?he ^aily Alaskan
No. 216 FIFTEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER )I, 1912 PRICE 10 CENT
BARNETTE WINS
FIRST COUNT
Valdei, Dec. 11 ? Yesterday after
noon Judge Lyons, after listening
to the evidence both for and again
st Captain Barnette and O. S. Dus
etibury, handed down a decision
that neither of these gentlemen
were guilty of intent to defraud the
Washington-Alaska bank, which sus
pended payment after using funds
of the depositors amounting to
more than a half million dollars.
There are several other Indict
ments hanging over these men which
will be taken up today. In the
case Just decided the Judge held
that Barnette and Dusenbury dtd
not criminally Intend to deceive
when they made statements regard
ing the condition of the bank, the
verdict hinging upon the word "In
tent."
NORA GIVEN TO
UNDERWRITERS
Seward, Dec. 11? The Dora la
doomed. Another attempt wasj
made at bi^h tide to pull her off
? he beach, but without avail, and
the owners have turned the boat
over to the underwriters to take
charge and salvage what they can
from the wreck.
Kl'KOt'K TALKS PKACE;
PRF.PARRS TO FHiHT
London, Dec. 11 ? War is again
looming up in the European sky,
like a black cloud of disaster. Prep
arations by the powers continue to
Increase, and half of Europe Is re
cruiting their war strength up to
the limit iu spite of the peaceful
tones that are given out by the
diplomats.
It is said that Austria Is about to
deliver a suarp note to Servla, and
the latter country, puffed up with
her recent victories, will not be
slow to resent any interference
from that source.
The Hegg came up last evening
with several round trip passengers.
Among th? m were H. P. M. Blrkln
blne. Judge Stout and Frank Feero.
Skagway Alaskan's Daily Photograph
(Jrindstono Falls.
Her? is another of the entransi ig scenes of Southeastern Alaska -Grindstone Palls ? near th'e mouth
of Taku Inlet, about thirty miles s nith of Juneau, l.overs of nature, when visiting this spot, become spell
bound with the force of its loveliness, and the utilitarian is equally impressed with the splendid possibil
ity of converting the power Into electrical energy. There is scarcely a ten mile strip along the coast of
Alaska that has less than a half dozen such falls as this ? power enough to turn the wheels of the world
going to waste; waiting for the industrial development which is coming.
Victor Grimm, one of the Daily
Alaskan's delivery boys, is sick,
and lu consequence his duties fall
upon the shoulders of Harry Achi
son. Harry is a little hustler, but
is not well acquainted with the new
route, consequently some papers
may be missed for an evening or
two; if so, call us up and missing
copies will be supplied.
Overcoat
Season
is now at hand
IF YOU ARK PARTICULARLY
HARD TO PLEASE WK MILL HE
PARTICULARLY PLEASED THE
DAY YOU TRY ON ONE OP OUR
NEW FALL AND WINTER OVER
COATS WITH THE CONVERTIBLE
COLLARS. |
PURCHASE IP YOU FIND WHAT I
PLEASES YOU. YOU WILL FIND J
US ALWAYS GLAD TO SHOW |
OUR GOODS WHETHER YOU BUY I
OR NOT.
Our Holiday \
Goods will <
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soon be here
H. J. LYNCH
Kl.YW ST<H?I> XO CHAXCK
WITH LITHKR MCCARTHY
I?os Angtln, l)cc. 11 ? Notwith
standing that Fly 1111 was an eight
to ten favorite in the fistic contest
pulled off lust night, he went down
to humiliating defeat before the
hard slugging of Luther McCarthy.
The two pugs entered the ring i
in good condition, and started bat
tling from the word go, but it soon
developed that Flynn was no match !
for his antagonist who slugged him
right and left. Flynn was com- '
pletely floored twice, and in the
sixteenth round the referee stop
ped the fight, as it was evident he
was no match for McCarthy.
HOW TRAOKKS BKOUN
CIVILIZATION' OF NATIVES
Someone has dug back Into the
files of a missionary newspaper pub
lished in the early days of Alaska,
and brought to light an account of
the manufacture of hooch which
was swapped to the Indiana for
furs. The account says:
"A five gallon oil can attached,
at the top, to the end of an old
gun-barrel which passes almost hori
zontally through a barrel filled
with snow or ice-water, constitutes
the still. A fermented mixture of
molasses or suf,rar and flour, when
placed in the oil can and heated
sufficiently to cause the alcohol to
pass off through the gun-bartcl
worm, produces a kind of rum,
which, judging from the effects,
seems to have all the desired prop
erties of the imported article. A
bottle full of the "Moonshine,'
"Aurora Borealis," or "Midnight
sun" brand, can be readily exchang
ed for a red fox skin. More than
four hundred gallons of cheap black
molasses and a quantity of augai
and flour have been used for thli
purpose. This same process of dls<
tilling is known and used in all th<
large settlement! from St. Michae
to l*t. Barrow.
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Pop
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FURNISHES ENJOYMENT THSS1I
<X)M) DAYS. A JOc PACKAGE OF
THE KI\1> WE SELL WILL AL
MOST FILL A GUNNY SACK AF
TEU IT IS POrrED. WE GUAR
A NT EE AGAINST FAILURE.
1 P. H. GANTY, Grocer
TIFT TK CH OF
FUTURE VIM mum
New York. Dec 11 Pr?*ld*nt
Taft has solved the problem of
"what to do with our ex-prealdenta"
by accepting a position with Yale
college, as aoon a* his term of of
fice with the government haa ex
pired
It was announced today from
Rood authority that Mr. Taft had
been offered a professorship of law
!n the noted college, which psys
fire thousand dollar* ? year, and
that he had accepted the offer
Thus Mr Taft will retire from of
' lice Into a position of usefulness
nnd dWcnlty; h* will not humllats
himself by accepting charity. and
he will be a hundred time* more rw
Pl-ected than he would ba?? been
to idly live off the glories conferred
upon him by hit fellow man In
(Meotln* him to a public office.
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GETS IN JAIL
Newark. Dec. 11? Peter D*nn
and two accomplices were arrested
here yesterday upon the charge of
blackmail. Sometime ago Gov
Wood row Wilson received a letter
In which five thousand dollars was
demanded, under the threat that his
life would be taken If he did not
leave the money at a cretaln place, !
and say nothing about it. Instead
o' complying with the demand, Mr.
Wilson tun>ed the letter over to the
police who have traced it to Dunn
ind his confederates.
PRKPAHKS TO HI'NT;
DRIIWM IX 5ARROWH
The body of Peter Horgan, "Gas
oline Pete ' for many years a resi
dent of Petersburg, was found Mon
day floating in the bay near the
town In the Narrows after a mys
terious disappearance of several
days Some time last week he and
companions were preparing for a
hunt and were stocking their gas
boat, which was tied tip at Hogne's
folat, with provisions for the trip.
Kverythlng had been made ready
for an early start and on going * to
the boat next morning, Horgan was
missing and no trace of him was
found until his lifeless body c*me
to the surface Monday. He Is be
lieved to have accidentally fallen
overboard from the boat and drown
ed. ? Wrangell Sentinel.
PKMOIAI. C??MMITTKR TO
probe and rwmwm
Washington, Dec 11? A report
from Washington says that the
prosecution of Judge Arfhbild will
clow by the end of the week.
The campaign contribution probe
|g scheduled to be reeumed on the
17th, William Randolph Heeret be
ing the first on the list to give his
testimony.
AI.AHKA JIOKTBERN PKOMNMD
A* KXTKMHIOJI OK TIMK
Seward, Dec. 11? Word rame
from Washington this morning that
i he Alaska Northern Railroad would
be granted an eitenslon of time In
watch to complete Its line. A bill
io that effect was introduced bjr
Congressman Humphrey*, and is
meeting with but little opposition
.fl.iHM.non KrRR Bl'RXS
(UidjrjiAn moPBimr
Cincinnati, 1W* 11? This city
suffered a million dollar fire las*
night. In which the Oibeon house,
and three large department stores
were totally destroyed, and the
seventeen story Union Trust build
ing gutted. A high wind and the
extreme cold Interferred with the
fireman in stopping the conflagrat
ion
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The choir reheemal at the
Catholic church which was to
take place tomorrow evening ha*
been postponed to Friday evening
at 8:30.
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