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No. 206 FIFTEENTH YEAR
SK \GWAY ALASKA. FRIDAY, NOV KM BKR '29, 1912 ^RUK 10 CKNT
NEW HEAD FOR
MINING GONG.
Spokane. No*. 2!> ? David Brun
t? n of Denver wai chosen president
of the American Mining Congress
A resolution was passed favoring
the removal of the Alaska coal
claim caa^a from the Interior de
partment, and allowing the fe?leral
courts of Alaska to decide the mer
it* of the vending claims, giving the
claimants the right to appeal to the
supreme court. Kspecially la this
course recommended to apply to the
ruse* whoic claims were filed prior
tc November 11,
\l.\sk\ s S. ill."!! IklATS
NKI I* TO INSIDK I'ASSAtiK
Seattle, Not. it ? The Alaska
steamship company announces that
it will not put Its steamers on the
outside passage unless the severity
of the winter requires It. For the
present all westward hoats will take
the Inside 1 assage and put in at
Ketchikan and Juneau. The winter
so far ha* been mild and pleasant,
with but little fog and no snow to
prevent the running of boats with
out extra danger through the Inside
passage
THIN RAKNKTTK HAD Klt.HT
10 WITHDRAW OW\ KTNOS
Seattle, Nov 2> ? The latest re
ports from Valdei where the Wash
ington-Alaska bank case is being
heard, shows by evidence that the
csuse of the indictment of Captain
H.i met te, ? as for drawing his own
money out of the defunct Fairbanks
band The friends of Captain Bar
nette believe this will serve as a
cause for the dismissal of the case
*H THKRN STATUS SHIVKR
WHII.K NORTH IS WARM
Memphis, Nov. 29 ? The south
ern states are suffering from a
cold wave, while reports from the
north show unusually mild weather
for this time of the year.
TAFT KM JOYS SKY KRAI,
KKKDS WITH FRIKXDS
Washington, Nov. 29 ? The presi
dent attended several Thanksgiving
Day functions yesterday.
Skagway Alaskan 's Daily Photograph
Auk \ ill*K<*. Suburb of Juneau.
The nhovo Illustration shows th ? tide front at Auk hay, a suburb of Juneau which the cltltena of th#
Capital City are endeavoring to Rain possession of, for the purpose of filling In and converting It Into a
baseball ground and other business property. The land has been he d bv the Native*, but recent offer*
for their rights have been favorably considered it Is proposed to hydraulic the dirt from the bill* onto
the flats atid reclaim a conslderab'e amount of land
sm mm m
XBI Id IDF sa
London, Xov 29? The Servians
are openly defying the proclama
tion declaring for the independence
of the Albanians, which has the
barking of Atwtris. -nd by their
continued march through the
Macedonian country are openly de
fying Austria. Yesterday they took
the port of Duraxxo, a fortified
town on the Adriatic, without re
sistance, which is a movement that
Austria has vainly attempted to pre
vent.
Vienna, Nov. 29? The taking of
the port of pura*?o by the Servians
has caused considerable adverse
comment by the heads of the Aus
trian government. The war situ
ation is becoming daily more criti
cal.
London, Not. 2?? The Servian!
allies are marching to the sea, cap
turing towns along the route. The
Powers are trying to avert a clash
ot the Kuropean countries which
seem disposed to become Involved in
tlu Balkan situation.
LONDON (X)MMIS8K)XKR IS
SHOT T.Y RESKXTFIX CB.WK
London, Not. 29 ? Sir Henry
Poiduc *??? ahot yesterday by *
man who had a grievance against
him. The assassin has been taken
into custody. Sir Henry's condi
tion is said to be serious.
Overcoat
Season
is now at hand
IF YOU ARK riRTldLARLY
HARP TO FI.KASK WE VOL BK
I PARTICULARLY PLEASED THK
DAY YOl* TRY ON ONE OF OUR
NEW FALL AVD WINTER OYER
(VATS WITH THE CONVERTIBLE
COLLARS.
PURCHASE IF YOU FIYP WHAT
FLKASES YOl". YOU WILL FIND
rs ALWAYS GLAD TO SHOW
OUR GOODS WHETHER YOU BUY
OR XOT.
Our Holiday
Goods will
soon be here
H. J. LYNCH
.ll'INiK WILL LKT NO
Ul'ILTY OXE ESC MIU
Indianapolis, Nov. 29 ? The judge
who is hearing the men charged
with dynamite conspiracies, hag or
dered that they be all placed under,
new bonds, as the present ones are.
invalid. All those under Indictment
must immediately secure new bonds
or go to Jail while awaiting trial is
the order which Is to go Into effect
at once.
CJOYERNMENT FINISHING
DYNAMITE EVIDENCE
Indianapolis, Nov. 29 ? The gov
ernment will end Its presentation of
testimony tomorrow in which forty
five men are charged with con
spiracy In the use of dynamite, and
in transporting It from one State
to another for criminal purposes.
Then will come the denials and sev
eral weeks of refutation and cross
questioning.
ROUND UP
OF SPORTS
St l.ouis. Not SI ? Abo Attell
was foreed to quit In the ?lxth
round owing to the punlahment that
was handed out to him by OH?er
Kirk, He saya that he la through
with tho fighting game and admlta
that Dm decision which went to
Kirk waa juat.
I,os Angeles, Not. If- Rivers
and Mandot went twenty rounds
last night and fought every In^h
of the way. They put up an exhl
bition which waa the delight of the
sport* at the ringside. At the end
of the contest the referee gave the
decision to River*. M Mandot waa
the worse used up of the two.
San Francisco, Nov. 29 ? Ad Wol
gast lost the fight la.1t night on ac
count of fouling hia opponent, Wil
lie Ritchie. The contcat had been
a terrific one and had gone along
with honors about equally divided
for fifteen rounda. In th? six
teenth Wolgast punched Rltchl# b*
low the belt and wu cautioned by
umpire Griffin not to let It occur
again, but Wolgast got desperate
and landed another punch under the
belt, which caused him to loae the
fight then and there The decision
of referee Griffin m?!?ta with popu
lar favor.
WOOD ROW COMING 1IOMK
TO TAI.K THINOS OVER
Hamilton, Nov. 19 ? Woodrow
Wilson has written to William Jen
nings Bryan, asking for an arrange
ment of a conference of th# lead
ing democrats. Ho expect? to
lenve the island within a few day*
Plum
Pudding
is alwavs a fitting climax
TO A ?OOl> thanksgiving din
NKR. TRY A CAN AM) SKK HOW
YOU WI1.li KNJOY IT.
THK KINO WK 8KLL HAS THK
\KCKSS\I<\ HOMK MAOK VI. \
VOB AND THK INGRKDIKNTS ARB
THK BKST.
I LB. TINS, ?Sc; 2 LB. TINS, ?5c;
:t LB. TINS, HI.OO.
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
Seattle. Vov C. U
Murane of tbe Reond dl?l*lo? of Al
Mkt, |i racing Impeachment pro
ceedings which are eipertrd to he
heard at the coming sew! on of ron
Crcss AfllJavlts are being gather
ed by Attorney tleo Orlggihy of
Nome. In the at empt to ehow that
.fudge Murane fnlled to dispense
equal Justice between the rtch and
poor which came up for hla de
cision One of the affidavits fllti
the caae whereby a cortsln poke of
gold amounting to 114,000 owned b
Johnathan Tyberg waa held tip In
Seattle, under an ordeT of arrest
Issued by Judge Murane, until the
Tloneer Mining company could get
civil action on him
The story of the affair comae
from Nome aa followa
Suit haa been Instituted In the
district conrt by the attorneys for
th* Pioneer Mining company again
st John Tlberg and the clerk of
the court for the purpose of recov
ering the money found on the per
son of T1b*'g when he waa arrett
ed st Seattle In t>10, charged with
robbery The defendant, Tlberg,
was tried here on the charge of
stealing the dust, valued at 114.004,
and w?a released by tbe jury after
a sensational trlsl
Iteing unshle to convict Tlberg on
(he crlmln >1 charge, tbe Tloneer
Mining company decided to fight
the matter out In the courta of
equity. The complaint state* that
Tlberg obtained lh? dust a* con
structive trustee and Is therefore
liable to th* company for It In
legal circle* |( |a stated that the
ault la not one In equity, but one
in conversion. The attorneys for
the Pioneer Mining company state
that they will deal directly with
Judge Murane in the matter, and
?ill not try the case before a Jury
Because Tlberg '1 weired to leave
for the outside, |t wss decided to
take his deposition for us# at the
trial t*st Tuesday, when the at
tomeys for both the Pioneer Min
ing company and the defendant were
present at the hearing where Tl
bergs deposition waa being taken,
the attomeye for the company ask
ed the defendant where he obtained
the money found on his person st
the time of his arrest in Seattle. Tl
berg refused to snswer, so he was
thereupon committed to Jail for con
tempt of court, to No detained there
infll he iimiM imnr?r the <>ii? <liw>
Attorney Wlllett, on behalf of Ti
ber*. wlH tkat bmxli he niH ?
that the rum could he carrlet I to
? IN rlrrwll ronrt of appeala in (ton
rninrhM imfat' Mini)* r^?M
to admit Tl.?erg to kn?4?, ao IM de
fendant derided to make a atate
ment aa to how ke rain* hy tka gold
itilM tkat -anaed kla arrant
Tiber* Mfl that ho >M prooernt
Ing with a namber of o?hera 01* tka
bench naar tha old cemntary In tko
aprlag of l?l?. whan ha happened
to find tha dnttt lit a cnrhe on the
preaent bwh Ma toM no om of
hla dlaroTery. and before leaving for
th? oof aide |? tha fall, ha dif <tp
th. dwat and took It with him to
Kant tie
Judge Miirana granted a tempor
ary Injanctlon, reatmlnlng tha clerk
of the ronrt from tarnlng over tha
money front tka cnatody of tka
mnrt to Tiber* At tha aam* time
he flted tka data of the hearing
for permanent realralnlng order
for nett March
m'*tT bm hmrivo
WHinm or itnm tor
Chicago, Not 1? Proof waa ar
raigned In cnnrt thWt morning and
entered ? plea of not t*Hty In "**
Alattka Und frund caae Hla trial
waa aet for Feb 17th
rwuto* im ii,m hpatm
t?r rrfT:xTRi? mii.mo'mr*
Albany, Mot. >1 ? OOvwmor Dlt
of New Tork made Tfcanhaglrlng
r*?y one of real rejoicing to Albert
Patrick, the lawyer who waa lert
Ing life Imprtaonment for the alleg
ed mnrder of William Rice, the ee
rentrtc millionaire, by granting him
a pardon The murder of Rice
canned worldwide comment a fow
year* ago, and Patrick waa convict
ed on drcnmntantlal -evidence Af
t<r a rertewal of the evidence and
taking Into conal deration many
thlnga that bar* developed alnce
the trial. Ihe gnyernor became con
vinced thai there waa a aerlowa
doubt if the prevlooa conviction
waa Jnatlfled. ao be ordered the re
lenae of the Imprlaoned man Af
ter aer tiring hla freedom he rejoin
ed hla wlf? In New Tork
Th* mnt ?tjtt?h pwplf ynm know
? Uvw who hay th# l??( ihlup to
?(w thM th?*y r?n fiml ? pwpta
who don't rant what It wan ? rh
pni|4r ihm'l rat any hfttw
? anita. iiT*ma?i than w?'n>
wry day. ma?W foi "? hj
HIRT SCHAFFNER & HARX
MILL
CLA YSON