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No. 215 FIFTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY ALASKA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1912 ? PRICE 10 CENT
Seward, IVr 10? The little SS.
l?ora threatens to become a total
wreck. at the high winds for the
jkwi two 'lavs have blown her
farther up on the beach where the
w avc8 are pounding her to piec??
An attempt was made to float her
at high tide, but tt wag unsuccessful
and now all hop* has been aban
doned of saving the well known Al
aska coastwise trader.
Seward. IVc 10? Three indict
ment* have been returned against
H V Ho ben for violation of the
federal tiniber cutting laws. The
oimo grows out of a long practice
in Seward of cutting timber in the
hills surmmding the city. Often
times it h:is been impossible to se
cure coal at any price, and when
there is a supply on hand the price
ranges from eighteen to twenty dol
lars a ton. notwithstanding the fact
that within a short distance there
are millions of tons, which the gov
ernment forbids to he mined. The
ritirens have consequently cut their
supplies of wood from the govern
ment lands
This pra< tice soon came to the at
tention of the Interier department
and then the whole federal machin
ery nearly slipped a cog at the
atrocity of the crime. A special
; i cent was pent out from Washing
ton to put a stop to it. and he
came and started the rumpus, which
has resulted in the indictments.
rRKSKClTION RKSTS IN
FAIRBANKS BANK CASK
Valdet. l?ec. 10? The prosecution
in the Washington-Alaska bank
wrecking case closed this morning
when Inspector Proctor, who exam
ined the books of the concern, had
finished giving his testimony. The
defense immediately took up its
side of the case which will probably
be closed within a day or so.
There are about fifty witnesses
present, including W. H. Parsons,
A. T Armstrong, G. S. Ousenbery
and K. S. Dunch. '
SKXATOR-KLMT TANNER
HEADS XOX-PAItTISAS'S
Juneau, Dm. S ? K. W. Pettitt|
clerk of the U. S. district court, I
has completed a tabulation of the
complete returns from the leglsla
live election, with the following re
sults:
Senators Tripp. 898; Valentine J
631; Riant:, 374; Tanner. 914; I/O- j
Fevre, 557; Swanson, 347.
Representatives: Ingersoll 879;
Thomas. <514; Noland, 363; Shoup,
667; Reclr, 642; Stuckey, 351;
Stubblns, 912; Dawes, 531; Heath,1
346; Svlmlseth. 890; Olson 624; j
Twelt, 351
BRVAN V. A NTS TOl.LS
K!.\K1? BY THK K.V-I'E.
Washing, on, Dec. 10 ? Wm. Jen
nings Rryan Is In the city looking
after the progress of the demo
crats and giving advise where need
ed. He says that the question of
tolls for passage through the Pan
ama canal should go to The Hague
for adjustment, where a fair hear
ing may be had, that to settle the
matter in congress would be one
sided owing to the natural prejudice
resulting fiom indiscriminate pa
triotism.
WORKS SCORED BOTH
TAFT AND ROOSEVELT
Washington, Dec. 10 ? Senator
Works of California most bitterly
scored both Taft and Roosevelt for
the amount of money used In their
campaign during the last election
He said that such an amount could
not be expended for legitimate ex
penses. but must have been used to
Influence vote.-s through greed or
even corruption. Works wants clean
er politics.
Overcoat
Season
is now at hand
IF YOU ARE PARTICULARLY
i HARD TO PLEASE WK WILL BE
X PARTICULARLY PLEASED THK
f DAY YOU TRY ON ONE OF OUR
NEW FALL AND WINTER OVER
COATS WITH THE CON VERTIBLE
COLLARS.
PURCHASE IF YOU FIND WHAT
PLEASES YOU. YOU WILL FIND
US ALWAYS GLAD TO SHOW
OUR GOODS WHETHER YOU BUY
I ?
OR NOT.
Our Holiday
Goods will
soon be here
H. J. LYNCH
Alaskan's Daily Photograph
McKinlo K?lls.
McKlnlty Kails has been seleot-jd as a type of waterfalls that pour
down the valleys of the mountanoui districts ol Alaska. Following the
coast range* from Ketchikan to t';e Arctic, a distance of three thous
and miles, there are countless millions of these falls varying in height,
volume and loveliness, constantly pouring away billions of horsepower
< nergy In their wild dash toward the Hea. Some day this vast energy
will be used to heat the cities, furnishing light and power and comfort
for the happiness of Alaska's coming millions.
tmimmi ? i
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Valdet, Dec. 10 ? Robert Graham
and Amos Cramer, both old time
Alaskans and mushers of experience
were drowned yesterday while hunt
ing back of the city. The recent
heavy raln3 has swelled the creeks
to overflowing and In attempting
to cross Valdo* river their boat
was washed against a snag by the
swift current and overturned. Th?
men were unable to reach shore
and their bodies were later picked
up a mile below where the accident
happened, by oth'W mushem of the
party. |
WATt'H Gl'N KM'UWG
FROM KAFK RETREAT
New York, Dec. 10 ? A fourteen
inch gun exploded at Sandy Hook
yesterday, with no one receiving ?
scratch. This pi*ce of news is
remarkable from r.he fact that Sandy
Hook is tho testing ground for ord
nance, and whenever a new gun is
fired, it is carted off down there
and the operator* scoot for the tall
Umber about a mile away when the
test in g begins. .
Pop
Corn
FURNISHES EN JOYMENT THESE
<X)LP DAYS. A 10c PACKAGE OK
THE KIND WE SELL WILL AL
MOST FILL A GUNNY SACK AF
teh it is rorrED. we guar.
AXTKE AGAINST FAILURE.
: P. H. GANTY, Grocer I
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Cordova, Dec 10 A terrible dia
ler, coaling nine live*. befell the
nlning camp or Copper Mountain.
>n the line of the Copper Hirer
all way laat night, when with a
?unihlo and a roar that aounded like
.hunder, a monater avalanche ruah
d down upon the bulldlnga of the
(Jreat Northern Development com
Irtkny, crushing *e\en of them to
spllntera and burying them under
tona of rock, earth and anow
Woven m?-r> were caught by the
crushing slide, and with the excep
tion of two, thejr are now lying with
i he buildings under the wreckage
Those who escaped the destroying
slide, Immediately began the work
if rw'ilitK th? entombed minora,
hut M<rr?l?l In M?ln| only two
Urea. the r??t being crnahed beyond
-erofrnitlott, or not found at *11
Many landslide* are reported In
he hllla a'ong th? (Jaatlneau chan
nel, A large part of the beafh a?t
tlement at Juneau waa deatroyed
parly Friday morning hy an aval
anche of mud. roe*. tree* and anow
Cabins and tenta were cruahed and
carried away, many of theiti con
taining allying occupanta An In
dian child la reported burled In the
rulna 8IWer Bow Baain and Cal
houn road also suffered
RKPl BlilC'.W PARTI HKADKO
F\)H THK MUM1 HKAI*
Washington, Dec 10 ? The re
habilitation of the Republican party
will not be such an eaay matter a*
some are contending Mr. Roose
velt In hia Chicago apeech says that
the Progressives muat not dicker
with either Democrats or Republl
cana, but muat stay by the prin
ciples which gave them second place
In political affairs.
The Republicans are to start their
work of r^organlflng next fall, at
which time the Progressive* say It
will be PTfflaatlngly too late
STIVK BV M'NAMARA
AFTKK HIS ARRHTT
Indianapolis. l>er. 10^-- Edward
Phlllpps, one of the men called In
the defense of the dynamiters, tes
tified thla morning that he waa one
of the persons who voted for Mc
Namara as secretary of the Iron
Workers, after the latter waa ar
reted
W'll.SOM WISKI.Y KKKPI><?
OIT OK AIWiPHKVTH
Hamilton. Dec. 10? Woodrow
Wilson will not take part in any
speaking engagements until after
hla Inauguration on the 4th of ne*t
March.
Rakersfleld, Dec 10 ? A twenty
flTf thousand dollar robbery w*?
pulled off Mat night by masked rob
bers who held np the Sonnet e?
pnw.
When the train <vaa approaching
(he station of Taft, on the Southern
Pacific, It wm flagged and a maak
ed bandit climbed onto the engine
and ordered both engineer and
fireman to hold the train and aay
nothing about It. Other bandit*
went to the eiprew car, and after
holding up the paaaengera. opened
the strong box and took out cur
rency and valuable* amounting to
$25,000 In ralne. They ewcaped
with the plunder leaving no trace
of their Identity.
HOMK Rli.K mrflRT
RKIM BI.M I* \RT^
Waahlngton, l>ec 10 Secmary
Slim win hia Joined with President
Taft and ether administrative lead
ers in condemning the plan to *!??
freedom to the Philippine* He
echoes the old cry that they are
not ready for liberty. Sllmaon ad
rlsea Increasing the atandlng army
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