THIRD YEAR. CHITINA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 24.1913. NUMBER 36.
Late Telegraph News
FAIRBANKS, June 21—The ascent of the highest peak of
Mount McKinley was successfully accomplished on June 7 by
a party consisting of Archdeacon Hudson Stuck, Harry P.
Karstens, Robert G. Tatum and Walter Harper, who erected on
the summit a six-foot cross bearing the words Te Deum, and
flew a flag from the upper basin. It was a clear day on the
summit and the men were able to read angles to all prominent
points, as they had successfully carried a mercurial barometer
to the summit. The party saw very distinctly with field glass
es, a flag pole, still standing erect, which Peter Anderson and
William Ttyloh erected near the lower peak in 1910. They
also saw on the second tallest peak the flag planted by Tom
Lloyd’s expedition.
Careful simultaneous readings at Fort Gibbon should per
mit close approximation to the true altitude when proper cor
rections are applied. The present estimate of altitude is up
ward of twenty thousand five hundred feet, and water boiled
at a temperature of one hundred and seventy four and nine
tentlis degrees. The only possible approach to the summit is
by the northeast ridge. The higher regions are shattered and
partlj" demolished by the earthquake of last year, and for this
reason the danger and difficulty of ascent are greatly increased.
I he party spent three weeks through continuous bad weather
hewing a passage through tlmee miles of ice and debris on the
ridge, which was the chief cause of delay in reaching the sum
mit. The upper basin shows evidence of violent upheaval by
earthquakes, but the summits are untouched. Chief credit for
the success of the expedition is attributed by Archdeacon
Stuck to the good judgment, resourcefulness and caution of
Harry Karstens. There was no mishap whatever to the party,
all are well and hope to return to Fairbanks in August.
NOME, June 21—A monster mass meeting was held at the
city hall last night for the purpose of protesting against the
recent mining law, adopted by the Alaska Legislature, a copy
of which has just been received here. Resolutions were passed
condemning the law and petitioning Congress to disapprove
same. The act confiscates property and places such burdens
as to prevent new locations.
The enforcement of this law will prevent dredging on Seward
peninsula, and the other divisions of Alaska are requested to
join dn the protest against its ratification by the national legis
lators. Petitions to congress have been prepared and are be
ing circulated and signed by residents in the Second division.
SEATTLE, June 23—The steamer Curacoa, under the
command of Capt. Thompson, struck an uncharted rock, on
Saturday, at Warm Creek, on the west side of Prince of Wales
Island and is a total wreck. The heavy cargo aboard is also
a loss.
About seven weeks ago the Curacoa went aground on Fish
Egg Island, in Southeastern Alaska, but was soon floated
again, with but little damage being done to the vessel.
The steamer Curacoa was owned and operated by the Pa
cific Coast Steamship Company. She was a passenger boat
with a gross tonnage of 1503, and a net tonnage of 895. Her
length was 241.3 feet, breadth 38 feet, and depth 16.3 feet.
The Curacoa was built at Philadelphia in 1895 and carried a
crew of forty.
WASHING 1 OX, June 18—President Wilson, following the
conference with Senator Pittman of yesterday, today sent for
the Senator and again assured him of his deep interest in the
A|aska railroad legislation, and further promised to the extent
of his influence to aid the passage of the bill during the pres
ent special session of Congress. The President also spoke to
other members of congress relative to the bill, and expressed
his desire that action be taken on the measure at the earliest
possible moment,
It is the general sentiment among the leaders of the Senate
that the bill will pass that body at the pi’esent session without
assistance from the President, but there appeared to be no
possible chance of the bill being considered in the House with
out some expression from the President of his desire that ac
tion be taken at this session. As a consequence the President
has advised Representative Underwood, the Democratic lead
er of the House, that the consideration of the measure at this
session would meet with his approval provided it could be
taken up at such times as would not interfere with the tariff
and currency legislation. ,
Unler the terms of the Senate bill, introduced by Senator
Chamberlain, and favorably reported by the committee, three
routes are considered for the trunk line road from the coast
to the interior of Alaska, two of which, those from Cordova and
Seward, it is planned to utilize lines already constructed, while
the third route contemplates the construction of a road from
Controller bay, adjacent to the Bering River coal fields, up the
Copper river to the Tanana, with a short branch to the coal
fields. The choice of these routes is left, by the terms of the
bill, to the President. In the event of the construction of
either of these roads it is designed to use the machinery and
equipment which the near completion of the Panama canal
has rendered idle. ,
The Senate Committee on Territories, which has devoted
much time to the consideration of the matter, estimates that
in case of an emergency, such as a naval campaign on the Pa
cific, a road could be built from Controller bay to the coal fields
of Bering River in three weeks.
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SEATTLE, June 24—President
\ndrews, of the Alaska Coast Com
>any, has stated that the wrecked
teamer Yukon will be replaced with
a new vessel on the Southwestern
Alaska run, to be a sister ship of
the Admiral Sampson.
SAX FBAXCISCO. June 21—Fed
eral District Attorney McXab has ten
dered his resignation.
WiASHIXGTON, June 21—From
the White House it is announced
that President Wilson will sign the
sundry civil bill, with provisions for
bidding the use of funds in the pros
ecution of labor unions and farmers
organizations.
WASHINGTOX, June 21—Secre
tary of the Treasury, William G.
McAdoo, has asked Congress for an
appropriation of $100,000 for vessels
to enforce the protection of the
Alaska fish and seals.
SAX DIEGO, June 21—The Army
flying corps, consisting of Lieuten
ants Brereton. Geiger and Goodier,
with fifteen mechanicians and four
biplanes, will leave for Honolulu on
July 5.
XASHVILLE, June 21—The col
lege bishops have vetoed the action
of the board of trustees of Vander
bilt in accepting Carnegie’s $1,
000,000 for a medical department.
WASH1XGTOX, June 21—The re
port of the statisticians of the bur
eau of labor discloses that every prin
cipal article of food, except sugar,
has shown a decided increase in
price since February 1, compared
with the same period from 1890 to
1900.
POUGHKEEPSIE, June 21—Cor
nell won the four-oared regatta, with
Pennsylvania second, Columbia third
and Washington fifth.
KATALLA, June 21—The cruiser
Maryland has left for Kodiak. Dur
ing her stay here none of the officers
or men came ashore, but held mil
itary exercises on the Controller bay
beach. Charles Orr, the launchlnan,
ran excursions out to the battleship, j
thus enabling our people to have an
oportunity of visiting the big war !
vessel. '
WASHINGTON, June 21—Ambas
sador Guthrie was the guest of honor
at a dinner given by Ambassador i
Chinda, of Japan.
Mrs. Benjamin Durkee died yes
terday afternoon at 3 o'clock from
tuberculosos. Deceased was 28
years of age, and was a graduate of
the Carlisle Indian School. Fu
neral services were conducted by
Rev. Zeigler, of the Episcopal
church and the remains were taken
from, here to Katalla on the launch
Triton, where the burial will take
place. Mrs. Durkee leaves a hus
band and two children to mourn her
death.
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 23
Twenty persons have been sentenced
to death by court martial, for com
plicity in the assassination of the
Grand Vizier.
POUGHKEEPSIE, June 23—The
Syracuse University crew won the
eiglit-oared race, Cornell coming in
second. The Washington State
University crew was third after a
bad start, and was only beaten for
first place by a length, and a ha:f.
BALTIMORE, June 23—Attorney
General McReynolds, in commenting
on the resignation of District At
torney McNab, of San Francisco,
said: “A Republican district attor
ney has resigned and I am shedding
no tears.”
NEW YORK, June 23—In reply
ing to the Senate Committee, the
American Bankers ’ Association says
it is of the opinion that one central
reserve association, with branches,
is the best solution of the currency
question for present needs.
NEW MADRIL, MO., June 23—By
the capsizing of the government sur
vey boat Beaver, nine United States
engineers were drowned.
SAN DIEGO, June 24—Miss Mar
garet Moldt, queen of the Nome,
Alaska carnival in 1912, died here
last night.
LONDON, June 24—President
Poincalre has arrived and is the guest
of the King.
CONFESSES TO BIG
GOLD DUST ROBBERY
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A, PORTLAND, June 34—A ,A
^ telegram received from Idlta- A
<A> rod states that Lewis Gor- <A,
^ mail, who is serving sent ace ^
^ l»ere for the robbery of a large ^
^ quantity of gold lieing ^
biouglit from the creeks to ^
A Iditarod- on tlie Tramway, has ^
,A confessed to the theft of $19,- A,
As OOO .in gold dust, from the ^
A Alaska Hydraulic Mining Co., ^
^ on Valdez Creek, four years ,A
^ ago, and for wliich robh >ry
^ twenty-four employees of the ^
^ company have been under sus- <A
A picion. Tills is the property ^
A of which Dan Kane was the ^
A. manager, and the mysterious ^
A disappearance of the clean
A. up for tire summer of 1909 <A,
A, has remained a mystery until ^
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<A, JVDfiE BROWN CONFIRMED ^
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^ VALDEZ, June 18—Fred ^
<k, M. Brown was continued as ^
<A judge of the District court for ^
Q the Tliird division last night. ^
On receipt of the news of his ^
^ contirmation he announced ^
^ the appointment of Arthur ^
^ Lang, formerly cashier of tlie ^
^ Valdez Bank, as Clerk of the ^
A, Court. . . Charles Hand, mem- ^
^ her of the District Commit- ^
A, tee, is slated for deputy, and ^
.A, the a|ipointment will be made ^
^ in a few days. ^
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Judge F. M. T»r«"-n has re-ap*
pointed Isaac Hamburger as his pri
vate secretary and court stenog
rapher. Mr. Hamburger has served
in the same capacity under Judge
Cushman and Judge Overfield, and a
better selection could not have been
made as he iis one of the mose ca
pable men in the territory for hte
position.
Arthur Lang, who is to succeed
Angus McBride as clerk of the court,
will take his office on July 1st,
which will be the beginning of the
new fiscal year. No changes will
be made immediately in the pcrson
elle of the office, but several Demo
crats are slated for berths under
Clerk Lang in the course of the next
few months.
Angus McBride, the present clerk
of the court, is expected to leave for
Fairbanks, where he will become
clerk of the court for Judge Fuller,
succeeding C. C. Page, who was
clerk of the court under Judge
Overfleld. and later retained by Judge
Fuller, while McBride remained on
the coast.
Judge Brown will on or about
July 1, leave for Juneau, where he
will try the McDonald case, which
is set for July 8.
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DOUGLAS, June 23—The battle
begun on Thursday at Ortiz is still
in progress. Governor Pessquera,
in wiring, says Masson’s aeroplane
has caused an awful execution, one
bomb killing fifty-two marines ashore
from the gunboats Tampico and
Guerrero, which have been driven to
sea.
OMAHA, June 24—.Former Vice
President Fairbanks, in addressing
the Republicans of both factions, at
a banquet tendered him last night,
advised the members of the party to
forget and forgive past differences
and work together in the future.
SAN JOSE, June 24—Attorney
Frank Dreischmeyer, who was found
guilty of embezzling $100,000 from
his clients, has been sentenced to
serve eight years in the penitentiary.
PORTLAND, June 24—Captain U.
B. Scott died in this city last night
at the age of 86 years. Deceased
was the builder of the steamer Flyer,
running between Seattle and Taco
ma, and many other vessels.
WASHINGTON, June 24—When
Justice Stafford refused to release
Ray Stewart, a lad of 18 years, af
ter having been convicted of at
tempted robbery, the boy drew a re
volver and fired three times at the
judge, each Bhot barely missing the
Jurist. i
JEALOUS WIFE
CORVALIS, ORE., June 24—Mrs.
F. H. Turnell. in a Jealous fit, shot
and dangerously wounded her hus
band and daughter, Beatrice Van
Camp. Believing that both had
been killed she committed suicide
by turning the weapon on herself.
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SEATTLE, June 23—The excur
sion under the auspices of the Cham
ber of Commerce left Saturday night
on 8,000 miles of steamboat and rail
road travel through, the heart of
Alaska. Over one hundred are in
the party, representing the leading
business concerns of Puget Sound, to.
gether with, a number of prominent
Eastern newspaper men. The tour
will give the visitors an insight in
to the practical workings of Alaska's
industries; a constantly changing
panorama of quiet beauty and moun
tain grandeur; an adequate idea of
the extent of the territory and its
possibilities in the future.
After visiting Metlakatla. Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Juneau,
Treadwell, Haines and Skagway they
will go to White Horse, thence to
Dawson, and down the Yukon river,
stopping at all points, with a side
trip to Fairbanks. At St. Michael
one of the ocean liners will be board
ed for Nome, Cape Prince of Wales
and the Diomede islands, wh&re Asia
is visible on one side of the vessel
and America on the ofher. Thence
to the Aleutian islands, past Kodiak
island and Cook inlet to Seward.
Latouche and Valdez come next, and
arrive at Cordova on July 23, where
a trip will be made over the Copper
Childs and Miles glaciers and Aber
crombie canyon. Thence to Sitka
and Seattle by the inland passage,
arriving at the latter place July 28.
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Col. Richardson and Lieut. Ed
gerton, of the Alaska Road Commis
sion, were in town for a short time
Saturday evening, enroute to Juneau
and Skagway to inspect the work be
ing done in Southeastern Alaska.
The board is besieged with com
munications and petitions, from all
parts of the territory, for the con
struction of roads and trails, which,
if built, would require approximately
$2,000,000. These requests have
been found meritorious, but the Com
mission is unable to comply with the
requests because of lack of funds.
Some requests have been made of
the Commission that could not be
favorably considered for various rea
sons. among which are that but few
people would be benefitted; the
amount of work done, in the opinion
of the officers, does not justify
roads, and in other pases the upkeep
would be so expensive as to be al
most prohibitive.
Lieut. Edgerton said that with an
appropriation of $2,000,000, cover
ling a period of three years, the
Road Commission could build all the
roads, trails and bridges now justi
fied by the development work done
in the different camps.
Roads have been asked for from
the Arctic ocean to the most south
erly part of the territory. As new
camps are being opened up the de
mand and necessity for transporta
tion facilities become lmperltive, but
the Commission, with its woefully
small appropriation, is able to do
but little toward relieving the sit
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WASHINGTON, June 24—Nichol
son, who was named as Ambassador
to Portugal, has asked President
Wilson to withdraw the nomination
if it embarasses him politically.
WASHINGTON, June 24—The
Democratic members of the Fi
nance committee of the Senate have
reported in favor of the elimination
of a five per cent discount on im
ports in American ships; the income
tax revised to exempt any portion of
mutual life insurance premiums
which are returned to policy holders,
as dividends, under the Wood bill.
EL PASO, June 24—State Ranger
Scott Russel and Deputy Sheriff Gar
lick were killed and Mrs. Marina
Guadarawa was wounded in a sa
loon fight.
WASHINGTON, June 24—Senator Chamberlain yesterday
sought to secure the unanimous consent of the Senate to pass
the Alaska railroad bill, but Senator Overman objected, say
ing that more time to study the subject should be allowed.
Chamberlain selected the most opportune time to make his
request, and came mighty near securing the passage of his
favored bill, ahead of all other legislation at the special ses
sion. His move was a tactful one and showed his sincere in
terest in Alaskan affairs. It was during a personal plea
that immediate action be taken by congress to revise the hank
ing currency that business may be aided in meeting tariff re
vision, and at a time when President Wilson read an address
on the subject at a joint session that Senator Chamberlain
made his strategic move. Although he was not successful
yesterday in forcing the issue the Oregon statesman says that
he will insist upon the passage of the railroad bill before an
adjournment is taken.
WASHINGTON, June 24—Senator Knute Nelson, a mem
ber of the Territories Committee, has joined Senator Over
man in objecting to the consideration of the Alaska railroad
bill. Nelson declared that ho was opposed to the govern
ment ownership of railroads in Alaska. He said he favored
the immediate betterment of .conditions in Alaska, and re
garded railroads as of prime necessity, but their construc
tion should be encouraged by the government in some, other
way. Senators Nelson and Lappet were the only members of
the committee who failed to sign the Jones-Chamberlain bill.
WASHINGTON, June 2-1—Attorney General MeRevnolds
will make a report to the President, at the latter’s request,
of the causes for the postponement of the San Francisco
cases, which was the basis of District Attorney McNab’s
resignation.
Representative Kahn, of California, has introduced a res
olution in the House calling upon newspapers for postponement
of criticism in the Diggs, Cominetti and Western Fuel Company
cases in the federal courts of San Francisco, which resulted
in the resignation of District Attorney McNab, who claims that
the department of justice had embarrassed him in the discharge
of his duties by allowing the trials of the indicted men to drag
along.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 24—“The President must ac
cept my resignation, and there is no doubt in my npnd that
MeRevnolds will have to answer to the public for his action,”
declared McNab.
SAN FRANCISCO, .Tune 24—Considerable interest is mani
fested in this city over the 'outcome of the government’s atti
tude in postponing the federal cases against wealthy white
slavers and the stand taken by McNab in refusing to have his
hands tied is the discharge of his duty by the officials in Wash
ington. It is predicted by McNab’s friends that he will come
out of the controversy with flying colors and that there is
likely to be a searching inquiry into departmental methods.
WASHINGTON, June 20—President Wilson’s currency bill
has been completed, and it is understood that the assistance of
skilled political economists has been invoken in drawing up
the currency reform measure, which is one of the most inport
ant features of the legislative program. It follows the orig
inal reserve system, but divides the country into fifteen reserve
districts, with the idea of preventing the accumulation of funds
in New York and other large centers, with a government cen
tral bank. There is also a provision for $600,000,000 of emer
gency currency.
M.AKKH.A LSHII’ STILL I'NSETTLED
Local Democrats are unable to get
any definite line-up on the Marshal
ship fight, and as vacancy occurs in
this division next Tuesday they are
at a loss to understand why Exum’s
appointment, is not confirmed or his
name withdrawn and another candi
date nominated. ■
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The time is drawteg near for the
holding of the Grand Camp of the
Arctic Brotherhood in Juneau in ac
cordance with the action taken at
the Juneau convention of March 12,
at which time resolutions were
passed declaring the offices of the
Grand Camp vacated. At the same
time new officers were elected and a
Grand Camp convention called to
meet in Juneau on July 8. All of
the proceedings have been submit
ted to the subordinate camps for
ratification. It takes a favorable
action of two-thirds of the subordi
nate camps to make the action of the
March convention valid.
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CALGARY, June 24—Arthur Pel
key, who has been on trial charged
with manslaughter for delivering a
death blow to Luther McCarthy, in
their recent fight, was found not
guilty by the jury.
The sub-port of entry that it was
authorized to establish at Fairbanks
this year will not be created for the
reason that the necessity for it has
been obviated by the determination
of the White Pass to operate Amer
ican boats on the lower Yukon. The
Alaska and Yukon belonging to that
company and built below Dawson,
are both American craft. While
they were put together at Whjite
horse, all the machinery and other
material that went into their con
struction came from the United
States. It was assembled at White
horse and put together there. I
If a Canadian boat should make a
trip down the Yukon below Eagle
it will carry an American customs
envoy from the boundary line to its
destination.
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WASHINGTON, June Zi— Presi
dent Wilson lias signed the sundry
civil bill, stating that he would have
vetoed, if he could, the provision for
the exemption of labor unions and
formers’ organizations from prosecu
tion.
WASHINGTON, June 24—Presi
dent Wilson informed the newspaper
men that he intended to back the
Glass currency bill as firmly as he
had a reduction of the tariff.
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