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THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
VOL. l. NO 59. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1913. PRICE TEN CENTS
BUSINESS FUTURE OF UNITED STATES
City Dock Will Be Enlarged
The city government has the piling
on hand and is about to let the con
tract for repairs on the present struc
ture and for an increase of about 7i)
feet of dock frontage. There has been
an insistent demand for more room
on the City dock and the net revenues
accruing are to go into the improve
ments. The present dock is altogeth
er too small to handle the larger ves
els calling at this port.
It is quite probable that a cold stor
afe warehouse for the fishing indus
try will be a part of these improve
ments if satisfactory arrangements
can be made with fishing interests. A
contract is now being negotiated for
this purpose. The following dock
report has just been made after aud
iting the books of the City Wharf
inger:
Reports of Operations of City Wharf April 1, 1912 to Dec. 31, 1912.
Receipts
Coal Sales $16,300.47
Wharfage 3,324.28
Dockage 320.00
Kent 150.00
Hoisting 69.40
Water 343.75
Collections 93.75
F ish Boxes Sold 1,107.00
Coal on Hand 3,352.63
Fish Boxes on Hand 700.00
Total Receipts $25,761.28
Disbursements
Paid for Coal $17,617.78
Handling Coal 214.75
Longshoring 645.35
Fish Boxes 1641.25
Hauling Fish Boxes 5S.50
Salaries 1,748.29
Lights 211.70
Miscellaneous 8.00
Total Disbursements $22,145.62
Net Profit for Nine Months $ 3,615.66
TWO STORY BUILDING IS TO
BE BUILT BY JAMES HOGAN
James Hogan. who has a ten year
lease of a piece of ground one hun
dred feet square on lower Franklin
street has prepared tentative plans
for the erection of a modern business
block on the premises. The property
belongs to Henry Shattuck and Louis
Shackleford and has a frontage of 100
feet on Franklin street and a front
age of 100 feet on the roadway con
necting Franklin street with the ferry
flout.
It is designed to make the structure
two or three stories in height, con
vening the tipper floors into lodgings.
The main floor, with an area of 100
square feet can be cut tip into store
rooms according to the desires of
prospective tennants. It would make
four very good store rooms facing on
Franklin street withanother facing
on the roadway, or for a very large
business. It could be arranged with
a lesser number but larger spaces.'
The upper floors are to be made into
lodgings, because the location is ideal;
for that purpose. The building will
be handy to all the steamers and al
so right in the center of a'l the in
dustrial activity.
Before beginning operations Mr. Ho
gan would like to hear from persons
desirious of getting business locations
in Juneau.
The building will be constructed to
suit a desirable tenant and the right
party may be given a ten year lease
of the same. It is a splendid location
for a general merchandise establish
ment or department store. Applica
tions from persons wishing to estab
lish saloons or a liquor business will
not be considered.
.Mr. Hogan says that he can com
mence operations within 24 days and
have the building finished by May 1.
There has been much adverse opin
ion expressed of late on account of the
lack of business locations in Juneau.
It is Mr. Hogan's idea to meet the
demand half way at least and for this
reason he has announced that he
would like expressions from prospect
ive tenants.
The Hogan apartments, now practi
cally finished furnished the first ex
ample of real enterprise in this line
among Juneau's property owners.
That it was a good practical idea put
into execution by Mr. Hogan at the
right moment, is evidenced from the
fact that all of the 12 apartments have
been spoken for and each of the 64
rooms in the building will be in use.
Mr. Hogan feels every confidence
that t?ie new enterprise to which he
has become committed will be as
readily recognized as a step in the
right direction.
MAY CONSTRUCT BRIDGE
SEYMOUR NARROWS
A Vancouver dispatch says: The
route of the Canadian Northern rail
way development on Vancouver island
has been aproved by the minister of
railways. It calls for the building
of miles of road extending from
Victoria at the south of Nootka
sound to the north on the west coast.
Contrary to the route followed by the
Estjuimalt and Nanaimo. and the C.
P. R. system on the island, the plans
are for interior development and will
open up a very wealthy portion of the
island not now provided with any
transportation facilities.
A significant incident in connection
with the route map is that the plans
call for an extension from the main
line at Campbell river to Duncan bay,
near Seymour Narrows. This branch
line seeins to lend credence to the
much mooted idea that the C. N. R.
intends to bridge Seymour Narrows
at Bute Inlet and build inland to some
point connecting the main line south
ol Tete Juane Cache, thus making
a through route from the east to Vic
toria on its own rails. If these plan*
materialize to definite announcement,
the C. N. R. will encounter violent op
position on the part of the mainland,
headed by Vancouver, which does not
propose to lose its strong strategic
position as the natural terminal of
the dominion on the Pacific coast.
V.'hile the Seymour Narrows bridge
has been talked of for years, it has
never taken concrete shape to afford
a basis for an attack.
Miss Etta Femmer Is a passenger
southbound on the Humbold. From
Seattle Miss Femmer will take pas
sage for China.
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The Humboldt arrived late Satur
day night sailed south at 9 o'clock
this morning.
The Northwestern arrived from the
Westward at 11 o'clock last night and
sailed south two hours later.
The Princess May is due to arrive
tomorrow.
The Yukon snould arrive from the
Westward on Wednesday.
The Mariposa arrived from the
South at 7:30 last night and left for
the Westward at two o'clock this
morning.
THE MARIPOSA'S
PASSENGER LIST
The Mariposa arrived last night at
7:30 with the following passengers:
For Juneau?J. H. Kely, J. C. Ford.
Mrs. J. C. Ford, Miss A. Ford, E. B.
Hussey, J. Meherin, H. Heney, C. W.
Miller, A. L. Olson, W. S. Hading, F.
A. Twichell, Miss J. V. Rankin, Mrs.
K. H. Kaiser. G. Gardiner, Mrs. Gar
diner. Miss J. Smith, T. Vutlch, P.
Vutich, A. Blick, A. Millet, Mrs. A.
Hardwick, G. A. Thayer, Howard Ew
ing. Wni. Furgeson, Mat Wardahl, L.
I. Brunner. F. E. Parsons, and Capt.
W. Connell.
For Cordova?S. Henderson, C. Eng'
strom, A. L. Powell, Geo. Wheeler, J,
E. Berry.
For Valdez?E. Eckern, Mrs. F. C
Webber, Mrs. H. C. DeLeon, L. G
Quinn, G. E. Egerton, J. J. Cotten
Mrs. E. Marion, J. A. Gustogsou.
For Seward?J. O. Patton and wife
J. E. Moulton, Dr. Daggett, and C
I W. Field.
JAP MURDER CASE
GOES TO THE JURY
The Japanese murder case will be
in the hands of the jury tonight. Fush
1ml, who was called Saturday, by de
fendants in rebuttal of certain state
ments introduced by the government
on a reopening of the case was again
on the stand this morning. Fushlmi
was followed by Itow. the other Jap
anese defendant, who finished his ev
idence after court took up two o'clock
this afternoon. The government again
called in Albert Nelson, Carl Wad
dell and Henry Adams, the examina
tion was brief and at 2:35 Assisant
District Attorney Folsom opened for
I the government.
; The government's case is that the
killing was murder in the first de
gree. It has attempted to prove that
Itow committed the crime in cold
blood because the victim who was un
j der contract on a sort of peonage sys
? tern, was attempting to run away. The
government introduced four eye wit
nesses who testified that they saw
the killing and graphically described
the same.
Attorney Cobb, for the defense,
was forced to go to trial without hav
ing his witnesses on the ground and
declined to make an opening state
ment. He filed an affidavit, however,
asking for a continuance in which he
briefly set forth the defense about
as follows:
The victim Frank Dunn had been
drinking and set upon both Itow and
Fushimi, knocking them down and
beatings them up. Itow then got the
sword and revolver for the purpose of
defending both himself and Fushimi.
They were again set upon. Itow was
knocked off a walk about five feet
high with the sword in hand. Dunn
stumbled or plunged over toward him
and was impaled on the point of the
sword.
The government re-opened the case
in chief and had Fushimi's statement
made in the district attorney's office
at the time of the investigation, read
to the Jury. This statement while It
contradicted nearly all of the govern
ments testimony, did not agree alto
gether with the defense set up. The
defense then put on both of the de
fendants in an effort to harmonize
the discrepancies.
Attorney Cobb's address for the de
fense will be followed by the closing
argument for the government by Dis
trict Attorney Rustgard. The jury
will probably get the case early this
evening.
PAPERS PILED
WITH SECRETARY
A certificate has been filed with
Secretary Distin setting forth that
the Skeen-Lechner Mining Company,
of Seward, had increased their capi
tal stock from 125,000 shares to 250,
000.
Articles of incorporation for' the
Seward-Alaska Gold mining Company
have been filed with Secretary Dis
tin. Tho incorporators are P. H. Guth
rie, H. J. Hill. O. E. Sauter. W. R.
Misner, J. C. Stein, Geo. W. Sutton,
all of Seattle, the principal place of
business.
The W. F. Swan Navigation Com
pany, a Seattle corporation, has filed
articles with Secretary Distin. W.
F. Swan is president of the company
and Ike Sowerby is resident agent at
Juneau.
BANK MANAGER
CHARGED FRAUD
SEATTLE. Jan. 13. ? Charges of
fraud in connection with the manage
ment of the American Savings Bank
have been made against James P.
Gleason, former manager. The affi
davit containing the charges was
made by President Michael Earles.
SENATE DECLARES
ARCHBALD GUILTY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. ? The
United States Senate today found
Judge Robert W. Archbald of the
Commerce Court, guilty as charged
in the impeachment proceedings.
WASHINGTON. Jau. 13.?The House
sitting in committee of the whole to
day adopted an amendment to the ap
propriation bill, annulling President
Taft's order placing fourth class post
masters in the civil service.
EDITOR TO CARRY RETURNS
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 13.?M. Al
? fred Haynes, editor of the Prosser
' Record, has been chosen to Carry
? Washington's election returns to tho
national capital.
Phone your subscription to The
Daily Empire. Phone 3-7-4.
English Liner Stranded
In A Thick Snowstorm
HALIFAX, N. S., Jan. 13? Steam
ship Uranium, of the White Star line,
bound for Rotterdam from Halifax,
was stranded in a snowstorm last
night, at Chebucto. Nine hundred
persons have been taken off by the
steamer Lady Laurier. The Uranium
will probably be a total loss. No loss
of life has yet been reported.
Railroads Tied Up By
Snowslides In Cascades
ELLENSBURG, Wash., Jan. 13. ?
The Northern Pacific, and Chicago,
Milwaukee & Puget Sound railroads
vare ecompletely tied up by snow
blockade.
There arc blockades on both roads
: in the Cascade Moutains, ten miles
long. The snow fall In the mountains
has been exceptionally heavy, and the
cold is severe.
BE CRUSHED
BY STEEL TRUST
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. ? Testify
ing before the Ways and Means Com
mittee which is conducting tariff hear
ings. E. R. Crawford, a tin plate man
ufacturer, declared that if the tariff
on steel was reduced the tin plate man
ufacturers would be crushed by the
Steel Trust.
BANDIT KILLS
SEATTLE GROCER
SEATTLE, Jan. 13. ? Henry Wal
lace, a local grocer attempted to shoot
a bandit, last night, who was trying
to hold up his store. The bandit then
opened fire killing Wallace.
GOULD WEDDING
SET FOR JAN. 22
NEW YORK, Jan. 13.?The wedding
of .Miss Helen Miller Gould and Fin
ley J. Shepard, of St. Louis, will take
place on Jan. 22, at Miss Gould's
home at Tarrytown, N. Y.
NOME MAN IN
DIVORCE COURT
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13.?Wal
ter H. Soderberg, a pioneer of Nome,
Alaska, has been sued for divorce by
his wife, who charges him with
drunkenness and cruelty.
Soderberg in the early days of Nome
made considerable money in mining
enterprises and later was connected
with the Pioneer Mining Company,
of Nome, for some time.
FOR TELEPHONE SYSTEM.
SEATTLE, Jan. 13.?Mayor George
Cotterill has recommended that two
millions in municipal bonds be issued
to establish a municipal telephone
system.
WANTED?To rent furnished house
in good locality. Address X.Y.Z. Em
pire ofllce.
W. C. Abend roth, a pioneer of Nome
and the Iditarod arrived last night
from Fairbanks.
J. N. DeGuire, a Katalla pioneer is
in town and will probably locate hero.
Miss Sue Brennan is a passenger
on the southbound Curacao.
L. B. Adsit and E. J. McKanna left
for Ketchikan on the Curacao last
night.
J. W. Doran is a passenger on the
Curacao enroute to Seattle.
J. C. McBride left for Seattle on the
Humboldt this morning.
Harry J. Raymond is a passengr
bound for Seattle on the Humboldt
FRESH "Sealshipt Oysters" on the
Dolphin, at GOLDSTEIN'S.
LOST?A diamond earring. Finder
please return to Mrs. William Winn
and receive reward. 2t.
Every thing that will please a smok
er may be found at BURFORD'S.
SEAL SHIPT OYSTERS?Fresh at
the local agency?CHAS. GOLDSTEIN
The Dally Empire delivered in Ju
, neau, Douglas and Treadwell for $1.00
a month.
HAULING COAL
TO TIDEWATER
KATALLA, Jan. 13. ? The govern
ment has a party of men getting coal
down to the head of navigation on
the Stillwater. The outfit includes
tea men and seven horses, and they
will be able to lay down about fifteen
tons a day. The coal must be hauled
about nine miles, down grade all the
way.
The Daily Empire is received here
regularly and it is up-to-date in every
! way, and is greatly appreciated, for its
excellent articles, its thorough inde
pendence and devotion to Alaska and
its interests.
CAPT. AMUNDSEN'S
CLAIM RECOGNIZED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13?The Na
tional Geographic Society has form
ally recognized Captain Itoald Amund
sen as the discoverer of the South
Pole and has presented him with a
medal as a testimonial to his services
in the work of geographical research
The I^atouche will arrive in Juneau
tomorrow with coal for Juneau and
lumber and other supplies for Sheep
creek.
Four fishing boats have been out
from the West Coast from six to night
weeks and fears are entertained that
| they have been lost. Six fishermen
have ben at anchor near Craig for
fourteen days waiting for the weath
er to moderate.
Prince Rupert is instaling a Game
wel fire alarm system.
WANTED?A man to do some light
work.?Inquire Empire oflice.
The fishing boat Olga is reported to
have reached Seattle.
Isadore Goldstein returned on the
Curacao from a busines trip to Haines.
R. S. Ryan, promoter of the Control
ler bay railroad, from Controller bay
to the Bering river coal fields, passed
south last night on the Northwestern.)
Mr. Ryan is enroute to New York and
Washington where he will spend the
winter.
Anyone having winter cut hemlock
piles, 85 feet to 100 feet, with at least
8-inch tops, and in a position to de
liver same by February 20th, 1912.
notify the Algunican Development Co.,
Jualin, Alaska 12t.
WANTED?First class porter wants
place to work. XYZ, The Empire, t.f.
Finest line of Calabash pipes in
Alaska at BURFORD'S
MASONS, ATTENTION!
The regular communication of Mt.
Juneau Lodge, No. 147, F. & A. M..
will bo held this (Monday) evening,
January 13, 1913, at 8 o'clock.
MARTIN GEORGE, Sec.
COURT NOTES.
The transportation case was con
tinued until 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. ,
Donald A. Campbell, a native of
Scotland, living at Treadwell, made
application to become a citizen.
FEMMER & RITTER
See this firm for all kinds of dray
; ing and hauling. We guarantee sat
[ isfaction and reasonable prices. Coal
delivered promptly. Femmer & Rit
ter's Express. Stand Burford's Cor
ner. Phone 314. Residence phones
402 or 403. ???
President-Elect Talks of
Business of the future
CHICAGO, Jan. 13?President-elect j
Woodrow Wilson delivered an ad
dress on Saturday night before the'
Chicago Commercial Club, his sub-j
joct being the "Future Business of' j
the Country."
In the course of his address Gov-,
ernor Wilson said that he did not care
how big a business grows, provided i
that it grows big In contact with keen
keen copetitlon.
"The busines future of the United
Slates," he said, "does not depend up- j
on the government of the United
States, hnt upon its business men."
Touching upon conservation .nr.
Wilson said that the policy which
was being pursued was one of "res
ervation and not of conservation."
"It is believed," said Mr. Wilson,
with reference to the administration
of the laws, "that in this country a
poor man has less chance of having
justice administered for him than
the rich man. (Io?i forbid that such
can he generally true."
TURK ASSEMBLY TO MAKE DECISION
LONDON, Jan. 13.?The Times' Con
stantinople correspondent telegraphs
that the Turkish national assembly
will be summoned immediately to de
cide whether there shall be peaccor
a continuance of the war.
DINNER AT THE j
WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.?Mrs. Gro
ver Cleveland was the honor guest
at dinner of the President and Mrs.
Taft .at the White House, on Satur
day evening. Other guests included
.Mrs. Denj. Harrison, Prof. Thomas
A. Preston and a number of former j
members of President Cleveland's;
Cabinet.
REPUBLICAN PARTY
IS CONVALESCENT
CHICAGO, Jan. 13.?Governor Chas.
S. Osborn, of Michigan, addressed the
Hamilton Club of this city Saturday
night. He declared that the Republi
can party is convalescent and urged
the factions to get together.
Governor Osborn has been looked '
upon as a Progressive, although he j
declined to formally separate from the
Republicans in the campaign of last ?
Fall.
MARRIAGE MAKES HER
BABY GRANDDAUGHTER
KALAMAZOO. Mich. Jan. 12. ? A
woman who is stepmother to her own
children and who has a stepgrand
daughter born in the direct line of de
scent. lias been discovered near this
city by local ollicers.
Mrs. Christiana Workinger is the
mother of ten children. Her eldest
daughter married Charles Strabel, and
after becoming the mother of three
children died.
Shortly afterward, Strabel married
the second of Mrs. Workinger's daugh
ters and was divorced from her.
Then Mrs. Workinger. herself, was
married to Strabel.
A few days ago a baby was born to
her. The child is her own stepgrand
daughter. She is also grandmother of
her own children.
FEAR THAT SVERDRUP
MAY HAVE PERISHED
CHRISTIANA, Norway, Jan. 13. ?
Fears are expressed here for the safe
ty of Captain Otto Sverdrup, the Arc
tic explorer, who with sixteen men has
been lost in Greenland waters since
last March, while on a walru3 hunt.
POWER TO ENFORCE?
THE SHERMAN LAW
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. ? Senator
Owen, of Oklahonnf, has proposed an
amendment to the Sherman anti
trust law which gives the different
States power to enforce the law.
WILL SUMMON MORGAN
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. ? Chair
man Alexander, of the shipping trust
investigation committee, said today
that J. Pierpont Morgan would be sum
moned t > tell about the organization
of the International Mercantile Mar
ine Steamship Company.
THE NEW FIRE PUMP
IS COMING
The new pump for Juneau's salt
water main system as an adjunct to
the fire protection of the town, is on
the way here and will arrive on Jan.
16.
DE SAGANS ARE COMING
LONDON, Jan. 13. ? Prince and
Princess De Sagan, formerly Anna
Gould, sailed on Saturday for New
York, to be present at the wedding
of Helen Gould.
Wm. Burford went south on the
Humboldt. He will spend a month in
. California before returning.
WIRELESS STATIONS
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.?It is an
nounced that the government will be
ready on Wednesday, Jan. 15, to do
a commercial business with the Alas
ka wireless stations.
The government's wireless system
at North Bend, Wash., will be tie
sending and receiving point in this
State.
GUGGENHEIM GOT
DIVORCE BY FRAUD
CHICAGO, Jan. 13. ? Judge Heard
has declined to set aside the divorce
of "Grace Guggenheim-Brown, from
William Guggenheim.
Judge Heard said that he declined
to set aside the divorce because of
the lack of equity. The divorce had
been obtained by fraud and both Gug
genheim and his wife were aware of
that fact.
MAX KALISH HERE
TO ATTEND TRIAL
Max Kalish, vice president and gen
eral manager of the Humboldt steam
ship company, arrived on the Hum
boldt Saturday night. Mr. Kallsh is
here to attend the big transportation
case now being prosecuted by the
government.
Speaking of plans for his company,
Mr. Kallsh said that the next trip of
the Humboldt would be the last until
the ship should have an overhauling.
Mr. Kallsh said he felt very grateful
to the people of Juneau for their loy
alty during the recent rate war.
WELLS-FARC,O RATE TO
MEET PARCELS POST
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 12. ?The *
recent adoption of the parcel post by
the United States government, has
had the effect of creating competition
with the express companies, and forc
ing them to reduce their rates. The
Wells-Fargo company has announced
that it would immediately put Into
service a parcel system with rates
equaling that adopted by the govern
ment.
HIGHWAYMAN IS
FATALLY SHOT
NEY YORK, Jan. 13.?A highway
man, whose name is unknown was
fatally shot by detectives on Satur
day afternoon, while he was attempt
ing to rob Peter Plunkette, a bank
messenger. Plunkette was beaten In
to unconsciousness.
MARSHAL HARDING
BRINGS PRISONER
W. S. Harding, deputy marshal at
Haines, who recently took prisoners
outside returned on the Mariposa. At
Ketchikan he was given the custody
of Oscar Weston, under sentence from
that place to a 18-month term in the
federal jail.
THE CURACAO'S
SOUTHBOUND LIST
The steamer Curacao left for the
South at nine o'clock last night tak
ing the following pasengers:
Miss L. R. Crosweller, Sue Bren*
nan, J. W. Doran, J. J. Davies, Mrs.
H. D. Kirmse, Miss Gladys Kirmse, for
Seattle.
For Petersburg?W. S. Stewart.
For Ketchikan?Miss Bernice Mad
son. L. B. Adsit, E. J. McKanna.
WAR MINISTER RESIGNS.
PARIS, Jan. 13.?Alexandre Miller
and, minister of war, has resigned. He
is succeeded by M. LeBrun.