERS FOUR
THEN SUICIDES
New York, No*. 19 ? A who)*
sale murder of four people and tiff
suicide of the perpetrator of the hor
rible dead*, occurred last night in
this city as the result of a rob
bery.
A man and woman, whofe names
could not be learned, were traced
by detectives to a small room in the
Rainey Hotel. They were suspected
of robbery and cTidently knew that
the officers were on their track.
When the detectives attempted to
cain entrance, the man opened fire
and shot the three, one after an
other. as they approached the door;
the man then turned the weapon on
the woman who was his companion
;.nd sent a bullet into her brain,
killing her instantly, after which he
blew out his own brains, all five of
them dying before they could be
removed from the scene of the
crime.
\i:l.s<?\ ok MIWKSOTA
l.K \I>S Alii. PARTI RH
St. Paul, Ndv. 19 ? Senator K
Nelson polled the record vote In
Minnesota at the recent election,
having not only run ahead of hi*
own ticket, but ahead of all the
tickets In the State.
The Princess May Is dne tomor
row.
Chinook Salmon
and Halibut
Fancy Smoked Sugar Cured
We have just received a ship
ment of this excellent product in
first class condition.
Sells at 30c per pound
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
wsf hw i f.
w Fi m t n
Seattle. \ov IS Members of the
Arctic club, and Alaskans generally,
attended the Mr banquet given la*:
night to MaJ. Morrow and his pmrty
of Alaska Railroad commissioners
MaJ. Morrow made the keynote
speech of 'he evening and It wn*
optimistic in every point. Me aald
that railroads In Alaska must te
built, that the country *ns great
and resourceful and that the gov
ernment could not make a more
paying Investment than In opening
the great nonrlh to commerce by
aiding the building of not one, but
several lines of railroad.
He advised the Alaskans to get
together In one solid front and ask
for deserving assistance The pres
ent need Is the opening of the
country; there are msny routes (hat
will ultimately be used, but' what
ever one Is selected, It Is most ad
visable for the entire district to
work for lis Immediate construction,
whether they live along the line of
roitl* or nol "Prenent ? aolld
front and fb? government *111 not
h<> Alow to act," h? Mid
Mr Inireraoll a I no spoke along
the llnea of presenting a united de
mand, and he Interspersed his talk
with ?w?r?l arronnta of his #*
pertenre in Alasks He started ont
by aaylng that ne ?m woefully
ignorant of the north when he left
New York, and that he had loaded
up with all klnda of heavy rlothlng
and fur*. \nd when hs got to Fair
hanks. and went even north of that
rlty to within a few mile* of the
Arrtle Orrle. he found panalea and
rweet peaa hlonmin* In the gar
den* He was aatnsnded at the
ngrlriiltnral possibilities of Alaak.i
nnd says If the government dnesn t
do something after the rommiasion
has made Ita report. It will he
wholly the Tanlt of congress, he
ranae the commission'* report la r<?
Ing to open the eye* of aonie of th<?
<N??ternera both In an.l ont of f#n
|f .
DKI.AVKD TtKl IXIMi;
\ IDKTTK KKOZK* IX
A number of Dawsoniies arrived
In Skagway last night, having left
that city hy stage on the 10th for
Whltehorse The pswniert on the
Vldette, which wan froten In near
Indian river. were comi?ellcd to r*
turn to Dawson. In speaking of the
condition of the Vldette when they
!eft one of the arriva's Mid:
A nunbvr of the paa*enge~s fr<-m
the Vidette started to mush from
(he boat lo Dnwson In t^e morning,
arriving there that evening They
had norne difficulty getting sionr
the iihore, Karly In the forenoon
water hacking up from the Ice
lodged in front of l>aw?on raised the
shore ice and carried It out Into the
stream above the Klondike City
bluff. This made It Impossible for
mushers with dog teams to go up
the river. Fred Day, the electrician,
and two Indian teams which had
started fot'iid It no esaary to turn
back. Three other Indl.in teams
which staried from Dawson about S
o'clock in I he morning are under
stood to hive gotten over the shore
ice above the bluff without diffi
culty, and they probably are still
going If the Ice has not been car
tied oat further up.
O'Regan, the telegraph operator
nho I* with the Booyle outfit at In
dian, reported the (termers there all
In Mfe position* It la gathered
from hia atatementa that the hoafa
ran winter juat about where they
are without danger llowerer, they
may hare to he Ki tten of/ the Ire
hrtcre th.? spring breakap.
(ieorge Bell, the flrat man down
from the Vldette. arrived afier
mushing seven hours Me had
aood shore |c# on which to mafca
ih* trip.
The memhera of the moantel
police left for the Vldette They
are taking sleighs drawn by horaee
Major Moodie inatrarted the men
to keep to the shore when they
round the Ire dangerous They took
capa, parkaa, moccasins and other
Mich equipment whlrh ronld h#
lonnd around the barrarka.
A good many people around town
made up bundle* of fur coats, rapa,
mltta, morraaina and other aorh
<-qulpments to go to their relief
Moat of the people on the Vldett#
had only summer clothing Mush
ing with leather shoe*, ordinary
cloth coata and hata at twenty be
low initially la anything but a pK
nlc. and In moat instance* might
prove dlaaatroua
Thr moil ??>li?h p?flf r,,n k"""
? iIk.m- whu hwy llw Iw'l thl?(r t"
wrar that lh?*y r?n (iltd? |?npt?
?h<? iImii'I rarr ?li?l it r?t? ? ?iwh
pni|4i< >lnn'l wear ?i?y Mtfr rl"Oi?
? "lilts. otfmmlK than ?f'r? "HH?*
pvrrj tlaj\ nimlr for m by
Him SiHIflliR t IIM
WILL
CLA YSON