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No '00 FIFTKKNTH YEAR SK AG WAY, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1912 PRICE 10 CENTS
Governor Johnson of California
Favorite for Vice= President
Chtoaco. \nc T Theo Roos>
t.?.t v? -""vnwl the unanimous
Hominat'o* f? r president of the
i ' '-d ;Jt.<<es hjr t he National I*T\>
sr. -.vi, part* Whfn the trsall of
Kr?'l was avnonnoed to the
?< \ .? i demon st tut i on follow
the <?*ie piven him
v- *ii?i Im> ?ppo*TtKl on the
.<? w uake hi? speech
i": i :iwf of lliram Johnson, the
! .t>sv coveruor of California,
- Nv> ;>re<?M;t?'0 to the cobtMK
-? ve will be nominated this
M \ \T> ? I 'MMITTKK \t*TKS
> ON Hl.l.KK
Washington, Aujt ? ? The senate
judiciarv committee ha# reported
favorably on the nomination of
Ju?lce Frederick K. Puller, reoipnt
h appointed to tve jndioial posi
tion r..??ie \ac?nt by 'he elevation
??t J K. K t'vshman.
: s hoir., - Nome. Alaska,
? : ere he h*s res; ed for the last
twelve ve^rs He i* an Alaskan.
Heine a ?<?nrdoucV" of The first
'-ank
? KIMIWI W MI\MW
*M? WW.tr ,%TK OTHKRS
York. $ T?Mfr>Uy
I <vw! of Police Becker withdrew
is p1?* of not to the charit*
of ?'.iinr is the killing of jramMer
Rosenth ?i. arid immediately waived
pVadme This i? taken as an ad
t>.at he will hereafter plead
milt v if cTanted immunity from a
>? c torsi of imp-istonment It is
thieved h?? will confess and impli
cate others connected with the plot.
Sake a short sentence himself and
re; free.
Looati ob note*? p?cer arii quarts
for sale If the DaUy Aiaskaa. tf
*
afternoon for vice president. Crowds,
hare filled the great AwditortBin
s;ace the opening day. People |
rrom *11 parts of the country are
flocking to the Progressive stand- ;
srd and it is predicts that the
Taft party will be the worst defeat
ed at the polls than any political
organization that has ever entered
a national contest.
A few days ago bets we-e being
placed at two to one on Wilson,
but since the meeting of the Pro
gressives in national convention the
odds have been withdrawn and
?;?A\ HAIRKl) MOTH ICR
MllMs I. IKK A FISH
New York, Aug 6 -Orav-haired.
sixty-five years old. mother of ten
children. Mr*. Klisabeth Berlo. of
Kdgewater. X J., swam along and
across the Hudson from Edgewater
to the Washington club, at the foot
of 15id street When she and b?r
lS-year-old daughter Kitty, who ac
companied her. had completed their
4-mile-*nd-a-half swim in 45 min
utes. she was forrtbly restrained
from trying to make the return
trip as she had come
Kvery one of Mrs Berlo's nine
boys and one girl has won < ?ps at
swimming carnivals as the result of
her teaching. She herself saved
three live? ? hen a meml?er of the
Post on Volunteer l-ife Saving Corps.
1?KM<*'HATS 1\ nil ORATHI
ri.AITC Til KKT IN FIKl.O
PaeMo, Aug. T At the Demo
cratic conwntton hold in this city
yesterday, Alva Adams was Chosen
as candidate for the governorship,
while Shaforth was named for the;
lonjt term of T'nited States Sen- j
at or.
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I,
UpTo-C?tt HafcordMher ?nd Lac'iw Fuml?h?r.
Roosevelt ami Wilson now stand
equal
Chicago, Aug. 7? Theo Roose
velt this morning expressed un
bounded pleasure at the enthus
iasm manifested at yesterday's Pro
gressive convention. He says, that
the entire tickets have been placed
in the field in Pennsylvania and
Colorado.
From Topeka he received the sat
isfactory news that the Progressives
have swept everything in Kansas,
which has given a smile to Mr.
Roosevelt that simply won't come
off
A. B'S SEND FOR
BOBy OF DALY
Seattle. Aug. 7 ? The body of
Committeeman A J. Italy will be
brought to Seattle and buried here.
This was decided upon at a Joint
meeting of the Eagles and the Arc
tic Rrotherhood last night. The
body of the dead statesman has
been prepared for shipment and the
expenses of embalming and shipping
for burial in Seattle will be borne
by the members of the lodges so
that no expense will be placed on
the est&e.
A telegram has been sent by
Clyde Morris to Major Strong of
the Iditarod and Tom Nestor of
Ruby to make a thorough investiga
tion of the affair as it has been
said that Italy had enemies who
had threatened to "get him" upon
his return to Alvska These gen
tlemen will probe the rumor to the
finish
1 IKT WANTS PANAMA CANAL
l.MilSf.ATION Ht'RKlKD A P
Washington, Aug. 7 ? Presiden
Taft sent a special message to con
press today urging that body to
pass necessary laws for the opera
tion of the Panama .canal before
adjournment is taken. He called
attention to the urgency of passing
some measure at this session so
that the canal may be opened o>
schedule time.
Glacier. Aug. 7 ? Role-t and
Helen Taft are taking an outing in
the park where they intend to do
some hunting. It is said that Miss
Helen is something of a shot and
has been known to bag grouse as
??asily as many members of the male
sex.
L
Los Angeles, Aug. 7 ? Karl Rog
ers, chief council for Clarence Har
row, has gone to Jail for contempt
of court. Rojtera was crosa ques
tioning a witnuas and In the course
of his Inquiries the man made
statement which Rogers believed to
be a He He became enraged and
called the wltnesa a perjurer and
threatened to land him In Jail.
Instead of landing the man In Jail
Rogers went there himself. The
judge imposed a fine of twenty-five
dollars on the uttorney for contempt
of court IA abusing the witness
Rogers refused to pay the fine and I
was sentenced to five days In Jail J
where he has i?one, nursing the be
lief that this I* another case of in- 1
jured Innocence.
KAMXJN JOSMVS NYNTKM
iikcomm?:m>ki> m)r vi kox
J. H. Sutton., old time Daw
son contractor, who Is In Dawson
on husiness after spending several
years In the Fairbanks, Idltarod
and other lower river camps, says
the wireless system In use In that
country Is a. great success, and that
Yukon by all means should look in
to the matter immediately of getting
h wireless service. He says:
'The American government has
a splendid system In the interior of
Alaska. I constructed the towers
and did other preliminary work for
some of the wireless plants now be
ing used there by Uncle Sam. A
tower of steel 150 feet high can be
erected for something like >12,000.
Hut if careful inquiry were made it
might be ascertained that no such
expenditure ne<?d be made here In
order to get a satisfactory system.
"The most astonishing thing In
the wireless service which came to
my observation was the Telefunketi
system, installed In the Iditarod
country by Falcon Joslln and as
sociates. They put up in three days
a station which receives and sends
messages between Idltarod and Nul
ato with great success. The whole
equipment for a station cost* only
about $5,000, 1 understand, and it
can l>e loaded on an ordinary wa
gon. No tower or pole of any
k<nd is used. The chief require
ment is a two-story building in a
locality not too noisy.
"The Alaskans, with their wire
less, never know what It is to
have an interruption in the com
munication. 1 think, from my
experiences hen! with messages de
layed a week in going and coming
between Dawson and the outside,
that it is time Yukon were looking
into the matter of a service. Yu
kon Just is we'll be up to date as
Alaska and havo the service instead
of being subject)*! to a hop-skip-ani!-'
jump system. Dawson News
Jack Irving, a well known tailor !
of Seattle is in Skagway today. He
came up from Haines this morning
on the Hegg and will leave tomor
row to continue his business trip to
the Interior.
CREAMER Y
BUTTER
The warm weather Is a tost on
bill tor ? wo have not liwl a com
plaint all summer al>ont the qnall
ity of "(JoMon Rod." Why?
cansp it ts frwh ami pure when
shipped and the host r*re possible
sivon It after it roaches our store.
P. H. GANTY, Grocer t
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Seattle. Aug. 7? A Complaint hft*
hecn filed with the Senate Commit
tee protesting ngnlrmt the seitine
of Frederick Fuller. the newly ap
pointed Alaska Judge
The complaint charges among
other things that Fuller onre act- '
ed as attorney for -both plaintiff
and defendant. Other charges of
SWirrWATKR RIM/ sKTH
PACK Ft HI FAST WORK
The original "Swiftwater Wil
lie." who made stakes In Klondike
and Tanana, and married all the
girls along the trail, is bark to
San Francisco with a defense of
Bolivia. A San Frnnei?co paper
sat*:
"Swiftwater Bill" Gates, famous
the world over for hla knowledge
of mining and for personal eccentri
cities, takes issue with disgruntled
prospectors who say that the Boli
vian gold fields are a myth.
Gates returned three months ago
from South America, where he
haa made a thorough study in the
mining situation In the republics of
Peru and Bolivia, and yesterday
took occasion to come ont of his ,
quiet seclusion in San Francisco to
say that "there is gold in Bolivia
and more gold than Alaska ever
heard of."
"I have spent the last three min
ing seasons in the rich gold fields
of Peru," said Gates, "and my work (
In that republic satisfies me that
there are excellent mineral pos*ibil-;
(ties in the adjoining fields of
Bolivia. The secret of finding the
gold Is to look for it in the right
place, just as It was in Alaska
When yon find the right place, work
>iard.
"Peru or Bolivia either is no
place for a man with a piker bank
roll or the tired feeling. I spent
$110,000 and three years looking
around. I succeeded in finding a
small tract of lo,ooO,0OO acres that
carries from $7 to $30 to the yard
This is In Peru I think myself, ?
and I have been told by competent
mining engineers, that the adjoining
land in Bolivia is as rich.
"Natives will work for 60 centa
i
more or lesa Importance have bfti
incorporated In the profit.
The frfc?nd* of Fuller say It in a
movement on the part of Sharkle
ford to fret hark at Governor Clark
who re ommended the appointment.
There ha* been a brpt* bp*wen.
Shackleford and the governor which
promlaea to cause w?m? political
fireworks in the north.
a day, and they can dig ont from
12 to ? *0 a day in real money. Th"
gold is of a quality that goes $19 ?!?
an ounce when cleaned. Quart*
and hydraulic mining can he don<".
and the transportation facilities
arv fairly good and will be better
"That's all. I Just wanted to
take a crack at those people who
have been knocking the country
That kind of people used to call
me lucky up North. { just use my
head In getting the gold. What I
do with i* after I get it is nobody's
business "
The Hudson River region Is one
of the most Interesting brlckmaklng
regions of the United States, if not
in the world. This region extends
along both sides of the Hndson
River from New Tork City to Co
hoes and embrace* ten counties. 9
In New York and one In New Jersey.
Hrlck has been made In thin region
for nearly a century. Efforts to
establish the brb'kmaking Industry
were made before ISIft, with more
or less succesa, attempts having
been made even before the Revolu
tion. The brick made prior to
1810, however, were used only local
ly, and it was not until that year
that a kiln was bnrned for a regtilar
market Rven these efforts to
market the bricks were not success
ful, but in 1817 Jam** Wood, an
Knglishnian who had learned the
trade of brickmaking In his native
land and >vas attracted to Haver
straw by the vast quantity of clay
and the unlimited supply of wood
for fuel, leased a piece of land on
the river shore and started the
first successful brickyard in Rock
land County.
Steamship Jefferson Is due to
morrow.
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