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Auburn, N. Y„ Mabel Page James if
seeking sufficient evidence to obtalr
a new trial. The former Falrbanksar
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was convicted about two years ago ol
murder and was sentenced to life lm
prlsonment. She has been a model
prisoner, and Mrs. Maude Balllngton
Booth, of the Volunteers of America
has Interested herself In the case.
Mrs. James says there are two women
In Alaska who might bo able to render
her considerable assistance In her flghl
for liberty. These two women art
Mabel Mooro and Mrs. Y. Myers
known as “Texas Bose." Neither ol
the women Is now in Fairbanks, but
both are in Alaska.
Her Story
I With the four walla of a cheerless
prison shutting her off from the world
in which she reveled and loved, Mabel
Page James, one of the most popular
women In Fairbanks in the enrly dayH
of this camp, Is pining her life away.
She was convicted of murder, cold
blooded murder, and unless some new
and substantial evidence can be pro
cured that will throw over her prison
garb the cloak of n reasonable doubt,
she will die without the comfort and
solace of friends, without the sustain
ing arm of her husband to rest upon.
The Mabel Page You Knew.
In the days when the lights burned
brightly, when the tables were run
ning, and wine, women, mirth and
laughter was the order of the day,
Mabel Page came to Fairbanks. Bho
came over the trail from Valdez with
Kdwln Marston, at that time the owner
of the Fairbanks block. Mabel was
a Jewess. She was about five feet
seven Inches tall, a brunette, with a
well rounded figure. The most notice
able thing about her was her eyes;
large, brown orbs that told a story all
their own. If you had ever seen Mabel
Page you could never forget her. Vi
vacious, full of life, a good fellow in
every sense of the word, she soon had
a host of friends.
On the elgthteenth of October, 1904,
she was married to William James,
the first discovery of gold on Fair
banks creek. To his claim on 8 be
low, Fairbanks creek, James took his
bride. Will all the genuine pleasure
of a person who saw only the happier
side of the world. Mabel James en
tered upon her new duties. Her kind
ness, her sunny nature, her winning
smile soon made her the most popular
woman on the creek. She was one
ray of sunshine during the long winter
months that never failed to warm the
heart of the struggling pioneer. Her
home was the most beloved place on
the creek. Here men came worn out
after a day’s labor to bask in the sun
shine of her Bmlle, to hear her witty
talk, to read a story of love, human
love. In her wonderful eyes.
me Call of the Blood.
For over four years she managed the
messhouse of her husband. Mabel
James played no small part in the de
velopment of the creek her husband
discovered. She was a happy, loyal
wife, but the time came when she
longed to see her old mother In their
little home in Melrose, Massachusetts.
Throughout the years that she had
been away from home. Mabel James
had been a steady contributor to the
support of her mother. Idltarod had
JuBt been struck, so she decided to go
outside that way. From Fairbanks
she went to the lower river, from there
to her home In Melrose. Fairbanks
has never seen her since 1909, but
there are many here who will bo sorry
to learn of her later life.
The Power of Gold.
From Idltarod all the way across the
continent Mabel James traveled to see
that happy mother. She communicat
ed regularly with her husband. After
she had spent some time with her par
ent the lure of the north and the desire
to see her husband called her. She
I answered that call as full of the hap
piness and the love of life as she had
always been.
In San Francisco she met the man
for whose death she Is paying the
dearest price that she can pay; for
life Imprisonment !b worse than death
Itself to one who enjoyed her liberty
as Mabel James enjoyed hers.
The man she met was wealthy. He
owned a string of the finest horses that
were ever seen In California. In
Mabel Page James he saw all that was
good and true and appealing In wo
manhoood. He showered gifts upon
her. Her every wish was his com
mand. Together they traveled the
circuit of the race tracks of California
; while his horses won purse after purse
for their owner. Finally the season of
racing closed. Anxious to please the
woman of his affection, her lover sug
gested a trip to London and Paris.
Reluctantly Mabel James agreed. The
, lure of the North was still upon her
1 But the generous treatment she re
ceived from the man who worshipped
her soon made her forget. In London
and on the continent every artifice that
appeals to a woman was bestowed on
Mabel James. Clothes, Jewelry, flow
ers, were hers In abundance. Her
dark beauty was set off as It had never
been set off before. Her eyes still told
the same story though, the story of
love and of happlneses.
The Wages of 8ln.
Together they returned to New
York There they went to the Metro
politan hotel. The Metropolitan hotel
is situated at the extreme end of Man
hattan Island. From the windows one
can look out over New York bay. It
Is not one of the flashy hotels of the
big city. It is a quiet, refined place,
far away from the noise and the bustle
of the night life, far from the white
lights of the Great White Way. They
could be quiet there. It was Incon
spiclous. They could be happy In each
other's company. The future they had
planned Is unknown. In what direc
tion their paths lay no one but Mabel
James can tell.
One morning, after two days of un
successful waiting, the manager of the
hotel forced the door of the suit that
Mabel James and her lover occupied.
The sight he met was a gashtly one.
Cold In death, his throat cut several
wounds In his body lay the lover of
Mabel James. The police were sum
moned. Forty-five thousand dollars
he was supposed to have with him
could not be found. Three days later
Mabel Page James was arrested and
held without bail to answer a charge
of murder.
Life Imprisonment
The case was a circumstantial one.
The money was not recovered. The
jury heard all the little circumstances.
The linger of guilt pointed at a woman
that Fairbanks will never forget, a
woman that will live In the minds of
the pioneers of Fairbanks creek for
many a day. She was found guilty.
With the love of life and liberty still
sparkling In her tear dimmed eyes she
heard herself sentenced to a life be
hind the cold, cheerless walls of a
state's prison. With a last fond look
at the faces of the men and women of
the world Bhe might never see again,
she was led over the Bridge of Sighs
to the murderers' row in the Tombs.
While There Is Life There Is Hope .
The next day the "Black Maria," a
wagon completely covered, in which
me nand women are transferred from
the Tombs to the railroad station, car
ried Mabel James to the Grand Cen
tral. At Auburn she alighted from the
train, handcuffed to two detectives, a
matron walking close behind her. In
her eyes, red from weeping, there still
lingered that love of life and pleasure
that had been a ray of hope and sun
shine to the miners on Fairbanks
creek. The sparkle of hope was still
there. The prison gate swung open.
Through it walked Mabel Page James
It closed again, hiding forever from
the woman the sun of liberty. That
was two years ago; two long, cheerless
years for Mabel James. It may be
there will come a day when a new
trial can be obtained, a day of reck
onlng when the guilty one, if it is not
Mabel James, will confess his crime to
the world. It is a faint ray of hope,
much fainter than the ray that spark
led in the eyes of the woman, now but
30 years old, who a few short years
ago was one of the most beloved of all
Fairbanks' hardy pioneers.—Juneau
Dispatch.
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SAYONET FIGHT
BOULOGNE, France. June 80.—The
story of a duel with bayonets lu which
both contestants were killed, Is told
In a Red Cross report from one of the
field hospitals.
“Two miles south of the hospital,”
says the writer, “a French Zouave
got separated from his fellows when
they retreated after an unsuccessful
effort to take a German trench. A
German soldier leaped out of the
trench and charged the Zouave, bay
i onet fixed. The Zouave met his foe
'in like manner and an extraordinary
duel took place. Neither man dared
fire for fear of killing his own men.
I “It was about 9 at night, and the
moon illuminated the grim contest.
Hound and round the men circled. The
contest lasted for nearly five minutes,
when both gave desperate lunges
| which went home. For a second the
[ opponents each stood transfixed by
ii the other's bayonet. Then they fell
| dead.”
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CANE
CAIRO, June 30.—In recent dis
patches from this place mention was
made of the nameless hero of Sed-el
Rahr—a certain colonel who, after the
difficult landing operations there, and
subsequent to the assault on the fort
ress, led the men In a gallant bayonet
charge up a hill. All he carried was
a small cane, but a band he wore on
his nrm apparently was that of a staff
officer. He walked about In the open
under a continuous fire tnlking to the
men. cheering them up and rallying
them together. When they were all
ready for the bayonet charge, he
placed himself In front of them all,
and armed simply with this small
cane, led the charge up the hill. The
moral effect of the officer’s action was
great. The men charged up the hill
and cleared their enemy from his posi
tion but the unknown officer lost his
life. It now transpires that the officer
was Major Doughty-Wylie and the
hill on which he met his death is now
known as “Doughty-Wylle’s Hill.”
He had no business to be there as
he was a staff officer, but the loss
among the officers In landing had been
so great, and the necessity for making
headway quickly was so essential, that
Major Doughty-Wylie acted In the
emergency.
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All the Real News In the Times.
Restoration to Entry of Lands In
National Forest
Lists 6-1496,-1512,-1513,-1541.
Notice Is hereby given that the
lands described below', embracing
469.88 acres, within the Chugach Na
tional Forest, Alaska, will be subject
to settlement and entry under the pro
visions of the homestead law's of the
United States and the act of June 11,
1906 (34 Stat., 233), at the United
States land office at Juneau, Alaska,
on August 16, 1915. Any settler w'ho
was actually and In good faith claim
ing any of said lands for agricultural
purposes prior to January 1, 1906, and
has not abandoned (tame, has a pref
erence right to make a homestead
entry for the lands actually occupied.
Said lands were listed upon the appli
cations of the persons mentioned
below, who have a preference right
subject to the prior right of any such
settler, provided such settler or appli
cant is qualified to make homestead
entry and the preference right Is
exercised prior to August 16, 1915, on
which date the lands will be subject
to settlement and entry by any quali
fied person. The lands embrace a
tract of 160 acres, described by metes
and bounds as follows: Beginning at
Corner No. 1, situated on the bench
Immediately north of the town of
Ninllchlc, east shore of Cook Inlet, a
post marked H-l whence U. S. L. M.
No. 1, bears 3. 49 deg., 45 min. W*
17.88 chs.; extending thence N. 14 de/
E.. 15.15 chs.; thence meandering east
shore of Cook Inlet 60 feet back from
line of ordinary high tide, N. 41 deg.
E., 7.63 chs.; thence N. 28 deg. E.,
17.27 chs., to Corner No. 3; thence E.
35.17 chs.; thence s. 35.75 chs.;
thence W. 51.82 chs., to the place of
beginning, listed upon application of
Alex Roman, Homer, Alaska; List
6-1496.
A tract of 153.60 acres, described by
metes and bounds as follows: Begin
ning at Corner No. 1 a spruce post set
In ground 60 feet distant from mean
tide line on east bank of Iraida Creek,
east shore of Cook Inlet approxi
mately ^ mile northerly from Apex
of Anchor Point, marked H-l, whence
Forest Service Monument No. 10 at
Oranross Creek east bank I,aida
Creek, bears N. 20 deg. E„ 44 chs.;
extending thence along the east bank
of Lalda Creek N. 51 deg. E.. 7 chs.;
thence N. 21 deg. E., 14 chs.; thence
N. 28 deg. E., 4.44 chs., to Corner No.
2; thence E. 66.81 chs.; thence S.
21.49 chs.; thence W. 79.27 chs., to
the place of beginning, listed upon
application of Jacob Petaja, Homer,
Alaska; List 6-1512.
A tract of 86.78 acres, described
by metes and bounds as follows Be
ginning at Corner No. 1, Forest Ser
vice Monument (hereinafter de
scribed) bears N. 24 deg. W„ 90 links;
! extending thence along the east shore
of Forberg Bay 00 feet back from line
of ordinary high tide S. 54 deg. W„
2.90 chs.; S. 43 deg. W., 5.16 chs.; S.
34 deg. W„ 5.80 chs.; S. 22 deg. W..
3.33 chs.; S. 60 deg. W., 6.88 chs.; S.
46 deg. W., 6.33 chs., and S. 40 deg.
W„ 9.60 chs.; to Comer No. 2; thence
S. 24 deg. E. 18.30 chs.; thence N. 58
deg. E.. 36.58 chs.; thence N. 24 deg.
W., 29.55 chs., to the place of begin
ning. Forest Service Monument con
sists of a post set In mound of stones
on top of bluff 10 feet above high
tide line on east shore of Forberg Bay,
marked F. S. M. H. whence Passage
Point bears N. 7 deg. E„ and Observa
tion Point bears N. 48 deg. E. Listed
upon application of Peter Forberg,
Cordova. Alaska; List 6-1513.
A tract of 69.50 acres, described by
metes and bounds as follows: Begin
ning at Corner No. 1 situated on the
south shore of Boswell Bay a post
marked H-l; extending thence N.
63 deg. 45 min. E., 10.69 chs., to Cor
ner No. 2, Identical with Forest Ser
vice Monument, whence Northernmost
point of Boswell Rock, a conspicuous
lone rock 80 feet high on mud flat
near south shore of Boswell Bay,
bears N. 87 deg. 30 min. W„ 36.43
chs.; thence N. 46 deg. E., 9:41 chs.;
thence E. 24 chs.; thence S. 26 deg.
30 min. E„ 20 chs.; thence S. 76 deg.
30 min. W_ 1.59 chs.; thence W. 49.12
chs.; thence N. 7.15 chs., to the place
of beginning listed upon application of
William Boswell, Cordova, Alaska;
List 6-1541.
C. M. BRUCE,
Assistant Commissioner of the
General Land Office.
Dated April 17. 1916.
First Publication June 16, 1916.
Last Publication July 7, 1915.
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In every direction.
The assets were increased One hundred and Thirty-five
Thousand Dollars! the resrve for the protection of Policy
holders, One Hundred and Sixteen Thousand Dollars.
Accident and Sickness Claims of $28,478.00 were paid,
and Death Claims of $33,453.00.
No death Claim has ever been disputed.
All claims are paid tmmedltely on receipt of proofs.
Total paid to policyholders in 1914 was $116,209.26,
The Company's yearly income was increased to $415
606.00.
After paying dividends of eight per cent, to stockholders »
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