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THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
VOL. 1, NO. 12. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1912. PRICE 10 CENT8.
AN EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS
U. S. CRUISERS LEAVE
SAN JUAN DEL SUE. Nov. 15.?
The Uited States cruisers Maryland.
California and Colorado have sailed
for San Diego, C&L leaving the
gunboat Annapolis and a detach
ment of marines to preserve order
in the principal Nicaraguan cities.
NEW YORK GUNMEN SWEAR TO INNOCENCE
NEW YORK. Nov. 15.? In their
testimony in court today Gyp the
Blood, Whltey Lewis and Left Louie,
the New York gunmen indicted for
the murder of Herman Rosenthal, the
Rambler, all accused Webber and
Yallon. and a mysterious strange
, man with firing the shots that killed
Rosenthal. They claimed that they
were bystanders lured there by Jack
Rose. Police Lieutenant' Becker's go
between in the gambling graft busi
ness. The men also testified that
Dago Frank was not at the scene of
the murder.
Two Men Have
Thrilling Escape
The fishing schooner Norman
Suude. Capt. Blakney, returned from
the banks last night recording a brok
en trip resulting from a disaster at
sea.
From a member of the crew who
was loath to speak about the matter,
it is learned that two men of the
crew had a thrilling escape from
drowning.
The dories were out and it was very
rough weather. In attempting to
pick the tlshing boats up. through a
misunderstanding about landing side
of the vessel the dorv occupied by
Paul Weding and George Holmgren
was run down and wrecked. When
the dory crashed beneath the bows
of the Sunde and as the vessel passed
the water. Weding was rescued in
some manner which could not be j
learned. Holmgren, who cannot
swim, was forced under the bottom
of the Sunde and as the vesei passed
over him he arose to the surface of
the water and grasped the painter of
the dory that was towing astern.
An attempt was made to And Henry
Gard. who Is said to have been in
command on this trip, but he was
not seen, Later Paul Weding was
found but refused to say a word.
HOME MADE CANDY.
Taylor's Candy Parlors are getting
more popular every day. All the
goods are manufactured from the
raw material here in Juneau. Mr.
Taylor enjoys the distinction of be
ing the largest importer of raw ma
terial of any one in his line through
out the territory
DEVELOPMENT
AT THE JUALIN
The steamer Jeannie Is now lying
at the docks at Jualin and discharging
supplies and machinery for the Al
gtiiuican Development Company.
Among the cargo is 35 tons of ce
ment and 3800 feet of 16-inch iron
pipe which it to be used in the instal
lation of the immense power plant
for the company at that place.
Managing Director Sidney Smith is
on the ground and personally super
vising the work in hand.
THE COLUMBUS SHIPS.
SouthPark commissioners are to
sp.-nd $3,000 repairing the caravels
Pinta. Santa Maria and Nina. And
yet It cost only $7,000 to buy and
equip the original fleet and discover
this blooming continent. ? Chicago
News.
Indies furs for Holiday trade. W.
H. Case. tf
WERE HONEST AT LEAST.
The New York police force seems
to need on it some of those old-fash
ioned country boys who used to send
three dollars to an agency in a city
and were then appointed detectives.
?Minneapolis Journal.
CAN'T HOLD BOTH.
From the descriptions of the Bal
kan country there is ground for ap
prehension that when the moving
picture men get their cameras placed
on the battlefields there won't be
any room left for troops.
Typewriters for rent. W. H.
Case. tf
Some Active
! Hotel Rumors
' There is a well defined rumor go
ing about that Juneau is to have a
new hotel. According to report the
property on which to erect the build
ing is being negotiated for at the
present moment, or has reached the
point of agreement though the deal
is not actually closed.
This enterprise will be brought to
fruition through local people, that
is by Juneau men and men of sound
financial rating over on Douglas isl
and.
A request has been made that no
names be mentioned until the plans
are entirely completed and the lo
cation decided upon. The men back
of the proposition have had various
plots of ground offered but are not
prepared at this moment to announce
the location that has been selected.
This hotel is to have 52 rooms and
be as modern in every way as money
and skill can make it
There have been many rumors of
this sort and the public is getting
anxious to have a definite announce
ment founded on facts.
.Mr. Ewing. of the Pacific Coast
Company, when approached on the (
story that his company intended :
building a hotel on their Juneau prop
erty said that he knew nothing about
it. He thought it likely that if a ]
plan were contemplated that he would ]
have received notice to that effect.
Mr. Winter, of the firm of Winter & ,
Pond, said to an Empire represents- |
tive that his firm held a fifteen-year
lease on the property of the Pacific
Coast Company and that they had not
been asked to cancel their lease.
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MISSING LAUNCH
AND SIX NATIVES
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A wire was received in Juneau two '
nights ago from Henry Phillips the (
well known native printer of Skag
way. asking for information ahout .
the launch Oakand. The wire direct
ed that Edw. Case Armstrong, of Ju
neau, should be consulted. Arm
strong was found in St. Ann's hospi- ?
tal and from him it was learned that ?
the Oakland was expected to bring ?
six natives from Dry bay to Juneau t
where they would take passage by
steamer to their homes at Haines.
Armstrong left Dry bay on Oct. 21,
and has seen nor heard nothing from
the Oalland. A careful inquiry dis
closes the fait that the Oaklrr.d has
not shown up at Juneau. It was the
intention of Phillips brother-in-law,
Frank James, to proceed with the
Oakland to Seattle. The Oakland is <
a large gasoline launch possibly 75
feet long. It is feared that the boat
is lost.
GIRL'S NUDE BODY g
FOUND IN BATH TUB.
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BOSTON. Nov. 15.?The nude body
of Miss Marjorle G. Powers, a typ
ist. was found last night in a hotel
bath tub an hour after she had en
tered the house with an unknown
man. Arthur T. Cummins, a mer- ,
chant, the girl's employer, has been
detained by the police.
TOPEKA. Kas., Nov. 15.?In the of
ficial recount for governor of this
state, the race still see saws between
Copper, Republican and Hodges.
Democrat, with the latter now leading
by 22 votes.
NEXT SESSION Of CONGRESS
WILL NOT TOUCH TARIFF
WASHINGTON. Nov. 15. ?With i
the near approach of the next ses- j
sion of Congress, which will begin 011 1
Dec. 2, next, there is some specula- 1
tion concerning what action, if any, 1
will be taken by the House in the I
matter of tariff legislation. <
President Tnft vetoed all the tariff I
bills so far passed, and it is now pre
dicted that the present Congress, c
which expires with the next session,
will not attempt to pass any more t
tariff reduction bills. (
In the first place this will be what i
is known as the short session of Con
gross. It will end on March 4, 1913,
ind a Democratic administration will
:hen be Inaugurated. Having in view
in administration that they will con
trol In all branches, the Democrats
will quite likely attempt no further
ariff legislation until after March 4,
when It is believed Congress will
:onvene in special session.
President-Elect Wilson is expected
o bo here shortly after Congress
:onvenes for the purpose of consult
ng the Democratic leaders as to the
platform promises and policies of hia
party.
It is also expected that a meeting
of the Democratic National Commit
tee will be held here at the time of
Governor Wilson's proposed visit.
The next session of Congress, there
fore, promises to be devoted almost
entirely to routine business, but if
an extra sesion is called, tariff reduc
tion and the regulation and control
of the truBts promise to loom large
in the special session program.
DEMAND RECOUNT
OF STATE VOTE
SEATTLE, Nov. 15.?State Senator
Pliny L. Allen, manager of Governor
M, E. Hay's campaign for re-elcc
tlon. has served a formal notice In
the office of the Secretary of State
that recount of the gubernatorial vote
will be demanded.
Millionaire Sued
By Government
NEW YORK, Nov. 15?The United
States government yesterday began a j
suit in the district court of Southern !
New York, for $2,500,000, against Jas.
R. Haggin, the California millionaire,
for coal mines and wood and timber
alleged to have been cut in Haggin's
interest on lands within the national
forest reserves in .Montana.
Killed Sweetheart; 1
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Pursued; Killed
CHAMPAIGN, Ills., Nov. 15.?James :
Cain, a wealthy farmer, who for some I
dine has been paying his addresses
to Miss Dorothy Lowery. of this city,
today seriously wounded his sweet
heart because she refusedto marry
him.
The shooting enraged a number ol
the girl's friends who pursued him.
in his flight Cain jumped in front of
a moving train and was instantly
killed.
U. S. TREAS. McCLUNG'S
RESIGNATION ACCEPTED.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 15.?The res
ignation of Lee McCiung, as treasur
er of the United States has been ac- "
cepted. but his successor has not yet
been named. McCiung has been in
ylllce three years.
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JURY LIST FOR
DECEMBER TERM. (
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Clerk of the Court E. W. Pcttlt.
ind Jury Commissioner Forrest this
ifternoon drew the following grand r
ind petit juror for the December a
;erm: f
Grand Jury: Thos. Haely, Sitka; v
rred Geiger, Juneau: J. E. Barrager,;v
funeau; John Gillis, Douglas; Phil!
ilcKanna, Juneau; Ray Cheek, Ju
leau; W. E. Nowell, Juneau; A. J.
Uchison, Skagway; G. C. Jones, Ju- E
?eau; E. Andrews, Douglas; M. B.
^lemminger, Skagway; Joseph F.
.Vard, Skagway; John W. Dudley,
funeau: Tom Mugford, Tread well; 0
if. G. Rogers, Douglas; R. M. Beck
?f, Skagway; Lee Gault, Skagway; E. 1
V. Machamllton, Treadwell, L. C. r
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Cherry, Juneau; P. Johnson, Douglas,
rony Dortero, Skagway; W. B. Bat- a
ion, Skagway; W. S. Pullen, Juneau. *
Petit Jury: C. E. Carpenter, Tread- 1
vell; L. G. Bruner, Treadwell; G. J. r
)oherty, Skagway; Jas. Fitzgerald, a
'uneau; F. A. J. Galwas. Douglas: J. a
L King. Juneau: Ben Learning,
'readwell; Joseph Beauchamp, Skag- ''
ray: Harry Ashball, Sitka: S. H. ?
feoman, Skagway; F. F. Summers, "
rreadwell; Ed Woods, Haines: John ^
Kasnakoff, Sitka; John Parelia, Ju- ''
ieau: D. J. Rich, Skagway; C. M. l'
.IcGrath, Sitka; Howard Ashley, 0
Skagway; Frank Wilson. Skagway: I!
forman Black. Skagway; Walter s
Sathe, Juneau; W. H. McBlain, ln
)ouglas; W. C. El well, Juneau; C. ;
L Hopp, Douglas, and L. T. Merry,;
uneau. j 1
WILL SEARCH FOR j
NEW CONTINENT
WASHINGTON. Nov. 15.?Explorer
Steffanson, who has already made
several trips into remote Arctic re
gions, and who recently discovered
a blonde type of Eskimos, has an
nounced that he will head an expedi
tion next spring which will search
for a continent which he believes ex
ists in the Arctic regions.
WANTED TO "GET"
GEN. H. G. OTIS
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 15?On the
witness stand today In the dynamite
conspiracy trials, Ortie E. McMani
gal, the government's star witness,
testified that James B. McNamara
confessed to him thathe sought to
get Gen. llnrriBon Gray Otis, of the
Los Angeles Times, at the time of
the dynamite plot was planned to
t)low up the Times bulding.
Mc.Manigal also testified that Jim
McNamara attempted to kill him,
Mc.Manigal, while they wore fugitives
to gether.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK ,
LASTED 60 SECONDS.
Frank Wills, formerly bookkeeper
'or the Alaska Continental Co., at
Kodiak, has received a letter from ^
lis wife at Unga. in which she con- ,
irms the report of several earthquake (
ihocks at that place on Nov. 6. (
There were three distinct quakes
jetween the hours of ten a. m. and
en p. m., one of which lasted a full
ninute and caused great consterna
ion among the people. j
rESTIMONY IN
COAL LAND CASES. '(
SEATTLE, Nov. 15.?The taking of
estimony in the case of the govern
nent to determine the validity of the
^hezum group of coal claims in the j
Jering river coal fields will be be
;tin on Monday next. j
Chezum located a number of coal (
ilaims in Bering river district sever
il yeant ago, and in 1909 applied for
?atcnts. the applications being held
ip pending an investigation as to the
alidlty of the locations.
AVIATION'S DEATH ROLL.
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Ivery Nation Has Some Tempter of ?
the Air to Mourn For.
With the death of n Gorman army
ificer and a passenger riding in his
dplane, Germany now equals the
Jnited States on the aviation death f
oil, with a total of forty-three. ^
'ranee leads, with sixty-one fataltles,
nd England comes fourth, with
wenty-one. The grim story covers a
he whole world. Even China is rep- t
esented by the death of her pioneer f
viator, which took place two months c
go at Canton. j,
The roll is generally recognized as .
eginning with the death of Lieut. j
lelfridge, the American officer who v
rent up with Orville Wright pt Fort
Iyer, Va., in the early days of fly- (
tg. Of the four women named In ^
he roll, two were Americans, and ^
ne met her fate in Boston last sum- j
ter under extremely pitiful circum- ^
tances. The roll now includes 204
ames.
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The best typewriter on the market, a
'he Royal. W. H. Case, agent tf
ROOSEVELT NOW
HAS PLURALITY
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15.?With
the official election figures ail in ex
cept in the counites of Los Angeles,
San Francisco, and Yuba, Roosevelt
now .has a plurality of 72 over Wil
son.
TAFT MAY GET
IDAHO STATE
BOISK, Idaho, Nov. 15.?In the
election count in Idaho, President
Taft has now taken the lead, and may I
have carried the state. I
MEXICAN REBELS
SCORE A VICTORY ,
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 15.?A force 1
of Zapatistas ambushed one hundred '
federal troops at Barranca Honda,
killing 12.
Six hundred rebels attacked a fed- 1
eral regiment at Huchuetla and the
federal troops went over to the reb
els. Jose Rosete, the rebel com
mander. has been made a colonel.
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TURKEY APPEALS DIRECTLY. I
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LONDON, Nov. 14.?An official dlB- c
patch from Constantinople states that a
Turkey has appealed direc^y to the
?overnment of Bulgaria for a ceBsa
Jon of hostilities.
BRITISH AMBASSADOR RESIGNS ?
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TOKIO, Nov. 15.?Sir William Mc- 1
Donald, the British ambassador to
fapan has resigned. He will be sue
seeded by Sir William Conyngham
Jreene, now minister to Denmark. t
HE SIMPLY CANT LOSE.
The i^ory is told of a farmer who i<
ost $160 matching pennies. .Mean- t
vhile, however, his spring calves v
lad probably grown big enough to Ji
nake up for his loss.
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SHELF GOODS AS ADDENDA. o
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"Woman makes the most of her- n
lelf," says an "ad" writer for a de- a
>artment store. But that doesn't A
irevent the department store from n
?ffering her all the aid she will ac- a
:ept. c
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SANITARY CUPS FOR HORSES. o
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Five public watering fountains a
osting $350 each were recently of- w
ered the Horse Aid Society of Now k
fork and refused. The fountains n
^ere of the familiar sort, an orna- e
nental granite drinking tank, such nr
is most cities are glad to receive; si
mt science has turned its face n
ace against this sort of thing. Sev- tl
mty-flve per cent of the horses of a
few York are affected by glanders,
t is estimated, and the public drink
tig fountain is one of the means by
k-hich the disease spreads. The in
ividual drinking cup for horses is
herofore to arrive in the rear of the
ndividual drinking cup for humnn be
ngs. Jersey City has officially ban
shed the public drinking trough?
Jebraska Journal.
The Daily Empire delivered In Ju
icau, Douglas and Treadwell for $1.00 t<
, month. it
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Banker George F. Baker
Makes Big Benefaction
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.?President
George F. Raker, of the First Na
tional bank of this city, liaB given
four million dollars to the New York
City hospital, on the condition that
it affiliates with the Cornell Univer
sity medical school.
Russia Refuses to Recognize Passports
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. ?In the
negotiations now being carried on be
tween the United States and Russia,
the latter has, it is said, declined to
ratify its practice of refusing pass
ports to American or other non-Rus
Rfau Jews.
If it shall appear that this condi
tion has developed and Russia refuses
to recede from her position further
negotiations will undoubtedly be sus
pended.
THE BULGARIANS BREAK
THE TURKISH POSITION
VIENNA, Nov. 15.?Lieut. Wagner,
the war correspondent of the Reich
post, has wired to his paper that after
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four days of murderous fighting the
Bulgarian army has broken through
the Turkish position at Tchatalja
Bulgaria Makes
New Demands
LONDON, Nov. 15.?A dispatch to
the Daily News from Sofia, the Bul
garian capital, says that Bulgaria de
mands the evacuation of Adrianople,
Scutari, and Monastir as a condition
l>rccedent to agreeing to an armistice
with Turkey.
Turkey's Request Presented.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Nov. 15. ? Tur
key's request for mediation by the
iCuropean powers with a view of end
ing the Balkan war, has been present
ed to the Bulgarian premier by the res
dent ministers of the great powers.
LAUNCH CAPSIZES
THREEJ)ROWNED
PEORIA, Ills., Nov, 15.?Two gas
aunches bound Irom Chicago to St.
,oui8, went over the government
lam near here and were capsized,
Irownlng A. B. Moore, of Chicago,
tnd three others.
A KANSAS MUDDLE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. lfr? United
States Senator Isador Itayner, of
tlarylund, Is dangerously ill nt Is
lotel in this city, of neuritis.
MATHEMATICS AND HUMOR.
.ewls Carroll an Illustration of
Their Affinity.
Proficiency in mathematics, pollt
cal economy and "dry topics" like
hat is frequently found side by side
rith a fine quality of humor in men's
minds, says the New York Sun.
Lewis Carroll, who wrote "Alice in
Vonderland," which fs the top notch
f the world's humor up to date, was
professional mathematician ? a
mathematical lecturer at Oxford and
uthor of "A Syllabus of Plane and
dgebraical Geometry," of the "Ele
mentary Treatise on Determinants,"
nd of a good many other mathemati
al works. Our own great humor
st, Oliver Wendell Holmes, was not
xactly a mathematician, but he was
me next thing to it?a professor of
natomy. His anatomical works
?ere terribly serious.? Edgar A. Poe
mg ago established the intimate con
ection between mathematics and po
try, or rather, between the mathe
latical and the poetical mind. The
ime relation may exist between
sathematics and humor. And yet
lere are some humorists who are not
Itogether great in mathematics.
HOW TO GET RICH.
Early to bed,
Early to rise.
Work like h?11
And advertise.?Ex.
TELEPHONE TROUBLES.
According to a German professor,
SVe are all being driven insane by
slcphones." Maybe lie's right, but
lost men are so ungnllant as to
lame it all onto the girl ut central.
A SHIP AND
; CARGO SEIZED
LONDON. Nov. 15. ? The British
steamship Annetta. owned by the
Donald Steamship Company, of New
York, has been seized at the port of
Athens, Greece, with a cargo of war
stores for the Albanians
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BOLD SMUGGLER
IS CONVICTED
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15?Capt.
John Osterhaus, a notorious smug
gler, has been convicted on a charge
of bringing 21 Chinamen into the
United States from Mexico.
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Cholera Increases
In Constantinople
NEW YORK. Nov. 14.?Ambassa
dor W. W. Rockhill has cabled from
Constantinople to Oscar Straus, of
this city, that there are 14,000 sick
and wounded in Constantinople, and
that Cholera is increasing rapidly.
LAKE CHARLES, La., Nov. 14. ?
The Wells-Fargo Express Company's
safe was blown up here last night and
$35,000 taken from It Thorton Chcv
is, the company's agent, has been ar
rested.
LAST LORIMER CASE.
CHICAGO, Nov. 14.?The perjury
charge against Robert E. Wilson, the
last of the Lorimer bribery cases, has
been dismissed.
SPAIN'S LIBERAL PREMIER.
MADRID, Nov. 14.?Count Romao
ones, a Liberal In politics baa beet
appointed premier in place of CaiiflJ
ejas, who was assassinated on Tues
day.
AMBASASDOR TO JAPAN.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.?I-ars An
derson, now Minister to Belgium, has
been appointed ambassador to Japan,
to succeed Charles P. Bryan, of Illin
ois, resigned.
BEATEN BY 97 VOTES.
CINCINNATI. Ohio, Nov. 14. ?
Nicholas Longworth has lost his Roat
in Congress from this district by 97
votes. He will be succeeded by a
Democrat.
MAD FISH STORY.
Col. Trexlof at Allentown, Pa., was
bitten on the finger by a tame trout
which sprang from the water whil
he was teasing it with a worm. Luck
ily Col Col. Trexler was able to outrun
the enraged fish and so he escaped
more serious injury.
Your Christmas list can bo filled
at the Winter & Pond store. Special
line of ready to mail gifts. ???