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THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBE|figl!,.L 1912. . ' ?. ?; . .,-?;';>Z'^ ..y-J PRICE TEN CENTS MEXICANS MUST STOP OUTRAGES Wilson Will Consult Democratic Leaders TRKXTOX. X. J.. Dec. 21. ? Pres-: ident-olect Woodrow Wilson, it was j stated today. expects to have a con ference before the NVw Year with Senators Hoke Smith, of Georgia. Clarke, of Arkansas; O'Gortnan, of Xew York; Gore, of Oklahoma; Rep resentative Underwood, of Alabama, and other Democratic leaders. The object of the conference has not been stated, but the policies to bo pursued by the incoming adrainls tralion will be undoubtedly discussed, and especially tariff legislation. It is generally believed that some of the men called to the conferenc will be in the next Cabinet These are Hoke Smith, of Georgia, who was Secre tary of the interior, in Cleveland's second administration for a short time, and Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, who is said to be slated for Attor ney-General in the Wilson Cabinet. The Town Growing Rapidiy The Petersburg Fish Company has] been organized her* by Fretl II. Story | and C.ustavus it. Buiauau. The com puny will nandlo all kinds 01' fresh and salted fish, clams and cra'03. Messrs. Story and Buhniau are live, enterprising men. and they know their business. The entrance of this com pany into business at Petersburg ex presses the confidence felt bv theiu inihe future of this town. They have a complete equipment to handle largo quantities of fish of all kinds. Tin Petersburg fire department gave a smoker for its members on the evening of Dec. 18. Afr^r the gen eral order of bu-iness was over a good 'into was enjoyed by the boys. Ther - were speeches, songs and stor ies. and a fine luncheon was servea. Then the fire laddies oiled up the en gines auu adjourned. The line new building of the Sons of Not way i almost completed. The structure is a credit to the eiiterpris-l ing society and the town. The hall I will be formally opened on the eve- j ning of E'-v 26 by r dance, w hich proi <se? to b< largely attended. C. L. Jones, leader and instructor of | the Petersburg band, is fast whipping his twenty-three pupils into line, aad as a result they are bilie d to play the Christinas odes, anil are engaged for several dances to be given during tue holidays. A :ran<i mnscueruue can ?ui uc s>? on at the Sons of Norway hall on Now Year's Eve. The Petersburg band will furnish the music. Petersburg is undergoing (juite ,a number of improvements. A heavy plank walk is being laid on Front street from the company store to the fire station. This is an extension of the work that was started last sum mer. The street will now bo one of the best and Petersburg citizens are proud ot this much-needed highway. Two new buildings are now under construction. The Arctic Brotherhood will organ ize a camp here in the near future. Hogue & Tvetea, leading mere chants of Petersburg, have installed an electric lighting plant and their building is now thoroughly lighted throughout. .Mr. Hogue just returned from Seattle where ho has been for several we ks purchasing Christmas goods. John Kildall. manager of the Pa cific Coast & Norway Packing Co.. and family went South on the Dol pit i to spend the holidays. Mr. Boyee is in charge during Mr. Kildall's ab sence. The fishing business goes merrily on. Tfc principal boats now in port are the Flamingo. Lief E., Kong Svcrrc Katie. Swan. Mary, besides cutter::us one-dory craft. The P. C. & N. P. Co. will hold another sale of lot- by auction on Dec. 27. These are choice building lot*, ar.d ro doubt the people of the town will take the opportunity of getting In ;v the ground floor, for the town of Petersburg is growing and growing fast What might have been a fatal ac cident was narrowly averted the other night. While crossing the saw mil] bridge, which was covered with sno\.\ a couple of mushers slipped and fell Into the icy water? of Wrangell Narrows, about fif teen feet below. They were rescuec by Mr. Norbcrg just in time to savt thee from drownlns: The bridge hat .> 1;. ?r ?>:> oi? ride only. This ao cident emphasizes the need of hav ing bridge- ??rd sidewalks over danger ous places and provided with substan tial railing. IRENE TAYLOR MUST NOW STAND TRIAL; Last night the Jury trying Alfred Lundgren on the charge of giving whiskey to Indians, after a hopeless struggle to reach a verdict were dis charged and the case set for retrial next .Monday. The following com posed the jury that disagreed: W. H. .IL Lliila, I.. T. Merry. C. K. Carpen-j ? cr. E. I. Pohertv, Jas. Fitzgerald. Ed Woods. S. H. Yeonians John Kosna R??i Learning, Frank Wilson. >hn I?. auchamp. Walter Bathe. ( '? he grand jury this morning .ought in an indictment for man ..i! liter against Irene Taylor, for :'i killing of John E. Anderson at range!! on July 22, last. There is tome surprise over this indictment. | The defense will be self defense. Z. R. Cheney is attorney for the ac I cased. The case of Anthony Kelly was ta ken up yesterday and continued. This is another "Whiskey to Indian" case. The regular panel was exhaust j ed and a special venire called this morning before the jury was secured. The case went to trial at 11 o'clock. John G. Heid is attorney by appoint | ment for the defendant. I The court set 1:20 this afternoon a? hour when sentence would be pro nounced on the following persons con victed of the crime or giving liquor to Indians: ('has. Swan. Chas. Phil ippn, Paul Bohfm, John Rodenguez, Theodocio Lucero, Lewis Henderson, limmte James, and Jake Williams. [ The three last named had jury trials, the others plead guilty. W. C. Coffey, A. Bedwel. Henry Webber. George Card. Sam Carlson, Walter Bridson, R. Baker and Patrick I Young will be sentenced Monday. Each of the defendants plead guilty 'o the crimes charged. Young will be sentenced for robbery, the others for giving liquor to Indians. __________ JUDGE G. C. WINN PRESENTS NEW IDEA j "Y< 3, sir. 1 am very much in favor of a oublic library and other institu ,?ioas of learning," said Grover C. : Vine, the other day. "What we should do is to build a high school building with a library j a one floor and the school on the other, and a laboratory in the base i nt nt. i " This laboratory would become of incalculable good to the people of this section. N'ight schools would of course be established should this ?uildlng be erected and I am quite sure the institution would grow into j high favor. Mr. Thane, Mr. Bradley and other mining men would help us iiong with lectures on the practical aide of mining and prospecting. The laboratory would prove a boon to young prospectors who want the prac tical knowledge of metalurgy. "In this high school reorganization it would be necessary to employ teach ers who know something of miniug as 1 well as the other branches of learn ing which give a high school the rat ing desired by the preparatory schools. As a matter of fact there is " no reason why our public library and night school and laboratory should not trow Into a College of Mines." The workingman's reading room could be established in another build ing down town and be conducted as a branch of the institution. Many of the young University men employed at Treadwell where they are cuing the practical experience to ? balance up their theoretical know] i fdgo would without doubt come over ! and give lectures to the night classes I thn' would naturally result from the i establishment of an Institution of this . sort. This is the belief or Judge I Winn who takes a lively Interest <n educational matters. ? ?????? A complete line of tobacco jars and . pipe cacks at BURFORDS. - SPECIAL SALE on all CURIOS un til January- first, at W. H. CASE. Wilson Is Not In a Big Hurry TUENTON, N. J.. Dec. 21.?The Cabinet makers and the place-seek-' ors under the next administration, have resumed their activities with the return ofPresident -lect Wilson from j Bermuda. Mr. Wilson has flatly declined to t discuss Cabinet appointments, except in a general way". In an interview to day he said he was not likely to make' a single assignment of importance un til March 11, next. CITY COUNCIL MEETS AND TALKS The City Council met in regular j session last night aud disposed of the ! re vilar routine business including the payment of a largo batch of bills. Xo new business originated. The i matter of reaching an understanding with Gov. Clark over an uncomplctt d ; roadway received some attention. For the most part the evening was, : ivon over to the discussion of a proposed dockage contract. The fire committee was ordered to: provide new hose for the hydrant at I Fifth and Kennedy streets. THE MASONIC BALL. Next Thursday evening the first annual hall by ML Juneau Lodge. F. & A. M., will be giveu at Elk's hall. While this is a strictly Invitational affair, the managing committee wish es to announce that all Masons and their families are invited whether they belong to the Juneau lodge or not and that no further lnvltatlpn will be given or required. The committee of arrangements are bending every effort to make the first event a probable future custom, some thing to be a pleasant memory. STEAMER GEORGIA'S INCOMING LIST. The Georgia arrived from Sitka and way ports at C o'clock last night bringing the following passengers: from Sitka?\V. G. McDonald, J. \V. Moorhend. Wm. Seminotf, J. H. Hart sock, Ben P.ilzolle; from Hoonnl: Mr?. Kane, Miss Rose Kane,; from l'enakee?C. J. Gillam, E. Johnson, I'. Martin; ? from Peril straits?J. P. Reedi; from Gypsum Mike Gorman, Alex McAuley, John Jevich, John Ca rey. x SENTENCE PASSED ON RECENT CONVICTIONS. Judge Overfield handed out a few Christmas presents this afternoon Chas. Swain, R. Baker. A. Bedwell, W. Coffey, H. Weber, Walter Bridsou, S. Carlson, each received an eight mouths' sentence In the federal jail.! George Card and Henry Smith each received a sentence of one year in the same place, all for the crime of giving liquor to Indians. The following were sentenced to McNeil's island penitentiary: Chas.' Philippe,. 16 months* Paul Bohn, two years; T. Lucero, one year; J. Rodrl quez, one year, and Lewis Henderson, one year; all for selling liquor to In dians. P. L. Young drew two years for robbery. QUICK FIRE INSURANCE RETURNS Mrs. J. B. Denny was today paid by Sowerby & Boll, the loss sustained on furniture damaged by fire on Dec.' 3. last. TO LET?T'.vo furniidi-1 rooms, i with hath. Intiuir O .erne i louse, 48 Franklin street. Now is the time to buy holly at GOLDSTEIN'S. French cluster raisins, candied and pressed ginger at the Sanitary Gro cery. t.f. New sugared figs, Dromndory dates, and maple sugar at the Sanitary Gro cery. t.f. Finest line of Calabash pipes in Alaska at BURFORD'S Ladies wishing to make a selec tion of a pipe or box of cigars for ' Christmas presents may 'phone their warts in to BURFORD'S and depend on prompt and efficient service. HOLLYWOOD ART PRINTS, latest styles In PICTURE MOULDINGS, ? FRAMES, made-to-order at W. H. CASE. ^ ^ ? TURKEY WILL NOT GIVE UP ADRIANOPLE ."t LONDON, Dec. 21.?With the Bal-, knn war peace plenipotentiaries in dully conference 'trying to reach a basis for the restoration of peace, the: situation at large, does not Beem to ] be improving. The action of Greece in continuing hostilities against Tur key adds to an already badly com plicated situation. While Turkey is prepared to make important concessions to the victor ious allies the Daily Telegraph today j declares that it*"has unimpeachable information to this effect that Turkey; has resolved to detain Adrlanople or; continue the war. On .the the other hand the Balkan States are united in the demand that Adrianople be Hur rcndered. It has always been conceded that the matter of disposing of Adrianople would be one of the moat delicate questions to be handled and the hope was held htat a settlement would be roached on )the basis that that stronghold would be dismantled and remain in the possession of tho Turks. But Turkey's demand has ? uow upset that hope. Matters relating to Macedonia have formed the subject of protracted dis cussions in the conference. PACKED JURY SAYS HALL PORTLAND, Ore. Dec. 21.?John Hall, a former district attorney, who lut. just received a pardon from Pres aft after ^erving several years i In "'.to !? nitentiary on a convic ts of conspiracy to fence public lauds, has broken an eight years' si 1. ? a to bis conviction. Hall al 1. was the victim of a t ?! Ju: 'beted by Detective William J. Burns. CANAL TOLLS CAUSE SENSATION WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.?A reso-l lution offered by Everett Wheeler, of' New Vork, urging President Taft to | accept arbitration by the Hague Peace I Tribunal of the dispute between the | United States and Great Britain | over Panama canal tolls, created aj sensation today at the opening session o? the American Geographical Soci ety. CHICAGO JEWELER FOUND MURDERED CHICAGO, Dec. 20? J. H. Logue, a La Salle street diamond dealer was found murdered In his office today. Robbery was the probable motive. CHICAGO, Dec. 21.?The police to day say that revenge was the mo tive for the murder of Logue, who was found bound and gagged with seventeen knife wounds in his body. COURT NEWS. Aathouy Kelly, who went to trial thh morning, was convicted before noon?the jury was out 15 minutes. Irene Taylor was arraigned this afternoon. Attorney Cheney inter posed a demurrer to the indictment. A special venire of 18 has been or dered for the new trial of A1 Lund gron. Jimmy James and Jake Williams did not receive sentence today?Jake was sober. I,. C. Cherry, wharfinger at the City dock, has resigned to accept the position of cashier at the Jualin mine. Gov. Walter E. Clark yesterday ap pointed Steve Ragan, of Haines, Alas-1 ka, a notary public in and for the district of Alaska. Hot chill beans all the time at l.ockie McKinnoit's Mayflower. tf See the new Goul Belt City spoon, designed by Winter & Pond. t.f. Chinawar** makes a suitable Christ man present, and is most useful. Cups and saucers, nrcad and butter plates, J sug ir and cream pitchers, steins, Jap aaese and home decorations. I. J. Sharick's. For Sale. ' A $125.00 National caBh register, ?rood as new, for sale, cheap. See Denny Orfanos, Douglas. HIGH GRADE CANDIES. The Curacao brought mo a fresh lot of Augustine & Kyer's "Queen Vic toria" and McDonald's "400" choco lates. These are the highest grade can dies ever offered for sale In Juneau, and if you want the best, I have it. J. E. BARRAGAR, Post Office Store. Christmas flowers?carnation, holly, violets, chrysanthemums?at the Win ter & Pond Store. Place your order now. t.f. Mrs. M. Olson will leave on the next Georgia for Warm Springs to stay two months. PROSPERITY PREDICTED; ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Dec. 21. President Taft in a speech hoer while e:; oi !" to Panama, congratulated the South on the election of a D>mocrut ic president, and he predicted nation wide prospcritl under the new admin istration. The President was extremely felic itous in his remarks, and he was giv en an enthusiastic reception; and there were rousing cheers when he predicted a successful administration under the direction of Presides! Wil son. During his short stop here many prominent people who makeup the winter colony, called upon him in his private car. RUCKER GOES ON MISSION WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.?Repre sentative A. W. Itucker, of Colorado, who has the endorsement of William Jennings Bryan, and the Colorado del egation for .Minister to Cuba, left for the Island republic today to look orcr tho situation. Mr. Rucker will re main in Cuba until the beginning of January. REFUSES PARDON I TO WAPPENSTEIN j OLYMPIA, Wash. Dec. 21.?Go\<r-J nor M. E. Hay has announced the ho has denied the application of| Charles W. Wappenstein for a par don. Wappenstein began serving a term of seven years in the state peniten-: tiary, on conviction of receiving! bribes while chief of police of Se attle. It was stated that Wappenstein had received the promise of a speedy par don on condition that he remain mute as to a number of "higher-up" Seat tle citizens, who participated with him In the graft extorted from gamblers and denizens of the underworld. GOVERNMENT SUES SOUTHERN PACIFIC LOS ANGELES, Calif.. Doc. 21.? United States government has brought suit against the Southern Pa cific rnllroad, which involves th< ti , tie to mineral-bearing lands in Fres no County, valued at $250,000,000. STEAMERS SAIL FOR THIS FORT. SEATTLE, Dec. 21. ? Steamers1 Doiphin and Northwestern will sail for Juneau tonight, with nine first cabin passengers on the Northwestern as follows: Miss L. Markham, Mrs. M. Blair, Mrs. M. A. Leibers, Ike Sow erby, G. W. Reynolds and wife, L. A. Ilcrtogas, Robt. Craig, W. Winn, E. A. Zachcll, W. Nightingale, R. A. Gwinn, H. "Pellsner, W. Kirimun, H. Panun sen. Comfort for Job. Job was recounting his troubles "At least, 1 never had to run for Governor on a Republican ticket in a Democratic year," he cried. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. The annual meeting of the stock ? holders of the Oddfellows Building i and Improvement Company will be held at the office of J. W. Doran in : tho city of Juneau, Alaskn, on De cember 27, 1912. EDWARD WEBSTER. Secretary. New Smyrna figs and Fard dates at ; GOLDSTEIN'S. Strong Protest to be Sent to Mexicans WASHINGTON. Dec. 21?The re pealed outrages perpetrated upon i American citizens residing In Mexico will result In the preparation of a roto by the Department of State which will be presented to the Mexican am bassador here for transmission to Ills government early In January. The United States government will demand that ample protection be glv en to Americans In the neighboring republic. Senator William J. Stone, of MIh i aouri, chairman of the Senate Com j mittce on foreign rclatlonn '.turned a statement Inst nlg'.it in which he ex prefses the opinion that the Taft.ad ministration should leave the Mexi can situation' to Wilson's admlnfs-, tration. VICTORY TOR | THE INDIANS WASHINGTON, Dec. 21?The In dian freed men of the Cherokee nation, Oklahoma, to the number of five thousand have scored a victory in the r.uit which was brought in the Su jir. au Court of the district of Co lumibu to determine their right to participate in the distribution of the Cherokee land funds of Oklahoma. Their right to a share of the funds has been sustained by Judge Ander son of the District of Columbia Su !>rcmo Court. The case has attract d wide attention and has been before he court for some years. STOLE MONEY AND CONFESSED! , SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21.?Rob , ert Forsyth and Wallace I. Poland :>!< tided guilty yesterday to a charge , o embezzling eighty-four thousand dt i'.uro from the International Har vi.tor Company. They have not been sentenced. , Forsyth was a former chief engin eer of construction of the battleship Oregon which was built by the Union Iron Works, of San Francisco, anil Poland was the Pacific Coast repre sentative of the Harvester Company. The money is said to have been lost rhrough stock speculation. PLAN LOU IUL!) STORAGE PLANT Tin city of Juneau Las ha.. ju offer ? . e a certain portion of its wa . r ; oiit property. The matter came . ;> hi ht form of a tentative propos nbmitUd by B. H. Brooks, to the city Council, In which the former lock? to lease a tract (>0x250 feet ly ! '.orlhvcstorly of the present City ? from franklin street to deep water for the purpose of erecting hereon a cold storag e plant. i ho proposal goes on to state that !>i building Is to cost $20,01)0 and Is 0 he completed within five moiitlis "roni the date of the execution of a ?ontract between the proposer and 1 < City of Juneau. ''?t>e p yjiiosal calls for a contract ?rovidin a lease for a term of thirty divided Into periods of ten h. for the first period the i: y i; to be paid a yearly rental ot 500. At the expiration of this time hoard of appraisers will fix a value on the proper1 v and the rental will >e iifht per cent annually on such valuation. At the end of twenty y?ars ?mother appraisement is to be mnde and eight per cent of the last ap praised value shall be paid yearly as rental until the' expiration of the lease. The council iook no ucuou w iu<. matter but from remarks made by Meyor Jlishop it is understood that the proposal is to receive some con sideration. :\'r. nrooks. It will be remembered, is the man who appeared here a short while 3Ro and commenced buying halibut on the dock in Juneau, and thus cutting off the supply formerly going to the Seattle fish dealers and putting an end to their ruinous cull ing system. The imperative need of a cold storage plant is appnrent?if the business is to be kept up. The Japan current has caused a 20% discount on all Indies FURS until January 1st, at W. H. CASE. Chili concarne served every night at Locklo McKlnnon'fi on Second avenue. if To Juneau patrons: I ? ? -.nuouuee "?r* I am jp pared '?) r. nrompt and rflc! serve- c'eU'.vrin:?. < al l atti r fiv ' 1 ' : ' . ge. etc. " ' "V "cFCAXN* \ TRAN'SFEK r>- Orr' r 5-7 .or 63 ti Winter & Pond have fresh holly. ,M Airsliip to Cross Atlantic Crossing the Atlantic by airship in now only a matter of a very short time, according to a group of Ger man capitalists, which recently formed a company to exploit, as a means of long-distance traveling, a new type of dirigible balloon devised by llcrr Bonier, a well-known German engin eer, which ia proudly called the aer ial ocean cruiser. Plans for the realization of this scheme are now well tinder way, and have already advanced to the point of choosing the site of a hangar on the European side of the Atlantic, the ev ict location of which, however. Is kept a secret for the moment. In the near future New York will be rislted by Ernest Gunther Honne". the representative of the company, who was lit Paris this week, with the ob ject of ascertaining where would be the most suitable landing place for aerial erulsors bringing their load of passengers from Europe. The Inventor, and those backing him, assert thsi ot only will the new balloon carry int o thai) three hun dred persons, and i inro th 1,000-milt journey In two and one-half days, bu' tbey also maintain thai safety and comfort will be the chief features of the Journey. The specifications of the now dlrig lile ha" already been drawn up in thirty-six different sizes for various piirpo; !. The type destined for transatlantic passage will be con tracted k. navigate on the water, If noees ?ary, as well as to fly. It will ha- e a length of about 300 meters (or about 075 feet) by thirty meters wide, and fitted with thirty-four benzine mo tors, seventeen on each side, on an entirely new system, capable of de veloping more than 5,000 horsepower. The airship will have its own power for rising or descending, which will permit the doing away with ballast and take no account of loss of gas. The average rpecd Is estimated at <17 mil- ??? an hour. The airship will hnv ' a 'Ifting force of 210 tons, which will ? ft to Oflrry ? ith i> crow of 102. The total cost ;p calculated at f."65.000. ATTRACTIVE CALENDAR The Daily Empire is iti receipt of n leauti ni ami artistic calendar for 1913. presented with the compliments of the First National Bank of Juneau. The calendar hears a genuine water color and hears the inscription; "Best wishes for 1913. .May you accomplish what you attempt -enjoy what you have?and find nothing to regret." The Mariposa leaves tonight on a rpecial trip arriving at Juneau the dnv before Christmas. The princi pal part of her cargo is cut flowers for the Winter & Pond Store. YOU GET NEW IDEAS as yon look through my holiday stock It i? a. practical de?no:i?<ration of pos sibilities in ratbering under one roof neariv everything to make people happy at Christinas time. E. Valentine's Jewelry Store. Juneau '(? <ut nitty and tjimllty are what you want: you should see Valentine's cut before making your purchases. Many pew ar.d bi autiful designs arc displayed, not heretofore soon in Alaska. ' ??? rTJ :FD O- \ her. ahold furniture for ? 'r E "trc o'tcA. 4t. T ? V--c V- cf and not , GOt ?,STFfIN'S. For "hjs" Christmas present, a box of cigars from BURFORD'S