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THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
VoL I. NO. 7D. JUNEAU. ALASKA. V. EDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1913. PRICE TEN CENTS
RAILROAD FROM JUNEAU SUGGESTED
ALL NEW YEARS ARE ALIKE
TO JUNEAU'S "CHINA JOE"
"China Joe." who has liv *??! in Ju
neau since l.vi. still clings to the
Main street home that has sheltered
him since the town's first settlement
was made. It is said that "China Joe"
first came to Alaska in 1S74. touching
at Wrangell as a follower of the Cas
siar stampede. In "t?7 he returned to
Wrangell the same year went to Sitka.
When the strsk. was made in Silver
Flow basin in lvs7. Joe joined the rush
and landed in Juneau. Me established
himself at his present home on Main
street.
While conducting a bakery at Sit
ka. there was a flour famine through
the loss of a provision ship. Joe. who
had possession of all the flour In the
town endeared himself to the white
people by keeping the price of flour
and bread the same though he had an
opportunity to make a stake by rais
ing it.
When the Chinese laborers were
driven out of Trendwell and other
Alaska points during the anti-Chinese
agitation of Joe was allowed to
remain. He lias been here contin
i nally since.
It has been Joe's custom to keep
open house during the China Now
Year's celebration. Many of the old
timers have for years called to pay
their respect on that day or at some
time during the week's celebration.
Tomorrow. Feb. 6. is China New
Year's day. Since last China New
Year's, China has made some history.
To note what effect the new order of
things had made on Joe. The Empire
sought an interview with Joe today.
Hanging on the wall was a calendar
of elaborate and Oriental design, but
the chronology was all in accord with
the Christian era. Asked if he was
still keeping the China New Year, Joe'
pointed to the calendar saying: "Old
New Year and new New Year?both
all right. Tomorrow China New Year
all right, if people come to see me
all right. In China some still keep the
old New Year, but many keep the
new New Year."
Asked how long he had lived in Ju
neau. he answered: "A long time."
THE YUKON BRINGS
INTERESTING NEWS
The Yukon arrived in port last uight
about after a good run up from
Seattle. She brought a number of
working men for Treadwell and a few
important persons are aboard en route
to the Westward. .Milo Somovitch and
family were destined for Treadwell.
Mr. Samovitch is to be shift-boss at
Treadwell. I.. B. Adsit got on at
Ketchikan and is now in Juneau. Har
r> Moore and W. I.. Smith for Port
Yaldez. Win. Corliss tor Katalla. and
John X. Priest for Yakataga. are the
other cabin passengers.
Captain M. M. Jensen was taken ill
on the way up. As soon as the ship
docked in Juneau Doctor Simpson was
called. Doctor Simpson diagnosed the
trouble as tonsilitis.
This was not the only case of phy
sical disability aboard ship. First
Officer Charles Glasscock fell down
the hold on the last trip south, and
fractured two ribs. .Mr. Glasscock
did not realize the seriousness of his
injuries until some time after they
left Seattle on the way up.
One member of the ship's crew is
the principal in a more cheetful event
since the Yukon was last in port at
Juneau. H. A. Duke, the steward, has
fallen heir to a lot of money. An
uncle died leaving an estate of 51,000.
000. Mr. Duke's share is one-twen
tieth of the whole amount.
Fred Dyuott. the new steward, who
succeeds Duke is making his first voy
age in Alaska waters.
Captain Ed Hickman, pilot for the
Sampson, has been promoted to cap
tain of the Swan boat Jeannie.
Purser Carl Strout and Captain
Jensen will be transferred from the
Yukon to the Admiral Sampson after
this trip. The Sampson goes on the
run leaving Seattle March 5.
EBNER RECEIVERS
PLAN WORK SOON
Judge John R. Winn returned on the
Mariposa from Coast cities. To The
Empire Judge Winn said that his prin
cipal business, while below was to get
in direct communication with the New
York receivers of the Ebner Mining
Company, and that he did so with
good results.
During his stay in Seattle great
progress was made looking toward the
reorganisation of the company and de
ciding on plans for the early com
mencement of work on the property
in Silver Bow basin.
33 1-3'". DISCOUNT!
On all ladies', tailor-made suits,
coats and one-piece dresses
One-third off ? one-third off ? Must
have room for Spring goods.
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN.
TO TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS
All telephone subscribers are re
quested to first ascertain the num
ber wanted before ringing up "Cen
tral." Do not ask for the party bj
name. Get the number instead anc
then ring.
Any subscriber who has not receiver
a directory for 1913 will be supplier
with one by calling at the office.
JUNEAU & DOUGLAS TELEPHONE
COMPANY. Edw. Webster. Mgr. 6t
A KATALLA COAL
STORY BY CARLESS
?
William Carless, a Katalla coal man
is aboard the Yukon enroute to his
home in the Bering river coal region.
Mr. Carless was very much interested
m the news in yesterday's Empire,
| telling of the confession of Secretary
Fisher, and in the department rul
ing made by First Assistant Secre
tary Adams in the Whorf case.
"Let me show you something." said
.Mr. Carless. producing a shipping re
r.-ipt and an itemized statement. "1
am shipping some coal to Katalla for
my own use. not very much, but
enough. I hope till we can turn the
ru seals out. See what my ton of coal
is costing me."
The itemized statement shows that
the one ton of Wellington coal cost:
In the Seattle yard $ 9.50
Cartage 1.00
.Manifest 25
Wharfage at Seattle 50
Freight to Katalla 6.00
Total $17.25
To this must be added
the further expenditures:
Lighterage at Katalla $ 5.00
Wharfage at Katalla 2.00
Cartage at Katalla 1.00
Grand Total $25.25
Everybody is feeling better now
that the new administration is coming
in and all Alaska-is on the eve of a
great revival is the belief of Mr. Cor
liss.
GREAT PROGRESS
AT SHEEP CREEK
Great progress is reported in the
Sheep creek division of the Alaska
Gastineau Company's development
work. As a consequence General
Manager Thane is wearing a smile
that won't come off. "We are getting
along fine down there," he said to
day. "The changed weather condi
tions," he concluded, "have made it
possible for us to resume activities on
the beach and we are getting along
fine."
Upon the hill Paddy O'Neal is mak
ing himself famous by breaking speed
records in the work of boring the big
tunnel. During the month of January
the tunnel was extended 507 feet
since which time even a better rate of
progress has been maintained.
Mr. Thane said he was still in doubt
: as to when he would go East?that he
was trying to avoid the journey if
possible. Very likely, however, he will
leave some time during the present
month.
BEN HOLDEMAN DROWNED
Ben Holdeman, of Klowack was
drowned January 18, at the oulet of
the Big Salt Lake near Klowack. Hol
deman with his friend Davis Wheel
? erwere out hunting when they decid
- ed to shoot the falls of the lake. In
- doing so the boat was capsized which
? cost Holdeman his life while Wheel
1 er's escape is considered almost mirac
ulous.?Petersburg Progressive.
i
i DRESSMAKING?And sewing by
day. Miss Irene E. Smith; address H.
' L. Summer's residence, or P. O. box
? ? 90, city. l-31-3t.
STEEANSON ASKS
GOVERNMENT AID
OTTAWA, Out.. Feb. 5. Viljhamar
Stefannson. Arctic explorer and dis
coverer of "blonde Eskimo," lias asked
financial assistance from the Cana
dian government. Stefannson wants
to outfit an expedition for a three
years' exploration of "the last un
known territory," north of Canada.
VALDEZ MINING MAN
NOW VERY HOPEFUL
W. I.. Smith, who is aboard the Yu
kon en route to Port Valdez has a 150
ton outfit in the ship's hold which
he is taking to his Mineral creel^ prop
erty. The outfit includes 40m feet of
lumber, a three-stamp mill and a ton
of Pennsylvania coal. Mr. Smith said
the last item made him blush with
shame, but lie had to have it.
The outfit is being taken in now
while the sledding is good. The Min
eral creek property of Mr. Smith Is
in the same zone as the Cliff mine.
There will be two or three other mills
erected on Mineral creek this com
ing spring "The future is looking
bright for Valdez just now," said Mr.
Smith, "and everybody has renewed
courage."
There is a prospect of six quartz
mills all told being erected in the Val
dez section this spring. The Big Four
mine will have one and possibly the
Mineral Creek Mining Company. The
Cold King, located between Slioupe
and Columbia glaciers and the proper
ty of l.athrop it Tuttle. has been fi
nanced and the mill will he erected at
once. This is a very high grade free
milling property.
Col. Millard is now probably on his
way from Chicago to Seattle and he
will be up on the next trip of the Ala
meda. The Colonel will have to hur
ry. as he must reach Valdez and re
turn to Juneau before March 1 in
order to help organize the first legis
lature of Alaska.
SEVERAL CRIMINAL
CASES PUT OVER
This morning the district attorney's
office askod that several criminal cases
be put over to the next term of court.
Judge Overficld did not take kindly to
the idea, stating that he was ready
to try them and that the jury was here
ready to work. However, the follow
ing eases were allowed to be contin
ued until the next term: John Har
ris, John Jackson. Sam Jackson. Ben
LeGrange and Harvey Williams. All
of the defendants are charged with
selling or giving liquor to Indians
Several other cases had previously
been put over.
"Everybody in this department is
tired out." said District Attorney I:nst
gard. "We have lots to do. I ani
working on a brief in the big trans
portation case and Mr. N've is work
ing on a brief going before the ap
pelate court in the l.ott case." 1-ott is
an Indian who was convicted of solic
iting a white man to buy liquor for
him and has appealed the case.
"If we were to try all the criminal
cases it would take tis well into
March," said the district attorney and
I understand there are many civil mat
ters of importance yet to be ajudi
cate."
COURT NOTES.
The Alaska Soda Bottling Works
will be sentenced tomorrow morning,
having pleaded guilty to selling liquor
without a license.
The following cases have been set
for trial in the order In which they
are named: Geo. Hemiger, John
James, Geo. V. Green, Joe Webber, all
but the last named of the defendants j
are indicted for selling liquor to In
dians. Webber is charged with assault
with a dangerous weapon. Following
Webber there are two cases on ap
peal?Lillian Scott vs. the City of Ju
neau and Ruby Alford vs. the City of
Juneau. Then follows another case on
appeal?J. H. Cobb and Lang Cobb vs
the United States.
Tomorrow morning Attorney J. H.
Cobb will argue his motion for a new
trial in the Jap murder case.
The court has not yet ruled on the
motion for a new trial in which the
three soldiers from Ft. Seward are de
fendants.
The petit jury was excused until
10 a. m. Monday, and court adjourned
until 10 o'clock tomorrow.
FOUND?Gentleman's scarf pin. In
quire Empire office. 2-1
Commission Files
a Lengthy Report
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.?The report of the Alaska rail- *
* road Commission, which has been received by President *
* Taft, makes no recommendations as to a specific railroad *
! route from the coast to the Alaskan interior.
The report specifically states, however, that several rail *
* roads would be required to properly open up the country *
* and that no single road could cover the field.
The document also explodes the charge made by Gifford *
Pinchot and Senator Poindexter, of Washington, that one *
* corporation holds the key to the Alaska coal fields. While *
* the name of the corporation is not mentioned in the report *
* the Guggenheims, or the Alaska Syndicate, is the corpora- *
* tion referred to. *
The report is based on a treatise on Alaska railroads, *
* written by Alfred H. Brooks, now a member of the Rail- *
* road Commission, two years ago. *
It is pointed out in the report that the proposed route *
by way of the Susitna valley and the Matanuska coal fields *
* to Fairbanks would be useless in developing the Copper *
river valley and the Bering river coal fields. *
According to the report the route from Cordova to the *
interior would open up the Copper river and Tanana river *
basins to Fairbanks and the Bering river coal fields could *
be made available by a branch railroad connecting with *
* the main line. *
Another route pointed out in the Commission's report *
would have its terminal either near Juneau or Haines. *
This road would open up the Thunder mountain, Rainy *
Hollow districts and several agricultural and grazing val- "
leys. The interior terminal of this route would be Fair- *
* banks. *
President Taft will put the Alaska railroad transporta- *
* tion problems squarely up to Congress, in a message *
* which he is now preparing. *
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Fisher Urges Railroads
to Open Our Resources
W \SHIKGTON. Feb. 5.?Secretary
of the Interior Walter L. Fisher in
summing tip liis testimony before the
House Committee on Territories yes
terday afternoon declared that Alas
ka". resources lie dormant because of
the lack of railroads to connect the
inland with the waters of the coast.
Fisher was questioned at length by
members of the committee as to Alas
ka's development by means of rail
roads, and the furnishing of tonnage
after being constructed and he stated
that Congress should make an appro
priation for the further investigation
of railroad possibilities.
TO BE INDICTED A BADGE OE HONOR?
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.?"An indictment is a presumption
of honor in Alaska," declared Falcon Joslin, today, protesting be
fore the House Committee on Territories against the restric
tions which prevent the opening up of the Territory. "Indicted
men," he added, "are the most progressive in Alaska." Joslin
it is alleged, is a representative of the Alaska Syndicate in Wash
ington.
TIED UP THE
GRAND JURY
TACO.MA. Feb. o. -When the feder
al grand jury met t yesterday after
noon it was compelled to adjourn for
lack of a quorum. Daniel Gleason, the
sixteenth member of that body ap
peared in the jury room in an intoxi
cated condition. He protested that
lie was quite capable of attending to
any business that the government
alight present for his consideration,
I but his fellow jurors did not share
(Reason's positive conviction, and the
jury adjourned while the recalcitrant
Gleason was taken to his room to re
cover from his debauch.
Only with at least sixteen members
a grand jury can do business.
DEMOCRATS IN LEAD
EOR U. S. SENATOR
CONCORD. X. H., Feb. 5.?The Sen
atorial deadlock in the New Hamp
shire State Legislature is still un
broken. When the Legislature met
in joint session at noon to ballot for
a United States Senator, Charles F.
Hollis, Democrat, regained the lead
he had lost in the ballot of the day
before, and came within seven votes
of being elected.
DENIES MOTION
EOR ACQUITAL
i
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Feb. 5. ?
Judge Ed. E. Hardin, of the Superior
Court of Whatcom County, today de
nied a motion that he instruct the
Jury to return a verdict of acquittal in
the case of Bankers Jacob Furth, E.
W. Andrews R. V. Ankeney and Dan
iel Kelliher, odlcers of the Seattle Na
tional Bank.
These men are on trial here for aid
ing and abetting W. E. Schricker, a
private banker of LaConner, Skagit
County, in receiving deposits when
his bank was in insolvent condition.
; Schricker is now serving a five years'
sentence. He was a witness for the
prosecution.
IMPERSONATES
HIS FATHER
SEATTLE, Feb. 5. ? Joseph Lans
j berry for thirty years a resident of
Tacoma has been arrested by the fed
eral authorities here, charged with
representing himself to be his father.
Lnnsberry's father served in the civil
I war, but died many years ago, and
the son, according to the story told,
decided, as his father had never drawn
pension, he would apply for one in his
j father's name. His arrest was the
i result
Forty Servian Guns Are
Trained on Adriariople
LONDON, Feb. 5.?According to a
dispatch from Belgrade, Servia, to the
Daily Mail, the Servians are bombard
ing Adrianople with forty new guns, I
which are said to be doing heavy dam- j
age to the outer fortifications of the
city.
A Bulgarian aeroplane flew over the
town this morning and dropped proc
lamations demanding the surrender of j
the city.
VIENNA, Feb. 5. -The Vienna New
Frie I Tease, which is regarded as a
channel for the diffusion of informa
tion in Europe for the Young Turk
party, says that the Turkish govern
ment has issued a proclamation in
which it is stated that the Cabinet
has agreed to the cession of Adrian
ople upon the conditions submitted by
the Bulgarian government.
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS FILIBUSTER
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. ? The Re
publican members of the Senate late j
yesterday afternoon succeeded in go- j
ing into executive session, but noth
ing was accomplished. The Demo
crats began a filibuster and absented I
themselves thus forcing an adjourn-:
meat.
Nominations, to the number of
eighteen hundred, await the confir
mation of the Senate.
The proposal to print former Sena
tor Bailey's farewell speech as a pub
lic document, was turned down, upon
the objection of Senator Smoot, of
Utah.
ROYALTY HAS
NARROW ESCAPE
VIENNA, Feb. 5.?A train bearing
Prince William Eitel Friederich, ot'
Germany, and suite from Bucharest
to Berlin, ran into an oil train this
morning. An explosion resulted in
which many people were injured. The
prince and his suite escaped unharmed.
LAND SWINDLER
TO BE RELEASED
SEATTLE, Feb. 5.?Warden Halli
gan, of the McNeil's Island federal
penitentiary has announced that Clar
ence I). Hillman, will be released on
Feb. 7.
Hillman was convicted of using the
United States mails in furtherance of
land swindles and was sentenced to
serve two years in the penitentiary.
Recently he was pardoned by Presi
dent Taft.
FRIMROSE GETS DIVORCE
NEW YORK, Feb. 5.?George Prim
rose, the veteran minstrel man, has
been granted a divorce from his wife.
LARGEST FUNCTION
OF ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.?President
and Mrs. William H. Taft held a recep
tion for the army and navy last night
at the White House, the reception be
ing the largest function o fthe admin
istration.
WILSON URGED TO
VISIT THE CANAL
TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 5.?Colonel
W. C. Gorgas, a member of the Isth
mian Canal Commission, of the Canal
Zone, called upon President-elect Wil
son yesterday and urged him to see
the Panama Canal before it is opened.
Col. Gorgas revolutionized sanitary
conditions in Panama and has been a
great contributing factor in the suc
cess that has attended the building
of the big waterway.
FORMER STATE SENATOR
GOES TO THE "PEN"
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 5.?Former
State Senator Black, of this county,
who was recently convicted on a
charge of embezzlement, has been sen
tenced to serve ten years in San Quen
tin penitentiary.
AVIATION SCHOOL AT
PALM BEACH, FLA.
PALM BEACH. Fla., Feb. 5.?The
work of establishing an aviation school
here for the United States army was
inaugurater today. The school will
be In charge of Lieut. Call of the
Coast Artillery and Lieut. Ellington,
of the cavalry service.
?Valentines! Valentines!?
SEE Barrager's window display. 2-4tf
SEAL SHIPT OYSTERS?Fresh at
the local agency?CHAS. GOLDSTEIN
OLD KLONDIKERS
NOW IN RUBY
Among the old Klondikers and Yu
koners now in Ruby, the new camp
on .the Yukon, are the following, ac
cording to a recent arrival from that
i camp:
Jerome Chute, once om of the (!old
! Hun kiiigs, ranked then with the heav
iest operators of Klondike, is waiting
! for anything looking luck to come his
' way.
j
Norman Macaulay has been having
all kinds of experiences, and thinks
of hiking Kiondikeward.
Harry Kd wards, former Dawson
lightning caricaturist and anti-thirst
specialist, is running a sampling em
porium in Ruby, in partiership with
the redoubtable and effulgent Louis
Spitz.
The only "Hutch." hers* man and
hay expert, is using the binoculars
trying to spy out an opportunity to
get a new start on some paystreak.
Hutch went to Iditarod as a packer,
and after a varied experience in the
mud of that region, hot-footed for
Ruby, wooing the goddess luck, which
as yet lias not smiled ".00 ardently
upon him.
\V. Fred Harrison, known to fame
in Klondike as the man who made
hieroglyphics and ticked the type
keys for years in the X. C. oflice and
later for Patullo & Tobin, is a broker
in Ruby. For a time Fred tried his
hand grinding out editorials for Ruby's
leading newspaper, but found the
bloomin' brainery anything but a sure
footed location for a fortune, and
shifted to a business where the dollar
mark is more often visible on the hor
izon.
Jack Filbin and Allan X. ('.rant are
running the only newspaper of Ruby,
the Record-Citizen. Ruby had two pa
pers for a time, but the merchants did
not advertise sufficient to keep two
| papers alive, and one of the papers
had to give up the struggle. Ruby
not only is without a daily, but the
advertisers slipped so far back in
the game the town has to be satisfied
now with a weekly. But the boys
put up a dandy weekly, and are get
ting their installment of sinkers, with
few interruptions.
"Bur" Burmeister. who went down
the Yukon with a consignment of Daw
son hardware for Ruby, to make a
fortune for himself and his Klondike
angel, is still in Ruby. The hardware
also is in that country. But "Bur"
is said to not yet be classed among
the Astorheims.
Oscar Tackstrom, one-time leading
man for Ed S. Orr, later in Iditarod,
is now keeping his eye on the long
column of figures in the accounting
department of the Ruby sawmill.
Pat Keyes and Phil Mayhan are
freighters.
W. T. Hamilton, onetime Dawson
telephone superintendent is at the
head of the Ruby telephone system.
Charles hind, who was operating on
: Sulphur, is mining on Long creek,
! Ruby's best stream.
THE FINLEY SHEPARDS
SAIL FOR EGYPT
NEW YORK. Feb. 5.?Mr. and Mrs.
Finley J. Shepard yesterday sailed for
Egypt, where they will spend their
honeymoon. The Duke and Duchess
De Tallyrand, the latter formerly
Anna Gould accompanied Mr. and Mrs.
Shepard.